http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/d79428203b334daa7bafe516b1805dd8.PDF 39d43dffcc7af35ff09597d975ec472c PDF Text Text t'' SEAFARERS LOG Oct. 30 1964 OFFICIAL OROAW OF THl SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO Trick Or Treat! Bulk Carriers' Needs Prompt Study By MA -Story On Page 3 SIU Vote Begins On November 2 -Story On Page 3 8 Seafarers Retire On $150 Pensions 1; ri c.-i' r' K' '.:\ -Story On Page 7 •i-; • •Ji- SIU VIest Coast Tanker Collides^ Burns; One Lost -Story On Page 2 Unusual SIU Welfare Benefit .. li.: I»F: . m •' Ir 1^'" It' Ir t One of the most unusual benefits ever paid out by the Seafarers Welfare Plan cov­ ered all the costs of the quintuple tonsilectomies per­ formed recently on the five daughters of Seafarer Wil­ liam Gonzalez and for their period of hospitalization. The girls, shown at right saying "Ah" for nurse Genevieve Byers after their operations, are (1-r) Lydia, 8; Dora, 7; Darlene, 7; Anna, 6; and Cyn­ thia, 5. All five had their ton­ sils out on the same day at the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital at^New Or­ leans. Brother Gonzalez, who is presently at sea aboard the Afoundria (Wa­ terman), expressed apprecia­ tion for "the tremendous help that was given to us by the Plan," His feelings were sec­ onded by his wife and daugh­ ters; Gonzalez sails in the steward department out of the Port of New Orleans. �mm Pare Tw« SEAFARERS LOG October SO, lOM One SUP Crewmember Perishm§ 51UNA West Coast Tanlcer Burns In Alaska Collision For the past 20 years or so, there has been a gradual change in the nature of U.S. trade patterns. Whereas in 1937 bulk cargoes made up a little over half—57 percent to be exact—of all U.S. foreign trade, today almost 85 percent of this nation's foreign trade is in the form of bulk cargoes. This trend has been a gradual, but a sure one. There is nothing wrong in the fact that there has been a change In the character of our foreign trade. What is wrong however, is that despite the change American policy has not kept pace—^with the result was crewman Eugene Hughes, 35, sion, saying he heard the general shows that a remarkable amount that U.S. ships now carry only about 5 percent of these cargoes. This, of coarse. Is of considerable concern to Seafarers and to all who came from Portland, Oregon alarm, got his life jacket and went of her cargo is still intact and will and a member of the Sailors to his station in the boiler room. be discharged. Tentative plans call other American seamen because of the impact of these statistics on Union of the Pacific. The injured "Smoke was coming in thick for towing the ship to Seattle for their job security. It also explains why the SIU has been arguing most vigorously in every quarter for recognition of this problem. The sig­ were Hank Leland of Blooming- through the ventilator," he said. repairs. nificance of this condition extends beyond the maritime industry. It has ton, California and Edmund Oliver a direct bearing on the national economy and security, and so, in the of Long Beach, California. Oliver final analysis, effects every American. suffered two broken heels and It takes no particular genius to understand that with bulk cargoes Leland an ankle fracture in jump­ being the overwhelming dominant type of cargo today, and with Ameri­ ing from the burning Santa Maria, can ships carrying an almost negligible fraction of this U.S. trade, we which was partially loaded with cannot have a strong merchant marine unless something is done to high octane gasoline at the time correct this terrible discrepancy. of the collision. When the SIU began, several years ago, to examine the causes be­ The remainder of her crew hind the decline of the American merchant marine, we discovered a escaped injury and were picked number of factors which are responsible. Among them was the change UT from the water by rescue boats. There were no injuries reported in trade patterns which resulted in the paradox of the bulk carriers— among the crew of the other ves­ this is the specter of huge U.S. bulk shipments along with a steady de­ cline in U.S. bulk ship participation. sel, the Sirrah, under charter to Shell Oil. At every opportunity the SIU presented these facts as vigorously as Hughes was at his emergency it could. We were not alone in our views, which were shared by others station in the boiler room when in the maritime industry. It was apparent that there were some who the word came down to abandon questioned the amount of emphasis which we put on this problem. On ship. Smoke boiled through the the other hand it became obvious that there was merit in the SIU area and other survivors said they position and people began to examine and review the facts a little could not tell what happened to more closely. him. He is still missing and pre­ We feel that our position that bulk carriers, along with tramp ships, sumed dead. must be the backbone of rin adequate American merchant marine is An investigation into the acci­ being vindicated by the gradually changing climate of thought on the dent was being conducted by the subject. The Maritime Administration's recent announcement that it Coast Guard at Anchorage. SUP crewmembers from the ill-fated SlU Pacific Districtwould review the status of the bulk carrier fleet is one example. In ad­ The Santa Maria was heading dition, the subject of bulk carriers will be on the table for discussion contracted Union Oil Tanker Santa Maria pile ashore at Into port when the accident oc­ at the next meeting of President Johnson's Maritime Advisory Com­ Anchorage, Alaska after fire destroyed their ship following curred. The second ship, the Sir­ mittee, which is concerned with the development of a long-range proa collision with the tanker Sirrah. Rescue craft quickly rah. was at anchor. Acting port gram to strengthen U.S. shipping. director Don Walter said that the raced to the scene of the collision, two miles from shore, The fact that these matters are being studied and discussed does Sirrah, which was loaded with jet and picked up the crew after they abandoned ship. The not mean that the solution to the problem has been achieved. We can fuel, apparently dragged anchor disaster claimed the life of one SUP man. expect m^y more days of argument and presentation of facts before and hit the Santa Maria amidship the unrealistic policies which allowed the present situation to develop on the starboard side. crewmembers jumped aboard the are corrected. But we, along with the others who are concerned with . Santa Maria crewmen said that was at my emergency station the need for .a strong U.S. maritime industry, will continue to keep up there was an immediate explosion when the ftrst assistant yelled the fight for an Industry that will assure American seamen of job and flames began billowing from 'abandon ship.'" op^rtunltfes and security, and the nation of a merchant fleet which their stricken ship. Flaming fuel "I was working with Eugene is in keeping with our position as a world power. As an aid to Seafarers serv­ spread along the water for a Hughes in the fire room and said ing on various polls commit­ "rae United States is by tradition and necessity a maritime nation. thousand feet. They said the Santa 'Lets get out of here,' but it was But statistics prove that today we are at best a fourth-rate nation when tees during the upcoming SIU Maria's skipper blew two warning so smokey I don't know if he fol­ it MmM to marine and no amount of raUonalizaUon or employment of General Elections, a Polls blasts when he saw the danger lowed me or not." ^lIciM of exi^en^ which make our merchant fleet expendable can Committee Election Guide ap­ end called for a hard right rudder Santa Maria crewmembers had bide the ugly fact. We either have a merchant marine consistent with pears on page eight of this to swing the ship clear, but it high praise for the tugmen who was too late. the nee^ the American people or our dependency on foreign shipissue of the Seafarers LOG. took them from their burning The Santa Maria crew fought ship, which they expressed in a The steps listed in the guide ®' l"*e™«"onal poUtics and relationships will be the only alternative. the blaze for a few moments, but letter to Anchorage's Mayor. are in accordance with the it soon became apparent that they In light of our needs as a nation and the realities of life today there SIU constitution which de­ One of the tugs which risked were all in extreme danger. The disaster to come to the aid of the are few who would accept the latter position as a proper or sound one scribes the duties of the Polls vessel carried 110,000 barrels of Santa Maria crew moved right ^this county to ^ in. As a union of American workers whose job Committee during the election. aviation gas and stove oil. The alongside the flaming ship and 5 national security is so Inextricably interwoven Members of the Polls Commit­ Sirrah disengaged and pulled out took the crewmembers off while with a healthy and adequate American merchant marine, we can only tee are urged to adhere strict­ of the Immediate area with a hole its right fender was on fire. "We orati^ to press for a cure to the ills which are at the root of the ly to the provisions listed and in her bow and taking water in knew we had to get them out of to remember that in the con­ the foreward ballast tank. there," the tug skipper said, and duct of their work they are to By the time the abandon ship his wife, who was aboard the tug determine their functions in order was issued on the Santa at the time, echoed his sentiment. accordance with the constitu­ Maria, two tugs were on the scene T thought, 'If I could help some tion. to give assistance. Santa Maria of those fellows get off, then ANCHORAGE, Alaska—A few hours after she was involved in a collision with another tanker in the harbor here on October 19, the Sailors Union of the Pacific manned Santa Maria was reported to be a charred, heavily damaged hulk. One Santa Maria cremember was killed and two others in-+-^ — tugs and the two men, Leland and that's where I want to be,'" she jured in the mishap. Oliver, were injured. Oliver later said. The man who was killed described the events of the colli­ Inspection of the Santa Maria Polls Committee Guide III LOG Jim Mitchell DiesEx Labor Secretary YORK—J^es P. Mitchell, who served as Secretary of Uabor in the Eisenhower Administration, died here of a Mart attack at the age of 63. He was highly regarded throughout the labor move--*ment for his concern for the but lost to Governor Richard nation's working men and Hughes in the gcnei-al election. Smoke and flames leap skyward arid spread across the harbor of Anchorage, Alaska, as fire If consumes the Santa Maria following her collision with the tanker Sirrah. The Sirrah, under charter to Shell Oil, disengaged after the collision and escaped without serious damage (extreme left). The Santa Maria, w,hich was loaded with 110,000 barrels of aviation gas and j stove oil, .was left ia charred, heavily damaged hulk. ^''''nn®n. AFL - CIO President George Meany said that Mitchell was "an outstanding Secretary of Labor," and that the trade union move­ ment's "friendship and esteem for Jim. Mitchell grew with the years . . We respected his counsel and valued his friendship; his passing is a great loss to us and the na­ tion." Mitchell became the labor sec­ retary in October 1953, and served in that post for seven years until the end of the Elsenhower Admin­ istration. In 1961, he won the Re­ publican primary nomination for the New Jersey gubernatorial race Before he left the labor secretaryship, Mitchell was tendered a dinner by the trade union move­ ment where he was honored for his "deep understanding of and concern for the welfare of the na­ tion's working men and women." A man of courage and convic­ tion, Mitchell was "vigorously op­ posed to right to work laws. "All hell broke loose from the G.O.P. right in 1958" when Mitchell spoke ouit against national and state right-to-v/ork laws,- a former Mitchell aide recalled. Only last month, Mitchell said he could not support the Goldwater - Miller ticket, "under any circumstances." �October 80, 1964 SEAFARERS LOG Page Three U.S.Bulk Carriers' Cult SIU Man ResGued Needs Prompt After 10 Hours In Sea Study By MARD Survives Fury Of Hurricone Hilda MOBILE—Even though he missed the big finale because his glasses were in his pocket, SIU Inland Boatmen's Union member Clarence Neece is quite happy to imagine what a glorious sight the helicopter was as it pulled him from the chilly, choppy waters of the Gulf of Mexico after he had spent | a grueling 10 hours in the sea about it now, I guess I was better water during which he drifted 10 off in the water. I might have miles out to sea, Neece's tempera­ fighting for his life, WASHINGTON—The increasingly-important bulk carrier segment of the U.S. Maritime industry appears to he on the verge of getting some long-overdue attention. A review of the status of the hulk carrier fleet is already underway by marine, and has, in fact, contrib­ the Maritime Administration, uted to its decline. and hulk carriers and will he Today there are relatively few bulk carriers in the American mer­ discussed at the November 16 chant marine despite the fact that Maritime Advisory Commit­ nearly 85 percent of the cargo Neece relates the events of the been dashed against the rocks and ture was down to 94 degrees when he was first brought into the base night of October 4 so calmly that injured my head. "I was getting a little hazy hospital. A short time later, when you would think it happened to when the helicopter came. But my he was transferred to Mobile someone else. Neece, 57, was a deckhand on mind was still running on survival. General Hospital, his temperature tee meeting here. moving in and out of this country the auxiliary pilot boat Bonnie They lowered a cable with a log was back up to 98 and he was The Maritime Administration's Is of the bulk variety. Fortune operating out of Mobile. attached to it, and I grabbed it. listed in good condition. bulk carrier study was annoimced The only bulk commodities go­ Then came the big question. recently by Assistant Secretary of ing on American ships are aid On Sunday, October 4 the Bonnie With my arm around it, they Was the helicopter a 'glorious sight Commerce Herbert W. Klotz, who cargoes such as wheat and food­ Fortune was proceeding down pulled me aboard." Taken aboard the helicopter to after 10 hours in the water and noted that bulk freight constitutes stuffs, 50 percent of which is sup­ Mobile Bay with her crew of nine after hurricane warnings for hur­ Brookley Air Force Base, Neece with hope fading fast? about 85 percent of today's U.S. posed to move on U.S.-flag ships. "I guess it would have been a foreign trade. ricane Hilda were lowered along was examined by Air Force physi­ The SIU has been arguing that cians who said they were amazed beautiful sight if I could have seen the Alabama coast. The increasing interest in the government agencies have not It was about an hour after night­ by the stamina and strength he it. But I had my glasses in my importance of the bulk carriers been properly enforcing the 50 fall when the Bonnie Fortune was displayed. After 10 hours in the pocket," Neece admitted. was further evidenced by the fact percent rule of the Cargo Prefer­ forced aground on a sand bar near that it is slated for a full dis­ ence Act. the Sand Island lighthouse just Although bulk cargoes consti­ cussion by the Maritime Advisory off the entrance to Mobile Bay. Committee, which was established tute nearly 85 percent of the total The vessel soon began breaking by President Johnson to work out U.S. foreign trade, U.S.-flag ships up under the battering of raging a long-range program of improv­ are carrying only about five per­ seas whipped up by winds of up to cent of these cargoes with the ing the American-flag fleet. 65 miles per hour. About 8 P.M. remaining 95 percent going on Will Discuss Bulk Carriers the order came to abandon ship. foreign-flag and runaway ships. Neece was the first man ordered Discussing the forthcoming com­ Runaway-flag ships carry more Into the Bonnie's boarding launch, mittee meeting, Commerce Secre­ than four times as much U.S. which serves as life-saving equip­ tary Luther Hodges informed SIU foreign cargoes as U.S. ships. ment aboard the pilot boat. President Paul Hall, a member of As a result of its studies of the "I jumped for the boarding boat the committee, that various as­ total shipping picture, the SIU and missed it," Neece recalled pects of the Government's policies has made a number of recom­ later from his hospital bed in Mo­ toward bulk carriers will be dis­ mendations for changes to U.S. bile, where he had been pro­ cussed. maritime policy as a means of nounced in excellent condition de­ For four years the SIU has been reversing the downward trend of spite th'e ordeal he had just gone stressing the need to recognize the the industry. Among these was a through. "I hit the water and prime role being played by the recommendation calling for ap­ drifted away from the pilot boat." bulk carrier segments of the y.S. propriate aid .and enforcement of Fully dressed, with his rain merchant fleet in the nation's com­ existing cargo preference statutes gear and a life jacket, Neece be­ merce. The SIU has maintained to enable the dry and liquid bulk gan his 10 hour battle for his life that failure to recognize the in­ carriers to assume their proper against the eight-foot seas running creasing imiportance of bulk caiv place in today's commerce. off Dauphin Island. tiers, which has been brought As .on previous occasions, the "When I didn't see anyone com­ about by changes in trade patterns SIU's position at the November ing after me in the boarding boat, since passage of the 1936 Merchant 16 Maritime Advisory Committee I knew it was just me, on my Marine Act, has hampered the meeting will be presented by SIU own." From this point on, Neece growth of the American merchant President Paul Hall, "That's the last time i'li try to swim the Gulf of Mexloo," had no idea of the fate of his eight SIU crewmates, and was relieved SIU Inland Boatmen's Union deckhand Clarence Neece to learn later that they had all vowed after spending 10 hours In the water before being been rescued by a Coast Guard rescued by an Air Force helicopter. Mobile General Hos­ launch. pital nurse Olene Stoker was e.n attentive audience as Neece The rest of Neece's ordeal is the related his experiences after abandoning the auxiliary pilot story of a man drifting alone at night in stormy seas. boat Bonnie Fortune when it was forced aground off the "I never gave up," Neece said, entrance to Mobile Bay by hurricane Hilda. "I knew I was going to make it and that they were going to pick Seafarers In all ports will start going to the polls on Mon­ me up if I could keep from swal­ day, November.2, at 9 a.m., as the 60-day SIU elections get lowing too much salt water." underway. On the ballot will appear the names of the 64 "When I drifted down the ship channel I found the breakers fuUy qualified candidates for"* were coming from both ways. I the 45 elective union posts. the election supplement have been would come up and would rub my printed so as to provide each can­ Balloting will continue until didate with 100 copies of the sup­ face to get the water off of it. I Dec .31. swallowed some water. plement. "The waters were chilly. WASHINGTON—AFL-CIO President George Meany has As an aid to voters, the LOG Under the SIU Constitution's "I told the good Lord, I would issued a strong appeal to union members to exercise their printed a special election supple­ provisions covering voting, the change my ways. If He helped me. ment In its last Issue (October ballot will be conducted on week­ voting rights on November 3. He said that the United States 16). I needed His help. The supplement contains pho­ days from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on ^— tographs and biographioal data Saturdays "I saw the Sand Island Light would never have a Congress from 9 a.m. to 12 noon Part of the text of Meany's tele­ submitted by all the candidates, from November 2 to December beacon, and I tried to make for indifferent to the interests of it. At one time I was within 50 working people if 75 percent gram follows: a reproduction of the ballot and 31. There will be no balloting on feet of it, but somehow the cur­ of the labor movement voted in "Only a week remains be­ the text of the SIU Constitution's Sundays and legal holidays. This rent swept me away. When I think national elections. fore the American people will provisions governing the conduct year's election begins on Novem­ In a telegram to all affiliated make their decision in this of the balloting. The supplement ber 2, instead of November 1, be­ national and International unions most pivotal election. The cam­ also contained the minutes of the cause th# latter day falls on a and all state and local central paign is all but over. Probably SIU Executive Board meeting of Sunday. the vast majority of citizens Oct. 30,1964 Vol. XXVI, No. 22 bodies, the AFL-CIO president September 9, 1964, on eleetioa The 45 elective posts are for called for the maximum possible have already decided how they procedures. headquarters officers and for timnout of voters on Nov 3 as a will vote. Now our responsi­ As per the decision of the Ex­ seven constitutional ports — New weapon against "complacency bility is to do all we can to ecutive Board at the September 9, York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mo­ the greatest threat to victory for make sure every eligible citi­ PAUL HALL, President meeting and the approval of the bile, New Orleans, Houston and the candidates we support. zen votes. HERBERT BRAND, Editor; BERNARD SEA­ membarshiip, additional copies of Detroit. "Probably the vast majority of "Complacency, fostered by MAN, Art Editor: MIKE POLLACK, NATHAN SKYBH, Assistant Editors; citizens have already decided how public opinion polls, is the ROBERT ARONSON, ALVIN SCOTT, PETE they will vote," Meany said. "Now greatest threat to victory for CABMEN, Staff Writers. oiu* responsibility is to do aU we the candidates we support. If Published biweekly at tha headquarters can to make sure every eligible the Johnson-Humphrey ticket of the Seafarers International Union, At­ is to achieve overwhelming tri­ lantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters citizen votes . . . . District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Avenue, "Only In that way can we reap umph, and if a liberal Con­ Brooklyn, NY, 11332. Tel. HYaclnth 9-6600. Second clais postage pal4 at the Post the benefits of our registration and gress is to be elected, Novem­ Office lit Brooklyn, NY, under the Act education campaigns; only in that ber 3 must produce the great­ of Aug. 24, 1912. 120 way can the security and progress est outpouring of voters in the of America be Insured." nation's history. SIU Vote Begins On November 2 Meany Urges All Unionists To Vote On Election Day SEAFARERS LOG Sia m-BanoH Nov.aicmc3i �Pase Poor SEAFARERS Oatobcr SO, MM LOO By Earl (Bull) Shepord. Vice-President, Atlantic Political Activity In N.Y. The SIU, alonz with the ILA Local 1814, The International Union of Operating: Engineers, Marine Division; and the Leather Goods Workers, Local 111, have endorsed the Democratic-Liberal candidate for the tl.S. Senate—^Robert F. Kennedy. Kennedy has pledged to fight to strengthen the American Mer­ chant Marine by attacking the major obstacles to its Improvement. He cited the need for an oil import quota, elimination of tax havens for runaways, and the enforcement of Cargo Preference Statutes, among others. ' Kennedy has also pledged to work for the repeal of federal ex­ This is the view that Seafarers standing on the Brooklyn side of the Narrows can see of the cise taxes and has endorsed the program of the AFL-CIO in regard to new Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, connecting Staten Island and Brooklyn. Named after a 16th civil rights, Medicare and other major social legislation which the labor movement Is fighting for to make a stronger America. century explorer who supposedly discovered New York harbor, the span is the longest sus­ New York — pension bridge in the world. Built to relieve traffic pressures between Staten Island and the Shipping slowed in the port of in the near future. During ttie - mainland, the structure carries 12 traffic lanes on two decks. It is scheduled to open in New York during the first 10 days last period five ships paid off, November. " of the last period hut has started three signed-on and seven were to pick up again. The forecast for serviced in transit. Francis C. the next period is very good, how­ Chase, sailing in the deck depart­ ever. During the last period 12 ment for the last 15 years, had to ships paid off, five signed on and leave the Alamar because of ill­ 25 were serviced in transit. ness. After a stretch in trie Included among the old timers USPHS hospital, he reports he is seen in the Brooklyn hall are Sam feeling 'fine and again Is ready Phillips, Victor Oruz, George Al to ship. exander BaslUo Estrella. Ail John Nicmiera, who just paid NEW YORK—With the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge rapidly approaching completion say they and are watching the hoard off the Azalea City, says her crew here, spanning the Narrows approach to New York Harbor between Brooklyn and Staten and ready to ship again. and officers were among the best. Island, many New Yorkers and even many strangers to the city are turning to each other Their ships in port here, John Now he says he is only hoping Swiderski, Frank Savoy, Cecil that his nejrt trip will be as good. and asking "Who was Verra-'^— Joseph Stuntebeck, who sails in ways b^n hesitant to commit voyage supposedly continued Rash and John Johnson, stopped zano?" Seafarers passing through themselves on the extent of Ver- around New York and along the in at the Hall to say hello and col­ the black gang, had to pay off the Losmatf on the West Coast hethe Narrows under the bridge may razano's explorations because the New England coast to Newfound­ lect the SIU benefits due them, cause of illness. He says she was Boston have been asking crewmates the historical records are far from land and back to France. a very good ship and that he was Shipping was on the slow hell complete and Verrazano's own de­ Of the four-ship fleet which Ver­ same question, and few are prob­ ably able to volunteer any infor­ scription of his voyage leaves razano led out from France, two in Boston during the last period, sorry to leave her. He is feeling were destroyed in a storm and one with only one ship paying off and better now and is ready to ship mation about one of history's mys­ much in doubt. The best reconstruction of his was ordered to return. Verrazano two in transit. The picture is ex­ again. tery men, about whom little is Norfolk 1524 route sees him going from continued in the Dauphine with a pected to brighten In the next pe­ known at best. Shipping has been poor in Nor­ riod, however. Giovanni da Verrazano is cred­ France to Madeira, across the At­ 50-man crew and finished the voy­ Lindley McDonald, a 25-year folk with the prediction • that it ited with discovering New York lantic to the U.S. coast at about age alone. A Florentine by birth, Harbor in 1524—85 years before Cape Fear, North Carolina, then Verrazano sailed under the French union man who went on an SIU will he only fair in the next pe­ Henry Hudson sailed into the har­ north along the coast to New York. flag on an expedition to seek a pension In 1962, is currently in riod. There were two payoffs, two bor and up the river later named There his ship supposedly an­ northwest passage to Asia. But as dry dock in the Marine hospital sign-ons and five ships in transit. the Hudson. But historians, tradi­ chored and a boat was sent up the it did later for Columbus, the New here. He says hello to all his old On the political scene, a rally waa shipmates and union brothers. held in the SIU hall for Porter tionally skeptical people, have al­ river a short distance. Then the World got in his way. Charles Robinson, a 20-year union Hardy, Jr., a Congressman and He named his discoveries, al­ man who sails as a firenum-water candidate for the Senate seat now though none of the names have tender, was sorry to see his last occupied by Harry Byrd. The survived. New York harbor, for ship, the Penn Sailor, go offshore. turnout was a quite respectable instance, he called the "Bay of St. He is now waiting for a coastwise 400 persons. Marguerite" after the King of run. Jerry Ange, who was laid off the France' sister, and he called the William Costa, another 20-year Marine when she went into dry land he discovered "Francesca." union man who sails as a BR, was dock, took a standby job on the His entrance through the Narrows last on the Eagle Voyager. He was Spitfire. He Is waiting for his old was described this way: "We found ready to make a home of the ship ship to come out of the shipyard SAN FRANCISCO—The SlU-affiliated Pacific Coast a pleasant place below steep little when laid her crew off in Jack­ so he can join her again. Marine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders and Wipers Associa­ hills. And from these hills a sonville. Now Bill is holding down Robert King is hoping to catch mighty deep-mouthed river ran the Boston hall and is ready to his old ship, the Manhattan, when tion has scheduled elections beginning November 2, for 16 into the sea." take the first joib that shows up she comes around again. The same official union posts. The 4 What's In A Name? on the big hoard. Harold Fall, is true of Elbert Winslow, who is credentials committee re- Agent: R. N. Sweeney, unopposed. The decision to name the new also a 20-year SIU man, last looking to get back aboard the ported that 35 candidates have Business Agent: Hugh Jones and bridge after Verrazano caused a sailed on the Henry in the deck -Spitfire. qualified to take part in the bal­ Ed Carey. Julian R. Wilsoh, a 17-year SIU mild furor in New York, where department. She went offshore, loting. San Pedro Branch Office Port the hridjges and tunnels are tradi­ however, and now he is looking man who last sailed as an AB on The voting will extend Agent: Bob Sherrill, unopposed. tionally named for their geograph­ for another coastwise job. the New Yorker, Is spending his through Friday, January 29, 1965. Business Agent: John Fick, unop­ ical locations—such as Bronxeighth month on the beach as the Philadelphia Ballots will be available at union posed. Shipping has been pretty good result of a hack Injury. Whitestone Bridge, Brooklyn-Bat­ headquarters, branch officers and Honolulu Branch Office Port tery Tunnel, etc. The Italian His­ in Phllly, with seven payoffs, four Puerto Rico from business agents aboard ship. Agent: James Murphy, S. E. Ben­ torical Society of America re­ sign-ons and seven ships in tran­ The shipping picture has hen Members may also obtain ballots nett, Edward Peters and Stanley portedly had a hand in having the sit. fair in Puerto Rico, with eleven by mail by sending in a written Peterson. Frank Pasaluk, just off the Spit­ men shipped during the last pe­ bridge named as it was and won a request along with their union New York Branch Office Port partial victory In its final designa­ fire, reports that the ship broke riod and eleven ships contacted. book. The candidates for the var­ Agent: Red Ramsey, unopposed. tion—the Verrazano -Narrows down at sea and had to await an On the P.R. labor front, the SIU ious MFOW offices are: Business Agent: Slim Von Hess Bridge. IBU tug to bring spare parts out Puerto Riico Division has won a • President: William Jordan, un­ and Theodore Vorhees. from Norfolk. Investigation re­ representation election at ComThe Staten Island Chamber of vealed the engine had burned out. pania Petrolera . California, Inc., opposed; Vice President: Alex Board of Trustees: The Consti­ Commerce wanted the bridge Frank reports it was a good trip producers of Chevron gasoline. In Jarret, unopposed; Treasurer: tution provides that the President, Cliff Peterson and John Schlie- Vice President and Treasurer are named—of course—the Staten Is­ despite the trouble, with plenty other news of labor, the Puerto mann. members of the Board of Trus­ land Bridge and claimed tradition of oA. for the hands. Rioan Dockworkers Union has re­ Headquarters Business Agent tees, with the remaining four to was on its side. Among other ob­ Frank Smith, who sails in the ceived an ILA charter and will No 1: Bobby Iwata, Richard Hol­ be elected. Running for the four jections Staten Island brought up steward department, is just off the start an organizing drive in non lo way and George Medeiros. positions are: S. E. Bennett, Har­ was that Verrazano is difficult to Norina. He is sorry about the waterfront-connected industries. Headquarters Business Agent No. ry Jorgensen, Red Ramsey, John pronounce and spell, and that few Phillies missing the pennant hut Larry Schroeder piled off the 2: Jack Hatton and C. E. Broad. Schlemann, Bob Sherrill, R. N. people had ever heard of him. One has high hopes for next year. Gateway City after a short voyage Chamber member went so far as to Meanwhile, he is registered and and will enjoy the pleasures of Headquarters Business A,gent- Sweeney and Nick Trivich. call Verrazano a "foreigner" caus­ ready to ship. William MiUison, a Puerto Rico for awhile. Steve Clerk No. 3: Whitey Disley, unop­ SIU Convention delegates ffour posed. Headquarters Dispatchers: openings): S. E. Bennett, Harry ing another member, who had 20-year union member, is just off Marretfo is also doing a little Elmo Shaw, Robert Borland, John Jorgensen, Red Ramsey, John agreed with the Chamber view up the Potomac and on the lookout Puerto Ricah vacationing after a Deegan, John Sur and Nick Tri- Schliemann, Bob Sherrill, R. N. to that point, to resign in protest. for an India run. He had nice round-trip on the intercoastal San The New York Times even got weather during his time on the Franci^o. . . Sweeney and Nick Trivich. vich. Also on the ballot this year is into the act editorially in opposi­ beach and enjoyed part of it at Seattle Branch Office Port Agent: Harry Jorgensen, unop- a proposition that would change tion to the name, citing the stub­ a couple of series games in New josed. Business Agent: Pmbert the election of MFOW officials to bornness of New Yorkers who still York. Baltimore shipping slowed up Truitt, William Blecker, Donald once every two years instead of insist on calling the Avenue of the P"own, .Bernie Carpenter, "Cogi" every year as at present. If Americas by its old name of Sixth during the last two-week period. Ching, Leonard Knopp and Hairy adopted, the new rule would ap­ Avenue. The bridge would always It is expected to improve, how­ ply to those elected to terms dur­ be called the Narrows Bridge said ever, with the Robin Locksley and Ulrich. the Mairymar expected to crew up , Portland Branch Office Port ing the 1965 elections. (Continued on page 18) Verrazano Bridge Named After 'Mystery' Explorer MFOW To Fill 16 Union Posfs �SEAFARERS Ootober SO, 1964 LOG fmpoffonca of Barg9 Industry Discussed Barge Service Provides Cities With iMore Jobs, Buying Power Higher employment and additional purchasing power are the chief benefits to the local economies of coastal and inland port cities serviced by a strong tug and barge industry, de­ clared Braxton Carr, president of the American Waterways Operators in a recent address to the annual convention of> the American- Association of presence of a flourishing inland services, declared Carr. These In­ water transportation system, said clude warehousing, marine sup­ Port Authorities. Carr said Carr, is its impact on the set­ plies, dry docking and boat repair­ port cities could reap these bene­ fits by taking advantage of the in­ expensive, mass movement of freight on the nation's inland waterways. Carr sees the availability of lowcost, shallow-draft water transpor­ tation as the key that makes many ports important distribution cen­ ters. As an illustration, he pointed to the steel industry In the Pitts­ burgh region which ships iron and steel products by barge to Mem­ phis and Houston for reshipment by other forms of transportation to Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and other southwestern states. Port cities find Inland water transportation of crucial Impor­ tance. The chief example In this case, says Carr, Is New Orleans which depends on inland waterway facilities for approximately half of its total commerce. Inland commerce also serves as a spur to the growth of port cities' foreign trade, the Waterways Op­ erators' president asserts. This stimulation serves as a two-way street, since the nation's need for imports as well as its growth of exports has helped to Increase U.S. inland water commerce. The growth of the inland water transportation industry has also had its impact on the growth of the port cities which it serves. Carr pointed to the jump in ter­ minal construction and other in­ vestments by water carriers, pri­ vate and public agencies. This de­ velopment has put idle waterfront property to work, improving land values as well as providing new sources of municipal taxes. In addition to improving a port city's tax base, the presence of barge service wiil also Influence new Industries to locate in these areas, says Carr. This is especially true of company management that wants to take advantage of lowcost water transportation in the movement of raw materials or manufactured goods. One of the most important assets provided for port cities by the ting of truck and rail freight rates. The positive influence of this cheaper form of water trans­ portation on local freight rates af­ fects shippers not only in the port involved, but also throughout the surrounding area. A good example, mentioned by Carr, of an inland port's heavy in­ dustrial growth is Memphis, Tenn. In 1939 Memphis had 378 manu­ facturing plants with 18,225 work­ ers. These statistics had jumped to 872 manufacturing plants em­ ploying 87,000 workers by 1962. The growth of inland water transportation also encourages the development of many auxiliary ing, marine insurance, charter and brokerage agencies, surface and diving contractors and harbor tow­ ing. All of these services help to provide impetus to the develop­ ment of the local economies. Carr estimates that 80,000 men and women are employed aboard 21,000 commercial vessels on the nation's Inland rivers, canals and other channels. The inland water freight industry handle over 418 million tons of freight' each year and provide over 133 billion ton miles of cargo service annually. This represents 9.5 percent of the nation's domestic freight move­ ments. Two SlU Vessels Play Key Role In Navy Games HUELVA, Spain—"Operation Steel Pike," the joint U.S.­ Spain naval and amphibious maneuvers which includes a fleet of ten American-flag freighters in its strike force, got off to an impressive start last-^ week. could not be called upon as quick­ An estimated 60,000 Ameri­ ly—if at all—to aid our armed can and Spanish assault troops stormed ashore in a mock landing on a beach in southern Spain. The troops were backed up by a naval armada that included the SIUcontracted Del Sol (Delta Lines) and the Couer D'Alene Victory (Victory Carriers), along with eight other U.S.-flag merchant ships. Vice Admiral John S. McCain, Jr., Atlantic amphibious force chief, said the Navy, because of its commitments, probably could not have handled the cargo needed for the exercises without the ten pri­ vately chartered merchant ships that took part. The presence of the merchant ships at the maneuvers emphasized the role that a strong and modern U.S. maritime power could play In the event of emergencies. Run­ away-flag shipping, operated un­ der the myth of "effective control" forces in a time of crisis. The success of the operation was marred, however, by the death of nine U.S. Marines, who were killed when their assault helicopter col­ lided with another helicopter over the crowded invasion beach. Both helicopters crashed in flames, in­ juring 13 other Marines. The ten fast, modern and quickloading merchant ships which took part disgorged their heavy cargoes of tanks, trucks and field pieces at a prefabricated dock that was quickly thrown up by the landing forces. Operation Steel Pike Is the largest amphibious operation un­ dertaken by the U.S. since the Ko­ rean War. All in all, at least 94 ships from the U.S. and Spain, along with aircraft and helicopters, took part in the exercises which will continue into next month. By Al Kerr, Secretary-Treasurer SlU Vacation Plan Clarified One of the most popular benefits among SIU members is the $800 annual Seafareirs Vacation benefit. Many newcomers to the Union may not be aware that it was the SIU that pioneered the effort to guarantee regular vacations for the professional seaman. • The gains brought about by the SIU's type of vacation plan can be plainly seen when they are compared with the vacation arrangements contained in union contracts 14 years ago. In those days a typical vacation contract clause ruled that a Seafarer had to work one full year on the same ship, for the same employer, to get one week's vacation. Since the average Seafarer ordinarily works for a number of different employers during a single year, he usually ends up on the short end as far as vacation is concerned under that type of arrangement. Today, more than 13 years after the inauguration of the vacation plan, a Seafarer knows he can collect this important benefit no matter how many employers he has worked for, and regardless of how many ships he has sailed on. This means that the Seafarer doesn't have to worry about staying aboard a single ship for a full year for a single employer in order to receive his vacation benefit. One of the SIU vacation plan's most significant aspects is that a Union member knows he can collect his $800 a year vacation for a year's seatime, or a prorata shared thereof for each 90 days of sea- accumulates on that ship for that time. trip. Since the first vacation agree­ An important requirement which ment was signed in 1951, vacations should be kept in mind by mem­ have come to be a feature of which bers eligible to collect the vaca­ every Union member takes advan­ tion benefit is that discharges nec­ tage. In the first nine months of essary to prove eligibility must be 1964, approximately 12,000 appli­ presented within one year from cations for vacation benefits to­ the date of payoff in order to col­ talling approximately $4 million lect vacation benefits for the time were filed by SIU men. The SIU submitted. vacation plati has paid out over In the event that a member $30 million to Seafarers since the starts a trip holding Coast Guard inception of the plan. discharges that total less than 90 The Seafarers Vacation Plan days of seatime which are less provides an annual benefit of $800 than a year old, they will be hon­ for 365 days of seatime or $200 ored at the end of the voyage, for every 90 days an- SIU member even though more than a year's works for a covered employer or time may have elapsed. However, employers. An important advan­ the eligible member must present tage of the plan is that a member his accumulated discharges with la not required to payoff a ship to his vacation claim within 90 days after the voyage ends, or before coiiect the benefit. The benefit may be paid on a he signs on another ship, which prorated basis for periods of sea­ ever is sooner. Another requirement for vaca­ time less than a year, although a minimum of 90 days is required. In tion plan eligibility that Seafarers the event a member dies or retires who are shipping out should keep on Union pension, he, his widow, in mind occurs when their dis­ or beneficiary can receive the un­ charges representing accumulated collected vacation benefits he has seatime may be more than a year accrued within the previous 365 old by the end of their voyage. In this case, the member must notify days. In order to collect a vacation the Vacation Plan office in writing benefit, a member must present before this seatime is actually his Coast Guard discharges as more than one year old. Vacation proof of his accumulated seatime. payments will then be made when If the discharge took place within the member returns to the U.S. the previous 365 days, the benefit and formally submits his applica­ Is paid for the period of the entire tion for benefits. One last reminder is necessary voyage, provided that there is a minimum of 90 days of employ­ for that small group of our mem­ bers who file for vacation benefits ment. In counting days of seatime to and then for some reason, fail to determine eligibility for the bene­ pick up the benefit checks. If a fits, if a vessel Is laid up for a vacation benefit check isn't picked period of more than 10 days and a up within 60 days after it has been former crewmember signs on issued, it is returned to the plan again when the ship is reactivated, office, Since most of our members this will be regarded as new em­ like to claim the benefits they have coming to them promptly, this ployment. A crewmember who is on a ship doesn't happen too often. How­ for more than a year, will get the ever, when it does, it is necessary full vacation benefit for the first to contact the vacation ulan office 365 days of seatime he puts In, in headquarters to forward the and will be paid a prorated check to the Union office nearest amount for any additional time he to the applicant. Notify Union On LOG Mali U.S.-flag merchant ships participating in the oint U.S.-Spain naval and amphibious exercise "Operation Steel Pike" ere silhouetted on the horizon as the strike force nears the Spanish coast. Over 60,000 American Marines and Spanish troops recently took part in a mock in­ vasion in southern Spain. The naval strike force included two SlU ships, the Del Sol (Delta Lines) and the Coucr D'Alene Victory (Victory Carriers) as well as eight other U.S.-flag freighters. As Seafarers know, copies of each issue ot 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 tlie LOG involves calling all SIU steamship companies for the itineraries of their ships. On the basis of the information supplied by the ship oper­ ator, four copies of the LOG, and minutes forms are then air­ mailed to the agent in the next port. Similarly, the seamen's clubs get various quantities of LOGs at every mailing. The LOG is sent to any club when a Seafarer requests it by notifying the LOG office that Seafarers con­ gregate there. As always the Union would like to hear promptly from SiU ships whenever the LOG and ship's mail is not delivered so that the Union can maintain a day-to-day check on the accuracy of its mailing lists. �Paic Sis SEAPAREnS LOG (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SlU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District.) October 10-October 23 The shipping situation took a downswing during the the west coast, however, tended to offset the total last two weeks, with most of the below normal situation decline, with all three ports registering good gains. occurring on the east coast. The Gulf coast, however, Registration reflected the slower shipping situation, where activity was on the slowbell during the last period, climbing to 1,305 from 1,267 the period before. The num­ set a quicker pace this period. A total of 1,071 Seafarers ber of SIU men registered and on the beach, totaled shipped during the last two weeks, compared with 1,403 3,706 Seafarers at the end of the last two weeks, compared during the previous reporting period, to 3,622 the previous period. A breakdown by departnrient shows that shipping in The statistics showing the seniority picture also in-the steward department was down considerably, while dicated the lower level of activity, with a larger percent­ the deck department was more active. Engine depart­ age of Class A men shipping than in the last period. Of ment activity was about the same as the previous period. the total shipped, 54 percent, were Class A, compared to Shipping on the east coast was generally lower than 52 percent the period before. Class B men shipped 35 the previous period, with New York and Norfolk showing percent of the total, a gain of 1 point from the previous considerable slowdown. Jacksonville shinning also fell period, and Class C men, dropped to 10 percent, from off. but more men shipped out of Boston, Baltimore and 13 percent the period before. Philadelphia than in the preceding two weeks. Shipping activity statistics remained high, with the On the Gulf coast. New Orleans recovered from a total at almost the same level as the previous period. slump, as job calls began to blossom on the shipping A total of 51 ships payed off during the period. There board. There was also an increase in the number of were 39 sign-ons and 134 in transit movements. Total Seafarers shipped from Houston. Shipping was slightly movements during the period were 224, compared to 225 slower in the other ports on the Gulf. The situation on during the previous period. • Od^txir it, ItM Ship A€fMfy fat Offf lestcHi New York.... Philadelpkia.. laltimore .... Noifaik JackMavilla .. Tompo Mobile Now Oricoiit.. Hoottoo Wiimloqtoo .. Son Francisco. SeoHle 1 12 Si^ IR Om Tram. TOTAL 5 2 1 0 4' 5 7 2 2 2 0 5 5 3 2 0 0 3 11 5 1 2 2 TOTALS ... 51 39 2 25 5 7 5 11 7 4 14 33 5 10 6 134 3 42 18 15 9 12 7 11 30 45 8 14 10 224 DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS AI Poet Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS AI Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C TOTAL Shipped 1 GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP CLASS 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL A B 2 0 1 1 l! 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 99 4 24 55 20 32 15 15 13 61 3 13 0 36 10 2 0 0 0 61 13 8 6 6 0 12 0 5 16 211 6 9 0 3 0 9 12 0 1 2 3 9 3 12 12 29 0 13 4 14 7 3 11 14 1 22 2 14 0 0 3 22 3 9 3 14 7 11 0 4 0 7, 0 2 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 9 1 0 8 1 1 3 51 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 0 0, 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 11 0 2 12 10 2 24 0 2 2 4 2 7 9 3 7, 0 0 2 1 3 0 2 9 7 25 32 8 65 1 16 28 7 4.4 2 45 15 22 8 6 14 44 24 18 44 0 44 19 27 9 55 3 17 15 7 47 2 35 17 23 15 8 25 0 3 0 3 47 25 7 18 2 11 0 1 3 13 2 7, 0 7 1 2 0 0 13 6 5 3 0 7 10 27 0 14 3 14 1 10, 1 3 4 3 10 1 4- 5 1 4 6 14 1 10 4 12 21 0 5 11 0 4 5 9 1 6 4 8 0 11 14 6 i 14'' 0 0 0 129 193 54 1 376 11 65 73 1 153 1 19 12 1 32 234 153 72 102 1 185 73 130 31 1 234 15 Registered On The Beach CLASS AI CLASS B GROUP C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 0 21 10 21 8 39 74 90 160 33 283 0 24 16 3 36 16 4 3 39 39 53 10 102 0 3 8 21 10 3 0 4 4 14 1 19 1 3 2 9, 6 1 2 18 31 67 25 11 14 102 53 68 12 133 75 53 3 78 11 142 20 10 0 31 18 3 30 30 27 61 6 4 0 25 19 31 5 55 1 32 1 419 365 527 106 1 998 GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 0 4 10 6 16 48 80 144 23 0 6 17 2 21 41 64 15 0 5 10 2 4 14 8 0 5 3 8 2 9 11 0 32 58 1 91 78 5 30 43 2 4 10 16 1 15 4 20 0 36 19 55 31 210 308 1 549 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Poet Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS Bos NY...... Phil Bal Nor Jac Tara Mob..... NO Hou Yxrsi Wil o n* SF Sea TOTALS 1-s 0 8 1 1 0 1 0 2 3 4 2 2 0 24 DECK Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C TOTAL Shipped Registered On The Beach CLASS A1 CLASS B GROUP GROUP C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 3 1 0 19 0 16 2 6 3 9 75 50 123 17 190 12 11 48 50 110 20 4 2 25 0 17 4 20 7 13 23 13 0 62 4 43 6 72 34 34 3 2 0 18 0 15 1 17 9 8 3 4 1 7 0 8i 3 4 11 4 3 2 1 0 8 0 6 1 1 2 21 8 4 36 0 27 1 IS 5 10 94 24 5 89 4 51 14 42 51 97 64 24 3 69 9 42 3 46 37 92 16 4 17 2 11 7 e 15 4 2 22 8 1 50 3 35 7 12 23 8 26 5 1 39 2 31 3 18 7 27 35 I1 374 146 424 60 1 630. 39 239 232 1 510 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS B GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 0 1 2 3 12 14 22 56 9 4 1 3 3 5 6 15 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 5 6 1 2 11 7 20 45 15 7 15 6 32 1 3 2 8 4 3 13 4 4 13 4 5 68 47 77 1 216 GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1^5 1 0 "1 2 0 2 4 16 22 4 0 1 3 4 0 0 2 7 1 5 0 0 5 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 9 0 2 32 1 35 4 2 2 12 16 2 1 0 3 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 5 8 0 8 17 91 1 116 11 Registered CLASS A E-JGINE STEWARD GRAND TOTALS Shipped CLASS A GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP CLASS 2 3 ALL 1 1 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL A B 2 ~0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 64 4 44 12 8 33 3 46 3 19 10 39 4 7 8 18 0 ll' 46 18 1 10 7 1 11 0 3 9 1 10 1 4 5 12^ 0 2 4 6;' 0 2 0 6 2 12 9 11 1 2 0 4 5 10 1 12 1 10 1 11 ! 0 11 5 5 0 0 0, 12 10 0 0 5 5 2 4 6 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 o! 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 6 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 li 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0, 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 14 0 3 2 6 8 1 10 0 8 1 2 7 0 1 3 7 5 4 10 47 6 29 12 6 47, 6 22 19 37 1 44 4 45 0 23 18 3 2 5, 44 45 29 4 7 20 2 17 11 32 6 32! 0 24 29 0 2 2 18 11 1 3. 32 29 7 2 3 3 1 4 1 7 2 1 0 3 0 3 9 0 4 0 4 3 6 9 4 23 2 3 16 1 7 3 12 4 17 1 2 2 1 4 1 0 0 1, 17 4 1 14 3 18 1 _ 2 7 2 4 15 2 10 0 5 1 0 8 2 6 1 15 10 47 161 31 1 239 21 86 66 1 173 26" 150 19 1 195 11 70 63 1 144 1 15 19 1 35195 144 Registered CLASS A Port Registered CLASS B GROUr 12 3 ALL 129 193 54 1376; 47 161_31 I 239 92 47 77 1 216, 268 401 162 J 8311 Shipped CLASS A GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 0 0 1 39 11 9 15 11 4 1 6 12 2 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 4 0 5 36 11 5 16 11 4 25 8 7 1 3 3 1 2 3 6 1 0 2 3 47 26 65 1 149 Shipped CLASS B GROUP 2 3 ALL 1 0 0 0 0 8 7 1 0 4 4 0 0 9 10 1 0 1| 0 0 1 fl 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oi 3, 0 3 0 40 4 . 1 35 16, 2„ 2 12 3 0 0 3 5 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 3 80 1 91 8 Shipped CLASS C 1 TOTAL Shipped GROUP CLASS 1 2 3 ALL A B 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 5, 39 8 3 3 11 0 0 4 0 0 0 12 0 10 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 9 3 0 0 5 5 36 40 1 13 1 15 25 16 1 0 3 4 7 3 0 1 i; 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 2 34 1 38 149 91 C ALL 1-B 1 1 0 52 24 5 is! 5 3 9 25 13 0 2 5 1 1 3 0 3 3 4 12 4 81 15 5 56 16 15 14 6 4 12 10 1 4 5 0 38 1 278 no Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 2 4 6 16 1 5 3 2 0 56 34 66 180 10 47 12 25 9 26 1 6 6 11 1 9 81 6 53 30 14 24 4 43 7 5 4 21 2 17 2 13 10 1 4 3 0 3 1 5 2 2 13 0 6 0 0 0 17 9 12 42 2 18 2 14 96 3 21 16 44 86 5 78 80 6 28 11 25 33 5 22 4 2 7 19 4 0 11 15 53 1 13 10 20 2 8 5 10 4 14 33 4 53 8 41 202 122 236 {1 670' 41 44 264 1 349 SUMMARY Registered CLASS B SHIPPED CLASS A SHIPPED CLASS S SHIPPED CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS fi GROUP GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 123 ALL 123 ALL 123 ALL 123 ALL ABC ALL 1 23 ALL 123 ALL 11" 72 102 | 185 73 130 31 | 234 15 65 "73 I 153 19 12 32 224 153 32 419 365 527 106 998 31_210 308 I 549 21 s'O 66 1 173 26 150 19 t95 11 70 63 144 35,195 144 35 374 146 424 60 630 39 239 232|510 "15 19 ~8 17 91 1 116 58 26 65 149, 8 } 80 91 ' 2 34 38 149 91 38|278 312 122 236|670 41 44 264 349 40 175 259|474157 306 115 578 34'138 216 388 4 36 65 I 105 568 388 105 11071 823 1073 402 ]2298 111 493 804 11408 �M, IfM By Lincisey Williams. Viee-Presldent, Gulf Ar«o SEAFARERS LOG Eight SIU Veterans Join Growing Pensioner Ranks Gulf Seafarers Aid Johnson Seafarera along the Gulf Coast turned to in traditional SIU style to lend a helplng,hand In the Johnson for President Campaign. Volunteers in large numbers went to work in the New Orleans SIU Hall to process campaign literature for mailing In behalf of President Johnson and U. S. Representative Hale Boggs, who has Republican opposition in his bid for re-election as Congressman froraTLouisiana's Johnston Second District. Volunteers also were at work in Democratic Head­ Creel Houland Hardeman Blackledge Fernandez quarters in Houston and Mobile. In Houston the AFL-CIO also was Seven Atlantic and Gulf district Seafarers and one Great Lakes district Seafarer have campaigning for U. S. Senator Ralph Yarborough who has strong Republican opposition. been added to the growing list of SIU men awarded SIU pensions and can now retire In a special convention at Baton Rouge on October 18, attended by with the assurance of a monthly check in the mailbox. The action of the board of trustees an SIU delegation that was one of the largest at the meeting, the brings the number of Sea-"*^' Louisiana AFL-CIO went on record as concurring in the AFL-CIO shipped with the SIU from the the SIU-Great Lakes district la endorsement of the Johnson-Humphrey ticket. The meeting, partic­ farers receiving the $150 a port of Idiiladelphia. Fernandez the port of Detroit. A native of ipated in by more than 600 delegates from throughout Louisiana, month to a total of 80. now makes his home In Baltimore, Michigan, he now plans to settle Voted to support the campaign to the fullest extent. There were signs Md. at his home in Hul^bard, Mich. He The pensioners are Gabriel as election day approached that the Johnson campaign was gaining A member of the steward de­ last sailed aboard the tanker, Colon, 61; James Henry Russell, strength in Gulf Coast States, which had been considered doubtful partment, Johnston first joined Detroit. by some political observers. 61; Thomas L. Blackledge, 62; In Alabama, for example, loyal Democrats reported that John Tyson James P. Creel, 54; Mikael Hovof Mobile, candidate for Congress 4 land, 61; Earl T. Hardeman, 64; from that District, was in trouble spend the holidays with his fam­ Manuel Fernandez, 65; Edmund H. in his race with Republican Jack ily before making the job calls Johnstcm, 64. Edwards as a result of Tyson's re­ again. A member of the steward de­ luctance to come out in support of Hubert C. Cain, who got off the partment, Colon has been sailing the national Democratic party Monarch of the Seas about ticket. Tyson barely squeaked in month ago, is currently promoting with the SIU since he signed on In Representative as the Democratic nominee in a "rock and roll" music shows at New York many years ago. A na­ By Frank Drozak, West primary conducted in the State at the Mobile Municipal Auditorium tive of Puerto Rico, he now makes large prior to redistricting of while he builds up time on his his home in the Bronx, N.Y., restThe top local task for San Francisco labor between now and eleoAlabama. Group 1 deck department card. tlon Day is the drive to guarantee thr political retirement of antiAside from politics, a big topic After nine months on the Montlabor Congressman William S. Mallllard. The Maritime Port Council of conversation around the SIU peller Victory, George P. Saucier in the Bay area went on record against Mailliard, who stands in the halls in the Gulf has been the paid off to spend some time with Goldwater corner of the Republican party, at its meeting last week. ! progress of several power house his family while having extensive The Port Council voted to devote its main energies to tiie election of Gulf States teams which have en­ dental work done. Dan Frazier, Thomas O'Toole, the Democratic candidate for Mailliard's seat. Mail­ joyed national ranking during the one of the real oldtimers, who liard, who has always sought labor's support, showed his true feelings early part of the season. For the sails messman, is vacationing at in Congress by his 'no' vote on medicare, the tax cut, the war on benefit of those who may be out his home in Whistler, Ala., near poverty, social security, medical schools, mass transit, aid to students at sea, here are a couple of scores Mobile. and other labor-supported legislation. in the big games; Arkansas, 14, Mose E. Coleman, who has been Labor's drive to elect O'Toole in place of Mailliard will include Texas 13; LSU 3, Tennessee 3; sailing out of the Gulf since 1938, Russell house-to-house canvassing in the district to bring out the normally Cdon Alabama 17, Florida 14; Georgia paid off from the second cook's Democratic voters and alert them to Mailliard's anti-labor, anti-social Tech 7, Tulane 6; Vanderbilt 7, job on the Montpelier Victory Ole Miss, previously beaten by and registered in Group 1. He will ing easily with his monthly in­ welfare record. The second key issue for California voters—^besides the various con­ Florida and Kentucky, 7. be looking for a night cook and come. He last sailed on the Over­ tests for national and state offices—are the propositions that will As. far as the shipping picture baker's job when he finishes the seas Rose. Russell is a native- of New York appear on the ballot. Many will affect the life of Californians for a goes, it continues good in New vacation he is enjoying with City, although he will now retire long time to come. Here then are organized labor's recommendations Orleans, is booming in Houston friends and family in Mobile. to his home in Mobile Ala. An SIU on the 17 propositions that will appear on the November 3 ballot. and the outlook is fair in Mobile. New Orleans Delegates to the California Labor Federation convention in San Fran­ old-timer, he signed his first Mobile Some of the oldtimers have articles in New York and has cisco last month put their strongest emphasis on defeating Propositions After a year on the Clairborne, been showing their younger SIU sailed in the steward department 14, 16 and 17 and an overwhelming body of unions throughout blie state Homer E. Windham went home to Brothers how to really get the job ever since. His last ship was the are urging a YES vote in Proposition 15. Jackson, Alabama to enjoy the done in doing volunteer work in tanker Bradford Island. No. Subject Recommendation dove and deer season. S, A. Solo- the Johnson for President cam­ 1—$150 million beaches and parks bond issue YES Blackledge first joined the un­ man got off the Del Oro and reg­ paign. Among them are Vic Mle2—$380 million construction bond issue YES ion in the port of New Orleans and istered in Group 1 before going rana, who is like an old fire horse 3—$260 million school building aid bond issue YES spent his years at sea sailing in home for a vacation with his fam­ when somebody rings the bell for 4—Property tax exemption for veterans— ily in Montgomery. A. C, Reed, a political campaign, Willie and the steward department. A native No recommendation. of Mississippi, he now is settled who last was on the Oceanic Earl Hardeman, Manual Traba, 5—Property tax exemption for widows and veterans YES comfortably on his $150 monthly Wave, is enjoying a rest while Phil O'Connor, John "Scotty" 6—Retaliatory tax of insurance companies— pension in Boutte, La. He last building some time on his Group Clark and Bill Tank. The Harde­ No recommendation. 2 engine department card. John man brothers, both of whom re­ sailed aboard ;he Del Valle. 7—Investing retirement funds in corporation stock YES SIU Oldtlmer J. Kane, an SIU member since cently retired on an SIU pension, 8—Re-election of Superior Court judges in counties 1938, will soon be looking for an checked in at the SIU Hall after Creel is a native of Mississippi with populations exceeding 700,000 YES AO's job. He has been vacation­ a vacation trip to Mexico. They wh® now makes his home in New YES ing after paying off the Arlzpa. reported they had a grand time Orleans. An SIU oldtimer, he 9—County supervisorial district boundaries 10—Disposition of school land fund revenues YES H. B. Davis paid off the Alcoa and came back praising the SIU joined the Union in the port of YES Ranger after being on this ship disability pension and retirement Mobile sailing in the engine de­ 11—Municipal contracts with counties, r. 12—Property tax relief in disaster areas YES about a year and probably will plan. They said it gives them a partment. He has retired from his chance to do things they have al­ last ship, the Del Rio, to his home 13—^afeguard against misuse of the California Constitution.... YES 14—Sales and rentals of residential real property NO ways wanted to do but never in New Orleans. 15—Television Programs Initiative YES seemed to have the time. Hovland is a native of the coun­ 16—Lottery License NO After spending more time than NO usual on the beach while recover­ try of Norway, who is now a resi­ 17—Railroad train crews Shipping was on the slow bell in San Francisco during the last period. ing from an illness, Gus Broslg dent of Brooklyn, N.Y. He first The SIU Welfare Services De­ joined the SIU in New York and Only one ship paid off, two signed-on and six were serviced in transit. took the chief steward's job on partment reports that it has had the Del Alba . bound for West sailed in the engine department. The outlook for the coming period is also slow, with only the Ilerculca difficulty locating seamen's African ports. Gus, who is now 64 Before coming to this country, he Delaware, Wild Ranger and the Iberville expected to pass through in families because the seamen's sailed for many years on foreignenrollment or beneficiary cards and has been sailing since 1914, flag vessels. His last ship was the transit. Chang P. King, just off the Wild Ranger, has had a run of mixed luck lately. His wife just gave birth to a fine six and one-half have not been kept up to date. looks hale and hearty for his age, John C. pound baby girl, but he suffered a sprained ankle at about the same Some death benefit payments but he says he is looking forward A member of the deck depart­ time. , have been delayed for some to reaching 65 so he can retire Vincent G. Fitzgerald, an SIU old timer, is coming along nicely in time until the Seafarer's bene­ under the SIU Pension Plan. ment during his years at sea, ficiaries could be located. To Gene Joachim, a veteran Inland Hardeman joined the SIU for the the USPHS hospital. He says he misses the old Bloomfield and his old avoid delays in payments of wel­ Boatman, is wiling away the time first time in the port of New York. shipmates down in the Gulf. Ragner E. Olsen, another old timer, had fare benefits. Seafarers are ad­ visiting with friends at the SIU A native of Augusta, Ga., he now to be flown back from Inchon, Korea, after suffering a heart attack vised to notify the Union im­ Hall while recoverng from an in­ plans to settle down in his home in while serving aboard the Choctaw. .He's improving rapidly now, and that city, confident that his pen­ hopes to be all riglit soon again. Calvin Wilson, who last sailed jured foot. mediately of any changes in ad­ sion check will be in the mailbox as the bosun on the Wild Ranger, is back in dry dock for another graft­ Houstou dress, changes in the names of Philip Quintaya is registered In each month. He last sailed aboard ing job on his leg. His former shipmates wishjiim all the best. beneficiaries or additional de­ Wilmington pendents by filling out new en­ Group 1-S after sailing as chief the Andrew Jackson. Shipping has been very good in Wilmington during the last period. rollment and beneficiary cards. steward on the Wilton to Japan. Frenandez last sailed aboard the The cards should be witnessed The ship was sold there for scrap Flomar. in the engine department The Wild Ranger and the Mount Washington paid off and the Monticello as a means of verifying signa­ and the crew, which was repa­ as fireman-watertender. A na­ Victory, San Francisco, Portraar, Robin Hood and Alamar went through triated by air, paid off in Seattle tive of Spain, he first came to in transit. The outlook for the next period is also good, with the tures. this country 33 years ago, and i (Continued on page 18) (Continued on page 16) Calif. Labor Fights For Election Goals Notify Welfare Of Changes �Page Eiffht SEAFARERS <Mfb«r tfb 19M LOG Polls Committee Voting Guide order and to further preserve the ballot and one plain white envel­ STEP NO. 6 In an attempt to help the as provided for in Step. No. The Committee should then secrecy of the ballot, electioneer­ various Polls Committees in the herein. The duplicate copy shall ope with no markings to the voter. conduct of the General Election be given to the Port Agent for the The Committee should then in­ check to see if all Polls Commit­ ing must not take place within struct the voter that after he tee members have ^jraed all 25 feet of the polling place. In for the years 1965-1968, the follow­ Port Election files. marks his ballot in the area pro­ sheets of the rosters. Ine dupli­ any event, good order and de­ ing suggestions emphasize some of STEP NO. 3 the steps to be taken each voting THE POLLS COMMITTEE vided for same, he should then cate roster sheets for the day corum must be preserved. Any day of the voting period. In any MUST NOT LET ANY BALLOTS fold his ballot, place it In the should be given to the Port Agent, member whose ballot has been so­ event, the provisions of the Con­ BE CAST BEFORE 9:00 A.M. white envelope, seal it and not de­ and the originals of the rosters licited within the prohibited area stitution govern, and in the con­ Before letting any full book mem­ posit it In the ballot box but re­ should be placed in the envelope is required to make this fact duct of your work you are to ber vote, the Committee shall turn with it to the Committee. The provided for that purpose. In ad­ known to the Polls Committee, determine your functions in ac­ make sure that he has his dues Committee will then give the man dition, the Committee should be which shall record the complaint cordance with the Constitution. paid through the Fourth Quarter a brown envelope marked "CHAL­ given the origin_I of the minutes in its report, as well as its find­ of 1964, as well as his 1964 assess­ LENGED BALLOT" and which form for the election of a Polls ings and recommendations there­ STEP NO. 1 on. also has lines for the man's name, The election of a Polls Commit­ ments BEFORE being allowed to book number, port and date. The Committee, with all the blank In connection with this, and as spaces on the form filled in. The vote. There may be some excep­ tee composed of three (3) full book man, in the presence of the Com­ was adopted by membership ac­ Polls Committee should put the members, none of whom shall be a tions based upon a man shipping mittee, shall place the white en­ tion, any member who has a com­ originals of the rosters, the origout, or other valid reason, for not candidate, officer, or an elected or velope into the brown envelope plaint that any of the election and appointed job-holder. Must be paying dues. If you have any and seal the same. The Commit­ ian copy of the "Agent's Receipt balloting procedures of this Union, From Polls Committee," as well doubts as to whether or not a man elected between 8:00 A.M. and 9:00 tee will then fill in the man's have been violated, the same pro­ A.M. of the voting day. CANNOT is eligible to vote, you should let name, book number, port and as the original minutes of the cedure as above shall be followed. Special Meeting for the election him vote a challenged ballot in the BE ELECTED AT ANY OTHER date, and on the face of the en­ Obviously, none of this is to be TIME. Five (5) full book members manner v/hich is described in the velope write the reason for the of the Polls Committee, in the en­ deemed to deprive any candidate velope provided for that purpose. last paragraph of this Step No. 3. constitute a quorum for this meet­ challenge and the man will then or member of his constitutional ing. The Committee should then have deposit the brown envelope Into THESE MUST BE MAILED TO rights to observe the conduct of HEADQUARTERS DAILY. STEP NO. 2 the man sign his own name to the the ballot box. The member should the election, the tallying of ballots, The Port Agent shall turn over roster, and one of the Committee not be given his book back until STEP NO. 6 and so on, provided he maintains to the elected Polls Committee the should print the man's book num­ such time as he has dropped his ..Before leaving the building to his proper decorum. port file containing the letter from ber and ballot number on the brown envelope into the ballot handle the mailing required by SECRECY OF THE BALLOT Headquarters showing the num­ roster. One of the Committee box. Before the man votes, one of the Constitution, the Polls Com­ MUST BE PRESERVED bers of the ballots received from should then tear the stub from the the Committee should stamp the mittee shall lock all election ma­ STEP NO. 9 Headquarters, also containing the ballot, give the ballot to the man, date and the word "VOTED" in terial in the ballot box. They shall The attention of the Polls Com­ place the key for the ballot box duplicate copies of the rosters for and thread the stub on the string the member's union book. in the envelope provided for that mittee is directed to the provisions the previous days of voting, as provided for that purpose. The STEP NO. 4 of the Constitution, in particular, well as the stubs of the used member should not be given back At the end of the day's voting, purpose and fill in all the spaces Sections 3, 4, 5 (a) and 5 <b) of ballots, the unused ballots, and his book until such time as he has the Polls Committee shall open on the outside thereof. Then the Article XIII. The attention of the any other election material of the dropped his ballot In the ballot *the ballot box and count the num­ envelope containing the key, as Polls Committee is also directed Port. (The best place for all of this box. Before the man votes, one of ber of ballots from the box. They well as the ballot box containing to the Executive Committee min­ material is in the ballot box.) The the Committee should stamp the should then compare the number all of the election material, shall utes of September 9, 1964, which Polls Committee should check all date and the word "VOTED" in of ballots against the number Is­ be turned over to the Port Agent have been previously publicized, of the above to make sure that all the member's Union book. sued On the rosters for the day, by the Polls Committee. after approval by the membership. voting material is turned over to Challenged Ballots. When a man to see if all ballots issued were STEP NO. 7 The full duties of the Polls Com­ them by the Port Agent. The last action of the Polls mittees are set forth in the Con­ votes a challenged ballot, the Com­ put in the ballot box. The day's After having ascertained that all mittee shall have the man sign ballots cast should then be put Committee each day shall be the stitution. The present list of sug­ of the election material was found his own name to the roster, and in the envelope provided for that mailing of the ballots to the bank gestions is, obviously, not all in­ to be correct and in good order, one of the Committee should place purpose, and all blank spaces on depository, as well as mailing the clusive. the Polls Committee shall execute, the man's book number and ballot the envelope should then be prop­ rosters and minutes of the elec­ STEP NO. 10 in duplicate, the "Agent's Receipt number on the roster and the erly filled in. After all blank tion of the Polls Committee to All Polls Committees may con­ From Polls Committee" — the word "CHALLENGE" alongside. spaces are filled in, the envelope, Headquarters, tact Headquarters by teletype on original of which shall be mailed One of the Committee should then or envelopes, should then be STEP NO. 8 any questions relative to the con­ to the Secretary-Treasurer at tear the stub from the ballot, and placed In the envelope or envel­ As has been the practice In the duct of the election. However, Headquarters at the end of the thread the stub on a string pro­ opes provided for the mailing to past, all candidates may campaign here too, the decision must be that day's voting in a roster envelope. vided for that purpose, give the the bank depository. for office. However, to insure good of the Polls Committee. HEN a merchant seaman takes to the water after W abandoning ship he is faced by many dangers. One of the most fearsome is the possibility ^at the waters are shark infested. To help minimize the peril of sfliarks for swimmers or anyone else who takes to the water, two shark's eyes, neatly wrapped in plastic hags, recently ar­ rived at the University of Miami's Institute of Marine Science. Scientists at the institute hope the plasticbagged eyes will help them answer an important ques­ tion: Is a shark color-blind? Yum-Yum Yellow Seafarers who had their ships shot out from under them during the war might agree with the belief of many that best shark-repellent chemicals available don't do their job too well. Navy pilots have also voiced the opin­ ion that the yellow color of some life rafts and life jack­ ets used by downed fliers may actually attract sharks to the area for a meal. Skin divers have begun to call the color "Yum Yum Yellow" for this reason. The plasticbagged shipment of shark's eyes were ordered so they could be studied carefully to determine if sharks are really color-blind, as had been thought, or are instead attracted by bright colors. The color vision of sharks is only one of the questions about sharks which have been under investigation re­ cently, and the shark is only one of many marine forms which ore under study. Sea scientists are ready to admit that their knowledge of the- sea and its creatures is very small. "Compared to what is known on land, we're about 200 years behind," a noted deep-water fish specialist readily admits. More On Sharks The shark's color vision is still a matter of doubt. It is known however, that sharks have a strong sense of smell. Recent experiments have also proved that sharks have a remarkable ability to "home in" on the source of certain underwater sound waves with great accuracy. It is thought now that this ability to hear underwater sounds is what attracts huge numbws of sharks to a fish, or a man, struggling in the water. Scientists readily admit that much too little is known about the shark. In the following article, the LOG presents some of the shark-lore which is available and describes the continuing search for fur­ ther information about one of man's most ancient enemies. To test the shark's hearing ability, scientists have simulated the sound of a fish or a man struggling in the water. The taped sound was broadcast into the water from a small boat while scientists watched from a plane overhead. In every case, using the proper sound, sharks streaked toward their target—some from more than 200 yards away—with an error of never more than five de­ grees which they constantly corrected as they drew closer. Certain sounds, to a shark, are the signal that "dinner is served." Hears With Skin In addition to its ears, scientists feel the shark also hears through a so-called "lateral line" of sensitive cells along his sides. Experiments are underway to determine if this is so. Experiments have already shown that the shark is no dope. Not only can he distinguish between two sounds as little as half an octave apart, but he can be trained to approach one sound source while ignoring another. Once trained to a certain sound by receiving a morsel of food as reward for his correct response, the shark really gets to like the sound. By placing an electrode near the shark's heart; a sort of electrocardiogram shows that his heart will actually skip a beat or two upon hear­ ing the sound. The shark's hearing is so good that once conditioned, even the faintest sound at low frequencies will bring on a response. From their exiperiments so far, the scientists have given strong support to what seafaring men have always be­ lieved—the shark is a formidable and dangerous enemy. They point out however, that not all sharks are dan­ gerous, although they don't advise anyone to carry on exiperiments of his own to find out which are and which aren't. Fewer than 30 of the 250 different species of sharks have been definitely implicated in attacks on hu­ mans, scientists have found. Some of the biggest sharks, in fact, seem to be quite peaceful. The huge, 40-foot basking shark has only minute teeth and seems to feed only on the smallest of fish and tiny sea organisms. -On the other hand, a slightly smaller variety, the 36-foot white shark, is describel as highly aggressive and capa­ ble of swallowing a man whole. Calling him dangerous would be an understatement and the best rule of thumb for the time being seems to be "stay away from all sharks." Other aspects of sea-life research are ainoed at aiding commercial and sport fishermen. Gallon Of Marlin Any Seafarer who has ever hooked into a furiously fighting blue marlin, tuna or swordfish, which grow to a weight of 2,000 pounds, may find the following state­ ment by a sea scientist hard to believe. "At one time I had a half-gallon jar with 476 marlin in it." He is quite serious however, and the mystery of how an organism which is so tiny at birth can survive in the sea to reach such mammoth proportions is scheduled for some serious study. Some feel the task may take scien­ tists 200 years to complete. To find out more about the life cycle and habits of fish, the scientists all agree that they must learn a great deal more about the sea as well. Oceonographic vessels, such as the SlU-manned Anton Bruun and Robert D. Con­ rad are kept at sea most of the tinoe gathering specimens of sea life, charting ocean currents, measuring sea water temperatures, salt content and density, and the ceaseless, mysterious movements of the sea. ; .< •: • / . > E I > . I • • > "• �SEAFARERS LOG Lifeboat Class 119 Wins Tickets JeSt By Ccrf Tanner, Executive Vice-President U.S. Shipbuilding At Low Ebb According: to the latest flxures released by Lloyd's Reg:l8ter of Ship­ ping:, shipyards around the world were booming: with new orders dar­ ing: the third quarter of this year. The main reason for the boom in new ship construction was given as the low prices available for new bottoms because of fierce competition. The boom, however, did not—and does not—extend to the United States, where shipbuilding activity remains at a level unworthy of what should be the greatest maritime power on earth. We, who have the facilities, the raw and finished materials, the skilled manpower and the technical know-how, rank a pour seventh on the list of shipbuilding nations. Ahead of us are Japan, Britain, Sweden, West Germany, France and Italy, in that order. With the exception of Sweden, all were in­ volved in World War II and had much of their shipyard facilities dam­ aged or destroyed; and two. West Germany and Japan, the losers in the war, had to start from scratch. The, tonnage figures show America's ppor position even more graph­ ically. Japan, the leading shipbuilder, has 2.5 million tons of shipping abuilding in her yards in the third quarter of this year, while the United had only 471,000 tons. The Japanese lead then was nearly six to one. How have we come to such a sad state of affairs when, just 20 years ago, we were building piore ships 4 than the whole rest of the world race. While other countries' were combined? The answer, of course building new and efficient vessels, lies in the continuing decline of our huge, much-vaunted fleet was all segments of our maritime in­ rapidly aging and getting ready for dustry. We ended World War II the mothball fleet. With each pass­ with nearly 30 million tons of ing year, the 'average age of bur shipping, the bulk, of it then in active fleet grew since the amount spanking new. condition, having of shipping did not even come been bum,to meet the emergency close to meeting our minimum re­ While: we rested on our laurels, quirements.'Shii» of 20 years or A/ ^ A 7 /4V the nations of western Europe older became the mainstays of our with the help of American tax dry cargo and tanker fleets and a Members of Lifeboat Class 119 pose after successfully completing Coast Guard requirements dollars, began to rebuild their solid portion of our bulk carrier of the New York headquarters course. The latest members of the Union to win lifeboat tick­ fleet. On the Lakes, the situation maritime industries, realizing the ets are (front row l-r) Clifford W. Men-Dell, John C. Mayo; (middle) Joe N. Brown, Carl important role shipping would was even worse. It has been a long E. Schunk, Lester Stelly, James Dannt; (rear) instructor Dan Butts, Anthony Amendolio, Jr., play in a trade-conscious postwar time since any of the Lakes ports world. Included in those nations have seen a new ship, and almost Raymond Talbot and Raymond Diaz. Other members of the graduating class who were not revitalizing or oreatlng new mari­ all of the Lakes shipyards are out present for the picture-taking session were Stanley Wielgosz, Niel Silver, Charles Feye, Sedeb time industries were those of the of business. The few remaining do Idris, Thomas Anderson, Joseph Formica, M. R. Remko and Luis Bonefont. only repair and reconversion work communist bloc. and see the prospects dim for Through short-sightedness and just plain neglect, the United building new ships again in the States stayed out of the maritime near future. Adding to the problem was the situation of the runaways, which began before the war in a small way but really ballooned in the postwar years. Creating unemployment In the SOUTH KEARNY, N.J.—Tliis small town on the banks of the Hackensack River in American maritime industry and causing a drain on the nation's northern New Jersey is the last port of call in the life of many an ocean-going ship. When balance of payments, the runaway a deep sea vessel ties up at a pier here, there are no gangs of longshoremen to swarm operators added to the problem by aboard to load or unload ordering whatever new tonnage CHiqAGO—SIU cab driver they needed in foreign shipyards. cargo. Instead, groups of pumps, propellers, heat exchang­ line, and then beach or drydock Eleveterio Sepulveda put the As an example, the current Lloyd's workers carrying acetylene ers, steam condensers, switch­ the hull for the final phase of finger on a couple of stickup men Register review of shipbuilding torches, and jackhammers move boards and other electrical equip­ wrecking. The trick to the pier-side demo­ here recently, but it wasn't easy— shows that the runaway flag na­ aboard to literally sound the death ment. Scrap copper, which now lition process is to keep the ship sells for $600 per ton, is regarded knell for the once-proud freighters, not by a long shot. tions—^Liberia and Panama—are Sepulveda, a driver out of SIU in the front ranks of those coun­ liners and warships that once as one of the highest salvage in balance as the work progresses. Lipsett Division officials liken this Transportation Services and Allied tries ordering 'new shipping. plowed mightily across the seven treasures. After the wreckers have carved technique to burning a candle at Workers-contracted Checker Cab Liberia, the prime haven of the seas. A vessel ending up here at the up sections of a ship Into bits and both ends. Any slip-ups in the unit 3, related how he picked up runaway United States oil compa­ two men at about 13:30 A.M.; re­ nies, is the recipient of more and shipwrecking yards of the Lipsett pieces, the remains are then process means that the hulk will cently and drove them to their more new supertankers. Mean­ Division of Luria Brothers & Com­ pressed into bundles. These bun­ sink to the bottom. Work begins first with this re­ destination. But, when they got while, American-flag tankers carry pany, Inc., is destined for a fiery dles are next delivered into the there, one of the passengers grab­ less than five percent of our na­ death in an open-hearth furnace. furnaces where they are melteid moval of the funnel and then con­ While its useful life as an ocean­ down for use in steel for new ships. tinues as a piece is lifted from bed Sepulveda from behind and tion's oil needs. going ship is at an end, its steel Thus, while the Lipsett yard is the the stem, and then another from put a knife to his throat while the As a result of the policies which plates are of high value for use in graveyard for old ships, it also the stem. This technique is fol­ other began to beat him and de­ ignore the needs of America's construction of new vessels for the provides the material for new lowed until the last plate of the mand money. merchant marine and allow our additions to the fleet. keel is removed. Sepulveda proved to be a man ships to desert to runaway flags, U.S. fleet. The art of demoll^ing an ocean­ The Lipsett Division, which is The Lipsett Division yard serves not easily robbed however, and our shipyards have been working going ship has been perfected at the largest shipwrecking organiza­ managed to break away and get at about half of their capacity. The as the graveyard for as many as the South Keamy yard where the tion in the world, has a backlog of 25 ships per year. They range outside the cab, where; although slowdown has forced many hun­ he was still' outnumbered, the bat­ dreds of skilled shipbuilders to from luxury liners to cargo vessels wrecking is done while a vessel is vessels that include the former tle continued. "They worked me seek work elsewhere, their long and world-famous warships that lying beside a pier. This method is school ship Empire State, several over pretty- badly," the driver re­ years of experience and know-how have all outlived their usefulness. used in contrast to other costlier naval and liberty ships as well as Workers at the yard rip into the operations where a ship Is either the superstructure of old Texas calls, "but once we were out of going to waste. superstructure and hull with flam­ beached or drydocked for demo­ Tower Number 3, which was dis­ the cab, I got in some pretty good The problems of Seafarers and blows." shipbuilders are closely connected. ing oxyacetylene torches, hammers lition. Another alternative is to mantled from its perch off the The robbers fled and Sepulveda One cannot thrive without the and other tools of the wrecking cut a vessel down to her water- coast of Massachusetts recently. hailed a policeman. They caught up other, and if one is not doing well trade to salvage every thing of with one of the robbers , a short neither will the other. A govern­ value out of the ve-ssel. An average distance from the scene. The ar­ ment policy that would rebuild Liberty ship, for instance, will yield rested holdup man would not re­ America's merchant marine, and about 3,000. tons of scrap steel veal the name of his partner, but bring it to the level, demanded for which has a value of about $30 per EXAMS THIS PERIOD: September 1 - September 30, 1964 police say the team WM responsible the greatest nation in the world ton on today's scrap market. Port Seamen Wives CTiildren TOTAL Shipwreckers, like their breth­ for robberies of 10 or 12 cab driv­ would bring work to shipbuilders 187 Baltimore 141 22 24 ers in recent months. and to the Seafarers who would ren in automobile junk yards, To help cut down on such rob­ sail the new American ships. To keep a sharp eye out for valuable 10 162 10 142 Houston beries, Sepulveda advises his fel­ that end, the seagoing unions and equipment that has a high re-sale 72 8 6 Mobile low cab drivers to cooperate with the shipbuilders union stand to­ value. Highly prized items include 254 24 15 New Orleans.... .,. . 215 the police by attending showups gether—in the AFL-CIO Maritime and reporting all suspicious look­ Trades Department—in the fight 508 26 37 New York ing ijeople who ride cabs late at to strengthen America's merchant 263 19 29 night. , . , marine—not only for the benefit One stickup team has b^ep i)f Seafarers and,shipbuilders, but 1,446 109 121 pretty well broken up, however. for the nation as a whole. SlU Cabbie's Struggle Nabs Taxi Robbers Shipwrecking Yard Awaits Old Vessels' Last Voyage SIU Clinic Exams—All Ports mts^TmLce, �Pat* Ten By Ai Tanner, Vice President ond Fred Fornen, Secretary-Treasurer, Great Lakes Lakes Shipping Awaits Big Freeze SEAFARERS LOG OMober 80, 1004 Giant Waves Found In Depths Of Ocean Scientists from Columbia University, supported by the pUESTIONt What kind of gear Office of Naval Research, have measured waves deep below do you toko with you when you the ocean's surface that often dwarf those on the top of the ship out? sea. • Delvin JohiMont I take lots of sea waves were made from instru­ These waves, the research­ ments that resemble underwater winter clothes and also some light ers of Columbia's Hudson La­ space wear for when it satellites. The oceanographic With the arrival of the Hastings and the expected arrival of the De Soto, the shipping picture in Detroit remains good. .The cold weather is starting to set in and general cargo movements on the Lakes are being loaded at a stedy pace before the big freeze. Old-timer, John Poliwka, was in the hall last week and left with boratories have found, run to gets hot. I also most of the pinochle money. Other old-timers on the beaoh are John scientists first made their findings take a transistor depths ranging down to four Schaad, Leo Troy, Carl Green, JoJe Arnold and Pete Fagan. in the warm waters of the Carib­ short-wave radio 1964 was the best shipping season for salt-water Jobs since the open­ miles. The observation of the deep bean and later confirmed them in and a swimming ing of the Seaway. We had seven Waterman ships, one Alcoa and one suit. I always in­ the depths of the Atlantic. Maritime Overseas. According to the reports we received, Waterman clude a swim­ The satellites the scientists used Steamship Company will be back next season with several vessels call­ ming suit in my were instrument packages en­ ing at ports on the Great Lakes. gear, because closed in^^ 13-inch aluminum Chicago swimming is spheres. The spheres are able to Shipping in the Chicago area has again and continues to be extremely great in some of float under the sea at any depth good and there is no let-up in sight, which is amazing for this time of the ports. up to 20,000 feet. The depth the year. The Detroit Edison (Boland & Cornelius) recalled her crew instruments operate at may be set after a three-week lay-off due to the ship being sent to the shipyard 4« it t by the scientists. for extensive repairs to her bottom. Tweny-seven plates were renewed Kenny Desmond: 1 take lots of The data collected by the satel­ after scraping her bottom coming out of the harbor in Muskegon. All WASHINGTON — The Govern­ heavy clothing, auch as heavy hands were happy to get back on the job. ment food stamp program to lites is relayed to instruments on underwear, the surface by sonic pings. The George Stevenson shipped re-* — supplement the diets of needy sweaters, and an cently aboard the Sylvania as spending period In history. How­ Americans will be expanded to 41 instruments were developed and oil skin and some operated under direction of Theo­ medical relief porter and Bill ever, this figure carried on Ameri­ states and the District of Columbia, good work shoes. Toler shipped on the Sullivan can ships accounts for only 11 per­ the Department of Agriculture an­ dore Pochapsky, senior research I always include associate at Hudson Laboratories. Brothers and will stay with her cent of the total grain shipment of nounced. In the Caribbean portion of the a radio in my The program Is now under way through lay-up. Bill Toler, by th.e 544 million bushels. Foreign and project, the satellites were used gear and a cam­ way, was the first SIU member Canadian ships carried the other in 43 areas of 21 states. The in­ era. Sometimes I to register in the Chicago hall 89 percent. All of this means that crease to be put into effect was in pairs under the notion that they take some books would remain in close proximity, when that branch was re-opened shipping will remain good in Buf­ authorized by Congress during the at the extreme depths. The satel­ that especially in June, 1959. falo in all departments for all rat­ summer. The food stamp program lites chose to bob and change interest me. Alpena ings. With the additional grain has been run on an experimental their distance from one another 4" 4 Alpena reports that shipping has elevators now in operation, some basis for three years. instead. The bobbing was found The Department said there will to be in direct reaction to the 'in­ slowed up for the first time this port officials feel this will affect Isiah Gordon: All I have to take year. We were sorry to hear about the size of the winter fleet ex­ be 87 areas in seven different ternal' waves below the surface, as far as work clothes go, are my states and the District of Columbia and consisted of regular up and Brother Norbert Werda's bad luck. pected to lay-up in this area. shoes. I'm in the where the program will go into down movements of about ten His home burned to the ground. steward depart­ Frankfort effect immediately. It also listed Brother Werda is a conveyorman ment and the The City of Green Bay is 13 other states which have asked feet. on the J. B. Ford. company fur­ Later the movements were expected out of the Manitowoc to participate in the program but Cleveland found to be not only confined to nishes everyshipyard any day. The City of Many oldtimers in the port of Grand Rapids is now laying up which have not submitted lists of the Caribbean. In the Atlantic, as thing else. Of Cleveland say that 1964 was the and the crew off this one will help designated areas where the food positions east of Bermuda and at course, I take the Equator, similar bobbing best they have ever seen. Things relieve the critical shortage of stamp plan should be used. some sports Under the plan, needy persons movements occurred. have finally slowed down to nor­ manpower. For the last two weeks clothes to wear mal, and many of the regulars are we have had only three book men buy food stamps from the govern­ around the ship Some of the undersea waves now starting to return to this area. registered on the Board. Lester ment with money they would were found to be monstrous com­ and then some George Karr is back on the beach, Sturtevant was transferred from ordinarily spend on food in stores. pared to those on the surface. dress clothes for when we hit port. as is Vince Carroll, who worked the Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital The government adds free stamps While the largest storm-or hurri­ 3^ 4 4" all season on the South Ameri­ in Frankfort to the USPHS hospi­ to the ones purchased so that cane-generated surface wave will recipients can get more food in can. Paul Blaha is in the St. tal in Detroit. Lester says that he Michael Kindya: I mostly take rarely exceed 40 to 50 feet, waves Joseph Memorial Hospital in would be happy to hear from his better variety. of 100 feet or more were found two or three pairs of dungarees, a The average participant gets $10 beneath the surface. Lorain and we wish him a speedy many friends. couple of pair of. in stamps for each $6 worth he recovery. Paul was seriously in­ work shirts, al The Columbia scientists are Duluth purchases. About 400,000 needy jured in a fall. Shipping remains good in all Americans are now covered by the planning further experiments to work hat and two! Buffalo find ocean areas where the inter­ or three pairs of I departments and book men are Grain shipments have broken still grabbing permanent jobs off plan, the figure to go to more than nal waves do not exist and where gloves. Nothing I four million. By next July, the all existing records during 1964 so heavy though, it I the Board. Old man Winter finally Agriculture Department expects they are at their strongest. They far, as two grain elevators were gets hot in the[ will try to discover the nature of reO'pened in Buffalo last week. arrived in Duluth with sleet, the present total of 400,000 to the underseas breakers which are engine room. ll snow and freezing temperatures reach the million mark. American bottoms carried 61.5 mil­ said to form when the internal also take along al Under the expansion of the pro­ waves wash up against the contin­ tape recorder! lion bushels which is more grain but we don't expect this to affect the shipping picture for at least gram, big cities will be included this year than in any other correental shelf about 50 miles off the and my gear al­ another month Carl Davis, AB, for the first time. They include coast of North America. ways includes my books to study was with us one day and shipped Chicago, Denver, Baltimore, Min­ Through the existence of such for an engineer's license. on a permanent job the next; here neapolis, Cincinnati and Little Internal waves was discovered be­ today, and gone tomorrow. That's Rock. 4 4 4 fore from the measurement of dif­ In areas where the plan is al­ ferent ocean temperatures, the the way it's been ali year. Henry Simmons: I take whatIn case you're around any of the ready in operation, the govern­ present research was the first to ever I need to work in and my bowling alleys in Chicago, there's ment's direct distribution program give demonstrations of the verti­ working tools •— is cut out. Congress has already cal movement of waves at under­ knives and other WASHINGTON — A high- i ; a good chance you'll see SIU granted $60 million to operate the cultelry, since I ij ranking official of the AFL- i : United Industrial Worker's mem­ food stamp program for the fiscal sea depths. bers on the boards. Cinch Plant am a night baker. i i CIO has been named by Presi- ; The scientists also plan to do year 1965. The legislation that put For myself I al­ I • dent Johnson to direct the ; ? Workers, 32 members, have started the food stamp program on a research on underseas tides and a bowling league and we hope ways take my ; community action part of the • underseas 'weather' with the satel­ regular basis has authorized $100 record player j j Government's antipoverty pro- ? they're on top at the end of the million for the fiscal year starting lite devices. Submarinal tidal bowling season. The team is wear­ and a stack of movements have already been I; gram. ing white shirts and blouses with next July 1. records and some studied in the Caribbean, where Jack T. Conway, executive : -I sports clothes. I they moved the satellites up and . director of the AFL-CIO In- ; ; blue lettering that reads "UIW, usually have a down a distance of 100 feet on a f| dustrial Union Department i • Local 300, Seafarers Interna­ suit too, for special occasions. regular twice daily basis. II will take a leave of absence 11 tional Union, AFL-CIO." The Chi­ 11 from his labor post to serve in i I cago MTD is stiil supporting Local Quick shifts in the flow of 4 4 4 ll the antipoverty program as ; 192 Automobile Sales Workers in masses of warm or cold water be­ their beef with Johnson Ford. deputy to Sargent Shriver, low the ocean brings the phenomVictor Bejarano: I take some The newspaper strike in De­ director of the Office of i; enom of underseas 'weather.' In light pants, tee shirts, a hat and ' Economic Opportunity, the I: troit is now more than 100 days certain regions, the movement of some gloves. new agency that wili carry out il old and the unions and publishers water of different temperatures Working In the are still deadlocked with no settle­ ll the aptipoverty program. from the North Atlantic or the engine depart­ In his new post, Conway |; ment in sight. The big Issue in Mediterranean is said to be like ment as long as the movement of air from the I have, I think II will administer Federal grants i ; this strike is automation. The polar regions which change our that is all the 11 to communities and states to H newspapers want to install ma­ surface weather. 11 assist them in local projects, i : chines that can be operated by one personal gear f I More than 250 cities, counties i 1 man. The Printing Pressmen, Changes in local currents under necessary. Of 11 and groups have reportedly i j Local 13, and Paper and Plate the water are also. being studied course I include |J indicated interest in starting i I Handlers, Local 10, are willing with the satellites. Those ques­ some dress I; local projects such as slum ; I to bargain at the tables but the tions which cannot now be an­ clothes in my clearance, pre-school clinics. i| publishers want to go to arbitra­ swered by the present form of the gear and a radio. I recommend a tion. The Union membership voted remedial education classes and satellites may find their answers good pair of protective shoes to unanimously to reject any form of ; work-training programs. from a refined form of the in­ anyone in the engine department, arbitration. strument now under development. too. ' iisl Food Stamp Distribution Is Widened Anti-Poverty Post Goes To Labor Officsal �0«tober S«, 1964 SEAFARERS fage Klerem LOG "Port O'Call TV SHOW BACKS MEDICARE—America's elderly and their sons and daughters presented the case for Social Security-hacked medicare on a CBS-TV network half-hoUr program on Sunday, October 25. E. G. Marshall, star of "The Defenders" video show, was the only professional actor in the program sponsored by the National Council for Senior Citi­ zens. Called "Rx for a Nightmare," the show depicted the often heart­ breaking plight of elderly persons whose illnesses often force them to use up their life's savings for hospital and medical bills. It also showed the financial effect the illnesses of the elderly have on their hardpressed families. Senator Clinton P. Anderson (D.-N.M.) and famed baby doctor Benjatnin Spock, both on the show, spoke in favor of the Medicare bill. ii t LAWMAKERS LAUD EDUCATION ACT—Expansion and improve­ ment of the National Defense Education Act was one of the chief accomplishments of the last Congress, Representatives Edith Green (D.-Ore.) and Alvin E. O'Konski agreed in intgrviews on the AFL-CIO radio program "Washington Reports to the People." The Act, Mrs. Green pointd out, was expanded to include history, geography and English, as well as science, mathematics and engineering. Title III of the NDEA was broadened, she said, so equipment purchased in the three additional subjects would be possible. Since the bill was enacted, O'Konski reported 60,000 able and needy students have obtained loans under its provisions. The interest rate on the loan is three percent, and the loans do not become payable until after the student completes his schooling. t. MORE UNIONS BACK JOHNSON-HUMPHREY—Three more inter­ national unions have endorsed the Johnson-Humphrey ticket—the Lithographers & Photoengravers, Bookbinders and Chemical Workers. For the Lithographers & Photoengravers, it was their first political endorsement. Even before their recent merger, neither union had ever backed a candidate. The Chemical Workers endorsement came at their 19th convention in Miami Beach. The endorsement was made by a sustained, loud and unanimous voice vote of the 500 delegates in at­ tendance. The executive board's note on the elections called the Goldwater-Miller team "hip-shpoting reactionaries" who are so viciously anti-union that "we must urge their total defeat." The Cigar Makers Union, cele­ brating its 100th anniversary this year, is back on an upswing In membership after several years of decline because of the impact of automation and the embargo on Cuban tobacco. The member­ ship rise—now up to 30,000—is thanks in part to the nation's changing ^ smoking habits. More and more Americans arg now en­ joying cigars—to the tune of seven billion cigars smoked yearly. The union's convention in New York unanimously endorsed the Johnson-Humphrey ticket. The workers of the mammoth General Dynamics Electric Boat Division shipyard in Quincy, Mass., have voted by an overwhelm­ ing 18-1 margin to join the Ship­ builders Union. The vote in the NLRB election was 2,098 for Shipbuilders Local 5; 99 for no union; 317 for rival Local 90, and 39 for no union. Union president John J. Grogan, who led the or­ ganizing drive, said the workers "refusal to give credence to the company's urgings to vote "no union" is undeniable evidence of their unflinching resolution to stand united to safeguard their hand-won gains and win their just rights." i t Labor, business education and community groups in Denver have joined together to sponsor a train­ ing program for more than 500 un­ employed family heads and their dependents in the Denver-Puebio area. Head of the project is Herrick Roth, board member of the Teachers Union and president of the Colorado AFL-CIO. The pro­ gram will be called Job Oppor­ tunity Center, Inc., and will pro­ vide training and testing on an In­ dividual basis for those 500 and their dependents in the Denver area who constitute part of the chronically unemployed or are wel­ fare recipients or lack skills. In a major breakthrough in its southern organizing drive, the United Furniture Workers has won the right to represent workers at the White Furniture Company, which has plants in Mebane and Hillsborck North Carolina. The vic­ tory came in an NLRB election in which almost two out of three em­ ployees voted for the union. The final vote was 240 to 139 with 22 votes challenged. The UFW began its organizing efforts at the com­ pany in July, as part of a drive to bring decent wages and working conditions to the heart of the fur­ niture industry in the southeast. 4" A new three-year contract at the Bridgeport Brass Company has guaranteed a full union shop, seveirance pay, wage increases and other benefits to the com­ pany's 1,600 workers, who are members of the AFL-CIO Brass Workers Local 24411. The wage increases will be seven cents an hour, plus inequity increases of from two to five cents for jobs in listed classifications in the first and third year of the contract. Other benefits won by the union are pension fund improvements, better holiday pay and vacation and insurance benefits. 4. A1 Gord of Seattle was elected to a vice presidency of the Up­ holsterers International Union after the resignation of former vice president Reed Stoney. Be­ fore his election, Gord was a busi­ ness agent of UIU Local 6. Seafarers will have a double duty com­ pared with the average citizen in coming days. While most Americans will have only one election to take part in, Seafarers will have two—one for the leaders of their national and local governments and the other for the leaders of their union. The national elections, of course, are of great importance for Seafarers and for the nation as a whole. They will provide the leadership for our nation and for the western world for the next four years, and allow Americans to choose the type of policies that they feel will best serve the interests of themselves, their families and their nation. There is an area, however, where the national and the SIU elections have a great similarity. It is in the sense of responsibility the Seafarer shows toward the society he lives in and works in. A responsible citizen is usually a responsible union member and vice-versa. In both elections the Seafarer has the, same obligation to himself to study the candidates and their records before making up his mind. Moreover, he has an obligation to make up his mind and to vote. Too often we tend to let others do our thinking for us by neglecting to do it our­ selves. That sort of attitude makes a person a poor trade unionist as well as a poor citizen. To aid the Seafarer in making his choice in the SIU elections, the last issue of the LOG (October 16) ran a special election supple­ ment giving the names, experience and posi­ tions of each candidate for union office. The elections will run from November 2 to December 31, and will be conducted at all port offices on weekdays between 9 A.M. and 5 P.M. and on Saturdays between 9 A.M. and 12 noon. The Credentials Committee has quahfied 64 candidates for the 45 official union posts up for election. Details on the candidates may be found in the October 16 issue of the LOG, as mentioned previously. Copies of. that special election supplement have been made available to each candidate in equal numbers. In addition, candidates will be doing their own electioneering. Sea­ farers owe it to themselves to acquaint themselves with the candidates who are up for leadership positions in the union before they go to the polling booths. Above everything else, it is important that Seafarers vote in their Union election. You are urged to cast your ballot. Important Election This will be the last LOG editorial on the national elections before they are held. Many Seafarers, who will pick up this issue in some foreign port, will read this after election day. For those who see it in time, however, we hope the message will not be lost. The SIU, and the trade union movement generally, has devoted more time and care to this election than any other in recent history. The reasons for the energy expended by ourselves and our brothers in the AFLCIO are plain. For the American worker more is riding on the outcome of this elec­ tion than any other we can remember. At stake is the future well-being of the trade union movement and the broad policies for social improvement that have marked the progress of our nation. At stake also is the vital business of responsible leadership in a world that possesses the means to destroy itself. In past weeks the LOG has tried to present the issues, as we see them in the SIU, to our readers. Armed with the facts. Seafarers now have their duty as citizens to vote on election day. �Pace Twelre SEAFARERS OoUber M. 1N4 LOG On The Way To Conversion Berth By Robert A. Matthews, Vice-President, Contracts, & Bill Hall, Headquarters Rep. Overtime Questions Ciahified A wide range of shipboard beefs are covered in the selection of questions sent into the Union over the last period. The first was sent in by Pete Blalack, ship's delegate on the Mount Washington. Question: "In the case of deck watchstanders, while on watch on Sat­ urday or Sunday, pulling buckets during mucking operations, would Article III, Section 7(c) or Article III, Section 21(c) of the Standard Tanker Agreement apply. To be even more specific, what overtime would be applicable to (for instance) an ,^.B. for pulling buckets while on an overtime weekend watch? Inasmuch as pulling buckets is not one of the exceptions noted in Article III, Section 7(c) 1, 2, 3, or 4, it Is the concensus here that the specified rate for this work is in addition to the overtime payable for the week-end watch." Answer: You are correct. The A.B. is entitled to overtime for pull­ ing buckets while on week-end watch in accordance with the Stand­ ard Tanker Agreement", Article III, Section 7(c). Reference: Standard Tanker Agreement, Article III, Section 7(c): "If a man standing regular watch at sea or in port on ^turdays, Sun­ days or Holidays, for which he receives overtime, is required to work he shall be paid overtime in addition to the overtime that he receives for standing the regular sea watch on Saturdays, Sundays, or Holidays with the following exceptions: 4^ — 1. Cleaning quarters as outlined shall be divided Into five areas— in Article HI, Section 19. Pacific Northwest; California; At­ 2. Those duties outlined in Sec­ lantic Coast area, North of Cape tion 6 (d) above. Hatteras; Atlantic Coast area. On her way to Mobile where she will be converted Into a bullc-cargo-contalner carrier for 3. Docking or undocking as out­ South of Cape Hatteras; and the lined in Article HI, Section 13. SlU Pacific District-contracted Matson Navigation, the Marina Dragon passes beneath the Gulf Coast area." 4. Routine work for the safe Golden Gate Bridge In San Francisco under tow by the SlU Inland Boatmen's Union-contracted navigation of the vessel." Question: In cases where men deep sea tug Titan, operated by Mobile Towing & Wrecking. When completed the C-4 will The following question was sent are replaced after the original be re-named and placed in the California-Hawaii trade. in by James Martin on the West­ articles have been signed, must ern Clipper. the decision and the amount of transportation paid depend upon Question: "I would like to have circumstances under which the a clarification of Section 21, replaced seaman have been Paragraph (e). It states that a repatriated? minimum of three men are re Although the Persian Gulf has quired to handle butterworthing not been mentioned as a possible machines. The question is, is the port of payoff it must be given Bosun included in the three men?" WASHINGTON—The SlU-contracted Sea-Land Service Answer: There is nothing in the serious consideration. The previous has protested to the Interstate Commerce Commission the agreement that states that the articles expired, and the replace­ latest of many examples of railroad rate slashing designed Bosun must be used or may. not ments were flown to join the ship there. The doubts expressed at to undercut the position of-^ SAN FRANCISCO — The SIU be used In the butterworthing this point in the discussion are California, to the east coast cities Pacific District-contracted Matson operation. We would like to point most pronounced. domestic water carriers. out that the agreement provides of Boston, New York and Buffalo. The Sea-Land protest in­ Navigation Company has awarded that three men are to be used Answer: No. The time aboard The decreased rates were sched­ volves a decision by the Freight the ship would not be a factor as more than $10 million in contracts when shifting butterworthing ma­ Forwarders Bureau, a railroad uled to go into effect October 28 to the amount or type of transpor­ chines but only one man is to for reconversion work on the two supported agency to chop freight unless the ICC decides to use its tation he would receive, regardless stand by the machines after it has investigatory powers to , block C-4s it acquired under the Ship rates on less-than-earload ship­ .of what port he was flown to In been shifted. ments of rubber and plastic foot­ them. Sea-Land says the reduc­ Exchange Act. Reference: Article HI, Section order to join the ship. His trans­ tions will "equalize or undercut" wear moving from Garden Grove, Work on the surplus former 21(e), Standard Tanker Agree­ portation would be governed as to its prevailing rates and, in some instances, will be lower by 15 to troopships, the Marine Devil and ment: "A minimum of three men his original port of engagement 17 cents per hundredweight. the Marine Dragon, will be done shall be required for the purpose when he was flown from the US. Reference: The same as above. Sea-Land maintains there is no by the Alabama Dry Dock and of shifting butterworthing ma­ competitive justification for the Shipbuilding Company in Mobile. chines. When butterworthing ma­ Question: When the Bosun chines are in operation one man reduction, and also points out that working the watch on deck on The contract calls for completion shall be required to stand by the the forwarders proposed the same Saturday, Sunday or Holidays for machines. The man who is. stand­ of work on the Marine Dragon by rate for New York as for Boston which the watch on deck receives —a greater distance — while the next May and on the Marine Devil ing by the machines shall do no additional overtime, what rate is other work. However, the other water carrier charges a higher by July. men may be required, to perform the Bosun entitled to? TOKYO—Japanese ship opera­ rate for Boston-bound goods. Answer: The Bosun receives the Add 110 Feet other work between 8 AM and On the Pacific coast, water car­ tors, who think America's 50-50 same amount of overtime per hour Both ships will be lengthened 5 PM Monday through Friday." cargo preference laws are unfair, riers are also having their share as paid to a member of the watch apparently take an opposite posi­ of trouble with railroad rate cut­ by 110 feet, making each 630 feet Question: "Are crewmembers on deck, in lieu of his regular ting practices. Columbia River long. The lengthening will be ac­ who were picked up in foreign overtime rate. tion in their own country. The Japanese shippers are up grain haulers have complained to complished by the addition of new ports entitled to transportation to Reference: Article HI, Section in arms over a sweeping revision the ICC suspension Board of an midbody sections. In addition, the their original port of engagement 2, 2nd paragraph of Standard in Japanese maritime policy that upcoming reduction of rail rates ships will be redesigned to handle as slated In the Agreement." Freight Agreement: "If the Boat­ would, among things, allow Japa­ for grain moving along a parallel container, bulk sugar and auto­ Answer: No. The transportation swain is required to work with and nese foreign aid cargoes to be route. "If the rate reductions be­ mobile cargoes. section of the agreement does not supervise the watch on deck on When the vessels join the com­ cover a port of engagement which Saturdays, Sundays, or Holidays, allocated on an open-to-all-flags come effective they will divert the basis. Formerly, Japan, like the traffic to the rail carriers." the pany's fleet next year, Matson ex­ is outside of the continental United for which the watch on deck re­ pects to have the capacity for States. United States, had a provision in shipping officials warned. ceives additional overtime, he The water carriers, along with carrying all "containerizable" her maritime procedures that set Reference: Standard Tanker shall receive the same amount of aside 50 percent of foreign rssist- other protesting interests, re­ cargo in the California-Hawaii Agreement, Article II, Section 55 overtime per hour as paid to a ance cargoes for Japanese bot­ minded the ICC that it had found freight run. —TRANSPORTATION AND PAY­ member of the watch on deck, in present rail rates unreasonably toms. The C-4s are now enroute to ING OFF PROCEDURE — (b) "It lieu of his regular overtime rate. The provision was born several low in hearings earlier this year. Mobile under tow by tugs. The is agreed that the Articles shall In submitting questions and years ago when Japan initiated a New hearings were ordered but a trip is expected to take six weeks. terminate at the final port of dis­ work situations for clarification, credit deal with India that origi­ final decision has not been ren­ Both vessels will be renamed when charge in the continental United delegates and crews are remind­ nally consigned 90 percent of the dered yet. they go into regular operation. States of America. If the final port ed once again to provide as much If the ICC does not act to fore­ cargoes for carriage in Indian-flag The Ship Exchange Act, under of discharge is located in an area detail as possible setting forth ships. The Japanese owners, of stall the railroads, the lower rates which the vessels were acquired, other than the area in the conti­ the circumstances of any dispute. course, did not like the arrange­ on the eoast will go into effect allows unsubsidized American-flag nental United States in which is Besides those mentioned, some of ment and campaigned against it October 30. operators to exchange older ships located the port of engagement, the members who were sent clari­ until they won a 50-50 rule. for more efficient ones from the firstclass transportation shall be fications on various subjects dur­ It is doubtful whether the new Government Reserve Fleet. provided to only those men who ing the past few days included policy will succeed, however, since In another Matson development, leave the vessel, plus wages and the following: Morty Kerngood, It goes against the direct intei'cst the passenger liner Matsonia has subsistence to port of engagement Oiga; Rueben Belletty, Del Norte; of Japanese ship operators. Japan, been renamed the Lurline and will in continental United States, or at Paul Arthofer, Dei Soi; James P. a nation which must trade to sur­ become the flagship of the com­ the seamen's option, cash equiva­ Lomax, York; Gecirge Schmidt, vive, is very dependent: on the pany's fleet. The original Lurline lent of the actual cost of first class Cantigny; Antonio R. Russo and health of her huge merchant fleet was sold recently to a British ship­ rail transportation shall be paid." Mike Salcedo, Seatrain Texas; for the maintenance of her cur­ ping concern, the sale being re­ (d) "For the purpose of this Sec­ Edward J. Rogg, Tamara Guiiden; rently booming economy. ported in the last issue of the LOG. tion, the Continental United States Otto R. Hoepner, Robin Sherwood. Sea-Land Protests Freight Rate Slash JapaneseDo Flip-Flop On 50-50 Law Matson Lets Contracts To Remodel C-4s �0«Mw M. 1»M SEAFARERS Pare ThlrfeeB LOG AFL-CIO Sees Johnson Win Aiding Pro-Lai)or Legisiation Accepts First Check WASHINGTON—AFL-CIO Legislative Director Andrew J. Biemiller predicted that a Johnson-Humphrey victory on Nov. 3 will bring in with it a more liberal Congress which will complete the unfinished business of the 88th Congress. He foresaw, in a network"^ radio interview, enactment of doesn't think there Is any real sion to scrap social security legis­ such labor goals as hospital likelihood of a Goldwater victory. lation this year rather than adopt care for the aged, a shorter work­ week, double time for overtime, a higher minimum wage and ex­ tended coverage under the Fair Labor Standards Act. If the election should add 20 or 25 new liberals to Congress, Bie­ miller said, there would be a real chance to make needed revision in the Taft-Hartley Act.. Biemiller, in the Labor News Conference interview, praised the record of the 88th Congress as "the most productive" since 1936. "It is a Congress that has met many needs that had long been overlooked," he said. "It is a Con­ gress that has broken new ground . . . that has passed important labor legislation." Biemiller agreed that if Goldwater were elected President, It would be "the death knell for the basic programs of the labor move­ ment." The Republican presiden­ tial nominee, Biemiller said, would like "to repeal laws protecting the right of labor to organize and have national unions." Biemiller said, however, that he Charges GOP Victory Would Sink Maritime On the contrary, he declared, "there Is every indication that President Johnson will be elected this fall" and that the new Con­ gress will be "an even more lib­ eral body than the current one has been." The AFL-CIO legislative spokes­ man strongly supported the deci­ a program which would likely rule out hospital care for the ,aged. "The most important problem confronting the elderly people of this country is hospital costs," he stressed. The leading senior citi­ zen organizations agreed com­ pletely with this policy, Biemiller noted. NLRB Appeals To High Court Calls Plant Closing Anti-Union Gimmick WASHINGTON — The Darlington Manufacturing Com­ pany had no right to liquidate one of its 102 textile plants to avoid bargaining with a union or to punish its employes Jor voting union, the National^ Labor Relations Board said its administration over 30 years, it continued to justify the sugges­ in a brief filed in the Su­ tion that an employer may "en­ preme Court. It is difficult, the brief argued, "to think of any plainer or harsh­ er form of coercion and restraint than closing down and dismissing all the employees in a unit" be­ cause they have "ventured to se­ lect a labor organization" as their bargaining representative. gage in anti-union discrimination, coercion and restraint." The question here, it declared, is whether an employer commits an unfair labor practice if he liquidates one plant to frustrate union organization in that plant. Such action, it said, "conveys to the remaining employees In the other plants that they too" may lose their employment. Remedy Proposed The board said its proposed remedy was a reasonable one un­ der the circumstances. It directed Deering-Milliken to rehire the Darlington employees at its other mills or to put them on a prefer­ ential'hiring list at those mills; to bargain with the union about the rehiring, and to reimburse Dar­ lington workers for the wages they lost because of the firm's unlaw­ ful practices. The 4th Circuit refused to en­ force the board's order as to re­ hiring, bargaining and lost wages. Veteran Seafarer Arthur Graf (center) recently ended his long career sailing on the high seas when he accepted his first pension check from SlU rep. Leon Hall (r). Graf's wife Nancy looks on. Graf, who sailed In the steward department, last shipped on the Overseas Rose (Overseas Carriers). Davis-Bacon Act Revisions Hit Non-Union Operators DETROIT—^The SIU Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region and other inland water operations have hailed the recentlyadopted revisions to the Davis-Bacon Act which eliminate an unfair advantage previously • enjoyed by non-union oper- operator could submit lower bids ators in making bids on fed­ because he did not have to in­ erally-financed construction proj­ ects. The revised Davis-Bacon Act, passed by Congress and recently signed by President Johnson, pro­ vides that all contractors bidding on federally-financed work must include the prevailing costs of fringe benefits enjoyed by union workers along witti the prevailing wage scale. The SIU was among the union organizations backing the fight to up-date the Act. Many of the union contractors engaged in construction work had been losing a considerable amount of this government work because they had to include the cost of union-won fringe benefits in addi­ tion to wages while the non-union The board a.sked the high court to reverse a ruling by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals at Rich­ WASHINGTON—The election of mond, Va., and to uphold a board Barry Goldwater would "surely order against Darlington, part of sink the American merchant ma­ the vast Deering-Milliken chain rine," the chairman of the Federal owned by Roger Milliken and his Maritime Commission, Rear Ad­ family. miral John Harlee USN (Ret.), de­ Court Ruling I" clared. The Circuit Court had rul^J 3-2 "Left to the tender neglect of that an employer has an "absolute Barry. Goldwater and the people who think like him, our merchant prerogative" to go out of b/isiness marine would disappear from the permanently and no court iV.ay tell trade lanes of the world," Harlee him he cannot. This ruli/ig, the told a group of Texans. AFL-CIO said in a "friend of the Goldwater's oft-repeated views court" brief filed in August, about getting government out of business and his opposition to sub­ "emasculates the language and sidy programs might lead him to policy" of the National Labor Re­ attempt the repeal of the Mer­ lations Act. chant Marine Act of 1936, Harlee It would be absurd, the AFLsaid. CIO said, to hold that a threat The Act is the basis of the gov­ •to close a plant if a union won an NEW YORK—French artist Albert Brenet says he is a ernment subsidy program for the U.S.-flag fleet, a program which election is a law violation but that happy man. He has been able to spend his life enjoying the aids the stricken maritime in­ the actual closing is not. That's wonders of the two things he loves best—painting and the sea. dustry with $200 million yearly in what Darling did, said the labor Brenet has done thousands operating and construction sub­ brief, when it first threatened to His pictures of the French of paintings of ships all over sidies. close the Darlington, S.C., plant if superliner Normandie became The FMC chairman also pointed the workers voted for the Textile the world. Many of his paint­ famous even before the vessel put out that Goldwater has voted Workers Union of America, and ings have been commissioned by to sea. His many paintings of the against 12 of 13 recent trade ex­ then ceased operations just before shipping companies and have ap­ ship, which was eventually pansion bills which had bipartisan Christmas 1956, throwing 500 peared on brochures and advertise­ destroyed by fire in New York in support. The increased trade that workers out of their jobs. ments in addition to hanging on the early 1940s, Included interiors Goldwater opposes means more the walls of many a posh office. and artist's conceptions used in Plant Liquidated cargoes for American ships and But where the picture finally winds brochures describing the vessel. The NLRB brief, meeting a up interests the artist very little. more jobs for American seamen. During World War II, although Harlee, who took pains to say he point cited by the appeals judges, He enjoys painting the colorful he drove a truck in the French was stating his personal views and said Darlington did not actually go canvasses and when one is finished Army, his talent was put to use not necessarily those of the FMC, out of business but simply liqui­ it is time to start another. to publicize the French Navy, a also said that the American voter dated one plant and transferred No shoreside artist, Brenet lias job he did »o well that he was managerial employees to other "will find that there is not one plants or put them on a preferen­ gone to sea to get the flavor and awarded the Legion d'Honneur. word about the American mer­ tial hiring list. Born in the ancient French port mystery of a seafaring life to put chant marine, its problems, its in his pictures. Back in 1930 for city of Harfleur, there were many Whatever the facts may be instance, to capture the wonders of seafaring men in the Brenet family purposes or its survival in the pages of the Republican platform." where an employer liquidates his the rapidly disappearing sailing and many stories of men who In contrast, Harlee said, the entire business, at Darlington, ships, he worked his way through sailed away never to return. Democratic platform "pledges that there is "no serious obstacle to the Caribbean on the threeHe has painted many other the Maritime Administration will framing a fair and effective rem­ masted barque Bonchamp. Much things in his long career—parades, give full time and attention to edy where the same employer con­ of the sight and color of his more foreign scenes, almost anything promoting a vigorous policy of tinues to operate other major units recent paintings still reflects the colorful and exciting—but Brenet strengthening and modernizing of the business," the NLRB said. impressions he carried back from has always returned to his first our merchant fleet." I There is noihing in the law or that 45 day voyage. loves—the sea and ships. Artisf s First Loves Are Sea And Ships clude the fringe benefits costs. In 1931, when Congress passed the Davis-Bacon Act providing for a prevailing wage requirement in work on Federal projects, fringe benefits enjoyed by union mem­ bers under union welfare and pen­ sion plans scarcely existed. Today however, these types of fringe ben­ efits are, in effect, as much a part of wages as the cash payment it­ self. It is for this reason that unions with memberships engaged in aspects of federally-financed construction began a campaign to have the Davis-Bacon Act up-dated to meet prevailing union condi­ tions. Robert Jones, Director of the SIU Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region, said that the revisions in the Davis-Bacon Act "represent an important gain for SIU mem­ bers engaged in various inland waters operations — especially those in the tug and dredge field. "This will keep the non-union operator from enjoying an edge in bidding against union-contracted operators on federal construction jobs," he said. In urging revision of the DavisBacon Act, the unions maintained that up-dating of the law was nec­ essary to protect the jobs and wage scales enjoyed by union members, as well as to protect liv­ ing standards in local communi­ ties. Use Only One Mail Address Seafarers with beefs regard­ ing slow payment of monies due from various operators in back wages and disputed overtime should,first check whether they have a proper mailing address on file with the company. SIU headquarters olTicials point out that reports received from sev­ eral operators show checks have been mailed to one address while a beef on the same score Is sent from another, thus cre­ ating much difficulty in keeping accounts straight. �Pare Foartecn SEAFARERS LOG I/.S. Shipbuilding Dec/ines Despite Worldwide Boom By Joseph B. Logue, MD, Medical Director LONDON—The latest statistics on maritimr oonstruction show that while business in the I ^ ^ world's shipyards is booming, the U.S. shipbuilding activity has actually declined in the CIU6S Oil HUHiail Organ Transplants last three months, Lloyd's Register of Shipping, put out by the famed British maritime A radical series of experiments being conducted by a research team at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology may give the elues to reporting society here, re-^ vealed that business in the raising from 779,288 tons in the tons and over. The report covers solving the problems of transplanting human organs. The program involves operations on ovine fetuses (unborn lambs) outside of the world's shipyards hit recorc second quarter to 914,729 in the the nations of the world with the the uterus of the anesthetized mother. The experiments may also exception of the Soviet Union, East levels in the third quarter of 1964. third quarter. provide information on how the adult develops Immunity to infectious The British society's quatrterly Germany and Red China. The same report shows that the diseases and how transplanted organs from one human to another are report disclosed that there was al­ United States is ranked seventh rejected by the recipient body. The studies are being conducted by among world shipbuilding nations most 5 million tone of ship con­ Dr. A. M. Silverstein, a civilian immunologist, and Captain K. L. Kraner, This information will give small struction which was slated for an Air Force veterinarian, for the Army Medical Research and Devel­ either export or registration in comfort to Seafarers and the opment Command, as reported in the U.S. NAVY MEDICAL NEWS other countries than the ones in American maritime industry who LETTERS recently. which the vessels were being built. have been urging Government ac­ U.S. yards failed to attract any The surgical procedure involves removing the tiny fetus from the tion to shore up the U.S. merchant mother's uterus, leaving It attached only to the umbilical cord. While fleet. The American fleet is stead­ significant part of this construc­ DETROIT—^The booming St. out of the uterus, the fetus can be immunized, grafted with tissues ily dwindling because of obso­ tion. Leaders in this category were lescence and desertions by run­ Japan, Sweden, West Germany and Lawrence Seaway—now in the from another animal or have its thymus removed. (The thymus gland France. midst of a record-breaking season is considered to play a major role in developing immunity in the away operators. Maritime experts point to two —^has begun to suffer from growing animal). The fetus is then returned to its mother's uterus and again Lloyd's Register reports that removed at a later date for the investigators to study the response of there were 1,563 vessels totaling major reasons for the upsurge in pains. world ship construction activity. While tonnage is up sharply the fetus to antigenic stimulus—what It will respond to, when, and what 10.6 million gross tons under con­ The 'first is that the fast pace of along the Seaway's length (from 18 type of stimulus. struction in the third quarter of competition among the world's million tons last season to 24 this The values oT the program are at least three fold, namely, by ex­ 1964. This construction set a shipbuilders has resulted in very season), low water levels on the panding the basic knowledge of the body's response to immunization; peacetime record which compared low constructitm prices. The sec­ Great Lakes, pollution and a con­ also it might provide better approaches to immunization of the new­ the same period in 1958, when 1,563 ships were being built for a ond is that the age of the world tinuing traffic jam at the Welland born against infectious diseases and may give plues to some of the fleet is steadily growing older, and Canal are tempering the optimism problems in skip and organ transplantation. total of 10.2 million gross tons. there is a growing demand for re­ of Seaway officials. The most amazing result of the experiment is that the operations do The report disclosed that Japan placement of obsolescent tonnage. not interfere with pregnancy nor impede the development of the fetus. The Welland Canal bottleneck is continued to hold first place among Lloyd's report revealed that the world's shipbuilders, account­ about half of the world's ship con­ the most immediate problem. Traf­ The amazing thing according to Dr. Kraner was that the operations ing for 2.5 million tons. Two other struction is planned for the oil fic on the Canal has risen from could be performed virtually with impunity. At the beginning, they nations also topped the mark of tanker fleet. The increase in the 23.5 miliion tons last year to 30 doubted that the fetuses would survive but they did. one million tons of shipping under oil tanker category totalled 226,638 million this year, and the added According to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, the fetal lamb construction. They were Great tons over the figure for the previ­ shipping is causing serious delays. Is not the only animal that can produce immunity in utero. Their Some vessels have had to wait as study of aborted fetuses has shown that when human fetus develops Britain with 1.7 million tons and ous quarter. Sweden with 1.07 million tons. Total tanker tonnage under con­ long as 60 hours to make the 28 congenital infections such as syphilis and others as a result of maternal The report found that the U.S. struction was found to amount to mile transit of the waterway. For infection, it also attempts to protect itself by immune response. Drs. had 55 ships under construction 5.1 million tons as Oct. 1. Of short-haul Lakes carriers, depend­ Silverstein and Kraner hope the understanding of these processes in for a total of 471,207 tons as of this figure, 1.06 million tons were ent on quicky trips, the delays the fetus may provide clues for improving immunization in the newOct. 1. This was a drop from the scheduled to be registered under mean disruption of saUing sched­ boms. There has been much publicity in the last few years in regard to 487,082 ton figure that was being the Norwegian flag, 988,960 tons in ules. One shipping official warned transplanting organs from one human to another. This interest has built on July 1 of this year. Liberia, 947,393 tons in Great Brit­ that "the purpose of the canal been in part due to publicized reports of successful and often unsuc­ Lloyd's reported that one coun­ ain and 384,755 tons in Japan. system is being defeated by the try, West Germany, experienced an Lloyd's quarterly report covers fact that many new modern ships cessful kidney transplants. These transplants, however, have involved the use of immune suppressive drugs which not only lower the body's upturn during the reporting period merchant shipping of 100 gross capable of handling a large volume natursO; tendency to resist foreign tissue but also the body's resistance of tonnage in the system are losing to other foreign substances as cold viruses. It would be ideal if these valuable time." transplants could be successful without the use of those drugs which Pollution is another growing lower the body's resistance to various diseases. Drs. Kraner and Silver­ problem. "While Seaway regula­ stein are trying td find out if and how this would be possible. tions prohibit the discharge of oil, sludge, garbage or any other flammable or dangerous substance AFL-CIO Looks Ahead into the water, the evidence seems A Carrot-shaped to point out that the rule is not being obeyed. under-ice capsule A recent Congressional resolu­ built by Alpine Geo­ tion has urged Seaway officials physical Associates, and the nations using the Seaway to use any means available to re­ which operates the duce oil pollution on the waterway , SlU-manned research or its adjacent waters. The low water levels on the WASHINGTON—^The AFL-CIO gave the 88th Congress a vessel Anton Brunn, Lakes is a longer-ranged problem | high grade for its two-year record of accomplishment, but has been successfully requiring a comprehensive solu­ listed nine major items of "unfinished business" to be put on depth tested for the tion from the governments of the the agenda of the next Con- > • United States and Canada. Officials AFL-CIO Pres. George Meany National Science of the two countries are now in gress. termed congressional rules reform The 74-page booklet, Labor the midst of making surveys and Foundation's Antarc­ tests, but the end to low water Looks at the 88th Congress, necessary "to prevent the will of tic Research program. level problem still seems far off. analyzes 58 -issues on which the Congress from being frustrated by AFL-CIO took a stand, ranging its own rules," The capsule will al­ The "great record" of the 88th from one man, one vote reap­ low scientists to portionment to conservation Congress, Meany noted, was com­ probe the coldest piled "only after a series of policies. desperate struggles against a de­ Under unfiiiisked business, the seas to do research termined minority, armed with the pamphlet lists the following: on the formation of • Hospital" insurance for the powerful weapons of restrictive rules and the unrestricted seniority aged. '. ice floes, and the liv­ system." Job-creating, full employment ing habits of seals. measures. Meany termed the 88th Congress DETROIT — Construction on a The device, which Repeal of Taft-Hartley Sec. '(even more remarkable" in its ac­ huge new lock to replace one that 14 (b), which authorizes so-called complishments than the 73rd and can carry up to three was built in 1896 between Lakes 'right-to-work"; laws in the! states. 74tli, whicli enacted the bulk of men, is dropped Huron and Superior began recent­ • Fair Labor Standards Act im­ the New Deal program, because ly at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. provement, through a hole in the including broader '*it was not faced with a nation The project will cost $40.3 miliion. coverage, a $2 minimum wage, a prostrated, by depression" and had ice into the ocean be­ The new lock will replace the 35-hour standard workweek, and to reject the temptation to be low. Suspended from old Foe lock built in 1'896 and now double-time for overtime work. "complacent." Improved standards of unThis record of accomplishment, an "umbilical cord" worn out. Initial cost of the con­ struction will be $21.5 million, to I employment benefits. Meany said, "can only be attributed that provides the elec­ be undertaken by the Canadian Federal aid for health, edu­ to the wise, prudent but fdreeful tric power and heat firm, McNamara International, cation and welfare programs. leadership exercised by Pres. • Consumer protection, includ­ Date for completion has been set Kennedy and Pres. Johnson." • to warm the capsule in 1967, and some of the early ing "truth in packaging" and Single copies of Labor Looks at and light up the sur­ excavation is nearly complete. The 'truth - in lending." the 88th Congress are available • Foreign aid improvements. without cost from the Pamphlet rounding depths, the new lock, which is 1,200 feet long, 110 feet wide and 32 feet deep will • Reform of rules, procedures Division, AFL-CIO Dept. of Pub­ craft can be lowered join three other locks now in,use and organization of Congress. lications, 815 16th Street, N.W., to a depth of 22 feet. at Sault Ste. Marie. In a foreword to the booklet. Washington, D.C., 20006. Seaway Hit By Growing Pains Under-lce Capsule To Probe Antarctic Cites Legislation Needing Action By Next Congress New Lock Slated For Lakes Canal �d^ber S'O^ '199i SEAFARERS LOG' SBAPAEERS PORTS OP THE WORLD A typical view of the buildings In downtown Bombay. This old structure, located on the green along Mahatma Gandhi Road, Is styled after the English Parliament building. Other notable structures are located around the "hub" section of the city. This typical view of the western side of the city of Bombay shows the modern style buildings being erected. The water cart, above, was snapped by a Seafarer on a tour through the Indian sec­ tion of the city of Bombay. • i-;jiiSSiWiSis Ships of the Isthmian Steamship Corp. are regular visitors to the port of Bombay. The Steel Scientist, shown above, recently stopped at Bombay to discharge a cargo of machinery and take aboard such items at cotton, oil cake, textiles, and leather. Bombay is known as the "Gateway to India." It is, like several other great cities of the world, built upon several islands. The original Isle of Bombay was given to the English King as a wedding present from Por­ tugal in 1661. A few years later, the English govern­ ment rented the island to the powerful East India Trading Company. Under the leadership of a com­ pany-appointed governor, the island soon became the center of industry in India, with Indians pouring into the area looking for employment. Bombay was onCe the capital city of the Presidency of Bombay, an Indian state. Since 1960, however, the presidency was made into Greater Bombay, in order to decentralize the industries that were choking the city. It is now the capital city of Maharashtra, a state of India. The harbor that leads to the Greater Bombay area is considered one of the best in the world. A nat­ ural harbor, there is room enough for the hundreds of ships a month that make Bombay a port of call. Ships of the SlU-contracted Isthmian Steamship Corp. are frequent visitors to Bombay. The first industry of Bombay was shipbuilding. Not long after a cotton gin was brought to the city. Today Bombay produces paper, flour, rice, oil, ropef leather, cement sugar and tobacco. Imports during 1953-59 totaled 5.8 million tons and exports totaled 3.3 million tons. Most of the imports are machinerv. wheat and other foodstuffs not available in India. Exoorts con­ sist mainly of manganese ore, oil cake and cotton. Seafarers visiting this port are fond of walking through the city, and of taking tours in the beautiful harbor. The city, built by the English, reflects the architecture of the early 18th and 19th centuries. The great influx of population in recent years, however, has created a new building boom. Most buildings are constructed in modeim architectural style. (See photos at left.) Near the harbor, which is on the eastern shore of the city, is the Prince of Wales Seaman's Club. Located on Nichol Road, near Ballard Pier, the club has a wet and dry canteen. Seafarers who make this chab a favorite spot also have use of billiard, table tennis and badminton facilities. Running through the center of the business and com­ mercial district is Hornby Road or Dadabhoy Naoroji Road, as it is now known. On this street is located the beautiful Victoria Terminal, the depot of most of the railroads that run into the city. Next to the Terminal is the Post Office. The southern end of Dadabhoy Road links with Mahatma Gandhi Road and these two avenues run into Churchgate Road. This intersection is considered the hub of the sprawling city. Adventurous Seafarers, however, find more interest­ ing sights further north in the city. By following Mahatma Gandhi Road north, the seaman can find Crawford Market. The neighboring streets of this area form the "bazaar area," where shops are crowded to­ gether, and merchants offer goods of everv de-"r=n" on —from pots and pans to lovely brocades and jewelry. A warning to Seafarers looking for a relaxing drink after a dry voyage—Bombay has prohibition in force. Liquor permits, however, are available to Seafarers through the Excise Official, located on Ballard Pier. Buse^ are plentiful in this beautiful city, and taxis are numerous. It is not customary to tip taxi drivers, and outside of the larger stores, a customer is expected to haggle over the price of merchandise. < _ • �SEAFARERS Fag* Sizfeea By Fred Stewart & Ed Mooney Headquarters Representatives Proper Attitude Important On Ship ,fa LOG AFL-CIO Blasts Digest Smear Of U.S. Employment Service WASHINGTON—-The AFL-CIO has denounced the Reader's Digest magazine for an article appearing in the October issue smearing the U.S. Employment Service. The Federa­ tion blasted the magazine's imjustified charges against the Federal agency, finding them an attack on both the U.S.-*" Labor Department and on as­ apply for unemployment insurance be better criticized because only benefits automatically are listed 3 percent of Its placements could sistance to the jobless. as job applicants and avail them­ be, placed in this category. A Seafarer can be a member of the crew on the most modern ship, with £ood food, a clean and comfortable foc'sle, good working condi­ tions, balmy weather and the prospect of an hospitable port over the horizon. But these benefits will mean little to him If he cannot get The article, entitled "The Great selves of the free guidance, coun­ along with the other members of the crew or if there is an unneces­ Charge. USES is now finding Manpower Grab," which appears sary amount of bickering between the officers and the crew. selling and placement services new Jobs for more than a quarter in the Digest's October issue, is An old adage says; "Respect a man and he will do the more." While USES offers. Although the USES it applies to every part of life, it is especially true on board a ship. characterized by the AFL-CIO as is now 31 years old. It accounts for million professional and man­ To follow that adage is to live together in harmony as men should. "a compilation of fractured facts only 16 percent of Job placements agerial personnel each year. Truth. The AFL-CIO points out On a ship, where men are confined together for long periods of time, and distorted statistics that result that this charge is the real nub the need for an attitude of mutual respect should be apparent to all. In a wholly false picture of the of the quarrel that the Digest, Sometimes, however, it is not. Performers aM>ear and make life mis­ Federal employment service." Representative Bow and the The article was purportedly erable for other crew members and bring down the standards of our private employment agencies have written by Rep. Frank Bow (R.­ great union. picked with the USES. As an ex­ While we know how to deal with performers if they go beyond the Ohio) who is an apologist for ample, if the Federal agency bounds that are acceptable to us generally, not every bit of disrespect private, fee-charging employment The Reader's Digest and its places a $70 per week stenogra­ or unwarranted action comes from those we would recognize as per­ agencies. However, the AFL-CIO publishers, DeWltt and Lila pher, the fee-charging agencies formers. Often the friendliest man on board might, through simple reveals that Readers Digest staff Wallace, have been leading only lose $140. However, if the carelessness or out of ignorance of our procedures at sea, act in a way writers toiled over the so-called financial "angels" to several USES places a $300 per week en­ that is disrespectful of others; That man must be shown the proper expose since last July. right-wing organizations! gineer, the private agencies will' The AFL-CIO Department of way to act. And the best way to • The Wallaces are listed Ss lose at least $1,00() and maybe show someone is by the proven spect for others. By oiJir records, Social Security brands as "utter, having given $10,359 to Ameri­ mOre. practice of example—acting in a there is no other way to judge a ly without foundation" charges in cans for Constitutional Action. The AFL-CIO notes that It is the article that the U,S. Employ­ way that is never disrespectful of man aboard ship. The Readerls Digest Founda­ riot entirely happy "with the Job others. And the record is this: SIU crews ment Service is ah extravagant. In­ tion reported grants totaling the USES is doing. It points oht" Crewmembe.rs ought to expect have proved that our work per­ competent, power-hunigry bureauc­ $10,509 tO: the, American Eco­ that last year workers paid out respect from officers just as offi­ formance is the best in the indus­ racy that is seeking to dictate the nomic Foundation during the over $100 million to private em­ job assignment of every American. cers expect it from crew members. try and that our men are the most 1959-61 period, and smaller ployment agencies and charges Here are the major charges in But we should go into this a little capable when it comes to fulfilling amounts to such conservative that: this tribute, extracted from the Digest article, compared In their duties. further. causes as Freedoms Founda­ the Jobless, is a failure by our each instance with the truth: The attributes that made sure When a seaman joins a union he tion, Liebmaii's American public employment service. • ^ Charge. The USES budget. is signs, in substance, a contract with that we of the SIU would accom­ A f r o-A s i a n Educational Ex­ double what it was for the fiscal plish such an excellent record are There is a place for private em­ his brother members to the effect change, Harding College — a year 1959. ployment agencies, but they can­ that he will obey the rules and these: center of right-wing propa­ Truth. The agency's budget in­ not and should not substitute for regulations set forth in the con­ • Knowledge of the Impressive crease has been 62 percent since ganda — and the Foundation the USES, according to the AFLtract and constitution of the organ­ and disciplined traditions of the for Economic Education. 1959, most of this going for higher CIO. ization. When the seaman signs Seafarers International Union. salaries and office costs in the articled on a ship, he agrees, fur­ • A sense of fair treatment In 1,900 employment offices — in the U.S. today—far from a suc­ ther, to give up some of his ordi­ relation with others. basically controlled by the 50 cessful monopoly. nary liberty under legally regu­ Charge..The USES has turned states. In addition, 1959 marked lated conditions for a certain set • Conscious organization as a its back on the unemployed. In­ the low point of a ten-year period period of time. way of obtaining good results in stead, it is expanding more and of budget cuts suffered by the the things we do. Through the years, the union's USES. From 1959 on. Congress be­ more into fields where it is Incessant work for its membership • A reliance on facts when it gan to face up to • the national neither needed or wanted. has limited the power of the own­ comes to voicing beefs or stating problems created by automation, Truth. Far from tuming its hack ers in these articles of agreement. positions. faster expansion of the work-force, on the unemployed, 97 percent of The shackles of serfdom, or invol­ • The disregard of rumor and greater demand for youth services the agency's placements are In untary servitude, have been thrown BOSTON—Democratic Lt. Gov. off by the union's victorious fight scuttlebutt that cannot be backed and many other manpower prob­ the jobless ranks. The Digest's un­ lems. warranted charge in this case re­ Francis X. Bellottl says the Mas­ and the 13th Amendment to the up by available facts. Charge. If the USES proves suc­ fers to the 1933 legislation setting U.S. Constitution has been, in ef­ Needless to say, these attributes, sachusetts fishing industry, once possessed by the majority of our cessful, every American working up USES, specifically providing fect, written into maritime law. the state's pride, "is now lagging man and woman will be forced that the Federal job agency's With these rights, the seaman members, are not just things we far behind the nation because of one day to seek work through services are available to employed point to with pride on occasion. has also won the responsibility for the lack of modernization and acting in a proper manner. Self- They are attributes which must be Government employment offices. workers who want better jobs, or basic research." Truth..No employer, no college, jobs more in keeping with their constantly fostered and encouraged respect, interest and duty are the As part of a campaign swing key words here. It is incumbent on each and every quarter and in no high school, no union is obliged skills and preferences. The AFLto use USES services. Those who through southeastern MassaschuCIO feels that the USES might each and every part of our ship­ upon every member of the SIU to setts, Bellotti also pledged new efadhere to these ideas, and to in> board life. They are attributes not forts to assist the industry with elude with them the virtue of re- only for us as members of a union, federal help. but also for us as crew members and as private individuals. "The Kennedy-Johnson Admin­ istration," he said, "has established To help foster these attitudes a policy for protection of our and make them a part of everyday traditional fishing grounds. life aboard ship and at Thome, our (Continued from page 7) union has created programs that "The administration has also August 27. He says he likes to bring out these qualities in our granted tax incentives which will ship out of Houston because jobs membership. The union programs CINCINNATI—America's inland water carriers will encourage modernization of our move at a fast clip and he has also add to the skills of Seafarers, strongly oppose any le^slation to impose new taxes on them fishing trawlers." the best chance at making long thus giving them greater selfBellotti said that the Commer­ Far East trips which he prefers. reliance and self-respect on the that would give unfair advantages to competing railroads, cial Fishery and Development Act James Parker has been on the job. eminent barge industry of 1964 provides grants-in-aid to beach about 30 days after paying The SIU programs for Seafarers spokesmen warned recently. and would be disastrous to barge states to enable them to under­ off the supertanker Ema Eliza­ include the Lifeboat School, which take research, exploratory fishing beth and is looking for another The officials spoke against lines." guarantees the self-reliance and Maritime labor has criticized the and to build new fishing fleets and coastwise AB's job. Tony Violante, the Imposition of a waterway who prefers to sail deck main­ skill of men in times of emergency; ICC for ruling generally In favor freezer facilities. the stressing of safety aboard ship; users" tax and other proposed tenance and, was last on the Beth"In addition," he said "this aet of railroads on rate questions, but Tex, says he is waiting for a job the recertification program for legislation that would lessen regu­ provides financial aid for fisher­ stewards, which raises the skills of has maintained that fair regula­ on a coastwise tanker or an un­ lations of rail rates or allow the men when natural disasters destory employment insurance check, our men and puts them higher on railroads to enter the barge in­ tion of rates must continue to pro­ their livelihood. It has also added the ladder of accomplishment; tect water carriers from unfair fish to the list of commodities "whichever comes first." competition. Ted Jones, who was chief pump­ physical fitness and health pro­ dustry. He said that the greatest prob­ . A strong debate is expected in being sent to other nations under man on the Cities Service Miami, grams, which seeks to make each the Food for Peace Program." Is looking for a foreign voyage. Seafarer sound in body. And, per­ lem facing the water carriers was the next session of Congress on Bellotti added that under tl)e haps the most important of all is He said he is tired of going coast­ lack of public understanding of legislation — including that of act, fishermen are allowed to,, the continuing drive of the Seafar­ wise and he needs a long voyage "user" taxes for water carriers— average their income, which yajries their position and role in the na­ and a big payoff to help pay for ers International Union and all of that would effect the coastal and a new home he has just bought In its districts and sea-going affiliates tion's economy. He hit out also at inland. waterways segment of the widely from year to year, over a,, the railroad-oriented Interstate three-year period to reduce fed­ the country near Houston. George to educate and encourage the high­ maritime industry. eral income tax liability. Commerce Commission. est standards of seamanship among Stropich, whose last ship was the So far. Senator Stephen Young The lieutenant governor also "It is difficult," he said, "to con­ Ocean Anna, a coastwise super­ our membership. All these combined programs, vince many spokesmen in the Ohio (D.-O.) has been the first lawmaker pointed out that in the last ses­ tanker, is looking for another coastwise trip; meanwhile, he is plus the emphasis given by our un­ Valley that relaxation of the ICC's to speak out publicly against the sion of the Massachusetts legis­ staying in shape by working out ion to self-respect for the individ­ authority to serve as an umpire in "user" tax proposal of the Treas­ lature he filed a bill for the teach­ daily in a health club. Berkley ual Seafarer, have worked to keep railroad rate making would un­ ury Department. The tax would ing of marine biology at a stdte Shuler is looking for a night cook us on top. But staying on top Is leash destructive rate wars which be in the form of a two-cent-per- college and for research into new and baker's job on a long voyage. the responsibility of each and every would serve no Useful shipper or gallon levy on fuel used by vthe' 'methods of flshihg boat design, and freezing of fish. consumer purpose in the long run water carriers. His last vessel-'was the Tmstco. Beafatter.- Digest Serves As 'Fat Cat' For Rightists Mass. Fishing Gets Promise Of Assistance Gulf Coast Inland Water Carriers Warn Against 'User' Tax �OflMker S*, 1964 SEAFARERS rir: —: — Pace Seventeca J.OG ! I -vriTT*! ririT.T ATt*«2 lAmunpTi Seafarer's Ouide to Better Buyixxe By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS Carpet Scheme Gouges Consumers "Referral selling" of carpeting at several times the normal retail price is one of the most persistent selling schemes, and easily the nation's No. 1 consumer gouge today, both in the extent of its depredations and the seriousness of the financial damage caused famdlies. You can trace the spread of the carpet referral scheme right across the country by the letters coming into this department from victimized homeowners and their lawyers from Florida where the scheme seemed to start, to Pennsylvania, Missouri, Indiana and Ohio, then to Texas and up to New York State. In referral plans, the seller promises bonuses if you refer him to other buyers. For example, one company promises to pay $100 for each five names of prospects. Others promise such fees as $40 or $50 for each prospect who actually buys. But meanwhile you sign an in­ stallment contract and must pay the price for the carpeting, plus finance charges, whether or not there are any referral sales. Often the referral seller closes up shop before you have a chance to make any referrals. Most customers never receive any payments at all, reports George Young, manager of the Cincinnati Better Business Bureau. The way the scheme is worked, the Philadelphia BBB reports, once you sign the contract it is immediately turned over to a finance com­ pany and delivery of the carpet is made quickly. The New York State Attorney General found that the Universal Carpet Co., which had offices in Syracuse, Binghamton and other cities, promised up to $50 in bonuses but closed up before buyers could take advantage of the promise. In some cities, referral sellers even got families to give them mort­ gages on their homes to assure payment. The prices charged by referral sellers often are two or three times as much as you would have to pay for the same carpeting at local stores. In Dallas, Reader D. S. writes, a company selling on the re­ ferral plan charged $16 to $20 for carpeting worth approximately $10 a yard, and in half the homes installed seconds worth about $3 to $4 a yard. In o'her cities, referral sellers charged $20 a yard for carpet­ ing usually sold for $8 or $9. One of the most shocking aspects of the referral schemes is that the referral promoters could not operate their hit-and-run schemes without the cooperation of some very respectable financial Institutions. In Dallas, the referral firm was financed by one of the largest banks there. Similarly, in Akron, Philadelphia and Buffalo, referral schemes and similar installment plan promotions had been financed by large banks who put up the money for the installment notes turned over to them by the referral sellers. Another beneficiary is the telephone company, which supplies the batteries of phones the referral sellers use to get leads on families interested in buying carpeting. Sometimes the referral sellers are traveling canvassers who open up shop for Sveral months and then move on to another community, leaving a trail of disillusioned families holding expensive installment contracts. Some of the salesmen who had worked on the earpet selling referral campaign in Clearwater, Florida, later set up their own opera­ tions in other cities. But in other cases the referral sellers are relatively established local companies. In Dallas, for example, the firm behind the carpet selling scheme that snared a number of municipal employees and other moderate-income families, had been in business in that city for 15 years. How much recourse victimized families have depends on state laws and the attitude of the local authorities. The sales contract may in­ volve the signing of a "confession of Judgment" clause. This waives any requirement that the holder of the installment contract give you notice before filing suit. In Clearwater, Fla., St. Louis and other cities, the families have gotten together to hire a lawyer to counter-sue the referral sellers and the banks or finance companies who financed their activities. One of the most effective crackdowns has taken place in Ohio, which had been the scene of high-pressure referral selling of such items as central vacuum cleaner systems and water conditioners at prices from $599 to $1,000. The Akron Better Business Bureau estimates that re­ ferral selling cost families in that area VAi million dollars in one recent year. Ralph A. Winter, Chief of the Ohio Division of Securities, took the position that certain referral-selling contracts were "securi­ ties." This enabled him to Issue "cease and desist" orders against com­ panies making referral sales, and put a quick end to such campaigns. Winter's action was upheld by the courts during a suit by the Farmers and Mechanics National Banks against several families in an effort to collect for goods sold on referral plans. In another crackdown, a Pennsylvania firm. Products Marketing, Inc., was indicted on a charge of mail fraud. The charge was that purchasers were Induced to buy a built-in vacuum cleaner system for about $799 by becoming "equipment owning representatives," and were promised $100 bonuses if prospects they suggested, also bought. A total of 320 families In New Castle County, Delaware, who had bought vacuum cleaning systems from the Pennsylvania firm, joined in a suit against it and a bank and finance company v^ich had taken over the sales contracts (Pennsylvania Banking & Trust Co. and PenMod, Inc.). The families complained that they had signed liens against their hom^ while being told they were only agreeing to become "rep­ resentatives" for the firm, Home Furnishings Daily reported. — loofcl LOOKmi^'tUB UMHOM LMBBL 51U Ship Delivers Raring Shells In Time For U.S. Olympir Virtory SEATTLE —The SIU Pacific District-contracted Japan MaU (American Mail Line) unloaded an unusual cargo at Yokohanta recently when eight sleek rac­ ing shells and four sailboats were hoisted ashore to compete in the Olympic Games at Tokyo. Six of the shells were raced by the U.S. rowing team, two by the Canadian team. The sail­ boats were destined for the Canadian yachting team. The Japan Mail's cargo fig­ ured in impressive upset vic­ tories scored by the U.S. rowing team. The German and Russian crews were favored to take the rowing events easily. But the U.S. rowers scored victories and picked up gold medals in two events — the eight-oared shells and pairs with coxswain. U.S. Team Wins The four sailboats aboard tiie Japan Mail for the Canadian yachting team did not do so well however, mostly because of the skill displayed by the U.S. yachting team whidi won medals in all five yachting com­ petitions with two silver medals and three bronze medals. The sleek but fragile shells and yachts got the kid-glove treatment during their voyage aboard the Japan Mail. Care­ fully crated to protect the thin but strong cedar frames, the U.S. racing shells stretched half the length of the ship's foredeck. The yachts traveled with their sails stowed under the tarp covering their decks, their hulls safetly cradeled in a wooden frame, and their masts securely wrapped and lashed parallel to the deck. Carefully crated to protect its cedar frame, a U.S. racing shell (top photol is loaded care­ fully aboard the SIU Pacific District-contracted Japan Mail (American Mail Line) for delivery to the U.S. rowing team at the Tokyo Olympic Games. The same cargo included four yachts for delivery to the Canadian yachting team (bottom photo). Salvage Men Eye Cargo Of '23 Shipwreck With the price of copper soaring, salvage men are casting covetous eyes at the freighter Kennecott, which was wrecked on the Queen Charlotte Islands back in October of 1923. The Kennecott, which was operated at that time by the now SIU Pacific District-con­ tracted Alaska Steamship Company, was southbound from Cordova, Alaska to the Tacoma smelter in 1923 when she slammed into the rocks at Frederick Island, near the northwest tip of Graham Is­ land. The crew was saved but the ship and her cargo were abandoned on the spot, now known as Kennecott Point, in one of the wildest and most exposed locations on the North American coast. Her cargo of course, was copper—5,000 tons of copper concentrate to be exact — which is still aboard. Now, with the price of cop­ per above all previous highs, salvage interests are studying the possibility of first locat­ ing the wreck and then sal­ vaging the copper. U.S. Opposes Sale Of Seatrain Lines WASHINGTON—Led by the U.S. Justice Department, powerful voices have been raised recently in an attempt to persuade the ICC to bar a large Chicago-based freight for­ warding company from pur-4 chasing control of SlU-con- and others contend that the Inter­ state Commerce Act clearly forbids tracted Seatrain Lines. a freight forwarder from owning The ICC has been urged to dis­ regard an examiner's recom­ mendation that a Chicago truck­ ing company, Lasham Cartage, be allowed to purchase the control­ ling stock interest in Seatrain. Lasham is actually a motor carrier subsidiary of United States Freight, a holding company that owns many of the largest freight forwarders. The SIU has filed an affidavit with the ICC supporting the pro­ posed plan of United States Freight to acquire Seatrain. The affidavit supporting the move points out that the move would be beneficial to American shipping because it would mean an increase in coastal and intercoastal ship­ ping that would result in more jobs fon American seamen. In the latest moves to bar the stock sale, the Justice Department or controlling a motor, rail or water common carrier. They claim that to allow the transaction would permit "freight forwarder interests to gain conrol of an un­ derlying common carrier in direct contradiction of stated language and policy of Congress." The American Retail Federa­ tion, The American Trucking As­ sociations and 10 individual motor carrier companies filed similar ob­ jections to the examiner's ruling. The United States Freight Com­ pany has been a pioneer in piggy­ back service in which loaded truck trailers are carried on railroad flatcars. The company has coor­ dinated piggyback service with "fishyback" service in which mail shipments travel to the Caribbean islands via railroad to Miami and then by boat to the islands. �rv BSMCM SEAFARER8 Senator Vows Fight For Packaging Law HIte Th« Dock WASHINGTON—Senator PhiUp A. Hart (D.-Mich.) says he will continue the fight for passage of a "truth-in-packaging" bill by the next session of Congress. Hart, who is chair­ man of the Senate Anti-Trust sub-committee, has been the hearings by the subcommittee main sponsor of the con­ during the last session, fraudu­ sumer-protecting measure. The "trut!h-in-packaging" bill would require manufacturers to lalrel prominently on their prod­ ucts details of size, contents or weight. The bill has been advo­ cated by labor and consumer groups because of the increasing amount of complaints fixwn housewives about shortchanging and cheating in packaged products. In lengthy, and often graphic. MA Given Hovercraft Jurisdiction lent packaging techniques were demonstrated to the public. They included wedging large amounts of cardboard into packages to make the contents appesu: fuller while using larger containers than necessary. In other cases, the leg­ end disclosing of ^ . . the net . weight , Ootober M. IHi LOO Seafarer James M. Hand hits the deck during the October membership meet­ ing at New York head­ quarters. Brother Hand commented on the SiU Welfare plan during the good and welfare section of the meeting. placed so that it is not easily seen by the housewife moving through a supermarket to do her shopping, or packages printed with mislead­ ing and meaningless labels like "family size" <M: "giant economy size" are used. The Hart-sponsored legislation to end these phony practices was bottled up by the Senate Judiciary Committee last session. The bill was opposed by large manufac­ (Continued from page 4) turers and business generally. Hart pledged to devote "fresh the Times, so why complicate the vigor and new dedication to its issue? Then came the problem of how enactment" in the upcoming ses­ to spell the ancient explorer's sion. Hart also acted on two other name. There was a "one z" faction consumer fronts. In the first case, and a "two z" faction. There was he sent to the Justice Department a "one r" faction and a "two r" and the Federal Trade Commis­ faction. The "two r" and "one z" sion transcripts of hearings by his factions finally won—^but nothing subcommittee on the "conflict of seems to come easily in New York. Several things are definite how­ interest" caused by the owner­ ship of pharmacies by practicing ever. The bridge has been designated doctors. He charged that such ownership caused many abuses one of the seven engineering won­ and he said he deplored the fact ders of the world by the American that "a great and nbble calling Society of Civil Engineers, and such as medicine has members many with less technical knowl­ who are apparently willing to be­ edge have undoubtedly been im­ smirch the public image of the pressed by their first sight- of the great majority of dedicated doc­ structure. tors for the possible extra finan­ The longest suspension bridge cial rewards involved. in the world, it Is 13,700 feet long In the second action. Hart including its approach structures. called on the Senate Joint Taxa­ Its 4,260-foot main span is 60 feet tion Committee to give pronrpt at­ longer than the main span of San tention to loopholes in the tax Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. laws that allow corporations fined It has 12 traffic lanes and 2 decks, for monopolistic and price-fixing with a third, lower deck, to be About 145,000 practices by the courts to deduct completed later. the cost of the fines from their miles of wire was used in the 4 main cables. federal taxes. Australia Studies Legislation To Upgrade Merchant Marine STDBIET, Australia—With her maritime trade facing many <d the same problems being faced by the U.S. maritime induetty, Australia has Introduced legislation including provisions for up­ dating shipping regulations to meet the "down luider" nation's current and future needs. The pending legislation Is designed to come to grips with many changes which have come about In Australia's foreign and domestic trade since the current Australian maritime laws were passed back in 1928. Like the U.S., Australia's trade patterns have changed radically In recent years. Since World War II, the country's trade with the Far East, South America, North America and other parts of the world has been Increasing steadily. Prior to World War II, Aus­ tralia's trade was mostly with the United Kingdom and Europe. Unlike the U.S., which still carries 4.2 percent of Its foreign trade on nationally registered vessels, leaving 95.8 of Us oversea.3 trade to move on foreign-flag ships, Australia's foreign trade moves 100 percent in foreign-bottoms. Another problem Australia is facing up to is the big difference between the legislation needed to aid coastwise and the offshore segments of her maritime Industry. To help solve some of the problems, a new chamber of shipping was formed recently In Sydney, to bring together the problems of the various segments of the Australian maritime .Industry for solution. Verrazano WASHINGTON — Vehicles that operate over land or water on a cushion of air, such as the socalled Hovercraft or GEM (ground effect machines), will be regulated by the Federal Maritime Commis­ sion In the same manner as ordi­ nary ships, the U.S. Government has decided. This latest ruling was based on joint discussions held late in June and July by various regulatory agencies of the Government. Fierce infighting among the agencies had erupted early in the year over just who had jurisdiction over the odd craft. Maritime agencies claimed juris­ diction because the GEM are de­ signed primarily for use over water. The Interstate Commerce Commission also claimed jurisdic­ tion however because the GEM can operate with equal facility over land. Aviation agencies put in their own bid for jurisdiction, claiming that whether the craft are traveling over land or water -they are moving through the air, even if at an altitude of only 12 or 20 inches. In the latest findings, the avia­ tion agencies were ruled out of any direct jurisdiction. The ICC on the other hand found It too early to decide the status of the craft under the Interstate Com­ merce Act because it will prob­ SEATTLE—The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has begun ably be some time before the GEM studying the feasibility of building a 75-mile, $400 million are developed to the point where they can be used on public high­ ship and barge canal that would link the Columbia River Basin with Puget Sound and ways. eventually provide a shel­ ect was made after preliminary The Government statement find­ studies by the office of District ing for regulation by the FMC was tered waterway for ships Army Engineer H. E. Dewey. Un­ intended to avoid any further running as far north as Juneau, der present plans, Dewey said, jurisdictional conflict that might Alaska. The cost estimate of the proj­ the canal would run 4.5 miles hamper development of the craft. from the lower Columbia near As­ toria to Willipa Bay, then 10.5 miles to Grays Harbor and on­ ward through the partially navi­ gable Chehalis River and a series of locks to enter Puget Sound at Olympia. The canal would connect with other inland waterways which reach as far into the heartland as Lewiston, Idaho. By traversing the canal, big ships could avoid near­ ly 200 miles of rough treacherous passage along the rocky Washinging coastline. Used in the Alaska run, the canal would speed ship movements and make them safer. The Corps has been authorized to spend up to $400,000 on nvore thorough studies which will take until 1969 to complete. Another $85,000 was added to the amount' by Congress this year. Washington Canal Planned By US, 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 ttieir families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produeed 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) Liner 'Catches' AncientCannon In Anchor Link When a modern luxury liner weighed anchor recently In Portau-Prince Harbor in Haiti, some­ thing more than just the anchor came up. Caught in a link of the anchor chain, a dirty, grayishblack cylindrical object broke the surface and was hauled aboard. Covered with barnacles and cor­ rosion, it was still recognizable as a piece of naval ordnance, a ship's cannon obviously dating back hundreds of years. The cannon was brought to New York where an authority on an­ 4" 4" cient firearms was called in to Eastern Ah Lines identify it. His advice was to put, (Flight Engineers) the cannon back into the water im­ 4i 4" i mediately and keep it there until H. I. Siegel he could examine it, explaining "HIS" brand men's clothes (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) that the corrosive action of salt water had probably caused so much if if electrolytic damage already that Sears, Roebuck Company the cannon would crumble if left Retail stores & products exposed to the air for any lengQi (Retail Clerks) of time. Stitzel-Weller Distilleries Back in Water "Old Fitzgerald." "Old Elk" So after lying at the bottom of "Cabin Still," «W. L. Weller" Port-au-Prince Harbor for hun­ Bourbon whiskeys dreds of years, the cannon was (Distillery Workers) dumped into the muddy watecs of 4» 4* 3» New York's Hudson River to await J. R. Simplot Potato Co. the arrival of the expert. Frozen potato products Hammer in hand, the ordnance (Grain Millers) authority chipped away carefully if i> if at the barnacles and corrosion and Kingsport Press gently uncovered the cipher of "World Book," "Chiidcraft" King George HI, which placed the (Printing Pressmen) cannon firmly . between 1760 and (Typographers, Bookbinders) 1820. (Machinists, Stereotypers) A year-long bath of sodium hy­ 4" 4" 4 droxide and zink was prescribed Jamestown Sterling Corp. as the first step in restoring the Southern Furniture Mfg. Co. cannon to something approaching Furniture and Bedding mint condition. (United Furniture Workers) Pacific Coast (Continued from page 7) Iberville expected to pay off in San Diego, the Mount Vernon Victory expected to pay off and sign-on here and seven other ships due in transit. Francis Gooley has just returned to the Los Angeles area after ship­ ping in the Great Lakes District for several months. He says he is ready to go at any time. Frank Lambert!, who sails as a bos'n, just paid off the Robin Hood and says he would like to spend some time on the beach with his family before shipping again. Seattle The shipping picture still looks good in Seattle and will remain that way if the ships listed here come la to pay off. Payoffs in the last period were the Halcyon Panther and the Anchorage. Expected to pay off are the Overseas Rose, Hercules Victory, Robin Kirk, Norberto Capay, Overseas Eva and the Alcoa Marketer. Clarence Baker, who sails as a fireman-water tender, says he • is lookixzg for the first ship going foreign, Fred England, who just registered .on the beach, says ho will stay on land for awhile .before shipping again. �OtMbOT i*. INI SEAFAREtiS Face fiinefeM LOG Don't Delay On Heat Beefs Now that the cold weather is here, Seafarers are reminded that heating and lodging beefs in the shipj^rd can be easily bandied if the ship's delegate prcnnptly notifies the captain or chief engineer and shows them the temperature reading at the time. Crewmembers who beef to themselves about the lack of heating but wait three or four days before making the problem known to a respon­ sible ship's officer are only making things tougher for themselves. The same applies when shipyard workers are busy around living quarters. Make sure you know where and when the work was done so that the SIU patrolman has the facts available in order to make a determination. Election Issue Brings Praise To The Editco: I have just finished reading the issue about the union elec­ tions showing a brief history of ell the candidates for. office in the union. Congratulations on a good job in giving equal space to all candidates.'^ It is good to know whom I am voting into the various offices of the union, be­ cause I, for one, do not per- The Editor ir All letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. sonally know all of the men on the ballot. I am happy to par­ ticipate in an American free trade union election of free choice through secret ballot. I hope that every brother member that is able to vote during this election period will exercise his privilege and right to vote. A large membership turnout to put our union offi­ cials infiT office, whoever they may be, is nwst important to show that we are a member­ ship indeed, and that we stand behind the men we have cho­ sen to represent us. A maximum membership turnout during these elections, starting Nov. 2, will add strength and unity to all of us when the elected oflPicers are later negotiating for out.wages, working conditions, health, safety, and vacation benefits, and in their other duties. I hope that every eligible member will vote this year at his first opportunity. I know I will. Lawrence H. Chapman 4" * 4" 4" Pensioner Lauds Welfare Help To The Editoir: I wish to take this opportu­ nity to express my deep appre­ ciation to the SIU and the Welfare Han. Since my retirement five years ago, I have found need to call upon the Welfare Plan for doctor and hospital bills twice. Each time I asked, the Plan has paid promptly and fully. I know of no other or­ ganization that does so much for its ntembers as does the SIU Welfare Plan. This is in addition to receiving my monthly pension check. I would like all of my fellow union brothers to know just how wonderful our Welfare Plan is and what they may look forward to when they retire. It's wonderful to have such an organization looking out for its members. James H. Hayes ^ ie ir Welfare Plan Appreciated To The Editoc: I would like to express through the letters department my appreciation to the Welfare department and the officials of the SIU for the check I recent­ ly received. I can tell you it was greatly appreciated and needed. One does not realize the full value of the Welfare Plan and all of its benefits until be has been laid up for as long a pe­ riod of time as I have been,, and the monthly check becontes the only source of in­ come. My thanks to the people in the Welfare department for the help and consideration I have received during the last four months. Alexander McColIough 4" 4" 4- Seafarer Hails Upgrading Plan To The Editor; I would like to take this op­ portunity to thank the officials and the staff of the seniority upgrading school of which class number seven has just gradu­ ated. As a student in this class, I found that it is a won­ derful thing when a union gives their members the oppor•tunity to advance themselves and the lives of their families. I am sure that the other members of class seven join me in expressing our gratitude for the many ways that the staff and instructors helped us to better realize the complex proiblems that face our organi­ zation dailyJoe Fried Praise for the union food plan continues to come in from the ships at sea. llie crew of the San Francisco (Sea-Land) voted a special thanks to the steward department for the especially fine food and service they have been getting as of late, and reported that the food plan's experimental menus were really pepping up the deck department went through the just as soon as they got into port fare. Of course, not every­ rocMns with bucket and scrub- where there was equipment avail­ one liked' everything presented, but "isn't that always the case?" asks ship's delegate Harold B. Natfay. 4i 4" The ship's delegaite of the Wyandotte (Wyandotte Transpor­ tation), Alvin A. Elowsky, reports that the crew is happy and there has been no problems in any of the departments except the en­ tertainment department. The Menz Serono brush, cleaning and polishing. The crew is so happy that they gave the deck department a vote of thanks for the exfra special care they gave to the hard to get ait sections and for the improved gen­ eral appearance. 4" 4" it S. t. t. 4" Accustomed to comfortable liv­ ing on the shore, the crew of the Bethflor (Bethlehem Steel) has passed a resolution asking that more fans be installed aboard ship, according to meeting secre­ tary, James A. Johnson. They want three put in a room where three men are living and larger fans in the mess ball. 3^ The crew or the Columbia (United States Steel) are pleased with the way the Captain, Peter Welsh, treats them, and says he is one of the best they have ever sailed with, according to William Brightweil, ship's delegate. As an example of why the crew feels the way it does, the captain recently told the crew that since they were so near port, he would hold up the normal draw until payoff, but said that if any man really needed a draw, there would be no trouble getting one immediately. Also, Brightweil said, they are getting plenty of overtime, with no dis­ putes about it. Crewmembers of the Del Monte (Delta) are doubly pleased with the performance of members of the steward department. Accord­ ing to Howard Menz, ship's dele­ gate, not only is the service aboard ship in the best of SIU tra­ ditions, but the chief steward went out of his way for the crew and pushed throu^ a request for a new washing machine. The ma­ chine has been installed, and the crew voted special thanks to the galley gang with special recogni­ tion to their leader. 4) able to do the job. The happy crew of the Longview Wyandotte is a Great Lakes ves­ Victory (Victory Carriers) thought sel, and television reception is that their ship's delegate did such really fine, except that the set a fine job of representing them popped its cork recently and the crew is asking for a new one. That is one point the entire crew has agreed on. 4. t 4i Another television set has been the subject of discussion aboard the Detroit Edison (American). The television set was supposed to have been replaced some time ago, and the crew is wondering Brightweil Loin what happened to that set in the forward end that was taken out to be replaced. They haven't yet during the last voyage, that de­ seen the new one, and don't have spite the modest protest coming the old one, either, according to from him, he was re-elected ship's Raymond Cull, meeting chairman. delegate and thanked heartily for his efforts in their behalf, says 4" 4" 4" Robert Ferrandiz, meeting chair­ Along with a plea for less rack­ man. et in the midship section of the 4" 4" 4" Steel Seafarer (Isthmian), the The crew aboard the Fairland crew has made a special request that the messhall be locked up at (Sea-Land) was emphatic on two night. It seems the longshoremen different points during the good in foreign ports have been going in and welfare section of a recent there, and In the morning the shipboard meeting, reports Peter steward department is grumpy be­ A. Serano, ship's delegate. The cause they have to dean up be­ first point was about how fine a fore serving chow. But, not want­ baker they have aboard and about ing to cut the workers off com­ the good tasting baked foods he pletely, the crew also asked that was presenting to the crew. When the spigot be turned on outside not having their palates tickled so they could get a drink, reports however, the crew membeis were tripping over cots left outside at Joe Wagner, ship's delegate. night. They were forcible about 4 4> Wesley Leonard, ship's delegate asking that the cots be taken in­ on the Penn Exporter (Penn Navi­ side—if there is no one in them. gation) has come in for some high 3^ 3^ 4" In the interest of maintaining a praise from fellow crewmemibers. It seems during the good and wel­ cool ship, the crewmembers of the fare section of the last shipboard Ocean Dinny (Maritime Overseas) meeting; the crew voted unani­ have asked that a new water foun­ mous thanks to the delegate for tain be installed, says Anthony representing them in sudh a fine Lain, ship's delegate. The chief engineer, however, went all out fashion. and ordered three new water foun­ t 4" 3^ The crew of the Losmar (Gal- tains for the crew. He also in­ mar) has bright shiny messrooms formed them that all other parts and pantry, reports Alfred Hirscli, of the ship's refrigeration system meeting secretary. It seems the would be completely checked over 4' 4" 4» 4 4 4' There were some green faces recently on the Los Angeles (SeaLand) reports Fred Boyne, meet­ ing secretary, which goes to prove that even Seafarers can feel badly if the seas are especially rough. It seems that the Los Angeles ran into a section of Hurricane Dora, and the seas were so high that even some oldtimers were looking pale. 4 4 4 In the interest of maintaining a professional attitude toward their job, the galley gang of the 0)ga (Sea Tramp) has asked that proper clothing be worn in the messb.nll, "They don't want dinner jackets," Morton Kerngood, ship's delegate, said, "but they don't want B.V.D.'s either. 4,4 4 SIU crews, always appreciative of good food, have given special votes of thanks to the steward de­ partments of the following ships, for their presentation of good food in traditional SIU manner: Ocean Evelyn (Ocean Tr;.nsportation); Globe Progress (Mari­ time Overseas); Margaret Brown (B1 o o m f i e 1 d); Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa); Longview Victory (Victory Carriers). Type Minutes When Possible In order to assure acti taie digests of shipboard meetings in the LOG, it is desirable that the reports of shipboard meet­ ings be typed if at all possible. �Tirenty SEAFARERS LOG Avid Hunter's 'Fish Tales' Brighten Up Trip On LaSalle The telling of exciting tales about their days at sea has long been the hallmark of sea­ going men. Hunters and fishermen also have reputations as spinners of tall tales. So when you get a Seafarer who is also an avid hunter or fisherman, you can bet there will be some whoppers told. *• Seafarer William C. Sellers, "The last time I was in a cast," . Sellere commented that the he began, "that covered my left whole story sounded a little fishy, bosun aboard the La Salle arm and leg, I shot so many doves but that didn't stop him from (Waberman) during her last voy­ we had to have a dove barbeque at agreeing with Prichett and Bartage from the Gulf to the Middle lette in raving about the deer East and back, reports that there the Shriner's auditorium in population in Alabama. The deer Mobile. After that shindig there were more than one of these com­ were still so many doves left, we are great down there. Sellers binations aboard. Some of the crewmembers, he said, complained had an outdoor picnic for all the agreed. So good in fact that last year Hound Dog Bartlette's 12 they were up to their hips in tall Boy Scouts in Mobile." year old son bagged a nice eight Not content to rest on his tales all the way with the tide still laurels, Prichett added "Ot course point buck. coming in when they docked. it took me two days just to move After Lucky Prichett was The trip started In Galveston where suoh Seafarers as Jerry the vension 1 shot In the winter of through, Charles (Whltey) Murrah Sikes and George Yeager signed on. Then a stop at New Orleans added Edgar Nel­ son, Keith Jones and "The Rhode Islartd Renegade" Pierre (Leo) Charrette to the crew list. The La Salle then sailed coastwise Sellers to New York, where the crew attended the fu­ neral of Brother Howard Guinier. Somewhere along the coast Sel­ lers said, the La Salle picked up "Lucky" Prichett, who stars in this story in the role of electrician. Crewmembers aboard the La Salle (Waterman) toss the Outside of New York, Captain ox during an off duty break, with some sea tales and the size (No-Smoke) Harvey asked Sellers of the catch while hunting and fishing the main topics. In If he knew anything about the electrician. Sellers replied, "Well the picture above, taken by William Sailers, bosun, "Lucky" Sir, you probably remember "Hat" Prichett, electrician; Jimmy (Hound Dog) ^rtfett, steward; Jones, "Beetle" Brown and "The and Raleigh (Butterbean) Lewis, crew messman, discuss, Rhode Island Renegade," and how the possibility of an on the beach get-together on Butterthey tell a good story. Well Lucky bean's family farm in Alabama. Below, Charles (Whitey) Prichett is so famous for the sto­ ries he tells that those other three Murrah (far right) weaves a tale for two fellow crewmemjust glide into the background ers, (l-r) Glenn Kirtland, OS and Johnny Jordan, deck when Lucky comes aboard." engineer, with his tales of hunting antelope In the western Things Pick Up states. The voyage was uneventful, Sel­ lers recalls, while the La Salle went through the Suez tp Karachi and back through the canal to Cadiz, Spain. Then, outside of Cadiz and headed for the States, two mourning doves hitched a ride to the States on the La Salle and some comment on same from Leo Gomez, the BR, obviously started Prichett to thinking. Looking at the birds with long­ ing, Leo remarked, "Boy, I'd sure like to have those birds fried for lunch. Then the deck engineer spoke up. "We got so many doves in Alabama," he saidi "the state furnLshes the ammo to shoot 'em with." Adding still more fuel to the fire. Sellers then told of recently receiving a letter from "Hat" Jones postmarked Vermont, where he is recuperating from a fall he took in March, saying he is happily counting the state's tremendous '63 out of the freezer to find my took the floor, telling about his deer population from his back batch of special frozen barbeque hunting experiences on the West sauce for the birds." window. Coast."But," comments SeUers, Then he went on to tell of other At that point Lucky Prichett "Murrah has something to prove exploits while he was drydocked couldn't contain himself any long­ that time. He said he caught so his stories." When he moved to er and took the floor. many fish It got to the point where Dixie from the West Coast, Mur­ his friends wouldn't accept any of rah took along with him his 30-06 them as gifts unless they were al­ Springfield, the head of an ante­ LOG-A-RHYTHM: ready dressed. "And," he added, lope, a couple of mule deer and "so many cats gathered around my many tales about the ones that place that the city officials said I got away. either had to get a veterinarian's But the topper of them all came By Bob Hopp license or open an animal shelter." from William (Curley) Rentz. "I've He claimed that even a cat belong­ been doing a lot of hunting too," The icy tingle of a winter wind, Refreshing cold, the days on end ing to Jim Bartlette's mother he told his crewmates. "Since my joined the party, coming all the luck has been running so good Snowy white that doth descend way from Evergreen, Alabama lately, I've been hunting poker This is winter— over a hundred miles away. games all over the place." The natural wonder. The snow gods' splendor The Frozen wonder. And then the thaw when spring conies in Theri Summer, Then Fall, Then Winter once again. Obtotter M, IMft BITHPLOR (B«Hil«h*mk Oct. 1S~ Chairman, John Mthofov; iacratarv, M. I. Longfaliow. Brother O. Con. zalea waa elected to aerva as ship's delegate. Crew requested to turn In aU linen. Vote of thanks to the stew­ ard department for the good food and cooperation. vard University. Ths captain thankad the crew for their splendid behavior and work. The chief cook thankad the entire crew and officers for their splendid donation In time of need when ha lost his wlfa during the trip. t34.17 In ship's fund. Soma dis­ puted OT In deck department. FORT HOSKINS (CIttss Service), Oct. 17—Chairman, Billy J. Brewar; Sacratary, Gerald Mire. No beefa and COLUMBIA (Ambrose Transport), Sept. J9—Chairman, Bill Brlghtwalif Sacratary, Nell O'Rourka. $10 In ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. Discussion on clarlflcatlon of gangway watch In port. no disputed OT reported. SPITFIRI (American Bulk Carrlars), Oct. <—Chairman, C. A. Walchi Secretary, Frank Pauluk. Two hours disputed OT reported. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. TRANSHARTFORD (Cities Sarvtco), Sept. 30—Chairman, V. C. Smith; Sec­ retary, C. Garner. Brother Smith -was — — DUVAL (Suwannee), Oct. IS—Chair­ man, J. Gouldman; Secretary, Troy Savage. One man missed ship at Aden and his gear was checked and locked In slop chest. Progressing weU with painting of ship's quarters and Job to be completed before end of voyage. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. Crew requested to keep outsiders out of crew's quarters while In port. Vote or thanks given to the steward department for the fine chow being served. BANGOR (Bermuda Shipping), Sept. It—Chairman, D. L. Dickinson; Sec­ retary, A. D. Allain, Jr. No beefs smsMSSSs^ reported by department delegates. No disputed OT. Crew requested to cooperate. elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs and no disputed OT re­ ported. Bosun Is working on the new bunks for the crew and they wlU ba put In as soon as possible. MOUNT WASHINGTON (Victory Carriers), Oct. 18 — Chairman, A. Michelet; Secretary, P. Patrick. No SENECA (Penn Navigation), Oct. S —Chairman, Ralph R. Maldonado; Secretary, L. A. Mitchell. Five crew­ members were hospltaUzed at various ports during ths voyage. Motion made to have company put more American money on board instead of travelers checks. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward and his de­ partment. Crewmembers asked to keep water cooler clean. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Sealrain), Oct. 14—Chairman, A. Walls; Secre­ tary, N. Richie. $40 In ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. Ice machine to be repaired or replaced. Crewmembers requested to keep laundry room clean. major beefs reported, .^ome disputed OT In engine department. Vote of thanks extended to the ship's dele­ gate for outstanding ability In han­ dling the job. Suggestion was made that each man contribute $1 to the ship's fund. Vote of thanks to the steward department for above aver­ age feeding and service. MOUNT VERNON VICTORY (Mount Vernon Tanker), Oct. 17—Chairman, J. Sumpter; Secretary, W. Walton. No beefs and no disputed OT re­ ported by department delegates. AU aliens being paid off in Honolulu. Replacements ordered from States. Will contact patrolman concerning gear left on board. COTTONWOOD CREEK (Bulk Trans­ port), Sept. 17—Chairman, Charles Klmbel; Secretary, John RIelly. No BIENVILLE (Sea-Land), Oct. IS — Chairman, P. A. Serano; Secretary, Juan Cruz. Ship's delegate reported that everything is running smoothly. Some disputed OT will be taken up with patrolman. $40 In ship's fund. Brother P. Serano was elected to serve as ship's delegate. STEEL VENDOR (Isthmian), Oct. 4 —Chairman, Fred Shala; Secretary, T. I. Walker. $29.62 In ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. LOS ANGELES (Sea-Land), Oct. 11 —Chairman, Robert Lasso; Secretary, Lao Bruce. $5.42 In ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Discussion held on the water which Is bad for washing and bathing. Oct. 10—Chairman, Luis FIguero; Secretary, Geo. McManus. Brother Leo Bruce was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by department delegates. beefs and no disputed OT reported by department delegates. Brother BlU Van Dyke was elected to serve as ship's delegate. AU hands were requested to help keep the ship clean and to keep up with the repairs. STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian Lines), Oct. 3—Chairman, John Albert); Sec­ retary, Walter Newberg. $16.80 In ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. Brother A. H. Anderson was elected to serve as ship's delegate. SUMMIT (Sea-Land), Oct. 14—Chair­ man, C. A. Yaw; Secretary, George Feinmor. No beefs and no disputed OT reported. Brother Arthur GlUe_land was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. ROBIN SHERWOOD (Robin Line), Oct. 4—Chairman, Otto R. Hoepner; Secretary, David C. Smith. The ship's delegate reported that the crew messman. James M. Murphy, was paid off In Capetown. South Africa, to fly home to start his scholarship at Har- BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Serv­ ice), Oct. 16—Chairman, J. B. Thomason; Secretary, John W. Faircloth. Ship's delegate resigned and Brother Richard McCall was elected to serve In his place. No beefs reported by department delegates. WiLD RANGER (Waterman), Oct. 11—Chairman, Francis Fischer; Sec­ retary, W. C. Sink. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by department delegates. $79 In ship's fund. Brother Arthur Beck waa elected to serve as slilp's treasurer. Ship's captain ex­ tended a vote of thanks to the crow* members for an excellent safety record. 'Licensed' Seafarer Winter Tfiis little wliite car recently appeared parlced outside lieadquarters in New York. Tlie car's license bearing the official letters "SlU," belongs to Seafarer Anthony (Tony) Tonelll. A resident of Vermont, Tonelli is on thq beach in New York for a couple of weeks to attend the Lifeboat Training School in order to get another license—his AB ticket. �^QgMm Mi 1M4 SKAFARERS LOG Pace Twen^-OM Seafarer On Far East Trips Sees History As It Is Made _ Seafarers make their living in a trade which takes them to the hotspots of the woYId where, often as not, headlines are being made—K)r exploding in front of their very eyes. Today, SIU men shipping for ports of call in the Fart East often find they have box-seats on history-making events, and sometimes, unwittingly end which Turner witnessed was the has been consistently in the news up right in the center of the first of several similar incidents since the country's recent Inde­ which sparked events leading to pendence. incidents themselves. the overthrow of South Viet Nam's Beset by guerrilla attacks wiglSeafarer Ken Turner, who sails government and resulted in Diem's nating from nearby Indonesia, life m the deck department, found in Maylasia can hardly be called himself right In the middle of an assasination. While fate may often take a Sea­ peaceful. Turner is more than earth-shaking event that shook the very foundations of the Republic farer to the brink of history's de­ ready to testify about the political The SlU-contracted Anton Bruun (Alpine Geophysical), of Viet Nam. At the time of the cisive moments. Turner's experi­ turmoil that exists in Singapore, shown above, is considered by its crewmembers to be a fine incident he was a crewmember ence shows that the horror of the since he came face to face with vessel. Carrying a complement of scientists as well as crew on the Ocean Evelyn (Ocean moment may blot out the thrills the deadly work of the terrorists and officers, the vessel conducts oceanographic surveys and normally associated with being an after he had been in the city Transportation) and was killing only a few days. eyewitness to a climatic event that and research in the Indian Ocean. The Anton Bruun is pres­ some time in Saigon in September, He recalls how he was out walk­ stirs the entire world. ently returning to the States for the first time since if first 1963. ing in the city one day when a Ban On Dancing Turner recalls began service, over two years ago. Turner, who spent about six nearby telephone booth suddenly that he "was wan­ dering through days in Saigon, said that he and' blew up, killing several passers the streets o f his fellow crewmembers only came by. 'When the city police arrived, Saigon when he across the more oppressive aspects it was quickly determined that the saw a big crowd of the Diem regime occasionally. phone booth had been boobytrapped by the terrorists who evi­ collecting on a Their chief complaint was against dently h<^d to create chaos the government's ban on dancing streetcorner. The among the city's population by a onlookers were and socializing with Vietnamese series of such hit and run tactics. women. He remembers that any One of the most unusual vessels in the SlU-contracted fleet watching a saf­ According to Turner, the guer­ fron-robed . figure girl-chasing in the capital at the rillas weren't interested in picking is the Anton Bruun (Alpine Geophysical). This ship does not Turner who was quietly time had to be done on the sly, on foreigners, since they thought ply the trade routes from port to port, loading and discharg­ kneeling in the street. Turner ob­ since the Diem regime was espe­ they __could wreak more havoc ing cargoes. The only cargo it*' served that the robed figure was cially hard on any women it caught among the Malaysian people who carries walks up and down' bats for all hands to use. Dolan a Buddhist monk, and, as the hor­ aissociating with foreigners. also reported that as soon as the An incident that has eq[>ecially were going through the last stages the gangplank. rified spectators watched, he of a national election campaign. He The Anton Bruun is • geo­ ship hit the next port they would picked up a nearby can of gasoline stuck in Turner's memory oc­ relates one Incident that took place curred one night when he started physical research ship that is par­ pick up some chess and checkers and poured it over himself. arguing with a Saigon barkeeper on the Singapore waterfront kept ticipating in oceanographic sur­ sets for Seafarers and scientists Vnforgetable Sight who wouldn't permit dancing on Seafarers buzzing for days. veys of the Indian Ocean in con- alike. What followed next was some­ his premesis. The bartender ex­ Fish Fries Common It seems that an Indonesian fish­ Junction with the Intergovern­ thing that Turner will never for­ plained that he was only following ing boat, carrying no Identifying Tom Holt, who sailed as AB un­ get. After putting the can aside, the regulations laid down by the markings, sailed into the Singapore mental Oceanographic Cinnmission. til he was taken off sick earlier The vessel carries a crew of 21 the monk calmly lit a match and Diem government, and Turner re­ hartxir one day and tied up at Seafarers, plus officers and this year, said the food aboard turned himself into a fiaming plied by letting everyone know one of the docks. A party of sev­ scientists numbering between 9 ship was the best that money could torch. Una/ble to watch the silent, what he thought of the restric­ eral men who later proved to be and 20. buy. "And the scientists, Jn the unmoving figure of the blazing tions. guerrillas piled off the boat and course of their research, bring up According to Jack Dolan, ship's suicide. Turner turned around and At this point a policeman en­ prepared to slip Into the city where some pretty good fish, which is walked away from the horrible tered the dispute and abruptly they could wreak their mischief. delegate on the Anton Bruun, and turned over to the galley. We had Tom Holt, who spectacle which has remained told the Seafarer that since he However, the Malaysian custom recently got off some really good fish dinners more etched in his memory ever since. didn't "know the facts," it would guards who maintain barriers at because of ill­ than once," Holt said. He remembers how soldiers who be better , if he kept his opinions the end of each dock spotted the Dolan reported the fish fries ness, the Anton Were controlling the crowds to himself. Aside from instances supposed fishermen and they were are still happening. The scientists Bruun is a very rushed forward with blankets to such as these. Turner remembers quickly arrested. recently caught two barrels full of good ship. Turner who has been an SIU extinguish the flames, but weren't generally friendly relations with The Anton Longustos which was turned over able to make any progress against the people of Saigon, even though man since 1958, usually sails from Bruun starts to the galley. They had a party on political turmoil was brewing In ^n Francisco. He Says"Tie favors the gas-fed blaze. several voyages ship and the Longustos disappeared runs to the Far East, especially to The suicide represented an act the streets. a year from as fast as a prime rib would, ac­ Japan. While he isn't especially Singapore Trouble of . fanatical desperation by Viet­ cording to Dolan. Durban, South Ddan The ocean Evelyn left Saigon interested in being an on-the-spot namese Buddhists against the Dolan reports that Durban is a Africa, and Dieni government. The religious six days after Turner witnessed spectator to the major events that pretty good port to he spending works in the Indian Ocean. There sect charged that the regime was the monk's flaming suicide. This periodically shake that part of the time in. He said that the Durban Is plenty of w(n:k to do aboard world, he enjoys sampling the persecuting their leadership and visit didn't prove to be his only Sailor's Society, which operates the ship. Dolan reported, and there Is depriving its members of religious contact with the hotspots of South­ exotic flavor of the Far East. And, club sends a bus to the ship to no shortage of overtime. as many of his other SIU brothers, east Asia. Only this past April he freedom. take the men into town every day "That doesn't mean it's all work The self-inflicted death by fire visited Singapore, Malaysia, which he knows that these trips will give him a bag-full of storieB to relate and no play, though," Dolan aaid. and then takes them back to the to his grandchildren some day, Recently the Anton Bruun took on ship at night. HURRICANe <Wat«rman), Sapt. 97 reported. Few hours disputed OT In Dolan reported that the crew adding his own personal postscript a Complete set of softball equip­ —Chairman, Anthony J, Palino; Sec­ engine department. to the history books. ment, including gloves, balls and voted to pick up a present for retary, Eugene Ray. No beefs reARIZPA (Waterman), Sept. 90 — •orted. Vote of thanks extended to Sparks when the ship gets to Aden. the steward department for a Job Chairman, Vincent Monte; Secretary, "Sparks has treated us just right," Vincent Monte. The trip has been Well. done. very smooth and pleasant with coop­ Dolan said. He praised the way LOG-A-RHYTHM: PETER REISS (Ralst), Sept. 3(1— eration from crew. Some disputed Sparks has kept the crew in­ Chairman, William Caroshoff; Secre- OT in the engine department. :tary' Richard Crinnltt. Everything la formed on the news and for the ALICE BROWN (Bloomfleld), Sept. running smoothly. Vote of thanks to way he helps the crewmen that the steward department. Motion made 90—Chairman, H. E. Rosegrans; Sec­ retary, G. J. Trotclalr. $10 in thip'g have gotten ill aboard ship. to contact company about deck Crew Calls Anton Bruun Fine Ship, But Different orew's quarters back aft—using spare rooms for crew's quarters. STSGL ROVER (Isthmian), Sept. 13 fund. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Brothers were advised to keep foc'sle locked in port. Vote of thanks to the steward de­ partment. OUR LADY OF PEACE (Liberty Navigation), Sept. 19 — Chairman, Louie Hudson; Socrotary, Loulo Hudaori. Some disputed OT in engine de­ partment to be taken up with patrol­ man. Vote of thanks extended to the bosun and the' entire steward de­ partment for their cooperation. —Chairman, W.: Biskas; Secretary, W. Seldenstrlctar. Brothor Walter Schlecht Was elected to serve as shlp't delegate. No beefs and no dis­ puted OT. PAIRLAND (Sea-Land), Oct. 19 — Chairman, Joseph Moody; Socrotary, James B. Archie. Brother Joseph Moody was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Everything Is running smoothly aboard ship. STEEL ARTISAN (Isthmian), Oct. 4 —Chairman, N. Swokia; Secretary, J. Birown. .Brother J. Levin was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), Oct. IB^Chalrman, Ivan Tarkov; Secre­ tary, W. Danford. Some disputed oT reported in deck department. Two men missed ship in Spain. No beefs reported by-' department delegates. STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), Oct. 1« —Chairman, V. SxymanskI; Secretary, W. Milts. $90 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Vote of thanks extended to the steward department for a good job. MORNING LIGHT (Waterman), Oct. 11—Cha)rman, J. Sampson; Secretary, L. Pepper. Soihe disputed OT re­ ported in the deck department. Vote of thanks extended to aU delegates and the steward department for a job well done. Old Jack Frost By R. L. HINSON Old Jack Frost is coming, you can feel him in the breeze He blows his breath upon the world, he causes earth to freeze Old Jack Frost is coming, before the break of day He will nip you on the nose and bite the old blue Jay. Covering mountain and valley, with white he covers gold He kills both full and barren, all are counted as his toll. He falls upon the meadow, on hill tops near the sky Everything feels his chilly ice, all the foliage soon must die. He breathes upon gray squirrel, on the 'possum in the tree He falls upon the hornets nest, upon the honey bee. He frosts upon the shepherd's hutch, upon the shepherd's rod. He falls upon the apples, upon the greenest pod. Like snow on the house tops, the fence and He falls upon the cattle, on sheep in the Find-lng the old jack rabbit, he bites him in Falling upon the reindeer, he turns his the pole fold his bed. old nose red. The icy frost sodh bites both vine and ripe papain The wild grapes droop down, like the ripening black haw. Old jack frost is coming, he falls where e'er he may. The sun will I'.se in the morning, and ivipe his work away. �SEAFA^RERS Page Twenty-Two Ootober S9, 1964 LOG Sm AHRXVAZ.S aad ' '• j] All of the following SIU families have received maternity benefits from the Seafarers Welfare Plan, plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's namei Laura Lynn Davis, born May 16, Joseph LeBlen, bora August 4, Jacquilec Coats, born August 14, 1964, to the Jackie Coats, Port 1964, to the James E. Davis, Jack­ 1964, to the Louis D. LeBleaus, sonville, Fla. VlUo Platte, La. Arthur, Texas. J" 4" i 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4" 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Kevin James Mullen, born June Vickie Lose, born September 16, Lisa Edlund, bom June 16, 1964, to the John H. Edlunds, Mobile, 10, 1964, to the Edward F. Mul­ 1964, to the Howard F. Loses, Mo­ lens, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. bile, Alabama. Alabama. Lonny Henry, born June 26, Daryl Henry Russell, born Au­ Dale Dahlstrom, born August 4, 1964, to the Albert B. Dahlstroms, gust 20, 1964, to the Dale H. Rus- 1964, to the Jimmie H. Henrys, sells. Highland, Mich. Channelview, Texas. Marquette, Mich. Stanley Hitchinson, Jr., bom Estamae Bell, born August 14, Paul Bell, horn July 10, 1964, to the Huey L. Bells, Mobile, October 8, 1964, to the Stanley 1964, to the Robert H. Bells, PenHutchinsons, Baltimore, Md. sacola, Florida. Alabama. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Susan Taylor, born September Christine Rae Brown, born Au­ John Thompson Wilde, born Feb­ ruary 22, 1964, to the Keith J. gust 12, 1964, to the Arron V. 8, 1964, to the William E. Taylors, Alpena, Michigan. Wildes, Harbor Springs, Mich. Browns, Norfolk, Va. David Gasey, bom August 25, Jude McFarlain, born July 8, Judith Jones, born July 10, 1964, to the Albert L. Jones, Sault Ste. 1964, to the Jerold D. McFarlains, 1964, to the Clarence B. Gaseys, Smith Creek, Mich." Sulphur, La. Marie, Mich. 4 4 4 The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported Lance Hergruder, born August to the Seafarers Welfare Plan (any apparent delay In payment 1964, to the Dolton Hergruders, of claims is normally due to late filing, lack of beneficiary Plaquemine. La. card or necessary litigation for the flisposition of estates) > 4 4 4 Margret Anderson, bom May 17, Harris Conrad Smaliwood, 78: buried in the Forest Glade Ceme­ 1964, to the William Andersons, Brother Smaliwood died in the tery, Wakefield, Mass. Pittsburgh, Pa. Boston USPHS 4 4 4 4 4 4 Albert Ives Williams, 51: Brother hospital, a vic­ Robin Leslie Stadelman, born tim of cancer, on Williams was the victim of heart July 3, 1964, to the Robert J. May 5, 1964. failure while In Stadelmans, Baltimore, Md. Sailing in the the Norfolk Gen­ 4 4 4 steward depart­ eral Hospital on Vincent Angotti, born June 23, ment, he became April 5, 1964. 1964, to the Ronald E. Angottls, a member of the Sailing in the Chicago, 111. SIU in 1949. steward d e p a rtEarl Nelson, born April 4, 1964, Surviving is his ment, he has been to the Alton Nelsons, St. Louis, wife, Mrs. Kath- a member of the erine Rose Smaliwood. He was Union since 1949. Mo. Louise V. Norileet was named administratrix of his estate. Burial was in the Rosewood Memorial •SsSiiiS Park Hospital Cemetery, Virginia We are anxious to hear from you— Beach, Va. George Baker 4 4 4 Leona Baker has not heard from Mother. you for seven years and would like Michael Joseph Birrare, 63: 4 4 4 you to contact her at your earliest Brother Birrare • died on May 3, Thomas E. Markham convenience. Her address is: 6201 1964 of heart Your family is concerned about Jacqueline, Wichita, Kansas. disease at his you and would like you to contact 4 4 4 residence in them. Write or call Mrs. Etta Gay, Graymoor, New 3317 Montana Ave., Norfolk, Va.— Philip Korol York. A member Your sister has not heard from UL3-0833. of the deck de­ you for several months and would 4 4 4 partment, he be­ like you to contact her. George Edward Cowie gan sailing with 4 4 4 Contact Mrs. Ellen Cowie Gelss the SIU in 1940. Lloyd T. Callaway at Box 374, Orange Park, Fla., im­ He is survived You are requested to contact mediately. by his brother, your sister on an urgent matter. 4 4 4 J. Birrare. Burial was in the 4 4 4 Juiio Figuerod and Alfonso Rivera Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Jimmie L. "Whitey" Ivy You are asked to get in touch You are requested to get in with Carlos M. Diaz at 107 D-1 N.Y. touch with Mrs. W. H. Cook, route Lltheda Apts., Rio Piedras, Puerto 4 4 4 5, Box 153 A, Hattiesburg, Miss., Rico, on a matter of utmost im­ Favras Jules Mondesire, 73: at once. She is waiting to hear portance. Brother Mondesire died in the from you. Boston City Hos­ 4 4 4 pital on May 17, 4 4 4 R. Atwell, S. Hutchinson, B. Wadell Doc Landry Fred Shaia on the Steel Vendor 1964, of heart You are asked to contact Harry requests Raymond Atwell, Stanley disease. A mem­ H. Darrah at Compass Center, 77 Hutchinson, and Billy Wadell to get ber of the union Washington Street, Seattle, Wash. in touch with the steward on the since 1939, he 98104. Steel Vendor about your gear and sailed in the steward depart­ souvenirs. 4 4 4 ment until he Checks Held 4 4 4 retired on pen­ Checks for the following Sea­ James Bruce Elliott sion in 1961. farers who served on the Penn Contact your sister, Mrs. Peg^ He is survived hy his daughter, Carrier may bo picked up by them R. Pelkey at 204 Commonwealth Mrs. Faith Vaughn. Burial was in' at the Baltimore SIU Hall. Ave., West Mifflin, Pa., as soon as the Mt. Hope Cemetery, Boston, J. W. Short, L. C. Cole, Jr., possible. Mass. James Jerchied, Walter Smith, 4 4 4 4 4 4 Jose M. DaCosta, Michael 0. Mil­ George Lathrope George Collier Hudson, 49: ler, Earl H. Beamer, and James P. Contact Cliff Emmist at 2501 Brother Hudson died May 6, 1964 Bush. West Hamilton Ave., Tampa, Fla. in New Orleans, 4 4 4 or call collect 935-8818. This is La., of a liver Faustino Orjales a matter concerning money due ailment. A mem­ Anyone knowing the whereabouts you. ber of the en­ of the above is asked to contact 4 4 4 gine department, Joseph Lieberman, Attorney, at 15 George S. Neyrey, Jr. he first joined Park Row, New York 38, N.Y. You are requested to get in the union in 10038. touch with Miss Flo Theriot, 521 1961. He -is sur­ Leanine Street, New Orleans, La. 4 4 4 vived by his sis­ Lawrence Roy ter, Miss Edith 4 4 4 Salvatore Barbara Let me know if you are all right. Hudson. Burial Contact your sister, Frances Cus- was in the Cedar Hill Cemetery, Was worried when you did not call baek to the Western Union Office. to, immediately. Vicksburg, Miss. •, All hospitalized Seafarers would appreciate mail and visits whenever possible. The following is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospital: USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Paul O. Arcenaux Robert M. McEvoy G. E. Armstrong Henry J. Maas J. C. Armstrong Charles C. Mathews B. L. Birmingham Wm. E. Maulden Daniel H. Bishop PhlUlp C. Mendozo James V. Boring James F. Moody John G. Brady Harry O'Brien •M. J. Oswald John A. Buttimer Troy M. Pardue Joseph G. Carr Francis H. Coggins J. W. Patterson Allen Collins. Jr. James J. Redden Thomas Sims Anthony S. Contl Arthur W. Gorman W. R. Simpson Jay Steele James M. Davis Harold W. Sweet Glenn E. Dickens Patrick J. Durkin Clayton Thompson J. C. Thompson John D. Edwards Jose Vigo Amado Fellciano Ernest C. Vitou S. Fertitta L. W. Williamson Luis G. Franco W. J. Woolsey, Sr. Joseph B. Huszar Victor A. Kennedy J. F. Wunderlich Ignatius McCormlck USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK Thomas F. Maher John I. Allen James Martin Angelo. Aragona Donald M. McKeon Peter Arthurs R. Mlchalek L. Bartlett A. Minors Jolin Chiorra John Morrison E. Constantino J. P. Cunningham Donald Nash C. F. New Hamilton Dailey C. Mohat B. Davis Wilbur Newson Robert Dillon W. DeFrancisco Kasimir Puchalskl Benjamin Putiken Harry E. Doren R. D. Eisengraeber E. DeGuartel Max Fingerhut F. Reyes C. E. Foster B. Rivera Robert M. Godwin Joseph Rudolph Anthony Scaturro John GotseliT K. I. Hubbard Juan Soto R. Spiteri R. Iglesias Asmund Jacobsen Leon S. Webb J. Stogaitis Wm. F. Janlsch Joseph J. Keating F. L. Travis King S. Koo J. E. Williams B. KullkoWskl Fred Wrafter William Logan Joseph A. Yanik William Lovett Francis Flynn Thomas Lowe George Duffy James M. MacCrea Angelo Ciano A. McArthur H. Callahan USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VIRGINIA Frank Buck Raymond MiUer Joseph Curtis Joseph P. Scovel Myron Garrish Dwight L. SkeltoB George Goff Arthur Wroton Thomas Jefferson Harris, Jr., 47: Brother Harris died of ac­ cidental drown­ ing at Norfolk, Va., on March 28, 1964. A menkber of the SIUUnited Industri­ al Workers, he worked In the Norfolk shipyard as a mechanic. Surviving is his wife, Mrs. Bessie E. Harris. Burial was in the Mt. Zion Cemetery, Virginia Beach, Va. 4 4 4 Carl Nicholas Petersen, 68: Brother Petersen died of acci­ dental causes on May 8, 1964, at the Seaman's In­ stitute in New York, N.Y. A member of the union since 1949, he sailed in the deck department unftil hds retire­ ment in 1963. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. Nicolena P. Norby. Cremation was at the Garden State Crema­ torium, West New York, N.J. 4 4 4 USPHS HOSPITAL CHICAGO. ILLINOIS James Hellems Robert Pirie Carl Larson Paul W. Schneider David Lasky Armas Soppl Francis Perry USPHS HOSPITAL HOUSTON. TEXAS EHmer E. Campo Nels Larson Malvin Chandler J. E. MarshaU James F. Cleator Willis O. Moncriex Glen M. Curl F. E. Nelson Joseph H. Booker James M. Reilly Angel Garcia Tommie R. Sanford Frank Gutierez Joe C. Selby Raymond H. Henry Estanlslas Soils Harry Hei»dry Wm. J. Stephens Orville A. Jetton Joseph T. Vaughn Gerald L. Kersey USPHS HOSPITAL SEAITLE, WASHINGTON Jose DaCosta Cecil Wailick E. A. Ainsworth USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICHIGAN UlysB Crider Cecil Osborne, Jr. Lonnle Jones Donald Ritcey Ralph Keen John Santay Clarence Lenhart Walder Selzer Edmund Zarecki Arlo Otto USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GEORGIA J. C. Laseter C. P. Thompson B. S. Swearingen B. H. WaddeU USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MARYLAND C. Anderson Walter O. Hall Evit Ardoin Lucas Hernandez Wm. Belfield G. C. Maddox Edgar Benson Bernard Morillo G. Busciglio J. Pendergrass Lewie Cook Carlton Phillips Robert W. Duff Andrew Suech J. J. Sypniewski Vernon Ferguson Chamber Winskey Friedof Fondlla USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS Benjamin Deibler George McKnew Abe Gordon Max Olson'' Thomas Lehay SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK Daniel Gorman Thomas Isaksen A. Gutierrez WiUiam Kenny USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENNESSEE James McGee PINE CREST HAVEN NURSING HOME COVINGTON, LOUISIANA Frank Martin V.A. HOSPITAL NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS Maurice Roberts U.S. SOLDIERS HOME HOSPITAL WASHINGTON. D,C. William Thomson Albert Lee Hernandez, 38: Brother Hernandez died of drown­ ing when the tugboat Wales, on which he was working, over­ turned in the Houston ship channel on April 25, 1964. A mem­ ber of the SIUInland Boat­ men's Union, he was working as mate. He Is sur­ vived by his wife, Mrs. Audrey Hernandez. Burial was in the For­ est Lawn Memorial Park Ceme­ tery, Beaumont, Texas. 4 4 4 Robert Lee Girimmett; 56: Brother Grimmett died on May 2, 1964 aboard ship on the Great Lakes, of heart failure. A member of the engine depart­ ment, he first Joined the SIUGreat Lakes District -in 1960. Surviving is his wife, Juanita D. Crrimmett. He was buried in the Westlake Cemetary, Amstead, W. Va. 4 4 4 Rocco Zioarelli, Sit Brother Seraflm K. Badivanis, 66: Broth­ er Badivanis died April 26, 1964, ZleareUl died on May 5, 1964 at in t h_o Presby­ the hospital in terian Hospital, Crawford, Penn., Phi l adephia. of natural causes. A mem­ Pa., of heart dis­ ease. A member ber of the SIUQreat Lakes Dis­ of the steward department, he trict, he sailed in the steward Joined the Un­ ion in 1960. Surdepartment. He is survived by V i V i n g is his wife, Despina his wife, Mrs. Badivanis. Burial was in his birth­ Lillian Zlcarelli. His place of bur­ ial is not known. place, Athens, Greece. �SEAFARERS October M, 19M Sciiecluke of Membership Meetings Home Bound UNION i§ALLS SlU-AGLIWD Meetings SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters 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 .... November 2 Defa-oit November IS Philadelphia ... November 3 Houston November B Baltimore November 4 New Orleans .. November 10 Mobile November 11 Si West Coast SlU-AGLIWD Meetings SIU headquarters has issued the following schedule through August, 1964 for the monthly informational meetings to be held in West Coast ports for the benefit of Seafarers shipping from Wil­ mington, San Francisco and Seattle, or who are due to return from the Far East. All Seafarers are expected to attend these meetings, in accord with an Executive Board resolution adopted in Deeember, 1961. Meetings in Wilmington are on Monday, San Francisco on Wednesday and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 FM local time. The schedule is as follows: Seattle Wilmington San Francisco November 20 November 18 November 16 December 18 December 23 December 21 J- 4" Great' Lakes SIU Meetings Regular membership meetings on the Great I,akes are held on the first and third Mondays of each month in all ports at 7 PM local time, except at Detroit, where meetings are held at 2 PM. The next meetings will be: Detroit Nov. 2—2 PM Alpena, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Duluth, Frankfort, November 2—7 PM 4" 4 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 .. Nov. 3—5 PM Baltimore (licensed and un­ licensed) ...... Nov. 4—5 PM Houston Nov. 9—5 PM Norfolk Nov. 5:^7 PM N'Orleans .. Nov. 10—5 PM Mobile Nov. 11—5 PM 4 4 4 RAILWAY MARINE REGION Regular membership meetings for Railway Marine Region-IBU members are scheduled each month in the various ports at 10 AM and 8 PM. The next meetings will be: Jersey City Nov. 9 Philadelphia ...... Nov. 10 Baltimore Nov. 11 •Norfolk Nov. 12 GREAT LAKES TUG AND REGION DREDGE rage Twentr-Threo LOG Some of the crew of the Hastings (Waterman) take a break on the deck after leaving Karachi. Above (front, l-r) Getis Ligbtfoot, 3rd cook; Chris de Jesus, night cook and baker; (rear) Melvin Boss, galleyman; and Leon Jordan, chief cook, line up for the camera of ship's delegate Richord Bloomquist. PRESIDENT Paul HaU EXECUTIVE VICE-PBESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Lindse; Williams Ai Tanner Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES BiU HaU Ed Mooney Fred Stewart BALTIMORE 1218 E. Baltimore St. Rex Dickey, Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. Ed Riley, Agent Richmond 2-0140 DETROn 10225 W. Jeffer.son Ave. VInewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS ....675 4th Ave., Bkiyn HVacinth 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. Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Buck Stephens. Agent . Tel. .529-7546 NEW YORK 675 4tii Ave.. Brookl.vn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK 115 3rd St. Gordon Spencer. Acting Agent 622-1892 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th St. •Tchn Fay, Acting Agent DEwey 6-3818 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Paul Gonsorchik. Agent DOugI.os 2-4401 t^rank Drozak. West Coast Rep. SANTURCE PR .1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 Regular membership meet­ ings for Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region IBU memlers are scheduled each month in the vari­ ous ports at 7:30 PM. The next meetings will be: Detroit ... Nov. 9—2 PM Milwaukee Nov. 9 Chicago Nov. 10 Buffalo Nov. 11 tSault Ste. Marie .. Nov. 12 Duluth Nov. 13 Lorain Nov. 13 (For meeting piace, contact Har­ old Ruthsatz, 118 East Parish. Sandusky, Ohio), Cleveland Nov. 13 Toledo ...Nov. 13 Ashtabula ....Nov. 13 (For meeting place, contact John Mero, 1644 West 3rd Street, Ash­ tabula, CHiio). SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and avail­ able in all Union 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 m.iil. return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: 4 4 4 United Industrial Workers Earl Shepard. Chairman. Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place. Suite 1930. New York 4. N.Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, cither by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Anpeals Board. Regular menibership meetings for UIW members are scheduled each mO'Utk at 7 PM in various ports. The next meetings will be: New York ... November 2 Baltimore .. November 4 Philadelphia . November 3 IHouston November 9 Mobile November 11 New Orleans .. November 10 * Mietings htld at Laoor Tampla, Nawperl News. t Mealing held at Labor Temple, Sault Sle. Marie, Mich, t Mealing held at Galveston wharves. Know Your Rights FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. AU trust funds of the SIU Atlantic. Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall consist equally of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. Ail trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. CONTRACTS. Copies of aU SIU contracts are available in aU SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as fiUng for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any Individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from pub­ lishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has l>een reaffirmed by memliership action at the September, 1960, meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy Is vested In an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one Individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and Is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months In the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitu­ tion. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. 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, elc.> as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. EVERY THREE MONTHS If any SIU ship has no library or needs a new supply of books, contact any SIU hall. YOUR SIU SHIP'S LIBRARY RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension benefits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attendance at membership meetings. And like aU other SIU mem­ bers at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, including service on rank-and-file committees Because tliese oldtimcrs cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of aUowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may he 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. On* of the basic.rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD 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 right* have been violated, or that he has been denied hi* constitutional right of access to Union records or Information, ha should Immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mall, return receipt requested. Keith Terpe. Hq. Rep Phone 724-2843 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Ted Babkowski. Agent MAin 3-4334 TAMPA 312 Harrison St. Jeff Gillette. Agent 229-2788 WILMINGTON, Calif 505 N. Marine Ave. Frank Boyne. Agent . TErminal 4-2528 Great Lakes SECRETARY-TREASURER Fred J. Farnen ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER Roy Boudreau ALPENA 127 River SL EL. 4-3616 BUFFALO, NY 735 Washington TL 3-9259 CHICAGO 9383 Ewing Ave. So. Chicago, RL SAginaw 1-0733 CLEVELAND 1420 West 25th St. MAin 1-5450 DULUTH 312 W. 2nd St. RAndo;ph 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 BALTIMORE ....1216 E Baliimore St. EAstein 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. Richmond 2-G140 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HVacin'h D-eBOO HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St . SE. Jax ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W Flaglei St. FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. . HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jacksun Ave. TP' • ""--.SJO NORFOLK 115 Third St. Tel 622-1892-3 PHILADELPHIA 26 DEwey 6-3838 TAMPA 312 . .- II, ol. Tel 229-2788 GREAT LAKES TUG & DREDGE REGION REGIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Jones Dredie Workers Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Harold F. Von BUFFALO 94 Henrietta Ave. Arthur Miller. Agent TR 5-1538 CHICAGO 2300 N. KimbaU Trygve Varden, Agent ALbsny 2-1154 CLEVELAND 1420 W 25th St. Tom Gerrity. Agent . C21-5450 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 Brimiey. Mich. Wayne Weston. Agent BRimlrv 14-R 5 TOLEDO . 423 Central St. CH 2-7751 Tug Firemen, linemen. Oilers X Watchmen's Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Tom Burns ASHTABULA O. 1644 W. Third St John Mero. Agent . .. WOodmen 4-8532 BUFFALO 18 Portland St. Tom Burns. Agent T.A 3-7095 CHICAGO 9383 Ewing. S. Chicago Robert Affleck. Agent ESsex 5-9570 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25lh St. W. Hearns. Pro-Tern Agent MA 1-5450 DETROIT-TOLEDO . . 12948 Edison St. Max Tobin. Agent . Southgate, Mich. AVonue 4-0071 DULUTH Box No. 66 South Range, Wis. Ray Thomson, Agent EXporl 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 SHerm.m 4-6645 SAULT STE. MARIE 1086 Maple St. Wm. J. Lackey. Agent MElrose 2-8847 Rivers Section ST. LOUIS. MO 805 Dei Mar L. J. Colvis, Agent CE 1-1434 PORT ARTHUR. Tex. 1348 7th St. Arthur Bendheim, Agent RAILWAY MARINE REGION HEADQUARTERS . 99 Montgomery St. Jersey City 2, NJ HEnderson 3-0104 REGIONAL DIRECTOR G. P. McGinty ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTORS E. B. Pulver R. H. Avery BAi.TlMOiiE.. .1216 E Baltiiiioie St. EAstp'M 7-annn NORFOLK 115 Third St. 622-1892-3 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S 4Ui St. DEwey 6-3818 United Industrial Workers BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. EAstern 7-4990 BOSTON 276 State St. Richmond 2-0140 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 9-t:6tl0 HOUSTON 5804 CamI St. WAlnut 8-3297 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pe rl St. SE ELgin 3-0937 MIAMI 744 W Flagler St. FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE 1 S. Lawrence St. HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Phone 529-7546 NORFOLK 115 Third St. Phone 622-1892-3 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th St. DEwey 6-3818 TAMPA ...312 Harrison St. Phone 229-2788 �SEAFARERS LOG m I OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-OIO y. I With the first of the scheduled College En­ trance Examination Board Tests coming up in December, it is time again for qualified Sea­ farers and children of Seafarers who want to compete for one of the five annual $6,000 SlU scholarship awards for 1965 to begin filing their applications. The competition for the $6,000 awards, which may be used to attend any accredited college or university in the U.S. or its possessions, for study in any field, is open to qualified Seafar­ ers who have a minimum of three years seatime on SlU-contracted vessels, and to children whose fathers meet the seatime requirement. At least one annual award is reserved for a a Seafarer. The SlU scholarship plan has been operated on an annual basis for the past I I years and winners can select any college and field of study. Fifty-eight awards have been given since the program began in 1953. Of these 36 have gone to the children of SlU members and SlU men themselves have received 22 of the college scholarships. Winners are chosen by a panel of leading university educators and administrators on the basis of their high school records and College Entrance Examination Board test results. The first of the scheduled CEEB tests for 1965 will take place on December 5, 1964. Addi­ tional tests are scheduled for January 9, 1965 and March 6, 1965. Qualified applicants are urged to take the earliest exam possible to avoid any last minute rush and allow the test results to be available well in advance of the judging. Seafarers and members of SlU families who are interested in competing for the 1965 awards should contact the nearest SlU port office or SlU Headquarters for information. They should also rnake immediate arrangements to take a CEEB test. To register for the tests, write to the College Entrance Examination Board at Box 592, Princeton, N.J., or Box 1025, Berkeley, California well in advance. The judging for the five annual SlU awards is expected to take place late in May, as in pre­ vious years. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource October 30, 1964 Description An account of the resource Headlines: BULK CARRIERS’ NEEDS PROMPT STUDY BY MA SIU VOTE BEGINS ON NOVEMBER 2 8 SEAFARERS RETIRE ON $150 PENSIONS SIU WEST COAST TANKER COLLIDES, BURNS; ONE LOST JIM MITCHELL DIES – EX LABOR SECRETARY VERRAZANO BRIDGE NAMED AFTER ‘MYSTERY’ EXPLORER MFOW TO FILL 16 UNION POSTS BARGE SERVICE PROVIDES CITIES WITH MORE JOBS, BUYING POWER TWO SIU VESSELS PLAY KEY ROLE IN NAVY GAMES POLLS COMMITTEE VOTING GUIDE AFL-CIO SEES JOHNSON WIN AIDING PRO-LABOR LEGISLATION U.S. SHIPBUILDING DECLINES DESPITE WORLDWIDE BOOM 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 10/30/1964 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. 22 1964 Periodicals Seafarers Log