http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/9248b501ae1a1c47057e1dd4244c41e1.PDF bb65648b4b894dbf325d4dd9605a0d77 PDF Text Text SlU Calls For Tax On Runaways To Assist U.S. Fleet .Story On Page 8 Floundering Niagara Saved By SlU Crew ^^ story On Page 2 Seafarer Honored The Seamar, fourth of six troop­ ships being converted for SIUcontracted Calmar Steamship Company at Baltimore, was launched last week by Mrs. J. Schenk, wife of Seafarer Joseph Schenk (right above). Mrs. Schenk was named sponsor of the new vessel in honor of Seafarer Schenk's long-term (20-year) service with Calmar. Seamar captain W. S. Musi is at right. Already in Service are the reconverted Marymar, Cal­ mar and Pennmar, For com­ plete story see page 7. SlU Protests Move To Let Foreign- Flags In U.S.-P.R. Trade .Story On Page 3 Complete Text Of Constitution Seafarers International Union Atlantic, Gulf Lakes & Inland Waters District (See Supplement) mm • n M M than 400 pickets turned out in San Juan to protest a proposal to open the Puerto union frOfeSf# Rico-US trade to foreign flag shipping. The demonstration outside the El San Juan hotel was called by the Puerto Rico SIU and the NMU to coincide with a Chamber of Commerce meeting inside the hotel being addressed by Federal Maritime Commission chairman John Harllee. Complete story is on page 3. �rate lire SEAFARERS rtiojury 19, 19tt LOG Quick Action By SlU Crew Saves Fioundering Niagara By Paul Holi A proposal to make big U.S. oil companies and other American shipping interests who maintain large runaway-flag fleets pay their Running before a stonn 600 miles off the Azores, her aft plates buckled and ripped away fair share of taxes on the huge profits they make, was presented last by the mounting seas, the SlU-contracted Niagara (Sea Transport) survived her trial by week by the SIUNA to the fourth meeting of the Maritime Advisory ocean thanks only to the quick-thinking of her bosun and the skillful, untiring seamanship Committee. Many of you may remember that the late President Ken­ nedy made this same recommendation in his tax message of April 20, of her crewmembers. 1961. Not only do we think that U.S. corporations who operate foreign the storm, the captain ordered the bosun's sugges­ The almost tragic story began two days affiliates should be taxed, but the proceeds from such a tax could tion to wire the weakened parts of the ship put after the Niagara left the port of Rotterdam, into effect. Jones set to work on the tricky rigging be used to rebuild the declining bulk-carrier fleet. Holland, bound-for Houston. The converted job, his efforts hampered continually by the rough The U.S. shipping operators who register their vessels under T-2 tanker, built in 1945 and displacing 11,564 seas. Panamanian, Liberian and Honduran flags have been enjoying the gross tons, had been tramping various world The bosun fixed two cables to the aft winches best of all tax worlds for too many years, as the SIU has pointed out ports since September, 1964. She had left an ore and ran them around the stem. Then each cable time and again. By running up the Pan-Lib-Hon flag, the runaway cargo in Holland and was headed unloaded back was run into a pipe at the stern so that they would operator can exploit low-paid foreign seamen to reap fantastic profits. to the Gulf. not damage the rudder or screw. The cables were An even more important advantage that the runaway operator has The heavy seas and continuing rain squalls in weighted so that they would drop quickly. By 10 is that he doesn't have to worry about paying taxes on these excessive the Atlantic were taken in stride by the crew until A.M., both cables had been sufficiently tightened profits either to the U.S. or the country where the ship is actually the morning of January 26. ABs Elmert DeQuartel so that the ship could get under way again. Speed registered. A quick look at some of this country's major runaway-flag tanker and Ernest E. Puras said they awakened at 7 A.M. was naturally reduced, so that the 600 miles to to the sound of breaking up noises from the aft the Azores port of San Miguel would take at least operators illustrates the magnitude of the profits involved. Giant oil companies, such as Standard Oil of New Jersey, Texaco, Gulf, Standard section. DeQuartel, who turned in after coming off five days. watch at 4 A.M., piled topside with Puras and other Later that afternoon, the ship laid to again and Oil of California and Socony Mobil wracked up total earnings in the crewmen to see what was happening. another cable was wrapped around the damaged first six months of 1964 of over $1.3 billion for themselves and their Plates Cracking section of the vessel. Jones later told the LOG foreign affiliates. These five oil giants, incidentally, operate more They found that the steel plates on the port that he had learned the trick of cabling up loose than half of the 264 tankers in the Pan-Lib-Hon fleet. U.S. Treasury Would Benefit side, just aft of the midships house, were cracking plates from stories told to him by two now departed If these foreign tax havens were barred to runaway U.S. corporations away from the ship's »de with the pounding of the old timers. One of the oldtimers, Connie Knowles, heavy swells. Bosun -Leroy Jones, told Jones he had once wired a ship from bow to who operate overseas subsidiaries, and the 52 percent corporate tax Was to be imposed on their profits, it is estimated that over $25 million a native of Mobile, alerted the stern to keep her from sinking. in revenue would flow into the U.S. Treasury. It is these funds that Captain. Jones suggested that Pump Room Flooded steel cables be run around the The feeling was that if the cabling job had not could be used as a starter to begin the urgently needed rebuilding of damaged section of the ship to been done, the plates would have torn loose clear our country's bulk freighters and tankers, which are now nearing total hold the weakening plates in place. to engine room so that the ship would have had to obsolescence. If this proposal were followed, the rejuvenation of the The captain held off an immedi­ be abandoned. As it was, damage was considerable. U.S. dry and liquid bulk fleet could be accomplished at little or no ate decision on Jones' suggestion, During the slow five-day trip to the Azores, the cost to the American taxpayer, a fact that should please a great many but ordered the Niagara to lay to pump room became flooded when a line into the of our Congressmen. The need for a modern bulk cargo fleet is obvious to anyoqe who and ride out the storm. A radio room washed away. The Columbia hovered close call was sent out to the SIU- by during the trip, keeping a protective watch on wants to see this country assume its rightful place as a maritime power Jones of the first magnitude. At the present time bulk cargoes account for contraoted Columbia, a sister ship the Niagara. of the Niagara running on a parallel course. After All crewmembers served around the clock during about 85 percent of our foreign trade. The U.S. has become almost an anxious day of waiting, the Columbia finally the hazardous trip to the Azores. Jones said the completely dependent on runaway-flag vessels for its strategic imports, appeared at 10 P.M. that night. deck gang was tough and experienced. He said such as oil, manganese, copper, aluminum, iron ore and tin. A strong U.S.-flag bulk fleet, built in part with revenues from But the stormy seas had taken a toll of the it was one of the best crews he worked with in his Niagara during the day she drifted about with her 18 years at sea. "I worked them so hard that I was taxes on American corporation runaways, would mean that this power shut down. A huge portion on the port side, almost ashamed of myself," the bosun added. But country would have an adequate fleet to carry its strategic supplies, measuring 60-by-25 feet, had been torn away, in­ crewmen didn't mind the round-the-clock work. and not be forced to rely on the discredited myth called "effective cluding an eight-foot section below the water line. Their only thought at the time, according to Puras control." Exchange Of Views The number nine and ten port wing tanks were and DeQuartel, was to save their ship. One of the most important accomplishments of last week's Maritime The Storm Breaks filled with water. Crewmen were thankful that the With the help of all hands and a little luck, they Advisory Committee meeting was the full, frank exchange of views ship was empty of cargo. The crew felt more secure, however, with the pulled her through. As the. ship approached the on what role the group would have in making a decision on a new Columbia nearby and ready to render assistance Azores,, the storm broke and seas calmed for the program for the nation's merchant marine. Although Maritime Ad­ if the decision was made to abandon ship. Later, first time in many days. When the Niagara reached ministrator Nicholas Johnson has been engaged in considerable public the men of the Niagara voted the officers and port, the Columibia turned off and continued on discussion about the future direction of the U.S. Maritime policy. crew of the Columbia a hearty measure of thanks. hm: run. The Niagara was laid up in San Miguel Secretary of Commerce John T. Connor, chairman of the committee, • Rolling Continued where patching repairs were begun to put the ship told members that the Johnson Administration was not committed to Though efforts had been made to stabilize the into a seaworthy enough condition to be towed to any new, specific course of action regarding the merchant marine. Since the Advisory Committee is composed of members representing ship by flooding various tanks on the undamaged Houston. side, the rolling continued and the damage on the Second Officer Fonce Kellams was so impressed labor and management from every sector of the shipping industry. port side grew worse. In addition, the fury of the by the skillful seamanship displayed by bosun Chairman Connor decided to set up a special subcommittee that will storm continued to build during the long night. Leroy Jones that he recommended him for officer's define the committee's role in the creation of any new maritime policy established by the Administration. At 6 A.M. the next morning, at the height of training. • Cracked plates along the side of the SlU-contracted Niagara (Sea Transport) are clearly visible in this photograph taken when the ship reached the Azores and was submitted to the LOG by bosun Leroy Jones. Faint vertical line at right-center of photo is one of cables wrapped around ship by the crew which kept plates from peeling away and saved the vessel. Hole is 60 by 25 feet. i , ,J : ! r'.^f ' •> : i. . .. . 'J ..I c ; ; . s * * The SIUNA once again has been forced to send a stiff protest to Maritime Administrator Johnson following announcement of his pro­ posal to grant Public Resolution 17 waivers on export-import bank cargoes to Spanish ships. We had formerly protested the granting of these waivers at the last meeting of the Maritime Grievance Com­ mittee in November, when we pointed out that Spain, in complete disregard of U.S. State Department requests, consistently traded with Castro's Cuba. We again reminded the Maritime Administrator that the SIU has gone on record continuously in opposition to granting these waivers under any drcumetance since the MA has no legal power to do so unless U.S. ships are clearly unavailable. Issue Unresolved The SIU letter pointed out that the basic issue of the MA's authority to grant general PR 17 waivers is still unresolved despite the fact that it claims that information it has received about these Spanish ships resolves the specific issue we placed before the Grievance Oonunittee. We told Johnson, as we told the first meeting of the Maritime Advisory Committee last August 10, that the issues whieli we placed before the Grievance Committee were not being resolved, but were simply being disposed of. This latest action by the Maritime Administration is just another in a long series of decisions injurious to the health of the American merchant marine. While the Grievance Committee was set up to handle our protests on unauthorized waivers such as these, the lack ofvresults that maritime labor has experienced indicates that the Government still fails to luiderstand the needs of the American merchant fleet. * + * Another instance where a policy, turn-about by Washington threatens the jobs of American seamen are recent attempts by the Government to open the Puerto Rican intercoastal trade to foreign-flag shipping. In the light of the Administration's performance in ignoring the 50-50 cargo preference statutes, this news isn't too surprising. However, the SIU has no intention of letting this long-established ship-American policy go by the boards. Last week. Seafarers, in a joint effort with the NMU in Puerto Rico participated in mass picket line demonstra­ tions against revising t^ lawj ^bioh has been , in effect snce 1936. �si AF A*k E 11 S Shipping Resumes As striking longshoremen returned to work this week in most East and Gulf Coast ports, shipping returned to normal at SlU hiring halls, such as New York (above). Longshoremen returned to work at all struck ports with the exception of Texas and the South Atlantic port area where negotiations are continuing. Tax Runaways To Finance New U.S. Ships, SlU Urges WASHINGTON —The SIU has urged the Administration to subject the earn­ ings of American-owned runaway-flag ships to U.S. taxes, and to use the proceeds of the levy to rebuild the bulk-carrying segment of the American merchant marine. 4 The SIU proposal was was also discussed by committee aco. Gulf, Standard Oil of Cali­ fornia, and Socony Mobil. These set forth in a presentation members. five oil companies and their for­ The Maritime Advisory Commit­ by international president eign affiliates between them had Paul Hal! to the Maritime Ad­ visory CAnmittee, which held its fourth meeting here recent­ ly. The question of whether the Administration would es­ tablish a new maritime policy SIU Pushes Fight To Save PHS Hospitals For Seamen I The SIU, pushing its fight for the maintenance of Public Health Service facilities for seamen, has asked for a meeting with Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Anthony Celebrezze to discuss the proposed closing of seven USPHS Hospitals and other changes in the system which insures ade­ quate medical care for Ameri­ tail medical services to merchant Service program begun in 1798. In his communication to Secre­ seamen." can sailing men. The request for a meeting fol­ lowed the dispatch of a wire by SIU president Paul Hall to Presi­ dent Johnson, Secretary Cele­ brezze and other Administration and Congressional leaders pro­ testing the proposed changes in the USPHS hospital sytem, Includ­ ing the closing of seven hospitals. Hall's wire was answered by the White House, which said that "the planned closing of .seven amall PHS Hospitals over the next three or four years will not cur­ The White House maintained that the closings are part of a "plan to improve the quality of care for seamen patients and make hospital care more readily acces­ sible to them." In a similar letter to Hall, Secretary Celebrezze said medical care for seamen' in the areas affected by the hospital clos­ ings would be provided by Vet­ eran's Administration hospitals. The SIU, along with the rest of maritime labor, has consistently opposed any changes which would alter or weaken the Public Health Ti^ t od tary Celebrezze, Hall said that "it is essential that American sea­ men do not suffer any loss or re­ duction in the quality and avail­ ability of medical service and bospitalization under the USPHS Hospital system." Seafarers and families are nrged to write to their Con­ gressmen and Senators ask­ ing for their support in the preservation and maintenance of USPHS facilities for sea­ men and others. tee was created by executive or­ der of President Johnson in June recovered earnings of over $1.3 1964 to consider the problems of billion during the first six months American shipping. It consists of of 1964 alone. The Union presentation pointed the Secretary of Commerce, Secre­ tary of Labor and 15 non-Govern­ out that these huge earnings, un­ ment members representing the der present law, are not subject maritime industry, maritime labor to U.S. taxation and that the clos­ and the general public. In addi­ ing of this loophole had been rec­ tion to President Hall, maritime ommended by the late President labor was also represented by Kennedy in his tax message of April 20, 1961. NMU President Joseph Curran. $25 Million Tax Yield The meeting marked the first time that newly appointed SecreThe SIU estimated that applicatary of Commerce John T. Connor tion of the 52 percent U.S. corsat as chairman of the Committee. ! porate tax, to the earnings of the runaways, could produce revenues Cause of Decline The SIU asserted in its presen­ of over $25 million annually. The statement noted that, under tation that the rapid growth of the American-owned runaway-flag the onslaught of the runaways, the fleet, in the year since World War American-flag bulk carrying fleet II, has been a fundamental cause of uncompetitive war-built freight­ of the decline of the American- ers and tankers had been pushed flag fleet during this same period. to the brink of obsolescence and The runaway fleet consists of ves- 1 bankruptcy, although bulk cargoes sels flying the flags of Panama,' —dry and liquid—now make up Liberia and Honduras. .about 85 percent of our total forThe American-owned Pan-Lib-1 trade. The Federal Government, the Hon fleet now numbers over 400 vessels, which makes It nearly half SIU further noted, has been the size of the present Amierican- spending about $100 million annu­ flag deep sea fleet. The SIU fur­ ally on construction subsidies for ther noted that some 264 of the liner-type vessels, while at the American - owned Pan-Lib-Hon same time it has allowed the vital ships are tankers, and that more bulk-carrying fleet to be virtually than half of these are owned by driven off the seas and has made five American oil companies— this country almost entirely deStandard Oil of New Jersey, Tex(Continued on page 14) SIU Protests Opening P.R. Trade To Foreign Flags Some of the more than 400 pickets who turned out to protest a proposal to allow foreign flag ships to enter the U.S.-Puerto Rico trade hear Federal Maritime Commission Chairman John Harllee assure them that he would recommend only U.S.-flag vessels for such service. The demonstration was a joint effort of the Puerto Rico SIU and the NMU and had the support of other' Puerto Rico labor unions. ' ' ' '" SAN JUAN—At a joint demonstration here, the SIU and the NMU strongly protested attempts by the government and certain industry leaders on the island to allow foreign-flag shipping to enter the Puerto Rico trade. Keith Terpe, president of Part of that protest was aimed stration held at the hotel where the SIU of Puerto Rico and head of the Puerto Rico Cen­ at recent statements accredited to the Chamber of Commerce meet­ tral Labor Council, warned that Harllee about the possibility of ing was taking place, Keith Terpe the Introduction of foreign-flag allowing non-American-flag ship­ also noted that the Federal Gov­ shipping into the island'^ trade ping in the Puerto Rican trade. ernment now subsidizes .'Americancould result in the unemployment The Admiral assured the pickets flag shipping companies involved that he will back the exclusion of in direct competition with foreignof 20,000 seamen. foreign ships at any meeting on flag vessels on overseas routes. Terpe was joined in the warn­ the subject at the Maritime Com­ Under present regulations, no for­ ing by Thomas Martinez, head of mission. "I believe," he said, "that eign-flag vessels are allowed to the Puerto Rican branch of the we can find a just and clear solu­ participate in America's domestic NMU. Foreign-flag shipping in tion to this problem." oceanborne trade. Puerto Rico woilld mean the loss Some segments of the Puerto The maritime trade meeting was in wages alone of $100 million an­ Rican business and industrial com­ sponsored by the Puerto Rico nually the union spokesmen said. Chamber of Commerce and in­ munity have been complaining of In response to the demonstra­ cluded representatives from Alaska high freight rates by Americantion by the two sea-going unions. and Hawaii, the two non-mainland flag shipping companies. Others Admiral John Harllee, chairman states of the U.S. also affected by maintain that the rates are at a of the Federal Maritime Commis­ shipping rate controversies. Mem-; reasonable level. Governor sion, promised a "confident, deter­ bers of the 12-member panel of j Sanchez is believed to favor the mined and aggressive effort" to industi-y men offered often con­ introduction of foreign-flag ships aid in the solving of the Puerto flicting solutions to the freight into the island's trade. Rico freight rates controversy. He The attempt by certain Puerto said that such a solution should be rates problem. Rican industrial and government Subsidies Asked found without having to resort to interests, backed by segments of the use of foreign-flag vessels in The head of the Chamber, Justo the Federal Government, to bring Puerto Rican trade. Pastor Rivera, and Senator-at- foreign shipping into a domestic large Antonio Fernos Isern both route is reminiscent of the pres­ Unionists Hear Harllee Addressing the union pickets in called for subsidies for American- sure by Pacific Northwest lumber San Juan, Harllee said: "We can­ flag shipping in the Puerto Rico interests a few years ago to allow not afford solutions which might trade. Robert Mackey, president foreign-fiag ships into their do­ aid Puerto Rico but hurt the ship­ of the Propeller Club and a par­ mestic trade. The lumbermen ping companies." Before the meet­ ticipant at the meeting, also spoke managed to get Congress, to pass ing Harllee spoke before a large against foreign shipping in Puerto a bill to that' effect, but the bill was not re-enacted and died, after group of SIU and NMU pickets Rico. At the joint SIU-NMU demon- jone year. protesting foreign-flag shipping. �fake FMir S^^FAn^RS watrvm 19, tm LOe Latin Labor Group Tours Headquarters By Earl (Bull) Shepord, Vice-President, Allantle Seafarers On The Job Again Twenty-five labor leaders from 13 Latin American countries visited SlU headquarters lifst week as part of a field trip in which they saw American labor in action. The tour was sponsored by the American Institute of Free Labor Development of Washington, D.C. The group's SlU tour included visits to the shipping hall, clinic, LOG offices and the Research Department where this picture was taken. Story Of The Last Ten Years U.S. Ocean Trade Doubled, U.S. Flag Share Down 2/3 WASHINGTON—Despite the spectacular doubling of America's oceanborne foreign trade in the decade since 1955, the U.S.-flag merchant fleet has continued on a headlong decline, according to the latest figures released by the U.S. Maritime Administration. While our nation's trade -f our tanker cargoes In 1954, car­ flags of Panama, Liberia and was reaching new heights, the ried only four percent in 1963. Honduras. Whiie U.S. ships car­ percentage of that trade ried 8.5 percent of U.S. trade, run­ carried in American bottoms dropped from a low 27.9 percent to a drastic 8.5 percent. The fig­ ures mean simply that 91.5 per­ cent of U.S. commerce is now moved in foreign-flag ships. The share for liner-type ships dropped from 38 to 29 percent of American liner-carried cargoes. The share of U.S. trade carried by U.S. tramp ships fell from 18 to five percent. American-flag tank­ ers, which carried SO percent of During this period, the Mari­ time Administration report shows, U.S. exports rose by 123 percent and U.S. imports increased by 88 percent.- The sharp upward trend of our nation's trade is expected to continue well into the future, according to most observers. The sharp decline in the share of commerce carried by U.S.-fiag ships was in contrast to the great­ er role being played by U.S.owned ships flying the runaway Mississippi ice-Jam away flag ships carried 19.4 per­ cent. The Maritime Administration considers 12.6 rtillion tons of PanLib-Hon shipping under so-called "effective control" of the United States. Of that total, only 70 per­ cent is engaged in U.S. trade. And even the runaway ships have been carrying a steadily declining por­ tion of our commerce. When the Pan-Lib-Hon total Is added to the U.S.-flag total, America-owned shipping account­ ed for only 28 percent of our trade, a decrease of 5.8 percent in the years between 1960 and 1963. Many of the runaway ships are owned by independent oper­ ators who charter them to oil, iron, steel and aluminum im­ porters."^ SEAFARERS LOG Feb. 19,1965 Vol. XXVIi, No. 4 Official Publication of the SIUNA Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters District, 'AFL-CIO Executive Board PAUL HALL, President CAL TANNER EARL SHEPARD Exec. Vice-Pres. Vice-President AL KERR LINDSEY WILLIAMS Sec.-Treas. Vice-President . ROB. A. MATTHEWS AL TANNER Vice-President Vice-President HERBERT BRAND Director of Organizing and Publications Managing Editor: MIKE POLLACK; Art Editor: BERNARD SEAMAN; Asst. Editor: NATHAN SKYER; Staff Writers: ROBERT ARONSON. ALVIN SCOTT. PETE CARMEN. The Mlssissippf River has had its problems with ice this year, as'the picture above amply demonstrates. On one day reeently, ice floes tore a total of 13 barges from their moor­ ings. The Alton, Illinois da^jisjat top right in picture. Publlshsd blwsekly at the haadquarteri of the Seafarers International Union,.. At­ lantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11232. Tel. HYaclnth 9-6600. Second class postage paid at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under the Act of Aug. 24,. 1912. 120 -iiiir'i r-p > 'rt- 'Ct. SIU men stuck high and dry on the beach here in New York and other East Coast ports while Longshoremen negotiated for a new contract,, heaved a sigh of relief and braced themselves for the big rush to the shipping counters when ILA leaders ordered their men back to the piers. On the first reguiar day of business after the walk­ out ended, three times the normal number of Seafarers shipped out of Brooklyn headquarters. No^ all ports were included in the shipping boom created by tho dockers' back to work movement. ILA negotiators were at a stale­ mate over new contract terms in Hampton Roads, Va., and ports from Wilmington, N.C. south to Tampa, Fia., as well as all Teitas ports along the Gulf. Negotiations in these ports are continuing. The Calmar Steamship Corp. made the launching of one of its new C-4'6, the Seamar, the occasion to honor Joseph Schenk, an SIU mem­ ber who is the company's oldest employee. Mrs. Joseph Schenk, wife of the SIU veteran, did the honors at the christening ceremonies held at Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Key Highway in Baltimore, ^henk, who is a machinist, first went to work for Calmar in 1925, and is the company's oldest sea-going employee. His SIU brothers add their heartie^ congratulations along with their wishes for continued smooth sailing. ^ New^York ward Galien, who was last on the A lot of old faces turned up in Overseas Eva, is one < of the boys tbe New York hall to wait for the who is chomping at the bit to put end of the ILA walkout. We heard his sea legs in action again. Luis Figueroa announce that he's Baltimore • ready for a bosun's - job as soon With the longshoremen back on as one comes across the board. Figueroa has been an SIU mem­ the piers cleaning up the huge ber for 24 years now, and recent­ backlog of cargo, the shippinng sit­ ly spent 22 months on the Los uation looks very good in Balti­ Angeles. W.Lovett's friends were more for the next few weeks. SIU all glad to see him on his feet ships waiting to sign on crews in­ with a fit-for-duty slip after being clude the Bethflor, Bethtex, Kentaken sick on the Columbia. Lovett mar, Afoundria and Azalea City. says he is ready and willing to Charles Hemmish has been tell­ sign-up for the first Group 1 ing his friends in the Baltimore steward department job he sees. hall how much progress the Union Rick (Windy) Adamson is keeping has made in the 20 years he has his eye peeled for an electrician's been sailing. Hemmish, who re­ job on the Fairland, while J. Gau- cently piled off the Robin Lockstheir is biding his time as he waits ley where he was chief electrician, for a third cook or salon mess- says he was happy to take advan­ tage of the unexpected vacation he man's call. got because of the dock walkout. Boston Seafarers around the hall are hop­ Shipping was down to a slow ing Alexander Potorski gets out crawl in Beantown as everybody of the hospital with a fit-for-duty was marking time waiting for the slip soon. Potorski recently paid Longshoremen to return to work. off the Globe Progress where he With the dockers now back on sailed in the deck department. the job, the Steel Navigator and Eugene Graves is another brother the New Yorker are expected to who took advantage of the ILA clear quite a few jobs off the strike to get some medical atten­ board. tion. Graves, who paid off the Boston Seafarers were all glad Yorkmar, says he wants a Far East to hear that John Kulas' son was run since he's had enough of inrecovering from a recent illness. tercoastal trips for a while. Kulas, who was an oiler on the Norfolk Mount Vernon Victory, had to pay Shipping has been fair in Nor­ off the ship and rush home when his boy was hospitalized. Bob folk, even though a few local is­ Eaton has been seen around the sues still remain to be settled be­ hall, ready to grab the first avail­ fore the ILA dockers go back able AB job he sees. Bob was to work. Once the current dead­ flat on his back in a Puerto Rican lock breaks, job calls should real­ hospital for a while, but is now ly begin rolling across the rotary board. fully recovered. Julian Wilson, an AB, hopes to The ILA walkout gave George get back on the New Yorker as Stanley a chance to get up to soon as he gets a fit-for-duty slip. Maine and see his family, but he's Douglas Wilson piled off the Re­ ready to ship on the first carpen­ becca in Galveston since he had ter or bosun job he finds. Charles some business to take care of back Krause, who sails In the steward home. He'll be looking for an AB department, says he will take the job when things start moving first job that comes along. Krause again. Roy Cuttarell left his oiler's was glad to get home after ship­ job on the Henry after spending ping on the Puerto Rico on the seven months relaxing on his farm, sunshine run. Puerto Rico Philadelphia We went down to San Juan re­ Shipping has been slow in Phila­ cently to represent the SIU at delphia because of the longshore­ ceremonies when the Central La­ men'; strike, but a few jobs have bor Council was officially present­ been moving to ease the situation ed its charter from the AFL-CIO. a bit. With the dockers returning Charlie Slateff rushed down to work, the job picture is expect­ here to the "sun and sand" after ed to get eonsiderably brighter. paying off the Puerto Rico in cold, TTie walkout didn't bother Yas- windy New York. Juan Hernandez want Soman!, who said he enjoyed said he hated to leave the Alcoa a good visit on the beach after Trader, but hopes to get another shipping as bosun on the Steel good ship when things start mov­ Seafarer. Harry Celko is recuper­ ing again. Oliver Ortiz waved ating after spending five months goodby to his friends in the hall laid up in the hospital. He says and took off for New Yotk where he's looking forward to shipping he intends to ship oiit on the put in Ed­ �rtknunr U. IMI Three More SlU Oldtimers Added To Pensioner Ranks By Al Kerr, Secretery-Treasurer What About Emergency Care? We have received many inquires from various members regarding emergency treatment in hospitals other than Public Health Service installations. The Public Health Service will assume the cost of emergency medi­ cal care obtained from other sources only under the following cir­ cumstances: 1. When a seaman Is too HI or badly Injured to travel to a USPHS facility, the seaman or someone acting in his behalf must request authorization from the Medical Officer in Charge of the nearest PHS hospital, out-patient clinic or out-patient office. When the Medical Officer in Charge is satisfied that the seaman is eligible and his con­ dition is a true emergency he will grant authority for the requested care. 2. Request for authorization must be made Immediately when the seaman seeks treatment. THIS IS IMPORTANT. Use of telephone or telegraph facilities provides early consideration of the request. NO CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO REQUESTS RECEIVED AFTER DISCHARGE FROM THE HOSPITAL. It should be understood that any authorization given will be condi­ tional upon the seaman's eligibility being established. If a seaman does not show evidence of eligi--*bility, the PHS will not assume duty, is required for eligibility the responsibility for the cost of to receive the benefit. If the dis­ the care. This means the m'ember ability continues after the sevenwill have to pay the doctor's bill day waiting period, payments can himself. begin, retroactive to the fifth day The out-patient hospital benefit from the initial date he was de­ under the Union's Sickness and clared not fit for duty. Filing Requirement. Claims for Accident Program is available to members while confined to private the S&A benefit must be filed hospitals if they meet the eligibility within 60 days after discharge requirements, and the Union is from a hospital or the beginning notified that the member is in the of the disability period, if no hos­ pitalization is required. Each hospital. claimant is required to submit In-patient benefits are available medical proof of his disability. to Seafarers who meet eligibility This proof will be evaluated by requirements at the rate of $56 per the trustees of the welfare plan week. These benefits are payable to determine eligibility for pay­ at the rate of $8 per day to a mem­ ments. The trustees can also re­ ber who is an in-patient in any quire further examination of the USPHS hospital, or a private hos­ applicant by a doctor selected by pital that has received official ap­ the welfare plan, or they may ask proval, in the United States, for a mor-e complete certification. Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands or Once an initial claim has been Canada. The S&A in-patient bene­ filed for a disability, it will not fit can be paid for a period of 39 weeks, and begins on the first day be necessary to file additional claims for weekly payments for a member is hospitalized. the same disability period. It Members receiving out-patient should be noted that a member is benefits also are paid $56 per week required to submit medical proof at the rate of $8 per day. To be of his continued disability, stating eligible, a seaman must be disabled its cause, before any subsequent and receiving treatment within the payments can be made. United States, Puerto Rico, the Duration of Benefit. An eligible Virgin Islands or Canada. Should is entitled to a maximum of 39 an eligible seaman elect to receive weeks of payments during any one medical care from a private phy­ period of disability, including insician; the welfare plan trustees hospital and out-patient time. reserve the right to evaluate the Where there has been a waiting medical proof submitted to deter­ period, the 39-week period starts mine the eligibility of the claim. when benefits are payable. How­ If a member has become dis­ ever,' an eligible shall not receive abled as a result of his own will­ total benefit payments in excess of ful misconduct, he will not be 39 weeks in any 12-m6nth period, eligible to receive the S&A out­ and the 12-month period for the patient benefit. A member will determination of the 39-week max­ also be ineligible for this benefit imum payment begins on the first If he is getting out-patient treat­ day an employee is eligible for ment outside the U.S., Puerto Rico, payment. the Virgin Islands or Canada. If an eligible is receiving or is A waiting period of seven days, entitled to receive maintenance starting with the first calendar day and cure payments, the Plan shall a member is declared not fit for (Continued on page 10) Cash Benefits Paid — January, CLAIMS Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Pension-Disability Benefits Maternity Benefits Dependent Benefits Optical Benefits Out-Patient Benefits Summary Vacation Benefits 7,884 33 678 53 724 586 5,238 15,196 1,647 • 16,843 NEW YORK—Three more Seafarers have joined the growing ranks of SIU members receiving $150 per month pensions that enable them to spend their retirement without fi­ nancial hardship after a lifetime of sailing. Trustees of the Seafarers Welfare plan approved pensions for the'>three SIU veterans, all mem­ card in New York. Joining as a An experienced member of the bers of the Atlantic and Gulf member of the steward depart­ deck department. Proper joined District.. The new pensioners are Hemsley Guihier, 57; Antonio J. Corral, 69; and Lawrence Proper, 64. Guinier joined the Union in the port of Baltimore. A steward de­ partment veteran when he became a member, he sailed as chief steward. He last sailed aboard the Westfield (SeaLand). Guinier, a native of the British West InGuinler makes his home in Brooklyn, N.Y. Corral took out his first SIU Corral Proper New Services Added To SIU Coast Cllnics Seafarer members of the A&G District are now able to receive diagnostic services at the SIU Pacific District Clinic in San Francisco and Pacific District members are eligible for similar health services at SIU East and Gulf Coast Clinics under an agree­ ment aimed at bettering health protection for members of the SIUNA. Since all Pacific District mem­ bers on the Ea'st coast are cur­ rently dispatched from the ports of New York and New Orleans, the Clinics in those ports will handle the yearly and sign-on medical examinations for west coast members. Atlantic and Gulf District Seafarers will be able to take their yearly exams in San Francisco. West coast Clinics will also be established soon in the ports of Wilmington, Portland and Seattle. Records of the examinations will be kept in the effected Clin­ ics and at periodic intervals they will be balanced against each other so that any differences in cost can be charged to either the SIU Welfare Plan or the Pacific District Welfare Plan. The agreement will facilitate 1965 the program of medical examina­ AMOUNT PAID tions for members of the A&G $ 59,056.40 and the Pacific District so that all members will be able to obtain a 100,773.34 complete annual examination. In 101,700.00 addition. Pacific Coast members 10,600.00 will be able to obtain the sign-on examination required in their con­ 82,985.20 tract. 7,262,29 The SIU system of east and gult coast clinics was begun in 1957 27,024.00 with the opening of the first fa­ 389,401.23 cility in New York. Today, every 548,301.98 east and gulf coast port, with the exception of Norfolk, has such a facility. A Norfolk C'inic will be >$937,703.21 opened in the immediate future. SlU Welfare, Vacation Plans TOTAL WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD; P^e FJvt SmAFARER^. LAf-G ment, he sailed as chief cook and night cook and baker. A native of the Philippine Islands, he now lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. His last trip was aboard the Kyska (Water­ man). the SIU in Baltimore. He last sailed aboard the Venore (Venore Transportation). He intends to live in comfort on his SIU pension in Baltimore. SIU Alaska Salmon Fishermen Urge U.S. Catch Protection WASHINGTON—The SIUNA affiliated Alaska Fisher­ men's Union has urged government officials and lawmakers to take a firm stand upholding the rights of American fisher­ men in negotiations with ^ Japan on the protection of salmon, after providing, by regu­ lation, 71.6 million escapement to Bristol Bay red salmon. The urging came at a meeting between the AFU, the Association of Pacific Fisheries and admin­ istration officials and legislators concerned with the fisheries problem. Representing the AFU at the meeting was its president George Johansen. The meeting was called by Senator Warren G. Magnuson (D.-Wash.), chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee. The meeting revolved around the International North Pacific Fisheries Convention, ratified by Japan, Canada and the U. S. in 1953. Under the Convention, the Japanese have not fished for salmon on the high seas east of 175 degrees west longitude. The implication at several subsequent Convention meetings was that Japan would like to abandon the abstention principle. The representatives of the AFU and the Fisheries Assn. have held that the abstention line should be moved 10 degrees farther west, a proposal which, the>' contend, would "substantially protect Alaska salmon from Japanese high seas fishing. In a brief presented at the meet­ ing, the AFU and the Assn. said that during the last nine years the Japanese have harvested 27.2 million red salmon of Bristol Bay origin in their high seas fishing west of the provisional abstention line. During the same period, the brief said, the U. S. fisheries harvested only 60.7 million red Artist Goes Underwater To Paint A New York artist has taken to painting seascapes from the in­ side out. When Shaney Frey, the artist, feels the urge to create coming on strong, she dons a bath­ ing suit and scuba gear and carries her easel down to the ocean floor. Shaney got .the idea from her husband. Hank, who is an under­ water photographer. From there it was easy. The only problem Shaney finds is keeping her brushes from getting soggy. So she uses pallete knives. Water colors are out of place in the water, so she uses oil paints. Her easel is held fast by a lead-weighted diving belt. She concentrates mainly on capturing the beautiful, color-filled and sometimes strange undersea land­ scapes. ' V . perpetuate the runs. Thus, the brief contends, the Japanese have harvested 31 per­ cent of the total catch of Bristol Bay red salmon. In most years, this has placed U. S. fisheries in an unfavorable position. The AFU and the Association maintain that this is a clear violation of the in­ tent of the treaty, Bristol Bay, whose residents depend entirely on the salmon run for their liveli­ hoods, has been declared a dis­ aster area by the White House on three occasions. Attending the meeting called by Magnuson were Senator Bartlett and Representatives Rivers of Alaska, Secretary of the Interior Udall, Under Secretary of State W. Averill Harriman and other government officials. Tug & Dredge Elections To Start March 8 DETROIT—The Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region of the SIU Inland Boatmen's Union will hold elections for Regional Offi­ cers and Port Presidents during March and April, in accordance with the Union constitution. Candidates for the various offices were selected during the December, 1964 nominations period. The balloting for Regional Officers will begin on March 8, 1965, and continue through March 20, 1965. The election of Port Presidents will be conducted at the regular April membership meeting of the Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region IBU-SIU. All members have been mailed a special election supplement con­ taining the Regional Director's re­ ports on Election Ballot and in­ structions for voting, nominations for Port Presidents, nominations for Officials, and instructions for election of Port Presidents. The supplement also includes a select­ ed voting guide for polls commit­ tees and a letter concerning pro­ cedures for mall ballots. Elections will be conducted in the ports of Ashtabula, Ohio; Buf­ falo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michi­ gan; Duluth, Minnesota; Lorain, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and Toledo, Ohio? ' ' '' �( race ^ SEAFARERS Febmary 19, 1965 LOG (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only in the SIU Atlantic Gulf Lakes and Inland Waters District.) January 30-February 12 Shipping picked up somewhat during the last two weeks, although all East and Gulf Coast ports remained tied up by the striking longshoremen. Ships carrying military cargoes continued to move, however, from the strikebound ports, creating jobs for 850 Seafarers, com­ pared with 623 in the previous two weeks. Job calls on the East Coast picked up considerably from the previous period as all ports showed an increase in shipping with the exception of Jacksonville. In the Gulf, shipping dipped slightly in New Orleans, although job calls continued to move at a brisk pace. Tampa also had a slowdown in the number of jobs available, while Mobile and Houston shipping picked up considerably. Shipping in Seattle was much improved over the pre­ vious two weeks. Shipping gained slightly in San Fran­ cisco but fell off somewhat in Wilmington. The shipping picture by department was brightened by the increased number of jobs on the Rotary Board in all departments. Deck department jobs accounted for most calls. Ship Activify Registration continued at very nearly the same pace as during the previous two weeks. Total registrations were 1,159, compared with 1,152 during the prior period.* The number of Seafarers registered and on the beach con­ tinued to climb, however, as more ships were laid up by the dockerworkers strike. A total of 5,549 Seafarers were on the beach at the end of the period, just a day before the strike ended in a few East Coast ports and some ports in the Gulf. With many men on the beach, the seniority situation was changed considerably during the reporting period. The ratio of full book members shipping comprised 61 percent of the total compared with 55 percent in the previous period. Shipping activity was off slightly, with over one-third of the SIU fleet laid up in East and Gulf Coast ports. There were 48 payoffs, compared with 56 in the previous period, 16 sign-ons, contrasted with 19 in the prior two weeks, and 55 in transit visits, against 54 in the last re­ porting period. Pay Sign In Offs Ons Trans. TOTAL 0 1 4 0 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 4 6 1 5 2 1 7 3 2 8 7 5 4 5 20 15 7 8 2 7 5 11 13 7 7 12 TOTALS ... 48 U 55 119 Boston New York ... . Phllodefpfiia .. Boltimoro ... . Norfolk ... Jacksonville . . Tompa Mobile New Orleans. . Houston .... Wilmington . . Son Francisco . Seattle . 14 8 2 1 9 DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 10 0 21 0 0 0 0 8 '2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 51 2 38 17 3 9 11 5 10 31 22 14 9 17 0 6111 2 1 10 0 7 8 6 7 5 1 13iI 1 2 6 1 1 1 9 0 0 7 0 18 0 7 0 3 4 5 11 2 3 1 2 3 0 - 0 4 3 6 0 6 7 14 0 2 3 2 0 1 5 1 2 2 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 34 0 13 23 1 21 4 5 7 4 1 3, 0 9 12 6 1 0 17 26 7 33 2 34 44 6 84 1 44 9 17 8 6 161 1 0 31 6 51 6 10 16 32 5 23 3 11 18 1 21 22 8 1 1 5 3 5 0 0 0 2 9 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 11 1 3 4 3 JO 0 3 0 5 - 4 2 1 5 3 1 2 0 13 6 25 0 8 13 0 12 16 6 15 . 0 4 1 4 13 2 3 42 33 1 87 2 108 172 34 1 314 12 64 81 1 157 50 127 42 1 219 12 6 TOTAL Shipped Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B CLASS GROUP GROUP 3 ALL A B C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 16 25 0 3 2 6 8 3 61 2 17 3 81 129 216 49 394 19 51 83 156 0 13 0 9 0 22 8 26 5 39 0 7 22 29 0 7 0 0 10 67 3 92 22 181 2 40 24 66 1 1 6 2 1 9 20 22 3 . 45 14 12 11 37 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 21 2 33 6 15 14 35 1 2 2 1 2 5 10 15 3 28 1 3 7 11 0 0 23 3 0 26 53 64 16 133 3 1 31 35 1 2 33 16 51 124 132 23 279 4 2 57 105 166 0 2 31 18 2 51 103 106 29 238 11 49 67 127 0 0 5 0 0 5 16 16 8 40 1 5 9 15 0 10 0 3 0 13 26 30 8 64 2 12 15 29 3 6 25 15 6 46 19 18 5 42 0 7 5 12 8 1 16 219 87 "16 1 322 >91 774 176 11541 63 261 402 1 726 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco r Seattle GROUP 1 2 0 3 20 3 1 14 5 4 1 4 ' 0 4 3 4 8 12 10 32 17 22 5 1 3 7 3 7 TOTALS ~56 Port 137 CLASS B Registered Shipped CLASS; A Shipped CLASS B GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0. 2 25 3 16 11 2 9 4 35 3 49 15 1 0 7 11 0 10 3 1 9 1 10 0 5 3 8 0 0 9 9 1 6 1 10 1 5 8 1 10 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 10 16 1 21 0 4 4 3 4 46 7 25 10 17 23 42, 5 1 40 3 1 34 4 9 16 15 4 1 0 6 0 3 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 10 1 3 7 2 6 4 12 3 17 14 0 2 5 4 2 4 3 9 15 1 208 17 75 54 1 146 31 110 19 1 160 • Shipped CLASS C GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 25, 1 4 10 11 7 0 4 3 3 'i 0 0 2 2 • 4' 0 2 0 2 7 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 3 1 4 0 0 18 i 0 1 8 0 9 2 5 6 13 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 2 3 6 1 1 0 0 3 7 2 4 4 9 44 « 1 96 4 20 TOTAL Shipped CLASS 3 ALL A B 0 0 0 0 10 49 2 25 1 4 10 7 0 2 9 4 0 0 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0: 16 0 4 2 18 2 23 0 1 9 13 0 3 1 4 0 6 1 12 0 6 17 7 5 1 29160 96 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 0 0 6 16 3 25 0 2 6 8 10 84 76 168 29 273 11 55 59 125 21 4 3 26 2 31 1 .7 11 19 15 23 2 89 15 127 2 61 26 33 17 0 5 15 3 23 1 10 20 31 0 1 3 21 1 25 3 10 5 18 2 4 6 12 20 0 2 3 4 7 0 20 23 54 7 84 1 20 23 44 2 43 44 23 17 184 13 70 58 141 1 23 39 130 8 177 23 60 66 149 8 5 1 15 4 6 24 5 15 4 19 11 1 38 6 65 2 15 12 29 30 . 6 6 19 3 28 1 6 6 13 29 1 285 250 726 100 11076 63 290 307 1 660 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Registered CLASS B Mob.... NO Hou.... Wil SF .... Sea .... 1-s 1 4 0 4 0 0 1 2 12 4 1 2 3 GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 0 3 4 0 30 10 5 11 0 1 1 0 3 4 13 2 2 1 4 1 1 0 3 2 4 3 12 4 5 6 9 22 6 35 75 22 23 3 3 13 5 1 11 3 10 4 TOTALS 34 67 34 78 I 213 10 Poll Bos NY Phil Hal ... Nor Jac .... Tarn Shipped CLASS A GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 2 0 1 3 2 4 5 11 4 0 1 5 0 1 11 12 7 7 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 7 0 7 44 3 2 39 3 12 2 7 0 1 1 0 5 2 3 0 11 0 11 0 GROUP 1-s 123 ALL 0 0 0 2 2 4 17 8 19 48 1 112 5 0 112 4 113 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 12 10 7 15 34 112 6 0 0 3 3 10 3 5 6 1 3 12 15 96 I 121 16 40 22 59 I 137 Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C TOTAL Shipped Registered On The Beach CLASS A I CLASS B GROUP 1 23 ALL 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 12 3 7 0 4 7 2 2 3 1 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 4 14 18 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 4 0 0 2 2 1 1 11 13 GROUP CLASS 123 ALL ABC ALL 1-s 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 48 12 8 68 34 0 0 5 7 21 5 0 0 4 14 19 7 0 0 5 3 10 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 17 13 0 12 0 56 35 34 18 0 0 6 9 23 0 1 0 3 8 3 4 0 0 5 2 7 10 0 1 12 13 29 6 0 8 2 s 13 52 I 73 0 31 | 33137 73 33 | 243 157 GROUP GROUP 12 3 ALL 12 3 ALL 12 5 10 5 0 4 9 53 59 85 231 8 12 49 69 10 5 12 32 1 0 .9 10 38 22 39 118 3 5 56 64 6 5 6 21 0 0 17 17 3 3 8 17, 3 1 .7 11 4 6 18, 0 8 4 5 27 20 38 98 . 35 33 84 30 123 2721 5 6 125 136 56 30 43 152, 12 16 43 71 5 3 5 16. 0 1 7 8 15 13 25 63' 2 0 12 14 12 3 9 30 5 2 12 19 323 199 399 |1078 45 45 378 | 468 SUMMARY Registered CLASS A DECK ENGINE STEWMD GRAND TOTALS. GROUP 123 ALL 108 172 34 I 314 "56 '137 '15 I 208 101 34 78 I 213 ) 265 343 123 |'735 Registered CLASS B SHIPPED CLASS A SHIPPED CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 123 ALL 123 ALL 12 64" 81 I 157i_50^'l27 32 I 219 J2 _42 33'| 87! 17 75 54 I 146 31 110 19 | 160 9 44 43 | " 96 10 15 96 I 121;'56 22 59 I 137, 8 13 52 I 73 i3»i= 454 231<la424 137 269<120 j 516 29 j 99 12i8 j ^56 .. .-•a.iw '61:,i ' • .'n M 0 .t ii SHIPPED CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED GROUP CLASS 123 ALL ABC 2 6 8 I _16 219 87_16 4 20 5 I 29 160 96 29 2 0 31 I 33; 137 73 33 8.. 26 44 [ . 78'516 256 78 .I'lK.- • *j t Registered On The Beach CLASS A I CLASS B GROUP ALL 123 I 322 591 774176 I 285 250 726100 | 243 480 199 399 |i850 1321 1699675 ':'l "be'j'Kli i:u.\ n | GROUP ALL 123 ALL [1541 _63'261_ 402X726 |1076 63 290 _ 307 I 660 |1078 45 45 ~ 378 I 468 |3695171 596 1087 11854 *( IJ -J .M' �I^ebrnary 19, 1965 MFOW Elects Officers lt>'* StAFAkEUS rwt# Sieve# tOG Operation Big Switcheroo Congress Gets Fisheries Loan Extension Bill SAN FRANCISCO—The SIUWASHINGTON—A bill to ex­ affiliated Marine, Firemen, Oilers tend the Federal fisheries loan and Watertenders union has ac­ cepted the report of its Balloting program for another 10 years ha* Committee on its annual election been introduced in the Congres* of officers. MFOW members elect­ by Senator Warren G. Magnuson ed Union officers for one year (D.-Wash.). terms in balloting which ran from November 2, 1964 to January 29, The Senator, chairman of the 1965. Senate's Commerce Committee, Re-elected to MFOW offices said he submitted the bill on the were William "Bill" Jordan, presi­ request of the commercial fisheries dent, and Alex Jarrett, vice-presi­ bureau of the Department of In-_ dent. President Jordan, who was terior. unopposed for reelection, is also a vice-president of SIUNA. C. A. Fleet Up-Keep Peterson was elected to the post of The revolving $13 million loan treasurer. fund has provided the means over Others Elected the years to replace, convert and Other officers elected were repair many hundreds of craft in Richard C. Holloway, San Fran­ the nation's fishing fleet. The pro­ cisco Business Agent No. 1; Jack gram was created because longHatton, San Francisco Business term credit was not readily avail­ Agent No. 2; H. "Whitey" Disley, able to fishing-vessel operators San Francisco Business Agentbecause of the hazards of their Clerk, and Elmo H. Shaw, San work. Francisco Dispatcher. In placing the extension to 1975 Pictured above is a sight you don't often see—^two stern sections back to back (or face to Harry Jorgensen, Seattle Port before the Senate, Magnuson said: Agent; Bernard J. Carpenter, face if you prefer). The strange positioning took place during the reconstruction of the fire"Increasing competition on the Seattle Business Agent; R. N. damaged Globe Explorer (Sea Liberties) when the Explorer's damaged stern was cut away high seas from the massive fishing Sweeney, Portland Port Agent; and replaced by the stern section of another bulk carrier, the Appomattox. The Explorer's fleets of foreign nations makes the Hugh Jones, Portland Business stern is at left. For a full description of the operation, see story in the February 5 issue of continuance of this program Agent; Bob Sherrill, San Pedro mandatory." Port Agent; John Fick, San Pedro ^ Business Agent; E. G. "Red" Ram­ say, New York Port Agent; J. "Slim" Von Hess, New York Busi­ ness Agent, and James Murphy, Honolulu Port Agent. Elected to the Board of Trus­ tees were Harry Jorgensen, E. G. By Fred Stewart & Ed Mooney "Red" Ramsay, Bob Sherrill and R. N. Sweeney. The same four Headquarters Representatives candidates were also elected dele­ PORTLAND, Ore.—^The SlU-contracted Seamar (Calmar) gates to the SIUNA Convention. went back into service February 9 after completing repairs A proposition on the ballot that This is the second of two articles dealing with the subject of would change the election of on hull damage suffered when she struck a bridge on the emergency signals and procedures aboard ship. MFOW officers to an every two- fog-shrouded Columbia River Man Overboard. If somebody falls over the side there is a certain year basis instead of the every near Astoria, Oregon. No was left open. However, three basis now in effect was de­ ' ° shipyard workers spotted the procedure followed. If you see a man go overboard it is your duty to crewmen were injured in the flooding and were able to act be­ "hail and pass the word to the Bridge." This means you holler like feated by the membership. mishap. fore serious damage occurred. the devil and let tlie mate on watch know what happened. Also, if the ship is under way, tell him over which side the man went so the The crew remained in Portland man at the wheel can turn the ship in the same direction. In that way during the three weeks the Sea­ the stem swings away from the man and he will not be sucked into mar underwent repairs and was the propellers. It goes without saying that you throw him life-rings ready to take her out with a cargo or anything else that floats. of lumber loaded at Coos Bay and bound for the east coast. Repair Depending on the time of day and the weather, the mate on watch work was done by the Albina or the captain if he is on the bridge, will take the ship into a "William­ son turn" which is designed to bring it back on the same track going Machine and Engine Works here. Seafarers sailing the frigid into the opposite direction. Lookouts are sent aloft, to keep the man in The mishap buckled plates and waters of the north Atlantic are visual range or search for him if he was lost out of sight. While all liable to cruise past an ice blue caused flooding in the engine this is happening, a boat is being cleared for launching. On some ships WASHINGTON — Among the Iceberg in the near future. The room. The crew was removed a "man overboard" signal is used. This signal is five short blasts on floating frosty mountains will soon from the damaged vessel by a many delicate machines ana pre­ waterbound and effects the rescue. In a man overboard and other cision instruments at the Navy's be appearing in six attractive Coast Guard cutter when she be­ ships; and on ships where passengers are carried so that they will not gan to ship water. In addition to Marine Engineering Laboratory be troubled by the abandon ship stations signal. This signal means colors, in fact. here, is a mechanized chain smoker The crewmen of the Coast repair of hull plating, extensive that consumes over four pounds that the designated emergency boat-crew musters by their emergency Guard ocennographic research reworking had to be done on the of tobacco a day. The machine's boat and gets it ready for launching and on further orders gets it ship Evergreen have been firing ship's boilers and the engine room purpose is to do its best to foul waterbound and effect the rescue. In a man overboard and other paint-tipped arrows at icebergs as had to be cleaned up. up the delicate air purification rescue situations the Boat Recall signal is sometimes used. The signal part of a now study aimed at find­ The Seamar, a Liberty-type, has systems used on submarines. is codeHfor the letter "R", namely a short, long, and a short blast on ing out more about the movement an uncertain future because a new the whistle. This means that the master on board ship, using his good Having gotten the air purifier judgement, wants the boats back to the ship. of the bergs. The paints come in Seamar, a converted C-4, has gone four shades of blue, green and into service for Calmar as part of as befouled as possible, the Navy Fire Signal. The signal for fire aboard ship is a rapid ringing of red. tiie company's ship replacement then sets to work finding the best the ship's bell and continuous ringing of the general alarm system possible way to get it clean again The Guardsmen have been keep­ program. for not le.ss than ten seconds, meaning they are both ten second —and round and round we go. ing a weather eye on the drift The new Seamar was christened signals. Again notice the two sources of power, manual and electrical. The heart of the submarine's The Ship's bell is the big one up on the foc'sle head, a hangover from and deterioration patterns of ice­ at the Key Highway Shipyard in bergs for years in an effort to Baltimore. She can carry 15,000 air purification system is an the time the crew really sailed in the foc'sle, which indeed they still lessen the continuing navigation tons of cargo at a speed of 17 "electrostatic precipitator," which do on older ships under different flags. hazards presented by them. The knots. That speed allows her to removes impurities from the air. On hearing this signal, it is very important that you report to your berg-tinting operation is a new cut a week off the previous sailing On vessels which can stay com­ feature of the 1965 International schedule between east and west pletely submerged for months at station. Of course you must be fully clothed and wearing a life pre­ a time, keeping this precipitator server. The reason you should go to your own station, even if the Ice Patrol, set to begin in a few coast ports. clean is a serious business, and fire is elsewhere, is to avoid confusion, or even panic. The emergency weeks. The vessel is the fourth of six that's where the Navy's mechan­ squad, and the men already stationed in the vicinity of the fire are Planes and ships of the Coast new Calmar 04 troopships recon­ ized chain smoker comes in. enough to get the firefighting started. After they are organized you Guard will track the distinctive may be called on to provide your length of hose, nozzle, spanner and bergs, keeping chart of their verted into bulk carriers. The six By continuously pumping clouds meanderings and the way in which C-4s will replace ten older, slower of tobacco smoke into the pre­ other gear. On some ships additional signals are used to let you know they break up upon reaching Libertys. cipitator, engineers can test new where the fire is. This is at the captain's discretion. The most common warmer climes and waters. Later The new Seamar was also in­ methods of cleaning and insulating extra signals are one blast for forward, two for midships, and three this year, the CG will be doing volved in an unfortunate incident this vital piece of machinery. So for aft. research in Greenland, where ice­ recently. While undergoing re­ far the engineers have decided Actual methods for fighting fire, different fire extinguishers and bergs are "calved" or born, to find modeling at the Key Highway that a gibod hot bath with plenty types of fires will be dealt with in a later article, but obviously, first out more about the glaciers which Shipyard in Baltimore, she began of soapy water is the best way to one must yknow: the signals that alert you to the danger, , and which create the bergs. to sink alongside her pier when a|ke^ this pi eeipitator clean; signal means what Seamar Back In Service FollowlngCoilisionMlshap Emergency Procedures — Part II Icebergs Now Come In Six Lovely Colors Navy Machine Chain Smokes For Science �Page Elcht SEAFARERS State Labor Board Nixes Lie Detectors CHICAGO—Lie detector tests are an infringement of civil rights, unreliable and "inherently prejudicial," the board of review of the Illinois State Labor Department has ruled. The three-member board re- ^ of civil rights, a violation of versed a referee's decision in ment privacy and an example of the one case and upheld the ap­ devices" which must be banned rebnuu/t 19, 19W LOC New Terminal Planned For Port Arthur PORT ARTHUR, Texas—A new ocean ship terminal only 19 miles from deep water will be built here as soon as local voters approve a bond issue to finance the project, officials of the newly created Port Navigation District report. When the project is com­ pleted, Port Arthur will be­ come the nearest Gulf port to open water, with the excep­ tion of Galveston. The com­ plex of cargo handling facili­ ties will be planned to meet the needs of the port for a long time into the futiure. The terminal will be con­ structed on a 95-acre site, with other lands available nearby for the development of indus­ try. Part of the site is cityowned and another large por­ tion of it is owned currently by the SlU-contracted Sabine Towing and Transportation Company. light Beam Machine' To Aid in More Accurate Mapmaking WASHINGTON—^A successfully completed experiment, where a beam of high-intensity light was photographed as it bounced off an artificial satellite, is the first step to the pro­ duction of maps of high accu--*^ racy for the use of merchant used in the experiment is Imown as a laser beam. Scientists use the marine navigators. By photographing the light peals of workers in two other "if freedom is to be preserved in bouncing off the satellite from two cases, ruling that all three were our increasingly crowded and in­ locations on earth, the precise dis­ entitled to unemployment bene­ terdependent world." tance between the two points can fits. Employers had opposed the The board held that the inquiry be pinpointed. The information claim in each case. to the legitimate rights of the em­ gained by this method will prove The key case involved a clerk ploye resulting from the use of lie invaluable in making accurate fired February 7, 1963, after more tests "far outweighs the unsure maps of the oceans of the world, that six years of work for a retail benefit" to the employer. There­ as well as land areas. While ship's chain store. She had been asked fore an employe's refusal to sub­ navigators can find their way to lake a polygraph test and re­ mit to such a test is not in itself from one port to another with fused. The store said she rang up misconduct, it ruled. presently existing maps, highly ac­ $1 less than the price of a lighter curate sea charts, made as a re­ The ruling in the other two she sold but the clerk said the sult of this type of geodetic re­ other salesmen used the same cash cases covered compensation de­ search, will make ocean voyages drawer and, if the mistake was spite the fact the employes shorter, safer and more economi­ hers, it was accidental and not in­ "flunked" the so'-called lie detector cal. tests when accused of misconduct tentional dishonesty. and fired. The high powered burst of light Referee Reversed A department referee agreed with the employer that she was fired for misconduct connected with her work. The review board did not question the the store's right to discharge the employe but held there was no proof of "any willful wrongdoing" on her part. Chairman Marvin W. Mindes and Members A. M. Quarles and "Quacks and pitchmen" are cutting into the modest funds of elderly Americans at a Irving M. Friedman also held that rapidly increasing rate, a Senate subcommittee declared in a report urging broad regula­ lie detector tests are "an infringe- Congress Urged To Protect Senior Citizens From Fraud Frisco Bay Is Shrinking SAN FRANCISCO — The great San Francisco Bay, which has pro­ vided an anchorage and haven for thousands of the world'.s ships in its colorful history, is getting smaller and dirtier each year, its wildlife and natural beauty en­ dangered by reckless development. Scientists, civic leaders and con­ servationists, alarmed by the de­ teriorating situation, are joining forces in an effort to restore and preserve San Francisco Bay as a port area and a place of recrea­ tion for the people in this part of California. The problems they face are com­ mon to other ports in the U.S. Un­ planned land filling projects have shrunk the Bay from 568 square miles to less than 325 square miles in the last 100 years. The trend will continue as long as a rational plan for the development of the Bay is not worked out, the studies show. Along with the land fills and the hectic rise of plants and other facilities, pollution, in the air and water, has increased. "Within a generation and with­ out strict controls," Prof. Wallace Stegner of Stanford University warned, "it (the Bay) could be a fuming flat with a sewage canal down its center, a region of pollu­ tion, crowding and ugliness, in­ stead of the place of beauty and health and joy that this incom­ parable valley could be made into." The study commission examin­ ing the problems of the Bay said that continued piecemeal filling could place "serious restrictions on navigation" and kill off the many types of fish who make their home in the Bay. They lay much of the blame on the fact that juris­ diction over Bayfront areas is di­ vided among many municipalities. The study urged prompt recog­ nition and action on the problem hy the California legislature. / tory efforts and education to combat the unscrupulous. Some 18 million consumers^ marketplace." A pilot program also would seek 65 or older have $37 billion a The report was filed by the Sub­ to demonstrate effective informa­ year in buying power, the committee on Frauds & Misrep­ tion efforts; undertake broad re­ subconunittee chairman. Senator Harrison A. Williams (D-N.J.), said in a foreword, but most individual incomes are "pitifully inadequate." "This very inadequacy," he said, "makes the yearning for security all the more desperate, and the elderly attempt to make slim re­ sources cover all retirement con­ tingencies, including adequate shelter, care of multiplying ail­ ments and some semblance of pro­ tection against financial crisis. 1,128 Pages of Testimony "Anxiety is thus a weapon for those who cheat the elderly, and so is the very complexity of the resentations Affecting the Elderly, a unit of the Senate Special Com­ mittee on Aging. The subcommit­ tee held a series of hearings in Washington at which 1,128 pages of testimony were taken. Pilot Program Sought It proposed establishment of a federal anti-quackery bureau to "supplement and accelerate pres­ ent activities, rather than replace them" and pre-market federal testing of therapeutic, diagnostic and prosthetic devices which can now be sold until the government is able to prove in court that they are unsafe or do not live up to claims. OLD-TIMER WHEO LIMES SElKJS THROWM - STAND CLEAR r 4ND BE ALERT; search into consumer attitudes; implement use of appropriate agricultural extension services and college extension programs; in­ crease consumer education, espe­ cially in U.S.-aided housing pro­ grams for the elderly, and make an "evaluation" of government publications warning against quack­ ery. laser system to produce light beams of high intensity which have been used for purposes rang­ ing from delicate eye surgery, space communications, industrial cutting processes and advanced weapons for the military estab­ lishment. Laser, the word for this process, stands for "light ampli­ fication by stimulated emission of radiation." The light bouncing experiment utilizing the laser beam, was con­ ducted by the Air Force Cam­ bridge Research Center facility at Hanscom Field, Bedford, Mass. The light was l\ounced off an Ex­ plorer 22 satellite, which carried several panels full of quartz prisms for use in reflecting the beam. The experiment marked the first time a laser beam was developed that was powerful enough to be photographed after it hit the sat­ ellite. When the beam left earth, • it was between a quarter to a half inch in diameter, but spread to four miles wide on reaching the satellite 950 miles high. The sat­ ellite reflectors sent the light's re­ flection back to earth in a beam that spread to a 100-yard diameter when it was photographed by Air Force can»eras. The entire proc­ ess, from start to finish, took only one hundredeth of a second. Earlier attempts to photograph a light flash from a satellite failed because of poor reflectors or weak beams of light. Another system involved having the satellite pro­ duce the light flash. This failed to work because of the heavy equipment involved. U,S. Going Attend On Canal Treaties WASHINGTON—The U.S. expects to have two or three treaties regulating the building and operation of a new sealevel canal across Central America by the end of the year. > The signing of these treaties because a modern port would be would allow the detailed stu­ built on either end of the canal dies necessary before con­ and local workers would be hired struction work starts on the pro­ posed replacement for the Pan­ ama Canal. There are three pos­ sible sites projected for the new Atlantic-Pacific link — the first through Colombia, another through Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The U.S. has stayed clear of the sensitive issue of national sover­ eignty in talks toward a treaty for the new canal. The Johnson Administration has said, however, that it would consider an "inter­ nationalization" of the canal proj­ ect. Such a plan would mean that a group of countries would take charge of financing and operating the canal. The treaty talks were said to have met the greatest resistance in Panama, site of the present ca­ nal. Many Panamians fear that a new canal would encroach on their sovereignty and cause the same political turmoil the present canal has created through its 50year history. Economic Gains The host country would gain some economic improvement from the canal, .Wasbinstoa ,:^pi}4atains. for canalijobs. A story published in ScrippsHoward newspapers suggested Mexico as a likely route for a new canal. Such a canal, the story said, would benefit U.S. and Mexi­ can Gulf Coast ports. The Mexi­ can government, the story con­ tinued, has "shown no outward in­ terest in the canal and some Mexi­ can leaders have spoken against the canal being on Mexican soil." "This," the story concluded, "apparently has led President Johnson to drop consideration of the Mexican route." Sign Name On LOG Letters For obvious reasons the LOG cannot print any letters or other communications sent m b.v Seafarers unless the author sigus bis name. Unsigned anonymous letters will on^y wind up in the waste-basket. If circumstances justify, the LOG will withhold a signature on request �Febnury 1», IMS SEAFARERS LOG Pare Nint A GIFT FROM POPE PAUL VI TO THE PEOPLE OF INDIA ^ "tRj VI ^ VIA THE STEEL VOYAGER ^ «nca ¥ ^ ^ ^ The SIU contracted Steel Voyager (Isth­ mian) marked another round-the-world trip in her log on February 10, when she paid off . in New York. When she left New Orleans October 22, her holds contained 2,000 tons of bagged grain. The grain was a gift from Pope Paul VI to the peopl^e of India—a Pontiff's thank you for the warm welcome he re­ ceived there during his 1964 trip. The SIU crew was happy to be a part of this humanitarian mission, and some of those who took part were on hand when the LOG photographer came aboard at payoff time. AB Joe Dunn slushes a runner topside. SlU-manned Steel Voyager tied up at a Brooklyn pier after her mercy mission to India with Pope's grain gift. The Voyager also touched other ports in globe-girdling cruise. Patrolman Joe DiGeorgio talks it up with night cook Sonford Kemp and bosun Dolph Holm during payoff at Erie Basin pier on February 10. Steward department stalwarts are ll.-r.) Sonford Kemp, Tom Thocker and Clifford Nickerson. AB Jimmy Moloney on the job, wearing beret. AB Morio Ruii relaxes in foc'sle. Stewards enjoying deck air are ll.r.) Tom Thocker, Lorry Currier and Joseph Horohon. OS John Jopper Is caught by the camera. Night cook Sonford Kemp takees a break. Taking a break below decks are (l.-r.) oilers Williom Krouse, A. Gonzoles and F. Y. Hombouz. 3rd cook Foul Howe is pipe toting chef. AB D. Mostrontonis slushing runners on deck. Wiper Mike Kennedy at work in engine room. -j-ia liiipiS Chief cook Jomes Borcloy scans the LOG. �Page Ten SEAFARERS Pebmary 19, ISU LOG Reader's Digest Still On Anti-Labor Binge By Robert A. Matthews, QUESTION: The SIU is pres^ WASHINGTON—Reader's Digest, the unofficial house Vice-President, Contracts, & Bill Hall. Headquarters Rep. organ of the anti-labor rightwing, has been lacing its "fact­ ently fighting a move by the Again this week we are presenting beefs which were settled by the ual" format with fiction again. Its target this time is un­ Federal Government to cut Joint Clarifiactions Committee. Your committee, which is composed back the services of the USPHS * of representatives of the Contracts Department and representatives of employment insurance. the company involved, settles questions not covered by contracts and Marine Hospitals. What is your it is possible to be against both In recent issues, the Digest clarifies' portions of the contracts in question. working and Jobless citizens. opinion of the hospitals and has also attacked the U.S. One such question that was put before the committee regarded The article attacking jobless this proposed move? Employment Service. With the compensation for cleaning tanks. pay in the January, 1965 issue of current campaign against unem­ Problem: Deck Department members were required to chip and ployment compensation, they have the Digest pictures the recipient remove pitchomastic from the bulk-heads of a cofferdam which had shown, to themselves at least, that of unemployment insurance as a fellow having a "happy time Jose R. Vetez: The Marine hos­ never carried water, oil, or any other product. The contract did not spending the state's money. The pital is very important to the contain a provision covering this specific matter and the Company paid case in point is Wyoming, where American s e astraight overtime to the Deck Department members who performed the average unemployment pay­ man. If they the work off-watch and did not compensate those who performed the ment amounts to $35 weekly. close the hospi­ work while on watch. (Continued from page 5) tals it will be As the Digest sees it, Wyoming's Answer: The Committee agreed that for any work performed in a pay only an amount which to­ great blow to cofferdam or void tank which had not contained water, oil, creasotes, gether with such payments shall application of the jobless pay law the seaman. etc., the men required to perform the work will be compensated at equal $56 per v/eek, but the eli­ has thousands of ne'er-do-wells There are many flocking into the state with hopes straight overtime for the watch on deck and at overtime and one-half gible shall be entitled if such pay­ of striking it rich at the unemploy­ other services for the watch below. which the gov­ ments terminate before a period ment office. Those eligible for the One question submitted to the Committee for consideration re- of 39 weeks to receive a total of $35 weekly then presumably ernment could garded wsges in reference to curtail, that do squander this huge sum having a coastwise voyages, nearby foreign which will give earnest considera­ $56 per week up to a maximum of high old time in Cheyenne and not give so many Americans as voyages, domestic articles and tion to the company's request. 39 weeks. However, if he may be many benefits as do the Marine Laramie. harbor payrolls. hospitals. Upon agreeing to such waiver, the entitled to receive maintenance Of course, $35 is the average QUESTIONS: Are crewmembers union shall advise the crew mem­ and cure and has not yet received ' to be pa d dry for day regardless bers of the specific vessel that the same, he shall execute an assign­ figure. Some get a few dollars of Icng.h of voyage or payroll provisions of Section 30 (c) are ment of maintenance and cure more while unemployed and some get as little as $10 weekly. Still, Angelo C. Pacheco: I think the period when on coastwise voyages, waived for that lading and sub­ nearby foreign voyages, on do­ stituted in its place is the follow­ payments to the Seafarers Welfare the Reader's Digest would have hospitals are doing a wonderful their readers believe that this is service for the Plan. mestic rrticles, or on harbor pay­ ing: the kind of money unemployed Seafarer. They rolls. General Rules, (a) Any disability workers can afford to squander. "W hen sulphur in the are espeicially amount of 25% or more of the occurring during a period of dis­ ANSWER: Despite past practices u s e f ul to the The fiction in the . Reader's dead-weight carrying capacity and a clariiication regarding coast­ ability, and before an eligible ob­ younger man in Digest so angered Senator Gale is carried on a vessel, each wise articles of six-month's dura­ tains a fit-for-duty slip, is consid­ McGee (D.-Wyo.) that he rose on the Merchant member of the unlicensed per­ tion having been enacted at the ered to be the same disability. the floor of the Senate to dissect Marine. To close sonnel shall be paid extra May 29, 1922 meeting of the Joint The maximum of payments in such it and demolish it. The article was, any of these hos­ compension of $10.00 per Clarifications Committee, the a case is 39 weeks, no matter how he said, "a broadly embroidered pitals would be voyage." above question had arisen. In con­ distinct the disabilities happen to one, based only on bare threads of a great shame. sideration of the foregoing, the Money Due The USPHS hos­ be. truth." Joint Clarifications Committee pital in San Francisco is one of The Contracts and Constitution unanimously agreed that seamen (b) A recurrence of a previous He placed into the record an the best hospitals in the world. Department is holding checks for will be paid day for day en all disability shall be considered part answer from the Wyoming Em­ ships on coastwise voyages, nearby the Seafarers listed below. These of the same disability period even ployment Security Division that Si foreign voyage, domestic article?, men are urged to contact the de­ though the eligible obtained a fit- completely put the lie to the as­ or on harbor payrolls regardle.T.s partment and pick up the checks for-duty certificate or accepted sertions of the Reader's Digest. Ernest Lichenstein: The marine of the length cf articles or pay­ or to notify headquarters where employment. hospitals are part of the tradition roll period and whether or not the tlie checks should be sent. of the American (c) Disability for unrelated afore-men.tioned periods occur be­ seaman. T h o uIn the settlement of disputed causes shall be considered a new tween termination of one .'^et of overtime aboard the Transorleans, period of disability provided the sands of Seafar­ foreign articles and the signing of c-iscks are being he'd i: • James eligible has been pronounced fiters have benefit­ the next foreign articles. ed from these Mahoney, Francis Paine, Seymour for-duty from his original disabil­ hospitals s e r VThe Clarifications Committee Sikes, and Charles Tedora. ity or has accepted employment. ices. I don't be­ also made this ruling on companies From the Ames Victory, checks (d) An eligible cannot accept lieve their would that are bidding for Penalty are being held covering travel, employment and be disabled be any sound Cargoes. wages, subsistence and transporta­ simultaneously. Any applicant for reason for clos­ Two members of the SIU Rail­ In order to maintain a competi­ tion for Wallace P. Anderson, S&A benefits who accepts employ­ ing them, not tive position for the companies, it Morris Berlowitz, Ralph L. Jones, ment at any time during the period way Marine Region have been even the old saw of economy. is unanimously agreed that in each and Lee W. Morin. for which he claims such benefits, added to the list of Seafarers en­ Those hospitals serve more than titled to pensions from the Sea­ case where a company is bidding shall be declared fit for duty with In the settlement of disputed respect to that disability and shall farers Welfare Plan. The Board the loss would be worth. for Penalty Cargoes, the company shall notify the American Mari­ overtime for tank cleaning aboard be disqualified from receiving of Trustees of the plan approved it 4" time Associatipn and request a the Manhattan, checks are being benefits for the cause of alleged waiver of Section 30 (c) of the held for F. Carpenter, B. Dunn, disability. Any claimant who re­ Richard Delany: The Marine Freightship Agreement, the As­ L. Harvey, H. Coppersmith, S. ceived benefit payments after Hospitals are very good for the sociation shall then so notify the Puntillo, L. Taylor and H. Tred- accepting employment shall be Seafarer. We all _c--pfarers' International" Union din. required to reimburse the fund for get the best of A check is being held for Vance all such benefits received after care from effiA. Reid for an allotment differen­ the first day of employment dur­ dent, friendly tial aboard the Anji. ing such period of alleged dis­ doctors and nurses. If the Checks for the settlement of ability. government plans disputed overtime aboard thePcnn (e) Hospital Expense B;.:nefit— to close some of Carrier are being held for Earl An eligible who is not entitled to Maddaluna Steng these vital hospi­ H. Beamer, Jose M. Dacosta, Mi­ treatment at a USPHS facility and BOMBAY — The bulk car­ chael C. Miller,,and Walter Smith. who is hospitalized during any the members at their regular tals, every Sea­ rier Easthampton, formerly farer should Checks for John Wynne, Richard period for which he Is entitled to meeting in February. part of the American-flag fleet raise his voice in protest. This it Heckman and Francis M. Green- receive ^e S&A benefit, shall also of Manuel E. Kulukundis, has The newly retired members are tlje only way we can protect our­ wall are being held by the Con­ be entitled to receive hospital been sold at auction here to William R. Steng, 65, and Peter selves. tract Department for the settle­ benefits according to the Schedule SIU - contracted Merrimac Maddaluna, 65. ment of disputed overtime aboard for Dependents' Benefits. Transport, a subsidiary of Or­ 4 4 4 iental Exporters, for $2,615,000. the Niagara. Steng began sailing on tugs of (f) In-Hospital Benefit—If an the New York Central Railroad in The Easthampton has been eligible is entitled to receive the A transportation differen­ Robert Benjaman: I was really laid up by court order in Bom­ tial check from the Elimir for in-hospital benefit, the Plan shall 1918. Still employed by the New astonished at the fine treatment bay since February, 1963 be­ James H. Smith is being held by pay only an amount which together York Central at his retirement, he I got at the Ma­ cause of the collapse O'f the with such payments shall equal $8 sailed as 1st deckhand. A native this department. rl n e Hospitals. Kulukundis American - flag per day. If an eligible is still con­ of New York City, N.Y., he has The doctors were In the settlement of disputed fined after having received the retired to his home in Dumont, shipping operation. very careful and overtime for oilers aboard the S&A benefit payment for a maxi­ N.J. Three former Kulukundis thoughtful. I can Seatrain New Jersey, checks are mum of 39 weeks, he is still en­ American-flag ships still re­ Maddaluna began sailing in not say that I being held for Julio Gordien, Ben­ titled to receive the in-hospital main to be sold. They are the New York harbor aboard tugs of would be very jamin Freeman and George Doest. benefit. 10,500-ton freighter Ponderothe Erie Lackawanna Railroad Co. happy to see any The department is presently sa, tied up in Bombay harbor; (g) Failure of an eligible em­ in 1920. Still working for the Erie cutback in these holding checks covering subsist­ ployee to place himself under Lackawanna at his retirement, he the bulk carrier Brldgehampservices. There ence for the following ex-erew- treatment promptly or to comply sailed as deckhand and steamton, tied up in Port Said, and are so majiy members of the St. Lawrence: with medical care or instructions lighter. A native of Casagiove, other areas where spending is go­ the C-2 freighter Suzanne, George S. Lane, Jr., Nicholas Sa- will be deemed cause for disquali­ Italy, he presently makes his ing on needlessly and foolishly, also in Port Said. kellarides, and Bill Mpontsikaris. fication from benefits. home in Bernardsville, N.J. without benefiting anyone. Union Benefits rivo RMR Pensioners Join Ranks Easthampton Sold To SlU Company �•fk .ss t-. Itl f?. Febnuur 19> IMS ' ! 5 V SEAFARERS »r. !• •;• t » Page neveli LOG "Going My Way?" '*a(*r»ci si • I' -^1 Activity ^ r I'i ft-) ' l l< iJ ) I •l" • ' • ' . •: CONGRESSIONAL PACE STEPS UP—The Senate^ keeping pace with a stepped-up timetable announced by Democratic leaders, passed the Administration's water pollution control bill and moved towards a vote on the billion dollar Appalachia redevelopment program. Both bills had passed the Senate in the 8Sth Congress and died in the House. The Administration is anxious to push them through early in this session and Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield (Mont.) took the unusual step of recessing the Senate for 45 minutes so the Public Works Committee could complete action on the two bills. The Senate quickly approved the pollution bill, introduced by -Senator Edmund S. Muskie and 32 co-sponsors, by a 68-8 vote. It had been endorsed by the AFL-CIO as a "vitally needed step." The bill gives the Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare power to set standards of water quality for interstate streams and sets up a new Federal Water Pollution Control Administration; It also raises the ceiling on federal grants to help cities build new sewage treatment plants and authorizes a $20-million-a-year research and development program on pollution caused by runoffs from com­ bined storm and sanitary sewage systems. The Appalachia progi-am has been described by the AFL-CIO as "a challenging and imaginative approach" to the needs of a "too long neglected region." It would pump $840 million into a road-building program in the 11state region, designed to link isolated conununities to the mainstream of commerce and communications. More than $240 million in additional funds would be spent in a two-year period for programs ranging from reclamation of land denuded by strip mining, to flood control, voca­ tional training, construction of liealth facilities and improvement of pasture and timber resources. Portions of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama would benefit. COPE LEADERSHIP CLINICS SET—COPE, the political arm of tlie AFL-CIO, has scheduled a series of western leadership clinics to perfect techniques and mechanics of COPE operations. Director A1 Barkan announced. The day-and-one-half clinics will take the place of the annual COPE area conferences sponsored in previous years. The area conference pattern will be resumed in 1966. Top leaders of state and local central labor bodies will take part in the clinics. The clinics, it is hoped, will lead to practical workshops within each state. The goal of the clinics is to ready state, local and Congressional dis­ trict COPEs for the 1966 campaign, and to offset the drop in registra­ tion and voting during non-presidential election years. The clinics will take place in San Francisco on April 8, in Portland on April 10, and in Denver on April 12. LABOR ROXJND-TJP II( I' |H ' El li The Theatrical Stage Employees and seven basic craft unions have won wage increases totaling 46 cents an hour and significant im­ provements in pension and wel­ fare benefits from the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers.. The four-year pact, which covers 25,000 film studio workers, insures that every em­ ployee will have vested pension rights after 20 years or 20,000 houra service. The new contract raises pension benefits from $120 to $200 per month, and this in­ crease also applies to 2,800 union members who have already re­ tired. . that military officers need train­ ing in labor-management relations since they both supervise civilian federal employees and often nego­ tiate contracts with unions of fed­ eral workers. The framework on which President John­ son's promised "Great Society" is to be built is being put together bit by bit. The Aid to Appalachia Bill, a major part of the admin­ istration antipoverty program, won over­ whelming approval in the Senate and quick passage is expected in the House. A long needed Federal Aid to Education Bill is being studied by a House committee. Passage of health care for the aged through Social Security (Medicare) is expected by mid­ year. But what about maritime? Where does maritime figure in this Great Society of the A lower court decision dismiss­ ing a damage suit against . the future? $1 Flight Engineers by Eastern Air Although the President has called for a Lines was upheld recently by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. "new policy for maritime" no new policy has The air line brought the suit as a been demonstrated. The new Federal budget result of a 1961 strike involving a dispute over job assignments. is almost indistinguishable from past budgets The appeals court decision held as far as maritime is concerned. Appropria­ that federal courts had no juris­ tion requests for maritime are still inade­ diction in the case, and that the $ i i air line had no right to ask for a quate, unrealistic and self-defeating. No new Local 1012 of the Flint Glass federal injunctior; against the policy has been demonstrated by the Inter­ state Commerce Commission, which is still workers in Bluffton, Ind. reached walkout. 4" 4" a union shop agreement with the favoring railroads over shipping lines at L'orniiig Glass Works quick on the The Philadelphia Teachers' Un­ every opportunity. New construction is still heels of the state's so called "right- ion won the right to represent 10,to-work" law. The repeal bill 500 public school teachers after inadequate to keep the U.S. merchant fleet was signed on Thursday, Jan. 28th, defeating the Philadelphia Educa­ from, being overcome by mass obsolescence and the union shop agreement was tion Association, an affiliate of the negotiated for workers at the new non-union National Education As­ in the near future. Government-financed car­ Corning plant on Monday, Feb. 1st. sociation, in a bargaining election goes which should properly travel in U.S.supervised by the American Arbi­ flag bottoms are still being diverted to for­ tration Association. A hard-hitting A proposal to include well-organ­ organizing drive was conducted eign-flag vessels. While U.S. ocean trade has ized courses in labor relations in prior to the election by staff mem­ doubled, during the past decade, the per­ the eurriculum at U.S. military bers of the AFL-CIO. Bargaining centage carried in American-flag ships has academies has been made by John on the union's first contract is ex­ F. Griner, president of the Gov­ pected to begin shortly under dropped by more than two-thirds. ernment Employees Union. In a terms announced by the city's If Appalachia can be called a depressed area message to Defense Secretary Rob­ Board of Education before the ert S. McNamara, Griner declared election. worthy of legislative aid, U.S. maritime can be considered a depressed industry also worthy of a legislative boost. Our maritime industry is certainly in need of assistance from the government. And yet, nothing is done. The Great Society can never become a reality in the United States so long as such a vital arm of our economy as maritime re­ mains sick and depressed. The United States must have an adequate fleet, the responsi­ bility for which clearly rests with Govern­ ment. Support Medicare The AMA, which many Americans refer to as the "Anti-Medicare Association" instead of the American Medical Association, is mak­ ing a last ditch battle against Social Securitybacked health care for the elderly. Th^ have put forth a smelly fish called Eldercare and say it, and not Medicare, will solve the problem. On examination, however, Eldercare shapes up as nothing more than a dressed-up version of the totally inadequate Kerr-Mills Law now in effect. A main feature of Eldercare is the degrad­ ing "pauper's oath" now included in KerrMills. It doesn't take much to see why the AMA fostered Eldercare and who it would benefit. The only way the transparent issues and diversions raised by the AMA can be fought is by the action of YOU, the citizen. All Seafarers and their families are urged to write their Congressmen in support of Medi­ care. �Pare Twelve SEAFARERS LOG New York Welcomes New Caimar Febmary 19, 19W Labor Dept. Hikes Farm Wage Floor WASHINGTON—The Labor Department has set a $1.50 hourly wage rate for farm laborers harvesting the California date crop as the opening move of its policy to raise standards and provide work for Ameri--*can farm labor. labor. The $1.50 rate will be in The labor movement noted, The SiU-contracted Caimar received the traditional new ship welcome when she sailed into New York Harbor on her maiden voyage recently. The 523-foot, IS.OOO-deadweight ton vessel, converted from the C-4 troop transport Gen. O. H. Ernst at a cost of about $4,500,000, carried more than five-and-a-half million board feet of lumber from the Pacific North­ west to the East Coast. AFL-CiO Urges Congress Approve Aid To Schools force for 30 days, after which the Labor Department will study its effects. The action is being fought by the growers, who are making a determined bid to reinstitute the government's "bracero" program. That program, abandoned at the beginning of this year, allowed growers to import labor for the harvests. Low Wages The "bracero" plan was vigor­ ously opposed by American labor because it lowered wage standards and froze unemployed American workers out of farm jobs. Grow­ ers hired the mainly Mexican and West Indian laborers at wage rates ranging from 75 cents to $1 an hour. The growers justified their actions by claiming that Americans would not do farm however, that Americans are not doing such work because of the low standards of wages. In late 1964, the government decided to abandon the "bracero" program and to create jobs for Americans by raising wage rates. American laborers are now be­ ing recruited by the Labor De­ partment and by state employ­ ment services. The $1.50 wage rate set for the date pickers is the highest ever established in California for farm laborers. Wage scales for other crops hover around the $1 mark. They are scheduled to rise to $1.40 on April 1. In Florida, where 20,000 British West Indians are still gathering crops under contracts set before the "bracero" plan was killed, the present wage scale of 95 cents will rise to $1.15. WASHINGTON—Urging swift approval of the Administration's $1.25 billion school aid bill, AFL-CIO Legislative Director Andrew J. Biemiller told a Senate education subcom­ mittee that there is "nothing radical or revolutionary in the limited federal funds pro­ posed to improve the educa--*tion of pupils of non-public The bill "would open vast new be prepared to go much further, By Frank Drozak, West Coast Representative opportunities for children who he said. The federation's 1963 schools. On the contrary, the AFL-CIO "would be prepared to go further" than provided in the Administratio^n bill to improve the quality of education in non-public as well as public schools, he said. The bill, sponsored in the Sen­ ate by Senator Wayne Morse (D-Ore), embodies "a major effort to break what has until now been an unending cycle of poverty and inadequate education," Biemiller pointed out. Equal Education Stressing labor's historic inter­ est in free, universal public edu­ cation, he told the subcommittee, "We are still in favor of a sys­ tem" uniting under the same roof the children of the poor man and the children of the rich, "and we know that the 'roof must be fed­ erally-assisted equal opportunity in education." are economically deprived," Bie­ miller continued. The Administration program is aimed specifically at increasing the funds for educating children in the city slums, in the rural areas of poverty and deprivation, he said. "The money we save to­ day on education we will pay out many times over tomorrow for welfare, unemployment and crime." Imaginative Effort Taking note that the bill allows funds for educational centers, li­ brary and other instructional materials to be used by the pupils of public and .lon-public schools alike, Biemiller called the ap­ proach embodied in the bill an "imaginative" effort to resolve the church-state issue. "We of the AFL-CIO welcome this approach and would in fact convention had urged the broad­ ening of categories under which both public and private schools receive federal aid through the National Defense Education Act, he advised the subcommittee, and the Executive Council in 1964 said that "grants for classroom con­ struction could be added to the equipping of teaching facilities. Two More T ugmen Pensioned The Board of Trustees of the Seafarers Welfare have approved two more members of the SIU Inland Boatmen's Union for life­ time pensions of $150 a month, allowing them to retire in security and dignity. The two pensioners, who have joined the growing ranks of SIUIBU members now on pension, are Egbert E. Nichols, 70, and Peter What's in a name? A name like Wyatt Earp, Thorstein Pedersen, 73. Veblen or John B. Hood? According to the Maritime Admin­ Nichols joined the IBU in Nor­ istration, there's anywhere from $175,000 to $280,000 in a name folk, Va., where he sailed aboard the barges of the Sheridan Trans­ if it belongs to an old Liberty Earp, the western lawman; Veblen, portation Co. For the last ten ship up for scrap. a California social critic and Those figures represent author, and Hood, a Confederate the current going price for Lib- general). Only in one.instance did ertys. Since 1957, the MA has their deceased-only policy fail. offered up 662 of the World War A veteran listed as killed in ac­ II vessels to breakers. The only tion by the war records walked part o^f them that survives dis­ into the MA's New York office mantling are the nameplates one day and asked to see the placed by the builder in the deck­ Liberty ship named after him. He house and engine room. was told that such ships were only Pedersen Nichols . Because the 2,500 Libertys built named after dead heroes. He per­ during World War II were named sisted, however, proved his story years he was captain aboard the after the nation's heroes in many and got to see his namesake ship barge Margaret Sheridan. A na­ fields, the nameplates have histori­ just before she was broken up. tive of the British West Indies, he cal or sentimental value to many Industry groups have presented has now retired to his home in Individuals, groups and communi­ more than 50 Liberty ship name- Fort Lauderdale, Fla. ties. The MA has sought, where- plates to people and places as part Pedersen joined the SIU-IBU ever possible, to give the of a memorial campaign for the in Philadelphia, Pa. An employee nameplates to those seeking them. slow but sturdy old vessels. The of the P. F. Martin Co. when he campaign was begun to give retired, he worked aboard tugs Posthumous Honor Americans "an appreciation of the in the Philadelphia harbor as a The MA'S wartime policy was national security and economic deck hand since 1936. A native of •to name ships after only dead strength" that the Libertys con­ Norway, he has retired to his American heroes (like those above: tributed to the nation. home in Philadelphia, Pa. , Liberty Ship Shoppers Pay High Price For Wyatt Earp Coast Union Membership increases California organized labor is celebrating the strong rise in trade union membership in the state during 1964. More than 48,000 new members were added to the union rolls during the year, the largest increase in the last eight years. The figures were reported by the state's Department of Industrial Relations. According to the figures, the state's 3,789 union locals increased their membership to 1,824,100. Of the gains, most came from new members in non-manufacturing or service industries. The biggest increases were made in construction, wholesale and retail trade and government. San Francisco Bay Area shipping has been fair during the last period. The Morning Light was in to payoff, and the Yorkmar, Steel Traveler, Marine, Robin Kirk, Los Angeles, Flomar and Ocean Dinny were serviced in transit. Expected^ in the coming period is the Longview Victory, which will payoff, and the Montpelier Victory, Antinous and Robin Hood are due in transit. Joseph M. Carroll, ship's delegate aboard the Morning Light, paid off with an arm injury and will spend a little time on the beach. He said the 87-day trip was among the best he's made in 15 years. In particular, he missed the land of the geisha girls, Japan. He said the Morning Light was a clean ship, with repairs all completed and no Jim Foti is just back from a beefs, Joe liked the food, and quickie trip on the Mount Vernon joined the crew in a vote of Victory. He shipped along with thanks to the steward department. eight other daymen from Wil­ Carlos Mendoza, first engineer, mington as part of a mucking came in for praise from crewmen gang. He says he's happy to be in reference to repair's made back and cannot wait to get a aboard the Morning Light. more permanent berth on a ship. J. L. Nicholson, who sailed for Charles Kath, who last shipped many years as a bosun or carpen­ as an oiler on the Mt. Washington, ter, figured he had been on the is getting tired of the soft life beach long enough and went up on the.beach and has been watch­ to Seattle, where he caught the ing the board for the first oiler's Mount Vernon Victory. The ship job. was bound for India with a load Jimmy Ward, who last sailed as of grain, and J. L. signed on as 3rd cook on the San Francisco, an AB. had to get off the ship because of Ring Miller, an SIU oltimer, his mother's illness. gave up on trying to catch a Per­ Seattle sia-Far East shuttle run and is Shipping was good in Seattle now watching the board for the during the last period, with the first Orient trip. A. Beck, another oldtimer who Anchorage, Robin Kirk, Delaware likes to sail Sealand ships, piled and Antinous paying off. The out­ look for the next period looks off the Los Angeles and plans to good, with the Robin Hood, Santa rest up on the beach awhile before Emilia, Steely Rover, Wild Ranger trying to catch the San Francisco. and Northwestern Victory due to Wilmington payoff. Ships in transit during Ship activity has been slow in the last period were the Yorkmar, Wilmington and is expected to re­ Mount Vernon Victory, Seattle main that way into the next pe­ and Flomar. riod. During the last period the Fred England, an oldtimer, is Los Angeles, St. Lawrence, Ma­ on the beach right now waiting rine, Morning Light, Yorkmar, to ship in the first black gang job Monticello Victory and Montpelier to hit the: board. R. Simpson is Victory were serviced in the port registered in,the Hall and looking while in transit . for a steward's job, / �Febrnary 19, 196S SEAFARERS By Cal Tanner, Executive Vice-President Sound Off To Your Congressmen i !, ' " '> |f r '«• If: The continuing subject of this covumn has been Jobs for Seafarers. With It, we have made an effort to keep you informed of the policies and actions of government and the maritime industry as they -affect the Jobs of Seafarers, and we have tried to keep you alert to changes and trends in the U.S. merchant marine that might affect the jobs of Seafarers. This is an imiportant job, and to do it your Union main­ tains a research department to keep tabs on maritime news and to prepare reports on industry advances, legislation and the like so that the Union can be that much better armed when it goes into a beef or presses for necessary laws in Washington. The days are long since gone when the SIU could confine its ob­ jectives to the negotiating table. Since World War II, the Federal Government has played an increasingly larger role in the merchant marine. Since the ships manned by Seafarers play a vital part in the nation's defense efforts, this trend of greater government involvement has been, if not altogether good, an expected thing. In few industries are workers more directly involved by government policies at home and abroad than in the merchant marine. Actions taken by the De­ partments of State, Commerce, Agriculture, Defense, by Congress and by the various regulating agencies, mean more or less cargoes and more or less jobs for Seafarers, -f Seafarers have learned through study this list, to learn the names hard experience that no one can of the various key committee fight their battles for them. In or­ members so that they will be able der to build the SIU the members to communicate with them when had to fight, and win, their own an important issue arises. Further­ battle. The same is true in the more, each Seafarer is urged to battleground in Washington. Only learn the names of the men in by action, in the form of letters, Congress from his own home dis­ wires and other communication, trict. can we let the Administration and Legislators heed the advice they the lawmakers know how we feel receive from the voters—they have on the issues that affect our very to in order to be reelected. The livelihoods. trouble is that too few voters The last issue of the LOG (Feb. bother to express their opinions. 5) published a list of members of Seafarers owe it to themselves and the various Congressional commit­ the merchant marine that gives tees whose actions directly affect them a livelihood to, sound off to the merchant marine and Seafar­ their Congressmen as they would ers. All members are urged to in a Union meeting. Nothing New For Maritime in Latest Budget Requests WASHINGTON—The new budget submitted to Congress last month by President! Johnson contains nothing new as far as appropriations pertaining to the maritime industry! are concerned. The maritime budget request for the coming fiscal year differs little from| the present budget and sheds no light on any "new policy" last fall to undertake a four year Maritime Commission to permit lt| study on the feasibility of a sea to make a "more intensive effort" toward U.S. maritime. level canal connectinng the Atlan­ The fiscal 1966 budget requests $124.8 million for the construction of 16 new cargo ships. This is al­ most the same as the present budget allocation of $124.9 million. The SIU and others interested in the condition of U.S. maritime have pointed out that this 16 ship per year building program which the Government has been adher­ ing to is totally inadequate and is leading to the mass obsolescence of the U.S. merchant fleet. The request for operating sub­ sidies for fiscal 1966 totals $190 million. This amount, added to an estimated $8 million carryover of unused funds from this year, will be sufficient for 1,845 subsidized voyages by 314 vessels. The allo­ cation for this purpose in the last budget was $196 million. The fiscal 1966 budget, like the last three budgets submitted to Congress, contains a proposal for placing a two - cents - per - gallon "user" tax on fuel used by harbor, canal and river craft. In the past the SIU has supported the inland water carriers in protesting the imposition of such a tax and Con­ gress has dropped the proposal on each occasion. The budget also includes a re­ quest for $7.5 million for the Interoceanic Canal Commission, which was created by legislation li, New Terminal Complex Is First Step I •: Philly Plans Port Face-Lifting i( I.-' s PHILADELPHIA—A mile-long section of the Delaware River-front will get a spar­ kling new face between now and 1976 as part of this port's massive program to regain its major position among East Coast ports. The proposed showpiece' I project, the ciiy plans to build 15 The city fathers reckon that terminal, Penn's Landing, is to 21 new cargo berths at a cost each ton of cargo brings $15 in this city's biggest and most of $3.75 million each. The city wages and other income into costly port project since the has been a leader on the East Philadelphia, so that the failure of ! Coast in the handling of bulk car­ the city to keep pace with other 1860s. It will be built on a goes, but has been steadily falling ports is regarded with seriousness acre site, stretching along the from its advanced position. New by the community. The $100 mil­ waterfront fi-om tha Ben Franklin York, Boston, Baltimore and lion-plus, 12-year port building Hampton Roads have been Phila­ project is expected to rebuild Bridge to Katherine Street. Philadelphia's port status. Penn's Landing will provide em- delphia's main challengers. barcadero-type docking for big cruise liners, bulk and general cargo ships. A 30-story port tower will act as nerve center for all port operations. The twin-decked main structures at pierfront will allow for faster loading. The site will also house a science museum, a marine park and a basin for historic ships. Admiral Dewey's flagship Olympia will be moored alongside reproductions of William Penn's ship Welcome, and the Revolutionary War gun­ boat Philadelphia. A working model of John Fitch's first steam­ boat will ferry tourists through the port. Tourist Rides Tourists will also be able to take hydrofoil and helicopter rides from Penn's Landing. A boat fair will have pleasure boats and other marine equipment on display and for sale. The opening of the com­ bination work-and-pleasure port Mrs. Grace Baker (right) wife of SIU tugman Homer Baker, project is scheduled to coincide receives hospital benefit check for $1,443 from St. Louis with the Philadelphia World's Fair IBU office staffer Laverne Hoehle. The check covered the in 1976, celebrating the 200th an­ niversary of the signing of the cost of Mrs. Baker's recent hospitalization for treatment of Declaration of Independence. a back injury. Her husband is employed by Inland Tugs as an engineer. Along' with the Penn's Landing j SlU-IBU Hospital Benefit 'it i) J- Pwe LOG in its regulatory activities. A tot tic and Pacific Oceans. of $3.39 million was asked, an in-| Also requested is a sizable in­ crease of about $440,000 over the crease In funds for the Federal present allocation. By Al Tanner, Vice President and Fred Farnen, Secretary-Treasurer, Great Lakes The long and complicated battle over union representation at De-| troit Checker Cab Company took a turn for the better last week when| the Teamsters Local 902 was dropped from the race. On Monday, February c, the last two ballots from last Fail's election! were tallied by the National Labor Relations Board, one going to the! SIU, the other vote going to the Teamsters. A runoff election will! now be held to determine whether 1,800 Checker Cab drivers will be! represented by Local 10 SIU, or by No Union. We expect the final! election to be held sometime in March and we are predicting a win.! This Union's efforts to organize Checker Cab began in the Spring! of 1962 and stalling tactics by the Teamsters and Company kept the! issue in the courts and before the NLRB much of the time. That's all! behind us now and we have one more battle to win. Our job is only! beginning and we expect to organize other non-union cab fleets which| are seeking AFL-CIO union representation. SIU crewmembers aboard the Ann Arbor Carferries operating outj of Frankfort, Michigan, ratified their new contract last week. In addi­ tion to a substantial hourly increase, these men are now covered under the SIU Pension Plan and receive full benefits under the Seafarers Welfare Plan. The contract was ratifled by an overwhelming majority.| Frankfort Port Agent Floyd Hanmer reports that the Ann On the block to be closed are! Arbor-DTI Railroad is now carry­ seven such hospitals, with Chicago! ing Taconite pellets from being the first to go. The SIU has| Manistique, which is in the Upper been busy sending cut letters of Peninsula of Michigan, to Frank­ protest to all concerned, includins fort and then shipped by rail to President Johnson. We urge .nil Detroit. According to Hanmer, this members to mail letters of p o-| new method of transporting test to their various State repi-e-| Taconite ore during the Winter sentatives in order to keep these| months is on a trial basis and if hospitals open for use by sailors,| proved successful, there is the dredgemen and tugmen. possibility of the Company acquir­ The Chicago Port Council, MTD,| ing another boat which would has again been working on resolu-| mean additional jobs for SIU tions, etc. regarding the Burns| members. ditch operation and the Port of| Over in Chicago, we have three Indiana project. Because cf its as-| Great Lakes District vessels work­ sistance, the Organized Labor ing. The Tanker Detroit recently Committee for Indiana Port De­ underwent a 10-day inspection at velopment have requested mem-| the Manitowoc shipyard and all bership into the Council and have! been guests at a recent meeting.! The Pile Drivers. Local 578 have! The SIU Great Lakes Dis­ also shown great interest and havej trict Halls in Duluth, Cleve­ been contacted. It is expected they! land and Alpena will reopen also will become part of the Portj on March 1 for the 1965 sea­ Council. We look forward to thej son. Regular membership day when the various Locals andj meetings are scheduled in Internationals of the Indiana! those halls on March 1 and Building Trades will become part| March 15 at the usual time, of the Council. 7 p.m. The Canadian government re-| iwsasfMS* cently suspended the Federal! of the crew have been recalled to Shipbuilding Subsidies Act that! return to work. The Highway 16 became law in Canada back inj is still operating between Mil­ May, 1961. Many observers believe! waukee and Muskegon and the this move was an attempt to pre-| only replacement on her has been vent the granting of operatingj a relief wheelsman. Perry Spildc. subsidies to US-flag vessels by the| The Steamer Schemm is at the United States Congress. American shipyard undergoing Efforts in recent years by this! conversion which is not expected to be completed until very close Union and several of its contracted! to the 1965 fit-out. Half the crew operators to win operating sub-j working • aboard this vessel are sidles have made steady progress! from Chicago, the remainder are in Washington and we have always! pointed out the advantage that! from the Alpena area. Canadian vessels have because of! There are 13 SIU members in the subsidy they receive from their! the Chicago marine hospital and government. Prior to the begin-! some 35 members receiving out­ ning of the subsidy, Canadian ves-l patient treatment. sels accounted for 27 percent ofl Relative to the Chicago Marine the total international' tonnage I Hospital, the Secretary for carried on the Great Lakes. The! Health, Education and Welfare, Canadian share of the tonnage to-1 Mr. Celebrezze, is making ail at­ day is approximately 41 percent of| tempts to close this great service. the total volume ef cargo. �3^ Paire Foarteen 'A-r: Febrtunr 19, 19M SEAFARERS L6O Latest Grads Of Lifeboat Class By Lindsey Williams, Vice-President, Gulf Area Gulf Ports Humming Again The New Orleans-Baton Rouge area looked like a huge water-hound parking lot during the final days of the ILA strike. When the settlement came, 181 ships were tied up in the area, along with 1500 barges. Many of the barges were loaded with grain, and at least 46 ships waited out the strike in the port to take on grain cargoes. Commerce through the Port of New Orleans hit the $2 billion mark for the first time last year. All the figures aren't in yet. but the U.S. Department of Commerce estimates the value of cargo handled through the port in 1964 at a record-breaking $2.79 billion. The total for 1963 was $1.8 billion. A lot of this cargo was grain, a big item insofar as SIU ships are concerned. During 1964, New Orleans area elevators. exported 455 million bushels of grain mostly wheat, corn and soybeans. This alsd was a new record. As impressive as these statistics are, the attitude locally to the recitation of such figures generally is "ho, hum." It seems that many people just did not comprehend the importance of this trade to the total economy of the community. This attitude has changed dramatically in the last few days, however General awareness that nearly everyone benefits economically to some degree from the activities of the-f ^ port and the purchasing power generated by the union wages of is looking for a chief cook or seamen and longshoremen was steward's job. He is an original brought home to New Orleanians member of the SIU and came into in a most unpleasant way by the the Union while sailing with the Eastern Steamship Co. His last longshoremen's strike. job was chief cook on the Del The newest group of Seafarers to receive their lifeboat tickets line up for the LOS photo­ As ILA members started return­ Aires on the West African run. grapher after successfully passing the Coast Guard examination. The latest graduates from ing to work on the riverfront on Tom Ballard, a Seafarer for more lifeboat class No. 127, are ll-r, front) George W. Goodrich, Christos Stravakos, Sonl-iago the 33rd day of the strike, the than 20 years, was taking it easy Nieves, Eddie Cain ( middle) Joseph Socco, Johnny Mack, Mike Sacco, Tim Bielanin, (rear) State Division of Employment in Houston, but when the long­ Dan Butts, instructor, Carl Wilkerson, Thomas R. Chittenden and Eric Chittenden. Juan J. Security reported, for example shoremen went back to work he Reinosa was not present for the picture. This class boasted two sets of brother attending there was a 40 percent increase headed for Philadelphia to re­ in total unemployment insurance claim his job as deck engineer on the class at the same time, a lifeboat school first. They are Joe and Mike Sacco (middle) claims the first week of the strike the Sacramento, a bulk carrier. and Tom and Eric Chittenden (rear). and that claims increased an addi­ Mobile tional 25 percent in each succeed­ ing week. Since ILA men on strike James C. Dunlop is registered were ineligible for unemployment in Group 1 of the Deck Depart­ compensation, these claims repre­ ment and ready to go again after sented those filed by seamen, truck being ashore since the death of drivers, grain elevator workers, his wife last year. Dunlop has some employees of steamship com­ been working on the beach as an panies and many others who were ironworker while getting his af­ laid off as a result of inactivity in fairs in order. Joe Barone was all WASHINGTON—Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz has urged Congress to amend the the port. set to reclaim his job on the Clai­ federal wage-hour law "to provide for premium pay of double time for long work weeks" borne on the Puerto Rican run. instead of the present requirement of time and one-half pay for work beyond 8 hours a day The wheels started turning C. E. Mainers,- who has been on again last weekend. A quick re­ the Monarch of the Seas for about or 40 hours a "ropV week. turn to normal was in prospect, mium on overtime would by itself "to the 1961 FLSA amendments but New Orleanians and residents two years, planned to go back to Wirtz made the recommen­ the nation's unemployment raising the pay floor to $1.15 and his oiler's job when the crew was dation in his annual report to solve of other port cities in the Gulf recalled. Hubert O'Brien regis­ problem, which finds 4 million job later to $1.25 an hour. Congress on the operation of the seekers unable to find work. "The would not soon forget how high "Even in the lowest wage non- a stake they have in a prosperous tered for his Group 3 Steward Fair Labor Standards Act. He also claim is made," he added, "that Department Jot) back on the Al­ stressed that the act should be some jobs will be created at the metropolitan areas of the South," waterfront. coa Ranger. A. W. Morris is fit extended to cover 2 million more same time that the socially desir­ he saidr "the increase for workers for duty after being laid up for Houston at the low end of the wage scale workers, principally in the hotel able 40-hour week is restored." awhile with a leg injury. His last was accompanied by a net increase and restaurant fields, in accord­ Roscoe "Wimpy" Hampton Is ship was the Ocean Ulla. He is Wirtz noted that the chief argu­ in employment" ance with President Johnson's rec­ looking for a pumpman's job going for any chief cook or The 1961 amendments gave anywhere after completing a trip looking ommendation in his State of the ment against extension of the fed­ baker's job. eral minimum wage and maximum FLSA protection to 3.6 million Union message. hours requirements to addtional workers not previously covered— on the Niagara that had some New Orleans interesting sidelights, to say the In proposing an increase in the low-wage industries has been that the biggest segment of them in least. The Niagara, a T-2 converted overtime premium, Wirtz noted job opportunities would decline in Warren Conner is vacationing that "a basic aim" of the FLSA these employment areas. But this retail trade. Wirtz pointed out to a bulk carrier in the shipj^ard after getting off the Santore in however, that million of , »!. I. (.tiai, only 29 JliililUIl Vll in Galveston, was laid up for re when it was enacted in 1938 "was hasn t been the case in the past, some 52 million private wage and Baltimore. He was deck mainte­ pairs for 27 days in a French to discourage excessive overtime the secretary observed. The econ­ salary workers in the country are shipyard and later was declared nance on the ship's last grain haul work." He noted, too, that Presi­ omy "adjusted easily," he said. currently protected by the FLSA. seaworthy in Holland. This rating to Yugoslavia. Some of the guys dent Roosevelt, in proposing the all set to go back on the Del did not hold up long at sea, how­ Norte when the strike ended in­ legislation to Congress had ex­ ever, and the ship limped into the cluded Maurice "Duke" Duet, AB pressed the belief that a federal Azores, leaking badly. The ship is maintenance; and Bob Callahan, ceiling on working hours would still there, but the crew was re­ AB. Joe Mendoza, who had been help cut into unemployment. (Continued from page 3) In response to questions regard­ patriated by air and paid off in officers BR on the Norte since The whole purpose of the overfull. (The whole story can be I time premium, the secretary said, pendent on the runaways for the ing any new maritime programs found on page 2 of this LOG.) An October 1963, was hospitalized is to provide the "substantial finan­ importation of such strategic raw by the Administration, Chairman oldtimer who still has young ideas with an attack of asthma. Walter cial deterrent" needed to discour­ materials as oil, iron ore, alumi­ Connor told committee members is Frank "Snake" Rowell, who has H. Harris, whose last job was age excessive overtime and en­ num ore, tin, manganese and that the Administration is not been sailing in the SIU for 22 night cook and baker on the copper. courage hiring. committed to any specific policies. years. He says he's looking for an Alice Brown, and Nils Eric GronMore than $25 million in rev­ The Union representatives also electrician's job on any Delta Line bcrg, who was second electrician "Such a deterrent was provided on the Monarch of the Seas, were by the time and a half penalty enue which could be derived from received a similar response from ship on the South American ro­ both laid up in the USPHS hos­ rate" when the FLSA came into taxation of the runaways could in­ Secretary of Labor W. Willard mance run. pital last week. They expect to being, he said. "Such a deterrent crease Federal funds for ship Wirtz at another meeting held the S. M. "Catfish" McGowan has be up and around soon, however. construction by one-quarter, at no week before' the MAC session. would be provided by double time caught up on his fishing and the additional expense to the Ameri­ Frank Russo registered for an Chairman Connor decided to or­ j now." can taxpayer, according to the ganize a subcommittee to define hunting season is over so he is AB's job after getting off the Ex­ Overtime Takes Jobs looking for a coastwise run. A press Baltimore in Baton Rouge. Union presentation. the role that the MAC will play 21-year SIU veteran, his last job The ship's last trip was to Brazil, He said the Labor Dept. had Thus, with no increase in the in determining any new policy af­ found that 62.5 million hours of present maritime budget, the SIU fecting the future of the U.S. was on the Cities Service Norfolk. with grain. Frank plans to stay overtime were worked in a single asserted, the U.S. would be en­ merchant marine. Members com­ Leo Seleskle is fit for duty after around for awhile and hopes the week of March 1964 by Employes abled to make a firm start on posing this subcommittee will be a -short illness and Is ready to supply of "long green" will last covered by the act. This, the sec­ building the modern American- announced shortly. Chairman Con­ throw in on the first oiler's job to until after Mardi Gras. W. D. go up on the board. His last was retary poinst out, is the equiv­ flag bulk fleet which this nation nor also told MAC members that on the Ridgefield Victory, but had Purdy checked in from the West alent of 1.3 million jobsmust have if it is to regain its no announcement of a new mari­ to fet off and go into the USPHS Coast after getting off the Dela­ Wirtz said he was making no position as a world maritime time policy Would be made before hospital in Galveston. David C. ware. He was night cook and baker\ on this ship for nearly a claim that the double time pre­ power. the subcommittee wrote its report. Archia is ready to go to work and year. i 'W gJL g fimmv w, I siOTiiMmwi Double Time Amendment To Wage-Hour Act Urged Hunaway Tax Urged �Febmur 19, 1998 SEAFARERS LOG Pare Fifteen SEAFARERS PORTS OP THE WORLD ii i GIBRALTA I A British jet bomber (right), a modern symbol of strength, still appears small next to the timeless Rock, an ancient symbol of ruggedness. The winding business streets of Gibral­ tar (above) offer a variety of bargains. Gibraltar town winds up the Rock in a maze of meandering, narrow streets. The SlU-contracted-De Soto (Waterman) is a recent and regular visitor to the Rock. The old moorish castle on the left, recently repaired, overlooks the north arm of Gibral­ tar's docks. The port is mainly used for ship bunkering and military purposes, but many tourists have stopped there while on Mediterranean cruises. In the days of the Greek empire, Gibraltar was con­ sidered one of the Pillars of Hercules and it marked the westernmost limit of the known world. Today, Seafarers and others know it simply as the "Rock," and it is almost as familiar to them as their home port, SlU-contracted ships on Mediterranean and Near East­ ern runs sail under the Rock's shadow on a regular basis. Among those which stop at Gibraltar are the ships of the Waterman Lines. The Rock produces few products of its own, and exists mainly as a British naval base and a center of ship bunkering and tourist activity. Since 1704, the Rock has been a British Colony. Spain, to which Gilsraltar is connected by land, has been cam­ paigning recently for a return of the Rock to the Spanish flag. It has always been considered one of the most strategic bits of real estate in the world because whoever controls it, controls sea traffic into the Mediterranean. Seafarers visiting Gibraltar find it a friendly port. English is the most common language, though Italian and Spanish are also widely spoken. The local pooulaton (about 25,000) is accustomed to entertainin,f{ seamen —it's probably one of their major industries. Shopping in the city is excellent, with handcraft goods from nearby North Africa and Spain vying for attention with modern consumer items in the attractive shops along Main Street. Another feature of Main Street is the row of sherry bars. Many of these offer entertainment. There is a Mariner's Club on High Street with a nice bar. The Club holds regular dances and other programs for visiting sea­ men. The city has six movie houses, offering American and British films, of which the Strand DeLuxe is airconditioned. The favorite eating places in town are the Palm Cou''t on High Street and the Rendezvous on Robb Street. At the top of Robb Street, where it crosses King Street, is the Chinese Curio Store. Further along King Street is St. George's Cathedral, the largest wooden building in the world. The leading tourist attraction in Gibraltar is, of course, the Rock itself. The awesome mass of stone rises to 1,400 feet and ,is honey-combed with natural and manmac'e caves and galleries. During World War II, the galleries housed shore defense guns, ammunition stores and head­ quarters offices for the British. St. Michael's cave is probably the most interesting. Travel from Gibraltar to Spain, once very easy, has been made a bit more difficult now by a special tax im­ posed by the Spanish government because of the political troubles. Still, if a Seafarer has the time and the few extra dollars required for the tax, a trip into the beau­ tiful Spanish countryside is well worth it. �Pac* SMCCB SEAFARERS U.S. Drops To Ninth Place In Shipbuilding LOG Baltimore AFL-CIO Buys 'Iron Hearts' For City LONDON—The United States slipped from seventh to ninth place in new ship construction during the last quarter of 1964 ac­ cording to Lloyd's Register of Shipping. On October 1, 1964, U.S. yards were working on 55 ships aggre­ gating 471,207 tons as compared to the beginning of 1965 when U.S. yards were working on 58 ships totaling only 363,506 gross tons. Fdbmanr U, IMS World's No. 2 ShippingPower Owns One Ship Liberia, which became the world's number two maritime power without owning a ship of its own, has embarked on a building program. It now has over 1,200 runaway merchant ships reg­ istered under its flag and one of its own, a new 32,000 ton bulk carrier. Soon, it plans to double its home - grown fleet by adding another bulk carrier, a sistership of the first. Named for the country's presi­ dent, the William V. Tubman sailed recently to Liberia to load rubber and iron ore for Baltimore, to be followed by a grain run from the U.S. East Coast to Eu­ rope. Oariying a crew of 58, the Tubman was built In Holland. All other Liberian flag vessels, some 14.5 million gross tonsworth, are owned by non-citizens of Liberia, most of them runaway American or Greek shipping in­ terests. For the most part, the Liberian-flag merchant fleet has grown in inverse ratio to the de­ cline of the U.S.-flag fleet. Lloyd's noted that the tonnage of merchant ships started in U.S. yards during the last quarter of 1964 was exceptionally small. Keels for 23 vessels, totaling 34,276 tons, were laid during the three-month period. The volume of merchant ship­ ping under construction through­ out the world decreased slightly during the last quarter of '64 from the record peacetime level set at the end of last September. Ships under construction as of January 1 consisted of 1,555 vessels aggregating 10,215,486 gross tons, Tho council of AFL-CIO unions in Baltimore recently bought twelve "Iron Hearts" for reviv­ a drop of 425,275 tons from the ing patients whose hearts stop beating and presented them to the city fire department for October 1, 1964 figure. At that use in each of the city's ambulances. Examining the workings of the apparatus above are time there were 1,563 ships under (l-r) SIU Baltimore Rep. Warren Leader, Port Agent Rex Dickey and Baltimore AFL-CIO construction. Council President Nick Fornaro. Net Decline The rate of new shipbuilding orders lagged somewhat behind the rates at which new tonnage was completed during the quarter, leading to the slight decline suf­ fered by the major shipbuilding countries such as Japan, Britain, By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS Sweden, West Germany, France and Italy. The problem of the state commissions is that they often do not have However several of the smaller the staff to check utility books properly. For families worried about their utility bills, Marvin Zeidin, director shipbuilding countries were able The Federal Power Commission also needs support for its present to increase the work volume of of Electric Consumers Information Committee, relayed these sugges­ their shipyards, such as Spain, tions from a power industry expert, at a recent meeting of the National efforts. It has made a survey indicating that electric consumers can / save 27 per cent of costs (11 billion dollars a year) in the next 15 years, which increased its tonnage under Rural Electric Cooperative Association: if the 3600 separate power systems participate in broad regional net­ construction and took over eighth • Don't keep the furnace thermostat too high. Keep moving and works. A1 Barkan, director of the AFL-CIO Committee on Political place in shipbuilding, ahead of the keep warm nature's way. Education, pointed this out, observing that unions have helped support U.S. • Cook everything rare. A little step each day and you can soon the Electric Consumers Information Committee and rural electric and Other gainers were Norway, up eat it raw. Federal programs. They also seek better understanding from electric 75,285 tons; Yugoslavia, up 61,316 co-ops of labor's goals. • Marry girls off young. Let some other dope heat their irons. tons; Canada, 32,809 tons; Finland, Your own family has the immediate problem of controlling house­ 23,733 tons, Belgium, 20,415 tons • Go to bed earlier. hold operating costs while supporting these efforts to reduce rates. and Brazil, 9,100 tons. • Don't bathe your kids too often. If they smell horsey, send them This really requires a two-point personal program involving: out to play. (1) Your family's understanding that litility bills have become • • Go to church frequently. While there, your TV, radio and other major living expense, and its cooperation in holding down this cost, equipment will not be in use. without actually going next door to take a bath. • Visit friends and relatives as often as possible. Accept their (2) A close survey of your home to see where operating costs may invitation to stay for meals—even for baths if invitations can be be unnecessarily exaggerated through inadequate insulation or obsolete wangled. equipment. NEW YORK —Seafarers, who spend their working lives This, of course, is Zeldin's tongue-in-cheek way of dramatizing what For example, one family, alarmed by its high utility bills—higher sailing the surface of the has become a noticeabie expense problem. Household operating costs, even than usual in its neighborhood, called in a local utility-company world's oceans can now, for .of which utility bills are a large part, are one of the fastest-growing expert. He found one major reason was an old hot-water tank with items in your cost of living. the piddling price of a new worn out insulation. This family reduced its bill one-third by replacing car, see what's going on be­ the tank, insulating hot-water pipes and taking other hot-water Throughout the 1950's the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated neath the waves—from their conservation methods. that utility and heating costs took about 3.3 per cent of a typical own submarine. wage-earner budget. Then the bureau recently made another survey In other homes, often furnaces operate excessively, consuming both For a mere $3,975, any Sea­ and confirmed, what many families had suspected—the share of family extra fuel and power for the circulator or blower, because weatherfarer can be captain and crew money taken by these expenses has jumped significantly. The bureau stripping, calking, insulation or storm sash are needed. of the Porpoise, a one-man raised its estimate to 5.3 per cent, which puts utility and heating costs Incorrectly-adjusted burners or clogged air filters also eat up addi­ fiberglass submarine on dis­ on a par with the average family's medical expenses. In a number of tional and power. An incorrectly-adjusted burner can send 10 to play at the National Motor cities, typical utility bills now run $I8-$25 a month without counting 15 per fuel cent of your heat up the chimney. Boat Show here. See the won­ heating bills. ders of the deep—down to You also can reduce lighting costs a little by avoiding the use of One reason for this growing expense is the greater use of power many small bulbs. For example, a lOO-watt bulb gives more light 164 feet deep at any rate! in your home because of the additional labor-saving and electronic than, two 50's. Spend endless hours—four at entertainment equipment you now own. Another is the higher charges. a time at any rate—breathing The Bulb Problem While you may see some utility companies stating that their rates pure bottled air while survey­ Another bother^me expense, readers write us, is the necessity of have gone down or stayed level, that may depend on the year they ing the view through a plexi­ frequently replacing light bulbs. They ask about the long-life bulbs choose for comparison, or on the particular locality. glass dome! often advertised nowadays. These families also are very conscious of The fact is, on a nationwide basis, the ELS price index shows that the fact that the major bulb manufacturers all charge the same prices. Tow the 1,389-pound, 10' 2" utility charges have risen over 8 per cent since the 1957-59 period. by 5' 3" mini-sub around be­ Unfortunately, the long-life bulbs, while they last longer, also use This is actually more than most bther goods and services you buy, hind your car and watch more juice, recent statements by the Federal Trade Commission and including even food. pedestrians fall off the side­ the Rural Electrification Administration indicate. The REA specialists walk in amazement! Make sure Zeidin doesn't think going to bed early is the proper approach to report that not only do the long-life bulbs cost more, but they don't your life insurance is paid up! restraining your household expenses. He believes consumers nefed to: give as much light for the same amount of current used. The have (I) make sure state utility commissions regulate rates closely; (2) filaments which don't get as hot as those in ordinary bulbs, so they Commanding your own little support the recently-invigorated efforts of the Federal Power Com­ last longer, but give less illumination. sub is fun. Ask the man who mission to restrain utility costs; (3) understand the usefulness to all owns one. Thi« the regular bulbs are still the best buy, with some savings families of the electric-co-ops, operating mostly in rural and some ptwsible If bought in quantity as sales offered occasionally by mail­ suburban areas, which serve as a "yardstick" of private-company rates. order houses and department stores. Cost Of Utilities Going Up One IVIan Sub Called Bargain At $3,975 �FetimWr 1», Itn SEAFARERS LOG Faffl 19th Century Conditions for Foreign-Flag Seamen By Joseph B. Logue, MD, Medicol Director Home Environment Influences Teens U>s Crew Wants To See Movie'Mutiny' Cries The Captain NEW YORK—The Dutch--flag tanker Reza Shah the Great sailed into this port earlier You can't put out a fire by squirting water on the smoke. By the same token, it may be equally difficult to solve the teen-ager's problems by this month, bringing with her a picture of seafaring conditions as they were in the "good ^ trying to convince him that he soon will be an adult. Much of the time old days." and organization presently devoted to the problems of the troublesome it was learned, was to come from Because her skipper, Capt. Captain then radioed authorities the adolescent ignores the evidence that the real problem may lie in the crew's wages. ashore that a mutiny was in proc­ home. H e n d r i k "Veldhuizen, de­ ess. He claimed" that a majority of While some landlubbers got a The difficulty may result not from the behavior of the teen-ager but scribed a,beef as a mutiny on the crew said they would leave few laughs from the seemingly from the changing stress patterns of the parents. the ship's radio, masses of police the ship in New York, but crew­ funny story of a "mutiny at sea men reported that they were fired because of a Gina Lollabrigida By the time a man and woman have been married long enough to have an adolescent or two in the home, many other things have and Coast Guardsmen were on by the captain. movie," American sailing men did happened. The first bloom of the marriage has worn pretty thin. The hand to meet the Reza Shah the After the incident hit the local not find the story funny at all. exhilaration of courtship and adventure is beginning to give way to Great when she docked in the press, which played up the Seafarers battled for long years that more solid accommodation of mutual respect which is the founda­ Bronx. "mutiny" angle for all it was to rid the American merchant tion of a satisfying union. Also on hand were swarms of worth, the company agreed to re­ fleet of the crimp contracts, low These readjustments take their toll. The increase in divorce among lease the crewmen from their wages and indecent conditions couples wed 20 years is testimony. In many instances, the marriage newsmen, who, tying up the word contract and fly them back to seamen in many parts of the world partners have long lost interest in each other and are merely staying "mutiny" with the fact that the Hong Kong. The cost of the flight, are still forced to suffer. together as a social obligation. Some couples make the re-evaluation ship had a Hong Kong Chinese of their roles happily; others never do make peace, and the home is crew, thought they could get a heated by friction rather than warmed by mutual respect. humorous feature story for the By the time there is a teen-ager in the home, a couple's place in the weekend papers. But, as Seafarers economic pattern pretty well has been set. Where achievement has understand better than others, the been high, there is a let-down, and the parents begin to enjoy some of conditions that created the beef the benefits for themselves. If there has been a failure to reach the on the Dutch ship were nothing heights, then frustration, mutual blame, and a tendency to look on the to laugh about. children as part of the liabilities of life may prevail. Either home is a ST. LOUIS—The mighty Mississippi has been getting less The Reza Shah the Great, on a mighty for the past 100 years, and it's reached a point where tough place to feel secure. Parents in their forties have been busy for most of their lives. Many permanent run from Curacao to shippers are getting worried. feel that the world is passing them by, and they want to begin to live New York, had 23 Chinese sailors The muddy giant has grown study of the problem by the Army before it is too late. Again the children are likely to be left out, or in her crew and 16 Dutch officers. they see in their parents' behavior elements of the same kind of unrest The Chinese seamen, recruited more shallow with each pass­ Engineers, > and Mayor Raymond they feel. Every one in the household is "chafing against the restrictions in Hong Kong last year, were ing season. Ships plying the R. Tucker of St."Louis appointed of his responsibilities. made to sign two-year contracts. river have had to cut tonnage by a permanent committee to find a Too often the interests of the parents have drifted apart. Father is Basis wages were $100 a month as much as 90 percent to cut down solution for the problem. busy with his work and whatever community service he may embrace. for a 48-hour week. In addition, on draft in the shallower sections. Mother, who pretty much has been tied to the household, begins to the men were denied shore leaves Last winter's barge traffic on want to stretch her wings—to use the talents she has had to keep and had little if any on-the-job the Mississippi suffered heavily under wraps because of other responsibilities. protection from bad quarters, food from the low water levels. Grain, Little problems of interpersonal relationships that have been toler­ or working conditions. steel, chemicals, oil and other ated as quirks may at this time begin to assume greater size. Adjust­ After repeated protests, the heavy oil cargoes that usually ments that have been made "for the sake of the children" begin to ship's owner. National Iranian move by water had to be trans­ wear thin or collapse. Friendly kidding becomes barbed invective. Petroleum, a Dutch company, ported by rail and truck, the riverPerhaps our failure in dealing with the teen-agers stems from the agreed to raise wages $50 by as­ boat industry losing millions of practice of squirting water on the smoke—we may be dealing with the signing each crewman 50 hours of dollars in the process. symptom rather than the disease, according to William A. MacOoll, extra overtime monthly. This un­ According to the Army Corps of WASHINGTON — The nation's M.D. of Group Health Association of America Inc. writing in fair arrangement brought contin­ Engineers, the river has been de­ waterways showed a three percent MD COLUMN. ued beefs from the crewmembers. clining at a rate of one foot every gain in total tonnage during 1963, About ten days out from New ten years. Readings at this port according to a report released York, the Chinese crewmen pro­ hovered around the zero mark for here by the American Waterways tested again because movie rights much of last winter, meaning that Operators, Inc. were being denied them. While the river had a depth of 12 feet. The increase in ton-miles of the officers were watching a film, For barge traffic, nine feet is con­ service went up by 4.4 percent a delegation of crewmen entered sidered the absolute minimum for over 1962, the report also said. MIAMI—A scientist who has been talking to dolphins for the officer's saloon and demanded operations. Nearly 431 million net tons of the last four years has discovered that the dolphins may be their just due. One factor in the lessening goods were moved on the water­ The captain ordered them out, depth of the Mississippi has been ways in 1963 compared to 418 trying to talk back. > and- later that night the crewmen the progressive broadening of the million net tons in 1962. human voice. Dr. John C. Lilly, head of decided to take action. They in­ river bed by the rushing waters. the Communications Research In a continuing series of tests, formed the captain that they Another was explained as the The ten principal commodities which accounted for 88.1 percent Elvar has been able to make cor­ Institute, has been working responding would no longer work overtime, tendency of a river to dig its own of 1963's tonnage were petroleum sounds, in kind and with an eight-year-old dolphin and that the next watch would channel on the far side of a bend. and petroleum products, bitumi­ named Elvar, who, says the doctor, number, to sounds by humans. If turn to at 8 A.M. instead of the This tends to throw up huge nous coal and lignite, sand, gravel has a seeming ability to mimic the Dr. Lilly makes ten noises, for in­ normal 6 A.M. amounts of silt on the near side. and crushed rock, unprocessed sea stance, Elvar comes back with ten At St. Louis, such a situation shells, logs, grain and grain prod­ There the situation remained— noises. ucts, iron and steel products, in­ the crew and the officers staring exists. Of course, the dolphin misses each other down—until the ship The House Committee on Pub­ dustrial chemicals, crushed lime­ once in a while, but the tests entered New York harbor. The lic Works has voted $400,000 for a stone and building cement. show that he is usually about 92 The granting of Patent No. percent accurate. Dolphins, the 3,164,772 recently should come chatterboxes of the sea, normally as a shock to the shark popula­ makes enormous numbers of tion of the world's oceans. It sounds—barks, grunts, whistles, covers an electronic shark rasps and creaking noises. repeller which has been used The tests show that the crea­ by the military in the past tures are able to modify those and will now go into com­ sounds in response to human en­ mercial production for use by couragement and prompting. They skin divers, fishermen, beach are also persistent when it comes security, etc. to mimicking humans, repeating The battery powered device the sounds they have heard until includes an antenna with they tire and swim away. positive and negative poles, a Elvar, for instance, has been capacitor in which electric heard to mutter something that charges are built up and a sounds amazingly close to the multivibrator that releases a words "alright, let's go." Elvar pulse every second. makes this sound when the scien­ In exp'eriments off Florida, tists are slow in starting on the the inventor says, the dis­ tests. charges repelled sharks 20 or The dolphin has a brain that 30 feet away without affecting appears as complex as that of man other fish or humans. A small while being physieally larger. The shark was reportedly killed in size and complexity of brain struc­ 20 seconds when prevented ture is believed to be a sign of from leaving the test area, the A large turnout of SlU United Industrial Workers members took part in the January regular potential intelligence. The dolphin inventor says. UIW membership meeting at the Norfolk SlU hall. Discussion included the SlU-UIW's con­ has long had a reputation for his bright and frolicsome nature. . tinuing organizing drive in the Norfolk area. Mississippi Yfater Drop Perils Trade I- Waterways Tonnage Up During '63 Does Porpoise Talk? Maybe, Says Scientist Shark Shocker Granted Patent SiU-UiW Norfolk Membership Meeting Y.1 I �Page Eighteen SEAFARERS Newest Nation Doing OKif it Doesn't Wash Away Social, Economic ills Plague Appaiachia In the America of 1965, Appaiachia has become another word for poverty. While every American city and town has its poverty pocket nestled between the modern'expressways and the tracts of new subur-*ban housing, nowhere in the working, did the most brutal and kind of labor in the fields nation is despair and misery difficult and in the mines; Additionally, Febrnary 19, 196f LOG 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 tnelr families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produ'-"d 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) i i3< Eastern Ait Lines (Flight Engineers) KINGSTON, Jamaica—Seafarers cruising this part of ths Caribbean are likely to come upon a new "island republic" which bears a striking resemblance to a hunk of flotsam and goes under the imposing title *The "scruple" is the monetary of New Atlantis. unit of New Atlantis, and, as New Atlantis, an 8-by-30- Hemingway puts it, "the more foot bamboo platform six miles off scruples a man has, the less in­ so concentrated and so seemingly they constitute as a group some the coast of Luana Point, Jamaica, clined he is to be anti-social." hopeless as in the 11-state area of the first immigrants to our land. is the novel creation of writer The other nice feature of the "re­ that follows the ridge line of the Their families first came hundreds Leicester Hemingway, brother of public" is that it imposes no taxes Appalachian mountains. of years ago to the mountains the late novelist, Ernest Heming­ on its citizens. "Taxes are for More than 15 million persons where they still live. way. The "republic" is moored to people who are not smart enough live in this area—some of them in The coal has now been mined a high-rising ocean bank with to start their own country," says comfort but most of them in dif­ out of their mountains, leaving steel cables and a ship's anchor. the 'world newest chief of state. fering degrees of hunger, ill-hous­ blackened scars on the land and Hemingway serves as founding Hemingway's only fear is that his ing and ill-liealth. They comprise murderous dust in the lungs of father and Acting President, a country wili be blown away be­ the whole population of West Vir­ the miners. No other industry ex­ title he bestowed on himself. His fore its next "independence day" ginia and varying parts of the pop­ ists, and farming was always mar­ eminent position has been ac­ by a storm. But such are the prob­ ulation of Pennsylvania, Ohio, ginal because of the lack of roads knowledged by the White House, lems of state. Kentucky, Virginia, North Caro­ to carry produce to the cities. which addressed a letter to Hem­ lina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Tourism, another industry which H. I. Siegel ingway using the title. Georgia and Alabama. could be developed, also depends "HIS" brand men's clothes Far from wanting to join in They are mostly rural people, on roads. (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) the world's political troubles, but they may also come from After many years of inaction, 4« 4» !• Hemingway's motives in building Pittsburgh or Birmingham. While the federal government has finally Sears, Roebuck Company and • running a new nation are they were useful and their land awakened to the misery of Ap­ Retail stores & products purely those of publicity and productive of crops or coal, they paiachia and that region's rebuild­ (Retail Clerks) mana.ged to hang cn. Their stand­ ing has become the cornerstone of profit. Along with his fellow ards were always behind those of the War on Poverty. citizens of New Atlantis, Heming­ Stitzel-Weller Distilleries the rest of the nation but their way created the "republic" as a The history of the earth is writ­ "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" As its first action of the session, situation was not as desperate as the Senate approved a $1.1 billion base from which to issue postage ten on the bottom of the sea. "Cabin Still," "W. L. Weller" it is now. stamps to raise funds for an Sediments deposited over count­ Bourbon whiskeys bill to begin to meet the challenge aquarium on Jamaica. less eons lie layer upon layer at (Distillery Workers) Tar Paper Shacks of poverty in Appaiachia. The bulk the bottom, recording the course _ it ISf HSf Atlantis' president has ambitions of the money will go toward roadIn the southern portion of Ap­ J. R. Simplot Potato Co. of evolution and climatic change of expanding his country, how­ building. Other funds will go into paiachia and along the border re­ Frozen potato products ever. He looks forward to the day in the form of long-gone marine gions, where thousands of Ameri­ fiood control, sewage treatment (Grain Millers) when it will be a regular island life. plants," improvements in the area's cans now live in tar paper shacks 3» 3) 4" about 100 yards wide and a halfcapability for timber production, To read this strange history and manage to survive on food Kingsport Press mile long—enough area, in other book, samples of the sedimentary handouts, the local and state gov­ soil improvement and vocational "World Book," "Childcraft" words, to accommodate a post layers must be brought to the sur­ ernments did little, even in the education. House approval of the (Printing Pressmen) bill is expected shortly. office, short wave radio station, face for study in the form of better times, to supply their^ peo­ (Typographers, Bookbinders) lighthouse and customs house. "cores" or plugs. A hollow tube ple with the basic tools of educa­ Appaiachia will never compete (Machinists, Stereotypers) tion and welfare. The growth of the "republic" is forced into the ocean floor and with California as a lure of the 4 4 4> will come about presumably when then pulled out. Inside the tube Jamestown Sterling Corp. When automation came, driving promised land. With proper de­ its citizens have sold enough are several pages of the earth's Southern Furniture Mfg. Co. velopment, however, it can begin the miners out of the coal fields "half-scruple" stamps honoring history for study. Furniture and Bedding and the sharecroppers off the land, once again to rejoin the rest of President Lyndon Baines Johnson. (United Furniture Workers) 1965 America. ' To get these "cores" scientists few were equipped with even the must either go down and get them high school education that might or send down a probe. Both meth­ allow them to go on to other work. Labor Department Study Shows ods are being steadily improved The same was true for the sons and more and more for the earth's and daughters of the discarded past is coming to light. workers. Without basic knowledge, the people of Appaiachia became The latest of the probe devices prisoners of poverty. does away with the difficult and time consuming "coring" proce­ In the gullies and hollows of Kentucky, West Virginia and Ten­ dure of the past, in which a spe­ nessee, cut off from the rest of cially - equipped research ship the nation by poor roads and an slowly lowered a coring device WASHINGTON—Drastic changes in the overall job picture during the last 55 years through several miles of water to almost non-existent transportation system, they searched for jobs that are outlined in a new statistical report, showing a half-century of economic growth, which release it about 75 feet above the weren't there and waited for times bottom to plunge down, shoving has just been made public by the U.S. Labor Department. to get better. Some tried to find a tube into the muck. Each core ^ work in the steel cities, but their took hours to get by this method. In 1909, it shows, nearly lack of skills and the increase of half the non-farm jobs were in these groups accounted for two full year for which data were Bombs Away automation in the basic industries goods - producing industries, out of every three non-farm jobs. available the study showed. forced most of them to return such as manufacturing, mining The new device is quicker. A These and other significant It also showed that while man­ home. and construction. But last year changes in the job patterns of the ufacturing employment was de­ sort of underwater bomb is tossed Regional Difficulties less than one-third of the non- work force are disclosed in a 168- clining relativeiy over the half- overboard to plunge downward. It farm jobs fell into that category. page comprehensive report, Em­ century it set a new peace-time drives its tube into the sediment, Frequently, critics of the gov­ ployment and Earnings Statistics record in 1964, although statistics automatically releasing the heavy ernment's poverty program charge In 1909, slightly more than one- for the United States, 1909-1964, for the full year were unavailable. metal ballast which gave it its the people of Appaiachia with be­ half of all non-farm jobs were in ing shiftless and unwilling to the service classification—includ­ prepared by the Bureau of Labor In August of last year 17,498,000 downward speed. Floats then lift workers held jobs in industry, the sampling tube to the surface leave their used-up mountains to ing wholesale and retail trade, Statistics. compared to a monthly peak of where a flashing beacon guides The volume includes national seek a better life. Yet, most of the transportation and finance, insur­ 17,329,000 in September 1963 and the research vessel to a rendez­ Appalachians, when they were ance and real estate. In 1964, employment data from reports of representative industrial, commer­ an average of 17,005,000 for the vous. cial and government establish­ full year. The all-time maximum Scientists who prefer to go ments employing about 25 million was 17,602,000 in 1943, a war year. down five or six miles beneath workers. It also shows monthly The major top-paying industries the sea to take a look for them­ and annual statistics on employ­ so far as the employers are con­ selves are looking with hope to­ ment, production workers, weekly cerned were the same last year ward a still newer development hours and earnings, hourly earn­ as in 1947—petroleum, transporta­ —a fiberglass material being ings, overtime hours, employment tion equipment, printing, primary touted as the strongest yet for the of women and turnover rates in metals, machinery and ordnance. construction of submarine hulls. more than 350 industries. The 1964 edition of the volume The tremendous pressure at less The average factory worker, the is the third report on national than three miles beneath the sea study reveals, is earning about 11 employment statistics and re­ is enough to crush the strongest times what his counterpart earned places a previous study covering metal hull like an egg shell—even for the same work in 1909, and the years 1909-1962. one constructed of costly "spe­ that his workweek is a lot shorter. It sells for $3.50 a copy and cial" metals. But by winding a In 1909 the average wage was may be ordered from the Super­ new epoxy-saturated fiberglass $9.74 for a 51-hour week; in Au­ intendent of Documents, U.S. filament onto a form in the shape gust 1964 it was $103.07 for a Government Printing Office, of a submarine, a hull able to 40.9-hour week. Washington, D.C. 20402, or from withstand, the pressure of over six The non-agricultural work force BLS regional offices in Boston, miles down is pl-edicted, which numbered 27,088,000. in 1919 and New . York,.. Atlanta, Cleveland, will ..still be .bjioyant enough to climbed to 56,643,00()' in 1963, last Chicago and San Francisco. maneuver back to the surface. ^ $1 Seek Earth Secrets On Sea Floor Vast U.S. Job Changes Mark Last Halt Century �FelMvaiy 19, U6S SEAFARERS LOG r*ge mneteea Dont Delay On Heat Beefs Now that th^ cold weather is here, Seafarers are reminded that beating and lodging beefs in the shipyard can be easily handled if the ship's delegate promptly 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. New Pensioner Enjoys Benefits To The Editor; Today, because of a physical disability, I am no longer able to sail in my profession as a seaman and I shudder to think of the serious impact such a disability would have had on my life if this had hap­ pened when there were no pro- To TJio Bditat' I'-":''!!:!:''i'-O All letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be^ signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. visions for a seafarer to retire with a pension. The SIU was a pioneer in se­ curing a pension plan as well as a Sickness and Accident Plan for its membership. For unli­ censed seamen, there is no other maritime union that can match the SIU. Our Union pro­ vides the most benefits possible with the least requirements for eiegibility to obtain these bene­ fits. I submitted my application for pension and it was approved with no trouble by the Trust­ ees. I am indeed happy and grateful that I am able to con­ tinue living in dignity for the rest of my life. I shall miss the sea, however. It has been my life for 40 years. John Jellette t> t> Seamen's Club Appreciates LOG To The Editor: I would like to express the appreciation of the Seamen's International Christian Associa­ tion for the copies of your fine paper that we receive. I my­ self, although not a seaman, find the articles and informa­ tion helpful, enlightening and timely. Here in Chicago, I, together with nine others, visit many 9<i! Vi ill 'MsS'.. sean>en in the Marine hospital, trying to cheer them up while they are unable to see their family and friends. We also have a chapel serv­ ice at which we provide re­ ligious services. We also show laid up seamen a weekly science movie. We are grateful to the cap­ tains and other various officers that give us kind welcome aboard their ships so we can perform our varied ministries to the crews. The men are al­ ways glad to see us and chat with us for a few moments. We are extremely happy that we are often able to bring happi­ ness to others. We shall be looking forward to seeing some of your mem­ bers in the near future when they dock in our port, or are laid up in drydock at the hospi­ tal here. We are very grateful for the LOG which lists the names of the members of the SIU that are drydocked here and for the many other interesting items that appear concerning mem­ bers of the Union. Reverand Austin Hyton i- i- Pension Benefit Draws Praise To The Editor: I would like to express my thanks not only for the month­ ly pension checks that make it possible for me to go. places and see things while retired, but also for the $25 bonus checks I received at Christmas. Thank God I have lived long enough to see and belong to such a fine union as the SIU. Walter E. Norris 4» 4" 4- To The Editotr: I would like to express my thanks and appreciation to ev­ eryone who helped me to re­ ceive my union benefits from the Welfare Plan when I was hospitalized from January 1, 1964 to August, 1964. I later received a check covering back pay benefits. which were valu­ able to me when Christmas came around. I am proud and glad to be a member of such an organiza­ tion as the SIU. Waltcir Kowalczyk High praises for the steward departments of the ships at sea are still coming in for the wonderful spreads the various galley gangs prepared for Christmas. As one well fed crewmember said, "The galley gang worked overtime for days so they could serve us a meal that was better than any I>have ever eaten." Each ship partment for their unselfish ef­ without ice-cream to go along with thinks their galley provided forts in providing a Christmas their pie. It seems that somehow the best meal in the whole SIU fleet. For instance, Jim Adams, aboard the Oceanic Tide (Oceanic Ore Carriers) says that he is aboard one of the best feeding ships in the SIU. "The Christmas menu was really fine," he says, "and all the food was great." For example, Jim said, the menu in­ cluded such delicacies as Roast Tom Turkey with oyster dressing, giblet gravy and cranberry sauce; Roast Prime Ribs of beef au jus with York­ shire pudding; and Hawaiian gourmet (ham cooked in pine­ apple and spices). Other menu items in­ cluded grilled Adams Jersey pork chops with apple sauce and gravy; grilled French Iamb with mint jelly; grilled baby veal chops; and fried half chicken cooked south­ ern style. "All the goodies we were served," Adams says, "are just what you expect to find in a first class hotel with the best of cuisine." 4. 4. Another crew that is singing the praises to the galley gang is aboard the Duval (Suwanee). Ac­ cording to ship's delegate B. Bry­ ant, Jr., the steward department served "a real jam-up Christmas dinner." The crew, agreeing heartiiy, voted the galley gang an unanimous vote of thanks. 4< 4> 4> In other news from the ships at sea, G. B. Gapac, mee'ting chair­ man aboard the oceanogra p h ic research vessel, Robert D. Con­ rad (Maritime Operations) re­ ports smooth sailing. Every(Jiing is running like a clock, he says. In fact, Gopoe everyone is get­ ting along so well that the chief steward gave the crew a vote of thanks for keeping the messhall clean. The crew turned right around and voted the steward department a vote of thanks for the fine food apd serv­ ice they've geen getting. "We're presently in the third month of a 12 month journey," Gaspac re­ ports, "and everything is going O.K." 4 4" 4^ C. J. Quinnt, ship's delegate aboard the Our Lady of Peace (Liberty Navigation) Jiad more to say about the galley gang. "Every­ body agreed," he said, "in giving thanks to the entire steward de- I ), b t-i' ! li. I'O J, V L t c C) t-j ii Jl' dinner that could match any holi­ the freezer box got unplugged and day meal served on any SIU ship." all the ice cream melted. The stew­ ard promised to make up for it 4 4 4 with a little extra work and some Aboard the Henry (Progressive) really fancy desserts reports Man­ the crew voted a unanimous vote uel Sanchez, ship's delegate. of thanks, to their steward depart­ 4 4 4 ment for holiday meals, reports J. Ore, ship's delegate and V. There was considerable discus­ Swanson, meeting chairman. sion during a shipboard meeting on the Transorient "4 4 4 on how to make The • Ocean Dinny (Maritime better coffee, re­ Overseas) recently made a trip to ports ship's deleSaigon, reports ship's delegate gate Early Punch. After John Nash and the crew got to wrangling the see a little bit of the war in Vietproblem over for Nam. The ship was in anchorage a while, the final at "Nabe Phuxuant," 14 miles decision was sim­ southwest of Saigon, when the two ple: follow the Punch instruction of the opposing armies met in battle chief steward. within sight of the ship. The Viet Cong were driven off, Nash re­ 4 4 4 ports but not before they killed When the steward department two US Army officers and aboard an SIU ship performs an wounded 16 Vietnamese soldiers. outstanding job in providing the crew with exceptional food and service, true to the SIU tradition, 4 4 4 Daniel Dean, ship's delegate, re­ the crew recognizes the galley ported this conversation he over­ gang's efforts. Steward depart­ heard by the No. 4 hatch aboard ments aboard the following ship the Steel Admiral (Isthmian) the have been given special votes of thanks: Kyska (Waterman); Na­ othe*r day: tional Seafarer (Windward); FanAB: "Bosun, how are you on wood (Waterman); Transorient history?" (Hudson); Alice Brown (Bloomfield); Penn Exporter (Penn Ship­ Bosun: "O.K. Why?" AB: "Well, where did Lincoln ping); Antinous (Waterman); Penn Transporter (Penn Shipping) and recite the Gettysburg Address?" Trustee (Commodity Trans.). Bosun: "Hey, I was reading about that the other day. It was in 4 4 4 Philadelphia, Pa." The crew aboard the Hanover (Pan American Tankers) voted a 4 4 4 special thanks to the Houston SIU, The Madaket (Waterman) recent­ recently for untiring efforts in ly got a new chief and behalf of the crew in securing a the crew is washing machine while the ship heartily approv­ was docked in Galveston. Reports ing his new J. J. McCarthy, ship's delegate, "open door poli­ "The ciew really appreciates the cy. According to efforts of the union in matters ship's delegate like this." Vance A. Reid, N 4 4 4 the chief cook and the chief Another SIU oldtimer was remi­ steward have niscing recently about the time he both asked the was aboard a ship that rammed a crew to make lighthouse. Thomas Foster, who menu suggestions. "Already it has saiis in the deck department, was made the menu better," Reid aboard a Waterman ship in 1946 says. "It is more suited to this in the straits between Denmark crew. The crew really likes this and Sweden on a "crystal clear chief." night" when they struck. Foster recalls that the Danes held the ship 4 4 4 The crew of the Long Lines several days and then let the ship (Isthmian) at a recently shipboard proceed to Poland. "The collision meeting voted a special thanks to tore out the lower forepeak," Fos­ their galley gang, reports meeting ter says, "but since we had a load chairman Dick Grant. "All hands of horses aboard, we went on to agree," he says, "that the Long Poland and delivered them before Lines is the best feeder they have putting in to Bremerhaven for re­ pairs. "There was a hearing later ever sailed on. in New York," Foster recalis, "on 4 4 4 the collision, and when they looked Crewmembers aboard the Sea- it up the books, it was found train Texas (Seatrain) recently had there was no penaity for hitting a to survive part of their last trip lighthouse." �Page Twenty SflAFARERS ''•'.A Ftbruves 19, 196» LOG, Pause In Bombay Notify Union On LOG iMaii As Seafarers know, copies of each issue of the SEAFARERS LOG are mailed every two weeks to all SIU ships as well as to numerous clubs, bars and other overseas spots where Seafarers congregate ashore. The procedure for mailing the LOG involves calling all SIU steamship companies for the 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. STEEL MAKER—(Isthmian), Feb. 1 —Chairman, A. Miglio; Secretary, F. Rodriguez. Ship's delegate reported that there are no beefs and every­ thing is ship-shape. $20 in ship's fund. Seafarers aboard the Steel Maker (Isthmian) found it was reunion time when they stopped at Bombay recently and found several old friends in port from other SlU-manned ships in the harbor. Relaxing at the Bombay Seaman's Club are (l-r) M. McKinny, D. Keith, V. Hopkins, all from the Steel Maker, and Seafarer T. Dooly. LOG-A-RHYTHM: Aren't We All By Paul R. Albano The following Log-a-Rhythm was sub­ mitted by pensioner Paul R. Albano who sailed in the deck department until his retirement in 1961. I heard two people speak one day. One was young, the other grey. "Some are good, some are bad." They can't all be bad' my lad. Look at me, I've lived some years I've not had all joy, nor tears. I'm not what you would call pure I know that I could stand some cure. But when there is nothing at stake Anyone can make a mistake." The lad replied, nothing on his mind, "Writing is the best job I can ' find. Seafarer Gets Answers To Messages In Bottles CANTIGNY (Cities Service), Nov. 23 —Chairman, Andrew A. Thompson; Secretary, C. A. Murrah. Brother An­ drew Thompson was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs report­ ed by department delegates. BANGOR (Bermuda Shipping), Dec. 12—Chairman, D. Dickinson; Secre> tary E. Villasol. Brother Villasol was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $10.00 in ship's fund. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. ; ; - • ' 'I Seafarer James Balmy, who recently got off the Transglobe (Hudson Waterways), has a surprise for his doubting SIU shipmates who keep kidding him about his pastime of throwing sealed bottles with^ messages inside over the side send him a postcard telling where while his ship is in mid-ocean. the bottle was retrieved. In order to convince his Union brothers that it is possible to get a reply from a message in a bottle, Balmy has sent the LOG a letter he received from Tralee, Ireland which enclosed a scrap of paper he tossed overboard last Sep­ tember. Balmy is willing to agree that communicating by floating bottle will never beat the prompt service of a wireless message or the U.S. mails. In the particular letter he received from Ireland, there was over a two month lag before it was retrieved in the Emerald Isle. Three Per Trip A veteran engine department member, Balmy has been sailing with the SIU since 1951, and has My girl says I'm merely cute. been throwing at least three bot­ This I said, 'Let's not dispute. tled messages over the side on I'm writing life as I see it every trip he has made since he went to sea. He isn't particular There is nothing more to it.' about the kind of bottle he picks to float his messages. The piece I said before, as I have read, of paper Inside the bottle carries 'Some are good and some are bad.' his name, home address, position And as the old man once said, of the ship, the date and time, as "It is not really so, my lad." weli as a request that the finder For the benefit of his critics. Balmy estimates that he has thrown about 50 bottles overboard, and has received nine answering cards in return. His iatest success occurred when he was aboard the Transglobe bound from Bremerhaven to New York. Faulty Cork The finder, one Richard Stack of County Kerry, Ireland, wrote that he fished Balmy's bottle out of Ballymaequin Strand in Tralee on November 10, 1964. Stack also wrote he had trouble recognizing the writing in the message since the bottle's cork had slipped out, and the paper had gotten wet. Faulty corks, according to Balmy, are one of the inevitable hazzards of communicating by floating bottles. WESTERN PLANET (Western Tank­ ers), Jan. 3—Chairman, Mathew Guidera Secretary, Alexander Brodie. Brother Alexander Zagala resigned as ship's delegate and Brother Mathew Guidera was elected to serve in his place. Donations requested for ship's fund. No beefs. Everything going along smoothly. Ship should be fu­ migated. Vote of thanks to the stew­ ard department. YOUR SIU SHIP'S LIBRARY ALCDA TRADER (Alcoa), Jan. 17— Chairman, E. Ciccato; Secretary, C. Ortiz. No beefs and no disputed OT. Captain complimented entire crew. Vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. DEL NDRTE (Delta), Feb. 5—Chair­ man, James L. Tucker; Secretary, Bill Kaiser. Ship's delegate extended a vote of thanks to the crew for their cooperation. Some disputed OT in en­ gine and steward departments. $110.83 in ship's fund and $307.02 in movie fund. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. PENN CHALLENGER (Penn Ship­ ping), Jan. 13—Chairman, Robert H. Bell; Secretary, Y. McMillan. Soma disputed OT in deck department to bo taken up with boarding patrolman. NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), Jan. 24— Chairman, Harry Singleton; Secretary, William Feil. No beefs and no dis­ puted OT reported by department delegates. New ship's delegate will be elected after payoff. Seafarer James Balmy of­ fers his SIU critics proof that messages in bottles can bring a reply as he holds a letter from Ireland which came as a result of his floating correspon­ dence. While Balmy's bot­ tled mail system is by no means speedy, he says that he has received nine replies to date. STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), Jan. 23 —Chairman, Dominick H. Brancorcio; Secretary, Dominick H. Brancorcio, $20 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck department. Vote of thanks extended to ship's delegate and stew­ ard department. MAIDEN CREEK (Waterman), Jan. 19 —Chairman, J. M. Lennon; Secretary, K. Balf. $6.50 in ship's fund. Deck department beef and disputed OT in deck and steward department to bo taken up with patrolman. Motion that ships going to Middle East and Far East should carry at least 4 months supplies because it is impossible to buy certain Items in this part of the world. Also, ships on this run should carry more traveler's checks for draws. FLORIDA STATE (Everglades), Feb. 8—Chairman, R. Kaduck; Secretary, A. Gonzalez. Brother Curtis Ducote was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. Discussion regarding transporta­ tion. Matter will be referred to patrol­ man at payoff. $12.14 in ship's fund. If any SIU ship has no library or heeds a new supply of books, contacf any SIU hall. EAGLE TRAVELER (Sea Transport), Feb. 3—Chairman, H. L. Meacham; Secretary, C. M. King. Beef regarding delayed sailing will be referred to patrolman. Brother H. L. Meacham was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. Discussion on quality of food. Wire Union requesting food plan rep­ resentative to check. GLOBE CARRIER (Maritime Over­ seas), Jan. 2—Chairman, F. William Barth; Secretary, J. Davies. Every­ thing is running smoothly. Discussion on wages and raise, to be discussed with patrolman. Motion that all eligi­ ble members of the Union receive the same welfare benefits, including ma­ ternity and hospital benefits, no mat­ ter what country their family may live in, and that this motion be brought to a vote at membership meetings. VAKA (Waterman), Jan. 18—Chairman, Mel Ward; Secretary, R. Eisenteager. Brother Ray Kroupa was elect­ ed to serve as ship's delegate. Ship sailed short one deck maintenance. No beefs reported by department del­ egates. MONTHS ST. LAWRENCE (DIga Konow), Jan. 31—Chairman, J. Kellogg; Secretary, R. Paschal. No beefs and no disputed, OT reported. CANTIGNY (Cities Service), Jan. 24 —Chairman, J. Brown; Secretary, A. Hebert. Some disputed OT in deck de­ partment to be referred to patrolman. Discussion regarding food. Ship is not receiving LOGS. ELIZABETHPDRT (Sea-Land), Feb. 8 —Chairman, Pedro Perez; Secretary, Al Whitmer. Ship's delegate reported that everything is running smoothly except for ventilation beef in engine department which will be referred to patrolman. Vote of thanks to the en­ tire steward department for a job well done. EVERY HALCYDN PANTHER (Halcyon), Jan. 24—Chairman, E. B. Hardcastle; Sec­ retary, Frank Kustura. Crew will ba laid off if vessel is in over ten days. No major beefs or disputed OT re­ ported. Vole of thanks to entire stew­ ard department, especially to Brother Les Burnett, chief cook, and Brother Charles Locke, the baker. GENEVA (U.S. Steel), Jan. ID—Chair­ man, S. Furtado; Secretary, Antonio Alfonso. Brother 3. Furtado was elect­ ed to serve as new ship's delegate. Discussion on safety meeting. All hands requested to attend. No beefs reported by department delegates. COTTONWOOD CREEK (Bulk Trans­ port), Dec. 21—Chairman, W. L. Ever­ ett; Secretary, W. Karpiak. No beefs and no disputed OT reoorted by de­ partment delegates. Ship's delegate to see patrolman about repairs. MADAKET (Waterman), Jan. 9 — Chairman, Gilbert G. Parker; Secre­ tary, Vincent J. Fitzgerald. Ship's delegate reported that everything is running smooth y w.ih no beefs. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), Dec. 28—Chairman. J. Cole; Secretary, K. J. McCullough. Brother D. J. Leberle was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Passageways on main deck and superdeck are dangerous because of obstacles and poor lighting. Safety Committee, please note! Lengthy dis­ cussion regarding cold water running from showers. Request that Union no­ tify crewmembers what proposals are being discussed with management on forthcoming union contract. HERCULES VICTORY (Marine Man­ agers), Jan. 8 — Chairman. William Logan; Secretary, "Vilfred J. r'oore. Three men taken off ship due to ill­ ness. Letter sent to Union regard same. No beefs reoorted by deoartment delegates. Shortage of vvater during voyage. Some repairs have not been completed. Discussion on con­ serving coffee.ffi STEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmian), Dec. 8—Chairman, A. Case; Secretary, G. Veach. One man missed ship in New Orleans. Brother N. Lomas was elect­ ed to serve as new ship's delegate. Crew requested to keep door to engine room portside closed at all time. PDTDMAC (Oriental Exporters), Jan. Also to come to messroom in clean 25—Chairman, Edward Riggs; Secre-. clothes. tary, Andy C. Noah. Disputed OT re­ ported in deck and engine depart­ SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), Jan. ments. Ship's delegate was requested 17—Ciairm- . 11::.-aid .). MrConnell; to hold job until arrival in U.S. Secretary, Roger L. Hall. $7.44 in ship's fund. $21.86 spent for TV re­ CHATHAM (Waterman), Jan. 24— pairs. No beefs reported by depart­ Chairman, C. Hendricks; Secretary, ment delegates. Brother Roger Hall Sidney Garner. Brother Clyde Jernigan was elected to serve as ship's treas­ was elected to serve as ship's dele­ urer. Question on oiler's watches in gate. No beefs and no disputed OT port, to be taken up with patrolman reported. for clarification. �SEAFAkt'ki IMnutr W* INi Pace TwMrOHft' tVG SIU Bosun's Pet Cheetah Spells T-R-O-U-B-L-E Seafarer Douglas (Smiley) Claussen has some timely advice for any of his SIU brothers who decide to get a Jungle cat for a pet when their ship hits port in a tropical country. According to Claussen, the first thing a Seafarer should do before getting any grandiose dreams about bringing up one of those tawny-coated, sharp-' 160 miles inland, he reached a cheetah were soon trying to get clawed Jungle felines. Is to village where the inhabitants at each other, and Claussen had I?- check hack In his home port to see how the wife takes to the idea. Smiley Claussen, who last shipped as bosun, is a man who speaks from experience—some of which is amusing, but more of it disappointing enough to turn a less good humored man bitter. His story started peacefully when he bought a young cheetah in Africa, but by the time he felt the backlash of his neighbors* frightened reaction to the cat in New Orleans, he decided to nick­ name it "Trouble." SIU bosun Douglas (Smiley) Claussen's pet cheetah "Trouble," basks in the sun on the deck of the Gulfwater with his master (left) and James Franklin, deck maintenance. SIU crewmembers on the ship didn't mind the cheetah's presence, but Claussen's neighbors in New Orleans raised such a ruckus that the bosun was forced to hand his pet jungle cat over to the city zoo. PILOT ROCK (Columbia), Jan. 10— Chairman, Bill Jarvis; Secretary, T. 6. Beatrous. Disputed OT in decK and steward departments. Letter to be handed to patrolman regarding stor­ ing of ship. Ship needs to be fumi­ gated. PETROCHEM (Valentine Chemical), Dec. 6—Chairman, Antonio Oreo; Sec­ retary, Frank S. Paylor. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by depart­ ment delegates. Discussion on hav­ ing more fresh milk put on for unli­ censed personnel. , EAGLE VOYAGER (United Maritime), Jan. 3—Chairman, V. Genco; Secra tary F. Israel. $22.33 left in ship's fund. Vote of thanks to the steward department for the exceptionally fine Christmas dinner. Vote of thanks to the ship and engine delegates and to the 1st engineer for acquiring and installing new antenna and rotor. thanks to the steward department for the good Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. ERNA ELIZABETH (Albatross). Chairman, L. Clark; Secratary, C. Kaust. Brother L. Clark was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Beef re­ garding preparation of chow. ERNA ELIZABETH (Albatross), Jan. 24—Chairman, N. Bryant; Secretary, C. Kaust. Discussion about bad chow. Delegate to see patrolman about same. Some disputed OT in engine department. STEEL ROVER (Isthmian), Jan. 10— Chairman, Harry M. Dang; Secretary, Harry Huston. No beefs reported. Everything is running smoothly. $27.35 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks to the steward department, especially for the fine holiday dinners which were set up on short notice. Martin Henry, OCEANIC WAVE (Trans World Ma­ rine), Jan. 12—Chairman, J. C. Stew­ art; Secretary, I. C. Brown. Some dis­ puted OT in deck and engine depart­ ments. One man was hospitalized in India. Letter was sent to headquar­ ters suggesting some contract changes. Motion made that a payoff be made before the sign-on and that the patrolman see that a sufficient amount of money be carried on ship to guarantee draw. Vote of thanks to entire steward department for wellprepared food. PENMAR (Calmar), Jan. 10— Chair­ man, Irwin Moen; Secretary, J. R. Marshall. Some disputed OT in deck department. Motion that all members with 15 years sea time be allowed to retire on pension, regardless of age. Motion that company put out a better grade and more of a variety of night lunch aboard ships. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done, especially for the good Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Years Day menus. SUMMIT (Sea-Land), Jan. 17—Chair­ man, Stafford McCormick; Secretary, R. Hernandez. No beefs reported by department delegates Discussion on having some kind of taxi or bus serv­ ice from the Port Elizabeth Pier to the Newark Airport. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. NATIONAL SEAFARER (Windward), Jan. 8—Chairman, M. Brightwell; Sec­ retary, J. T. Leiinski. Some disputed OT reported in deck department. One oiler paid off in Freeport. f"•t: MANHATTAN (Hudson Waterways), Jan. 9—Chairman, Sam W. McDonald; Secretary, Leo Movall. Ship's dele­ gate reported that everything is going along all right with no beefs. Some disputed OT will be turned over to the patrolman at payoff. Will contact headquarters regarding restriction to the ship in Karachi. Letter sent to the Union about the manning scale and wages on the larger ships that the SIU has under contract. Crew request better grade of bacon be supplied to the ship. Flreman-Watertender Florian Clarke thanked the crew for their condolehces when his parents passed away. Vote of No Luck In India Claussen first decided he want­ ed a cheetah for a pet when his ship, the Gulfwater, was in India. After watching trains arrive daily from the Himalaya Mountains with cages of wild bears, all sorts of jungle cats and countless num­ bers -of Mynah birds, the SIU bosun started checking through the wild animal market in Calcutta to see what he could find. Dissatisfied with what he saw offered for sale in Calcutta, Claus­ sen became determined to head in­ land to see if he could come up with a better deal. After traveling WARM SPRINGS (Columbia), Jan. 10—Chairman, D. Mall;. Secretary, G. Trosclair. Brother James Sumpter was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $2.25 in ship's fund. Each man asked to donate 25c to build up ship's fund. No beefs reported. ALCOA MARKETER (Alcoa), Jan. 14 —Chairman, Cliff Bellamy; Secretary, Lee de Parlier. $3.20 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks to resigning ship's del­ egate for a job well done. Brother John F. Meo was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Discussion held on the- necessity of a pay increase and broadened retirement program. No disputed OT reported. DEL SOL (Oelta), Dec. 2—Chairman, E. Koconorskj; Secretary, R. E Stough, Jr. $44.05 in ship's fund. Brother C. L. Avera was elected to serve as new ship'S delegate. No beefs reported by department delegates. OCEANIC SPRAY (Trans-World Ma­ rine), Dec. 29—Chairman, E. Nooney; Secretary, Duke Gardner. Crewmem­ bers requested to donate $1 each for ship's fund. Vote of thanks to the entire steward department for a job well done under adverse conditions. •Crew request copy of latest contract or clarifications. Chuck Carleson and George Gibbons run the galley. . WESTERN HUNTER (Colonial Tank­ ers), Jan. 17—Chairman, Lewis L. Smith; Secretary, W. T. Langford. Brother Lanford was elected to serve as ship's treasurer. Some disputed OT in engine and deck departments. COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), Jan. 13—Chairman, T. Moss; Secre­ tary, A. Rudnicki. No disputed OT and no beefs reported. Vote of thanks to the steward department for the fine holiday dinners. KYSKA (Waterman), Jan. 24—Chair­ man, J. Smythe; Secretary, C. L. Shirah. $2 left in ship's fund after spend­ ing $25 for floral piece for the mother of Brother M. V. Rays. Vote of thanks to each delegate for keeping harmony aboard ship. Vote of thanks to the steward department for the good chow. Vote of thanks to the chief mate, M. J. McLaughlin for taking good, care of the sick members of the crew. STEEL AGE (Isthmian), Jan. 14— Chairman, Egbert W. Goulding; Sec­ retary, Francisco Zapata. $27 in ship's -fund. Brother Charles E. 'Lee was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. MARGARET BROWN (Bloomfield), Dec. 13—Chairman, S. C. Hanks; Sec­ retary, R. E. Bernados. No beefs re­ ported. Everything is running smooth­ ly. Brother N. E. Pettersen was elect­ ed to serve as ship's delegate. STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian), Nov. 1 —Chairman Edward Adams; Secre­ tary, Edward Adams. Everything is running smoothly so far. Vote of thanks' to 'the boarding patrolman in each .Atlantic and Gulf port for a job well done. Vote of thanks to the re­ tiring ,ship.'s delegate, Herman Fruge. Brother Edward Adams was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. All book members voted in the election by absentee ballot from Karachi, West Pakistan. COMMANDER (Marine Carriers), Jan. 24—Chairman, T. Drzewicki; Sec­ retary, R. Dedlicatoria. Ship's dele­ gate resigned with a vote of thanks. Brother T. Drzewicki was elected to serve as new ship's dele-_ gate. Clean payoff at Newport News. No beefs . reported by department delegates $6.10 in ship's fund. Gen­ erous contribution from all hands for flowers and cash sent to family of departed and beloved Chief Engineer Burke. MIDLAND (Clearwater), Jan. 17 — Chairman, Clark Medley, Jr., Secretary, Donald Ray Brown. " Ship will be laid up. Little disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Chief cook was taken off ship at. Suta Bay, Crete, be­ cause of illrless. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. TRANSERIE (Hudson Waterways). Jan. 17—Chairman, Andrew C. Reed; OVERSEAS ROSE (Maritime Over­ Secretary, Tobias Ford. Vote of thanks seas), Jan. 17—Chairman, John Dunne; to the entire steward department for ' Secretary, Stanley Schuyler. Brother putting out excellent chow through­ ; Tom Matineau was elected to serve out the voyage. Shib to be fumi­ as ship's delegate. $30 In ship's fund. gated for rats and roaches. • No beefs reported. -m .m-ta m caught jungle cats for traders dealing in wild animals. While waiting to see if the vil­ lagers could find him a cheetah, Claussen witnessed the destructive viciousness of a cunning, wild cat who lived in the jungle beyond the high wooden barricade that pro­ tected the village. Every night, this hungry, ferocious beast would creep to the edge of the jungle and start crying. The noises would attract the village dogs who would chase the big cat back into the jungle. Once the fierce feline was deep enough into the jungle, it would whirl around, fall upon the nearest dog and quickly devour it. Claussen didn't let the savage feeding habits of this wild cat put a dent in his desire to get a cheetah for himself. He became somewhat discouraged when he was told that there were no jungle cats for sale because their breed­ ing season had occurred some months before. However, he got his hopes up again when the Gulf­ water dropped anchor at Djibouti a few weeks later. Music-Making Hunters The big bosun started asking around the port about the possi­ bility of buying a cat, and was soon directed to a group of natives. He reports that as soon as they heard what he was looking for, the group started beating on the fend­ ers of a truck, and after making their music for several minutes, they headed out into the bush. Returning late in the afternoon, they handed over a baby cheetah after Claussen paid them $150, the going price. Claussen's new pet was only four months old and weighed only 40 pounds when he first got him. The bosun says he had no trouble handling the cat, even though this was the first time he ever had a wild animal for a household pet. Claussen admits that he had to be careful when he played with the young cat, since it liked to scratch mischievously, although it never lost its temper and tried to bite. Cheetah's Sea Legs The~ young cheetah had no trou­ ble adjusting to shipboard life, according to Claussen. His fellow SIU crewmembers, unlike his neighbors in New Orleans, had no objections to the bosun's unusual pet. Feeding was no problem, since the cat gobbled up the meat scraps which were fed to it every day. The Gulfwater's skipiper, how­ ever, had second thoughts about letting, the cheetah on board with­ out a cage. He told Claussen to keep it in a rope locker. The ship's master explained to the bosun that he kept having a night­ mare that the cat broke loose at night and was trying to eat him in his sleep. In reality, Claussen asserts, the young cat never tried to harm anyone. The bosun had no trouble get­ ting his cheetah through customs when the Gulfwater paid off at Galveston. After building a cage to carry the cheetiA..back.to New Orleans, the bosun found that it was too big for his car, so he put his jungle pet into the back seat and started off. Disaster almost struck at a small town in east Texas when a hunter and his dog passed Claus­ sen's parked car. The dog add the momentary visions of the scene in India where the big jungle cat dined on the village dogs who were trying to chase it. However, the hunter's dog couldn't get into the car, and the cheetah couldn't squeeze out the window. Called It "Trouble" Claussen's real difficulties over the pet cheetah started when he brought it into his house in New Orleans. First, his wife began to object to the cat's presence; his landlady soon came around to make her own loud protests; and then all his neighbors joined in to add their fearful voices to the clamor. At this point, Claussen started calling his pet "Trouble," although he wouldn't budge from his intention to keep the cheetah. The SIU bosun admits that he can understand some of his wife's objections to "Trouble." The cheetah liked to lay in the back of a clothes closet and purr in, what Claussen describes as, content­ ment. Mr. Claussen, for some rea­ son, thought this was a sign that the cat was getting ready to attack. The bosun said his young son, on the other hand, got along with "Trouble" famously. Claussen recalls that whenever he walked his full-grown cat, that then weighed almost 90 pounds, his neighbors would pop their heads outside and collar their chil­ dren to get them out of the way of •what they thought was the blood thirsty, man-eating beast. Com­ plaints to City Hall evidently did no. good, since Claussen never heard so much as a word from city officials. Too Much "Trouble" Faced with what seemed to be a series of unending complaints, Claussen finally decided that the only way he could ever get peace and quiet again was to find a new home for "Trouble." He found the New Orleans city zoo was actually eager to have the cheetah, since it needed one to round out its collection of jungle eats. After assuring himself that "Trouble" would be well cared for, Claussen reluctantly handed him over to the zoo authorities. He has since heard that the zoo officials now have a new female cheetah to keep his former pet company. Claussen's final words are for SIU men who want to get a jungle cat for a pet. Before you do any­ thing else, he declares, check with the Mrs. back home. The next most important thing, he says, is a proper enclosm'e for the animal, so that, the family won't find him constantly underfoot. But, the most important thing, he reemphasizes in a despairing tone of voice, is a wife who loves animals. �' Pitre^tw^dfir>fw# SEAFARERS' tOO SIU AMBXVAXJS auit Know Your Rights All of the following SIU families have received maternity benefits from the Seafarers Welfare Plan, plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Joyce Culbretta, born January 5, 1965, to the James L. Cuibreths, Mobile, Ala. i i 4i Juan Alvarez, born December 80, 1964, to the Ranulfo D, Alvarezs, Baltimore, Md. 3» i" SJI Claude Villapol, born November 18, 1964, to the Esteban M. Villapols, Baltimore, Md. Xochitl Gatica, born December Elizabeth Aversano, bora De­ cember 6, 1964, to the Michael 24, 1964, to the Rodolfo Gaticas, Galveston, Texas. Aversanos, Islip, N.Y. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 t 4 4 4 4 4 4 a. t. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4« 4» 4 4 4 4 4 4 t t 4 4 4 4 4 4 4" Melissa Dove, born November DeLinda Jo Cannon, bora De­ 24, 1964, to the Alton Doves, Glen- cember 6, 1964, to the Ear H. Cannon, Hopewell, Va. dora, Calif. Robert Kent, born December Marshall Morrow, bora Novem­ ber 28, 1964, to the Robert L. 16, 1964, to the Elkin Kents, New Orleans, La. Morrows, Winnsboro, La, Thomas Zehme, born December Torey Joseph Bennett, born Kent Anthony Taylor, bom De­ cember 5, 1964, to the Ulger J. 2, 1964, to the Gerald Zehmes, January 11, 1965, to the Bobby G. Chicago, 111. Bennett, Manlstiqu^, Michigan. Taylors, New Orleans, La. fi. Richard Scherlitz, bora Decem­ Raymond Timothy Brown, bora Trevell Robertson, born Novem­ ber 4, 1964, to the Trevor L. ber 2, 1964, to the Richard Scher- December 13, 1964, to the Ray­ litzs, Wyandotte, Mich. mond T. Browns, New Orleans, La. Robertsons, New York, N.Y. Tanya Lynn DeLosReyes, bora Leonard Joseph Lipari, born Enid Del Valle, born January 5, 1965, to the Bartolome Del Valles, November 4, 1964, to the Jesup De January 24, 1965, to the Antonio LosReyes, Jr., New Orleans, La. Liparis, Brooklyn, N.Y. Rio Piedras, P.R. ' i Michael Horace Hutchinson, Stephanie CarrCon, born Octo­ Mary Jill Harrison, born Decem­ ber 20, 1964, to the Alfonso Car- bora December 14, 1964, to the ber 25, 1964, to the Richard Horace C. Hutchinson, Pennsville, William Harrisons, Hudson, Wis­ reons, Jr., Texas City, Texas. N.J. consin. 4" 4 4" Jerl Ann Bonvillain, born De­ The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported cember 14, 1964, to the Dudley A. to the Seafarers Welfare Plan (any apparent delay in payment Bonvillains, Lockport, La. of claims is normally due to late filing, lack of beneficiary 4» 4 4" Robin Jourdain, born December card or necessary litigation for the disposition of estates) t 3, 1964, to the Ronald Jourdains, Charles T. Morrison 76: Brother Robert L. Booker, 56: Brother Baltimore, Md. Morrison died Aug. 20, 1964, in Booker died Sept, 20, 1964, in 4 4. 4 the New York Houston, Texas, Pete Paul Torres, bora October Polyclinic Hospi­ of accidental 11, 1964, to the Pete Torres, Texas causes. A mem­ tal of natural "City, Texas. ber of the Union causes. A mem­ 4 4 4 since 1946, he ber of the Union Tommy Phllpot, born July 3, sailed in the en­ since 1943, he 1964, to the Larry Philpots, Hous­ gine department. sailed in the ton, Texas. He is survived by steward depart­ 4 4 4 his friend. Ruby ment until he re­ Debra Elaine Lounds, born De­ Henderson. Buri­ tired in 1958. He cember 2, 1964, to the Dwaine E. al was in the is survived by his Lounds, Sault Ste Marie, Mich. wife, Mrs. Caroline N. Morrison. Fitzgerald Cemetery, Fitzgerald, Burial was in the Mt. Lawn Ceme­ Ga. tery, Darby, Pa. 4 4 4 Robert McLachlan, 64: Brother 4 4 4 Charles U. Adams, Jr., 54: McLachlan died of a heart attack Ex-Pacific Thunder Crewmembers Brother Adams died Aug. 14, 1964, on Sept. 3, 1964, in the Chicago Checks for the following listed in the John USPHS Hospital. men are being held by Schwartz Hopkins Hospi­ A member of the and Lapin law offices, 310-317 tal, Baltimore, SIU Great Lakes West Building, 817 Main at Walk­ Md., of heart District since disease. A mem­ er, Houston 2, Texas: 1961, he sailed in ber of the SIUJoseph Rohwedder, Edward D. Inland the engine de­ Boat­ Leger, Edwin E. Echols, Rafael men's partment. Sur­ Union Vannasse, Rudolph Gaillis, Harold since 1956, he viving is his wife, G. Hart. Mrs. Anna Mc­ sailed as a Lachlan. Burial was in the All 4 4 4 bargeman. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Marie Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, 111. Steve Giavasis You are a.sked to contact Miss E. Adams. Burial was in the St. 4 4 4 Kariakoula Giavasis, at 72-49 45th Stanislaus Cemetery, Baltimore, Joaquin Miniz, 65: A stomach Avenue, Woodside, N.Y. Your Md. disorder was fatal to brother 4 4 4 father is ill. Miniz on Sept. Otis Gllles, 57: Brother Gilles 9, 1964, at his 5" 4 4 died Sept. 14, 1964, in the Gal­ home in MiagaoGeorge E. Willey veston USPHS 11 o i1 o, Philip­ Your brother Azel A. Willey Hospital of pines. A mem­ would like you to get in touch natural causes. A ber of the union with him immediately at Charity member of the since 1942, he Hospital, Ward 1113, New Orleans, SIU Inland Boat­ sailed in the La. men's Union deck department 4 4 4 since ^ March, until he retired Elwood Sterner 1964, he sailed as to the Philip­ Your sister would like you to a pilot. He is sur­ pine Islands in 1963. He is sur­ notify her of your present address. vived by his wife, vived by his wife, Mrs. Rafaela Contact her at Black Rock Road, Helen Gilles. Miniz. Burial was in the Roman Upperco, Md. Burial was in the Forest Park Catholic Cemetery, Miagao, Phil­ 4 4 4 Cemetery, Houston, Texas. ippines. Grady E. Watson 4 4 4 4 4 4 Your sister, Mrs. Carl L. Hass Hazel Thompson, '56: Brother Samuel Nathaniel Doyle, 44: would like you to contact her as Thompson died Aug. 23, 1964, of Brother Doyle died Oct. 1, 1964, soon as possible. injuries received in Moorehead 4 4 4 when struck by a City, N.C., of Income Tax Refund Checks car in Mobile, accidental causesr Income tax Refund checks are Ala. A member A member of the being held for the following SIU of the engine deSIU since 1945, members by Jack Lynch, Room p a r t m e n t, he he sailed in the 201, SUP Building, 450 Harrison joined the Union steward depart­ Street, San Francisco 5, Calif.: in 1939. He is ment as chief steward. He is Alexander Ansaldo; Charles Bush; survived by his Jerry survived by his Orla S. Bushold; Ralph E. Groot son, wife, Mrs. Jeanne (2); Eigil E. Hjelm; Willard R. Thompson, and Layton; Potenclano Paculba; Wong his daughter, Mary Evelyn Cole. Doyle. Burial was in the Saint Charles Cemetery, Pinelawn, N.Y. M. Sing; (3).and Harold Thpmsen. Burial was in Crestview, Fla. ' »as Peinw n; IMI FINANCIAL RIPORTS. Th« conitltutlon of tho SIU AtUnUe. OuU. Lakoe and Inland Watera District m'akai spsclflo 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 avaUable at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered In accordance with the provisions of. various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shaU consist equaUy 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. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPINO RIOHTg. 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 halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified maU, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Earl Shepard. Chairman. Seafarers Appeais Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1930. New York 4. N.Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are avaiiable to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Anpeais Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of aU SIU contracts are available In aU SIU haUs. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obiigations. such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port •gent. BDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOO has traditionaUy refrained from pubiishing any articie serving the poiitical 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 poUcy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings in ail 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 OP MONIES. No monies are to be paid to apyone 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 requlro 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 hails. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disablUty-penslon benefits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attendance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU mem­ bers at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active roia In ail rank-and-file functions, including service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, tho membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in tho contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against Jjecause of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will servo 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 poiitical activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any time a Seafarer feels that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his constitutional right of access to Union records or Information, he should Immediately notify SlU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mall, return receipt requested. AFL-CIO Radio and Television Public Service Programs I f ; �Felmuuir 19, 1969 SEAFAREftS Hawser Artist Membership Meetings UNION SlU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Lindsey WilUams A1 Tanner Robert Matthewa SECRETARY-TREASURER A1 Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES Bill Hall Ed Mooney Fred Stewart BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Rex Dickey. Agent EAstern 7-4SpO BOSTON 177 State St. Efl Riley. Agent Richmond 2-0140 DETROI1 1022S W. Jefferson Ave. Vlnewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS ....67S 4th Ave., Bklyn HYacinth S-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 HEmiock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Buck Stephens, Agent Tel. 529-7546 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK 115 3rd St. Gordon Spencer, Acting Agent .. 622-1892 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th St. . -hn Fay. Acting Agent DEwey 6-3818 SAN FRANCISCO 350 Freemont St. Paul Gonsorchik, Agent . DOuglas 2-4401 T^rank Drozak. West Coast Rep. SANTURCE PR .. 1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep Phone 723-8594 SEATTLE 2505 let Ave. Ted Babkowski, Agent MAin 3-4334 TAMPA 312 Harrison St. Jeff GiUette, Agent 229-2788 WILMINGTON, CaUf 505 N. Marine Ave. Frank Boyne, Agent .. . TEkminal 4-2528 SlU-AGLIWD Meetings 'SAULT £TE. MARIE ....1086 Maple St. Wm. J. Lackey, Agent ..MEb-ose 2-8847 Rivers Section ST. LOIHS, MO 809 Del Mar L. J. Colvis, Agent CE 1-1434 PORT ARTHUR, Tex 1348 7th St. Arthur Bendheim, Agent 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 he excused should request permission by tele­ gram (be sure to include registration number). The next SIU meetings will he: New York March 8 Detroit March 12 Philadelphia March 9 Houston March 15 Baltimore March 19 New Orleans March 16 Mobile March 17 RAILWAY MARINE REGION HEADQUARTERS ... 09 Montgomery St. Jersey City 2. NJ HEnderson 3-0104 REGIONAL DIRECTOR G. P. McGinty ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTORS E. B. Pulver R. H. Avery BALTIMORE....1216 E. Baltimore St. EAstern 7-4900 NORFOLK lis Third St. 622-1892-3 PHILADELPHIA. 2604 S. 4th St. DEwey 6-3818 t 4" i West Coast SIU-AG1.IWD Meetings United Industrial Workers BALTIMORK 1216 E. Baltimore St. EAalern 7-4900 276 State St. Richmond 2-0140 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLB 2608 Pear! St. SB ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE 1 S. Lawrence St. HEmiock 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 BOSTON Exhibiting the skill of a born lasso artist, SlU railtugman Thomas Reilly hurls a hawser to dock a car float at Jersey City, N.J. Reilly, who is a veteran member of the SlU Railway Marine Region, sails in the deck department on Penn­ sylvania Railroad tugs. Great Lakes SECRETARY-TREASURER Fred J. Farnen ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER Roy Boudreau ALPENA 127 River St. EL. 4-3616 BUFFALO, NY 735 Washington TL 3-9259 CHICAGO 9383 Ewing Ave. So. Chicago, HI. SAginaw 1-0733 CLEVELAND 1420 West 25th St. MAin 1-5450 DULUTH 312 W. 2nd St. RAndolph 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Hlch 415 Main St. Mail Address: P.O. Box 287 ELgin 7-2441 HEADQUARTERS 10225 W. Jefferson Av. River Rouge 18, Mich. Vlnewood 3-4741 All hospitalized Seafarers would appreciate ihail and visits whenever possible. The followii^ is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospital: USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Emmett Avery Thomas Lowe E. Constantiniois M. Makatancy Daniel Couaney Carlos Mojica Rafael Cuevas Lauri Dttelin Joseph Czech George Pitour Wilson Davis Winford Powell Stanley Friedman '<''inston Penny Kenneth Gainey Charles Rozea NATIONAL DIRECTOR Albino Gomes Victor Sanabria Robert Matthews Julio Gonzalez Gerald Schartel GREAT LAKES AREA DIRECTOR Ali Hubabi Henry Sieber Pat Finnerty E. L. Jennings Robert Stewart Ivan Trakov BALTIMORE ....1216 E. Baltimore St. Charles Johnson .EAstern 7-4SOO Eric Johnson Fred Travis BOSTON 276 State St Albert KarczevrskI Richard Waters .Richmond 2-0140 Fox Lewis, Jr. Bernard Zeller Inland Boatmen's Union HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 0-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St.. SE, Jax ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI ..744 W. Flagler St FRanklin 7-3S64 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St HEmiock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave Tel 529-7.546 NORFOLK 115 Third St. Tel. 622-1892-:PHILADELPHIA 26U» S 4th St DEwey 6-3838 TAMPA 312 Harrison St Tel. 229-2788 USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS Stanley Cieslak William Powers Gilbert Edwards C. Valladares, USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Boleslav J. Dzelak Charles W. White George C. Foley Paul L. Whitlow Wm. H. MacArthur Calvin J. Wilson USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASHINGTON M. Dikun W. A. Oswinkle Carl Jensen Jr. H. D. Silverstein H. V. Keane B. W. Spear M. Klepeis GREAT LAKES TUG S DREDGE REGION U n REGIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Jones Dredqe Workers Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Harold F. Yon BUFFALO 94 Henrietta Ave. Arthur Miller. Agent TR 5-1536 CHICAGO 2300 N. KimbaU Trygve Varden, Agent ALbany 2-1154 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. Tom Gerrity, Agent 621-5450 DETROIT 1570 Liberty Ave. Lincoln Park, Mich. Ernest Demersc, Agent DU 2-7694 DULUTH 312 W. Second St. Norman Jolicoeur, Agent RAndolph 7-6222 SAULT STE. MARIE Address mall to Brlmley, Mich. Wayne Weston. Agent. . BRimley 14-R 5 TOLEDO 423 Central St. CH 2-7753 Tug Firemen, Linemen, Oilers & Watchmen's Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Tom Burns ASHTABULA, 0 1644 W. Third St. John Mero, Agent WOodman 4-8532 BUFFALO 18 Portland St. Tom Burns, Agent TA 3-7095 CHICAGO 9383 Ewing, S. Chicago Robert Affleck, Agent ESsex 5-9570 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. W. Hearns, Pro-Tcm Agent MA 1-5450 DETROIT-TOLEDO 12948 Edison St. Max Tobin. Agent Southgate, Mich. AVenue 4-0071 DULUTH Box No. 66 South Range, Wis. Ray Thomson, Agent EXport 8-3024 LORAIN, O. .....>....118 E. Parish St. Sandusky, Ohio Harold Rutlisatz. Agenl MAin 6-4573 MILWAUKEE ,.'. 2722 A. So. Shore Or. USPHS HOSPITAL ' WILMINGTON, DELAWARE H. E. Thompson USPHS HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA O. M. Ames P. C. Lee J. C. Laseter A. E. Henning H. L. Grizzard A. M. KItchings R. B. Pardo W. T. Shierling USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VIRGINIA V. F. Baum Jose D. Perez Eddie S. Game Hertford B. Rico Frank Hartman Jay W. Short Raymond Miller J. E. Townsend Mitchell V. Mobley C. T. Whealton John Morgan George R. Williams USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Willie Albert Julio M. Lazer Edward H. Bayne Frank Nappi Wallace Beeman Tony M. Nerosa Wallace J. Beeman Ralph Pardue Arthur Bottiho John Pastorek, Jr. Antonio Caciano Wallace Perry, Jr. Friedof Fondila James Portway Gorman Glaze Joseph Pozzuoll John Hall, Jr. OIlie Purdy Martin L. Havey Joseph Snyder Arthur F. Hiers Gustave Thobe James Helgoth Guadincio TIfiiS Edw. L. Johnson Serrando T. Trujillo Elmer Koch Kelly L. Walburn Leiand Larrimore Clyde Ward USPHS HOSPITAL FRANKFORT, MICHIGAN Pettrlna Novak USPHS HOSPITAL HOUSTON, TEXAS Nbrnian, J. Aysien_ _eu^ne. Wm. D. Jefferson August Mussman Ludolph Gailes Fred Onweneel Lamrtfar Gribbon Wm. C. Scruggs Walter A. Lawrence Malcolm Stevens J. A. Mallard, Jr. Frank Tosti USPHS HOSPITAL CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Ralph A. Butts G. H. Malinowskl Leo Entringer Mathew O'Hara Algot Frederickson James Riley Ted Galazcn Alton W. Wahlln^ Wm. S. Garvin Carl West Paul Lacy John Zee John J. Madar USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Henry D. Adams William J. McKay C. D. Anderson Joe Vernon Martin Harold Barletter Phillip C. Mendoza Howard A. Bergine Paul Hebert Accurso Bonti Leon M. HInson Phillip E. Broodus Benjamin Huggins Jack B. Cheamie Justice P. Hughes Clarence A. Christ Daniel A. Hutto M. E. Crawford Walter Jarrett C. W. Cunningham Harold L. Justice Celestlne DeSouza Irvy P. Keller Cleo L. Dupree Howard J. Knot Oliver S. Flynn Robert J. Laiche Marshall Foster Gerald H. Navarre Chadbourne Gait Leon J. Penton Nils E. Gronberg John Psilos Stanton L. Grico James J. Redden William H. Hamby P. I. Scanlan Hamilton Sebum Otis J. Harden Chester J. Seymour Wade B. Harrell Carle 0. Harris H. Leonard Shaw Walter H. Harris Daniel W. Sommer Charles M. Lambert Jose A. Tables Luke LeBlanc Dale Williams Lawyer M. McGrew USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS Benjamin Deibler Abraham Mander Abe Gordon Max Olson Thomas Lehay J. Thibodeaux SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NEW LORK Daniel Gorman Thomas Isaksen A. Gutierrez William Kenny VA HOSPITAI. SIU headquarters has issued the following schedule for the monthly informational meetings to be held in West Coa.st ports for the benefit of Seafarers shipping from Wilmington, San Francisco and Seattle, or who are due to return from the Far East. All Seafarers are expected to attend these meetings, in accord with an Executive Board resolution adopted in December, 1961. Meet­ ings In Wilmington are on Monday, San Francisco on Wednesday and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. Wilmington San Francisco Seattle February 24 February 26 March 22 April 19 March 24 March 26 4 4 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 March 1—2 FM Alpena, Bnlfalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Dulnth, Frankfort, March 1—7 PM each month in various ports. The next meetings will he: Pbila March 9—5 PM Baltimore (licensed and un(Lfoensed March. 10—5.PM Houston March 15—5 PM Norfolk ....March 11—7 PM N'Orleans ..March 16—5 PM Mobile March 17—5 PM 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 March 15 Philadelphia March 16 Baltimore .. .... .March 17 •Norfolk .... Maa-ch 18 Detroit March 15 Milwaukee March 15 Chicago March 16 Buffalo March 16 tSault Ste. Marie ..March 17 Duluth March 19 Lorain March 19 USPHS HOSPITAL HOUSTON, TEXAS Thomas Manidn 4 4 4 United Industrial Workers PINE CREST HAVEN NURSING HOME COVINGTON, LOUISIANA Frank Martin U.S. SOLDIERS HOME HOSPITAL WASHINGTON, D.C. WiUidm Thomson' . . .. t, • i 10 9 15 17 16 • Moetlngs hold at Laoor Tamplo. Nowport Naws. t Meeting hold at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Maria, Mich. t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. The nearly complete skeleton of a paleoparadoxia, a nine-footlong, one ton, 14 million-year-oId aquatic animal similar in appear­ ance to a sea lion, has been found at an excavation site in Palo-Alto, California. Just how deep the water was over the Palo Alto area 14 million years ago is not certain, hut most of the U.S. was submerged deep beneath the waves at one point or another during prehistoric times. The hones are presently being prepared for study at the Geologi­ cal Survey Laboratory in Menlo Park, California. The laboratory said the rare specimen was the first of its kind discovered in GREAT LAKES TUG AND DREDGE North America and only the second REGION identified anywhere, and might Regular membership meet­ well be one of the more significant ings for Great Lakes Tug and fossil discoveries on the North Dredge Region IBU memlers are American continent. scheduled each month in the vari­ The 175 paleoparadoxia bones ous ports at 7:30 PM. The next were discovered last May. meetings will he: VA HOSPITAL HINES, ILLINOIS Oscar Kvaas VA HOSPITAL ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN Robert Asbahr VA HOSPITAL WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT Paul Kolesnick March March March March March Sea Beast's 4 4 4 Bones Found SIU Inland Boatmen's Union Regular membership meetings In California for IBU members are scheduled (For meeting place, contact Har­ old Ruthsatz, 118 East Parish. Sandusky, Ohio). Cleveland March 19 Toledo March 19 Ashtabula March 19 (For meeting place, contact John Mero. 1644 West 3rd Street, Ash­ tabula, Ohio). LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA R. Arsenault Baltimore PhUadelidiia ^Houston MobUe New Orleans Regular membership meetings for UIW; members are scheduled each month at 7 PM in various ports. The next meetings will be: New Yoffk March ,8 Notify Welfare Of Changes The SIU Welfare Services De­ partment reports that it has had difficulty locating seamen's families because the seamen's enrollment or beneficiary cards have not been kept up to date. Some death benefit payments have been delayed for some time until the Seafarer's bene­ ficiaries .could be located. To avoid delays in pajmients of wel­ fare benefits. Seafarers are ad­ vised to notify the Union im­ mediately of any changes in ad­ dress, changes in the names of beneficiaries or additional de­ pendents by filling out new en­ rollment and beneficiary cards. The cards should be witnessed as a means of verifying signa­ tures. �Vol. XXVII No. 4 SEAFARERSli&LOG Fob. If 1961 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO •fi. It is vitally important that Seafarers be famil­ iar with the mouth-to-mouth form of artificial respiration because of the nature of their work. A situation that requires artificial respiration can arise at any time. The mouth-to-mouth method is simple and easily learned. The actual technique is illustrated on this page for the benefit of Sea­ farers. Learn it—it may save a life! TOSAVEAUFE MOUTH-TO-MOUTH RESUSCITATION •Tl y-.l tl >1 I 1' '• Learn These Simple Steps—Be Ready! Tilt the head back so the chin is pointing upward. 0 Pull or push the jaw into a jutting-out position. tJ (it If there is foreign matter visible in the mouth, wipe it out quickly with your fingers or a cloth wrapped around your fingers. -vl 'l Open your mouth wide and place it tightly over victim's mouth. At same time pinch victim's nostrils •ri itl '• j'l C'l I' •I 'I- '' I ^ Or close the nostrils with your cheek. >i'l Or close the victim's mouth and place your mouth over the nose. Blow into the victim's mouth or nose. If you are not getting air exchange, recheck the head and jaw position (see drawings above). ij If you still do not get air exchange, quickly turn the victim on his side and administer several sharp blows between the shoulder blades in the hope of dislodging foreign matter. Resume breathing procedure. �•'. ...... .-v. -'• 4jm^ :kj- • 7''V:^ \-; ' n ^ •-' " •- ;, ''V ^-y.^if:. "• •••V.,,.:,,'J',7iTf'- V f. ^-ris ".I?' ?s: :5 •, o'-r '.T;^.T^ '- '•• • 7- . • .-sV^^>v^ r' :•• . . f ••*'_•< •;--. . *v- :. • -k :"'• •,; -tr • > r /br SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes And Inland Waters District •y-: , . r,. •*. • • .'•'S.', •'• il S", ''- * . -T-. - • • •• r,. >.'•• ... ..-v' ^ 7/: ,^-.- ••.•.-,v,v ;,, ~ V. sy. • '• 'J'i!-i..' •. 'n'r-'- ... . .^: - - �SEAFARERS Aowlement—Pace .Two. nn CONSTITUTION THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICAATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT AfRliatad with American Federation of Labor — CongrMS of Induatrial Organizallont (At Amended May 12, 1960) PREAMBLE As maritime and allied workers and realizing the value and necessity of a thorough organization, we are dedicated to the form­ ing of one Union for our j^ople, the Seafarers International Union of North America—^Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Dis­ trict, based upon the following principles: _ All members shall be entitled to all_ the rights, privileges and guarantees as set forth in this Constitution, and such rights, privi­ leges and guarantees shall be preserved in accordance with its terms. We declare that American seamen are entitled to receive their employment without interference of crimps, shipowners, fink halls or any shipping bureaus maintained by the Government. We affirm that every worker has the ri^t to receive fair and just remuneration for his labor, and to gain sufficient leisure for mental cultivation and physical recreation. We proclaim the right of all seamen to receive healthful and sufficient food, and proper forecastles in which to rest. We defend the right of all seamen to be treated in a decent and respectful manner by those in command, and. We hold that the above rights belong to all workers alike, irrespective of nationality or creed. Recognizing the foregoing as our inalienable rights, we are con­ scious of corresponding duties to those in command, our employers, our craft and our country. We will, therefore, try by all just means to promote harmonious relations with those in command by exercising due care and dili­ gence in the performance of the duties of our profession, and by giving all possible assistance to our employers in caring for their gear and property. Based upon these principles, it is among our objects: To use our influence individually and collectively for the purpose of maintain­ ing and developing skill in seamanship and efliecting a change in the maritime law of the United States, so as to render it more equitable and to make it an aid instead of a hindrance to the development of a merchant marine and a body of American seamen. To support a journal which shall voice the sentiments of mari­ time workers and through its columns seek to maintain their knowledge of, and interest in, maritime affairs. | To assist the seamen of other countries in the work of organi­ zation and federation, to the end of establishing the Drocliethood of the Sea. To form and to assist by legal means other bona fide labor organi­ zations whenever possible in the attainment of their just demands. To regulate our conduct as a Union and as individuals so as to make seamanship what it rightly is—an honorable and useful calling. And bearing in mind that we are migratory, that our work takes us away in different directions from any place where the majority might otherwise meet to act, that meetings can be attended by only a fraction of the membership, that the absent members, who cannot be present, must have their interests guarded from what might be the results of excitement and passions aroused by persons or conditions, and that those who are present may act for and in the interest of all, we have adopted this Constitution. Statement of Principles and Declaration of Rights In order to form a more perfect Union, we. workers in the maritime and allied industries, realizing the value and necessity •of uniting iri pursuit of our improved economic and social welfare, have determined to bind ourselves together in the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, and hereby dedicate ourselves to the fol­ lowing principles: In promoting our economic and social welfare, we.shall ever be inindful, not only of our rights, but also of our duties and obliga­ tions as members of the community, our duties as citizens, and our dury to combat the menace of communism and any other enemies of freedom and the democratic principles to which we seafaring men dedicate ourselves in this Union. We shall affiliate'and work with other free labor organizaitons; we shall support a journal to give additional voice to our views; we shall assist our brothers of the sea and other workers of all countries in these obligations to the fullest extent consistent with our duties, obligations, and law. We shall seek to exert our individ­ ual and collective influence iti the fight for the enactment of labor and other legislation and policies which look to the attainment of a free and happy society, without distinction based on race, creed or color. To govern our conduct as a Union and bearing in mind that most of our members are migratory, that their duties carry them all over the world, that ^heir rights must and shall be protected, we hereby declare these rights as members of the Union to be inalienable. I No member shall be deprived of any of the rights or privileges guaranteed him under the Constimtion of the Union. II Every qualified member shall have the right to nominate himself for, and, if elected or appointed, to hold office in this Union. III No member shall be deprived of his membership without diie WebruuTT 19, U«B LOG process of the law of this Union. No member jhali be compelled to be a witness against himself in the ttail of any proceeding in which he may be charged with failure to observe the law of this Union. Every official and job holder shall be bound to uphold and protect the rights of every member in accordance with the princi­ ples set forth in the Constitution of the Union, IV Every member shall have the right to be confronted by his accuser whenever he is charged with violating the law of this Union. In all such cases, the accused shall be guaranteed a fair and speedy trial by an impartial committee of his brother Union members. V No member shall be denied the right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. VI A triilitant membership being necessary to the security of a frw union, the members shall at all times stand ready to defend this Union and the principles set forth in the Constimtion of the Union. VII The powers not delegated to the officers, job holders, and Execu­ tive Board by the Constitution of the Union shall be reserved to the members. CONSTITUTION Article I Name and General Powers This Union shall be known as the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Districr. Its powers shall be legislative, judicial, and executive, and shall include the formation of, and/or issuance of charters to, sub­ ordinate bodies and divisions, corporate or otherwise, the forma­ tion of funds and participation in funds, the establishment of enter­ prises for the benefit of the Union, and similar ventures. This Union shall exercise all of'-its powers in aid of subordinate bodies and divisions created or chartered by it. For convenience of admin­ istration and in furtherance of its policies of aid and assistance, the Union may make its property, facilities and personnel available for the use and behalf of such subordinate bodies and divisions. A majority vote of the membership shall be authorization for any Union action, unless otherwise specified in the Constimtion or by law. This Union shall at all times protect and maintain its jurisdiction. Article H Affiliation Section 1. This Union shall be affiliated with the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America and the American Federation of Labor—Congress of Industrial Organizations. All other affilia­ tions by the Union or its subordinate bodiqs or divisions shall be made or withdrawn as determined by a majority vote of the Executive Board. Section 2. In addition to such other provisions as are contained herein, all subordinate todies and divisions seeking a charter from and/or affiliation with this Union, shall be required to adopt, within a time period set by the Executive Board, a constimtion containing provisions as sec forth in Exhibit A, annexed to this Constimtion and made a part hereof. All other provisions adopted by such subordinate bodies and divisions as part of their constimtions shall not be inconsistent therewith. No such constimtion or amendments thereto, shall be deemed to be effective without the approval of the Executive Board of this Union, which shall be executed in writing, on its behalf, by the President or, in his absence, by any other officer designated by it. Such approval shall be deemed to be recog­ nition of compliance herewith by such subordinate body or division. Where a subordinate body or division violates any of the fore­ going, and, in particular, seeks to effectuate any constimtional provision not so authorized and approved, or commits acts in violation of its approved constitution, or fails to act in accordance therewith, this Union, through its Executive Board, may withdraw its charter and/or sever its affiliation forthwith, or on such terms as it may impose not inconsistent with law, in addition to exercis­ ing any and all rights it may have pursuant to any applicable agree­ ments or understandings. . Saclion 3. This Union shall also have the power, acting through its Executive Board, and after a fair hearing, to impose a tmsteeship upon any subordinate body or divisions chartered by and affiliated with it, for the reasons and to the extent provided by law. Article III Membership Section 1. Gindidates for membership shall be admitted to mem­ bership in accordance with such rules as are adopted from time to time, by a majority vbte of the membership. Membership classificitions shall correspond to ahd depend upon seniority classifications established in accordance with the standard collective bargaining agreement of this Union. In addition to meeting the other require- nents duly promulgated pursuant hereto, no person shall become A full book member unless and until he hu attained the highest seniority rating set out in the said colleaive bargaining agreement. Only full book members shall be entitled to vote and to hold any office or elective job, except as otherwise specified herein. All mem­ bers shall have a voice in Union proceedings and shall be entided to vote on Union contracts. Saction 2. No' candidate shall be granted membership who is A mem^r of any dual organization hostile to the aims, principles, and policies, of this Union. Section 3. Members more than one quarter in arrears in dues shall be automatically suspended, and shall forfeit all benefits and all other ri^ts and privileges in the Union, They shall be automatically dismissed if they are more than two quarters in arrears in dues. An arrearage in dues shall be computed from the first day of the applicable quarter, but this time shall not run: (a) While a member is actually participating in a strike or lockout. (b) While a member is an in-patient in a USPHS or other accredited hospital. (c) While a member is under an.incapacity due to activity in behalf of the Union. (d) While a member is in the armed services of the United States, provided the member was in good standing at the time of cntery into the armed forces, and further provided he applies for reinstatement within ninety (90) days after discharge from the armed forces, (e) While a member has no opportunity to pay dues, because of employment aboard an American flag merchant vessel. Section 4. A majority vote of the membership shall be sufficierit to designate additional circumstances during which the rime speci­ fied in Section 3 shall not run. It shall be the right of any member to present, in writing, to any Port at any regular meeting, any question with regard to the application of Section 3, in accordance with procedures established by a majority vote of the membership. A majority vote of the membership shall be necessary to decide such questions. Section 5. The membership shall be empowered to establish, from time to time, by majority vote, rules under which dues and assess­ ments may be excused where a member has been unable to dues and assessments for the reasons provided in Sections 3 and Section 6. To preserve unity, and to promote the common welfare of the membership, all members of the Union shall uphold and defend this Constitution and shall be governed by the provisions of this Constitution and all policies, rulings, orders and decisions duly made. Section 7. Any member who gives aid to the principles and policies of any hostile or dual organization shall be denied further membership in this Union to the full extent permitted by law. A majority vote of the membership shall decide which organizations are dual or hostile. Section 8. Evidence of membership or other affiliation with the Union shall at all times remain the property of the Union. Mem­ bers may be required to show their evidence of membership in order to be admitted to Union meetings, or into, or on Union property. Article IV Reinstatement Members dismissed from the Union may be reinstated in accord­ ance with such rules and under such conditions as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membeiship. Article V Dues and Initiation Fee Section 1. All members shall pay dues quarterly, on a calendar year basis, no later than the first business day of each quarter, except as herein othervyise provided. The dues shall be those payable as of the date of adoption of this Constitution and may be changed only by Constitutional amendment. Soction 2. No candidate for membership shall be admitted into membership without having paid an initiation fee of three hundred • ($300.00) dollars, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. Section 3. Payment of dues and initiation fees may be waived for . organizational purposes in accordance with such rules as are adopted by a majority vote of the Executive Board. ^ Article VI Retirement from Membership Section 1, Members may retire from membership by surrendering their Union books or other evidence of affiliation and paying all unpaid dues for the quarter in which they retire, assessments, fines and other monies due and owing the Union. When the member surrenders his book or other evidence of affiliation in connection with his application for retirement he shall be given a receipt therefor. An official retirement card shall be issued by Headquarters, upon requesr, dated as of the day that such member accomplishes rhese payments, and shall be given to the member upon his pre­ senting the aforesaid receipt. Section 2. All the rights, privileges, duties and obligations of membership shall be suspei^ded during the period of retiremenr, except that a retired member shall not be disloyal to the Union remain in any dual or hostile organization, upon penalty of forfeiture of his right to reinstatemeiit. Section 3. Any person in retirement for a period of two quarters or more shall be restored to membership, except as herein indicated, by paying dues for the current quarter, as well as all assessments accruing and newly levied during the period of retirement. If'the period of retirement is less than two quarters, the required pay­ ments shall consist of all dues accruing during the said period of retiremenr, including those for rhe current quarter, and all assess­ ments accrued and newly levied during that period. Upon such paymenr, the person in retirement shall be restored to membership, and his membership book, appropriately stamped, shall be returned to him. Section 4. A member in retirement may be restored to membership after a two-year period of retirement consisting of eight full quarters only by majority vote of the membership. Soction 5. The period of retirement shall be computed from the first day of the quartet/following the one in which the retirement card was issued. r J.II. . �SEAF AR -E « S Article VII System of Organizatioh V&G Smipjenieiii-^Pare' Three i f) The President shall be chairman of the Executive Board the ports, and the personnel diereof on the Lakes and Iptind and may cast one vote in that body. Waters, including their organizing activities. In order that he may properly execute his responsibilities he is (g) He shall be responsible, within the limits of his powers, empowered and authorized to retain any technical or professio^ for the enforcement of this Constitution, the policies of the Union, _ Seclion I. This Union, and all officers, headquarter's representa­ assistance he deems necessary, subject to approval of the Executive tives, port agents, patrolmen, and members shall be governed ia and all rules and rulings duly adopted by the Executive Board, and Board. those duly adopted by a majority vote of the membership. Within this order by: •these limits, he shall strive to enhance the strength, position, and Section 8. Diroctor of Organizing and Publications. 'a) The Constltutioni prestige of the Union. The Director of Organizing arid Publications shall be appointed b) The Executive Board. (h) The foregoing duties shall be in addition to those other and may be removed at will by the Executive Board of the Union. (c) Majority vote of the membership. duties lawfully imposed upon him. He shall be responsible for and super^se all publications and (i) The responsibility of the President may not be delegated, public relations of the Union and shall serve as co-ordinator of Section 2. The headquarters of die Union shall be located in New York and the headquarters officers shall consist of a President, but the President may delegate to a person or persons the execution all organizational activities of the Union. In addition, he shall and Executive Vice-President, one Vice-President in Charge of of such of his duties as he may in his discretion decide, subject perform any and all duties assigned him or delegated to him by the Executive Board. Contracts and Contract Enforcement, a Secretary-Treasurer, one to the limitations set forth in this Constitution. (j) Any vacancy in any office or the job of Headquarters Repre­ Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast, one Vice-President Section 9. Headquarters Representatives. in Charge of the Gulf Coast, and one Vice-President in Charge sentative, Port Agent, or Patrolman shall be filled by the President The Headquarters Representatives shall perform any arid allby temporary appointment of a member qualified for the office of the Lakes and Inland Waters. or job under Article XII of this Constitution, except in those duties assigned them or delegated to them by the President, Execu­ Section 3. The staff of each port shall consist of such personnel cases where the filling of such vacancy is otherwise provided for tive Vice-President or the Executive Board. as is provided for herein, and the port shall bear the name of the by this Constitution. Section 10. Port Agents. city in which the Union's port offices are located. (k) The President is directed to take any and all measures and (a) The Port Agent shall be in direct charge of the administra­ Section 4. Every member of the Union shall be registered in one employ such means which he deems necessary or advisable, to tion of Union affairs in the port of his jurisdiction subject to the of three departments; namely, deck, engine and stewards depart­ protect the interests, and further the welfare of the Union and its direction of the area Vice-President. (b) He shall, within the jurisdiction of his port, be responsible ment. The definition of these departments shall be in accordance members, in all matters involving national, state or local legislation for the enforcement and execution of the Constitution, the policies with custom and usage. This definition may be modified by a issues, and public affairs. (1) The President shall have authority to require any officer or . of the Union, and the rules adopted by the Executive Board, and majority vote of the membership. No member may transfer from one department to another except by approval as evidenced by a Union representative to attend any regular or special meeting if, in by a majority vote of the membership. Wherever there are time his opinion, it is deemed necessary. restrictions or other considerations affecting port aaion, the Port majority vote of the membership. Agent shall take appropriate action to insure observance thereof.' Ssction 2. Executive VIce-Preiidenf. . (c) He shall be prepared to account, financially or otherwise, Article VIII The Executive 'Vice-President shall perform any and all duties for the activities of his port, whenever demanded by the President,, assigned him or delegated to him by the President. In the event the Vice-President of the area in which his port is located, or by Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents the President shall be unable to carry out any of his duties by and Patrolmen reason of incapacity or unavailability, the Executive Vice-President the Secretary-Treasurer. (d) In any event, he shall prepare and forward to the Secretaryshall take over such duties during the period of such incapacity or Sociion 1. The officers of the Union shall be elected as otherwise unavailability. Upon the death, resignation, or removal from office Treasurer, a weekly financial report showing, in detail, weekly provided in this Constitution. These officers shall be the President, for any reason of the President, the Executive Vice-President shall income and expenses, and complying with all other accounting an Executive Vice-President, one Vice-President in Charge of Con­ immediately assume the office, duties and responsibilities of the directions issued by the Secretary-Treasurer. (e) The Port Agent may assign each port Patrolman to such tracts and Contract Enforcement, a Secretary-Treasurer, one Vice- President until the next general election. President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast, one Vice-President in The Executive Vice-Pre_sident shall be a member of the Executive duties as fall within the jurisdiction of the port, regardless of the departmental designation, if any, under which the Patrolman Charge of the Gulf Coast, and one Vice-President in Charge of the Board and may cast one vote in that body. Lakes and Inland Waters. was elected. Section 3. Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and (f) The Port Agent shall designate which inembers at that port Saciion 2. Port Agents, Headquarters Representatives, and Patrol­ Contract Enforcement. may serve as representatives to other organizations, affiliation with men shall be elected, except as otherwise provided in this The Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforce­ which has been properly authorized. Constitution. ment shall perform any and all duties assigned him or delegated Section II. Patrolmen. to him by the President. In addition, he shall be responsible for Patrolmen shall i«rform any duties assigned them by the Agent all contract negotiations, the formulation of bargaining demands, Article IX and the submission of proposed collective bargaining agreements of the Port to which they are assigned. Other Elective Jobs to the membership for ratification. He shall also be responsible, Section 12. Executive Board. except as otherwise provided in Article X, Section 14 (d) (1), for The Executive Board shall consist of the President, the Executive Section 1. In addition to the elective jobs provided for in Article strike authorization, signing of new contracts, and contract enforce­ VIII, the following jobs in the Union shall be voted upon in the ment. He shall also act for headquarters in executing the adminis­ Vice-President, the Vice-President in Charge of Contracts' and" manner prescribed by this Constitution: . trative functions assigned to headquarters by this Constitution with Contraa Enfofcement, the Secretary-Treasurer, the Vice-President A. Delegates to the convention of the Seafarers International respect to trials and appeals except if he is a witness or party in Charge of the Atlantic Area, the Vice-President in Charge of thereto, in which event the Secretary-Treasurer shall act in his the Gulf Area? the Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Union of North America. place. In order that he may properly execute these responsibilities Waters, and the National Director (or chief executive officer) of B. Committee members of: he is hereby instructed and authorized to employ such help as he each subordinate body or division created or chartered by the (1) Trial Committees deems necessary, be it legal, or otherwise, subject to approval of Union whenever such subordinate body or division has attained (2) Quarterly Financial Committees a membership of 3,200 members and has maintained that member­ the Executive Board. (3) Appeals Committees • The Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforce­ ship for not less than three (3) months. Such National Direaor (4) Strike Committees ment shall be a member of the Executive JBoard and may cast (or chief executive officer) shall be a member of the respective (5 ) Credentials Committees subordinate body or division and must be qualified to hold office one vote in that body. (6) Polls Committees under the terms of the Constitution of such division or subordi­ ( 7 ) Union Tallying Committees nate body. Section 4. Secralary-Treasufer. (8) Constitutional Committees The Executive Board shall meet in headquarters no less than The Secretary-Treasurer shall perform any arid all duties assigned Section 2. Additional committees may be formed as provided by him or delegated to him by the President. He shall be responsible Once each quarter and at such other times -as the President or, a majority vote of the membership. Committees may also be ap­ for the organization and maintenance of the correspondence, files, in his absence, the Executive Vice-President may direct. The Presi­ and records of the Union; setting up, and maintenance of, sound dent shall be the chairman of all Executive Board meetings unless pointed as permitted' by this Constitution. accounting and bookkeeping systems; the setting up, and mainte­ absent, in which case the Executive Vice-President shall assume nance of, proper office and other administrative Union procedures; the chairman's duties. Each member of the Executive Board shall Article X the proper collection, safeguarding, and expenditure of all Union be entitled to cast one vote in that body. Its decision shall be determined by majority vote of those voting, providing a quorum Duties of Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port funds, port or otherwise. He shall submit to the membership, for of three is present. It shall be the duty of the Executive Board to each quarterly period, a detailed report of the entire Union's finan­ Agents, Other Elected Job Holders and cial operations and shall submit simultaneously therewith, the develop policies, strategies and rules which will advance and Miscellaneous Personnel Quarterly Financial Committee report for the same period. The protect the interests and welfare of the Union and the Members. ^retary-Treasurer's report shall be prepared by an independent It shall be the duty of the Secretary-Treasurer, or in his absence, . Section 1. The President. Certified Public Accountant. He shall also work with all duly elected an appointee of the Executive Board, to keep accurate minutes of (a) The President shall be the executive officer of the Union finance committees. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be responsible all Executive Board meetings. The Executive Board shall appoint and shall leptesent; and act for and in behalf of, the Union in all for the timely filing of any and all reports on the operations of one person who shall be designated Director of Organizing and matters except as otherwise specifically provided for in the Con­ the Union, financial or otherwise, that may be required by any Publications. The Executive Board shall determine per capita tax stitution. Federal or state laws. In order that he may proper y execute his to be levied and other terms and conditions of affiliation for any responsibilities, he is hereby instructed and authorized to employ- group of workers desiring affiliation. The Executive Board may (b) He shall be a member ex-officio of all committees, except any help he deems necessary, be it legal, accounting, or otherwise, direct the administration of all- Union affairs, properties, policies as otherwise herein expressly provided. and personnel in any and all areas not otherwise specifically pro­ to approval of the Executive Board. (c) The President shall be in charge of, and responsible for, all subject vided for in this Constitution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the The Secretary-Treasurer shall be a member of the Executive Union property, and shall be in charge of headquarters and port Executive Board may aa without holding a formal meeting pro­ offices. Wherever there are time restrictions or other considerations Board and may cast one vote in that body. vided all members of the Board are sent notice .of the proposed The Secretary-Treasurer shall be a member ex-officio of the affecting Union action, the President shall take appropriate aaion Credentials and Ballot Tallying Committees. In addition he shall action or aaions and the decision thereon is reduced to writing and to insure observance thereof. make himself and the records of his office available to the Quarterly signed by a majority of the Executive Board. In the event that death, resignation or removal from office foe (d) In order that he may properly execute his responsibilities, Financial Committee. any reason should occur simultaneously to the President and Execu­ he is hereby instructed and authorized to employ any help he deems tive Vice-President, the Executive Board by majority vote shall, necessary, be it legal, accounting or otherwise. Section 5. Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast. (e) Subject to approval by a majority vote of the membership, The Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast shall be a name successors from its own membership who shall fill those the President shall designate the number and location of ports, the member of the Executive Board and shall be entitled to cast one vacancies until the next general election. If the Executive Vice-President duly assumes the office of the jurisdiction, status, and activities thereof, and may close or open* vote in that body. such ports, and may re-assign Vice-Presidents and the SecretaryHe shall supervise and be responsible for the activities of all President and dies, resigns, is removed from office, or is incapaci­ Treasurer, without reduction in wages. He may also re-assign the ports, and the personnel thereof on the Atlantic Coast, includ­ tated for more than 30 days during the remainder of. the term, the Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents, and Patrolmen, to ing their organizing activities. The Atlantic Coast area is deemed Executive Board shall elect a successor for the balance of the term other duties, without reduction in wages. The Ports of New York, to mean that area from and including Georgia through Maine and from its own membership. Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston and shall also include the Islands in the Caribbean. In order that he Section 13. Delegates. Detroit may not be closed except by Constitutional amendment. may properly execute his responsibilities he is empowered and (a) The term "delegates" shall mean those members of the Where ports are opened between elections, the President shall authorized to retain any technicalNir professional assistance he Union and its subordinate bodies or divisions who are elected ia designate the Union personnel thereof. deems necessary, subject to approval of the Executive Board. accordance with the provisions of this Constitution, to attend the The President shall designate, in the event of the incapacity of convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America. Saction 6. Vica-Prasidant in Charge of the Gulf Coast. any Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, or any (b) Each delegate shall attend the convention for which elected officer other than the President, a replacement to act as such during The Vice-President. in Charge of the Gulf Coast shall be a the period of incapacity, provided such replacement is qualified member of the Executive Board and shall be entitled to cast one and. fully participate therein. (c) Each delegate shall, by his vote and otherwise, support those under Article XII of the Constitution to fill such job. vote in that body. At the regular meeting in July of every election year, the Presi­ He shall supervise and be responsible for the activities of all the policies agreed upon by the majority of the delegates to the Convention. dent shall submit to the membership a pre-balloting report. In his Ports, and the personnel thereof on the Gulf Coast including their report he shall recommend the number and location of potts, the organizing activities. The Gulf Coast area is deemed to mean the (d) The President shall assign to each subordinate body or number of Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents and Patrol­ State of Florida, all through the Gulf^ including Texas. division -that number of delegates to which this Union would have In order that he may properly execute his responsibilities he been entitled, if its membership had been increased by the number men which are to be elected. He shall also recommend a bank, a bonded warehouse, a regular officer thereof, or any other similar is empowered and authorized to retain any technical Or professional of members of the subordinate body or division, in accordance depository, to which the ballots are to be mailed or delivered at assistance he deems necessary, subject to approval of the Executive with the formula set forth in the Constitution of the Seafarers the close of each day's voting, except that the President may, in Board. International Union of North America, except that this provision his discretion, postpone the recommendation as to the de^wsitory shall not be applied so as to reduce the number of delegates to Suction T. Vico-Protidairt in Charga of tho Ukot and Inland Wators. until no later than the first regular meeting in October. which this Union would otherwise hav^ been cntitl^. This recommendation may also specify, whether any Patrolmaa The Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters Setfioii 14. CeiNMitteei. and/or Headquarters Representative shall be designated as depart- shall 'be a'member of the Executive Board and shall be entitled W Trirt.Cewilllee. - r menul or otherwise. The report shall be subject to approval or to cast one vote in that body. He shall supervise and be responsible for the aaivities of all liie Trial Cmninittee shall conduct die trials of a person charged. modificatioa by a majority vote of the membership. �Bopplement—^Pasre Four and ihall submit findings and recommendations as prescribed in this Constimtion. It shall be the sfxciaL obligation of the Trial Committee to observe all the requirements of this Constitution •with regard to charges and trials, and rheir findings and recom­ mendations must specifically state •whether or not, in the opinion of the Trial Committee, the rights of any accused, under this Constitution, were properly safeguarded. j (b) Appaali Committee. 1. The Appeals Committee shall hear all appeals from trial Judgments, in accordance with such procedures as are set forth m this Constitution and such rules as may be adopted by a majority vote of the membership not inconsistent therewith. 2. The Appeals Committee shall, within not later than one week after the close of the said hearing, make and submit findings and recommendations in accordance with the provisions _of_ this Con­ stitution and such rules as may be adopted by a majority vote of the membership not inconsistent therewith. (c) Quarterly Financial Committee. 1. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall make an examina­ tion for each "quarterly period of the finances of the Union and shall report fully on their findings and recommendations. Members of this committee may make dissenting reports, separate recom­ mendations and separate findings. 2. Th6 findings and recommendations of this committee shall be completed within a reasonable time after the election of the members thereof, and shall be submitted to the Secretary-Treasurer who shall cause the same to be read in all ports, as set forth herein. 3. All officers. Union personnel and members are responsible for complying with all demands made for records, bills, vouchers, receipts, etc., by the said Quarterly Financial Committee. The committee shall also have available to it, the services of the inde­ pendent certified public accountants retained by the Union. 4. Any action on the said report shall be as determined by a majority vote of the membership. 5. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall consist of seven (7) members in good standing to be elected as follows: One member from each of the following ports: New York, Philadelphia, Balti­ more, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston and Detroit. No officer. Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this Committee. Committee members shall be elected at the regular meeting designated by the .SecretaryTreasurer. In the event a regular meeting cannot be held in any port for lack of a quorum, the Agent shall call a special meeting *s early as possible for the purpose of electing a member .to serve on the Quarterly Financial Committee. Such committee members shall be furnished transportation to New York and back to their respective ports and they shall be furnished room and board during the period they are performing their duties in New York. Com­ mencing on the day following their election and continuing until they have been returned to their respective ports each committee member shall be paid for hours worked at the standby rate of pay but in no event shall they be paid for less than eight (8) hours per day. (d) Strilc* Commlttaa. Article XI Wages and Terms of Office of Officers and Other Elective Job Holders, Union Employees,' and Others faction 1. The following elected offices and jobs shall be held for a term of four years: President Vice-Presidents Secretary-Treasurer Headquarters Representatives - Port Agents Patrolmen The term of four years set forth herein is e^ressly subject to the provisions for assumption of office as contained in Article XllI, Section 6(b) of this Constitution. Section 2. The term of any elective jobs other than those indicated in Section 1 of this Article shall continue for so long as is necessary to complete the functions thereof, unless sooner terminated by a majority vote of the membership or segment of the Union, which­ ever applies, whose vote was originally necessary to elect the one or ones serving. Saction 3. The compensation to be paid the holder of any office or other elective job shall be deternrtined from time to time by the Executive Board subject to approval of the membership, faction 4. The foregoing provisions of this Article do not apply to any corporation, business, or other venture in which this Union participates, or which it organizes or creates. In such situations, instructions conveyed by the Executive Board shall be followed. % Article Xlll Elections for Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents and Patrolnjen faction I. Nominations. Except as provided in Section 2(b) of this Article, any full book member may submit his name for nomination for any office, or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, by delivering or causing to be delivered in person, to the office of the Secretary-Treasurer at headquarters, or sending, a letter addressed to the Credentials Committee, in care of the SecretaryTreasurer, at the address of headquarters. This letter shall be dated and shall contain the following: (a) The name of the candidate. (b) His home address and mailing address. (c) His book number. (d) The title of the office or other job for which he is a candi­ date, including the name of the Port in the event the posi­ tion sought is that of Agent or Patrolman. (e) Proof of citizenship. (f) Proof of seatime and/or employment as required for can­ didates. (g) In the event the member is on a ship he shall notify the Credentials Committee what ship he is on. This shall be done also if he ships subsequent to forwarding his cre­ dentials. (h) Annexing a certificate in the following form, signed and dated by the proposed nominee: "I hereby certify that I am not now, nor, for the five (5) years last past, have I been either a member of the Communist Party or convicted of, or served any part of a prison term resulting from conviction of robbery, bribery, extortion, embezzlement, grand larceny, burglary, arson, violation of narcotics laws, murder, ra^, assault with intent to kill, assault which inflicts grievous bodily injury, or violation of title II or HI of the Landrum-Griffin Act, or conspiracy to commit any such crimes." Article XII Qualifications for Officers, Headquarters Representa­ tives, Port Agents, Patrolmen and Other Elective Jobs faction I. Any member of the Union is eligible to be a candidate for, and hold, any office or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman provided: (a) He has at least three (3) years of seatime in an unlicensed capacity aboard an American-flag merchant vessel or vessels. In computing time, time spent in the employ of the Union, its sub­ sidiaries and its affiliates, or in any employment at the Union's direction, shall count the same as sea time. Union records, Welfare Plan records and/or company records can be used to determine eligibility; and . (b) He has been a full book member in continuous good stand­ ing in the Union for at least three (3) years immediately prior to his nomination; and (c) He has at least four (4) months of sea time, in an unliccn^ capacity, aboard an Americaii-fiag merchant vessel or Book No Febnurr 19, IMS LOG vessels, covered by contract with this,lJnion, or four (4) months of employment with, or in any office or job of, the Union, its sub­ sidiaries and its affiliates, or iii any employment at the Union's direction, or a combination of these, between January 1st and the time of nomination in the election year; and (d) He is a citizen of the United States of America; and (e) He is not disqualified by law. faction 2. All candidates for, and holders of, other elective jobs not specified in the preceding sections shall be full book members of the Union. faction 3. All candidates for and holders of elective offices and jobs, whether elected or appointed in accordance with this Consti­ tution, shall maintain full book membership in good standing. Dated: 1. In no event shall a general strike take place unless approved by • majority vote of the membership. 2. In the event a general strike has been approved by the mem­ bership the Port Agents in all affected ymrts shall call a timely special meeting for the purpose of electing a strike committee. This committee shall be composed of three full book members and their duties shall consist of assisting the Port Agent to effectu­ ate all strike policies and strategies. I SEAFARERS Signature of member .• Printed forms of the certificate shall be made available to nomi­ nees. Where a nominee cannot truthfully execute such a certificate, but is, in fact, legally eligible for an office or job by reason of the restoration of civil rights originally revoked by such conviction or a favorable determination by the Board of Parole of the United States Department of Justice, he shall, in lieu of the foregoing certificate, furnish a complete signed statement of the facts of his case together with true copies of the documents supporting his statement. All documents required herein must reach headquarters no earlier than July 15th and no later than August 15th of the election year. The Secretary-Treasurer is charged with the safekeeping of these letters and shall turn them over to the Credentials Committee upon the latter's request. Section 2. Cradentiali Cemmlltea. (a) A Credentials Committee shall be elected at the regular meeting in August of the election year, at the port where head­ quarters is located. It shall consist of six full book members in attendance at the meeting, with two members to be elected from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards Departments. No Officer, Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, or candi­ date for office or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this Committee, except as provided for in Article X, Section 4. In the event any committee member is unable to serve, the committee shall suspend until the President 'br Executive Vice President, or the SecretaryTreasurer, in that order, calls a special meeting at the port where Headquarters is located in order to elect a replacement. The Com­ mittee's results shall be by majority vote, with any tie vote being resolved by a majority vote of the membership at a special meeting called for that purpose at that Port. (b) After its election, the Committee shall immediately go into session. It shall determine whether the person has submitted his application correctly and possesses the necessary qualifications. The Committee shall prepare a report listing each applicant and his book number under the office or job he is seeking. Each appli­ cant shall be marked "qualified" or "disqualified" according to the findings of the Committee. Where an applicant has been marked "disqualified", the reason therefor must be stated in the report. Where a tie vote has been resolved by a special meeting of the membership, that fact shall also be noted, with sufficient detail. •The report shall be signed by all of the Committee members, and be completed and submitted to the Ports in time for the next regular meeting after their election. At this meeting, it shall be read and incorporated in the minutes, and then posted on the bulletin board in each port. On the last day of nominations, one member of the Committee shall stand by in Headquarters to accept delivery of credentials. All credentials must be in headquarters by midnight of closing day. (c) When an applicant has been disqualified by the commit­ tee, he shall be notified immediately by telegram at the addresses listed by him pursuant to Section, 1 of this Article. He shall also be sent a letter containing the reasons for such disqualification by air mail, special delivery, registered, to the mailing address desig­ nated pursuant to Section 1 (b) of. this Article. A disqualified appli­ cant shall have the right to take an appeal to the membership from the decision of the committee. He shalljforward copiet of such appeal to each port, where the appeal shall be presented and voted upon at a tegular meeting no later than the second meeting after the committee's election. It is the responsibility of the appli­ cant to insure timely delivery of his appea . In any event, without prejudice to his written appeal, the applicant may appear In.^etion before the committee within two days after the day on which the telegram is sent, to correct his application or argue for his quali­ fication. .... The committee's report shall be prepared early enough to allow the applicant to appear before it within the time set forth in this Constitution and still reach the ports in time for the first regular meeting after its election. (d) A majority vote of the membership shall, in the case of such appeals, be sufficient to over-rule any disqualification classification by the Credentials Committee, in which event the one so pre­ viously classified shall then be deemed qualified. (e) The Credentials Committee, in passing upon the qualifications of candidates, shall have the right to conclusively presume that anyone nominated and qualified in previous elections for candi­ dacy for any office, or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, has met all the requirements of Section 1 (a) of Article XII. Section 3. Balloting Procedurot. (a) The Secretary-Treasurer shall insure the proper and timely preparation of ballots, without partiality as to candidates or ports. The ballots may contain general information and instructive com­ ments not inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution. All qualified candidates shall be listed thereon aplhabetically within each category. The listing of the ports shall follow a geographical pattern, commencing with the most northerly port on the Atlantic coast, following the Atlantic coast down to the most southerly port on that coast, then •westerly along the Gulf of Mexico and so on, until the list of ports is exhausted. Any port outside the Continental United States shall then be added. There shall be allotted write-in space, on each ballot, sufficient to permit each member voting to write in as many names as there are o^ces and jobs to be voted upon. Each ballot shall be so prepared aslo have the number thereon placed at the top thereof and shall be so per­ forated as to enable that portion containing the said number to be easily removed to insure secrecy of the ballot. On this removable portion shall also be placed a short statement indicating the nature of the ballot and the voting date thereof. (b) The ballots so prepared at the direction of the SecretaryTreasurer shall be the only official ballots. No others may be used. Each ballot shall be numbered as indicared in the preceding para­ graph and shall be numbered consecutively, commencing with number 1. A sufficient amount shall be printed and distributed to each Port. A record of the ballots, both by serial numbers and amount, sent thereto shall be maintained by the Secretary-Treasurer, who shall also send each Port A.gent a verification list indicating the amount and serial numbers of the ballots sent. Each Port Agent shall maintain separate records of the ballots sent him and shall inspect and count the ballots, when received, to insure that the amount sent, as well as the numbers thereon, conform to the amount and numbers listed by the Secretary-Treasurer as having been sent to that port. The Port Agent shall immediately execute and return to the Secretary-Treasurer a receipt acknowledging the correctness of the amount and numbers of the ballots sent, or ihall notify the Secretary-Treasurer of any discrepancy. Discrepancies shall be corrected as soon as possible prior to the voting period. In any, event, receipts shall be forwarded for ballots actually received. The Secretary-Treasurer shall prepare a file in which shall be kept memoranda and correspondence dealing with the election. This file shall at all times be available to any member asking for inspec­ tion of the same at the office of the Secretary-Treasurer. (c) Balloting shall take place in person, at port offices, and shall be secret. No signatures of any voter, or other distinguishing mark, shall appear on the ballot, except that any member may write in the name or names of any member or members, as appro­ priate, for any office, or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman. (d) Only full book members may vote. However, immediately prior thereto they must present their books to the Polls Committee of the port in which they are votiifg. The voter's book number shall be placed upon the roster sheet (which shall be kept in duplicate) in the space opposite the proper ballot number, and the member shall sign his name. The portion of the ballot on which the ballot number is printed shall then be removed, placed near the roster sheet, and the member shall proceed to the voting site with the ballot. An appropriate notation of the date and of the fact of voting shall be placed in the member's Union book. (e) Each Port Agent shall be responsible for the establishment of a booth or other voting site where each member may vote in privacy. (f) Upon completion of voting the member shall fold the ballot so that no part of the printed or written portion is visible. He shall then drop the ballot into a narrow-slotted ballot box, which shall be provided for that purpose by the Port Agent and kept locked and sealed except as hereinafter set forth. (g) Voting shall commence on November 1st of the election year and shall continue through December 31st, exclusive of Sun­ days and (for each individual Port) holidays legally recognized in the city in which the port affected is located. If November 1st or December 31st falls on a holiday legally recognized in a port in the city in which that port is located, the balloting period in such port shall commence or terminate, as the case may be, on the next succeeding business day. Subject to the foregoing, voting in all ports shall commence at 9:00 A.M., and continue until 5:00 P.M., except that, on Saturdays, voting shall commence at 9:00 A.M. and continue until 12 noon. Section 4. Polls Commllleos. (a) Each port shall elect, prior to the beginning of the voting On each voting day, a Polls Committee, consisting of three full book members none of whom shall be a candidate, officer or an elected or appointed job holder. For the purpo.se of holding a meeting for the election of a Polls Committee only, and notwith­ standing the provisions of Article XXIII, Section 2, or any other provision of this Constitution, five (5) members shall constitute a quorum for each port, with the said meeting to be held between 8:00 A.M. and 9:O0 A.M. with no notice thereof required. It shall be the obligation of each member wishing to serve on a Polls Com­ mittee, or to observe the election thereof, to be present during this time period. It shall be the responsibility of the Port Agent to see that the meeting for the purpose of electing the said Polls Committee is called, and that the minutes of the said meeting are sent daily to the Secretary-Treasurer. In no case shall voting take place unless a duly elected Polls Committee is functioning. (b) The duly elected Polls Committee shall collect all unused ballots, the voting rosters, the numbered stubs of those ballots already used, the ballot box or boxes and the baljot records and files kept by the Port Agent. It shall then proceed to compare rhe serial numbers and amounts of stubs with the number of names and corresponding serial numbers on the roster, and then compare the serial number and amounts of ballots used with the verifica- �nhmrt 19, UM don lilt, u cotttctti, end ascertain whether the unused ballots, bodi aerial numbers and amount, represent the difference between what appears on the verifiication list, as corrected, and the ballots used. If anr discrepancies are found, a detailed report thereon shall be drawn by the Polls Committee finding such discrepancies, which report shall be in duplicate, and signed by all the members of such Polls Committee. Each member of the Committee may make what separate comments thereon he desires, provided they are signed and dated by him. A copy of this report shall be given the Port Agent, to be presented at the next regular meeting. A copy shall also be simultaneously sent to the Secretary-Treasurer, who shall rause an investigation to be made forthwith. The results of such investigation shall be reported to the membership as soon as com­ pleted, with recommendations by the Secretary-Treasurer. A majoriry vote of the membership shall determine what action, if any, shall be taken thereon. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Constitution, the Executive Board shall not make any determination in these matters. ^ (c) The Polls Committee shall also insure that the ballot box is locked and sealed, which lock and seal shall not be opened except in the manner Hereinafter set forth. The same procedure as is set forth in the preceding paragraph with regard to discrepancies shall be utilized in the event the Polls Committee has reason to believe the lock and seal have been illegally tampered with. (d) The Polls Committee shall permit full book members only . to vote. Ppor thereto, it shall stamp their book with the word "voted" and the date, issue ballots to voters, insure that proper registration on the roster takes place, collect stubs, and keep them in numerical order. It shall preserve good order and decorum at the voting site and vicinity thereof. All members and others affiliated with the Union are charged with the duty of assisting the Polls Committee, when called upon, in the preservation of order and decorum. (e) In order to maintain the secrecy and accuracy of the bailor, and to eliminate the possibility of errors or irregularities in any one day's balloting affecting all the balloting in any port, the following procedure shall be observed: At the end of each day's voting, the Polls Committee, in the presence of any member desiring to attend, provided he observes proper decorum, shall open the ballot box or boxes, and place all of that day's ballots therein in an envelope, as required, which shall then be sealed. The members of the Polls Committee shall there­ upon sign their names across the flap of the said envelope or enve­ lopes, with their book numbers next to their signatures. The committee shall also place the date and name of the Port on the said envelopes, and shall certify, on the envelope or envelopes, that the ballot box or boxes were opened publicly, that all ballots for that day only were removed, and that all of those ballots are enclosed in the envelope or envelopes dated for that day and voted in that Port. The Polls Committee shall check the rosters, and any other records they deem appropriate, to insure the foregoing. At the discretion of the Executive Board, official envelopes may be pre­ pared for the purpose of enclosing the ballots and the making of the aforesaid certification, with wording embodying the fore­ going inscribed thereon, in which event these envelopes shall be used by the Polls Committee for the aforesaid purpose. Nothing contained herein shall prevent any member of a Polls Committee from adding such comments to the certificate as are appropriate, provided the comments are signed and dated by the member making them. The envelope or envelopes shall then be placed in a wrapper or envelope, which, at the discretion of the Executive Board, may be furnished for that purpose. The wrapper or envelope shall then be securely sealed and either delivered, or sent by certified or registered mail, by the said Polls Committee, to the depository named in the pre-election report adopted by the membership. The Polls Committee shall not be discharged from its duties until this mailing is accomplished and evidence of mailing or delivery is furnished the Port Agent, which evidence shall be noted and kept in the Port Agent's clertion records or files. The Polls Committee shall also insure that the ballot box or boxes are locked and sealed before handing them back to the Port Agent, and shall place the key or keys to the boxes in an envelope, across the flap of which the members of the committee shall sign their names, book numbers, and the date, after sealing the envelope securely. In addition to delivering the key and ballot box or boxes as aforesaid, tpe Polls Committee shall deliver to the Port Agent one copy of each of the roster sheets for the day, the unused ballots, any reports called for by this Section 4, any files that they may have received, and all the stubs collected both for the day and those turned over to it. The Port Agent shall be responsible for the proper safeguarding of all the aforesaid material, shall not release any of it until duly called for, and shall insure that no one illegally tampers with the material placed in his custody. The remaining copy of each roster sheet used for the day shall be mailed by the Polls Committee to the Secretary-Treasurer, by certified or regis­ tered mail or delivered in person. (f) Members of the Polls Committee shall serve without com­ pensation, except that the Port Agent shall compensate each Polls Committee member with a reasonable sum for meals while serving or provide tneals in lieu of cash. SEAFARERS .Supplement—Page Fiv^ LOG All certifications called for under this Article XIII shall be deemed made according to the best knowledge, and belief of diose required to make such certification. (c) The Union Tallying Committee shall consist of 14 full book members. Two shall be elected from each of the seven Mrts of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston, and Detroit. The election shall be held at the regular meeting in December of the election year, or if the Executive Board other­ wise determines prior thereto, at a special meeting held in the aforesaid ports on the first business day of the last week of said month. No Officer, Headquarters Representative, Port Agent, Pa­ trolman, or candidate for office, or the job of Headquarters Represenutive. Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this Committee, except as provided for in Article X, Seaion 4. In addition to its duties hereinbefore set forth, the Union Tallying Committee shall be charged with the tallying of all the ballots and the preparation of a closing report setting forth, in complete detail, the results of the election, including a complete accounting of all ballots and stubs, and reconciliation of the same with the rostiers, verification lists, and receipts of the Port Agents, all with detailed reference to serial numbers and amounts and with each total broken down into port totals. The Tallying Committee shall be permitted access to the election records and files of all ports, which they may require to be forwarded for insertion at its discretion. The report shall clearly detail all discrepancies discovered, and shall contain recommendations for the treatment of these dis­ crepancies. All members of , the Committee shall sign the report, without prejudice, however, to the right of any member thereof to submit a dissenting report as to the accuracy of the count and the validity of the ballots, with pertinent details. The Tallying Committee is also charged with the receipt and evaluation of written protests by any member who claims an illegal denial of the right to vote. If it finds the protests invalid, it shall dismiss the protest and so inform the protesting member, by wire, on the day of dismissal. If it finds the protest valid, the committee shall order a special vote, to be had no later than within the period of its proceedings, on such terms as are practical, effective, and just, but which terms, in any event, shall include the provisions of Section 3(c) of this Article and the designation of the voting site of the port most convenient to the protesting member. Where a special vote is ordered in accordance with this Section 5(c), these terms shall apply, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Article. Protests may be made only in writing and must be received by the Union Tallying Committee during the period of its proceedings. The reports of this committee shall include a brief summary of each protest received, the name and book number of the protesting member, and a summary of the disposition of the said protest. The committee shall take all reason­ able measures to adjust the course of its proceedings so as to enable the special vote set forth in this Section 5 (c) to be com­ pleted within the time herein specified. No closing report shall be made by it unless and until- the special votes referred to in this Section 5(c) shall have been duly completed and tallied. (d) The members of the Union Tallying Committee shall pro­ ceed to the port in which headquarters is located, as soon as possi­ ble after their election but, in any event, shall arrive at that port prior to the first business day after December 31 of the election year. Each member of the committee not elected from the port in which headquarters is located shall be reimbursed for transportation, meals, and lodging expense occasioned by their traveling to and returning from that Port. All members of the committee shall also be paid at the prevailing standby rate of pay from the day subse­ quent to their election to the day they return, in normal course, to the Port from which they were eleaed. The Union Tallying Committee shall elect a chairman from among themselves and, subjea to the express terms of this Con­ stitution, adopt its own procedures. Decision as to special votes, protests, and the contents of the final report shall be valid if made by a majority vote, provided there be a quorum in attendance, which quorum is hereby fixed at nine (9). The Union Tallying Committee, but not less than a quorum thereof, shall have the sole right and duty to obtain the ballots from the depository imme­ diately after the termination of balloting and to insure their safe custody during the course of the committee's proceedings. The proceedings of this committee, except for the actual preparation of the closing report and dissents therefrom, if any, shall be open to any member, provided he observes decorum. In no event, shall the issuance of the hereinbefore referred to closing report of the Tallying Committee be delayed beyond the January 15th immedi­ ately subsequent to the close of voting. The Union Tallying Com­ mittee shall be discharged upon the completion of the issuance and dispatch of its reports as required in this Article. In the event a recheck and recount is ordered pursuant to Section 5(g) of this Article, the committee shall be reconstituted except that if any member thereof is not available', a substitute therefore shall be elected from the appropriate port, at a special meeting held for that purpose as soon as possible. (e) The report of the Committee shall be made up in sufficient copies to comply with the following requirements: two copies shall be sent by the committee to each Pott Agent and the SecretaryTreasurer prior to the first regular meeting scheduled to take Section 5. Ballot Collection, Tallying Procedure, Proteitt, and place subsequent to the close of the committee's proceedings or, Special Votes. in the event such meeting is scheduled to take place four days or (a) On the day the balloting in each port is to terminate, the less from the close of this committee's proceedings, then at least Polls Committee elected for that day shall, in addition to their other five days prior to the next regular meeting. Whichever meeting duties hereinbefore set forth, deliver to headquarters, or mail to applies shall be designated, by date, in the report and shall be headquarters (by certified or registered mail), all the unused ballots, referred to as the" "Election Report Meeting." As soon as these together with a certification, signed and dated by all members of the copies are received, each Port Agent shall post one copy of the Committee that all ballots sent to the port and not used are report on the bulletin board, in a conspicuous manner. This copy enclosed therewith, subject to the right of each member of the shall be kept posted for a period of two months. At the Election Committee to make separate comments under his signature and Report Meeting, the other copy of the report shall be read verbatim. date. The certification shall specifically identify, by serial number (f) At the Election Report meeting, there shall be taken up and amount, the unused ballots so forwarded. In the same package, but bound separately, the committee shall forward to headquarters the discrepancies, if any, referred to in Section 5(c) of this Article all smbs collected during the period of voting, together with a and the recommendations of the Tallying Committee submitted certification, signed by all members of the committee, that all the therewith. A majority vote of the membership shall decide what stubs collected by the committee are enclosed therewith subject to action, if any, in accordance with the Constitution, shall be taken the right of each member of the committee to make separate com­ thereon, which action, however, shall not include the ordering of ments under his signature and date. The said Polls Committee a special vote unless the reported discrepancies affect the results members shall not be discharged from their duties until the for- of the vote for any office or job, in which event, the special vote .warding called for hereunder is accomplished and evideiice of shall be restricted thereto. A majority of the membership, at the mailing or delivery is furnished the Port Agent, which evidence Election Rpeort Meeting, may order a recheck and a recount when shall be noted and kept in the Port Agent's election records or files. a dissent to the closing report has been issued by three or more members of the Union Tallying Committee. Except for the con­ (b) All forwarding to headquarters called for under this Section tingencies provided for in this Section 5(f) the closing report 5, shall be to the Union Tallying Committee, at the address of shall be accepted as final. headquarters. In the event a Polls Committee cannot be elected (g) A special vote ordered pursuant to Seciton 5(f) must take or cannot act on the day the balloting in each Port is to terminate, . the Port Agent shall have the duty tg forward the material specifi­ place and be completed within seven (7) days after the Election cally set forth in Section 5(a) (utiused ballots and stubs) to the Report Meeting, at each port where the discrepancies so aaed Union Tallying Committee, which will then carry out the funaions . upon took place. Subject to the foregoing, and to the limits of the in regard thereto of the said Polls Committee. In such event, the • vote set by the membership, as aforesaid, the Port Agents in each Port Agent shall also forward all other material deemed necessary such port shall have the functions of the Tallying Committee as set forth in Section 5(c), insofar as that Seaion deals with the by the Union Tallying Committee to execute those funaions. terms of such special vote. The Secretary-Treasurer shall make a •uffident amount of the usual balloung material immediately avail-' able to Port Agents, for the purpose of such special vote. Imme­ diately after the close thereof, the Port Agent shall summarize the results and communicate them to the Secretary-Treasurer. The ballots, stubs, roster sheets, and unused ballots pertaining to the special vote shall be forwarded to the Secretary-Traesurer, all in the same package, but bound separately, by the most rapid means practicable, but, in any case, so as to reach the Secretary-Treasurer in time to enable him to prepare his report as required by this Section 5(g). An accounting and certification, made by the Port Agent, similar to those required of Polls Committees, shall be enclosed therewith. The Secretary-Treasurer shall then prepare a report containing a combined summary of the results, together with a schedule indicating in detail how they affect the Union "Tallying Committee's results, as set forth in its closing report. The form of the latter's report shall be followed as closely as possible. Two (2) copies shall be sent to each port, one copy of which shall be posted. The other copy shall be presented at the next regular meeting after the Election Report Meeting. If a majority vote of the membership decides to accept the Secretary-Treasurer's report, the numerical results set forth in the pertinent segments of the Tally­ ing Committee's closing report shall be deemed accepted and-final without modification. If ordered, a recheck and recount, and the report thereon by the Union Tallying Committee, shall be similarly disposed of and deemed accepted and final, by majority vote of the membership at the regular meeting following the Election Report Meeting. If such recheck and recount is ordered, the Union "Tallying Com­ mittee shall be required to continue its proceedings correspondingly. Stetien 6. Installation into office and the Job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman. (a) The person elected shall be that person having the largest number of votes cast for the particular office or job involved. Where more than one person is to be eleaed for a particular office or job, the proper number of candidates receiving the successively highest number of votes shall be declared elected. "These determina­ tions shall be made only from the results deemed final and accepted as provided in this Article. It shall be the duty of the President to notify each individual elected. (b) "The duly elected officers and other job holders shall take over their respective offices and jobs, and assume the duties thereof, at midnight of the night of the Eleaion Report Meeting, or the next regular meeting, depending upon which meeting the results as to each of the foregoing are deemed final and accepted, as pro­ vided in this Article. The term of their predecessors shall continue up to, and expire at, that time, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Article XI, Seaion 1. "This shall not apply where the successful candidate cannot assume his office because he is at sea. In such event, a majority vote of the membership may grant additional time for the assumption of the office or job. In the event of the failure of the newly-elected President to assume office the provisions of Article X, Section 2, as to succession shall apply until the expiration of the term. All other cases of failure to assume office shall be dealt with as decided by a majority vote of the membership. Saction 7. The Secretary-Treasurer is specifically charged with the preservation and retention of all election records, including the ballots, as required by law, and is directed and authorized to issue such other and further directives as to the eleaion procedures as are required by law, which directives shall be part of the election procedures of this Union. Article XIV Other Elections Saction 1. Trial Commillaa. A Trial Committee shall be elected at a special meeting held at 10:00 A.M., the next business day following the regular meeting of the Port where the Trial is to take place. It shall consist of five full book members, of which three shall constimte a quorum. No officer. Headquarters Representative, Port Agent, Port Patrolman, or other Union personnel may be electd to serve on a Trial Com­ mittee. No member who intends to be a witness in the pending trial may serve, nor may any member who cannor, for any reason, render an honest decision. It shall be-the duty of every member to decline nomination if he knows, or has reason to believe, any of the foregoing disqualifications apply to him. The members of this committee shall be elected under such generally applicable rules as are adopted by a majority vote of the membership. Saction 2. Appaalt Committas. The Appeals Committee shall consist of seven full book members, five of whom shall constitute a quorum, elected at the port where headquarters is located. The same disqualifications and duties of members shall apply with regard to this committee as apply to the Trial Committee. In addition, no member may serve on an Appeals Committee in the hearing of an appeal from a Trial Committee decision, if the said member was a member of the Trial Committee. Section 3. Dslegilet. As soon as the President is advised as to the date and duly authorized number of delegates to the convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America, he shall communicate such facts to the Port Agent of each Port, together with recommendations as to generally applicable rules for the election of delegates. "These facts and recommendations shall be announced and read at the first regular meeting thereafter. Unless changed by a majority vote of the membership during that meeting, the election rules shall apply. "These rules shall not prohibit any full book member from nominating himself. The results of the election shall be communi­ cated to each Port Agent, posted on the bulletin board, and an­ nounced at the next regular meeting of the Port. Rules of election hereunder may include provisions for automatic eleaion of all qualified nominees, in the event the number of such nominees does not exceed the number of delegates^ to be elected. Article XV Trials and Appeals SflOion 1. Any member may bring charges against any other member for the commission of an offense as set forth in this Con­ stitution. "These charges shall be in writing and signed by the accuser, who shall also include his book number. "The accuser shall deliver these charges to the Port Agent of the port nearest the place of the offense, or the port of pay-off, if the offense took place aboard ship. He shall also request the Port Agent to present these charges at the next regular meeting. "The accuser may withdraw his charges before the meeting takes place. �I Su^Ieihetat^Page SI* >» SEAFARERS^ LOG Felwiuuir 19^4968; (c)' Misconduct during any meeting or odier official Union taciton a. After presentatioa of the charges and the request to evidence to support such a finding and, in such case, the Appeals the Port Agent, the Port Agent shall cause those charges to be read Committee shall not make its own findings as to Ae weight of proceeding, or bringing the Union into disrepute by conduct not at the said meeting. provided for elsewhere in this Artide; evidence. ir the charges are rejeaed by a majority vote of the port, no (d) Refusal or negligent failure to carry out orders of diose (b) In no event shall increased punishment be recommended. furAer action may be taken thereon, unless ruled otherwise by a duly authorized to such orders at any time. (c) A new trial shall be recommended if the Appeals Committee majority vote of the membership of the Union within 90 days finds—(a) that any member of the Trial Committee should have Saction 4. Upon proof of the commission of any of the following thereafter. If the charges are accepted, and the accused is present, he shall be automatically on notice that he will be tried the fol­ been disqualified, or (b) that the accused was not adequately offenses, members shall be penalized up to and including a fine of lowing morning. At his request, the trial shall be pos^oned until informed of the details of the charged offense, which resulted in $50.00; the morning following the next regular meeting, at which time the his not having been given a fair trial, or (c) that for any other (a) Refusal or wilful failure to be present at sign-ons or pay-offs; Trial Committee will then be elected. He shall also be handed a reason, the accused was not given a fair trial. (b) Wilful failure to submit Union book to Union representa­ (d) If there is not substantial evidence to support a finding of written copy of the charges made against him. tives at pay-off; If the accused is not present, the Port Agent shall immediately guilt, the Appeals Committee shall recommend that the charge on (c) Disorderly conduct at pay-off or sign-on; cause to be sent to him, by registered mail addressed to his last which the finding was based be dismissed. (d) Refusal to cooperate with Union representatives in dis­ known mailing address on file with the Union a copy of the (e) The Appeals Committee may recommend lesser punishment. charging their duties; charges, the names and book numbers of the accusers, and a noti­ Saetion 14. The Appeals Committee shall deliver its decision and fication, that he must appear with his witnesses, ready for trial the (e) Disorderly conduct in the Union hall; morning after the next regular meeting, at which meeting the dissent, if any, to headquarters, which shall cause sufficient copies (f) Gambling in the Union hall;to be published and shall have them sent to each port in time to Trial Committee will be elected. (g) Negligent failure to join ship. In the event a majority of the membership of the Union shall reach there before the next regular scheduled meeting. Headquarters vote to accept charges after their rejection by a port, the trial shall shall also send a copy to each accused and accuser at their last Saction 5. Any member who has committed an offense penalized take place in the Port where Headquarters is located. Due notice known address, or notify them in person. by no more than a fine of $50.00 may elect to waive his rights thereof shall be given to the accused, who shall be informed of the Section 15. At the meeting indicated'in Section 14 of this Article, under this Constitution subject to the provisions of Article XV, name of his accusers, and who shall receive a written statement the membership, by a majority vote, shall accept the decision of the Section 19 and to pay the maximum fine of $50.00 to the duly of the charges. At the request of the accused, transportation and Appeals Committee, or the dissent therein. If.there is no dissent, authorized representative of the Union. subsistence shall be provided the accused and his witnesses. the decision of the Appeals Committee shall stand. Section 6. This Union, and its members, shall not be deemed to If a new trial is ordered, that trial shall be held in the port Section 3. The Trial Committee shall hear all pertinent evidence waive any claim, of personal or property rights to which it or its where headquarters is located, in the manner provided for in and shall not be bound by the rules of evidence required by courts members are entitled, by bringing the member to trial or enforcing of law but may receive all relevant testimony. The Trial Committee Section 2 of this Article. Any decision so providing for a new trial a penalty as provided in this Constitution. may grant adjournments, at the request of the accused, to enable shall contain such directions as will insure a fair hearing to the Saction 7. Any member under suspension for an offense under him to make a proper defense. In the event the Trial Committee accused. falls beneath a quorum, it shall adjourn until a quorum does exist. Section 16. Headquarters shall notify the accused and each accuser, this Article shall continue to pay all dues and assessments and must observe his duties to the Union, members, officials, and job holders. Section 4. No trial shall be conducted unless all the accusers are either in person or in writing addressed to their last known present. The Trial Committee shall condurt the trial except that the address, of the results of the appeal. A further appeal shall be accused shall have the right to cross-examine the accuser, or accusers, allowed as set forth in Section 17 of this Article. Aritcle XVII and the witnesses, as well as to conduct his own defense. The accused Soction 17. Each member is charged with knowledge of the pro­ Publications may select any member to assist him in his defense at the trial, visions of the Constitution of the Seafarers International Union provided, (a), the said member is available at the time of the of North America, and the rights of, and procedure as to, further - This Union may publish such pamphlets, journals, newspapers, trial and (b) the said member agrees to render such assistance. appeal as provided for therein. Decisions reached thereunder shall magazines, periodicals and general literature, in such manner as If the accused challenges the qualifications of the members of the be binding on all members of the Union. may be determined, from time to time, by the Executive Board. Trial Committee, or states that the charges do not adequately inform Sactien 18. It shall be the duty of all members of the Union to him of what wrong he allegedly committed, or the time and place of such commission, such matters shall be ruled upon and dis­ take all steps within their constitutional power to carry out the Article XVIII posed of, prior to proceeding on the merits of the defense. The terms of any effective decisions. Bonds guilt of an accused shall be found only if proven by the weight Section 19. Every accused shall receive a written copy of the of the evidence, and the burden of such proof shall be upon the charges preferred against him and shall be given a reasonable time Officers and job holders, whether elected or appointed as well accuser. Every finding shall be based on the quality of the evidence to prepare his defense, but he may thereafter plead guilty and as all other employees handling monies of the Union shall be and not solely on the number of witnesses produced. waive any or all of the other rights and privileges granted to him bonded as required by law. Section 5. The Trial Committee shall make finding's as to guilt by this Article. If an accused has been properly notified of his or innocence, and recommendations as to punishment and/or other ttial and fails to attend without properly requesting a postpone­ Article XIX Union action deemed desirable in the light of the proceedings. These ment, the Trial Committee may hold its trial without his presence. findings and recommendations shall be those of a majority of the Expenditures committee, and shall be in writing, as shall be any dissent. The Article XVI committee shall forward its findings and recommendations, along Section 1. In the event no contrary policies or instructions are in Offenses and Penaltieswith any dissent to the Port Agent of the port where the trial took existence, the President may authorize, make, or incur such ex­ place, while a copy thereof shall be forwarded to the accused and Section 1. Upon proof the commission of the following offenses, penditures and expenses as are normally encompassed within the the accusers, either in person or by mail addressed to their last authority conferred upon him by Article X of this Constitution. known addresses. The findings shall include a statement that the the member shall be expelled from membership: Section 2. The provisions of Section 1 shall similarly apply to (a) Proof of membership in any organization advocating the rights of the accused under this Constitution, were properly safe­ the routine accounting and administrative procedures of the Union guarded. The findings also must contain the charges made, the date overthrow of the Goverrunent of the United States by force; of the trial, the name and address of the accused, the accuser, and (b) Acting as an informer against the interest of the Union except those primarily concerned with trials, appeals, negotiations, strikes, and elections. / each witness; shall describe each document used at the trial; shall or the membership in any organizational campaign;. contain a fair summary of the proceedings, and shall state the Section 3. The provisions of this Article shall supersede to the (c) Acting as an informer for, or agent of, the company against findings as to guilt or innocence. If possible, all documents used at the interests of the membership or tlie Union; extent applicable, the provisions of Article X of this Constitution. the trial shall be kept. All findings and recommendations shall be (d) The commission of any act as part of a conspiracy to m^dsiS iiatt of the regular files. destroy the Union. Article XX Sedion 6. The Port Agent of the Port of Trial shall, upon receipt Section 2. Upon proof of the commission of any of the following Income of the findings and recommendations of the Trial Committee, cause the findings and recommendations to be presented, and entered offenses, the member shall be penalized up to and including a penalty of expulsion from the Union. In the event the penalty of Section 1. The income of this Union shall include dues, initiation into the minutes, at the next regular meeting. expulsion is not invoked or recommended, the penalty shall not fees, fines, assessments, contributions, loans, interest, dividends, as Section 7, The Port Agent shall send the record of the entire exceed suspension from the rights and privileges of membership well as income derived from any other legitimate business operation proceedings to headquarters, which shall cause sufficient copies for more than two (2) years, or a fine of $50.00 or both: or other legitimate source. thereof to be made and sent to, each Port in time for the next (a) Wilfully misappropriating or misusing Union property of Section 2. An official Union receipt, properly filled out, shall be regularly scheduled meeting. the value in excess of $50.00. given to anyone paying money to the Union or to any, person auth­ Section 8. At the latter meeting, the proceedings shall be dis­ (b) Unauthorized use of Union property, records, stamps, seals, orized by the Unioii to receive money. It shall be the duty of every cussed. The meeting shall then vote. A majority vote of the mem­ etc., for the purpose of personal gain; person affiliated with the Union who makes such payments to bership of the Union shall: (c) Wilful misuse of any office or job, elective or not, within the demand^ such receipt. (a) Accept the findings and recommendations, or Union for the purpose of personal gain, financial or otherwise, or Section 3. No assessments shall be levied except after a ballot (b) Reject the findings and recommendations, or the wilful refusal or failure to execute the duties or functions conducted under such general rules as may be decided upon by a (c) Accept the findings, but modify the recommendations, or of the said office or job, or gross neglect or abuse in executing majority vote of the membership, provided that: (d) Order a new trial after finding that substantial justice has such duties or funaions or other serious misconduct or breach of (a) The ballot must be secret. not been done with regard to the charges. In this event, a new trust. The President may, during" the pendency of disciplinary (b) The assessment must be approved by a majority of the proceedings under this subsection, suspend the officer or jobholder trial shall take place at the port where headquarters is located from exercising the functions of the office or job, with or without valid ballots cast. and upon application, the accused, the accusers, and their witnesses pay, and designate his temporary replacement. shall be furnished transportation and subsistence. Section 4. Except as otherwise provided by law, all payments (d) Unauthorized voting, or unauthorized handling of ballots, Section 9. After the vote set forth in Section 8, any punishment stubs, rosters, verification lists, ballot boxes, or election files, or by members or other affiliates of this Union shall be applied suc­ cessively to the monetary obligations owed the Union commencing so decided upon shall become effeaive. Headquarters shall cause election material of any sort; with the oldest in point of time, as measu/ed from the date of tiotice of the results thereof to be sent to each accused and accuser. (e) Preferring.charges with knowledge that such charges are accrual of such obligation. The period of arrears shall be calculated Section 10. An accused who has been , found guilty,- or who is •false; accordingly. under eflfective punishment,may appeal in the following manner:' (f) Making or transmitting, with intent to deceive, false reports He may. send or deliver a notice of appeal to Headquarters or communications which fall within the scope of Union business; Article XXI within 30 days after receipt of the notice of the decision of the (g) Deliberate failure or refusal to join one's ship, or mis­ membership. Other Types of Union Affiliatioii conduct or neglect of duty aboard ship, to the detriment of the Section 11. At the next regular meeting of the port where Head­ Union or its agreements; To the extent permitted by law, this Union, by majority vote quarters is located, after receipt of the notice of appeal, the notice (h) Deliberate and unauthorized interference, or deliberate and shall be presented .and shall then become part of the minutes. An malicious villification. With regard to the execution of the duties of the membership, may provide for affiliation with it by individ­ uals in a lesser capacity than membership, or in a capacity other Appeals Committee shall then be elected. The Vice-President in ,of any office or job; than membership. By majority vote of the membership, the Union charge of contracts is charged with the duty of presenting the (i) Paying for, or receiving money for, employment aboard a may provide for the rights and obligations incident to such capaci­ before-mentioned proceedings and all available documents used as ties or affiliations. These rights and obligations may include, but evidence at the trial to the Appeals Committee, as well as any vessel, exclusive of proper earnings and Union payments; (j) Wilful refusal to submit evidence of affiliation for the are not limited to (a) the applicability or non-applicability of all' written statement or argument submitted by the accused. The accused may argue his appeal in person, if he so desires. The purpose of avoiding or delaying money payments to the Union, or any part of this Constitution; (b) the terms of such affiliation; (c) the right of the Union to peremptory termination of such appeal shall be heard at Union Headquarters on the night the or unauthorizedly transferring or receiving evidence of Union affiliation and, (d) the fees required for such affiliation. In no committee is eleaed. It shall be the responsibility of the accused affiliation, with intent to deceive; to insure that his written statement or argument arrives at head­ (k) Wilful failure or refusal to carry out the order of those duly event may anyone not a member receive evidence of affiliation equivalent to that of members, receive priority or rights over quarters in time for such presentation. authorized to make such orders during time of strike. members, or be termed a member. (1) Failure or refusal to pay a fine or assessment within the time Section 12. The Appeals Committee shall decide the appeal as soon as possible, consistent with fair consideration of the evidence limit set therefor either by the Constitution or by action taken in Article XXII and arguments before it. It may grant adjournments and may accordance with the Cotistitution. request the accused or accusers to present arguments, whenever Quorums Saction 3. Upon proof of the commission of any of the following necessary for such fair cotisideration. offenses, members shall be penalized up to and including a sus­ Saction 1. Unless elsewhere herein otherwise specifically provided, Soctien 13. The decision of the Appeals Conunittee shall be by pension from the rights and privileges of membership for two (2) the quorum for a special meeting irf a port shall be six full book majority vote, and shall be in the form of findings and recommen­ years, or a fine of $50.00 or both: members. , dations. Z^ssents will be allowed. Decisions and dissents shall be in (a) Wilfully misappropriating or misusing Union property writing and signed by those participating in such decision or dissent. of the value under $50.00; ^ Saction 2. The quorum for a regular meeting of a Port shall be In making its findings and recommendsuions, the^committee shall (b) Auuthing imy office or job, -whether elective or not wiffii . fifty (30) members. be governed ^ the following: knowledge of the lade of possession of the qualifications required Section 3. Unless otherwise specifically set forth herein, the <•) No finding cf guilt shall be reversed if diere is substantial -therefor; deciftohi, reports, recommendatitMis, 'or funcdons bf any �Fabnarr 19, MM' SEAFARERS LOG •egmeat of die Union lequlibs n quonim to tct offidally, «li«n bt • ^jorlty of dKMc voting, and dull not be official or effeaive vnlesi die quotum tequitementi are met. Article XXV Amendments Sactien 4. Unlesf otherwise indicated herein, where the require­ ments for a quorum are not specifically set forth, a quotum shall be deemed to be a majority of those composing the applicable segment of the Union. This Constitution. shall be amended in the following manner: Section I. Any full book member may submit at any regular meeting of any Pott proposed amendments to this Constitution in resolution form. If a majority vote of the membership of the Port approves it, the proposed amendment shall be forwarded to all Ports for further action. Sactien 2. When a proposed amendment is accepted by a ma­ jority vote of the membership, it shall be referred to a Constitu­ tional Committee in the Pott where Headquarters is located. This Committee shall be composed of six full book members, two from each department and shall be elected in accordance with such rules as are established by a majority vote of that Port. The Com­ mittee will act on all proposed amendments referred to it. The Committee may receive whatever advice and assistance, legal ot otherwise, it deems necessary. It shall prepare a report on the amendment together with any proposed changes or substimtions or recommendations and the reasons for such recommendations. The latter shall then be submitted to the membership by the President. If a majority vote of the membership approves the amendment as recommended, it shall then be voted upon, in a yes or no vote by the membership of the Union by secret ballot in accordance with the procedure outlined in Article XllI, Section 3(b) -through Section 5, except that, unless otherwise required by a majority vote of the membership at the time it gives the approval necessary to put the referendum to a vote, the Union Tallying Committee shall consist of six (6) full book members, two from each of the three (3) departments of the Union, elected from Headquarters Port. The amendment shall either be printed on the ballot, or if too lengthy, shall be referred to on the ballot. Copies of the amendment shall be posted on the bulletin boards of all ports and made avail­ able at the voting site in all ports. Section 3. If approved by a majority of the valid ballots cast, the, amendment shall become effective immediately upon notifica­ tion by the Headquarters Tallying Committee to the President that the amendment has been so approved, unless otherwise specified in the amendment. The President shall immediately notify all ports of the results of the vote on the amendment. Article XXIII Meetings faction 1. Regular membership meetings shall be held monthly only in the following major ports at the following times: During the week following the first Sunday of every month a meeting shall be held on Monday—at New York; on Tuesday—at Philadelphia; on Wednesday—at Baltimore; and on Friday—at Detroit. During the next week, meetings shall be held on Monday at Houston; on Tuesday—at New Orleans and on Wednesday—at Mobile. All regular membership meetings shall commence at 2=30 P.M. local time. Where a meeting day falls on a Holiday officially designated as such by the authorities of the state or municipality in which a port is located, the pott meeting shall take place on the following business day. Saturday and Sunday shall' not be deemed business days. The Area Vice Presidents shall be the chairmen of all regular irfeetings in ports in thier respective areas. In the event the Area Vice Presidents are unable to attend a regular meeting of a port, they shall instruct the Port Agents, ot other elected job holders, to act as chaitman of the meetings. In the event a quorum is not present at 2:30 P.M. the chairman of the meeting at the pertinent port shall posqjone the opening of the meeting but in no event later than 3:00 P.M. Section 2. A special meeting at a port may be called only at the direaion of the Port Agent or Arei Vice President. No special meeting may be held, except between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Notice of such meeting shall be posted at least two hours in advance, on the port bulletin board. The Area Vice Presidents shall be the chairmen of all special meetings in ports in their respective areas. In the event the Area Vice Presidents are unable to attend a special meeting of a port, they shall instruct the Port Agents, or other elected job holders, to act as chairmen of the meetings. The contents of this Section 2 are subject to the ptovisions of Article XIII, Section 4(a). Section 3. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, all regular meetings shall be governed by the following: 1. The Union Constitution. 2. Majority vote of the members assembled. Article XXIV Definitions and Miscellaneous Provisions Relating Thereto Saclion t. Incapacity. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein, the term "incapacity," shall mean any- illness or situation preventing the affected person from carrying out his duties for more than 30 days, provided that this does not result in a vacancy. However, nothing contained in this Article shall be deemed to prohibit the execution of the functions of more than one job and/or office in which event no incapacity shall be deemed to exist with regard to the regular job or office of the one taking over the duties and functions of the one incapacitated. The period of incapacity shall be the time during which the circumstances exist. Sactien 2. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein, the term "vacancy" shall include failure to perform the functions of any office or job by reason of death, or resignation, or suspension from membership or expulsion from the Union with no further right to appeal in accordance with the provisions of Article XV. of this Constimtion. Section 3. When applicable to the Union as a whole the term, "majority-vote of the membership", shall mean the majority of all •the valid votes cast by full book members at an official meeting of those ports holding a. meeting. This definition shall prevail not­ withstanding that one or more ports cannot hold meetings because of no quorum. For the puipose of this Section, the term "meeting" • shall refer to those meetings to be held during the time period within which a vote must be taken in accordance with the Con­ stitution and the custom and usage of the Union in the indicated priority. • Section 4. When applicable solely to port action and not concetned with, or related to, the Union as a whole, and not forming part of a Union-wide vote, the term, "majority vote of the mem­ bership", shall refer to the majority of the valid votes cast by the full book members at anyjmeeting of the Port, regular or special. . Section S. The term, "membership action", or reference thereto, shall mean the same as the term "majority vote of the membership". Section 6. Where the title of any office or job, or the holder thereof, is set forth in this Constitution, all references thereto and the provisions concerned therewith shall be deemed to be equally applicable to whomever is duly acting in such office or job. Section 7. The term "Election Year" shall be deemed to mean that calendar year prior to the calendar year in which elected offi­ cials and- other elected job-holders are required to assume office. The fitst election year hereunder shall be deemed to be I960. Section 8. The terms, "this Constitution", and "this amended Constitution", shall be deemed to have the same meaning and shall refer to the Constitution which takes the place of the one adopted by the Union in 1939, as amended up througli August, 1956. Section 9. The term, "member in good standing", shall mean a member whose monetary obligations to the Union ate not in arrears for thirty days or more, or who is not under suspension or expul­ sion effective in accordance with this Constitution. Unless other­ wise expressly indicated, the term, "member", shall mean a member in good standing. Soction 10. Unless plainly otherwise required by the context of their use, the terms "Union book", "membership book", and "book", shall mean official evidence of Union membership. Ssction 11. The term "full book" or "full Union book" shall mean only an official certificate issued as evidence of Union membership which, can be attained only by those members who ° have first acquired the highest seniority rating set fotth in the standard collective bargaining agreement. Sactien 12. The term, "full book member", shall mean it. member to whom a full book has been duly issued and who is entitled to retain it in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution. Article XXVI Transition Clause SupplemeoU^Faffe« SeTCA: EXHIBIT A Minimal requirements to be contained in Constitution of subordinate bodies and divisions chartered by or affiliated with the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. I All members shall have equal rights and privileges, subject to reasonable rules and regulations, contained in this Constimtion, including secret election, freedom of speech, the right to hold office and the right of secret votes on assessinent and dues increases, all in accordance with the law. II No member may be automatically suspended from membership except for non-payment of dues, and all members shall be afforded a fair hearing upon written charges, with a reasonable time to pre-, pare defense, when accused of an offense under the Constimtion. III This Union is chartered by (and/or affiliated with), the Seafarets International Union of North America—^Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, and this Constimtion and any amend­ ments thereto, shall not take effect unless and until approved as set forth in the Constimtion of that Union. IV An object of this Union is, within its reasonable capacity, to promote the. welfate of, and assist, the Seafarers International Union of North America—^Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. The charter (and/or affiliation) relationship between this Union and the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District shall not be dissolved so long as at least ten members of this Union, and the Seafarers International Union of North .America—^Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District acting through its Executive Board wish to continue such relationship. Section I. It is the purpose and intent of this Article to provide for an orderly transition from Union operations and activities as governed by the Constitution in effect prior to the adoption VI of this amended Constimtion, to operations and activities conducted in accordance with this amended Constimtion. Accordingly, the No amendment to this Constitution shall be effective unless and following sections are to be given the interpretation required to until approved by at least a two-thirds vote of the membership in a effecmate tbe foregoing purpose and intent. secret referendum* conducted for that purpose. In, any event, the Section 2. All routine administrative, accounting, and other similar adoption of this Constitution and any amendments thereto, will not procedures and processes of this Union, In effect immediately be effective unless and until compliance with Article 11 of the prior to the adoption of this amended Constimtion shall-'jje deemed Constitution of the Seafarers International Union of North America to be permitted heruender and shall continue in effect unless or —Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District is first made. until changed, in accordance with the provisions hereof. VII Section 3. All methods and means of collecting and disbursing Union funds, all segregations of Union funds, rules of order The Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, genejrally followed, bonding procedures, reinstatement procedures, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District shall have the right to and any other practices or procedure, in effect immediately prior check, inspect and make copies of all the books and records of this to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed Union upon demand. to be permitted hereunder, and shall continue in effect unless or until changed in accordance with the provisions hereof.VIII Sactlon 4. All Union policies, customs, and usage, including those Tills Union shall not take any action which will have the effect with regard to admission into membership, in effect immediately prior to' the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed of reducing its net assets, calculated through recognized accounting to be permitted hereunder and shall continue in effect unless or procedures, below the amount of its indebtedness to the Seafarers International Union of North America^—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and until changed in accordance with the provisions hereof. Inland Waters District, unless approved by that Union through its Section 5. All officers and other jobholders elected as a result of Executive Board. the balloting held by this Union during November and December of 1958, who are serving at the time of the adoption of this IX amended Constitution, shall continue to serve, without reduction in salary, in the office most closely related to the one held prior to So long as there exists any indebtedness by this Union to the that adoption, and for a term not to exceed that for which he Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, was elected in the balloting held in 1958. For this purpose the Lakes and Inland Waters District, that Union shall have the right following table sets out the new office and job, the present nearest , to appoint a representative or representatives to this IJnion who equivalent in terms of functions presently performed, and the shall have' the power to attend all meetings of this Union, or its identity of-the person occupying it. The adoption of this amended sub-divisions, or governing boards, if any; and who shall have Constitution shall constitute ratification of this table. access to all books and records of this Union on demand. This representativCj or these representatives, shall be charged with die Indkidual Old Title . New Title duty of assisting this Union and its membership, and acting as a Secretary-Treasurer PAUL HALL President liaison between the Seafarers International Union of North America Assistant Secretary—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District and this Union. Executive Treasurer CAL TANNER Vice-President Vice-President in charge of Contracts. So long as any unpaid per capita tax, or any other indebtedness Assistaiit Secretaryand Contract of any sort, is owed by this Union to the Seafaters International Treasurer CLAUDE SIMMONS Enforcement Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, such indebtedness shall constitute a first lien on the assets Vice-President in Assistant Secretaryof this Union, which lien shall not be impaired without the written charge of the Treasurer EARL SHEPPARD approval of the Seafarers International Union of North America— Atlantic Coast Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District acting through Vice-President in • its Executive Board. Assistant Secretarycharge of the Treasurer LINDSEY WILLIAMS Gulf Coast XI Boston Port Agent Vice-Presideflt In The per capita tax payable by this Union to the Seafarers Inter­ and Administrative charge of the Lakes national Union of North America—^Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Dirertor of Great AL TANNER and Inland Waters Inland Waters District shall be that which is fixed in accordance Lakes District with the terms of die Constitution of that Union. (To be filled by the President in accord­ XII ance witli Constitu­ VACANCY tion) Secretary-Treasurer This Constimtion and actions by this Union pursuant thereto are subject to those provisions of the Constimtion of the Seafarers Assistant SecretaryHeadquarters International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and BILL HALL Treasurer Representative Inland Waters District pertaining to affiliation, disaffiliation, trustee­ Assistant SecretaryHeadquarters ships, and the gtanting and removal of charters. ED MOONEY Representative Treasurer Assistant SecretaryHeadquarters XIII JOB VOLPIAN TreasurerRepresentative This Union shall be affiliated with die Seafarers International Since no elected officer or jobholder currently performs the Union of North America through the Seafarers International Union functions of the new office of Secretary-Treasurer, that office shall of North America—^Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Dis­ be filled by the President pursuant to Article X, Section l(j) of trict. It shall share in, and participate as part of, the delegation of this Constitution. From the date of the adoption of this Constim­ that District to the Convention of the Seafarers International Union tion, the officets, as above described, shall execute the powers and of North America in accordance with the provisions of the Con­ functions, and assume the responsibilities of the said offices as set stimtion of the Seafarers International Union of Nprth America— forth in this Constitution. Atlantici Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Disuict. �;S'~ .-iT ^••' •>? • \- V^.I»J-' iiir-'i«"-Sj,.»jif^[i^ R"' •-• . • % - r,: •., • .• • • , ,-•'•*• f, 4--. •• '••'> •.- •?. L-..-;^VV;^ - \ I'h- ' EVERY SEAFARER IS GUARANTEED * Protection of the rights and privileges guaranteed him under the Constitution of the Union. * The right to vote. ^ The right to nominate himself for, and to hold, any office in the Union. * That every official of the Union shall be hound to uphold and protect the rights of every member and that tn no case shall any member be deprived of his rights and privileges as a member without due process of the law of the Union. * The right to be confronted by his accuser and to he given a fair trial by an impartial committee of his brother Union members if he should be charged with conduct detrimental to the welfare of Seafarers banded together in this Union. ^ The right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. ^ The assurance that his brother Seafarers will stand with him in defense of the democratic prin­ ciples set forth in the Constitution of the Union. • -f- I?-' • ,.;-A' r- •4;- I-: - -fyV-'- - '•; ai -4-r-V; ^ ' i X'- ^ f.r i'. i''- . -:T;f � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource February 19, 1965 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU CALLS FOR TAX ON RUNAWAYS TO ASSIST U.S. FLEET FLOUNDERING NIAGRA SAVED BY SIU CREW SIU PROTESTS MOVE TO LET FOREIGN-FLAGS IN U.S.-P.R. TRADE TAX RUNAWAYS TO FINANCE NEW U.S. SHIPS, SIU URGES SIU PUSHES FIGHT TO SAVE PHS HOSPITALS FOR SEAMEN U.S. OCEAN TRADE DOUBLED, U.S. FLAG SHARE DOWN 2/3 SEAMAR BACK IN SERVICE FOLLOWING COLLISION MISHAP STATE LABPR BOARD NIXES LIE DETECTORS READERS’ DIGEST STILL ON ANTI-LABOR BINGE AFL-CIO URGES CONGRESS APPROVE AID TO SCHOOLS SOCIAL, ECONOMIC ILLS PLAGUE APPALACHIA TO SAVE A LIFE – MOUTH-TO-MOUTH RESUSCITATION TEXT OF SIU CONSTITUTION Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/19/1965 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. XXVII, No. 4 1965 Periodicals Seafarers Log