http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/c3213ad318ef97a22e79e917818b03ca.PDF c00202834de1c56eb9fad4091a3d2de2 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL GROAN OK THC SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNIQN • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO ! i V- ; ll ' i «• • • iil^ h -•• !• 11 Vi\ f il:^ :iV I B 'j \)' rf ij D'f . m 1• '• JS", • . •. V ' ' SlUNA Twelfth Biennial Convention The Twelfth Biennial Convention of the Sea­ farers International Union of North America held In Washington at the Gramercy Inn, took action on a wide variety of proposals designed to up­ grade the U.S. merchant fleet and provide guide­ lines for the future activities of the trade union movement. The convention delegates, represent­ ing 33 unions affiliated with the SlUNA, heard numerous speakers from the trade union move­ ment, Government and the maritime Industry. During the meetings of the various convention committees, the delegates mapped out important policy decisions on which the International will act during the next two years. Among the con­ vention's distinguished speakers was AFL-CIO President George Meany (lower right photo) who pledged the full support of the AFL-CIO to mari­ time labor's struggle for a stronger U.S.-flag fleet. During the course of the convention, SlUNA Pres­ ident Paul Hall paid special tribute to retiring International vice-president Andrea Gomez, of the Cannery Worker's Union of the Pacific, Los Angeles (lower left photo). News and feature stories on the convention appear on page 3 and the back page of this issue of the LOG and photo coverage appears on pages 11, 12, 13 and 14. �Paie T«« SEAFARERS^ L^C Repeal Of Sec. i4b Clears First Big Hurdle In House « iJan* lly 1968 By Paul Hall WASHINGTON^With pressure growing across the nation for legislation repealing The far-ranging scope of the resolutions, committee reports and posi­ the anti-lahor Section 14(h) of the Taft-Hartley Act, a hill calling for repeal took its tions adopted by delegates during the 12th Biennial SIUNA Convention first step in the House this week by gaining approval from the House Education and Labor in Washington recently, is another clear example of the complexity of Committee. The bill would rethe issues facing our Union today. The maritime Industry in the mod­ peal one of the most onerous rights movement—and an employ­ boasting that the union shop had ern world is closely tied to national and international events, the poli­ sections of the Taft-Hartley ers' association whose members re­ been outlawed and labor would cies of our own and other governments, worldwide economic and Act, a section which allows the ported "a more harmonious labor- work "joyously" lor wages averag­ political needs as well as the important issues facing the entire Ameri­ management relationship" under ing "6 to 49 cents below other can labor movement, including maritime labor. states to pass so-called "Rightunion shop conditions. southern states and from 50 to 95 Convention delegates gave fneir attention to Improving all segmerils to-Work" laws which have reg­ cents below northern states." of the U.S. maritime fleet, focusing on the special problems facing the Meany said repeal of See. 14 ularly been used by anti-labor ele­ bulk carrier, tanker and domestic segments as well as the tramp and ments to undermine union activity (b) will beip the labor movement He related how the argument in various areas of the United and sfa'engthen unions at the bar­ has been used in northern states Great Lakes portions of the fleet. In addition, attention was focused gaining table. But more impor­ that similar anti-union laws are on the problems facing those Union members who earn their livings States. tant, he sk'essed, it will help the needed to "compete" with "right- aboard vessels carrying cargoes on the nation's inland waterwaya and Weak unions and low wages are nation. "This is not Just a trade aboard vessels engaged in the fishing industry and the cannery in­ to-work" states, and declared: the "real purpose" of state "Right- union bill." dustries, which are closely Intertwined with the fishing industry. to-Work" laws, AFL-ClO Presi­ Attention was also naturally given to the many vital issues facing "This eountry needs the repeal In just the past eight years, he dent George Meany charged at House hearings on the bill prior said, millions of dollars and thou­ of 14(b) lor the saine reasons American labor in general—most notably repeal of Taft-Hartley Sec­ to its approval this week. sands of man-hours were thrown that It needs a Fair Labor Stand­ tion 14(b)—but also including an increase in the minimum wage, in­ into 40 major state battles over ards Act. The states that com­ creased coverage for workers under the Fair Lanor Standards Act, more Meany and Labor Secretary W. rlght-to-work" legislation — "a prise this nation should go for­ comprehensive unemployment coverage and many other issues. Also Willard Wirtz—the first two wit­ staggering waste of money and ward together, not backward tied closely to the needs of American workers, much necessary and nesses—scored 14(b) as an impedi­ manpower" which, on both sides, separately." overdue social legislation was discussed and acted upon by the dele­ ment to free collective bargaining should have been put to better gates. and a source of costly, sterile con­ use." A similar theme was sounded Naturally, many of the policies and programs of the U.S. government. flict which has hurt the nation. by Subcommittee Chairman Frank Its various agencies, and the administration itself came under the spot­ But that, he added, was merely Thompson, Jr., sponsor of the re­ Repeal Supported the "visible waste." The more last­ peal bill, at the start of hearings. light and were subjected to close scrutiny during these discussions and examinations. For example, no study of the problems facing the Amer­ ing damage was the suspicions and They were joined in their call conflicts injected into collective ican-flag tramp, bulk carrier or tanker fleets could' be complete unless UJS. an 'Economic Entity' for repeal by spokesmen for the it involved an examination of the policies of the Agriculture Depart­ bargaining relationships and the major religious faiths, the civil The United States, Thompson ment, the Maritime Administration, federal oil import quotas, the day-to-day dealings of labor and stressed, is "an economic entity." shipbuilding and operating subsidy programs, and many'others. management. The same companies produce and No study of the problems facing the American inland waterway fleet All this, he said, is because Sec. sell the same goods "in Newark would be complete without involving an examination of the attitudes 14(b) marked a "unique and pecu­ and New Orleans, in Seattle and of the Interstate Commerce Commission and its strong leanings toward liar" departure from the constitu­ Savannah. They, and their workers, the railroad Industry, the reasons behind the Administration's recurring tional doctrine that state laws do should be governed by the same calls for a "user tax" on fuel used by waterway operators, and the not supersede federal legislation on code of labor law." growth of industrial complexes along the nations inland waterways. A the same subject. comprehensive study of the plight of the U.S. fishing industry must in­ He termed Sec. 14(b) "totally clude the policies of several other major fishing nations—most notably What is more, Meany pointed oiit, the departure is a "one-way inconsistent with a national policy Japan and the Soviet Union—and our nation's reaction to those policies. street." The federal labor law of encouraging collective bargain­ In the face of this growing complexity, delegates to the SIUNA con­ permits the union shop—under ing." A union, he pointed out, is vention are to be commended on the fine job they did. The convention which employes are required to required to represent equally all actions covered the full range of maritime Issues, labor needs and Join the union after 30 days— employes in the bargaining unit. national issues involving not only the members of the affiliated unions, but prohibits the closed shop, It is patently unfair, he said, "to but all of the American people. which requires union member­ deny a union the right to seek a In addition to the many resolutions adopted on various vital issues, ship as a condition of employ­ contract which requires all those the delegates also went on record In favor of several pieces of legisla­ ment. While 14(b) allows states whom it protects to carry their tion presently before the House or Senate. Some of this legislation to prohibit the union shop, it share of the .costs. To me, the was introduced as a result of SIU efforts, such as the bill to block does not allow them to go be­ issue is as simple as that." the closing of PHS hospitals. And on this and other pending legislation yond federal law in the other Meany's testimony, was endorsed of concern to our people, our Union has appeared before the appro­ direction by permitting the by the ranking Republican mem­ priate committees and urged passage. closed shop. ber of the full Education & Labor The biennial SIUNA convention is an important event because it Meany charged advocates of Committee. Representative Wil­ regularly brings together many Union members and officials who, in "work" laws with the "illegitimate liam H. Ayres (O.). "For the first the interim may be scattered all over the world. In their discussions and improper objective" of luring time in several years," Ayres said, they can bring together the benefits of their collective knowledge of industry through anti-union laws he found himself agreeing with the maritime and related industries, and so are enabled to .make better and low wage standards. AFL-CIO's position. judgments and decisiona on the issues affecting all of .us. "It is utterly wrong for a state to solicit industry on this basis," he Joe Powell declared. NEW YORK—Joseph Powell, Meany read to the subcommittee Business Agent of Local 153, Office the letter a Mississippi mayor wrote Employees International Union, and Secretary of the Maritime Port to a Connecticut manufacturer in­ Council of Greater New York Har­ viting him to open a plant and bor, died suddenly of a heart at­ tack on June 3. Joe Powell, MTD Aide, Dies At 51 Sanitation Award Won By Luciie Bioomfioid I SEAFARERS LOG Brother Powell, who was born in June 11, '65 Vol. XXVII, No. IJ Brooklyn, was 51 years old. Funeral services were conducted at St. Helena's R.C. Church in the Bronx. Burial took place on June 7 in St. Raymond's Cemetery. Scores of trade union represen­ tatives and members of his own and other organizations attended the services for Brother Powell. Large delegations from the water­ front unions, including the SIU, also paid their final respects. Brother Powell, an affable, mildmannered man, was very popular with his trade union associates. He is survived by his wife Helen, with whom he lived at 1522 Unionport Road, the Bronx, New York; three sons, Joseph Jr., 24, Thomas, 17, Dennis, 15, and a daughter, Helen, 11. He is also survived by his father, William; five brothers, William, Edward, John, Vincent and Robert, and two sisters, Mrs. Eleanor Creren and Mrs. Regina Ager. Official Publication of the SIUNA Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters District. AFL-CIO Executive Board PAUL HALL, President CAL TANNEH EARL SREFARD Exec. Vice-Pres, Vice-President AL KERR LINDSEY WILLIAM« Sec.-Treas. Vice-President HOB. A. MATTHEWS AL TANNER Vice-President Vice-President HERBERT BRAND Director of Organizing and Publications Managing Editor: MIKE POLLACK; Asst. Editor: NATHAN SKYER; Staff Writers: ROBERT ARONSON, PETE CARMEN; ROBERT MILGROM; Art Editor: BERNARD SEAMAN. Published biweekly et the headquarters of the Seafarers International Union, At. Untie, Cult, Lakes and inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, (75 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11232. Tol. HYaeinth 9-((00. Second class postage paid at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under tho Act of Aug. 24. 1912. 120 iy Crewmembers, SIU reps and company officers gathered on the deck of the Luciie Bloomfield recently for presentation of the Bloomfield Sanitation Plaque for 1964. Bloomfield ships have received thirty-two consecutive scores of 100 from the USPHS during the past eight years and the Luciie Bloomfield was adjudged the "Cleanest of the Clean." Lett to right are: Donald C. Foster, third cook; Sigmund Rothchild, steward; Roan Lightfoot, SIU rep; Y. i. Pedrozo. Jr.. second electrician and and ship's delegate; W. M. Hightower, bed­ room utility, G. Baas, chief engineer; F. M. Reyes, MAP; J. B. Cotter and O. C. Webster, Bloomfield vice-presidents; and H. H. Rose, master. �Mil. mi SEAFARERS . taO SIUNA Convention Sets Program On Vital Maritime, Labor issues WASHINGTON—Delegates to the Twelfth Biennial Convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America focused sharply on the plight . j of the American-flag merchant marine and recommended specific Government measures to restore U.S. shipping to its essential role in the American economy. ^ Over 200 convention delegates representing 33 affiliated unions within thfr SIUNA returned home from Washington on June 1 after taking action on the key problem areas of the^^ the country's defense or structure of the merged organiza­ maritime industry needing meet commercial needs and criticized tion is "unrealistic" and called for immediate attention by ap­ the poor U. S. shipbuilding record. a framework which would allow propriate government agen­ cies. The convention's rec­ ommendations for action to solve these problems was taken in the form of resolu­ tions and committee reports. AFL-CIO President George Meany addressed the assembled delegates on the first day of the SIUNA Convention and received a standing ovation. With Meany here are SlU President Hall and Secretary-Treasurer Al Kerr. Convention Speakers Cite Ship, Legislative Needs WASHINGTON — Leaders of the U.S. labor movement, government and industry addressed delegates of the SIUNA'# Twelfth Biennial Convention held from May 26 through June 1. Many of the speakers urged Government action to upgrade type of collective bargaining agree­ the U.S.-flag merchant fleet, ment that they want." and several urged the repeal of t 3^ section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Kenneth BeLleu, Undersecretary Act which permits states to enact so-called "right-to-work" laws. Ex­ of the Navy—Speaking of U.S. mer­ cerpts from several of these chant fleet's role in land-sea exer­ speeches follow: cise "Operation Steel Pike"—"You 4" served us magnificently. I don't Senator Edward Kennedy (D.- know of an instant in that exercise Mass.)—"We need a new modern where you folks failed us ... I fleet. We need to encourage know from a national defense American investors to stay with the standpoint, not military alone, but American-flag ships, and the Amer­ for the good of the economy of this ican crews, rather than spend their country, we need a strong, modem, money and take the risks of foreign fast-mo^ng Merchant Marine, construction and foreign registry manned by people equipped with ... We just cannot afford to beg the knowledge of the latest things out of international ocean trans­ in technology . . . and we can outport, but without a positive replace­ (Contlnuea on page 7> ment and subsidy program keyed to long-range goals, there is the possibility that this will happen." 4> Delegates to the convention also took action on a broad range of problems faced by the U.S. labor movement, the country's working men and women and the nation as a whole. SIUNA president Paul Hall chaired the convention, and vice-president Morris Weisberger was convention secretary. The highlight of the conven­ tion's first day came when AFLCIO President George Meany pledged that the labor federation would go "down the line" in sup­ port of maritime labor's fight to preserve American ships manned by American seamen at American wage levels. Scoring the critics who charge labor is to blame for the decline of maritime by insisting on decent wages, Meany declared that the maritime unions are not respon­ sible "in the slightest degree" for the sorry state of the U.S. mer­ chant marine. He laid the responsi­ bility for the decline of U.S. mari­ time at the door of the Departmenits of Agriculture, Defense and State whose policies weaken, rather than help American shipping. Senators Urge Action Senators Vance Hartke (D.-Ind.), Ted Kennedy (D.-Mass.) and Daniel Inouye (R. Hawaii) also called for a stronger American-flag mer­ chant fleet in speeches before the convention. Senator Hartke charged that the U. S. fleet was not "qualitatively adequate" to Senator Kennedy declared that he was in favor of a strong subsidy program for both the construction and operation of U. S. vessels. He expressed particular concern over the weak status of the U. S.-flag bulk fleet. Senator Inouye also called for a program of increased subsidies for U. S. shipping. Congressmen appearing at the convention also called for imme­ diate government action to halt the decline of the American fleet. Representative John Rooney (D.N. Y.), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, told delegates that he had added an additional $7 million to a request submitted by the Maritime Admin­ istration for the construction of five new ships for the American President Line. Two speakers at the convention stressed the contribution of the SIU in strengthening the merchant marine by its participation in President Johnson's Maritime Ad­ visory Committee which is charged with the formulation of a new na­ tional maritme policy. Nicholas Johnson, U. S. Maritime Adminis­ trator, and Theodore Kheel, noted labor arbitrator, said the SIUNA had submitted comprehensive po­ sitions and documents that are assisting the committee in build­ ing a record from which a new maritime policy can be devel­ oped. Both Johnson and Kheel are MAC members. Merger Talks Convention delegates adopted a report from the SIUNA Executive Board, setting forth the Union's position on merger talks with the National Maritime Union. The re­ port said the NMU's proposed 4* 4- 4" SIUNA Convention Highlights WASHINGTON — Delegates to the SIUNA's 12th Biennial Conven­ tion returned to the Gramercy Inn, site of the union's 11th conven­ tion in 1963. Once again guests at the hotel had cause to wonder if the International had moved its entire headquarters, lock, stock and barrel into the inn. Not only was the entrance to the inn draped with huge SIUNA convention banners, but the lobby was taken over by a large SIUNA exhibit, and the ball­ room, meeting and work rooms of the motel were all devoted to con­ vention business. t t 4 The Gramercy's lobby had a full display summarizing the SIUNA's remarkable record of achievement in its 27-year history in behalf of Seafarers, inland boatmen and workers in allied industries and crafts. A large alcove in the lobby was covered with panels picturing the membership on the job, the growth of the union's membership, photographs of union halls, copies of union publications and other dis­ plays. 4 Theodore Kheel, member of Mar­ itime Advisory Committee and noted labor arbitrator—Speaking on the SIU proposal that savings achieved through automation should be plowed back into additional shipping—"In an industry . . . which is declining ... to ask for and expect the intelligent and construc­ tive solution of the problems of automation, without at the same time having a firm commitment from the U.S. Government that any savings thus achieved will be used to develop more ships Is, in my judgment, to expect the impossi­ ble." 4 4 The convention sessions were held in the inn's main ballroom against a 56-foot backdrop showing the 33 affiliated unions in the SIUNA family and two large photographs of Andrew Furuseth and Harry Lundeberg. The walls of the ballroom were covered with large banners bearing the slogan: "The U.S. Is A Fifth Rate Maritime Nation—Strengthen Our Merchant Marine Now!" Other banners read "14(b) and Lower Wages Go To­ gether—Repeal 14(b)!" These ban­ ners provided the major themes of the convention speeches. Coffee was again available at the sessions for the convenience of all delegates. 4" Representative Frank Thompson (D.-N.J.)—Speaking of his subcom­ mittee's hearings to repeal section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act— "Were there a 'right-to-work,' there would be absolutely no unemploy­ ment, and this would be great... it is a phony phrase . . . We contend that this section 14(b) causes tre­ mendous and unnecessary hostility between labor and management . . . and that it deprives workers in 19 states of their right to vote for the all components of both unions to participate on the basis of full equality. Convention delegates au­ thorized the continuation of talks on the subject. (See Back Page (Continued on page 23) 4 Members of the Puerto Rico delegation to the SIUNA Convention, headed by SIU of Puerto Rico President Keith Terpo, placed a memorial wreath on the grave of the late President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery. Other members of the Puerto Rico delegation talcing part are: Mr. and Mrs. Felix Marrero, Rafael Hernandez, Ramon Pacheco, Juan Mor­ ales, Ernesto Erazo, Candido Valcarcel and Joe Ramos. They were accompanied by Peter McGavin, MTD secretary. 4 4 The only sad note of the conven­ tion was the news that Internation­ al Vice-President Andrea Gomez, who has the longest record of serv­ ice on the Executive Board, was retiring. SIUNA President Paul Hall presented Sister Gomez with a gold watch as only a token of thanks for her unsurpassed record (Continued on page 4) �SEAFARERS rate 'Mv LOG JoM 11. INS SlU-MSTU Granted Autonomy WASHINGTON—The establishment of procedures to grant full autonomy to the SIUNAaffiliated Military Sea Transportation Union was approved by the Twelfth Biennial Conven­ tion of the SIUNA, Convention delegates acted on a report submitted by the Seamen's Or­ By Eori (Bull) Shcpord, Vlee-Pr*sldMt, AHmtie ganizational and Grievance+ Committee recommending having recommendations for the quarters, 350 Fremont Street, San Impressive Record For Convention union's constitution to make their Francisco, Calif. autonomy for the MSTU. The delegates provided that the suggestions known to the commit­ After building oo« of the most impressive records of accomplish­ In approving the report, the tee. Prior to the election of the new MSTU constitution shall be convention agreed to the desir­ committee these recommendations consistent with the SIUNA con­ ment ever produced at a Union convention, delegates to the Twelfth ability of establishing autonomy may be mailed to MSTU head­ stitution. Biennial convention have returned from Washington to their home for the MSTU, and of creating an ports. Not only did the convention approve an impressive set of reso­ MSTU structure which will be of, lutions to reinvigorate the American-flag merchant fleet, and repeal sec­ by and for the entire MSTU tion 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act, but they also called for vitally membership. The delegates de­ clared that the establishment of needed legislation in behalf of the U.S. labor movement and the na­ I an autonomous MSTU would be in tion's'welfare. Delegates also heard messages of support and friend­ ^cial Activities Committee also had ship from dozens of trade unionists, Congressmen and government (Continued from page 8) the best interests of the SIUNA and its membership as well as the of accomplishment for the SIUNA; a busy schedule of sightseeing officials. Th convention also provid^ an opportunity for delegates MSTU and its members. President Hall also appointed her as events for delegates' wives and to renew old acquaintances and meet representatives of the SIUNA'a guests including trips to the White The Military Sea Transporta­ vice president emeritus at the clos­ House, Smithsonian Institute, AFL- S3 affiliated unions from all over the United States, Puerto Rico, ing session of the convention. Trinidad and Canada. tion Union, which has been in CIO headquarters and other points NEW YORK $ 3' $ organizational status until now, is of interest In the nation's capital. This year's traditional convention The conunittee sponsored a special composed of members who sail in Seafarers in the New York hall have been giving a big hello to the Pacific fleet of the Miiitary banquet was held at the nearby visit to Arlington National Ceme­ Carl M. McDaniel, a veteran SIU brother who recently paid off the Mayflower Hotel where delegates, tery where a special wreath was Geneva. Tom B<^h, another familiar face who sails out of New Sea Transportation Service. their wives and guests enjoyed one The convention delegates ap­ of the best meals In memory. Top laid at the grave of the late Presi­ York, has put in an appearance after piling off the Flomar. Tom tells us that he'll miss his former ship, now that she is headed for the bone proved a six-step procedure under flight entertainment featuring co­ dent John F. Kennedy. yard as part of the Oalmar line's replacement program. First in line which the MSTU membership will median Morty Gunty and song 3^ 3; to collect his vacation benefits the^ elect a constitutional committee by thrush June Valli made the even­ Delegates who were race frack other day was Vincent McCioskey secret baiiot to draw up a perma­ ing an especially pleasurable one. devotees had their chance to root who was greeting friends he hasn't another familiar face that has nent constitution. Upon com­ their favorite home at the second seeii for several months. Other fa­ popped up jn the hall after paying t. S. t. pletion of the committee's work, The Convention Sociai Activities runni'' the SIUNA Handicap miliar faces at the vacation window off the Globe Explorer in Houston. a secret mail-ballot referendum Committee under the able guidance held : )r of the convention at were Arthur Wifert and A. Vidal NORFOLK will be held among MSTU mem­ of genial host Ed Mooney kept the the R-b.-roft Raceway in nearby who brought his son Elbert around The SIU United Industrial Work­ bers to approve the new constitu­ delegates relaxed with refresh­ Maryland. to see the hall. ers recently won an NLRB election tion. After the constitution is ments and dance music at his among employees of the NBC 3^ 4. BOSTON adopted, the membership will then famous hospitality room which was Lines. Workers at the company The SIU's 12th Biennial Conven­ elect officers, and, when these open for business nightly. On Shipping activity in Boston is piled up an impressive 37-18 vote officers are installed, the MSTU hand for the opening of the hos­ tion was addressed by many distin­ still moving on the slow bell, but in favor of the UIW. will be granted full autonomy. pitality room were several SIUNA guished leaders in labor, maritime the outlook is expected to brighten Shipping has been on the slow The convention urged all rank- friends including Speaker of the government and other fields. Among up a bit in the coming weeks. the host of Washington lawmakers side in Norfolk during the last House John McCormack. The Soand-file members of the MSTU Among the SIU oldtimers hold­ month, but it's expected to become to take the Seafarers rostrum were Senators Edward M. Kennedy ing down the hali in Boston is fairly active in the next four (D.-Mass.), Vance Hartke (D.-Ind.), Kenneth LaRose who recently weeks. Douglas Clark recently and Daniel Inouye (R.-Hawaii), and picked up bis FFD slip. Ken re­ paid off the Cities Service Norfolk Representatives Hugh Carey (D.- cently finished a voyage on the Sea where he sailed in the deck gang N.Y.), John Rooney (D.N.Y.), Em­ Pioneer, and tells us he's looking to spend some time with his fam­ manuel Cellar (D.-N.Y.), Abraham for a deck slot on a coast hugger. ily during the summer . Doug told J. Multer, (D.-N.Y.), Hale Boggs Antone Paculnos is. singing the us that he was afraid the ship was By Cal Tanner, Executive Vice-President (D.-L.), Thomas Felly (R.-Was-h.), blues since the Mt. Washington going out for a whole year. RosPaul A. Fino (R.-N.Y.), Jacob Gil­ went into layup. Brother Pacuipos well Sanderlin has been telling the bert (D.-N.Y.,), Joseph Addabbo is visiting with his folks after gang in the hall that he hated to (D.-N.Y,), Paul G. Rogers (R.-Fla), spending a year aboard his favor­ get off the Steel Fabricator since it Frank Thompson (D.-N.J.), and ite "floating hotel." Joe Garello was strictly a first class ship, but The SIU and other shipping officials have been calling for the con­ told the boys in the hall that he'll he had to look over his farm down struction of a large, modern bulk carrier fleet for the past several years. Paul Krebs (D.-N.J.). take a chief cook or steward's job Carolina way. Herman White just In a series of well documented statements Union representatives have on the first coastwise ship that paid off the Steel Chemist where pointed to the rapidly aging condition of the present U.S.-flag bulk crews up. he made his first trip as baker. fleet, and warned of the ominous results that will occur if the present PHILADELPHIA Herman chalked up a record as a governmental policy of inaction and neglect continues. The shipping picture in Phila­ top notch man with the bread and The reason for this emphasis on the urgent need for bulk carrier delphia brightened up a bit during goodies as the crew piled up their construction can be found by taking a quick look at the current make­ the past two weeks, and the out­ votes of thanks for his efforts. up of this country's foreign trade. At the present time, 84 percent look for the future seems fair. PUERTO RICO of U.S. foreign commerce moves in dry or liquid bulk carriers. This The racing season has brought Attempts by the SIU of Puerto single statistic illustrates that if the American-flag fleet is going to Lester Lopham back to port after Rico to halt the- passage of mali­ meet the country's future transportation requirements, immediate ac­ a long trip to South Africa on the cious anti-labor laws have brought tion must be taken to build more and larger bulk carriers. NEW YORK — The slumping Robin Locksley. John Bergeria is A recent news item about the growing world-wide demand for U.S. U.S. shipbuilding industry had its another man who was attracted the Union and the Central coal is an excellent example of how this country's failure to rebuild worst year since 1956, according home by the local sports scene. Labor Council under strong attack its bulk fleet is leaving this trade in the hands of foreign-flag ship­ to the annual report of the Ship­ After piling off the Globe Travel­ by many enemies of the Puerto ping. A survey of the world coal market has led a British research builders Council of America. Fur­ er, John is out at Shibe Park Rican trade union movement. The firm to predict that international coal shipments will increase by 55 ther evidence of the country's lag­ watching the Phillies every day. anti - union legislation is being percent to 110 million metric tons by 1970. The United States, accord­ ging construction of new merchant The ponies have worked a reverse pushed by Governor Roberto San­ ing to the survey, will be exporting 55.4 million tons of the world total. tonnage was reported by Lloyd's affect on George (Frenchy) Am- chez Vilella who took office in Jan­ uary, Governor Sanchez' program Register of Shipping which shows blard who says he'll jump for a Normally, with these bright coal^ reverses his party's traditional exporting possibilities on the hori­ for instance, that America's chief that the U.S. has sunk to tenth BR slot on the Globe Carrier since policy of friendliness and coe^ ora­ his choices started running iii the tion with the labor movement for zon, both the nation's seamen and coal customers in the coming place in world shipbuilding. shipping operators should be ytars will be the member nations While the U.S. was dropping fur­ wrong direction. the past 30 years. beaming. However, any dreams of of the European Coal and Steel ther into the ship construction BALTIMORE Government officials and busi­ more jobs or profits arising from Community, Italy and Japan. doldrums, world-wide merchant The American Newspaper Guild nessmen are studying plans to put this trade must dissolve against While the growing need for a ship building hit a new, recCrd in has returned to work at the Sun the port of Aguadilla back into op­ the hard facts of an obsolescent modern bulk carrier fleet has long the first quarter of 1965. The Newspapers after winning an fleet and an indifferent govern­ Lloyds report found that in the agreement to submit several major eration. A group of business offi­ been recognized abroad, this coun­ ment. first three months of this year issues to arbitration. The Guild cials have incorporated for the pur­ try has been content to ignore it. pose of developing the port which The governments of other na­ Although 84 percent of America's there were 1,664 merchant ships, strike paper, the Baltimore Ban­ has been closed since World War II totalling 10,941,419 gross tons, un­ tions, however, fully realize the foreign trade is made up of bulk ner, had a special front page salute when military authorities said its value of insuring that their mer­ cargoes, U.S.-flag vessels are only der construction. to the SIU white caps for the sup­ open harbor offered little protec­ chant fleets include an adequate carrying a slender 5 percent of The Shipbuilders Council re­ port received from the Union. The tion against submarine attack. Ap­ number of fully modern bulk car­ this total. ported that only 16 merchant ves-» Banner has been discontinued now proval by military authorities and riers. Foreign shipyards are being This dismal situation can be re­ sels, with a total of 223,800 gross that the city's two major papers the Pubiic Service Commission will kept busy with orders for new and versed by an active program of tons, were built in 1964. The de­ have resumed publication. be necessary to get the port into larger bulk vessels, some of which government subsidies to build and cline of the industry was further operation again. Shipping has really been mov­ are in the 55,000 ton class. operate a fleet of modern U.S. bulk emphasized by the 1963 statistics ing along in Baltimore during the Frank Mateo is recovering from The reason for this new bulk carriers. A subsidy policy such as when 34 vessels of 421,800 gross past two weeks, and the outlook is an injury he received while work­ tons were produced in the U.S. construction is obvious when the this, coupled with effective en­ expected to be fair in the coming ing on the Del Sud, and told SIU future export traffic in coal, ore forcement of the cargo preference Japan was bound to be the period. Juan Davila is now at the members in the San Juan hall that and grain is considered. Bulk car­ statutes already on the books, ieading shipbuilder in the world Public Health Service hospital for the crew, chow and working con­ riers are the best suited to carry would go a long way toward insur­ with 3,068,937 tons now being treatment of an injury he received ditions couldn't be beat on his for­ these cargoes, especially since stu­ ing that the U.S. would have a built. Other top-ranked nations in­ while aboard the Thetis. He tells mer ship. Pedro Jimenez is an­ dies have proved that the majority strong bulk carrier fleet, fully clude Great Britain, Sweden, West us that he hopes to get another other SIU oldtimer who is making of this traffic moves over long dis­ capable of carrying this country's Germany, Italy, France and Nor­ deck slot as soon as he is declared regular visits to the ha''. Pedro's tances. The British survey found, growing foreign trade. way. fit for duty. Clarence Brockett is last ship was the Puerto Rico. Convention Highlights U.S. Fleet Does Not Meet Needs U.S. Ranks 10th In World Shipbuilding 4 / i: . �joM 11, isin SEAFARERS By Al Tanner, Vice President and Fred Farnen, Secretary-Treasurer, Great Lakes LOG rate Five Six Seafarer Oldtimers Join SlU Pension Ranks Th« Seafarer'! Welfare Plan has awarded $150 monthly pensions to six additional SIIT veterans. The six new pensioners join the growing list of Seafarers whose retirement years are protected by lifetime SIU pensions. Lakes Shipping Shows Upswing The six additional pension"*land, he now makes his home in in the port of Baltimore ~~~ where he Shipping remains good in the Port of Detroit for all ratings, espe­ holders are Richard B. Waters, cially Firemen and AB's. For the future, the shipping picture loofcs Baltimore with his wife Mar­ sailed as a member of the steward very bright. The Steamers Ste. Claire and Columbia kicked off the 67, Charles Goldstein, 65, John guerite. Waters last sailed aboard department. Born in Puerto Rico, -i|| he still makes his home there with season with a Memorial Day sailing. Old-timers like Biackie Avedlsian T. Smith, 66, Thomas Rivera, 67, the Colorado, his wife Eva. Rivera's last voyage and Denno Gazsi were glad to get back in the swing of things on the Goldstein signed up with the Bob Lo boats, better known as the "ice oream boats." SIU in the port of New York, was aboard the Gateway City,sailing as a member of the deck Last week the Boardman of Huron Portland Steamship Company called for a crew. The Boardman was layed up at Sault Ste. Marie. department. A native of New York, She has been placed into temporary service as a swing boat in order he now makes his home in Weeto fill the current demand for cement. The vessel has now been re­ hawken, New Jersey with his wife named the L. G. Harriman. Beatrice. His last ship was the Robin Hood. The Seniority Office recently sent out notifications to crew mem­ bers to report aboard the Milwaukee Clipper, operating in Lake Mich­ Smith sailed as a deck hand. igan. The Clipper is scheduled to resume sailing on June 11th. Joining the SIU in the port of Waters Goldstein Detroit. A native of Newfound­ Checker Cab Taxi Company in Detroit has refused to bargain with land, he now makes his home in Local 10, Transiportation Services and Allied Workers-SIUNA. After Norfleet a three-year battle, the Checker drivers are still determined to win a Joseph Rudolph, 63, and James Erie, Pennsylvania with his wife Rudolph contract as evidenced by a recent strike vote taken by them. At the Norfleet, 65. Rudolph sailed as an AB and recent Seafarers' International Union of North America Convention Waters Joined the SIU in the Bosun in the deck department. in Washington, a resolution was introduced by the Transportation port of Baltimore, sailing as a Joining the SIU in the port of Services and Allied Workers re- • deck engineer and oiler in the Philadelphia. Bom in New Jersey, questing the physical and financial coming along fine and will soon engine department. Bom in Maryhe continues to make his home in support of the International, as be out and ready to ship. that state. Rudolph last sailed well as the affiliated unions. The DULUTH aboard the Massmar. convention went on record as giv­ Shipping is good in this port. ing wholehearted support to the Norfleet signed on with the SIU Checker Cab drivers in Detroit. We've plenty of rated Jobs in the port of Mobile, sailing as a such as AB's and Firemen and fine steward and chief cook. Bom in Smith Rivera Officers of the Local 10 have Galley job openings. Looks like a Montgomery Alabama, he now been in contact with the Wayne good year. Florence. Smith last shipped out lives in Mobile with his wife County AFL-CIO Organizing Co­ Our old book member, John DETROIT — Pat Finnerty, an aboard the Niagara Mohawk. Eoline. Norfleet last shipped out ordinating Committee, who are Nelson, is hanging around in SIU Great Lakes official for the Rivera signed on with the SIU aboard the Trans Orleans. giving their assistance preparato-y to the Checker drivers hitting the Duluth with us for awhile. Should past 16 years, has been appointed be shipping out soon. Many ships to the post of SIU Director of bricks. are hitting Duluth, hauling coal Organization for Lakes and Inland and grain from that port, which is Waters. CHICAGO unusual for this time of the year. Al Tanner, SIU vice president Shipping in this last period has announced that the new post had Frankfort been extremely good. Men have Even with the Ann Arbor No. 5 been created to help consolidate been shipped on a daily basis in tied up, we still have a critical the ever-increasing expansion of By Al Kerr, Secretary-Treasurer this branch in all ratings. shortage of AB and Firemen Oiler Chicago meetings have been rated men." Shipping continues to held with SIU affiliated unions, be good from the Port of Frank­ During the past fiscal year, SIU men on pension and their depend­ particularly TSAW and DUOC Lo­ fort. ents received from the Seafarers Welfare and Pension Plans a total cal 777 in respect to contract nego­ The members in this port were of approximately million. Tho reason why SIU members have a tiations. Both Yellow and Checker shocked at the tragic death of far better pension plan than most other seamen in the maritime in­ Cab Companies were requested to dustry is because we do not have any "hidden requirements." All of offer counter-proposals during the Archie McNeil, who was killed on the requirments of our Plan are publicized and spell out the condi­ time that affiliated officials were May 24, 1965, while loading the tions clearly. attending the convention. In a MV Viking. Archie was a Wheels­ meeting lasting all day June 3rd, man and had been with the Ann Other plans, which may receive a lot of publicity, have what we the company submitted their pro­ Arbor Railroad Company since consider to be "hidden requirements," such as a requirement of 50-99 posals, but at this point, none of July 20, 1946, holding the Wheels­ days for one quarter's seatime credit. The seaman receives a maximum man rating since June, 1947, the proposals by the company have of four quarters' credit for 200 days of seatime in one year. If he been accepted. Additional meetings McNeil leaves his widow, Rita, and happens to sail for more than the 200 days during a specified year, he are set with Yellow and Checker four small daughters. receives no credit whatsoever for the accumulated days over the 200Cab Company, plus the quarterly Alpena day maximum. meeting with the UIW Local 300 Shipping is at its peak in the Another "hidden requirement" in one of the maritime industry wel­ shops. Port of Alpena, with plenty-of Pat Finnerty fare plana provides that there can be no break in employment. This Leon Striler has notified us that rated job openings. One of our provision specifically means that if for some reason you are un­ oldtimers. Royal McCllntock, re­ he is confined to the Veterans Ad­ the union and to make the best use employed for over 200 days in any period of three consecutive calendar ministration Hospital in Chicago. ported to the Hall from one relief of the union's many segments and years, after 1953, then you forfeit all previous credit that you could It is believed that Striler is the job and was shipped out the same representatives in an accelerated have built up. 4first in-patient to be transferred to morning. organizing program and other seaman who filed for a maternity This is being brought to the at­ Buffalo a VA hospital under the new sys­ undertakings. benefit on August 13, 1963 for the tention of the membership because Shipping remains good in all tem. Finnerty has been assigned to in comparing various plans, it is birth of a daughter on January 20, departments especially for rated We regret the recent passing men. In an MTD meeting last work in all areas of the union's necessary to have all tho facts and 1963. Although the Plan office has away of the wife of Bill Toler. Mrs. night, a Political Action Commit­ lakes and inland waters operations details. As a matter of fact, it's contacted the home of this seaman Toler entered the hospital with an tee was formed in preparation for and will deal directly with all better to be able to receive a cer­ on three separate occasions since tain amount of money per month he filed the claim last August, no extremely bad cold for a routine the Fall election. Twenty local affiliates and units of the union. for which the qualifications are marriage certificate has been pro­ check, but died the same day. unions participated in this joint In addition to his responsibilities Brother Toler left the Buckeye MTD effort. in carrying out a program for ex­ relatively easy, then it is to talk vided to the Plan office. As a re­ Monitor on emergency leave and about a program providing a larger sult, the maternity claim is still General Mills announced recent­ panding the union's membership, amount of money—^for which it is pending. Since that time, a hospi­ we all join in sympathy with him. he will also implement policies to ly that the largest flour mill in strengthen the union, which next to impossible to meet the tal bill has been submitted for the Cleveland tlie world, llie B Mill in Buffalo, same baby, and tiiis claim is also include administrative and qualifications. will shut down operations on July being held up pending receipt of Shipping has been going along collective bargaining responsibili­ 44» a marriage certificate. at a steady pace since the start of 1st of this year. Three hundred ties,- Tanner stated. Proper Filing Of Claims: The the season with men coming and men locally will lose their jobs. It is to the advantage of both Finnerty, 40, was selected for Welfare Plan, at the present time, going and, as in every port on the Due to this shut down, flour cut­ the seaman and the Welfare Plan Lakes, Cleveland is having a rough backs will amount to 300,000 the new assignment. Tanner said, ,has a large number of uncompleted office to have each individual, because of his extensive experience bushels per week. claims on hand for the various time filling rated jobs that come and knowledge of all segments ot benefits to which the membership when submitting a claim, to fill in. the unions tug, dredge, vessel, of our Union is entitled. However, out the form in its entirely. He Back with us for what looks like allied marine and transporation prior to being able to make pay­ should submit with the claim form, if such papers are not already on a short stay are Don Kapela and operations. ment, the Welfare Plan must have file at the Plan office, the neces­ Harry Nally who just got off a Finnerty demonstrated his in­ the necessary forms, required by sary documents such as a mar­ month relief job on the Ferris. Seafarers are advised to se­ valuable ability during, negotiations law, completed in detail. Every riage certificate, birth certificate, Hitting this port regularly are cure a master's certificate at and in times of crisis; this talent member is therefore cautioned to enrollment beneficiary card, etc. mostly Keiss and Boland ships, all times when they become ill will now be put to work for the see that he has an up-to-date en­ This will enable the Welfare Plan with a few Buckeye ships for good or injured aboard ship. The best interests of the entire union," rollment-beneficiary card, as well office to process the claim much right to demand a master's cer­ Tanner said. measure. as a copy of his marriage certifi­ faster, reduce a lot of unnecessary tificate verifying illness or inWord is that one of our friends, Jury aboard a vessel Is guaran­ Finnerty, who is married and the cate, on file with the Plan office. work and save money which cqn A&G member Francis Gooley, in teed by law. An example of a claim that has be better used to pay mora father of six sons, makes his home the Detroit Marine Hospital, is not been completed is one for a benefits. in Parma, Ohio. Finnerty Named To Lakes Post No Hidden Gimmicks In Pension Plan Get Certificate Before Leaving Y'l �SEAFARERS rPaffe Bis Jaae 11. itis LOG {Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only in the SlU Atlantic Gulf Lakes and Inland Wafers District.) May 22 to June 4, 1965 Seafarers found a generally improved shipping picture during the past two weeks as 1,255 SIU men answered job calls, compared to only 1,054 in the previous period. The recovery was most evident along the Gulf where every port showed a marked improvement over the slack period which existed during the past several weeks. Mo­ bile made the most impressive recovery, followed by New Orleans, Houston and Tampa. On the East Coast jobs were moving faster in New York and Boston, although other ports experienced a slowdown in activity. Job activity on the West Coast showed a mixed pattern as San Francisco shipped more men, while the pace of job calls lagged behind the previous period's total in Seattle. Wilmington registered a very slight dip in the number of Seafarers shipping. The job breakdown by department shows that Seafarers holding engine and deck ratings benefitted the most from the increase in the level of job activity. Steward depart­ ment personnel also found job calls were up over the previous period. The number of Seafarers hitting the registration count­ ers continued to rise during the past two weeks as 1,187 DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Poft Boston I New York ... Philadelphia . Baltimore ... Norfolk Jacksonville . Tampa Mobile .... New Orleans. Houston Wilmington Pan Francisco Rattle rOTAlS men registered compared to 1,135 in the previous period. However, the upturn in job activity reduced the number of SIU men registered on the beach. The number of men in this category dropped to 3,526 from the previous period's total of 3,624. Statistics showing the seniority breakdown indicate there was little change during the past period, despite the improved shipping situation. Class A men picked up a point as they accounted for 55 percent of SIU men ship­ ping, compared to 54 percent in the previous two weeks. Also gaining one percentage point were Class B men who made up 34 percent of the job totals. The percentage of Class C cards dropped to 11 percent from the previous period's total of 13 percent. Shipping activity totals were off slightly from ^e previous period, even though there was an overall im­ provement in the job situation. During the past two weeks there were 56 payoffs, as contrasted to 55 previ­ ously; 40 sign-ons as contrasted to 41 in the prior period, and 98 in-transit ship visits, three less than the 101 two weeks ago. ffeg/sfered OASS B 1 GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0' 13 33 4 5« 1 11 10 22 2 2 1 5 0 7 3 4 7 20 5 32 1 7 6 14 2 5 0 7 2 7 2 3 2 1 1 4 0 2 1 3 0 1 3 4 0 S 3 2 10 2 8 20 2 7 5 14 22 27 11 6o; 1 14 11 26 13 17 10 40 3 7 20 30 6 11 0 3 2 9 6 3 15 16 4 35 3 6 13 4 7 10 3 20 0 8 10 18 100 145 « 1 291 13 73 82 1 168 Shipped CLASS C Mtipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS A GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 2 1 2 3 ALL 1 l: 1 0 1 0 1 ' 0 0 19 7 10 60 2 31 11 46 3 9 0 0 3 2 1 6 18 5 10 4 23 3 7 12 4 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 9 3 14 0 2 23 311 2 10 11 20 1 10 39 47, 1 23 15 19 24 4 24 7 46 0 10 14 6 33 6 1 5 9 0 4 1 4 13 7 4 28 45 2 12 5 8 2 6 2 13 0 0 11 162, 10 68 84 1 81 179 40 1 300 GROUP 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 9 3 Poif Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS GROUP 1 2 0 1 7 32 1 7 5 15 1 6 1 1 1 1 3 9 10 35 5 17 4 6 4 15 2 15 ~44 160 GROUP GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 2 2 3 ALL 1 1 2 3 ALL 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 " 0 39 2 18 6 26 7 6 521 3 15 11 29 5 6 0 5 0 7 3 3 5 4 16 0 19 7 0 10 0 11 8 13 3 0 5 8 2 2 2 4 0 1 1 2 0 3 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 1 3 4 4 0 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 20 7 14 7 15 2 24 0 11 9 6 1 30 27 4 16 10 1 2 17 10 29 4 22 37 3li 5 17 15 2 21 10 19 1 12 8 5 2 .8 2 5 0 3 5 1 6 1 0 4 18 29 1 13 2 6 4 12 8 17 4 2 7 3 5 11 4 2 13 0 6 0 5 14 100 180 209 159 66 1 45 141 23 1 15 85 1 228 59 1 24 3 ALL 0 1 43 4 2 10 2 22 1 8 2 0 0 2 1 13 50 5 3 25 10 0 2 21 4 21 Registered CLASS A Poft Bos I NY Phil iBal .... Nor I Jac Tam.... Mob NO Hon.... Wil SF Sea .... TOTALS Registered CLASS B GROUP I 2 3 ALL 1-s 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 10 4 8 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 15 15 1 6 *2 4 2 8 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 11 11 4 0 8 3 29 1 33 2 11 1 0 12 13 1 8 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 3 8 12 2 17 2 3 11 16 1 4 32 9 60 45 79 | 216 15 101 | 125 17 Registered _ CLASS A ENGINE STEWARD GRAND TOTALS 145 I«n 160 45 350 46 O., 24 79 149 II I • j 40 90 194 Registered On The Beach CLASS B CLASS A TOTAL Shipped Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP 2 3 ALL A 1 B C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3; 3 10 3 16, 0 1 1 0 4 52 4 29 0 0 4 85 39 97 13 149 3 44 88 41 1 1 0 2 6 5 2 13, 3 32 4 39 0 11 11 22 6 10 19 0 3 3 6 35 12 50 6 68 2 21 16 39 1 4 0 1 2 1 0 7| 5 18 1 24! 1 4 12 17 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 3 0 5 1 6 1 8 1 0 1 5 0 4 1 10 1 2 0 3 0 0 2 2 1 24 0 1 0 20 1 45 10 18 3 31{ 2 9 13 24 3 27 1 1 1 30 3 60 28 78 9 lis' 0 40 53 93 8 31 37 3 5 0 8 76 24 71 99 9 4 28 46 83 0 1 1 2 6 8 2 16 9 10 1 20 2 4 6 12 9 29 18 1 4 4 9 56 6 30 4 40 2 4 6 12 2 0 3 5 13 5 5 23 5 27 3 35, 1 4 5 10 5 19 18 1 42 209 180 '42 1 431 147 446 sfi 644' 23 176 212 1 411 2 4 1 2 1 0 2 4 2 4 2 5 1 Registered CLASS B 3 ALL 1 30 14 4 3 13 4 1 3 0 1^ 1 6 22 6 19 34 20 4 32 8 SHIPPED CLASS A GROUP GROUP 123 ALL 1" 1| 0 2 9 12 0 3 3 1 10 0 11 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 11 0 19 1 20 11 3 11 18, 0 0 1 l! 1 0 4 5 0 1 1 2 9 8 73 i 90 TOTAL Shipped GROUP CLASS 123 ALL ABC ALL 1-s 0 0 Oil 2 1 0 0 7 20 12 49 17 1 0 6 4 3 6 13 4 0 0 8 8 13 11 8 32 24 1 0 1 2 3 6 2 11, 3 0 0 0 0 1 ll 3 0 0 0 0 2 2, 6 0 2 8 1 0 0 6 6: 22 11 6 39 6 0 0 1 ll 34 1 20 55 24 1 1 2 4 4 20 18 42 12 0 0 3 3 4 1 3 8 5 0 0 14 14 32 5 14 51 9 0 1 5 6 8 2 6 16 5 3 2 54 59 178 90 59 | 327 114 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 12 3 ALL 123 ALL 2 3 5 11 1 0 0 1 44 30 87 178 8 14 38 60 8 6 9 27 1 3 9 13 6 14 24 68 2 36 0 34 20 2 9 4 4 4 14 20 2 1 2 8 2 0 4 6 12 4 8 0 3 1 2 19 10 18 S3 0 17 2 15 29 32 64 150 10 8 114 132 43 14 15 84 37 6 4 27 2 5 6 18 0 1 2 3 17 8 11 45 2 4 0 6 11 3 11 30 6 25 33 2 193 132 261 | 700 ~34 45 288 | 867 SUMMARY 123 ALL 291 13 73 oc 82 =„ |I 168 81 179 228 15 _ 85 59 | 159 45 _141 * 15 101 I 125 82 29 216 9 735 37 173 242 J 452 208 349 Shipped CLASS C Shipped CLASS B 65 29 67 | 178 GROUP GROUP 123 ALL 123 ALL 100 44 92 236 TOTALS ... BS STEWARD DEPARTMENT Shipped CLASS A GROUP GROUP 1-s 1 2 3 ALL 0 0 1 1 2 5 7 8 15 35 3 112 7 2 8 5 8 23 0 2 11 4 2 0 12 5 10 12 4 1 6 7 5 19 4 11 6 19 49 4 10 8 5 27 2 2 3 2 9 6 8 3 15 32 2 5 0 2 9 DECK Shipped CtASS C Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS A CLASS B Registered Pay Hga !• Ofb OnsTraai. TOTAL Beitoa 1 • 1 2 NewYoili.... IS 4 11 SO Plilladelplila .. 4 B 7 IS BalriMor* .... i 7 10 22 Norfolk 0 1 4 S Jaekfoayiii* .. 0 0 7 7 Toaipa 0 1 S 7 Mobile 4 4 4 12 NewOrieoa*.. 7 5 12 24 Heastoa 0 B 17 SI WnralaytoB ..1 1 7 9 Boa ProaciMO. S S 9 21 SeotNe 4 1 3 0 GROUP CLASS GROUP 3 ALL A B C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 8 AIA. 0 1 1 0 2 8 16 0 26 0 8 2 5 3 5 60 19 34 86 130 28 244 10 32 56 4 5 98 0 9 12 20 13 6 0 3 0 39: 0 10 18 28 5 23 18 3 5 46 36 60 10 106 3 44 IB 28 0 0 2 4 0 6 12 15 1 4 8 14 28 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 7 8 1 IS 2 4 13 1 2 14 19 2 3 2 1 0 3 1 1 2 4 3 31 23 3 3 57 30 29 27 5 64 1 8 18 2 47 39 1 2 88 56 81 14 151' 5 41 69 115 7 46 74 4 77 55 7 79 12 146 6 22 29 57 1 9 1 6 1 16 10 16 2 28 1 12 8 21 9 45 13 67 10 5 9 7 2 22 32 2 11 0 1 13 7 1 8 1 22 30 18 3 51 3 21 31 23 1 35 300 162 " 35 1 497 361 488 84 1 933 36 180 255 1 471 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A TOTAt Shipped Ship AcffVifx SHIPPED CLASS B GROUP 123 ALL 40 300 10_ 68 84 I 162, 23 | 209 14 100 66 | 180 67 I 178 9 — 8 73 I 90 130 | 687 33 176 223 J 432 SHIPPED CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED GROUP CLASS 1 23 ALL ABC ALL 3 9 5 19 3^ 2 11 30 23 | 35 300_162 18 I 42 209 180 54 | 59 178 90 __ 95 j 136 687 432 Registered On The Beach CLASS A I CLASS B GROUP 1 23 ALL 35"! 497 3'61~488 ~84T 933 42 ' 431 — 147_ ^ 446 51 644 59 I 327 307 132 26l" 700 136 |1255 815 1066 396 12277 GROUP 123 ALL 36~180 23 176 34 45 73 401 255~47l 212 j 411 288 I 367 755 |1249 �>/i vii Mhc'. AM 11. 1MB AM 11, IBM - SEAFARERS rac« Serea LOG SIUNA Convention Actions By Undsay Williams. Vie«-Pr«sldeiit. Gulf Area SlU Assists Aluminum Workers The Seafarers' International Union, here in New Orleans, assisted the alnminnm workers in their beef with District 50, UMW. District 50 has had an intensive campaign in the Kaiser Aluminum plant in Chaimette, La., for approximately three and a half months. They have been attempting to raid the Aluminum Workers' International Union which has had a contract with the plant since 1952. The piant has in excess of 2,000 workers. The Seafarers' distributed leaflets at the entrance of the plant at the change of all shifts on May 25 prior to the election that was to be held on May 27 and 23. The results of the election were: Aluminum Workers' International: 1131; District 50: 827; 9 votes no union; and two bailots voided. The greater New Orlaans, AFL-CIO, filed suit, here in New Orleans, attacking the constitutionality of a Plaquemines Parish ordinance, requiring fingerprinting and photographing of all itinerant laborers. The Maritime Trades Department at its last regular meeting went on record to support the greater New Orleans, AFL-CIO, and all other labor people and labor groups in their local activities to attack and set aside this Plaquemines Parish Ordinance. It also went on record to give full support to all maritime unions whose contracts expire June 15th, 1965. -t—— At the iast meeting of the Mari­ as the Montfcello Victory, the time Trades Department, here in Transhartford and the Mayaguez New Orleans, three unions re­ crewed up, clearing quite a few quested affiliation with the local cards off the board. Several oldcouncil. Their request was accepted timers have dropped into the by the council in session, as fol­ Mobile hall lately to say hello and lows: Barbers' Union Locai 496; catch up on the latest scuttlebutt. Communication Workers of Amer­ Raymond (Blackout) Ferriera is ica Locai 3410; and Office Em­ hunting for a group one deck job ployees Union Local 403. after sailing on the Wacosta for the last three years. Fred Johnson MOBILE is also looking for a group one Shipping has been good in deck slot. Fred started his last Mobile during the past two weeks voyage as deck maintenance on the Ocean Evelyn, but came back from Iran and the Persian Gulf as bosun. Bernard Overstreet keeps busy (Continued From Back Page) telling the boys around the hall Association, the Masters, Mates about the one that got away while and Piipts and the NMU-affiliated he waits for a group two engine Brotherhood of Marine Officers opening. His last ship was the urged "that earlier proposals for Ponce. E. B. (Coffee Joe) Gaines is a Federation of Licensed Officers keeping his eye open for a group be discussed by the six licensed one steward job after piling off officer organizations concerned." the Transorleans where he sailed Furthermore, the NMU in itself is as chief cook for a year. Also look­ a Federation consisting of affii- ing for a chief cook's opening is iates other than its seamen's or­ Robert Wells who recently got off ganization, inciuding marine offi­ the Neva West where he made the cers, tugboatmen. longshoremen European run for a year. Bob has been taking advantage of the and shqreside workers. chance to spend time with his wife Further evidence of the un­ and two children in Bayou La realistic nature of the NMU's con­ Batre, Ala. ditions is their absolute disregard HOUSTON of the relative size of the organ­ izations. In the 1963 AFL-CIO offi­ The shipping situation in Hous­ cial convention proceedings. Vol­ ton has dropped off a bit during ume II, pages 38 and 39. the the past period, but the outlook SIUNA membership was listed as appears brighter in the coming 77,000 white the NMU member­ weeks. Steward department veteran ship was listed at 42,000. G. R. Gonzales, Jr. has shown up The NMU ignores the necessity at the hall with his FFD and says of providing for participation by that he's ready to go anyplace, but the shoreside affiliates of either India. On the other hand, Louis organization. No voice, no place is Everett just caught. Our Lady of provided for them in the NMU pro­ Peace bound for India and claims posals. Any realistic merger talks its a great run for the money. He must obviously include considera­ recently finished a fine trip to Algeria aboard the Taddel Victory. tion of all those who would be E. Lasoya has been telling his affected by and involved in the discussions and ultimate objec­ SIU brothers that the Montpeller Victory can't be beat on an intertives. coastal run, especially with its A-1 We believe continuing discus­ airconditioning. Lasoya says that sions on the subject of merger are there is a world of difference today desirabie. Such talks, however, from the conditions he started should not be restricted or im­ sailing under 24 years ago. Darlo peded by unilaterally predeter­ Martinez is keeping an eye out for mined conditions as contained in a chief cook or baker job. He re­ the NMU proposal. They should be cently piled off the Penn Exporter conducted freely and in good faith which made the run to Alexandria. within the framework of the con­ Frank Radzvila has been bragging stitutions of the respective organ­ about the time he had in Seville, izations and the constitution and Spain when the Afoundria stopped policies of the AFL-CIO, with there on - the way back from which both SIUNA and NMU are Karachi. Frank can't get over the affiliated. beautiful senc^ritas, and says the Your Executive Board recom­ only thing the place lacked was a mends that the president of the good racetrack. SIUNA be authorized at his dis­ cretion, to continue discussions in behalf of our international con­ CALl SIU ffAU. / sistent with the principles out­ lined herein. Merger Talks (Continued From Back Page) tion, which would prohibit the closing of any of these hospitals without Congressional approval. Runaways: Urged the President of the United States to declare that the existence of such a fleet is inconsistent with the purposes of the Merchant Marine Act of 1938 and endorsed pending legisla­ tion which would amend the Internal Reyenud Code to provide for the taxation of foreign-flag ships substantially owned by American interests. Oil Imports: Urged extension of the cargo prefer­ ence principle to oil imports, so that at least half of all oil imported into the United States will be carried in American bottoms. Domestic Shipping: Urged revamping of the Interstate Commerce Commission in orcier to pro­ vide for the representation of the maritime point of view. Opposed pending legislation which would permit foreign-flag vessels to engage in the carriage of lumber in the domestic trades. Endorsed pend­ ing legislation which would permit the domestic and other unsubsidized operators to deposit monies in tax-free reserve funds for the purpose of vessel replacement. Opposed the imposition of the water­ ways user tax because of the destructiveiy heavy burden it would place upon inland waterways carriers. Endorsed pending legislation calling for a study of the feasibility of providing year-around navigation on Great Lakes waters by eliminating ice conditions and urged that Great Lakes vessels be covered by the provisions of the various con­ ventions for the safety of life at sea. Affirmed the intention of the SIUNA to continue all possible efforts to defeat further amendments to the coast­ wise shipping laws which would introduce foreigaflag ships into the Puerto Rico trade. General Maritime: Urged the increased used of American-flag as a means of reducing the baiance of payments deficit. Denounced the "effective control" theory of runaway-flag ships and called for the renunciation of this invaiid theory by the Department of State, Department of Defense and other appropriate federal agencies. Endorsed all possible measures to preserve the U.S. shipbuilding industry. Endorsed pending legislation which wouid close U.S. ports to all vessels trading with Cuba and Vietnam. Urged the Military Sea Transporta­ tion Service to administer the program under its jurisdiction in such a manner as to fully implement the purposes of the cargo preference law. Called upon federal agencies dealing with operating sub­ sidies to review this program to determine if it is being administered in a manner which is serving the interests of our total merchant fleet. Endorsed legislation that would extend war risk insurance to 1970. Supported the program of the Staff Officers Association to have a pharmacists mate on U.S. vessels as part of the ships complement. Fishing and Canning: Endorsed a boycott of Japanese imports if the Japanese persist in their encroachment on American fisheries and if the governments of Japan and the United States cannot resolve this issue. Called for a conference of rep­ resentatives of labor and management to plan a program for harvesting the anchovy fishery off the Coast. Recommended that a vigorous campaign ba Initiated to organize all unorganized workers in the tuna packing industry in the United States, Puerto Rico and Samoa, and also recommended . that the International and its affiliates explore and develop a program to organize Canadian fishery and cannery workers. Urged that all affiliates rep- i resenting employees in the tuna canning industry | work toward a common contract expiration dates ; and exchange information to counter the tactics' of the employer. ' Relations With Other Organizations: Urged that the SIUNA and its affiliates to give all possible support and assistance to COPE. Urged all affiliates of the SIUNA to participate to the fullest possible extent in state and local AFL-CIO bodies. Com­ mended the affiliates which are engaged in com­ munity service activities, and urged that these affiliates broaden their activities wherever possible. Endorsed the support of the SIUNA to the Co­ ordinating Council On Education For The Disad­ vantaged in the pursuit of its goal of helping to upgrade the quality of education available to all children. Civil Rights, Social Legislation: Reaffirmed the determination of the SIUNA to support and assist in every way possible the attainment of the go.il of equal rights and equal opportunity for ail and also urged the immediate enactment of voting rights legislation by Congress and urged all possible assistance in making equality of employment opportunity a reality. Called for immediate passage by the Senate of the Medical-Care-For-The-Aged Bill which has already been approved by the House. Urged that legislation be enacted to protect con­ sumers against misleading advertisements, decep­ tive merchandizing practices, excessive prices and unsafe products. Endorsed the legislative program of the AFL-CIO for the sound and orderly develop­ ment of our educational system. Urged all affiliates to press for adequate housing facilities in their own communities and recommended that the Interna­ tional continue its activities on the Washington level to obtain federal support for housing. Sup­ ported the Supreme Court declaration of 1964 which affirmed the democratic proposal of one-man, one-vote. General Labor: Endorsed pending legislation which calls for the repeal of section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act which gives states the right to destroy union security by enacting so-called "rightto-work" laws. Supported the amending of the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Labor-Manage­ ment Relations Act so that all employees excluded from coverage under these acts shall be able to obtain adequate wages and improved working conditions. Pledged support to railroad labor in its fight against proposed mergers, and called on Congress to forbid any merger activity until it has thoroughly investigated the profits and financial structures of the railroads. Reaffirmed the inten­ tion of the SIUNA to participate with other unions in seeking the termination of the Waterfront Com­ mission or a reduction of its authority over the lives and jobs of longshoremen and other water­ front workers. SIUNA Convention Speakers (Continued from page 3) this country is to ba free. The im­ compete anybody In the world . . . portant thing is that 14(b) is going And these ships should go under to be repealed." our flag." Nicholas Johnson, Maritime Ad­ George Meany, President AFL- ministrator—"The Seafarers Inter­ CIO—"The only strong consistent national Union plays an important voice over the years on behalf of role in our merchant marine. Your a better merchant marine, to pro­ Union has been instrumental in vide a decent standard of living elevating American seamen to their for our people has been the voice present high status in our country. of the American merchant marine You have earned for yourself the unions . . . American labor is not in high standard of living that you any way responsible for the sorry are entitled to, a standard of liv­ state of our merchant marine . . . ing all Americans are proud of, the answer to the problems of the and one which I wholly endorse." merchant marine rests with those t 4" who have the responsibility and the Jack Kenning, Undersecretary of power to take the necessary steps, Labor—Speaking on the fight to to revive and expand the maritime repeal section 14(b) of the Taftindustry." Hartley law—"There can be no ^ equality of bargaining under the W. Willard Wirtz, Secretary of open shop. To say we favor unions, Labor—pledging the Administra­ but insist upon the open shop, is tion's support for the repeal of to allow unions the right of ex­ anti-labor Section 14(b) of the Taft- istence, but to deny them their Hartley Act, told the delegates: functions . . . Union labor has one "You know the strength of our restriction. It requires member­ feeling about this, and the impor­ ship for the protection of the tance we attach to it, not just in standards of the majority of work­ terms of a section of the Taft-Hart­ ing people in a given plant." ley Act, but in terms of the question i 4 4" George H. Hearn, member. Fed­ of whether collective bargaining in » a, $1 eral Maritime Commission — "If there are still any doubts as to the essentiality of maintaining a strong, viable privately owned fleet employing American seamen, those doubts should be dispelled when we consider our important commercial role, and as the pro­ tectors of the free world. 4* 4> Edwin Hood: President, Ship­ builders Council of America—"The coming contest on the seas be­ tween East and West will not be met by ships still to be built. Ships-in-being will determine the outcome. Yet, the Soviets are out­ distancing us in the growth of their merchant marine." 4" 4' 4" Senator Vance Hartke (D.-Ind.l — "We have not been abie to achieve that acceptance by the American public of the merchant marine as an indispensable seg­ ment of the economy that is so potent a factor in the successful shipping operations of the Euro­ pean maritime nations. This is a field where Government and the Congress may well concern them­ selves." ^ �I Sis Pare Elsht Low Water Levels Still Plague Shipping On Lakes SEA FA JI£X S_X.il SEAFARERS LOG By Robert A. Matthews, SAULT STE. MARIE—Great Lakes shipping is still being Vice-President, Contracts, & Bill Hall, Headquarters Rep* plagued by problems created by low water levels which force Headquarters has received a number of Interesting questions on vessels to operate at less than capacity, according to testimony several shipboard beefs that have occurred In recent weeks. The first before the Lakes international ^ joint commission. by the members of the interna­ request for Information came from Anthony C. Parker on the Santore tional joint commission. The solu­ and dealt with oilers standing port watches. Despite these problems and tions that the LCA official recom­ 11. QUESTION: Having llitaned to radio all over th# world, what foreign nation would you say broadcasts the most Interesting programs, and why? A. Mm-ales: I'd say It was a toss up between Manila and Thailand. Question; What is the procedure for setting watchee for the three the heavy ice conditions that mends for study include the instal­ Both countries, limited traffic during the early lation of underwater dams at the oilers aboard ship from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 A.M. when the vessel is in you know, broadweeks of the sihipping season, St. head of the St. Olair River and the port for over 24 hours? cast many pro­ Lawrence Seaway officials are con­ possibility of creating additional grams in Eng­ Answer: The SIU Freightship Contract is very clear that oilers shall fident that new shipping records inflows similar to those from diver­ lish. Music is my be day workers when a vessel is in port in excess of 24 hours, and the •will be established this year on the sions of the Long Lac and Ogoki favorite kind of working hours for oilers are from 8:00 A.M. to 12 Noon, and 1:00 P.M. waterway. Rivers into Lake Superior. radio and Thai­ to 5:00 P.M. Any work outside of these hours would be payable at the At hearings conducted by the land offers a fine regular overtime rate. Predict New Record Great Lakes international joint selection of class­ Therefore, based on the available information, these port watches commission, Oliver T. Burnical, Latin and Predictions of a new shipping ham, vice president of the Lakes record on the St. Lawrence Seaway from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 A.M. should be rotated among the three oilers. native tunes. For Carrier Association, explained that during 1965 were made recently by This has been a long standing policy and would be similar in nature to news and talk, your best bet is almost all of the newly built ships Willis H. Crosswaite, an official of an oiler standing winch watches. probably a Phillipine station. operating on the Great Lakes have the seaway administration. He said This, of course, would not apply to Firemen-Watertenders. 4" l" 4" navigable drafts of at least 25-feet, administration officials expected a Standmore Bell: My favorite for­ Another important question submitted to our office came from six inches. This is the depth of the new cargo record to be set in 1965 eign radio stations are based in draft now available on the St. even without the aid of another Morris Berlowitz, who is on the Western Hunter. Japan. Japanese Lawrence Seaway. Question: Does the steward department delegate have the right to radio has a little Canadian wheat sale to the Rus­ Dredging No Cure bit of everything sians. According to administration inspect his overtime sheet? Is this •4In order to open the Lakes to estimates, substantial increases in right subject to any limitations? gagement of the seaman he re­ and they broad­ vessels with this draft, channels the shipments of iron ore should Answer: The steward depart­ placed, New York. In other words, cast in both Eng­ were dredged three years ago. substitute for the loss of these ment delegates has a right to see it is the intention of the Commit­ lish and Japa­ However, the declining water levels grain shipments. his overtime sheet at all times and tee to provide that in cases of Ill­ nese. There are programs have lessened the value of these to consult with the department ness or injury incurred In the quiz Low water levels and heavy Ice new deeper channels since vessels conditions caused a slow start in heads to see that each member of services of the vessel, the seaman and stories as with the 25-foot, six inch draft, or shipping on the Seaway this year. the Steward department is being is to be provided transportation well as music more, can't use the St. Marys, St. During April, 458 vessels navigated treated fairly and equally. back to the port where he was and news. Varie­ ty is the spice of life and Japanese Clair and Detroit rivers. first engaged by the Company. the St. Lawrence section of the Question: "Let me know if in­ radio offers the most. Traffic jams in the waterway system. This figure was 100 vessels stalling gaskets in all the port The Clarification Committee has 4" 4" 4" system have developed because of lower than in April, 1964. holes on the ship is straight o.t. issued the following decision re­ Max Fingerbut: I'll have to {to low water levels in the Davis and The seaway administration re- on watch and o.t. and a half off garding midnight meals and night with Germany. First of all, I un­ Sabin locks in the St. Mary FaB® pdrted 2,900,000 tons of cargo was watch." lunches in response to several derstand the lan­ Canal. This situation has forced carried on the Seaway during beefs. In making its ruling the guage since both Answer: You are entitled to many of the transiting ships to use April. This was 383,946 tons less committee decided that the. basic of my parents the MacArthur lock, causing delays than was carried in April, 1964. overtime on watch and overtime problem was due to misinterpre­ are native Ger­ of up to nine hours. Burnham Cargo upbound increased by 9.2 and one-half off watch for per­ tations of the existing sections mans. In the sec­ pointed out that these delays have percent over 1964, while down- forming this work. ond place^ I love of the Freightships and Tankers caused great expense, since operat­ bound cargo totals decreased 28.2 Reference: Standard Freightship Agreement. In order to eliminate German music. ing costs for Lakes ships are $150 percent from last year." This de­ Agreement, Article III, Section 12 It's deep ..and this problem, the committee unan­ per hour. cline was responsible for the —Carpenter's Duties: sweet and sooth­ imously agreed to delete sub­ Burnham advocated that several overall decline from last year's ing—so different (a) Routine duties of the Car­ section (a) and (b) and to substi­ flow retarding programs be studied April figures. from the confu­ tute in their place the following penter shall include the following: sion of rock and roll. To tell the subsection (a) and (b): (a) 5. "Maintenance work such "(a) Members of the steward de­ truth, it even helps me sleep. First Quarter '65 Average Is High as repairing locks, installing port partment actually engaged in serv­ 4" 4" 41 hole gaskets, fixing and fastening ing hot lunches at midnight are Gus Liakos: The radio stations of steel lockers, and all blocks." to be allowed three hours' over­ Holland stand head and shoulders (a) 6 (c). "When members of the time for preparing and serving above the rest. I'm a classical Deck Department are required by same. music fan and the officer-in-charge to perform (b) When not more than the the Dutch sta­ regular work they shall be paid straight overtime for their watch equivalent of one department is tions play more on deck and overtime and one- served at 9:00 P.M. or 3:00 A.M. and a wider se­ WASHINGTON—^Unions won 64 percent of all the collec­ half for their watch below." night lunch, one cook shall be lection of classi­ tion bargaining elections conducted by the National Labor cal pieces, espe­ In response to a number of turned out to perform this work. cially my favor­ Relations Board In the first quarter of 1965, up from 59 per­ requests When a midnight hot lunch is the Beefbox is reprinting ite, Beethoven. cent in the preceding quarter. 4-the following ruling of the Clarifi­ served to not more than five men, Also, their news one cook shall perform this work. Other aspects of the report cation Committee on a question Also up, the NLRB reported, included: When from six to ten men are and language programs are excel­ involving which port was a man's was the AFL-CIO's share of served, one cook and one mess- lent. • The election tally included 54 actual port of engagement. The man shall perform this work. election successes. Out of 1,162 41 3) t elections in which an affiliated decertification elections with problem is described in the When from six to ten men are W. G. McChesney: I prefer Jap­ union was on the ballot, the unions losing 39, and seven union following example: served, one cook and one messm-an anese radio. They specialize in affiliates won 690 or 60 percent, shop deauthorization elections broadcasting my A vessel on foreign articles shall perform this work. When compared with 55 percent in the with the results 6-1 against con­ while on route around the world, more than ten men are served, particular favor­ tinued authorization. last quarter of 1964. ite type of radio arrived at San Francisco where one cook and two messmen shall show — replays The NLRB filed 53 petitions for Seaman A signed off articles by perform this work." During the January-March of American mu­ quarter the board conducted 1,670 injunctions under the mandatory mutual consent and Seaman B, his Money Due sical comedies. elections asked for by imions, em­ provisions of Section 10 (1) of the replacement, assumed Seaman A's Also, you can ployers and individuals. Dnions labor law, and eight petitions for Port of Engagement, which was S. S. Transorleans — Dis{>uted usually tune to a won majority designation in 1,066. injunctions under the discretionary New York. The vessel ultimately Overtime, Seymour Sikes. situation comedy provision of Section 10 (j). arrived at New York where articles More than 108,000 employes S. S. Fenn Carrier — Disputed or a rapid fire At the end of Mardi, 519 cases were terminated and Seaman B Overtime, Earl Beamer, Walter were eligible to vote in these elec­ delivery style terminated his service with the tions. More than 90 percent of were awaiting decision by the five Smith. comic like Bob Hope. I like radio them cast valid ballots, with 58 board members, compared with vessel because of illness, request­ S. S. Seatrain New York—^Dis­ humor and Japan has the funniest. percent of the ballots marked for 569 cases pending three months ing return transportation to the puted Lodging Allowance, Felipe 3JI 4< 4 port where he first joined the earlier and 517 pending a year union representation. C. Sun: I don't like any kind of Aponte, Pedro Agtuca, Ramon vessel, San Francisco. earlier. Aguiar, Francisco Bayron, Felix radio—any country, any style, any Other measures of NLRB busi­ In regards to first-class trans­ Bonefont, Gabriel Bonefont, Luis time. When I fin­ Awaiting disposition at all levels, ness also rose during the quarter— portation to his "original Port of Canteno, Luis Cepeda, William ish work I go including trial-examiner level, charges of unfair labor practices filed with the board, complaints were 8,975 cases at the end of Engagement," which section of the Dooling, Carlos Garcia, Arthur right to sleep. issued by the general counsel, and March, compared with 7,924 as of contract is applicable in the case Gilliland, James Gleason, Eugene I'm not as young December 31 and 8,551 on Septem­ described above? total cases awaiting disposition. Langstrand, Gus Liakos, William as I used to be. ber 30, 1964. Logan, Ruben Negron, Odd Olsen, And when you're Answer: When the seaman left The unfair practice cases were Fred Paterson, Earl Resmondo, trying to sleep, Of the cases pending at the end the vessel at New York, under the up 11 percent over the previous John Richardson, Jose Rivero, radio is not conr of March, 6,112 were unfair labor circumstances described in Section quarter. There were 2,876 charges ducive to pleas­ 14(b), he was entitled to return Francisco Roditiguez, Juan of unfair practices brought against practice charges. ure. It is a nui­ Rodriguez, Samuel Steliff, Alfonso transportation to his actual Port employers and 1,189 against sance, pure and of Engagement, San Francisco, Vallejo, Alvaro Vega. unions. The latter included 279 simple. Let the younger fellows even though at the commencement charges of illegal secondary boycott S. T. Transhartford — Check have their radios. I'd rather lie of employment at San Francisco covering restriction, Thomas R, down, close my eyes and not hear , VbfFro'CALL to be disposed of by the NLRB or hp, had|, |as§yme,4. .the Port, of Enr annon (Gpnnoa), anything. . ' , , }• J. J,., ; Unions Winning 64% Of NLRB Elections This Year 1 K -j:. i I. It. i ' M �f/l 'V ' f IVM 11, lt6S By Frank Drozok, West Coast Representative Anti-Labor Law Wiped Off Books The Assembly voted recently at Sacramento to wipe Califomla'a twenty-three-year-old ban on hot cargo strikes and secondary boycotts off the statute books, paralleling similar action by the Senate on an Identical bill last week. Also, after debate the Assembly vote indicated the law be stricken from the labor code. When originally enacted, the law carried a stipulation It would be effective only until May 31, 1943, or during a national emergency of war. The Kodiak, the largest ocean going railroad car barge ever built was launched at the Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp. The 400 by 76 foot hydro-train can carry forty eight fully loaded railroad cars per trip. It will be in the Puget Sound Van Line fleet and will be placed In service from Seattle to Whittier, Alaska. San Francisco Shipping in San Francisco for all ratings has been more than good and the shipping outlook is still favorable. We had four payoffs here recently, including the Ocean Evelyn, Western Comet, Longview Vic­ tory, Western Clipper, Ames Victory and the Wild Ranger. In Transits were the Steel Traveler, Elizabethport, Calmar, Seamar, Express Baltimore, Steel Admiral, Marymar and San Francisco. Ships due to pay. off shortly are the-f : Steel Flyer, Voung America, Fair- from San Francisco is bosun E. C. port, De Soto, Fanwood, Natalie Anderson. and the Morning Light. WUmington Chief steward R. L. Perry During the past period we had shipped out on the National Sea­ the Cities Service Norfolk sign on farer recently. An old-time SIU here and the Wild Ranger pay off. steward, he was glad he came out We had the Tops Tops, San Fran­ here from Houston, Texas. cisco, Ames Victory, Marymar and A steward with the SIU for De Soto in transit. The outlook about twenty years now, M. for the coming period is slow as Stelnsapir is just off the Western we are only expecting four ships Comet after about a year. He's in transit. planning a short rest of about a Jim Eiwiii, who paid off the month before shipping out again. Western Clipper was around tell­ P. Kronberg came in to the San ing the boys of his recent adven­ Francisco hall to register recently ture—and ha had a doozie. Seems and hopes to be shipping out with­ after paying off he took a trip to in the next few weeks. He is a New Orleans for a few days and veteran AB. was hardly settled In when a cou­ ple of robbers broke into his hotel Up from down south Is. J. W. Givins who came up here trying room and demanded his dough. for a steward slot. Another Sea­ Fortunately for Jim, the bulk of farer taking a try at shipping out it was safely stashed away in the bank by that time so all the hoods made off with was 21 bucks In pocket money. Explorer Plans Undersea Map Of U.S. Coast After nine months on the Robin Hood, Paul Tassin decided to call it quits and got off. He feels he's earned a little time off with the family before shipping again. We hope he won't stay out of action too long because electricians are in demand In this area. Following in the wake of his One of the many Seafarers famous father, Jacques Piccard, whose favorite run is to Japan, son of the world-renowned under­ steward Robert Morrow left the sea explorer Augusts Piocard, will Hanover recently and after a short rest is looking for another ship. voyage to the bottom of the sea In Guess what run he's holding out an underwater exploration expedi­ for? Bob had nothing but good words for the representation SIU tion of his own. stewards have been getting during The younger Piocard will chart payoffs recently. the continental shelf at the bottom Another steward department of the Gulf Stream all the way member, third cook Tom Connel from Florida to Newfoundland. whose last ship was the Yaka, The purpose of the trip Is to ob­ says he really had a good SIU serve and film marine life and to crew to sail with on that ship and study currents In the Gulf Stream he is now waiting for a third cook's slot on anything going any­ at depths as great as 1,000 feet. where. Gordon Marbury, a twenSix-Week Trip t.v-five-year SIU member whose Piccard and eight companions last ship was the Transyork is In will make the six-week voyage in town looking for an oiler's job on an instrument packed vessel only an Intercoastal run. 93 feet long. The sub won't use its Seattle motors, Piccard says, but will drift The Seafarers Welfare Clinlo is along unpowered in the northward now operating In the port of Seat­ flow of the Gulf Stream at be­ tle and Seafarers are reminded tween one and five knots. that they must have a clinic card Keeping an eye on Cold War com­ in order to ship from this port. petition, Piccard said; "I don't be­ Shipping here has been fair since lieve that the Russians have in­ the last report, and the next cou­ stallations on the sloping under­ ple of weeks look pretty good with water mass, but they very well plenty of payoffs in sight. could have. I am sure they have During the last period we paid studied the possibility of exploit­ off the Delaware, Anchorage, ing the sea as well as space." Henry and the Seattle, aiid signed Piccard promised to keep a on the Delaware. In transits Were sharp locfkotit foi' such installations the Seamair, Sumnilt 'and the* C^along the full length of tiie shelf. mar.' v.* SEAFARERS \ - 'I raf NlM LOG Some Doctors Still Balking As Medicare Passage Nears WASHINGTON—^While the House-approved medicare bill was being beefed up in the Senate Finance Committee on its way to virtually assured passage in this session of Congress, doctors' groups across the nation began a far-ranging debate on the need to provide health care to aU our nation's citizens, regardless of social status and was regarded as a back-door leal groups around the country victory for the AMA lobbyists, were making their attitudes on ability to pay. The Senate panel strengthened the House version of medicare by adding coverage for four special­ ized physicians' services. Payment for those services — radiology, anesthesiology, pathology and physical medicine—was not called for in the House bill, which cre­ ated a supplemental insurance program, at extra cost to the re­ cipient, for such coverage. The American Medical Asso­ ciation, which provides the main stumbling block to medicare, opposes such coverage for patients. Exclusion of the four services from the House bill who tried to retrieve as much as possible from their defeat on the whole medicare program. The measure to extend coverage to the specialized services—all of which are considered more or less vital to patients involved in sur­ gery—^was put forth in the Senate by Paul Douglas (D.-Ill.). Senator Harry F. Byrd (D.-Va.), chairman of the Senate Finance. Committee, said the panel would continue closed hearings on the medicare bill. Academy Raps AMA Stand While Congressional action was being pressed in Washington, med- Consider Ship Boycotts, Aid Cutoffs House Bills Would Discourage Trade With Red North Viets WASHINGTON—A measure discouraging western nations from continuing to allow their ships to trade with Commu­ nist North Vietnam has been adopted by the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Sponsored by Representa­ consideration by the House Mer­ tive Dante Fascell (D.-Fla.), chant Marine and Fisheries Com­ the amendment tot he Foreign Aid Act would prohibit aid being given to any nation which fails to take steps to prevent ships or aircraft under its registry from trading with North Vietnam. During 1964, more than 200 vessels flying the flags of western nations hauled car­ goes to and from North Viet­ nam. Among the nations with ships involved in such trade were Britain, Japan, Greece, Norway, Lebanon, Panama, West Germany, Italy and France. The Fascell Amendment is simi­ lar to one the legislator added to the Foreign Aid Act In 1963, which cut off aid to those nations which did not move to cut off their trade with Communist Cuba. Another measure, now under mittee, would prohibit the trans­ portation of articles to or from the United States by vessels which have traded with North Vietnam. The bill, introduced by Repre­ sentative Paul G. Rogers (D-Fla.), has the full backing of the SIU, maritime labor and organized labor generally. The Severn River, a Panamanian-flag ship registered to a Liberian corporation, was recently picketed by AFL-CIO longshoremen because she was engaged in trade with the Com­ munist nation. The International Longshore­ men's Association has served notice that It would boycott the loading of any ships which have traded with North Vietnam. The boycott extends to all ports from Maine to Texas. Rail Tugman On Pension medicare known. In New York, the distinguished Academy of Med­ icine fired a powerful salvo at the anti-medicare AMA when it declared that medical care should be "based on health need alone, not on a test of ability to pay." The Academy's statement re­ pudiated the AMA's doctrine that care should be provided only to those who had proved they did not have the means to pay for it. Tb.e Academy said that the government has equal responsibility with voluntary agencies for taking "whatever actions are necessary" to assure all people "equal access to a high quality of comprehensive health care." Heedless of the deep antago­ nisms it is engendering among the public and other, more far-sighted health groups, the AMA has been edging closer in recent weeks to a bitter ruie-or-ruin policy. Rather than accepting its defeat on the medicare issue with good grace, AMA chapters around the country have been threatening to strike against the sick, aged and needy when the bill becomes law. Vote To Strike Dr. Jack Shreiber, a spokesman for the Ohio branch of the AMA, announced that Ohio doctors have voted to support a resolution to refuse to treat patients under the federal medical care for the aged program. Shreiber predicted the boycott would immediately spread to at least a half dozen states. The Ohio AMA resolution specifically urges doctors to turn down any fees from the government-admin­ istered plan. Dr. Donovan F. Ward, presi­ dent of the national AMA, cautiously avoiding the term "strike," nevertheless supported the Ohio doctors, stating that there was notling in the law that compelled doctors to par­ ticipate in the medicare plan. In Chicago, another spokesman for the AMA said it was assumed that there would be a move at the June 20 AMA House of Delegates meeting—a policy making session to be held in New York—to make the Ohio boycott position national AMA policy. Such a move, if carried out, could bring to America the same kind of shame and iilfeeling created by similar doctors' strikes in Belgium and Canada in recent years. PHS Clinic Asks Advance Notice SIU Railway Marin# Region tugman John Loti (left) picked up his first regular $150 monthly pension check recently at New York headquarters from RMR regional djrector G. P. McGinty. Lotz, who. has failed aboard Baltimore & Ohio fail tugs for-the last -20 yearsj/mekes .his home in Staten Island, N.Y., whero he plans to spend his retirement. Seafarers seeking other than emergency care at the US Public Health Service out­ patient clinic in New York have been asked to telephone, wire or write in advance for an appointment to assure bet­ ter care and avoid long periods of waiting. The USPHS facili­ ty, at Hudson & Jay Streets, NYC, says it is being swamped by "walk-in" patients who have ample time to make ad­ vance appointments. Unless they require emergency care. Seafarers are asked to write New York 13, or call BArclay 7-6150 before they cmne In. the clinic at 67 Hudson St., �Fur* Tea 8EAWAREK9 Jon* II. 1968 100 "Whdf If Was All About " SENATE PASSES WORKS BILL—The Senate passed a new public works and regional development bill by a 71-12 margin and sent the $3.3 billion measure on to the House. The program will have its greatest effect in areas of heavy unemployment. The amount called for in the Senate bill is $150 million more than the Administration asked for. The bill will set up the machinery for interstate regional development programs, like the Appalachia program. In most areas, the states will be called upon to match dollar-for-dollar the grants made by the Federal Government. In areas of the greatest need, however, the Federal Government will pay up to 80 percent of the cost. The bill also contains a loan program to promote industrial development and creates a new assistant secretary of commerce to oversee the program. i IMMIGRATION BILL—Charging that the present immigration <luota system "carries a stench of bigotry that affronts the nation's friends and plays into the hands of its foes," Paul Jennings, the newly elected president of the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, testified labor's support of the Administration's immigration bill in hearings before the House Subcornmittee on Immigration and Naturalization. Jennings called for positive legisla­ tion that "will permit rather than restrict immigration." He noted that whiie 54,000 places under the present discrimatory quota system are unused each year, "desperate people cry in vain at our door" for admission to the United States. He said that "the 63,000 additional quota immigrants who would be admitted under the proposed immigra­ tion legislation would pose no threat to us as workers or neighbors." He pointed out that many American union members are either Immigrants or the sons and daughters of immigrants. 4" The Seafarers International Union of North America concluded one of the most far-reach­ ing and forward looking conventions in its history at its Twelfth Biennial Convention in Washington, D.C. Delegates representing the 80,000 members of the 33 affiliated unibns within the SlUNA family dealt with the prob­ lems facing not only the maritime industry and related crafts, but also to those confront­ ing the U.S. labor movement, the working men and women of the country and the na­ tion as a whole. Some of the Convention's most important and significant recommendations toward up­ grading American maritime dealt with the dry cargo freighters, bulk carriers and in­ dependent tankers that make up the nation's floundering tramp fleet. In their recommen­ dations to breathe new life into the fast dwindling U.S. tramp fleet, the convention delegates urged the Government to exercise strict adherence to Cargo Preference statutes, extend construction subsidy aid for bulk car­ riers, establish tax-free reserve funds in which tramp shipowners can deposit monies for vessel replacement, and to impose oil im­ port quotas which would operate similarly to the cargo preference laws. This was by no means the extent of the delegates' action on the glaring problems faced by U.S. maritime. Their recommenda­ tions ranged from a call for a uniform charter party agreement to govern the transportation of government-generated cargoes to a con­ demnation of the waterway user tax pro­ posal which would ruin the nation's inland boat industry, and a pledge to fight the Gov­ ernment's plan to close U.S. Public Health Service hospitals. Convention delegates did not restrict their - deliberations solely to the difficult position of the U.S. merchant fleet and the problems of ,maritime labor. During the convention, they recommended action on a wide variety of issues faced by our country and its work­ ing men,and wpmen. . , , _ .. Probably taie'df the most hn^i-teant ques­ iAAiKME tions considered by the delegates was the re­ peal of Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act. This crucial issue considered by the delegates affects not only the SIUNA, but every trade unionist in America. The delegates called for the repeal of this blatantly infamous piece of anti-labor legislation. Continuing problems faced by the Ameri­ can working man such as the need for Fed­ eral minimum standards of wages and hours and unemployment compensation also were considered by the convention delegates. The convention went on record as calling for the enactment of the $2 per hour minimum wage, double time for overtime, a thirty-five hour work week and vastly extended cover­ age by the present act. Delegates also rose to the defense of the Supreme Court's historic "one-man-one-vote" decision as it called upon Congress and the states to reject legislative encroachments which would permit reapportionment of a lawmaking body on a basis other than popu­ lation. Other major resolutions passed by the con­ vention dealt with improvement of equal rights and opportunity, especially in the areas of job and voting rights, the curtailment of proposed rail mergers, the abolition of the New York Waterfront Commission, better housing programs at the Federal and local levels, and the endorsement of a broader War on Poverty with increased union participation in local programs to alleviate poverty. This brief summary of the national prob­ lems with which the SIUNA convention con­ cerned itself shows that all the affiliated SIUNA Unions are properly concerned with perfecting the Great Society originally de­ scribed by President, Johnson. An improved U.S.-flag merchant fleet is appropriately the major concern of the SIUNA, however, as the convention delegates demonstrated, the Union must be concerned with the welfare of the entire nation if the U.S. is to continue as the atrong, prosperous leader of. the Free WbrMl''-"- M ' 4" FIREARMS CONTROL LAW—The most far-out of the extreme right organizations have been pouring volley after volley of distortions and lies against a bill sponsored by Senator Thomas Dodd (D.-Conn.) which would revise America's gun laws in the interest of protecting the legitimate sportsman whiie making firearms less available to law­ breakers. The rightists have found an ally in the National Rifle Association, a bonafide sportsman's group, which seems to have gotten mixed up with the wrong company. Agents of the rightist groups are reported to have infiitrated the NRA in order to be able to gain easier access to firearms. The Textile Workers Union of America gained its fourth repre­ sentation election victory in the South since January 1, when workers at the Timme, Inc., plant in Wilmington, N.C. voted for the TWUA by a 382 to 224 margin. There were 24 challenged votes. Nearly 2,000 workers have signed up with the TWUA in the South so far this year. Earlier victories were won at the plants of Collins and Aikman Co., North Carolina; Roxbury Carpet Co., Tennessee, and the American Olean Co., Ken­ tucky. 4 4 41 The Brewery Workers won a seven-week strike at the Quaker Oats plant in Hao-rfsburg, Penn­ sylvania, that was called over the issue of working conditions. Em­ ployees at the plant had voiced dissatisfaction about forced vaca­ tions and slack season layoffs. The new contract helps to ease the problem through a supplemental benefit plan and a further stress on seniority rights. The SUB pian guarantees that a worker with 1,300 hours or more of company service is guaranteed 62 percent of take home pay during layoffs for up to 26 weeks a year. The two-year contract also provides wage hikes of 15 cents an hour, four weeks paid vacation after 20 years, a 40 percent improvement in hospital and medical benefits, and a sever­ ance pay plan. 4 4 41 By a vote 187 . to 112, workers at the Louisville Chair Company, Louisville, Kentucky, voted for the United Furniture Workers as bar­ gaining agent. It was the third vdknrcsedfMalt d^Hon at'thViUaht in less than three years. The UFW won the first election in 1962, but it was put aside by the NLRiB be­ cause management charged that a leaflet distributed to employees had misrepresented a company profit sharing plan. The second vote pro­ duced a narrow margin in favor of the company. That election too was declared void because the company had dismissed active members of the union before the voting. An NLRB decision recom­ mended a new election and the reinstatement of the dismissed un­ ionists. Despite the company's an­ ti-union campaign of letters, cap­ tive audience meetings and other pressures on the workers, the UFW won the third election and was de­ clared bargaining agent. 4 4 4 A month's strike action brought a first-time union contract to mcu-e than 1,000 employees of the Hughes, Hatcher, Sufferin chain of men's clothing stores in the De­ troit area. Office employees began the walkout when the company re­ fused to recognize the Amalgamat­ ed Clothing Workers Union as bargaining agent. While the pick­ ets marched, the union's organiz­ ing drive spread through the company's 15 stores until a solid majority of employees was signed up. The company then agreed to recognize the union, pending a check of union pledge cards by a local clergyman. The pact won by the workers provides for wage minimums and progressions for; all classifications, seniority rights and grievance procedures, five sick leave days yearly with unused days paid for in cash at year's end, hos­ pitalization bfepcflts, life Insurance Ind btlier beheW. " ' �JOM 11. INI SEAFARERS Delegates TURNER and MOONEY talk with Cong. DELANEY, House Speaker Mc CORMACK and Labor Undersecretary JOHN HENNING.i LUCY PERRONE Industrial workers, Pacific OisL LOG Delegates JIM DOOLEY, GEORGE MCCARTNEY, RED RAMSAY, BILL ARMSTRONB join in heavy applause to Pres. MEANY'S address. PHOTO REPORT FRANCIS BEDOOE Trinidad The Twelfth SIUNA Convention CONG. PAUL KREBS of New Jersey RICHARD HILLIS Jniand Boatmen, Paclfie CLARENCE HENRY ILA Vice-President Pictured here and on the following pages are some of the highlights of the f2th Biennial SIUNA Convention in Washington. They depict some of the people and events which made this recently-concluded Convention a mem­ orable one for everyone on hand. Delegates to the Convention from the 33 affiliated SIUNA unions acted upon a great number of issues of vital importance to maritime, the American labor move­ ment and the nation, and charted important policy for the international during the next two years—years which promise to be important ones for the future of maritime and organized labor in the United States. STEVE EONEY, Pacific CannOry Workers, and ANDREA GOfdEZ discuss Cannery report. Pacific IBU Pres. JOHN FOX (left) talks with IBU delegates DALE MELLINGER and DICK HILLS. The Convention also hosted an impressive number^f guests and speakers, who voiced their opinions on many important issues. Many of those who addressed the delegates during the proceedings are pictured on these pages, along with many of the delegates. Pictures, however, can't tell the whole story, and fuJI coverage of Convention actions and events is carried elsewhere iii this issue of the SEAFARERS LOG. MORRIS WEISBERGER Bailors Union of PacifiO KENNETH BELIEU Undersecretary of Navy LEO -PERLIS Community Services Canadian brothers DOUCET, SOUTHERN, CAMERON, SWAIT, BLASCOW and DAVID chat With SlU Pres. HALL. , .5 Marr^. IUR|fB^ r; ;.CHAI(^^^ WKLT¥ ^ PAUL JENNINGS President, lUE •> LINOSEY WILLIAMS AGLIW District Brothers BEDDOE, MUNGROO and BLANCHE are attentive es committee report Is made to delegates. fAUSilN SKIfSNERV. >> ^l>Vl.^NELSO|l CRUtKSHANk^ CONG. JOHN ROONEV ••«««» Pishermen AFL social Securpjfef FRANCIS MUNGROO ' �PlW« Twelr* CONG. EMANUEL CELLER Of New York SEAFARERS FRED STEWART AGLIW District June 11. 19M LOG StUNA Executive Board dealt with wide range of problems affecting affiliated unions. JERRY WURP Pres., AFSCMB RAYMOND SUAREZ LAZU SiU Of Puerto Rico 'f JAMES MATTHEWS of SIU taxi local in Detroit is congratulated by President HALL on recent victory over Teamsters as JOHN WEAVER (left) of St. Louis cab local and MIKE JAKUBOWSKI look on. BURT LANPHER Staff Officers LES BALINGER Cannery workers Of Pacific, San Diego THEODORE KHEEL Labor Arbitrator CONG. PAUL FiNO Of New York HARRISON TYLER ILA, Chicago Sen. SENATOR VANCE HARTKE Of Indiana EDWARD KENNEDY (Center) talks with Massachusetts constituents MCDONOUGH (left) and AUSTIN SKINNER of New Bedford Fishermen. DON SLAIMAN Director, AFL-CIO Civil Rights Dept. AFL-CIO COPE Director AL BARKAN (right) presents COPE award to SiUNA President HALL. AL KERR secretary-treasurer, siu Chicago cab union presented plaque to SIUNA. SIU Pres. HALL accepU plaqUo from EVERETT CLARK, MIKE JAKUBOWSKI, DOM ABATA. Brothers DAVID, GLASGOW, WEiSBERGER, SWAIT, RAMSEY and DOOLEY were part of 13-member Seamen's Grievance Committee. Members of the delegation to the Convention from the SIU of Puerto Rico exchange views with Prissident HALU The delegation later submitted, their organization's report to the Convention. JOHN HENNING Undersecretary of Labor BEN MCLAURIN Reg. Dir., Sleeping Car Porters JOHN FORSYTH (right) and G. P. McGINTY of the Railway Marine Region, follow resolution condemning railroad mergers. FRED FARNEN Great Lakes District JOE GOREN Marina Cooks and Stewards WILLIAM JORDAN Marina Firemen �jmM 11. UM JOHN HAWK international Rep. SEAFARERS NICK PECORARO Seine Line Fishermen, San Pedro ANNETTE lOVINO (left) and MARGUERITE BODEN Of headquarters staff at registration desk. TEDDY 6LEASDN President, ILA GEDRGE JDHANSEN Alaska Fishermen MORT BRANDENBURG pres.. Distillery workers TS&AW delegates from Chicago, St. Louis and Detroit gathered here to have their pictures taken by photographer. NICHOLAS JOHNSON Maritime Administrator Constitution Committee report Id checked by four comitteemeni (l-r) chairman JORDON, F. OROZAK, R. HILLIS, J. WINTER. ED CARLOUGH, JR. Org. Dir. Sheet Metal Werkara DOOLEY, RAMSAY, GEORGE DIXON ViCi-Pres., ILA Mobile GEORGE ISSEL UlW-Pacifio CONG. HUGH CAREY Of New York Delegate WILDER SMITH of Marine Cooks and Stewards steps to microphone on Convention floor. Directly to his left Is delegate RALPH QUINONES of the SlU United Industrial Workers. Group of delegates from West Coast Fish and Cannery unions and Great Lakes seamen get together for picture. ' • Following Resolutions Committee report are (r-t) delegates JORGENSON and SWEENEY. LtUNARD MOLAUUHLIN SlU cf Canada Page TUrtcca LOG GEORGE HEARN Federal Maritime Commissioner BILL MODDY poy Scouts of America J. C. TURNER Pres., 0. C. Labor Council CONG. F. THOMPSON Of New Jersey JOE LEWIS Director, AFL-CIO Union Label Dept. HARRISON TYLER, Pres., ILA Local 19, Chicago Is introduced to Convention by SlU Pres. HALL. DOM ABATA applauds guest. GIL GAUTHIER SlU of Canada Congressman CARL ALBERT, Majority Leader of the House (left) and Congressman JACK GILBERT of N.Y. (third front _ left), talk with delegates JOHN DWYER and FRANK DROZAK,(right). �Pas* F»arfe«i LOG 11, IHI I -1' Greetings are exchanged between JOHN SALLOWAY (right), ILA Local 19 oHicial and PAUL HALL and MORRIS WEISBERGER. WILDER SMITH Marine CooKs ft stewards SEN. EDWARD KENNEDY of Massachusetts DON SWAIT SlU of Canada KEITH TERPE SlU of Puerto Rico PETER MC6AVIN (at ED HOOD, Pres. Shipbuilders Council, used visual display In address to Convention. TS&AW Pres. DOM ABATA (left) chats with HARRISON TYLER, Pres. ILA Local 19, . Chicago, and MRS. TYLER CONO. THOMAS PELLY of Washington Convention arrangements are discussed by two of committee—ED MOONEY, AGLIWO (left) and JERRY POSNER, MCS. SEN. DANIEL INOUYE Of Hawaii Protection of American fishing grounds was key concern of fisherman's delegates JIM ACKERT (left) and STEVE EDNEY. ROBERT BROWNLEE Staff Officers,' Paoifie EARL (BULL) SHEPARO AGLIW District WILLARO W. WIRTZ Secretary of Labor NORMAN DAVID SlU of Canada eORDON ELLIS Sailors Union of Paciflo Among SUP delegation was (l-r) Sec.-Treas. MORRIS WEISBERBER, JIM OOOLEY, BILL ARMSTRONQ and BLACKIE ELLIS. Jra^^^ Executive Secretary, administers oath of office to International officers who were elected In the final order of Convention business. Officers will serve for two years. ROBERT MATTHEWS AGLIW District Members of Legislative and ifW' �SEAFARERS Jon* llf !••• Pace Fifteea LOG New Yorkmar Launehed By Calmar In Baltimore By Joseph B. Logue, MD, Medical Director What's The Hurry? As reported in the MD COLUMN of the Group Health Association of America, Inc.. the story is told of a man of some importance in Minnesota in the latter part of the last century who was on h.is way to visit in the outer world. When he came to the coach stop, he was toid that he had just misSed the stage. He then remarked to the inn­ keeper "oh, well, what of It; there'll be another one along next week!" Sueh a man must "have been rare, even In those times, but his philosophy Is worth a thought or two as one sits in his car, one foot on the brake and the other on the accelerator, waiting for a traffic light to change. It is worth remembering when the green changes to yellow just as one enters that zone in which there is still time to decide to go or stay. It is even worth thinking about in planning whether to drive 200 or 500 miles a day on vacation. One might do well to remember it a thousand times a day when he is caught up In the sense of rush that is our civilization. Why are we in such an all-fired journey in seven hours instead of eight, or six instead of seven, or hurry all the time? It seems to be a game to see otherwise compress his trip into how late we can start somewhere less time than originally planned. so that by hurrying all the way The fact that he may not get there we can arrive just on time. Is at all seems not to occur readily, it the challenge of punctuality? if one can judge from talking with Probably not, for hurry seems some of the survivors. Maybe we should get up a so­ just as much a habit of people going home in the evening when ciety to offer a prize for the man punctuality is not the prize. One who can plot out a trip at reason­ might well ask many of the hur- able speeds, with hourly check­ riers: What's waiting—if you get points and predicted times of ar­ rival, and give a prize for the one there? Does "hurry" provide a sense who comes closest to the predicted of self-importance, does it reflect performance. Boat owners do this some deep desire to conquer with amazing accuracy. Maybe all space, oir is It simply that every­ the members of the club would then come home safely. body else is doing it? We might even do better if we We do get caught up in the mov­ let the wives do the planning, and ing stream, to be sure, but some­ plot the return trip as well! A one must start it; and even when trial run to the neighboring shop­ alone, we tend to hurry—^just to get there. Maybe it is sort of like ping center on an ample-time basis the challenge some men see in might make a good beginning. mountains. If they are there, they Most of us dream of an unhurried must be climbed. A person not in existence. All we need to do is wake up and try it. a hurry is sort of odd. We are just about to enter the vacation season. Supposedly this is a time when we change our habits, see new sights, relax, and enjoy ourselves. Will we? A com­ mon quip is that it is a relief to get back to work so that one can rest up from the vacation. A possible boost in inland wa­ This is the least of the hazards ters shipping may be in the offing of a long trip into which too much is crammed, for in many as industrial companies continue to expand their waterside manu­ instances it ends suddenly in a blinding crash caused by misjudg- facturing facilities. The American Waterways oper­ ment or human error. Speed, the handmaiden of haste, exacts a ators announced that waterside frightful toll on our highways and industrial plants had been ex­ panded at a faster rate during the streets during holiday seasons. And this summer will be much first quarter of 1965 than in any other period since the third quar­ like the last, no doubt. The man who drives about the city most ter of 1963. The increased expansion of of the year will suddenly find himself at the wheel of his too- plant indicates a renewed interest powerful car looking out at a on the part of management to straight, wide highway inviting take advantage of low cost barge transportation, especially for him to go 70 miles an hour. handling bulk-loading commodi­ He is poorly trained to travel ties. in this manner at these speeds Of the 125 new waterside sites, hour after hour. Our automotive and highway engineers have put 30 were terminals, docks and into his path a temptation he wharves. The rest were divided cannot readily resisit. It seems so among general Industrial and agri­ easy that if he just bears down a cultural plant and storage instal­ little harder he can make his lations. Industry Ups Waterway Use BALTIMORE—The Yorkmar, the last of six C-4 troop carriers acquired and rebuilt for the SlU-contracted Calmar Steamship Corporation was christened here on May 25. The new ship will join Calmar's regular coastal service later this month. The Yorkmar, like the five^ ships that preceded her down handling equipment was installed ..new piping, electrical wiring the main deck. Hatches were en­ and ductwork were put in the ways at Bethlehem Steel on larged to 75 feet, big enough to place. Back at Key Highway Corporation's Baltimore Yards, has been completely redesigned and refurbished. Capable of 17 knots, she has completely dehu­ midified and heated cargo spaces, larger hatches and whirley-type revolving cranes of 25 tons ca­ pacity. Like the other new Calmar ships, the pilothouse, galley and crews quarters are air conditioned throughout. With the six converted C-4s replacing older Libertys in the Calmar fleet, the company will be able to schedule sailing between the East and West Coasts of the U.S. every nine days. The other new Calmar ships are the Penmar, Marymar, Portmar, Seamar and Calmar. Each vessel will be able to make the intercoastal run in Just 12 days, knocking several days off the old time. In ad­ dition, each of the new C-4s will be able to load 15,000 tons of cargo, or about 5,000 tons more than the Libertys are capable of carrying. Along with the four Libertys to be retained by Calmar, the new vessels will operate in regular trade between the ports of Phila­ delphia and Baltimore on the At­ lantic and Long Beach, San Fran­ cisco and Seattle on the Pacific. They will carry steel products and general cargo westbound and lum­ ber from Pacific coast ports on the return run. A "Brand New Ship" The new Yorkmar is a complete­ ly different vessel from that which entered the Bethlehem yard after removal from the Reserve Fleet. Troop accommodations, armaments and life saving gear were all stripped away, along with 3,000 tons of steel fittings and interior bulkheads and decks. All tween decks except one were removed as was the superstructure forward of the machinery spaces. After portions of the superstruc­ ture were modified and new cargo insure quick and safe loading operations. The preliminary design work and engineering was performed at the Sparrows Point shipyard. All excess structure and fittings were burned off at the Key Highway facility. With only sufficient struc­ ture left for bracing, the hull was towed to Sparrows Point for the next phase of reconversion—addi­ tion of a new deckhouse, structural reinforcement below decks and in­ stallation of the cargo handling gear. Three of the vessels four holds were lengthened and Equal Employment Practices Cited As Beneficial To Labor WASHINGTON—The fair employment practices section of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, taking effect July 2, will "broaden the possibilities for both work and profit," and help both management and labor, an"*" clauses in colleotlve bar­ AFL-CIO spokesman reported nation gaining agreements," he said, and recently. added, "there are still too many "It will particularly help us [labor], because where you have discrimination, workers are divided—unions are weaker," .said Director Donald Slaiman of the AFL-ClO's Department of Civil Rights, during the network radio interview, Labor News Conference. "It should also help manage­ ment," he said, "because where you don't have the tensions of racial differences, you can have a more productive community." He pointed out that business will directly benefit from better living standards and increased purchas­ ing power among minority group workers. A "fairly significant number of unions" have secured non-discrimi- Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Pension-Disability Benefits ..... Maternity Benefits . Dependent Benefits .......... Optical Benefits ............. Out-Patient Benefits .......... Vacation Benefits TOTAL WELFARE; VACATfON :: BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD...^ ' ,r ' 16,943 4793,929.33 that don't have them." "N o t all non-discrimination clauses" are of equal value." Slai­ man said, pointing out that "many companies have conceded non-dis­ crimination clauses covering em­ ployees already hired, and yet have resisted giving up any of their management prerogatives in hiring." "We are going to continue work­ ing on this," he declared. Slaiman said that repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act's Sec. 14 (b) (the "rigbt-to-work" section) would help secure compliance with the Fair Ehnployment Practices statute. "Where you have union security, you have more stable conditions— it is easier to get agreement with empl(^ers," he said. The new law, he said, will give "added force to the existing AFLCIO policy" and aid actions already under way. It will also "make it easier for us to get a response from local affiliates where they aren't doing what they could be doing" with regard to apprenticeship pro­ grams, he said. Reporters questioning Slaiman on the AFL-ClO-produced public service program, heard weekly on MBS, were Simeon Booker, Wash­ ington bureau chief for the John­ son Publications, and Joseph Gambatese, associate editor of Nation's Business. Quitting Ship? Notify Union Cash Benefits Paid — April, 1965 AMOUNT PAID $ 54,836.79 81,967,56 108.150.00 8,600.00 119,553.77 8,223.20 41,998.00 375.600.01 Calmar invested more than $27 million in the reconversion pro­ gram for the six vessels. The pro­ gram was carried out under the ship replacement program of the Maritime Administration which allows ship operators to trade in older vessels for newer or more efficient vessels from the Govern­ ment's Reserve Fleet. AFL-CIO Urges ^Rights' Complianee SlU Welfare, Vacation Plans CLAIMS 8,069 34 721 43 BBS 559 5,251 1,378 the main engines, boilers and other machinery were inspect­ ed and overhauled. Hull, decks and superstructure were sand­ blasted and painted and the vessel was made ready for sea trials. Th« now Yarionar, launched recently at Baltimore, completes SIU-tont,r;j|^^p4 Pflmar Steamship Cofnpany's six-ship, popr; yarsion project. A reminder from SlU 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 oft may cause a de­ layed sailing, force the ship to sail short of tho manning re­ quirements and needlessly mako the work tougher for your shipmatei. ' �•-1.^ • Pu* Sbdtm Jan* 11. ltd AHJCIO Ward9 Off 'PolmnttaUy ixphtiv' Mhm Growing Youth Unemployment Called Serious National Issue Carbon 'Tet—Handle With Care By Fr«d Stewart & Ed Moonty Headquarters Representatives A potentially explosive problem of extremely heavy youth unemployment soon may confront the nation unless massive job-creating programs are adopted, the AFL-CIO has warned. The article recognized that There are not enough jobs adding: "gradually, America has been "There Just are not enough Jobs to go around for the work awakening to the danger of largeforce in general, the Depart­ to go around. The economy has scale unemployment anK>ng its Carbon Tetnichlorldo la one of tho best Indnatrlal solvents in use today. It removes oil or grease completely, evaporates completely leaving behind no residue and It is quite Inexpensive. Unfortunately it is also highly poisonous to man, even in extremely small quantities. Because of its natural characteristics, carbon tetrachloride is partic­ ularly dangerous to seamen who spend a great deal of time working ment of Research declared, and not been growing rapidly enough youth" and this has resulted in and living in small, often tight compartments. It is so dangerous that the jobless rate for youth already to meet the job needs of a very enactment of three federal pro­ carbon tetrachloride fire extinguishers and others of similar types are is double the national rate, with fast-growing work force." grams: the Manpower Develop­ no longer approved for marine use by the Coast Guard. Outlining the scope of the prob­ ment & Training Act of 1962, the millions of young people due to Although cabon tetrachloride is highly poisonous when absorbed pour into the labor force in the lem, the Department of Research Vocational Education Act of 1963 by the body in any manner, either when taken through the mouth or pointed out that in addition to and the Economic Opportunity Act absorbed through the skin, it most commonly enters the body through months ahead. The Specter of Mass Youth the 4 miilion already counted as of 1964. tho lungs while breathing, as a vapor. It evaporates so quickly and Unemployment, an analysis in the jobless, others should be counted so completely that relatively small amounts of the chemical will have These programs are good; they May edition of the AFL-CIO who are forced to work only part are steps in the right direction, very high concentrations of its deadly vapor in the air in a very American Federatlonist, points time or who dropped out of the the article Said. But, it cautioned, short period. For example, half a teaspoon of carbon tetrachloride is out that those born In the "baby labor force because they could their major drawback is that they enough to cause a concentration of vapors in a ten foot square com­ boom" years after World War II find no work. Furthermore, it seem to assume the prime cause partment which is 10 times the accepted maximum safe concentration. added, the labor force is growing are coming of working age. Carbon tetrachloride effects the brain, liver and, most Important, the by about 1.5 million a year net— of youth unemployment is lack 'Boom' to Continue the new entrants minus those who of skills. This may be so with kidneys. High concentrations effect the brain first, causing uncon­ some youth, the article added, sciousness. In high enough con--f This year, the article noted, 3.7 die or retire, etc. "but the major cause of youth centrations it will cause death by million young men and women "Simply not to lose ground, dition. Its effect on the kidneys activity of toe will turn 18. And the "youth 1.5 million additional jobs must unemployment is a lack of Jobs. disrupting toe Is most important because it is boom" will continue, it added, be created every year," the AFLMoreover, the article continued, brain. Tho chemical also effects with some 4 million youngsters CIO said. And, if unemployment though the Civil Rights Act of the liver, impairing tho blood's often overlooked, and can cause turning 18 each year on through is to be dented, more jobs must 1964 will help in some ways if ability to carry oxygen to the body death eyen two weeks after the the 1970s. it is vigorously enforced, it will cells and causing a jaundiced ion- actual exposure has taken place. be opened up. A strange fact about carbon The danger, warned the analy­ "In fact, if 2 million jobs were not assure work for Negro teen­ tetrachloride's effect on the body sis. arises from the fact that a created each year, it would still agers—whose jobless rate has hov­ is the way alcohol increases the large and increasing proportion be several years before the U.S. ered around 25 percent for 7 years danger of poisoning. A few drinks of the unemployed is made up of would be able to achieve full em­ —but merely an equal chance for will alter the body's ability to deal what jobs are available. young people. There is not only ployment," the analysis said. with the chemical to such an ex­ personal hardship and economic Large-scale unemployment "America will succeed in this tent that a concentration which and social waste, it continued, but /amiong the younger generation would not be dangerous without a political danger in large num­ task only if it adopts the right can have "disastrous results," the economic policies and programs the exposure to alcohol, or which bers of discontented youth. so the economy will grow rapidly AFL-CIO said. Eyen now, it noted would cause only minor light­ Compared to the national un­ enough to meet the job needs of in quoting Dr. James-Conant, edu­ headedness or nausea, now be­ cator and former president of employment rate of 5.12 percent rapidly-growing work force. comes fatal. in 1964, the jobless rate for 16- to "Purchasing power of the low- Harvard University, youth unem­ WASHINGTON — Improved 24-year-olds was more than double and middle-income groups will ployment has the makings of so­ Proper ventilation Is the best measures to aid the non-subsidized answer to the safe use of carbon —11.5 percent, said the article, a need to be boosted substantially— cial dynamite." Labor's Economic Review feature. through higher wages and salaries, There is no doubt, the article segment of the American-flag tetrachloride. Unfortunately, prop­ said, that the big-city problems merchant fleet and the commercial er ventilation is not always prac­ through improved social security Of the nearly 4 million people who were out of work in 1964, benefits, through higher minimum of delinquency and crime are fishing fleet have been proposed by ticed. The man using this ohemirooted in unemployment and the Representative Hastings Keith cal to take a grease stain out of over 1.5 million were under 25 wages. frustration and deprivation that his favorite necktie in a small years of age, the report observed. "To help create more jobs, (R.-Mass.) as part of a House bill compartment tor instance, is run­ go with it. Thus, it stressed, "although these hours of work will have to be re­ covering the merchant marine that ning the risk of losing his life. young workers made up less than duced and government spending— "Without Jobs, it is too much was introduced on May 5th. Remember, one half of a teaspoon 20 percent of the civilian work for public works, roads, hospitals, to expect that the unemployed force, they accounted for more education and housing—^must be young people will be constructive The House merchant marine bill of the chemical is enough to cause than 40 percent of the nation's expanded." members of the community," the was put forward by Representa­ a fatal concentration of vapor in a ten by ten compartment. unemployment." No single measure will provide analysis declared. "Rejected by tive William S. Mailliard (R.-Cal.). "And with the tremendous the needed push, the article cau­ the society in which they live, A similar measure was introduced Without proper ventilation, only growth in the young population— tioned. An overall program is they rebel against it and-society in the Senate by Senator E. L. twenty-five parts carbon tetrachlo­ (Bob) Bartlett (Dem.-Alaska). Both ride per million parts of air is pays the price." 3.7 million are turning 18 this required. measures are now under considera­ considered safe. As little as 250 year alone—the likelihood is that Better-Educated Idle Large numbers of people are they will make up an even greater Without these measures to deal passing through their formative tion by conunittees in their respec­ parts per million can cause death proportion of the unemployed in with the basic economic problems years with their hopes frustrated tive bodies. to someone who has been drinking. the years ahead," it declared. and to create jobs at decent and their attitudes twisted, offer­ The proposal by Keith would al­ Five thousand parts per million The problems faced by young wages," the analysis emphasized, ing material for totalitarian ap­ low operatoi-s of merchant ships may be fatal after an exposure as people reflect in good measure "efforts to help tlie youngsters peals and posing a threat to the to commit themselves by contract short as five minutes. This is usu­ the problems of the work force in through education and training democratic structure, the article with the Secretary of Commerce ally the delayed type, with death general, the analysis declared. cannot succeed. to take part in a vessel replace­ a week or 10-days after from kid­ said. ment reserve fund. Fishing craft ney damage. operators would commit them­ Twenty-four thousand parts per selves in a similar way with the million for very short periods will Secretary of the Interior. Growth Of Young People In Labor Force-1960, 1964, be fatal aftw a period of illness, and Projected to 1970 Merchant vessel operators would or if exposure is of approximately place into the fund part of the 15 minutes, may be fatal immedi­ MILLIONS OF WORKERS revenues they earned under the ately. Larger exposures will be provisions of the Cargo Preference fatal almost immediately. Act. Deposits and withdrawals These are the reasons why SIU from the fund would receive simi­ agreements require payment of lar tax deferment to that enjoyed overtime for members of the en­ by the subsidized liner operatotrs. gine department required to use Presently, any earnings set aside carbon tet for cleaning purposes by the non-subsidized operators aboard ship. It's a dangerous mate­ for expansion or modernization of rial and has to be used very care­ their fleets are subject to taxation fully and sparingly. by the government. Since 1936, when the Merchant Marine Act was adopted, the subsidized liner segment of the U.S.-flag fleet has enjoyed tax deferment on the monies it puts aside for fleet ex­ For obvious reasons the LOG pansion. cannot print any letters or Shipping experts estimate that other communications sent in about 600 tramp and coastal car­ by Seafarers unless the author riers, inter-coastal carriers. Great signs bis name. Unsigned Lakes carriers and non-subsidized anonymous letters will only liners would be able to take ad­ wind up in the waste-basket. tauren U.S. BurMu of Ubor StaUsUca, vantage of the provisions of the If circumstances Justify, the The increasing seriouinass of the problem of youthful unemployment in the United States it bill.' About 12,000 fishing craft LOG will withhold a signature shown graphicalliy We.- 'New.fobs ere not keeping pace with the growing numbert of youth would also have an' epportudity to on request. entering the job market each year. ^ participate. Bill Would Aid Construction Of New Ships THE YOUTH BOOM Sign Name On LOG Letters �11, IHI CASABLANCA 8BAFABHB8 PORTS OF THB WOpr n'^j Casablanca, tfaa Industrial and commercial capital of the North African kingdom of Morocco, boasts one of the largest man-made harbors In the world. It la a city more famous m legend than in fact. Considered one of the exotic North ^ca ports, with others like Tangier and Algiers, it has T «ettlng for countless stories, novels and toms. In 1943, however, it was the real setting for one of the most important of the wartime meetings between Allied leaders. The ships of the SlU-contracted Isthmian Lines make occasional calls at Casablanca, as do other ships of the SIUmanned fleet. The port is one of the busiest in North Africa, and is frequented by many foreign flag vessels. Surprisingly, though it is located in an old part of the worlds Casablanca is not an old dty. Until about a halfcentury ago it was little more than a collection of fisher­ men's shacks. A large white "house, owned by the village chief and a landmark to sailors, was responsible for the city s name. Casablanca was developed as a center of com­ merce by the French, whose influence still lingers over North Africa. Near the main gate of the dock area, on the Boulevard Moulay, is the local Seamen's Club. Open from 9 a.m. until 11 p.m. daily, it offers the usual amenities for the Seafarer who does not wish to go into town. Casablanca has a rough reputation, and it is well earned. Seafarers are advised not to travel alone when returning to their ship at night, even if a cab is taken. Further, it is not advisable to take large anmunts of cash, cigarettes or other valuables ashore. Keeping these warnings in mind, the Seafarer can have a reasonably good time enjoying the attractions in town. Taxis are available at the dock area for the quick ride down­ town- Prices should always be discussed first with the dr^er. The old quarter of the city, with its narrow streets and teeming houses is fairly close to the port zone. Fur­ ther along the Boulvard de Almohades, following the coast line, can be found one of the largest swimming pools in the world. It is more than a quarter-mile long. Further along the same road is the city's best residential area, Anfa Hills. Here are more swimming pools and beach­ es, though bathing in the ocean is considered dangerous. The center of Casablanca, with its entertainment and shopping areas, is set in back of the old city. A trip to the Sultan's Palace, on the Rue Hadj Amar Riffi, is well worth the effort. Bus tours of other points of interest are easily arranged. iiiliBiliilii Hnsh. . ^ A buttling port (top photo) and the leather industry are two main­ stays of Casablanca's economy. New housing in Casablanca, like this family is en­ joying, still is decorated in the traditional North African and Arabic manner. i'-) 51 A familiar sight in the developing world: ancient slums, foreground, giving way to new blocks of modern housing for the city's thousands. i ! Ilill This new television facility, still under construction at the time the photo was taken, gave North Africa its first chance to lpQk;ln the wpi-W .of:,yi(feo. Boy scouts parade on the main street of Casablanca, a thriving Icityfthatwas once a»fishmg village. The SlU-manned Steel Voyager of the Isthmian Lines made a recent stop in Casablanca while j • ort a<^ound the-world trip., r, i �SEAFARERS Page Eighteea 15 Wor/cf Vessefs Reported Lost At Sea During 1964 Each year at least 15 large merchant ships weigh anchor in ports aroimd the world and head into the open sea, never to be seen again. The regular disappearance of ships continues year after year despite the latest advances in radio communications and search and rescue techniques. to determino the approximate Searching ships and aircraft can Some 600 seamen are lost position of the lost vessel and the then maintain their search pat­ yearly when their ships vanish quickness with which some ships terns by using the beacon as a without a trace, according to in­ formation released at a three-day seminar in New York on search and rescue methods in the North Atlantic. The seminar was spon­ sored by the U.S. Coast Guard. Two factors contribute to the sudden disappearance of large freighters, a Coast Guard spokes­ man said. They are the inability Anti-Union Bosses Hit By NLRB Ruling WASHINGTON — The United States Court of Appeals has upheld a recent National Labor Relation Board rule certifying a union as a legal bargaining representative in the event that an employer refuses to recognize authorization cards submitted by a union as proof of a bargaining majority. The Appeals Court upheld a decision and NLBB ruling ordering the S.N.C. Manufacturing Company of Oshkosh, Wise., to bargain with the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. At S.N.C. the lUE obtained the signatures of 51 of the company's 76 employes on union authorization cards and on March 1, 1963, re­ quested recognition and a bar­ gaining meeting. Management re­ plied that it "had no knowledge" of the union's majority status and demanded an NLRB election. Thereupon, the NLRB general counsel told the court, the com" pany "engaged in an active cam­ paign" to smash the union and, by April 1, 1963, dissipated the union's majority in S.N.C.'s two Oshkosh plants. The union lost the election, 32-42, on that date. The NLRB later ruled that the management broke the law by re­ jecting the cards as evidence of the lUE majority, promising and granting wage increases, setting up a shop committee to supplant the union, and threatening em­ ployes with "economic reprisal" if the union won. The Appeals Court agreed that the "employer's challenges to the board's findings and conclusions appear to us to be without merit." Argument Rejected Rejecting the company's argu­ ment that the union gave up its right to file refusal-to-bargain charges when it participated in an election, the court wrote: "This may have been a valid position under the rule announced in 'Aiello Dairy Farms,' 1954. But the board has now rejected that rule and, we think, it was within its statutory authority in so doing." The rule followed by the NLRB from 1954 to 1964 was that a union complaining of unfair employer practices could either file charges or proceed to an election, but it could not proceed to an election and then file charges based on pre-election conduct. go down. Aircraft and small boats disappear under similar condi­ tions. While nvwt major steamship lines require that their vessels radio their positions at least once a day, some ships do not follow the practice. If a daily position report was available to search and rescue teams, they would be able to locate and begin rescue oper­ ations on a foundering vessel in much less time, according to the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard Is currently experimenting with new radio de­ vices that may be able to cut down on the number of ships which disappear each year. Hopes are being pinned on a floating beacon which, vyhen dropped into the ocean, will follow the drift of the ocean so ft can be used as a reference point for searchers. The floating beacon, because it is drifting in the same general way as the helpless ship, main­ tains the same position in relation to the object being searched for. Mississippi Building New Inland Canal A new inland waterway is pres­ ently under construction between Biloxi and Gulfport Mississippi which may eventually allow ocean shipping to move Inland into the state over a 35-foot deep channel 250 feet wide from bank to bank. When all five stages of the proj­ ect are completed the cost will run more than $50 million. The first stage, a nine-mile stretch, has been completed only deep enough to handle tugs and barges leading to chemical plants in Harrison County. When completed, however, the project will become part of the intercoastal canal with termi­ nals and docking areas for ocean vessels. Completion is expected to spur a vast industrial growth in the area. About 1,600 acres have been set aside for industrial expansion along the canal route, of which 1,400 will be ready sometime in June, which will have access to this new navigation link with the Mississippi River. The new traffic spurred by the canal is expected to further boost the growth of Pascagoula and Gulfport, which are already heading for cargo records this year in spite of the long dock strike. Gulfport reports 123,622 of ton­ nage so far this year, compared with only 98,999 for the same pe­ riod last year. Ship arrivals are also up to 32 from 21 for March, 1964. Pascagoula reports a record of 1,005,682 tons handled during March, 1965—a 67.9 percent in­ crease over the same period last year. . ler^kWoiV... Jne U. ifW LOG guide post. Another radio device being tested by the Coast Guard is a transmitter the size of a cigarette package that can be attached to a life jacket. By tuning in on the transmitter, aircraft would be able to find a man drifting in the ocean faster than they could by visual methods. Had these devices been avail­ able, two of the most noted and recent ship mysteries might have been averted. In the first, the American-flag Marine Sulphur Queen vanished without a trace in the Gulf of Mexico in February 1963. In December, 1963, the Spanish-flag freighter Castillo Montjuich sailed from Boston with a 10,000-ton cargo of grain. She last reported on the radio on De­ cember 14 that she was 450 miles northwest of the Azores. She was never heard from again. In Beckbury it's Wlif Broome Over Mechanical Broom—^100% LONDON—Wilf Broome, longtime street cleaner of the English village of Beckbury is retiring—and the spectre of automation is raising iU ugly head. Village officials are protesting attempts by the county to replace old Wllf Broome with a mMhanlcal broom. "No mechanical broom, or sweeper, or whatever they call it can ever replace Wilf Broome," one viUage official protested. "Mr. Broome's done a tremendous Job for nineteen years and we don't want some mechanical contraption to replace him. For one thing, it couldn't." In his years as village street cleaner, Broome has compiled a record which any automated machine would find it hard to match. He has kepi the village so clean that it has won four first prizes as the best-kept village In Shropshire, in addi­ tion to many second and third place prizes. But Broome is 65 and eligible to retire on pension, and the fight against an automated re­ placement for him is under­ way. "No mechanical sweeper can look after our village like Mr. Broome," the town council chairman moaned. "A machine may be all right for open stretches of a road, but not for a village. We are going to protest to the county council in the strongest possible terms." To aU of this. Win Broome agrees, "It's very nice to know that I'm thought so much of," he commented. "The parish council is right about one thing. No machine can do the job as well as a man. I use brooms, a shovel, a scythe and a.scoop and no machine can do that." By Sidney Margolius Gambling No Cure For Financial Woes One of the prevailing financial problems of some moderate-income families is chronio gambling, a recent survey of family money problems by the Family Service Association of America shows. This survey is of special interest to working families because of discussions in various regions about legalizing some gambling activities, such as state lotteries and off-track betting. These proposals are aimed mainly at producing revenue for local communities to ease the present tax load on home­ owners. But opponents argue that legalizing betting would divert more money from families who can ill afford losses. Two kinds of gambling stand out In the family agency reports. One is steady, small gambling, much like a sport or hobby, which men, and often women too, do at work or in the neighborhood. The other is an attempt by wage-earners trying to maintain large families on low or moderate income, to solve their problems by "making a hit." For example, Jeannette Hanford, Director of the Family Service Bureau of Chicago, reports the situation of a couple who have eight children, including twins. The husband has held the same job for 14 years. But his wages of $72 a week barely cover food, rent, clothing and his transporta­ tion expenses to get to work. So he resorts to gambling as a way of solving his pressing financial problem. He hopes that some day he will win enough to give his wife all he feels she deserves. He means well, but his unrealistic hops is only making the family situation worse. The "recreational" or "hobby" type of gambling can be equally damaging to family finances, and it can also cause serious discord, the survey shows. One young man of 25 had married his only sweetheart when they were both 18. He had older brothers who were inclined towards gambling, relates Emily Dickinson, Director of the Family Serv­ ice Association of Tampa. Their betting always fas­ cinated him when he was a youngster, and he could hardly wait to grow up to go to the track with them. Not until he had gone into debt for $2,000 and separated from his wife did he try to quit gambling. The couple are back together again, and he knows his wife will not stand for any further ventures. But gambling can be a hard habit'to shake, and she is aware that he still bets small sums. From the experience of the family agencies, habitual gambling is a "complusive" problem much like alcoholism. In fact, the agencies, often bracket gambling and alcoholism as twin problems. Some­ times the gambler can't stop even when he obviously is marching to disaster. Mrs. D. D. Specht, of Family Service of Morris County, New Jersey, tells about men who have actually lost their busi­ nesses due to gambling. - Sometimes a husband will use gambling like going on a drinking "toot," to punish his wife when he la angry at her, reports Warde Laidman, Case­ work Services Director for Family Service Agencies of San Francisco and San Mateo Counties in California. Couples do use money surprisingly often to punish each other through heavy spending, gambling or other ways, reports Sidney Berman, Casework Director at Peninsular Family Service, Newport News. Gambling is a pretty hopeless way to try to solve personal problems. The odds are stacked against the bettor. The syndicates that ma the organized bet­ ting pools, as on football games, purportedly set odds to 6 to 5 in their favor. But even though you already start with this disadvantage, the point spread sometimes is Juggled to make the odds much greater, and you also lose in case of a tie. Ernest Blanche, a mathematician, who has done much research on gambling has written that with these various edges, the professional pool <H>eratorlB take often runs as high as 80 or 90 per cent. The "compulsive" type of gambler often needs counseling so he can see what his problems really are, and how to face them. Father Philip A. Carey, noted New York priest who has devoted a lifetime to the problems of working families, told this department: "I haven't any more moral objection to gambling than for a fellow to send away for tickets to a show, if it's for occasional amusement and as long as he doesn't confuse Aqueduct with an investment house. Yet, the pari-mutuel clerks all tell me how appalled they are at the inveterate gamblers. For them, it is compulsive, and an addic­ tion as fearful as that to narcotics and liquor." As far as the poor fellow trying to solve the „ problems of a big family on a low income, the onlji^ reaiistic solutions require, more overall planning,# and joint effort with other working people as inf unions, heaith-care and housing co-ops and other ^ mutual activities. A man working on the same job 14 years and earning $72 a week, will find a labor organization more useful than a betting pool. Large moderate-income families, especially, need > to know and use all available community resources. "It is not unusual to have a family come in head over heels in debt for doctor and hospital bills, when much of this debt could have been avoided if the family had been more familiar with com­ munity resources and the possibility of assistance," reports .Bea Kersten, AFL-CIO Community Services Representative in Minneapolis. "Similarly, too few families are familiar with the programs that could help in the education of their children. Nor is enough being done to upgrade vocational skills." This kind of mutual self-help and communiiy participation is the safest bet. �11, Utt SEAFARERS rage Nbuteea LOG Double Cuddle Ship's delegate George Lee Bangh Sr. sailing aboard the Del Santos (Delta Line) reports that the Del Santos crew is in shipshape condition after completing a smooth and successful run to the West Coast of South Africa. The trip began on March 15 and ended May 15 in New Orleans, Louisiana. — ^— wondrous. The mess crews sailing high throughout the voyage. Thanks "We had a very good crew aboard the following vessels have again to ail hands for a fine job." manning all departments and received the commendations of Seafarer Larry Bacon and his wife affectionately fondle their twin infant sons in their Detroit home. "Some people think that twins are double trouble." says Mrs. Bacon, "but _^^^^^^^^orjiSj|^^the^Ve^roved^^a^^doubI^blow DEL SOL (D«lta), May 14 —Chairman, R. C. Stough, Jr.; tacmtaiy, R. Lambert Brother J. E. Mullen was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $37.05 in ship's fund. Crew requested to cooperate and keep natives out of quarters in foreign porte. Chairman, Edward Knight; Becretary, Tom Jewelt. $8.00 in ship's fund. Mo­ tion made ttwt bonus l>e given every 90 days, employment compensation, travel pay for fitting out after crew is calied. Brother Edward Knight was elected to serve es ship's delegate. DETROIT (Michigan Tankers), Febniray 2S—Chairman, Melvin W. Piace; Seeretaiy, James Hamilton. Brother Melvin W. Place was elected to serve as temporary ship's delegate while Brother Everett Is in hospital. Discus­ sion about contract. Crew would like to submit proposals for new contract when present contract expires. J. e. MILLER (Daitiand), May t1— Chaiiman, Walter Lack; Secratary, Michaal Reddy. Motion made for an increase in wages. Nothing reported by department delegates. PENN EXPORTER (Penn Shipping), May 17—Chairman, Edward Cole; Secratary, Z. A. Marfcris. Brother William P. Robinson was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No t;eefs were re- DAVID P. THOMPSON (Boland & Cornelius), May 17—Chairman, Arnold Heatheriy; Secretary, James Saxon. Motion rrwde that increase in wages be included In new agreement. U. S. GYPSUM (Boland 8. Cornelius), March 4—Chairman, Vaughan Stacker; Secretary, Robert Pate. Brother Vaughan Stecker was elected ship's delegate. No t>eefs reported by de­ partment delegates. ATLAS (Burbank), May 23—Chair­ man, K. Turner; Secretary, K. Lynch. $22.00 in ship's fund. No beefs re. ported by department delegates. Mited by department delegates. Everything is running smoothly. Vote of thanks to the bosun and day men for the swell paint Job in steward department rooms. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a Job well done in feeding and service. CHATHAM (Waterman), May 18 — Chairman, Bernard Payne; Secretary, Sidney A. Darner. Vote of thanks to the steward department and to the ship's delegate for a job well done. SPITFIRE (General Cargo), May 18 —Chairman, C. A. Welch; Secretary, J. A. Stevens. No beefs reported by department delegates. Request made for Ice machine. Galley and messhall need painting. DEL MONTE (Delta), May 16—Chair­ man, Howard Menz; Secretary, Albert Espeneda. Ship's delegate repoited that everything is O.K. No disputed or reported. Brother Howard Menz was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Wiper missed ship in Mo­ bile. Bosun was hospitalized in Mobile prior to sailing. $9.28 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks to ship's dele­ gate and department delegates. Vote of thanks also extended to galley gangs and messmen for special serv­ ice aboard ship. JOHN A. KLING (Reiss), May 19— KENT (Corsair), May 27—Chairman, Robert Murray; Secretary, Harold Suteliffe. Disputed OT in each depart­ ment. Crew complain about no co­ operation from topside. Many beefs to be taken up with patrolman. HALCYON PANTHOR (Halcyon), May 23—Chairman, Lucky Pritchett; Sec­ retary, Frank Kustura. Brother D. Pashkoff resigned as ship's delegate, and Brother E. J. Thibodaux was . elected to serve in his place. $4.25 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks to the steward department for fine food and service. Discussion on draws in for­ eign money. Vote of thanks to the electricians for operating movie pro­ jector. Motion made to have 20-year retirement plan. That firemen stand­ ing donkey watches from 5 pm to 6 am should t>e on Port time. Motion made to write Congressmen asking that aliens sailing American-flag ships should become citizens or else not be allowed to sail American-flag ships. BOWLING GREEN (Pan American Tanker), May 16 —Chairman, I. W. Griggers, Jr.; Secretary, A. C. Wilson. No beefs were reported by depart­ ment delegates. Everything is running smoothly. ROBIN GOODFELLOW (Moore-McCocmack), May 17—Chairman, None; Secretary, None. Chief engineer re­ quests crew to conserve water, as the water tonnage Is very low. $26.50 In ship's fund. Soma disputed OT in each department. Special vote of thanks to the baker and to the stew­ ard departmenL there was not a single log since sign on," announces Brother Baugh. "It was a clean SIU idiip and all the top• id e personnel were O.K. Cap­ tain G. B. San­ born is a fine skipper. There were no overtime beefs and the food was swell — well cooked and Bauqh well served. The steward depart­ ment received an all bands vote of thanks. Ship's delegates in all de­ partments handled their Jobs efficiently. Deserving of thanks In this respect are engine department delegate G. E. Phillips, deck de­ partment delegate H. L. Campbell and steward d^artment delegate Sam Morris. They served the in­ terests of the crew." 4 t G. M. Bowdrc (B-461), ship's delegate aboard fiie Del Talle (Delta Line), reports that the crew has just won the annual Delta Line "No Lost Time Accident Award." Of the $70 prize, $53.83 was spent for books and maga­ zines, the balance remaining in the ship's fund. t. t. t. Seafarers on board the Iberviiie must be making out pretty well. Ac­ cording to all re­ ports, not only are they dining like kings, but they are smoking cigars fit for millionaires. "In fact," reports delegate J. W. Allen, "those Allen stogies are so big that crew members have requested that the messroom be outfitted with larger ashtrays. Something about the size of oversize soup plates might do—preferably in varying shades of gray." Seafarer George Litchfield, ship's delegate aboard the Seamar (Cal-' mar Steamship Corp.), passes along the crew's vote of thanks to the galley department. "While on board the Sea oar on a Baltimore to Seattle run, we had absolutely the best food and service," says Brother Litchfield. "Of course," he adds, "the me.ssmen, cooks and stewards were 100% SIU," 3i t i Seafarers take their chow seri­ ously. They've been all around the world and have sampled the best food that every port has to offer. When a Seafarer commends the cuisine and praises the service it means that the feats of the galley staff have been little short of their fellow crewmembers .for chow and service beyond the call of duty: Yaka (Waterman), Globe Prog­ ress (Maritime Overseas), Seamar (Calmar, Ocean UUa (Maritime Overseas), Lasalle (Waterman), Seatrain New Jersey (Sea Train), Long Lines (Isthmian), Robin Goodfellow (Robin Lines), Sacra­ mento (Oriental Exporters), Taddei Victory (Consolidated Mariners), Overseas Joyce (Maritime Over­ seas), Council Grove (City Service). 3^ 3^ 3^ Even landlubbers get tired of watching the same old re-runs on T.V. night after night. But seeing one film, time and again at sea, can sure run a seafaring man down. Well, Seafarers on board the Del Norte (Delta Steamship) have decided to do something about it. "We've requested a list of the movies run on board for the past year," reports Robert Calla­ han, meeting chairman. "That way we can avoid duplication. And what's more," Brother Callahan adds, "the ship's agent has an­ nounced that he will rent passen­ ger films to the crew. From here on in, mates, Saturday night at the movies ought to be a real treat." 4> 3>> 3i' Johnnie Hoggie, ships delegate aboard the Western Cmnet (West­ ern) reports that the entire crew wishes to extend a vote of thanks to Capt. Henry B. Smoak for "his consideration in respect to prompt draws, mail, crew matters, and everything else. During the ten months that he was master of this vessel, it has been a tight and happy ship." The crew also wishes to thank Chief Mate Ralph B. Hathaway for his attention to all who were sick during the voyage. "Both the Captain and the Chief Mate are tops," declares brother Hoggie. "We aim to please," is the motto of the galley gang on board the Del Ore (Mississippi Shipping Co.). The steward department has served notice that if any member of the crew wants a special dish, he should contact the galley, and, if possible, his wi^ shall be their command. Delegate Edward J. Riviere reports a rumor has it that some of the Del Oro's gourmets have already placed orders for such exotic rarities as pheasant under glass, roast lark's wing and black caviar on Andalusian cradcers. "I don't want to appear too hasty," says Brother Riviere, "and I prefer to hold off judgment until all the evidence is in, but it just might be that some of the boys are taking advantage of the steward department's good will. Unless 3^ 3^ ^ maybe they're kidding," he adds Steel Rover (Isthmian) delegate with a wink. Harry Huston reports that messmen 3> 3> 4 Henry Martin, Ship's delegate W. W. Blckford Chuck Carlson (B-467) sailing aboard the La Salle and George Gib­ (Waterman) reports that the crew bons are "putting has extended a vote of thanks to out the goodies the officers and members of the every day, from crew who attended to the needs of codfish balls to the electrician who fell 111 during jelly rolls and the voyage and had to be taken Boston baked from the ship by the Coast Guard. beans . . . The slop chest has A vote of thanks was also awarded Huston run out of large to the stewards department for size belts and rope yarn is serving fine food service and menus. to hold in the seams from the 3« i 4" Captain down to Freddy Bailey Seafarer Joe Fried sailing the wiper . . . Thank God for the aboard the Wacosta (Waterman) square knot . . . Everybody's piling received an ap­ on the pounds. It looks like they're preciated helping out to use six month's stores in hand from his ten weeks time. Diets are fellow shipmates definitely out." on his first time 3^ 3< 3< around as ship's delegate. "Having Ship's delegate William Meehan been ship's dele­ of the Del Mundo (Delta Lines) re­ gate on the Wa­ ports that the skipper, Captain costa, I would M. L. Leger, thanked all members . like to thank the of the crew for maintaining an Fried entire crew for accident free record. "We are now their brotherly spirit of coopera­ well into our second accident free tion during the trip," he says. "Be­ year," announces Brother Meehan. ing a ship's delegate for the first "Another vote of thanks was time can be a rough go. But thanks awarded on board," continues Mee­ to my SIU brothers and to the help han. "This one went to all dele­ of Ray Ferrara who had previously gates for a job well done and to been ship's delegate, my job was all Union brothers for their co­ made easy. There were no serious operation in making the voyage a beefs and spirits were generally pleasant one." �! f V1^ Pare Twenty SEAFARERS Jon* U. UM LOO 51U Scholarship Paves The Road To Success Wher«'s Th« Action? Seafarer Cleveland Alexander Howell and his wife Wilhelmine take enormous pride In the accomplishments of their son Lembhard, and no wonder. Lembhard, who ten years ago won one of the SIU's five yearly $6,000 scholastic scholarships, has recently capped his string of both academic and> personal achievements by currently expecting a second child. thankful for the helping hand the passing the New York State After finishing his hitch in the SIU extended to my boy, starting bar examination which qualifies Navy, Lembhard returned to New him out on a wonderful career— York and enrolled in the New York I'm thankful also for all the Union him to practice law in that state. University School of Law. Since has done for me and for my fellow Lembhard began winning laurels he had completed his studies at La­ Seafarers. It is a wonderful union, early. In 1955, graduating as an fayette in only three years, he re­ protecting us while we sail and honor student tained his eligibility for an addi­ guaranteeing our future when we from Charles tional year's coverage under the retire." Evans High SIU Scholarship Fund. A member of the SIU since 1947, School in New Brother Howell sails as a chief "And don't think that extra $1,500 York, he took the didn't come in handy," says Lemb­ steward. He last shipped aboard Dooley Gold Me­ the Steel Chemist (Isthmian), hard with an appreciative grin. dal—the school's After graduating from NYU Law highest academic School in three years, Lembhard achievement won yet another award. He re­ award. Winner of ceived a grant from the Ford Foun­ the SIU Scholar­ Howell dation to do political research in ship, he entered Lafayette College in Eastern Penn­ the state of Washington. Present­ sylvania, completing the four year ly working in the Governor's office course of college studies in three in Seattle, he will return to New years. Lembhard graduated from York in August to be admitted to Action in the marketplace offers Lafayette in 1958 as a Phi Beta the Bar. a method for trade unionists to as­ Proud Of Son Kappa, Cum Laude student in His­ tory. "Yes, I'm proud of my son," says sist each other in their campaign Upon graduation, he immediately Seafarer Cleveland Alexander How­ for decent wages and better con entered the U.S. Navy, receiving a ell. "He's been a good son and ditions. commission as Ensign on gradua­ he's made me very happy. Now Seafarers and ttieir families are I'm looking forward to watching my urged to support a consumer boy­ tion day. Being the son of a Seafarer, and grandchildren grow up and follow cott by trade unionists against having enlisted in the Naval Re­ in their father's footsteps. And various companies whose products serve while still attending Lafay­ I'll tell you something else," Broth­ are prodU'">d under non-union ette, Lembhard advanced as stead­ er Howell continues, "I'm proud of conditions, or which are "unfair ily in the Navy as he had previously my Union too. Not only am I to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ done in school. Beginning as a volved, and will be amended from deck officer, he rapidly moved up time to time.) to communications officer and then LOG-A-RHYTHM: navigation officer, being promoted "Lee" brand tires first to lieutenant junior grade (United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and then to full lieutenant. & Plastic Workers) "I learned a lot about seaman­ a; i ship from my dad," says Lembhard. Eastern Alt Lines "What he taught me proved invalu­ By Henri Percikow (Flight Engineers) able In the Navy." We come, fighters for life J* •fc i Head Of Class From kitchen, class and shopH. I. Slegel For his first two years of naval Streaming to picket line. duty, Lembhard was stationed in "HIS" brand men's clothes Gripping hands. Brooklyn, serving aboard troop Under hostile eye. (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) transport vessels. In 1960 he re­ 4" 4" 4« quested shore duty and was trans­ Men with rolled up sleeve. ferred to Boston, Mass., where he Sears, Roebuck Company Girls in gay swirling skirtsattended night classes in Boston Pony tails dangling, march Retail stores & products College Law School. Earning (Retail Clerks) Rebels against doom phenomonal grades that placed him 4 3^ 3^ at the head of his class, Lembhard With our flags overhead. Stitzel-WeUer Distilleries was awarded an additional $300 We march, hemmed-in. "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" one-semester scholarship from the With sign aloft— "Cabin Still," "W. L. Weller" college. Round and round. Bourbon whiskeys 1960 also brought success of an­ Chanting the slogans for today (Distillery Workers) other sort. While still in the Navy And songs ringing of tomorrow. and enrolled in Boston College, 4' 4" 4 Lembhard met and married his No jeering by hoodlums J. R. Simplot Potato Co. lovely wife Patricia. They already Or shutter snapping finks Frozen potato products have a duaghter, Helen, 3, and are Can cleave our welded circle. (Grain Millers) Picket Line 4 4 4 Kingsport Press "World Book," "Childcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) 4 4 4 EVERY Jamestown Sterling Corp. Southern Furniture Mfg. Co. Furniture and Bedding (United Furniture Workers) MONTHS Foreign Payoff? Leave Clean Ship If any SIU ship has no library or needs a new supply of books, contact any SIU hall. YOUR SIU SHIP'S LIBRARY '.1,-1, J..L-JI . Seafarers are reminded that when they leave a ship after articles expire in a foreign port, the obligation to leave a clean ship for the next crew is the same as in any Stateside port. Attention to details of housekeeping and efforts to leave quarters, messrooms and other working spaces clean will be appreciated by the new crew when it comes aboard. Seafarers unloading grain from the Sacramento in Split, Yugoslavia say that it's the deadest, dullest, most boring town they've seen in many moons. "If you go to Yugo," says Seafarer Paul Stien, "stay out of Split." "Amen," adds Charlie Gamballini. "This town is amateur night every night." "I've heard of towns that close up at 9 P.M.," says Barney McNaiiy, "but the trouble with this town is it forgot to re-open." (L-r) Paul Stein, Barney McNally, Charlie Gamballini. STEEL APPRENTICE (isthmian). May 2—Chairman, Gene Flowers; Secre­ tary, Paul Lopez. All departments run­ ning smoothly. Some disputed OT in deck and steward department. Motion made that traveler's checks t}« re­ placed with American currency as they are hard to cash in foreign ports. Brother Jack McOermott was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Beef about steward not balancing menus. NATIONAL SEAFARER (National Shipping & Trading), April 2—Chair­ man, John Carey; Secretary, R. Marreno. One man hospitalized In Ceuta, Spanish Morocco. Brother R. Marreno was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. No beefs reported. DEL CAMPO (Delta), May 2—Chair­ man, R. Theiss; Secretary, Piascik. Brother W. Fleishman was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs reported. Motion made that the union take care of membership during a strike by issuing meal books to mem­ bers needing same. Discussion on general subjects. TADOEI VICTORY (Consolidated Mariners), May 24—Chairman, H. E. Arlinghaus; Secretary, J. N. McLaren. Ship's delegate extended a vote of thanks to department delegates for their cooperation during this voyage. No beefs were reported. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. NATIONAL DEFENDER (National Transport), May IS —Chairman, J. Stroud; Secretary, E. Gomez. Brother J. Stroud was elected to serve as ship's delegate and ship's treasurer. Motion made that the Union notify crews about contract and welfare ne­ gotiations. Ship's delegate to see the captain about necessary repairs to lifeboat which was damaged when fails snapped and lifeboat fell into the sea. $11.25 in ship's fund. WESTERN PLANET (Western Agen­ cy), May 15—Chairman, A. Hindinesi Secretary, E. Pedersen. One man hos­ pitalized in Guam. Some disputed OT in deck department. Discussion on COLORADO (Waterman), April 25— Chairman, J. R. Prestwood; Secretary, T. Robinson. No beefs reported by department delegates. Brother Charley Wedgeworth was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Crew requested to remove clothes line when clothes are dry in laundry room. WESTERN COMET (Western), April 8—Chairman, John Hoggie; Secretary, Robert Hyer. $26.00 in ship's fund. Few hours disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Otherwise everything is O.K. Written resolutions and motions submitted to headquarters. Vote of thanks to deck department for job well done. Vote of thanks to steward department for job well done. LA SALLE (Waterman), May 8— Chairman, Edward L. Moore; Secre­ tary, Leon J. Webb. Brother Leo Gomes was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs were reported. Everything is running smoothly. The steward extended a vote of thanks to the engine, deck, and four to eight watch for keeping a clean pantry and mess hall. LA SALLE (Waterman), April 20— Chairman, E. L. Moore; Secretary, W. W. Bickford. Some disputed OT in engine department. Beef between steward and captain to be taken up with boarding p,..rolman. Motion that individual's blood type be shown on medical cards. Discussion about get­ ting the hospital cleaned and moved mid ship. Vote of thanks to officers and crew who attended sick electri­ cian. Crew extended a vote of thanks to the steward and entire steward de­ partment a vote of thanks for the good food and menus. LONG LINES (Ishmian), May 20— Chairman, Alfred O'Brien; Secretary, Dick GranL No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. Vote of thanks to the entire steward department for doing a wonderful job of preparing and serving excellent food. Cleanli­ ness in the steward department was noted at all time during the voyage and they were commended for same. WACOSTA (Waterman), May 15 — Chairman, Ramon Ferrera; Secretary, Roscoe L- Alford. Everything running smoothly aboard ship. Ship's delegate extended a vote of thanks to the crew for their cooperation. DEL NORTE (Delta), April 9—Chair­ man, Robert Callahan; Secretary, Bill Kaiser. $196.08 in ship's fund and $3.84 in movie fund. Brother Peter Gonzalez was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. General discussion was held. No beefs were reported. Crewmembers requested not to throw garbage from portholes. food and preparation of menu. Dis­ cussion of supplementing meat pro­ vision in appropriate foreign ports, rather than taking on whole year's supply at one time. NIAGARA (Erie Sand), May 8 — Chairman, Willis Campbellf Secretary, Richard Harmon. Request that each crewmember donate 25 cents to ship's fund once a month. No beefs reported by department delegates. VIKING (Ann Arbor), May 10—Chairman, Floyd Hanmer; Secretary, G. C. Dragoo. General discussion held on repairs. Crew request immediate ac­ tion on- items listed on repair list. PENN TRANSPORTER (Penn), May 18—Chairman, C. M. Silcox; Secre­ tary, E. W. Swackhammer. Beefs about food. Crew complain about the mail not being forwarded to ship. Would like headquarters to investi­ gate same and find out the reason for this. GLOBE PROGRESS (Maritime Over­ seas), May 9—Chairman, J. R. Wilson; Secretary, Nicholas Hatgimisios. Ship sailed short one oiler. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a fine job. YAKA (Waterman), May 13—Chair­ man, 0. R. Ware; Secretary, N. F. Hatfield. One man hospitalized in Piraeus, Greece. All delegates were extended a vote of thanks for a job well done. Vote of thanks to the stew­ ard department for good job. Discus­ sion on feeding. VOLUSIA (Suwannee), May 16 — Chairman, H. E. Rosecrans; Secretary, A. W. Morales. Some disputed OT in engine department. Discussion on articles for next voyage. Discussion on transportation. Crew request that port agent be present at payoff. Vote of thanks to the entire steward de­ partment. Motion that disputed OT be available for. draws the same as wages, in all foreign ports. TRANSORIENT (Hudson Watenways), May 18-Chairman, E. A. Stanton; Secretary, W. C. Fisher. Some dis­ puted OT in deck and engine depart­ ments. Motion made that this ship buy stores the same as other ships of this company. Various beefs to be taken up with boarding patrolman. f �Jm Ih INi Seafarer Praises Pension Piah To tho Editor: This letter ii an expression' of gratitude to the Union for the fine pension that I receive every month. The pension will make all the difference. It will help me meet all my needs and, in gen- All letters to the Editor for publication in the 5£AFAR£HS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. . eral, just make life much easier for me. Once again, a sincere "thank you" to the Sill. Charlie Haytcher 4^ Seafarer Lauds Welfare Plan To the Editor: Just a word to let you know how much the SIU welfare and pension program means to me. Now that I am about to retire after a life at sea, I can look forward to my later years with­ out the fearful burden and worry of financial hardship— bills that I couldn't pay, illness that would sap all my resources, in short all those monetary pressures that my SIU pension takes off my back. While I was sailing, I had the confidence and security that the Union stood behind me and represent­ ed my interests. Now, in retire­ ment, I have the same confi­ dence and security because of my pension. The Seafarers Union is the best. A Union that cares and protects the old age of its mem­ bership is a Union truly dedi­ cated to the men that it serves. \i SEAFARERS God bleu tb« «U and aU my brother Seafarers. G. Roboi t t X Proud To Be A Seafarer To the Editor: I will always remember the days when my husband and I would read the Seafarers Log together and I want all the SIU brothers to know what I am sure they already know—^fliat they should be proud to belong to such a Union. When my hus­ band was still alive, he ex­ plained to me how lucky and how proud he was to be a Sea­ farer. Now that he is gone, I will always remember him and the way he felt about the Union. May God watch over him and protect his Seafaring brothers. Mrs. Louise Riviere t 4 4. Seafarer Praises SIU Benefit To the Editor: I was recently laid up in the hospital for some time. Now, everybody knows what that can mean — medical and doctor's bills that can put the everyday type of Joe in the poorhouse for the rest of his life. But not a Seafarer. My Union was right there to take care of everything. When the time came for my re­ lease, all I had to do was walk out the door. 'They told me at the desk that the SIU had picked up all the bills and I was as free as a bird. What a.re-; lief that was. And what a relief to know that I belong to a Un­ ion that provides such coverage for its membership.. And while we're on the sub­ ject of hospitals, I just want to say that it's a shame that they are thinking of closing the USPHS hospitals. I have always received excellent care and thoughful attention in these hospitals and if the administra­ tion thinks that it's doing a good thing by closing them down, they have ancther think coming. P. Rose. Bonus Baby Real Boon To Seafarer Seafarer Richard E. Perry and his wife received two special spring bonuses this year, and according to the Perry family, they couldn't be more pleased. The first bonus, the most"^^ ~ " • rewarding and most special gift that any couple can hope for, was the birth of their daugh­ ter Peggy Ann Perry. The second was the arrival of the SIU $25 bonus check that the Union sends to all new Seafarer arrivals. Speaking for daughter Peggy Ann, Mrs. Perry says: "As Peggy Ann's mother I would like to thank you for her. "I'm sure that when she is old enough to understand, she will appreciate it as much as I appre­ ciate it now. "It is wonderful to be, married to a man whose Union takes such an active Interest in the well-being of its members. "I can only hope that my daugh­ ter has enough sense to marry a man who belongs to a wonderful Union like the SIU. "The SIU bonus check is just what it says it is—a bonus added Fish Poachers Blasted By Gt. Lakes Seafarer Seafarer Homer L. Trembly is up in arms and burning mad about the questionable ang­ ling methods utilized by certain self-styled "sportsmen" in the Great Lakes waters around the upper Michigan. These so-called "game" fisherman, many of whom are members of local sportsmens clubs, have been * ^ spearing walleyed pike during of these rules can lead to the loss out, the walleye is not a pike at spawning season. Employing of millions of fish a year—not only all. Like the Sauger and the zander, the latest developments in tech­ nology and communications sys­ tems in order to circumvent con­ servation laws, these poachers use walkie-talkies and short wave ra­ dios to confuse harried game wardens. According to Brother Trombly, an estimated 60,000 walleyes failed to leave their seed in the several streams flowing into the Bays De Noc this spring. This mutilated spawning period may account for the loss of as many as a million fish, bad news to true game and commercial fishermen alike. In its thoughtless destruction of our natural wildlife, the illegal practice of stalk­ ing game - fish during the spawning season — a practice which inflicts im­ measurable dam­ age upon the whole complex of underwater lake life — is second Trombly only to the acti­ vities of some waterside industries which indiscriminately polute the Nation's waterways in their quest for cheaper waste dis­ posal methods. Brother Trombly points out that the sanctions pro­ tecting the spawning season are probably the most essential of all fish and gaming laws. Infractions Seafarer Lectures On His Travels Seafarer Louis Cirignano, illus­ trated a lecture he presented to a meeting of the Passaic Demo­ cratic club recently with a series of films he made while sailing to far eastern ports. The films revealed scenes of poverty and misery that brother Cirig­ nano encoun­ tered while visit­ ing Vietnam, Cirignono Formosa and Korea. "Visiting these areas or seeing these films should leave everyone with an appreciation of his home town," he said to his audience. Brother Cirignano, a graduate of Montclair State Teachers Col­ lege, served with the U.S. Mari­ time Service in World War II and the Korean Conflict. Vacation Pay Mrs. Richard E. Perry hugs bonus baby Peggy Ann. to the terrific coverage that the Union provides to its membership and their families on a day by day basis. "We can never thank you enough," says Mrs. Perry. Pair* Tireatr-OM . LOG As a result of instructions from an insurance represen­ tative covering the Union for possible theft or forgery of vacation payments to mem­ bers, a change in the method of payment of SIU vacation benefits has become neces­ sary. All payments will now have to be made at an office of the Union and proper iden­ tification must be given at the same time. those so easily taken during this period of voracious feeding, but, more Important, those who lie un­ born in the swollen bellies of cap­ tured females. "The random slaughter of wall­ eyed pike during the spawning sea­ son on the Great Lakes points to a serious failing on the part of the American gaming population, es­ pecially during this announced per­ iod of conservation," declares Trombly. "Now that the President himself has initiated a new drive to preserve U.S. wildlife and re­ sources, these ^actions are all the more reprehensible." According to Brother Trombly, the walleyed pike is one of the most sought after game and panfish In the northern American lakes system. Actually, as he points it is a member of the perch family and is often called the "pikeperch." The average walleye runs from two to five pounds. A tenpounder is bragging material, twenty pounds make a whopper, and the record walleye pike weigh­ ed in at something over forty pounds. "The walleye is a good fighter." says Brother Trombly. "They hit hard and stay in there. And after the trout they're probably the best fresh water dinner plate you can tie into. I'm satisfied with a heavy stringer of walleyes any time out. But I sure hope the game wardens bag those poachers," he adds. A member of the Union since 1960, Trombly is currently sailing as a fireman aboard the Ishpemlng on Lake Superior. LOG-A-RHYTHM: Summer By Roy Lee Hlnson The winter is post, the summer is here. Everyone has longed for this time of year. The flowers are new. they look so neat. Here the Summer Queen has taken her seat. She sits amidst flowers with butterflies, " Where memory of childhood never dies. Her moon and stars look down from above. She reigns over earth which every one loves. Old Mother Nature has taken her course. She warms the earth with all her force. The winter has past, the waters now flow. All have been waiting for the beautiful show. The farmer is toiling all hours of the day. He cuts the grass, then stacks the hay. The planter has placed his seed in the row. He works with plow with digger and hoe. The young bird's feed in a lofty nest. They bathe in light until sunset west. The new squirrels peer from a mighty oak. The fallow deer gazes at the timber folk. The wild people learn to run and fly. They are taught by the king up in the sky. They learn to flee, to avoid all strife. Everything living has care for life. The yellow breast sings so merrily. Her voice is heard from the top of the tree. Summer brings life to all except man, He dies with his foot prints in the sand. �' Piii* Tweril^-Tw* maB-JU UW SEAFARERS?LOG SIU AXtRXVAXaS and DiFSSlSmHE UlSriON HALLS All of the following SlU families have received maternity benefits from the Seafarers Welfare Plan, plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters PRESroENT Judy Renea Malone, born March cember 31, 1964, to the John Paul HaU 11, 1965, to the Bobby G. Malones, Cherrys, New York, New York. EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Russellviile, Ala. Cal Tanner 4" 4' 4" Judith Ellen Clark, born March VICE PRESIDENTS 4 4 4 Earl Shepard Lindsey WUIIams 9, 1965, to the Robert A. Clarks, Michael Manuel, born April 7, AI Tanner Robert Matthewa Baltimore, Md. SECRETTARY-TREASURER 1965, to the Meica Manuels, Ober4» 4» 4^ AI Kerr lin. La. Elizabeth O'Brien, born April HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES Bill HaU Ed Mooney Fred Stewart 4 4 4 25, 1965, to the Charles O'Briens, BALTIMORE 1218 E. Baltimore St. John Wesley, born May 5, 1965, Rex Brooklyn, New York. Dickey. Agent EAstern 7-4900 to the Morgan Harris, Cleveland, BOSTON 177 State St. 4» 4» t Ed Riley. Agent Richmond 2-0140 Blair Hamaty, born March 17, Texas. DETROIT 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. t t VInewood 3-4741 Samanthia Smith, bom Febru­ 1965, to the Elton Hamatys, 4 4 4 4th Ave., Bklyn Elizabeth Ann Paseler, born HEADQUARTERS ....675 HYacinth ary 11, 1965, to the Willie Smiths, Quincy, Mass. 9-6600 April 23, 1965, to the Richard PaseHOUSTON 5804 Canal St. Brookhaven, Miss. 4" 3^ 4" Paul Drozak. Agent WAinut 8-3207 iers, Guttenburg, New Jersey. Marlene Ann Martinez, born 4* 4« 4i JACKSONVILLE. 2608 Pearl St., SE., Jax 4 4 4 Tina S. and Valina T. Wood­ March 7, 1965, to the Santos E. Wiiiiam Morris. Agent ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. Albert Maisonet, born April 30, ward, born September 15, 1964, to Martinezs, New Orleans, La. Ben Gonzales. Agent FRankiin 7-3564 1965, to the Albert Maisonets, MOBILE the Rufus B. Woodwards, Galves­ 4- 4> 4' 1 South Lawrence St. Brooklyn, New York Louis Neira. Agent HEmlock 2-1754 Dennis Loper, born May 1, 1965, ton, Texas. NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. 4 4 4 to 'the Collie Lopers, Mobile, Ala4» 4Buck Stephens. Agent Tel. 529-7546 Sonja Denise Land, born April NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.. Brookiyn Rebecca Soiey, born January 8, 12, 1965, to the Robert T. Lands, HYacinth 9-6600 t J. t 1965, to the Clifton Soleys, WagMobile, Alabama. NORFOLK 115 3rd St. gaman. La. Melanle Menders, born April 4, Gordon Spencer. Acting Agent ..622-1892 4 4 4 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th St. 1965, to the William P. Manders, 4; 4> Patricia Timmons, born April 30, John Fay. Acting Agent DEwey 6-3818 Robert Megiio, born March 22, Mobile, Ala. 350 Freemont St. 1965, to the Frank A. Timmons, SAN FRANCISCO Paul Gonsorchik, Agent . ..OOugias 2-4401 Tacoma, Wash. 1965, to the Angelo Meglios, Eliza­ 4^ 4» Frank Drozak. West Coast Rep. beth, New Jersey. Eric Snyder, bora March 20, SANTURCE PR . 1313 Fernandez Juncos 4 4 4 Stop 20 Lawrence Stephen, born May 1, 1965, to the Edward L. Snyders, 4' 4" 4i Terpe. Hq. Rep Phone 723-8594 1965, to the Lawrence Stephana, Keith Carol Denise Cherry, born De­ Enterprise, W. Va. SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. New Orleans, La. I Ted BabkowsM. Agent MAin 3-4334 The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan (any apparent delay In payment of claims is normally due to late filing, lack of beneficiary card or necessary litigation for the disposition of estates): David McGee, born March 23, 1965, to the Donald McGees, Groves, Texas. $ $ Shelita Ann and Trenita Ann Charles, born January 19, 1965, to the Leonard Charles, N.O., La. i 3i Kenneth Croft, born April 21, 1965, to the Robert Crofts, Galves­ ton, Texas. Thomas P. McGulre, 47: Brother McGuire succumbed to heart seiz­ ure April 24, 1965 at the De­ troit USPHS Hosipltal. A member of the Union since 1962, he sailed as a hreman in the engine Depart­ ment. Surviving is his wife, Caro­ lyn McGuire. 4> I i I .M! I hi 4^ 4' Frank Martin, 80t Brother Mar­ tin died of heart failure March 23, 1965 at the Pine Crest NursIng Home. A member of the Union since 1947, he sailed as an FWT In the en­ gine Department. Place of burial was the Garden of Pines Ceme­ tery, Covington, Louisiana. He is survived by his wife Ola. 4 4 4 Angel Reyes, 51t Brother Reyes Edward Charles Burton, 39: died of natural causes in the Brother Burton died of accidental Staten Island causes May 5, USPHS Hospital, 1965 at Charity Staten Island, Hospital, New Orleans. La. A New York. A member of the member of the Union since 1941, Union since 1947, he saiied as a he saiied as a steward. He is deck hand. He is survived by his survived by Verwife. Carmen. bel Wren, a Place of burial friend. Place of was St. Raymonds Cemetery, burial was Greenwood Cemetery, Bronx, New York. Seymour Helnfllng, n-749 immediately to E. L. Meise, Gen­ Please contact your sister, Mrs. eral Public Loan Corporation, 70 R. Brady, as soon as possible. Bay Street, Staten Island, New York. Important! 4« 4- 4' A1 Whitmore 4 4 4' Your ex-shipmate Harry Larson Raymond E. Leanord says that your gear has been left Please contact your wife at 903 at Sea-Land in Newark, New Pine Street, Henderson, North Jersey. Carolina. 4" 4" 4" 4 4 4 Lambert Martindale Sidnet Z. Berger B-327 Please contact your daughter You are requested to contact Cecile Martindale Boatrigh at your wife Loraine at 532 East 43'd 3026 Tieman Avenue, Bronx, New Street, Baltimore, Maryland. York. URGENT! 4 4 4 J. Murphy 4> 4> 4< John Dletsch You are asked to contact your You are requested to contact wife Anita as soon as possible on your sister Terri. Very important. a matter of importance. 4» 4' 4' 4 4 4 Rudolph R. Cefarattl R. Metcalf Your sister wishes to inform you You are requested to contact that your papers have been for­ your cousin Robert Lee. warded to the New Orleans SIU 4 4 4 J. Doyle HalL Please get in touch with your 4" 4" 4^ daughter Sandra at the University Frank Pryznpyska You are asked to phone or write of Southern California. Know Your Rights FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic. Gulf, Lake® and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membersmp'8 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. AU Union records are available at SIU headquarters In Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf. Lakes and Inland Water® District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees In charge of these funds shall consist equally of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are avaUable at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPINO RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available In all Union halls. M 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 certiBed mail, return receipt requested. The liroper address for this Is; Earl Shepard. Chairman. Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1930. New York 4. N.Y. Pull copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all timcfc •ither by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Anpeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU hails. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official. In your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOO. The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any Individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from pub­ lishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September. 1960, meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested In an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among Its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless ho 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 siiould hnmediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU pubUshes every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitu­ tion. In addition, copies are available In all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should Immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension benefits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities. Including attendance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU mem­ bers at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role in ail rank-and-file functions, including service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtlmers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. AU Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and In the contracts which the Utdon has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the hasio rights of Seafarers Is the right to pursue legislative and poUtical objectives which wiU serve the best interests of themselves, their famiiies and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was estahUshed. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any tim. a Seafarer feels that any ot the abov. right, hav. b,en violated, or that he has been denied hi, constllutlonel right ot access to Union record, or intormstion, he should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. TAMPA 318 Harrison St. Jeff GUlette, Agent 229-2788 WILMINGTON. CeUf 508 N. Marine Ave. Frank Boyne. Agent TErmlnal 4-2528 Great Lakes SECRETARY-TREASURER Fred J. Farnen ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER Roy Boudreau ALPENA 127 River St. EL. 4-3616 BUFFALO. NY 735 Washington TL 3-9259 CHICAGO 9383 Ewing Ave. So. Chicago, ni. SAginaw 1-0733 CLEVELAND 1420 West 2Sth St. MAIn 1-5450 DULtlTH 312 W. 2nd St. RAndolph 2-4110 FRANKFORT. Mich 415 Main St. MaU Address: P.O. Box 287 ELgin 7-2441 HEADQUARTERS 10225 W. Jefferson Av. River-Rouge 18 Mich. VInewood 3-4741 inland Boatmen's Union NATIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Matthews GREAT LAKES AREA DIRECTOR Pat Finnerty BALTIMORE ....1216 E. Baltimore St. .EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. .Richmond 2-0140 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6BnQ HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St., SE. Jax ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. FRankiin 7-3564 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Tel 529-7.548 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S 4th St T®'- 822-189.' 3 NORFOLK 115 Third St. DEwey 6-3838 TAMPA 312 Harnson SL Tel. 229-2788 GREAT LAKES TUG 8 DREDGE REGION REGIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Jones Dredne Worker, Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Richard L. Tillman BUFFALO 94 Henrietta Ave. Arthur MiUer. Agent TR 5-1533 CIHCAGO 2300 N. Kimball Trygve Varden, Agent ALbany 2-11.54 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. Tom Gerrity. Agent 621-5450 DETROIT 1370 Liberty Ave. Lincoln Park, Mich. Ernest Demerse. Agent . DU 2-7694 DULITTH 312 W. Second St. RAndolph 7-6222 SAULT STE. 5IARIE Address maU to Brimley. Mich. Wayne Weston, Agent'. .BRimley 14-R 5 TOLEDO 423 Central St. CH 2-7751 Tug Firemen, Linemen, Oilers & Wotchmen's Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Tom Burns ASHTABULA. O. ....1644 W. Third St. John Mero. Agent WOodman 4-8532 BUFFALO 18 Portland St. Tom Burns, Agent TA 3-7095 CHICAGO 9383 Ewing. S. Chicago Robert Affleck, Agent ESsex 5-9570 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. W. Hearns. Pro-Tem Agent MA 1-5450 DETROIT-TOLEDO 12948 Edison St. Max Tobin. Agent Southgate. Mich. AVenue 4-0071 DULUTH Box No. 68 South Range. Wis. Ray Thomson. Agent EXport 8-3024 LORAIN. 0 118 E. Parish St. Sandusky. Ohio Harold Ruthsatz. Agent MAin 6-4573 MILWAUKEE ... 2722 A. So. Shore Dr. Joseph Miller. Agent ..SHerman 4-6645 SAULT STE. MARIE 1086 Maple St. Wm. J. Lackey. Agent .. MEUrose 2-8847 Rivers Section ST. LOUIS, MO 805 Del Mar L. J. Colvis. Agent CE 1-1434 PORT ARTHUR. Tex 1348 7th St. Arthur Bendheim. Agent RAILWAY MARINE REGION HEADQUARTERS 99 Montgomery St. Jersey City 2. NJ HEnderson 3-0104 REGIONAL DIRECTOR G. P. McGinty ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTORS E. B. Pulver R. a. Avery BALTIMORE....1215 E. Baltimore St. EAstem 7-4P'>0 NORFOLK 113 Third St. 622-1892-3 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th tf'. DEwey 6-3818 United Industrial Workers BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. Richmond 2-0140 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave Brookiyn HYacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St. SE ELgin 3-0987 MlAm 744 W. Flagler St. FRankiin 7-3564 MOBILE 1 S. Lawrence St. HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Phone 529-7546 NORFOLK 115 Third St. Phone 622-1892-3 PHILADELPHIA .2604 S. 4th St. DEwey 6-38IS TAMPA 312 Harrison St. Phone 229-2788 fi i! �i»Uf» 11^ IMS si^lie^ule of Membership Mc stinss All hospitalized Seafarers would appreciate mail and visits whenever possible, The following is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospital: SlU'AGLIWD Meetings Regular membership meetings for members of the SlU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are held regularly once a month on days indicated by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM in the listed SIU ports below. All Seafarers are expected to attend. Those who wish to be excused should request permission by tele­ gram (be sure to include registration number). The next Slli meetings will be: New York . Philadelphia Baltimore .. July 6 July 6 July 7 Mobile 3^ Detroit Houston .... New Orleans June 16 S. .. .. June ll .....June 14 .....June 15 t. West Coast SlU-AGLIWD Meetings SIU 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, 1981. Meet­ ings in Wilmington are on Monday, San Francisco on Wednesday and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. San Francisco Seattie June 23 June 25 43, i. July 7 Baltimore ...July 8 PhiladelphiaGreat Lakes SIU Meetings tHouston .... ...June 14 Regular membership meetings Mobile ...June 16 on the Great I,akes are held on New Orleans ...June 15 the first and third Mondays of each month in all ports at 7 PM * Meellngi held at Lanor Temple, New­ local time, except at Detroit, port News. t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault where meetings are held at 2 PM. Sle. Marie, Mich, The next meetings will be; t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. Detroit . ? .. June 21—2 P.M. Alpena, BuITalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Dulutb, Frankfort, June 21—7 P.M. WilmlnKton , June 21 USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASHINGTON E. A. Ainsworth A. B. Penor H. H. Armfield H. J. Presto J. M. Cogley T. J. Ross T. J. Connell A. Vaienzucko C. W. Lano USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VIRGINIA John Armisteed William H. Mason Flem A. Clay Charlie W. Phetpg James C. Everett William H. Price Herbert M. Fentress Joseph A. Robertson Patsy Frango Norman W. Sawyer Herman A. Haddock Vernon L. Sawyer Alfred P. Hargis Timothy Sullivan Charlie V. Horton Guy Whitehufst USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS George P. Anderson Cecile Morris Thomas A. Borden Jesse D. Peeples Jack O. Brock Morris J. Perry Charles Copeman Fred D. Peterson Clarence C. Flowers Charles O. Powell G. R. Gonzalez Louis J. Princa Leon C. Harper Harry G. Reynolds William C. Scruggs G. L. Hernandez William K. Kerwin L. V. Springer , William C. King Frank Taylor Joseph T. Vaughan Paul M. Landry Gustave H. Mayers Jack Wenger Walter H. McDonald William 0. Woolsey Junior Moncrief E. C. Yeomans, Jr. A. E. Moore USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Harris P. Arceneaux James Gardiner Paul O. Arceneaux George C. Giercz Francis Bass Emmett L. Harvey Riley F. Beech Frederick H. Hauck Ardell Burkett Leon Mead HInson James Carter Timothy Holt Warren J. Cavignac C. H. Houghtling Joseph C. Childress Frank F. James Edward L. Costlne Wesley J. Lewis A. E. Cunningham Lawyer McGrew Frank J. Duplechin Lonnie McKenna Adrian Fass Wm. E. Mauldin Marshal Foster Robert A. Medlcus Andrew Mir Louis G. Franco Warren R. Gammons Dalton H. Morgan Patrick E. Murphy G. A. Perdreaville C. Eldon Perdue Claude W. Pritchett James H. Redford Sam Robinson Patrick I. Scanlon John W. Smith Daniel W. Sommer Sam Stanley James J. Swank Joa Tamborella Ray Vaughan Rot>ert Wiikerson Anthony J. Zanca E. Cuencia Robert McDavitt F. Oacanay Frank Moran Ed Duffy Kurt Olsen Chris Elliot Norman Patterson Michael Filosa John Quigley Domlnick Fois Julio Quinonez George Folz E. Reyes Julio Gonzalez John Rotjerts Thomas Gordon Joe Saxon USPHS HOSPITAL Grant Johnson Anthony Scaturro JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA Stanley Jurkiewicz Morris Siegel J. H. Morris I. M. Peacock Derek Lamb John Skinner W. T. Matthews E. J. Wright Juan Leiba Warden Smith R. B. Pardo James Lennon Joseph Townsend D. Leventis Carl TruMermans USPHS HOSPITAL Thor Lovaas Modesto Velez DETROIT, MICHIGAN John Lynch Arthur Wilfert Leroy Axllna Ralph Marker M. Makatangay James Xidas Andrew Blahnik William May Gerald Fast James Nichol USPHS HOSPITAL Gerald Fizell Joseph Ricksgera FORT WORTH, TEXAS John Fletcher Homer Smith Benjamin Deibler Abraham Mandar Wm. Freeman George Stevenson At>e Gordon Max Olson Troy Homaker Harold Thilhorn Thomas Lehay James Keller Clarence Troy SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR Marcus Langston John Waterman STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Clarence Lenhart John Webster Daniel Gorman William Kenny James Little Howard Williams AUierto Gutierrez Thomas Lowe Thomas McGuira Edwin Harriman Harry MacDonald Thomas-lsaksen USPHS HOSPITAL ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MARYLAND GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN William Bellfield Eric Johnson Percy Johnson Charles Brack ' Havan Massoudy U.S. SOLDIERS HOME HOSPITAL Charles Brick Edward McNamara WASHINGTON, D. C. W. W. Balch Wm. Nickels William THorrrson Edwin W. Bartol, Jr. Schuyler J. Pierson USPHS HOSPITAL Allen Cooper Edgar S. Smith MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE James Corcoran Paul Strickland James McGee Edward Czosnowski Claude Sturgis V.A. HOSPITAL Lawrence DeAngelis Kary Thomas HOUSTON, TEXAS Brantley Fowler Carroll Vesper Thomas Manion Eric E. Harmel Alvin Williamson V.A. HOSPITAL Harry Hastings Price C. Willoughby WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT Ray Herrara Gilbert Wolfe. Paul Kolesnick Philip Jeffers . Howard Vaeckel V.A. HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL HINES, ILLINOIS STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Oscar Kvaas Vernon Anderson Michael Cekot V.A. HOSPITAL Conway Beard Michael Cleary LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA James Bergeria Dan Coumey Raymond Arsenault Edward Boles Thomas Cox V.A. HOSPITAL H. Burgesser George Crabtree ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN Joseph Carr James Cronin Robert Asbahr SlUNA Convention Sets Program (Continued from page 3) ence Laws—Demanded all govern­ industry. tit AFL-CIO's demand for equal rights ment departments to fully abide and equal opportunity for all cit­ for the complete text of. the Of the more than 80 resolutions SIU Inland Boatmen's Union merger report.). by the provisions of this law; acted upon at the Twelfth Bien­ izens, with special emphasis on Regular membership meetings called for passage of a law which for IBU members are scheduled each month in various ports. The next meetings will be: Phila: .. .. ..July 6—5. P.M. Baltimore (licensed and un(Licensed .. .July 7—5 P.M. Houston ... June 14—5 P.M. Norfolk July 8—5 P.M. N'Orleans .. June 15—5 P.M. Mobile .... .June 16—5 P.M. . 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 June 14 Philadelphia June 15 Baltimore June 16 •Norfolk June 17 GREAT LAKES TUG AND REGION DREDGE Regular membership meet­ ings for Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region IBU memters are scheduled each month in the vari­ ous ports at 7:30 PM. The next meetings will ue: Detroit ............ June 14 Milwaukee June 14 Chicago June 15 Buffalo June 16 tSault Ste. Marie ...June 17 Duluth June 18 Lorain June 19 (For meeting place, contaci Har­ old Ruthsstz. 118 East Parish. Sandusky, Ohio), Cleveland June 19 . Toledo June 19 Ashtabula June. 19 (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 each month at 7 PM in various ports. The next meetings will be; NeW York July 5 With, the June 14 contract expiration date rapidly approaching, the four deep sea affiliates of the SlUNA presented a special report on negotiations for action by the delegates. The convention ap­ proved the report submitted jointly by the Atlantic and Gulf District, Sailors Union of the Pacific, Marine, Firemen, Oilers and Watertenders and Marine Cooks and Stewards, calling for a sixtyday extension of the contract dead­ line. The report said a major rea­ son for the drift to a strike con­ dition that has developed in the negotiations is the government's failure to provide answers which had been submitted 18 months ago by all parties involved, and which are "pertinent . to the contract talks." (See Back Page for the com­ plete text of this report.) MSTU Autonomy A report submitted by the Sea­ men's Grievance and Organiza­ tional Committee providing ma­ chinery that will bring full au­ tonomy to the Military Sea Trans­ portation Union was approved unanimously by delegates to the convention. The report sets up procedures for the drawing up and approval of a constitution "of, by and for" the membership of the MSTU which has been in organiza­ tional status. The convention re­ port envisions that the MSTU will attain full autonomy by Dec. 31, 1965 and will take its place as a full fledged member of the SlUNA. (See story on page 4). The SlUNA convention's key proposals to strengthen the U.S. merchant fleet were contained in the following recommendations for government action: • Build Up the U.S. Bulk Carrier Fleet—Extension of construction subsidies and other essential as­ sistance for an adequate bulk fleet, since bulk cargoes constitute 85% of U.S. foreign commerce. • Strengthening of Cargo Prefer­ would increase the carriage of gov­ nial Convention, 35 specifically dealt with urgently needed action ernment-generated cargoes on U.S. ships above 50 percent; demanded to improve U.S. maritime or pro­ vide necesisary protection for U.S. the preservation of the require­ seamen. These resolutions ranged ment that U.S.-fiag vessels carry from a call for action to halt the at least half of the U.S. farm product cargoes sold to Russia; proposed closing of seven urged the prepayment of freight U.S.P.H.S. hospitals, to a position charges on cargoes carried under that the determination of manning the cargo preference act and the scales is an exclusive bargaining establishment of a uniform charter item between unions and ship­ party for shipment of these car­ owners. Others included a call for goes; and recommended the use the replacement of Orville Free­ of a sealed bid procedure in the man as Secretary of Agriculture because of his anti-maritime and award of these cargoes. anti-labor policies; a recommenda­ • Imposition Of Oil Import tion for government action to pre­ Quota—Called for a law requiring serve the declining U.S. shipbuild­ that at least 50 percent of all ing industry. The convention also foreign oil imports into the U.S. cited the need to preserve and must be carried in American-flag promote the U.S.-flag tramp fleet vessels. through the establishment of tax• Runaway-Shipping — Urged free reserve funds in which tramp the President to declare runaway operators could deposit monies for flag shipping as inconsistent with ve.ssei replacement and other the purposes of the Merchant measures. Marine Act of 1936 and to include Delegates also recommended a recommendation in a new na­ other-specific action which aid tional maritime policy that the crafts and industries represented runaway-flag fleet should be elim­ by unions within the SlUNA. One inated; called upon the Depart­ of the most important of these re­ ments of State and Defense to re­ solutions was a call for a boycott of nounce the theory of "effective Japanese products if Japanese fish­ control" as invalid; and urged that ermen continue to indiscriminately runaway-flag operators be sub­ catch Biistol Bay Salmon during jected to the same corporate taxes che spawning period from June 1 paid by other American companies. to June 20. This resolution was • Assistance To The Domestic^ sponsored by West Coast fish and Fleet — Called for an adequate fish cannery worker unions. Priority Action program of assistance to restore the domestic-flag fleet by provid­ The convention devoted consider­ ing that the Interstate Commerce able attehtion to matters affecting Commission include a representa­ the U.S. trade union movement and tive of the maritime point of view, the welfare of the whole nation. and that the ICC provide for fair High on its list of priorities was and impartial regulation of all a call for the repeal of section 14(b) forms of transportation without of the Taft-Hartley law which per­ discrimination or unjust competi­ mits the passage of anti-union tive practices; strongly opposed "right-to-work" legislation by the attempts to undermine the protec­ states. Delegates urged swift Sen­ tions afforded the domestic fleet ate passage of the medical care for In the lumber trades; went on the elderly bill which has already record as opposing a waterway been passed by the ' House. The user Charge as injurious to the convention also pledged the SlUNA survival of the inland boat to support the achievement of the equal job and voting rights. Other resolutions called for a cur­ tailment of railroad mergers, im­ proved legislation to protect con­ sumers, the preservation of the Supreme Court's "one-man-onevote" decision, support of the Ad­ ministration's position in Vietnam, improved coverage and increases in both the Federal minimum wage and unemployment compensation, and a broader War on Poverty with increased participation by unions in local poverty programs. In the fina- atrlon of the 1965 convention, delegates unanimously re-elected Paul Hall as SlUNA president. Elected to the post of secretary-treasurer was A1 Kerr. Vice Presidents of the Interna­ tional who were elected to serve on the Executive Board for the coming two years include Dominic Abata, Transportation and Allied Workers; James Ackert, Atlantic Fishermen's Union; Lester Balinger, Cannery Workers and Fishermen's Union of San Diego; Frank Drozak, Atlantic and Gulf District; Steve Edney, Cannery Workers' Union of the Pa­ cific, Los Angeles Harbor District; John M. Fox, Inland Boatmen's Un­ ion of the Pacific; Gil Gauthier, Canadian Marine Officers Union; George Issel, United Industrial Workers, Pacific District; George Joliansen, Aiaksa Fishermen's Un­ ion; William Jordan, Marine Fire­ men's Union; Burt Lanpher, Staff Officers' Association; Leonard J. McLaughlin, SIU of Canada; Austin P. Skinner, New Bedford Fisher­ men's Union; Ed Turner, Marine Cooks "and Stewards' Union; Morris Weisberger, Sailors Union of the Pacific; Chalmer E. Welly, Sugar Workers' Union, Local 1; and J. S. Winter, International Union of Pe­ troleum Workers. Know;. �SEAFARERS LOG Jun* 11 1965 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION . ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO Sill Statement On Merger Talks WASHINGTON — A report setting forth the SIUNA position on merger talks with the National Maritime Union as presented by the International's Executive Board, was unanimously approved at the Union's Twelfth Biennial Convention. The delegates approval of the position expressed in the report authorized continuation of talks on merger possihilities. The full text of the report appears below: For several months prior to the opening of this convention, informal discussions seeking the basis for a possible merger have taken place between representatives of the Seafarers International Union of North America and the National Maritime Union. These talks were initiated by the NMU through the offices of the AFL-CIO. The SIUNA participated in these discussions in good faith because we believe that one union would best serve the interests of the workers involved. After a series of discussions between SIUNA and NMU which were attended by a representative of AFL-CIO President George Meany, the National Maritime Union unilaterally issued a statemenj; publicly setting forth NMU's terms for a merger. No formal proposals had previously been received by SIUNA from NMU. We were disappointed by the unrealistic attitude expressed by the NMU in this document. All of the parties to these discussions have been com­ pletely aware of the structure of the two organiza­ tions involved and the constitutional requirements that all components of the two organizations are entitled to representation and the right to par­ ticipate fully on a basis of equality in whatever frame\vork might evolve from such merger. For example, the NMU, in its statement issued on May 12, but dated April 5, 1965, said "the pro­ posals which have been made to us have been in the direction of a federation of unions. The essential element in these proposals has been that all mem­ ber unions would maintain autonomy within the federation. This has been suggested as a practical first step, which might conceivably lead to merger of the unions in the future." The NMU statement went on to say "we believe this would be a useless gesture." If ultimate merger is to be approached realis­ tically, the parties must cosider and be guided by the constitutional structure of each organization. Since its inception the SIUNA has been a federa­ tion of autonomous unions, each of which is guaranteed full proportional participation in determ­ ining all matters of international policy irrespective of whether the autonomous union is composed of deep sea sailors, inland boatment, fishermen, can­ nery workers or those in the shoreside industrial and transportation affiliates of the international. All are represented on the executive board of the International under the terms of the SIUNA con­ stitution. Futhermore, with regard to the preservation of the autonomous unions within a federation the NMU contended in its statement that "a federation of auonomous unions will not work." In an effort to prove its contention that the concept of federation is not a workable basis on which to continue merger talks, the NMU docu­ ment said that "the fact disunity has continued as it has within the AFL-CIO is clear enough proof of the futility of discussions along those lines." As a matter of fact, this is contrary to the evidence. AFL-CIO Federation is successful. The record clearly indicates that since merger in 1955 there has been a gradual elimination of differences through constitutional machinery provided for such purposes. In this latter respect, we must take note of the fact that the NMU is under sanctions by the AFL-CIO for non-compliance with the AFL-CIO constitution, and conformance with AFL-CIO policy is a basic consideration in future ' discussions, NMU's attitude on continued merger talks with SIUNA is contrary to the position it has taken with licensed officers, including those affiliated with NMU. In a statement of policy issued on April 7, 1965, the NMU along with the American Radio (Continued on page 7) Major Issues Acted On By Convention Delegates WASHINGTON — Delegates to the 12th biennial convention of the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America acted on and i^ithorized a vast number of resolutions and proposals dealing with seamen, fishermen, fish cannery workers and allied fields, civil rights and social legislation, tho SIUNA'S relations with other labor organi­ Subsidies: Urged construction subsidy aid for the building of a new American-flag bulk carrying fleet zations and general labor issues. as well as strengthening the Cargo Preference Laws, The convention delegates dealt with pro­ Cargo Preference Act: Urged that all Federal posals designed to upgrade the American Departments and agencies concerned with the merchant marine, the repeal of section 14b implementation of this act be required to comply of the Taft-Hartley Act, the continuing encroach­ fully with its provisions. ment of Japanese vessels on American fisheries and Merchant Marine Act: Called upon the President the proposed closing of seven United States Public of the United States to reaffirm the national mari­ Health Service Hospitals, time policy expressed in the Merchant Marine Act The Convention delegates also adopted a report of 1936. : from the SIUNA Executive Board, setting forth Hiring Hail: Reafiirmed the need to protect the the union's position on merger talks with the National Maritime Union in addition to a report hiring hall as the only fair and suitable means of on contract negotiations by the four deep sea assuring stability of employment in the maritime industry. union's affiliated with the SIUNA, USPHS Hospitals: Urged and endorsed legislaThe delegates acted on convention resolutions as follows: (Continued on page 7) Complete SiU Statement On Contract Negotiations WASHINGTON—^Delegates to the Twelfth Biennial Convention of the SIU­ NA approved a special report on the status of contract nego-liations jointly submitted by the four deep sea affiliates of the International. The report, which was presented by the Atlantic and Gulf District, Sailors Union of the Pacific, Marine, Firemen and Watertenders and Marine Cooks and Stewards, called for a sixty-day extension of the contract deadline from the present June 15 ex­ piration date. The full text of the report follows: A June 15 deadline crisis Is developing in contract negotiations involving deep sea the current international situation. unions of the Seafarers International Union We hear much from people in Government of North America on the Atlantic, Gulf and about the irresponsibility of maritime unions. Pacific coasts. On the contrary, it is our desire to avert The situation is obviously drifting toward crisis in the Interest of the seamen we rep­ a strike condition. On the West Coast, no resent as well as that of the entire community. negotiations have taken place for several As of this moment, there are only 15 days weeks. remaining until the expiration date of the A key factor that has served to deter contracts. Thanks to Government apathy, an progress in the negotiations has been the atmosphere of pressure has been created failure of Government to discharge its re­ which is not conducive to intelligent and sponsibility to answer questions which all reasonable bargaining. Already this crisis parties involved had submitted in an effort situation is having a detrimental impact on to reach agreement. These questions were the U.S. shipping industry. submitted to the Department of Labor through Mindful of this situation, and as a demon­ representatives of the Mediation and Concilia­ stration of our good faith, we are desirous of tion Service and Maritime Administration doing whatever we can, to relieve the pressures after a series of meetings in which these which have been allowed to build up, and to Government representatives .participated with substitute a climate in which collective bar­ the representatives of the unions and manage­ gaining can proceed toward a settlement that ment. will be beneficial to the seamen we represent The questions involved Government atti­ and to the industry. tudes with respect to phases of American We are also mindful of the fact that the shipping. The answers are pertinent to the President's Maritime Advisory Committee is contract talks. Although the questions were presently considering the condition of the submitted 18 months ago, no answers have merchant marine, and that from this com­ been forthcoming. mittee may emerge recommendations that We are acutely aware of the distressed wlill provide answers to the questions which condition of the United States merchant we have previously pointed out are pertinent marine. We have repeatedly called attention to the contract negotiations. to its decline and the underlying causes, and In light of these facts, we believe that it to the responsibilities of all parties — unions, is in the general interest to provide additional management and Government — to cooperate time in the hope that it can be used to resolve in every area to prevent any further un­ the issues. Therefore, we will recommend to necessary harm to our merchant fleet, and to the memberships of our respective organiza­ promote the interests of this vital segment tions—the Sailors Union of the Pacific, Marine of the American economy. Firemen's Union, the Marine Cooks and We have full knowledge of the effect that Stewards Union and the Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes any interruption in American shipping will and Inland Waters District—that a period have on American seamen and other workers of an additional 60 days be allowed beyond who are dependent on it for a living. We the June 15 date. are aware of its effect on the industry. We We hope that this additional period of time are aw^are of the effect it could have on the will prompt the Federal agencies involved to total economy. We recogfiize the effect it act to enable the parties to work toward a could have on U.S. commitments in light of solution of the contract issues. � 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. 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Title A name given to the resource June 11, 1965 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIUNA TWELFTH BIENNIAL CONVENTION REPEAL OF SEC. 14B CLEARS FIRST BIG HURDLE IN HOUSE JOE POWELL, MTD AIDE, DIES AT 51 SIUNA CONVENTION SETS PROGRAM ON VITAL MARITIME, LABOR ISSUES CONVENTION SPEAKERS CITE SHIP, LEGISLATIVE NEEDS SIU-MSTU GRANTED AUTONOMY FINNERTY NAMED TO LAKES POST LOW WATER LEVELS STILL PLAGUE SHIPPING ON LAKES UNIONS WINNING 64% OF NLRB ELECTIONS THIS YEAR SOME DOCTORS STILL BALKING AS MEDICARE PASSAGE NEARS HOUSE BILLS WOULD DISCOURAGE TRADE WITH RED NORTH VIETS NEW YORKMAR LAUNCHED BY CALMAR IN BALTIMORE GROWING YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT CALLED SERIOUS NATIONAL ISSUE SEAFARERS PORTS OF THE WORLD – CASABLANCA 15 WORLD VESSELS REPORTED LOST AT SEA DURING 1964 MAJOR ISSUES ACTED ON BY CONVENTION DELEGATES 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 06/11/1965 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. 12 1965 Periodicals Seafarers Log