http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/fac02c3c08ce641a7afcd2cb56971b62.PDF f5f534a5a960a6b41d9f19daeedd8608 PDF Text Text Six-Point Program Proposed By SlU To Curb Runaways Story On Page 8 Senate, House Okay P.L 480 Extension story On Page t SlU Man Rescued After Fall Overboard; Lost For Seven Hours Story On Page 2 (I.S. Labor Aide Calls Runaway-Flag Device 'Deplorable Situation' Story On Page 2 Longshoremen Strike Over Gang-Cut Issues Story On Page 2 Annual Report Great Lakes Tag & Dredge Pension Fnnd / "I'm My Own Man!" Filed With New York State'Insurance Department See Page 9 �Pa;e Tw« 8EApAkltk§ ' Ibb'' Labor-Management Conferfn<?i On Manpewr Training U.S. Labor Aide 'Deplores' Runaway Ship Operations By Paul HQII It is beginning tb look as though toe American Maritime industrFt which for so long> has been bogged down in a welter of archaic prac­ NEW YORK—Ih an address before the first National Transportation and Apprentice­ tices, bureaucratic procedures, and conflicts engendered by narrow ship Conference, John Henning, Under Secretary of Labor, called the foreign flag opera­ partisan interests, may be on the verge of developing a new perspective tions of American-owned companies "a deplorable situation." He said that these operations and understanding of what its role should be If it is to, fulfil its very necessary function in this nation's economy and security. had cau'sed unemployment Up* until very Yeeently, toe tendency whether prompted by the desire ence, President Johnson said "the yard workers — be followed by among American seamen and other segments of American In­ cooperation exhibited by labor to protect special interests, or by the awesome end overwhelming com­ shipyard workers. dustry, unemployment would be and management in the transpor­ plexity of maritime problems—has been to oversimplify the causes of Although he did not specifically considerably worse, Henning tation industry at this first Na­ toe industry's failure to maintain a healthy condition. name the company, the Under added. For many years the answer was limited to a theory that American tional Conference is the type of Secretary said that a very large Under Secretary Henning's re­ mutual effort in a common inter­ maritime unions, in tojeir efforts to protect Amn'ican seamen's wages American oil company, which has marks were made at the final day's only 19 tankers under U. S.-flag session of the three day Nation­ est which faas made and kept our and working conditions, have"been a fundamental cause of the decline registry, operates over 150 tankers al Transportation Apprenticeship country strong and progressive. of the U.S. merchant marine. The persistence of our Union, together with other segments of The President's. message added under various foreign flags. "This Conference at the Hotel New maritime labor, to expose the fallacy of .this line of reasoning was inva­ that "our country is requiring to is a deplorable situation," the Un­ Yorker here. The conference, creasingly greater numbers of riably greeted with cynicism. der Secretary said. which was coordinated by the U.S. Even in the halls of Congress, every effort to deal with the ills [Editor's Note] According to Department of Labor, brought to­ highly trained men to keep pace the latest available analysis of the gether labor and management rep­ with our rapidly expanding econ­ of maritime invariably was focused on toe role of maritime labor. Compulsory arbitration, no-strike laws and the like have frequently world tank ship fleet by .Sun Oil resentatives to explore the prob­ omy and changing technology," been proposed as cure-alls for the industry's problems. Company and U.S. Navy Depart­ lems, objectives and methods of A message from Secretary of Now there is reason to believe that there is an increased awareness ment figures, the Standard Oil apprenticeship training in the Labor W. Willard Wirts said "as of the vast .array of ills which are at the base of the maritime industry's Company of New Jersey and its transportation Industry. representatives of labor and man­ problems. Apparently toe people in Government and elsewhere, are affiliates own 125 tankers, which The SIU and other major mari­ agement concerned with appren­ they operate under foreign flags, time unions were among the par­ ticeship to the transportation in­ ^concerned with the future of the merchant marine and are beginning to including the run-aways. They also ticipants at the conference. The dustry, you are doing important realize that maritime policies, formulated 30 years ago to meet toe operate a considerable number of second day of the conference was work for your industry and for the conditions of that day, are failing to provide this nation with the merchant marine fleet it needs today. vessels under charter arrange­ devoted to panel discussions in country. In this respect, the creation of the Maritime Advisory Committee ments which fluctuate and have each of the four major segments Chairman of the labor division even exceeded the number of ves­ of the transportation industry — of the Conference is J. W. Ramsey, and toe Grievance , Committee on Cargo Preference Administration represent a significant development, in that they provide forums for an sels owned. maritime, railroad, motor trans­ General Vice-President of the In­ expression of all viewpoints with respect to the basic maritime issues, The Under Secretary said that port and airline. Each of the ternational Association of Machin­ many of these vessels had been panels dealt with the training and ists; the management division as a means of ultimately strengthening the industry. There was a time when special interests in maritime, often threw built in foreign shipyards. Should apprenticeship problems peculiar chairman is T. J. Riley, Supervisor well-oiled propaganda machinery into operation to disseminate distorted this example of the exclusion of to their industries. of Maintenance Skills Training for American labor—seamen and ship­ In a message sent to the confer­ the Port of New York Authority. and stereotyped views as to what was wrong with U.S. shipping. The day when this could be accomplished successfully may be past. With all elements of maritime represented around the same conference table, these pe(«)le must be prepared to back up their assertions. They must either put up or shut up. A case in point is toe runaway-flag issue which was discussed at the last meeting of the Maritime Advisory Committee on Sept. 21. Now, when we and toe' other unions who are members of the committee charge, and support with facts, that runaway-flag shipping is inimical to the best interests of American seamen and the American merchant fleet, the runaway operators must be prepared to answer this charge. Seafarer Julio Soils, who spent seven agonizing hours in the shark-infested waters off We, in the SIU, view our role in the operations of the President's Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, is alive today thanks only to his own physical stamina and the un­ Maritime Advisory Committee and the Cargo Preference Grievance Committee with the utmost seriousness. Accordingly, we are exploring relenting efforts of his shipmates to save him from a watery grave. every aspect of merchant marine policy and practice. We believe that An ordinary on the — SlU-contracted Azalea City join in the search. One of the The Lifeboat returned to the every fact regarding toe merchant marine is pertinent to the work (Sea-Land), Solis was repair­ Azelea City's lifeboats was also Azalea City long enough to allow and objectives of these committees. We think, for instance, that it is ing cluster lights near the gang­ dispatched, but both boats had one Solis' gear to be tossed Into it, Important to determine whether or not the essential trade routes then rushed him to land and a designated by our Government need reappraisal. _We think it is im­ way when he fell overboard as the great enemy—darkness. Solis, vainly trying to summon hospital. He was treated for ex­ portant to study the mechanism by which Government cargo is awarded ship was heading out of Mayaguez help out of the blackness about haustion and exposure, kept In the to various vessels, both U.S. and foreign, under our cargo preference harbor bound for the mainland. AB Andrew Lavezoli, who was him, was also faced with enemies. hospital in Mayaguez a few days laws. We think it is important to consider the propriety of having the maritime industry dependent to a large extent on decisions of a Gov­ standing the four to midnight The tropical waters were teeming and released. ernment agency such as the Department of Agriculture, whose primary with barracuda and sharks, and watch with Solis function Is to help the American farmer, not the American sifilor. the sea was pulling him away from when the acci­ We think that toe facts with respect to these and many other ques­ land. He was a strong swimmer, dent happened, •but not so young any more. tions affecting the future of the American merchant marine will throw told the story to He started pulling for land with light on the problem and help to find answers to them. It is for this the LOG. Lave­ slow, measured strokes. . reason that we are proceeding with our intensive research and study zoli, then man­ Meanwhile, the radio officer on of this whole complicated picture that is toe American maritime In­ ning the wheel, the Azalea City tried to contact dustry as It exists today, and the factors which are involved. said Solis made the Coast Gruard. He could not only one brief raise the San Juan station but did cry as he fell. manage to reach Miami. The main­ Luckily, it was Solis land base then notified San Juan SAN JUAN—In what has been heard by an of the man overboard and search referred to here as an "historic oiler who alterted the captain. But the ship had not yet cleared planes were sent out at first light. meeting," the AFL-CIO unions on the channel and there was ho room During the time, the Azalea City the Island have formed thfi Cen­ to maneuver. The Azalea City pro­ had dropped anchor and the life­ tral Labor Council of Puerto Rico. The meeting, which was pre­ ceeded ahead for another half boat had returned from its first mile, but managed to recall the sweep of the area. It was dis­ sided over by Agustin Benitez, NEW YORK—The AFL-CIO International Longshoremen's patched again. AFL-CIO regional director in Association began a strike of all Atlantic and Gulf coast ports, launch transporting the channel After swimming for what pilot back to shore and have her Puerto Rico, elected a slate of seemed hours, Solis finally temporary officers pending the at midnight, September 30. The strike by the 60,000 dock reached a sand shoal. He dragged workers of the ILA was-f^ himself on to it and waited, un­ holding of a convention which will convene as soon as possible. prompted by an attempt by automation. The shipping compa­ certainly, for rescue. The shoal was Keith Terpe, President of the shipping companies to reduce nies are seeking reductions In the so low he was forced to stand on size of work gangs and changes in It, the water lapping at his chest. SIU of Puerto Rico, was elected toe size of work crews. work rules that would pave the President of the Puerto Rico Cen­ [As the LOG went to press, the To make swimming easier, he had White House had already ap­ way for Introduction of more auto­ To familiarize the member­ removed all his clo'thes but his tral Labor Council, Other officers elected were three pointed a federal fact-finding mated cargo-moying machinery on undershirt. ship with the candidates and toe docks. their backgrounds in advance The night passed slowly, the Vice-Presidents. -George Trevino board, to make an immediate re­ The strike came after a one year of the United Steel Workers, port and government lawyers search continuing. of voting, the SEAFARERS study by the Labor Department Ralph Garcia of the Carpenters were expected to obtain an 80 day As dawn broke, the Seafarer was LOG, in the issue to be pub­ spotted by 2nd mate Luciano who Uni<Hi and A1 Giordhno of the In­ Taft-Hartley injunction in a mat­ that was supposed to have re­ lished Oct. 16, will print a spe­ solved the automation, dispute and was searching in the Azalea City's ternational Union of Electrical ter of hours.] cial supplement containing a The strike's Immediate effect create the grounds for a settle­ lifeboat. Tired and exhausted, Workers. picture and a biography of Elected as Secretary was Noble was to tie up all shipping in ment. Solis was dragged into the rescue each of the candidates for In New York, where 28,000 long­ craft. The sand bar where he was Gomez of the Boiler Makers. ports from Portland, Maine to office. In addition, the LOG found was three miles from the Tomas Martinez of the National Brownsville, Texas. About 500 shoremen work, negotiations will carry a sample ballot stalled on the problem of how position of the Azalea City when Maritime Union was elected Treas­ ships are affected. which will be an exact dupli­ "the SlU end its seafaring sec­ many cheeky and clerks would he fell overboard, and two and urer. cate of the actual ballot. Vot­ Luis Montanez, Jr., President of tions, the SUP, MCS, MEOW and be effected by the changes in one half miles off the port beam ing starts Monday, November of the freighter when he Was res­ th^ Puerto Rico Newspaper Guild AGLIWD District have notified work rules the shipping companies 2 and continues through De­ are seeking., There; are 4,400 such cued. SPlis had spent all night in is serving as Fublic Relations Di­ the ILA of their' full support. cember 31. The key issue in the strike is' workers in the 'port. the water. rector of thie Council Seafarer Lost Overboard Survives All-Nighf In Sea SIU Rep Heads First AFUlO Council In P.R. SIU Election Supplement An Next Log ILA Hits Bricks in Gang-Cut Beef �OeWb«r l; 1N« Face ThrM LOG SlU Pushes Anti-Runaway Plan WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Sea­ farers International Union of North America called upon the Maritime Ad­ visory' Cominittee to denounco the use by American companies of ships registered in Panama, Liberia and Honduras, and to recommend to the President, the Congress and the appropriate departments and agencies of the Govern­ ment a six-point program of action against these runaway flags. The SIU call was contained in a heavily-documented presentation submitted to the members of the Com­ mittee, which held Its second meeting here on Sep­ tember 21. The Maritime Advisory Committee was created by Executive Order of President Johnson on June 17 to consider the problems of the American-flag maritime industry. The Committee consists of Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges, chairman; Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz, and 17 non-Government members representing the maritime industry, marltime labor and the general public. The SIU repre­ sentative on the Committee is its International presi­ dent, Paul Hall. The six-point program which the SIU urged the Maritime Advlsoiry Committee to recommend is as follows: 1. The President shall reaffirm that It is the In­ tention of the Government to foster the development of an American-flag merchant marine in accordance with the purposes expressed in the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. He shall further declare that the op­ eration by American corporations or Individuals of vessels in American commerce under the flags of Panama, Liberia, Honduras and other foreign nations is inconsistent with the purposes of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 and detrimental to the best interesti of the American merchant marine, the American economy and the American people. • g. The President shall, by Presidential Directive, direct that the above policy be fully Implemented ty aH Government departments and agencies, S. In the Implementation of this policy, the De­ partment of State shall cease the support It has displayed over the years, not only of American run­ away operators but of other foreign-flag shipping in­ terests. The Department of Defense shall repudiate the Invalid theory of "effective control" and assist in the rebuilding of the American-flag fleet by imple­ menting fully the provisions of the law which calls for the 100% carriage of military cargoes In Ameri­ can vessels. The Department of Agriculture shall similarly assist In the rebuilding of the American fleet by insisting upon strict compliance with all provisions of the cargo preference laws. The De­ partment of Justice shall recognize the jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board over Americanowned foreign-flag vessels In American commerce and cease its efforts to interfere in the exercise of that Jurisdiction. The Department of Commerce, through the Maritime Administration, shall cease ex­ tending Government war risk Insurance to these runaway-flag ships. It shall also end its policy of condoning the transfer of American-owned vessels to runaway flags, from which these vessels can retransfer to other flags which do not even come under the fiction of "effective control." 4. The Congress shall take steps to implement the proposals of the late President Kennedy in 1961 when he recommended elimination of the tax haven device used by the runaway operators and the taxa­ tion of profits earned abroad by American firms operating through foreign subsidiaries. The Congress shall also amend the cargo preference laws to ex­ clude American-owned runaways and other-American owned foreign-flag ships from the carriage of cargoes Mnerated by the American Government and financed by thf American taxpayer. I. Ilia President shall direct that at least 25% of all foreign oil Imported in the United States be car­ ried In American ships. This would reduce the de­ pendence of the United States on runaway vessels for the Importation of this economically and political­ ly strateglo commodity and help to revive the Inde­ pendent American-flag tanker fleet which is essential to this nation's security but which, under the on­ slaught of the runaways. Is now facing obsolescenceand bankruptcy. 9. The United States, through its representative to the United Nations, shall call upon the UN for a more explicit definition of the "genuine link" prin­ ciple, which holds that there must exist a demon­ strable connection between a ship and the country of Its registry. The SIU said that the runaway-flag fleet of Panama, Liberia and Honduras now totals 1,507 ves­ sels, which makes it one and a half times the size of the active oceangoing American-flag fleet. In addition the SIU pointed out that American companies own 409 PanLibHon vessels, which means that the American-owned section is more than one-quarter of the total PanLibHon fleet and is nearly half the size of the American-flag fleet. The SIU emphasized that American-owned tank­ ers now constitute 50% of the PanLibHon tanker fleet, 264 out of 529. Of these 264 American-owned tankers, nearly half are owned by five American oil companies Standard Oil of New Jersey, Texaco, Gulf, Standard Oil of California and Socony Mobil. The SIU said that some 85% of the runaway-flag dry bulk carriers are foreign-owned. This means that America must heavily rely for the importation of strategic raw materials—iron ore, tin, manganese, copper—on foreign vessels which do not even come un^r the fiction of "effective control." Despite this, the SIU pointed out the Maritime Ad(Continued on page 9) Moves To Weaken Bill Fail MARAD Waivers Scored CONGRESS EXTENDS In Grievance Committee PUBLIC LAW 480 WASHINGTON—The SIU has registered a protest against the Maritime Administra­ tion's policy of continuing to grant general waivers of the Public Resolution 17 requirement WASHINGTON—An SlU-supported version of the bill to that 100 percent of cargoes financed by the Export-Import Bank be shipped in American extend the life of Public Law 480 has passed the Senate and vessels. The protest was made that it would submit a detailed in which American shipping seek­ the House and is now slated to go to the White House for at . the September 28 meeting statement with respect to these ing cargo preference shipments here of the Grievance Com­ signing by the President. have been harrassed. mittee on Cargo Preference Ad­ matters prior to the meeting. A provision in the Senate- tions or organizations with whom ministration which was established Emphasizing its long-standing An Agriculture Department rep­ passed version of the law that such agreements are entered Into." by President Johnson last May to position, the SIU supported a pro­ resentative at the meeting said American flag ship operators, consider complaints over the ad­ faced with costs that must be paid ministration of cargo preference for In dollars, strongly opposed the laws. measure. Maritime labor also op­ SIUNA President Paul Hall is posed the provision because Its one of the labor advisors to the effect would be to further reduce Grievance Committee. Attending the amount of jobs in the industry. the meeting with him were repre­ Other provisions in the approved sentatives of the seafaring sections version of P.L. 480 would bar of the SIUNA—Morris Weisberger, Yugoslavia and Poland from reach­ Secretary-Treasurer of the Sailors ing agreements under Title I of Union of the Pacific; William Jorthe bill. Both communist countries dan,~^resident of the Marine Firewould still be entitled to receive mens Union, and Ed Turner, Sec­ U.S. surplus commodities under retary-Treasurer of the Marine the bill's Title IV. Cooks and Stewards Union. The bill also bars any country Specifically, the SIU maintained whose ships trade with Cuba from that the language of Public Reso­ making Title I agreements. Such lution 17 is clear and that MARAD countries, the bill's wording says, has no legal right to grant the will no longer be considered as waivers. The SIU pointed out that "friendly countries," but will, as since the establishment of the in the case of Yugoslavia and Grievance Committee, MARAD Poland, be able to purchase food­ had .granted seven such waivers, stuffs under Title IV. making a total of 13 since January The bill, which was extended for 1 of this year. a two-year - period, rather than The Union protested the fact three as originaliy recommended, that with regard to waivers grant­ Oct. 2, 1964 Vol. XXVI, No. 20 is seen as a gain for the maritime ed to Japan to carry Export-Im­ industry. port Bank financed-cargoes, the It had a stormy passage through Maritime Administration order the two houses of Congress, and provided that third-flag ships could was the subject of bitter floor be used if no U.S. or Japanese PAUL HALL, President HERBERT BRAND, Editor; BERNARD SEA­ fights. It was battled through com­ vessels are available. Although MAN, Art Editor; MIKE POLLACK, mittees and subjected to various the Maritime Administration has NATHAN SKYBR, Assistant Editors; crippling amendments, all of been following this policy for ROBERT ARONSON, ALVIN SCOTT, PETE which were either beaten down or some time, the SIU pointed out CARMEN, Staff Writers. modified. Many of the amend­ that previously no forum existed Published biweekly at the headquarten ments, it was felt. Impinged on in which to present its objections. of the Seafarers International Union, At­ lantic, Gulf, Lakes and inland Waters the President's foreign policy mak­ At the meeting the SIU repre­ District, AFL-CIO, *75 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11232. Tat. HYaclnth f-6t00. ing powers. One, In particular, sentatives requested Maritime Ad­ Second class postage paid at the Post would have limited the President's ministrator Nicholas Johnson to Office In Brooklyn, NY, under the Act discretion In making grants and continue the discussion on waivers of Aug. 24, 1912. 120 loans on P.L. 480 sales. It too was and the use of third flag ships at beaten down. | the next meeting. The SIU said would have done serious damage to the U.S.-flag shipping industry and threatened the jobs of Ameri­ can seamen, was overhauled and amended in a conference com­ mittee. The provision would have hurt the dollar position of U.S.flag shipping by forcing It to take a portion of their charges for freight movement in Instable or Inconvertible foreign currencies. The revised provision says that the "Commodity Credit Corpora­ tion shall finance ocean freight charges . . . only to the extent that such charges are higher (thain would otherwise be the case) by reason of a requirement that the commodities be transported In United States flag vessels. Such agreements shall require the bal­ ance of such charges for transpor­ tation in United States flag vessels to be paid in dollars by the na- posal by the American Maritime Association for the adoption of a sealed bid procedure to be used in awarding cargo preference ship­ ments, the use of a uniform char­ ter part of contract, and the pay­ ment of at least 90%'of the freight charges to American shipowners as soon as their vessels have com­ pleted loading. Charter parties and foreign supply missions have been among the principal areas - that the department had been working for some time on a uni­ form charter party of contract and that a draft had been completed. If okayed the uniform contract would have to be used by all for­ eign supply missions. However, no one has yet seen the draft and it it is not satisfactory from the standpoint of U.S. shipping, con­ siderable protest can be expected to arise. jmm. SEAFARERS LOG OfFicials of the SlUNA's seafaring sections discussed the SlUNA's position prior to Grievance Committee meeting in Washington. Left to right, are SIUNA President Paul Hall, Ed Turner, Secretary-Treasurer of the MC&S; Ed Jordan, President of the MFOW and Morris Weisberger (back to camera), Secretary-Treasurer of the SUP. �SEAFARERS Tage Tom October l; mt LOG Receives Check Sea-Land Protests Reduced Rail Rates By Earl (Bull) Shepard, Vice-President, Atlantic ELIZABETH—The SlU-contracted Sea-Land Service, Inc., has filed complaints with the Interstate Commerce Commis­ sion against discriminatory rail freight rates which are harm­ ing its cargo traffic, N.Y. Hosts Apprenticeship Conference June 16, permitted activated car­ The charges are aimed at bon to move by "piggyback" from two rail tariffs on activated Texas to New York at the reduced carbon, moving from Mar­ rate of $1.63 per 100 pounds. Sealand, in its second complaint, shall, Tex. to New York City, and charged that the ICC permitted the canned goods moving between reduction of rates on this traffic from $.96 per hundred pounds to Tampa, Fla. and New York. The ICC permitted the two chal­ a tariff of $.81. The $.96 per hun­ lenged rail rales to go into effect dred-pound rate had existed until 1959. after the U.S. Supreme Court hand­ The SlU-contracted Seatrain ed down a decision in the "Pan- Lines recently lost a railroad rate Atlantic Case," which set an anti- fight when a federal judge with­ Veteran Chicago dredgeshipping industry precedent. In drew a restraining order he had man Martin Dohi (r), is all previously imposed which would that decision the high court ruled have prevented rail rate cuts on smiles as he accepets his that the fCC should give greater polyethylene plasties moving be­ first pension check from weight to economic arguments in tween Texas and New York. The Frank (Scottie) Aubusson, rail-water disputes. The opinion Justice Department had interced­ SlU-IBU rep in Chicago. Dahl is a member of the held that less attention was to be ed in the case in support of Seatrain's contention that the rate Great Lakes Tug and paid to the protection of water car­ reduction violated U.S. antitrust Dredge Region of the SlU riers when higher rail rate dif­ laws and were otherwise dis­ Inland Boatmen's Union. ferentials were under consid­ criminatory. eration. Favor Rails The nation's railroads have long counted on getting a sympathetic hearing from the ICC when they have resorted to the practice of discriminatory rate cutting. Rail­ WASHINGTON—The American people "should realize and roads following this practice, which be aroused about" the threat of water pollution to the future Is usually done at the expense of life of the nation. Representative Alvin E. O'Konski (R-Wis.) coastal and inland water operators, declared in an interview on ' make selective rate cuts which Washington Reports to the eral agency to administer the force the competing water carriers People, AFL-CIO public water pollution laws of the United out of business. When successful, service program heard on 700 States and fix standards for control of pollutants and contaminants. the railroads can then raise their radio stations. Previous legislation, on a match­ Representative John D. Dingell rates to any level they please at a ing basis of $4.40 of local money later date without fear of com­ (D-Mich.), interviewed on the to each $1 of federal funds, has same program, said that water pol­ petition. stimulated action on the project, In its complaints on rates for lution today is due to "a series of but some industries, Dingell de­ complex industrial wastes which activated carbon, Sea-Land said it are going into our* streams in clared, prefer to pay the nominal had been forced to publish an un­ thousands of tons," including state fine rather than make needed profitable rate to counter the re­ radioactive wastes, run-off of agri­ corrections in their operations. duction permitted by the decision cultural pesticides and municipal of the regulatory agency. The deci­ sewage. sion, which went into effect on "Last of all," Dingell contin­ ued, "it is detergents and some other substances that get in When the lights go out in through municipal and industrial a modern, automated city it sewage disposal systems." clearly demonstrates the su-1 He noted that detergent manu­ periority of man over ma- i facturers have evolved a new chine, as the following incid­ product which breaks down in WASHINGTON—The Inter­ ent indicates. streams and in sewage disposal state Commerce Commission, On a recent weekend there plants and have agreed to substi­ whose favorable decisions to was a power failure in a Gertute it for existing hard detergents. railroads in discriminatory The automated If they do not, he said, "we will I man city. rate cases are often made at pass legislation to force them to ^ machine which operated the the expense of the shipping 1 generator was prepared for do so." industry, recently had trouble O'Konski termed the condition 1 the emergency however, and in telling the difference be­ in a taped voice immediately of the Potomac River in the na­ tween ships and trucks. tional capital is a "disgrace and a ,,,I called the chief engineer on In approving an .application tragedy, because the federal govthe telephone to inform him by the SlU-contracted Calmar ernment ought to set an example the difficult.v. Steamship Corporation to car­ for the rest of the nation. This |i As it happened the chief en­ gineer's telephone number ry lumber between Pacific most historic river is probably the .had changed and the genera­ coast ports and Cape Canav­ most polluted stream in the United tor operating machine had eral, Florida, the ICC referred States." been informed ^of, the to the shipping company as a Dingell called the water pollu- , ':.never , "motor vehicle" operation. tion problem a health, as well as precaution had been taken however to set up a sec­ After someone presumably economic problem. ond machine to inform callers pointed out to the ICC that "You read of fish kills, both in motor vehicles are operated fresh and salt water, and Intestinal . of the number change, so the disorders, hepatitis outbreaks and /: second machine told the first by motor carriers and steam­ so on that result from water pollu­ p machine to call "Information" ships are run by steamship tion," he said. "Detroit water re­ > to get the new number. companies, the agency took cently saw twfl^ major duck kills >; But, alas, this was beyond pains to confess its error, of about. 20,000 each within less i; the capabilities of the first saying that it wanted its order than 6 months. These were scarce ^ machine. Endlessly and brain- : to "conform to the evidence." lessly it kept calling the chief species like canvasbacks and red The commission's decision ' engineer's old number and heads." was all the more out of the Referring to recent reports that ' jiist as endlessly and just as ; ordinary since Calmar's appli­ Lake Erie is becoming an Ameri­ ; brainlessly the second macation to carry the lumber was can Dead Sea, O'Konski said that , chine kept advising it to call opposed by four railroads: the unless pollution is checked, other ^ "Information." Northern Pacific, Great North­ great lakes, like Michigan and I The lights remained off unern, Union Pacific and the Superior, will become useless and T; til a human being somewhere Chicago, MilwaukeCi St. Paul noticed that it was getting dangerous water wastes. and Pacific. Dingell is sponsor of legislation ii dark. that would set up a separate fed- Congressmen IVorn Of Pollution Perils Who's in Charge Here? Calmar Sails 'Trucks,' Says ICC Examiner *. .** V^ ^ «« ff V A mm V A V mm A MA A The first annual National Transportation Apprenticeship Confer­ ence was held here this week at the Hotel New Yoiiier. Attended by representatives of both labor and management, the conference drew greetings from President Johnson and Labor Secretary Wirtz. The SIU was represented in the maritime sectimi of the conference, and the union threw its fuii support behind the program. Boston Shipping has picked up here during the last period and is expected to remain good for the immedite future. There were 2 payoffs, 1" sign-on and four ships in transit. Robert Frazer, who was last on the Ocean Anna as bosun, paid off her to spend some time with his family. Now he is looking for a ship running offshore. Frederick "Whitey" Meinerth, an AB, ran coast­ wise for six months on the Cantigny. Now he is looking for a ship on the Far East run, having spent sometime with his family first. John Kulas, a 23-year union man, was last on a Summer Boat called the Yankee Oiler. He was happy to see the "lover's run" end, and now he is looking for a trip to Europe or the Far East. Maurice McCatty, who just piled off the Mount Washington, says he was sorry to see that "floating hotel" go offshore. On the beach, he will take his family on a vacation through-f Canada and visit the World's Fair hopes i will be as good as the Transbefore shipping out again. A 3rd eastern. cook, he hopes to get another ship Robert Harwell, who sails on as good as his last one. deck, was taken off the Flomar New York in Costa Rica with a ruptured ap­ Shipping in this port has slowed pendix. Harwell credits the fast somewhat in the last period, work and good judgment of the though the outlook remains good Flomar's master. Captain Doane, with the busier fall season coming with saving his life. He says he's on. There were 24 payoffs, 6 fit-for-duty again and ready to sign-ons and 19 ships in transit. ship. Norfolk W. Kong, on the beach two Shipping has been fair in this months after coming off the Robin Locksley, is ready to ship again port. There were 4 payoffs, 2 and looking for a good slot in the sign-ons and 7 in transits for the steward's department. J. Duffany, last two-week period.Earl Mansfield, George Owens, just off the Steel Artisan where he served in the black gang, is Will Beasley and Joseph Stevens were all on the ill-fated Globe also ready, to ship again. Ernest Scardino, who sails as an Explorer, which caught fire and electrician, lya® last on the Azalea had to be abandoned one day out City. He's watching the board for of this port. Recovered from the a round the world trip. H. Rolen, excitement, the four were all down after spending four months on the at the hall waiting to ship out as beach and enjoying, among other soon as the jobs come up on the things, the World's Fair, just board. Puerto Rico. shipped as an electrician on the Shipping on the island has been Steel Vendor. Fleming Jensen, after spending two months vaca­ generally good in the last period. tion in Virginia, is now ready to On the labor front, 12 internation­ al AFL-CIO unions have unani­ ship on any coastwise tanker. mously approved the formation of Philadelphia a Central Labor Council of Puerto Shipping has been slow during Rico. The president of the body that last period, with Improvement will be Keith Terpe, SIU head­ expected in the very near future. quarters representative in San There were 3 payoffs, 3 sign-dns Juan. The Council claims a mem­ and 8 in transits. bership of 235,000 workers. One Buck Pieszczuk, an SIU mem­ of the first actions of the new ber since 1947 who is now retired Council was to lend a hand in the and collecting a union pension, picketing at the San Juan Star, says "I am grateful to the union; now undergoing a strike by News­ I can now sit back and take it easy paper Guild.smen. All unions in without any worries and enjoy the Council showed up during the course of the strike to help man pensioner's benefits." Alexander Tuum, who sails as the picket lines and show the sol­ a carpenter, says he is looking for idarity of Puerto Rican labor. another wood butchering job on a ship now that he is through vaca­ tioning. Albert Yumal, a firemanwater tender, is watching the board for a job below. He says he will go just about anywhere. Frank Mason, an oiler who says the party time Is over for him on the beach, is waiting to ship as soon as pos­ • TORONTO—The SIU of Canada won unanimous approval as bar­ sible. gaining representative in an elec­ Baltimore ' Shipping here slowed down dur­ tion conducted on the steamer ing the last two weeks but the pic­ Alexander Leslie, owned by Norture looks good for the next pe­ Lake Steamships, Ltd. of Toronto, riod. There were 3 payoffs, 2 sign- Ontario. The members of the crew on the ons and 11 in transit. Rocky Morris just shipped out Alexander Leslie voted one hun­ as an AB on the Alamar, bound for dred percent in favor of the SIU the West Coast. He says he wants to represent theip In collective ^ to visit some friends out there and bargaining negotiations. that he may as well earn some The election was held by the money while he is doing so. Canada Labour Relations Board Rocoo Caruso, sailing on deck for and was conducted by the Depart­ the last 20 years, just piled off the ment of Labour. The results were Transeastem because he injured checked by John Royce an ob­ his arm and shoulder. But he is server for the SIU of Canada arid FFD again and registered. He is M. Horenblas of the Department looking for another ship that he of Labour. Canadian SIU Wins Election �SEAFARERB Ootober t, 19M Pas* flTfl- LOG Class 117 Wins Lifsboat Ticksts By Al KMT, Seercfary-Treasurer Check Welfare Eligibility Graduating members of Lifeboat Class 117 flash big smiles for the photographer after suc­ cessfully completing Coast Guard requirements for their lifeboat tickets at the SlU school at New York headquarters: Members of the class are (first row, l-r) John B. Funk, William J. Winfordner; (middle row) M. S. Loppies, Lorry Sullivan, Alberto Aguior, Ramon Aydoi (third row) instructor Dan Butts, Gon Diviaio. Harry Harrison, Lester Stelly, George A. Jackson, Charley Williams and Richard Lyons. Lifetime Pensions Awarded To Six More SlU Veterans Six more Seafarers have joined the growing ranks of SIU pensioners who can relax in the sun and receive a monthly..pension check from the Seafarers Welfare Plan, The men who have been approved by the SIU Welfare Plan's trustees to receive a monthly stipend of $150 fortthe rest of their lives are timer who Joined the union in New he now makes his home in Cold Emil Herek, 58; Edward J. York In Nov. 1938, sailing in the Springs, Texas, where he will re­ Singletary, 50; Gregorio Mirabueno, 71; Henry P. Myers, 66; Constahtine Dobrovolsky, 70; and Emlle Houde, 65. Emil Herek first Joined the Union in the port of New Orleans, spending his years at sea sailing in the steward department as cook and steward. While he spent much of his time aboard the Del Sud, his Jast ship was the Delaware. Edward J. Singletary is a native of Louisiana who first signed up with the SIU in New Orleans. Un­ til his retirement, he sailed in the engine department, finishing his career at sea as an oiler. He now makes his home In Siidell, La., after last sailing aboard the Penn Vanguard, Gregorio Mirabueno Is an old- steward department. A native of tire with his well earned SIU pen- Herek Singletary CLAIMS Pension-Disability Benefits ..... Maternity Benefits Dependent Benefits 8,129 38 612 64 989 Optical Benefits - 547 Out-Patient Benefits 5,956 SUMMARY Vacation Benefits TOTAL WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD... Mlrabueno Myers Dobrovolsky Houde the Philippine Islands, he now makes his home in the city of San Francisco. He last sailed as third cook aboard the Steel Advocate. Henry P. Myers began his career with the SIU in New York and has sailed since that time In the deck department. Born In India, sion. His last ship was the Ocean Anna, on which he sailed as bosun. Constantino Dobrovolsky is a AMOUNT PAID native of Russia who came to this 72,959.44 country when the war first broke out in Europe. Before Joining the 77,094.96 SIU in 1941 in Mobile, Ala., he 91,800.00 sailed with both the Polish mer­ chant marine and the English fleet 12,885.10 as a deck hand. He plans to settle on his monthly check to his home ' 107,528.23 in the Bronx, N.Y. He last sailed in the Steel Recorder as carpenter. 6,610.01 Emile Houde is an SIU oldtimer 47,648.00 who began sailing as a Seafarer 416,525.74 from New York in 1941. A native of Canada, he now makes his home 453,756.13 in Baltimore, Md., where he plans to live a comfortable life on his pension. He last sailed In the en­ 870,281.87 gine department on the Seafair. Cash Benefits Paid — August, 1964 Death Benefits Increase In Employment Fails To Put Dent In Joblessness WASHINGTON—The economy showed continued strength In August, the Labor Department has reported, even though the increase in non-farm jobs fell short and failed to dent the unemployment problem. The paradox persisted of the month took place in manufac­ the factory workweek run­ turing. This sector showed a rise SIU Welfare, Vacation Plans Hospital Benefits During the past nine months we have gone into almost every aspect of the SIU welfare and pension plans to give the membership a clear picture of Hie benefits they have. The reason we have gone Into such painstaking detail Is that It Is our desire to let every SIU man know about the benefits that the Union has won for them. Equally important is the need for every brother to become acquainted with the require­ ments which are necessary to be eligible for these various welfare, vacation and pension plan programs. The thing for every Seafarer and his family to remember is that these benefits havs been won as the result of many a hard-fought battle. It behooves every man in our Union to become fully acquainted with them, and to take the fullest possible advantage of every last one. These last words are hardly necessary, since a quick look at the 1964 welfare and pension statistics shows that our brothers have been keeping the Union welfare representatives on their toes with the claims they have been filing. Since we started writing this column at the beginning of the year, more than 149,056 claims for welfare and vacations have been acted upon by our welfare office. These benefits had a cash value worth over $7,238,277.21. This means that from January 618.12; optical benefits — 4,441 1st to August 31st, 1964, a figure claims totaling $6Q,223.61, and out­ equalling one-seventh of the patient benefits — 53,641 claims, $51,730,449 total that has been totaling $351,696.80. paid out to SIU members since the The benefit we all want to see welfare plan's inception several remain at the lowest figure pos­ years ago. sible, claims for cash benefits aris­ Claims for vacation benefits ing from the loss of our departed alone hit the whopping total of brothers, stood at a total of 229. 11,938 since the first of the year. These claims had a cash value of These vacation benefits have a $593,385.62. total cash value of $3,962,420.49 The statistics we have men­ which, is again, almost a seventh tioned above tell an obvious story. of the total of $30,995,294.19 which After reading them. Seafarers has been paid since the vacation have the plain evidence that thou­ benefit was made a part of our sands upon thousands of their contract agreements. brothers are living easier with the Taking a further look at the help of the SIU welfare and vaca­ 1964 totals of the various benefits tion plans. The figures showing that make up the SIU welfare the cash payments the Union plans , plan, one can quickly get a picture have made to the membership il­ of the magnitude of its operations. lustrate that they are organized to There were 66,521 claims for hos­ take care of every SIU man who pital benefits worth a total of is eligible to make a claim. $603,905.24; diaabUlty benefits— What these facts mean. In so 4,589 claims totaling $688,250; many words, is that the Welfare maternity benefits—519 claims to­ plan exists to serve you. It's up to taling $99,775.23; dependent bene­ you to take full advantage of your fits—7,178 claims totaling $878,- benefits. 16,335 1,381 17,716 ning at very high levela and over­ time setting a rword high even as 3.7 million unemploj^ed sought work and could not find it. This picture is causing the La­ bor Department to undertake a trial survey "to see If shortages exist In certain occupations," ac­ cording to Harold Goldstein, the department's manpower expert. In a separate report, the Labor Department said three major areas—^Pittsburgh, Pa., San Juan, P.R. and Chattanooga, Tenn.— were removed from the Ust of major Job centers with 8 percent or more Jobless In August. This drops the total areas with "sub­ stantial unemployment" to 32 out of 150 areas surveyed monthly, the lowest total since early 1960. It was the first time Pittsburgh has fallen below 6 percent Job­ less in nearly 7 years. The detailed Job report for Au­ gust showed a rise of 240,000 nonfarm Jobs to a record high of 59.2 million. This total Is 1.6 millimi higher than August 1963, with two-thirds of the Job expansion occurring in trade, services and state and local government. The Labor Department de­ scribed the July-to-August Job in­ crease as "close to seasonal ex­ pectation." The biggest Job Increase over of 174,000 to a total of 17.5 mil­ lion. The increase in manufactur­ ing was held down by auto model changeover layoffs totaling 110,000. The auto changover layoffs have grown in recent years along with total auto industry employ­ ment, explained the Labor Depart­ ment spokesman. "Continued strength In the economy," said the report, "was evident In the factory workweek, which rose 0.3 hour to 40.9 hours." "Overtime hours also rose 18 minutes over the month," the re­ port added. "At an August aver­ age of 3.3 houra, factory overtime was at the highest level recorded since the overtime series began in 1956." The average hourly earnings of factory production workers fell by a penny to $2.52 in August. The longer workweek, however, pushed average weekly earnings back up to $103, the report noted. Earlier, the Labor Department's summary report had reported that the seasonally-adjusted Jobless rate moved up to 5.1 percent in August from the four and one-half year low of 4.9 percent in July. The overall unemployment rate rose as teenagers failed to find work, with the teenage jobless rate rising to 15 percent from July's 13 percent. �SEAFARERS Pace Sia Ociaber t, 1M4 LOC (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SIV Atlantic,' Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District.) September 12-September 25, 1964 The job situation remains at the aam.e tarisk pace as it was during the last shipping period, showing wily a narrow margin between this period and the last. The total number of Seafarers shipped was 1,220 as compared to 1,266 the previous period. The increase in departments was mixed, with shipping in the deck and engine departments showing gains, while the steward department job situation slowed slightly. East Coast shipping boomed, with the number of Jobs rising in all ports except New York and Philadelphia, which feU off only slightly. West Coast shipping was down from the previous period, with San Francisco recording a sizeable drop in the number of jobs, which Wilmington and Seattle only slightly offset. Shipping in the Gulf was also on the downswing, mostly caused by a large drop in the number of jobs shipped from New Orleans, the impact of which was compensated by good Increases in Tampa, Mobile and Houston. . Registration kept pace wi^ the brisk shipping situation, with Ship AetivHy a total of 1,220 registered during the last two weeks, as ooii^red with 1,142 the previoua period. This period's total, however, was exactly the same as the number of jobs shipped during this period. As a result, the total number of SIU men registered and on the beach also remained exactly the same, at a total of 3,722. Pay Offs Boctoa ...... 1 New York.... 24 Philadelphia .. 3 iailioiere .... 3 Nerfoik ..... 4 Jackionviiie .. 0 With more men registering, the seniority picture changed some­ what for the first time in several weeks. The percentage of Class A men shipped jumped to 58 percent of the total, as compared to 53 percent in the previous period. The percentage of Class B men shipped dropped, as a result, by 4 points to 31 percent from the previous period's total of 35 percent. Class C registration was down one point to 11 percent of the total shipped, against 12 per­ cent the previous period. 1 Tampa 5 Mobile New Orleant.. 7 9 UoHitea Wllmiagtoa .. 0 Saa Fraacitce . 1 Seattle ...... 2 Ship activity increased during this period, with the total of 220 ship movements contrasting to 193 the previous period. Pay­ offs were up to 60 from 52, sign-ons dropped to 37 from 43 the week before, and in transit movements Jumped to 123 from 108 the period before. TOTALS ... 40 Siga la Oas Traai. TOTAL 4 4 1 49 19 4 18 7 8 14 11 2 14 8 2 11 11 0 9 4 2 13 4 4 83 14 10 88 25 4 4 4 0 5 1 7 8 7 2 87 128 220 DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS B Registered CLASS A Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C1 GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 8 ALL 1 2 8 ALL 1 2 8 ALL 1 8 ALL 2 1 2 9 1 6 1 0 0 3 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 4 1 Boston 98 0 44 27 78 2 10 23 39 12 18 84 55 14 2 9 New York 9 3 0 0 7 3 0 6 10 0 8 8 8 7 8 1 Philadelphia 85 1 7 17 12 80 0 9 17 1 11 0 28 8 5 6 Baltimore 8 4 0 4 0 5 9 1 0 0 0 14 4 9 8 8 Norfolk 4 2 0 0 1 0 6 8 1 8 2 0 0 0 4 8 Jacksonville 10 ( ) 8 4 11 0 8 0 8 4 1 2 3 4 4 Tampa .............. 8 18 11 12 27 1 18 i1 9 5 10 4 10 4 6 9 5 Mobile 55 26 44 1 82 82 14 29 4 4 12 16 19 14 17 New Orleans [ 15 14 80 8 29 8 45 8 8 11 22 57 89 4 14 Houston 6 0 8 0 8 ( 5 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 8 1 Wilmington 0 2 8 1 7 8 0 5 1 12 ( 1 2 5 8 2 San Francisco 9 3 15 0 8' 4 8 19 0 6 8 8 5 12 2 4 Seattle 98 202 42 1 842 18 75 88 1 175 00 152 42 284 11 62 69 132 TOM£S Port 1 I TOTAL Shipped Registered On The Beach CLASS Ai CLASS B ' GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP 8 ALL A B C ALL 1 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 2 8 ALL 0 6 0 . 7 9 0 0 1 41 0 0 24 8 2 5 7 98 104 149 28 281 4 7 78 13 7 2 5 0 39 84 127 6 1 IS 18 0 1 6 23 45 0 1 4 6 15' 21 0 0 80 6 47 41 2 3 11 51 11 103 1 1 25 38 04 80 11 0 7 4 3 7 9 14 15 30 1 4 7 10 18 3 8 6 3 12 3 0 2 1 8 0 11 3 3 10 16 18 2 2 4! 11 3 4 0 2 6 0 8 1 2 1 4 8 27 16 0 a 46 28 24 9 61 1 5 13 19 0 8 2 0 2 44 0 2 75 50 59 14 123 3 29 33 56 92 11 45 6 1 78 56 81 13 150 3 4 22 11 21 45 69 0 0 2 0 0 24 6 7 12 1 0 8 11 41 1 20 0 0 0 8 0 5 0 13 25 21 48 1 2 20 8 29 0 15 58 0 0 0 0 9 0 20 27 26 5 24 16 40 5 24 15 1 44 284 132 44 1 460 385 511 104 11000 19 194 318 1 520 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 8 ALL 1 8 ALL 1 1 2 2 8 ALL 1 .2 2 8 ALL 5 d 0 0 6 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 1 89 17 59 1 71 4 10 19 88 4 15 13 29 19 50 2 6 1 0 8 12 i> 5 0 1 5 10 8 4 0 3 1 6 8 14 8 12 1 10 1> 10 0 18 2 14 2 18 0 0 8 (j 8 0 1 1 5 0 5 0 0 2 4 I 8 4 0 7 0 2 0 5 0 4 1 2 0 0 f 8 8 8 I\ 8 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 8 1 1 1 0 0 14 7 9 6 19 8 19 8 10 2 10 8 7 10 1 23 87 5 87 17 80 2 88 41 T 0 13 8 89 84 14 89 12 82 4 48 8 19 17 88 0 81 8 0 4 0 4 7 8 5 1 0 1 2 1 0 4 8 8 12 8 10 0 1 6' 8 9 1 8 0 0 } 8 18 8 10 1 t 4 11 2 13 1 10 1 1 5 7 41 176 21 888 18 08 80 180 51 149 24 1 824 11 80 67 158 Port Boston New York Philadelphia 1 Baltimore Norfolk f Jacksonville Tampa Mobile i New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle i* 1 TOTALS GROUP 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 8 0 2 1 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 TOTAL Shipped CLASS 3 ALL A B 0 2 0 2 7 9 59 29 0 0 6 5 0 2 18 14 8 5 0 6 0 2 0 0 8 0 5 1 8 19 1 19 0 4 30 23 8 49 0 88 1 1 0 1 0 9 0 8 0 7 0 16 15 1 88 224 158 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP C ALL 1 2 8 ALL 0 4 1 16 13 2 97 51 129 26 206 9 0 11 2 26 82 4 84 18 2 65 39 8 10 2 0 19 22 1 7 1 0 5 0 0 6 12 1 3 5 1 41 9 8 40 . 29 2 57 21 4 68 10 99 94 17 0 51 8 71 7 6 1 19 12 1 0 17 7 28 48 8 0 28 0 3 82 23 88 1 420 142 445 09 1 050 GROUP 1 2 8 ALL 0 6 2 8 17 48 65 180 0 3 8 11 81 80 4 05 1 11 8 20 4 8 4 11 0 1 1 2 0 12 9 21 2 41 52 95 8 44 82 79 2 7 10 19 2 7 10 19 0 12 6 18 85 226 287 1 498 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Regisferetl CLASS A Pert Bos. • • • • • NY. • • •«• Pfafl I'M GROUP 1 t $ ALL 4 1 1 It i 10 39 4 0 6 11 0 10 1 1 f -r Bsla • • • • • Nov* •• • • 0 • •• • • YMA* •• • • Molka • • • • NO- • • • • • Hoii- • • • • Wll- a • • • • SY ••••••< II t • 11 37 33 4 J 7 4 7 1 0 0 56 31 83 I 182 4 23 T 13 t I Sea...... TOTALS Registered CLASS B 12 Shipped CLASS A GROUP GROUP 1 2 0 ALL 1-e 1 2 8 ALL 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 8 0 7 11 4 0 20 05 28 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 0 11 10 19 2 2 18 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 8 8 19 1 I 0 2 8 20 00 2 10 8 26 41 1 2 14 7 00 17 1 16 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 8 0 0 10 10 1 2 0 4 1 9 11 77 1 97 17 69 26 83 1 195 0 i Mpped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C GROUP 1 2 8 ALL 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 9 10 1 0 80 0 20 20 1 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 8 9 GROUP 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 2 87 1 93 8 TOTAL Shipped CLASS 8 ALL A B 0 0 0 2 9 55 9 0 2 5 1 2 0 19 0 0 11 7 9 9 8 1 • 0 2 0 0 1 0 - 0 19 0 10 0 41 26 5 8 80 20 7 0 1 0 0 3 1 5 1 1 4 9 1 45 1 52 195 93 C AT.T. 1-s 0 2 3 70 87 9 2 0 0 6 01 11 11 27 4 8 4 1 6 10 0 0 09 8 5 72 14 08 17 8 0 1 6 9 B 1 7 1 52 1 840' 115 Registered n The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP 1 2 S ALL 2 6 4 15 69 45 81 282 9 6 10 00 70 28 11 26 16 7 8 2 0 8 2 0 9 3 4 3 00 7 8 12 19 ^ 58 lis 85 80 11 27 6 4 6 22 42 16 5 12 8 2 12 29 GROUP 12 0 AIJ. 0 0 1 1 01 8 11 42 11 0 2 9 47 0 8 89 0 8 11 14 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 15 2 2 10 80 0 2 72 09 0 8 29 8 2 11 16 ISO 12 0 0 84 40 41 208 845 1 711 36 SUMMARY Registered CLASS A DECK ENGINt STEWARD GRAND TOTALS Registered CLASS B SHiPPED CLASS A SHiPPED CLASS B SHiPPED CLASS C TOTAL SHiPPED Registered .On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 8 ALL GROUP GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP GROUP C ALL 123 ALL 12 8 ALL 1 3 ALL A 2 8 ALL 2 8 ALL 1 24 15 ^ 44 284 132 44 | 460 385 8 202 42 I 342 12 75 _88J 175 90 152 42 J84 11 52 69 I 132 41 176 "21 1 238 12 88 86 I 186 149 ill 224 11 80 67~| 158 1 22 15 I 38 224 158 38 | 420 142 3 45 I 52;i95 93 52 | 340 321 68 31 Sr I 182 9 11 "77"| 97 86 ' 26 83 195 4 2 87 I 93 4 10 49 75 1134 703 383 134 |i220 848 297 409 140 J 762 33 174 251 j 458 227 827 149 708 20 134 228 1 883 511 104 11000 445 69 | 650 129 261 I 711 1085 434 |2367 19. 194 313 I 520 35 226 237|498 36 41 2«B'| 845 N 461 81011369 �Oelober t. IHi By Al Tanner, Vice President and Fred Farnen, Secretory-Treasiirer. Great Lakes SEAFARERS LOO Face Sevea Senators CKe Necessity For Health Care Program WASHINGTON—Hospital care for the aged under social security was approved by the Senate because it believed there is an absolute need for the program, Senator Albert Gore (D-Tenn.) and Senator Clifford P. Case (R-NJ.) declared in interviews on Washington Re­ Lakes Shipping Looks Bright Shipping from the port of Alpena has been very good. The SS ports to the People, an AFL-^~ Jdiw W. Boardman, Huron Portiand Cement Co., has fit-out and CIO public service program lated hospital or nursing home prehensive, and less expensive" laid up once again. On the beach waiting for that certain-ship are heard on 700 radio stations. care. way of meeting their needs. Jehn Stevens and Ken Noiles. We hope the wait won't be too long, Both senators stressed that these Case answered the argument "We kept presenting to the Sen­ fellows. ate the cold facts, the pressing benefits would come "as a matter that the wealthy should not be Shipping has been very good In Buffalo for all ratings. It is hoped need," said Gore, who Introduced of right, not as a charity or wel­ covered by saying that all insur­ that it will continue this way for the duration of the season. The SIU the hospital care amendment. "By fare proposition." Gore said that ance systems are based on broad in this port has joined organized labor in the fight to get citizens of 1975 we will have 25 million peo­ the wealthy senior citizens can pay coverage with everyone paying his Buffalo out to register for the coming elections. You must be reg­ ple over 65. An overwhelming per­ for their own hospitalization and share. istered in order to vote. SIU members have been usitig handbills centage will have no significant other such costs, and that the very "We are not attempting to dis­ and sound trucks in this effort. income. We can't walk off and let poor can get such assistance under tinguish between those who have Al Richie quit the Philip Minch recently and announced plans- these old people die. the Kerr-Mills Act, but that the riches or are in poverty," he said. to retire. Jim Connors came by to see us while he was on vacation majority need "this dignified, com­ "I think this is a great social gain." "I think the social conscience of from the Mc Kee Sons. Other men waiting to ship out are Art the nation has been stirred. We Ferry, Donald Goff, John Burns, Leo Trocki and Ed Cook. Shipping in the past two-week period in Chicago has been extremely are the only highly developed na­ good. The Miiwankee Clipper laid up last week and five of that tion on earth that doesn't have crew registered in this port. We have already shipped two of these some progressive, enlightened sys­ tem for health care for the elderly. men on other jobs. Arthur Wentworth, also an OS off the Clipper and the Clipper's We are the" richest nation on earth; we can afford it. In fact, we can­ deck delegate, took a relief Job on the U. S. Gypsum this week. dispatching men oi all ratings in not afford to be withdut it." . The Senate added the hospital This is also his second whack at all departments with the exception BUFFALO—St. Lawrence Seaway officials plan to shut care provision as an amendment a self-unloader. The other men of second cooks. down the Welland Canal on December 15 this year to get an to the social security benefit im­ from the Clipper include a Louis Little, who is an oiler, couple of the wheelsmen. I doubt has been taking all relief jobs in provements bill passed by the early start on work to expand the congested facilities of the whether they will take any other his rating. A couple of days ago, House. The measure provides for waterway. Ship operators job but a wheelsman's: but with be took a permanent oiling job, a prepaid system of health insur­ have long regarded the canal this year's figure represented a ance through a tax of four-tenths the fall setting in, the belt may so there goes our old faithful. gain of more than 36 percent. as a major bottleneck, but tighten to where they will con­ The Overseas Joyce, a salt­ of 1 percent on payrolls, borne Welland Canal- cargo traffic sent to grab a plain old AB job. water vessel, paid off Monday, equally by employer and employee. this year traffic tie-ups worsened jumped to 30 million tons as con­ to the point where ships encoun­ Top news from the Chicago hall September 21, 1964, in the port Out of the trust fund thus set up, tered 60 hour delays while they trasted to 23.5 million tons at the is that our SIU cat had kittens. of Duluth. The only beef aboard any person past 65 may get stipu­ waited for clearance. end of August, 1963. Seaway rec­ It is unfortunate that slie is not this ship was no cold water for ords indicate that nearly 200 more In making their decision to close covered under the SIU Welfare 29 days which was submitted to ocean ships used the waterway the canal, Seaway Authority .offi­ Plan, but in any event she is well New York for clarification. Most during the first, five months than cials have no plans to extend -the cared for by the boys on the beach of the crew are heading back to in 1963. • The number of ocean shipping season beyond Dec. 15, and particularly our branch sec­ New Orleans. The crew was ex­ ships proceeding upbound was despite the fact that weather con­ retary, who brought the thing out ceptional on this ship. The trip ditions might permit continued 158 more than a year ago. of the cold this winter to keep was excellent; they were out about Traffic through the Montrealoperation. The expansion work on tlie mice in check. three months on the Persion Gulf Lake Ontario section of the Sea­ the single lock canal, which links On Friday, September-18, a ^un. The ship is loading general way almost reached 5 million tons Lake Erie with Lake Ontario in during August, an increase of 33 contract was signed between the cargo in Duluth and Chicago for the St. Lawrence system, will be­ percent over the same month in Cinch Manufacturing Company the Far East. WASHINGTON—America's post­ and UI"' Local 300 of the SIU at The City of Grand Rapids men will ring twice in a nation­ gin on Dec. 15 and continue until 1963. The August traffic total for the offices of the Company's is being leased-for use wiiile the wide tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt's March 31 when the waterway re­ the Welland Canal stood at 6 mil­ lawyers. The contract will run City of Green Bay is under­ 80th birthday on Oct. 11 and in opens. lion tons, which is a 20 percent Tonnage Up for three years. An election is going its annual U.S. Coast Guard support of the causes to which she rise over the figures for the month being conducted for Chief Shop inspection in the Manitowoc Ship­ devoted her life. Announcement of the canal's in 1963. Steward and 18 Department Shop yard. We will be putting the crew Seaway statistics also show that A "mailmen's march" of 175,- closing came simultaneously with Stewards for the Cinch plant. The on the City of Grand Rapids 000 letter carriers on Oct. 9 and 10 the latest traffic report of the Sea­ cargoes moving upbound through results will not be known until beginning October 3 and 4. The will deliver to 25 million Ameri­ way. Seaway officials report that the Welland waterway rose by 33 this coming Friday. September 25. City of Green Briy will go can homes an appeal in behalf of 29 percent more tonnage moved percent,' while downbound ton­ Your Chicago agent has attended into the shipyard on October 5, the foundation bearing her name. through the canal in the first five nage increased by 28 percent. several meetings with Cinch man­ and will keep the six senior men Participating will be the AFL-CIO months of 1964, compared to the Traffic totals for the Montrealagement and Local 300 officials. in the deck department as well as similar period last year. Lake Ontario section indicate that Letter Carriers, who helped form­ The meetings were successful, and the other departments. upbound cargoes were up by 28 Almost 24 million tons of cargo ulate the special project. the company has promised full co­ The disputed overtime for the passed through the seaway in the percent, and downbound by 44 Announcement of the unique period covered by the report. In percent. operation with Local 300 of the Ann Arbor No. 7 regarding the UIW. excessive coal spillage when the commemoration was made by the same five month period in Iron ore cargoes rose to over It Is without question that all coal dock was broken down wiJl Adlai Stevenson, U.S. Ambassador 1963, also a record year, 18 mil­ 9 million tons in Montreal-Lake local and Illinois central bodies be paid. The men who were in­ to the United Nations and chair­ lion tons were carried through the Ontario area, while wheat traffic are endorsing Johnson for re­ volved should have this on their man of tlie Eleanor Roosevelt five-month period. In other words. hit a total of 7 million tons. election. It is expected that the pay period ending September 30, Memorial Foundation. coming port council meeting of 1964. Letter Carriers President Je­ tile MTD (which will be held this Richard OPikley, while waiting rome Keating stated that the Friday) will also follow the trend for a ship, gave the floor of the "march" was a voluntary tribute and endorse l^resident Johnson. hall a lot of attention—morning, to Mrs. Roosevelt by the nation's October 5th in Peoria, Illinois, waxing and in so-me areas, reseat­ postmen, made in a resolution the convention of the Illinois State ing. The floor looks much nicer passed unanimously in the union's Federation will begin. Your and we all thank Richard. Frank convention in August. Chicago agent has been designated Brooks stops by nearly every Pledge Help to attend this convention. morning to check on what is go­ •The resolution pledged "all pos­ With the biggest part of the ing on. sible support ^ this one-time cam­ season over the hump and beading The Ann Arbor carferries are paign" and called upon union down the home stretch, shipping on a fall schedule now and this members to give their assistance in Cleveland is still going at a would be a good time, if you to the objectives of Mrs. Roosevelt, terrific pace in this port. One day haven't had your vacation, to see "a great humanitarian 'and a gal­ the registrations boArd has quite the beautiful coloring Autumn has lant lady." ai few cards on it, and the next brought to Michigan. The postmen will deliver en­ day it is clear; and there doesn't Shipping in Detroit remains velopes inscribed "Your mailman seem to be an end in sight. steady; however, the permanent Haven't even got, one of the regu­ jobs are few due to the lay-up rings in memory of Eleanor Roose­ lars around, they are all out to season approaching. We did ship velt," and containing an appeal tor support to the foundation's get their stake before that snow almost a full crew to the SlUprogram of cancer research, world starts to fly. One of the regulars. contracted Overseas Joyce peace, human rights and under­ Red Boul?aiger, is off the David­ which recently paid off in Duluth. son on sick leave and is itching Old-timers shipped aboard the privileged children. Further tribute will be paid to to go back as soon as he can get Joyce were I.-'o Tierney, Bill the OK from the doctor. Doyle, Scotty Borlriud and Bill the former first lady in dinners to Congratulations wera in order all around, when S. P. Quite a few of the'ships that and Eriin Olson—to hame a few. be held throughout the nation dur­ ing the week of her birthday. have been coming into this port The Overseas Joyce will -McGinty, director of the SIU Railway Marine Region, pre­ In Washington, D.C., the com­ regularly are now on the grain run make ports in Korea and Japan. sented their first pension checks to rail tug veterans l^ilz The Maiden Creek, Water­ memorative dinner will also serve to Buffalo, but the old reliable Samot (I) and Waiter E. Norrfs (r). Samot sailed as a mate sandboats keep coniing in and man Steamship Company, is ex­ to honor, among others, AFL-CIO on New York Central tugs since 1926. Norris, who held out. pected to pay off here in Detroit, President George Meany and Vice every rating on a tug, began his career with the Pennsylvania Shipping has been very good in and we will probably clean out- President Joseph D. Keenan, both back in 1918. resident trustees of the foundation. the port of Duluth. We have been the hall on this one. Expansion Slated For Welland Canal Mailmen To March For Mrs. F. D.R. Congratulations All Around �Pa«e Eifht SEAF ARERS LOG October t. UM Senate Approves Survey Of U.S. Fishing Industry WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate has given unanimous approval to a resolution calling for a thorough survey of methods utilized by the American fishing industry, its markets, and its future prospects. The resolution, sponsored by Senator Warren Magnuson (D.-Wash.) is currently awaiting action ^ picturing the declining U. S. fish­ ported from abroad. The fact that by the House. ing industry. The Washington Sen­ these fish have been caught in Magnuson began pushing ator based his support on a report By E. B. McAuley, Wesf Coast Representative Bay Area Labor Backs Johnson On the Bay area political front, the San Francisco Labor Council la going all out for the Johnson-Humphrey ticket. The feeling here Is that all of labor must get out in opposition to Goldwater, who is classed as the number one anti-labor man of the country. He is not only antilabor, but anti-medical care for the aged, anti-civil rights and, in fact, for legislative support for the in­ that every second fish ending up waters, which were under tradl anti all the progressive and helpful laws ever submitted in Congress. vestigation after studying the facts on American dinner tables is im- tional control of American fisher­ The only thing he is not anti is anti-Goldwater, and folks here are men, was also seen as an ominous wondering after some of his 'I am the savior' type speeches how the country ever managed to survive without^him. But we have, and we'll indication of the future. The fish caught by the foreign manage to do so in the future without his help. Meanwhile, Senate candidate Pierre Salinger has been hitting the trawler fleets are processed and Republicans with both barrels. Salinger has been endorsed by the packed by labor from their own S.F. Labor Council, as has Philip Burton (5th district) and Thomas P. countries, and then shipped to the O'TooIe (6th district), who are running for Congress. Burton, who won United States where it is sold for a special election last February to fill out the unexpired terms of a American dollars. Thus, the inva­ friend of labor, John F. Shelley, who became San Francisco's mayor, is MILWAUKEE—"Peter T, Schoemann Day in Wisconsin" sion of the American fish market now seeking his first full term in the House. by foreign fleets is also proving Of special interest to California voters are the 17 propositions which was officially proclaimed by Governor John W. Reynolds in harmful to the U. S. balance of will apepar on the ballot. The Labor Council urges a yes vote on all a resolution praising the Milwaukee-born president of the payments position. execpt 14, 16 and 17. Proposition'14, probably the most bitterly fought Plumbers & Pipe Fitters, Senator Magnuson emphasized over, would kill California's fair4^ The recognition by the gov­ training. Its success in this area that a top-tp-bottom survey of the housing law and bring back the ed to be coming along nicely at ernor was but one of a long is due, the AFL-CIO president American fishing industry was spectre of racial discrimination in the USPHS hospital. series of honors and tributes paid said, to the dedication of Schoe long overdue. He claimed that such that field. Labor groups, as well as Seattle has had just two pay­ Schoemann at a testimonial dinner mann in constantly seeking to up an investigation in addition to an church, civil rights and civic here marking his 50th year as a grade and improve all aspects of international conference on fisher­ groups are united in their oppo­ offs in the last period, the An­ the craft. Meany referred to the ies would go a long way toward sition to the proposition, which is chorage and the Morning Light. member of the union. Heading the list of speakers was annual plumbers' apprenticeship showing how to improve our own being pushed for by real estate There are no more payoffs sched­ uled in the near future, and the AFL-CIO Pres. George Meany, programs at Purdue University and industry's position. He said the interests. shipping outlook is slow. himself a member of the Plumbers pointed out that the union "spends answers his proposed survey was The shipping picture in San Oldtimer Wallace "Mad Bear" and longtime friend and associate more on its apprenticeship train­ hunting are important "whether Fanrcisco has been fair for the ing programs than the U.S. gov we view this problem from a stand­ past several weeks. The Cathy Anderson is on the beach, and do­ of Schoemann. point of our national propriety, paid off and is also included in ing a bang up job in trying to Other speakers were Gov. Rey­ ernment does in the field." Meany drew a standing ovation pocketbook, or only pride." nolds, U.S. Senators William Proxthe sign-on list with the Antinous secure fishing rights for the In­ mire and Gaylord Nelson, Rep. when he concluded by describing The knowledge that the Soviet and the Morning Light. In transit dians. Fred Sullins is also on the beach Clement Zablocki (D-Wis.), Mil­ Schoemann as "a fine Individual Union's commercial fishing fleet ships were the Elizabethport, waukee County Executive John a fine trade unionist and prima­ is about the same size as that of Marymar and Sea Pioneer. Due presently. He's looking for the the U. S., but that its total catch to pay off are the Choctaw and the first steward's job on the board. Doyne, and Milwaukee Mayor rily a fine American." Wilmington has been slow over is higher, is also another cause for Northwestern Victory. In transits Henry W. Maier. More than 1.000 of Schoemann's alarm, according to Magnuson. due are the Steel Traveler, Los the last period. The Elizabethfriends jammed all available halls Along with a high rate of decline Angeles, Young America, Fairport port, St. Lawrence, Penmar and of the Schroeder Hotel to partici­ in the number of Americans em­ and the Ocean Dinny. The outlook Choctaw passed in transit. The pate. Those who could not get into ployed as fishermen and an ac­ is expected to remain fair in th» outlook for the coming period is good with, the Sea Pioneer ex­ the main ballroom saw the pro­ companying drop in the number of coming weeks. gram via huge closed-circuit tele­ U. S. fishing vessels, observers D. S. Cogging, who sails as a pected to pay off and sign on. vision screens. have found that there has been no fireman-water tender, just piled Another six ships are due to arrive Toastmaster George Haberman, change in gear and fishing meth­ off the Longview Victory. He'll in transit. Malcolm Woods, a 20-year mem­ president of the Wisconsin State ods. The only exception to this ship again as soon as he gets out ber of the union who ships in the AFL-CIO, read congratulatory tele­ trend is the tuna industry where of drydock. deck department as an AB, has grams from President Johnson and WASHINGTON—The Maritime employment has remained steady D. N. Boutell, pumpman, just been on the beach for the last few Vice Presidential Candidate Sen. Administration has begun think­ since 1950. got off the Sea Pjo/ieer in Hubert Humphrey. ing about a "sound economic Another danger sign in the fish­ Stockton. Calvin Wilson, former months because of a leg injury. He hopes the doctor will give him an Lauded by Meany program" that would help the ing industry's future is that U. S. Meany praised Schoemann for dry bulk carriers of the nation's vessels are being withdrawn be­ bosun on the Wild Ranger, is back FFD slip within a month. Boh Hunt, who was chief stew­ his "countless services to his fellow merchant fleet through construc­ cause of age or obsolence at a fast­ in the hospital for some more skin grafts. He says hello to all his ard on the Orion Planet for more man" and hailed his stewardship tion subsidies. er rate than they are being re­ mates. than a year, is spending some vaca­ of the plumbers' union, declaring The news was brought out in placed. Richard Welsch, who sails in tion time on the beach before ship­ that no other labor organization the contents of letters sent by the engine department, is report­ ping again. approaches it in its apprenticeship the MA to foiur dry bulk carriers who had applied for such subsi­ dies for the construction of nine new vessels. Three of the four companies— Overseas Transportation, Hudson Waterways and Penn Steam.ship —are manned by SIU members. Overseas wants to build two 3040,000 ton ships, Penn Steamship NEW ORLEANS—The still uncompleted but passable three 24,640 dwt ships and Hud­ son Waterways two 60,800 dwt dry Mississippi-Gulf channel, which now provides a long awaited NEW YORK—For the third year bulk carriers. The fourth com­ second sea approach to this port, has already come under fire in a row,-SlU-contracted Sea-Land pany, Jackson Agents, Inc., wants from some shippers. Service has been awarded the Pub­ to order two 33,000 ton combina­ The charge is that the 33 feet of water. Only four of the lic Health Service Citation for tion bulk-oil carriers. All the new reported any bottom touch­ Fleet Sanitation. bulk carriers would be used in channel is hazardous because vessels The award is given in recogni­ the overseas tramp trade. it has not been dredged deeply ing or dragging. The four.,incidents appear to be tion of efforts by water carriers The letters to the comipanies enough in spots. It was leveled by and crewmen to bring their ships from the MA said the agency's the Hellenic Lines, which claimed minor, Bowen reported, and from depth shown by the recent sur­ to a score of "excellent" when it staff has been "engaged for some­ that one of its ships, loaded to 25 the vey, they apparently consisted of comes to shipboard housekeeping. time in developing for the Mari­ feet, had bumped the bottom. The vessels running through the soft The PHS sanitation surveys cover time Subsidy Board's considera­ company said it would no longer ooze that is found in recently 166 separate items, water systems, tion and review an overall pol­ use the waterway because of the dredged areas. But work goes on, food service, waste disposal and icy recomn>endatlon In regard to incident. officials claim, to make the chan­ rat proofing being among the most subsidy for dry bulk carriers." The charge prompted the New nel as trouble-free as possible. important. "The Maritime Administration," Orleans Dock Board to run a fa­ With the channel, New Orleans The honor was presented by of­ the companies were told, "is en­ thometer test of the new channel. is making a major bid to pick up ficials of Jhe PHS to Captain Roy deavoring to find ways and means The results of the test were an­ more commerce. The port already Taking in the sights on her F. Whitmire, Sea-Land general of establishing a sound economic nounced' by Colonel Thomas J. ranks second. Just behind New first visit to h{ew York manager of marine operations, and progaam which, with the com­ Bowen, District Engineer for the York, in total cargo handled. The headquarters, lleen MoreKenneth G. Younger, vice-presi­ bined efforts of government, labor Army Engineers. Bowen said that channel is expected to improve dent of the company. ira, four-year-old daughter and industry, will result in a lar­ 67.8 miles of the 75 mile channel New Orleans' position greatly and The awards program was first ger, more productive and com­ have been completed to a depth of close the fonnage gap with New of Seafarer Juan Moreira, established in 1962 to promote petitive bulk carrier fleet." 31 feet, with the rest due for com­ York and other Mississippi River poses with her father for good sanitation on vessels. The pletion in 1965. The letters warned, however, ports. the LOG photographer. World Health Organization of the that even if a dry bulk construc­ Since the link-which cdts almost At the completion of the water­ Moreira, who lives in Man­ UN, following the PHS lead, is tion subsidy could be fashioned, 50 miles off the old all-Mississippi way and a new IG-berth pier for hattan, sails in the engine planning to begin presenting a it would "be dependent on the route—was opened in July, 1963, seagoing ships, there is expected department and has been similar honor to .world shipping authorization of an adequate 260 ships have used it, including to be a need for a third access budget" organizations. an SIU member since 1961. 60 to 70 that drew between 25 and route to the sea. Wisconsin Honors Piumbers President MA Considers Subsidies For Bulk Carriers First Visit Sea-Land Cited For Sanitation Gulf Operators Charge Channel Still Hazardous �t, 1^^ SEAFARERS Annual Report for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 1964 Great Lakes Tug & Dredge Pension Fund 17 Battery Place, New York 4, N. Y. To the Superintendent of Insurance of the State of New York ^otes: (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, 123 William Street, New York 38, New York. (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, 123 William St., N.Y. 38, N.Y, $ 19,956.28 216,562.60 236,518.86 67.61 67.61 155.79 497,312.27 —0— —0_ 16,840.64 1,158.00 1,158:60 19,810.10 12. Excess (deficiency) of receipts over dijtbursements (line 6, less line 11) 214,198.00 GREAT LAKES TUG & DREDGE PENSION PLAN ATTACHMENT TO THE ANNUAL REPORT FORM D-2 YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 1964 Page 1 — Item 1 Great Lakes Tug & Dredge Pension Plan is identified with the Great Lakes Tug & Dredge Region Inland Boatmen's Union, Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO and various signatory employers operating the Great Lakes Area. Part III —Item 12 Valuation Certificate Attached Exhibit B-1 Statement of Unrecorded Assets and Liabilities Assets Liabilities Interest Receivable $ 4,165.07 Contributions Receivable 13,734.54 Accrued Expenses $733.23 $17,899.61 497,312.27 497,468.06 > Indicate accounting basis by check; Cash • Accrual •. Plans on a cash basis should attach a statement of significant unrecorded assets and liabilities. SEE ATTACHMENT. •The assets listed in this statement must be valued in column (1) on the basis regularly .used in valuing Investments held in the fund and reported to the U.S. Treasury Department, or shall be valued at their aggregate cost or present value, whichever is lower, if such a statement is not so required to be Bled with the U.S. Treasury Department (Act. sec. 7 (e) and (f) (1) (B). State basis of determining the amount at which securities are carried and shown In column (1): Bonds, stocks and U.S. Treas. BiUs-at cost. • If A (s) In Item 13, PART III is checked "Yes," show in this column the cost or present value, whichever is lower, of investments summarized in lines 2c, 3a, and 3b, if such value differs from that reported in column (1). EXHIBIT B-2 SUMMARY STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS Receipts 1. Contributions (a) Employer, See Attachment (b) Employees . (c) Others (Specify) ... 2. Interest, dividends, and other investment 377.31 469.99 3,631.13 487,371.95 Liabilities and Funds 18. Total liabilities and funds 6,769.72 5,592.49 Reconciliation of Fund Balances Insurance and annuity premiums payable Reserve for unpaid claims (not covered by insurance).... Accounts payable •. Payrolls, taxes withheld (d) Total funds and reserves 1,811.46 13. Fund balance at beginning of year - —0— 14. Excess (deficiency) of receipts over disbursements (line 12) 214,198.00 15. Other increases or decreases in funds (a) Reserve for future benefits and expenses (214,180.91) (b) Adjustment in Bond Carrying Value —0— from amortized costs to cost (17.09) (214,198.00) $497,463.06 16. Total liabilities 17. Funds and reserves (a) Reserve for future benefits and expenses (b) (c) 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)~ (b) Fees and commissions (c) Interest (d) Taxes (e) Rent ^ (f) Other administrative expenses 16. Fund balance end of year 11. Total assets 12. 13. 14. 15. $234,008.10 6. Total lines 1 to 5, Inclusive 11. Total lines 7 to 10, inclusive $ 10,023.50 41,897.93 206,972.03 —0— ;—0— —0— ;. 1,983.08 15,066.73 1,216.75 net income 3. Gain (or loss) from disposal of assets, net 4. Dividends and experience rating refunds from insurance companies 5. Other receipts 10. Other disbursements (a)-Trustees' Meetings Expense (b) 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, U.S. Treas. bills .; 8. Accrued income receivable on investments 9. Prepaid expenses 10. Other assets (a) Accrued interest paid on bonds purchased (b) Tin* mat LOG $733.23 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GREAT LAKES TUG & DREDGE PENSION FUND STATE OF New York SS, COUNTY OF New York. and "Trustees of the Fund and being duly sworn, each for himself deposes and says that this Annual Report ia true to the best of his information, knowledge and belief. JJmployer trustee: s/Irving Saunders Employee trustee: s/Robert Affleck $127,663.04 89,061.58 Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11th day of August, 1964. g / John /. Raguseo JOHN J. RAGUSEO ! Notary Public, State of New York No. 30-8482865 Qualified in Nassau ^ County Cert, filled in Nassau Co. St N.Y. Co. Commission Expires March 30, 1966 Anti-Runaway Plan Proposed By SlU (Continued from page 3) ministration has refused to assist in the building of an American-flag bulk-carrying fleet, although con­ struction subsidy aid .for this vital segment of tho American fleet is available under the law. The SIU attacked two major contentions of the American runaway operators and said that examina­ tion of these contentions showed them to be myths manufactured by the operators in order to perpetrate a hoax upon the American press, the American Gov­ ernment and the American people, and justify their accumulation of astronomical profits. The SIU said that the first myth was the rtiyth of "effective control" which holds that these runaway vessels will be available to the United States in time of war or national emergency; The SIU pointed to the fact that runaways had been active, in the carriage of Russian oil cargoes during the Cuban crisis of 1960, despite the displeasure of our Government. It further pointed out that the Honduran Government had been overthrown by its armed forces in October of 1963 and that the U.S.. had'suspended diplomatic contacts and removed Government personnel from that country. In January of 1964, the SIU also noted, Panama had broken off diplomatic relations with the United States. The SIU said the second myth that the runaways could not affoi-d to operate under the American flag because of the "high" wages of American seamen. The SIU asserted that American seamen's wages were comparatively low by American shoreside standards and charged that the runaway operators were exploit­ ing foreign seamen by paying them from one-third to one-fifth of American wages. The SIU noted that the runaway operators do not pay taxes either to the United States or to the coun­ try of their registry and asserted that they contribute nothing to the economy of either nation. '-The runaway operator," the SIU asserted, "is a predatory parasite, roaming, the seas in search of profligate profits, meanwhile preying upon the more poorly paid peoples of other lands in the worst tra"4ition» of old-fashioned dollar Imperialism and eco-i, nomic colonialism." The SIU noted that the American oil companies, which operate the largest fleets of runaway-flag ships, are amassing huge profits. It pointed out that Stand­ ard Oil of New Jersey and its foreign affiliates, which operate the largest fleet of tankers under runaway and other foreign flags, during the first six months of 1964 liad record earnings of. $537 million. The SIU further noted that another American runaway operator, Daniel K. Ludwig, who operates some 43 tankers and freighters under the Liberian flag, was reputed to be worth between a quarter and a half billion dollars, and that last year Ludwig had expended $100 million, as a personal investment, for a 15 percent interest in the Union Oil Company of California, the second largest oil producer on the Pacific Coast. "In view of figures like these, it is hard for us to accept with a straight face the operators' contention that they cannot compete in international trade be­ cause of 'high' American wages," the SIU said. "The runaway operators have written a script .worthy of tha best production efforts of Mack Sennett." �Page Ten SEAFARERS Oetebcr t, MM lOG AFL-CIO Attacks Goldwater Policies Vice-President, Contracts, & Bill HoU, Headquarters Rep. Repatriation Provision Discussed WASHINGTON—"The dangerous economics" of GOP Presidential candidate Barry Goldwater "could rip the fabric of the nation's economic strength, lead to mass imemployment and endanger America's lead­ Goldwater's economic philosophy, ership in the struggle for the article continues, would curtail peace and freedom," the the role of the trade unions and Here is another selection of questions about beefs sent in fr<Hn SIU members. The first concerns the question of replacements and re­ patriation. Question: In cases where men are replaced after the original articles AFL-CIO declared last month in "America would be pushed back have been signed, must the decision and the amount of transportation an article in the federation's toward the days when employers paid depend upon circumstances under which the replaced seamen monthly magazine. The American fired whomever they wished and Federationist. dictated wage increases or wage' have been repatriated? Titled "The Dangerous Econom­ cuts without the check of strong Although the Persian Gulf has not been mentioned as a possible port of payoff it must be given serious consideration. The previous ics of Barry Goldwater," the sena­ trade unions or effective collective articles expired, and the replacements were flown to join the ship tor's economic philosophy was as­ bargaining." sailed as "an attempt to return to Gone Are The, Days there. a mythical yesteryear that no "In its early days when America Answer: No. The time aboard the ship would not be a factor as to longer exists." was essentially a nation of farmers the amount or type of transportation he would receive, regardless of The article, prepared by the and small local businesses, it could what port he was flown to in order to join the ship. His transportation AFL-CIO Department of Research, have tolerated the economic philos­ would be governed as to his original port of engagement when he was asserts that if the economic views ophy of Senator Goldwater," the flown from the U.S. of the GOP candidate were to pre­ article declares. "But as this coun­ Reference: Standard Tanker Agreement, Article II, Section 14— vail there would be fewer govern­ try has become industrialized and Repatriation, Upkeep and Transportation, sub-section (a), second para­ graph: "If repatriated on a vessel of the company, he shall be signed ment programs when more are powerful and nationwide corpora­ needed to meet the challenge of tions have emerged, the vast ma­ on as a non-working work-away. > automation and the nation's pub­ jority of the people are now living If repatriated on a vessel of an­ of another company, he shall be other company, he shall be given given the cash difference between lic service needs. Unemployment in urban areas and are dependent compensation would be restricted, on paychecks. The responsibility not less than second class passage. the passage afforded and second In the event he is given less than class passage. The seaman shall the social security system "under­ of the national government to second class passage on a vessel have the option of accepting re­ mined" and there would be no hos­ foster stable economic growth and pital care for the aged under social protect the general welfare is now patriation by plane if such trans­ security. imperative." portation is offered. Repatriation under this section shall be back to the Port of Engagement." Watch breaking at anchor and Robin Lines has notified the before quarantine is brought up SIU Contract Department that in the following query from a it is holding unclaimed wages member. for the period February 1, Question: (Breaking Watches.) 1964 thru July 31, 1964 for "We arrived here in Trinidad to By Lindsey Williams, Vice-President, Gulf Area Seafarers who may collecting load cargo around 10:30 PM, 5/15. We anchored to await the pilot. them by contacting the com­ The ship shifted from the anchor­ pany treasurer at 2 Broadway, Martime labor in New Orleans is solidly united on two major cur­ age when the pilot came and upon New York. The Seafarers due rent national issues: support of the International Longshoremen's anchoring at the inner anchorage unclaimed wages are: Association in its negotiations with the New Orleans- Steamship Asso­ the mate broke watch. The vessel •W. P. Connery, $100: W. did not pass quarantine until the ciation and endorsement of Lyndon B. Johnson for President and Przlomski, $212.50; David J. morning of 5/16. This is also our Hubert H. Humphrey for Vice President of the United States. Burke, $2.79; Julius B. SchutThe Maritime Council of Greater New Orleans and Vicinity, MTD loading berth." le, $843.39; Gladstone Ford, of the AFL-CIO, which represents more than 50.000 members of 35 Answer: Watches were properly $304.90; John Howard Jr., broken. Since the place where you affiliated unions voted all-out support for the ILA in a recent meeting $1.47; S. S. Silverstein, $1.40; here. The ILA is trying to get a decent agreement from the steamship anchored is also your loading association. Elmer E. Lamb, $277.65; Rich­ berth, watches should have been ard J. Ryan, .$292.28; George At the meeting, the SIU delegation introduced a strongly-worded broken at the inner anchorage. F. Holland, $8.04; Elbert R. motion which committed the affiliated unions to "all-out financial and Solomon, $109.13; Joseph S. Reference: Article II, Section moral support of local unions of the ILA in their efforts to win a decent 34(a) and (b) "COMMENCEMENT and honorable collective bargaining agreement with the New Orleans Smith, $37.97; George L. Hand, $499,91; Robert H. Price, OF PORT TIME, (a) From tbe Steamship Association and to assure the officers and members of the $91.53; Gene C. Gunther, .time a vessel is properly secured ILA of our continued all-out support regardless of the outcome of their $39.62; Preston Ayers, $25.01; . to a dock, buoy or dolphins for the negotiations." purpose of loading and/or dis­ Joseph A. Gomez, $85.65; Otto The council also unanimously expressed its support of the Democratic charging cargo, ballast or stores; R. Mellin, $1.88; Jay W. Sav­ fumigation, lay-up; awaiting ticket in the upcoming elections, including Louisiana Congressmen Hale age, $2.79; Marcilo La Borte, orders or berth, except when a Boggs and Jimmy Morrison, who have Republican opposition in their $174.52. bids for re-election. In a state-4^ — ve.ssel is moored or anchored in or ment published in New Orleans Texas City Refining, Inc., outside the Port of San Pedro for daily newspapers, the MTD Coun­ Mariner because of illness in his Texas City, has notified the the purpose of takipg on bunkers, SIU that it is holding back cil called for support of the Demo­ family in Mobile. He Is registered (b) From the time the vessel is In the steward department and wages for the following Sea­ properly moored or anchored for cratic party in the interest of will be ready to sail again as soon farers, who may collect them the purpose of loading and/or dis­ world peace, expanded world trade as things get straightened out at by contacting the company and and continued domestic pros­ charging cargo, ballast, passengers, perity. home. Eddie L. Walker is about giving them a signed request, or mail; undergoing repairs; recovered from an accident on the social security and Z card After spending a few weeks' taking on fuel, water or stores; numbers and instructions re­ vacation with his family in North Oc:eanic Wave' which resulted in fumigation, lay-up; awaiting Carolina, garding payment. Robert Long hit the the loss of two finger joints, and orders or berth. William S. Allen, Charles beach in Houston and was ready is ready to sail again in a chief Entering tanks for cleaning or to ship on the first chief stew­ electrician's job. Vincent Cuomo, Robert H. maintenance is the subject of the ard's job to hit the board. He said A. W. Saxon is ready to go after Frazer, Edward Johnson, Pauli last question. C. Johnson, Franklin D. Ken­ to say "Hello" to the "fine crew visiting his family in Mobile. He Question: "Does entering tanks of the Del Mar" which was his last shipped on the Alcoa Runner nedy, Donald E. Mackey. and is looking for a deck depart­ that have contained latex, for the last ship. The union has received from ment job. Among the men we saw purpose of removing plugs from Among the oldtimers that at­ tlie American Embassy in at the Mobile membership meet­ the port and starboard tanks fall tended the last monthly member­ Saigon allotment checks for ing was George McCurley, who re­ under Article III, Section 32(.b). ship meeting was "Trader" Horn ti)e following former crewAnswer: Yes, since latex is a who we used to see a lot of around cently married and lives in Port members of the Anji. Seafar­ vegetable and when members of New Orleans. Ruby de Boussiere Arthur. He's looking for a coast­ ers who served on the Anji the crew are required to enter is registered in Houston and look­ wise tanker, but says he is allergic may collect the checks by con­ to grain dust which makes things tanks that have contained, animal, ing for a third cook's job on any­ tacting their port agent. difficult as we have a large vol­ vegetable, petroleum oil, or creo­ thing going to Japan. He recently ume of grain cargoes in the Gulf. •Clarence -E. Anderson, Si paid of the Transindia. Roy E. sotes including bunkers or mo­ gurd Gronli, Vernon M. John­ Curtis, who paid off the Globe Also on hand for the meeting were lasses, this .section is applicable. ston, William James McNelly, Autrey Johnson and Kenny Lewis. Reference: Standard Freightshipi Explorer a few weeks afeo,- has Herman Miller, Calvin T. A couple of real oldtimers in Agreement, Article III, Section! been in and out of the USPHS the steward department on the Price, Vance A. Reid, Calvin hospital here and is presently 32(b)—TANK CLEANING. "When Jones Sivels, Roy Raymond waiting for his fit-for-duty slip. beach in New Orleans are Scotty Thomas, Miguel A. Viera, Gil-. members ef the crew are required Jimmy Fernandez, who has been McDiarmid and Richard "Salty" to enter tanks that have contained bert M. Wright, Johnnie D. .sailing out of .the Gulf for more Martinez. Also, Bob Creel who has animal, vegetable, petroleum oil, than 15 years dropped by The been vacationing with his family Green, Bernard C. Jordan, or creosotes including bunkers or Houston Hall recently. Vernon is back in the hall looking for an Harrln Macip, James W. Mc­ molas.ses, including use of Butter- Barfield, who has been shipping electricians job. Oldtimer Chad Donald, George Fazenos, John worth System for the purpose of out of Gulf ports for about 20 Gait recently checked through the E. Ross, Thomas D. Spangler, years, recently got off the Alcoa hall before leaving on vacation. (Continued on page 17) and Sopioklia J. Tzertzakis. New Orleans MTD Supports ILA QUESTION: When you're overseas, do you eat ashore? If so, what type of food do you prefer? • George Chea: Sometimes I do. I am especially fond of the fish in Rotterdam. Of course I'm fond of fish in general, although I do not care for shellfish. Most of the world has a different way of preparing fish, especially around the large ports, so I have no trouble finding good spots to eat. 4" 4" John Tallarlco: Yes, I eat ashore as much as possible. I'm a steward and I find it very relaxing to have someone serve me for a change. My favorite food is Italian; but I am also very fond of the high­ ly spiced foods of India. Curry is quite a favorite of mine. 4 4 4 John Patino: Yes, I eat ashore. Why not ? L think the best foreign dish comes from Japan. Sukiyakl is a real lipsmacking dfsh, and besides, you can watch it pre­ pared. I guesa that t e m p u r a shrimp prepared the Japanese way is my second favorite dish. 4 4 4 Julio Valentino: No, I always eat aboard the ship. Why should I go around spending my own money for food when the company and the SIU steward de­ partment p r 0vides all the food can eat, and better food than I can find In any foreign port? There is no reason to eat ashore. 4 4 4 Gordon Owen: Yes. I think the best dish I have ever eaten in a foreign country was. in Beirut, Lebanon. On a re­ cent trip I had Shiskabob, cook­ ed the way the Arabs cook it and it was delicious. Of course there is always the Asian countries for food. I eat a lot of eggroll there. 4 4 4 Gene Iverson: Sometimes, I eat ashore. I guess it depends mostly on where I am; but I always eat ashore in Eu­ rope. My favor­ ite food is Ger­ man. I go strong for those German foods like Wienerschnitzel and Sauerbraten. Of course there is always Bratwurst to go along' with good German beer. �OttelMT 2. laM SEAFARERS LOG OU Hat i AMERICA IS OFFERED IMPORTANT CHOICE—President Lyn­ don B. Johnson has warned the American public that the American way of life is under attack and said that "those who love it must go forth now to save it." Speaking to several Union conventions by both personal appearance and closed-circuit television, Johnson said that "Americans are faced with a concerted bid for power by factions which oppose all that both parties have supported. It is a choice between the center and the fringe—between the responsible main­ stream of American experience and the reckless and rejected extremes." He told the unionists that America is entering a new era of great­ ness because this country is comprised of~men of vision instead of frightened "cry-babies; because you know it takes a man who loves his country to build a house instead of a raving, ranting den»agogue who wants to tear down one." He later warned the Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers that Americans are not faced with a choice of parties in the next election but- between factions which would not provide for the general welfare of the individual and the country, and the mainstream of the American way of life. i t MEDICARE SUPPORT URGED — AFL-CIO President George Meany has asked members of the House and Senate joint conference to agree on a "long overdue" program of Social Security hospital care for the aged. He told the members of the conference that they have in their hands "the future well-being of millions of their fellow citizens." The 12 members of the joint committee have the task of reconciling a House-passed bill raising cash benefits under Social S^iurity with a Senate-adopted amendment adding the labor-backed and Administration-sanctioned hospital and nursing home program. Meany expressed hope that the conferees "will be able to come up with a "realistic, humanitarian and effective" proposal to insure the hospital costs of the aged citizens of this country in a decent and moral manner. President Johnson, addressing the Machinists conven­ tion minutes after it became clear the measure would go into a joint committee, supported the Medicare measure with strong language. Breaking into a prepared text he addressed his words to "all Ameri­ cans everywhere" saying that "if you believe in medical care under Social Security, now is the time to stand up and say so." 4" 4" 4" KEFAUVER MEMORIAL—A foundation established to carry forth the ideals to which the late Senator Estes Kefauver devoted his life has received the endorsement of the AFL-CIO, president George Meany has announced. The Estes Kefauver Memorial Foundation has among its objectives the construction of a memorial wing to the Uni­ versity of Tennessee library and a program dedicated to advancement of human freedom and world peace. Among these will be political science scholarships and awards to Americans who best exemplify the Kefauver characteristics of cpurage and freedom from prejudice, bigo­ try and extreme sectionalism. Suppoirt to the foundation is the second labor recognition to the late Tenneesee senator this year. In May, Mrs. Nancy Kefauver, his widow, was presented the 1963 MurrayGreen 4ward and a check for $5,000 in honor of her late husband's service to the people of America. The Philip Murray-William Green Award was originated by the AFL-CIO Executive Council to honor those whose achievements In the areas of health and welfare inspired othen to work for the common good. At the time, Meany described K0fauver as "one of a rare handful of statesmen who emerge in each generation to fight for principle, regardless of political risk." AFL-CIO vice President A. Philip Randolph and 29 others have been awarded the nation's highest civilian honors by Presi­ dent Johnson — the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Randolph is president of the Sleeping Car Por­ ters and a long-time leader of the civil rights movement. In present­ ing the awards President Johnson said they were "great Americans" who "have fnade freedpm stronger for all of us in our time." He went on to say that America's path to greatness has been marked by "outstanding achievement by out­ standing individuals." It's future, he said, will be dependent upon "the individual who envisions more, aspires to more, and who achieves more for all of us." 4 4 4 A tripartite technical meeting for the clothing industry, con­ vened by the International Labor Organization in Geneva, Switzer­ land* is examining labor and social problems and working conditions at. a two-week meeting. Workers pi the United States are repre­ sented by Jocob Potofsky, presi­ dent of the Clothing Workers and Lazare Teper, research director of the Ladies' Garment Workers. Clothing Workers research direc­ tor Milton Fried is their advisor. 4 4 4 Electronic workers at the Stromb^rg-Carlson division of General Dynamics, Rochester, N.Y., h\ive voted the Electrical, Radio da Machine Workers as their bargaining representatives over the Rochester Independent "Work­ ers. An additional 1,000 workers at the Ro^^hester Electronics Cen­ ter will vite this month in a run­ off electiqn between the lUE and the indeiiendent. The RIW has represented most workers for the company for the past 25 years. 4 4 4 AFL-CIO unions won 60.1 per­ cent of the representation elec­ tions where they were on the bal­ lot in the month of July, according to the National Labor Relations Board. The percentage was some­ what higher than the AFL-CIO average for the preceding six months. The board listed 437 unipn representation elections in July. AFL-CIO unions won 263, other, unions won 17, and in 157 elections no .union was chosen. The U.S. economy is booming and business is having a record year for sales and profits. Part of the impetus behind the strong show­ ing of the nation's economy can be attributed to governmental policies designed to stimu­ late its growth and maintain its strength. The signs of progress are all around-us in the U.S. Scientific progress has allowed us to reach for the moon. Social progress is working toward the elimination of poverty and slums. Industrial progress has given Americans the highest standard of living in the world. Progressive, flexible, forward - looking governmental policies have played a great part in bringing about this progress. But in" one area of the economy government policy has actually hindered progress. Bogged down in a morass of ancient, often contradictory, backward-looking governmen­ tal policies, the maritime industry has lost ground steadily to its foreign competitors and to the railroads at home. The whole maritime industry, including deep sea, intercoastal, Great Lakes ^d inland waterway shipping has been floundering for years, growing steadily weaker through administra­ tion after administration. It has made no difference whether the party in power was Republican or Democrat, maritime policy al­ ways turned out to be the same old hat. The SIU and other maritime unions have been fighting for years to get the govern­ ment to adopt a more modern, consistent policy with regard to the U.S. maritime in­ dustry. Still, the abuses have continued. American vessels have been allowed to drop their U.S. registry and hoist the runawayflag instead. Contrary to the intent of con­ gress, government-financed cargoes whiqh shoul^ have .moved, in American bottom? have been allowed to fill foreign holds in­ stead. Domestic shipping has reeled under ICC-sanctioned rate-cutting competition by the railroads on the one hand, and the fact that- foreign vessels have been steadily forc­ ing open the doors barring them from the U.S. domestic trade. Inland carriers have for years been fighting ICC-aided rate-slash­ ing competition from the railroads and have recently been faced with user tax proposals aimed at nullifying the competitive advan­ tages inherent in inland water shipping. The Merchant Marine Act of 1936, a fine act in its time, has been left far behind by recent developments in the industry and is in dire need of revision. The SIU has been pressing the fight for new government policies which will give the maritime industry a fighting chance for survival. In the face of indifference, obstin­ acy, laxity and even-hostility on many levels of government toward the problems of maritime, progress has been slow. Recently some rays of hope have been seen. High level representatives of govern­ mental agencies responsible for maritime policy have been meeting with representa­ tives of maritime labor and management to discuss the situation. Recommendations have been made by men who know the industry and its problems—maritime labor and man­ agement—and have at least been heard by the government representatives. This admis­ sion on the part of the government agencies that a problem does exist in maritime repre­ sents no small victory. The voice of maritime is at last being heard. The SIU, which has been carrying on the fight for years, is now once more redoubling its efforts. Maritime policy must be revised if the United States, is to have the Merchant marine which her position requires. �Pagre Twelve SEAFARERS LOO October 9, 1964 Credentials Committee Report We, the undersigned Committee on Credentials duly elected at the regular business meeting at Headquarters on August 3rd, 1964, In accordance with the Constitution, have examined the credentials of the candidates for elective office or job in the Seafarers International Union of North AmericaAtlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, for the years of 1965-6-7-8, as per Article XI, Section 1, and submit the following report: We qualified or disqualified'" VICE-PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF THE ATLANTIC COAST The SEAFARERS LOG issue of name of the Port in the event those men'who submitted for Qualified Credentials in order. the position sought is that July 10th, 1964, on Page eighteen, Earl Shepard, S-2 office by the rules of our Con­ Carried the President's Pre-Ballotof Agent or Patrolman. u. VICE-PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF THE GULF COAST stitution as contained In Articles ihg Report, which report gave the "(e) Proof of citizenship. James L. (Jimmie) Tucker, T-22 Qualified Credentials in order. Xrr and XTII. Article XII is known "(f) Proof of seatime and/or depository required by Article X, Qualified Credentials in order. as Qualifications For Officers employment as required for Section 1 (e) of the Union Consti­ Lindsey J. Williams, W-1 VICE-PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF THE LAKES AND INLAND Headquarters Representatives. Port tution. In addition to which it car­ candidates. Agents, Patrolmen and Other "(g) In the event the member ried the Addition To The Voting WATERS Elective Jobs. The Article reads is on a ship he shall notify Procedures of the forthcoming A1 Tanner, T-12 Qualified Credentials in order. as follows: the Credentials Committee election of officers that the Sec­ SECRETARY-TREASURER what ship he is on. This retary-Treasurer had given in his "Section 1. Anv member of the Qualified shall be done also if he ships report to the Regular Membership A1 Kerr, K-7 Credentials in order. Union Is eligible to be a can­ subsequent to forwarding Meeting at S.I.U. Headquarters on didate for, and hold, any office HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES April 6 and May 4. his credentials. or the .1ob of Headquarters William Hall, H-272 Qualified Credentials in order. The official records of the Sea­ Thomas (Curley) Llles, Jr., L-230 "(h) Annexing a certificate in Representative. Port Agent or Qualified Credentials in order. farers International Union of North the following form, signed Patrolman provided: Edward (Eddie) Mooney, M-7 Qualified Credentials in order. and dated by the proposed America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Frederick (Freddie) Stewart, S-B "ta) He has at least three years Qualified Credentials in order. Inland Waters District show that nominee: of seatime in an unlicensed NEW YORK AGENT "I hereby certify that I am not the Pre-Balloting Report of the capacity aboard an AmericanQualified Credentials in order. now, nor, for the five (5) years President was given in the head­ Joseph (Joe) Dl Georgio, D-2 flag merchant vessel or vessels. quarters meetings of June 8th and last past, have I been either a NEW YORK JOINT PATROLMAN In computing time, time spent member of the Communist July 6th, 1964, in conformity with Theodore (Ted) Babkowski, B-1 Qualified Credentials in order. in the employ of the Union, its Party or convicted of, or Article X, Section 1, Paragraph (e) Leo Bruce, B-158 Disqualified Was not in continu­ subsidiaries and its affiliates, served any part of a prison of our Union Constitution and the ous good standing for three (3) or in any emrloyment at the term resulting from conviction Secretary-Treasurer's "Additions years previous to nomination. Union's direction, shall count of robbery, bribery, extortion, to Voting Procedures." This same Angus Campbell, C-217 Qualified Credentials in order. the same as seatime. Union embezzlement, grand larceny, Pre-Balloting Report was acted on Warren H. Cassidy, C-724 Qualified Credentials in order. records, Welfare Plan records burglary, arson, violation of in all constitutional ports holding' Eugene Dakin, D-9 Disqualified Was not in continu­ and/or comoanv records can narcotics laws, murder, rape, regular membership meetings dur-' ous good standing for three (3) be used to determine eligibil­ assault with intent to kill, as­ ing the month of July, 1964, as was years previous to nomination. ity: and sault which inflicts grievous the Secretary-Treasurer's "Addi­ John Fay, F-363 Qualified Credentials in order. "(b1 He has been a full book bodily injury, or violation of tions To The Voting Procedures." Vincent Genco, G-79 Qualified Credentials in order. member in continuous good title II or III of the Landrum- The Pre-Balloting Report and the Luigi lovino, I-ll . Qualified Credentials in order. standing in t^e Union for at "Additions David Irvine, 1-25 Griffin Act, or conspiracy to Secretary-Treasurer's Disqualified Was not in continu­ least three f3) years immediTo The Voting Procedures" has commit any such crime." ous good standing for three (3) , ately prior to his nomination; been reproduced verbatim in the years previous to nomination. Dated: and Disqualified Was not in continu­ Signature of Member June 12th and July 10th, 1964 is- Evaristo Jimenez, J-32 "fcl He has at least four f4) ""sues of the SEAFARERS LOG as ous good standing for three (3) months of seatime, in an un­ Book No mentioned previously. In addi­ years previous to nomination. licensed capacity aboard an "Printed forms of the certi­ tion to the foregoing, the Secre- Pasquale (Pat) Marinelli, M-462 Qualified Credentials in order. American-flag merchant vessel ficate shall be made available tar.v-Treasurer's "Additions To The Frank Mongelli, M-1111 Qualified Credentials in order. or vessels, covered by contract to nominees. Where a nomi­ Voting Procedures" was carried in E. B. (Mac) McAuley, M-20 Qualified Credentials in order. with this Union, or four (4) nee cannot truthfully execute May 15. 1964 issue of the SEA­ George McCartney, M-948 Qualified Credentials in order. months of employment with, such a certificate, but is, in FARERS LOG. Fred G. Oestman, 0-41 Qualified Credentials in order. or in any office or job of, the fact legally eligible for an of­ We find, that by referring to George (Frenchy) Ruf, R-1 Qualified Credentials in order. Union, its subsidiaries and its . fice or job by reason of the the issues of the SEAFARERS Charles Scofield, S-186 Qualified Was qualified sujiaffiliates, or in any employ­ restoration of civil rights orig­ LOG mentioned above, and to the ject to his furnishing the Sec­ ment at the Union's direction, inally revoked by such convic­ minutes of the regular membership retary-Treasurer a duly exe­ or a combination of these, be­ tion or a favorable determina­ meetings in all the A.G.L.I.W. Dis­ cuted certificate prior to the tween January 1st and the time tion by the Board of Parole of trict ports, that every possible ef­ making up of the ballot. Failure of nomination in the election the United States Department fort was not only made to advise to do so was to result in his year; and of Justice, he shall, in lieu of the membership of the qualifica­ being disqualified. "(d) He is a citizen of the the foregoing certificate, furn­ tions to run for office but in addi­ Charles Stambul, S-578 Qualified Credentials in order. United States of America; and ish a complete signed state­ tion, a plea was made that any Lorence Taylor, T-79 Qualified Credentials in order. "(e) He is not disqualified by ment of the facts of his case man who thought he may be cap­ Keith Terpe, T-3 Qualified Credentials in order. law. together with true copies of Bernard Tqner, T-28 able of holding any elective office Qualified Credentials in order. "Section 2. All candidates the documents supporting his was urged to submit his credentials Van Whitney, W-11 Disqualified Was not in continu­ for, and holders of, other elec­ statement. for same. ous good standing for three (3) tive jobs not specified in the "All documents required We, this committee, as well as years previous to nomination. preceding sections shall be full herein must reach headquar­ our rank and file members are Steven (Steve) Zubovlch, Z-13 Qualified Credentials in order. book members of the Union. ters no earlier than July 15th aware of' the fact that copies of PHILADELPHIA AGENT "Section 3. All candidates the Constitution, wherein all the and no later than August 15th Qualified for and holders of elective Credentials in order. of the election year. qualifications for submitting for Frank Drozak, D-22 offices and jobs, whether "The Secretary-Treasurer is office were contained, were and PHILADELPHIA JOINT PATROLMAN elected or appointed in accord­ charged with the safekeeping have been made available to all of Robert N. (Joe) Air, A-61 Qualified Withdrew ance with the Constitution, of these letters and shall turn tile membership of our Union. In William R. Davies, D-178 Qualified Credentials in order. shall maintain full book mem­ them over to the Credentials this Constitution, we, as good Un­ Belarmino (Benny) Gonzalez, ,G-4 Qualified Credentials in order. bership in good standing." Committee upon the latter's ion members, know that it fully Leon Hall, Jr., H-125 Qualified Credentials in order. (End of quote from Constitu­ request." (End of quote from outlines all qualifications neces­ Edward Kresz, K-315 Qualified Credentials in order. tion) Cwistitution). sary for office 'and the steps and Charles D. G, Stansbury, S-856 Qualified Withdrew Article XIII is known as Elections It is to be pointed out to the the manner in which to qualify for BALTIMORE AGENT For Officers, Headquarters Repre­ membership that the SEAFARERS office. Disqualified Was not in continu­ sentatives, Port Agents and Patrol­ LOG issue of June 26, 1964 earned The following is a complete list­ Edward Cantoral, C-606 men. The Article reads as follows: the Constitution of the Seafarers ing of all men who submitted their ous good standing for three (3) years previous to nomination. International Union of North credentials to the committee. The "Section 1. Nominations Qualified Credentials in order. America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and men's names and jobs for which Rex E. Dickey, D-6 "Except as provided in Sec­ Inland Waters District, in which they submitted such credentials are tion 2 (b) of this Article, any JOINT PATROLMAN Articles XI, XII, and XIII give the listed in. the order which this com­ Paul Gonsorchik,BALTIMORE full book member may submit G-2 Qualified Credentials in order. terms of office, the qualifications mittee feels they should be placed Eli Hanover, H-313 his name for nomination for Qualified Credentials in order. for office and the manner in which on the general ballot. That is, in any office, or the job of Head­ Tony Kastina, K-5 Qualified Credentials in order. credentials are to be submitted. alphabetical form under the offices Warren (Smoky) Messenger, M-613 Disqualified Was not in continu­ quarters Representative, Port We further point out to the Agent or Patrolman, by de­ for which they run, and that the ous good standing for three (3) membership that the full notice of ports, following the headquarters livering or causing to be de­ years previous to nomination. opening of nominations necessary offices, beginning with Boston, be Benjamin Wilson, W-217 livered in person, to the office Qualified Credentials in order. qualifications for same, and an ap­ arranged on the ballot geographi­ of the Secretary-T'reasurgr at peal for all interested members to cally as has been done in the past. Headquarters, or sending; a MOBILE AGENT qualify themselves are contained Following each name's name and Charles Faircloth, F-416 letter addressed to the Creden­ Disqualified Was not in continu­ in the SEAFARERS LOG. in the book number is his qualification or tials Committee, in care of the ous good standing for three (3) issue of July 10th, 1964 on Pa^e disqualifications, followed by the Secretary-Treasurer, at the years previous to nomination. three. address of headquarters. This reason for same. Did not send in a certificate letter shall be dated and shall and a complete letter of nomi­ PRESIDENT contain the following: nation. John Cole, C-8 Qualified Credentials in order. "(a) The name of the can­ Paul Hall, H-1 Qualified Credentials in order. Qualified Credentials in order. Frederick H. Johnson, J-44 didate. Disqualified Was not in continu­ William John Smith, S-60 Qualified Credentials in order. Derwood Y. Mann, M-96 "(b) His home address and ous good standing for three (3) EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT mailing address. years previous to nomination. Cal Tanner, T-1 Qualified Credentials in order. Howard Kempt Pierce, P-287 "(c) His book number. Disqualified Was not in continu­ "(d) The title of the office or VICE-PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF CONTRACTS AND CONTRACT ous good standing for three (3) ENFORCEMENT other job for which he is years previous to nomination. Qualified CMdentials in order. Louis Neira, N-1 candidate, including the Robert A. Matthews, M-1 Qualified Credentials in order. �October 2, 1964 SEAFARERS LOG Page Thirteen Results Of Credentials Check For SlU Election MOBILE JOINT PATROLMAN "(e) "The Credentials Commit­ Harold J. Fischer, F-1 tee, in passing upon the Qualified Credentials in order. Robert Jordan, J-1 Qualified qualifications of candidates, Credentials in order. Leo P, Marsh, M-9 Qualified shall have the right to con­ Credentials in order. William J. (Red) Morris, 'M-4 Qualified clusively presume that any­ Credentials in order. one nominated and qualified NEW ORLEANS AGENT in previous elections for C. J. (Buck) Stephens, S-4 Qualified Credentials in order. candidacy for any office, or NEW ORLEANS JOINT PATROLMAN the Job of Headquarters RepA. E. (Jerry) Cunningham, C-718 Qualified Credentials in order. representative, Port Agent Henry B. Donnelly, D-324 Qualified Credentials in order. or Patrolman, has met all Peter Gonzalez, G-749 Disqualified Had not had a full the requirements of Section book in continuous good stand­ 1 (a) of Article XII." ing for at least three years. In compliance with Article XIII, Thomas E. Gould, G-267 Qualified Credentials in order. Section 2, Paragraph (b) of our Louis Guarino, G-520 Qualified Credentials in order. Constitution and in an attempt to Andrew A. G. McCIoskey, M-950 Qualified Credentials in order. give every nominee every consid­ Herman M. Troxclair, T-4 Qualified Credentials in order. eration and to try to prevent any Paul Warren, W-3 Credentials in order. disqualifications, Alexander Brodie, Qualified HOUSTON AGENT B-433 or Donald Gagnon, G-759 of Paul Drozak, D-180 Qualified Credentials in order. this Committee, the Credentials Committee, remained at the en­ HOUSTON JOINT PATROLMAN Jim (Bat-man) Batson, B-713 Disqualified Was notjn continu­ trance of the headquarters build­ ous good standing for three (3) ing of the Union until midnight of years previous to nomination. August 15th, 1964, to receive any Martin J. (Marty) Breithoff, B-2 Qualified Credentials in order; credentials that might have been Gilbert Delgado, D-581 Disqualified Was not in continu­ delivered either by mail or by ous good standing for three (3) hand after the closing of business years previous to nomination. hours by the Union. William J. Doak, D-262 Qualified Credentials in order. The Committee would like to E. C. Goings, G-215 Disquaiified Was not in continu­ point out to the membership, that ous good standing for three (3) although the President clearly spe years previous to nomination. cified in his Pre-Balloting Report .Roan Lightfoot, L-562 Qualified Credentials in order. the exact offices for which nomi­ Ira W. (Butterbean) Griggers, Jr., Disqualified Was not in continu­ nations were to be made, some G-573 ous good standing for three (3) credentials were receiyed for office years previous to nomination. other than those carried in the Oscar M. Raynor, R-520 Qualified . Credentials in order. Pre-Balloting Report. The follow­ James C. Whatiey, W-620 Disqualified Was not in continu­ ing are the names of the nominees ous good standing for three' (3) so involved as well as the job titles years previous to nomination. for which they actually submitted: R. F. (Mickey) Wilburn, W-6 Qualified Credentials in order. Charles Stambul, S-578, Engine Donald Woods, W-355 Patrolman. Disqualified Was not in continu­ ous good standing for three (3) William R. Davies, D-178, Patrol­ man. years previous to nomination. Edward Krecz, K-315, Patrolman. DETROIT AGENT Charles D. G. Stansbury, S-856, Ernest (Scottic) Aubusson, A-8 Qualified Credentials in order. Patrolman. William John Smith, S-60 failed to of file qualifications for office. Edward Kresz, K-815 also failed •end his credentials to the Cred­ to date his letter of nomination. entials Committee as per Article However, since the registered stamp XIII, Section 1 of our Constitution. put on the outside of his envelope Instead, Brother Smith sent them by the Philadelphia Post Office was to the Bank Depository that was August 4, 1964, and it was stamped mentioned in the President's Preby the Brooklyn, New York Post Balloting Report. This was an Office on August 5, 1964 and re- error, that the Committed thought, received by the Credentials Com­ could have been made by any of mittee on August 5, 1964 this us seamen. The bank forwarded brother's credentials were quali­ the credentials to our Secretaryfied on this point of the qualifica­ Treasurer, A1 Kerr, who received them on July 31, 1964. Therefore, tions for office. Charles Oscar Faircloth, F-416 your Committee has qualified also failed to even submit a letter Brother Smith as previously men­ of nomination. However, since tioned in this report. Candidate John J. Cole was ex­ the registered stamp put on the Uutside of the envelope by the pelled from the Union pursuant Mobile Alabama Post Office was to the provision of the Constitu­ dated July 27, 1964 and it was tion around February, 1963. He stamped by the Brooklyn, New thereafter brought a law suit and York Post Office on July 29, 1964 by court order in June, 1964 was and received by the Secretary- directed to be reinstated to mem­ Treasurer, A1 Kerr, on July 30, bership provided he paid all mone­ 1964, the credentials were accepted tary obligations to date. He there­ and processed but, this was one of after paid all of his monetary the points on which this brother obligations and although the mone­ was disqualified. In addition, he tary obligations were not made on had further reasons for disqualifi­ the due dates, because of his ex­ cations by your committee which pulsion and order of the court, have been given previously in this we find that such failure to pay report. his monetary obligations on the E. C. Goings, G-215 also failed due dates does not disqualify him to date his letter of nomination. as a candidate, and we find him However, the post mark on the qualified. outside of his envelope by the The Committee also received Galveston, Texas Post Office was telegrams of withdrawal from August 12, 1964 and it was received Robert N. (Joe) Air, A-61; and by the committee on August 14, Charles D. G. Stansbury, S-856, on 1964 and this brother's credentials August 17th, 1964. Although both were qualified on this point of the of these brothers had been quali­ qualifications for office. However, fied by your Committee prior to he was later disqualified by your receiving the telegrams of with­ committee for the reason given drawal, we have indicated in a previously in this report. previous part of this report their Peter Gonzalez, G-749 also failed withdrawal. to date his letter of nomination, Telegrams were sent to each however, since the stamp on his man who was disqualified by the As will be noted in the foregoing Your Committee wishes to bring George H. Ruf, R-1, Patrolman. sections of the committee's report, to the attention of the membership, Robert N. (Joe) Air, A-61, Patrol­ letter put in Barbados was August Committee, tellinjg him of his dis­ 12 ,and it was received by your com­ qualification as well as a detailed man. the provisions of the SIU Constitu­ the fact that the Union Constitution tion governing election procedure in Article XII, Section 1 (b) re­ Gilbert A. Delgado, D-581, Field mittee on August 15, this brother's letter being sent to each man so credentials were qualified on this disqualified, all in compliance with Patrolman. made it mandatory that several of quires that a nominee have at the men who had been nominated least four (4) months seatime, be­ A. E. (Jerry) Cunningham, C-718, point of the qualifications for of­ our Constitution. In addition, each be disqualified. The Committee is tween January 1st and the time of Engine Department Patrolman. fice. However, he was later dis­ man disqualified received a copy bound by the Constitution and had nomination. During the course of Jim (Bat-man) Batson, B-713, Deck qualified by your committee for the of our Constitution, so that the reason given previously in this re­ disqualified nominee would have Patrolman. to decide on the basis of the Con­ examining the various credentials stitution. It has no other choice. of those members who had sub­ available the procedure to be used However, your Committee did port. George Ruf, R-1. Although we in appeal from the decision of the The committee feels that the cases mitted for office, it was found that not feel that a man should be dis­ of disqualification cited above are some of our brothers had failed to qualified on such small technical­ were unable to read the date of Credentials Committee. especially regrettable because of submit sufficient seatime in the ities as given above. Each nominee the post mark on the outside of- The membership can readily see the fact that the Union, this year, current year to meet the require­ listed above had specified a patrol­ the envelope we were able to de­ from the foregoing report, that as in every election year, went to ments of the Constitution. How­ man's job of some department in termine that it had been mailed in your committee has made every such lengths to set forth the pro­ ever, in siding in their letter of the port for which he wished to be Wilmington, California. It was re­ effort possible within the confines cedures and requirements to be acceptance of their nomination, nominated. Inasmuch as the Pre- ceived by your committee oh of our Constitution to qualify followed by those seeking a place they had made mention of the fact Bailoting Report only listed Joint August 13, 1964 and this brother's every nominee. on the ballot. All credentials were turned over that they were presently employed Patrolman in each port, this Com­ credentials were qualified on this In light nf' these circumstances, aboard ship and due to the voyage mittee therefore processed the point of the qualifications for of­ to the Committee in good order the Committee wishes to call to not being completed, they were aforementioned credentials for the fice. at 9:00 A.M., Tuesday, August 4th, William J. Doak, D-262. Al­ 1964, or have been received by the attention of all members, the unable to secure a discharge cover­ Joint Patrolman's job in .the port necessity of following all require­ ing the time. In some cases where for which they had nominated though we were unable to read the mail since that date. All creden­ date of the post mark on the out­ tials have been examined in strict ments and procedures, which are they failed to mention in their let­ themselves. In checking the credentials of side envelope we were able to accordance with the Constitution. established by our Constitution to ter about being aboard ship, the govern eligibility to candidacy to Committee in checking their cred­ the various nominees, this Commit­ determine that it had been mailed Any defect in the credentials dis­ Union office. entials was able to determine that tee had disqualified Warren H. in Houston, Texas. posed of by the Committee has Charles D. G. Stansbury, S-856, been the sole responsibility of The Committee particularly de­ they were aboard ship. In each of Cassidy, C-724 a nominee for New sires to point out the provisions of these instances, your Committee York Joint Patrolman; Charles also failed to date his letter for the sender and no person ad­ Article XIII, Section 2 (c) of the verified such employment with Stambul, S-578, a nominee for New nomination, however, since the versely affected by such defect has Constitution, wherein is spelled out the steamship company operating York Joint Patrolman; William stamp put on the outside of the denied this to the Committee. in detail the right of a disqualified the particular vessel. The men John Smith, S-60, a nominee for envelope by the Philadelphia Post It is your Committee's final rec­ candidate to appeal from a decision and the vessels they are on, that President. A telegram was sent Office indicated that it had been ommendation that the member­ of the Credentials Committee and had this type of seatime verified to each of these brothers by your mailed in the A.M. of August 14, ship of the Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes how he does it. Committee, notifying them of their 1964 and was received at 11:00 and Inland Waters District of the are as follows: disqualifications as per the Con­ A.M. on August 15, 1964, by your Seafarers International Union of MAN'S NAME SHIP TIME EMPLOYED stitution. However, your Commit­ committee, this brother's creden­ North America make every possi­ Peter Gonzalez, G-749 SS Del Norte 4/27/64 to 8/15/64 tee heard from each of the afore­ tials were qualified on this point ble effort to vote in this general Howard Kempt Pierce, P-287 SS Transindia election, as every good union man 6/24/64 to 8/15/64 mentioned brothers either by tele- of the qualifications for office. Your committee had one (1) should. Donald Woods, W-355 SS Ames Victory 7/22/64 to 8/15/64 grant or in person. Based on the Jim (Bat-man) Batson, B-713 SS Seatrain Georgia 7/29/64 to 8/13/64 information that was furnished by nominee that failed to submit the •This Committee having com­ John Cole, C-8 SS Seatrain Texas 7/19/63 to 8/15/64 these brothers, it was then possible certificate that is called in Article pleted its duties, hereby adjourned Bernard Toner, T-28 SS Coe Victory 4/29/64 to 8/11/64 for this Coinniittee to qualify them. XIII, Section 1, Paragraph (h) of at 8:15 P.M. on August 17th, 1964, At that time, they were sent an­ the Constitution whom the report in the Headquarters offices of the In the checking of the continu­ know, it has always been the prac­ other telegram by the Committee, indicates has been qualified. This Seafarers International Union of ous good standing for the three tice of the Union to consider any­ informing them that they had been Committee has notified the Brother North America, Atlantic, Gulf, year period previous to nomination one who has been unable to pay qualified. involved, Charles Scofield, S-i86, a Lakes and Inland Waters District, of the various candidates, your dues due to being on a voyage, Your Committee had eight (8) nominee for New York Joint 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, Committee found that numerous to be in good standing until the letters of nomination submitted Patrolman Inat he has been quali­ New York. candidates had paid their dues time of their pay-off. More impor­ that were undated: fied, subject to his furnishing the late. The Committee found in tant, the Constitution so provides, Paul Gonsorchik, G-2 failed to aforementioned certificate to the Date: August 17, 1964 most instances, however, with the in Article III, Section 3 (e). Alexander Brodie, B-433 date his letter of nomination. How­ Secretary-Treasurer prior to the exception of those that will be Chairman In the course of doing its work, ever, since the post mark on the making up of the ballot. Failure dealt with later in this report, that the Committee took action in ac­ outside of the envelope was on his part to furnish the certifi­ Aide Perini, P-83 the member so affected had been cordance with the provisions of stamped July 27 and received by cate by the time mentioned, is to Donald Gagnon, G-759 on'a ship during the period, there­ Article XIII, Section 2 (e) of the the Secretary-Treasurer's office on result in his disqualification. Edward Poiise, P-74 by preventing him from paying his Constitution which reads, as fol­ July 29, 1964, this brother's cre­ This Committee would like to Jerry Pow, P-480 duea. As we the membership lows: dentials were qualified on this point point out that one of the nominees. Johannes Kari, K-6 vft. '- �Page FoartMn SEAFARERS OMbta%.tm l&a Plan Lai^e Scale Trial For Water Desalinlzatlon SAN JOSE, Calif.—A newly discovered method of converting sea water into fresh water will receive its first large scale test when the FMC Corporation of San Jose begins con­ struction on a new $565,000 plant at WrightsvUle Beach, North Carolina. In its search for an inex-^ pensive sea water desaliniza- in the process, the cost is still nounced in Washington by Presi­ tion process, the U.S. Depart­ small compared with conventional dent Johnson and in Tel Aviv by By Cd Tanner, Executive Vice-President Great Strides Made In Sea Safety Last month marked the thirtieth anniversary of the Morro Castle disaster. It was also a month that saw the SlU-manned Globe ^xplorei^ (Maritime Overseas) gutted by a fire in the Atlantie. The Globe Ex­ plorer incident, coming as it did on almost the same day as the Morro Premier Eshkol. Castle fire 30 years ago, served to remind us of the great strides in ment of Interior signed a contract desalinization proeesses. with the California firm that has The end product is pure fresh A team of three U.S. technolo­ safety the maritime industry has made in the last three decades. It made a significant breakthrough water, even though oil has passed gists is now in the small nation would do well to compare the two disasters to examine more closely in desalinization by injecting hot through it. Scaling iis prevented discussing with their Israeli coun where we have come from and where are we going in the vital business oil into the brine. by eliminating contact between terparts the economic and techni­ of ship safety. Until FMC's latest process, the the hot sea water and the metallic cal feasibility of the project, When the Morro Castle caught fire In 1934, 134 lives Were lost. oldest and most widely used de­ surface of a boiler or other heat the talks are successful, a joint Including passengers and crew. Her builders had called her the salting method was considered in­ sources. • study by engineers will follow. "safest ship afloat," but the disaster proved otherwise. The Morro efficient because of the prohibi­ In a related development, the The U.S. is interested in the Castle was neither a safe ship nor a happy ship as far as the men tive costs involved. United States and Israel have be­ project because it is the necessary who served on her were concerned. The crew worked long hours (18 In usual desalting methods, sea gun a joint study looking toward intermediary step between the hours a day) at miserable wages ($35 a month). Safety standards were water is piped into« a tank and the .building of a $100 million nu­ small plants which now exist and either entirely absent or lax. Without a strong union and the promotion vaporized. The vapors then run clear powered desalinization plant the giant plants that would be of safety and demand for good working conditions that comes with it, off into an adjoining tank where, in Israel. The project was an­ needed to irrigate a desert. the crew were unprepared to meet the emergency. It was not their when condensed by cooling, they fault; the ship had seen several abortive strikes, including one by the become fresh water. The FMC radio men at the very start of the trip. process is begun by introducing Merchant sailors had been com­ hot, bubbling oil into the lower plaining • about the unsafe and the SIU Lifeboat Training School part of the tank containing sea miserable conditions on American yet, and, if not, when he will do water. As the oil rises to the top, ships for more than a century. The so. A lifeboat ticket should rimk the water is heated into vapor Morro Castle disaster gave the with his seaman's papers in im­ while the oil is cooled. The cooled necessary shock emphasis to their portance to the Seafarer. oil, then at the top of the tank, By Joseph B. Logue, MD, Medical Director words. A Congressional inquiry He should ask himself if he is is drawn into the fresh water tank committee was formed that came paying the prefer attention and where it absorbs the heat from through with solid recommenda­ giving his full roncentration at the condensing vapors, turning Air conditioning and central heating are overused In the United tions for laws regarding ship lifeboat and fire drills onboard them into fresh water. The oper­ safety. Major improvements were ship. Further, he should ask him­ ation is, thus, cyclical, and though States and may be responsible for the increasing incidence of colds heat has to be applied to the oil and other respiratory diseases, claims the noted scientist and anthro­ made in naval architecture to make self what he is doing to make his ships more safe. pologist Dr. Ashley Montagu, as reported in the Health Bulletin. ship saf^, both in his respective But most of all, the sailors them­ In the current Issue of fc<e Arcnives of Environmental Health, Dr. selves decided to do something department and in his quarters. Montagu presents abundant evidence that Americans are abusing both about the awful conditions prevail­ He should be alert to infractions forms of temperature control and, as a result, are experiencing "a much ing then. The Morro Castle dis­ of safety rules and be ready to larger share of disabling symptoms than is at present recognized or aster coincided with the rise of report them to the proper authori­ ties. adequately appreciated by physicians." strong seagoing unions. The lessons of the Morro Castle "It is probably that the majority of the patients seen by ear, nose When the Globe Explorer ran have not been lost on the Ameri­ and throat specialists are suffering from diseases that originated in into trouble 350 miles southeast physiological failure of the respiratory mucous membrane induced by of New York, her crew was ready can maritime industry. It has be­ excessive drying as a result of artificial temperature control," he says. and able to handle it. They had come the safest maritime industry in the world, with the lowest acci­ Dr. Montagu believes that the way is paved for respiratory infections the benefit of safety regulations dent rate anywhere. But Seafarers WASHINGTON—The Maritime Administration will survey the every time Americans set their thermostats above 70 degrees F. At that mitigated the immediate ef­ cannot rest on their laurels, they prospects for U.S.-flag shipping this temperature, humidity is reduced to the vanishing point. Without fects of the blaze; they had well- must make it safer still. from Great Lakes ports in public adequate humidity, which. Dr. Montagu points out, should range be­ maintained .emergency equipment hearings over November and De­ tween 40 and 70 percent, the mucosal cilia dry up and cannot perform to help fight the fire and to, at least, contain its quick spread imtil cember, Senator Philip A. Hart their important function of filtering infectious bacteria. (D.-Mich.) reported. During World War II, Fuel and Oil Heat Magazine conducted a all hands were out of danger; they The prime task of the hearings sampling of oil heating service departments and discovered that the had lifeboats that were in good will be to determine if the Lakes average temperature in American homes during the winter months condition along with their launch­ region is getting its fair share of was somewhere between 72 and 73 degrees F. More recently, Dr. Mon­ ing gear. government shipping subsidies, tagu completed a similar study showing that the average domestic The Globe Explorer's lifeboats the lawmaker said. He called sub­ temperature in the middle Atlantic states is about 74 degrees F. In the were launched without a hitch, sidies one of the real keys to an New England states, temperature varies between 68 and 70 degrees F, despite bad weather and high seas increase of St. Lawrence Seaway while the south Atlantic states average about 77 degrees F. Humidity The abandoning ship operation traffic. in these homes is a far cry from what Dr. Montagu considers adequate. proceeded almost as smooth as if ST, LOUIS—The SIU Transpor­ In order to qualify from sub­ The U.S. Public Health Service reports that winter relative humidity it were a drill. The payoff for the tation Services and Allied Workers sidies, carriers operating from skill, training and good safety Lakes ports must serve routes de­ in American homes average between 12 and 18 pecent. Dr. Montagu's conditions came with the fact that Local 5 here has signed a contract with the Marcella Cab Company studies show that it is often pushed down to as low as five per cent, clared essential by the MA. At there were no injuries to any of that will bring a new Health and producing not only the dry mucous membranes, but also a winter skin present ther.e are eight routes the crew. Welfare plan, as well as other im­ ' which fall into the essential cate­ disease known as "winter itch." provements, to the company's So the differences between the (Other researchers have drawn the same conclusions. Dr. A. H. gory. They include South Amer­ more than 400 employees. Morro Castle and the Globe -Ex­ Andrev/s, Jr., in his book Clinical Cardiopulmonary Physiology, states ica, the Far East, the Persian Gulf The .agreement, reached after and all of Africa except its north humidity of 40 to 50 per cent "reduces the incidence of respiratory plorer fires, as we see, were like lengthy negotiations, provides for the differences between night and infections and speeds recovery from the common cold." The Medical coast. Europe and the Mediter­ the establishment of a Health and ranean are not on the priority list, Journal of Australia, August 30, 1958, pointed out that the increase day. Safety standards, almost non­ Welfare Fund, paid by the com­ existent at the time of the Morro in colds and the increase in dryness due to artificial heating run though the volume of traffic from pany and administered by the Great Lakes ports to the two areas closely parallel. K. H. Kingdon, writing in the April, 1960, issue of Castle fire, are strongly enforced company and the union. Under its now. A sailor then had almost no­ the American Review of Respiratory Diseases, went so far as to suggest is not inconsiderable. terms, management will pay $7 per Senator Hart reported that at a relationship between the 1957 epidemic and a particular pattern or where to turn if he spotted an cab into the Fund each month. unsafe condition; today a Seafarer relative humidity.) hearings held earlier this year by The company will also place into brings his beef to the delegate the Senate Commerce Committee, Air Conditioning abuses are mentioned only briefly in Dr. Montagu's the Fund rebates on gas bought where it is corrected. The SIU many Michigan manufacturers and report. However, the chilling which results from uneven temperatures by qnion members. port groups emphasized the need and drafts in air conditioned rooms has much the same effect as drying has always recognized and given The three-year contract also prime concern to the question of for an extension of subsidies to upon a respiratory musoca. "Summer colds as a result of improper contains a union shop clau.se, a job give a boost to declining Great air conditioning are becoming a common thing and it is not unlikely safety on ships and has taken on security clause and grievance ma­ itself the responsibility of im­ Lakes operations by U.S.-flag that air conditioning has played a role in increasing the incidence of pressing our members with the chinery. According to its' terms, ships. other respiratory disorders," Dr. Montagu concludes. importance of good seamanship owner-drivers will now be able to In the hearings, which will be and giving them a chance to learn pay their monthly operating fees held in Washington and in Mich­ in two instalments rather than in it igan, the MA will consider wheth­ one, as was the practice. Operating Yet no matter how much stress fees will be reimbursed if cars er to extend essential trade routes the union puts on safety proce­ are unable to operate. —notably Europe and the Medi­ EXAMS THIS PERIOD: July 1 - July 31, 1964 dures to members, and no matter terranean—to Great Lakes ship­ The contract will spell the doom Port Seamen Wives CTiildren TOTAL ping, and will examine traffic what safety advances are made in of the driver-supervisor system Baltimore 157 32 13 202 potentials on present routes with the construction of vessels, the previously practiced. Drivers saw Houston 167 12 12 191 a view towards making the present ultimate safety device remains the the old system as a spy operation Mobile. 72 11 12 95 temporarily designated routes individual Seafarer — a Seafarer created to harass them. more permanent. New Orleans. 255 6 31 292 who is professional in his attitudes The TS&AW won a certification The designation of essential on and well-trained in safety prac­ election at the company against the New York 486 33 24 543 the eight Great Lakes routes ex­ tices. A Seafarer who knows Teamsters on January 16 biit filial Philadelphia.. 141 27 27 195 pires at the end of the year. Hart exactly what to do when any decision was held up by the.'NLfeB *San Juan, w . 34 9 19 62 says, he would like to see all cur­ emergency arises. for months due to a Teamster rent routes kept up, and have TOTAL. ..... 1,312 130 138 1,580 Each Seafarer should ask him^ challenge of the electiori results. others added to the essential list .self if he' is such fl man. He should The challenge was turned down *6/21/64 to 8/20/64 as welL ask himself if he has enrolled in by the NLRB, Twentieth Century Miseries MA To Probe Prospects For Lake Shipping New Benefits Won By SIU Taxi Drivers SIU Clink Exams—All Ports �OcMcr t, IfM SEAFARERS Page Fiffeea LOG SEAFARERS PORTS OF THE WORLD An aerial view of the port of Singapore shows the port facilities of this ma or commercial center. In the middle of the picture, near the water, Is Raffles Place and the majority of •the central government offices. 'TTI W wSe Seafarers visiting the port of Singapore who take a walk over the Cavenagh Bridge to the Raffles Hotel for'a cool drink will get this view of the river life of the city. Singapore, the hustling, rushing, crowded center of com­ mercial trading in Southeast Asia, is located at the southern tip of the Malayan Penninsula, on the eastern side of the Malacca Strait. The city of Singapore is located on the southern extremity of the Island of Singapore, an in­ ternally governed free port under the nominal control of the British Commonwealth, The city is wholly dependent upon its international trade, exchanging the goods and produce of the Far East for neces­ sary textiles and machinery of the European and American worlds. Located one degree from the equator, Singapore enjoys the warm, damp climate of the equatorial countries. In a year's time, 95 inches of rain may fall, but the temperature will rarely vary more than a degree or two from the average temperature of 82 degrees. The bustling port is one of the busiest in the world. Ships arrive daily, providing the major industry of the city, and the largest source of income to the majority of the over one million residents. Seafarers visiting this city will first notice the 75 percent Chinese population and will contrast this fact with the western atmosphere and British influence in the center of the city. The city was settled early in the 19th century by a man named Raffles, who was looking for a site to locate the East Indies Trading Company. The name Raffles is still honored in the city, with Raffles Place, the Raffles Hotel and various other buildings and sites around the city bearing his name. A seafarer with time on his hands in Singapore has many ways to enjoy the several recreations provided for the oc­ cupants of the city and those especially instituted for the seaman by the city government. A short walk from the docks, across the Cavenagh bridge to the northeast of the waterfront is the Raffles Hotel, where seafarers of many nationalities gather to enjoy a cool, relaxing drink. Another spot of interest to the Seafarer is to the south of the docks on Ansom Road, where the Connell House is located. Provided especially for seamen, the Connell House provides movies, bar, restaurant, library, billiards-room and accommodations. Twice monthly dances are arranged, with partners provided by The Mission to Seamen (a tie should be worn). Located near the docks is Raffles Place, which faces on Change Ally and Collyer Quay where the seafarer can hag­ gle over prices of trinkets and souvenirs. The seafarer is warned, however, about the possibility of dishonest merchants cheating the tourist to the city with in­ ferior goods. A tourist must also be wary of transportation costs. Taxis, as well as buses and trishaws are available. The cost of a taxi is 40 cents per mile and should be equipped with a meter. Be certain you fix the price of renting a tri­ shaw in advance; the normal rate is 40 ceftts for 15 minutes time. "• Hungry visitors to the city can try-many authentic oriental restaurants like the one pic­ tured above. Seafarers wandering the street may see just such a scene, in which cooks are preparing food for the day's business. • •• • Seafarers sailing on Isthmian ships are regular visitors to the port of Singapore. The Steel Worker, above, is shown docking to unload a cargo of textiles and machineryi �Page Sixteea SEAFARERS Virginia Ports Report Sharp Rise in Shipping NORFOLK—Ports across Virginia are showing a sharp Inoreaaa in ship movement totals and overall volumes of foreign trade for the first quarter of this year, the Virginia State Ports Authority reported. Vessels arriving at Hampton Roads rose from. 1,879 for the first three months of 1963 to 1,494 for the similar period this year, a rise of more than eight percent. Foreign general cargo commerce was. up 22.5 percent across the state, as compared with last year's totals. Exports showed a 26.6 L percent increase and imports were 18.1 percent higher. The total foreign bulk and general cargo trade* for all Virginia i)orta was up 20.3 percent for the first quarter of 1964, with total tonnage at 10,554,317 tons. |;5 The value of Virginia's foreign trade went up 24.1 percent to a ^ value of $357,291,693 for the first quarter of this year. Hampton " Roads ports handled commerce of 10,470,918 tons, worth $352, 148,770. The Hampton Roads tonnage rise amounted to 1,781,951 tons, with exports up 22.4 percent or 1,644,271 tons, and Imports up , -, 9.7 percent or 137,680 tons. Export tonnage of state ports totaled 8,995,730 tons in the first |i quarter, with 7,992,631 tons comprising coal and 698,378 tons mak­ ing up grain and soybeans moved through Hampton Roads. Import totals were 1,558,587 tons, of which 1,021,061 tons were petroleum and 280,883 tons were ores and gypsum. Cargo Preference Tighfeningllrged WASHINGTON—Representative Edward A. Garmatz (D.Md.), charging that government agencies, including, most notably, the Agriculture Department, have "done everything possible to bypass the Cargo Preference Act," has wel­ declare that each government comed the tightening up of agency shall ship at least 50 per­ the regulations of the act, Garmatz, who Is the ranking member of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, called the additions to the law "necessary and vitally important." The new regulations now being considered by the General Services Administration cover the proced­ ures and policies to be used by government agencies in moving cargoes covered by the act. The GSA is holding up approval of the changes until it consults with other federal agencies on their views about them. Included in the regulations is a requirement that each federal agency using the Cargo Preference Act "establish and maintain a register to reflect adherence to the act." "Such registers," the proposed regulations say, "shall contain per­ tinent details of the shipments, including, but not limited to, the origin and destination of the ship­ ments, commodity descriptions, and gross weight maintained sep­ arately, by category of vessel. "Registers shall be maintained on a current basis and organized so that adherence to cargo prefer­ ence can be ascertained at all times." Neglect and abuse of the act by federal agencies has been a sore point to the maritime industry, which has seen too many govern­ ment-backed cargoes find their way intfl foreign bottoms. The proposed regulations also ^R.ALL MAtlbSIU ORTblUeiOS USBZIPCODB 1123t AP©?ACpRfiJS cent of all cargo tonnage in U.S. owned ships without regard to deductions of tonnage because of unavailability of American bottoms at fair prices. Representative Garmatz voiced hope that when the regulations are put into effect they will "be strictly enforced by the GSA, not only to assist our merchant marine, but also to decrease our balance ofpayments deficit." Oeiabarliiil LOG Employer Finds Work' I Represent Step Backwards PHILADELPHIA—The industrial growth of states that have adopted so-called "rightto-work" laws has "gone backwards," Abraham Savitt, executive director of the Philadel­ phia Apparel Producers Association, declared in a warning prompted by the efforts of a Washington-based management group to enact such and I find there la no need for their differences and solve prob­ a 'rlght-to-work* law," he said. lems . . . gives each side the right legislation in Pennsylvania. "The system of collective bar­ "The claims mads by advocates gaining that has prevailed in the and opportunity to present their of thls^ law that it would bring United States whereby manage­ grievances and settle them. "If, by law, this system is dis­ industry to these states has proved ment and labor can sit across the rupted, labor and management to be false," he added. "Neither bargaining table and Iron out both will be the losers." has it prevented work stoppages.' Pres. Johnson in seeking reelec­ tion has taken a strong stand against "work" laws and the Democratic platform pledges re­ peal of that section of the TaftHartiey Act which authorizes them. In direct contrast. Sen. Barry Goldwater, the Republican presi­ SAN FRANCISCO—^The SIU -Pacific District-contracted dential candidate, introduced a national so-called "right-to^work' American President Lines has purchased another freighter law in the present Congress and for use until it takes delivery on three cargoliners which are — has consistently urged state laws still being built. The freight-; that would destroy collective bar­ er, a C-2 type formerly called inspections and modifications to gaining. the Gulf Shipper, joins the fit her to the Pacific trade, she "I believe that collective bar­ APL fleet as the President Hard­ will be placed into immediate service. gaining has proven to be one of ing. APL now has three Master the best and most democratic The Gulf Shipper, in service un­ systems in our great country—it der its former owners between Mariner type cargoliners on is the American way," Savitt said Gulf and South American ports, order or under construction in in a statement made public by is the second freighter acquired West Coast shipyards; The Presi­ the National Council for In­ by APL in recent months. In dent Polk, first of the three, will dustrial Peace, which was found­ June, APL bought the C-3 be launched next month. She will ed by the late Mrs. Eleanor Hawaiian Educator from SIU be followed by the President Mon­ Roosevelt and the late Sen. Herb­ Pacific District-contracted Matson roe and the President Harrison. Company officials say that the ert H. Lehman to oppose "R-T-W" Navigation. in the public interest. Under the APL flag, the Presi­ three 23,000 ton vessels will be Savitt said that as a representa­ dent Harding will operate between among the fastest, largest and tive of management in the second West Coast ports and Japan, most highly automated in the largest industry in Philadelphia, Korea, Okinawa, Taiwan, Hong United States merchant fleet. and also a "very important" in­ Kong and the Philippines. The Built at a cost of $37 million,' dustry in Pennsylvania, "I am need for the second freighter was when they join the APL fleet they definitely opposed to the so-called brought about by the retirement wili bring to 13 the number of 'right-to-work' law. from service of the liner Presi­ cargo vessels entering service with the company in the past ten years. "I have been a student of labor- dent Hoover. After undergoing routine dry- The APL fleet now totals 24 management relations and collec­ tive bargaining for many years docking in this port as well as vessels. Second Freighter Acquired By APL By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS Cost Of Living Shows Upswing Led by food and housing prices, your family has to cope with higher living costs this fall, except for appliances and clothing which are still selling at relatively low prices. The price problem calls for close attention to selecting the better values, particularly in food. The Dun & Bradstreet wholesale food index recently hit its highest levels of the year. This is a warning of higher food prices from now untii winter. The recent rises in the cost-of-living index already have pushed living costs to a new high plateau, and have wiped out at least a little of the benefit you got from this year's tax cut. As well as food, a number of durable commodities are moving into a price upswing that can affect the prices of many goods you buy; Especially noticeable is the sharp upswing in copper,prices. Higher prices ot copper and other metals used in housing affect home building and renovation costs, and the cost of housing already is the most serious living-cost problem. Joseph P. McMurray, Chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Boiard, reports that the average selling price of a new house has gone up $1,500 in the past year to a new current average of $23,474. This means the average worker can't af­ ford the average new house being built today. In fact, he can afford just about half of one of these new dwellings. The usual yardstick is that you can afford a house about 2V^ times your annual income. On an income of $5,000 a year (typical industrial wage today if you work all year), you can afford a house priced at about $12,500. Here are suggestions for coping with this fall's high housing and food prices: HOUSING: There are four trends that can help moderate-income homeseekers: 1—Mortgage interest rates have dropped to the lowest point in recent years. The lower rates generally in existence today are one of the real achievements of the Kennedy-Johnson Administration on be­ half of consumers. Average mortgage rates now are. 5 and % percent for new homes, and a little under 6 for older houses.' In some areas, especially the West Coast and South, rates are higher. But in New England, the East and the Midwest, rates usually are less. Both interest rates and closing fees tend to be lower at banks than at savings and loan associations, which often assume the longer, and in sothe eases, the riskier mortgages. The three kinds of mortgages usually. available to ybut are "con­ ventional/'' FHA and V.A. In FHA and V.A; motigages^ these agencies, 1 insure the lender against loss, but as with the conventional type, you arrange the mortgage directly with local lenders. In the case of de­ velopment or tract houses, the builder already may have obtained an FHA commitment or V.A. appraisal. Sometimes your choice of which kind of mortgage may be restricted by the availability of the different types locally, or by a builder's Insistence that you use the tyi^ he has arranged for. When there is a choice, which kind you .seek may well depend on the amount ot down payment you can put up, and hoW much you can pay each month. On conventional loans, the repayment period often is shorter— usually 20-25 years, depending on the lender. Too, a larger down payment usually is required. Often 10 to 25 per cent. An FHA mortgage can cover up to 97 per cent of the first $15,000 of FHA-appraised value, plus 90 per cent of the next $5,000, and 75 per cent of any remainder. A V.A. loan, still available to some war veterans, can cover up to 100 per cent of appraised value. Either type allows up to ^0 years to repay, and up to 35 on FHA, If the house was FHA or V.A.-inspected • during construction. On FHA and V.A. mortgages, lenders may charge no more than the maximum set by the'government (although there may be a variation, in some "extra fees such as closing costs). The current FHA rate is 514 per cent plus one-half of 1 per cent for FHA insurance guarantee­ ing the lender against loss, or-a total of 5 and % per cent. The V.A. rate is 514 per cent. 2—Another help to homeseekers is provided by the 1964 Housing Act just signed into law by President Johnson. Among other benefits, the Act provides for direct home loans to the elderly, as well as for farm housing. The Act also provides for home-improvement loans at an interest rate of only 3 per cent for low-income families in urban renev/al areas, to bring their homes up to local standards. 3—Another help is that while prices of new houses are still climbing,' prices of older houses have leveled off. 4—For renters, one help is that an over supply of new apartments has developed in some cities—not a real oversupply but an oversupply at the current high asking prices. The result is . that more concessions are being offered in the new buildings, and rentals in older houses are being pushed down. FOOD BUYING CALENDAR: The major pciee problem is proteiU foods. Turkeys are the buy of the month. They are in especially heavjt supply this Fall. Among red meats, beef, although it has gone up, still offers dome relatively good values. Cheese is in heavy supply, and cai| be. used'to substitute for or supplement meat in many savory dinner, dishes.' .• �Ostobcr t, IfH SEAFARERS By Fred Stewart & Ed Mooney Headquarters Representatives Seafarers Take Pride In Work WMf ScTOiteeB LOG Says Barges Hold Key To Area Growth I 1 / Syery member of the SIU has heard of the old aaying: "The things WASHINGTON — The nation's we do best are the things we like to do best." These words were spoken by some old philosopher years and years ago, bnt today, we. In the SIU, Inland barge industry will thrive wonld rephrase them like this: "The things we do best are the things we as long as river valley residents Ikie best to do and do better with proper, suitable tools and necessary remember that water carriers are the key to industry expansion, the equipment." 4 Even the youngest Seafarer, who has only made one trip, knows American Society of Traffic and that the best way to do a job on board ship is to have the proper Transportation was told recently by Capt. Donald T. Wright, editor knowledge, the proper Interest and the proper tools. of Waterways Journal. No one can deny the importance of these requirements if a job is to "Railroad competition will not be performed in the excellent traditions of the SIU. The necessity of appropriate tools and equipment is obvious to anyone who has ever hurt the barge industry," he said, "as long as the people of the river done a lick, of work—^whether on sea or land. Can you imagine a doctor at work without his stethoscope? A fisher­ valleys understand that the barge man without red, reel, hooks and bait or a carpenter without saw and lines are the geese which lay the hammer? We eould give endless examples, but the lesson is obvious. golden eggs of industrial expan­ Every Seafarer on each and every ship which sails under a SIU sion." contract, should—and does—have adequate, safe working gear and Bulk Cargoes clothing of good quality. This is a requirement that every SIU official Speaking at the annual meeting will insist upon until the last ship sails. of the Society, Capt. Wright said: These requirements are the es-f The giant 125-ton crane, recent+y installed by SlU-con"Industry in-this country—or any­ sential factors that fulfill the basic We all know that we have the where else for that matter—^will tracted Seatrain Lines at its new San Juan terminal, strad­ needs of a seaman in the success­ right to demand the money which not readily spend substantial sums dles the Seatrain New York as it prepares to begin unload­ ful performance of any given task. our services are worth. On the for industrial manufacturing ex­ ing operations. The crane is capable of lifting cargoes And, since they are so basic to other hand, an employer some­ pansion unless they have both rail the work from which we make our times feels that he has the right and water transportation avail­ weighing as much as a quarter of a million'pounds at a time, living, their importance cannot be to offer less than what we consider able." as well as railroad box cars. ignored if our society is to con­ a just wage. "They use water carriers for tinue to progress and prosper. The actual wage which we get The significant thing to realize paid, consequently, is somewhere hauling large quantities of bulk is that a man's worth is based upon between what we have asked for materials and railroads for fast de­ the knowledge and experience with and what the employer has livery, but they want to be sure which he does his job, the willing­ offered. The precise figure is of water-compelled railroad rates." The editor said that competition ness he displays in its performance, usually arrived at as the result the actual results of his work, as of hard bargaining by experienced with barge lines has not apparently well as his use of adequate work­ Union representatives. The point hurt the railroads, but did not SAN JUAN—A huge 125-ton crane at SlU-contracted Seatrain ing gear. to remember here, is that collec­ mention the effect on water car­ Lines' new terminal in the harbor here has speeded up cargo opera­ An important point which every tive, not Individual bargaining, is riers of railroad rate cuts. He tions by permitting the unloading of railroad box cars as well as Seafarer who is aiming at better the method through which a set­ pointed out, however, "the barge trailer truck containers. lines are able to produce trans­ conditions and wages should never tlement is reached on the money The giant piece of machinery, the biggest dockside crane in forget is that: No one must ever we collect on payday. This is the portation far more cheaply than Puerto Rico, can handle heavy industrial cargoes weighing as much expect more wages than he is traditional method used by all any means of transportation which as a quarter of a million pounds at a time. The crane is part of worth—or more than he ean pro­ labor unions at the bargaining pushes, pulls or lifts on land." Seatfain's $1.6 million terminal which is located on the Isla Grande duce. table. Low Bridges in. San Juan Harbor. The Island's newest marine terminal has , Keeping this in mind, it should Never let it be said that anyone been in operation just over a month and has four miles of railroad In another important part of his be obvious to every SIU man, can deny the professional seaman, track. Its marshalling yards can handle up to 220 railroad cars at young or old, to perform his duty equipped as he is with the long address, Capt. Wright issued a call a time. for caution in planning bridges productively. experience and knowledge of his Seatrain has been operating its Puerto Rican service for over a across inland waterways. He asked work, hi? Interest and pride of year, but had been limited to handling only trailer truck containers that such bridges not be built so accomplishment and appropriate, by the facilities previously available. The new terminal adds rail­ tools, the monetary rewards which low that they obstructed waterway road cars, large-sized sealed containers, liquid cargo in tanks and traffic. he so justly deserves. heavy industrial equipment to the shipments which the company "We should not foreclose the Even though the Union never can handle. ability of whole regions of the -(Continued from page 10) lets anyone remain in doubt for With the addition of the new facilities, the shipping company is cleaning or making repairs therein, long when it comes to making our country to compete by closing off offering an expanded schedule of two sailings to Puerto Rico rivers with shortsightedly low the watch on deck during straight reasonable demands known, there every week. time hours shall be paid at the are still a few operators around bridge clearances," he cautioned. rates of $2.24 per hour for those who will stoop to anything in their ratings receiving a basic monthly attempts to combat our efforts. wage of $357.47 or below; $2.28 per For instance, the few scattered hour for those ratings receiving performers in the Industry (who $364.50 but not more than $416.07 number no more than are tolerated and $2,33 per hour for those rat­ in any other line of work) are ings receiving $424.07 or above. regularly mentioned by these in­ On Saturdays, Sundays and Holi­ dividuals every time tlie Union HELENA, Montana—A fruitless appeal to Montana radio and television stations to pro­ days or between the hours of 5 makes a demand for more money. p.m. and 8 a.m. weekdays, the rates This age-old dodge is nothing vide their audiences with alternatives to a mass of radical-right programs has led the for such work shall be $4.47, $4.57 more than an attempt by employ­ Montana State AFL-CIO to ask the Federal Communications Commission for assistance. and $4.65 per hour respectively, ers to put their workers behind James S. Umber, executive 'dependent upon the monthly wage the eight-ball when contract ne­ unsuccessful correspondence and Montana and featuring experts on ranges specified above. gotiation time rolls around. Some­ secretary of the state federa­ visits, some station managers even such issues as the educational Three hours overtime at the rate times this phony argument is used tion, has asked the FCC to refused to disclose whether they needs of the state, Indian affairs of $2.24, $2.28 and $2.33 per hour by management as nothing more help obtain a balance to the right carried radical right programs. and government - participating respectively, dependent upon the than a subterfuge to evade the wing radio and television pro­ health care programs. The appeal to the FCC included monthly wage ranges specified facts or to save them the trouble grams now carried throughout the the names of five nationallyAsk Time above, shall be paid for this work of making an out-right denial of state with "practically no opposing broadcast radical - right programs Pointing out that the laborin addition to the overtime actually our requests. We have shot these viewpoint presented." which account for nearly 100 quar­ offered programs would provide worked, provided however, t,hat ridiculous charges full of enough Fairness Doctrine ter hours each week over 18 of far fewer than the present out­ these three (3) hours overtime holes to sink a battleship in the Umber said his request was be­ shall be paid only once when tanks past, and, you can be sure, we ing made under the provisions of the state's 36 radio stations. These pourings of the radical-right. Um­ are being cleaned on consecutive will continue to shrug them right the FCC's "fairness doctriner" 18 stations are within the listen­ ber asked the FCC to help achieve working days." off the bargaining table in the which requh-es broadcasters to ing area of virtually the state's "at least some dilution of these entire 700,000 population. straight opinion programs." In submitting questions and future. maintain fairness and balance in The radical right broadcasters Every responsible ship operator their programming. work situations for elarification, At issue' is not a particular at­ cited were: 20th Century Reforma-" tack on organized labor, though delegates and crews are reminded in the industry knows that the SIU For nearly six months. Umber tion Hour with Carl Mclntyre; there are many. Umber told the once again to provide as much represents the best trained, best stated, attempts were made to dis­ Christian Crusade with Billy FCC, but rather the ex'tremely re­ detail as possible setting forth the equipped, best self - disciplined, circumstances of any dispute. Be­ well conducted and healthiest sea­ cuss with radio and television sta­ James Hargis; Lifelines; Manion actionary-viewpoint on a broad tion the highly controversial views Forum and America's Future with range of issues regularly present­ sides those mentioned, some of the men in the world. members who were sent clarifi­ This is true because the SIU broadcast by right wing extrem­ R. K. Scott. Nationally, these pro­ ed with no similar programming cations on various subjects during has traditionally been considered ists. The Montana State AFL-CIO grams account for much of the of a liberal viewpoint. the past few days included the a great and militant union by received only "stalling and delay­ 6,000 radical - right broadcasts The FCC appeal by the Montana ' made each week. following: William E. Thompson, everyone in the eountry—both iu ing" replies, he said. State AFL-CIO has received the "Stations which . carry these Ridgefield Victory; E. Lane, and out of the maritime industry. Umber told the FCC that the unanimous support of all local ' Whitehall; L. P. Hagmann, Aldina; It would- be a matter of great programs without any programs Montana AFL-CIO had unsuccess­ central bodies and was undertaken ; Augusto P. Lopez, Steel Artisan; shame if we dropped our high, presenting and opposing view do fully- offered to stations "Montana following a special meeting of all Tforwood E. Gene, Del Alba; John professional standards to the point not provide a balanced viewipoint Looks to the Future," a once-aweek, 15 minute public service state labor affiliates during the P,ennel and Antonio Alfonso, Sea where anyone could consider us to their listeners," he stated. Pioneer. . in terms other than these. Umber s^id that in addition tp, program, produced in Missoula, state convention in August. Giant Seatrain Crane Aids Cargo Handling Beef Box Righfwing Programs Spark Protests By Montana Labor 1% �SEAFARERS Pace Eigfateea OvUkw LOG Submerged Booty Off Florida Brings Treasure Hunt Boom TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Seafarers look beneath you into the waves! The people who know estimate that there is about $400 million worth of various kinds of treasure holding down the ocean's floor off the coast of Florida. The hoards of gold doubloons, jewels and precious metals represents imes vague maps and hit-or-miss two employees from the state au­ the spilt milk of three 'lunting, so that they usually re­ diting department. Though, sin­ hundred years of ^ conquest turned disappointed. The machine cere, the trio could hardly tell a and exploration — mainly by the Spaniards, but by others also—in Latin America and the Caribbean. The treasure got there as the re­ sult of ship wrecks and messy pi­ rates who, too often, allowed their prizes to sink away by pouring one too many cannon balls into them. A good part of it came from the fabulously rich cargoes of a fleet of homeward bound Spanish mer­ chantmen that foundered in a vio­ lent storm off Florida's coast 300 years ago. For generations fortune hunters have dreamed about dredging up sutne profitable part of the ocean's haul. Bits and pieces have been brought up, but just enough to tempt others. In olden times, treas­ ure seekers had to rely on some- Canal Study Gets Okay From House WASHINGTON—The House has passed, by a vote of 320 to 23, a bill authorizing $17.5 million for a study of a new sea level link to replace the Panama Canal. The House bill, passed September 1, is considerably different from a measure approved earlier by the Senate. The principal criticism of the bill came from Representative H. R. Gross (R.-Ia.), who felt Con­ gress should be certain of the legality of the possible use of nuclear energy to help dig the new canal. The limited nuclear test ban treaty of 1963, Gross said, might bar any atomic-digging of the waterway. The House version directs the President to appoint a five-mem­ ber civilian panel to study the project. The bill would require the panel to complete its study and make its recommendations to the White House and Congress by mid-1968. The Senate "bill would create a seven-member panel, including the secretaries of State and Army and the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, and would let the study run until early 1966. The Johnson administration has supported the study for a new canal. The support is based on recognition of the problems with Panama over the existing canal and the belief that the existing canal will reach the end of its economic life by the end of the century. I kdilor, ^- age brought automation, however, and hunting methods have become more refined and, correspondingly, more profitable. Just several weeks ago. Real Eight, a Vero Beach-based treas­ ure-seeking corporation latched onto a haul estimated at more than a million dollars. They had an in­ vestment in equipment of $150,000 just to do the looking and hauling. About $1.6 million has been pulled up from the offshore Flori­ da bottom in the past two months alone. Real Eight, meanwhile, is continuing its dredging in a shroud of secrecy reminiscent of the Abomb project. Besides competitors, they are, it appears, a little anxious about the Florida state government. And here, for all potential treasure-seekers, lies the rub. Florida demands 25 per cent of any haul brought up from Davy Jones locker. And the state's offi­ cials are tiffed because they have not been receiving it. Except for licensing salvaging firms, the state has little control over them, with the 25 per cent— which amounts to $400,000 already —coming Into the state treasury on an almost voluntary basis. The last time the state looked into a treasure haul, it assigned to the task a state trooper and Discover Fish Unharmed By Radiated Diet BOULDER, COLO.—There ap­ parently Is no significant biological change in fish that have been fed relatively large amounts of radio­ active substance, it was disclosed in experiments at the General Electric's Hanford Laboratories here. The experiments were described by Dr. R. E. Nakatani, manager of aquatic biology at the labora­ tory, in a presentation to the Eco­ logical Society of America. Groups of trout were fed zinc-65 daily, explained Dr. Nakatani, over a four-month period and actually had a faster growth rate than those fish that did not receive the zinc-65 —and there was no change in blood or tissue. He said that trout with more than 10,000 times the amount of zinc-65 observed in Columbia River fish showed no apparent change in behavior during swim tests. piece of eight from a doubloon since they lacked the necessary expertise. Now, with the treasure business on the upswing again, Florida has hired a treasure seeker of its own. He is Claude Clausen, a Gaines­ ville archeologlst. His job will be to go around examining other people's treasure and eictracting the state's cuf. He will have to know his business since many of the coins and articles found are worth many times their intrinsic value, and he will have to be able to tell their real worth. He will start work by looking over two salvage operations now going on, one on the Gulf side of the Florida peninsula and the other on the ocean side. If treas­ ure hunters fail to give him cheery welcome when he shows up it will be understandable. Meanwhile, the great salty coin collecting hobby is booming In the sparkling waters off Florida. See No Relief In Sight For Tanker Excess Excess capacity, a major prob­ lem of tanker operators, will be around for at least another three years, according to a survey taken by a London maritime research group. The main reason for the imbal­ ance between the total number of tankers and the world require­ ments for oil shipment is given as the continuing upswing in tanker building, which over the past years has exceeded the need for oil carriers. The survey, covering the years 1963 to 1967, was issued by Inde­ pendent Sea Transport Research, Ltd. The result of the excess ca­ pacity, the survey said,_wll be a generally weak freight market for tankers. The survey has dimmed year-old hopes that the tanker sec­ tion of the maritime industry was on the verge of reaching a balance between the laws of supply and demand. One of the chief reasons for the steady growth in the size of tanker fleets has been the low prices of­ fered on new vessels by the world's shipyards. Many tanker owners simply cannot resist the bargains being offered by the shipbuilders. As an example, an order was recently placed for a large tanker wiMi the cost at a modest $92 per deadweight ton. Since 1963, when some observ­ ers predicted an evening-out of the tanker situation if building were kept within necessary limits, new orders for tankers have reached a. whopping 12 million deadweight tons. Taking such factors as tanker orders on hand and estimates for oil demand, the study found that there will be a tanker cargo poten­ tial of 942 million tons in 1967, with only about 898 million tons of oil having to be transported. Tanker operators, it is said, have learned to live with the ex­ cess capacity problem where they can afford to. The major oil com­ panies, of course, benefit from the problem since it tends to keep rates low. 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 uniqnists 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^ ittt Blast Navy On Foreign Boat Order BROOKLYN—Navy Yard work­ ers, angered by a $6.3 million deal the Navy Department has made with Norway for the construction of patrol boats, have wired their protest to President Johnson. Th# contract, announced in Oslo, had an especially telling effect on the workers since it coincided with the layoff of another 94 skilled ship­ builders in the Yard. The . Brooklyn Metal Trades Council, AFL-CIO, which repre­ sents the 9,950 workers at the in­ stallation, asked in the wire why the work was sent overseas when t 4 "these vessels could have been Eastern Ait Lines built in the Brooklyn Navy Yard (Flight Engineers) or any other of the Navy yards, all 4" t of which are desperately seeking H. I. Siegel more work to avoid closing or cut­ "HIS" brand men's elothes backs." (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) James Dolan, president of the BMTC, also charged the Adminis­ » ^ ^ tration with "promoting prosperity Sears, Roebuck Company in Norway and poverty in Brook­ Retail stores Se products lyn." He said the Norwegian order (Retail Clerks) could have provided four years 4i work for the workers who were Stitzel-Weller Distilleries laid off. "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" The Yard is planning to dismi.s3 "Cabin StiU," «W. L. Weller" another 77 workers by October 6. Bourbon whiskeys All the men laid off, Dolan said, (Distillery Workers) are family men, some with 30 years of government service. 4. The agreement with Norway J. R. Simplot Potato Co. calis for the construction in that Frozen potato products country of eight, 80-foot torpedo (Grain Millers) boats for the Navy. 4» 4i Commenting on the deai and the Kingsport Press layoffs. New York City Labor "World Book," "Chiidcraft" Commissioner Louis Broido fore­ (Printing Pressmen) casted despairingly that the (Typographers, Bookbinders) Brooklyn installation "was doomed (Machinists, Stereotypers) to close under present Naval pro­ 4^ $1 curement policies." Jamestown Sterling Corp. He warned that if the Yard did Southern Furniture Mfg. Co. close it would mean a $1 billion Furniture and Bedding loss to business in the city and (United Furniture Workers) the area around it. 'Hot Cargo' Stand Upheld By NLRB WASHINGTON—Building trades unions may lawfully use economic force to seek agreements with prime contractors that they will use only union subcontractors on construction jobs, the National Labor Re-*** lations Board has ruled in a Taft-Hartley law in light of NLRB reversal of prior board ruL doctrines set forth in the Colson ings. President C. J. Haggerty of the AFL-CIO Building & Construction Trades Dept. hailed the ruling as one upholding the department's position In a legal dispute over picketing. He said the decision showed "courage" because "it is a rare thing for the NLRB to admit error." The ruling, Haggerty said, will "give real meaning to the en­ actment by. Congress permitting the building trades to seek agree­ ments requiring prime contractors to take on only union subcontrac­ tors." It will, he said, "protect our union security" and stabilize the construction industry. The decision involves the Northeastern Indiana Building 8c Construction T fa d e s Council, eight of its aAiliated local unions, and Centlivre Village Apartments, a $7 million construction project in Fort Wayne, Ind. A trial examiner ruled in Feb­ ruary that picketing by the un­ ions at the job site, where a sub­ contractor was working with mem­ bers of an unaffiliated union, violiated Sec. 8(b)(4)(A) of'the and Stevens .ease, decided in 1962. The board's opinion in Coison and Stevens was that Congress in­ tended to legalize voluntary agree­ ments on contracting at construc­ tion sites but that the use of eco­ nomic iforce to compel an employ­ er to enter into a "hot cargo" agreement violated the law. Since the ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals in three separate cir­ cuits has ruled the board was wrong, holding in one leading case that "secondary subcontracting clauses in the construction indus­ try are lawful under the proviso to Sec. 8(e), and economic force may be usej to obtain them." All five board members, in the Northeastern Indiana case, reached this conclusionj In view of the unanimous court rejection" of the Colson and Stevens rationale, the board has "re-examined its posi­ tion and now agrees with the court interpretation." Therefore they overruled that portion of the former decision on which the ex­ aminer relied and dismissed his finding that the unions violated: one section of the law. �SEAFAMER9 October t, 1N4 Vac* lOMfMB LOG Hastings Crew Takes Ceffee Break SIU crewmembers who were sailing on th® Rio Grande (Oriental Exporters) when th® ship went to the rescue of the failing Greek liner Lakonia in December last year, have re­ ceived a special bonus from one of the passengers of th® ill-stricken vessel. According to Hugh D. Cur--* ran, ship's delegate of the Rio meeting was made to have an air ley gangs aboard the following Grande, the Captain recently conditioner installed in the crew's ships have been given kudos by messroom eo they could at least their crews: Chatham (Waterman); Floridian (South American and eat in comfort. Caribbean); Columbia (US Steel); XXX ' T. A. Jackson, meeting chair­ Seneca (Marine Carriers); Haleyon man aboard the Seamar (Calmar) reports that the crew recently dug Into its pockets and donated $1 apiece to have the television set repaired at the next port. At the same time he reported the wash­ 3^ t l" The Captain of the Del Aires ing. machine needed repairs. Both (Delta) has asked the cooperation of these items were taken care of of the drew in keeping the ship a quite satisfactorily, he added. XXX safe vessel by reporting every in­ A scarcity of keys for lockers jury, no matter how small, says Righetti Jackson Basile (Tiny) Pala^, ship's dele- and rooms has ben plaguing the Gateway City (Sea-Land) because Panther (Halcyon); Andrew Jack­ the men keep forgetting to leave son (Waterman) Midland (Clear the keys behind after" payoff, Water); Del Monte (Delta) and says ship's delegate Joseph San Juan (Sea-Land). Righetti. As an added incentive to XXX leave the keys behind, the mate is The crew aboard the Steel King asking each man to "donate" $1 to the key fund, which will be re­ (Isthmian) is up in the air, or turned when the key is returned. rather off the air, these days be­ cause of the long hours in which XXX Many Seafarers aboard the Sparks operates his ham set. Summit (Sea-Land) are worried Seems to cause so much static Curra® Deal® about their clothes not being clean that no one else aboard the vessel gate. He also asked the crew to enough, and have asked that the can listen to their radios, nays continue with their safe practices agitator in the crew's washing Clyde Parker, ship's delegate. and to keep accidents at a mini­ machine be replaced. They think it XXX mum. really needs it, says meeting chair­ The two electricians aboard the 4i t man F. T. Di Carlo. Halcyon Panther (Halcyon) did a magnificant job in rebuilding the XXX The crew of the Steel Maker (Isthmian) has been very pleased Always appreciative of good recreation room, says meeting sec­ with the service it has been get­ service and fine cooking in the retary Frank Kustura, and the ting from the galley gang as of SIU manner, crews are always crew showed its appreciation for late and singled out the two mess- ready to sihow their appreciation the work during the good and men as being the target of their to the steward department. Gal- welfare section of a shipboard praise. According to,ship's dele-^ noeeting by giving them a heart­ gate Fred Tampol, messmen Duffy felt vote of thanks. and Sepata were given a special LOG-A-RHYTHM: XXX vote of thanks by the crew during Again the troubles that revolve the good and welfare section of around shipboard washing ma­ a recent shipboard meeting. chines have arisen, this time XXX aboard the Robin Sherwood i Rob­ Crewmembers of the North­ in Lines). The crew has been western Victory (Victory Carriers) asked to cooperate in seeing that have been having some trouble the natives in Beira did not use remembering their watches while the machine while the ship was Charles L. Hosier relaxing in the crew's lounge, rein port there. The brothers were 'ports meeting secretary Edwaird The rains come down also warned not to overload the The wihifs blow hard J. Wright, and for this reason have machine themselves, David Smith, asked that a clock be installed. The seas rise high meeting secretary reports. Ships roll from side to side They probably want to know when XXX Sailors brave live and die to quit relaxing and go to bed. H. K. Pierce, meeting chairman Upon the mighty sea 4" t ii aboard the Transindia (Hudson) Upon the mighty sea. reports that the galley gang re­ During the good and welfare cently went on an economy drive section of a recent shipboard meet­ To sail a ship centred around the request for ing aboard the Del Sud (Delta) a Through a stormy sea a new grill and a slicing machine. motion was made and unamiously The open door of heaven They feel they can do a very good passed to dip into the ship's fund A slight glimpse to see job of cutting expenses this way. and have the movie machine re­ He is proud to be called paired at the next port. The fel­ A sailor of the sea XXX lows feel the need for a little A sailor of the mighty sea In an all out effort to prevent diversion in the form of movies, A sailor of the mighty, mighty sea. yawns and red eyes of men going saj's ship's delegate F. C. Deale. on watch, the crew of the Alcoa XXX A sailor he'll always he Runner (Alcoa) has been asked to For thus he is meant to be keep the noise down in the pas­ The crew of the Pena Exporter sageways as much as possible. (Penn Export) would be having a Take away the sailing names And not e'en his soul remains They were reminded that at all very happy trip, according to hours of the day or night there Wesley Leonard, ship's delegate, if Let him be a sailor Let ,his hands rest on the tiller is someone asleep who needs his it weren't for the fact that it is rest, says Charles E. Turner, meet­ usually too hot to sleep at night. As a sailor of the sea ing secretary. A sailor of the high, high sea. A suggestion at a recent shipboard gave them a tape recorder, for the crew's use, which he said was a gift from a doctor who was aboard the Lakonia during the rescue. The crew is quite happy about this, Ourran says, and "he notes that there are stiiU seven men abdard who took part in the rescue operation. Crewmembers of the Hastings (Waterman) relax from tlieir duties for awhile to enjoy a good cup of coffee from the galley and to chew the fat before returning to their jobs. Pictured above are (l-r) Pete Kordenls, Bos'n; Jomes Bush, deck maintenance; and John Bertte, deck maintenance. The picture was taken aboard the-Hasting by ship's delegate Richard Bioomquist. Family Thanks SiU For Check Seeing Europe On SiU Pension To the Editor: I want to thank the SIU for all it has done for me since I retired. For the first time I have really been able to see Europe. Right now I am visiting at the Ostseebad-Geamite on - a holi­ day in West Germany. I am spending ten days here and it has only been made possible for To the Editor: My wife and I wish to take this opportunity to send our thanks and very deep gratitude for the financial assistance ex­ tended to my father during his recent stay in St. Vincent's Hospital, Staten Island, N.Y. We will always be grateful for the checks that were sent to help us out of a situation that was made easier by the helping hand of SIU. Walter Gustauson X All letters to the Editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the. writer. Names will be withheld upon request. me by the SIU and the pension I get through the SIU Welfare Plan. _ I am really glad to say that I have been and still am a member of this wonderful Union. Charles J. Grant Famiiy Thanks SIU Ship Crew To the Editor: The family of Jan V. Rooms would like very much to express our sidcere and heartfelt »ppreeiation for the donation that was given ^ to us by the crew ot the S.S. Colorado, Voyage 8. With this money a beautiful wreath was sent to Belgium and placed upon the grave of Jan's mother, Elizabeth Rooms. The Rooms Fantily / X X Asks Visitors While Laid Up To the Editor: I just wanted to say a big hello to all my old shipmates in the SIU. I've been laid up in Colbert's Nursing home, 2445 Esplanade, New Orleans for the last few months. I'm gradually recovering after a stay of many months at Marine Hospital. The medics tell me I'm coming along nicely, but I'm still an out­ patient. They've got me coming into the clinic there twice a week for treatment and exercise. Even though I have a lot of ti-ouble getting around, I'm real­ ly showing these nursing home people that it takes more than a couple of sawbones and nurses to stop an old time SIU man like me. I sure do hope that any of my former shipmates in the New Orleans neighborhood come over and pass a little time with me. I would really appreciate seeing some of those old faces again. In closing, I want to wish for •mooth sailing and pleasant voyages for the SIU and all its members everywhere. Dosha "Spider" Korolia ff OFF lUC 1-bRT TH-THERg S. A MrME^A/P/ The High, High Sea \/ A MERAAAt^ ^ YAIEAAJ OAIE OF THEM f£MAt£ ckE/KTU/ZBS OFTUES£Af C'MON — A ^ NOTOH^ COMPANY TJMBJJL. �SEAFARERS Paffe Twenty LOG WW II Mishaps Didn't Dampen Sailing Spirits Of Seafarers After listening to a veteran Seafarer spin yarns about his wartime experiences, a listen­ er often gets the idea that the only way to survive in the business is to have double the nine lives of the proverbial cat. The true-blue SIU man, of course, doesn't spend his time worry­ ing about how many lives he's"^ the Soviet Union. It was three tion, however there was neither blessed with. All he knows, months before they could get fire nor explosion. is that it will take a good deal transportation to Glasgow, where Rose, who lives in Balitmore, has more than a mere maritime mis­ hap to make him earn his keep shoreside. Three SIU members who were recently interviewed in Balti^more are living examples of the typical Seafarer's determination to keep sailing despite previous unlucky trips. Pete Losado, a black gang member, and James Rose, a deck department veteran, are both sur­ vivors of disasters occurring dur­ ing the treacherous World War II period. Lloyd Short, who almost Losado Rose went down with his ship ten years ago, only regrets that he didn't begin his career as a professional seaman earlier. Death and disaster were the con­ stant companions of the Seafarers on the lonely World War II con­ voys through the U-Boat Infested waters to Russia. Even though they were faced with this threat, SIU members kept riding the cargo ships that provided our war­ time allies with vitally necessary supplies. Losado, who holds a firema n- watertender rating, was sail­ ing on a Water­ Short man ship bound for Murmansk when it was tor­ pedoed by the Germans. The crew abandoned their stricken ship, but were luokiiy picked up by a Canadian naval vessel. The torpedoed crewmembers were transferred to another ship which was also heading toward Oetober •, 1M4 Notify Union On LOQ Mail As Seafarers know, copies of each issue of the SEAFARERS LOG are mailed every two weeks to all SIU ships as well as to numerous clubs, bars and other overseas spots where Seafarers congregate ashore. The procedure for mailing the LOG involves calling all SIU steamship companies for the itiheraries of their ships. On the basis of the information supplied by the ship oper­ ator, four copies of the LOQ, 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 mailingr 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 mail is not delivered so that the Union can maintain a day-to-day check on the accuracy of its mailing lists. they were put aboard the Queen been shipping for 20 years. He Mary for a trip in wartime style has acquired quite a reputation as to Boston. a designer and builder of model sailing ships. In building his Wins Citation Losado, who is a native of models, he restricts himself to Puerto Rico, Is now 63, and has using only discarded dunnage and been sailing with the SIU for 23 trash which he finds on deck for years. As a result of the World his replicas. In the tradition of War II Incident, he is the proud age-old model craftsmen, he uses recipient today of a citation signed tiny pegs whittled from toothpicks, by President Harry S. Truman. rather than glue. For some time in the past, Seafarers have heard quite a bit Lloyd Short Is the last of the Now a resident of Baltimore, he of information from the Union about the Maritime Advance­ trio of Baltimore Seafarers who expects to retire in two years. ment Program and what it can do for the individual Seafarer. kept faith with the sea despite a Rose is also a veteran of the serious near-miss some ten years It has promised a bright, bet--*^ — U.S. Merchant Marine during World War IL Unlike Losado, he ago. Short was taking it easy ter future for those taking menu and meal planning. He managed to get through the shoot­ while the Alcoa Runner (Alcoa) advantage of the various visited large produce houses and meat packing houses to see how ing part of the conflict without a was crossing Chesapeake Bay services of the program. various kinds of food are handled. scratch. Instead of coming to grief "when a Liberty ship came com­ Vernon Douglas, however, is with the enemy. Rose almost was pletely through the foc'sle with Seafarer who had to see for himWhen he finished, he returned me in the bunk," as he puts it. sent to the bottom by the Navy. yself. Douglas, to the sea to help make the ships The ship's log said it was a good "I didn't get hit until the war chief steward, is he sailed become 'good feeders'. was over, and then the U.S. Navy thing I wasn't in my bunk, but I now singing the Douglas reveals that since he praises of the attended the class, he has received came out and did it," said Rose was," he wryly comments. He Maritime Ad­ the plaudits of his fellow crew­ as he recalls his close scrape. remembers that the oiler in his vancement Pro­ members. When he first graduated Seventeen years ago he was work­ room had three bottles of hair gram, and, in ing on a tanker out of Norfolk, 'tonic which broke and soaked him from the training school, Douglas letter to the went to Norfolk and shipped bound for New York, when his thoroughly. LOG, hae given aboard the Henry (Progressive). Holding a fireman-oiler's rating ship collided with a Navy vessel. some very sound He says he immediately began to 'First they hit us on the bow, and before he retired in May, Short reasons for do­ apply his training, and the crew then backed off and wacked us originally started out as a rail­ Douglas ing so. again on the stern," he sadly re­ roader. However, the Great De­ responded with ^ warmth and He attended the Stewards Train­ gratitude he had not seen in many members. pression made work scarce, and By ail laws of chance neither he started sailing in the late 1930's. ing and Recertification course years. When he left the ship later ship should have survived the col­ Now living on his SIU pension. offered by the MAP where he to take a rest on the shore, he lision. Rose's ship was laden with Short lives in Balitmore where he learned about the up-to-date meth­ "left the ship in the MAP school's petroleum, while the Naval vessel can spend plenty of time garden­ ods of the food industry in food maqner—no beefs." storage and also took lessons in was reportedly carrying ammuni­ ing, his favorite hobby. After receiving such a warm welcome on the Henry, Douglas shipped out aboard the Kenmar AFOUNDRIA (Waterman), August fine voyage with cooperation from department delegates. Brqther Law­ (Calmar) where he is sailing now. 29—Chairman, J. Kennedy; Secretary, all hands. No beefs were reported. rence ConticeUo was elected to serve R. Morrow. Ship's delegate reported Vote of thanks extended to the deck as ship's delegate. By the end of the first trip he that everything Is running smoothly and steward departments. $21 In could report smooth sailing in the with no beefs. $6 in ship's fund. ship's fund. COEUR D'ALENB VICTORY (Vic­ Crew requested to keep messrooni galley and a vote of thanks from tory Carriers), Sept. 13—Chairman, clean at all times, and to dress prop­ BiENViLLE (Sea-Land), September Raynor; Secretary, Powaii. Few hours the "Old Man." erly when entering messhall. General 21—Chairman, R. Risk; Secretary, disputed OT in deck and engine de­ But Douglas wants to mak? sure discussion held on ice problem and Juan Cruz. No beefs reported. Every­ partments. Request for ice machine. the crew was asked to be conserva­ thing is running smoothly. Brother July 19—Chairman, Raynor; Secre­ that everybody knows he is not tive with Ice at all times. D. G. Chafin was elected to serve as tary, Powaii. Letter to be sent to tooting his own horn. He is just new ship's delegate. Discussion re­ headquarters requesting clarlflcatlon of restriction to ship. FAIRLAND (Sea-Land), September garding mail delivery. Crew claims It pointing out how effective the IS—Chairman, John J. McHale; Secre­ Is not delivered when It should be. MAP training was. tary, Joseph Moody. No beefs and no LONCViEW VICTORY (Victory Cardisputed OT reported by department I am patting the MAP Steward tiers), Sept. 12—Chairman, Carl LawRAPHAEL SEMMES (Sea-Land), delegates. son; Secretary, Robert W. Ferrandii, September 23—Chairman, Thomas J. School on the bacjc," he says, "be­ No beefs reported by department cause those two ships were run delegates. Brother Mike Burns was STEEL EXECUTIVE (isthmian), elected to serve as ship's delegate. September 13—Chairman, Ken Cann; the way the school taught me." Secretary, Star Welis. Ship sailed Douglas is the first to admit he LUCILLE BLOOMFIELD (Bloomshort one fireman who paid off in field), Sept. 12 — Chairman, C. L. Hinolulu due to son's death. $143 misunderstood the plan when the Moody; Secretary, R. W. Birmingham. was collected and donated by the union first introduced it several $19 in ship's fund. Brother Arthur crew. $10 in ship's fund. No beefs Rudnicki was elected to serve as years ago. "I thought it was just reported. It was suggested that the ship's delegate. No beefs reported. men leaving ship should be sure to making more paperwork for the leave their bunks and lockers clean chief steward," he claims, "but it JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), for the new men. Sept. 19—Chairman, John H. Morris. was mainly because I did not Secretary, None. Repair lists turned HASTINGS (Waterman), September really understand what they were in by department heads. Some dis­ 13—Chairman, James R. Boone; Sec­ puted OT pertaining to delayed sail­ retary, J. E. Welis. Some minor beefs talking about. ing from Baltimore. BNerythIng else to be straightened out at payoff. Dis­ tanks. Vote of thanks to the ship's "The steward school teaches you delegate and the steward department seems to be running smoothly in all cussion regarding watchmen in Paki­ for job well done. departments. Discussion held on safe­ stan and how to keep them out of how the food plan should work ty. Vote of thanks extended to deck crew's washrooms, quarters and froip as well as many other subjects on LONG LINES (Isthmian), Septem­ department watch from Brother using drinking fountain. Vote of ber 14—Chairman, Richard Grant; W. H. Simmons, steward, for the fine thanks extended to the steward de­ how' to run a steward department. • Secretary, Herbert Libby. Crew re­ partment. way they kept the messroom and The chief steward can never know pantry, and thanks to the ship's DEL NORTE (Delta), August 9— quested to cooperate in keeping mess­ crew for the fine cooperation. Chairman, James L. Tucker; Secre­ hall and laundries clean. Vote of enough about preparing food for a ; thanks to the steward department for tary, Biii Kaiser. No beefs reported ships crew. The steward training LA SALLE (Waterman), Aug. Itby department delegates. $96.66 in fine menus and service. Chairman, Jimmie Bartlett; Secretary, and recertification course offered ship's fund and $111.90 in movie SPITFIRE (American Bulk), Sep­ Claude Garnett. Ship's delegate In­ fund. Brother Reuben Belletty was gives the chief steward a chance tember 13—Chairman, Curtis Nelson; formed crew of the death of Brother elected to serve as ship's delegate. to refine his skills and to learn Crewmembers requested to dress Secretary, Charles Hensclha. All re­ Jose Gonzalez who passed away just pairs being taken care of. No beefs before sailing from Brooklyn Army properly when coming in messhall. newly-developed methods In food reported by department delegates. Terminal on August 17. Brother Gon­ planning and preparation. Driscoll; Secretary, John J. Naughton. zalez is sadly missed by all his ship­ DEL NORTE (Delta), Septembar 13 mates aboard the La Salle. $2.80 in —Chairman, James L. Tucker; Secre­ $7.22 in ship's fund. No beefs report­ The food plan is doing a great Everything is running tary, Bill Kaiser. Few hours disputed ed. Crewmembers requested to re­ ship's fund. job, in serving this purpose, Doug­ turn cups to the pantry, and to smoothly in all departments. OT in deck, and steward departments. $133 in ship's fund and $429.90 in donate change to the ship's fund. las feels, by giving the chief ste­ SEA PIONEER (Pioneer Tankers), movie fund. Motion made to have a wards the low-down on how to BELOIT VICTORY (Marina Man­ shower installed in the locker for­ Sept. 19—Chairman, G. WUes; Secre­ agers), August 30—Chairman, William ward of the aft mast table for shore tary, John Penneil. $7 in ship's fund. make the ships they sail even bet­ gang and stevedores in Buenos Aires Lennox; Secretary, Harold M. Karl- Some disputed OT in each depart­ ter feeders. and other ports so as to keep them sen. Discussion regarding water in ment. Vote' of thanks extended to from using the deck department the steward department for a Job He also urged everyone that showers. PENN CARRIER (Pann Shipping), well done. sails with an MAP steward to let Sept. 5—Chairman, Donald Hewson; Secretary, C. E. Lee. Brother Thomas SACRAMENTO (Sacramento Trans­ the Union, and the other members WACOSTA (Waterman), Aug. 14— port), September 18—Chairman, John J. King was elected to serve as ship's Chairman, Charles Johnson; Secretary, through the LOG, know how they D. Gribbie; Secretary, John L. Mundelegate. No beefs reported by de­ Ramon Ferrers. Few hours disputed feel about MAP and how It is nariyn. Held general dlscus.sion. No partment delegates. Vote of thanks OT in deck and engine departments. major beefs reported. to the chief steward. Teddy Kross, No beefs reported. Vote of thanks working on their ship. and steward department for a Job extended to Ramon Ferrers for sav­ "They put Ranger Seven on the well done. SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), Sep­ ing a man's life while at sea. Vote tember 23—Chairman, H. R. Nathey; of thanks to the steward department moon—that was progress for the Secretary, S. M. Simos. Ship's dele­ FANWOOD (Waterman), Sept. <— and a very good steward. Thanks to country. They put MAP stewards gate reported that everything is Chairman, K. Winters; Secretary, Sid- headquarters and the LOO staff for running smoothly. This has been a nay A. Garner. No beefs reported by a Job well done. on the ships—that is progress for the SIU," Douglas concludes. Chief Steward Praises AdvancementProgram �^Oc i's^r^B^S'Ti ^"x $-•"& 'J? »ni( " •" , ''®M, "e tfone''; «« .?®'e». J*Po«ed "o^e. ""Part'enf ^"'ar 0E(_ ' ^ "" «nd „ * »• ° A', ew B ^'frsw .a'»Haf) . '''"ne. ijj ' .is, "-*rf-«e/r*iC: .%f;SK.;;f; "^''^P s •.-•••.V-V-Sv i«Wmm «SP ^"tfer* ®Pf /A *34.30 ?„"'• ®eere,t"C/,a/^'ani/ « , ' iirpi;T ^««s/oj,®"*^ «onUre. Of ih •"P'/; i 2!b« « ' *^ea ^^S'-essJ ^rote I '^anj^a ir , ^epe/^ r «4..',^' XtyJ-p's oet „ ^ / "aj '7^!""r"'«n.''%'Oe/f,; ;i W?O';?««S7J,'««» ft, iX».iXfetX'?ss; , •« t.sSS^'iS, «, WMMM r A«n ''"-»»«b.,' «< / b« * *««' a'taSf"""-. B„ !"• ""d '**™ /^uta^ •^2i.'^r£c 'Sffai-aa-u-; """acS", •'«'°ST neffl.^'/ v3S;-w «2?Sf --••» 1 '"•)' «• .e'j *" "0 'Wyfioot' • "»»' '"y ^lu h.!,-""<hct *Ojp j "w;yyV • �T SEAFARERS Pue '^wenty-fw* sro AJEUEavAi:.s and Know Your Righfs 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 name: Mercedes Rod|riquez, born Au­ Sherrie Bryan, bom April 17, Thomas Burke, born May 20, 1964, to the Gordon T. Burkes, Al­ 1964, to the Harvey T. Bryan's, gust 1, 1964, to the Sixto Rodriquez's. Ponce, P.R. Baltimore, Md. pena, Michigan. t i Patrick McBrlde, born April 22, 1964, to the Bernard J. McBrides Toledo, Ohio. ^ Claire Michelle Lippa, born June 27, 1964, to the Joseph E Lippas, Baltimore, Md. t t , 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4. 4 4 4 4 4 4 ' Robert Davis, Jr., born June 19, Beth Myrtle Sadis, born July 17, 1964, to the James R. Sachs', Phil­ 1964, to the Robert Davis', Galves­ ton, Texas. adelphia, Pa. Sandy Joseph Huval, bom May Janine Elizabeth Kline, born June 16, 1964, to the Alvln F. 24, 1964, to the Joseph R. Huval's, Breaux-Bridge, La. Kline's, New Orleans, La. Joanne Bischoff, born June 18, Allen Dirk Higham, born July Patricia Ann Laughlin, bom June 2. 1964. to the Kenneth G 6, 1964, to the Armon Higham's, 1964, to the Walter R. Bischoff's, Arcadia, Mich. Houston, Texas. Laughlins. Marrero, La. J* i" Oatober t, MM LOG Melanle Mignano, born July 7, Henry Kugler, born August 2, Burchette Chandra Purifoy, born May 8. 1984, to the Eddie Purlfoys, 1964, to the Henry Kugler's, New 1964, to the Benjamin Mlgnano's, Garden Grove, Calif. York, N.Y. Mobile. Alabama. 3» 4» i i 4. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4- 4" t 4 4 4 4 4 4 4. 4> 4. Maureen O'Dee, born July 18, Thomas Rogers, born June 29, Frank Reed, born June 19, 1964, to the Guy O. Reeds, Frankfort, 1964, to the Floyd T. Rogers', 1964, to the Robert A. O'Dee's, Falrview Park, Ohio. Laurel, Del. Mich. Joyce Stewart, bom July 4, Peggy Robinson, born July 4, Angela Marie Franks, born June 9, 1964, to the Robert B. Franks', 1964, to the John A. Robinson's, 1964, to the Bobby W. Stewart's, Splro, Oklahoma. Toledo, Ohio. Portland, Oregon. Antonio Tonelll, born July 5, Robert Peter Bekier, born July Craig Power, born June 12, 1964, to the Joseph Power's, Phila­ 12. 1964. to the Robert Bekier's, 1964, to the Anthony Tonelli's, Dorchester, Mass. Toledo, Ohio. delphia, Pa. FINANCIAL RBFORTt. Tha eonitltutlon of tho SIU AUanUe. Gulf, LakM and Inland Watera Dlatrlct makaa apeciflo provlaloa for aafeguardlns tha membership'! money and Union finance!. Tho conaUtuUon require! a detailad CPA audit every three month! by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. AU Union record! are avaUable at SIU headquarters In Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. AU trust fund! of tho SIU Atlantic. Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered In accordance with the provision! of various trust fund agreements. AU these agreements specify that the trustees In charge of these funds shaU consist equally of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. AU trust fund financial records are avaUable at the headquarters of tha various trust funds. IHIPPINO RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union gnd the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and avaU­ able In aU Union haUs. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained In the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified maU. return receipt requested. The proper address for this Is: Earl Shepard, Chairman. Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place. Suite 1930. New York 4. N.Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at aU times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Aopeals Board. CONTRACTg. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in aU SIU haUs. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you worl; and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as weU 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 pubUshIng any article serving the political purposes of any Individual In the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from pub­ UshIng articles deemed harmful to the Union or Its collective membership. This estabUshed policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September. 1960, meetings In aU constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG poUcy Is vested In an editorial board which consists of tha Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among Its ranks, one Individual to carry out this responslblUty. 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 ha Is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or If a member Is required to make a payment and Is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should Immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months In tho 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 all other details, then tha member so affected should Immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing dIsablUty-penslon 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 In all rank-and-file functions. Including service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. Ail Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights In employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth In the SIU constitution and In the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he Is denied the equal rights to which he Is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers Is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best Interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAJ) are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. if at any time a Seafarer feels that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his constitutional right of eceess to Union records or Information, he should Immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mall, return receipt requested. The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported Andrcana Evans, born June 15, to the Seafarers Welfare Plan (any apparent delay in payment 1964, to the William Evans', Jr., of claims is normally due to late filing, lack of beneficiary Philadelphia. Pa. 4< 4* 4* card or necessary litigation for the disposition of estates) t Pamela Hull, born June 17, Victor Modesto Gonzalez, 44: Harvey Lee Thomas, 64: Brother 1964, to the Daniel Hull's, Alpena, Thomas died of natural causes in Brother. Gonzalez died of natural Mich. ca uses In the New Orleans, 4> 4* 4> Tampa General La., on Jan. 7, Eric John Connor, born July 15, Hospital on 1964. A member 1964, to the Enrique Connor's, San March 29, 1964. of the Inland Francisco, Calif. A member of the Boatman's Union, 4> 4> 4 ' IBU since 1963, he sailed In the Barrie Anerino, born March 23, he was a mem­ engine depart­ 1964, to the William Anerlno's, ber of the stew­ ment. He is sur­ Philadelphia, Pa. • ard department. vived by his wife, 4> 4* 4* His wife, Mrs. Mrs. Bertha Pedro Juan Reyes, Jr., born Au­ Socorrito Gon­ Thomas. Burial gust 4, 1964, to the Pedro J. zalez, survives., Burial was in the was in the Greenwood Cemetery in Reyes', Brooklyn, N.Y. Colon Cemetery, Tampa, Fla. Louisiana. 4> 4* 4 4 4 4 - r Henry Bonnette, Jr., born May 4 4 4 Harry Daniel Cameron; 52: A 31, 1964, to the Henry C. BonWilliam Howard Olds, 35: A nette's, Baltimore, Md. heart attack was fatal to Brother victim of cancer. Brother Cameron died in the Olds In the New 4 4 4 USPHS Hospital Jon Todd Bradley, born May 19, Orleans USPHS in New Orleans, 1964, to the Donald L. Bradley's, Hospital on Feb. La., on April 25, East Carondelet, 111. 5, 1964. A mem­ 1964. He has 4 4 4 ber of the Union been a member Lynda Cornelius, born May 13, since 1947, he of the IBU since 1964, to the Carlton D. Cornelius', sailed in the 1956. His wife, Belhaven, N.C. steward depart­ Ernesto V. Erazo Mrs. Irene B. 4 4 4 ment. His wife, Please get in touch with Alex Cameron, sur­ Frank R. Charneco, born July Mrs. Gertrude Ablesser, Brooklyn, N.Y., UL 9vives. He was 23, 1964, to the Francisco Char- Marie Olds, sur­ 2097. Very important. neco's. New Orleans, La. vives. His place of burial is not burled in the Rocky Creek Ceme­ 4 4 4 tery, Green County, Miss. 4 4 4 known. Clifford Newton Kenneth Latour, born February 4 4 4 4 4 4 You are asked to contact your 18, 1964, to the Charles Latour's, Eleuterlo H. Magboo, 57: Broth­ son, Benjamin Newton, 90-47 209th Julius Valdamar Ekman, 61: New Orleans, La. Brother Ekman died of a stroke in er Magboo died aboard the Los street. Queens Village, N.Y. 4 4 4 Angeles while at the USPHS Hos­ 4 4 4 Karen Corbiere, born June 26, sea on March 13, Charles Collins and John Rouan pital in Nola, 1964, to the Gordon Corbiere's, 1964 of heart Fla., on March You are asked to get in touch Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. failure. He with Peter Kreisel, 341 East 80th 14, 1964. A mem­ 4 4 4 joined the Union Street, NYC, (UN 1-8683), who ber of the engine Steven Nance, born June 1, in Baltimore in shipped with you on the Rion department, h e 1964, to the Roy L. Nance's, New 1938 and was a (Actium Lines) in 1956. Joined the Union Orleans, La. member of the in 1951. He is 4 4 4 4 4 4 engine depart­ survived by a John Frank Kozar Marie Myra Reliant, born June ment. He is sur­ friend, Leo You are asked to get in touch 2, 1964, to the Francis J. Bellant's, vived by h i a with your wife, Mrs. John Kozar Lehtonen. Burial Epoufette, Mich. was in the Metairie Cemetery, brothers, M. H. Magboo and E. H. at 540 New York St., Dunmore, 4 4 4 Magboo. Burial was at sea. Metalrle, La. Pennsylvania. She Is anxious to get Michael Bernard Cazalas, born 4 4 4 in contact with you. 4 4 4 July 26, 1964, to the James P. Caz­ Ramose Narclse Elliott, 61: David R. Underwood, 55: Broth­ 4 4 4 alas', Mobile, Ala. Brother Elliott, e victim of heart er Underwood died in the St. Joe Louis Johnson 4 4 4 disease, died in Joseph Hospital, Your wife, Mrs. Charlie Mae Cynthia Kennedy, born July 31, the New Orleans Baltimore, Md., Johnson, would like you to contact 1964, to the William Kennedy's, USPHS Hospital of cancer on Aug. her at Box 170, Pine Hill, Ala. Eight Mile, Ala. on March 31, 17, 1964. A mem­ 4 4 4 4 4 4 1964. A member George B. Rohan (Rowan) ber of Inland Inaclaire Larce, born July 7, of the steward Betty Helser Atkins desires that Boatmans' Union, 1964, to the William Larce's, New department, h e you or anyone knowing your since 1956, he Orleans, La. became a mem­ whereabouts please contact her^at worked as a ber of the SIU in bargeman. He is 403 Ceder Hill Ave., Baltimore, Md. 1949. Surviving survived by his 4 4 4 is his wife, Mrs. William Brack wife, Mrs. Alma Josephine Elliott. Burial "Was in G. Underwood. Burial was ,in the Robert Stack has a check for the St. Vincent Cemetery, New Snow Hill Methodist Church you in the amount of four fig­ Orleans, La. Cemetery, Lucia, N.C. ures! I I I from Electric Insurance Co. left by a Mr, Partlcello. Con­ tact us at 475 Bergen Blvd., Ridgefleld, N.J., 945-5003 within 60 days or this check will be withdrawn. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 John W. G. Inglebek Your are asked to get In touch with your sister, Mrs. Olga Inglebretsen, 119 Armstrong Ave., Staten Island, N.Y.; or your broth­ er Jack J. Wlnley, 3102 Mayfalr, Victoria, eTxas, as they are anx­ ious to get in touch with you. Ex-Maiden Creek Crewmembers "Mac," Mike Broadus and Gary Shanyfelt are requested to contact Douglas K. McLeod In care of the SIU Hall In Wilmington, Cai. Raymond Queen Contact your mother at once as your brother Is slek and In the hospital and wants to see you. Call 304-849-2123 at night around 8:00. John Remski You. are requested to contact your sister Veronica immedlatefy concerning premium that has fallen due on your life insurance policy. Mark Jon Palmer Your brother, Robert Palmer, asks that you get In touch with him: Robert Palmer, S.N., U.S. Navy, USS Alagash AO 97, c/o FPO, N.Y.Y^ N.Y, �Tag* TwaaijrThrt*' % Membership Meetin&rs "•! All hospitalized Seafarers would appreciate mail and visits whenever possible. The loiiowing is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospital: USPHS HOSPITAL NISW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA CUrene* Anthony Wm. H. Fodgott. G. S. Axmotroog L. J. Plaicanca J. C. Armitrong Jamca Reddon Thoinai W. (Bernaeo .Chester Seymour . J. B. Childress W. R. Simpson. James M. Davis Thomas WiiUam Malria W. Ellis Oayton W. Spoon Foster J. Jnnean NorviUe O. Sykes Mount McNobb Maglmo Tangalln Henry J. Maos. Jr. Clayton Thompson Joyce R. Hassey ^lius C. Thompson Charles C, Mattaew Angel Valdes Philip C. Uandozo Guy Whlt^urst Francisco Nadal J. F. WunderUeh J. W. Patterson Wm. J. WooUey ' USPHS HOSPtTAL. BALTIMORB, MARYLAND Edgar Benson James- Mitchell Walter Boman William Oswinkla G. BuselgUe WaHer PaehuIsU Theodore Drblfins Estal Potts Freidot FondiU Roy R. Rayfleld CUfton Goodwin George Register Edgar L. Gore Joseph Richsgers Chas. L. Hardesty James Robinson Jefferson Harrison John M. Slone' Nolan Huntt Francis Sturgis John O. MlUer Chas. Torgerson Blmoro F. Miller Chambers Winskey USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. ttKW YORK N. R. Alderman Donald McCown Dennis Marcoly Hamilton Dally Thomas Maber John CulUnson John Cunningham Anstey Minors John NatoU Angelo Ciano Harold Nelson Wra. Cameron N. Palantsoglon Henry Callahan David Paahkoff Raoul Cabrera E. F. Simms EiUs Bishop James Shiber Vincent Astorlno Anthony Scaturro John Allen Raymond R'uppert J. Fediow Ernesto Rubio N. Garcia Alfonso Pavon Charles Johnson ' Juan Soto Anton Hansen James Stogaltis Arvid Gylland A. A. Karcxewskl . Fred Travis James WilHams Rufino Lara Leonard Kropp Osbomo millams V. WUHaidson George Kitchens WOliam' Wilson C. Leader Jean I..ong'nurst Fired Wrafter USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS Francis Burley Gene Jachim Harvey Fairbum Thomas Kirby, Jr. Hugh Grove J. B. Lippencott Milbum Hatley George Little Timothy Ivcrs . Cecil Morris Director UNION SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Bhepard Lindsey Williams A1 Tanner Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER A1 Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES Bill Hall Ed Mooney Fred Stewart BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Rex Dickey. Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 SUte St. Ed Riley, Agent Richmond 2-0140 DETROh 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. Vinewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS ... .675 4th Ave., Bklyn HYacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. Paul Drozak, Agent WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St., SE., Jax William Morris, Agent ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. Ben Gonzales, Agent FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE : 1 South Lawrence St. Louis Neira. AgtotHBmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Buck Stephens, Ageht Tel. 529-7546 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK 115 3rd St. Gordon Spencer, Acting Agent .. 622-1892 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th St. Frank Drozak. Agent ......DEwey 6-3818 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Paul Gonsorchik, Agent ..DOuglas 2-4401 E B. McAuley. West Coast Rep. SANTURCE PR .. 1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep Phone 724-2843 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Ted Babkowski, Agent ,.MAln 3-4334 TAMPA 312 Harrison St. Jeff GiUette, Agent . : 229-2788 WILMINGTON, Calif S<» N. Marine Ave. Frank Boyne, Agent THh-minal 4-2528 Great Lakes SECRETARY-TREASURER Fred J. Farnen ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER Roy Boudreau ALPENA*..... 127 River St. EL. 4-3616 BUFFALO, NY 735 Washington TL 3-9259 CHICAGO ...; ...9383 Ewing Ave. So. Chicago. HI. SAginaw 1-0733 CLEVELAND 1420 West 25th St. MAin 1-5450 DULUTH 312 W. 2nd St. RAndoiph 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich. 415 Main St. MaU Address: P.O. Box 287 ELgin 7-2441 HEADQUARTERS 10225 W. Jefferson Av. River Rouge 18, Mich, Vinewood 3-4741 Inland Boatmen's Union NATIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Matthews GREAT LAKES AREA DIRECTOR Pat Finnerty ' BALtlMORE ....1216 E. Baltimore St. .EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St .Richmond 2-G140 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn i . HYacinth 0-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canai St. WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILX,£ 2608 Pearl St.. SE. Jax ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St . - FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE .....1 South Lawrence St HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave Te' NORFOLK PHILADELPHIA TAMPA 520-7.148 115 Third St. Tel. 622-I892-S 2604 S 4ln St DEwey 6-3828 312 Harnsun St Tel. 229-2788 GREAT LAKES TUG A DREDGE REGION REGIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Jones Dredge Workers Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Harold F. Yon BUFFALO 94 Henrietta Ave. Arthur Miller. Agent TR 5-1536 CHICAGO 2300 N. KimbaU Trygva Varden, Agent .^..ALbany 2-1154 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. Tom Geitity, Agent 621-5450 DETROIT 1570 Liberty Ave. Lincoln Park, Mich. Ernest Demerse, Agent DU 2-7694 DULUTH 312 W. Second St. Norman Jolicoeur, Agent RAndoiph 7-6222 SAULT STE MARIE Address mail to Brimley, Mich. Wayne Weston, Agent. .BRimley 14-R 5 TOLEDO 423 Central St CH 2-7751 Tog Firemen, linemen. Oilers A Wcrtchmen's Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Tom Bums ASHTABULA, 0 1644 W. Third St. John Hero, Agent WOodman 4-8532 BUFFALO 18 PorUand St. Tom Bums, Agent TA 3-7095 CHICAGO 9383 Ewing. S. Chicago Robert Affleck, Agent ESsex 5-9570 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St W. Heams, Pro-Tem Agent MA 1-5450 DETROIT-TOLEDO 12948 Edison St Max Tobin. Agent Southgate, Mich. AVenue 44)071 DULUTH Box No. 66 South Range, Wis. Ray Thomson, Agent Export 8-3024 LORAIN, O ...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 Rivers Section ST. LOUIS, MO 805 Del Mar L. J. Colvis, Agent CE 1-1434 POllT ARTHUR, Tex 1348 7th St. Arthur Bendbeim, Agent RAILWAY MARINE REGION HEADQUARTERS ... 99 Montgomery St. Jersey City 2. NJ HEnderson 3-0104 REGIONAL DIRECTOR G. P. McGinty ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTORS E. B. Pulver R. H. Avery BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St ^lAstern 7.4<vw NORFOLK 115 Third St. 622-1892-3 PHILADELPH1A......2604 S 4th St DEwey 6-3818 United Industrial Workers BALTIMORE .... .. 1210 B. BalUmore St EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON ........ 276 State St Richmond 2-0140 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE , 2608 Pearl St. SE ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI ....744 W. Flagler St. FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE .....1 S. Lawrence St. HEmldCk 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS .......630 Jackson Ave. Phone 529-7546 NORFOLK . .... ........ 115 Third St Phone 622-IB92-3 PHILADELPHIA . 2604 S. 4th St. . DEwey 6-3818 TAUPA .......SIS' Harrison St Phone 229-2788 Mack Murray M. Schifanl Carl Nelson Arthur Sigler James Reiley ElUt Strait F. Ruiacoppo Winon Walker USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASHINGTON E A. Ainiworth J. A. Laigo' Arthur Funt R. Potorski Vernon Johnston C. E. WaDich USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VIRGINIA Frank Buck Charles Phelps T. W. Forrest Lloyd Robcrsoa George Moore Julian Wilson USPHS HOSPITAL CHICAGO, ILLINOIS James Hellems George Mareotte Gordon Llerman USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GEORGIA L. McLaughlin Leon Webb Sam Wailuu USPHS HOSPITAL, BRIGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS John Harty T. Patriqnin Daniel Murphy USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA Roy Bru H. Silverstein Milton Foley Richard Welch CaroU Harper Richard Zaragoza Hubert Fousson Calvin Wilson James Shorten William Lovett USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS Benjamin Deibler Samuel MiUa Abe Gordon Max Olson Thomas Lehay WiUie Young George McKnew SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK Daniel Gorman Thomas Isaksen Albert Gutierrez William Kenny Edwin Harriman USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Jamez McGee PINE CREST HAVEN NxmSING HOME COVINGTON, LOinSIANA Frank Martin VA HOSPITAL NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS Maurice Roberts US SOLDIERS HOME HOSPITAL WASHINGTON, DC WUIiam Thomas SlU-AGLIWD Meetings Regular membership meetings for members of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are held regularly once a month on days indicated by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM in the listed SIU ports below. All Seafarers are expected TO attend. Those who wish to be excused should request permission by tele­ gram (be sure to include registration number). The next SIU meetings will be: New York ... .. October 5 Detroit October 9 Philadelphia .. ... October 6 Houston ' October 12 BaItunor« .... . October 7 Detroit . October 16 Mobile October 14 West Coast SIU-AGLIWD MeeHngs STU headquarters has issued the following schedule through August, 1964 for the monthly informational meetings to be held in West Coast ports for the b^efit of Seafarers shipping from Wil­ mington, San Francisco and Seattle, or who are due to return from the Far East. All Seafarers are expected to attend these meetings, in accord with an Executive Board, resolution adopted in December, 1961. Meetings in Wilmington are on Monday, San Francisco on Wednesday and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. The schedule is as follows: Wilmington San Francisco Seattle October 23 October 19 October 23 November 16 NoTcmber 18 November 26 ^ ^ Great Lakes SIU Meetings United Industrial Workers Regular membership meetings Regular membership meetings for UIW members are scheduled on the Great I.akes are held on the first and third Mondays of each month at 7 PM in various each month in all ports at 7 PM ports. The next meetings will be: New York October 5 local time, except at Detroit, Baltimore October 7 where meetings are held at 2 PM. Philadelphia .... October 6 The next meetings will be: Detroit Oct. 19—2 PM ^Houston October 12 Mobile October 14 Alpena, Buffalo, Chicago, New Orleans ... October 13 CicTcland, Duiuth, Frankfort, October 5—7 PM * Meetings held of Laoor Temple, New­ 3) 4" SIU Inland Boatmen's Union Regular membership meetings for IBU members are scheduled each month in various ports. The next meetings will be: Philadelphia .. Oct. 6—5 PM Baltimore (licensed and un­ licensed) ...; Oct. 7—5 PM Houston .... Oct. 12—5 PM Norfolk ... Oct. 8—7 PM N'Orleans .... Oct. 13—5 PM MobUe Oct. 14—5 PM WASHINGTON—The House and Senate have warned the Depart­ 4 4) 4 ment of Agriculture to restrict its RAILWAY MARINE REGION new Market News service wire to Regular membership meetings market reporting. The admonish­ for Railway Marine Region-IBU ment was contained in a confer­ members are scheduled each ence report in which the House and month in the various ports, at 10 Senate adopted the agriculture ap­ AM and 8 PM. The next meetings propriations bill. will be: The committee warned the Sec­ Jersey City Oct. 12 retary of Agriculture to "see to it Phlindclphia Oct. 13 that the leased wire information Baltimore Oct. 14 which carries market news infor­ •Norfolk Oct. 15 mation be limited to market re­ porting and marketing information OREAT LAKES TUO AND DREDGE REGION and the routine administrative in­ Regular membership meet­ structions which were carried on the leased wire system prior to ings for Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region IBU memters are August 1, 1963." Criticism of Agriculture Depart­ scheduled each month in the vari­ ment incursions into the realm of ous ports at 7:30 PM. The next private industry has been growing meetings will be: Detroit ...Oct. 5—2 PM ever since the government agency Milwaukee Oct. 12 began competing against a private Chicago Oct. 13 ferry line between Orient Point on Buffalo Oct.l4 Long Island, NY, and the USDA's tSanit Ste. Marie .... Oct. 15 Plum Island laboratory. The pri­ Duiuth Oct. 16 vate ferry line was eventually Lorain Oct. 16 forced to suspend its operations because of the USDA competition. (For meeting place, contact Har­ The Market News Wire Service old Ruthsatz, 118 Easi Parish. Sandusky, Ohio); followed soort after. Cleveland Oct. 16 Speaking before Congress, reToledo Oct. 16 resentatives of the newspaper pub­ Ashtabula ......... Oct. 16 lishers association charged that through the news service, "the (For meeting place; contact John government has gone into the Mero, 1644 West 3rd Street, Ash­ business of news dissemination in tabula, Ohio). combination with the American Telephone & Telegraph Co., by­ passing the regular news media." They also charged that the gov­ ernment, through the Agriculture Department, was footing the bill CHECK THB PROVI5/ON5 for the cost of gathering and edit­ ing the market news , whila AT&T is reaping the benefits. Agriculture Warned Again On News Wire VemN6 port News. t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. t Meeting held .at Galveston wharvag. U.S. Allies Bid For Red China Ship ^ntracts Red China is making long range plans to build up her still Insig­ nificant merchant fleet—and she's counting on America's allies in western Europe and Japan to help her. Shipbuilders from Britain, Nor­ way, Denmark, Holland, France and Japan have been chasing each other to Peking to talk about chances for buildii-g new tonnage for the Chinese. The latest traveling salesman to visit China was James Lenaghan, managing director of Britain's Fairchild Shipbuilding and Engi­ neering Co. It was emphasized that Lenaghan was representing all of Britain's shipbuilders, who are suffering from a sharp decline in new business. Though Lenaghan refused to talk about his mission, there were persistent reports in London that China was thinking of placing orders for six 15,000 dwt. generalcargo ships. Earlier in the year, a Red Chi­ nese trade missidn toured British, Dutch, German and other Euro­ pean and Free World shipyards. At the time it was said the Chi­ nese were seeking ships in order to improve their trade links with Cuba. * peffiWBBZI&ViTrt! �Vol. XXVI No. 20 SEAFARTO^JLM OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION > ATLANTIC, QULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO SIU Cllnio Opens in Puerto Rico Labor Stand Upheld Senate Attempt To Block Reapportionment Order Fails WASHINGTON—The Senate has shelved a labor-opposed attempt to block court-ordered reapportionment of state legislatures oil a one man, one vote basis. It substituted a nonbinding "sense of Congress" resolution asking the courts to give legislatures a fmal chance to reapportion before stepping • Permit the next election of lowing its consideration, and a in to do the job themselves. state legislators to be held in ac­ subsequent two-thirds vote to The compromise was accept­ cordance with existing laws. (In adopt the constitutional amend­ able to Senate liberals who had waged a six-week filibuster against any legislative interference with federal court jurisdiction. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield (D.-Mont.) sponsored the substitute resolution after with­ drawing his support from the con­ troversial court-curbing proposal initiated by Republican Leader Everett McKinley Dirksen (111.). Time to Adjourn Mansfield told the Senate that the time had come to end the stalemate and "bring down the curtain on the 88th Congress." The compromise resolution — a substitute for Dirksen's proposed "rider" to the pending foreign aid bill—passed by a 44-38 vote. It was supported by 37 Democrats and 7 Republicans; opposed by 23 Republicans and 15 Democrats. Its key provisions are a request that federal courts: • Allow one session of a legis­ lature plus 30 days—but not to ex­ ceed six months in all—to pass be­ fore courts take over the reappor­ tionment of a legislature. most states, legislators will be chosen in November). • Reapportion legislatures through court order in accordance with constitutional standards where malapportioned legisla­ tures have not acted within the time limits. Dirksen told the Senate he could not go along with the "sense of Congress" resolution "because it does not have the force of law." Door Still Open The compromise did not, how­ ever, shut the door on further re­ apportionment controversy at this session. Pending in the House is a proposed constitutional amend­ ment which would permit states to apportion one house of a legisla­ ture on a basis other than popula­ tion. The Rules Committee took the unusual step of taking the pro­ posal away from the Judiciary Committee and sending it to the floor. Two votes would bo needed for it to clear the House—a ma­ jority vote approving the rule al- ment proposal. If passed, it would also require a two-thirds approval in the Senate to be submitted for ratification by three-fourths of the states. Time-Tactio Dirksen, in pressing for a man­ datory delay in court reapportion­ ment actions, made it clear that his desire is to win time for adop­ tion of a constitutional amend­ ment that would forestall one man, one vote reapportionment. Heavy absenteeism, as the con­ gressional session encroached fur­ ther on the election campaign sea­ son, made it increasingly difficult to predict votes on close issues. . f • 'jiii; iij Ribbon cutting ceremonies (above) marked the official in­ auguration of the new SIU clinic in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Left to right are Santiago Igleslai, Jr., ton of the founder of the Puerto Rico Labor movement (handling the ribbon cutting chore)] Bishop Aponte of Poncet Protestant Reverend Roman of Ponce; Keith Terpe, President of the Puerto Rico SIU; and Luis Martin Jiminez. Pictured below it the new, $250,000 SIU clinic. SIU Lakes Disfritt Fills Elettive Posts DETROIT—^The SIU Great Lakes headquarters Committee on Elections has announced the results of elections held for district officers. Fred J. Farnen was re-elected to a two-year terms as Sec­ retary-Treasurer and Roy Boudreau was re-elected as Assistant Secretary-Treasurer. Winning election as port agents were Stafford "Mac" McCormick, Buffalo; Frank "Scottie" Aubusson, Chicago; Stanley Wares, Cleveland, and Donald Bensman, Duluth. Floyd R. Hanmer was elected to the post of Lake Michigan Carferry Agent. The voting had been conducted from August 1 to August 31. The report of the Committee on Elections has been posted in all union halls and approved by the membership at port meetings on September 21. All elections were for two year terms. Elected members of the Committee on Elections were Virgil Fitch, John Poliwka, William Doyle, Joseph Arnold, George Telegadas and James H. Marcum. Members of the SIU Lakes District Committee on Elections are (l-r) James H. Marcum. John Poliwka, Joe Arnold, William Doyle. Virgil Fitch and George Telegadas. i Warren Commission Issues Findings Oswald Killed Kennedy; . No Evidence Of Conspiracy After 10 months of intensive investigation involving a massive sifting of evidence involving much fact and even more rumor and heresay, the Warren Commission has issued its summary report on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas on Nov. 22, 1963. Set up by an Executive Order of the new President Lyndon B., Johnson, the commission headed by Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren was empowered to examine every aspect of the event. Its just-relea§ed report contains nearly 300,000 words to document and explain its findings. In capsule form, the Warren Commission findings are: • The shots that killed President John F. Kennedy and critically wounded Governor John Connal- ; ly of Texas were fired by Lee Harvey Oswald. • It was the act of a "loner." There is no evidence that Oswald was part of any conspiracy, either domestic or foreign, or was assisted by anyone in either planning or carrying out the assassination. • Tliere is no evidence of any relationship between Oswald and Jack Ruby, the man who later killed Oswald. • There is also no evidence that Ruby was part of any conspiracy, either domestic or foreign, to kill Oswald, or was assisted by anyone in either planning or carrying out the act. In tracking down the facts and separating them from the speculations and rumors which surround any event of this nature, the Warrep Commission questioned 552 witnesses and gathered millions- of i words of testimony. The complete report of the commission findings makes up 24 volumes of 500 pages each. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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Title A name given to the resource October 2, 1964 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIX-POINT PROGRAM PROPOSED BY SIU TO CURB RUNAWAY SENATE, HOUSE OKAY P.L. 480 EXTENSION SIU MAN RESCUED AFTER FALL OVERBOARD; LOST FOR SEVEN HOURS U.S. LABOR AIDE CALLS RUNAWAY-FLAG DEVICE ‘DEPLORABLE SITUATION’ LONGSHOREMEN STRIKE OVER GANG-CUT ISSUES ANNUAL REPORT GREAT LAKES TUG & DREDGE PENSION FUND MARAD WAIVERS SCORED IN GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE SEA-LAND PROTESTS REDUCED RAIL RATES SENATORS CITE NECESSITY FOR HEALTH CARE PROGRAM SENATE SPRROVES SURVEY OF U.S. FISHING INDUSTRY CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE REPORT PLAN LARGE SCALE TRIAL FOR WATER DESALINIZATION SECOND FREIGHTER ACQUIRED BY APL SUBMERGED BOOTY OFF FLORIDA BRINGS TREASURE HUNT BOOM SENATE ATTEMPT TO BLOCK REAPPORTIONMENT ORDER FAILS OSWALD KILLED KENNEDY; NO EVIDENCE OF CONSPIRACY 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 10/02/1964 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. 20 1964 Periodicals Seafarers Log