http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/ab5a02fd1c724c7959593daf5a641592.PDF 163cf4734139dfd728c18a271efb7c2f PDF Text Text SEAFARERS^LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION . ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT . AFL-CIO I �INc* Tw* StAFAHERS April *, 1965 LOG Rap Foreign AttaekB On UJ, Ship Aid fof/cit Sea Unions Hit Bricks At U.N Urging Strong U.S. Ship Poiicy •NEW YORK—Seafarers took to the picket lines at the United Nations with other mem­ bers of the joint Maritime Labor Committee to voice their support for a strong U.S. merchant marine and to warn U.S. delegates to a 12-nation maritime parley against any weakening of our cargo preference and"*^ The U. S. Department of Agriculture is once again demonstrating its unconcealed hostility toward the American-flag merchant fleet. De­ partment officials, under the direction of Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman, continue to sing that tired old song that the use of U.S.-flag merchant ships is detrimental to the exipori of American farm products to Russia and other Communist countrie«. continually seeking to undermine ship subsidy programs. Also Committee." The Agriculture Department's latest attenipt to reduce the role of "The State Department insisted the position of the U.S. merchant participating in the demon­ this was never contemplated but marine, and regard every move to the U.S.-flag fleet to insignificance in the nation's commerce occurred stration were the ILA, NMU and we know different," Gleason said. improve the lot of the U.S. fleet as when its Undersecretary, Charles S. Murphy, testified before the International Finance Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on U.S. government agencies—the a threat to themselves. the MEBA. Banking and Currency. Murphy's warmed-over testimony about the MA, Agriculture, Defense, State The countries represented at the alleged harm resulting from the use of U.S.-manned vessels was a The three-day meeting pick­ and Commerce Departments—have 12-nation meeting share between repeat performance of the views expressed by his boss, Secretary eted by maritime labor was called been chipping away at the founda­ them the largest merchant fleets in Freeman, who tried to sell this story to a group of cabinet officers and by the U.S. for the declared pur­ tions of 4he American merchant pose of explaining American ship­ marine over the years in order to the western world. They are Great others on March 23, 1964. ping policies to other western gain favor with foreign govern­ Britain, Japan, France, Norway, The theme that Murphy and Freeman have been using is actually nations and convincing them that ments. Cargo preference laws have Netherlands, Sweden, West Ger­ the policies were not aimed at giv­ been continually Jeopardized in many, Belgium, Greece and Den­ a repeat of the views of E. E. Kelm, the president of Cargill, Inc., who mark. Representatives of many of issued essentially the same opinions only four days before the Secretary ing the U.S. unfair advantages. this manner. the same nations met last month In of Agriculture made his exaggerated statement in 1964. Cargill is IMaritime labor charged, however, European countries which main­ Paris with Admiral Harllee and one of the nation's biggest grain trading companies which was involved that U.S. officials would use the in the shipment of U.S. grain to the communists. The company stood meeting to grant more concessions tain large merchant fleets are also other American representatives. to profit handsomely from its ability to turn to low-wage foreign-flag to the foreign shippers at the ex­ vessels in moving this grain. pense of our merchant marine. The ridculous part about the arguments advanced by Secretary At the top of the agenda for Freeman and his subordinates is that while they never miss an oppor­ the meeting was the continuing tunity to wail about the "high cost" of using American ships, these controversy over the release of same officials run government programs which spend billions of dollars freight rate setting information by annually to support a small segment of our farm population. European and Japanese dominated steamship conferences. AmericanNEW YORK—The rank and file credentials committee of The $5 billion which Agriculture spends.each year for farm sub­ flag companies have been trying to get the Maritime Administration the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, sidies is over twelve times the amount spent for all the programs of to take a stronger stand regarding Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, has reported on the assistance to the U.S. merchant fleet including construction subsidides, operating subsidies and the cargo preference programs combined. The disclosure of the information. 8^00 million which American taxpayers ante up annually for the three eligibility of nominees for^ Weakening Cargo Laws separate subsidies which are paid on domestic cotton, are 10 times the Inland Boatmen's Union and the delegate to the SIUNA con­ United Industrial Workers were annual cost of our cargo preference program. We find it ironic that But the unmentioned issues in the meeting were the reported vention. The credentials com­ elected at special membership the subsidy dispensing Agriculture officials spend most of their time willingness of the U.S. delegates, mittee for the Atlantic and Gulf meetings held on March 29. The worrying about the cost of the cargo preference program. led by Maritime Commissioner Ad­ district have found that all nomi­ committees checked the qualifica­ Secretary Freeman and his officials have claimed that the depart­ miral John Harllee and a State nees for the position of convention tions of all nominees and certified ment has no intention of ignoring Congressional intent to insure a they are eligible to run as conven­ delegate are qualified, and in ac­ Department officer, to discuss strong, flourishing merchant marine for our nation. We would like weakening of U.S. cargo prefer­ cordance with the report of the tion delegates. to believe, these statements, but Agriculture officials don't give us a ence laws. Those laws, though President, dated March 8, 1965, an chance. Over and over again the department seems intent on dra­ The credentials committees of weakly enforced, were designed to election will be held on April 19, matically illustrating its contempt for the U.S. merchant marine. The keep the U.S. fleet afloat in a sea 1965, in all AGLIWD ports to deter­ the IBU regions, and the UIW re­ latest example of this thinly veiled antagonism was Under Secretary gions referred to their Regional mine the convention delegates for of cut-rate foreign competition. Directors' reports of March 8 Murphy's testimony before the International Finance Subcommittee Because of protests from mari­ the district. dealing with the SIU convention, which showed, all too well, the department's desire to downgrade the The credential committees elect­ provided that: "In the event status of the U.S.-flag fleet. time labor, the government was forced to shy away, publicly, at ed by the regions of the Inland the number of qualified nomi­ U.S. maritime expects this brand of conduct from Agriculture least, from any position compris­ Boatmen's Union, and the United nees is equal to, or does not Industrial Workers reported that exceed the number of delegates to oflicials. We all remember how American ships and American seamen ing our merchant marine. were short-changed when U.S. grain shipments were moving to Russia ILA president Thomas W. Glea- all nominees are qualifled and be elected to these conventions, last year. U.S. vessels got the bureaucratic cold shoulder even though shall be deemed elected, pursuant such nominees shall be deemed to son, chairman of the Maritime La­ th late President Kennedy had issued a public statement that American bor Committee, said: "The united to the reports filed, by their re­ be elected convention delegates." bottoms would be used to move the bulk of these cargoes. spective regional directors. The reports of these regional di­ protest by the maritime unions The Twelfth Biennial Conven­ rectors, dated March 8, 1965, were against the State Department plan Same Treatment Expected to discuss basic U.S. maritime pol­ tion of the SIUNA will start at mailed to the membership of the Unfortunately, it looks like the U.S. maritime industry is going to icy with foreign governments ap­ 10:00 AM, Wednesday, May 28 IBU and UIW regions on March 10, be faced with the same situation all over again when American farm parently had an effect. We have thru June 1, 1965 at the Gramercy 1965. products start moving to communist countries in the next few months. received assurances from Secretary Inn, 1616 Rhode Island Avenue, AGLIWD Election A most blatant example of how the cargo preference statutes are of Labor W. Willard Wirtz that N.W., Washington, D.C. The AGLIWD credentials com­ ignored came to light recently when the Department of Commerce U.S. representatives were under Elected Commltteca mittee, which was elected in approved an export license for the sale of 90,000 tons of soybeans to deflnite instructions not to discuss New York port and headquarters Russia. Despite our determined attempt, not a single government The credentials committees of questions under review by the President's Maritime Advisory the Atlantic and Gulf regions of the on March 29 has certified the official can give us any assurance that even a single ton of these soy­ names of 28 members as qualifled bean cargoes will be transported on an American ship. to run as convention delegates The Union's list of particulars against the Agriculture Deprartment's from the district. The qualifled record in degrading the role of the U.S. fleet was detailed in our nominees are: 40,000 word statement to the Maritime Advisory Committee last John Cole, C-8; George Dacken, November 16. Responsibility for this continuing hostility to American D-26: Rex Dickey, D-6; Joseph Di- maritime was laid squarely where it belonged—on the shoulders of Giorgio, D-2; Frank Drozak, D-22: Secretary Orville Freeman who is plainly unfit to discharge his Paul Drozak, D-180; Norman W. responsibilities. DuBois, D-475; Ernesto V. Erazo, E-34: John Fay, F-363; Leon Hall, The SIU statement accused the Department of Agriculture, which H-125; Paul Hall, H-1; William Is responsible for shipping 70 percent of the commodities "that come Hall, H-272; William Jenkins, J-78; under cargo preference, of consistently attempting to deprive American Anthony Kastina, K-5; A1 Kerr, ships of their fair share of these cargoes. Despite the fact that cargo K-7; E. B. McAuley, M-20: Robert preference cargoes acccounted for only half, or 3Vi percent of the Matthews, M-1; Frank Mongelli, country's total foreign trade. Agriculture sUll views this as detrimenUl M-1111; Edward Mooney, M-7; to U.S. export policy concerning communist nations. Louis Neira, N-1; Earl Shepard, Even though this may seem to be a comparatively small amount of S-2; Gordon Spencer, 8-1162; Freddie Stewart, S-8; A1 Tanner, our foreign trade, it actually spells the difference between life and T-12: Cal Tanner, T-l; Keith death to the unsubsidizd dry cargo carriers. Terpe, T-3; Lindsey J. Williams, As the SIU pointed out in its November statement, prospective harm W-1; Steven Zubovich, Z-13. to the nation's taxpayers may be mainly in the minds of the Agriculture The committee noted in its re­ Department. Of the $15 billion in farm commodities that have been port that since the AGLIWD is en­ shipped abroad since the PL 480 plan begain in 1954, the extra costs titled to 27 delegates,, it will be from using U.S.-fiag shipping has amounted to about $230 million or necessary to hold an election to just more than 2 percent of the total value of these cargoes. choose these delegates to the Nothing has changed since the SIU made its statement in November. SIUNA convention. The commit­ Agriculture officials continue to ignore the intent of Congress by often Seafarers and other members of maritime labor picketed tee said it was making this an­ acting as if the cargo preference statutes didn't exist. Even though before the United Nations building in New York to protest nouncement in accordance with the four months have passed since the Union made its charges. Department attacks, by foreign shippers on UiS. maritime aid policies. (Continued on page 20) officials still have failed to answer this document. Credentials Committees Act On SfU Convention Nominees 'i By Paul Holi �*91^0.%vm SE AF ARER S funawev Tankw§ CafM Major Offanderg SlU Protests Naming Oil Co. Exec. To Study 0.8. Gold Drain Crisis WASHINGTON—The Seafarers International Union of North America told the President's Maritime Advisory Com­ mittee last week that it opposes the appointment of Albert L. Nickerson, chairman of the + board of the Socony Mobil Oil ment nor purchase consumer goods Company, as head of the Tiere, and that they amass millions 1^0 G SlU Fight To Save USPHS Hospitals Taken To Congress WASHINGTON—^The Seafarers International Union of North America has urged,. Congress to halt the proposed closing of seven U.S. Public Health Service hospitals., The Union condemned a plan announced by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare on -*• — "The availability of this treat­ ing lists for those veterans with January 19, 1965, propos­ ment has been on a diminishing non-service-connected disability." ing that merchant seamen basis over the years as a result of The Fifth Annual Conference of Advisory in earnings which do not come back to the United States either in the form of corporate taxes or expendi­ and other patients using PHS The formation of the Balance of tures for goods and services. facilities be transferred to Payments Committee, as an ad­ hospitals operated by the Vet­ The SlU noted that Nickerson, as visory group to the Department of Commerce, was recently announced chairman of the board of Socony erans Administration. by Secretary of Commerce John Mobil, is a top-ranking officer of The SIU's Washington rep­ T. Connor, who is also chairman one of the five American oil com­ resentative, Thomas L. Meyer, panies which between them own of the Maritime Advisory Com­ half of all the American tankers spoke against the proposed PHS mittee. registered under the Panamanian hospital closings at a recent hear­ The Maritime Advisory Comifnit- and Liberian flags. The other four ing of the House Subcommittee on tee was created by Executive Or­ companies are Standard Oil of Appropriations for the Depart­ der of President Johnson last June New Jersey, Texaco, Gulf,, and ments of Labor, and Health, Edu­ cation and Welfare. The Union is to consider the problems of the Standard Oil of California. also presenting Its position to the American Merchant Marine. It The SlU said that the composi­ House Merchant Marine and Fish­ consists of Secretary Connor, Sec­ tion of the Balance of Payments eries Committee which is current­ retary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz Committee, which consists exclu­ ly conducting hearings on the and 15 non-Government represen­ sively of e^jecutives of large hospital closings. tatives of maritime management, American business enterprises, is labor and the public. The SlU HEW officials have proposed the representative on the committee is "reminiscent" of the composition closing of PHS facilities in Boston, of the Maritime Evaluation Com­ international president, Paul Hall. mittee, which was created by for­ Norfolk, Savannah, Galveston, The SlU's opposition to Nicker- mer Secretary of Commerce Luther Memphis, Chicago and Detroit. son's appointment was set forth in Hodges in 1961 to study the prob­ "It is Ironical," the SIU said, a letter to Connor, copies of which lems of the maritime industry. "that the plan to close seven of were sent to all members of the The SlU said the Maritime Eva­ the USPHS hospitals, which could Maritime Advisory Committee. luation Committee had studied the be the first step in the abandon­ The SlU said that it was gratified industry for more than two years ment of the entire USPHS pro­ that Secretary Connor, in announc­ and finally made a series of recom­ gram, is announced almost simul­ ing formation of the Balance of mendations "which, in our view, taneously with President Johnson's Payments Committee, had recog­ contributed nothing toward a solu­ design for a massive medical re­ nized the contribution which Amer­ tion of our merchant marine's prob­ search program and for expansion ican-flag ships couid do make to a lems." of medical care and treatment as reduction of our balance of pay­ The SlU noted that the only ma­ essential to a better America. The ments deficit. ritime representative on the Mari­ hospital closings would be a step The SlU added, however, that time Evaluation Committee was backward for a society that must among the major offenders, with Eugene Holman, the former chair­ move forward." respect to our balance of payments, man of Standard Oil of New Jersey The SlU characterized the Gov­ are American companies which —one of the "Big 5" runaway ernment's plan to liquidate the operate vessels under the runaway operators. seven hospitals as incongruous, flags of Panama and Liberia. "In view of the above facts," the since the Administration's "Great The SlU pointed out that these SlU said, "we question the advis­ Society" purportedly Includes ex­ companies pay billions of dollars ability of Mr. Nickerson's appoint­ panded medical care. Increased abroad for ship construction, that ment as head of the Balance of hospital and clinical facilities and they employ foreign seamen who Payments Committee and record greater research efforts under Fed­ eral sponsorship! The Union's neither pay taxes to this Govern­ our opposition to this action." statement pointed out that the Public Health Service hospitals are universally respected for their high quality, comprehensive medi­ cal care and treatment and re­ search and clinical facilities. WASHINGTON—Senator Warren G. Magnuson, (D-Wash.) speaking before the Propeller Club here, urged the Administra­ Established In 1798 tion to put some real muscle into its "Ship America" policy as an The Union reminded the Con­ aid in solving the nation's continuing balance of payments gressmen that the PHS hospitals problem. traced their origin to a statute en­ Magnuson, chairman of the key Senate Commerce Committee, acted In 1798 when they were es­ said that in the past the government "had only suggested in tablished for merchant seamen and quiet ways that it might be helpful to use U.S.-flag carriers, but other Federal beneficiaries. The never has it been an official policy of the U.S. to actively and program of these hospitals was aggressively encourage this." shaped to meet the special require­ Magnuson noted that the merchant fleets of industrial nations ments and character of maritime like France, Britain and Japan all carry a greater share of their employment, leading to the pres­ nations' ocean borne commerce than does the U.S.-flag fleet. ent Federal program of marine American ships carry only nine percent of total U.S. commerce hospitalization which the PHS still in the ocean trade. administers today. Inadequate Fleet The SlU explained that this pro­ Magnuson said the failure of American ships to cai'ry a larger gram was established for seamen part of our commerce was related "directly to the inadequacy of who must work without the avail­ our present fleet, particularly the bulk carrier fleet." His viem ability of medical care while at on the declining strength of the U.S.-flag fleet paralleled that sea. Since a seaman's work is of taken by American maritime labor. a transient nature and his time on shore'is subject to tlie arrival and The lawmaker called upon American importers to specify U.S.departure times of his ship, he re­ flag ships wherever possible. Since importers would remain sub­ quires hospital and medlcaf care ject to freight rates set by the various liner conferences, there that would be easily accessible would be, theoretically at least, no Increase In cost of them. after long periods at sea. Since Magnuson urged Secretary of Commerce John T. Connor to call this care must be available at any a speedy meeting of the Balance of Payments Advisory Commit­ U.S. port in which a ship calls, the tee to consider methods of putting a firmer foundation under the maximum possible number of "Ship American" polioy. strategically located facilities Is essential, the Union said. Balance of Committee. Payments Senator Urges "Ship American" To Solve Dollar Drain Problem Paye TOref the periodic closings of a number of these Institutions Inspired by pressures from the Bureau of the Budget," declared the SlU. The Union charged that those responsible for the closing plan had failed to pay attention to the President's Commission on Heart, Cancer and Stroke which has praised the PHS hospitals' re­ search, training and patient care program. In a statement issued in December, 1964, the President's Commission called for additional funds for increased research space in the PHS hospitals and for in­ creased research and training ac­ tivities at these facilities. Contradictory Plan The Union's statement asserted that the HEW plan was both con­ tradictory and misleading because It would be Impossible to accom­ modate seamen in VA hospitals since these facilities do not even have enough beds available for veterans. In the VA-facilities in the immediate vicinity of the areas where the seven PHS hospitals are slated to close, bed utilization ranges from 85.9 to 99.3 percent. Hospital administration experts consider 80 percent of bed occu­ pancy as the most practical level of operation. The SlU criticized the HEW plan as jeopardizing medical care and treatment for seamen, as well as jeopardizing the ability of the VA to care for war veterans. The Commissioned Officers Association of the U.S. PubUc Health Service also echoed this criticism when It said, "It Is difficult to understand how the patients from the PHS hospitals can be cared for by the VA hospital system when many of the VA hospitals that these pa­ tients are to be referred to are already operating at maximum pa­ tient capacity and have long wait­ the American Legion held in Feb­ ruary went on record as opposing the transfer of PHS hospital pa­ tients to VA facilities. "The plans of the Bureau of the Budget and the Department," the SlU charged, "are fraught with flaws and unwarranted and mis­ leading projections, both from the standpoint of continued availability of the marine hospitalization pro­ gram for Seamen and from the dol­ lars and cents standpoint. The Union said the plan to close the PHS hospitals as a money-saving move. Is hardly the basis for such drastic and irreparable action which will only result In Increased costs. The SlU pointed out that the average dally cost of maintaining a seaman in a USPHS facility is $29.65. As an example, the $34.35 average dally cost for room, board and all other major medical costs in the Chicago Marine Hospital was cited. Similar services in private hospitals in Chicago have an average daily cost of $41.53. The SlU also pointed out that the Department of Health, Education and Welfare had significantly failed to mention the Government's in­ vestment or the present value of the seven PHS hospitals to be shut down. "It is apparent," the Union declared, "that shortly after their closing, these hospitals will be a mass of cobwebs and will no doubt wind up being sold to private pur­ chasers for a shred of their value, with the taxpayers footing the bill for this tragic mistake." No Hearing Held The Union was also critical of the manner in which HEW an­ nounced the closing plan. If departmomt officials sincerely be­ lieved that their proposal meant (Continued on page 10) Quarterly Financial Committee SIU rank-and-file Quarterly Financial Committee met recent­ ly at New York headquarters. Committee members are (clockwise) Seafarers J. Doris, Philadelphia; Walter Walsh, Baltimore; Douglass Claussen, Houston; Curley Barnes, N.Y.; Edward Kelly, Mobile; and Clyde Lanier, New Orleans. •t ; �Vngt Vamt SEAFARERS April t, Ita LOG SlU-IBU Tugman Rescues Shipmate—But in Vain PHILADELPHIA—^Despite the heroic rescue efforts of a long-time friend and shipmate who gravely risked his own life, Captain John Southard, master of the SIU Inland Boat­ men's Union-contracted tug Triton, was killed March 13 in an accident on the Delaware River. mediately dove in to save the unconscdous skipper afloat until Captain Southard was di­ stricken both could be pulled on board. master. recting the towing to berth of The rescue was aided by the the German freighter Karl Garmmersdorf at 8 a.m. when he lost his footing on a ladder and fell into the chilly water. Deckhand Henry Tulewicz, an IBU shop steward who had sailed with Cap­ tain Southard for 15 years, im­ Southard had fallen between the tug and the freighter while both were underway. In attempting to save him, Tulewicz was in constant danger of being crushed along with the Captain between the two vessels. Nevertheless, he kept the SIU Pacific Unions Blast Shipowner-CG Power Play WASHINGTON—SUP Secretary Morris Weisberger and MFOW President Bill Jordan last week entered "strong objections" to a U.S. Coast Guard proposal which would, in effect, enable the shipowners • to increase their control over; their attempt to come through the seagoing jobs by authority to back door." change certified engine room rat­ ings aboard so-called "automated" ships. The opposition of the two SIU Pacific District unions was voiced at public hearings here on pro­ posed changes in the navigation and vessel inspection rules and regulations held before the Mer­ chant Marine Council of the Coast Guard on March 22 in Washington. The new Coast Guard proposal, would establish new engine room endorsements aboard ship, and leave the manning of a particular vessel to the discretion of the offi­ cer in charge, "whose decision will take into consideration the request of the vessels owners" and the de­ gree of automation on board. Objecting to the proposal "both in language and principle," the two SIUNA vice presidents ques­ tioned the Coast Guard's right to require higher rating standards than those authorized by law mere­ ly on an owner's request. If it can be shown that there is a need for higher ratings, the union officials declared, then the Coast Guard should proceed in a legal and or­ derly manner to establish the re­ quired standards "and not repeat The SUP and MFOW consider any regulation that would give the shipowners the power to change ratings aboard ship to be contrary to the best interests of their mem­ berships, particularly at a time when manning requirements aboard "automated" or "Retrofit" vessels is a matter of great concern and controversy in the industry. It was also pointed out that al­ though the proposed change deals only with engine room ratings at present, once the owners are per­ mitted to exercise such influence over the selection of engine de­ partment personnel, it would be only a matter of time until the breach would be widened to in­ clude the deck and other depart­ ments. After considering the testimony of interested parties at the hear­ ing, the Council recommended that all proposals for revised endorse­ ments for seamen on automated or partially automated steam pro­ pelled vessels be tabled for further study, and that continued consul­ tation would be held with affected labor unions, management, and owners or operators of such ves­ sels. By Eari (BHIII Shcpard, Vice-President. Atinntlc SIU Represented At 'Union Day' The key role played by maritime labor in the nation's defense effort was celebrated March 5 at the Brooklyn Army Terminal when repre­ sentatives of the SIU, ILA, MEBA, NMU and other maritime and government employees labor groups joined with the administrators of the base in "Union Day" festivities. Brigadier Generai A. J. Mont­ gomery showed 50 union representatives around the huge facility, considerable skill of Ante Baric, the Triton's mate, whose steady including a bus tour of the sprawling complex of wharves and ware­ hand at the wheel helped to avert houses. The occasion ended with a reception for the terminal employees a further tragedy. Tulewicz and and their labor representatives in the Terminal Dining Room. The Southard were pulled back on the general, the top officer in the Army Terminal Command, said the unions at the base had "made a working reality of the present Memorandum tug within ten minutes. of Understanding," which guides labor relations at the Terminal. Died of Injuries Boston Both were taken to nearby pier Brothers in the Boston area, especially those in the SlU-affiliated 78, South Wharves, where they were removed to Pennslyvania fishermen's unions, are still fuming about the Russian cod caper. Hospital. Southard had struck his Insult was added to injury a few weeks ago when a U.S.-flag ship head in falling, however, and died docked here with a 450-ton load of Soviet-caught codfish. The blocks of his injuries shortly thereafter. offered for sale in the U.S. were most likely taken from the same Tulewicz was treated for exposure. fishing grounds off our east coast where our fishermen have to fight Southard, 55, was employed by off the red competition. ILA members refused to handle the cargo Independent Towing for 25 years and it has since gone into limbo, -f and had been the master of the The danger of further Soviet looking for a Group 2 job. encroachments on U.S. fishermen Baltimore remains, however. Shipping has been real good in Shipping in Boston has been on Baltimore. We had to ship 32 men the slov/ bell, but is expected to more than were registered in the pick up in the next period. There last period. Tho^re are still jobs were two payoffs and two ships available here for Group 2 engine serviced in transit during the last department men. During the past period. two weeks, there were seven Alfred Gardner, who last sailed payoffs, 5 sign-ons and 12 ships as chief cook on the Achilles, was serviced in transit. Tulewicz Southard real sorry to get off that floating Raymond T. Lavoine Jr. is company tug Triton for the last hotel. He had to go into the hospi­ registered again for the Losmar 18 years. An active unionist, he tal, but is now FFD again and after getting off the ship during had served several terms as pres­ ready to ship. Lawrence Melanson, the ILA beef. She's one of his ident of Local 1700, which eventu­ a 25-year SIU man, paid off the favorites and he says he'll be ally affiliated with the SIU-IBU. Cities Service Norfolk when she happy to get on board again. He was highly regarded by fellow went offshore and is now visiting Norfolk unionists and tugmen in Phiiadel- with his wife in Canada. Norfolk shipping has been on phia and his passing was deeply John Gala, last in the blackgang the slow bell, but is figured to im­ felt there. on the Cities Service Baltimore, prove in the coming period with In a tribute to the Captain and is in dry dock with a broken wrist the arrival here of several coal deckhand "Hank" Tulewicz, fellow suffered in an auto accident. He ships. During the last period, only IBU member Gene McCullough, a hopes to be ready to ship soon four ships were serviced in deckhand on the tug Teresa McAl­ again. Donald Watson, last aboard transit. lister (P. F. Martin), wrote: "I am the Hercules Victory, paid off Clyde Mariner, who last sailed prompted to pen this letter after when she laid up and is now the deck department on the much thought and perhaps a little holding down the hall for a coast­ &uval, is currently in dry dock but soul-searching. Please accept the wise run. hopes to be ready to ship soon. wishes of myself and, I am sure, Alvin Olander, last aboard the New York many others in regard to a humble Steel Chemist, left the ship due to and extremely courageous man. I Shipping has been brisk In New the untimely death of his father. speak, of course, of our "Hank." York, with 19 payoffs, 9 sign-ons Alvin is ready to ship again, "What this man did has brought and 20 ships serviced in transit however. back to me a new and greater Shipping looks to remain good Puerto Rico faith in my fellow man. All of us during the next two weeks. Oldtimers on the beach here admired, respected and appreciated include Charley Carey, Fernando On the beach here is Stan Beli, Captain John, but who among us possessed the courage displayed by who sails as a chief cook. Stan's Munoz, Julio Colon, Primo Fern­ last ship was the Columbia and he andez, Julio C. Ruiz and Isaac his deckhand? was forced to leave her when she Brown. A couple of Seafarers — laid up in Baltimore. Now he's Rafael Torres, Valentin Acabeo watching the board for a coast­ and Justo Velazquez — signed aboard the Alcoa ships that passed wise run. through last week. James Dimetrios is an ex-prize fighter who decided on a seagoing career. He's happy with his new life, and says he wouldn't change it for anything. Jim, who sails on Apr. 2, 1965 Vol. XXVIf, No. 7 Official Publication of the SIUNA deck, is waiting foi a Far East run. Del Mar Crew Wins Delta Line Safety Award SEAFARERS LOG Walter Minette, who sails in the blackgang, is also waiting for a Far East trip. Nemesio Qulnones, a 3rd cook, is watching the board for a South Africa-bound ship. Philadelphia Shipping has been fair in Phila­ delphia and is expected to remain that way into the coming period. During the last period there were four payoffs, one sign-on and nine ships serviced in transit. fl ; ;!i< \ 'd . _ _ A plaque citing the Del Mar (Delta Steamship Lines) and its SIU crew for an outstanding safety record during the past year was presented recently in New Orleans. At the presenta­ tion ceremonies were (l-r) Seafarers Al Fabrlcant, porter-printer; Jack Procell, bosun; Delta Line safety director Paul Pollatt; Delta port captain E. R. Seamen, who made the presenta­ tion; the Del Mar's Captain Kourian; and chief steward Vic Romolo. Charles W. Johnson has been watching the calls for an AB job on a coasthugger. Bay Riemer, who sails in the blackgang, is waiting for a coal run, preferably on the Commander due here next week. Fred Clopton is also waiting for a coal ship bound for Holland. Donate Giangiordano, a- union menaber since 1943, usually sails as a bosun, but this time out he's r V• 11 f. n-j (1 Atlantic, Gulf. Lakes & Inland Waterz District. AFL-CIO Executive Board PAUL HALL, President CAL TANNER EARL SHEPARD Exec. Vice-Prcs. Vice-President AL KERR LINDSEY WILLIAMS Sec.-Treas. Vice-President ROB. A. MATTHEWS AL TANNER Vice-President Vice-President HERBERT BRAND Director of Organizing and Publications Managing Editor: MIKE POLLACK; Asst. Editor: NATHAN SKVEH; Staff Writers: ROBERT ARONSON, ALVIN SCOTT, PETE CARMEN; Art Editor: BERNARD SEAMAN. Published biweekly at the headquarteri of the Seafarers international Union, At­ lantic, Gulf, Lakes and inland Water) District, AFL-CIO, iZS Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11232. Tel. HYacinlh 9-(600. Second class postage paid at tho Pott Office in Brooklyn, NY, under tho Act of Aug. 24, 1912. • ' K I if i �April t, U6S SEAFARERS First Pension Check LOG Pace Five Dockers Planning To Boycott Ships Trading With Viet Reds NEW YORK—^The International Longshoreman's Association has pledged to tie up foreign-flag freighters that have carried supplies to the Communist Viet Cong who are fighting the U.S.-backed South Vietnamese government. Leaders of the ILA plan to boy­ cott these ships in every — — port from Maine to Texas. Greek-flag Spalmatori, called at subsidies to the American ship­ the port of Campha, North Viet ping industry . . . The figure Representative Paul C. Rog­ Nam after loading a cargo of rice Upon being approved for regular monthly $150 pension benefits recently, Seafarer Hemsley Guinier (right) dropped by New York headquarters to pick up his first check from headquarters rep Joe DeGeorge. Guinier last shipped aboard the Westfieid (Sea Land). By Frank Drozak, West Coast Representative San Jose Gives Scabs Heave-Ho The city of San Jose has followed the lead of San Francisco in sivine professional scabs the heave-ho. The City Council approved an ordi­ nance last week making it a misdemeanor for employers to hire on strikebreakers. Under the law, which passed the Council by a five to one vote, a strikebreaker is defined as anyone who has volunteered to work for a struck company on two or more occasions within a twoyear period. Only 11 states currently outlaw the use of professional scabs—Indiana, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Washington, Michigan, Maryland, Delaware, Louisiana, Rhode Island and Hawaii. With any luck, California will soon join the list. "Labor is supporting an anti-strikebreaking bill introduced last week in the state legislature. The measure is currently under study by the body's Industrial Relations Committee, and a hearing on it is yet to be set. Spurred to action by the San Francisco printers strike last year—where scabs were used in abundance—community leaders in California now seem determined to rid the state of the scab plague. San Francisco Shipping has been better than fair in the city by the Bay. During the last period the Summit and the Ames Victory were in to pay off, and the Overseas Rose, Mankato Victory, Iberville and Northwestern Victory signed on. In transits dur-4; ing the period were the Penmar, Kenmar, Penmar and Seamar. Whitey Lawis, who sails as an Steel Artisan, Geneva, Seamar, Elizabethport, Summit, and San electrician, gave up the soft life Juan. In addition, a few men went on the beach in San Francisco and up to Seattle, where shipping is stopped up here where the ship­ very good, to latch onto jobs on ping is good. He's ready to go with the first job on the board. grain ships. Crossing paths in the Pacific were AB B. E. Parady, who just shipped to Asia aboard the North­ western Victory, and W. O. Armann, a FWT, who just pulled in from the Far East and expects to rest up for a while. Wilmington In contrast to other Pacific ports, Wilmington shipping was slow in the last period. The Steel Artisan, Seamar, Calmar, Marymar and Los Angeles passed through in transit. The St. Lawrence laid up here on March 14, but is expected to crew up by the end of the month. The outlook is fair for the coming period, with seven ships due in transit. Freddy Magallanes had to pile off the Overseas Rose in Seattle after learning that his wife was seriously burned in an accident. All the men in the Wilmington Hall join in wishing Freddy's wife a speedy and full recovery! Seattle As noted above, shipping is very good in Seattle. "Tlie same can be said for the weather, which has been beautiful. Paying off in the last period were the Northwestern Victory, York, Cottonwood Creek, Steel Make.-, Hudson, Producer, Transhudson and Morning Light. In transits were the Anchorage, ers (D.-Fla.) has assisted the ILA boycott plan by compiling a list of vessels from Western na­ tions that have traded with North Viet Nam during the past year. The United States State Depart­ ment has accused the North Viet­ namese of directing the Viet Cong rebellion and aiding it with men, arms and supplies. Representative Rogers has re­ vealed the names of 15 foreignflag ships that have called at U.S. ports last year after trading with North Viet Nam. The names of these ships and others engaged in trade with the Hanoi government wiii be posted in offices of ILA locals on the East and Gulf coasts where Longshoremen can keep a watchful eye to see if one of them tries to quietly slip into port. 200 Allied Ships The list of ships to be boycotted will undoubtedly spiral upward since Congressman Rogers has re­ ported that 200 ships flying the flags of nations friendly to the U.S. have carried cargoes to and from North Viet Nam. The West­ ern countries carrying on a major share of North Vietnamese trade include Japan, Britain, France, Belgium, West Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. The six Euro­ pean nations are all members of NATO. A check of the 15 vessels that Representative Rogers reported as having called at U.S. ports after transpprting cargoes to and from North Viet Nam shows that over half fly flags of countries that are prominent havens for runaway ship operators. Panama alone ac­ counts for the registry of seven of the ships trading with the Red Viet Cong. Dockworkers got their boycntt of ships carrying supplies for the Viet Cong off to a good start in early March when they tied up the Panamanian-flag Severn River in New York. Another ship, the in Lake Charles, La., according to Representative Rogers. Proposed Bill The Florida congressman has introduced a bill in the House of Representatives as the first effort to cut the yiet Cong supply line and strengthen the American ship­ ping Industry. The proposed bill, HR 6154, would halt shipments to and from the U.S. aboard vessels engaged in trade with North Viet Nam. Urging the House to act quickly on his bill, Rogers said, "The U.S. Government has spent some $350 million in the past year in direct should be much greater than 10 percent, and the least the Govern­ ment can do is deny American car­ goes to foreign shippers trading with the enemy." The U.S. State Department has made no formal effort to date to restrict trade by our allies with the Hanoi government by estab­ lishing a ship blacklist. Several of our European allies and Japan have resisted U.S. suggestions that they impose restrictions on their trade with Red Asian nations. However, these countries have said they will agree not to trade in a special list of strategic goods with Communist countries in Southeast Asia. Great Lakes Ports Expecting Big Year DETROIT—Traffic on the Great Lakes and the St. Law­ rence Seaway, which set new across-the-board tonnage rec­ ords during the 1964 season, is expected to be even better this year. Ports from Duluth to the creased export orders for grains mouth of the St. Lawrence and edible and non-edible oils re­ have lined up an encouraging number of ship bookings, and ves­ sels will be getting underway just as soon as ice conditions permit. Some Seaway facilities are already open and others will follow suit by April 15. ported. Import calls for steel— mainly from European and Far Eastern sources—are also up 4his year. Total tonnage on the Seaway during 1964 was 39.3 million tons, including 3.7 million tons of gen­ eral cargo, making it the best year Many ports have used the win­ ter layover to improve and expand in history. Optimists on the Lakes now predicting a 45-miIlioncargo handling facilities. Buffalo, are ton year. for example, is rushing completion Meanwhile, Congress is consid­ of the 83,000 square foot dock able to accommodate more ships. De­ ering authorizing a study of the troit has a new processing ter­ chances of keeping the Great minal and warehouse area capable Lakes open to year-round ship traffic. The bill proposing the of accommodating three, ships. study, sponsored by Senator Wil­ Toledo will have a new 600-foot liam Proxmire (D.-Wis.K is vir­ berth in , operation by June, and tually certain of approval, its au­ Cleveland is in the process of thor predicted. opening new transit sheds. The The study, to cost $50,000 over new loading facilities will allow a two-year period, will be included the ports to better handle the inin the omnibus rivers and harbors bill now being prepared by the Senate Public Works Coinmittee. This practically insures that my bill will pass both houses," Prox­ mire said. "If the Great Lakes ports can be kept open for even an addi­ tional few weeks, it would be a great economic boon for the Great Lakes shipping industry, Prox­ mire added. He said a lengthen­ ing of the shipping season could mean millions of dollars'" for Lakes ports. Proxmire noted that consider­ able information was already available on de-icing harbors and waterways and could be used, when properly assessed to end forever the "four-month ice block­ ade" on the Lakes. Maritime Trades Council Meeting in Boston Union Has Cable Address At a recent luncheon sponsored by the Boston Maritime Trades Council, delegates heard Massachusetts Governor John A. Yolpe outline a proposed new tax program to help meet the state's growing educational needs. Participating in the meeting were (l-r) SlU safety director Joe Algina, International Longshoremen's Association business agent Matthew Bento, Governor Voipe, and John F. Beirne, president of Local 5, Masters, Mates and Pilots. 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. •M �SEAFARERS Pace Sis April t, INS LOG {Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only in the SIU Atlantic Gulf Lakes and Inland Waters District) February 13 - March 26 more than offset a slight decline in Wilmington. Shipping continued to improve during the last two A breakdown of jobs by department showed a strong weeks, as more vessels came out of lay up caused by the demand for deck department personnel, while calls for ILA strike and began to take on crews. A total of 1,734 Seafarers in the other two departments remained normal. Seafarers were shipped, compared with 1,573 shipped Registration continued to pick up, rising to 1,285, com­ during the previous two weeks. pared with 1,197 in the prior two weeks. The number of Shipping on the East Coast was brisk, especially in Seafarers registered and on the beach at the end of the New York, where jobs moved at a fast pace. Boston period, however, continued its sharp decline to 3,125 shipping remained steady while slight decreases in the this period, contrasted to 4,567 in the period before. number of jobs occurred in Philadelphia, Baltimore, With jobs going over the counter at a rapid pace in the Norfolk and Jacksonville, Shipping was booming in the Gulf, the seniority situation was radically changed, with Gulf, as the last of the dockworkers went back to work only 40 percent of the jobs going to A Book members and the congested harbors began to clear. Houston job compared to 59 percent in the previous two weeks. Taking calls were excellent, with more than twice as many jobs advantage of the situation, C Cards shipping comprised shipped as normal; Mobile shipping calls were almost 27 percent of the total, while B Books accounted for 32 twice the number during the last period; and the job "percent, the same share as in the previous period. situation in Tampa was also brisk. Shippiftg dropped off Shipping activity remained almost stationary, with 53 slightly in New Orleans, although job calls remained above normal. Shipping on the West Coast was improved payoffs, 48 sign-ons and 135 in transit visits, compared ^his period with both San Francisco and Seattle showing with 53 payoffs, 43 sign-ons and 131 in transits in the a sharp upturn in the number of jobs available, which prior period. Ship Acfivify Pay Siga la Off! Oat Troat. TOTAL lottM 2 N®w York .... 19 PliiladolpMa.. 4 loltimoro .... 7 Norfolk ..... 0 JacktoRvlllo . . 2 0 Tompo Mebllo 4 Now Orleoni.. 3 Houftoii ..... 1 Wilminqteo .. 0 Soo Fronelico. 2 Sootflo ...... 9 0 9 2 5 0 1 1 2 8 8 0 '4 8 2 20 8 12 5 12 8 6 13 33 5 7 4 4 48 14 24 5 15 9 12 24 42 5 13 21 TOTALS ... 53 48 138 234 DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port Boston New York Philadelphia "litimore Norfolk .Incksonville Tampa I'^obile New Orleans Houston Wilmington Francisco Seattle TOTALS GROUP 1 2 1 2 16 24 6 16 11 18 5 2 3 2 1 1 11 9 33 37 48 18 5 1 16 2 5 9 110 192 Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C GROUP GROUP GROUP. 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 15 55 3 20 14 63 3 7 10 38 11 22 11 36 2 24 0 5 10 15 4 13 1 7 2 4 7 12 4 . 33 1 15; 12 37 6 10 16 2 12 21 4 32 7 0 0 3 0 6 1 3 8 1 4 3 3 4 5 2 0 3 6 11 3 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 4 7 12 1 0 2 3 5 1 23 1 3 8 8 17 7 20 28 1 3 12 .16 1 77 1 7 15 18 24 20 32 7 61 3 36 45 22 73 1 7 52 16 12 98 4 28 22 29 : 37 9 54 7 0 1 3 0 1 0 4• 0 3 3 1 2i 1 23 0 5 5 15 6 4 2 19 0 2 8 9 2 20 0 6 13 30 2 15 8 25 11 10 21 8 9 50 1 352 10 84 96 1 190 117 214 46 1 377 22 114 104 I1 240 sl GROUP 1 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 33 0 2 0 1 0 3 2 51 TOTAL Shipped CLASS 3 ALL A B 0 0i 3 0 10 63 36 4 2 12 2 13 0 37 0 32 0 0 6 8 1 5 2 3 0 5 12 5 0 1 28 16 0 0 61 36 47 98 13 54 3 5 4 3 4 5 19 8 8 30 5 25 32 1 85 377 240 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 0 3 5 13 1 19 1 3 5 9 10 109.113 140 37 290 8 34 62 104 2 271 17 24 5 46 0 3 15 18 0 69; 45 56 5 106 1 17 29 47 0 14 9 12 2 23 1 5 9 15 10 4 2 7 1 12 2 4 15 9 5 22| 6 9 2 17 2 3 6 11 45 35 1 33 7 75 2 10 24 36 0 97 96 76 12 184 1 55 71 127 47 199 76 85 26 187 6 37 37 80 5 12 14 16 3 33 2 6 5 13 32 19 5 20 2 41 3 10 7 20 8 63 17 _15 3 35 0 9 10 19 85 1 702 456 506 106 !1068 29 196 289 1 574 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port Joston New York Philadelphia Baitimore Norfolk .Tncksonville Tampa Mobile "^'ow Orleans Houston Wilmington Pan Francisco •^Seattle Shipped CLASS A GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 12 47 15 12 4 7 5 0 12 2 5 13 5 0 9 4 15 5 0 2 1 3 1 6 3 3 2 2 2 0 0 1 6 0 0 14 16 1 6 9 1 32 23 7 11 11 1 63 25 11 39 11 3 3 0 3 0 1 2 8 2 6 10 5 2 14 10 2 131 1 1 215 91 63 ! 169 49 25 1 266 15 3 ALL 0 2 41 1 16 4 2 11 0 4 0 10 0 1 18 2 48 4 72 8 10 1 3 20 0 13 Shipped CLASS B GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 0 0 0 0 62 2 3 5 0 7 1 4 0 20 0 6 1 7 1 3 0 6 1 2 0 2 9 0 17 0 6 2 21 3 42 1 4 78 4 41 0 3 1 1 6 6 19 4 17 0 11 2 23 1 287 ' 15 106 Shipped CLASS C 3 ALL 1 i 16 9 6 11 15 9 4 8 0 3 1 1 12 18 31 9 20 65 2 4 6 16 8 19 87 208 GROUP 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 5 1 1 2 10 0 2 0 1 0 3 3 34 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 01 0 0 1 1 1 4 1 6 0 3 2 5 3 7 62 16 7 85 56 118 14 188 12 52 67 131 1 1 7 11 1 19 5 31 5 41 0 8 17 9 5 7 20 15 7 42 12 52 7 71 1 11 19 31 0 1 7 8 1 16 4 13 0 17 0 2 10 12 3 5 6 3 5 14 1 5 0 6 1 8 13 4 0 3 9 1 3 13 5 11 0 16 0 3 6 9 6 17 1 18 6 41 13 21 5 39 1 18 18 37 1 3 42 31 3 76 37 77 12 126 8 61 55 124 2 14 78 65 14 157 33 _ 87 11 131 11 51 56 118 1 3 3 4 3 10 4 16 3 23 2 7 5 14 0 1 19 16 1 36 5 20 2 27 2 7 3 12 5 17 2 19 5 41 4 13 1 18 3 6 2 11 19 1 56 208 56 1 551 180 468 61 1 709 i 41 238 255 [534 00 TOTALS GROUP 2 1 1 1 10 30 1 11 1 8 1 3 4 6 0 1 12 4 34 10 10 54 8 1 5 12 2 11 ~60 191 CLASS B Registered STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS B Registered CLASS A Pol# Bos NY Phil ilai Nor .'ac Tam Mob NO Hou Wil SF Sea TOTALS 1-s 0 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 5 1 2 1 24 Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS A Shipped > CLASS C GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 2 3 ALL 3 ALL 1 1 2 3 ALL 1 1 2 3 ALL 1-s 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 8 2 15 5 15 44 5 11 37j 2 10 4 8 18 0 8 14 2 6 8 10 1 3 0 1 5 5 2 0 8 9 2 12i 0 17 1 14 7 1 5 14 1 7 3 6 1 4 6, 0 16j 2 81 1 0 4 5 3 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 0 4 5; 1 2< 1 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 3 0 1 1 0 3 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 o; 0 2 1 2 0 0 9 10 5 0 5 6 1 0 4 2 12 1 1 3 4 1 40 1 0 30 31 3 17 34 a 39 4 14 5 17 10 2 34 30 9 8 25 34 7 14 42, 2 16 7 21 11 23 27 70i 1 0 0 o; 0 0 1 2 4 3 4 0 0 11 2 0 1 18 0 2 7 4 2 5 3 8 9i 4 2 5 0 T 3 5 12 3 11 1 28 2 3 4 0 10 3 4 12 9 9 255 15 21 120 1 156 59 27 75 j1 185 12 13 98 1i 123 27 75 52 101 1 1 ^ -"i TOTAL Shipped GROUP CLASS 1 2 3 ALL A B C ALL 1-s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 8 8 44 15 8 67; 35 0 0 3 3 12 8 3 23 6 0 0 0 0 16 17 0 33 14 0 0 2 2 8 5 2 15, 5 0 0 3 3 2 4 3 9, 0 0 0 3 3 5 3 3 111 2 0 1 3 4 12 10 4 26 11 0 2 3 5 40 31 5 70 17 0 1 39 31 70 34 31 135 15 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 5 0 0 4 4 18 9 4 31 6 0 0 6 _6 28 19 6 53 2 0 4 66 1 70 255 156 "701 481 119 " Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP RROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 3 2 3 9 0 0 3 3 63 40 69 207 9 14 36 59 7 4 26 0 9 0 13 13 26 15 25 80 4 37 2 31 4 5 3 17 2 0 10 12 3 2 0 5 2 0 .2 4 6 3 5 16 0 2 3 5 16 11 19 57 1 0 14 15 42 21 76 156 8 4 96 108 44 23 33 115 7 12 33 52 7 7 9 28 3 1 8 12 11 .6 10 33 0 0 8 8 6 5 8 21 2 0 13 15 238 144 269 1 770 38 35 270 1 343 SUMMARY DECK ENGINE STEWARD GRAND TOTALS Registered CLASS A GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 110 192 50 I 352 50 191" 25 I 266 "83 27 75 ['185 213 410 150 i 803 Registered SHIPPED CLASS B CLASS A GROUP GROUP 123 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 10 84 96 190117 214 46 3771 15 91 63 169 49 215 23 287. 12 13 98 I 123,102 52 101 255 SHIPPED CLASS B GROUP 1 2 S ALL SHIPPED TOTAL Registered On The Beach CLASS C SHIPPED CLASS A CLASS B GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL A B C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 22_ 114 104J 2401 2 51 32 85 377 240 85 702 456 506 106 11068'^^ 196 289 I 514 15^106 87|208 3 34 19 56 287_ "208j 56 551 180] 468 61 I 709 41 238 255 I 534 15 21 120 1156 0 4 66 70,255 156 70" 481 357 144 269 I 770 38" 35 270 I 343 37 188 257 | 482 268 481 170 j 91;9 52 241 311 |604 5 89 117 I 211919 604 211 [1734 993 1118 436 [2547 i08 469 814~[1391 �AfrOa^lMi SEAFARERS • - . •-i" -• -• Sevw LOG Five More SlU Veterans Approved For Pensions ^ ly Al K«rr. Sccrttary-Treosurtr Pension Benefits Under Discussion The Seafarers Welfare Plan has approved the addition of five more names to the growing list of Seafarers receiving $150 monthly pensions after lifetimes of sailing. All five are veterans of the SIU Atlantic and Gulf District. Based on some ot the past articles that have been carried In the SEAFARERS LOG relative to various SlU benefits .tend welfare prorrams, We have received questions concerning the various items provided for onr oldtimers and pensioners. The new pensioners are department. A native of Pennsyl­ now makes his home in Mobile, Sheldon Butler, 63; Ricardo vania, Denddo retired to his home Ala., with his wife, Susie. He Armesto, 69; Anthony Dend- in Newark, N.J., after taking his sailed last, aboard the Claireborne. Under our welfare and pension programs, there are two types of pensions available. One is a normal pension for Seafarers 65 years of age or older, who have 15 or more years of seatime, with 90 days of seatime in the past calendar year 4 and one day of seatime in the six- as complete medical, hospital and month period immediately preced­ surgical benefits paid in full for ing the date of application. themselves, in addition to hospital Those meeting the requirements and surgical benefits for their receive a pension of $150 per dependents. month, plus complete medical, Under the rules for both of these hospital and surgical benefits paid pensions, if a man Is able to secure in full for themselves. Their de­ part-time work, he can earn up to pendents receive hospital and but not in excess of $1,200 per surgical benefits according to the year without forfeiting his pension. dependents' benefits schedule of However, If he exceeds the $1,200the Seafarers Welfare Plan. limit, he is then removed from The other type of pension pro­ the pension list. Another require­ vided by our Plan is a Disability ment under the rules is that in Pension, for which the require­ order to continue receiving this ments are 12 years of seatime, 90 benefit from year to year, a pen­ days of covered employment dur­ sioner is required to take a physi­ ing the calendar year preceding cal examination once a year to the date of application, at least determine if he Is still eligible. one day of seatime during the sixPensioners who have qualified month period immediately prior as above are also entitled to death to the application date, and benefits of up to $4,000. The medical certification that the ap­ amount of the death benefit is plicant is permanently and totally determined as follows: If the disabled, or unemployable. beneficiary designated under the Those meeting these require­ SWP and/or Seafarers Pension ments are entitled to a Disability Plan is a surviving blood relative, Pension of $150 per month, as well then the benefit shall be $4,000. ANNER reef is a mile-and-a-half long killer standing in open water southwest of Jamaica. At no point B does the reef come within four feet of the surface. It is a hidden killer—cloaked by the sea—with only the white water caused by the constant breaking of wind-driven swells to betray its presence. Banner Reef has claimed many ships. The sand and silt surrounding the reef is a graveyard of ships from many times and many place. Brass and twisted steel from ships which fioundered only recently lies side by side with the rotting timbers of Spanish Gal­ leons. Soon this underwater gi-aveyard will receive its latest corpse—^for stuck firmly on a rocky ledge right now is a modern freighter. Gradually, the sea will take the vessel apart and strew Its pieces helter-skelter among the accumulations of the last four centuries. And un­ doubtedly, there will.be more added in the future. Such a spot—where the wreckage of four centuries of shipping lies in one relatively small area—is bound to draw wreck explorers, treasure hunters, salvage seekers, and the just-plain-curious, in droves. But not all who like to visit and explore the place are venturesome enough to go—for it is a dangerous area where the would-be wreck explorer is likely to have the wreckage of his own vessel scattered alongside the bones of the wreck he came to explore—with his own bones possibly beside that. A Wild Place Banner Reef is a wild place where many of the laws of nature seem to have been revoked, or at least sus­ pended temporarily. For instance, there are sometimes two tides a day—but sometimes there is only one— brought about by some eccentric movement of the moon. Charts exist for determining when this phenomena is due, but they so resemble the demented scribbling of a mad scientist that few mariners have ever seriously tried to figure them out. Navigation charts claim a constant oneknot current running from the windward side of the reef to the lee side. Divers however report sudden changes in the direction of the current which would have washed them completely pff the reef had they hot grabbed a solid piece of wreckage and hung on. Many explorers have visited the reef. They like to think of themselves as underwater archeologists, but sel­ dom are. Mostly they are wreck explorers or treasure hunters—whose "scientific" interests goes no further than the "kicks" they get out of inspecting an old wreck or do, 65; Matheas J. Oswald, 61; and George E. Rouse, 59. Butler signed on with the SIU in the port of Tampa, bringing with him over six years of sailing experience. A veteran of the steward departm e n t, Butler spent most of his years sailing as night cook and baker. A native of Florida, he presently makes his home in Jacksonville, with his wife Burier Henni. He sailed last on the Del Aires. Armesto joined the SIU when it was founded, and continued to sail in the engine department. He sailed as FWT on his last trip-which was aboard the Robin Locksley. He makes his home in New York City. Denddo retired last month with many years of experience as an American seaman, of which 22 were spent sailing on SIU ships. Although he sailed mostly in the steward department, he also spent some time sailing in the engine last trip aboard the Bienville. Rouse joined the SIU in New Oswald joined the SIU In Orleans, after having served for Mobile, and sailed for more than 24 years in the engine department. Oswald was sailing in the deck department when he retired last month. A native of Australia, he S/T Manhattan Hauls Record Oil Cargo GLASGOW, ScoUand — The SlU-manned supertanker Man­ hattan (Hudson Waterways) set another record recently when she delivered the larg­ est cargo of any kind ever brought to Great Britain. The huge tanker brought 103,537 tons of Persian Gulf crude oil from Kharg Island to the Scottish port of Finnart. The shipment was also the largest ever ordered by the British Petroleum Corpora­ tion. The three-year-old Man­ hattan, which displaces 108,590 tons, is one of the largest ships in the SlU-contracted fleet. the profit they hope to make by finding valuable objects. The most devoted of these men, however, face the dangers of the sea, the weather, shifting politics and all the other hazards which beset a man working outside of his natural element, to return year after year to the same spot—a thirty-foot-deep hole scooped out of the top of the reef which is thought to contain treasure—Spanish gold. Does the ship in the hole contain a cargo of treasure— or the worthless junk of a cheap souvenir shop? Does the hole contain tlie remains of one ship or two? What is the age and name of the ship, or ships, in the hole? Six ma­ jor expeditions have been organized to explore the wreck­ age in the last four years at an estimated cost of over $110,000—yet the questions remain unanswered—and only objects of little more than historical'interest have been brought up. There are other wrecks in the Caribbean, where the presence of treasure is more certain. But few can match the mystery and fascination of the ship (or ships) in the hole. To satisfy this fascination, men face the dangers of foul weather, heavy seas, tricky tides, motor failure, dragging anchors, sickness, injury and swamping. Two Recent Expeditions Descriptions of two recent expeditions to the reef dem­ onstrate just what can happen when things go wrong. One searcher set out _from Florida with a four-man crew in a 110-foot sailing vessel equipped with auxiliary power. At Jamaica the crew quit, for their own reasons, and the organizer of the search—^hooked on the idea of Spanish treasure—decided to push on alone. Reaching a small Caribbean island, he managed to hire a navigator of dubious accomplishments, and put to sea once more. After one day out heavy seas began pitching the small vessel about violently and the organizer was thrown across the deck. With three broken ribs the voyage con­ tinued until the navigator managed to run the vessel aground on a small reef. They managed to back off the reef, but the boat was by this time taking so much water that the Coast Guard was called to air-drop emergency pumping gear, with the aid of which they managed to make it all the way back to Florida—^where the emer­ gency gear jJTomptly exploded and burned the vessel to the waterline. Yet, despite personal injuries and loss of his boat, the searcher plans to return to the hole as soon as he can get the necessary equipment together again. On another recent voyage to the wreck which set out from Port Everglades, Florida, the helmsman, while Armesto Denddo 3 years in the Army during the Second World War. He sailed as an AB until his re­ tirement last month. A native of Oswald Rouse Missouri, Rouse now makes his home in New Orleans. He sailed last aboard the Cathy. running in 25-foot seas, took bearing off a false light and ran into a reef on the north coast of Cuba. The boat went down in less than 10 minutes. Swimming for shore through the rough seas, one of the crewmen was bitten by a shark. Reaching shore safely, they were all taken into custody by Cuban militiamen who, thinking them gun-runners, wanted to shoot them on the spot. For­ tunately the execution was delayed until Cuban \livers could go down and inspect their vessel in the shallow water where it lay and verified their story that they carried only salvage equipment. The whole incident proved the point, however, that treasure hunting on Ban­ ner Reef is fraught with many and varied dangers. Has any treasure actually been found in the hole. The answer to this is yes—but not much. Back in 1901 Caribben islanders scrounging for brass brought oip about $6,000 in gold bars and coins—and that's it. Others have brought up old cannons and shot (which experts have declared are of too small a caliber to indicate that they came from a tresure ship—which were usully heavi­ ly armed), ivory combs, religious medals, knives, etc. All of this was obviously made in the old world (Spain) and was bound for the new world when the ship went down. So she certainly would not be carrying treasure back to Spain. What Keeps Them Going? But the search goes on because of a theory which may be little more than wishful thinking. Since much of what is found in the hole is battered and bent—indicating that the ship went down during a violent storm—other and mucli more fragile objects are often found intact and unbroken. To explain this, a theory has sprung up that two ships may lie in the hole—and if one contains no treasure perhaps the other does. This is the thin hope which keeps men coming back year after year. The second ship which they want to believe lies in the hole in the Nuestra Senora del Carmen, a capital ship which sailed for Spain in 1730 with a cargo of $3 million in gold and silver. Old records, which the Spanish kept 'meticulously, indicate the Senora dei Carmen floundered on Banner Reef during a storm. No matter how slim hopes are for finding treasure, the search will continue. In a world where science is continually explaining mysteries away in cold, scientif c terminology, mystery alone represents a valuable tre.a ure because mystery keeps men young. A world witho t mysteries will be an.old and boring world barely woivli preserving. �Page Eight SEAFARERS April I, 1805 LOG House Committee Okays Expanded Medicare Plan By Al Tanner, Vice President WASHINGTON — An expanded version of the Administration's program of health care and Fred Farnen, Secretary-Treasurer, Great Lakes for the aged (Medicare) has been approved by the House Ways and Means Committee. In addition to the basic hospital and nursing-care benefits proposed by the Administration, the Fight To Save PHS Hospital Continuing bill also provides for a volun--*^ Chicago SIU representatives along with other maritime union rep­ tary insurance plan covering be available to those 65 or older All services ordinarily furnished resentatives have called meetings with U.S. Public Health Service who enroU In a voluntary insur­ by a hospital for its in-patients doctors' fee. officials in the Chicago area. Several meetings on the matter of the ance plan devised by the House except doctor's fees would be cov­ Included in the bill is a 7 per­ cent increase in cash benefits under the present Social Security program and liberalization of other features of the program. In total, the committee provided even more benefits than the Ad­ ministration had asked for. In a statement issued at the White House. Pre-ident Johnson solidly endorsed the committeerevised Medicare bill as "a tre­ mendous step forward for all of our senior citizens." "The committee's action," the President said, "is an historic one —the first time that a House com­ mittee has acted favorably on a medical insurance bill for all of our older citizens." Vote On Party Lines committee. Those wishing to par­ ticipate in this additional program would pay premiums of $3 a month, which the Federal Government would match. Basic benefits, financed under Social Security, would include up to 60 days of hospital care for each period of illness, for which the patient would pay the first $40. 'Eldercare' Sponsor Raps AMA Tactics The vote approving the bill WASHINGTON—The American within the committee was 17 to Medical Association has again 8—and along straight party lines overplajied its hand in its desper­ with the Democrats voting for the ate last-ditch battle against mediAmericans. indicated however, that they might The AMA's high-ipressure press support the measure in the end. agents got so carried away in their praise for their own substitute but The solid vote of the committee for the Medicare bill is even more inferior "Eldercare" proposal that "Eldercare's" legislation sponsor impressive because it came at a time of increased agitation by the was forced to denounce the AMA's powerful and well-heeled AMA Representative A. S. Herlong against Medicare and for its own phony "Eldercare" proposal. The (D-Fla.), sponsor of "Eldercare" in doctors' lobby has set aside vast the House, said the AMA had funds for their last ditch fight mounted "a misleading advertising against Medicare passage and are campaign" to push the measure determined to spend every cent and that it was "overselling" itself. available to block the final passage What rankled Herlong was state­ of the measure. ments by AMA leaders like Dr. The AFL-CIO has long recog­ Donovan F. Ward, who testified nized the importance of Medicare j before Congress recently. Ward legislation for our older c;t.'zers, i claimed that the "Eldercare" bill who have been increasingly in-! "could provide more benefits for capable in recent years of meeting persons over 65 who need health the skyrocketing cost of hospital care and cannot pay for it . . . than and medical treatment. The AFL- gny other measure pending before CIO has been in the forefront of ^ congress." the fight for this much-neefled AMA Inflated Claims legislation and has pledged to con­ Additionally, the AMA has made tinue the fight until final passage similarly inflated claims about is achieved. "Eldercare" in spot commercials Passage Seems Certain on television and radio and in As things stand now. House pass­ newspaper and magazine ads. The age of Medicare seems certain, doctors' group is said to have spent probably in early April. As soon ! $2 million fighting medicare. as the House has acted the Senate Congressman Herlong said the Finance Committee plans to start AMA ads said that "Eldercare" hearings on the measure. would provide "complete coverage for all those who need aid" and Under the present bill, the basic would "pay 100 percent of all ex­ hospital and nursing benefits would be financed by a small in­ penses." Actually a warmed-over crease in Social Security taxes and version of the present deficient would be available to all persons Kerr-Mills Act, "Eldercare" would 65 or over. Coverage for doctors' depend on the amount of backing fees and additional benefits would each individual state was prepared to give it. "Eldercare," like Kerr-Mills, also forces prospective recipients to take a degrading pauper's oath be­ fore they can become eligible. Benefits under "Eldercare" would Headquarters again wishes to vary from state to state, with the remind all Seafarers that pay­ poorest states where the need is ments o*' funds, for whatever greatest offering the least. This has been the pattern of Kerr-Mills. Union purpose, be made only "Medicare," the name given to to authorized SIU representa­ the King-Anderson bill, would pro­ tives and that an official Union vide equal services for all. It would icceipt be gotten at that time. be run through the Social Security If no receipt is offered be sure system with each American em­ to protect yourself by imm^. i- ployer and employee sharing in tely bringing the matter to the the cost as they now do under So­ cial Security. No pauper's oath is attention of the President's required, allowing older Ameri­ office., , cans to ke^ep tjic, dignity they so richly .deserveJ ered. From 20 to 100 days of posthospital care in approved nursing homes and up to 100 home-nursing visits also would be allowed for each period of illness. A period of illness, under the bill, would cov­ er a span beginning when the pa­ tient entered a hospital or nursingcare faoiility and ending 60 days after his discharge. Out-patient hospital diagnosis services would also be provided as a basic benefit, with the patient paying $20 of the cost of each diag­ nostic study. The $20 payment would be credited to his account, however, if he subsequently was admitted to the same hospital. Voluntary Section The voluntary portion of the proposal, designed to supplement the basic benefits above, would cover various health services in addition to doctor's fees. The in­ sured would pay $50 of their costs each year. The insurance plan would pay 80 per cent of the an­ nual costs over $50 and the in­ sured would pay 20 per cent. The coverage would include: • Physicians' services, including surgeiy, whether performed in a hospital, clinic, office or home. • Care for 60 days in a mental hospital for each period of illness, up to a lifetime maximum of 180 days. (Mental-ihospital care is not provided by the Social Security part of the legislation.) • Up to 100 home nursing visits each year in addition to those al­ lowed under the Social Security provisions. • Specified • health services, whether provided in or out of a medical institution, including many X-r,ay and laboratory tests and treatments. closing of the Chicago Hospital have been held with Mayor Daley of Chicago. Every effort is being made to postpone the closing date for the Chicago Hospital. Detroit Glenn H. Cnmmings, Great Lakes District No. 4874, old time Seafarer who originally joined the Great Lakes District in 1947, received his first pension check on March 23rd. Brother Cummings sailed for many years as a wheelsman for Wyandotte Transportation Company. Cummings' last three years on Lake boats were spent as porter. Brother Cummings started sailing originally in 1926 for the old Great Lakes fleet as a deckhand aboard the Steamer Norway. Anticipated Shortage of Firemen and AB's for the 1965 Season All men having the necessary sailing time to take their Fireman's test are urged to do so. This also applies to deckhands that have the necessary time to take their AB's test. Any brothers intending to obtain additional Coast Guard endorsements are advised that informa­ tional data for preparing for the-f AB and Fireman test Is avaalable Duluth through the Detroit Hall, Jack Shipping has not started yet in Bluitt. the Port of Duluth. There has been a little winter work on the Piatt Lakes District Agreement which is laid up in Duluth. They The Agreement between the SIU- are supposed to finish up this GLD and tlie Great Lakes Asso- week. ciatdon of Marine Operators will Al Colallilo is running for City be opened May 15th. Various con­ tract proposals are coming in from Councilman. He won the primary the few ships that are already election, and the general election operating. All brothers are in­ will be coming up April eth. We structed to submit their contract urge all eligible voters in this area proposals to the attention of the to get out and vote. Brother Kenny Contract Negotiating Committee, Lund has been assisting the Port 10225 West Jefferson, River Rouge, Agent, J. R. Hall, with school Michigan. Notice will be sent to trainees. He has been instructing the contracted companies in ac­ in the Stewards Department, giv­ cordance with the 6(Niay clause in ing them helpful hints on Galley procedure. the contracts. Our blood bank is starting to Fit-Out 1965 build up again here in the Port of Certification was received from Duluth. All members are urged to the NLRB declaring Local 10, donate. TSAW of the SIUNA as the official Frankfort bargaining agent for all Checker Part of the Stewards Department Cab drivers. In the very near fu­ ture, meetings will be scheduled has been called to report to the with Checker Cab Company for MV Viking. The rest of the crew the purpose of negotiating a con­ is expected to be called for March tract. TSAW organizers are in the 29th. Due to the ice conditions in field gathering pledge cards from Lake Superior, it is not likely that several other major Detroit cab the MV Viking will be down here companies. (Continued on page 23) SIU-IBU GLT&D Tallying Committee Be Sure To Get Dues Receipts Tallying Committee for recently completed election of Regional Officers of the IBU Great Lakes Tug & Dredge Region includes (seated, l-r): Winston Sullins, Sam Streighf, James Duvall, Roddle MacDonaid, Merle Dickens and Leo Alexonder. Observing the committee in action are (standing, l-r): Tom Gerrity, Dick Tillmon, Leslie Willord and Art Miller, repre- Renting the ports of.'Cleveland, Detroit, Toledb and Buffalo respectively. �Affril f; IKS SEAFARERS LOG PKe Nlaff SEAFABEBS POBTS OP THE WOBUJ GKOK sSgSsteSte ••:: The citizens of Bangkok, a city called the Venice of Asia, live, work and play on the water. The SlU-manned Steel Apprentice makes regular calls et Bangkok. The Bangkok waterfront doubles as a "sail-in" shopping center. An ancient fenriple. and. a modern,power plant prQvide> contrait fo,r a Seafarer's loni.^ ' Bahglcolc offers an interesting cbmbfna'tion of old and new ways of (Tfe. Bangkok, a city called the "Venice of Asia," is the chief port and capitol of the exotic nation of Thailand. It lies on the Gulf of Siam in the heart of troubled Southeast Asia. The nation forms part of the great Asian "rice bowl," and that vital export accounts for much of Bangkok's ocean commerce. American-flag ships of the SlU-contracted Waterman and Isthmian Lines are regular visitors to Bangkok, as are many SlU-manned tramps and tankers. The Thais are a gentle, hospitable people, and the Seafarer ashore can be sure of finding a friendly reception. Ocean ships usually dock in the south part of the city in the Klong Toev district. A well-equipped Mariners' Club just outside the dock gates has a money-changing service, shop, swimming pool, billiard room, bar and library. The heart of Bangkok is two or three miles away from the port area. The reliable cabs into town are usually those with yellow license plates. The downtown area is bisected by the Bangkok River. The busy life on the river and the canals of Bangkok led to the city being called the "Venice of Asia." One of Bangkok's better hotels, the Oriental, is on the river at Suriwong Road. The Bamboo Bar" in the air-condi­ tioned hotel is considered one of the best watering places in town. New Road, which crosses Suriwong Road, is a prin­ cipal shopping center. The street also contains many night­ spots. The Golden Dragon offers top Chinese dishes and Nick's No. 1 Hungarian Inn makes a specialty of steaks. The famed floating market of Bangkok, where merchants hawk their wares from the decks of river craft, is well worth a visit. The market, which lies north of the Suriwong Road area, offers good buys in the handicrafts of Thailand— especially gold and silver pieces. A favorite weekend past-time in Bangkok is watching the uninhibited freestyle boxing contests held at Rajadamnern and Lumpini Stadiums. The boxers use their elbows and feet freely and with sharp effect. Western-style boxing matches tend to look tame alongside their Siamese counter­ parts. The other main attractions in Bangkok are the fine array of gold-roofed temples and palaces. The Wat Arun Temple of the Dawn is one of the most spectacular. The beautiful Chaki Palace is the home of Thailand's royal family. It is considered the polite thing in Bangkok to speak in low tones, keep smiling, and take your shoes off when enter­ ing a house or temple. The Chaki Palace, above, is the traditional home of Thai­ land's modbi-n-itiinded King and Queen. . • a !ir e 7 d iy g t t. d r a e �(i page ten SEAFARERS Matson Offers S.F.LA. Passenger Run April », 1S6S LOG QUESTION: What is the most By Robert A. Matthews, SAN FRANCISCO—A bit of pre-war nostalgia savored by Vice-President, Contracts, & Bill Hall, Headquarters Rep. many Californians was reborn a few weeks ago when the unusual cargo with which you A wide range of various shipboard beefs come into play in the selec­ SlU-contracted Matson Navigation Company began offering sailed? • tion of questions sent into the Union over the last period. The first overnight passenger service Eddie Bonefont: Sulfur was the was sent in by David Pashkoff, ship's delegate on the Overseas Joyce, on the Lurline betwen Los San Francisco to Los Angeles and most unusual cargo with which regarding the work of the helmsman. Angeles and San Francisco. six trips from Los Angeles to San I ever sailed. "J It was the first time sea service between the state's two major cities has been available since the early 1930s. Then, old-time steam­ ship buffs delighted in sailing on the Yale or the Harvard. The trip, never meant to compete with quicker air or rail service, offered the traveler a relaxed journey dur­ ing which he could enjoy the ocean breezes and take life gener­ ally easy. The Lurline, which has Mari­ time Administration approval to revive the service, will pick up and discharge passengers bound for either city as part of her regu­ larly scheduled runs to Hawaii. She will make nine trips from AFL-CIO Asks Bigger Labor Dept. Budget WASHINGTON—The Labor De­ partment needs more, not fewer, wage-hour investigators, the AFLCIO told Congress recently. The department's proposed budget would eliminate 62 wagehour jobs next year, including 35 field investigators' position. AFLCIO Legislative Representative James F. Doherty said the effect of the cutback would be "disas­ trous." He told a House Appropriations subcommittee that shortchanging of workers by employers who pay less than the federal minimum wage or who fail to pay overtime rates has increased sharply in re­ cent years. In addition, he said, in­ vestigators during the coming year will have the added responsibility of enforcing the Equal Pay Act, which requires men and women doing the same work to be paid at the same rate. Doherty told the subcommittee that the Labor Department should also be directed to increase its staff of safety investigators to in­ sure compliance with Walsh-Healey Act provisions. Francisco this year. The price for the 18-hour cruise will run from $45 to $155 per passenger depending on the type of accommodations. Passengers will be able to bring their cars along for an added fee. The liner has a capacity of 760 first-class passengers. Matson hopes to at­ tract some of the old buffs and younger tourists. With the twocity service. Matson is probably the only steamship line offering what could be called a "weekend cruise." USPHS Hospitals (Continued from page 3) better and more comprehensive care for all concerned, they could have held full and open discus­ sions with seamen's unions and other interested parties in an at­ tempt to reach a solution satisfac­ tory to all concerned, the SIU as­ serted. "They did not choose to do this . . . because they knew the plan was the first in a series of steps to destroy the PHS hospital­ ization program for mechant sea­ men and the other Federal bene­ ficiaries," the statement said. The SIU told the congressional hearing that the HEW proposal has been condemned by every group af­ fected by it. Opponents of the proposal include the seamen's un­ ions, management organizations, veterans organizations and the commissioned officers responsible for operating the PHS hospitals. "Surely there would not have been such a categorial and unani­ mous denunciation of the plan if it had an iota of merit, and if its objective was a sincere attempt to improve the public health service, rather than to abolish it and foul up the VA hospital system in the process," the SIU said. Speaking in behalf of American seamen who are relying on the PHS hospital program for their well being, the SIU urged Congress to continue the operation of PHS hospitals which have clearly demon­ strated their competence and capac­ ity to serve the people of the U.S. throughout the history of the coun­ try. Robin Line Money Due it- m The Robin Line has notified the SIU that it is holding checks for unclaimed' wages due crewmen for the period of August 1, 1964 through January 31, 1965. The following Seafarers may collect their checks by writing to Mr. L. G. FarreU, Assistant Treasurer, -Moore-McCormack Lines, 2 Broadway, New York, N.Y. Murphy, George E., $140.90; Boucher, Joseph E., $5.78; Silva, George, $140.90; Connel, Charles, $140.90; Kostegan, Stephan, $9.10; King, Robert J., $5.77; Stanzah, Henry F., $135.30; Hazelton, C. H., $5.78; Crosbie, Richard W., $3.75; Makowka, Laurence, $6.57; Vittleos, Marko, $133.55; Barret, Robert Jr., $18.17; Keefe, Kevin T., $341.65; Martell, Elziar A., $144.15; Munsie, John C., $126.49; Yaughan, Richard F., $1.88. Holt, Timothy R., $5.78; Brinegar, Paul M., $377.74; Jones, Jessie L., $404.31; Rhodes, Lindsey L., $833.85; Houchin, C. M., $142.03; Poston, James D., $96.63; Bryant, John, $33.44; Ellis Edward M., $145.78; Mullen, Jobe E., $27.00; Ficarrotta, John, $119.07; Boole, George P., $1.47; Gold, Byrd M., $5.78; Wicker, Raymond D., $91.37; Jenkins, Billie, $11.26; Williams, Victor E., $2.20; Safford, R. D., $2.20; Ayers, Preston, $26.29. Crawford, Leo I., $183.41; Schwartz, Morris, $5.78; Smith, James, $119 07; Ragsdale, Wf H., $2.93; Lecou, William, $87.47; kruptavich; P, W., $lD5.7i? Smith, Earl P., $2.00. Question: "What is the man on the wheel supposed to do. The Mate There is some­ thinks that the man on the wheel is supposed to paint and do a lot of thing about raw sulfur that dis­ other things. Please send me something on this matter." colors the skin Answer: The crewmember on the wheel is required to steer the ship if you wear only. This shall also apply when automatic steering equipment is em­ rings, wrist ployed aboard ship. watches and Reference: Standard Freightship Agreement, Article III, Section 8— such while they Relieving Helmsman. "No Mate shall relieve Helmsman except in the are loading or emergency. Sougeeing, chipping, painting, etc., shall not be considered unloading it. an emergency." Also, It has the worst odor in. the A question from J. A. Batiii • world. It was rough to live with aboard the Western Clipper re­ listed below. These men are urged the stuff. ^ ^ gards the overtime rate when to pick up their checks from this Pedro Perez: Years ago, I was department or notify headquarters on a ship that carried a number transfering bunkers. where the checks may be sent. of animals from Question:.I am writing in re­ In the settlement of disputed Africa to the gards to a matter about transfer "States. I guess of bunkers. My agreement does overtime abroad the Transorleans, they were for not state anything about this and a check being held for Seymore zoos, because we the Chief insists that, it is my job Sikes. carried lions, ti­ because he says so without the From the Ames Victory, checks gers, elephants, payment of o.t." are being held covering travel a couple of ze­ Answer: This is not considered wages, subsistence and transporta­ bra, and a lot of the duties of the Pumpman. This tion for Ralph L. Jones and Lee W. monkeys. I did work is performed by the En­ Morin. not care for the gineers. In the event the Pump­ In the settlement of disputed smell too much, but we had to man is required to perform this overtime for tank cleaning aboard feed the animals, and that meant work, he shall receive overtime. the- Manhattan, a check is being lots of overtime. Reference: Standard Tanker held for L. Harvey. Derek Lamb: I was on a ship Agreement, Article II, Section 10. Checks for the settlement of dis­ taking artillery shells to Korea "Customary Duties. Members of puted overtime aboard the Penn in 1952. To me, all departments shall perform the Carrier are being held for Earl H. that was unusu­ necessary and customary duties of Reamer, and Walter Smith. al, but I soon that department. Each member of Former crewmembers of the got used to hav­ all departments shall perform only ing ammunition the recognized and customary Niagara, who are owed money for the settlement of disputed over­ on board. The duties of his particular rating. time, are Francis M. Greenwall ship spent sev­ and Richard Heckmen. When it is necessary to shift a eral months aft­ er that shuttling man to fill a vacancy, the man so George Doest still has a check ammo from Ja­ shifted shall perform the duties waiting for him for settlement of pan to Korea. of the rating to which he is as­ disputed overtime earned aboard For a first tripper, though, it was signed." the Seatrain New Jersey. quite unusual. The next question comes from A transportation differential 4" 3^ the engine delegate aboard the William Brown: Frozen frogs Western Comet, William Bilger. check from the Elimir is still be­ legs were the strangest cargo I It regards making repairs on heat­ ing held for James H. Smith. ever saw aboard Checks for the settlement of a ing coils in tanks. ' any ship. We transportation dispute are being Question: What rate of overtime held for these former crewmem­ picked several does an Oiler receive on the bers of the Valiant Hope: Thomas of them up in watch below, making repairs. Iran, where you E. Bewley, Edward E. Edinger, wouldn't expect Thomas E. Hanson, Donald Ker­ Answer: Double overtime. to find frogs at shaw, Thomas E. Morris, and Reference: ..Standard Tanker Berthall L. Winborne. all. We had a Agreement, Article IV, Section special reefer Former crewmembers of the 19, (b). "When members of the box installed on Hercules Victory who have checks crew are required to enter tanks the deck, and they were frozen so they were that have contained animal, vege­ waiting for them for the settle­ table, petroleum oil, creosotes, or ment of disputed overtime are no ti-ouble. molasses for the purpose of clean­ Murry Carroll, Ole A. E. Hilsen, 4« 3> 3> William A. ing or making repairs, therein, the Edward' Jensen, Guss Janavaris: The most um Laughlin, Ernest J. Lichtensen, watch on deck during straight time usual cargo I ever sailed with was a package hours shall be paid at the rate of William Logan, Robert Smith, deal during WW time and one-half per hour. The George Stanley and Donald T. Watson. II. We had 24 watch below between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through The contract department is hold­ large twin - en­ gine airplanes Friday shall be paid for such work ing checks covering subsistence on the deck of a at the rate of double overtime. On for the following ex-crewmembers tanker, and in Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays of the St. Lawrence: Bill Mpontsithe tanks, we or between the hours of 5 p.m. karis and Nicholas Sakellarides. carried high oc­ and 8 a.m. the rate for such work Some new additions to the list tane airplane shall be double overtime. Each of checks being held by this de­ man entering tanks for the above fuel. It seemed partment include a disputed over­ to me at the time that it was a purpose shall be entitled to re­ time check for Readus R. Wheelceive $7.50 for reimbursement for strange way to move airplanes clothes . once only, during each ington, earned while aboard the around. ballast voyage. It is understood Robert Conrad. 4" 3» i Checks covering one days wages Thomas Trainori Not too long that sea boots for tank cleaning ago, I was on a ship that carried will be furnished by the Company. earned aboard the Natalie are be­ While engaged in tank cleaning, ing held for James R. Boone, four thorough­ men shall receive no other over­ Spiros D. Cassimis, Howard W. bred race horses time." Gibbs, Alfred D. Kirkconnel, Jose to Puerto Rico. They were being In submitting questions and Ortiguerra, Frank G. Valerie,, and shipped down to work situations for clarification, Adolph Vante. race at the track delegates and crews are reminded in San Juan. I'm once again to provide as much a city boy, and detail as possible setting forth the they told me to circumstances of any dispute. take care of the Money Due mine TO horses. I was really, worried; but t^y^ were easy The Contracts and Constitution to take care of and caused ho •d^partmrat'is'still hpldihg a num­ trouble. '' ber of checks- 'for'tfie 'Seafarers' TUBIJQQ �Jfro t, im Pag* Elevea lOO On*-Wax Trip' lal le­ er he 27 Id or ry DOZEN COPE CLINICS ANNOUNCED—OOPE, the political arm of the AFL-CIO, has scheduled a full dozen Leadership Clindcs to be held during April and May. The clinics are Intended primarily for those who have direct responsibilities for OOPE activities in their area. The day and one half clinics will be followed by conferences for state and local central labor bodies. The clinic schedule is: • April 1-2, Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia, for Penn., Del., D.C., Md. and W. Va. tig • April 8-9, Sir Francis Drake Hotel, San Francisco, for Calif, and Nev. e, 3) • April 10-11, Multnomah Hotel, Portland, Ore., for Ore. Alaska, Idaho, Hawaii and Wash. je ot St. jd ur )n ie ig »e • April 12-13, Cosmopolitan Hotel, Denver, For Colo., Ariz., Mont, N. Mex., Utah and Wyo. >d • April 20-21, Muehlebaoh Hotel, Kansas City, Mo., for Mo., Kan., Okla. and Texas. as le • April 22-23, Americana Hotel, Atlanta, Oa., for Ga., Fla., Ky., S. C. and Va. y- to of • April 24-25, Olaridge Hotel, Memphis, Tenn., for Tenn., Ala., Ark,, La., Miss, and N. C. • April 27-28, Pick-Nicollet Hotel, Minneapolis, Minn., for Minn., Iowa, Neb., N. D. and S. D. • and • • • Id April 30-May 1, Statler-Hilton Hotel, Cleveland, O., for Ohio Mich. May 7-8, Lasalle Hotrf, Chicago, for III., Ind., and Wise. May 14-15, Statler-Hilton Hotel, Boston, for New England. May 16-17, Statler-Hilton Hotel, New York, for N. Y. and N. J. 3^ t t •ONE MAN, ONE VOTE' RULING UNDER ATTACK—A rightist drive is under way to undermine the historic Supreme Court decision requiring state legislatures to be apportioned on the basis of popula­ tion. Opponents of the ruling are pressing for a constitutional amend­ ment to permit one house of a state legislature to be apportioned on a basis other than that of p<H>ulation. They are seeking to retain, in effect, the old system whereby political power was in the hands of usually conservative rural politicians and under which city residents had less than their full share of representation in state houses. Testifying on the amendment before the Senate Judiciary Conunittee, Senator Paul H. Douglas (D,-I11.) said: "I oppose any amendment to the Constitution which would restrict or reduce the rights of citizen­ ship. These are individual rights guaranteed by the Constitution, and the denial or reduotion of them is no less objectionable whether accomplished by the dictation of a single tyrant, an oligarchy, or a majority." A strike by 32,000 Glaa* BotUe Blowers was ealied "100 pereent effective" by union president Lee W. Minton as stalled eontraet talks were resumed in Atiantle City. N.Y. The strike wss the first ever called by the union against the 22 companies which form the Glass Container Manufacturers Institute. The key issue in the strike is the continuing effect of automation on the industry's work force. The union is asking for a guaranteed work year of 48 weeks for those with more than ten years seniority; 50 minutes of relief time daily, and a wage minimum of $2 an hour. Negotiations began last October in anticipation of the Feb­ ruary 28 contract expiration date. The union agreed to two exten­ sions to allow time for balloting on a management wage offer. a. t t Steel Workers at American and Continental Can companies won a 45c an hour wage increase after a three-week strike at 71 plants across the nation The wage in­ creases will go to more than 32,000 workers. Pension, insurance and job protection benefits were also improved under the agreement. The wage raise is the first for Steel Workers in the can industry since 1^61. The USWA first reached agre^t^ehji with AWrican Can, settling wltly Continental Can. )1 )2 53 54 i5 56 two days later. The settlements are subject to ratification by union committees. 4^ 4" Organized labor in Lansing, Michigan, won the thanks of the Greater Lansing Dental Health committee for the time and effort it provided in a recent drive to turn back an attempt to end the fluoridation of the city's water supply. The Greater Lansing AFL-CIO formerly restated its approval of the fluoridation pro­ gram and gave publicity to its stand in the Lansing Labor News. In a referendum vote, Lansing Citizens defeated the anti-fluoridation drive by a vote of 11,914 to 3,251. J- 4" Veteran labor editor Edward Keating died at his Washington, D.C. home recently at the age of 89. While best remembered as the long-time editor of Labor, weekly publication of the Railway unions, Keating served as a liberal Demo­ cratic Congressman from Colorado from 1913 to 1919. As a Congress­ man, Keating sponsored the first federal child labor law and the first minimum wage law for wom­ en and children in the District of Columbia. He was a successful newspaperman in Denver and Pueblo, Colorado before becoming editor of the widely respected pnion Journal. He .is ,siicvivgd„tiy W?.wife,;,]fJe^orl..;.,,^,,, re n rs '9 10 At the recent meeting of the AFL-CIO Ex­ Hardly a day has gone by recently without some mention in the newspapers and other ecutive Council, the Executive Board of the news media of the increasingly dangerous Maritime Trades Department, recognizing balance-of-payments deficit being faced by the close tie between the increase in our pay­ the United States. The situation is rapidly ments balance deficit and the increase in reaching, and has perhaps already passed the American - owned runaway-flag shipping, point where, if foreign nations should sud­ urged the passage of legislation wiping out denly decide to call for what we owe them the tax havens enjoyed by American corpor­ in gold, we could not pay them. What this ations operating runaway-flag ships. would mean, in effect, is a form of bank­ Such a call should be heeded by the gov­ ernment. These billion-dollar corporations ruptcy. National bankruptcy. Various agencies of the U.S. Government are not "special cases" and should assume the have expressed great concern with our pay­ same tax responsibilities which the rest of American industry assumes. They cannot ments deficit—and rightly so. It is a situa­ be allowed to milk the American economy tion filled with potential danger to the na­ tion. But one of the chief drains on U.S. gold any longer because the nation cannot afford reserves has been completely ignored, al­ it much longer. With the Communist bloc mounting an in­ though the SIU, other segments of the mari­ creasing barrage against the U.S. every day time industry and noted economists have —aided in some cases by our supposed pointed to this area where Government ac­ tion would be quickly and completely effec­ "friends" among foreign nations—the flow of gold out of the U.S. is to be viewed with tive. alarm. Economic warfare is a political tactic This, of course, is the dollar drain caused as old as history, which the Communist world by American-owned runaway-flag ships. has adopted as a weapon against us. By-con­ These operators spend billions of dollars tinuing to invite an economic crisis through abroad for ship construction—money which a continuing balance-of-payments deficit, we leaves the United States and never returns. are in effect helping to load the guns which They employ foreign seamen who neither may soon be fired against us. pay income taxes to our Government nor The "dollar - gap" must be closed. The purchase consumer goods here. This money "gold outflow" must be reversed. The bal­ too, leaves, never to return. ance-of-payments deficit must be turned into The vast profits amassed by these run-- an asset. A giant first step in doing all this away-flag operators never come back to the would be taken if these American runawayUnited States either in the form of corporate ship oper^ors were reminded—through stiff taxes or in the form of expenditures for legislation closing the tax loopholes which goods and services. Instead, they support allow runaway tax-havens to operate—that foreign industries which compete in the they too are Americans. They benefit great­ world markets with American goods and de­ ly from being members of American society prive even more American workers of their and must meet the same obligations which jobs. These runaway operators have been other Americans assume gladly .They must fen;iind^ -0|f, their duty., Right nqw, tjiey getting away \yith ecottoi^ic'murder for a long are shirking it badly. ^ime. !• .1 11 12 13 •A 15 e e if s o t a �Page Twelve SEAFARERS April t, 1868 LOG AFlrCIO Sponsored Newscast Attacks Food Industry Conspiracy Food Industry Primes Its Guns T o KiirTruth-ln-Packaging' Bill The piece below, dealing with the deceptive packaging chicanery being practiced! by the food industry and others against the American consumer, comes from recent comments made by Edward P. Morgan on his network news program, which is sponsored by the AFL-CIO. The SIU stands firmly with the rest of the labor movement in support of passage of "trhthin-packaging" legislation. Seafarers and their families are -urged to write their congressmen to demand passage of this much-needed measure. By Lindsey Wiliiams. Vice-President,' Gulf Area SIU Bciatmen Win Contract Gains Good news to New Orleans members of the SIU Inland Boatmen's Union was successful completion of negotiations for new contracts with harbor towing companies. The companies in question were Crescent Towing and Salvage Com­ pany and the George Whiteman Company. Good gains were made in At one of those business luncheon forums they are always having in New York, a bril­ both contracts and include an increase in both the straight time and liantly successful and somewhat heretical young advertising executive named Frederic the overtime rates of pay. Better working conditions and improved Papert was asked to comment on charges that manufacturers were conspiring to bilk the vacation and welfare benefits also were worked out in the new collec­ tive bargaining agreements. public with deceptive packag--*a series of mergers In the ing and labeling of goods. His | turn, continues Consumer Reports, Both of these companies are on an eight-hour day, five-day week 1920's, Is now fighting a Fed­ Paul Willis, president of the basis with overtime being paid for work performed outside the usual answer was an endorsement, since eral Trade Commission antieight hour day and on weekends or holidays. In effect, of the objectives of the Grocery Manufacturers Associa­ monopoly order to dissolve a tion, perhaps the most powerful Plans have just been announced for increasing grain handling four-year-old "truth in packaging" more recent merger and has facilities in the New Orleans-Baton Rouge area, already the leading bill recently reintroduced in Con­ group in the industry, "laid it on been cited In the last 25 years grain export center. gress by Senator Philip A. Hart the line" at the annual Television for 28 violations of the Food Bureau of Advertising convention (D- Mich.), a measure now before The South Louisiana Port Commission has decided to build an Drug & Cosmetic Act. Mor­ the Senate Commerce Committee. a little more than two years ago. $8.5 million public grain elevator at Reserve in St. John the Baptist timer did single out the Hart If the line was not sharp, Willis' Parish. This is on the Mississippi River north of New Orleans. bill as the villain in the piece, implications were crystal clear: re­ "I worry about the weasel Present plans call for operation of the new elevator by Bayside accused it of threatening to member, fellows, the golden source words and half truths more Warehouse Co., a Texas corporation owned by Cook and Co., Memphis, disturb the system consumers of so much of your advertising than about wholehearted lies," Tenn., cotton and grain shippers,-ffind so satisfactory. revenue. Papert said. "Some govern­ on a 25-year lease arrangement. ment regulation is necessary. When Senator Hart com­ Well sir, there have been some Construction of the new facility passes the time by visiting the Sea­ We've asked for it. The public plained to Look that the legis­ fascinating developments since. will mean more jobs for longshore­ farers Hall daily, is sweating out should be protected." lation had been inaccurately For one thing, the January 26 is­ men and better shipping for Sea­ his "fit for duty" certification, not described and suggested that sue of Look Magazine carried an farers who prefer to ship out of expected for more than a month, The key question seems to be he write an answering piece so he can get back to work. Some ^I ^ Charles New Orleans. how much the public cares about Mortimer, chairman of the giLook replied It did not think other IBU men who have been ad­ Shipping continues to be good mitted to the hospital include being protected. the public felt any strong need gantic General Foods Corp. in New Orleans and Houston, but James Snyder, a longtime deck­ for reform at the moment. Au article iu the March Is­ Politics In The Pantry Is reported slow In Mobile. Three hand for Coyle Lines, who is suf­ sue of Consumer Reports says The April issue of Coronet Mag­ ships are laid up in Mobile. They fering from ulcers and Tommy Entitled "Let's Keep Politics that "the food industry has azine does print the senator's arti­ are the supertanker Mayflower, Trehern who Is awaiting surgery. Out of the Pantry," the article ar­ succeeded in pulling its pres­ gued that Mary Jones, the typical cle. In iit he asks, "what national the Trans Texas and the Walter Seafarer Hamilton Seburn is mak­ sure groups together for an American housewife is a shrewd forum do we have? Two large-cir­ Rice. No crewing dates have been ing every job call and is ready to all-out, uo-holds-barred drive and happy woman reveling in the culation magazines retained set for these ships yet, but when grab the first pumpman's job to to defeat Truth-in-Packagiug." fact that our free-enterprise sys­ writers to do stories on Truth in crews are called for these vessels hit the board. He finally received The magazine reports that the the job situation in Mobile will be his "fit for duty" slip after being tem brings her "the purest, most behemoth $80 billion food in­ greatly improved, of course. Packaging but the stories somehow discharged from the hospital nutritious, easiest-to-prepare food dustry is so alarmed that "it have never been seen in print. where he had been confined since the world has ever seen." New Orleans has come right out into the December 23. Three times I have had television open with one of the most Luke LeBlanc, veteran IBU Unsurprisingly, as Consumer appearances cancelled and have member, has been discharged from shameless power plays in some Vincent J. Fitzgerald had to hit Reports noted, Mortimer did time." been told privately it was because the USPHS hospital and is now the beach because of illness. He not mention that the General on outpatient status. Luke, who advertisers had protested." (Continued on page 18) Foods colossus was created by The effort has gathered momen- More on 1>- NCH TANKER CRASH When a disastrous collision occurred on January 18, 1965 between - the SlU-contracted Lucile Bloomfield and the French gasoline tanker Port Manech off Le Havre, the LOG carried a complete story on the disaster in its next issue (January 22 LOG, page 3). No pictures of the disaster were available at that time. The dramatic photos printed here were sent to the LOG recently by Seafarer Charles Rawlings (R-639) who was. aboard the Lucile Bloomfield at the time of the collision. The photos were taken by and previously printed in the French newspaper, Le Havre. In a letter accompanying the pictures, Seafarer Rawlings praises the quick and competent fire-fighting action by the Lucile Bloomfield's SIU crew, which he says undoubtedly saved the ship. Special credit is given to bosun Bill Butts "for his fast action in recognizing the danger and organiz­ ing the men into fire-fighting groups." "Without his ability to give the proper commands under­ standable to all hands, I believe that our disaster might have been much greater than that which we suffered. A job well done!" On impact, Rawlings recalls, flames shot up immediately with a loud roar. "The flaming liquid (gasoline) was rolling down the decks. All available hoses, including the fresh­ water hoses, were used to fight the fire. The flames did their share of damage. The mooring lines, guys, forward fire­ hoses and hatch covers were aflame. The windows on the wheelhouse were cracked and broken from the heat and flames as well. The crew eventually succeeded in extin­ guishing the fire. "So ended a most memorable experience, never to be for­ gotten," says Rawlings. Charred and blistered paint on bow end of Lucile Bloomfield at­ tests to the ferocity of the fire which SlU-crewmembers suc­ cessfully fought and extin­ guished. When the ships hit, .flaming gasoline rolled across the ship's decks* �AprOt. U« SEAFARERS Working On The Lakes rv nirfMB LOO Stronger Maritime Urged To Meet Defense Needs NEW ORLEANS—"Americans need to realize that their merchant marine is vital for trade, and useful for military requirements," Vice Admiral Glynn R. Donaho, Commander of Military Sea Transport Service reminded his listeners in a recent speech at the Annual Institute on Foreign Trans- ^ portation and Port Operations, • "There are no privately-owned "It is clear, from what I have at Tulane University. American-flag ships with heavy- said," he stated, "that MSTS and The periodic fit-outs and layups of SlU-contracted Great Lakes vessels provides plenty of routine chores for Seafarer crewmen. Above, Lome More and John Stevens (l-rl play tug-o-war with a tarp to protect the deck of the bulk-carrier McKee Sons (Boland & Cornelius Steamship Co.) from paint splashings and scrapings. Citing the vital role the U.S. merchant marine has traditionally played as a "Fourth Arm of Defense," Donaho expressed con­ cern with the continuing deteriora­ tion of the American-flag merchant fleet and the increasing difficulty it will therefore encounter in fulfilling this traditional role in time of national emergency. Among the deficiencies of the present U.S.-flag merchant fleet which could operate against its successful handling- of a military role, Donaho cited the following examples: Factors Involved • "The American merchant fleet contains too large a percent­ age of ships that are twenty years old. SIU Win At Checker Cab OKd By NLRB A high pressure hosing down is often the most efficient method of keeping a deck shipshape. Handling the hose aboard the McKee Sons is Elmer Mogro (left), while Del Conquergood does the spraying. Both photos were taken while the vessel was in Toledo. WorldwideTankshipBoom Leaves U.$. Out In Cold LONDON—Tiie United States-flag merchant fleet is riding the tail en^ of a world-wide boom in new tanker construc­ tion, according to information just released by a leading British brokerage house. Liberian total was swelled The U.S., which ranks a byThe 41 ships which transferred reg­ poor fourth among nations istry to that flag. New bottoms with tanker fleets, appears to be doing virtually nothing to improve its status according to the survey of 1964 tanker construction put out by Davies and Newman. During the last six months of 1964, the U.S. added only 128,000 deadweight tons of new tanker bottoms to its total of 6.8 million tons. This put the U.S. near the bottom of the list of nations acquiring new tankers. Liberia led the list with nearly two million new tons of tankers, followed by Norway, Britan, Ja­ pan, USSR, Panama and France, Runaways Liberia and Panama are, of course, runaway flag havens. To circumvent and avoid American taxes, wages and safety .standards, this nation's leading oil companies have maintained and built-up tanker fleets in the two nations. for Liberia accounted for 21 ves­ sels. The tanker fleet of U.S. oil giants like Gulf, Standard Oil, Texaco and Socony Mobil all flourish under runaway flags. The rate of tanker scrapping and reconversion also slowed dur­ ing the six month period accord­ ing to the survey, and the relative age of tankers lessened as more and more new ships were added to the total. New orders for tankers slowed somewhat, indicating that the boom is petering out. The steady deterioration of the U.S. tanker fleet could be halted by regula­ tions, fixing a 50-50 oil import' system, under which at least half of the oil imported into the U.S. would be required to be carried in U.S.-flag tankers. The SIU has. made such a pro­ posal to the U.S. Department of the Interior. DETROIT — First-time contract proposals with the Checker Cab Company here are presently being prepared by Local 10 of the Trans­ portation Services and Allied Workers district of the Seafarers International Union of North America, AFL-CIO, and negotia­ tions are expected to begin shortly. SIU-TSAW Local 10 in Detroit received formal certification by the National Labor Relations Board as bargaining agent for 1,800 Checker Cab drivers after winning a smashing 2-1 election victory in balloting by the Checker drivers. The Labor Board Certification for Local 10, climaxed a three-year struggel for bargaining rights cov­ ering Checker Cab drivers. The dispute involved three separate elections during the past nine months all won by Local 10. Fol­ lowing this latest decisive election win. Local 10 announced that it is spreading Us organizing drive to other taxi fleets in the Detroit Metropolitan area. Local 10 was organized by a group of Checker drivers in the spring of 1962, after Checker man­ agement began reducing the sched­ ule of commission payments to its drivers. The Union petitioned for an election at that time, but legal proceedings delayed the balloting for two years. . Court Decision An 8-1 decision by the U.S. Su­ preme Court in a separate case last March finally paved the way for an election in June, 1964, that involved a local of Jimmy Hoffa's Teamsters. Although Local 10 won this election, the NLRB dimsissed the results on the basis of an "al­ tered sample ballot" used by the Teamsters in their pre-election campaigning. The second election in October, 1964, was also won by Local 10, but the board ruled that the union lacked a majority due to the num­ ber of contested ballots. The most recent runoff election held recent­ ly, which Local 10 also won handsdown, was ordered by the NLRB two months ago, after it ruled that the Teamsters did not qualify for a place on the ballot. Uft capacity of 100 tons or more. • "Only one large, commerolally-owned roll-on/roll-off ship flies the American flag, and she is chartered to MSTS at this time. • "There are only 18 refrigera­ tor ships in commercial operation; all of them are over 15 years of age." Donaho emphasized the need for a modernization of the U.S.-flag merchant fleet for both trade and military roles. the American merchant marine are closely related. I want to empha­ size that MSTS cannot operate, and does not expect to operate, without support from the merchant marine, both in peace and in war." "The mission of MSTS is military. MSTS exists to provide immediate sea lift capability in accordance with the requirements of the combat forces. It has succeeded in the past because of the cooperation and assistance of the merchant marine." By Fred Stewart & Ed Mooney Headquarters Representatives Good Feeding Keeps Morale High Attitudes and morale in shipboard life is extremely important today as it has always been. Taking the drudgery out of a seaman's routine and giving him an opportunity to study or read, or just take life easy during his off-duty hours, is an important contribution to morale. To a large extent the cook can do as much for keeping up the spirits of the crew during a long voyage as anyone else aboard ship. Sea air and the sailor's routine can transform ordinary appetite into a ravenous hunger. "Chow time" at sea is a great event, both because the crew is genuinely hungry and because the meals at sea tend to "break up the day" with its routine chores. If the food is well prepared and appetizing, mealtimes are a pleasant break and morale is high. If the meals are consistently dull and bland, eating can become just another chore and morale drops like a lead. The cook therefore, should actually be credited with ruling the dis­ positions of the crew. He is one of the most respected members of the product—the results of his a ship's complement and the work—is expected to be good and on time. meals that are turned out en­ Cook Has Specialties lighten and brighten the days of seamen during the voyage. To break the routine of daily feedings the cook usuaiiy prepares Filling Human Bunkers specialties, which should be ap­ When a Seafarer undertakes the preciated by the crew for the ex­ job of filling his daily "bunkers," tra work that goes into them. On his greatest attention is directed the human side, a vote of thanks to the ship's cook. Most times the ' by the crew generates a greater crew gives the cook or the whole desire, interest and effort on the part of the cook to consistantly steward department a vote of put out the good chow. thanks for such good feeding. At sea. eating habits aboard ship This in turn, more often than not, causes the stewards and cooks to differ widely. A typical menu pro­ take great pride in their meals vides an elaborfate variety of and they constantly try to out-do foods for brothers from every themselves to maintain their! section of the United States. In an effort to please all, the conk ap­ reputations as "good feeders." plies spicy seasonings in a variety The cook's job is not an easy of foods—preparing specialties one. A ship's cook, unlike other which originated from all over the cooks, has to brace himself to en­ world. The best of these national dure rough weather—and you can dishes are carefully picked out and believe it—there is no place on a prepared for Seafarers. ship that is as uncomfortable, or As is often said by the Seaas dangerous, as a rocking galley. SIU cooks have turned out con- faier at the mess table— home sistentlv fine meals in the rough- "as never like this!" Bring on the est seas, and even, on occasion. | chow. Three cheei-s for the cook. with the plant shut down and the I ship almost totally without power. Ou a normal day tiie cook's work sheet is there before him. The timing—the menu outlined in detail—is given careful study by him and the proper preparation for the exact hour keeps him con­ cerned and busy. One slip-up and everybody knows that his work is not complete. The cook cannot "pass the buck." Either the chow is ready on time or it's not. Either it is good and tasty, or it's not— and in either case, every man on board knows it pretty quickly. All week, Saturdays and Sundays and holidays—at sea or in port. Quitting Ship? Nptify Union A reminder from SIU head­ quarters cautions all Seafarers leaving their ships to contact the hall in ample time to allow the Union to dispatch a replace­ ment. Failure to give notice be­ fore paying off may cause a de­ layed sailing, force the ship to sail short of the manning re­ quirements and needlessly make the work tougher for your ship­ mates. �r< l"i!^ 11 t Pas* PoorleeB SEAPitRERS Afcii i; itw LOG REGION TALLYING COMMITTEE REPORT ON ELECTION OF GREAT LAKES TUG AND DREDGE REGION, INLAND BOATMEN'S UNION, SEAFARER'S INTERNATIONAL UNION, AFL-CIO OFFICIALS FOR 1965-1968 We, the undersigned duly elected members of the region tallying committee met at 10:30 A.M. on March 22, 1965, at the Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region head­ quarters at 10225 West Jefferson Avenue, River Rouge 18, Michigan. In a body, we v.cnt to the office of the River Rouge Savings Bank in River Rouge, Michigan and presented ourselves to (Miss) Fay Wilber, vice president of the River Rouge Savings Bank. Ail of the mail ballots received by the bank, as well as the daily ballots from the polling places were turned over to the committee. Miss Wilber provided the com­ mittee with a written, signed statment to the effect that all envelopes received by the bank identified as being a part of the IBU election had been personally received by her, placed under locked depository and handled by no other person connected with the bank. With the ballots in our possession, we returned to IBU headquarters and prepared for the counting of the ballots covering the voting period March 8th, 19d5, through March 20, 1965. A conference room was put at our disposal and a rope barrier estab­ lished behind which the committee undertook its task. Observers were allowed behind the roped-off--area. Regional Director Robert Jones turned over to the committee all material In his hands connected with the election. In our hands were placed the envelopes containing the unused ballots from the polling places, the ballot stubs, the roster of the mall ballots sent, the files from the polling places containing the official voting rosters, and the minutes of the special meetings held at the various polling places. Upon convening at 11:15 A.M., in compliance with Article X, Section 2, paragraph tn) of our Union Constitution, we elected from among ourselves, Samuel Streigbt, S-12039. as Chairman of the Committee. The committee verified that all seals were intact on the ballot envelopes containing both personal mail ballots and the ballots of votes cast in the polling places. The first business before the committee was the checking of the mail ballot envelopes against the voting rosters of the polling places. Each name on an envelope was checked against the voting rosters of all ports. ? A check of the mail ballots disclosed the following: TUG SECTION: Ballots #776 through #785 were mailed out to individuals who had requested to vote by mail. Of the ten (10) Tug Section ballots mailed out, nine (9) were returned to the River Rouge Savings Bank. Each mail ballot had been sent out by Certified Mali and the return receipts were shown to be in order. A check of the postmarks of the mail ballot envelopes showed that all mail ballots were received by the depository prior to the close of business on March 20th, 1965. We then received from the Headquarters offices of the Union, all of the files relative to the conduct of the election. From the fiies, we found signed receipts for ballots #1 through #775 for the Tug Section, ballots #1 through #950 for the Dredge Section and ballots #1 through #110 for the Allied Marine Section. The Committee then checked the numbers on the stubs received from the various ports, and these numbers, when checked against the numbers on the stubs of all ballots printed, issued, and ready for voting, were found to coincide, port by port. % Your Committee then checked the dates of the voting rosters and compared them against the minutes of the Special Meetings for the election of the Polls Committees in the various ports. We found in every instance that a Polls Committee had been elected on each day in which voting was conducted in the various ports. Where no Polls Committee could be elected, no voting took place, as is required by our Con­ stitution. We checked the unused ballots that were on hand in Headquarters office that had not been issued. The stubs on these unused ballots were numbered #786 through #1000 for the Tug Section, a total of 215 ballots. In the Dredge Section, the stubs on the unused ballots were numbered #957 through #1200, a total of 244 ballots. In the Allied Marine Section, the stubs on the unused ballots were numbered #111 through #250, a total of 140 ballots. Tug Section 1000 Allied Marine Section .... 250 Dredge Section 1200 Numbered 1 to 1000) (Numbered 1 to 250) (Numbered 1 to 1200) In addition to the above, the printer also printed sample ballots as follows: Tug Section ; 50 Allied Marine Section ...i..,.;50 Dredge Section 50 Your Committee has checked the election files, maintained by Headquarters offices of the Union, and has found signed receipts for all of the above baiioite, or they were on hand in Headquarters. There was a member who had requested a mail ballot, to whom none was sent, since he didn't meet the qualifications for voting by mail. This member was: The following is a breakdown of the ballots that were sent to the ports by Head­ quarters as well as a breakdown of the unused ballots returned to Headquarters, ballots used and total ballots cast, section by section. DREDGE SECTION: Ballots #951 through #956 were mailed out to individuals wiho had requested to vote by mail. Of the six (6) Dredge Section ballots mailed out, all six (6) were returned to the River Rouge Savings Bank. Each mail ballot had been sent out by Certified Mail and the return receipts were shown to be in order. There were two members who had requested a mail ballot to whom none was sent, since they didn't meet the qualifications for voting by mail. These members were as follows: Earl F. Burdick, B-12066, had requested a mail ballot by letter dated February 23rd, 1965, which was postmarked February 24th, 1965 in Oswego, New York. His request for a mail ballot was denied because his request was not in compliance with the "Regional Director's Report on Election Ballot and Instructions for Voting." Contained therein, was the requirement that the request for a mail ballot be made no later than February 22nd, 1965. L. J. Brookes, B-12056, had requested a mail ballot by letter that was undated, but which was postmarked March 1st, 1965 in Fulton, New York. His request for a mail ballot was denied because his request was not in compliance with the "Regional Director's Report on Election Ballot and Instructions for Voting." Contained therein, was the requirement that the request for a mail ballot be made no later than February 22nd, 1965. ALLIED MARINE SECTION: No mail ballots. r,equested„ by anyone In this Section, therefore, none were mailed out. '''. ' ^;i Your Committee then checked the unused ballots that were returned from various ports. The unused baliots, when combined with the unused ballots in Head­ quarters and the stubs of the used ballots in ail "ports, compares equally in number with the amount printed by the printer for the Union. This Committee has seen a bill from the printer, and the bill states that-they had printed ballobs fw the Union, as follows: It should be pointed out to the membership that, out of the ten (10) Tug Section mail ballots sent out, only nine (9) of them were returned. The mail ballot of Francis J Beliant, B-12050, was not returned, which accounts for the discrepancy of the one • (1) Tug Section ballot that is shown in this report as having been issued, but which is unaccounted for in the total number of ballots cast. Malcolm H. Lee, L-12030, requested a mail ballot by letter dated February 23rd, 1965, which was postmarked February 23rd, 1965, in Alexandria, Virginia. His request for a mail ballot was denied because his request was not in compliance with the "Regional Director's Report on Election Ballot and Instructions for Voting." Con­ tained therein, was the requirement that the request for a mail ballot be made no later than February 22nd, 1965. I Port Ashtabula Buffalo Chicago Cleveland Detroit Duiuth Lorain Milwaukee Sault Ste. Marie .. Toledo Mail Port Ashtabula Buffalo Chicago ^ Cleveland Detroit Duiuth Lorain Milwaukee Sault ste. Marie Toledo Mail (. vv t' V. I "TUG SECTION" Baliots Received Ballots Unused From Headquarters Ballots Used And Returned BalloU 1 1-25 26-50 25 51-89 00-200 39 201-285 286-350 85 351-402 403-450 52 451-486 487-550 36 551-577 578-600 27 601-622 623-650 22 651-668 669-700 18 701-750 701-734 735-750 34 751-762 763-775 12 776-785 none 9 Total votes cast in all ports and by mail 359 "DRIEDGE SECTION" Baliots Received Baliots Unused From Headquarters Ballots Used And Returned Ballots Cast 1-50 1-2 3-50 2 51-200 51-83 84-200 33 201-350 201-248 249-350 48 351-450 351-393 394-450 43 ...451-600 451-498 499-600 48 601-650 601<-617 618-650 17 .651-700 651-660 661-700 10 701-750 701-702 703-750 2 751-900 751-797 798-900 47 .901-950 901-923 924-950 23 951-958 951-956 none g ' •vVKrtal vo^ia bast!.In.dirportu'and'by ' *279 i �April ».1»65 SEAFARERS "ALLIED MAAINE SECTION" Ballots Received Ballots Unsoed From Headquarters Ballots Used And Returned Ballots Cast 1in n iin n. * 11.90 nl 11 90 n 91%n "n 9190 n 91 AO n 91 ft Port Ashtabula Buffalo rhieatrn DZU .:::::::::::::: li.™ iSs. Lorain 71-80 Milwaukee 81-90 Sault Sle. Marie'!'"!'." 91-100 Toledo 101-110 jyjaji " o' -0-0-0"" t Tl'ao 81-90 91-100 101-110 ' -0-0-0- "" Total votes cast in all ports and by mail 5 •This figures includes the ballots that were voided by.,t'he Region Tallying Committee. LOG Page WteeB as valid ballot cast even though we were unable to find ballots for the day equal to the number of stubs issued for the day. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Port of Chicago, in sending in their stubs and unused ballots at the completion of the voting in the port, failed to include the certification statements with either sections. However, your Region Tallying Committee has counted the March 13. 1965, the Polls Committee in the port ot Chicago issued ballot #227 from the Dredge Section to Brother Harry Oliver, 0-12005 by mistake, since he should received a Tug Section ballot; however, the Committee discovered the error and, prior to the ballot being marked, it was returned to the Committee. Brother Harry Oliver was then issued ballot #257 and allowed to vote same. Your Region Tallying Committee has counted Brother Harry Oliver's ballot that he voted as a valid ballot past and Dredge ballot #227, which was late! reissued and voted as a valid ballot cast. On March 16 and March 20, 1965, Polls Committee for the port of Chicago failed OFFICIAL TALLY SHEET FOR ELECTION OF 1965-1968 OFFICERS - W ' H S a 5 <IEHSQ 38 < 2 < •CmouQQt-lSMWHS REGIONAL DIRECTOR 1. Edward Daniel Anderson A-12005 2. Elmer Gallagher G-12015 3. Walter F. Gunn G-12014 4. Robert T. Jones J-12000 5. Harold F. Yon Y-12001 No Votes Voids Write-ins Totals H 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 31 88 3 1 22 1 8 5 4 182 7 19 54 21 9 362 0 2 76 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 001011200;0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 27 72 133 95 89 44 32 20 81 35 15 3 6 0 643 10 17 63 94 0 0 4 . 0 36 42 0 43 0 ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTOR (DREDGE SECTION) 1. Ernest T. DeMerse 1 0 4 5 37 0 5 D-12026 2. Donald Mariner 1 0 9 38 4 0 3 M-12083 3. Richard L. Tillman 0 33 32 0 6 ;6 1 T-12015 No Votes 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 Voids ...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 0 O 1 O O 1 1 Write-ins !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 0 O O O O O O Totals 2 33 48 43 48 17 10 0 19 8 1 25 4 3 85 0 0 1 59 1 18 18 2 127 0 0 0 O O 1 O 1 O 2 47 23 0 O O 6 3 4 1 279 3 ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTOR (TUG SECTION) 1. Thomas J. Burns 25 35 73 24 27 26 17 18 33 6 B-12006 No Votes 0 4 7 28 7 1 4 0 1 5 Voids 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Write-ins 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 25 39 85 52 36 27 22 18 34 12 8 292 1 0 0 9 58 2 7 359 The Committee would also like to bring to the attention of the membership the fact that some write-ins that appeared illegible or on de-faced ballots will not be included in this report. The reason for this is that some ballots containing write-ins happened to be voided because the ballots on which they were written was illegally defaced or illegible. During the period of time in which the Region Tallying Committee was in opera­ tion, several discrepancies on the conduct of the election have occurred, but none of which would change the outcome of any job on the ballot. However, for the benefit of the membership, we are listing them, port by port, as follows: CLEVELAND, OHIO In checking the rosters for the Tug Section in the port of Cleveland, your Com­ mittee found that the port Polls Committees for the dates of March 8th and 13tih had numbered the ballots on the rosters as issued from #1 through #47. Actually, they should have been numbered #351 through #397. After the above dates, the Polls Committees then listed the ballot numbers properly on the rosters. Your Region Tallying Committee has counted these two days ballots as valid ballots cast. The same situation as given above, applied to the Dredge Section in the port of Cleveland, except the ballot numbers should have been #351 through #390 instead of #1 through #40 as shown on the roster. Your Region Tallying Committee has counted these two days ballots as valid ballots cast. MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN The Port of Milwaukee, when sending in their stubs and unused ballots to Head­ quarters at the end of voting, failed to include the Certification statements with either of them for all sections. However, your Region Tallying Committee has counted the ballots from Milwaukee as valid ballots cast. LORAIN, OHIO The port of Lorain, oq March 11, 1965, failed to put the date or the name of the port on the outside of the envelope in which the ballots were mailed to the depository. Also, on the same date, the Dredge Section voided ballot stub #654 as well as an entry on the roster; however, your Region Tallying Committee has counted these days ballots for the port as valid ballots cast even though we were unable to find ballots for the day equal to the number of stubs issued for the day. . ( « • . I• . ,On March 18, the. Tug Section voided ballot stub #622 as well as the entry on the roster; hoivever, your l^egion Tallying Committee has counted this day's ballot iLl'iftn'^ Region Tallying Committee has counted both days ballots as valid ballots cast. On March 18, 1965, only two (2) members of the three (3) man Polls Committee for the Chicago signed the ballot envelope; however, your Committee, in checking rosters and the Special Meeting Minutes for the election of a Polls Committee, found all rosters for the name of three (3> of our members and that these three .3) members had been elected Polls Committee members and that two <2) of these three members names appeared on the ballot envelope. Your Region Tallying Committee has, therefore, counted this days ballots as valid ballots cast. DETROIT, MICHIGAN On the date of March 10th, 1965, the port of Detroit Polls Committee enclosed its rosters and Polls Committee minutes for the day in the ballot envelope that was mailed to the ballot depository. On March 19th, the Polls Committee enclosed the rosters for the day in the ballot envelope, that was mailed to the ballot depository. On the d^tes of March 12th, 1965 and March 16th, 1965, the ballot envelope failed to have included thereon in the blank spaces provided for that purpose, the name of the port or the date MAIL BALLOTS The following are the names of the members who requested, were entitled to, and were sent Absentee Ballots: Wollan, James A. Wilcox, Ellis J. Bowditch, Robert E. Henderson. Kelly Burdick, Waltri J. Yon, Merlin J. Dredge Section Dredge Section Dredge'Section Dredge Section Dredge Section Dredge Section Book#W-12052 Book#W-12021 Book #B-12022 Book #H-12036 Book #B-12060 Book #Y-12004 Ballot Ballot Ballot Ballot Ballot Ballot #951 #952 #953 #954 #955 #956 Rasmussen, Carl Tug Tug Tug Tug Tug Tug Tug Tug Tug Tug Book #R-12008 Book #T-12029 Book #T-12033 Book #B-12050 Book #B-12025 Book #K-12010 Book #M-12068 Book #M-12150 Book #L-12044 Book #Y-12002 Ballot Ballot Ballot Ballot Ballot Ballot Ballot Ballot Ballot Ballot #776 #777 #778 #779 #780 #781 #782 #783 #784 #785 Jr. Thompson, Stanley F. Bellant, Fi ancis J. Bennett, Herman J. Kingston, Willie McDonald, Robert C. Mlske, Alex Larkin, James E. Yletalo, Verner Section Section Section Section Section Section Section Section Section Section Our Talley of these mail ballots is given on our master (alley sheets for the whole election. It should be pointed out to the membership that the ballots used for the mail ballots were part of those that had been retained at Headquarters. That out of the sixteen (16) mail ballots sent out, only fifteen (15) of them were returned. This accounts for the discrepancy of one ballot that is shown in the report as having been issued but not accounted for in the total number of ballots cast. There were members who had requested mail ballots to whom none were sent since they did not meet the qualifications of voting by mail. These members have been dealt with previouly in this report. The following were the write-ins made during this election of officers for our Union: PORT SAULT STE. MARIE CHICAGO DREDGE SECTION NAME Harold F. Yon TUG SECTION Danile Boyle Edward Anderson Marvin Stetson John Thomas John Byrne DETROIT Max Tobin TOLEDO Filex Knitchell TITLE Assistant Regional Director Assistant Regional Director CONCLUSIONS: Your Committee finds that the balloting took place in strict accordance with the Constitution, and that what errors were made, were all of no imporance, and of no measurable effect and could not influence tbe voting results and were dealt with in accordance with the spirit of the Constitution. It is, of course, impossible to talley write-in votes that were illegible or where the ballot has been defaced, therefore, in the case of write-ins that are illegible or when they appear on defaced ballots, this Committee has carried such ballots under the heading of Void ballots, in which category they properly belong. We recommend that the procedure on write-ins followed by this Committee be upheld, inasmuch as it is impossible to count write-in votes where the name written in is illegible or a voter defaces the ballot. If a man wants to write in a name, he ought to do so clearly if he wants his write-in to be effective, and he must be careful not to place illegal marks on the ballot. L. ALEXANDER, A-12013 M. DICKENS. D-12027 R. MAC DONALD, M-12062 S. STREIGHT, S-12039 • -•••••*"• •' ' "•** i.iiUVALL;lD-120i0'' W. SULLINS, S-12004 �SEAFARERS Page Sixteen Soviets Plan More Fishing Off U.S. Coast April 8, 1985 LOG Lifeboat Class 130 Goes into Books BOSTON—^The Soviets are con­ tinuing to press the expansion of their already vast and complex fishing operations in the North Atlantic, according to latest in­ formation. The Soviets are building a nev/ fleet of Vostok-class fish factory ships, and at least some of them are expected to show up in the traditional American fishing grounds off Cape Cod The Vostok-class sr.ips are each capable of carrying 14 smaller trawlers on deck. They are able to stay at sea for 125 days, and, during the course of a single voyage produce 10,000 tons of frozen fish, 1000 tons of fishmeal, 10 million cans of fish and about 100 tons of industrial fats. The news of the new Russian factory ships appeared in the Boston Blue Sheet, a local daily news bulletin of the fishing in­ dustry published by the U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. Members of Lifeboat Class 130 sit for their graduation picture at SlU headquarters after Expansion of Soviet fishing op­ passing ail requirements for their Coast Guard lifeboat tickets successfully. The new grad­ erations in the North Atlantic uates are (l-r, front) Kenneth McAvoy, Juan Guerrero, Charles Miles, Francisco Tirado, Juan would be considered another set­ Landron; (rear, l-r) instructor Dan Butts, Jesus Landron, Walter Forsman, Epifanio Rodriguez back to American fishermen in and Handy Gordy. the area. Discovery of a 450-ton load of Soviet-caught codfish aboard a U.S.-flag freighter re­ cently brought protests from the SIUNA-affiliated Atlantic Fisher­ men's Union and other labor groups. The ILA refused to un­ load the cargo. While the shipment may have been a one-time only fluke, the U.S. fishing industry regards any NEW YORK—^Tlie rank and file credentials committees for the four regions of the Inland new Importation of fish into the country as a threat to its very Boatmen's Union of North America of the SIUNA-AGLIWD have reported on the eligibility existence. of nominees for delegate to the IBU convention. The committees elected by the Atlantic IBU Credentials Committees Act On Convention Delegates Lakes IBU Vote Tally Completed DETROIT—The Regional Tally­ ing Committee of the Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region of the Inland Boatmen's Union, SlUNA has completed its report on the election of officers for the Region held during the month of March. As announced in the report of the Tallying Committee, Robert T. Jones was re-elected to the post of Regional Director. Richard L. Tillman was elected to the post of Assistant Regional Direc­ tor (Dredge Section), and Thomas J. Burns was elected to the post of Assistant Regional Director (Tug Section). The voting by members of the Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Re­ gion took place in the ports of Buf­ falo, New York; Ashtabula, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michi­ gan; Duluth, Minnesota; Lorain, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Saulte Ste. Marie, -Michigan, and Toledo, Ohio. The report of the Tallying Com­ mittee will be placed before the membership for approval at the next scheduled membership meet­ ing in April Balloting for the posts of Port Presidents will also take place at the regular April membership meetings of the Tug and Dredge Region in the Great Lakes ports mentioned above. The names of candidates for the posts of Port Presidents were made known to the membership in the Regional Director's Repprlj on tfie Election of Port Presidents. Coast, Gulf Coast, and Great regional directors were mailed to ballots to select the convention Lakes Tug and Dredge regions the members of the respective delegates on Monday, April 19, have found that all nominees regions on March 10, 1965^ 1965 at the Union halls in Jersey are qualified and shall be deemed elected pursuant to the reports filed by the three regional direc­ tors, dated March 8, 1965. The credentials committee for the Rail­ way Marine Region found all nomi­ nees qualified and in accordance with the Regional Director's report of March 8, 1965, an election will be held April 19, 1965 to determine the Convention delegates for the Region. The Special and Second Quad­ rennial Conventions of the Inland Boatmen's Union is scheduled to begin at 9:30 A.M., Thursday, May 27 at the Gramercy Inn, 1616 Rhode Island Avenue, N.W., Wash­ ington, D.C. Elected Committee The credentials committee for the Atlantic Coast has listed the following -three members as those who will serve as delegates from the region: Harry Hastings, H-26; George Hinkleman, H-30; and John Simpson, S-5279. The Gulf Coast credentials com­ mittee has announced the follow­ ing six members as those who will serve as delegates from the region; John Avery, A-5003; Joseph John­ son, J-5076; Gerald Keller, K-5000; George Jordan, J-5045; Luke LeBlanc, L-5221; and Claude New­ man, N-5083. The credentials committee for the Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region has listed the following three members as those who will serve as delegates from the region: Robert Affleck, A-12018; Raymond Thompson, T-12011; and Wayne Weston, W-12002. The credentials committees for the four regions were elected at special membership meetings held on March 29. The meetings were held in New York for the Atlantic Coast, New Orleans for the Gulf The reports of the credentials Coast, Jersey City for the Railway committees will be presented in Marine Region and Detroit for the detail to the IBU membership in Great Lakes Tug and Dredge the Atlantic, Gulf Coast and Great Region. The committees checked Lakes Tug and Dredge Regions at the qualifications of all nominees the regular April meetings for apand certified they are eligible to run for convention delegate. RMR Election The credentials committees of the Atlantic, Gulf and the Great The Railway Marine Region Lakes Tug and iDredge regions credentials committee has certified referred to the reports of the three the following four members as regwnal directors dated March 8, qualified to serve as convention tarnioVi provided nt*rktri/1AH the 4-nA following: tAlirkitrmcr* "In **in _ _ . _ _ which delegates from the region; Joseph the event the number of qualified J. Fadde, F-20000; John A. Fornominees is equal to, or does not sythe, F-20033; Dennis M. Lee, Lexceed the number of delegates 20054; and James P. Waters, W^ to be elected to these conventions, 20000. The committee noted that such nominees shall be deemed to since the RMR is entitled to only be the convention delegates. two delegates to, .the IBU convenThe March 6 reports of the fourition, SMR members will cast their City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Norfolk. Voting will take place between the hours of 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Members of the RMR will elect polls and tally committees at each port on April 19 at special meet­ ings to be held between 8:00 AM and 9:00 AM. These committees will be responsible for conducting the elections in each port. Special membership meetings for RMR members will be held In each port on Wednesday, April 21, 1965 at 1:00 PM to act upon the final report of the Polls and Tally committees. Portland Updating Facilities PORTLAND, Ore. —A longrange waterfront development pro­ gram, including a new container handling area for the SIU Pacific District-contracted Matson Navi­ gation Co., is being planned to im­ prove cargo handling, transporta­ tion and industrial facilities here. The plan calls for estimated ex­ penditures of $120 million over the next 35 years. A priority system has been adopted for start­ ing four major pier construction projects in the near future. A large area at Terminal 4 is slated for conversion into a con­ tainer handling area for the ulti­ mate use of Matson Navigation. The container area is expected to be ready within a year, according to the Commission of Public Docks here. A later step In the rehabili­ tation of Terminal 4 will improve the area's grain-handling capacity. UIW Reports OnConvention Delegates NEW YORK—The rank and file credentials committees of the United Industrial Workers of North America of the SIUNA-AGLIWD have reported to their Regional Directors that nominees for the position of delegates to the Union Convention from the Atlantic and Gulf coast regions are fully quali­ fied and shall be deemed elected, pursuant to the UIW Regional Di­ rector's reports of March 8, 1965. The UIW will hold its Special and Second Quadrennial Conven­ tions at 9:30 AM, Wednesday, May 26 at the Gramercy Inn, 1616 Rhode Island Avenue, N.W., Wash­ ington, D.C. The credentials committees were elected on March 29 at special meetings in New York, for the At­ lantic Coast region, and in New Orleans for the Gulf Coast region. The committees checked the quali­ fications of all nominees and cer­ tified that they are eligible to run for convention delegate. The credentials committees re­ ferred to the UIW Regional Direc­ tors' reports of March 8 which pro­ vided the following: "In the event the number of qualified nominees is equal to, or does not exceed the number of delegates to be elected to these conventions, such nominees shall be deemed to be Seafarers being admitted to a elected convention delegates." The Public Health hospital are UIW Regional Directors' reports urged to carry with them their of March 8, 1965 were mailed to Union book plus proof of ell-' the membership of the Union on gibility for SIU b e n e fi t s; March 10, 1965. namely, a record that they have The Atlantic Coast credentials at least 90 days seatime during committee has listed the following the previous year and at least one day during the previous six six members as those to serve as months. Failure to have the delegates from the Atlantic Coast proper credentials will cause a region: John Dwyer, D-10034; Mark delay in payments to the Sea­ Evans, E-10073; Warren Leader, L-10140; Ralph Quinonez, Qfarer. If the Seafarer Is admitted to 10003; Matty Stucchio, S-10041; a hospital which is not a PHS and Lee Wynn, W-10287. The credentials committee for institution, he should contact the Union* immediately. The the Gulf Coast has certified Paul Union will arrange with the Drozak, D-10236, to serve as con­ USPHS for a transfer.to a Pub­ vention delegate for the Gulf lic Health hospital in'*his vicin­ Coast region. ity. The PHS will not pick up The committee's reports will be the hospital tab for private presented in detail to the UIW hospital care, unless it is noti­ membership at the regular April fied, in advance. , , . , , meetings of the A.tlantic. qnd Gulf coast regions for approvaL - Prove Eligibility For Hospital $ �April t. 1961 SEAFARERS Cuba Blacklist Figure Hoids At 237 Vesseis WASHINGTON—Two new shape have been added to the blacklist of ahips forbidden to haul U.S. Government cargoes because they have traded with Cuba, the Maritime Administra­ tion has announced. Two vessels have been removed from the Ust however—so the number of vessels on the blacklist remained vteady at 237 for the two week period ending March 15. In addition, the MA announced, the Government of Israel has agreed to keep all Its ships—about 75—out of the Cuban trade. Added to the list during the last period were the Lebaneseflag Maria Despina^—7,254 tons and the Finnish-flag Margrethe Paulin—7,251 tons. Off the list are the Greek-flag Everest of 7,031 tons and the Israeli-flag Daniela, 608 tons. In addition to Israel, Spain is the only other country to pledge to keep all of their ships out of the Cuban trade since the U.S. set up the blacklist. The total of ships pledged out of the Cuban trade is now 791. Cuba meanwhile, has announced a proposed expansion of its own merchant fleet which could make the U.S. embargo un­ workable. A recent announcement from the Cuban capitol claimed that the Castro regime has one of the fastest-growing merchant navies in the world, and plans to have the biggest merchant fleet of all the Latin-American nations within the next two years. Sea Land Protests New Rail Rate Cuts WASHINGTON—The continuing favorable treatment the Interstate Commerce Commission has given to the railroads on rate setting practices has brought a sharp protest from the SIU-contracted Sea-Land• Service, which is seeking can­ two city administrations—Long cellation and investigation of Beach and Oakland, California. rail rate cuts on the shipment of canned produce from the west coast. The Sea-Land protest against the rate cuts maintained that "it is much more than likely that canned goods revenues are being consciously sacrified (by the rail­ roads) in order to drive out intercoastal competition both eastbound and westbound." The water carrier called the cuts a "destructive competitive practice proscribed by the Na­ tional Transportation Policy" and charged that they were "unjust and unreasonable." The rail rates, posted with the I.C.C., went into effect on March 19. Sea-Land's protest against them was joined by west coast produce packers and Delta Offering New Venezuela Passenger Run WASHINGTON — SlU-contracted Delta Steamship Lines is now offering passenger service from Venezuela to U.S. Gulf ports. It was announced here recently. The additional service to be offered by Delta is expected to improve participation of U.S. ships in the passenger trade in the area. No U.S. combination passenger ship service has been available from Venezuela to U.S. Gulf ports, although some passenger accom­ modations in freight ships are available. The new service has the approval of the Commerce Depart­ ment. Delta operates the three com­ bination passenger-cargo ships Del Mar, Del Norte, and Del Sud on U.S. Trade Route 20, U.S. GulfEast Coast of South America. The ships carry 119 passengers each. Delta also ^operates ten freighters on Trade Route 20 and on Service 2 of Trade Route 14 (U.S. GulfWeSt Africa; ; ' ' - • - The rail rate reductions will have an impact on iis Intercoastal operations, Sea-Land maintains, because much of those operations are devoted to the transport of canned produce. Sea-Land has said that it will be forced to reduce its own freight rates to meet the rail­ road competition. Page Seventeen LOG Poverty In Aloskan Boondocks Called Worse Than Appalachia BRISTOL BAY, Alaska—^With congressional passage of the Aid to Appalachia Bill now a reality, many interested Americans are pointing out that there are other areas of the U.S. also held tightly in the grip of poverty—a poverty which in many cases is even more severe than that facing the inhabit->ants of the economically de­ the hardships faced this winter in fast—about 8 feet above regular the Bristol Bay area. high water mark, that over 100 pressed Appalachia region. A teacher employed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Kwethluk, an Eskimo village in a remote area near Fairbanks, Alaska, recently described con­ ditions in the village which, she said, "Could make Appalachia seem like a palatial wonderland by comparison." What she described was families with up to 10 children living in one-room homes, the largest of which "are 18 by 20-feet. The village Is accessible only by air and so remote that even getting food and blankets for the cruel Alaskan winters is almost impossible. "From around November 20th, 1964 up to around March 3rd," he writes, "there was a cold spell, zero and below temperatures . . . and snow over the roof-tops and six or seven feet on the flats and level—one of the toughest winters on record . . . even to the oldest of the old timers. "Prior to freeze up, in midOctober, a big storm came up here raising the high tide some six to eight feet on the lower Nushagak River and doing considerable damage to villages." Drowned Sled Dogs At the village of Togiak, Down­ ey writes, "the tide came in so sled dogs chained up were drowned before they could be turned loose . . . washed out cabins, flooded all their winter grubstakes—oil, etc., and moved the church clear across the creek. "A couple of days ago, a couple of cannery buildings collapsed with the weight of all the snow . . . and March and April are gen­ erally noted as snow months around this way." As for the small villages, he writes, they are mostly "fifty years behind the times in water, sewer and sanitation systems which in most northern villages are prac­ tically non-exis'tent." Personal Experience "Just a couple of weeks ago," the teacher reports, "I was called upon in the middle of the night to double for midwife (doctors naturally are almost unknown in such areas—Editor's note) and during the hours I waited for the baby I almost froze. "There were two shelves used for beds, two blankets serviced the parents and five children, and the only food in the home was dry fish. Added to thg normal difficulties of an Eskimo winter, was the fact that this past winter (which is still far from over in these northern areas) was a particularly bad one, with severe storms and snowfall. The LOG recently received a let­ ter from Jim Downey, an official of the SlU-affiliated Bristol Bay Resident Cannery Workers Local 46, in which he described some of By Cal Tanner, Executive Vice-President Maritime's WWII Role Overlooked A Strong American merchant marine has a dual purpose In keeping our country strong. It's first and primary purpose is to transport the goods, insuring the position of the U.S. as the world's number one trad­ ing nation. The second purpose is to back up the country's military establishment, fulfilling the vital role of ferrying men, supplies, weapons and ammunition without which our armed forces cannot sur­ vive overseas. The heroic performance turned in by our merchant marine In keeping supplies flowing across the U-boat infested Atlantic during World War II has been recounted time and again, but the Maritime Administration and other govermnent officials seem to have forgotten this impressive record of success. Every time the MA budget is slashed, every time applications for government assistance to cargo and bulk carriers are rejected, and every time Federal officials permit the transfer of a governmentsubsidized vessel manned by American seamen to foreign-flag registra­ tion, irreparable harm is done to the service that the U.S. maritime industry can render to the nation's defenses. While MA officials are more often than not content to turn their backs when it comes time to consider policies that would build a strong U.S. maritime, military officials -f know that this continuing neglect participating in Steel Pike in­ can lead to a national disaster. cluded the SlU-manned Couer Two high U.S. naval officials D'Alene Victory (Victory Carriers) have recently issued public state­ and the Del Sol (Delta Lines). ments emphasizing the vital role These two vessels were part of a of U.S. merchant ahips in mili­ civilian force that landed some tary operations should this coun­ 60,000 Spanish and American try be confronted by a national troops with their weapons and emergency. Vice Admiral John S. equipment on the coast of Spain McCain, Jr., commander of the last fall for joint maneuvers. Navy's amphibious force during the After landing the role of the recent successful land-sea maneu­ merchant marine in the exercise ver "Operation Steel Pike," both before a hearing of the House had high praise for the perform­ Merchant Marine Committee, Ad­ ance of U.S.-flag merchant ships miral McCain declared he could participating In the exercise. not conceive of undertaking a maThe Amerlcah ' inHerchani fleet , '*(;iCdntinued '6n page 23V Protect Your Health! Donate Blood In the surgery in a large hospital the nurse hooked up the fourth flask of blood to the tube leading into Jimmy's arm. The surgeons were suc­ cessfully tying off the bleeding artery in the boy's leg, severed by a fall through a glass door. On the floor above, other physicians were slowly pumping blood in and out of an infant bom of a mother whose blood was of a different type. On the medical floor, a patient with a severely bleeding ulcer was being transfused, buying time until he could be put back in good enough condition for surgery. In the hospital's central supply rooms a nurse was carefully checking the supply of bottles just received from the blood bank for the patient about to go in for open-heart surgery. Naturally, all this blood must come from soihewhere. But where? Most likely it came from the hospital's blood bank. Where did fliey get it? They got it from Tom, Dick, and Mary who volunteered to donate blood as a public service or to have credit if they required it. If it is required for you, it must be replaced from a blood bank of which you are a member. Except for the patient going to the open-heart unit, none of those who were getting blood had any idea the day before that they might need it. The hospital and the -f bank knew, for there is a fairly blood have been solved, as it has predictable volume of transfusion become more readily available, need in any community and these and as the value of transfusions demands are pretty well charted. has become more appreciated, a Depend on Volunteers peculiar difficulty has arisen: Peo­ Most of the blood banks depend ple are taking it for granted. on volunteers to step up to the The glamour of giving blood has tables and give a pint of their worn off. The publicity value seems blood as a public service, or as a to have paled and the attention member of an organization. A of the public has turned to other union or a club can establish a things. Every blood bank has ex­ pool of credit for its members so perienced periods when their sup­ that when one of them needs a plies were so short as to threaten transfusion, the credit may be their ability to meet even the dras­ drawn without having to be round­ tic emergencies for which there ed up In haste at the time of need. was no other treatment, reported A very handy reserve. the MD COLUMN of the Group Time was when this was not so. Health Association of America, The little boy with the severed Inc. vessel might bleed to death before SIU Supply his parents op friends could be rounded up, cross matched and To have blood available for bled to try to meet his needs. members and their dependents, the World War II virtually brought Seafarers' Welfare Plan has a the blood bank Into being, mostly Blood Bank in Brooklyn. The for the military uses, but their im­ Union has Blood Bank arrange­ portance for the civilian sector was ments through all Port Agents. equally great. By the end of hostil­ The demands for blood from these ities nearly every good sized com­ banks are so great that we are munity had a start on a bank. constantly in short supply. Sea­ The methods of keeping blood farers and their dependents have have greatly improved, standards used 4,429 pints from the Blood for the operation of the banks have Bank in Brooklyn'since its incep­ been developed, and the techniques tion. Blood cannot be obtained of cross matching the blood of the from a supply house—you are the donor and the recipient have been only source of blood. In order that greatly improved. Today the avail­ you and your loved ones will have ability of blood is as important as this life saving fluid available when the availability of antibiotics; per­ needed, it is necessary for you to haps even more so, since one can donate blood. Don't say tomorrow! usually wait for the antibiotic but DONATE NOW! The ideal time is too often the blood is needed im­ when you report to the clinic for mediately for emergencies. your examination. Come prepared As ihe problems of handling the I (Coiitiniied' on page 22) �SEAFARERS Pag* ElgMecB Apra B. ms LOG Selma, Alabama Racists Began As Union-Busters SELMA, Ala.—The armed, mounted civilian posse responsible for so much of the bru­ tality against civU rights demonstrators here had its origins as an anti-labor force in 1958. It was first organized by Sheriff Jim Clark to combat union activities in the area. Clark himself, has admitted plant frcHn time to time during march, the city's public safety that the posse was first organ­ free periods and If whites and director, Wilson Baker, begged ized "to handle labor strikes Negroes were sitting together he'd Clark: "Let me handle it. Just The inherent instability of a space capsule in water makes attachment of a floatation collar necessary as soon as possi­ ble after touchdown. Successful Space Flights Often End In Seasickness CAPE KENNEDY—When the Gemini space capsule "Molly Brown" set down in the South Atlantic at the end of her epic journey last week, astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young were forced to swapttheir space skills for sea legs by the medical men of the space until recovery could be af­ program. On each test landing fected. As seafarers (if only for an hour), they were subject to the hazards of the trade. One of the chief of these, as most oldtimers know, is what used to be called under the fancy name of "Lord Nelson's disease"—^plain old sea­ sickness. The spacemen were even more prone to it than a sailor out in a gale on an old Liberty ship. For the Gemini capsule they piloted, unlike the earlier Mercury craft, was designed to float not upright but on its side. For the astronauts it was like riding a roller coaster while almost standing on their heads. Major Grissom, for example, was so strapped in that when the ship hit the water his head made a deep arc each time the capsule bobbed in a swell. Lt. Cmdr. Young, halflying on his side, had his head pulled violently forward with each movement of the capsule. Grissom suffered the most. The veteran astronaut, who named the capsule after the "unsinkable Molly Brown" because his first Mercury craft had gone down to the deep six, became seasick 28 minutes after landing. He became nauseous and had to use the plastic bag provided for that contingency. Young also reported being seasick but less violently so. Perhaps because he was an old Navy man, or so the sailors of the world would like to think. The illness had been predicted I Editor. ' ; prior to the actual flight, at least one of the astronauts became ill. To counteract seasickness, both men were provided with Tigan, a newly developed anti-motion drug. Results proved that the drug was something less than wholly ef­ fective. This also was expected. Science has discovered that there can be little remedy to offer when the sea decides to get up her furlSs. Riding in a small capsule tossed about like a canoe in a storm will get to almost anybody sooner or later. The secret of seasickness, ac­ cording to the scientists, lies in the inner ear. Here there are three semi-circular tubes with liquid in them. As a person moves either his head or body, the fluid sloshes around and affects the nerve endings in the area. The nerves, in turn, pass signals on to the brain to tell the person how well he is balanced. By moving the head or body too violently, confusion is created in this delicate process and a person becomes first dizzy and then nauseous. This essentially, is what seasickness is, and it can happen anywhere—on a ship. In an air­ craft or on an amusement park ride. Scientists working in the field of space medicine are concerned with the problem of seasickness. Thus Seafarers may someday bene­ fit from this aspect of the space program, should a really effective seasickness preventive ever be found. and any other things going on. This statement was made on a nationwide television broadcast over the American Broadcasting Company on March 7. T. H. Vincent, regional director of the United Packinghouse Work­ ers, filled in the details of the story. He said that UPW.A was striking two plants of the Ziegler Packing Co. in Bessemer and Tuscaloosa, Ala. in 1958. The third plant was at Selma and some of the strikers, mostly women, \/ent to Selma to try to win support from the work­ ers there. "A peaceful picket line was set up," Vincent said. "Clark arrived on the scene with one or two deputies. He acted like a maniac. He stuck his finger in the face of Ray Morgan, one of our inter­ national reps, almost touching Ray's nose and said; " 'You'd better be careful. As far as I'm concerned you're the leader of an unorganized mob and mobs mean trouble.'" Morgan and Clark argued for a period and finally the sheriff said that one of the reasons he was there was that the plant manager was opposed to the picketing, Clark left, Vincent said, "but not before he threatened to jail us if we continued." "Later two people from inside the plant came out to the picket line with auto jacks, shouting threats to us. Since most of our pickets were women, two of our men met them," the union leader said. "Our men gave one a bloody nose and the other a cut lip. This was all Clark needed. He put the two men in his car and paraded them around the area shouting, 'This is what they call peaceful picketing.'" Vincent said that "late In the afternoon Clark showed up to warn us that if we showed up again we'd be thrown In Jail. Since most of our people were women, and knowing something about Clark's reputation, we decided to leave town, "We were Informed that early the next morning 50 to 75 farmers on horseback, deputized by Clark, showed up at the plant. They car­ ried rifles, squirrel guns and baseball bats. "The way people were keyed up by Clark, this posse was set, for anything that could happen, I've no doubt about that. That is the way Clark works. He excites peo­ ple, gets them worked up to a point where they will do things which he cannot do." Methods Breed Violence Vincent added that "having worked In the area some 15 or 20 years and seen the way Clark operates, I have no doubt that the atmosphere created led to violence down here." He explained that every time he came into town one of Clark's men would follow him and stay with him during the entire time he was in Selma. Vincent recalled, also, some of Clark's antics at the Swift cotton seed oil plant in Selma, which UPWA represented until recently. "Clark would come Into; the order them to separate." The only <Hganized plant in Selma today is the Independent Lock Company and the Inter­ national Union of Electrical Work­ ers has the bargaining rights. lUE was decertified several years ago after strong pressures were placed on the workers to vote against the union, "After one year without a union," an lUE spokesman said, "the workers had enough. They voted for lis in a labor board election." Selma Is a major population center in Alabama's Black Belt. Over 57 percent of the tfoimty's 57,000 people are Negro; fewer than 2 percent of the eligible Negroes are registered to vote. Apart from voting rights, merely to be a person in Alabama isjiot easy. When reporters asked Sheriff Clark if a woman defend­ ant was married, he replied, "She's a nigger woman and she hasn't got a Miss or a Mrs. in front of her name." "Alabama's first, largest and most active chapter of the White Citizens Council was born here," a white citizen boasted. ' A White Citizens Council rally a few weeks ago, featuring former Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett, drew 1,500 whites. Council leader­ ship and the town's political and economic leadership are entwined. Former Selma Mayor Chris Heinz is the new president of the Citizens Council. Clark said recently the council "does a good job." wait a minute and they'll be all right." Clark snapped back, "I've waited too long already," and drove away. After demonstrators were beaten during the march. Baker told a civil rights worker, "They've taken it out of my hands." Gulf Coast (Continued from page 12) expects to be okay soon, however, and is visiting with friends while recuperating. Johnny Ward made one voyage as engine utility on the Del Sud and had to get off to go into the hospital w^here he has been for nearly a month. Percy Libby, another of the .real oldtimers, is in the hospital after a long stay on the Del Norte in a watchman's job. In good health and fine voice is "Gator Mouth" Bates who was very much in evi­ dence at the last membership meeting. Buck Estrada has been enjoying his vacation. Ray DeShong, one of the veterans of the American Coal Beef bad to leave his job on the Del Santos because of illness. Ray is getting along fine, however, and is now on outpatient status from the hospital. MobUe Robert L. Kelly, who has been shipping SIU almost since the or­ ganization of the union, got off the Alcoa Runner after about two years to enjoy a vacation with his family. He is -registered in Group 2 of the deck department. Demetrio Miofas, who was a messman on Ten Years of Racist Role the Alcoa Runner, also got off for Clark was first elected in 1955, a rest. He lives in Daphne, Ala. and has won re-election since then. Jerry L. Carl is about ready to He faces three Justice Department take the first AB job to hit the suits charging him with interfer­ board. His last ship was the Ocean ing with and intimidating i>otential Ulia, a coastwise supertanker. Negro voters and staff workers After staying on a fireman's job from the Student Nonviolent Co­ on the Bradford Island for about ordinating Committee (SNCC). eight months, George W. William­ Clark's proposal for solving son came ashore to vacation with Selma's racial troubles is for "out­ his wife and children. Harold side agitators" to leave and "let Keith got off the Northwestern Alabama handle Its own Victory and registered in Group problems." 2, Engine Department. He has been The sheriff always carries an shipping out of. Gulf ports for electric cattle prod, which he de­ about 20 years. Robert Sanchez scribes as a "most humane instru­ who had been chief steward on ment." He is usually accompanied the supertanker Mayflower for sev­ by some members of his 300-man- eral years until the ship was laid up recently is registered in Group strong civilian posse. 1-S and hoping to get back out Clark and Colonel A1 Lingo, soon. head of "the Alabama State Patrol, Houston are good friends. Clark says he has "been in daily contact with Lingo" Salvador Blanco isn't entirely and that "Colonel Lingo and I sold on the "romance run." He got have worked very close since off the Del Mar after two trips to (Martin . Luther) King came to South America. Now he is looking Selma" last January. The Dallas for a Mediterranean or a Far East County sheriff has supplied Lingo run. Jimmy Byrd checked in at the with the services of his armed hall and registered in Group 1 of militia. Clark and his posse have the Deck Department after getting appeared to put down racial off the Kent when the ship was demonstrations in Birmingham, laid up in Jacksonville. Byrd was Tuskegee, Gadsden and at the bosun on the Kent's last voyage University of Alabama. In to Bombay. Johnny says the crew Notasulga, the sheriff himself pulled white photographer Vernon was one of the finest he has ever Merritt from a school bus, beat him sailed with, t^harles F. Sherhans took an AB's job on the Bangor to and smashed bis camera. India. His last ship was the coast­ Selma's newly elected city ad­ wise eontainershiip Beauregard. ministration, while maintaining a Gordon Wheeler is looking for a "bard line" on segregation and long trip going anywhere. Donald Negro registration, differs with H. "Trader" Horn got off the Our Clark on handling racial protests. Lady of Peace after a trip to Al­ Merchants here privately say their giers. He said it was a good trip business is down since large scale after two months on toe beach he arrests began. During one recent 1 is ready to go. . A �MIS, IMS SEAFARERS Page mnefeea LOG Don't Delay On Heat Beefs Now that the (»Id weather is here, Seafarers are reminded tiut heating and lodging beefs in the shipyard can be easily handled If the ship's delegate promptly notifies the captain or chief engineer and shows them the temperature reading at the time. Crewmembers whb beef to themselves about the lack of heating but wait three, or four days before making the problem known to a respon­ sible ship's officer are only making things tougher for themselves. The same applies when shipyard workers are busy around living quarters. Make sure you know where and when the work was done so that the SIU patrolman has the facts, available in order to make a determination. r SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), March 3—Chairman, Clarence Hill; Secretary, Rocer Hall. Ship's delegate reported that everything is running smoothly. $7.64 in ship's fund. It was request^ that crewmembers dona.e fifty cents each to purchase new antenna for TV. Mm L05MAR (Cnlnial), OeC. 28—Cliaif. man, Anton Vukinick; Secretary, J. Bartier. Brother Russell M. Wright was elected to serve as new ship's dele­ gate. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. Discussion on TV repairs. Feb. 14—Chairman, B. M. Romanoff; Secretary, T. Mignano. Minor beefs were all settled and everything is O.K. now. iK OVERSEAS JOYCE (Maritima Over­ seas), Feb. 27 — Chairman, John J. Hewarth, Jr.; Secretary, John H. McElroy. Some disputed OT in deck de- partment delegates. Srothw Robert Mull was elected to serve as ship's delegate. WESTERN HUNTER (Western Agen­ cy), March 8—Chairman, W. T. Langford; Secretary, L. O. Smith. $40 in ship's fund. One man was hospital­ ized in Ras Tanura. Feb. 28—Chatiman, William Fnllint; Secretary, W. T. Langferd. $40 in ship's fund. To contact headquarters about hiring aliens in foreign ports. ROBIN GRAY (Robin Lines), Feb. 8—Chairman, G. Mulholland; Sec­ retary, A. D. Nastk $20.14 in ship's fund. Brother K. Nichols resigned as ship's delegate and was extended a vote of thanks by the crew. Brother A. O. Nash was elected to serve in his place. ALCOA TRADER (Alcoa), March 14— Chairman, Thomas J. Fay; Secretary, Nick Martin. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. ATLAS (Burbank), Feb. 28—Chair­ man, W. J. Anderson; Secretary, Alfred Hirsch. $38 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. partment. Discussion on repairs. Vote of thanks to the steward department LA SALLE (Waterman), March 18— for good food, even under trying con­ Chairman, Ed Moore; Secretary, W. ditions. ' Beckford. Ship sailed short one pantry man. No beefs reported by depart­ FLOMAR (Calmar), Feb. 28—Chair­ ment delegates. man, E. Luzier; Secretary, J. Funk. $16.50 in ship's fund. No beefs re­ NATIONAL SEAFARER (Windward), ported by department delegates. Feb. 14—Chairman, Joe Selby; Secre­ tary, J. T. Leiinski. Discussion about ERNA ELIZABETH (Overseas Naviga­ headquarters being consulted atiout subsistence for all the blackouts crew tion), March 8—Chairman, L. Clark; Secretary, M. K. Pierce. Everything is had. Motion made that members not sign on until ship gets cold water or running smoothly with no beefs. portable water coolers. OCEANIC SPRAY (American Oce­ anic), Feb. 28—Chairman, L. 0. Dasey; Secretary, D. Gadner. $11 in ship's fund. Ship is short of money for draws. Ship to be fumigated while in shipyard in Yokohama. KEN MAR (Calmar), March 4—Chair­ man, V. Douglas; Secretary, V. Doug­ DEL RIO (Delta), Feb. 28—Chairman, las. Some disputed OT reported by deck delegate which will be taken up A. Abram; Secretary, A. Tolentino. Mo­ tion made that patrolman be con­ with patrolman. tacted about getting a new brand of coffee aboard. Otherwise, there are ALCOA VOYAGER (Alcoa), March 7— no beefs. Chairman, Edgar R. Hauser; Secretary, Victor M. Perez. One crewmember was SEAMAR (Calmar), March 8—Chair­ hospitalized in Calcutta, India, and was returned to the States via air man, W. F. O'Brien; Secretary, Wm. T. travel, to be treated at USPHS hospi­ Rose. Brother George Litchfield was tal. Some disputed OT to be taken up elected to serve as ship's delegate. Discussion on having telephone in­ with patrolman. stalled in messhall. Also to have head­ quarters check on shortage of crew MT. VERNON VICTORY (Victory Car­ on board. riers), Feb. 20—Chairman, Peter Pat­ rick; Secretary, H. Meredith. $20 in SANTA EMILIA (Liberty Navigation), ship's fund. Some disputed OT in each department to be taken up with Feb. 21—Chairman, E. M. Bryant; Sec­ patrolman. Brother Walter Lungren retary, George Hair. Brother Ernest was elected to serve as ship's dele­ Bryant resigned as ship's delegate and gate. Vote of thanks to Brother Tom Brother T. Gerber was elected to serve. Fleming, outgoing ship's delegate, for It was suggested that the Company be fine job he did representing the crew. contacted regarding the dirty water Captain extended a vote of thanks to aboard ship. Thirty-one rupees in the entire crew for their spirit and ship's fund. No beefs reported by de­ cooperation at Christmas time. Vote partment delegates. of thanks extended to Mr. Griffit, sec­ ond engineer, for his kind donation to SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), the cause during the Holiday Season. March 14—Chairman, Walter Brightwell; Secretary, Raymond L. Perry. No HASTINGS (Waterman), March 5— beefs reported by department dele­ Chairman, Woodron Roid; Secretary, gates. Brother S. Frank was elected John Wells. No beefs reported by de- to serve as ship's delegate. I ? '! I J- PETROCHEM (Valentine), Feb. IDChairman, J. D. Gribble; Secretary, F. S. Paylor. Ship's delegate reported that everything is running smoothly. Brother W. Matthews was elected to serve as ship's delegate, and Brother F. S. Paylor as ship's treasurer. g(;fiLV,VOiJ6ETT£f2 WATCH OUTYOU 60II4(9 WITH THIS (A 'k: % # % ^ •# ' A real bull session was going on in a foc'sle of the Globe Explorer (Sea Liberties) not too long ago, as a few old time Seafarers sat around discussing various aspects of the Sea­ farer's life. The breeze was really blowing, when Peter Wedrogowski walked into the room. "I was on a ship once," he-* — said, "down in the Red Sea, endeavor they choose to pursue. members in the recent SIU elec­ just cruising along, when all Eddie Tlllasol, ship's delegate tion of officers. "Every single full the sudden we heard the cry 'Man overboard.' We threw out a life ring, and then the CS^tain turned the ship around and we picked the man up a few minutes later. When we asked him how he came to fall off, he answered, 'Fell off? Nobody fell off! Somebody moved the ship.'" ^ Joe Ritcbhurg, the bosun aboard the Geneva (U.S. Steel) informed the crew that the regular safety meeting, which was soon to be held aboard the ship, would have a special feature. Cries of "Girls" and "Money" were soon quieted by the announcement that they would see some movies on safety. Bather disappointed, but maintaining a stiff upper lip, one of the crewmembers quipped, "Oh, well, may­ be there'll be some glrls-ln the movie." 4" 4" aboard the Bangor (Bermuda) is no exception. Vdllasol was only recently elected ship's delegate, and in order to do his best for the crew, he has come up with a simple rule to make his job successful. "When a man has a beef," he says, "he should take it first to the department delegate. Then either the delegate can settle the beef or bring it to me. Eddie has one additional thought about the rule. "It takes the co­ operation of every Union man aboard to make it work. If you want a good trip, and want-to help me represent you in the best way possible, all you have to do is follow the recipe." Villasol claims that the formula is quite success­ ful, and hdps to make for pleasant trip. i 4. The crew of the Steel Ret (Isthmian) has finally det what to do u... the money the company awarded them for having the safest ship in the fleet during the last six months of last year. They spent it for a television set, which has Swartjes been installed aboard the ship, and had $57 left over. "We are still trying to decide what to do with the rest of the cash," reports ship's delegate Hendrik J. Swartjes. The steward department of the Mominc Light (Waterman) re­ cently pulled a switch on the crew. Instead of the steward de­ partment getting the vote of thanks, the stew­ ard department voted a special thanks to the crew for their Caldwell efforts in keeping a clean messroom and pantry. "It makes it easier on everybody when we have this kind of cooperation," says ship's delegate David Cald­ $1 jli well. Anguished cries have been heard it 4' 4i coming from the laundry room All great men have a formula aboard the Cities Service Norfolk for success in whatever line of (Cities Service), repoiTs ship's delegate F. F. Flanagan. The wash­ ing machine has been tearing up the crew's clothes, he says, and the men are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the new machine. Lakes Stoker 4i Edwin Campbell, a member of the SIU Great Lakes Dis­ trict, stokes a boiler on the Henry R. Piatt (Gartland), a coal burning bulk carrier. The photo was snapped by Fred Shannon who is also a member of the ship's engine department. 4" 4- book member aboard this ship voted by absentee ballot," Rocky •aid, "while we were in Karachi, West Pakistan. t t 4. The ships delegate aboard the Steel Surveyor (Isthmian) recently discovered exactly how wonderful peace really is, reports meeting chairman Joseph Catalonotto. Dur­ ing a shipboard meeting, the dele­ gate said to his fellow Union mem­ bers, "If there are any beefs, bring them up now or forever hold your peace." Catalonotto was pleased to hear that not a word was said. "So was the delegate," he says. 4" 41 4" nfarers Eladie Grajales sent r to the LOG recently bursth pride. The letter was an .•ement that his daughter, a Grajales, has become en- Eladio and America Grajales gaged to a home town boy down there in New Orleans where the Grajales family lives. Eiadlo is popping his buttons and wants the world to know why. Although the date for the wedding has not yet been decided upon, the couple have already made plans to spend their honeymoon in Puerto Rico. Gra­ jales has been sailing SIU since 1944, and last sailed aboard the Oceanic Tide (Oceanic Ore). LOG-A-RHYTHM: Traveler Seafarere aboard the Spitfire (American Bulk Carriers) recently found themselves retrieving their _By Frances K. Hirschy, desserts from the ceiling of the The following log-a-rhylhm was messroom, reports Robert Ruther­ written by Mrs. Frances Kano Hirschy ford, ship's delegate. "There was In memory of her late brother. Sea­ farer James Francis Kane who was no disturbance," he says, "it's just lost overboard while sailing on the that the baker aboard cooks such Deborah in February, 1936. light and fluffy pastries and cakes that they just float away if we He'd been around the world in don't hang on to them. A rousing ships vote of thanks to a very fine baker. A dozen times, or more— Saw pyramids, France, Italy 4" 4« 4And Tripoli's golden shore; Edward (Rocky) ACams, ship's delegate of the Steel Voyager, (Isthmian) had good reason to be Vieiced sunset over Timbuktu, proud of the his fellow Seafarers Heard rolling waves at dawning. during their last trip. The Voy­ ager, which paid off in New York, Good night. Good night. Goad night. Dear Heart, not too long ago, baa one hundred I'll see you in the morning. percent participation of full book \T'&ALLGBTriNe OUT OF HANP - IT'S W-WMAr's AlOfglSHr—' cA rHAT» <9 IT'S UNNATURAL- ^ nCAhlOHLY tfAp TO ONE If 3 �Page Twenty SEAFARERS SIU Letter Writers Find Opinions Count In Capital Two Seafarers who have let their voices be heard on two important national problems— the diminishing American merchant fleet and medical care for the aged—have learned that their opinions count in our nation's capital. Evidence that their opinions carry weight in the lawmaking process came"*" of interest to his Representative, in the form of two letters, one in behalf of President Johnson. Commissioner Ball reported that Paul G. Rogers (D.-Fla.) The from the President of the the Congressional deadlock over article, Which described the Gov­ United States, and the other from the President's Medicare bill in the ernment's neglect of the U.S. a member of the U.S. House of last Congress had held up action maritime industry, was forwarded on the bill. He assured the SIU to Rogers along with a letter con­ Representatives. oldtimer that President Johnson taining Polakoff's own personal The Seafarer who took his has pledged his continuing support comments on the U.S. maritime opinions to the chief executive was of legislation which would insure situation. 'Captain' Wiiliam P. Driscoll, a hospital insurance for the aged and Keep U.S. Fleet retired Union member who now would increase social security In his letter to Representative lives in Sailors Snug Harbor, benefits. He further pointed out Staten Island. Driscoll wrote the that these measures had received Rogers, who is a member of the President about the desirability of high priority on the President's House Merchant Marine Commit­ legislation providing hospital in­ list of proposals that would receive tee, Polakoff said it is the com­ surance for the aged and received early consideration by the 89th mittee's job "to make sure that the American shipping companies two replies for Congress. stay under the American flag, his efforts. A veteran member of the stew­ employ American seamen who will The first came ard department, Driscoll started work under American employment from the Presi­ sailing under the SIU banner in standards." dent, thanking 1942 when he joined in Philadel­ Congressman Rogers wrote him for taking phia. Polakoff that he had found the the interest to LOG Article Told Story LOG'S "Maritime Muddle" story an write. A second, follow up letter The other public spirited letter- interesting one and appreciated came from Rob­ writer, was former Seafarer Ed­ the opportunity of reading it. He ert M. Ball, com­ ward Polakoff, Who thought that said that he would keep Polakoff Driscoll missioner of the the "Maritime Muddle" feature up to date on the progress of legis­ Social Security Administration that appeared in the October 16, lation affecting U.S. maritime who wrote a more extensive reply 1964 issue of the LOG would be Policy in this session. LOG-A-RHYTHM: The Seafarer April S, 19U LOG SIU Widow Thanks Crew For Donation CITY OP ALMA (Waterman), March 12—Chairman, Joseph Moodyi Sacratery, John Clark. Brothor Joseph Moody was elected to servo as ship's delegate. Everything Is running smoothly aboard ship. Patrolman to be contacted about repairs that should have been completed In shipyard. Vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment operate In keeping out all natlvos hi foreign ports. TAMARA GUILDEN (Transport Com­ mercial), Feb. 27—Chairman, J. Brusei Secretary, R. Viloria. $1 In ship's fund. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Chief Electrician was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Motion made to have ship fumigated In Haifa. STEEL ARTISAN (Isthmian), March B—Chairman, Mike Carlini Secretary, Art Anderson. Brother Richard Deianey was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. Patrolman to be contacted In San Francisco regarding dirty water tanks.. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. OVERSEAS EVA (Maritime Overseas), March S—Chairman, Wallace P. Anders son; Secretary, Jose B. Arceo. Soma disputed OT reported in deck end en­ gine departments, otherwise there era no beefs. It was suggested that the ship be fumigated for roaches. Broth­ er Wallace P. Anderson was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. BEAUREGARD (Sea-Land), March 1 March 14—Chairman, Jose B. Arceai —Chairman, C. B. Henbyi Secretary, Secretary, Jerry Green. Some disputed OT to be taken up with patrolman. Vote of thanks extended to the baker for the good baking. ALCOA EXPLORER (Alcoa), March 20 —Chairman, John Eddins; Secretary, 0. Fisher. Brother John Eddins was eiected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Fazil All. Brother J. R. Batson was elected to serve as ship's deiegate. Drinking fountain In crew's quarters should be repaired, otherwise no beefs reported by department delegates. ALCOA TRADER (Alcoa), Feb. 28 — Chairman, Thomas Fay; Secretary, Thomas Magras. Brother Thomas Fay was elected to serve as ship's deie­ gate. Vote of thanks extended to the steward department for the good feed­ ing. No beefs reported. MARORE (Venore), March 7—Chair­ man, K. Skelley; Secretary, P. L. Shauger. Patrolman to be contacted re­ garding disputed OT for no launch service at Bombay. Otherwise, every­ thing is running smoothjy. JOSEFINA (J. H. Winchester), Feb. 27 —Chairman, R. W. Simpkins; Secre­ tary, H. G. Cracknell. Brother Willard C. Thayer was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Delegate to see captain about painting out all living quarters. All hands requested to co­ TRANSHUOSON (Hudson Water­ ways), March 11—Chairman, Frederick Otto; Secretary^ Robert Gilbertson. Some disputed OT reported in each department. Discussion on the matter of poor medical attention aboard ship. Vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment. CHATHAM (Waterman), March 14— Chairman, Robert Davis; Secretary, Sidney Garner. Brother Harry Galphin was eiected to serve as ship's deie­ gate. Vote of thanks to Brother Clyde Jernigan, former ship's deiegate, for a iob well done. ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Moore-McCormack), March 7—Chairman, W. E. Mes­ senger; Secretary, L. Gadson. Brother Hazel Johnson was elected to serve at ship's delegate. No beefs reported by department delegate. FAIRPORT (Waterman), Jan. 24 — Chairman, John A. Sullivan; Secretary, A. Kuberski. Ship's delegate resigned and was extended a vote of thanks for a job well done. Brother Frank Wranik was elected was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. $4.85 in ship's fund. SIU Convention Nominees (Continued from page 2) Pat Finnerty, F-12006. GLTD President's report of March 8, members elected the credentials 1965. Copies of this report had committee at a special meeting The following Log-a-Rhythm was submitted by Seafarer J. F. Wunderlich, Seafarers on the Steel Admiral been mailed to every member of in Detroit on March 29. who sails in the deck department. (Isthmian) have that warm feeling the AGLIWD on March 10, 1965. The credentials committees of He has traveled through many foreign lands that comes from giving assistance the United Industrial Workers has Members of the AGLIWD will He has crossed all seas on earth, to the family of a former ship­ vote to elect delegates to rep­ certified the following five mem­ He has sailed on tankers and rusty tramps mate. Saddened by the loss of resent them at the 12th Biennial bers as qualified to serve as del­ On windjammers he had his berth. egates to the SIUNA convention: Brother Julio Sarayno, who passed SIUNA convention on Monday, John Dwyer, D-10934; Mark April 19, 1965. Balloting will begin Many's the night when he's braved a storm away while the ship was In in all ports at 9 AM and continue Evans, E-10073; John Jackson, JWith his waist lashed to the wheel Djibouti, SIU crewmembers col­ ports at 9:00 AM and continue 10105; Warren Leader, L-10140; And kept her head pointing straight to the seas and Ralph Quinnonez, Q-10003. lected a total of $358.62 for his until 5:00 PM. The helm held with hands of steel. family in Brooklyn, writes Felix AGLIWD meinoers In each port The committee was elected at spe­ meetings held in New York His love is a ship, his mistress the sea will elect a Polls and Tally Commit­ cial Dayrit, a member of the Steel and New Orleans. The oceans his habit and home. tee between the hours of 8:00 AM Admiral's crew. Great Lakes District He is cursed with the fate that all Seafarers have and 9:00 AM at special meetings on A few weeks later, crewmembers April 19. These committees will Nominations for delegates to the Not to rest, but eternally roam. on the Admiral received a warm conduct the elections in each SIUNA convention from the Great Lakes District were made on It is true that some quit and head for dry land port. And then wish they were back out at sea. Special membership meetings March 15 1965 at the regular With their socks dripping salt, and spray in their face. will be held in each A&G port membership meetings of the dis­ Again they feel like men running free. on April 21, 1965 at 11:00 AM to trict. Ail nominees must submit act upon the final report of the their nominations or acceptance.? The bitter remorse is by salt washed away. combined Polls and Tally commit­ by wire, registered letter or in person, in accordance with in­ The ship will sail with the tide. tees. structions contained in the Secre­ Its crew cleansed of dirt from corruption ashore IBU tary-Treasurer's report, dated Just a shipmate by your side. The credentials committees for March 8, 1965. the Atlantic and Gulf Coast re­ A three man nominating com­ gions of the Inland Boatmen's Un­ Dayrif Sarqyno by Jim Mates ion has listed the following five mittee will be elected at the regu­ note of thanks from Mrs. Felisa members as those who will serve lar membership meeting in De­ troit port and headquarters on Sarayno, the former Seafarer's as delegates from the two regions: Monday, April 5, 1965. This com­ widow. Mrs. Sarayno's note said, Ray Herold, H-1; George Hinkle- mittee will pass on the eligibility man H-30; John Simpson, S-5279: "May I express my thankis from Joseph Trainor, T-5151; and Mar­ of all nominees. Its final report 'J.s.c.e. the bottom of my heart for this tin Gould, G-5000. Committee will be presented to the regular SEAtAE N 'js financial assistance given to my members were elected at special membership meeting to be held in Detroit on April 19, 1965. <g.ocu rv\E:ivjT-.S family given by your helping hands meetings held In New York and The Great Lakes District Sec­ at the time of my dear husband's New Orleans on March 29. retary-Treasurer's report of March The Railway Marine Region cre­ death. dentials committee has announced 8 provides that "in the event the "I can't find words to say how that the following two members number of qualified nominees is much I appreciate the concern you are eligible to serve as delegates equal to, or does not exceed the number of delegates to be elected showed to my family during this from the region to the SIUNA to these conventions such nomi­ terrible time." "May God be with convention: Gomer P. Mc- nees shall be deemed to be elected you always, and guide your daily Ginty, M-20000, and Edward B. convention delegates." In the a Pulver P-20000. The committee endeavors. I wish you good luck was eiected at a special meeting event that the number of qualified S=i and good health." held in Jersey City on March 29. nominees is greater than the num­ ber of delegates to be elected, the Brother Sarayno, a native of the The credentials committee of report provides that an election l^ilippines, died at the age of 66 the Great Lakes Tug and Dredge will be held in ail ports on Fri­ of a heat stroke. He joined the region has listed the. following day, April 23 between the hours two members as those who will SIU in 1941 in the port of Balti­ serve as delegates from the re­ of 9:00 AM ana 5:00 PM. Copies of the' Secretary-Treasurer's re­ 'Sorry, Greasly, we just don't have an endorsement such as more and sailed as a member of gion to the SIUNA convention: port were mailed to all GLD mem­ world series score keeper!" the engiue department. Robert "Jones, * j-12000, and bers on March 10, 1965. J. F. Wunderlich 'Sea Daze' •>1 �Airiif, Iffl SEAFARERS Galley Aces LOG Ptf« Tireatf-OM Prompt Mail Service Pleases Rachel Vs SIU Crewmembers By WILLIAM CALEFATO Mail to a Seafarer means as much as it ever did to the GI's who fought in either of the World Wars. When the Rachel V (Ocean Cargoes) dropped anchor in the Gulf of Cambay off the coast of northwest India, SIU crewmembers stayed put for mail call instead of head­ ing for shore as soon as possible. After their letters had letter. Only when he returns to be known as the "barrel post bis home port in the states, does office." been distributed, you could al­ he get the letter. Members of the galley gang on the Western Hunter (Colonial Tankers) are kept busy taking bows for the flood of compli­ ments coming their way for the fine chow they produce. SlU steward department members responsible for the raves are (l-r) Benny Moradilla, third cook; Fred Benetz, night cook and baker; Lebnodis Lopez, chief cook, and W. T. Longford, chief steward. Urges Members To Aid Union respect for these two men be­ cause of everything they did for him, and today, I am ex­ tremely thankful for their support. My thanks to all those connected with the SIU for helping to create such a won­ derful organization. Mrs. Arthur Swanton To the Editor: It is time for the members of the SIU to stand up and let themselves be heard. It is easy for the membership to take it easy and let the union do the 4" i" 4" work for them. In most cases, when it comes to national is­ sues, it is in the interest of every member to take advan- To The Editor: I want to thank the SIU for the Pension Plan. I received notice that I had been approved for pension on my birthday, and it was a wonderful birthday present. With a steady income, I can now sleep easy and not worry about how I am going to All letters to the editor for live. publication in the SEAFARERS All this is due to the efforts LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld the SIU makes in looking after Its oldtimers. It was with its upon request. members in mind that the SIU' pressed forward to achieve such tage of his constitutional rights wonderful advances as the pen­ and let himself be heard. sion plan and the other benefits The SIU is presently fighting that every Seafarer enjoys. the move of the government to Many thanks to the Welfare close some of the USPHS hos­ plan and the headquarters rep­ pitals; it is also fighting to keep resentatives who did so much the merchant marine alive. You for me. I wish the SIU contin­ are only helping yourself when ued success. you help the union win these Fred Harvey battles. One of the ways to let 4" 4< 4' yourself be heard is to write to your congressmen, the men that make the laws. They were elect­ ed by you, and should be told how you feel. To The Editor: M. R. Palluccl The death benefit I received after my beloved husband, Rob­ 4> 4" l* ert Cozart passed away, prompts me to write this letter to ex­ press my gratitude and appreci­ ation to the SIU for everything To The Editor: it has done for me and my late I recently-visited the grave husband. I feel it must be a of my husband, Arthur Sawn- wonderful union that provides son, and was reminded of how so well for its members, and muoh the SIU did for me at then also considers the families the time of his death. I feel that of its members when they have the SIU is a wonderful organ­ passed on. I am also grateful ization. They did much for my for the sickness benefit check I husband while he lived, and recevied. It helps to pay the they have done much for me hospital bills my husband had since his death. I also want to before he died. thank all the brother Seafarers I want to say just how kind of my husband for the respects I think the members and repre­ they paid him at his grave. sentatives of the SIU are, and I want to give special recog­ thank them so very much for nition to Buck Stephens and the sympathy and help they ex­ Lindsay Williams for everything tended to me during my hour they did for me. When my hus­ of grief. band was living, he had great Grace Cozart Oldtimer Lauds . Pension Plan Death Benefit Brings Praise SIU Widow Thanks Union M fr V (t '(• I r 11 y most r^d a sea story in the ex­ pressions on the faces of the crew who were receiving their first word from home in months. The nearest city to the ship was Bhavnagar, whiioh was seven miles Inland. Even though experienced Seafarers who have been making Indian ports for years say that this is one of their favorite liberty cities, our crew obviously felt that a letter from home was more im­ portant than to go racing into town. Since we were far from the dock, most of the SIU crew­ members settled down to write re­ plies to their cor­ respondents a 11 over the world. Cdefato Good mail de­ livery was one of the big things that made the Rachel V a happy ship. David Sykes, who performed a top job as ship's delegate, also did a great deal to insure a smooth trip. Sykes, who sails as an AB, played the part of postman even better than Uncle Sam's letter car­ riers back home. One of his jobs was to bring the mail to the crew from topside and then collect it at specified times for posting from India. The post­ age was added to the slop chest bills of the crewmembers, and the last batch of correspondence was mailed out free, on the house. Top Topic Mail is often one of the most im­ portant topics of a Seafarer's con­ versation. The job of getting mail to a ship is a problem that some­ times makes a seaman bitter or disappointed. Seafarers know that back on shore, there are good people who care, and bad people, who couldn't care less, about the responsibility involved in getting a Seafarer his mail as promptly as possible. We often hear a few misguided people censuring the shipping com­ panies for failing to forward or otherwise delaying letters ad­ dressed to the ships at sea, but the record shows this criticism isn't always true. The fault lies elsewhere, as can be seen from the lollowing ex­ ample: A Seafarer was sent a let­ ter frc i England which was for­ warded to a company agent in Se­ attle. Somebody in that office took the envelope and typed the infa­ mous phrase which is calculated to make any Seafarer see red: "Non­ delivery. Return to sender." In this case, however, there was a happy ending to the incident. Fortunately, someone else pasted a label across the letter bearing the address of the ship's next port. Clerical Kinks It should be obvious by now that the kinks in the seaman's mail system often lie in the offices of the agents for the companies. We seafarers know that it may be easier for clerks in an agent's office to simply return a letter than to ascertain where it should be delivered. Examples of this practice occur too often to count. A seaman could be on a ship in the Far East for two months wait­ ing and hoping for an important H I I c f ^ ^ , .1 H1 If the clerk responsible for this carelessness was in the seaman's place, he could understand the bitterness that results. Seafarers, who are out of con­ tact with their families and friends for long periods of time, know that there is life in letters, both materially and spiritually. Letters are the vital link that bring us news about our personal life. Grief Producers Letters that fail to reach SIU members at sea, often have un­ fortunate effects back home. Many times the writer thinks that, since bis letter was returned undeliv­ ered, futher attempts to reach the addressee are useless. Other times the letter writer comes to the mistaken conclusion that the far-off Seafarer has abandoned him or her. As a result of these situations, friends and sweethearts have been separated forever, and mothers have lived in torment and anguish, thinking that their sons were lost at sea because their let­ ters were returned undelivered. SIU members should realize that the U.S. Post Office has spe­ cial rules and regulations devoted to the proper handling of a sea­ man's mail. If mail service to a ship is seriously disrupted, a com­ plaint to the Postmaster General in Washington is definitely in order since a Seafarer's legal rights have been outraged. The concern for prompt, effi­ cient handling of a seaman's mail exists right back to the dawn of recorded history. A relic in the Galapagos Islands illustrates the honorable way in which seafaring men handled mall in the days of the sailing ships. Barrel P.O. Crewmembers from passing ships would take mall they were carrying and store It in a wooden barrel located on one of the islands. When another ship happened by, a party would land and check the barrel to see if there were any let­ ters addressed to their next port of call. These letters would be sorted out and delivered to their destination. The device came to Seafarers today are reassured to know that there are people in the maritime industry who are con­ scientious about the way their mail is handled. A number of the larger shipping companies are thorough in their treatment of the details of mail handling, going so far as to keep records of the mail bundles that are sent to their ships. While the home offices of the companies are trying to do a good job with ship's mail, it looks like people at other key points in the distribution system are respon­ sible for the inadvertent errors that plague the delivery of^ our correspondence. Those of us on the Rachel V realize as do Seafarers on all of the seven seas, that prompt mail de­ livery goes a long way toward making the seaman's life more pleasant as well as lessening the lonely feeling of a long voyage. One of the big reasons why SIU crewmembers on the Rachel V (Ocean Cargoes) had a smooth trip all the way to India was the excel­ lent performance turned in by David Sykes who dou­ bled as ship's delegate and postman. EVERY MONTHS If any SIU ship has no library or needs a new supply of books, contact any SIU hall. YOUR SIU SHIP'S LIBRARY " f t: y f « •"» ; f. �Pag0 Twentjr-Tlw9'- SEAFARERS lOG sro AItRlVAX.S and Know Your Rights All of the following SIU families have received maternity benefits from the Seafarers Welfare Plan, plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Brian Patrick Finnerty, born 1965, to the Rafael Molinas, February 1, 1965, to the Edward Aroibo, Puerto Rico. Finnertys, Elmhurst, New York. 4 4 4 Leonard Richard Sienu, born 4" 4 3^ Brian Scott Smith, born Feb­ February 12, 1965, to the Peter A. ruary 26, 1965, to the Raymond Siems, New Foundland, New Jersey. Smiths, Paulsboro, New Jersey. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Maureen Dunphy, born January 26, 1965, to the Patrick Dunphys, Rio Piedras, P.R. 4 4 4 Josephine Bosch, born March 9, 1965, to the Francisco Bosohs, Brookiyn, N.Y. 4 4Pril J, IMS 4 4 Richard Miller, born December Lillian Vargas, born February David & Dennis Bacon, born February 13, 1965, to the Law­ 26, 1965, to the Enrique Vargas, 30, 1964, to the Robert Millers, Victoria, Texas. Playa Ponce, Puerto Rico. rence Bacons, Bear Lake, Mich. FINANCIAL REPORTS. Th» constitution of tho SIU AUantlo. GuU. and Inland Watera District makes speclfio provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarteri in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. AU trust fundi of tho SIU Atlantic. Gulf. Lakei and TnT.nd Wateri District are administered In accordance with the provliloni of various trust fund agreements. AU these agreements specify that the trusteas In charge of these funds shaU consist equaUy of union and management representatives and their alternates. AU expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. AU trust fund financial records are avaUable at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by tho contracts between tho Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and avaUable In ail Union haUs. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained In the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mall, 1 return receipt requested. The proper address for this Is: Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place. Suite 1930, New York 4, N.Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at ail times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Anpeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of aU SIU contracts are available In aU SIU haUs. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which ynu work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as weU as your obligations, such as fiUng for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union oSicIal. in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditlonaUy refrained from publishing any article serving tho 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 estabUshed poUcy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September. 1960, meetings In ail constitutional ports. The responsibUity for LOG poUcy is vested in an editorial board which consists of tho Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among Its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OP MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone In any official capacity In the SIU unless an official Union receipt Is given for same. Under no circumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless ha is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and Is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. Carl Theodore Treitler, Jr. The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported born January 12, 1965, to the Carl to the Seafarers Welfare Plan (any apparent delay in payment T. Treitlers, Arabi, Alabama. of claims is normally due to late filing, lack of beneficiary 4 4 4 card or necessary litigation for the disposition of estates) t James Dickens, born January 5, 1965, to the John Dickens, Cur­ Jerome Kindzora, 42: Brother Leo Portugal, 37: Brother Portu­ tice, Ohio. gal died Oct. 24, 1964, aboard the Kindzora died July 25, 1964, of 4 4 4 S e n a c a in Al­ injuries received Andrew Lee Nicholson, born giers, La., of ac­ in an accident December 19, 1964, to the Gary M. cidental causes. while aboard the Nicholsons, Mobile, Alabama. A member of the Walter Rice at 4 4 4 SIU since 1963, sea. A member Gloria Burnett, born February he sailed in the of the deck de­ 9, 1965, to the Willie Burnetts, deck department partment, he Longville, La. joined the Union as AB. No bene­ 4 4 4 ficiary to his es­ in 1962. He is Susan Kantarik, born December survived by his tate was named. 31, 1964, to the James P. KantarBurial was in the wife, Guadalupe iks, Superior, Wise. Ail Souls Cemetery, Long Beach, Flores de Kindzora. Burial was in 4 4 4 the Calvary Cemetery, Galveston, Brenda Morales, born October Calif. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU pubUshes Texas. every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy-of its constitu­ 4 4 4 28, 1964, to the Leonides Morales, tion. In addition, copies are available In all Union halls. All members John William Yaddow, 83: 4 4 4 Bronx, New York. should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves Ernest Mosley, 35: Brother with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting Brother Yaddow died Oct. 24, 1964, 4 4 4 to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such Mosley died Oct. 23, 1964 of respir­ Peter Welch, born January 8, of heart failure as dealing with charges, trials, etc.. as well as ail other details, then the atory failure member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. 1965, to the Elbert Welehs, Cov­ in the Buffalo, while aboard the N.Y., Columbus RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disabiUty-pension ington, La. Norberto Capay benefits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities. Hospital. A mem­ 4 4 4 Including attendance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU mem­ in Singapore. A Laurie Clarmont, born February ber of the SIU bers at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role in member of the ail rank-and-file functions. Including service on rank-and-file committees. Great Lakes Tug 7, 1965, to the Wayne Clarmonts, Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership Union since 1946, and Dredge Re­ Elberta, Mich. has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain he sailed in the their good standing through the waiving of their dues. gion since 1962, 4 4 4 deck department. Joseph Klima, born January 13, he sailed as an EQUAL RIGHTS. Ail Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights In employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU He is survived by 1965, to the Charles J. Klimas, oiler. He is sur­ constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the his wife, Made­ vived by a friend, Marine City. Mioh. employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because line C. Mosley. of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels Chariotte Gansalus. Burial was in 4 4 4 that he Is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify Nancy Bernacki, born December the Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buf- His body was returned to the headquarters. United States, but his place of 12, 1964, to the Walter Bernackls, faio, N.Y. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic Tights burial is not known. of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which Edison, New Jersey. 4 4 4 will serve the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Thomas John Tighe, 62: Brother To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was Charles Richard Robinson, 62: Rose Mary Shupiery, born Feb­ Tighe died Oct. 28, 1964, in Fort established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for Brother Robinson died November ruary 2, P965, to the Samuel Worth, Texas, of the benefit of the membership and the Union. 6, 1964 of heart Shupierys, Maple City, Mich. heart disease. A If at any time a Seafarar feais that any of tha above rights have been disease in the 4 4 4 violated, or that he has bean denied his constitutional right of access to member of the USPHS hospital Union records or information, he should Immediately notify SIU President Rafael Molina, born March. 8, Union since 1942, Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mall, return receipt requested. in Boston. A he sailed in the member of the deck department. engine depart­ He is survived ment, he has by his nephew, been a member (Continued from page 17) James Tlgbe, his of the SIU since sister, Helen, and to donate blood! A person can 1951. No sur­ donate as often as every eight (8) h LS brother, vivor was weeks. We have many members Frank. Burial was in the St. Law­ Julius Swykert Neut Williams who have donated over a gallon of rence Cemetery, New Haven, Conn. named. He was buried in the New Mrs. Araceliz Frojan would like You are requested to contact Calvary Cemetery, Boston, Mass. blood. Don't depend on your you to contact her at 57-59 Bergen 4 4 4 your wife immediately. 4 4 4 brother to give blood for you or Floyd Cummings, 48: Brother Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. James Warren Patterson , 59: your dependents. This is your re­ Cumming died Oct. 30, 1964, of 4 4 4 Brother Patterson died November 4 4 4 ' sponsibility. injuries received Joseph Pietta 6, 1964, in the E. G. Mitchell All you have to do is follow the in an accident New Orleans Your mother is anxious that you Your mother would like you to simple instructions given below whiie aboard the USPHS Hospital get in contact with her Im­ contact her in regards to a refund and report to your blood bank. Bangor, in Saudi mediately. of natural causes. check for you which was sent to You will feel more like a man in Arabia. A mem­ A member of the her. 4 4 4 ber of the Union that you, are doing your share. steward depart­ 4 4 4 Albert Edward Cook since 1938, he ment, he began DON'T: Eat 4 hours before Rudolph R. Cefaratti You are asked to contact your sailed in the deck sailing SIU in donating blood. No alcoholic Mrs. Mary Cefaratti is anxious brother, Charles Cook, at 21 department. Ho 1951. He is sur­ beverage for 24 hours. Paisley Drive, Wilmington, Del., about your wife's condition, and is survived by his vived by hiis would like you to write to her DO: You may drink fruit 19808, as soon as possible. wife, Patricia M. sister, Mrs. Mary at 51 Clinton Street, New Britain, juice, black coffee with sugar, Cummings. Burial was in the Kreger. Burial was in the Saint 4 4 4 Conn., 06053. or tea with sugar (no milk or Forest Lawn Cemetery, Slidell, La. Joseph No. 2 Cemetery, New Income Tax Refunds cream). You are also allowed 4 4 4 4 4 4 Orleans, La. Income tax refund checks are 2 slices of toast with jam (no Robert Marero Comeel Amelinck, 67: Brother 4 4 4 being held for the SIU members butter). ^ Mrs. Rohama Lee, editor-pub­ Amelinck died November 19, 1964, James Lawrence Stogaitis, 59: listed below by Jack.Lynch, Room of natural causes Brother Stogaitis died Jan. 30, 201, SUP Building, 450 Harrison lisher of Film News, would like DONATE NOW!! YOUR in the Staten Is­ BLOOD IS NEEDED! 1965, in Day City, Street, San Francisco, 5, Calif.: you to contact her at 250 West 57th Street, New York, N.Y. land USPHS Hos­ Mich., of respir­ Alexander Ansaldo, Orla S. pital. A member atory failure. A Bushold, Eigil E. Hjeim, Willard 4 4 4 Cim&NGAODIfESSON^ of the SIU since Girard E. Doty member of the Layton, Lum She Lee, Potenciano 1945, ha sailed in Your wife is in urgent need of SIU since 1949, Paculba, Ruben Ramirez, W. II. ^lOSMAIUmLISrf the engine de­ contacting you. Cail or write her he sailed in the Shelby, and Wong M. Sing. partment until he at 2219 Kipling, Apt. N, Houston, deck department. retired in 1964. 4 4 4 Texas. Surviving are his He is survived by daughters, MaryWilliam P. Dunn Jr. 4 4 4 his friend, ellen Rodier, and You are asked to get in touch John Urzan Jeanne Frosien. Burial was in the Janet Mastro. He with your wife, Mrs. Rachel G. Get in touch with Mary St. Charles Cemetery, Pinelawn was buried in the ML Olivet Dunn, at 861^ Waller Street, Barachak on a very important mat­ N.Y. Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich. Austin, Texas, as soon as possible. ter, as soon as possible. SIU Clinic iHcuiPE MmTcm MUMBST �^UlAPAlteitS S, INf Fig« Tweafy-Tbre* Sokednle of Membership Meetinsrs All hospitalised Seafarers would appreciate mail and visits whenever possible, The following is the latest available list of SlU men in the hospital: If; J;!) |i!:i USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MARYLAND John E. Anderson Henry Muches Lowell Bailey Ralph Nay Arthur Botilho Harvey Newcomb Clyde R Brittle Leon NorczyK Charles T. Crocker John Pastorek, Jr. Noble J. Duhadaway James Portway Donald K. Evans Joseph Pozzuoll , Henry Fossett Wm. J. Stormer Clayton Frost Anton Vukinick George Graham Joseph A. Williams Arthur Heroux Calvin E. Willamson Frank E. Holland Lyio Williamson J. L. MaclejewskI Vernon Williamson USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA Isaak Bouzin Richard E. Fisher Alexander D. Brodle Torolf J. Kismul James P. Conley James Lear Homer Dowell John P. Murphy Larry L. Fike USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICHIGAN Joseph Arnold Anton Jenka Ralph Bocco Kenneth Kane Harold Bradley Earl J. Thelsen Albert Bailey Clarence Troy A. Chrlstenspn John Waterman Donald J. Gordon James Walsh Viola M. Hull USPHS HOSPITAL CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Walter Anderson Ray Kersten Ludwig Bednar Perry Spilde Wm. G. Wallls Lloyd Lund John Pollock Donald Marshall Harold Murphy Harold P. Carroll USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VIRGINIA John Arpistead Raleigh Paul Basltio BoschI Hertford B. Rice Elbert S. Clayton Jay W. Short Lonnle Cole, Jr. Prue Vaughn Barron Daniels Guy Whitehurst James L. Danzey james A. Wllklns Lowell Harris George Williams Charlie Haywood H. C. Willihgham Cecil A. J'ennette USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS Gene Adklns John Keegan USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS V: L. Corns William Odum Edw. E. Davidson Ralph J. Palmer Phillip Jeffers Morris J. Perry Herman D. Haddock William S. Rudd Wm. Kwasnica Arthur F. Sabaurin Judson P Lamb Wm. C. Scruggs John Manen Peter A. Thompson P. W. McDonald R. L. Toler W. H. McDonald Wm. W. Van Dyke George H. Noles USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LOUISIANA Aleck Alford George BInnamans James L. Allen Donald L. Blackman Howard A. Berzine Wm. K. Blanchard Michel Blllo Eugene J. Boyle I^^lSW""oF UNION HALLS SlU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters PRESIDENT Paul HaU EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Lindaey WUUama A1 Tanner Robert Matthena SECRETARY-TREASURER AI Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES BUI HaU Ed Mooney Fred Stewart BALTIMORE 1216 E. BalUmore St. Rex Dickey, Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 177 State St. Ed Riley, Agent Richmond 2-0140 DETROn 10225 W. JeHergon Ave. VInewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS ... .675 4tli Ave.. Bklyn HYadnth 9-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. Paul Drozak, Agent WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St., SE.. Jax WiUiam Morris. Agent ELgih 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. Ben Gonzales. Agent FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. I.ouia Neira. Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Buck Stephens. Agent Tel. 529-7546 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYadnth 9-6600 NORFOLK 115 3rd St. Gordon Spencer. Acting Agent . .622-1892 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th SL .lohn Fay, Acting Agent DEwey 6-3818 SAN FRANCISCO 350 Freemont St. Paul Gonsorchik, Agent . .DOuglas 2-4401 Frank Drozak. .West Coast Rep. 6ANTURCE PR ..1313 Fernande* Juncos Stop 20 Keith Terpe. Hq. Rep Phone 723-8594 SEATTLE ... 2505 1st Ave. Ted BabkowskL Agent MAin 3-43M TAMPA 312 Harrison St. Jeff GiUette. Agent 229-2788 WILMINGTON. CaUf 505 N. Marine Ave. Frank Boyne. Agent TErminal 4-2528 TAMPA S12 Harrison St TeL 229-2788 eilEAT lAKES TUO • DREDGE REGION REGIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Jones Dredge Workers Section - ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Richard L. TiUman BUFFALO, 94 Henrietta Ave. Arthur MiUer, Agent TR 5-1536 CHICAGO 2300 N. KimbaU Trygve Varden. Agent ALbany 2-1154 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. Tom Gerrity. Agent 621-5450 DETROIT 1570 Liberty Ave. Lincoln Park, Mich. Ernest Demerge. Agent DU 2-7694 DULUTH 312> W. Second St. RAndolph 7-6233 SAULT STB. MARIE Address mail to Brimley. Mich. Wayne Weston. Agent. .BRimiey 14-R S TOLEDO 423 Central St. CH 2-7751 Tug Firemen, Liiiemen. Oilers A Watchmen's Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Tom Burns ASHTABULA. 0 1644 W. Third St. John Mero. Agent WOodman 4-8532 BUFFALO 18 Portland St. Tom Burns. Agent TA 3-7095 CHICAGO 9383 Ewlng. S. Chicago Robert Affleck. Agent ESsex 5-9570 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25tb St. W. Beams. Pro-Tem Agrnt MA 1-5450 DETROIT-TOLEDO 12948 Edison SL Max Tobin. Agent Souttagate. Mich. AVenne 44)071 DULUTH Box No. 66 South Range. Wis. Ray Thomson. Agent EXport 8-3024 LORAIN. 0 118 E. Parish St. Sandusky. Ohio Harold Rutlisatz. Agent .... MAin 6-4573 MILWAUKEE ....3723 A. So. Shore Dr. Joseph MiUer. Agent ..SHerman 4-6645 SAULT STE. MARIE ....1086 Maple St. Great Lakes Wm. J. Lackey. Agent ..MEirose 2-8847 SECRETARY-TREASURER Rivera Section Fred J. Farnen ST. LOUIS. MO BOS Del Mar ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER L. J. Colvis. Agent CE 1-1434 Roy Boudreau PORT ARTHUR. Tex 1348 7th St. ALPENA 127 River St. Arthur Bendheim. Agent EL. 4-3616 BUFFALO. NY 735 Washington RAILWAY MARINE REGION TL 3-9259 HEADQUARTERS ....99 Montgomery St. CHICAGO ..9383 Ewing Ave. Jersey City 3. NJ HEnderson 3-0104 So. Chicago, DL SAginaw 1-0733 REGIONAL DIRECTOR CLEVELAND 1420 West 2Sth St. G. P. McGinty MAin 1-5450 ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTORS DULUTH 312 W. 2nd St. E. B. Pulver R. H. Avery . RAndolph 2-'4110 BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St FRANKFORT. Mich 415 Main St. EAstern 7-aono HaU Address: P.O. Box 287 ELgln 7-2441 NORFOLK 115 Third St. HEADQUARTERS 10225 W. Jefferson Av. 622-1893-3 River Rouge 18. Mich. VInewood 3-4741 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S 4th S>. DEwey 6-3818 Inland Boatmen's Union NATIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Matthews GREAT LAKES AREA DIRECTOR Pat Flnnerty BALTIMORE ....1216 E. BaUlmore St. .EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 Stole St .Richmond 2-0140 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacintb 9-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 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 529-7.54R NORFOLK 115 Third St. Tel. 622-1892-3 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S 4th Si DEwey 6-3838 United Industrial Workers BALTIMORE ;.1216 E. Baltimore St. EAstern 7-4S00 276 State St. Richmond 3-0140 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St. SE ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE ...1 S. Lawrence St. HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Phone 529-7546 NORFOLK 115 Third St. Phone 622-1892-3 PHILADELPHIA 3604 S. 4th St. DEwey 8-3818 TAMPA , .212 Harrison St. Phone 229-2788 BOSTON Forney Bower Oble W. Livingston John P. Brooks Percy Joseph Llbby Clarence Burrows Lawyer McGrew Joseph Carr Lonnle McKenna Oscar CIno Clauda McNorton C. E. Cumminn Joseph F. Mendoza Chas. Cunningham Philip Mendoza Cleo L. Dupree Ethel Messonnler Harry D. Emmett Peter J. Morrealo Marshall Foster John W. Pice LUis G. Franco V. P. Pizzltolo Robert M. Godwin Eugene G. Plahn R. M. Grantham Santos Ramos Eric N. Gronberg Albert J. Rebane Orlando L. Guerrero Patrick J. Scanlan Wade B. Harrell Hamilton Sebum Walter H. Harris Jimmie D. Snyder Emmet L. Harvey Vlljo Sokero Leon Mead Hlnson Daniel W. Sommer Timothy P. Holt Jack Trosclair Frederick H. Houck Joseph 3. Vanacor Benjamin Hugglns John Ward James J. Lala Anthony J. Zanca USPHS HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA J. C. Laseter F. P. Daugherty B. B. Henderson H. L. Grizzard USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASHINGTON R. Best J. R. Coyle R. L. Harnden Boyd Spear G. B. Calhoun Jerome Stokes B. E. Divine USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK Edward Arthur Adolt Helnsaar Enrique Alvarez AH HubabI Emmett Avery Eric Johnson Conway Beard W. Kowalezyk Robert Blackstock Thomas Lowe V. Chamberlain Warren Mclntyre Gordon Chambers David McKlnley Dan Covaney Norway Morris George Crabtree s. Paczkowski Earl Cronsell Julio Quinonez Joseph Czech Tomas Ramirez Daniel Doheny Aaron Sasser Herbert DIerkIng Joseph Saxton DOmenIck A. Fois W. Schoertbortl Stanley Friedman John Shaw Robert Gabel Warren Smith Edmund Glowczak Stanley Stevens Estell Godfrey Adolph Svenson USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS Benjamin Delbler Abraham Mander Abe Gordon Max Olson Thomas Lehay J. Thibodeaux SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Daniel Gorman Thomas Isaksen Alberto Gutierrez William Kenny Edwin Harrlman Harrv MacDonald U.S. SOLDIERS HOME HOSPITAL WASHINGTON. D.C. William. Thomson USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE James McGee P-'UI Lacy VA HOSPITAL LONG BEACH. CALIFORNIA Raymond Arsenault VA HOSPITAL ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN Robert Asbahr ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN Percy Johnson VA HOSPITAL WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT Paul Kolensnick VA HOSPITAL HINES, ILLINOIS Oscar Kvaas VA HOSPITAL HOUSTON, TEXAS Thomas Mahion PINE CREST HAVEN NURSING HOME COVINGTON, LOUISIANA Frank Martin PENINSULAR GENERAL HOSPITAL SALISBURY, MARYLAND Richard Savage CAMARILLO STATE HOSPITAL CAMARILLO, CALIFORNIA David Taylor Jobs (Continued from page 17) ' jor amphibious assault without the merchant marine. While there is no question in the mind of these naval officials about the value of a strong mer­ chant marine in the nation's de­ fense picture, it now looks like MA officials are slowly getting the same idea. MA Administrator Nicholas Johnson told the con­ gressional investigators that the U.S. merchant marine can pro­ vide the MSTS with valuable extra tonnage, when needed, with a min­ imum of red tape. He also spoke of the value of a citizen-manned mer­ chant fleet working In conjunction with the military. If this country's merchant fleet is to continue to fulfill its historic role as the "Fourth Arm of De­ fense," the maritime administrator had better shake up his policy makers before the U.S. cargo fleet becomes the victim of steadily en­ croaching obsolescence. Address­ ing a transportation group at Tulane University, Admiral Donaho viewed the sttady deterioration of the U.S. merchant fleet with alarm. SlU-AGLIWD Meetings Regular membership meetings for members of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are held regularly once a month on days indicated by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM In the listed SIU ports below. All Seafarers are expected to attend. Those who wish to he excused should request permission by tele­ gram (he sure to include registration number). The next SIU meetings will he: New York April 5 Detroit April 9 Philadelphia April 8 Houston April 12 Baltimore Aplrl 7 New Orleans April 13 Mobile April 14 jji jji West Coast SlU-AGLIWD Meetings SlU headquarters has issued the following schedule for the monthly informational meetings to be held in West Coast ports for the benefit of Seafarers shipping from Wilmington, San Francisco and Seattle, or who are due to return from the Far East. All Seafarers are expected to attend these meetings, in accord with an Executive Board resolution adopted in December, 1961. Meet­ ings in Wilmington are on Monday, San Francisco on Wednesday and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. Wilmington San Francisco Seattle April 19 April 21 April 23 May 17 May 19 May 21 •f-reach month at 7 PM in various Great lakes SIU Meetings ports. The next meetings will be: New York April 5 Regular membership meetings Baltimore April 7 on the Great l.akes are held on Philadelphia April 6 the flrst and third Mondays of tHonston April 12 each month in all ports at 7 PM Mobile April 14 local time, except at Eetroit, New Orleans AprU 13 where meetings are held at 2 PM The next meetings will be; • Mcotings held eT Laoor Temple, New­ Detroit April 5—2 PM Alpena, BulTalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Doluth, Frankfort, April 5—7 PM SIU Inland Boatmen's Union Regular membership meetings for IBU members are scheduled each month in various ports. The next meetings will be: Phlla April 6—5 PM.. Baltimore (licensed and un(Licensed .AprU 7—5P.M. Houston April 12—5 PM Norfolk April 8—7 PM N'Orleans ...April 13—5 PM Mobile April 14—5 PM RAILWAY MARINE REGION Regular membership meetings for Railway Marine Region-IBU members' are scheduled each month in the various ports at 10 AM and 8 PM. The next meetings will be: Jersey City April 12 Philadelphia April 13 Baltimore April 14 •Norflok AprU 15 GREAT LAKES TUO AND REGION DREDGE Regular membership meet­ ings for Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region IBU memlers are scheduled each month in the vari­ ous ports at 7:30 PM. The next meetings will he: Detroit Milwaukee Chicago Buffalo tSanlt Ste. Marie Duiuth Lorain ...April April April April April April April 12 12 13 14 14 15 14 (For meeting place, contact Har­ old Ruthsatz, 118 East Parish. Sandusky, Ohio). Cleveland Toledo Ashtabula AprU IS April 16 April 16 (For meeting place, contact John Mero, 1644 West 3rd Street. Ash­ tabula, Ohio). 4" 4" 4^ United Industrial Workers Regular membership meetings for UIW members are scheduled port News. t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie. Mich, t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. Great Lakes (Continued from page 8) before the 11th of April. Due to the crew being called for the MV Viking and the number of jobs eliminated, the men desiring to exercise their seniority have 15 days from March 20th to do so. Those desiring to receive the sep­ aration allowance and forfeit their seniority must also do so within this period. Alpena Registrations in this port have slowed down considerably in all departments. Even though ship­ ping has not begun in this port, from all indications. Seafarers should have another profitable year on the Great Lakes and pos­ sibly a better season than last year. Cleveland Joe Mickaiowski got the season off and running by being the first man off the board to ship as wiper aboard the J. J." Boland on a day that was one of the worst this win­ ter, instead of fit-out weather. Radio Pete Ozimek and Mike Pesenak have been down on the river working in the^ shifting gang while waiting to he called hack to their ships. Buffalo Registrations have picked up in this port with the antieipation of the fitout of vessels layed up here. A portion of the Engine crew has been shipped for the J. B, Ford, which is the only vessel in this area fitting out at this time. Win­ ter work is still going on and sev­ eral of our men are working at these jobs. The latest ice report is that ice conditions remain heavy, with ap­ proximately a ten mile ice field up to seven feet thick which indi­ cates it will be at least two or three weeks longer before things get moving here. Many of our regular men have begun to check in with the expec­ tance of an early caU hack. �SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO Cites Panel's 100% Anti-Maritime Rulings AFL-CIO Urges Hall Raps Cargo Preference Congress Pass Grievance Committee's Bias Vote Rights Bill NEW ORLEANS—In a speech made here recently at Tulane University, SIU president Paul Hall attacked the Cargo Preference Grievance Committee for its prejudicial handling of maritime industry complaints. WASHINGTON—^The AFL-CIO called upon the Congress to end "once ahd for all" discrimination against Americans Hall's criticism "was made The MA's recent decisions to marine may get a "bold new in the polling booths by insuring the right of every adult before the Institute of Foreign grant a waiver to Spain to carry front," Hall declared. Transportation and Port Op­ 50 percent of the U.S. goods it is American citizen to vote. President Hall praised the Mari­ erations. William Jordan, president receiving under Public Law 17, time Administration and its chief, ation of literacy and other types President George Meany and the removal of five Spanish tests, but a bill aimed solely at of the SIUNA Marine Firemen, testifying at House Judiciary of ships from the Cuban blacklist Nicholas Johnson for getting the these tests "will not do the whole Committee hearings on the Ad­ job of implementing the 15th Oilers and Watertenders Union, came in for heavy criticism from subsidized operators and the smal­ ministration's right-to-vote bill Amendment" assuring equal vot­ also addressed the Institute. Hall, since the Spaniards have ler shipowners talking together emphasized that the denial of the ing rights. The measure should be agreed to biuld ships for Havana. about policies that would' benefit President Hall told members of their mutual interests. He also right to register and vote to Ne­ broadened to cover all denials of Favorable Congress lauded the Administrator for his groes "can no longer be ignored; the right to vote whether based on the Institute that the maritime in­ interest in getting more U.S. dustry's lack of success in its deal­ it can no longer be compromised. tests or other means. Reviewing the legislative out­ ings with the Grievance Commit­ look for the Maritime industry. tonnage built. However, he was He told the committee the Ad­ critical of Johnson's statements • The provision calling for fed­ tee has led several of the unions ministration bill is fine so far as President Hall declared that the it goes, but should be "broad­ eral examiners to register voters represented on the committee to merchant marine has a Congress about the growth of subsidy pay­ ments over the years. Hall re­ ened" to assure that "an annual in areas where fewer than 50 per­ more favorable to it today than battle in the Congress on this is­ cent of the residents were regis­ quit in disgust. He said that of the ever before. "All we have to do minded his audience that prices on tered or voted in the 1964 presi­ 30 cases presented to the panel, everything have gone up drastic­ sue should not be necessary." dential election needs broadening the Maritime Administration has is fight through the bureaucrats to ally since World War II. He stressed that the bill's rem­ to cover areas where there was bring about the type of program edies "should be available in any general discrimination against Ne­ decided them all in favor of the that will save us all," he said. Foreign-Flag Drain situation where there is wide­ groes but a high percentage of Government, not the maritime in­ President Hall found reasons Speaking of the country's peri­ spread abridgment of the right to white registration. dustry. for hope in the operations of the lous balance of payments position. vote in violation of the Constitu­ • The AFL-CIO is "wholeheart­ The Grievance Committee on President's Maritime Advisory President Hall questioned the tion, whether that deprivation is effected by the fountain pen or edly in favor" of the remedies pro­ Cargo Preference Administration Committee. This committee was Government's failure to prevent vided in the bill but feels it should was set up by President Johnson also appointed by President John­ foreign-flag ship operators from the night stick or night riders." "go further" and waive the re­ last May to handle complaints on son last spring to produce sugges­ taking U.S. dollars out of the Without Delay quirement that an individual must the implementation of the cargo tions for improving the status of country. The AFL-CIO's testimony came have been rejected by state or preference statutes. The commit­ the U.S.-flag merchant fleet. The Both Hall and MFOW President as committees of the House and local authorities before he can 17-member panel includes repre­ Senate sped hearings on the meas­ apply to the federal examiner for tee consists of representatives of sentatives of maritime labor, man­ Jordan assailed the failure of the the Maritime Administration, the Government to halt the contin­ ure after President Johnson's ap­ listing. Departments of Labor, State and agement, the public and the Sec­ uing decline of the American mer­ peal for "no delay, no hesitation, retaries of Labor and Commerce. Meany opposed the provision to Agriculture, and advisors from The SIUNA is represented by chant marine's share of the U.S. no compromise" on enactment of a bill to guarantee the Negro the have federal examiners collect maritime labor and management. President Hall. overseas freight business, They poll taxes in states where they President Hall is the SIU repre­ right to register and vote. told the Institute that when the sentative on the panel. Public Forum Merchant Marine Act of 1936 was The House Judiciary Committee exist and urged that poil taxes be passed, U.S.-flag ve^ls were opened hearings almost immedi­ eliminated completely. Score Card The SIU president views the transporting 37 percent of the ately after the President's historic "No American should have to The SIU president said, "We are MAC as a genuine public forum country's foreign trade. Congress address to a joint session of Con­ buy his right to vote in any elec­ keeping a score card. You know in in which the various segments of at that time expressed its concern gress. Senate hearings got under tion," he declared. crooked dice game, they are the maritime industry can give over the small size of this: per­ way after the Senate assured • The provisions for challeng­ smart enough to let you win just their opinions on public policy centage. quick action by voting 67 to 13 to ing elections are inadequate, espe­ send the bill to the Judiciary cially in areas where persons are one round. We have had 30 shut­ needed to insure a strong mer­ Today, American ships are mov­ Committee with instruction to re­ permitted to register but denied outs so far." He promised that a chant marine. In addition, MAC record of these unfavorable de­ members now have the opportunity ing only 9 percent of U.S. foreign port it back by April 9. the right to vote. There are no cisions would be presented to to obtain records and reports commerce and comparatively little The bill has 66 sponsors in the provisions for holding new elec­ Congress to document the need which are necessary to document is being accomplished to Increase Senate, refleKing wide bipartisan tions or holding them under fed­ for changes In the laws affecting proposals, he said. Using this the share of the American-flag " support. Similar bipartisan back­ eral supervision, Meany noted. the U.S.-flag fleet. machinery, the U.S. merchant fleet, they declared. ing was evident in the House. The Senate was prodded on the need for speed with a warning from its leaders that the Easter recess might be cancelled if the bill is not passed by April 15. The House is planning to act on the measure during the week of April 11Noting that the AFL-CIO has stated its opinion on voting rights "innumerable times" in every forum of the nation and before congressional committees, Meany declared that any attempt to dilute the right to vote is "undemocratic, un-American and despicable." Use Every Means The position of the AFL-CIO, he told the committee, "is that every possible means must be used to achieve the maximum pos­ sible registration and voting in the United States . . . We reject out of hand that there can be any firstclass or second-class citizenship." Only the federal government can do the job of assuring the right to register and vote in light of experience at the state and locaMevel, Meany asserted, and the government naust "do it now," Delegates to the five-day Sixteenth Annual Institute On Foreign Transportation and Port Operations held at Tulane University, On various provisions of the bill, Meany made these points: enjoyed luncheon reception held at the SIU hall at New Orleans. Delegates heard talks by (l-r) SIU Gulf Area Vice-President Lindsey Williams; Senator E. L. (Bob) Bartlett (D.-Alaska); Baltimore Sun maritime news editor Helen Delich Bentley; SIU • 'The AFL-CIO supports "fully and wholeheartedly" the invalid-, President Paul Hall; and International Longshoremen's Association Vice-President Anthony Scottp. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource April 2, 1965 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU FIGHTS HOSPITAL CLOSINGS SEA UNIONS HIT BRICKS AT U.N. URGING STRONG U.S. SHIP POLICY SIU-IBU TUGMAN RESCUES SHIPMATE – BUT IN VAIN SIU PACIFIC UNIONS BLAST SHIPOWNER – CG POWER PLAY DOCKERS PLANNING TO BOYCOTT SHIPS TRADING WITH VIET REDS HOUSE COMMITTEE OKAYS EXPANDED MEDICARE PLAN FOOD INDUSTRY PRIMES ITS GUNS TO KILL ‘TRUTH-IN-PACKAGING’ BILL MORE ON SIU SHIP-FRENCH TANKER CRASH WORLDWIDE TANKSHIP BOOM LEAVES U.S. OUT IN COLD REGION TALLYING COMMITTEE REPORT ON ELECTION OF GREAT LAKES TUG AND DREDGE REGION, INLAND BOATMEN’S UNION, SEAFARER’S INTERNATIONAL UNION, AFL-CIO OFFICIALS FOR 1965-1968 IBU CREDENTIALS COMMITTEES ACT ON CONVENTION DELEGATES HALL RAPS CARGO PREFERENCE GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE’S BIAS 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 04/02/1965 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. 7 1965 Periodicals Seafarers Log