http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/65fc5b39720b9558c758e6f02f2ceebe.PDF 2d3f75ba75890e75ea81cc1e5c0884ce PDF Text Text SEAFARERS LOG Mar. 19 1965 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO 1 I ^ ' SIU Urges 50-50 Oil import Plan ^ jJ Story On Page 3 SIU Schedules ConventionMay 26-June 1 . Story On Page 3 Union Spurs Fight To Prevent USPHS Hospital Shutdowns Story On Page 3 A shipyard employee inspects a 2-ton anchor from the Seafrain Georgia. Panamanian freighter Candy which was embedded in the starboard side of the SlU-contracted Seatrain Georgia when the vessels collided in lower New York Bay. No injuries were reported in the mishap and both vessels were able to reach port without assistance. (See story P. 3.) Three SIU Veterans OK'd For Pensions Story On Page 5 SIU Fishermen, Dockers He Up Soviet Cod Cargo Story On Page 2 '•Cs '• LOG Special Features i Civil War Gunboat Raised See Page 9 Medicare vs. Eidercare See Backpage Visit To USPHS Hospital ^ jj • Steelworker pickets outside the Continental Can Company LOFf CC tfreaiC. plant in Jersey City, New Jersey take time out to enjoy hot coffee supplied by the SIU coffee wagon. Tlie steaming java was kept flowing as the Steelworkers hit the bricks in freezing weather after contract negotiations with the company broke down. See Page 13 Seafarer Ports Of World See Page 15 •/ sJ �**• Tw. SEAPAREHS SlU; ILA Block Unloading Of Soviet Codfish Cargo 1/ r Jfarell. 19, 196f hOG By Paul Hall BOSTON—The SlU-affiliated Atlantic Fishermen's Union—supported by the Interna­ At a meeting held in Washington last week, the SIU pushed forward tional Longshoremen's Association and the Maritime Trades Council—have succeeded in in its fight for the adoption of a program under which at least half of the oil imported Into this country would be allocated to U.S.-flag ships. blocking attempts to unload a big load of Russian codfish aboard the US Lines freighter We placed before the Department of the Interior, which administers •f — American Contractor. the oil import quotas, our stand that oil import qualifications should with Soviets," continued Salton­ be administered on the same principle as the Cargo Preference Law amount of frozen USSR codfish (As the LOG went to press, blocks were being carried in their stall. "These shipments were ob­ which requires that American-flag ships carry at least 50 percent of tained by West Germany through all government foreign aid cargoes. it was reported that the vessel ship's reefer holds. a barter agreement with Soviet Is scheduled to leave from New James Ackert, president of the The loudest cries against the SlU's oil import quota proposals are Union and are consigned to Booth York with the Russian codfish still SIU - affiliated Atlantic Fisher­ coming from an association of the five major U.S. oil companiesFisheries, Chicago. This is another in its holds after New York long- men's Union, said he hoped Amer­ example of our domestic industry all of them major operators of runaway-flag vessels. While the members •shoremen also refused to touch ican housewives would boycott the suffering from policies over which of this group are amassing millions of dollars of profits through the Russian fish and refuse to buy it. unrestricted and untaxed carriage of oil imports—double profits since the cargo.) "It doesn't make sense for Ameri­ it has no control." they both get the low-cost foreign oil and evade U.S. wages and taxes Ackert said his office telephone by carrying it on their runaway fleets—they try to keep this sweet The hopping-mad New England cans to purchase this fish so that fishermen and longshoremen Russians will have more money to rang constantly as Boston area racket going by crying that the imposition of an oil quota system staged a Boston Fish Party at Pier buy equipment for shipment to housewives called in their assur­ would violate the concept of free trade, would be discriminatory, and 3, East Boston on Tuesday to keep South Vietnam to be used against ances that they would boycott the would invite retaliation by other countries. the fish, caught by Soviet fisher­ American soldiers in action," he Russian fish in shopping centers. Of course, the only discrimination these giant companies are worried men off George's Bank, in the hold stated. "A lot of them identified them­ of the ship. Other cargo such as "There are 10,000 metric tons selves as mothers of men now en­ about is that which would cut into their own tremendous profits. The cotton waste and beer and flower more of this Russian-processed cod gaged in the hot war in Viet major parts of these foreign oil imports are carried in Liberian and bulbs were swung over the side over in Germany right now wait­ Nam," Ackert stated. "One broke Panamanian-flag tankers—half of which are owned by the five major and onto the docks on Wednesday ing for reshipment," he added. down and cried. She agreed with American oil companies. So these companies are themselves carrying (March 10). Ackert also praised the militant my contention that buying this fish the lion's share of these imports and are evading the payment of U.S. "They'll have to send this ship­ stand of the ILA and other mari­ from behind the Iron Curtain un­ taxes in the process. Action by the U.S. against tankers which are ment of Soviet fishblocks back to time trades in refusing to handle derwrites the war in which our actually American-owned, even though they fly alien flags, can hardly where they came from beacuse no the Russian fish. men are being killed on the other be considered to violate free trade or to be discriminatory with regard to other maritime nations. ILA longshoreman from Maine to side of the world." Seeks Investigation Texas will handle them," vowed Foreigners Discriminate ILA spokesmen Flynn and Ed­ Senator Leverett Saltonstall (RDavid Flynn, business agent of ward Dalton, business agent of Also, on the subject of Dossibly inviting foreign discrimination Mass.) asked the State Department ILA Local 805. Local 1066, Steamship Clerks Un­ against U.S. vessels, such discrimination already exists. Foreign nations The ILA, along with American to investigate the importation of ion, said the day after the freight­ have been continually discriminating against U.S. ships and the U.S. Russian codfish, which lacking a seamen's unions, contend that the er arrived in Boston: government has just as consistently been letting them get away with it. Russian cod was literally stolen trade agreement, are beginning to Japan, for example, supports Japanese shippers' insistence that "There are 1,530 tons of general infiltrate the nation's fish stick in­ right from under the noses of cargo aboard the ship that the men goods move from Japan to the U.S. on terms whereby the Japanese dustry. American fishermen by Russian place the cargoes on the dock in the U.S. This means that the In a telegram to union officials will unload. But under no circum­ Japanese shippers can choose the ships on which the cargoes move— trawlers fishing off the coast of stances will they touch any cargo in Boston, Saltonstall said: "Ap­ Newfoundland. that originates in Russia. "The Japanese ships of course. But when they are buying U.S. goods, they NMU crewmen aboard the preciate your concern. I was dis­ 140 tons of cod from Russia stays insist on buying f.o.b, (freight-on-board) U.S. docks—again giving Japan control of the routing—again aboard Japanese ships. This is Contractor also reported their dis­ turbed by reports in the news­ aboard." clearly discrimination against U.S. vessels. taste for bringing Russian-caught papers concerning the imports of Barter Deal fish into American ports as com­ Soviet cod blocks. I discussed it India is another classic example of discrimination against U.S. Hugh F. O'Rourke, executive vessels. India is presently the largest recipient of the Public Law 480 petition for U.S. fishermen. The immediately with Bureau of Com­ mercial Fisheries. They are power­ secretary of the Boston Fisheries grain given away by the U.S. government. Congress intended that at crewmen air-mailed a letter to the Boston newspapers from Rotter­ less. Have also asked the State Association said that the 10,000 least 50 percent of such cargoes travel aboard American-flag ships. dam last week alerting Boston Department for an investigation. metric tons of Russian codfish Yet U.S. shipowners who wish to carry this grain must do so under fishermen that an unspecified "We have no trade agreement arrived in West Germany as part the terms of the India charter party, which has been prepared by of a barter deal the Soviets made with . West German shipyards for the India Supply Mission, which has devised numerous devious the construction of still more fish­ schemes to keep U.S. vessels out of the trade. ing vessels. O'Rourke stated that Ridiculous Charge the "Importation of these, RusThe cry that other nations would "retaliate" against U.S. ships sian-cau^t fish is a matter of if we allocated some of these cargoes for our own ships is ridiculous— deep concern for the Boston fish­ ing industry. For a number of simply because U.S. ships are already being discriminated against by years, we have been aware of so many nations. The charge is simply a scare tactic created by those Russian mass fishing practices off who are amassing huge profits through their present operations and the New England coast, which, we wish to maintain the status quo. understood, was a source of The American-flag tanker fleet has already dissappeared to an proteins for the Soviet Union. alarming degree—and many of the tankers remaining under the U.S. The Soviet fishing fleets have flag haul more grain than oil. putting heavy pressure on other been showing up in great numbers segments of the U.S. merchant fleet. off Cape Cod and other tradition­ American-flag tankers carried no more than 3 percent of some 123 ally American fishing grounds in million tons of crude and refined petroleum imported into the U.S. recent years, drawing hot protests last year. Should foreign-flag tankers be diverted- away from this from U.S. fishermen fighting tb country for any reason—as could easily happen during a serious keep their industry alive. national emergency—our own present tanker fleet could not possibly meet the nation's petroleum transportation requirements. Construction of American-flag tanker tonnage must be encouraged Mar. 19, 1965 Vol. XXVII, No. 6 for the national interest. And before such construction can take place, cargoes—oil cargoes—must be made available. Greed for profits In Official Publication of the SIUNA Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters one vital Industry must not be allowed to threaten the survival of another — and possibly more vital — industry. District, AFL-CIO Executive Board The SIU will continue its fight for the survival of the AmericanPAOT, HALL, President flag tanker fleet. We have urged a program under which at least half CAL TANNED EABL SHEPARD Exec. Vice-Pres. Vice-President of our oil imports would be allocated to American-flag tankers, and we AL KERR LINDSEY WILLIAMS will actively work to see it adopted. Sec.-Treaa. Vice-President ROB. A. MATTHEWS AL TANNER Vice-President Vice-President HERBERT BRAND Director of Organizing and Publications WASHINGTON—AFL-CIO President George Meany has sent Managing Editor: MIKE POLLACK; Asst. Editor: NATHAN SKYER; Staff Writers: a telegram of condolence to Mrs. Marie Reeb, widow of Reverend ROBERT ARONSON, ALVIN SCOTT, PETE James J. Reeb. The clergyman died recently of injuries he suffered CARMEN; Art Editor: BERNARD SEAMAN. when attacked and viciously beaten by racists in Selma, Alabama, where he was participating in a voter registration drive. President Meany's telegram said; 'The men and women of the AFL-CIO express to you their deepest sorrow and sympathy on the tragic death of your husband. Publlihed biwstkly at the headqusrtari He died as he had lived, serving his fellow man and inspiring of tha Seafareri Intarnational Union, At­ others to practice brotherhood and understanding. The progress lantic, Oulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, «75 Fourth Avenue, of mankind has often resulted from the dramatic suffering of Brooklyn, NY, 11232. Tel. HYaclnth 9-6<00. Second class postage paid at tha Fost those who cared enough and the Reverend Reeb throughout his Polish Freedom Fighter Jozef MIot-Mroz of Salem. Mass., Office In Brooklyn, NY, under tha Act lifetime and finally on the streets .of Selma, cared enough. The of Aug. 24, 1912. took to sea in rubber raft to picket freighter carrying Russian cause for which he died, human dignity, must and will triumph;" codfish to Boston. SEAFARERS LOG Meany Wires Condolences To Slain iMinister's Widow �irahili 19. 19U SEAPjtREKS raiti TiMk 106 SIU Proposal Would Put SlUNA Slates 12tli 50% Of Oil Import Quotas Biennial Convention Aboard U.S.-Flag Tankers May 26 - June 1 WASHINGTON—The SIU has urged the U.S. Department of Interior to adopt a program requiring that half of t he oil imported into this country be car­ ried by U.S.-flag vessels. The Union proposed that the department use its authority to license oil imports to position, as well as im­ dustry with the sole exception of allocate more cargoes to ments proving the country's national de­ the U.S.-flag oil tanker fleet. As tankers flying the Ameri­ fense posture. presently constituted, the present NEW YORK—^The Twelfth Biennial Convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America, will be held Wednesday, May 26 to Tuesday, June 1, 1965 at the Gramercy Inn, 1616 Rhode Island Ave--*nue, N.W., Washington, D.C. upon the Election Notice of 1965 can flag. Supporters of an oil import The official call for the con­ Convention Delegates, which was The SIU proposal was sub­ quota program urge that it be vention, including the procedures mailed to all members of the based on an extension of the same mitted by it's Washington Union in accordance with section to elect convention delegates, has been mailed to all membrs of the Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. Convention notices have also been sent to all SIUNA affiliated unions. Delegates representing the more than 80,000 members of the 31 SIUNA aifiliated unions will meet at 10 AM on May 26 to discuss and act upon the future policies of the International, and hear re­ ports of Union progress. They will also deal with matters affecting the SIUNA, the U.S. labor move­ ment, the maritime industry and crafts and industries represented by SIUNA affiliated unions. The SIUNA delegates will be representing deep sea Seafarers, tug and other inland water boat­ men, railroad marine tug and dredgemen, fishermen, cannery workers, and workers in the trans­ portation services and allied in­ dustrial crafts. A&G Delegates The Atlantic and Gulf district will be represented by 27 dele­ gates at the biennial SIUNA con­ vention. Nominations for these delegates will open Mar. 22, 1965 and close March 26, 1965. In accoi-dance with section 401 (e) of the Labor Management Re­ porting and Disclosure Act of 1959, the Election Notice of 1965 Convention Delegates has been mailed to all members of the A&G district and was acted upon at the regular monthly March meet­ ing in all ports. Under the provisions of the A&G constitution, all full book members of the district who are in good standing may submit nom­ inations for the position of con­ vention delegate. A special membership meeting will be held in New York port and headquarters on Monday, March 29 at 10 AM' for the purpose of electing a five-man nominating committee to act on the eligibility of convention delegate nominees. U.I.W. The United Industrial Workers will select five delegates for the twelfth SIUNA convention. Nomi­ nations for these delegates will open March 22, 1965 and will end with the close of business on March 26, 1965. The regular monthly meetings of UIW members in March acted 401 (e) of the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959. All full book members in good standing may submit nominations for convention delegates. Special UIW membership meet­ ings wiii be held in New York for the Atlantic Coast Region, and in New Orleans for the Gulf Coast Region, both to take place on Monday, March 29, for the pur(Continued on page 8) Representative, Tom Meyer, at a conference here called by the Interior Department to evalu­ ate the nation's oil - import re­ strictions. Representatives of the American Maritime Association also appeared at the hearing in support of an oil import quota system, declaring that the 'plan would have the virtues of aiding the growth of the U.S. tanker fleet halting the drain on U.S. gold supplies created by the country's poor balance of pay- No Seafarers Injured As Seatrain Georgia Cojiides lEDGEWATER, N.J.—SIU crewmembers on the Seatrain Georgia (Seatrain) escaped injury when the ship collided re­ cently with the Panamanian-flag freighter CiJandy in lower New York Bay. The mishap left a 15-foot hole above the Seatrain vessel's waterline, but she was able to continue to her berth in Edgewater under her own power. The force of the collision left a two-ton anchor from the Panamanian ship driven into the side of the Georgia. The Candy's bow hit the SlU-manned vessel midship toward the stern, just aft of the cradle. Company officials estimate that damage result­ ing from the crash will cost between $25,000 and $50,000 to repair. The Georgia's cargo, consisting of containers, railroad cars, and its fuel oil, was undamaged by the collision. The company expected repairs on the ship to be completed, and cargo to be loaded for her next voyage to Texas City, Tex. by Thursday of this week. The Candy reported that no injuries" occurred to her crew. The 441-foot Panamanian vessel was able to continue to port without assistance. A Coast Guard hearing has been held on the collision, but the examining officers reserved decision on fixing responsibility for the accident. principle in the Cargo Preference Law which requires that at least 50 percent of all Government foreign aid cargoes move in U.S.'fiag ships. Both the SIU and the AMA em­ phasized that U.S.-flag tankers car­ ried only 3 percent of this coun­ try's total oil imports in the last several years. The Union state­ ment pointed out that the lion's share of petroleum imports arrived in this country on Liberian and Panamanian tankers. Tankers from these two countries, which are no­ torious havens for runaway-flag operators, account for more than 60 percent of U.S. oil imports. The SIU asserted that the pres­ ent mandatory oil import quota program, which has been in effect since 1959, protects every segment of the country's domestic oil in­ The Union pointed to major government subsidy programs given to sugar, cotton and cattle growers as examples of Federal efforts to protect domestic indus­ tries from foreign competition. "In the midst of all these protectionist measures," the SIU statement de­ clared, "the American-flag tanker fleet remains vulnerable to the depredations of the runaway and other foreign flags. As a result, a large segment of this fleet, essen­ tial to both our commerce and our defense, now faces only obsoles­ cence and bankruptcy." The SIU contended that free trade was not a valid issue to raise (Continued on page 21) SIU Continues Its Fight To Save PHS Hospitals Continuing its fight for the maintenance of Public Health Service facilities for seamen, the SIU will meet with govern­ ment representatives to point out the important role these facilities play in the healths ^ of seamen and other Ameri- red by an SIU request for such talks to discuss the proposed clos­ cans. ing of seven USPHS Hospitals SIU Vic* President Earl (Bull) and other changes in the system Shepard will head the Union dele­ which insures adequate medical care for American sailing men. gation. In a wire to President Johnson, Next week's meeting was spur- Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Anthony Celebrezze and other Administration and Congressional leaders, SIU Presi­ dent Paul Hall protested the pro­ posed changes in the USPHS hos­ pital system, including the closing of seven hospitals. San Juan Labor Council Gets Charter The SIU, along with the rest of maritime labor, has consistently opposed any changes which would alter or weaken the Public Health Service program begun in 1798. White House Reply A White House reply to Hall's wire said that "the planned clos­ ing of seven small PHS Hospitals over the next three or four years will not curtail medical .services to merchant seamen," and main­ tained that the closings are part of a "plan to improve the quality of care for seamen patients and make hospital care more readily accessible to them." IBU, UIW Set Convention Dates The SIU Inland Boatmen's Union and SIU United Indus­ trial Workers have announced the dates for their Special and Quadrennial conventions. In­ formation about the dates, time, place and the procedure for electing convention dele­ gates for both unions will be found on page 8 of this issue. program assists the American oil producer, the refiner, the importer and the consumer, but the oil tanker, without which there would be no imports, must fend for itself against ruinous foreign competi­ tion. SIU ofFicials were on hand for recent ceremonies In which the San Juan, (P.R.i and Vicinity Central Labor Council received its official AFL-CIO charter from James C. Gildea, aide to Labor Federation President George Meany, (second left). Accepting the charter are (l-r) NMU Port Agent Thomas Martinez, SIU Atlantie Coast Vice President Earl Shephard and Central Labor Council President Keith Terpa, who is also president of the SIU of Puerto Rico. Looking on is AFL-CIO Regional Director Augustin Benitei (right). In a separate reply. Secretary Celebrezzee said medical care for seamen in the areas affected by the hospital closings would be pro­ vided by Veteran's Administration hospitals. In a message to Cele­ brezzee, Hall made clear the SIU's position that "it is essential that American seamen do not suffer any loss or reduction in the quality and availability of medical service and hospitalization under the USPHS Hospital system." �SEAFARRnS' By Earl (Bull) Shepord, Vice-President, Atlantic P.R. Labor Council Receives Charter MaNk 19, UW ^ LOG Senator Urges increased U.S. Aid To Bulk Carriers "Without some substantial changes, in the U.S. Maritime policy, the American merchant marine will continue to suffer and become weaker," Senator E. L. (Bob) Bartlett declared at a recent meeting here of the National Defense Transportation Association. Bartlett ad­ vocated changes in U.S. mari--( opportunity on operators of bulk time legislation, that he said for the benefits received under carriers by expanding this capital this program," Bartlett continued. would aid the U.S. tramp bulk "It is true that bulk carriers are reserve fund program in modified I was in Puerto Rico last week for the presentation of the AFL-CIO charter to the newly formed San Juan (P.R.) and Vicinity Central Labor Council. The charter was presented to the council by James C. Gilden, aide to AFL-CIO president George Meany. Keith Terpe, the President of the SIU of Puerto Rico who is also president of the new labor council, was on hand for the presentation. carrier fleet. today legally eligible for partici­ form to U.S. bulk carrier opera­ pation In the vessel construction tors. I am personally convinced Shipping all along the East Coast is getting back to normal, after An increasingly large percent­ subsidy program, but the 1936 act, that with this new program, the the longshoremen's strike, and is brisk in most ports. The dock- age of the expanding U.S. foreign workers in Florida went back to work last weekend and ships will trade is composed of goods which as presently interpreted, does not construction subsidy and mortgage insurance available, many tramp start moving again In the ports of that area. can be carried in specialized bulk permit an operating subsidy to be operators would take advantage of granted to these carriers. There­ Waiting to ship out of New York recently was August Lazzaro. carriers, Bartlett pointed out at fore, U.S. tramp operators have it and before too long the United the meeting. Auggie is an 18 year Seafarer looking for a run to Northern Europe. no legal obligation to replace their States would be on the way toward Also looking for a run to Northern Europe is Longin Tyber. He says "And we all know," Bartlett fleet and th"te fleet is not being re­ having available a more balanced he would take a coastwise trip tliough, if one comes along. He intends said, "that the United States has placed. If this basic capital re­ marine fleet." to ship as oiler. no active program of support for serve fund program in modified "Without some "substantial Oldtimer Juan Tarkou is registered in group one of the deck depart­ this segment of the fleet other form were to be made available changes in U.S. maritime policy ment looking for a long run, preferably on an Isthmian ship. He is than the cargo preference legisla­ for the construction of U.S. bulk the American merchant marine waiting for a carpenters job to open up. Anton Rothovics is a daily tion which has not been adequate carriers, if would, in my opinion, will continue to suffer and become visitor in New York looking for a pumpmans job on a coastwise to encourage new construction." represent a substantial incentive supertanker. He stated his opinion that the for undertaking a program of con­ weaker. This is unacceptable to me—so the uncertainty of consid­ Boston weeks. There were five payoffs, problem of substantially augment­ structing a bulk carrier and tramp ering new ways is by any measure Shipping was on tl-.e slow bell in two sign-ons and 13 in transit ing the U.S. bulk carrier or tramp fleet under the American flag." preferable. This work will not be Boston this last period, with only visits during the period. fleet "is of the first Importance." done tomorrow or perhaps the "I, therefore, believe," he con­ one payoff and five ships in Replacement Fund tinued, "a careful look should be next day—^but let us continue and transit, but the outlook for the Jack Arallanes, who started given to the possibility of placing continue together," Bartlett con­ future looks bright. sailing SIU in 1946, is looking for "Under the 1936 Merchant Ma­ Frederick Taylor, a 25 year SIU a rope choker's job aboard a ship rine Act subsidized operators in a fleet replacement obligation and cluded. member who last sailed in the heading to Holland. Miguel Lovett the liner service are given a con­ deck department on the Calmar, is another oldtimer making the tractual position of some perma­ is back in the hall after spending job calls in Philadelphia. He has nence and for this accept an obli­ a well deserved rest with his been sailing in the steward de­ gation to replace their fleet. As a family. John Flaherty, another partment since be joined the SIU direct result of the encouragement SIU oldtimer, is a familiar face in in 1945, and is presently looking and assistance to liner operation the Boston hall now, looking for a for a BR job. under the act, the United States coastwise run. He got off the Baltimore today boasts one of the most mod­ Ocean Anna, where he sailed as By Frank Droiafc, West Coast Represenlativa Shipipdng has been running at a ern fleets of cargo liners in the an AB, to spend some time with world," Bartlett aaid. good pace in Baltimore, with 7 his family. Twenty-year man, George Black- payoffs, 6 sign-ons, and 13 ships "However, U.S. bulk carriers in more is making the job calls in stopping in transit. The ship's the tramp service are not eligible Over l.OdO members of the San Francisco Bay Area Maritime Trades Boston after getting off the delegates have been doing a great Port Council honored SIUNA President Paul Hall at a testimonial Cities Service Baltimore to attend job of bringing the ships in for dinner held recently at the Fairmont Hotel In San Francisco. Labor to some urgent business. He says payoff in very good shape, with no leaders, rank and file union m^bers and prmnLnent business men he's looking for a good coast beefs. We expect shipping to re­ from the entire Bay area turned out to pay tribute to Hall, who also hugger to take another job as main at a fast pace in Baltimore heads the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department. Bud Raftery, during the coming weeks. an AB. recently installed international president of the Painters ard PaperPhiladelphia hangers Union was the guest speaker. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union Shipping has been good in members have their hands full SIU members on the West Coast recently toasted the SUP on tho Philadelphia, and from the looks DETROIT — Balloting for Re­ 80th anniversary of its founding. It was on March 6, 1885 that a group of the situation there, it should now that the longshore strike Is »tay that way for the next two over. The SIU-IBU contracted gional Officers of the Great Lakes of seamen met on the San Francisco waterfnuit to start the Icmg Arundel Corp. was recently Tug and Dredge Region of the fight for better wages, job security and work conditions. awarded a contract to dredge out SIU Inland Boatmen's Union got San Francisco a channel for the Gas and Electric under way on Monday, March 8, Co. at Wagners Point. The outlook for shipping in San Francisco looks good now that the in accordance with the Union longshoremen are back on the piers on the Blast and Gulf coasts. Tho constitution. The tug and dredgeHarold Thomas is waiting In the March 5 Issue, the SEA­ around the Baltimore hall for a men will also select Port Presi­ dock wallopers strike had slowed shipping down, although several AB's were called for coa^l runs. FARERS LOG .carried a tribute to foreign run again, since his last dents next month. Andrew Furuseth—"Patron Saint ship, the Santore, laid up after a Ships crewing up here in the last two weeks were the Choctaw, Wild Candidates for the various of the Seafarers." This great and short run. William Holbrook, who offices were selected during the Ranger and the Overseas Rose, while the Summit paid off. early advocate of seamen's rights last got off the Geneva as AB, says December, 1964 nominations A. Beck told his SIU brothers that he's had enough of the golf links, was recently honored on the radio he has seen many giains since he peiiod. The Piloting for Regional as well. On the March 12 broadcast joined the SIU 15 years ago. He Officers began on March 8, 1965, and found himself a berth on the of Edward P. Morgan and the thinks that the SIU vacation plan and will continue through March Elizabethport. Also sailing on the members in the hall that he is so Elizabettaport is A. B. Johanson impressed with the weather in News, a program sponsored by the and other welfare benefits are the 20, 1965. who says he signed on as baker southern California that he might AFL-CIO on the ABC radio net­ greatest things that ever happened A special meeting will be held for "money and exercise." Prince forsake New Orleans and settle in work, the following tribute was to a seaman. in Detroit on Monday, March 22 at Baker, another steward depart­ the area. All the California paid to Furuseth: Roy Johnston voiced the same 9:00 a.m. to elect the Regional ment ace, recently dropped in at Tales of se-a-golng adventure boosters here are hoping that he'll sentiments recently and said that Tallying Committee. the haU, and decided to rest up become one o^f our sun worship­ often depict seamen being the gains the SIU has made since on the beach for the next few pers and make the big move. ahanghaied — flogged — Port President Vote he joined in 1938 weren't even weeks. Friends of Byron (Jimmy) branded — held in virtual dreamied of when he started sail­ Seattle The election of Port Presidents Slaid, who recently paid off the slavery. And it's not all fiction ing. Roy is in the hall in Baltimore will be conducted at the regular Mankato Victory, are happy to The job situation in this port is —for prior to enactment of looking for a good coastal run. April membership meeting of the hear that he is recuperating nice­ booming, and the outlook contin­ the Seamen's Act 50 years ago, Great Lakes Tug and Dredge ly from a hernia operation. Norfolk ues to look very bright. Members such things could happen— Region IBU-SIU. with FWT, oiler and electrician and often did. Andy Furuseth, Shipping Norfolk has been ex­ Wilmington ratings are urged to register since seaman, union president and All members have been mailed cellent of late. The future looks Shipping activity picked up con- calls for these jobs are flooding crusader, born 109 years ago bright as well, with the Transhat- a special election supplement con­ today, led the fight for the teras con*ing out of the shipyard taining the Regional Director's re­ siderafoly during the past two the board. new law. Because of Furuseth soon. We paid off six ships, signed ports on Election Ballot and in­ weeks with the Jefferson City Vic­ Ships pajdng off here during and his succe.ssors in the mari­ on two and had seven ships in structions for voting, nominations tory, San Juan and St. Lawrence the last two weeks included the time unions, the crews of transit. for Port Presidents, nominations all stopping in transit. The Man­ Steel Rover, Overseas Rose, An­ American ships today have Clarence Houchins is on the for Officials, and instructions for kato Victory was the only ship to chorage, Iberville and Overseas decent wages and working beach here after getting off th6 election of Port Presidents. The payoff during the period. The out­ Joyce. The Choctaw signed on, conditions. We of the AFLCouer D'AIene Victory. He made supplement also includes a selected look for the coming two weeks clearing quite a few jobs off the CIO proudly salute Andy board. two trips as bosun before the ship voting guide for polls committees looks excellent. Furuseth, whose determined laid up in Brazil for 56 days. He and a letter concerning procedures SIU veteran Tony Arellano came Bill Davey expects to put the fight for human justice earned figured it was time for him to get for mail ballots. in to say hello to his old friends local tracks out of business when him the title, "the Abraham off then. Cecil Jennette has had a Elections are being conducted in after piling off the Wild Ranger. they open, but he says a short Lincoln of the Sea." serious operation since he got off the ports of Ashtabula, Ohio; Buf­ He says he is ready to ship again trip will fill the bill until the pariThe AFL-CIO sponsored news­ the Manhattan where he held falo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; as soon as the first baker's job mutual windows open. Leonard cast is popular with millions of down the bosun's job. He's Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michi­ on a Far East run hits the board. (Whitey) Lewis is taking a short Americans from coast to coast getting along fine now and hopes gan; Duluth, Minnesota; Lorain, Ruel G. Barr has registered here vacatiop before he ships out as Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Sault and swears he'll make the next electrician. David Sykes is also and helps bring labor's views to to be shipping out soon. a vast audience. Prue Vaughn, who last sailed Ste. Marie, Michigan and Toledo, chief' cook's job that pops up. biding his time for the first job Ohio. John S. Higfins keeps telling SIU that comes along. , . , . (Continued on page 23) mum S.F. Port Council Honors Hall Tug & Dredge Vote Underway Radio Tribute Lauds Furuseth �U. a9M SEAFARERS PaCf nv« LOG Three Seafarer Oldtimers Approved For Pensions Three more veteran Seafarers have joined the growing ranks of SIU members receiv­ ing $150 per month pensions that enable them to retire with security after lifetimes of sailing. All three are veterans of the Atlantic and Gulf District, The new pensioners are Eleuterio Rosa, 66; Clifton don't think I'U go anywhere | u AB. A veteran Seafarer ZumNelson, 51; and Robert J. special," he said. "I think I'E just kiley has no retirement plans all Zumkley, 65. worked out. "I plan to stay at my find a hobby and stay at home." Clifton Nelson (right) gets his firsts pension check from headquarters rep Ed Mooney. Bob Zumkley (right) picks up his first pension check from headquarters rep Steve Zubovich. NAME AMOUNT DUE Achee, E. T. $ 15.03 Adams, Glen R. 8.87 Addlngton, Woodrow W. 539.75 Albin, Antonio L. 1.40 Aleck, Theodore 7.30 Alexander, James, Jr. 11.73 All, Angelo 2.79 Allison, Blair 3.57 Anderson, Frank 7.81 Arch, J. L. 5.88 Arjona, V. 2.82 Arnold, Charles R. 5.8S Arrledge. G. O. 11.67 Bailey. Joseph 1.92 Bailey, Joseph 23.04 Barnett, John D. 8.34 Batson, James R. 7.45 Bautlsta, Angel 2.47 Beans, Toba 61.42 Berg, B. ' 3 74 Bergeron, Laurence 10.47 Berry, Mike 1.32 Berthlaume, Paul 8.94 Berthlaume, Paul 4.69 Berthlaume, Paul 8.45 Berthlaume, Paul L. 2.82 Bird, Oscar 5.63 Blane, Preston A. 7.45 Bodden. James E. 5.86 Bollinger, L. F. 14.65 Booker, Marshall 11.73 Booth, John E. 2.05 Borden, Thomas 3.75 Boyce, Jerry L. 1.40 Boyd, Roy 17.07 Boytt, Russel J. 10.14 Brannan, Carl J. 46.37 Brannen, Dan E. 2.78 Breaux, C. E. 1.72 Briggs, Wm. T. 14.30 Brooke, Osborne M. 4.39 Brown, G. A. 11 37 Brown, Gerald P. 9.83 Brown, Leon C. C. 4.10 Burk, John M. 10.94 Burns, Larry A. 11.73 Burrus, F. A. 35.49 Burton, Jack D. 11.73 Butler, John E. 4.61 Byrd, Wllloughby C. 1.79 Callard, Geo. Jr. 8.37 Callard, George 10.56 Cannella, Frank 1.00 Capo, Paul 1.00 Carrasco, Mario 2.05 Casanueva, M. 9.02 Casanueva, Michael 6.01 Case, Samuel, Jr. 11.79 Case, Samuel, Jr. 40.30 Casey, Weldon E. 8.88 Cater, Marchall R. 2.79 Ceron, Loul 2.93 Chaban, Simon 7.80 Chalsson, Richard 13.52 Champagne, Alcea J. 1.57 Champagne, Edward J. 9.49 Charles, Samuel 1.47 Cherry. C. L. 1.00 CIno, Oscar 40.59 Clark, John W. 13.17 Cogswell, Wm. F. 3.75 Collet, Raymond G. 2.82 Collins, Douglass 3.49 Collins, Ventis L. 3.43 Cooper, Robert 1.79 Costello, Albert J. 22.53 Cottongin, Frank R. 1.79 Craft, Jack W. 5.32 Cranford, Q. R. 36.24 Crawford, J. F. 18.24 Crawford, R. W. 7.33 Creel, O. D. 87.80 Croto, Robert E. 13.20 Cuccia, Roy K. 23.38 Curry, Geo. 5.76 Dame, Adolph 2.92 Danne, A. L. 1.53 Danne, Adolph L 7.33 NAME AMOUNT DUE Davis, John A. 23.35 Davis, Wm. G. 89.87 Defranza, Roberto 17.83 Delaune, Leon H. 1.38 Denals, J. A. 2.93 Densemore, Ted 4.50 Denton, Leahman H. 15.03 Dick. Claude 4.19 Dickson, S. T. 2.79 Dismukes, R. D. 9.67 Domlngue, Douglas A. 14.33 Dufour, P. A. 8.65 Duplechin, Frank J. 3.75 Duracher, Harry J. 8.06 Durning, Ivan 2.20 Eddy, Samuel K, III 5.58 Edwards, Otis N. 1.88 Edwards, Otis N. 4.90 Ellas, Albert A. 2.20 Eliaz, Donasino 5.86 Elliot, John 2.93 Ellis, Frank B., Jr. 3.53 Emanuel, Thomas E. 3.12 Emist, Cornelius C. 51.14 Engelder, Herbero 0. 2.93 Engelund, C. L. 3.75 Ewensen, Anton 1.35 Farrell, Ed L. 1.21 Faulk, John A., Jr. 4.88 Fernandez, J. 2.20 Flesel, Joseph P. 3.92 Fitzgerald, Vincent O. 7.75 Flananan, E. F. 1.00 Fllppo, James 2.94 Folse, Wm. P. 2.94 Fontan, John 1.00 Fontenot, Rodney J. 11.15 Foreman, Eugene 5.63 Forsberg, T. J. 1.00 Foster, James M. 4.77 Foster, Melvin C. 7.51 Foster, W. W., Jr. 3.49 Fowler, Claude ft. 2.41 Freeman, Thomas C. 3.75 Fruge, Herman 11.16 Fruge, Herman 10.72 Furnels, Esward H. 2.68 Gabel, Robero M. 6.32 Gabel, Robero M. 4.19 GalardI, H. J. 2.82 Gallegos, Richard 16.72 Galuska, Louis 1.96 Garcia, Richard 1.40 Garcia, Richard 75.65 Gardemal. Leonard J. 3.77 Gardner, Dyke P. 7.83 Gehrlnger, Joseph T. 1.88 Gentry, Fred 5.64 Gerdes, Henry C. 4.59 Gibson, Lloyd H. 3.75 Glerczic, George 1.47 Gonzales, James 16.61 Gonzalez, Juan I. 11.73 Goodwin, Harry F. 3.57 Gray, Leon W. 147.40 Gray, Percy A., Jr. 10.72 Graz, John C. 6.57 Gremllllon, Wm. M. 3.53 Griffin, Lewis N. 3.49 Griffith, J. D. 3.74 Griffith, Theo M. 2.68 Gros, Richard J. 3.67 Guitar, Barry E. 9.07 Hadden, Norman B. 6.25 Hamm, Alfred 19.98 Hammer, L. N. 17.14 Hammerstone, J. C. 3.76 Hand, John G. 8.65 Hardcostte, E. B. 7.15 Hargeshelmer, L. V. 2.79 Harman, D. 0 3.84 Harper, Roy Leo 1.79 Harrison, Joel K. 9.07 Harrison, Joseph J. 10.22 Harvey, Lee J. 12.13 ..Hatchel, Wm. D. 17.05 Hauke, A. A. 4.69 Hauke, Adam A. 11.26 Catch Up On Sleep Rosa signed on with the SIU lin New York, bringing with him over Zumkley first signed on with ten years of experience on steam­ the SIU in the port of New York, ships and fishing vessels. He sailed and sailed in the dedc department in the steward department until he retired earlier this year. A native of Puerto Rico, Rosa plans to visit his homeland again, but said that "my wife and I have lived most of our lives in New York. That wiill always be our home." He last sailed aboard the San. Juan (Sea-Land). Rosa said he is proud to be a member of the SIU and that he wished he could keep sailing. "I like to sail," he said, "but you have to quit some­ time." A native of Brooklyn, Nelson is an SIU oldtlimer who sailed in the deck department until his retire­ ment. Nelson last signed off the Taddei Victory (Consolidated Mar­ iner), and plans to spend his re­ tirement years at his home in Brooklyn with his wife Phyllis. I NAME AMOUNT Hellg, Robert J. Henderson, A. Henderson, Henry HIckey, Wm. R. G. Hllburn, Thomas J. Hllburn, Thomas HInson, Thad W. Hoffman, Boland A. Howell, Earl M. Hubbs, Robert Hudson, wm. M. Huff, K R. Hume, Peter Hunt, Horace C. Huszar, Steve N. Hutto, Dannie A. Ibrahim. Allt James, Charles E., Jr. Jeanfreau, Edward Jensen, Carl, Jr. Jette, Marcel DUE 3.71 10.57 1.97 3.75 8.94 3.57 2.84 1.00 28.97 3.54 7.15 1.16 10.33 1.00 6.96 1.30 5.58 3.57 1.54 1.78 16.91 Headquarters rep Ed Mooney (left) tiands Seafarer Eleuterio Rosa tiis first montlily $150 pension check. Rosa last sailed aboard the Son Juan (Sea Land) in the steward department. NAME AMOUNT DUE Knox. J. W. 7.91 Kothe, August 59.84 Kowdourdls, Mike 3.02 KulakowskI, Julian 9.10 Kunchick, Ed E. 3.29 Kyrlakos, Isadora M. 1.00 16.09 Lalche, Robert J. 23.46 Lanza, Anna A. 3.57 Laughlln, Kenneth 6. 30.55 Laurence, James L. Jr. Lawson, Randall E. 10.08 Lea, Ralph J. 1.40 Lee, Frances A. 3.53 2.88 Leilnski, J. T. Lemolne, Sam J. 2.82 Lewis, A. J. 9.60 Lewis, Kenny 7.18 Lewis, Wm. H. 5.48 Lighten, Paul G. 8.02 LIppert, Frank J. 1.62 Little, G. B. 6.57 The Delta Steamship Lines has notified the SIU that it is holding checks for un­ claimed wages due crewmen as of Decem­ ber 31, 1964, Xhe following Seafarers may collect their checks by writing to the Pay­ master, Delta Steamship Lines, Inc., Hibernia Bank Building #6, New Orleans, La,: DELTAl LINE MONEITDUE Johnson, Essen A. Johnson, Essen A. Johnson, John R. Johnson, Lloyd Jones, James S. Jones, Jesse P. Jordan, A. J. Jordan, Dewey Jreau, Edward Jean Kammet, Harold Keely, Martin Keith, John E. Kelly, Barney Kendrick, O. Kendrick, O. J. Keneday, George B. Kennedy, John E. Kennedy, R. N. Kennedy, Victor A. King, Royal A. Kirby, Wm. A. Knox, Geo. K. 13.15 3.75 10.95 7.02 8.31 3.75 2.20 1.79 466.79 14.58 8.37 12.40 40.79 14.09 4 69 1.27 .7.45 7.33 6.25 15.81 3.89 2.41 LIuzza, MIchele A. Loeber, Glen R. Loflln, Edward J. Longuet, Arthur W. Lopez, Manuel F. Lopez, Placldo D, Lulzza, Daniel J. Lusco, D. M. Lyons, Albert 0. Macklln, Alton W. Maddox, Richard C, Madueri, J. Maechum, James L, Maldonado, Porfirio Mamette, James S., Jr. Manen, John Manuel, Rolln Martin, Joe U. Mazau, S. Charles McCarroll, E. J., Jr. McGee, Jerry J. McKay, Henry D. home in New Jersey as much as possible," he said, "and catch up on the sleep I missed while I was at sea." He last sailed aboard the Alcoa Mariner. 10.40 1.92 10.26 1.79 7.22 3.53 11.16 1.79 5.94 5.45 7.51 7.49 10.23 3.53 15.23 12.29 5.20 1.65 3.79 2.93 36.66 7.51 NAME AMOUNT DUE McLellan, C. G. 3.75 McLendon, James K. 2.09 McMahon, Wm. E. 1.85 McCullough, L. 8.65 McDonald, John W. 5.43 McGee, Donald W. 9.92 1.84 McGowan, Silas 11.09 McKay, Henry D. McPhee, Joseph D. 1.69 McRae, James S. 1.04 Mllazzo. George M. 9.39 Miller, Fritz J. 1.88 Miller, O. J., Jr. 4.79 I.81 MIorano, Victor J. 1.00 Moncrelf, W. O. 2.90 Moncrlef, Junior L. 6.60 Mones, Jules H. 1.85 Moore, Charles L. 9.19 Moore, F. D. 2.20 Moore, Joseph W. 2.93 Morris, Jesse A. 4.49 Mosley, Ernest 4.49 Mueller, Herbert 7.51 Munin, J. 7.51 Murtaugh, L. L. 5.01 Neville, Dennis J. 74.95 Newble, Kenneth A. 10.33 Nolan, Stanley W. 37.61 • Northcut, James C. II.16 O'Brien, Geo. E. 2.93 C'Connelf, Peter 2.14 Olds, Wm. H. 2.79 Olds, Wm. H. Osborne, Clarence 7.81 Overturf, Jimmy C. 13.13 15.03 Owen, Chester L. 5.61 Painter. Elton 3.57 Parker, Anthony C. 4.01 Payne, Hiram A. 7.45 Pederson, M. 5.36 Pederson, Martin 182 Pena, Gulliermo 3.53 Peneplnto, Auguso J. 20.23 Penton, Dewey A. • 11.87 Penton, Leon J. 2.79 Permino, John 13.16 Peterson, Henry J. 2.80 Phllllppllle, A. P. 8.79 Phillips, Alfred 16.31 Phlpps, J. R. . 23.92 Planes, Jorge 20.55 Prosper, James E. 10.54 Puckett, Douglas R. 13.09 Puntlllo, S. E. Puntlllo, Sal E. 2.00 3.49 Purlfoy, Eddie 3.67 Quest, Virgil Q. Quinn, Geo. 1.00 Quintayo, Felipe 4.19 2.33 Raborn, Isaac L. Raborn, Isaac L. 3.49 25.39 Rana, Karl J. 5.62 Rawllnford, Raymond 0. 28.17 Reed, Charles E. Reed, Charles E. 3.57 Richardson. Roy R. 1.29 RIchaux, Joseph 20.53 5.64 Robert, Hafford 3.53 Roberts, JImmIe R. Roberts, Roy D. 4.82 Robinson, Ellison 2.20 Rogers, Lee 3.84 4.88 Romongo, Gerard J. Roque, Ramon R. 39.41 Rose, Bill 40.31 Rose, Lumas 2.93 Rothchlld, SIgmund 1.87 Roy, Arthur O. 2.68 Rubis, Philip 3.26 Ruiz, Eugene J. 5.36 Rushing, Elmer W. 4.80 Rutherford, D. M. 5.85 Rutherford, O. M. 8.07 Rydon, Edward M. 4.39 5.36 Rydon, Edward M. Sanford, Tommy S. 25.26 Sawyer, Charles R. 4.19 Sawyer, Charles 2.09 NAME AMOUNT DUE --••in J. 32.02 Schwandt, L. A. 8.65 Severe, Alfred J. 2.20 Sharbutt, Robert W. 9.39 1.47 Sheffield, Robert G. 1.79 Sllva, Catarino 2.68 Skrotzky, Ralph 1.33 Smith, C. Smith, Francis E. 17.81 •••.•A Smith, R. D. 4.19 Solleau, Byron 11.73 a Soils, R. N. 2.20 1 Sparaclna, Michael Q. 8.73 : Stevens, Dale R. 6.57 Stevens, R. A. 4.77 ••it Stokes, Harold 3.23 Stoops, Wm. A. 5.35 Stover, Charles 8.79 Strickland. Ronald R. 9.27 Suarez, Joseph, Jr. 894 i Sullivan, Frank 2.74 Sullivan, James T. 2.00 Sullivan, W. L. 11.86 Sweet, Harold W. 2.68 Swilley, Wm. E. 11.00 Taska, Nikolai 1.00 % Tatum, Robert 5.58 Tatum, Robert 7.59 i Tcehern, Thomas A. 5.11 Thiu, Goon P. 3.69 Thlu, Goon P. 55.09 i 1 i T.101.12 . • 1- Thomas, Wilson 6. Thompson, Am N. Thompson, Andrew A. Thompson, Andrew A. Todd, Wm. H. Torrefleld, Jose G. Tralrs. Frank Tregembo, Wm. J., Jr. Tuiague, John M. Tuker, Carl V. Valenzuela, Jose J. Vasquez, Alex Vo'tier, B Velasco, Albert R. Vera, H. V;, ' 9.13 12.45 4.57 4.57 1.57 3.53 3.84 1.57 1.00 3.43 15.03 4.70 in.17.28 1.85 •i' •4 11 S .<• 4 1 'i 1, P VIeIra, John C. VIeIra, John C. VIvero, Frank Wagner, Donald J. Waite, Joseph W. Walker, Cleveland Walker, Wm. E. Ward, John J., Jr. Weekley, Joseph E., Jr. Wells, John C., Jr. West, Frank W. Westphall, H. Whatley, Earl Wheeles, J-. E. Wheels, Jack E. White, Wm. D. White, Wm. W. Whited, John L., Jr. Whited, John L.. Williams, D. L. Williams, J. L. Williams, John A. Williamson, L. R. Williamson, Lewis Williamson, Lyie W. Wilson, J. D. Wilson, J. 0. WIntzel, Henry J. Woods, James L. Woods, James L. ^ J., Jr. Wright, A. 0. Wright, Ed J. Wynne. J. J. Yeoman, Albert R. Young, Charles B. Zeagler, Stanley ZebrowskI, Edward J. •i i 2.20 5.86 1.00 4.69 2.19 6.57 10.94 4.46 3.49 6.87 10.11 2.84 44 17 16.72 1.57 4.69 1.83 9.02 6.57 7.45 2.82 2.09 37.41 3.75 1.24 18.28 4.57 3.64 7.43 4 65 1 1 1 > •| p. 1 1 '•> 1 ;4 1 1 1.'47 1.88 8.51 2.82 2.83, 22.95 12.38 1.00 935.56* 1 �SEAFARERS Pise MaTCk If, INT LOG (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only in the SIU Atlantic Gulf Lakes and Inland Waters District.) February 27 - March 12 Shipping remained brisk for Seafarers, although the total number dropped to more normal levels after the big rush during the previous period. A total of 1,523 Seafar­ ers shipped, compared with 2,085 in the previous two weeks. As the congested harbor on the East Coast slowly emptied the pace of shipping all along the coast slowed somewhat. Shipping in New York was only a small portion of the prior period's shipping total, although still brisk. Shipping was much reduced in Boston, and slightly slower in Norfolk and Philadelphia. Baltimore job calls remained at a good fast pace, slightly higher the past two weeks than in the previous period. Tampa, where the longshoreman's beef was settled recently, remained on. the slow bell. In the Gulf, shipping remains strong in Houston, as almost twice as many Seafarers shipped through this port as during the previous period. New Orleans and Mobile shipping, however, dropped off slightly. On the West Coast, there was a good improvement in the number of jobs available in both Wilmington and San Erancisco, while Seattle shipping dipped slightly. A breakdown of the jobs shipped by department re­ veals that most Seafarers shipped in the deck depart­ ment, with engine department jobs second. Registration began to pick up, as ships continued to pay off and jobs exchanged hands. A total of 1,197 Sea­ farers registered during the past two weeks, compared with 1,103 in the period previous. The total number of Seafarers registered and on the beach at the end of the period, however, was again lower, 4,567, contrasted with 4,635 in the prior period. The seniority situation was more normal with the number of full book members shipping comprising 59 percent of the total, compared with 66 percent in the previous period. B Books comprised 32 percent of the total, contrasted to 27 percent in the prior period, and C Cards were 9 percent of the total. Shinping activitv continued to improve, with 53 pay­ offs during the period, 43 sign-ons and 131 in transits. Ship Aefivify Pay Sigi li Of» Ou Tram. TOTAL lottM Naw York .... Ptiiladelphla .. Boitimoro .... Norfolk Jackfoivlllo .. Tampa Mobiio ...... NowOrieam.. Hewtoi WilmligtoR .. Sai Francisco. Soattio 1 0 11 7 S 2 7 A 4 3 9 3 10 A 1 A A 4 8 2 0 2 3 4 4 TOTALS ... S3 43 S 17 14 13 8 8 7 7 15 18 7 7 5 131 A 91 21 2A 15 11 i 14 27 30 9 12 19 1 227 DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS B Registered CLASS A Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston -. Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS A - Shipped CLASS C GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 2 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 1 Z 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 11 19 8 28 8 44 2 3 6 48 1 7 11 15 21 12 8 4 0 15 0 4 5 9 3 5 11 20 0 9 2 9 13 7 16 18 37 12 67 1 3 9 9 29 0 17 1 11 6 8 12 0 2 121 2 11 5 6 1 3 6 7 4 1 16 6 7 10 0 14 3 5 0 0 1 1 4 3 0 2 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 15 4 9 11 24 2 20 2 14 11 2 1 11 7 11 2 37 63 2 13 22 38 4 17 22 44 21 7 51 5 11 19 22 20 44 54 10 81 2 40 17 19 20 20 5 47 1 22 3 1 4 5; 2 5 1 8 0 6 1 3 1 3 2 1 2 4 6 13 21 0 5 111 6 2 4 8 10 20 2 2 9 3 25 0 4 5 11! 11 11 5 6 21 0 8 4 9 64 96 1 174 71 100 1 186 108 226 43 1 377 14 105 128 37 1 270 15 TOTAL Shipped Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP 2 1 3 ALL A B C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 15 21 0 1 2 6 8 0 0 4 44 4 11 59 117 191 45 353 39 4 64 101 204 0 2 0 2 15 9 26 15 2 14 33 0 4 2 12 14 0 0 1 1 67 13 1 81 52 73 13 138 1 20 36 57 0 2 3 5 12 5 25 11 14 3 28 2 13 10 25 0 0 0 14 0 30 4 16 0 5 0 9 3 5 6 14 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 10 15 3 28 2 4 8 14 2 0 3 24 15 1 3 42 34 38 5 77 2 6 30 38 0 3 6 63 3 37 6 106 82 25 15 172 3 44 73 120 5 8 81 0 3 8 133 80 44 85 27 192 9 41 47 97 0 0 8 0 0 4 0 12 13 IQ 27 2 4 6 6 14 0 0 0 0 21 6 0 27 4 22 3 29 4 10 12 20 0 1 25 1 0 9 35 22 1 13 39 1 4 6 7 14 4 11 15 1 30 377 174 30 1 581 449 510 127 11146 68 223 354 1 645 a ENCINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS GROUP 1 2 0 1 35 9 2 11 3 22 7 2 0 1 0 0 12 4 28 13 22 36 1 4 2 6 3 8 61 171 Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS A CUSS B Registered GROUP 3 ALL 3 ALL 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 25 44 3 0 10 12 6 14 0 - 3 3 1 11 26 1 6 1 4 7 11 0 4 3 2 4 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 19 0 4 3 38 3 22 10 44 6 3 35 61 1 16 18 5 1 6 0 2 3 2 10 6 3 13 4 8 1 12 2 4 2 17 1 250 19 77 67" 1 163 1 GROUP 1 2 0 2 25 9 16 1 6 38 0 4 0 9 0 0 4 10 11 46 16 48 5 2 5 11 7 4 58 221 Shipped CLASS C GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 0 0 0 0 16 6 24 2 4 2 1 1 25 0 13 12 5 9 0 4 8 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 5 9 0 4 16 13 32 3 43 23 19 1 3 2 0 1 3 6 2 1 5 3 9 1 88 73 1 172 35 1 314 11 3 ALL 0 2 39 5 18 1 50 6 6 2 0 9 1 1 18 4 62 5 69 5 2 9 18 2 13 2 GROUP 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 12 0 1 0 0 1 0 23 2 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 2 0 0 0 2 1 5 1 7 0 4 4 • 2 39 65 67 158 41 267 24 2 24 2 49 61 134 2 2 18 4 2' 24 5 24 30 0 1 4 6 19 3 50 78 15 1 25 3 60 11 86 1 20 32 53 2 4 6 9 4 19 6 20 1 27 1 7 16 24 3 5 9 8 5 22 1 4 0 5 0 7 3 19 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 15 1 22 0 3 7 19 3 18 0 30 11 9 3 31 4 46 1 15 20 '39 3 62 1 32 3 97 38 81 11 130 7 62 45 114 18 69 6 43 18 130 42 98 8 148 13 63 62 138 0 1 9 3 1 13 4 13 2 19 4 5 6 15 0 0 18 6 0 24 11 21 3 35 4 8 7 19 1 2 13 9 2 5 15 1 21 2 8 3 IS 18 43 314 172 <3 1 529 212 546 85 843i 57 255 272 1 684 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port Bos NY Phil Bal Nor Jac. Tana Mob NO Hou Wil SF Sea. T&fALS Registered CLASS B GROUP Is 1 2 3 ALL 0 0 0 1 1 8 16 41 5 12 1 5 1 4 11 17 4 3 8 2 6 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 11 1 1 4 13 3 26 2 44 15 40 6 9 10 2 7 1 2 2 5 17 1 9 2 3< . 7 1 1 2 1 66 31 23 84 1 204 GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1-s 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 7 12 2 0 2 5 7 1 0 1 12 13 5 0 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 6 6 3 3 8 33 44 7 2 2 9 13 9 2 0 2 4 1 3 1 3 7 0 2 6 10 1 2 13 22 89 1 124 30 Shipped CLASS C Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS A GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 0 0 1 33 10 3 18 10 1 1 7 15 48 9 19 3 5 1 1 2 5 1 1 3 2 0 1 8 2 2 1 60 16 5 32 7 13 13 42 1 0 3 5 2 1 8 11 4 0 9 4 71 29 110 1 240 GROUP 3 ALL 2 1 0 0 0 0 19 1 2 16 4 0 4 0 18 0 18 0 12 0 1 11 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 9' 0 9 0 35 3 31 1 6 22 29 1 5 0 5 0 10 0 10 0 6 9 3 0 I 1541 3 135 1 TOTAL Shipped GROUP CLASS 3 ALL A 1 2 B 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 33 19 0 8 10 0 8 4 0 0 0 0 48 18 0 0 2 12 2 5 0 7 0 7 5 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 9 0 0 11 35 11 60 2 0 23 25 42 29 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 11 10 0 0 6 6 9 9 0 69 2 240 154 67 1 C ALL 1-s 0 1 1 9 61 26 8 22 4 0 66 13 2 19 6 7 16 1 0 3 1 1 18 10 11 106 19 25 96 19 0 10 4 0 21 6 6 24 3 69 1 463 113 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 7 2 0 3 5 79 74 75 254 9 11 145 165 8 4 8 24 0 2 8 19 34 21 31 99 4 2 42 48 5 5 4 20 2 1 11 14 3 1 0 5 3 3 1 7 8 4 6 19 0 6 2 8 20 13 21 64 0 0 21 21 50 18 75 162 5 3 93 101 51 32 36 138 7 11 30 48 6 5 6 21 3 7 1 11 12 7 18 43 1 3 10 14 9 4 5 21 3 2 15 29 286 190 288 1 877 39 39 394 1 473 SUMMARY Registered CLASS A DECK ENGINE STEWARD GRAND T07AIS GROUP 2 3 1 105 128 37 .61 171.. 18 31 84 89 255 330 139 Ai.L 1 270 1 ^450 1 204 1 724 Registered CLASS B GROUP 1 2 3 15 71.100, 19 77 67 13 . 22 89 47 170 256 SHIPPED CLASS A GROUP ALL 1 2 3 .186;108 226 43 163 1 58 221 35 124.101 29 110 47 3'267 476 188 SHIPPED CLASS B GROUP 2 3 ALL ALL 1 1 377 14 64 96 174 1 314 11 88 73 172 1 240 3 16 135 154 11 931 28 168 304 500 SHIPPED CLASS C GROUP 2 3 1 11 15 4 2 23 18 2 0 67 8 34 100 TOTAL SHIPPED Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B CLASS GROUP GROUP ALL A B C ALL 123 ALL 12 3 ALL 1 30 377 174 30 581 449 570127 |1146 68 223 354 645 1 43'314 172 43 529 212 546 85 | 843 57 255 272 584 39 394 472 1 69 240 154 69 4631 399 190 288 | 877 39 1 142 931 500 142 1573110601306500 |2866 164 517 1020 1701 1•> �By Al K«rr, S«cretaiy-Treasurer Cuba Keports Expansion Plan For Merchant Fleet Benefit Action Requires Data Althousrh the Union has rone to considerable effort to create varlons benefit plans, members who are careless about fillnr all the required Information often find It hard to take advantare of them as fast as they normally could. As we have pointed out before, members w™ follow tfie simple steps in sending tbe necessary information delays^ ooUeot their payments, often avoid long unnecessary If a member makes certain that eveiy bit of Information that is asked for on an application form is filled out, he knows he can count on his Union officials to promptly process bis claim for welfare, vaca­ tion or pension benefits. week in the Cuban capitoL Cuba already claims to have one of the fastest-growing mer­ chant navies m the world. -* Palmas de Majorca and Tenerife," filing boats and other small Cuba's gross tonnage now on one given day recently the an­ ships for the Castro government. stands at 113,942 according to nouncement said. In addition to Prior to the Castro takeover, Havana, up from 52,135 in 1959 being an important trade partner U. S. ports were the primary when Castro took over. The gross tonnage is expected to rise to 211,- of Cuba, Spain is also building ports-of-call for Cuban vessels. 288 tons by 1966. What the Cuban announcement says, in effect, is Rap Growers' Stalling Tactics that the U. S. embargo of ships trading with Cuba will be unwork­ able because she will be able to carry her own cargoes. Congressmen Praise Anti-Bracero Laws For instance, a Seafarer who has become permanently disabled and wante to apply for a $150 per month disability pension must fulfUli certain requir^ents. He has to have 4.380 days of seatime Cuba's deep sea fleet now con­ fibilUy addition to a statement certifying his dis- sists of 26 ships displacing from 2,115 to 12,284 tons. Thirteen car©) ships are expected to be In filing for a disability pension, a Seafarer would have to furnish added, during the next two years. Ine following infornBatlon: The new vessels are scheduled to WASHINGTON—group of western congressmen bave include 10 large ships equipped certificate stating the nature of for declared strong opposition to renewed importation of foreign use In ice-bound seas equipped »e disability. This certificate must be issued by one of the United with refrigerating holds and holds farm workers and praised Labor Secretary W. Willard Wiftz States Public Health Service Hos--f— for liquid and solid cargoes. pitals or one of the SIU clinics. for bis "courageous stand" in when he sailed, and the names of At the present time, the pride rejecting pressure from em­ fore they even arrived at the farm. {2y In order to prove that he has as many of his fonner ships as he of the Cuban merchant fleet is ployers seeking "a cbeap, They have flagrantly cancelled the necessary seatime, he must can recall. the 12,284-ton, Prench-built Uvero docile and captive" labor force. furnish copies of his Coast Guard orders for workers, while claiming When all this Information, in­ —flagship of the fleet completed discharges as a record of his past in the same breath that they can­ The delegation said after meet­ cluding the' permanent not-fit-for In 1960. New vessels are scheduled ing with Wirtz that "American not get U.S. laborers. They have employment. duty certificate, the record of past to come from shipyards in both We often hear many Seafarers discharges and the application for Western and Communist coun­ farm workers can and will very given American workers filthy, in­ complain that they can't locate a disabiUty pension, is sid>mitted tries, including East Germany and shortly meet our entire doimestic adequate housing, and asked them to work under completely unac­ requirements." their old discharges. If a mennber to the joint Union -shipowner Poland. ceptable happens to be in this kind of a trustee panel of the pension plan, The seven - member group charged. conditions," the group Other Items fix, we would like to remind him pronapt processing will then take charged that big growers, seeking Owners of the big corporate Other Interesting data included re-enactment of the Mexican that duplicates of old discharges place. in last week's annoimcement was braeero program or entry of farms, the congressmen said, have can be obtained by writing to the SIU pensions have long been a list of the seaports most fre­ temporary workers under the nrounted "a massive campaign of Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Washington, B.C., request­ considered among the best, when quented by Cuban ships. These in­ Immigration Act, have deliberately unprecedented proportions" to ing a listing of all of your Coast compared to other similar plans cluded the Canadian ports of "used repressive tactics to drive bring in foreign workers. "They simply have not accepted the fact around the country. The inH>ortant Montreal and St. John's. Rotter­ U.S. workers away." Guard discharges. that foreign farm labor importa­ thing to rememlber is that the dam in The Netherlands, Antwerp The U.S. Employment Service tion is dead. Instead, many grow­ If a brother does make this quicker a brother files all the In­ in Belgium, London, Barcelona, has done "an excellent recruiting ers, and their associates in re­ kind of a request to the Coast formation that is required, the Algiers and Szczecdn In Poland. job" in lining up domestic farm lated fields, believe they oan im­ Guard, he is required to furnish quicker ho can start collecting his Z-number, his Social Security those $150 checks which arrive "Cuban ships were in almost aU workers, the group said. But press and intimidate Congress and of the most important seaports in employers "have rejected bus­ the Administration with panicky, Dumlber, the approximate dates every month. Spain - AUcante, Gdjon, Cadiz, loads of U.S. workers as imfit be­ unfounded cries of help." « Dewey Fattorusse (left) uses a sharp blade to cut .canvas for a hatch cover, while fellow UIW member Joe Scaizo points to the line where cut must be made. UIW members Cl-r) Jimmy Gross! and Raphael Del Rio are shown making an important part of any canvas product—pads to protect the fabric from wear. r Producing equipment slings for industry requires several steps and careful workmanship to insure strength. Sewing the white nylon strips above are UIW members (1-rJ Baltazo!: Maldoirado and shop steward Jerry Primloao. One of many SIU United Indus­ trial Workers-contracted compa­ nies in the New York area, Acme Canvas & Rope Company in Brooklyn manufactures canvas covering for trucks, as well as boat sails, hatch covers, tarpau­ lins and a variety of other can­ vas products used in many in­ dustries. On a recent visit to the plant the LOG photographer made the rounds and recorded several of the many operations which UIW members skillfully perform each day. Expert seiimaking is also carried out at Aema Canvas. Hera, PeN niadll Roceo handles the needle. �SEAFARERS Hf Eiirlit Mareh 19, 19M LOG 5IU-IBU Delegate Nominations To Open Inland Boatmen Schedule 2nd Convention May 26 NEW YORK—The SIU-AGLIWD Inland Boatmen's Union has scheduled its Special and Second Quadrennial Convention at 9:30 AM, Thursday, May 27, 1965 at the Gramercy Inn, 1616 Rhode Island Avenue, N.W., Washington, B.C. Individual notices of the call to the convention and procedures for electing delegates have been Nominations to elect the delegates Dredge Region will select three mailed to all members in each will begin March 22 and end delegates to the Special and Quad­ and Fred Farnen, Secretory-Treasurer, Great Lakes Spring Fit-Out Starts On Lakes Local 10, of the SIUNA Transportation Services and Allied Work­ ers, SIUNA announced a resounding victory on March 3rd in the Checker Cab Company election which was held in Detroit. The results were 454 votes for local 10 and 261 for no-union. This terminates a three year struggle to gain union representation for the cab drivers rennial Convention in Washington. of Detroit. No objections have been filed with the NLRB, .and from March 26, 1965. of the four IBU regions. A special membership meeting The nominating period for these all indications certification will be forthcoming within two weeks. The monthly IBU membership delegates will run from March 22 ^ meetings held in Mareh in the At­ for the Railway Marine Region to March 26, 1965. Detroit will be held in Jersey City at 10 lantic Coast Region, the Gulf Ships are commencing to fit-out in the Detroit area. Registration A special meeting for members Coast Region, the Railway Marine AM, Monday, March 29, 1965 to Region and the Great Lakes Tug choose a three-man nominating of the GLTD will be held In De­ has picked up considerably in all departments, and the 1965 season and Dredge Region, acted upon committee to pass on the eligibil­ troit at 10 AM, Monday, March was kicked ^off officially on Saturday, March 13th with the sailing of the Election Notice of 1965 Con­ ity of nominees for convention del­ 29 to elect a five-man nominating the SlU-contraoted steamer S. T. Orapo, which was scheduled to go to Alpena for a load of cement. The Crapo had the honor of carrying vention Delegates. This notice egates. was mailed to all members In each Gt. Lakes Tug & Dredge Region committee to act on eligibility of the first lake cargo, opening the coming navigation season. The Great Lakes Tug and convention delegate nominees. of the four regions in accordance With the opening of the shipping season drawing near, registra­ with section 401 (e) of the Labor tions in all departments have been increased considerably in this Management Reporting and Dis­ port. The indications in this area are that we will have an early closure Act of 1959. 4 season. navigation season, now less than All full book members of the Buffalo a month away. The improvements IBU who are in good standing may A meeting was held recently involve some $6 million worth of submit nominations for delegates with the Boland Steamship Com­ gate repairs, approach and tie-up to the convention. pany by Buffalo SIU representa­ wall extensions, in addition to Atlantic Coast Region tives. Several items involving over­ channel dredging and an overall The IBU Atlantic Coast Region NEW YORK—The SIU-AGLIWD United Industrial Work­ time were settled. Checks for the "machinery replacement. will select six delegates to the following individuals are forth­ Special and Quadrennial Conven­ ers will hold its Special and Second Quadrennial Convention coming; Douglas Hovey of the Alpena tion. Nominations to choose these at 9:30 AM, Wednesday, May 26 at the Gramercy Inn, 1616 Fred Manske for changing boom Registrations have been steady delegates will open March 22 and Rhode Island Avenue, N.Y.,"*" cables; H. Farley, J. Kornishand, since the opening of the Alpena March 26, 1965. and L. Wookowsld off the John J. Washington, B.C. Official Special and Quadrennial Conven­ Boland will receive two hours Hall March 1. We have several tion. . Nominations to select thesp A special membership meeting rated members registered in each for the Atlantic region will take notice bf the convention and delegates will open March 22, 1965 each for the painting of the after department. Most of our mem­ recreation room. J. T. Ellison off place in New York at 11 AM, Mon­ procedures to elect delegates to it and end on March 26, 1965. bers are anxious for the shipping A special membership meeting the J. T. Hutchinson will receive to begin. It was nice to see so day, March 29 to elect a three-man have been mailed to all UIW mem­ his bonus pay for the 1964 season nominating committee to check on bers in the Atlantic and Gulf for the Region will be held in many members using the recrea­ New York at 9 AM, Monday, from October 31 to December tional facilities of the hall during the eiigibiliy of nominees for con­ Coast regions. 19th. March 29 to elect a three-man vention delegates. the winter months. The regular monthly March nominating committee to pass on The company has paid overtime Gulf Coast Region We have been seeing a lot of the eligibility of nominees for con­ for doing sanitary work while on IBU members in the Gulf re­ meeting of UIW members in the vention delegates. Francis (Stells) Shea, Joe Cebula security watch to C. L. Clayborne gion will elect six delegates to Atlantic and Gulf Coast regions and Brother W. Lawrence off the and Irwin Schultz, just to men­ Gulf Coast Region the Special and Quadrennial Con­ acted upon the Election Notice of McKee Sons steamer D. P. tion a few who are patiently wait­ vention. Delegates will be nomi­ 1965 Convention Delegates, which The UIW Gulf Coast Region Thompson. The company has ing for that certain ship to fitout. nated from March 22 to March 26, was mailed to the entire member­ will select one delegate for the agreed to pay additional overtime The ice on the lakes is gone 1965. ship in accordance with section Special and Quadrennial Conven­ to all deck department personnel A special Gulf Coast member­ 401 (e) of the Labor Managemefft tion. Nominations for this dele­ for work performed on Memorial and the tub Captain Mack. (Huron ship meeting will be held in New Reporting and Disclosure Act of gate will open March 22 and close Day. The checks are forthcoming Portland Cement) broke the ice in the channel on March 8th. The Orleans at 10 AM on Monday, 1959. on March 26, 1965. and will be paid each crewmember shipping season officially opened March 29 to pass on the elegibility A special membership meeting in the deck department. All UIW full book members in for the Huron Portland Cement of convention delegate nominees. good standing may submit nomi­ for the Gulf Region will be held Construction workers are work­ Company Sunday, March 14th Railway Marine Region nations for convention delegates. in New Orleans at 10 AM, Mon­ ing at full speed on the Welland when the steamer S. T. Crapo Members of the Railway Marine day, March 29, 1965 to select a Canal, that 27 mile length between arrived at noon. While this does Atlantic Coast Region Region will pick two delegates to three-man nominating committee Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, in not make the earliest opening of The UIW Atlantic Coast Region to check on the eligibility of con­ an effort to complete improve­ the shipping season for Huron represent them at the Second and Quadrennial IBU convention. will elect seven delegates to the vention delegate nomineesl ments prior to the start of the Cement, it is earlier than usuaL The earliest opening of the ship­ ping season by Huron Cement was January 31, 1964. We., welcome the Maritime En­ (Continued from page 3) cordance with section 401 (e) of All RMR members who are full March 29, 1965 for the purpose of gineers Beneficial Association in pose of electing a three-man nom­ the Labor Management Reporting book members in good standing electing a three-man nominating this area, who are opening an inating committee to pass on the Disclosure Act of 1959, was mailed may submit nominations for con­ committee to pass on the eligibility office in Rogers City, Michigan to vention delegates. eligibility of nominees for con­ to every member of the Union. of convention delegate nominees. better serve their members. vention delegates. Great Lakes District All IBU members who are full A special meeting for RMR Chicago book members in good standing members will be held on Monday, I.B.U. The Great Lakes Distract will may submit nominations for con­ March 29 at Jersey City to elect a be represented by eight delegates The only work here recently was The Atlantic-Gulf Coast Regions vention delegates. three-man nominating committee for the twelfth biennial SIUNA an 8 man shifting gang for the will elect five delegates for the which will act on the eligibility of Special meetings for IBU mem­ nominees for convention delegates. convention. Nominations for these steamer Harvester, the newly ac­ biennial SIUNA convention to be delegates were made at a meeting quired straight decker for Gartheld in Washington. The nomi­ bers will be held on Monday, held on March 15, 1965. Members land Steamship Company. Accord­ Gt. Lakes Tug & Dredge Region— March 29. The meeting for the nating period during which these delegates will be selected opens Atlantic Coast Region will be held The SIU Great Lakes Tug and nominated for these positions ing to the company, the new name March 22, 1965 and closes on in New York, and for the Gulf Dredge Region will choose two must submit a statement of ac­ for the Harvester will be the "Chicago Trader." Coast in New Orleans. The mem­ delegates for the SIUNA biennial ceptance by April 5, 1965. March 26, 1965. bership in both these ports will convention to be held in Washing­ The regular March GLD The Chicago SIU held a meet­ The regular March monthly IBU elect a three-man nominating com­ ton. GLTD members will nominate membership meeting acted upon ing recently with Gartland Steam­ membership meetings acted upon mittee to decide on the eligibility delegates from March 22, 1965 to the Election Notice of 1965 Con­ ship Company regarding pending the Election Notice of 1965 Con­ of convention delegate nominees. March 26, 1965. vention Delegates which was disputes laid over from the end vention Delegates, which, In ac­ mailed to all members of the of the 1964 season. All disputes Railway Marine Region — The The regular monthly meetings SIU-Railway Marine Region will of the GLTD held in March acted district, in accordance with sec­ were settled and a full report of select two' delegates for the upon the Election Notice of 1965 tion 401 (e) of the Labor Manage­ disputes were sent into Detroit. twelfth biennial SIUfJA conven­ Convention Delegates, which, in ment Reporting and Disclosure Registration for the 1965 season has been slow, with only 32 men tion. Nominations for these dele­ accordance with section 401 (e) of Act of 1959. gates will open March 22, 1965 the Labor Management Reporting Nominations for convention registered of which some expect and will end with the close of and Disclosure Act of 1959, was delegates may be submitted by to be called back to their old jobs business on March 26, 1965. mailed to every member of the any full book member of the GLD when we receive news of fitout. who is in good standing. Region. We are still meeting with all The regular March monthly meeting of RMR members acted At the regular membership principal officials of the Chicago All full book members of the upon the Election Notice of 1965 Great Lakes Tug and Dredge meeting to be held in the port of Marine Hospital and other labor Convention Delegates which was Region in good standing may Detroit and headquarters on April groups regarding the closing of mailed to all members of the submit nominations for convention 5, 1965, a three man nominating these facilities. region, in accordance with section delegates. committee will be elerted to act Cleveland 401 (e) of the Labor Management on the eligibility of convention Reporting and Disclosiu-e Act of This port has gotten off to a A special membership meeting delegates who have been 1959. will be held in Detroit on Monday, nominated. (Continued on page 18) SlU-UIW Sets Elections Of Convention Delegates SlUNA Convention Set For May 26-June I �Ifanli 1»» INI On a damp, drizzly morning in December, 1862, the 175-foot Yankee ironclad gunboat Cairo made its way slowly up the mistshrouded Yazoo River near Vicksburg, Mis­ sissippi—Confederate territory. The Cairo, with her 160-man crew, was part of a 5ship flotilla ordered into the Yazoo to clear the river of electrical-mines before General Sherman arrived with his forces to attack Vicksburg. At 11:30 a.m. the Cairo became the first victim of this new weapon of war—the underwater electrical mine! Bottles of gunpowder had been floated a few feet beneath the river's surface at the end of copper wires leading to the shore. The Cairo gently nudged an unseen bottle. A rebel soldier hidden in the riverside under­ growth touched two wires together—a tiny spark jumped—and the Cairo was no more. Twelve Minutes To Die The Union gunboat lurched violently and shuddered as a terrific explosion ripped through her hull below the starboard bow —crushing in her bottom. Twelve minutes later she had sunk to the Yazoo's muddy bottom with just the tips of her smoke­ stacks and masts still above the waves—• still flying the stars and stripes. The entire crew scrambled to safety aboard the Queen of the West, another Union gunboat, without any loss of lives. The war continued and finally ground to halt. The nation gathered its strength and found the path toward future greatness. Meanwhile the Cairo settled gradually into the mud and silt of the Yazoo bottomsdisappearing from sight and thought. Nine years ago the wreck of the Cairo was located by a U.S. military park historian. SEAFARERS LOG Private efforts to raise the vessel from her muddy, eight-fathom grave were only partly successful. In 1964 the Mississippi State Legislature appropriated $50,000—which was added to money raised by . local agencies— and the Cairo was resurrected. Back From The Deep After over 100 years in her watery grave she came up slowly. It was at first hoped to bring her up in one piece, but weakened timbers and the weight of a century of mud silting made this impossible. She was finally cut into three sections by salvage men and brought up piecemeal. The only Civil War gunboat in existence today, the Cairo will be rebuilt and placed aboard a barge as a floating museum— able to visit various coastal and river ports. When completed, it should be one of the best Civil War museums in the nation. Because the Cairo sank deep and fast in troubled times, she was never scavanged to any significant degree. A whole truckload of Civil War artifacts have been recovered from the wreck and the mud in which it sank —thought by many to be the largest collec­ tion of Civil War relics ever to be recovered in one place—including cannons, mess kits, leather boots, shoe polish, cookwear, water pitchers a blacksmith shop, chimney lamps, shoes, shirts, combs, and much more. The 13 cannons she mounted have been recovered in such a good state of preserva­ tion that even the sights and elevating wheels still work. Many of the other items are in a similar condition. Students of American history are looking forward to the opening of a new chapter in their research through studies of the Cairo and her cargo. Armor-plated pilot house of the U.S.S. Cairo was raised from the waters of the Yazoo by salvage barges in September, I960—98 years after she sank. e s e 1 B 1 S 3 0 s A great many Civil War relics were re­ covered from the Cairo, including this case of howlizer shells. A Vicksburg policeman shined his boots with shoe polish taken from one of the sea chests stacked behind them. The Cairo's bow was the last major section to be raised. The three square openings are the forward gun ports. In all, the vessel mounted 31 cannons. �Pag* Ten SEAFARERS Mareli 19. 19<f LOG Maritime Woes Cited At Hearing By Robert A. Matthews, Vice-President, Contracts, & Bill Hall, Headquarters Rep. Of the many letters to come into this department during the past few months, we have selected a wide range of shipboard heefs for use In this issue. Two separate questions dealing with Oilers on day watch and sea watches are covered in the first letter, sent in by Seafarers Richard Harris aboard the Trahseasteyn. Question No. 1: "Can port watches be maintained in U.S., and then in Pakistan be broken and Oilers put on day work." Answer and Reference; There is nothing in the contract that makes it mandatory for Oilers to be kept on port watches in any port when sea watches are broken. Moreover, they are to be put on day work in accordance with the Standard Freightship Agreement, Article IV, Section 7, first paragraph, which reads as follows: "When a vessel is in port as defined in Article II, Section 34, and is scheduled to remain in port twenty-four hours or longer, sea watches shall be broken. When scheduled stay of vessel is less than twenty-four hours, sea watches shall be maintained. If sea watches are to be broken, they shall be broken when 'Finished with Engine' bell is rung." Question No. Z: "Can one Oiler make routine watch on day work while other two oilers do day work so Second Assistant can work on boilers." Answer: Yes, provided this work of the three hours if the work is is rotated among the three oilers, to be continued. Otherwise, a night and all Oilers perform this vvork lunch shall be provided. An un­ during the hours 8 to 12 and 1 broken hour shall be allowed for p.m. to 5 p.m., no overtime would the hot lunch and if such unbroken hour is not allowed the men shall be applicable. receive one hour's overtime worked Reference: Standard Freight- during the hot lunch hour." ship Agrceinpnl, Article IV, Sec­ Money Due tion 19, which reads as foliow.s: "Oilers on Day Work—Steam. The Contracts and Constitution They shall assist the engineers in department is still holding a num­ maintenance and repair work in ber of checks for the Seafarers engine room, machine shop, shaft listed below. These men are urged alley, ice-machine room, and store­ to pick up their checks from this room when located in, or adjacant department or notify headquarters to engine room. They shall not be where the checks may be sent. required to do any cleaning of In the settlement of disputed boilers, painting, cleaning paint, overtime aboard the Transorleans, polishing work, wire-brushing, checks are being held for James chipping or scaling without the Mahoney and Seymore Sikes. payment of overtime." From the Ames Victory, checks The next question comes from are being held covering travel the deck delegate aboard the wages, subsistence and transpor­ Mankato Victory regarding un­ tation for Wallace P. Anderson, licensed Deck Department per­ Morris Berlowitz, Ralph L. Jones sonnel watching cargo. and Lee W. Morin. Question: Our job is to stand by In the settlement of disputed In the holds and watch cargo. The overtime for tank cleaning aboard hours were from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, the Manhattan, checks are being 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., and 3 p.m. to 3 held for L. Harvey, H. Koppera.m. Are we entitled to straight smith, and S. Puntillo. overtime between 8 a.m. and 5 Checks for the settlement of dis­ p.m. and 11-^ between 5 p.m. and 8 a.m., weekdays and the same on puted overtime aboard the Penn Carrier are being held for Earl H. weekends? Reamer, and Walter Smith. Answer: Since the work you are Former crewmembers of the Ni­ performing is not the customary duties of the Deck Department, all agara, who are owed money for of the crewmembers involved are the settlement of disputed over­ entitled to straight overtime for time, are Francis M, Greenwall all hours worked while watching and Richard Heckmen. cargo. George Doest still has a check Reference: Standard Freightship waiting for him for settlement of Agreement, Article II, Section 10, disputed overtime earned aboard first paragraph, which reads: the Seatrain New Jersey. "Members of all departments shall A transportation differential perform the necessary and cus­ check from the Elimir is still be­ tomary duties of that department. ing held for James H. Smith. Each member of all departments Checks for the settlement of a shall perform only the recognized and customary duties of his par­ transportation disput are being held for these former crewmem­ ticular rating. bers of the Valiant Hope: Thomas Another question by the same E. Bewley, Edward E. Edinger, Seafarer inquires about meals to Thomas E. Hanson, Athanassios be served while working as men­ Karatgas, Donald Kershaw, Thom­ tioned. The contracts department as E. Morris, and Berthall L. Winanswered as follows: home. With reference to your question Former crewmembers of the as to whether or not you are en­ Hercules Victory who have checks titled to a hot meal at midnight, waiting for them for the settle­ the answer is yes. We refer you to ment of disputed overtime are Article II, Section 45, paragraph Murry Carroll, Die A. E. Hiben, (b), which reads as follows: Everett J. Huntley, Edward Jen­ "If the crew starts work at or sen, William A. Laughlin, Ernest before 9 p.m. and works continu­ J. Lichtensen, Wiliiam Logan, ously for three hours, a hot lunch Thomas J. Ratcliff, Robert Smith, •hall be provided at the expiration George Stanley and Donald T. Watson. The contract department is hold­ ing checks covering subsistence for the following ex-crewmembers of the St. Lawrence: George S. Lane, Bill Mpontsikaris and Nich­ olas Sakellarides. '•Un&Tf-mWS House Unit OKs Extension Of Ship Building Subsidy QUESTIONi What do you consider to be the most danger^ ous aspect of working aboard ship? WASHINGTON—A House Merchant Marine subcommittee has approved a bill extending the 55 percent maximtmi Gov­ ernment subsidy on ship construction for another year. Anthony Barbaro, engine; In my opinion, the most dangerous Job At subcommittee hearings aboard ship ie percent of their trade in their on the bill, American mari­ 90 performed by the own vessels; time got a lot of sympathy. deck department The full Merchant Marine Com­ "If there is a pocket of poverty anywhere. It is in the American mittee is expected to consider the Merchant Marine," noted Repre­ subsidy bill at its next meeting. sentative Paul Rogers (D.-Fla.). One subcommittee member termed the American shipbuilding industry the "Appalachia of the seven seas." Principal witness at the hearings was Secretary of Commerce, John T. Connor, who said that in com­ parison to the United States, the Soviet Union has a "pretty full program" in shipbuilding. WASHINGTON — The nation Maritime Administrator Nicholas needs a public works, program to Johnson followed up Connor's re­ continue the economic improve­ marks with the statement that the ment the tax cut began, and to Soviet plans to have 20 million prevent a recession later this year gross tons afloat by 1980 and prob­ or in 1966, Representative John ably will surpass the United States A. Blatnik (D-Minn.) stated re­ in merchant shipping within a year cently in an interview on the AFLor two. The Maritime Administra­ CIO public service radio program, tor said he would not disagree with Washington Reports to the People. a statement by Representative Representative John P. Saylor Rogers that Russia was building (R-Pa.), also speaking on the AFLabout 600 vessels. CIO program, asserted that Con­ Johnson estimated that about 8 gress should keep a number of to 9 percent of U.S. export trade public works projects on the shelf, is carried in American ships. He the kind on which design, engi­ admitted that the Russians ship neering and costs are complete. "We should give the President the authority," he said, "to have a program such as this to call on when there is a weakening of any economic pier. He should have funds available to act quickly." Headquarters again wishes to Both Saylor and Blatnik report­ remind all Seafarers that pay­ ed that the Accelerated Public ments o* funds, for whatever Works program was "a great suc­ Union purpose, be made only cess." Saylor said the people in to authorized SIU representa­ his district "can give positive tives and that an official Union proof of what such a program can do." receipt be gotten at that time. Blatnik has introduced a bill If no receipt is offered be sure that would appropriate $2 billion to protect yourself by immeui- to provide community facilities, ..tely bringing the matter to the with the emphasis placed on the attention of the President's need of the facilities and the fi­ nancial inability of a community office. to pay for them. Public Works Called 'Buffer' To Recession Be Sure To Get Dues Receipts Catching Up when they raise •nd lower the booms. The •lightest slip cou'ld cause a serious acoident, like a line com­ ing loose and slaping a man, or a man getting bis foot tangled in • running line. 4" l" i Edward Taylor, steward: I think that getting in and out of the ice box is extremely dangerous. If the door starts to swing when the ship rolls, there is not always time to get out of the way. A man could easily get crushed by the door. 4> James Gorman, deck; The most dangerous part of my job is the carelessness of another person aboard ship. Such as leaving objects in the wiay, or grease on the deck, causing someone to trip or slip. For in­ stance, if I'm over the side or aloft in a bosun's chair, and some­ one doesn't fasten the stage right, it could easily conie loose. 4" 4» 4" 4" 4- Robert Bird, deck: In my estima­ tion, handlinig nylon lines is very dangerous. Those limes stretch so far, that as soon as you take the slack off them, they pop back into shape with considerable snap. Quite often, if « man is not careful, they will pop light off the bit and give him a terrific jolt. Andrea Pesce, engine: There arS a lot of things dm the engine room that are danger­ ous if mis­ handled. Actu­ ally, though, a broken steam line is the worst thing that can happen. A fire loose in the en­ gine room has more potential danger, however, because if it is not oontrolied quickly, it can emdanger .the entire ship. 4 On the beach recently in New York, Seafarer Jens C. Madsan, off the Elizobethpait (Sea Land), spent some time at SIU headquarters catching up on the latest news both from his shipmates and the newspapers. Madson sails in the engine department. 4 4* Arthur Sankovidt, steward: Let's f^ce it, just going aboard ship is dangerous if every n^n aboard isn't safety con­ scious. In my de­ partment though, heating water is dangerous; also carrying meat up ladders diming a storm. If there is any grease on the ladder, or if the ship lurches just right, a man could easily take a real header. I �Hansb 19, IMS SEAFARERS LOG "One Step Back" SPAD 1- r.; ri*"- .... LABOR URGES D.C. HOME RULE—Legislation establishing "the right of the residents of the District of Columbia to govern themselves" has been urged by the AFL-CIO. The people of the nation's capital "are entitled to have a voice in shaping their destinies, just as the citizens of other cities have such a voice in self-government," Andrew J. Biemiller, AFL-CIO Legislative Director, declared. Biemiller notified the chairman of the Senate District of Columbia Committee that labor supports the Administration's proposal for an elected mayor, an elected city council and a built-in formula for federal contribution to the district's budget. The federal government, the city's largest "industry" pays no taxes. Biemiller said that District of Columbia residents showed "convincing proof of their interest and willingness to participate in the democratic process" by their "extraoidinaiy turnout" in the November presidential elections, the first in which they were given the vote. if ^ if AKRON BARS USE OF LIE DETECTORS—Tbe city of Akron, Ohio, has approved a labor-backed ordinance forbidding the use of lie detec­ tors devices in the field of employment. The city council passed the law by a 10-2 vote. Though five states already have similar laws, Akron is believed to be the first municipality in the U.S. to adopt one. The law prohibits both private employers and the city government from requiring either job applicants or employes to take a polygraph test. Passage of the ordinance came a week after the AFL-CIO Executive Council called for "a full scale campaign against the use of lie detector devices in public and private employment." The Council said the devices are of "dubious" reliability and "infringe on the fundamental rights of American citizens to personal privaey. Neither the government nor private employers should be permitted to engage in this sort of police state surveillance." The five states which currently have lie detector control laws are Alaska, California, Massachusetts, Oregon and Rhode Island. l" 4- J" FOUR HEALTH BILLS SUPPORTED BY LABOR—The AFL-CIO voiced its support for four Adminstration proposed health bills in testimony before the House Commerce Committee. Lisbeth Bamburger, assistant director the AFL-CIO's Social Security Department described the measures as "crucial steps" in bringing "the best of medical care" to all Americans. The four bills backed by labor would: 1) provide federal grants to pay the salaries of professional and technical staffs of community mental health centers being built under a 1963 law. 2) authorize federal mortgage insurance loans for construction of group health practice facilities. 3) extend and liberalize federal grants for mass vaccination programs for young children to cover all pre-school children and provide vaccinations for measles and other diseases the Surgeon General finds to be a major health problem. 4) extending and increasing federal matching grants for construction of health research facilities—from the present level of $50 million yearly to $400 million over a five-year period. A guaranteed payment of earned standing radio reporting during pensions for employees whose 1964. The honor, presented by the company has gone out of business Journalism School of Long Island should be secured through a fed­ University in honor of a CBS re­ eral insurance plan, the AFL-CIO porter who was killed in Greece, urged in hearings before the Sen­ was given to Morgan for his "in­ ate's Special Committee on Aging. cisive comprehension of events, Richard E. Shoemaker of the AFL- skill in communicating them, and CIO Special Security Department initiative in commenting on issues told the legislators that a "quite of urgency to the American peo­ modest" insurance premium could ple." Also honored with Polk protect employees from loss of award was Sam Marshall, associate pensions. Shoemaker also said the : editor of the CWA News of the labor movement favors an over­ I AFL-CIO Communications Work­ haul of the bankruptcy laws so ers. Marshall was cited for his that pension obligations would exposure of a waterfront shake­ have the same priority as wage ob­ down racket while he was a labor ligations when a company goes de­ reporter for the Cleveland Plain funct. Dealer. 4. i Loren Hargus, 58, president of the Kansas City, Mo., AFL-CIO, succumbed to a heart attack in Kansas City. Hargus helped to or­ ganize Division 1287 of the Amal­ gamated Transit Union in 1941 and became its president in 1948. He was a leader in the successful state-wide fight of the utility workers to have" an anti-strike law declared unconstitutional., AFLCIO president George Meany ex­ tended his condolences to Hargus' widow, saying he "served the labor movement and his fellow man with tireless devotion." if i. i. Edward P. Morgan, the noted news commentator whose broad­ casts are sponsored by the AFLCIO, has been awarded the George Polk Memorial Award for out­ t t 4" The Montana State legislature has petitioned Congress to repeal the "rlgh.t-to-work'; section of the Taft-Hartley Law. The state's Republican governor, Tim Babcock, signed the joint resolution as a "courtesy," although it was not required by law. Both houses of the Montana legislature over­ whelmingly voted to petition Con­ gress for "speedy enactment" of a Taft-Hartley ammendment taking away the authority of states to prohibit union shop agreements. Copies of the petition are being sent to all members of the Montana congressional delegation, chairmen of the House and Sen­ ate Labor Committees and to President Johnson, according to James S. Umber of the Montana State AFL-CIO. & ^ A Included in President Johnson's design for the USPHS hospitals provide quality medical his "Great Society" is a massive medical re­ care and easy accessibility. The Administration's claim that the clos­ search program that would endeavor to eliminate the scourge of physical disease that ing of the USPHS Hospitals would be an has deprived countless human beings of their effective "economy" move does not make sense when one considers that new hospitals right to live happy and productive lives. No one, of course, opposes such a program would have to be built to take care of those and the hope is that it will become a reality seamen who will be denied the use of USPHS and successfully eliminate the causes of hospitals when they need medical care, and will subsequently have to go elsewhere to disease. obtain quality care. However, it seems ironical that a program_ It is common knowledge that a desperate of this sweeping magnitude comes at a time overcrowding problem exists in most hos­ when the administration is advocating the pitals today. It is easy to say that substitute closing of seven United States Public Health medical facilities will be obtained for the Service hospitals for reasons of "economy." seaman, but the question is how will it be The fact, is that many thousands of Seafar­ done without building new hospitals to take ers and U.S. citizens owe their lives and good care of those seamen who are displaced from health to the existence of these hospitals. the USPHS hospitals. How this can be con­ These hospitals have proved as vital to the strued as being an "economy," move is hard American merchant marine as any piece of to fathom. legislation enacted in their interest. The SIU along with the rest of maritime The administration has claimed that the labor, has consistently opposed any changes closing of the hospitals would improve the which would weaken the Public Health Serv­ quality of medical care for seaman patients ice program which was begun in 1798. The and make hospital care to them more accessi­ closing down of the seven hospitals could very well be the first step in the abandon­ ble. The United States Public Health Service ment of the entire USPHS program. These hospitals have always provided quality USPHS hospitals must be kept open and medical care for the American seamen. They operating at full efficiency. The SIU and the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades are conveniently located in major U.S. cities and are immediately accessible to those who Department will mobilize every effort to keep these institutions open. require medical care. Seafarers and their lamilies are urged to The many thousands of seamen who have utilized the USPHS hospitals since their in­ write to their Congressmen and Senators ception and are alive today thanks to the asking for their full support in the preserva­ prompt and excellent medical care they tion and maintenance of USPHS facilities for received is a testament to the fact that the seamen and other U.S. citizens. �Face Twelre SEAFARERS March 19, 196f LOG Out Of The Sewer And Info The News Right Wing Extremist GroupsBattered, But Stiil Dangerous The extreme right-wing has been a historic (and often hysteric) enemy of the organized labor movement in the U.S. Through the years these extremist groups have fought bitterly OiPainst every advance achieved by American labor. Recently however, they have been turning their smear tactics against other Americans, who they feel are "not American enough" to suit them. Exposed to the light of day, this right-wing lunatic fringe is finally being recog­ nized for what it really is—a hate-mongering bunch of assorted screwballs who feed on lies and filth and represent a frightening danger to American freedom. x- J I I • ' , ! : I , When Barry Goldwater, the shining knight of the extreme right, went down to a crushing defeat in the November elections, his Birchite followers hardly took time out to pay their political respects to their fallen hero before galloping off again down the road to the dark ages. told them they could "clear' But it was reprinted in rightwing That road has become an ly themselves by paying him off. hate sheets, and unsigned, obscene increasingly rough one for letters began to come into the The grocer played on the fear of the extremists, however. Their political frustrations have forced controversy and loss of sponsors the lunatic fringers to run afoul of of the networks and offered them the law, and they have begun to his services as a private detective, pay the price for their reckless ciiecking out for a fee the back­ smears and sewer attacks on other grounds of all performers. The racket, called "Aware, Inc.," Americans. thrived for years under the twin In two recent actions, the right­ banners of profit and "patriotism." ists were beaten back by men of unable to Work courage and determination. In the first, a quiet-talking entertainer Faulk, then a vice president of from Texas regained his good the television and radio artists name and won a whopping libel union, fought a determined battle suit against the men who sought against the blacklisters. He won to deny him his livelihood. their hatred and they vowed to get The entertainer, John Henry even. They did by charging him Faulk, was a radio and tv favorite j with Communism. His show was on the afternoon airwaves during dropped, and Faulk was unable to the early 1950s. One day his show. earn a living in his chosen pro­ though successful, disappeared fession. from the air. Though few knew, Fighting back, he sued the blackor cared to admit, at the time, listers for libel. After an epic court Faulk had fallen victim to the battle, he won. He was awarded blacklist. the largest amount ever won in a McCarthy Hysteria libel case—three million dollars. The blacklist in the entertain­ With one of his defamers dead and ment industry was born in the the other pleading poverty, chances hysteria of the McCarthy era. are that Faulk will never collect Fanatics and opportunists, taking more than $500,000. But his victory advantage of the Cold War atmos­ was not only in money. By his phere, were charging anyone who lonely battle, he did much to abol­ disagreed with their views with be­ ish the blacklist and uphold the rights of all Americans. ing Communists or traitors. In California, a highly respected These forces of fear had their Republican senator found himself greatest success in educational in­ stitutions and in the entertainment under a more covert but equally business. Professors were fired for vicious attack as that suffered by holding unpopular views and en­ Faulk. Senator Thomas H. Kuchel tertainers were denied work be­ had inspired the wrath of the right­ cause of their beliefs. Persons, ists by exposing their methods in like Faulk, who defended freedom speeches on the Senate floor and elsewhere. of speech, were railroaded. Sewer Strategy The show business blacklist was particularly evil because it also Unable to attack his patriotism contained a greedy motive. An up­ because of Kuchel's solid antistate New York supermarket oper­ Communism, the rightists resorted ator set himself up as the political to a sewer strategy. They spread czar of the broadcasting industry. rumors that Kuchel had been ar­ He publicly charged persons with rested once on a "morals" charge. Communist leanings, and private- The story of course was untrue. Victims O f Extremist Smears • -S ••. I...' Seaator Kuchel John Henry Faulk Senator's office. As soon as he became aware of the smear campaign, Kuchel de­ cided to fight back. It was a courageous decision. Often in the face of such whispered filth, the victim decides that it is much safer to ride out the storm quietly than to go on the offensive, drag­ ging the whole rotten business be­ fore the public. At Kuchel's request, a thorough investigation was begun by the Los Angeles Police Department. After months of search the instigators of the rumor campaign were uncov­ ered and arrested for criminal libel. One of the arrested men, Francis Capell, is the publisher of a hate sheet that comes out of New Jersey. Another, John F. Fergus, is a public relations man for the Eversharp-Schick safety razor company. The company has often been associated with extreme right causes, and has sponsored television and radio shows for rightist groups. The two other de­ fendants were former Los Angeles policemen. If convicted, the four could each receive up to three years in prison and fines of $5,000. While the right was routed in the Faulk and Kuchel cases, it was not, according to all indications, discouraged. The hate groups and the rumor-mongers, playing on the delicate position in which this na­ tion finds itself in today's world, will continue to try to undermine the pillars of freedom on which America is based. Payments Gap Cure Seen In U.S. - Flag Use WASHINGTON — An increased use of American-flag vessels was mentioned by the new Secretary of Commerce as a technique in the battle to improve the nation's balance of payments situation. The Secretary, John T. Connor, proposed nine methods in all, by which a start could be made on reducing America's gold outflow. Maritime labor has been press­ ing for a boost in the amount of U.S. trade carried by U.S.-flag ships. Not only has foreign and runaway flag carriage of our com­ merce helped to increase the flow of gold out of the U.S., it has also weakened the nation's mer­ chant marine and shipbuilding in­ dustries. By increasing the amount of foreign commerce carried in Ameri­ can ships, with freight charges and crew's wage staying in the U.S. rather than going to foreign opera­ tors, miliion of dollars yearly could be pared from the payment deflcit. By Lindsey Williams. Vice-President, Gulf Area Shipping Boom In Guif Ports With settlement on a new agreement between the International Longshoremen's Association, and maritime management in the West Gulf area from Lake Charles, La., to Brownsville, Texas, shippiUigi resumed with a boom in Houston. In the first 10 days after the strike ended, 15 ships were crewed up out of the Houston SIU hall. This meant that more than 500 Seafarers were back on the job in short order. With about 10 more strike-idled vessels to crew, it was encouraging to note that there was no shortage of manpower. Plenty of men were available on the beach and taking the jobs as fast as they hit the board. In an effort to promote more use of the new Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet, the New Orleans Dock Board submitted to the U.S. Corps of Engineers plans for an auxiliary set of locks into the Industrial Canal from the Mississippi River. As things now stand, the new tidewater ship channel is used priiicipally by ships bound for the new bulk handling facility on the ship channel or for berths in the Industrial Oanai. To reach New Orleans' system of riverfront wharves, ships using the new channel must lock through the Industrial Canal to get into the River. Because of heavy traffic through the existing locks, so much time is lost that ships bound for riverfront berths generally find it more economical to use the winding river channel from the Gulf. The plans submitted to the U.S.f' Engineers call for building an John "Chi Chi" Giandola shipped auxiliary set of locks alongside the out as day man on the Penn Ex­ existipg ones. The new locks would porter bound for Egypt with grain. be 550 feet longer, 35 feet wider His last job was bosun on the and 13ti feet deeper over the sills Walter Rice on the Houstonand thus would be able to handle Hawaii run. E. J. Blanchard, who a much greater volume of ocean­ paid off when the Rebecca laid up going traffic. in Houston, took the second pump­ man's job on the Penn Exporter. Houston R. C. Smith who had to get off the On the labor front in Houston, Transhay and go into the hospital the Retail Clerks International for treatment of a .severe case of Association, AFL-CIO, successful­ influenza is "fit for duty" again ly completed negotiation of a first and looking for a coastwise trip. contract with the vast Weingarten Incidentally, there has been a high grocery chain. The new collective incidence of influenza in the Gulf bargaining agreement brought ports of late. many gains to the nearly 3000 Mobile store employees covered in the unit which won union representa­ After staying on the National tion in an election conducted by Seafarer for about 10 months, the National Labor Relations Luigi Gallo is enjoying a vacation Board. with his family at his home in Tony Denddo, SIU steward de­ Chickasaw, Ala. He will be look­ partment veteran, was o'h hand ing for an AB's job when he is for the March membership meet­ ready to ship out. Ed Kelly is on ing happily spreading the word the beach at his home in Theodore, to his friends that he has retired Ala., after working more than a and is now drawing Seafarers pen­ year as chief cook on the Alcoa sion benefits. His last ship was Roanier, which he left because of the Bienville from which he paid the death of his mother. Along off about three months ago. He is with his sipmates, we extend our looking forward to taking it easy most sincere sympathy to Brother Kelly. Paul Gladden registered for at his home here. an AB's job and went home to After making a grain run to visit with family and friends in India on the supertanker Enia Tampa. His last ship was the Our Elizabeth, R. L. "Blackle" Toler Lady of Peace. Paul has been says he would like to sail on a shipping out of the Gulf for over coastwise job for a change. Santos 20 years. William A. Tatuni is Garcia just checked in after a trip taking it easy at his home in to Iran on the Our Lady of Peace. Mississippi after working for more Santos reported it was a good ship, than four years in the black gang congenial crew and all in all a on tlie Alcoa Runner. Chris Markfine trip. As a matter of fact, he ris is enjoying a vacation after would like another voyage to Iran. six months as night cook and bak­ er on the Our Lady of Peace. New Orleans Among the veteran Seafarers to hit the beach here during the last Due to an error in the In­ few days are Boh Creel, Stan come Tax Report, published in Zeagler and Mike Miller. Henry the March issue of the Sea­ St. Germain got off the Del Sud, farers LOG, three items were registered and took off for Tampa, incorrectly listed as "Exam­ as usual. Gleason St. Germain, no ples of Income Which Must relation, went back "home" to the Be Reported." laundryman's job on the Del Sud. The items which were in­ Dominick DiGiovanni took the correctly listed as "Examples chief cook's job on the Anna. of Income Which Must Be Charlie Pollard scored the chief Reported" are: steward's job on the Express 1. Disability retirement pay­ Balliniore. ments and other benefits paid by the Veterans Administra­ tion. 2. Dividends on veterans in­ surance. 3. Life insurance proceeds upon death. YOU CAN'T SPEAVC These items should have UP IF Vou'/ze NOT "WERE been listed as "Examples of Income Which Should Not Be ATTSNP YeOR UNION Reported." Correction! Megpnas ftamMttrt �Manli U,IflW SEAFARERS Vge Thlrteea LOG Yeikke Kassinen (left) who sails with the SUP, was chatting with Seafarer Julio Gonzales (center) when SlU headquarters rep Ed Mooney visited their v/ard in the Staten Island USPHS hospital recently. The con­ versation hardly missed a beat as Mooney filled out the necessary forms for their weekly benefits. LOG VISITS SEAFARERS IN USPHS HOSPITAL I, 1 Erie Johnson, in drydock at the Staten Island USPHS hospital, last sailed on the Hercules Victory (Sea Tramps). 1 Among those receiving benefits was Robert Duff, who sailed on the Globo Traveler (Intercontinental Transport). When SIU headquarters rep Ed Mooney made one of his regular visits to the Staten Island, N.Y. USPHS hospital recently to pay out weekly benefits to Seafarers in dry dock there, the LOG. photographer went along and took the pictures on this page. (For the latest developments in the SIU's fight to prevent proposed FHS hospital closings, see story on page 3.) Drydocked—but ambulatory—were Seafarers Alt Hubabi, wiper; Juan Soto, bosun, last off the Seatrain Savannah; and AB Enrique Alvarez off the, Seatrain Texas. Gordon Owen, in fancy pajamas, was off the Steel Navigator (Isthmian). In the hospital for an eye injury was Seafarer Miller Little, who last shipped on the Natalie (Intercontinental). Wilfred Sehoenborn (left) looks on as headquarters rep Ed Mooney checks out his name on the SIU hospital list. Sehoenborn last sailed on the Steel Voyager (Isthmian). Miiiiliiiiill Among Seafarers awaiting their FpD was Tomas Ramirez, who last sailed as AB aboard the Seatrain New Jersey. This group shot of Seafarers In the Staten Island hospital includes (l-r) Ed Mooney; head nurse Mrs. Mary O'Conner; Seafarers S. Friedman; Joseph S«on; Dan Coveny of the SU Railway Marine Region; Rudy Bayer of the Marine Cooks & Stewards (partly hidden); Emmet Avery; and H. L. Crabtree. �SEAFAltKRS PliK* Fonrteea By Fred Stewart & Ed Mooney Headquarters Representatives Beefs Should Be Settled Promptly LOO Jfarah. 1», IMi Statistics Show U.S. lagging in Sociai Weifare Programs While Americans struggle through a seemingly endless argument on the need for medicare for the aged, their nation is falling even further behind its Western European allies in the vital field of social welfare. The current debate in the Our next door neighbor, Canada, Western European countries, The U.S. on the role government is currently studying a national Netherlands, for example, has should play in insuring the plan to provide "cradle-to-grave" lower child mortality rates, lower A ship's beef can be considered as an evidence of a_temporary mis­ understanding or maladjutment between the seamen and the officers aboard a vessel. It can be treated In one of two ways. Wo will examine both those ways and see what they offer. First, it can be ignored or played down. But by ignoring it, a sense health and welfare of its citizens health care for the nation's 19.3 incidence of disease, and a longer of frustration, suppression and antagonism is likely to develop. The" is thought of as old hat by most million people. Also in the works life expectancy than the U.S. America remains the strongest original cause of the beef under such circumstances tends to be mag­ Europeans. They regard it In the is a new national pension plan. nation, but not the healthiest. nified and distorted. If other beefs develop before the original one is same way we would regard a 1965 While our overseas cousins con­ Good health of the population de­ corrected, a progressively intense and unreasoning conviction of ill- debate between advocates of the tinue to Improve and expand their pends in the end, as long experi­ treatment is fostered. Therefore, the first method—ignoring or trying buggy versus the auitomobile. social welfare plans, Americans to dissipate the beef—is entirely The booming, free enterprise seem to be only slowly emerging ence in other free nations has shown, on the degree to which the only leads unacceptable, since it provision is always effective to the economies of Europe depend on a to larger problems in the long extent that it displays fairness in healthy, secure work force. Social from a rut dug bV the special in­ nation as a whole is prepared to terests who oppose such benefits work for that good health. The run. operation and thus retains the benefits, many in operation for the for mainly selfish reasons. King-Anderson Medicare bill now The second method of treating crew's confidence. last half century or more, help to before Congress represents a step As a result, our health has suf­ the beef, which will now be dis­ Of course, if the beef is not assure that objective. fered in comparison to that of the in that direction. cussed, is therefore the only safe settled at sea the boarding patrol­ The West German economy, for and productive one. This method man must go through the whole instance, devotes 15 percent of its consists of letting in the fresh air matter from beginning to end, annual output to the welfare of and sunshine on the problem. Ev­ hearing grievances on all sides to its citizens. Workers receive both eryone involved in the beef should determine their nature and the medical care and sick pay that have a chance to get every critical justice of them so he can make a amounts to 65 to 75 percent of comment and complaint off his fair decision. The danger is that their regular earnings. The ex­ chest. The atmosphere must be thLs can cause the crew members, pense of social welfare programs kept clear and free of any of that officers and company representa­ is shared by labor and industry, By Cal Tanner, Executive Vice-President sense of vague uneasiness that tives to be entangled with many as in the U.S. tends to crop up. beefs and points for hours—^beefs Several congressmen have made Important statement recently, ri^ French Benefits To accomplish this clearing of that could possibly have been set­ fleeting their desire to reverse the declining status of the United In France, medical insurance States merchant fleet. This Is an encouraging sign since knowledge­ the air there is one really fruitful tled at sea. rovers up to 80 percent of a work­ able consideration of the problems of the country's maritime problems method. It is to keep open an or­ When such beefs reach port, by ganized channel of communication fair and proper reasoning, the er's medical expenses. In addition, by our Washington representatives is a necessity if any progress is between the ship's delegates and boarding patrolman should not workers receive sick pay equal to to be made toward their solution. the officers topside. Through this only attempt to settle them in the 50 percent of their regular wages. Two of the legislators raised their voices to blast recent Maritime channel the crew can make their best possible manner, but should Family allowances are also part of Administration proposals that would effect drastic changes in both ship beefs heard with the confidence also try to promote harmonious the comprehensive plan. construcUon and operating subsidies, cargo preference laws and that they will be promptly and relations between the crewmen Italian workers have the com­ other present pojicies. Both Representative John J. Rooney (D-N.Y.) constructively considered. This and the officers. In this process, plete cost of doctor bills and and Edward Garmatz (D-Md.) •¥ it is therefore important that medicines provided for most, re­ strongly asserted that these pro­ tion of the cargo preference shoreside management, rather gardless of age. Hospitalization posals would cause Irreparable statutes that have been made by than being an adversary, should, and sick pay are provided for up harm to U.S. maritime. both the SIU and the AFL-CIO like the union, consider the merits to six months of disability. Italian Maritime Trades Department. The Representative Rooney declared of each case and seek to make fair men retire at 60, women at 55. Brooklyn representative also as­ that it was incomprehensible that decisions. The company has the In Great Britain, all citizens en­ anyone was seriously considering sailed a MARAD proposal that responsibility to examine the mer­ joy the National Health Plan, now would permit U.S. ships to be its of all disputes before making well into its second decade of suc­ the phasing out of segments of built in foreign shipyards. the U.S.-flag fleet from cargo a judgment. Hasty answers are, cessful operation. Though some preference in carrying Govern­ Criticism for the same MARAD of course, of no use. U.S. groups like the avowedly ment aid. He also attacked the shipbuilding proposal has also The days of the Seafarer being anti-medicare AMA, claim faults BOSTON—Two SIU affiliates, pushed around are long gone. The in the British system—^mainly in reasoning of those who would pre­ been strongly declared by Repre­ the Atlantic Fishermen's Union SIU boasts seagoing crews that the schedule of payments to doc­ vent American vessels from carry­ sentative Garmatz who asserts it ing at least half of all U.S. gov­ would "wipe out" the U.S. private­ and the New Bedford Fishermen's are better trained and better dis­ tors—there is absolutely no doubt ernment-financed foreign aid ly-owned shipbuilding industry. Union, achieved success in calling ciplined than at any previous time. that the plan is highly regarded cargoes. He said that a strong American by the vast majority of the peo­ for a thorough investigation of the All that our people exipect and Congressman Rooney's com­ construction industry is vital to demand Is the right to be heard ple. It anything, complaints will decades old system of weighing and the right to receive fair lead to improvements in the plan, ments were in agreement with both the U.S. economy and na­ statements on the maladministra- tional security, providing thou­ freshly caught fish. not abandonment. treatment. sands of jobs to skilled workers The Massachusetts slate legisla­ and millions of dollars in taxes. ture's committee on weights and Senator E. L. Bartlett (D-Alaska) measures agreed to probe weigh­ has also made several suggestions ing procedures in use in l^assachurecently on methods to be used for upgrading the U.S. bulk carrier setts fishing ports after the fleet. The Senator's essential point unions registered complaints with is that while construction subsidies the state Department of Labor can be used to build new U.S.-flag and Industries. bulk carriers, bulk operators are New Laws Wanted not eligible for operating sub­ sidies, and, therefore, have no If the system Is shown to be incentive to replace their vessels unfair, the committee, headed by as they grow obsolete. state Senator Mary Fonseca (D.Fall River), is expected to recom­ This situation has resulted in mend corrective legislation. the American bulk fleet's accele­ rated obsolescence at a far faster Captain James A. Ackert, presi­ rate than replacements can be dent of the AFU and Austin F. built. Senator Bartlett's solution Skinner, secretary-treasurer of the is to make U.S. bulk carriers obli­ NBFU, asked the investigators "to gated to contribute to a Capital make sure that our fishermen are Reserve Fund which would serve getting the proper and just per­ as a fund to finance the construc­ centages of poundage for pay when tion of new bulk tonnage. the fish are weighed upon return to port." Ship owners receiving operating subsidies are required to contribute "The present dock system has to this type of capital reserve fund. been used for decades," Ackert said, "and we feel it is out of date. Because the fish are dumped into .500 pound lots in Boston and 123 pounds lots in New Bedford and then weighed, Ackert maintained, the union is not "convinced that In order to assure accurate the men are getting the percentage Members of Lifeboat Class 129 proudly pose for the graduation picture after passing the digests of shipboard meetings of the catch they are entitled to.' in tee LOG, it is desirable that Coast Guard test for their lifeboat tickets. New SIU lifeboat graduates are (front, l-r) The protests on the weighing the reports of shipboard meet­ Jose Velez, Angelo De Vito; (middle) John Ashley, David P. Manafe, Thomas T. Kesehi, Yesmethods, he noted, started in New ings be typed if at all possible. suf Effendy, Stanley Koenig, Ernest D. Leonard; (rear) instructor Dan Butts, George V/asden, Bedford and quickly spread to Saivatore DuBoto, Richard Moraghan, James Dodd, John Goodrich, Eugene Rockwell. other ports. SlU Fishermen Win Probe Of CatchWeighing Lifeboat Class 129 Graduates Type Minutes When Possible �^Murct 19, 1MB SEAFARERS : LOO Fifkwi SEAFARERS PORTS OP THE WORLD The colorful Piraeus waterfront served as a backdrop for the movie "Never on Sunday." The Parthenon reflects the glory of Greece. An old Athens street scene. A Piraeus bazaar near the docks. Constitution Square, heart of new Athens. The Acropolis towers over the city of Athens. Venizeios Street, the Fifth Avenue of Athens. A panoramic view of Athens from the Acropolis. Pillars (center) formed Zeus' Temple. The SlU-manned Transyork make a Piraeus call. Piraeus, which lies on the Saronic Gulf of the Aegean Sea, is the premier port of Greece and marks the waterygateway to the ancient city of Athens, the cradle of west­ ern civilization. Greeks are noted sailors and the activity in their chief port proves it. It is one of the world's busi­ est harbors, and constantly crowded with ships of Greek and countless other flags. Among the SlU-contracted vessels calling on Piraeus are the Colorado (Waterman), Natalie (Intercoastal Carriers) and the Transyork (Transwestern). The harbor and the historic Long Walls of the Piraeus were,built up by Themistocles in the fifth century B.C., but were sacked by the Romans three centuries later. Port activity became nil until the modern era, when Piraeus regained its old pre eminence. Now the port offers all the modern conveniences and diversions to the visiting Seafarer, as well as a look into the past glory of Greece. Running along the harbor's curving edge is the thor­ oughfare called the Atki Miaouli. It starts at the customs house, goes past the town hall and ends on the other side of the harbor near the electric railway station where trains for Athens leave on a regular schedule. While Piraeus has its own array of cafes, bars, restau­ rants and other places of entertainment, a Seafarer with any amount of free time will want to travel to Athens, only six miles inland. The waterfront cafes of Piraeus are notorious and Seafarers intent on keeping their good health are urged to steer clear of them. The better stops in Piraeus include the Melissa Taverna near the railway station, and, on the opposite side of the harbor, the Diassimos Taverna, which makes a specialty of seafood. Athens may be reached by either the railway or by the green bus, which starts its run from the square front­ ing the municipal theatre. Constitution Square is the heart of modern Athens. Running north from the square is Stadium Street. Along this street can be found the Zacharatos Cafe, the home of many political intrigues in the old days and still a good place to enjoy a drink. Retsina, the local wine, may not appeal to American tastes. It is made of wood resin and tastes it. Southwest of Constitution Square is the world-famed Acropolis. Nearby are clustered the architectural glories of ancient Greece: the Parthenon, the temple of the Wing­ less Victory and the theatres of Atticus and Dionysus. Buses run out to the magnificent ruins at regular inter­ vals and there are guided tours. The whole area of the Acropolis provides great study after great study for the Seafarer photography buff. At night during the sum­ mertime, the Parthenon is floodlighted, providing a mag­ nificent view of the hallowed temple. �Vac* SistecB SEAFARISRS lOQ Rldlns Th« Fmd^n AFL-CIO Blasts Spy Tactics Used By industry, Government BAL HARBOUR, Florida—"Peep holes," "one-way mirrors," "lie detectors," and other devices used by industry and government to spy on workers were blasted by the AFLCIO at the recent Executive Council meeting here. "Neither the Government spying directed against American cover" involving some 24,nor private employers shoulc workers and the American citizen­ "mail 000 persons In the U.S., but he be permitted to engage in this ry in general. Complaints against also defended the practice. sort of police state surveillance of the lives of individual citizens, the Council stated, not only be cause such devices are unreliable but "because they infringe on the fundamental rights of American citizens." The incidence of spying by Gov­ ernment and industry has been on the upswing in recent years — Mariners Win Narrows Span 'Glare Beef lie detectors have been received In the big "mail cover" caper, from the AFL-CIO Council of Government Employees, the Ma­ the Post Office Department keeps chinists and the Retail Clerks as files on the mail of some 24,000 persons, noting who writes to these well as from other unions. people and who they address let­ ters to in turn. Postmaster Gen­ Pre-Union Throwback eral John A. Gronouski refused to In many cases brought to light, supply to the Senate sub­ workers have been compelled to committee the names of persons sign waivers permitting them­ whose mail is kept under daily selves to be exatiiined wilh the aid surveillance by the Government, of lie detector machines. These claiming that this might cast a waivers have been compared with over innocent persons the "yellow dog" contracts of the "shadow" whose mail is being watched. past when workers were forced to He failed to say, however, why sign contracts with the employers that they would not join or en­ innocent persons' mail is being spied upon. Subcommittee chair­ gage in union activities. man Edward Long (D.-Mo.) com­ Lie detectors (polygraphs) have mented on the whole situation by already been outlawed for use in saying that he Is "convinced" that hiring in five states—Alaska, Cal­ there have been "abuses" of ifornia, Massachusetts, Oregon privacy and "lack of control" In and Rhode Island. U.S. courts in use of the so-called "mail cover." several recent oases have also Postmaster General Gronousfcl ruled against the use of lie detec­ tors, finding that they are not only has also been kept busy recently unreliabel, but Infringe on indi­ answering charges from all over vidual rights. Many unions have •the country about the continuing eliminated their use in hiring deterioration of the post office's prime function—the delivery of through collective bargaining. mail. Snooping, spying and eaves­ dropping by Federal agencies has become so widespread in recent years that a special Senate sub­ committee has been formed to throw an investigative spotlight on this insidious growth of police state tactics within the U.S. Government. NEW YORK—Harbor pilots who have been complaining about the hazard of glare from the lights on the new Verrazano-Narrows Bridge have won their fight. The decora­ tive lights on the span's cables will be extinguished on hazy or foggy nights in the future, the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority has announced. In addition, shields will be placed around the high-power lights on the Staten Island end of the bridge to eliminate the dazzle which blinded the pilots of ships passing out of the harbor. The dim-out was put into effect after a study by the Army Corps of En­ gineers, which is responsible for eliminating hazards to navigation Postal Spies in the Port of New York. The Post Office Department Soon after the bridge opened seems to have adopted these spy last November, mariners began tactics with a vengance—turning complaining that during haze or postal inspectors into voyeurs or fog the lights created a glare reach­ peeping-toms—spying on male and ing from the bridge to the water's femiale employees in post office surface that prevented pilots from rest rooms, locker rooms and seeing ships approaching from the recreation rooms. other side of the bridge. Chief Postal Inspector Henry B. The Bridge and Tunnel Author­ Montague not only freely ad­ ity at first denied that any danger mitted that his department spies existed. on its employees and conducts a First Pension Check SIU-IBU member Jeny Allen (right) receives his first regular $150 pension check from Norfolk port agent Gordon Spencer. Allen, who makes his home in Norfolk, worked for Curtis Bay Towing Company of Virginia as a deckhand. He had worked for the company for many years. SlU United Industrial Workers members (l-r) Angcio llimii Ingvdd Hybertson and Orpiulf Wold are shown atop solid rope ship fenders produced at the SlU-UIW-contracted Regent Wire and Rope Works in Brooklyn. The fenders shown above, which weigh between 2^ and 4 tons each, are specially made for use by bulk carriers transferring cargo in open sea off the South American coast. By SIDNEY MARGOLIU5 Anieric9 Becoming Nation Off Debtors The No. 1 family financial problem today la overindebtedness, according to a survey by the Family Service Association of America, made In coopera­ tion with this writer. This is the most widespread problem reported by the 300 local family service agencies who ara members of the association. It is also one of the knottiest, because it often stems from emotional problems. It also requires skillful financial planning to solve. The family service associations are the voluntary United Fund agencies in local commun­ ities that specialize in counseling on the problems of marriage, child care, old age and family life. As this department has previously reported, despite today's higher incomes and almost full employment, there are actually more wage earner bankruptcies than in the depression of the 1930's. Too, the number of mortgage foreclosures has quadrupled in the past ten years, and family in­ stallment debts have doubled, reaching an all-time high both in total dollars and percentage of income for which families have gone into debt. Debt A Community Problem In fact, over-indebtedness has become a major dilemma not only to families in this plight, but to the community groups trying to help families solve this problem, such as family agencies, labor union and credit union counselors, employers, legal aid societies and businessmen themselves. The damage done by over-indebtedness consists not only of disruption of family life to the point, in severe cases, of garnishment, even job loss, and often marital discord. Even more widespread is the steady erosion of income and living standards among families who habitually carry heavy debt loads even though they may never reach the actual garnishment stage. The problem is that "many families plan pay­ ments to the hilt of their income," reports Kenneth Kruger, Director of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Family Service Agency. "A week's layoff or illness or un­ expected hospital bill creates a disaster." Over-indebtedness can have a serious effect on family life, especially if the family relationship already Is a little shaky. "First, some over expansion in terms of too early purchases and commitments occurs," relates William Sabey, of the Family Service Bureau of York, Pa. "Then there Is a medical emergency, or work layoff, or reduced income. Up to now the problem has not |!>een serious, either in terms of personality problem or gross mismanagement of money. But as creditors press and the family budget tightens, quarrels begin. The husband begins to blame the wife as a bad manager. She begins to blame him as a poor provider. Now this financial problem has becom* secondary to the personality and relationship problem." Emotional problems, sUch as immaturity and the need for instant gratification, as in the case of a man who can't resist buying some costly sporta equipment, or the woman who lets herself ba talked into an expensive purchase by a door-to-door salesman. The use of money to punish, as in the case of a husband who buys a new car without consulting his wife, so she goes out and makes an expensive purchase to get even. Instant comfort expected by young couples who assume that they can have immediately, by , use of the installment plan, the possessions their parents acquire in years of work. Keeping up with the Joneses is more apparent than ever, not only among families with more money, but among limited-income families too. The over stimulation of TV and other advertising media makes it "tougher to accept being poor these days," comments Eugene DeBellis, Director of Colorado Springs Family Counseling Service. Expensive Indulgence of children, often because of the parents' emotional needs but also sometimes in competition with each other, or because of lack of communication (parents buying independently). Lack of communication or misunderstanding is often reported. For example, a salesman selling an expensive type of freezer visited a Memphis family. Although the freezer was both beyond this already over-indebted family's means, and too large for their needs anyway, it seemed to the husband that his wife wanted it. Not until later, in an interview with a counselor, did the wife tell of her concern that she had signed the contract. Wha^ she had wanted was for him to be able to say no, relates Ruth Downing, of Family Serive of Memphis. The amount of finance charge, often larger than families realize, can push them over the edge of ability to pay, especially when they borrow from one company to pay another, and the finance charges pyramid. I �Mlvek 19, IHS SEAFARERS President Johnson Signs Appaiachia Aid Legisiation By Joseph B. logue, MD. Medical Director Alcohol And Apple Pie Don't Mix As reported in HEALTH BULLETIN, tbe^drinkinc man's diet Is the latest supposedly foolproof way to lose weight without suffering. De­ scribed In a paperback hook of that title sold for $1 by Cameron & Co., It Is a pleasant routine for dieters who are willing to give up anything rather than forego their dally cocktails. Don't count calories, say the authors, drink as much liquor as you want, and even keep eating those fatty meats. The catch comes with the carbohydrates. Bread, potatoes, cakes, puddings' and other sweets and starches must be cut to the meager level of 60 grams a day if the weight-losing plan is to work. (Government figures show that the average American now has 378 grams of carb(riiydrate "available for consumption" each day.) Medical experts claim that the "drink all you want" part of the diet is largely nonsense. Calories from alcohol do count, they say, but ad­ mit that a fat person who keeps drinking may be less tense and there­ fore no't as prone to snack on sweets and starches between meals. Sceptical dieters have been reassured of the plan's soundness by state­ ments and rumors that the whole thing was conceived by the U.S. Air Force, and therefore it must be effective. Air Force Making Tests Although the Air Force denies responsibility for the drinking man's diet, it has been testing and using a diet plan which places just as much importance on reduction of carbohydrates. It doesn't venture into the fat-eating and imbibing features of the drinking man's diet, however. Called the Calculated Carbohydrate Diet, its purpose is to educate airmen to the carbohydrate value of common foods so they can cut their intake to 60 grams or less a day. "The Medical Service of the Air Force has been working on such a diet for about six years," Air Force Deputy Surgeon General Kenneth E. Fletcher told Health Bulletin this week. Here is the standard diet plans of the Air Force's Calculated Car­ bohydrate Diet, which adds up to less than 60 grams of carbohydrate a day. ^ BREAKFAST DINNER 1—^Tomato Juice, 4 ozs. Meat, 5 ozs. 1^—Egg, poached or boiled (or 2) Bread, 1—Skim Milk Green, leafy vegetable, 1 cup Fruit, 1 serving LUNCH BEDTIME Meat, 4 ozs. Green, leafy vegetable, 1 cup Skim Milk Cheese Dietician^ throughout the Air Force are continually given Informa­ tion of the carbohydrate value of the foods they serve, so they can guide overweight airmen In the slection of foods that will comply with the diet's requirements. For real problem cases, or for men wishing to lose weight in a hurry, the Air Force has a special rapid weight re­ duction plan which has been found to work effectively. It is intended to be used only under medical supervision, however. This rapid diet allows only one egg and six ounces of skim milk for breakfast, a tossed salad for lunch, and three ounces of lean meat and a tossed salad for the evening meal. That diet adds up to only 14 grams of carbohydrate a day. Atomic Weather Station Starting Its Second Year f I r, AI NEW ORLEANS — A nudearpowered weather station standing In the Gulf of Mexico 300 miles off New Orleans, recently marked Its first birthday, but nobody was around to toast its continued smooth operajtion. The weather station, nicknamed "nomad," doesn't need any wellwishers since it is designed to operate unattend­ ed, furnishing advance meterological data since January 31, 1964. "Nomad" or Navy OceanographIc and Meterological Automatic Device, was designed as a pilot experiment for a worldwide net­ work of unmanned weather sta­ tions. It also had the honor of being the first weather station to operate on nuolear energy, draw­ ing its power from an atomic gen­ erator installed by the Atomic Energy Commissdon, While nobody was on hand to congratulate "Nomad" on its year of successful operation, its Navy operators back on shore applaud­ ed its performance as a definite success. In fact, the Navy has con­ cluded that the station's radio-iso­ tope generators are the best source of power for the unmanned weather stations. While its Navy operators stayed high and dry on land, "Nomad" recorded and transmitted impor­ tant weather information which would have normally been obtained-from a ship or airplane. SlU Welfare, Vacation Plans Cash Benefits Paid — February, 1965 CLAIMS Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Pension-Disability Benefits Maternity Benefits Dependent Benefits Optical Benefits Out-Patient Benefits Vacation Benefits TOTAL WELFARE. VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD... Face Sewemitm LOG AMOUNT PAID 7,283 19 658 49 659 90 5,192 1,276 $ 58,408.21 40,424.02 98,700.00 9,798.00 83,296.89 2,102.75 32,376.00 431,811.28 15,226 $756,917.15 WASHINGTON—The War on Poverty advanced on a key front last week when Presi­ dent Johnson signed into law the Aid to Appaiachia bill designed to give an economic boost to the nation's most depressed area. ^ As he prepared to sign the backlog of $270 niillion in grants- basis for solutions to come. With $1.1 billion program into life, in-aid projects available in the adequate roads, industry and tour­ the President commented that region but so far unused because ism will feel more positively about the bill represcHits "the truest ex­ ample of creative federalism in our times."' "The legislation," the President added, "marks the end of an era of partisan cynicism toward hu­ man wants and misery." The President was joined in the sign­ ing ceremony by Vice President Humphrey and a host of legisla­ tive and state leaders from the 11 state region which will benefit from the measure. The bulk of the financial aid provided by the Appaiachia pro­ gram \vill be used for improving communioations in the mountaindotted area. Roads to bring iso­ lated hill communities into closer contact with industrial and urban centers will take $840 million of the $1.1 billion to be appropriated. Road Building Under the program, Kentucky would get 428 miles of new roads; West Virginia, 466; Pennsylvania, 412, Tennessee, 328; Ohio, 150; North Carolina, 142; Virginia, 137; Maryland, 129, and Georgia, 93. The objective of the program, a spokesman said, is to put every­ one in Appaiachia within 20 miles of a good fjst highway. The plan will not seek to improve every little community in the region, but will work on a regional and sub-regional approach. With broader and less steeply graded roads in mountainous areas, communications will be eased and workers will be able to commute to the expanded indus­ trial areas being planned. The highways will also encourage tour­ ism in the area, increasing the earning opportunities of local resddents. Since the coal mining industry has declined to a point beyond effective revival, a major effort will be made to develop the plen­ tiful timber resoiuxes of the Ap­ palachian range. A sizable sum will be spent on research into the timber po'tential and for access roads to lumber mills. If the lumber industry can be developed sufficiently it would relieve at least a part of the chronic unemployment problem that has plagued the area since the decline of coal. Schools and Colleges Under Uie Federal government's program of matching aid with that supplied by the states themselves, such projects are expected to be undertaken as the construction of colleges, vocational schools, sewage treatment plants and air­ port facilities. The Appaiachia program will provide an additional $90 million in such matching aid. These grants-in-aid programs involve a variety of matching fo^rmulas, ranging from 33 to 75 percent con­ tributions by the states and indi­ vidual localities. •the danger is that this addi­ tional aid will be added to the o'QIL the states and localities either cannot afford them or are unwill­ ing to put them into effect. The Appaiachia plan, by defini­ tion, will not even begin to solve the many problems that affect the area. It wiU, however, lay the coming into the area. With tech­ nically trained personnel able to fill the skilled jobs that eventually will be made available, living standards will rise. The Appaiachia program, then, is not an end, it is a start. A network of roads to end the isolation of the depressed Appaiachia region, is one of the federally-financed tools proposed to open the area to economic development. Th« map above il ustrates the extent of the road and high­ way construction which has been proposed. Porpoise's Brain Power Poses Perpetual Puzzle An American scientist who set out to study the swimming speed of porpoises recently, became so engrossed by the high intelligence displayed by the test creatures that all thoughts of speed trials were appar--*-record various kinds of behavior." entlylorgotten. In the latest issue of the Others have predicted that por­ British magazine Science, Kenneth S. Norris of the University of California and the Oceanic Insti­ tute in Oahu, Hawaii reports on his experiments with a porpoise called Keiki (Hawaiian for "child"). To ready Keiki for the speed tests, the porpoise was first trained to stop in front of an experimenter in a Hawaiian lagoon whenever a police whistle was blown. Later, Keiki was taught to return to the experimenter from the open sea at the sound of a clicking noise— all this to test Keiki's speed. But the report of the experiments published in Nature, makes no mention of how fast Keiki swam. The report deals instead with the animal's fantastic learning ability. Norris predicted that "it may prove possible to insinuate (placfe) a trained animal into schools of wild animals and to observe and poises might also be useful in herding seafood (much In the manner of land-bound sheep dogs), or for a variety of other chores in the sea at the direction of man. Several porpoises have already been "broken to harnass" in swim­ ming tanks and seem to enjoy tow­ ing experimenters round and round the tanks. Union Has Cable Address Seafarers overseas who want to get in touch with headquar­ ters in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable address. SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Use of this address as­ sures speedy transmission on all messages and faster service for the men involved. �Ijf'' ru* Ei«iiteea SEAFARERS LOO President's Manpower Report Sets Coal Of Full Employment f A Manh If, liW Rise In Jobless Rate Noted For February WASHINGTON—President Johnson set tha nation's sights on a full employment economy providing useful, satisfying work for a labor force trained and educated to the WASHINGTON—A more than normal Increase In unem­ highest level attainable. ployment among women in February sent the jobless rate billion in output during 1964 employment and more than 1.2 mil­ to 5.0 percent for the month, up from the 4.8 percent reg­ He told Congress in his $28 was required merely bo maintain lion were filled by persons enter­ istered in January. •*• annual Manpower Report the 1963 level of employment in changed at 8.6 percent and tha that "much remains to be the face of automation and other ing the labor market. During the The number-of unemployed rate for married men also was balance of the decade, there will done" to move the nation closer factors increasing productivity, the be an even greater number of increased by 200,000 to 4.2 about the same at 2.7 percent. to this Great Society goal. "Unem­ Labor Department said. young workers and Negro work­ million in February, the Labor •The jobless rate for teenagers ployment and underemployment The other half generated about ers joining the labor force, adding Dept. reported. The number of dropped from 15.2 percent in Janr are intolerably high," the Presi­ 1.5 million additional jobs, of to the groups which now have the jobholders rose In line with sea­ uary to 14.4 percent last month, dent said, "particularly for those sonal changes to 69.5 million. but remained the only rate at a lacking education, skills or oppor­ which 300,000 went to reduce un­ highest jobless rate. higher level than a year ago A year ago, the unemployment tunity because uf poverty and dis­ rate was 5.4 percent and the num­ February. crimination." Long-Range Drop ber of unemployed •was 4.5 mil­ Johnson put stress on the need lion. For the past eight months In the past 12 months. Labor to match men and jobs to avoid the the jobless rate has been moving Department officials said, the paradox of continued high unem­ in a range between 4.8 and 5.2 overall unemployment rate has ployment at the same time that percent. dropped 7 percent, the rate for jobs requiring skills and education women has dropped a similar remain unfilled. The Labor Department report amount and the rate for adult showed that there was a larger "As we open up demand and op­ UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.—^Teeming with nearly every than normal increase in the num­ men and married men has de-^ portunity for work," he said, "we creased 12 and 13 percent. Only must be able to respond by having kind of fish and other forms of marine life, the Indian Ocean ber of women entering the labor the teenage rate has failed to woi kers move into such jobs wiiii- was called an unbelievably fertile source of seafood for the force in February and a 150,000 show improvement. increase in jobless over the month. out delay so that we can move on The upturn in unemployment For Fetouary the labor force protein-hungry millions of-*' to full employment without in­ among women for the month re- time lost through unemployment water. When such winds were off­ Asia and Africa by scientists flation." shore they tended to blow the vferaed a trend of a slow decline and parttime work registered 5.4 Goals Set recently returned from the surface water away from coastal in the rate. Labor Department percent, a 10 i>ercent drop from To meet the nation's manpower International Indian Ocean Expe­ areas. Water billowing up from the officials said there was no appar­ a year ago. goals, the President said: dition. ocean's bottom replaced the de­ ent immediate explanation for the There was a more than seasonal change but that more detailed • "Education has immediate high The vast research project, be­ parted surface water, bringing payroll figures available later in Increase in February among thoss priority . . . The educational pro­ gun in 1959 and scheduled to end with it the organic nutrients that the month might shed some light unemployed 15 weeks and more, but the number of unemployed 27 gram I have urged will bring better this December, had 40 ships from fell to bottom when ocean life died on the development. weeks and over dropped to ths education to those who need it 13 nations studying the compara­ and decayed. The unemployment rate for lowest level for the month in five tively little known sea, which most. Ocean "Blooms" adult men was virtually un- years. stretches from the east coast of • "The war on poverty must The result of this surfacing of now be enlarged. Its beginnings Africa to Southeast Asia. Taking nutrient life is said to cause the part in the program was the SlUhave stirred ho'pe and effort. contracted research vessel Anton ocean to "bloom" with plant and animal life. When the monsoon • "Manpower training must be Bruun (Alpine Geophysical). winds changed course, blowing strengthened . . . The feasibility The project was partly sponsored the dead water back over the rich and value in skill training for the unemployed and underemployed by the UN's Scientific, Education water, dying fish cause further and Cultural Organization, and a fermentation. The dead plant and have become apparent. news conference recently held at fish life absorb oxygen, depriving • "Employment services must be the UN disclosed the rich food more fish of the precious gas. This, Improved ... for more effective potential discovered by the scien­ in turn, causes the death of more bringing together of workers and tists on the expedition. One re­ fish in a sort of vicious circle. employers. searcher reported that his ship Knowledge gained from the • "Minimum wage and overtime had netted three tons of fish in protection should be extended to 45 minutes of bottom trolling off Indian Ocean project is still large­ the coast of the Arabian peninsula. ly fragmentary, and a scientist protect the unprotected. pointed out that It will be a long Dead Fish Area • "Unemployment insurance has time before all the "bits and to be modernized ... to better pieces" of information collected on This was the same area, the sustain the income of workers dur­ scientist reported, where a mon­ ocean currents, submarine topog­ ing the gaps between jobs." strous sea of dead fish—as large raphy, chemistry, biology and life Growth Rate as the nation of Portugal—had cycles can be fitted together to An accompanying Labor Depart­ been discovered by a Soviet give a meaningful picture. ment report said the nation's econ­ oceanographic vessel several years Still, it is known that the In­ omy must continue to grow at last ago. At the time, the Soviet ship year's near-record pace in order reported it took three days to sail dian Ocean is rich in seafood, especially protein-filled mackerel, to reduce the unemployment rate through the dead fish mass. and could, with propdr harvesting, from the present 5 percent to "a The Russian ship said it had begin to enrich the meager diets more tolerable level" of 3 percent. found hydrogen sulphide In the of the people of India, Arabia and The Gross National Product— deeps of that part of the ocean. Southeast Asia. yardstick of the economy—rose to Later, American research shijis 4.7,5 percent between 1963 and discovered that the water con­ 1964. But the Labor Department tained almost no dissolved oxygen. noted that "at no time in our re­ Without oxygen, fish suffocate. A cent peacetime history have we theory was evolved to explain the been able to sustain a rate of in­ lack of oxygen. . (Continued from page 8) crease in gross national product It was thought that the cycle of good start in registrations since of over 4 percent for more than monsoon winds in that part of the the re-opening of the year on a brief period." world might have caused drastic March 1st. From all indications, About half the rise of nearly changes in the makeup of the seafarers should have another banner year on the Great Lakes. A fantastic new weapon system being developed separately by Word around shipping circles here the Navy and the Air Force promises to be both fish and fowl. in Cleveland indicates that the But whether it will be a fish that files or a bird that swims is RERS LOO, ' 1965 season will be better than still unsettled. ! o/t> f'-ourtn ; last year. Uftfl Ave,, Ave., ., / -, - ^• ' The goal of the Navy and Air Force researchers is to develop ! Brootiyi, 32, NY . .-j Duluth a flying submarine, able to operate in the wild blue yonder and I WMW lib to receive •' = A! Colalillo, member of the SlU's the deep blue sea with equal efficiency. The Navy's version calls Great Lakes District, is running for a craft that would fly to the part of the sea where the enemy's for a Duluth City Council post. fleet was operating, land on the watw and submerge to attack Colalillo is also president of the as a submarine. Duluth-Superior Maritime Ti-ades Air Force Version Port Council, and has been active in labor circles in the DuluthThe Air Force, however, is working on an aircraft that would Superior area for many years. be able to rise out of the ocean and attack enemy bases from the Brother Colalillo has received an air. It would use its submarine capability to~ hide from enemy AFL-CIO endorsement from the retaliation. Aircraft based in the depths of the ocean would be Duluth Central Labor body, as virtually immune from attack, the Air Force maintains. well as the Port Council. We wish A1 the best of luck and he has the Under the Navyls concept, the flying sub would have an air complete support of all trade range of 500 miles and an underwater range of 50 miles. As such, unionists as well as brother Sea­ it would be a limited weapon and could be created through the farers in the Duluth area. use of existing materials and technology. Indian Ocean Found Rich Seafood Source A Ship? A Plane? No-A Submarine! Great Lakes !. '/'ii'taL':! M I �MatA If, IfW SEAFARERS Tf Mlaeteca LOG Latest Arrival ^ ^ A heated discussion developed during a recent shipboard meeting aboard the Geneva (U.S. Steel), with Seafarers taking firm stands and voicing strong opinions. What was it all about? A classic overtime beef? Ah argument over the next National League pennant race? Not at all!^ They were arguing the rela­ time Overseas); Ocean Dinny feated the motion and reelected tive merits of honeydew (Maritime Overseas); Alcoa Ex­ Quinnt as their representative. plorer (Alcoa); Transeastern (Hud­ 4" 3» 4" melons and cantaloupes. Seafarer Willie B. Gulllory and hit family pose proudly with the latest^arrival to the Guiiiory clan at their home in Lake Charles, La. Members of the family are (l-r) Cynthia, Mrs. Guiiiory who is holding five-month old Leann Clem, Seafarer Guiiiory and his son, Glenn. Guiiiory ships as a fireman on C. S. Baltimore (Cities Service). OCEAN PINNY (Maritime Overseas), Feb. 7—Chairman, John Nash; Secre­ tary, Thomas Ulisse. Most of the re­ pairs were taken care of at sea, and the rejnainder will be done in port. Brother John Nash resigned as ship's delegate after serving for two trips. Vote of thanks to the deck department for keeping pantry and messroom clean. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a Job well done. Mo­ tion made to have patrolman check lifeboat. TOPA TOPA (Waterman), Jan. 24— Chairman, C. R. Myrick; Secretary, Hans Schmidt. Brother Myrick was re-elected ship's delegate. Few hours disputed OT in deck department. No Ijeefs reported by department dele­ gates. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), March 2-~ Chairman, James W. Barnett; Secre­ tary, Charles E. Turner. Few hours disputed OT in deck and engine de- partments. Vote of thanks to the stew­ ard department for a job well done. Resolution submitted to headquarters regarding the crew twing informed of progress made with respect to new contract. PENN VANGUARD (Penn Shipping), Feb.. 7 —Chairman, Simon Chaban; Secretary, Charles J. Mitchell. Motion was made to have a jury toilet in­ stalled aft for shore workmen to use. All foc'sles need to be sougeed once each trip and ship should be fumi­ gated for roaches. One man missed ship and one man hospitalized in Santos, Brazil. ALCOA MARINER (Alcoa), Feb. 2S— Chairman, Bill Sharp; Secretary, Frank Moreiglio. Few hours disputed OT in deck department. Ship sailed short two men from New York. Crew would like to know if new contract has been signed. KYSKA (Waterman), Feb. 21—Chair­ man, C. L. Shirah; Secretary, E. Ter­ rell. $12 In ship's fund. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Vote of thanks extended to the steward department for very good chow. STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), No date— Chairman, Arthur Lindsay; Secretary, J. Guilles. $4.50 In ship's fund. Dis­ cussion on obtaining slicing machine In the galley. No beefs reported by department delegates. OCEAN ANNA (Marine Transporta­ tion), Feb. 10—Chairman, Hugh War­ ren; Secretary, Reed Humphries. Soma disputed OT to be taken up at payoff. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. GATEWAY CITY (Sea-Land), Feb. 22 — Chairman, Juan Cruz; Secretary, R. Ramplin. Everything is running smoothly with no beefs. Motion made to ask patrolman about negotiations with companies regarding SlU con­ tract. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. TRANSORLEANS (Hudson Water­ ways), Feb. 23 —Chairman James A. Phillips; Secretary, Harry Thrush. Few hours disputed OT in deck and stew­ ard departments. Matter of regulation of heat aboard ship will be taken up with boarding patrolman. Vote of thanks to all delegates. GLOBE TRAVELER (Maritime Over­ seas), Feb. 28—Chairman, John Bcrgeria; Secretary, Frank Van Dusen. $6.07 In ship's fund. Some delayed sailing to be taken up with boarding patrolman. Brother Frank Van Dusen was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. Vote of thanks to the steward department, also to the baker for his goodies. GENEVA (U.S. Steel), Feb. 21—Chair­ man, S. Furtado; Secretary, L. T. Jenot $104.35 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Discussion on obtaining cer­ tain fruits when in season. NATIONAL SEAFARER (Windward), Feb. 14—Chairman, J. Selby; Secre­ tary, J. T. Leiinski. Motion made that crew not sign on until water cooler is repaired or portable water cooler in­ stalled on board ship. Headquarters to l>e contacted regarding subsistence for blackouts. NEVA WEST (Bloomfield), Feb. 27— Chairman, James Edmonds; Secretary, W. Geis. $13 in ship's fund. Some dis­ puted or in engine and steward de­ partments, otherwise everything is O.K. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. SPITFIRE (American Bulk Carriers), Feb. 17—Chairman, H. S. Christensen; Secretary, C. A. Welch. Brother A. C. Welch was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. No beefs reported by department delegates. It was re­ quested that more of a variety of food be put out at night lunch. Foc'sles need door locks repaired. A good portion of the last ship­ board meeting was taken up in deciding which type of fruit the crewmembers most preferred. Some were pretty strong for hav­ ing a good sup­ ply of honeydew melons put aboard. Others expounded at length on the virtues of canta­ loupes. One crewmember even Furtado stated a preference for kasaba (whatever that is)! Eventually, ship's delegate Syl­ vester Furtado helped cut through the argumentative fog by pointing out to his fellow Seafarers that, in the linal analysis, they all wanted melons. It was decided to ask the company to stock all types of melons, whenever they are in season and the price is right. "They really like melons aboard this ship," Furtado said, after the dust has cleared. i" 3» t 4 During the good and welfare section of a recent shipboard meet­ ing, on the Kyska (Waterman) there was quite a bit of praise handed out to various Seafarers for their outstanding contributions to the crew. To start it off, ship's delegate B. H. Lowderback handed out a vote of thanks to the three department delegates for their help in making his job of repre­ sentative much easier. He said the three men, W. E. Walker for the engine department; E. W. Ander­ son for the steward department and Willie (Bicycle) Franqniz for the "deck department, really helped to make the trip a smooth one. Then the entire crew joined to­ gether in giving a hearty vote of thanks to the chief steward C. L. Shirah for the fine food. Later in the meeting, a motion was made and passed to give the chief mate, M. J. McLaughlin, a vote of thanks for the good doctoring he gives to sick crewmembers. Then last, but not least, Lowderback says, the baker and steward de­ partment' delegate, Anderson, got a vote of thanks for the pastries he bakes. "They are the finest ever eaten aboard an SIU ship," avers Lowderback. i Seafarers are always apprecia­ tive when the galley gang aboard ship goes out of its way to provide meals that would make a shoreside gourmet's mouth water. In return, the crew, in recognition of their efforts, gives the hard working steward departments special votes of thanks. Galley departments re­ ceiving these honors include those aboard the Overseas Rose (Mari- The Robin Kirk (Robin Lines) Is son); Spitfire (American Bulk Car­ riers); Ridgefield Victory (Colum­ starting a new voyage, says ship's delegate R. A. (Sandy) Sanderlin, bia); Summit (Sea-Land), and the prospect of having a suc­ cessful trip are very good. A quick George Callard, ship's delegate review of the last voyage showed a aboard the Hastings (Waterman) re­ happy crew and ship, he says, and ports a recent trip aboard the ves­ "this trip looks good from any sel had really been tops. "It's been position." a very long trip," he says, "but 3> 4< 4 there hasn't been a single beef that From the Great Lakes district couldn't he straightened out." Cal­ came a special holiday greeting lard received some praise from the from the crew of the Peter Relss crew, who agreed during one of (Reiss). Passed along to all SIU the shipboard meetings that Cal­ brothers, everywhere in the world lard had really done a bang up by ship's delegate William Garjob in handling all the situations shoff, the crew wished everyone that came up. "a very merry holiday season, and the best year ever." 4" 4" 4 The crew aboard the Morning Curtis Dncote, th'e meeting sec­ Light (Waterman) handed out kudos at the last retary aboard the Florida State shipboard meet­ (Port Everglades) has high praise ing. One of the for the new medical clinic in cheers was in ap- Ponce, Puerto Rico. "A number of precdatioO" of the men from the Florida State went fine work the to the clinic for a check up while galley gang has the ship was docked at Ponce," been doing this Dueote says, "and they were all voyage. In word­ glad that there was a clinic there. ing the vote of "Also," Dueote adds," the doctors ' : thanks, ship's del- there are very good, and very Joe Carroll egate Joe Carroll cooperative." says that the food and pastries are 4 4 4 "far above shipboard standards" The crew aboard the Oceanic which everyone knows is high any­ Spray (American Oceanic) joined way. The other kudo was handed together to give the steward to the first assistant engineer for department a his help throughout the trip in hearty vote of making any minor repair that be­ thanks recently, came necessary. "He's been 100 according to percent cooperative," Carroll says. ship's delegate Joe Forrest. The ship was without Jisnmy Jones, shilp's delegiate power for a few aboard the Alcoa Trader (Alcoa) days in the Re»' reports a happy ship. "No beefs, Sea and duriA no disputes," he claims. "And to this period, ^ top it off, (he captain paid com­ Forrest steward pliments to the entire crew for being a good, efficient group of partment continued to provide ex­ cellent meals by cooking on the men to work with." steam table, Forrest reports, "Thep i" 4« 3^ When the Steel Navigator (Isth­ really did a bang up job. The entire mian) gets into the tropical zone crew wishes to recognize the efforts on its next trip, the crew has of our gallant galley gang," For­ asked that the crew's messroom rest states. "They provided really be air conditioned at night, reports wonderful meals in the most ad­ Gordon Owen, meeting chairman. verse conditions." The men in­ The crew has to keep the ports cluded in the vote of thanks are dogged at night so the light on H. Gardner, chief s te w a r d; the foredeck won't interfere with P. Wicks, chief cook; Edward (Butnavigation. "It gets hot inside with terbean) Christian, night cook and all the ports closed," Owen says. baker; Joe Forrest, third cook; A1 "Someone recommended we get Bertrand; crew mess; H. Renfro, some curtains for use at night. crew pantry; R. Beigel, saloon It's a good idea." pantry; M. Smith, saloon mess; and Robert Nelson, BR. 3> 3) 4 C. J. Quinnt, ship's delegate 4 4 4 The crew of the Alcoa Marketer aboard the Our Lady of Peace, (Liberty Navigation) thanked the (Alcoa) has been discussing the crew during the last shipboard possibility of getting a television meeting for making bis job so set aboard, reports ship's delegate easy for him. He then introduced Royce Pappan. The set, if a motion to elect a new ship's purchased, will be put in the crew's delegate. The crew had different messhall, Pappan says. The only ideas, however. In a resounding problem, he added, is in raising vote of confidence, the crew de­ the necessary money. �Piffe Twenty |: I 1-"^ SEAFARERS Norherto Capay Crew Lauds Steward Dept. Seafarers on the Norberto Capay (Liberty Navigation have issued a hat's off salute to their steward department for the superb holiday feeding the galley staff produced agains overwhelming difficulties. Crewmembers were espe­ Ron Barnes, chief cook, makes especially savory dishes, while cially impressed with their Raymond Proulx, night cook and LOG Muwh Mb UM . r _ •*"" • • i -il'- 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. steward department's performance Seafarers and inelr families are at Thanksgiving time, reports baker, keeps Seafarers' mouths watering in anticipation of his urged to support a consumer boy­ Edward Donely, ship's delegate. He cott by trade unionists against writes that the Norberto Capay fine goodies. Chief steward Juan L. Pagan re­ various companies whose products crewed up exactly 24 hours before the dawn of "Turkey" day. In addi­ ports he is more than pleased with are prodU'-'-d under non-union tion to the normal routine of get­ the job the members of his depart­ ting three regular meals out for ment are doing. He says they all conditions, or which are "unfair the crew, the galley gang had to work together smoothly, without to labor." (This listing carries the take on stores and inventory the any discord. Speaking of the praise name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ provisions already aboard, all the the galley crew has received. volved, and will be amended from Pagan declares that his staff time to time.) while working short-handed. knows what their responsibility is, Steward department members "Lee" brand tires rallied to the occasion, however, and, in true SIU tradition, they all make sure that their work is done (United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and tiie next day, crewmembers & Plastic Workers) feasted on a meal that surpassed well. "What more could anyone the finest SIU standards. The crew 3» 4* t responded with a heart-felt vote want?" asks delegate Donely. Eastern Alt Lines of thanks for the wonderful The only person who would have (Flight Engineers) banquet which was prepared on any second thoughts about the such short notice. 4* 4 4 performance of the steward de­ The passing of the holiday didn't partment, he says, would be Doc H. T. Siegel mark a lessening in the care and Logue, who would take a dim view "HIS" brand men's clothes preparation of meals on the ship, of the crewmembers' expanding (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) declares Donely. He writes that waist lines. 4 4 4 Sears, Roebuck Company Retail stores & products (Retail Clerks) 4 4 4 Stitzel-Welier Distilleries' "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin Still," "W. L. Welier" Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) 4 4 4 J. R. Simpiot Potato Co. Frozen potato products (Grain Millers) 4 4 4 Kingsport Press "World Book," "Childcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) Seafarers on the Norberto Copoy (Liberty Navigation) have their hats off to the fine chow prepared by the galley gang. The highly praised steward department are (l-r) Brothers Barnes, Ramos, Proulx, Cox and Eskner. SIU Thanked For Sympathy wife and I such wonderful kind­ ness and courtesy. I am sure that without their moral sup­ port, both of us would have very quickly become very de­ jected as my illness was very serious. We also want to thank the To The Editor: I wish to let the Union know that I recently received a large benefit check fram the Sea­ farers Welfare Fund after the unfortunate death of my hus­ band, Lindley R. MacDonald. /" " I would like everyone to know how much this means to me at this time. I would also, at this time, like to thank the Union for its thoughtfulness in offering its assistance to me. I think the SIU is a pretty All letters to the editor for wonderful organization to do publication in the SEAFARERS all this for the wife of a mem­ LOG must be signed by the ber who died. writer. Names will be withheld My thanks again for your upon request. kindness and sympathy. It is deeply appreciated. Mrs. Lois MacDonald SIU for the Christmas bonus check. It was vei-y welcome, 4 4 4 particularly in a time of illness. I am very glad to belong to such a wonderful Union. Elmer Koch 4 4 4 ±0 The Editor: My wife, and I would both like to express our great thanks to the SIU for the many bene­ fits the Union has supplied To The Editor: during my period of illness. I wish to express my ap­ I would also like to thank preciation and sincere gratitude everyone who has shown my to the SIU and the Seafarers To The Eaitor Lakes Tugman Praises SIU Hospital Care Brings Praise 4 4 4 Jamestown Sterling Corp. Southern Furniture Mfg. Co. Furniture and Bedding (United Furniture Workers) Welfare Plan for the help and courtesy shown to me when I was hospitalized recently. My husband, Herbert P. Knowles, was very happy to leam that I had been so well taken care of by the Union while he was out at sea. It is a great consolation to him to know that he does not have to worry if I should be stricken ill while he is away. Mrs. H. P. Knowles 4 4 Seafarer Stor Wells devotes his idle hours to a hobby that makes him the most "matchless" carpenter in the SIU fleet. Wells makes picture frames out of matchsticks, like the one above which is built from 2,969 glued wooden matches. The little girl in the framed picture is his daughter, Delores. He built the frame while sailing as ship's charpenter on the Steel Executive (Isthmian). SIU Carpenter's Hobby Makes 'Matchless' Crew Seafarer Marion (Star) Wells has an unusual hobby that makes him a "matchless" carpenter. The pursuit of this hob­ by, in fact, recently made his fellow SIU members on the Steel Executive (Isthmian),"*" was loading Pineapple at Hawaii, the most matchless crew and completed it a week before afloat. the ship put into Norfolk. SIU members on the Executive who want a light for a cigarette, know better than ask Wells, since he never has a spare match. The •reason is that he hoards every match stick he can get his hands on to build picture frames. The latest example of WeUs' handiwork frames a photograph of his three-year-old daughter Delores, who lives in Savannah, Ga. He calculates there are 2,969 matches glued together to make the design for the frame. 21-Day Job The ship's carpenter took just 21 days to complete this par­ ticular project In his off hours. He started when the Executive Wells has been an SIU member since 1947 when he joined the Union in New York. A veteran member of the deck department, he also ships as bosun. Begins Project Early Wells thinks that his unusual hobby is an excellent way to fill his idle hours while at sea. He says that he begins his projects at an early enough point in the trip so that it will be finished when his ship comes Into port to discharge cargo. His fellow crewmembers, how­ ever, -have learned the hai^ way that when Wells is on board ship, the only way to protect themselves Is to carry paper matches—or a cigarette lighter. 4 Glad To Have Pension Plan To The Editor: Because of a physical disabil­ ity, I am no longer able to sail in my profession as a tugman. I shudder to think of the serious impact my disability would have had upon me if there were no provisions for me to receive an SIU pension. Thanks to the SIU I am not destitute as I certainly would be if it were not for my pension. I want to say also, that every­ one in the SIU is very kind and ready to serve the membership at all times. From a man who has sailed tugboats for 50 years, I thank the SIU from the bottom of my heart. Thomas A. Piniecki EVERY MONTHS If any SIU sliip has no library or needs a new supply of books, contacf any SIU hall. YOUR SIU SHIP'S LIBRARY �SEAFAngus ton OLD-TIMER Pac« TmafSNhM Oldtimer's Albatross Dinner Tasted Like 'Mean Medicine' By Captain R. J. Peterson • Captain Peterson is a veteran of many years on the high seas—first on foreign-flag vessels and later on V.S.-flag ships. He is a regular contributor to the LOG. •EyfrReMELY CAieEFUL WHEM W^RIKIO SCUFFS OR SANDALS. •THEY CAM CAUSE mHSEfiOUS BAtLS. ESPECMUYVVA/£N WfeARiN© THEM SOlMS UPAMDOOWN MDPERS. PLAY IT SAFEWHYIAkKA CHAMCE. ? Every Seafarer knows that an albatross is supposed to bring you bad luck. Although sea­ men have been making this phophecy ever since the first ship set sail to cross the ocean, I have often wondered at the truth of this old saying. 4. While sailing in the "roar­ Ing sailor. Well aware of this fact, in the roaring ing" forties, I have seen forties the Glenlui's galley gang dished when the many an albatross, soaring on crew noticed a us out a huge platter of albatross big, white wings, as they followed in the ship's wake. On one of these stormy trips, my shipmates dared the fates by catching alba­ trosses and serving them for Sun­ day dinner. Despite this challenge to the age-old prophecy, the curse of bad luck for killing an albatross has yet to catch up with me—even if some of my former crewmembers paid dearly for tempting fate. Sunday Dinner The fatal albatross dinner took place when I was shipping on the Glenlui which was running from Buenos Aires to Newcastle, Aus­ tralia. We were about 500 miles south of the Cape of Good Hope and running before a fast wind flock of alba­ trosses wheeling and diving in our wake. We set out to catch some of the great white birds, and before Peterson long, gathered a large number of them in a pile on deck. The steward, undoubted­ ly thinking that our "catch" rep­ resented an excellent way to save some money on stores, ordered the cook to serve us albatross for sup­ per. While an albatross may look beautiful in flight, the sight of its dead carcass could never relieve the hunger pangs of even a starv- SIU'SOSO Proposal The Most Famous Albatross . Continued from page 3) against the establishment of 50-50 system for oil imports. If a quota system were introduced for Ameri­ can-flag tankers, it would pri­ marily affect the Liberian and Panamanian-flag tankers, which are owned in large measure by major U.S. oil companies. Of the 264 American-owned tankers operating under the flags of Panama and Liberia, nearly half are owned by five oil giants— Standard Oil of New Jersey, Tex­ aco, Gulf, Standard Oil of Califor­ nia and Socony Mobil. The Union points out that these five are mem­ bers of an association of runaway operators calling itself "the American Committee for Flags of Necessity," which is the chief op­ ponent of an oil import quota sys­ tem for U.S.-flag tankers. These ACFN members claim that an import quota system would violate the concept of free trade, would be "discriminatory" and in­ vite retaliation. The SIU declared that these ACFN members can make this charge while they are amassing millions of dollars in profits through the unrestricted and untaxed carriage of oil im­ ports. The SIU statement said that if an oil import quota system were put into effect, it would constitute an action against vessels which are really American ships, but which fly spurious flags in order to evade U.S. wages, working conditions. taxes and safety standards. An oil quota system, the Union said, can hardly be said to violate the con­ cept of free trade or to be dis­ criminatory with regard to other maritime nations. The SIU mainained that allega­ tions of "discrimination" and "re­ taliation" have frequently been employed as bugaboos by those seeking to safeguard their own special and vested interests, but that these allegations have never been proved to have a valid basis. "The fact is that de facto dis­ crimination against U.S. shipping already exists, and that the pas­ sage of preferential cargo meas­ ures by this country has never been proved either to increase or to decrease the amount of that discrimination," the statement de­ clares. The Union points out that Mari­ time Administrator Nicholas John­ son, n-t/orting on the 40 countries that now have cargo preference measures, furnished data that shows that 33 of them had enacted their regulations before 1956, the year the American law went into effect. "The specter of 'retaliation' is, as we have stated, a bugaboo cre­ ated by those who, amassing mil­ lions in profligate profits through their present operations, wish to maintain the status quo. We be­ lieve it is high time for tliis par­ ticular bugaboo to be extermi­ nated," the Union asserted. The most famous instance of the curse caused by killing an albatross appears in the poem, "The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Coleridge. Two verses from the poem, describing the bad luck that fell on the ancient mariner after he killed an albatross, are printed below: "God save thee, ancient Mariner! From the fiends that plague thee thus!— Why look'st thou so?" With my cross-bow 1 shot the Albatross. 4" 4" 5" And I had done a hellish thing. And it would work'em woe: For all averred, I had killed the bird That made the breeze to blow. Ah unretch! they said, the bird to slay. That made the breeze to blow! No Bad Luck Here LOG-A-RHYTHM: The Afflicted Notify Union On LOG Mail As Seafarers know, copies of each issue of the SEAFARERS LOG are mailed every two weeks to all SIU ships as well as to numerous clubs, bars and other overseas spots where Seafarers congregate ashore. The procedure for mailing the LOG Involves calling all SIU steamship companies for the 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. hash, but to no avail. Mean Medicine When the crew dug in, they found the bird's meat tasted even worse than it looked. It was fishy, oily, and nasty, like mean medicine. My shipmates threw the hash into the scupper at the end of the gal­ ley and filled the air with foul curses, all aimed at the niggardly steward. However, I was made of tougher stuff than my fellow crewmem­ bers, and so I swallowed the "med­ icine." I could take an evil meal like that since I neither smoked or chewed tobacco. My shipmates, on the other hand, did both, buy­ ing the stuff from the^slopchest and paying the captain a capital price for the privilege. The crew thought that tobacco would make them better men, but they still couldn't eat the albatross hash. Curse Fulfilled When the "hash" dinner was over and the sailors' curses were still hovering about the steward's head, there came a wierd, uncanny cry: "Man Overboard!" ! Rushing on deck, we found that I the slamming mainsail had cata­ pulted a young sailor to the bot­ tom of the ocean. He had gone up, hand over hand out on the buck­ ing sheet to clip the hook of the lazy tack in an attempt to tie down the loose sister, but never touched the deck of the Glenlui again. Even though I had dined on the accursed albatross, luck was with me. I had wanted to do the dan­ gerous trick of taming the slam­ ming sheet, but a youthful Danish seaman came on deck to relieve me at the stroke of eight bells, and I went to "bellow" ina the foc'sle. Looking back over the years I wonder, where are the men now who refused their Sunday dinner and threw the alabtross hash into the scupper? Lady luck forsook them, since they are all dead and gone. Yet, I, who cared nothing for curses and prophecies, and took my "medicine" that fatal Sun­ day, am still here TO tell the story. By Henry Percikow Hp walks among men. Sealed from light. Yet sure of his path. While the multitude Stumbles through life Groping in the shadows. The remains of an albatross are examined by an ornithologist (a scientist specializing in bird research) aboard the SIUcontracted Anton Bruun (Alpine Geophysical) during its recent Indian Ocean expedition. The proverbial curse that is supposed to result from killing an albatross didn't faze Union members who reported smooth sailing during the two year voyage. The photo above was taken by Seafarer Eric Chlttemien, who sails in the deck department. They view the daybreak. Yet are blind to the reefs Onto which they are hurled. How can they choose The helping hand From the tiger's claw? The storm of conflict Will lift the fog Clinging like a cataract Upon their vision — For clay and spi^*'" Will not give sight. �fagt Twenty-Tw* SE AW AKERS BTatvlt 19M96S LOG STU AMTOVAXJB and All of the following Sltl families have received maternity benefits from the Seafarers Welfare Plan, plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: MyrtU Ann McLaughlin, bora Holly Goss, born December 17, Frederick Roring, born January 23, 1965, to the John F. Borings, September 10, 1964, to the Haskell 1964, to the Bdlly R. Goss, Hender­ McLaughlins, Tampa, Fla. son, Texas. Detroit, Mich. All hospitalized Seafarers would appreciate mail and visits whenever possible. The following is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospital: USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Arthur Blanchetta Frank Nappi Harvey Newcomb Arthur Botiiko Jill Louise Ryan, born November Clyda R. Brittle Ralph ParcJae Hubert Lewis Bailey, born Kevin Michael Drake, born No­ John Pastorek Antonio Cascano 8, 1964, to the Kenneth Ryans, Su­ January 20, 1965, to the Leonard Anthony PInchook vember 27, 1964, to the Donald C. Peter Cerka perior, Wise. Valentino Ferro James Portway Drakes, Detroit, Mich. Freldof Fondlla Joseph Pozzuoll Henry Fossett Charles Sapeta Lynwood Gregory Wm. J. Stormer . Connie L. Moore, January 11, Timothy Sullivan Elmer Koch 1965, to the Dexter D. Moores, BelPhillip C. Adkins, Jr., bora Jan­ Lisa Marie Murr, born January Leiand Larrimore Gusta Thobe C. E. Williamson haven, N.C. uary 30, 1965, to the Phillip C. 23, 1965, to the Mchael G. Murrs, James A. Lewis Harry W. Muches Adkins, Portsmouth, Va. New Orleans, La. USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS Meiisa Trosciair, born December Gene T. Bacon P. W. McDonald 30, 1964, to the Bobby L. TrosAlexander Becker William Odum Donald Schaefer, born February Johnny Courville, bora Febru­ Joseph Brodour Morris J. Perry clairs. Mobile, Ala. ary 3, 1965, to the Joseph H. Cour- 1, 1965, to the Peter Schaefers, Estuardo Cuenca A. F. Sabourin Edward E. Davidson W. C. Scruggs Levittown, Pa. villes. Groves, Texas. Harmon 0. Haddock Curtis Smith • Luaiice Reyes, born February 1, Wm. Kwansnica P. A Thompson 1965, to the Angel L. Reyes, Brook­ W. A. Lawrence Richard Toler J. A,Mallard. Jr. F. Tosti lyn, New York. Tanya Babb, born March 1, Gena Marie Hartl, born October USPHS HOSPITAL 1965, to the Otho C. Babbs, Brook­ 27, 1964, to the Eugene K. Hartle, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA R. J. Aumlller Francis W. Keeley lyn, New York. Steven James Szumlia, born Jan­ Sturgeon Bay, Wise. G. E. Alvarez Torolf J. Kismul uary 23, 1965, to the Richard Szuisaak Bouzin James Lear James P. Conley John P. Murphy milas, Posen, Mich. Joseph Cole Byron C. Slaid Charlotte Cooper, born July T. C. Ibabao John Gregel, bora December 27, 1964, to the Don V. Coopers, USPHS HOSPITAL Angel Rafael Rodriguez, born 10, 1964, to the William Gregels, Pascagoula, Miss. JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA River Rouge, Mich. H. I. Colson M. Nielsen November 18, 1964, to the Rafael J. K. Grumpier F. P. Daugherty Rodriguezs, Rincon, P.R. The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported H. L. Grizzard L. F. Ozlesinski J. C. Laseter R. B. Pardo to the Seafarers Welfare Plan (any apparent delay in payment J. Michael Beth Ann Fox, bom November of claims is normally due to late filing, lack of beneficiary USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 21, 1964, to the Michael Foxs, To­ card or necessary litigation for the disposition of estates) i James L. Allen Percy J. LIbby ledo, Ohio. 0. D. Anderson James McCauley Eugene W. Auer Lawyer McGrew Fedil A. Lagramis, 63: Brother Wm. George Frederick Keller, 63 A. Belcher Lonnie McKenna Lagrimas died of natural causes Howard A. Berzina Claude McNorton Sherri Pierce, born January 9, Brother Keller died October 6 Jacobs Beukelaar M. Martlnovich on October 10, 1965, to the Donald R.' Pierces, 1964, in the RoseMichel Billo J. F. Mendoza 1964, in the San well Park Memo­ John P. Brooks P. C. Mendoza Jacksonville, Fla. Allen Collins, Jr. E. W. Messonnler Francisco USPHS rial Institute of a C. E. Cummings Luis Malta Hospital. A mem­ C. W. Cunningham Milton J. Mouton Sheri Corron, born December 2, stroke. A mem­ C. DeSouza Henry R. Norred ber of the SIU ber of the SIU 1964, to the Jerome J. Corrons, A. E. Douglas. Sr. William E. Oliver since 1959, he Great Lakes Dis­ Cleo L. Dupree Eugene G. Plahn Baltimore, Md. Harry D. Emmett Santos Ramos sailed in the trict, he sailed in Fred Fagan Gerald G. Raynal steward depart­ the engine de­ Marshall Foster Albert J. Rebana Natasha Marie Johnson, bora Robert M. Godwin James J. Redden ment. He is surpartment. Surviv­ December 2, 1964, to the Harold Wade B. Harrell Patrick Scanlan V i V e d by his ing is his wife, Walter H. Harris Hamilton Sebum W. Johnsons, West Palm Beach, Fla. Mrs. Clara Kel­ brother, Ben Forney Bowen Daniel W. Sommer Paul M. Hebert Harold W. Sweet ler. Burial was in the St. Matthews Aquino Lagrimas. He was buried Emmett L. Harvey J. C. Trosciair Renato Garcia, born November Cemetery, Cheektouga, N.Y. in Oamiling, Tarlac, Philippine Timothy R. Holt Robert Vance B. Huggins Joseph S. Vanacor 17, 1964, to the Angel Garcias, Islands. Olav Kjonbog John Ward Tierra Sta, Puerto Rico. Walter J. Koyn H. E. Willoughby James J. Lala Anthony Zanca Harold Irving Nelson, 55: Broth­ USPHS HOSPITAL James Clifton Armstrong, 54: Tracie Sue Gunnlaugson, born er Nelson died October 6, 1964, In NORFOLK, VIRGINIA Brother Armstrong died October Basillo Boschi B. 0. Brinkley December 4, 1964, to the Stewart 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4- 4- 4- Baileys, Median, Miss. 4 4 4 4" 4" 4 4 4 4 4" 4" 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 » 4 4 4 4 4- 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 - 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 - 4 4 4 the Staten Island 10, 1964, in the USPHS Hospital New Orleans of natural causes. USPHS Hospital 4 4 4 A member of the of pneumonia. A Gregory Long, born November Union since 1960, member of the 9, 1964, to the Robert Longs, he worked in the engine depart­ Benzonia, Mich. engine depart­ Walter C. LaJono ment, he began 4 4 4 ment. Simviving Your brother, Frank B. LaJonc, sailing with the Anthony Charles Aronica, bora is his wife, Mrs. SIU in 1951. He would like you to contact him at January 4, 1965, to the Anthony Carmen Nelson. is survived by hie 1733 Delta Street, National City, C. Aronicas, Miami, Fla. He was buried in wife, Mrs. Flossie Calif. the Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, I. Armstrong. Burial was in the 4 4 4 4 4 4 Twanna Fay Brown, born Jan­ Ala. Whistler Cemetery, Mobile, Ala. Lee Earl Gillian uary 20, 1965, to the Bobby You are requested to contact 4 4 4 4 4 4 Browns, Crcstview, Florida. your mother as soon as possible. Greer Collins Stevens, Jr., 46: Nicklos A. Bastes, 68: Brother 4 4 4 4 4 4 Barbara Ann Randol, bora No­ Brother Stevens succumbed to Bastes died June 8, 1964, at his home in New Or­ A. T. Salyards vember 26, 1964, to the William heart disease while aboard the leans of a heart Mrs. Elenor Salyards is very A. Randols, Amite, La. Steel Executive attack. A mem­ anxious for you to eontaot her. 4 4 4 Write to 112 Langener-Landr ber of the Union Rose Ann Narvez, born Septem­ on October 18, strasse, Bermerhaven, Germany. since 1944, he ber 19, 1963, to the Philip Nar- 1964. A member of the SIU since sailed in the vezs, Houston, Texas. 4 4 4 1947, he sailed in steward depart­ 4 4 4 Herbert Skyles ment until his re­ Margie Wong, born December the engine de­ Two pictures you submitted as tirement in 1960. 12, 1964, to the Kong Chin Wongs, partment. He is well as a check for you are being survived by his He is survived by San Francisco, Calif. held at the N.Y. Hall. Contact I. mother, Mrs. Zell his Godchild, 4 4 4 Spivack at the N.Y. Hall notifying Philip Dumire, born December S. Stevens, and his brother, Stan ^s. Sterling R. Price. Burial was him of your present address. 30, 1964, to the Phillip Dumires, R. Stevens. Burial was in Green­ in the Saint Vincent de Paul 4 4 4 ville, S.C. Worthington, Va. Cemetery, New Orleans, La. Chuck Tudora 4 4 4 4 4 4 Get in touch with Tony Berglne 4 4 4 Steven W. Hartley, born Janu­ at the USPHS hospital, 210 Statee William Joseph Schafer, 32: ary 19, 1965, to the Neil C. Hart­ Joseph Thomas Terra, 48: Broth­ Heart disease was fatal to Brother er Torra died September 25, 1964, Street, New Orleans, as soon as leys, Fairhope, Alabama. possible. Schafer while , in the Temple 4 4 4 4 4 4 Henry Colar, born November aboard the West­ I Hospital, PhilaSophoklls J. Tzortzakis 18, 1964, to the Henry Joseph ern Planet, while I delphia. Pa., of You are requested to contact Colars, New Orleans, La. docked at Guam. ^ heart disease. A A member of the 4 4 4 member of the your wife as soon as possible. Kelly Lynne Whalen, born Jan­ steward depart­ Union since 1944, 4 4 4 uary 18, 1965, to the Paul F. ment, he joined he sailed in the Income Tax Refund Checks Whalens, Huntington Beach, Calif. the Union in engine depart­ Checks are being held for the 1946. He is sur­ 4 4 4 ment. He is sur­ SIU members listed below by Jack Shelita Ann Charles and Trenita vived by his wife, vived by his two Lynch, Room 201, SUP Building, Ann Charles, born January 19, Mrs. Virginia D. sons, Thomas and 450 Harrison Street, San Fran­ 1965, to the Leonard Charles, New Schafer. Place of burial was not James Torra. Burial was In the cisco, 5, Calif.: known. Orleans, La. Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Pa. Alexander Ansaldo, Charles Elbert Clayton C. A. Jennette Edward Day Hertford B. Rice William Fortescua James A. Wilkins Lowell E. Harris G. R. Williams USPHS HOSPITAL CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Ludwig J. Bednar John Madar Leo Entrlnger Matthew O'Hara Wm. G. Goodhue August Pearson Lloyd Lund John Pollock USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Edward Arthur Thomas Grinsell Rune Gustafsson Emmett Avery Adolf Helnsaar Conway Beard AM Hubabi Burton Berg E. L. Jennings R. Blackstock Eric Johnson Gordon Chambers A. Karczewskl Daniel Couancy Walter. Kowalczyk Troy Cousins L. Maianson Joseph Czech Gordon Owen Arnoldo Dias Georges L. Pitour John Davis Winford Powell H. Dierking Julio Quinonez Adrian Donnelly Winston Renney Michael Filosa E. Reyes S. Friedman W. Schoenborn Robert Gabel Daniel Seda K Gainey Juan Soto Estell Godfrey Robert Stewart Julio Gonzalez USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICHIGAN Homer Campbell Donald Ritcey Charles Cochran Daniel Sanders Leo Derry, Sr. H. E. Thilhorn J. F. Jamieson Marshall Wheeler Joseph Pi I key USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON, MASS. Alfred Gardner John Rubery USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS B. Delbler Abraham Mander Abe Gordon Max Olson Thomas Lehay J. Thibodeaux SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Edwin Harriman Thomas Isaksen Daniel Gorman William Kenny A. Gutierrez VA HOSPITAL LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA R. Arsenault VA HOSPITAL ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN Robert Asbahr VA HOSPITAL WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT Paul Kelensnick VA HOSPITAL HINES, ILLINOIS Oscar Kvaas VA HOSPITAL HOUSTON, TEXAS Thomas Manlon PINE CREST HAVEN NURSING HOME COVINGTON, LOUISIANA Frank Martin U.S. SOLDIERS HOME HOSPITAL WASHINGTON, D.C. William Thomson N G. Gunnlaugsons, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Bush, Orla S. Bushold, Eigil E. Hjelm, Willard R. Layton, Lum She Lee, Potenciano Paculba, and Wong M. Sing. 4 4 4 Duke Douette Eileen Childs, sister of Lawrence Byrene, would like you to contact her as soon as possible. Call col­ lect to Boston, 267-2641. 4 4 4 Edward Edwards Nerelda A. Corona, 2489 Fair­ way, Dundalk, Marjdand, would like you to contact her at the earliest moment possible. TO BdJiPvaRT \ �Pac« Twentr-'nrM SEAFARERS '£.Q0 ot MELS SlU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Lindsey Williams Al Tanner Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES Bill HaU Ed Mooney Fred Stewart BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Rex Dickey, Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 177 State St. Ed Riley. Agent Richmond 2-0140 DETROn 10225 W. Jeffersou Ave. VInewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS ....675 4th Ave., Bklyn HYacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. Paul Drozak, Agent WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St., SE., Jax Wliiiam Morris, Agent . . ELgln 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. Ben Gonzales. Agent . FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Louis Neira. Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Buck Stephens, Agent Tel. 529-7546 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK 115 3rd St. Gordon Spencer, Acting Agent . .622-1892 PHILADELPHIA 2804 S. 4th St. John Fay, Acling Agent DEwey 6-3818 SAN FRANCISCO 350 Freemont St. Paul Gonsorchik. Agent .DOuglas 2-4401 Frank Drozak. West Coast Rep. SANTURCE PR 1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep Phone 723-8594 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Ted Babkowski, Agent MAin 3-4334 TAMPA 312 Harrison St. Jeff Gillette, Agent 229-2788 WILMINGTON. Calif 505 N. Marine Ave. Frank Boyne. Agent TErminal 4-2528 Great Lakes SECRETARY-TREASURER Fred J. Farnen ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER Roy.Boudreau ALPENA 127 River St. EL. 4-3616 BUFFALO. NY 735 Washington TL 3-9259 CHICAGO 9383 Ewing Ave. So. Chicago, m, SAginaw 1-0733 CLEVELAND 1420 West 25th St. MAin 1-5450 DULUTH 312 W. 2nd St. RAndolph 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich 415 Main St. Mali Address; P.O. Box 287 ELgin 7-2441 HEADQUARTERS 10225 W. Jefferson Av. River Rouge 18, Mich. VInewood 3-4741 Inland Boatmen's Union NATIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Matthews GREAT LAKES AREA DIRECTOR Pat Finnerty BALTIMORE ....I2I6 E. Baltimore St EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St Richmond 2-0140 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON ... 5804 Canal St. WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVU,LE 2608 Pearl St.. SE. Jax ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave Tel .629-7546 NORFOLK 115 Third St. Tel. 622-1892-3 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S 4th St DEwey 6-3838 TAMPA 312 Harrison St Tel. 229-27HH GREAT LAKES TUG & DREDGE REGION REGIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Jones Dredae Workers Section ASSl.STANT DIRECTOR Harold F. Yon BUFFALO 94 Henrietta Ave. Arthur Miller. Agent TR 5-1536 CHICAGO 2300 N. Kimball Trygve Varden, Agent ... ALbany 2-1154 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. Tom Gerrity. Agent 621-5450 DETROIT 1570 Liberty Ave. Lincoln Park. Mich. Ernest Demerse. Agent . . DU 2-7694 DULUTH 312 W. Second St. Norman Jolicoeur. Agent RAndolph 7-6222 SAULT STE. MARIE Address mail to Brimley, Mich. Wayne Weston. Agent BRimley 14-R 5 ''TOLEDO 423 Central St. CH 2-7751 Tug Firemen, linemen. Oilers & Watchmen's Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Tom Burns ASHTABULA. O. .. 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-Tern 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 Rutiisati. Agent MAin 6-4573 Atlantic MembershiD Meetinsrs (Continued from page 4) aboard tbe Potomac aa ttaiixi cook is In the hall in Norfolk sporting his brand new SIU book uid looks SlU-AGLIWD Meetings MILWAUKEE ....2722 A. So. Shore Dr. as proud as a peacock after beJoseph Miller, Agent ..SHerman 4-6645 Regular membership meetings for members of the SIU Atlantic, SAULT STE. MARIE ....1086 Maple St. Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are held regularly once a Wm. J. Lackey. Agent ..MElroie 2-8847 oomdng a full book member. month on days Indicated by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM in the Riven Section Puerto Rico ST. LOUIS, HO 805 Del Mar listed SIU ports below. AU Seafarers are expected to attend. L. J. Colvis, Agent CE 1-1434 Shipping in tho Peail Of Ibe Those who wish to he excused should request permission by tele­ PORT ARTHini, Tex. 1348 7th St. gram (he sure to include registration number). The next SIU Arthur Bendheim, Agent Caroribbean baa been fair here meetings wiU bet during the past few weeks. RAILWAY MARINE REGION HEADQUARTERS 99 Montgomery St. New York April 5 Detroit April 9 On the Puerto Rican labor Jersey City 2, NJ HEnderson 3-0104 Philadelphia April 6 Houston April 12 REGIONAL DIRECTOR front, about 300 employees of the New Orleans April 13 Baltimore Apirl 7 G. P. McGinty ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTORS Steel wo-rkers walked out of the April 14 Mobile B. B. Pulver R. H. Avery BALTIMORE...,1216 E. Baltimore St American Can Co. sqbsidiaries s. i. EAstern 7-4900 NORFOLK 115 Third St. along with their mainland counter­ West Coast SiU-AGLIWD Meetings 622-1892-3 SIU headquarters has issued the following schedule for the PHILADELPHIA .2604 S. 4th St parts. In other news on the DEwey 6-3818 island, a small water desalting monthly informational meetings to be held in West Coast ports for plant was inagurated last week in the benefit of Seafarers shipping from Wilmington, San Francisco United Industrial Workers Palo Seco. The hottest issue in and Seattle, or who are due to return from the Far East. All BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. EAstern 7-4900 Puerto Rico right now is the Seafarers are expected to attend these meetings, in accord with BOSTON 276 State St. arrival of the Status Commission an Executive Board resolution adopted in December, 1961. Meet­ Richmond 2-0140 members from the U. S. to begin ings in Wilmington are on Monday, San Francisco on Wednesday HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 preliminary hearings into what and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. will be the political status of the WAlnut 8-3207 Wilmington San Francisco Seattle JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St. SE i 81 a n d—commonwealth or state­ ELgin 3-0987 hood. April 19 March 24 March 26 MIAMI 744 w. Flagler St. AprU 21 April 23 May 17 FRanklin 7-3564 We were all saddened by the MOBILE ,.•....1 S. Lawrence St. death of Pedro "Mondego" Gon­ -f HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS .630 Jackson Ave. zales who was buried last week in (For meeting place, contact Har­ Phone 529-7546 Ponce. Several members of the Great Lakes SIU Meetings old Ruthsatz, 118 East Parish. NORFOLK 115 Third St. Phone 622-1892-3 San Juan area made the trip to Regular membership meetings Sandusky, Ohio). PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th St. Ponce to pay their respects. Pedro DEwey 6-3818 who known as a fine man and on the Great I,akes are held on Meveland April 16 TAMPA ..312 Harrison St. the first and third Mondays of Toledo April 16 Phone 229-2788 good bosun. each month in aU ports at 7 PM Ashtabula April 16 local time, except at Detroit, (For meeting place, contact John where meetings are helO at 2 PM Mero, 1644 West 3rd Street, Ash­ The next meetings will be: tabula, Ohio). Detroit April 5—2 PM 4* 4* Alpena, BuDalo, Chicago, FINANCIAL RIPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic. GuU, Lakes Cleveland, Duluth, Frankfort, United Industrial Workers and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed AprU 5—7 PM Regular membership meetings CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected for UIW members are scheduled by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters i i in Brooklyn. each month at 7 PM in varioua TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland ports. The next meetings will be: SIU Inland Boatmen's Union Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees New York .7 April 5 Regular membership meetings In charge of these ifunds shall consist equally of union and management Baltimore April 7 for IBU members are scheduled representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. AU Philadelphia AprU 6 each month in various ports. The trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various ^Houston April 12 next meetings will be: trust funds. Mobile April 14 SHIPPINO RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected Phlla April 6—5 PM.. New Orleans April 13 exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to Baltimore (licensed and unknow your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and avail­ • Meetings held at Laoor Temple. New­ (Licensed .April 7—5P.M. able In all Union haUs. If you feel there has been any violation of your port News. shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union Houston April 12—5 PM t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mall,, ste. Marie, Mich, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: ^ Norfolk April 8—7 PM t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. Earl Shepard. Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board N'Orleans .. April 13—5 PM 17 Battery Place, Suite 1930, New York 4, N.Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you al all times, Mobile April 14—5 PM either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Anpeals Board. x- Know Your Rights CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available In all SIU baUs. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as 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 agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOO. The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any Individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from pub­ lishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This estahli.shed policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960. meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union, The Executive Board may delegate, from among Its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone In any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless he' Is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and it given an official receipt, hut feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU pubUshes every six months In the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitu­ tion. In addition, copies are available In all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with Its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disahlUty-pension benefits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attendance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU mem­ bers at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role In all rank-and-file functions, including service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth In the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may he discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national -or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which be Is entitled, he i'lould notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the h^sio rigbU of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these ohlectives. the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute. the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted, tor 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 hit constitutional right of accost to Union records or Information, he should immtdiately notify SIU Presldaht Paul Hall at haadquartars by certiflad mall, return receipt raquesteil. 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 April 12 Philadelphia April 13 Baltimore April 14 •Norflok April 15 Prove Eligibility For Hospital $ Seafarers being admitted to a Public Health hospital are urged to carry-with them their Union book plus proof of eli­ gibility for SIU b e n e fi t s; namely, a record that they have at least 90 days seatime during the previous year and at least one day during the previous six months. Failure to have the proper credentials will cause a GREAT LAKES TUG AND DREDGE REGION delay in payments to the Sea­ Regular membership meet­ farer. ings for Great Lakes Tug and If the Seafarer is admitted to Dredge Region IBU memters are . a hospital which is not a PHS scheduled each month in the vari­ institution, he should contact ous ports at 7:30 PM. The next the Union immediately. The meetings will be: Union will arrange with the USPHS for a transfer to a PubDetroit Apirl 12 lie Health hospital in his vicin­ Milwaukee AprU 12 ity. The PHS will not pick up Chicago April 13 the hospital tab for private Buffalo April 14 hospital care, unless it is noti­ tSauIt Ste. Marie April 14 fied in advance. Duluth AprU 15 Lorain April 16 USIleM.^UtWl TAKE A LOOK AT Americans at Work j Check Loca! TV Listings Produced by The AFL-CIO �PiO Tmatr-frnm SEAFARERS Mawfc It. Itll LOG ^ Two pieces of legislation providing medical assfstanct fer the elderly arajpw before Congress, waiting for action. One is tilt King-AndersonjyiedrtSre"bitt; which is supported by the AFL-CIO and the Johnson Admln^i^atlon. Ttie^^ the "Eldercare" bill, backed by the American Medical Important facts regarding the features of the two b MEDICAL MEDICARE •1 • The AFL-CIO and other supporters of the King-Anderson Med Icare bill back it as the best program of providing comprehensive medical assistance for the nation's elderly citizens who require hospitalization for illness. The Medicare bill, which is a key item in President Johnson's legislative program, would use Federal funds to protect citizens from the high costs of hospitalization during their illness-prone golden years. Statistics have shown that hospital costs are the greatest burden of health expenditures which older people must pay out. No matter in which of the fifty states he resides. Medicare would provide an elderly citizen with these benefits: • Sixty days of hospital benefits. • Sixty days of post-hospital extended care. • Two hundred and forty home health visits. • Out-patient diagnostic services. Under the King-Anderson bill, an older person would not be forced to take a humiliating "means" test pr sign a pauper's oath to be eligible for benefits. Any individual who is 65 years old would be eligible. Medicare would be financed by modest contributions under the Social Security program, amounting to less than one-half of one percent of total earnings up to $5,600. Employers would pay a matching amount toward building paid-up insurance which a worker can utilize when he retires. Persons not eligible for benefits under the Social Security program would receive Medi­ care assistance paid for by general revenues of the U.S. Treasury. A senior citizen would have free choice of physicians and hos­ pitals under the Medicare program. The bill also provides organ­ ized home nursing services, which can often mean avoiding the necessity of hospitalization, or permit a faster release for a per­ son in a hospital. While the Medicare legislation is not the complete answer to the medical needs of the aged, it is the most effective way of beginning a comprehensive, uniformly administered program of assistance. r-. FOR THE AGED ELDERCARE The benefits that senior citizens would receive under the AMA's Eldercare bill look impressive at first sight, since its cov­ erage is purported to include doctors' care, hospitalization, nurs­ ing home, surgical and drug costs. What the Eldercare bill's supporters don't mention is that their plan would be financed through matching funds raised by the states. This point throwsconsiderable doubt on the ability to provide adequate medical coverage for the older citizens whom it is supposed to aid. The deceptive feature of the Eldercare program is the fact that few of the 50 states have the resources or the willingness to raise the necessary funds to make the AMA plan operate with even a minimum of success. In fact, since state legislatures have the option of deciding whether to participate in the plan, it is all too likely that Eldercare would not even exist in several states. The record shows that few states have been able to provide the necessary money to match Federal dollars under the present Kerr-Mills medical assistance for the elderly plan. If every bene­ fit promised in the Eldercare bill were actually made available, the cost in both Federal and state taxes would be astronomical when compared to the Medicare program. The AMA also claims that Eldercare lets people over 65 qualify "without a welfare type investigation," but, in reality, this type of humiliating means test is still very much in existence, according to the bill's provisions. A senior citizen who wishes to become eligible for Eldercare will have to prove his income is below a certain amount specified by the individual states. This procedure involves taking a degrading means test. In some states, as experi­ ence under the Kerr-Mills program has shown, an older citizen would have to show evidence that he is a pauper to receive benefits. ' All Seafarers and their families are urged to write their congressmen in support of the King-Anderson Medicare bill. SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA • AFL-CIO � 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. 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Title A name given to the resource March 19, 1965 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU URGES 50-50 OIL IMPORT PLAN SIU SCHEDULES CONVENTION – MAY 26-JUNE 1 UNION SPURS FIGHT TO PREVENT USPHS HOSPITAL SHUTDOWNS THREE SIU VETERANS OK’D FOR PENSIONS SIU FISHERMEN, DOCKERS TIE UP SOVIET COD CARGO SIU, ILA BLOCK UNLOADING OF SOVIET CODFISH CARGO SIU PROPOSAL WOULD PUT 50% OF OIL IMPORT QUOTAS ABOARD U.S.-FLAG TANKERS SIU CONTINUES ITS FIGHT TONSAVE PHS HOSPITALS SENATOR URGES INCREASED U.S. AID TO BULK CARRIERS CUBA REPORTS EXPANSION PLAN FOR MERCHANT FLEET CONGRESSMEN PRAISE ANTI-BRACERO LAWS HOUSE UNIT OKS EXTENSION OF SHIP BUILDING SUBSIDY STATISTICS SHOW U.S. LAGGING IN SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMS AFL-CIO BLASTS SPY TACTICS USED BY INDUSTRY, GOVERNMENT PRESIDENT JOHNSON SIGNS APPALACHIA AID LEGISLATION INDIAN OCEAN FOUND RICH SEAFOOD SOURCE 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 03/19/1965 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. 6 1965 Periodicals Seafarers Log