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Appel, Presld American Medical Associatii 535 N, Dearborn Street Chicago, 111. 60610 iJ'-VdVWO^vnetvt oSrn«» Y>ec®; Dear Sir: J ' f, i 'S \/ The recent attack of an Ame committee against federal n again demonstrates that in involving the question of ir the AMA chooses the most re ing to frustrate or deny th services and care. Wctvt ^•iii irican Medical Association ledical care for seamen once virtually every instance ledical care in our society, itrogressive position, tendle availability of medical Perhaps the medical profess tremendous scientific achie role of leadership in our n assuming its social respons ion, so notable for its vements could fulfill its ation by recognizing and ibilities as well, Despite the fact that our n world, there are still vast lack even the most elementa: that the organized medical ] Ing its efforts, rather thail ation is the richest in the areas of blight where people ry care. It is in this area profession should be directa tovdiminish services, ^ Both the people in this nat;j sion might be better served guided by the hopes and aspjl America's future than the wc Lon and the medical profesif your organization were Lrations for the best of )rst of its past. u Very truly yours, QOXJX^<^ PH:AP June 25 1965 Paul Hall President �SEAFARERS rare Twe June 25, MM lOG Bill Repealing Section 14b Makes Progress in House gV . Hi The House Labor and Education Committee-approved bill to repeal Sec. 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act will be reported out and a rule sought for floor debate, Chairman Adam Clayton Powell (D-N.Y.) announced recently. P o w e 1 r s announcement section of the Civil Rights Act of duce measures to strengthen Title VII of the civil righto came following a meeting of 1964. law. The committee chairman committee Democrats on the told reporters his decision to status of the 14 (b) repeal meas­ ure, after the chairman had earlier indicated he would hold up further action pending movement of a measure on the fair employment seek full House action on the repeal bill was buttressed by indications at the party caucus that a majority of Democrats on the committee would intro- Strike On Atlantic, Gulf Curtails Shipping Activity NEW YORK—A strike by the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, the National Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots and the American Radio Association against several shipping companies on the • Atlantic and Gulf Coasts was volved in the strike has success­ entering its second week as fully completed negotiations on the LOG went to press. The unions new contracts with a third industry began their walkouts when their group, the American Maritime As­ contracts expired with the com­ sociation. The new pact covers 225 panies which are members of two dry cargo vessels owned by com­ maritime industry associations— panies which are AMA members. the American Merchant Marine In­ The AHA has also negotiated a new stitute and the Tanker Services pact covering AMA tanker com­ panies. Committee. The MEBA is striking against Reach Accord nine meml>er companies of the The Marine Engineers have AMMI which operate passenger reached agreement on new con­ and cargo vessels on the Atlantic tract terms with member compa­ and Gulf coasts. Eight of the AMMI nies of the Tanker Services Com­ companies are recipients of federal mittee, while desk officers repre­ operating subsidies. The MMP's sented by the MMP have com­ w.alkout is directed at 16 member pleted bargaining on a four-year companies of the Tanker Services memorandum of understanding Committee. with operators belonging to the Four SlUNA unions have ex­ Pacific Maritime Association. tended contract deadlines by sixty The chief issue over which both days from the June 15 expiration date in accord with a special re­ the MEBA and MMP negotiators port approved by the Union's dele­ are conducting their hardest bar­ gates at the recent Twelfth Bien­ gaining is the problem of manning nial Convention in Washington. scales, with special emphasis on The report was signed by the In­ newly automated ships. Other is­ ternational's four deep sea affili­ sues in the negotiations between ates—the Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ the Marine Engineers and the trict, the Sailors Union of the AMMI include improvements in Pacific, Marine Firemen and the pension system and the ques­ Watertenders and Marine Cooks tion of who will be named to arbi­ and Stewards. The Staff Officers trate grievances under the new Association, another SIUNA affili­ contract. The unions involved in the walk­ ate, and the Radio Officers Union, also agreed to the extension of the out have agreed to permit vessels carrying military cargoes to sail, deadline. Each of the three unions in­ desipite the strike. The U.S. labor movement has never been able to count the American Medical Association as one of its friends in its unending struggle to better the lives of the nation's working men and women. In fact, whenever the AFL-CIO supports the passage of a new law to improve the country's health, education or welfare, we can almost always expect the AMA to oppose it with arguments which went out of date The House committee approved when the steam engine was introduced. the 14(b) repeal bill June 10 a For this reason, we in maritime labor should not be too surprised 21-10 vote. At Powell's request, subcommittee held a special eve­ over the recent attack by the AMA on the medical and hospital care ning hearing June 15 on a hastily- provided for American seamen by the U.S. Public Health Service drafted bill amending the Civil Rights Act. Every congressman hospitals. present and the two witnesses — Clarence Mitchell, speaking for the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, and AFL-CIO Legislative Director Andrew J. Biemiller— rejected the effort to link the two issues. Mitchell, who heads the Washington office of the Na^ tional Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo­ ple, said the move would be playing into the hands of those who "would be delighted if they could bury both bills." He and Biemiller voiced strong support for strengthening the Civil Rights Act, but stressed that both the details of the changes to be sought and the timing of the legis­ lative drive required more con­ sideration. The equal employment opp6rtunity provisions of the Civil Rights Act have not yet gone into offect, becoming applicable on July 2. The subcommittee, at a meeting the next morning, formally concurred in this rea­ soning. It adopted a resolution supporting the principle of im­ proving the ban on job discrimination. But it declared that efforts to do this are more likely to be successful if the views of the new Equal Employment Opportunity Com­ mission and other interested government agencies are re­ ceived. It agreed to hold further hear­ ings on the issue after finishing its work on amendments to the Fadr Labor Standards Act, also before the same subcommittee. No Link Favored Subcommittee Chairman James Roosevelt (D-Calif.) told newsmen (Continued on page 23) Icelandic Trade Unionists Visit SiU Headquarters 1^ ! A delegation of Icelandic trade-unionists recently visited the SIU half in New York and were shown around the LOG office by SIU rep Ami Bjornsson- From leffto right, they are Richard Srgurbaldursson, Office and Store Clerks Union; Ingimundur Eriendsson, Reykjavik Factory Workers Union; Ami Bjornsson; Haraldur B. Sumarlidason, Reykjavik Carpenters Union; and Hilmar Hallvardsson, Sheet Metal Workers Union. At this particular time, no one in the trade union movement should be surprised at AMA maneuvers designed to strike at long-established measures enacted to help the American people lead healthy, pro­ ductive lives. After having fought tooth and nail against the passage of federally aided hospital and medical care for the elderly for the past eight years, the AMA leadership has now been rebuffed. With Congressional approval of the King-Anderson medieare bill due momentarily, AMA members court disaster and tragedy as they publicly call for a "strike," once the legislation is signed Into law. J \ For the record, we would like to remind the AMA that the Federal hospital program for seamen was established to meet the special requirements and character of maritime employment. The AMA may not be able to understand the hard facts of maritime life, primarily that seamen must work without the availability of medical care for long periods of time while they are at sea. Since the typical seaman's time on shore is controlled by the arrival and departure schedule of his ship, his medical and hospital care needs have to be at facilities that are easily accessible after months of sailing. These facts are as true today as when the Govern­ ment first started its Marine Hospital Service. Just for the sake of argument, what kind of medical treatment could today's seaman count on if the Government followed the AMA's advice and closed down the P.H.S. hospitals. It is hard to imagine who would insure that adequate medical facilities would be available for the transient seaman, who often comes and goes with the tides. The Public Health Service hospitals, on the other hand, are specifically set up to deal with the problem of the transient seaman. Their strategic locations along the coast lines of the United States are a guarantee that today's seaman can receive the medical treat­ ment he needs without the inevitable complications of lengthy admitting procedures, complex billing practices and other examples of red tape that plague today's typical hospital patient. John Strong^ 62, D/es; Headed IBT Local 807 NEW YORK—John E. Strong, president of Teamsters Local 807, and a widely respected trade unionist, died in the Long Island Jewish Hospital here June 15, at the age of 62. He had been ill for several months. a trustee. He also started the lo­ Brother Strong was elected cal's union newspaper and edited to the presidency of the 10,- the publication until his death. OOO-member Local 807 in 1943 after working as a truck driver for twenty years. Elected with Brother Strong, as secretary-treas­ urer, was the late Thomas L. Hickey. One of the largest Team­ ster general trucking locals, 807 is known as the "waterfront team­ sters local." Under Brother Strong's leader­ ship, Local 807 and the SIU main­ tained a very close working trade-union relationship. Local 807 officials had appeared before SIU membership meetings on sev­ eral occasions over the years. Fol­ lowing the 1954 Local 807 elec­ tions, SIU President Paul Hall administered the oath of office to elected officials at the local's membership meeting. Local 807 is affiliated with the Maritime Port Council of Greater New York Harbor and Brother Strong was a member of the Council's Strike and Organi­ zation committee. He had also been a former secretary of the Teamsters Joint Council No. 16. As president of Local 807, Brother Strong instituted many innovations. He was instrumental in starting the local's pension and welfare fund, of which he became A Requiem Mass was celebrated John Strong in the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. Rrother Strong is survived by his wife, the former Lillian Brady; three sons, John E., Jr., Brian and Dennis; a daughter, Mrs. Jean Fenlon; a half brother Joseph Morgan; three half sisters, Mrs. Anna Conklin, Mrs. Catherine McCarthy and Mrs. Rose Mackritis, and ten grandchildren. The SIU expressed its sympa­ thies to the family and to the of-, fleers and members of Local 807. il>.\ •* VI 'A? �/ Jao* X5, 196S SEAFARERS Fagd thret LOG MAC Subcommitteo Recommends Gov't Aid AMA Would Bar U.S. Seamen From USPHS Hospitals Rebuffed by the public, by Congress, and by much of its own membership on its attempts to defeat proposed Medicare legislation, the American Medical Association, through its committee on Federal Medical Service, is now attacking the blight where people lack even role of Public Health Service the most elementary care.'' 1 mi. ~ Hospdtals in providing medical care for American merchant sea­ men. The AMA committee, in a recent meeting in Chicago, has decided that providing mediical care to mer­ chant seamen is no longer an ap­ propriate function of the Federal Government. The committee rec­ ommends that the care be halted, and the 12 USPHS hospitals closed. The AMA, which admits to hav­ ing spent almost $4 million since 1949 in lobbying against passage of medical care for the aged through social security, proposes that to ^replace the USPHS hospital care, doctors could "volunteer" for a two-year tour of duty to take care of merchant seaman, while at the same time fulfilling their military service requirements. Also sug­ gested by the group are various possible health insurance or pre­ payment mechanisms to assure that seamen can get medical care when they need it. SIU Protest SHI President Paul Hall in a letter addressed to AMA president Dr. James Z. Appel, protested this latest display by the association of its- callous disregard for the health and welfare of the Amer­ ican public by its attempt to "frustrate or deny the availabdlity of medical services and care" to American seamen. The SIU sug­ gested that "Perhaps the medical profession, so notable for its tre­ mendous scientific achievements could fulfill its role of leadership in our nation by recognizing and assuming its social responsibilities as well." The SIU points out that de­ spite the fact that our nation Is the richest In the world, "there are still vast areas of "Both the people in this na­ tion and the medical profes­ sion might be better served if your organization were guided by the hopes and aspirations for the best of America's fu­ ture than the worst of its past," the SIU letter concludes. SIU Supports Proposals Aimed At Strengthening U.S. Bulk Carrier Fleet WASHINGTON—A special subcommittee report recommending: subsidieii and tax advantag:es for operators in the declining: U.S. bulk carrier trade was pre­ sented at a meeting of the President's Maritime Advisory Commitee held here this week. The SIU voiced its'* tinned A m e r i o a n shipbuilding by this country shall be carried support of the recommen­ capabilities. on American-flag vessels. This would be entirely consistent with, • Until As new shipa-are dations embodied in the the purposes of the program, report. The subcommittee report suggested that such vessels be guaranteed at least one-third of America's foreign waterMeanwhile, ait the AMA's annual borne trade, that construction convention which is meeting this week in New York, AMA president Dr. James Z. Appel, conceded the fact that the Medicare Bill will pass and become law despite the AMA's colossal expenditure of money and its huge campaign of propagandizing and lobbying against it. The measure has al­ ready been approved by the House, where its provisions and coverage were increased by the Legislators considerably above even what President Johnson had originally asked for, and is now being con­ sidered by the Senate Finance Committee. Elderly Picket AMA While 500 members of the New York Congress of Senior Citizens, an association of elderly persons who are the hardest-hit by the as­ tronomically high costs of neces­ sary medical care, picketed out­ side the AMA's annual meeting to protest the association's stub­ born anti-Medicare stand, doctordelegates inside were split wide open on whether they would ad­ here to and comply with the lawof-the-land when the Medicare bill is passed. A delegate representing Ohio doctors declared that Ohio physi­ cians were determined "not to go along with Medicare." The Ohio group is sponsoring a resolution to boycott Medicare when It is passed, or In other words, is calling for a doctors' strike. AMA Shelled Out Nearly $4 Million Fighting Medicare WASHINGTON—The vast sums of money which the American Medical Association admits to having already spent in its antiMedicare lobbying and propaganda Is a frightening Index of the power and financial resource? which this doctors' group has wielded/ in the past to thwart improvements in health and medical care for vast segments of the American peopleespecially those least able to pay. In the first three months of 1963 alone, the association reported spending $951,570 for anti-Medicare lobbying. The figures were released at the AMA's New York Convention this week. Only twice in the past has lobbying spending by any organization exceeded $900,000 according to the authoritative reporting service Congressional Quarterly. Both times the big-spender was also the AMA and both times the money was spent fighting proposals for medical care similar to Medicare. The AMA plunked down $1,552,683 in 1949 and $1,326,078 in 1950 to defeat medical care proposals made by President Harry S. Truman. With this vast expenditure of money the AMA managed to delay passage of this much-needed legislation for 15 years. With passage of Medicare now predicted as certain even by the AMA itself, the association has turned its vast resources to the task of denying American merchant seamen the excellent medical care which has been theirs in U.S. Public Health Service Hospitals since 1798 (see story above). and operation of thesa bulk-carrieis receive Government aid, and that operators of bulk-carrier ton­ nage be given special tax ad­ vantages. The special subcommittee was composed of Lane Kirkland, execu­ tive assistant to AFL-CIO Presi­ dent George Meany; Theodore W. Kheel, lawyer and maritime arbi­ trator; and J. Paul St. Sure, presi­ dent of the Pacific Maritime As­ sociation. The full Maritime Ad­ visory Committee is made up of 17 representatives from maritime labor, management, and Govern­ ment. Noting that American-flag ships at present carry less than 10 per­ cent of U.S. trade and that 85 per­ cent of that trade consists of bulk cargoes, the subcommittee recom­ mended: • That American vessels be entitled to transport about one-third of all foreign-trade cargoes. • That the operation of dry bulk carriers be aided by Federal building and operat­ ing subsidies. • 'iliat an import quota, reserving a fixed share of 30 percent of all imports of crude and refined petroleum prod­ ucts, he established for Ameri­ can tanker vessels. At the meeting. Commerce Secretary John T. Connor, cochairman of the MAC with Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz, an­ nounced the creation of a "task force" to "maintain close liaison and relationship" with the Ad­ visory Committee and the sub­ committees "as a means of achieving discussion and con­ sideration." The Secretary said that it was hoped that in about a month there will bo a series of meetings be­ tween members of the government task force and the appropriate subcommittees. In addition to the three major recommendations printed above, the special subcommittee also recommended that: • Savings achieved through In­ creased ship productivity brought about by new construction of more modern vessels be allocated specifically to the development and construction of additional vessels. • Such savings should also pro­ vide interim relief to any seamen temporarily displaced by increased ship productivity. • Ships to be built under the program should be constructed in American shipyards to assure com~ built, present cargo prefer­ ence lawn should be contin­ ued, and once the new ships are available it should be no excuse for eonflning cargo prefetrences for American ships to any percentage of the available cargoes. It should he possible to grant preferences up to 100 percent certainly for government car­ goes, as long as the ships are available. o The present Oil Import Pro­ gram should be extended and a requirement added that a reason­ able proportion of the petroleum and petroleum products imported would impose no undue burden on the producers of foreign oil, and would afford a logical and ap­ propriate mechanism to aid in the achievement of an affirmative maritime policy. • U.S. fimu engaged in the production of foreign oil, who have succeeded in avoiding U.S. taxes by registering their vessels under foreign (runaway) flags, should make some contribution to the national interest in a viable maritime industry. The argument that such a requirement would constitute flag discrimination, in­ viting retaliation by other mari­ time nations. Is not persuasive. Rap Navy's Proposal To Buy British Ships WASHINGTON—Representatives Emanuel Cellar and Hugh L. Carey of New York have called for an Investigation of a plan by tho U.S. Navy to purchase $50 million worth of new ships from England. In issuing their sharp criticism of lack of awareness of the plight of the Navy purchase plan, both both private and naval shipyards Congressmen drew attention to in this country. the government's plan to close He reminded the Navy that its down the Brooklyn Navy yard, own Chief of Naval Operations, supposedly because the country Admiral David McDonald had said has an excess of shipbuilding ca­ in a 1964 speech that the U.S. pacity. must be vitally concerned with Representative ^ Celler empha­ "preserving and maintaining our sized the contradiction in govern­ repository of trained manpower ment policy which would permit resources found in our shipyard the purchase of ships from a for-, facilities." eign power while the closing no­ Hood declared that the British tice was being posted for the shipbuilding industry could not Brooklyn yard, which has always build better ships than those con­ been used to build support ships structed in American yards. "They and vessels. have no experience with precise No "Effective Control" standards of quality control and Speaking of the 9,600 men em­ assurance reliability which U.S. ployed at the Brooklyn facility. shipyards are required to main­ Congressman Carey said that the tain," he asserted. proposed measure "is certainly not fair to the shipyard workers." He also criticized the purchase plan on the groimds that the U.S. June 25,'65 Vol. XXVII, No. 1a would have no effective control Official Publication of the SIUNA over inspection, procurement and Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes i Inland Water* District, AFL-CIO bidding if the vessels were built Executive Board outside the U.S. PAUL HALL, President Representative Carey demanded CAL TANNER EARL SHEPARB Vice-President to know why this country seemed Exeo. Vice-Prei. AL KERR LINDSEY WILLIAMS intent on giving this bonanza of Vice-President jobs and contracts to British labor ROB.Sec.-Treas. A. MATTHEWS AL TANNER and business firms when the U.S. Vice-President Vice-President shipbuilding industry desperately HERBERT BRAND Director of Organizing and needed this type of work. Publications The Navy's projected deal with Managing Editor: Mm POLLACK; AsslU the British shipbuilders also drew Editor: NATHAN SKvra; Staff Writers: ARONSON, PETS CARMEN; ROBERI the fire of Representative Celler ROBERT MILGROM; Art Editor: BERNARD SEAMAN. because it would make the U.S. balance of payments problem more difficult, in direct contra­ vention of President Johnson's re­ quest for action to curtail the outflow of dollars from the U.S. Publlihad blwEEkly at lh« headquarter* of the SaafararB Inlarnatlenal Union. At U.S. Yards Ignored lantic, Oulf, Lakai and Inland Water* District, AFL-CIO, 67S Fourth Avenue, The Navy's plan also was con­ Brooklyn, NY, 11211. Tol. HYaelnth 9-i(00. clasi pottage paid at tha Fast demned by Edwin M. Hood, pres­ Second Office In Brooklyn, NY, under tho Act ident of the Shipbuilder's Council of Aug. 14, 1*11. of America, who charged the ac­ tion demonstrated a "complete SEAFARERS LOG �• V' '- SEAFARERS %M» Five SiU Oidtimers Retired On Pensions SIU Pensioner By Earl (Bull) Shcpord, Vice-President. AHanfic strikebreaking Stiil Legal in N.Y. Feurtada sailed in the deck de­ partment, after joining the SIU in the port of Miami. A native of Nicaragua, he now makes his home in New Orleans. His last voyage was aboard the SS Del Sud, Bocco signed on with the SIU Feurtado Bocco in the port of Detroit, Michigan, sailing as a member of the galley department. Bom in Oswego, New York, he now m^es his home there with his wife Mary, He last sailed aboard the American. U. UM LOG The Seafarer's Welfare Plan has approved the pensions of five additional SIU veterans. The five new pensioners join the growing list of Seafarers whose retirment years are made secure by lifetime SIU pen--*^ New York, he now lives in Balti­ sions. more, Maryland, He last sailed The five additional pension­ aboard the Seamar, ers who will receive monthly $150 pension checks are James Crist Mitchell, 44, Percy J. Libby, 70, Charles M. Kellog, 65, James Dudley Feiu-1 a d o, 70, and Ralph Wil­ liam Bocco, 64. Mitchell joined the SIU In the port of Norfolk, Mitchell Virginia, sailing as a bos'ji in the deck department. Born in Pennsylvania, he now makes his home in Seattle, Wash­ ington. He last sailed aboard the Alcoa Explorer, Libby signed on with the SIU in the port of New Orleans, Loui­ siana, sailing as a bosun in the deck department. A native' of •I •••-•,. JI Seafarer Morion Shorpe, last off the Steel Ap­ prentice (Isthmian) where he sailed in the deck de­ partment, picked up his first regular monthly $150 pension check recently at New York headquarters. Sharpe will spend his re­ tirement at home in Toms River, N,J, with his wife and daughter. He has been an SIU member for over 25 years. R-T-W Group Calls Laws Benefiting Workers "Immoral" WASHINGTON—Minimum wage laws, safety rules and Maine, he now makes his home in New Orleans with his wife Iris. the union shop are all "immoral" in the opinion of the Na­ He last shipped out aboard the tional Right to Work Committee's leadoff witness at House Del Norte, hearings on repeal of Sec, as the price of avoiding "costly Kellog, an SIU veteran of 27 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act, strikes which would look bad on years, sailed as an AB in the deck department after Joining the SIU The Rev, Frederick C, Fow­ the financial report at the end of in the Port of New York. Born in ler of Duluth, Minn., board chair­ the year," M ttiat were the case, he was man of the "right-to-work" organ­ ization, also testified that Ideally asked, why aren't most big com­ panies supporting "right-to-work" workers should have the "right" laws which would ban the union to work longer hours for lower shop without any risk of strikes wages than their shopmates and over the issue? the government shouldn't inter­ "I think the industrial relations fere with employment of Mexican people have gotten lazy," Larson replied, and "accommodated them­ braceros on U.S. farms selves to the fact that the union Fowler, a fundamentalist minis­ is running their Industrial rela­ SEATTLE—The Seafarers Wel­ ter who has spoken at right-wing tions policy." fare Plan has announced that SIU functions acknowledged that there Also appearing for the work members shipping from this port is "definitely disagreement" with committee was its president, S. D. may now take advantage of full his viewpoint by other theologians medical examination and treat­ "but I can't see the reason for it," Cadwallader, who claimed that "millions" of union members are ment facilities at the SlU-Pacific Leading clergymen of three District Medical Examination faiths—representing the National opposed to the union shop but "do Center located at 700 Broadway. Council of Churches, the Central not dare to speak out publicly." The new clinic is being operated Conference of American Rabbis Subcommittee Chairman Frank eccording to a joint arrangement and the National Catholic Wel­ Thompson, Jr, (D.-N.J.), sponsor between the SIU Pacific District fare Council—have joined in urg­ of the 14(b) repeal bill, told the and the Pacific Maritime Associa­ ing repeal of Sec, 14(b) and up­ three witnesses that t)ie common tion. holding the right in every state "thread" in their testimony Seafarers will now be required of workers and employers to agree seemed to be "opposition to col­ lective • bargaining," to have a clinic card if they reg­ to a union shop. ister in Seattle, Fowler said in reply to ques­ Fowler contended that workers The new SIU Medical Examina- cannot be "free" under a union tioning that he personally favored • tion Center will be under the di­ shop and "ultimately they will a national "right-to-work" law rection of Dr. Leo J. Rosellini. feel insecure, inferior, not true prohibiting the union shop in Examinations^ of Union members and able men," He described Sec. every state, although the organi­ will be conducted according to the 14(b) as "the clause that refresh­ zation did not take that position. Larson, added, however, that if same procedures used at the SIU- es," 14(b) were repealed, the "work" Pacific District-PMA clinic in San The National Right-to-Work committee would then support a Francisco, Committee, claiming to speak for nationwide ban pn the union shop In addition to the Pacific coast "the grass roots of America," chas­ than press for re-enact­ medical facilities, Seafarers now tised the nation's biggest em­ rather ment of the state option clause. have the benefit of full medical ployers for not opposing repeal of clinic services available in the Sec, 14(b), The "work" commit­ ports of Boston, New York, Phila­ tee's executive vice president. delphia, Baltimore, Norfolk, Jack- Reed E. Larson, accused "the Bonville, Tampa, San Juan, Mobile, giant corporations of America" of New Orleans and Houston, "callousness" on the issue. In order to assure accurate Asked why companies which digests of ^ipboard meetings initially fought union organization in the LOG, it is desirable that bitterly seem to have accepted the the reports of shipboard meet­ union shop, Larson replied that ings be typed if at all possible. they had agreed to the union shop SIU Adds Clinic In Seattle Type Minutes When Possible Unfortunately, an attempt to outlaw the aotivltiea of professional strikebreakers in New York State failed recently when the State Senate failed to pass a bill banning the employment of persons who regularly offer to replace workers in a struck place of business. Earlier in this year's session, the senators had rejected a similar bill because they were dissatisfied with the definition of "professional strike­ breaker." Aithough the amended biil actually had a majority of the senate's votes, it was five short of the thirty "ayes" needed for passage. Observers consider the bill dead for the remainder of this session, although the Assembly passed it earlier this year. New York Shipping dropped off slightly in New York although the current pace of activity is still brisk. The outlook for the coming period looks good, Guy (Frenchie) De LaBaere and Pete Vicare, two steward depart­ ment aces, recently piled off the Transglobe which completed the "oo-la-la" run to France. Frenchie was so impressed by the time he had that he's sitting tight until he can catch a return trip, SIU men in the New York hall have been giving the glad- hand to Mariano Gonzales who they are always happy to see, Mariano recently finished a trip as AB on-fthe Elizabetfaport, Antonio Al­ big success and everyone says that fonso, who has been shipping as they can't wait for next year's chief steward on the Geneva for outing, the past few months, has turned Vernon Sawyer is back in cir­ up in New York. He is looking forward to lending "a hand in culation after being in drydock orewing up the geophysical ships. for the past two weeks. Now that he is back on his feet, he tells us Boston that he is waiting for a far east Things have been on the slow run, Vernon last sailed as^ elec­ side on the Boston waterfront dur­ trician on the Colorado. Barley ing the past two weeks. However, Joyner just got off the Hastings activity is expected to pick up and says that he'll stick it out in during the coming period. Three the hall until he finds a European oceanographic ships are scheduled run on a Waterman ship, George to crew up in the next few weeks, Register is waiting for a bosun's and" the pace of jobs calls should job on a long run to India or the speed up correspondingly, far east. After sailing under the Joe DiSanto has been telling SIU banner for the past 20 years, his friends that he will stay put George says his best voyages have until a coast hugger puts in been on tankers. here, Joe, who has been in Norfolk the Union for 20 years now, is The shipping situation in Nor­ going to school for his fireman's license. His last ship was the folk has been moving at a good Transorleans where he shipped as clip and is expected to remain chief pumpman, John Rubery is brisk for the coming period. The an oldtime SIU member who just Penn Challenger is due in for a got out of dry dock after sailing pay off, which should re-fill the on the Sea Pioneer as bosun. He hall with some familiar faces. Four says he will grab the first job to sign-ons and four in-transit visits just about cleaned all the old faces hit the board, out of Norfolk in the last two Philadelphia weeks. The shipping situation Is due for Now that he has his FFD, change for the better after Charlie Pfaeips is hoping to ship having been on a good level for out soon. His last ship was the the last few weeks. Barney Gabor Steel King where he held a wiper says he will take the first FWT or rating. Alfred Everett piled off oiler job on a coast-wise ship that the Eagle Traveler when he heard hits the board. Barney spent two she was about to head for India, glorious months taking it easy Since Alfred is something of a after getting off the Cities Service homebody, he tells us he will hold Baltimore, Charlie Moss is hold­ out-for another coastwise tanker, ing out for a cook or baker's job on Stephen Arales is a cook who also one of those newly converted Cal- got down off the Eagle Traveler mar C-4s to come into port. His recently, He has been tilling the last ship was the Losmar, boys at the hall that he hopes to After putting in ten weeks move out soon. R, P. Nelson has studying horse flesh possibilities been getting congratulations on at local tracks, Bruno Wotorski his becoming a full book SIU man. admits that he'll take the first His last job was second electrician bosun's job that comes along. A on the Steel Chemist. 20-year SIU man, Bruno's last Puerto Rico ship was the Overseas Eva, John Following the lull that de­ Hummell just paid off the Alcoa veloped in the Dominican Republic Runner and claims that this is the situation, Puerto Rico Lighterage company for him. Right, now he is boats began delivering Sea-Land looking for a passenger BR slot trailers to Santo Domingo again. on anything flying the Alcoa flag. This essential service was tempo­ Baltimore rarily suspended after the revolu­ Shipping has been on the slow tion began there. The Alcoa bell lately, but prospects look Ranger was also scheduled to call decidedly brighter for the im­ at Santo Domingo this past week. mediate future. Four ships, the After spending several months Columbus, Losmar, Wilmar and as an AB on a Bryn Mawr tug, Chilore are expected to start crew- Henry Bentz is back in the hall ing up soon. waiting for a deep sea wagon. Cold weather was unable to Several familiar faces around the dismay the high spirits of the hall, Phil Rubish, Calixto Gonzalez, members of the Baltimore Port Humberto Ortiz, Esteban Marrero Council as they assembled for and Perfecto Benitez have been their annual moonlight boat cruise working as standbys in the past recently. The event was rated a few weeks. 1 i �liu« 95, If 61 SEAFARERS LOG Tw llvi liiilliPl . ' '5 I ' ' ';;; ,• SEATRAIN LOUISIANA PAYS OFF 8 ; Seafarer George O'Berry. (left), who sails as baker flashes that famous "payday smile" as company representative counts out the long green stuff. 3 I I ! Still thinking about payoff, baker O'Berry was still smiling as he took care of some chores in the galley, where there's always some work to be done. There wai itill work to be done up on deck just prior to payoff. Taking good care of the lines here are SlU deck department crewmembers ll-r) A. Sandlne, bosun "Tex" Jacks, and Elmer Witzke. Possibly expecting to be paid all in nice, shiny silver, deckman Corlis Vernon (left) appeared for payoff wearing sunglasses. Deck department member Elmer Witzke and M. Bass of the galley gang (stan^ng, l-r) and ship's delegate Bob Blanchord (seated) give SlU reps Charles Stansbury and Pete Loleas a rundown of the voyage. Seafarer George Tsirkos (left), was all dressed up to go ashore after payoff when he stopped to chat with fellow cfeck department member Ernie Kolenovskl, who was adjusting a turnbuckle. �Pace 81s SEAFARERS LOG JUM S5. INS {Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only in the SIU Atlantic Gulf Lakes and Inland Waters District) I June 5 to June 18, 1965 Pay Sl«a la Ofh OBS TroBt. TOTAL The shipping situation took a dip during the last reporting The departmental job breakdown remained fairly consistent period as only 1,088 Seafarers answered job calls as compared with recent trends. Deck department Job calls maintained their lestoB with 1,255 in the last period. The fall-oflf was most severe in position of strength, holding their own against last period's the Gulf although Houston showed impressive gains while shipping statistics. Engine and steward department jobs showed a little NBW York .... 14 Philodelplila .. 5 0 4 4 in Mobile and New Orleans dropped sharply. On the East Coast less strong, accounting for most of the board's losses. iaMBioro .... Norfolk 4 3 4 4 JoektoBvillo .. foBipa 0 0 0 0 8 10 20 33 progress was mixed, the board moving full steam ahead in The seniority picture showed no serious changes over the past Jacksonville, Norfolk and Baltimore but on the slow bell in two weeks. Seafarers holding Class A books accounted for 53% Boston, New York and Philadelphia. of the total job calls as compared with 55% during the prior West Coast shipping showed a mixed pattern with job calls well up In Seattle but down in Wilmington and San Francisco. With a slowdown in the pace of shipping, registration rose sharply to a figure Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle 1 TOTALS 7 from 34% to 33% in the past two weeks. Class C shipping was Houitoa ...... 7 8 18 up from 11% to 14%. WllmiagtoB .» 1 SOB FroRciico. Soottio ...... 4 4 0 4 4 3 7 TOTALS ... 59 38 Shipping activity showed a mixed pattern when compared with Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS C Shipped CLASS B TOTAL Shipped GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP CLASS 1 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 2 2 3 ALL A B 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 0 5 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 b 0 0 0 2 1_. 0 1 10 58 . 2 39 9 10 14 26 10 3 12 47 33 0 9 33 47 4 15 14 4 S3 1 5 71 0 1 1 1 2 2 5 0 0 1 1| 8 1 4 8 0 5 1 5 12 38 ; 2 22 10 16 28 3 4 0 . 3 5 18 4 7 12 2 12 3 18 1 12 6 6 13: 0 6 1 5 11 4 3 4 7 0 0 1 1 9 5 0 7 9 0 3 2 0 5 0 0 2 2 1 3' 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 2 2 3 1 0 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0: 0 7 3 11 3 21 1 5 9 5 6 0 1 5 1 1 2 15 8 6 2 15 0 14 30 5 14 21 36 9 49 1 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 34 21 34 0 4 8 20 23 10 53 9 16 20 45 24 16 16 33 1 8 57 4 3 30 57 1 33 3 4 7 1 8 16 0 5 2 1 6 0 3 3 0 0 0 5 2 5 0 6 1 10 18 12 25 8 43 2 32 15 14 2 8 12 7 4 22 33 15 3 33 3 14 13 6 7 5 21 7 1 13 2 17 8 27, 0 2 0 2 15 7 27 1 15 2 95 107 1 221 84 138 23 1 245' 14 101 181 43 1 325 19 76 65 1 155 5 18 30 1 53 245 155 GROUP C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 0 3 9 17 2 28 12 92 78 112 27 217 1 14 9 8 6 23 5 35 31 55 12 98 I 1 17 10 14 2 26 1 0 5 7 8 0 15 0 0 2 4 0 61 2 23 27 31 6 64 0 42 74 78 13 165 8 98 45 64 16 125 0 11 16 17 2 35 22 69 19 30 5 54 2 44 34 19 3 56 53 1 453 361 457 94 [ 912 Shipped CLASS C Shipped CLASS B Boston ~ New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS 56 8 31 I 234 20 SF Sea 1-s 0 4 1 6 1 0 0 0 7 5 1 4 3 TOTALS 32 73 30 95 | 230 10 Wil DECK ENGINE STEWARD GRAND TOTALS 103 84 | 207 33 Registered CLASS B GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 3 1 1 1 17 39 5 13 9 T 0 7 6 10 31 9 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 12 2 9 1 5 29 10 51 5 11 15 36 2 8 3 2 2 20 7 7 14 1 8 2 Port Bos NY Phil.... Bal Nor.... Jae Tam Mob.... NO Hou.... M 193 GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 0 4 2 6 4 30 51 85 0 7 8 15 4 14 26 44 3 10 2 15 1 1 5 7 1 0 4 5 2 8 14 24 5 37 60 102 6 24 29 59 1 9 6 16 1 8 3 12 4 18 8 30 30 164 226 I 420 ENGINE DEPARTMENT GROUP GROUP CLASS 1 2 3 ALL 123 ALL ABC ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 32 6 25 0 5 19 0 25 11 68 45 4 0 1 1 0 3 2 6 4 2 12 2 6 13 6 5 3 12; 0 1 12 6 31 11 4 0 1 0 0 3 1 5 4 10 5 1 2: 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 12 4 5 9 0 0 0 0 9 21 12 22 0 0 32 12 9 1 0 0 22 54 27 4 S; 32 21 21 1 5 2 14 8 6l| 16 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 J' 1 1 0 6 2 10 2 3 7; 17 1 10 7 34 11 0 6 5 9 0 10, 17 11 10 38 Registered CLASS A 8 ___ 4 IB 15 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS 8 CLASS B Shipped Registered CLASS A GROUP GROUP "• GROUP 123 ALL 123 ALL 1 3 ALL 2 1 3 2 1 1 2 0 0" 11 26 42 14 17 39 5 21 7 0 8 5 0 1 4 5 31 5 24 15 16 32 2 10 13 111 3 7 5 1 7 0 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 6 12 22 6 5 12 2 7 12 27 8 39 14 10 271 5 26 32 13 12 26 14 27. 44' 12 18 32 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1| 4 11 9 4 2!! 15 3 11 17| 13 18 3 10 9 19 4 17', 11 147 5 10 3 DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS B Registered CLASS A Port IB 14 11 Mow OrlooBi.. the previous period. Payoffs rose from 56 to 59 while sign-ons r Tampa 4 4 4 10 3 1 B dipped from 40 to 38 and in-transit visits dropped from 98 to 96. 1 3 38 4 dropped from 3,526 to 3,364 during the past two week period. P®" Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville 3 18 Mobile At the same time, the number of men registered on the beach Is 1 ^ W W K 1 0 Class B shipping remained almost constant, dipping period. of 1,344 as compared with last period's 1,187. Registered CLASS A ) Ship Acf/Wfy GROUP 123 ALL 1-s 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 0 2 11 1 7 0 8 0 1 3 18 22 3 2 7 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 31 5 0 0 31 4 4 11 19 3 1 0 2 3 0 0 3 4 2 1 14 1 1 2 11 14 103 | 127 16 20 | 168 62 52 | 122 3 25 18 | STEWARD DEPARTMENT Shipped CLASS A 52 22 72 | 162 Registered CLASS B GROUP 123 ALL GROUP 123 ALL SHIPPED CLASS A GROUP 123 ALL 0 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 13 0 12 1 6 18 30 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 2 11 14 1 83 10 9 64 23 1245 20 | 168 72 | 162 115 j 575 SHIPPED CLASS C SHIPPED CLASS B GROUP 123 ALL 14 76 8 62 10_ 9 32 147 46168 122 TOTAL C 0 16 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 14 0 14 3 54 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 12 3 ALL 1 2, 3 ALL 10 2 87 11 22 4 52 8 6 1 2 0 4 1 21 74 11 72 2 8 4 27 4 27 8 46 | 336 144 412 61 | 16 0 1 1 143 6 38 42 28 0 7 10 71 2 28 26 12 1 6 9 4 1 3 1 7 0 0 3 38 1 10 10 112 1 36 39 90 6 34 37 21 3 4 3 36 1 5 6 39 0 9 5 ei7i"2Fl8l'i92 Registe CLASS A Shipped GROUP CLASS 2 1 3 ALL A B 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 16 33 6 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 4 4 14 9 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 8 3 0 0 0 0 42 13 0 1 13 14 24 30 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 14 27 4 0 0 3 3 8 14 1 1 52 1 54 162 83 SUMMARY GROUP 1 23 ALL 19 95 107 | 221 84 138 20 103 84 | 207 33_115 10 14 103 | 127 68 22 49 212 294 J 555 185 275 Shipped CLASS C Shipped CLASS B GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 0 0 0 33 15 9 3 2 1 14 3 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 5 25 42 10 24 5 11 II 0 1 27 10 11 8 2 4 Registered CLASS A 101 18i 43 .1 325 56 147 31 I 234 105 30 95 I 230 262 358 169 | 789 115 TOTAL Shipped GROUP ALL 1-a 1 2 3 0 1 3 2 5 55 25 44 29 61 4 4 5 12 8 27 9 28 17 21 6 2 6 4 6 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 2 2 3 13 6 18 10 23 55 28 22 17 58 68, 9 39 15 21 1 6 3 6 7 45 5 10 7 10 25 7 14 3 11 I 299 106 199 118 240 240 TOTAL SHIPPED CLASS B 11 159 29 75 18 8 8 57 125 84 22, 32 35 GROUP 123 ALL 0 0 0 10 35 52 1 13 ^ 14 0 41 44 4 14 20 0 4 5 0 0 0 2 15 17 5 97 109 11 1 31 43 1 0 4 5 10 0 5 15 5 4 24 33 I 663 47 27 283 | 357 Registered On The Beach CLASS A. GROUP CLASS GROUP 123 ALL ABC ALL 1 2 3 ALL 5 18 30 S3 245 155 53 | 543 361 457 94 | 912 25 18 4g|168 122 46 | 336 144 412 61 | 617 65 1155 52 | 122 64 | 83 1 181 | 36o' » 2 86 17 56 16 5 3 21 76 77 10 12 14 395 CLASS B GROUP 1^ 2 3 ALL 30 164 226 | 420 22 ~181 192X395 83..54 | 299 305 118 240 | 663 47_~27 283 | 357 1 52 _54^162 44 100 153575 350 153 11088 810 987 395 12192, 99 372 701 |1172 II �JOB* tS, IfW SEAFARERS M rage LOG Welcome Aboard, Class No. 134 By Cd Tanner, Executivn Vice-President U.S. Shipbuilding Declines The publication of the latest world-wide shipbuilding statistics Indi­ cates that nothing has occurred in the U^. during the last few months to halt the alarming decline of the American ship construction Industry. In a report which surveyed total shipbuilding for the past year, the Shipbuilders Council of America found that the industry has suffered its worst year since 1956. What makes these reports even harder to read Is the fact that the shipbuilding industry in the rest of the world was hitting a new record during the first three months of 1965. While this boom in ship construction was gaining momentum, the U.S. was sinking to an abysmal tenth place among the world's shipbuilding nations. These statistics do more than graphically tell the tale of the slump­ ing U.S. shipbuilding industry. They are symptomatic of the shocking state into which the whole U.S. maritime industry has fallen. The U.S.-flag merchant fleet has dwindled away over the years until America has become a fifth-rate maritime power. A rapidly aging and deteriorating fleet combined with governmental inaction are almost a sure guarantee that the U.S. merchant marine is going to continue its decline. One very elementary way to halt this steady decline would be an expansion of governmental construction aid to the bulk carrier seg­ ment of the nation's fleet. This important step, combined with broader operating subsidies and effective enforcement of the cargo preference statutes would do a major part of the all-important job of getting our fieet back on its feet. The enactment and implementation of these policies would also get the sadly lagging shipbuilding industry back on its feet. Once the Graduates of Lifeboat Class 134 smile happily after completing all requirements for their government commits itself to restoring the American-flag fleet to its Coast Guard lifeboat tickets. Members of Class 134 are (l-r front) Andres Ygoma, John rightful place on the world's oceans, it is obvious that U.S. ship­ building will have the task of actually building the vessels that will Notoii, Howard Knox, Pedro Pinottt Il-r rear) Roy Alamo, John Yodice, Joe N. Brown and make up this new, modern fieet. The Shipbuilders Council also instructor Ami Bjornsson. reported that during 1964 only 16 merchant vessels, totaling 223,800 gross tons were built by American yards. In the twelve previous months, 34 merchant ships with a total of 421,800 tons were produced. The U.S. shipbuilding industry can not long continue to suffer this type of rapid decline year after year. If this trend continues, the valuable pool of skilled manpower that depends on the industry for its living will have to turn elsewhere for employment. The construction facilities, specialized machinery and other tools of this important craft cannot be maintained for any length of time as inactivity settles over the ship yards. WASHINGTON—The minimum wage law amendments now before Congress are "antiIt is obvious that the shipbuilding industry cannot be permitted to poverty" legislation designed to Improve the 1ot of the "working poor" and "must be viewed go the way of the village, blacksmith. Not only is the fate of the U.S. merchant fleet intimately intertwined with its continued existence, but in that light," AFL-CIO President George Meany declared recently. the country's national security also has an important stake in its In a statement delivered on survival. a 35-hour workweek Is both es­ spreading prevalence of schedules Meany's behalf to a House La- sential and inevitable," the state­ already requiring less than 40 The need for action in Washington is clear. For the sake of our nation, its merchant fleet and its irreplaceable ship construction work­ bor subcommittee, AFL-CIO ment declared in welcoming Pres­ hours a week. The 129 unions affiliated with ers, we hope that far-reaching policies to build up the American-flag Legislative Director Andrew J. ident Johnson's call for a report on the subject from his Conunis- the AFL-CIO "are unanimous" in and the shipbuilding industry will be speedily enacted. Biemiller and Research Director sion on Automation. supporting basic amendments to Nathaniel Goldfinger spelled out The AFL-CIO presented its dis­ the Fair Labor Standards Act, the AFL-CIO proposals that went be­ cussion of wage-hour issues on statement said, but observed that yond President Johnson's Admin­ the basis of a detailed appendix in a broader sense the Federation istration recommendations in analyzing current economic reali­ appeared in this instance "not ties — the low wages paid many primarily for its own membership many areas. workers in uncovered industries, [but] as spokesman for the vic­ In his recommendations, John­ the capacity of Industry to adjust tims of poverty: for the 20 per­ Four more members of the SIU Railway Marine Region son had said that the question of to a $2 an hour minimum wage cent of the American people who presently denied a share in recently joined the growing ranks of SIU-RMR men already a higher basic minimum wage was rate, the desirability of double- are not whether it should be intro­ time pay for overtime, the case this affuent society." on the SIU pension roster as their applications were approved duced, but "when and by how for a shorter workweek in the The amendments taken togethby the SIU Welfare Plan. much" above the present $1.50 an face of automation and the (Continued on page 14) Jersey with his wife Antionette. hour it should be raised. The The four new RMR pension­ He last sailed for the New York AFL-CIO statement said labor ers are John Lotz, 58, Charles Central Railroad. had "very direct answers to these Henry DIehl, 62, William G. questions . . . The time is now Schnitzel joined the RMR in the Schnitzel, 65, and Edward J. Of­ and the amount should be $2 an port of New York, shipping as a ten, 65. hour." Lotz joined the RMR in the The AFL-CIO observed that the port of New York, sailing as a Administration would expand pro­ deck hand. Born in New York, he tection to 4.6 million more work­ now makes his home in Staten ers by covering employes of ho­ Island with his wife Catherine. tels, motels, restaurants, laundries Lotz last sailed for the Baltimore and hospitals and by covering en­ and Ohio Railroad. terprises with gross receipts of Diehl sailed in the deck depart­ $250,000 Instead of the $1 niiiiion ment, joining the RMR in the that is now the cutoff point. A port of New York. Born in Union modification proposed by labor, Schnitzel Otten the statement said, would expand protection to 800,000 more work­ floatman. Born In New York, he ers, making a total of 5.4 million. continues to make his home there The Administration's proposal with his wife Antoinette. He last sailed for the Erie-Lackawanna for an overtime penalty rate of doubletime pay rather than tinw Railroad. Otten. signed on with the RMR and a half has been urged by la­ in the port of New Jersey, sailing bor for years. It was pointed out, as a member of the deck depart­ but the AFL-CIO believes the SIUNA Convention guests Steve Leslie (left), President of ment. Born in Hoboken, New Jer­ doubletime rate should take effect international Union of Operating Engineers' Marine Division, after a 40-hour week rather than sey, ha now makes his home in Lotz Diehl Local 25 and lUOE General President Hunter Wharton, were Jersey City with bis wife Helen. after 45 hours, as provided in the Administration bill. among the speakers at the recent 12th Biennial SIUNA Con­ He last shipped for the ErieCity, New Jersey, he now makes vention in Washington. "It Is our deep conviction that his home in North Bergen, New Lackawanna Railroad. AFL-CIO Urges Wage-Hour Amendments As Aid To Poverty I I Four Rail Tugmen Join Pension Ranks SiUNA Convention Guests H �Vast Ten SEAFARERS LOG juM M. ues Cuba Blacklist Holds Firm At 237 During April-May By Robert A. Matthews, WASHINGTON—The United States blacklist of foreignQUESTION: Would you rathor Vice-President, Contracts, & Bill Hall, Headquarters Rep. flag ships doing business with Communist Cuba held constant work the day watch or the night at 237 vessels during April and May, according to the latest In response to a number of Inquiries concerning beefs recently watch, and why? settled by the Joint Ciarifioations Committee, we are again reprinting report issued by the Maritime Administration. some of the important decisions made by this group. Since the last MA report,"*" Lebanese-flag. Most of the major One such question that was put before the committee regarded one ship was added to the British David C. Smith: I prefer to and Lebanese companies compensation for cleaning tanks. work the day watch. It gives me blacklist and one wis removed have already agreed to the boy­ Problem: Deck Department members were required to chip and remove pitchomastic from the bulk-heads of a cofferdam which had never carried water, oil, or any other product. The contract did not contain a provision covering this specific matter and the Company paid straight overtime to the Deck Department members who per­ formed the work while on watch. free time to watch the sun­ rises and sun­ sets at sea. I've seen many spec­ tacular horizons while sailing. Answer: The Committee agreed that for any work performed in a Also, of course, cofferdam or void tank which had not contained water, oil, creasotes, like most people etc., the men required to perform the work will be compensated at I find that it is straight overtime for the watch on deck and at overtime and one-half a great deal eas­ for the watch below. 4ier to sleep at night than during One question submitted to the of repair work, shall be overtime the day. S. i, committee for consideration re­ for an Engine Utilityman when Vagn Anderson: I'd rather work garded wages in reference to performing the same type of work. coastwise voyages, nearby foreign The Engine Utilityman may be re­ at night. I like to be done by 9 Then voyages, domestic articles and quired to replace any unlicensed A.M. member of the Engine Depart­ when I finish I harbor payrolls. ment when such member is sick, can go ashore QUESTIONS: Are crewmembers injured or missing. A Utilityman and put some to be paid day for day regardless shall be required to have qualifi­ time in on the of length of voyage or payroll cations as Oilers, Watertenders beach. I like to period when on coastwise voyages, and Firemen. take the sun and nearby foreign voyages, on do­ air on my time Money Due mestic articles, or on harbor pay­ The Contracts Department is off and so, nat­ rolls. holding checks from the settle­ urally, I prefer ANSWER: Despite past prac­ ment of various beefs for the Sea­ to be off during tices and a clarification regarding farers listed below. These men are the daylight hours, And I still coastwise articles of six-month's urged to pick up their checks have time to sleep. t> it it duration having been enacted at from Headquarters or notify the Antonio Rmnero: I'd much the May 29, 1962 meeting of the department where the checks may rather work during the day. In Joint Clarifications Committee, be mailed. NEW YORK—Tomorrow's student of oceanography may get the first place the above question had arisen. In A check for disputed overtime his education on a campus whose buildings will be covered I'm used to it. consideration of the foregoing, by barnacles, rather than ivy, according to a startling proposal In the second the Joint Clarifications Commit­ aboard the Robert Conrad is being recently made by a world-famous ocean scientist. The plan place, I sleep tee unanimously agreed that sea held for Readus R. Wheeiington. envisions students attending classes, doing research work and better at night L. Harvey has a check held for men will be paid day for day on all living in dormitories all located beneath the surface of the because I'm used ships on coastwise voyages, near­ him for disputed overtime for tank sea. In the event that our "Salty Joe College" of the future to that too. In by foreign voyage, domestic arti­ cleaning aboard the Manhattan. tires of the educational grind, he can pop up to the surface addition, I cles, or on harbor payrolls regard­ Disputed overtime checks for and relax at the ocean-side resort, planned to be part of a would rather less of the length of articles or Edward Jensen, Robert Smith and have my time larger World Center of payroll period and whether or not George Stanley from a beef on off during the Oceanography. the afore-mentioned periods occur the Hercules Victory are available evening when most ports are live­ between termination of one set of at headquarters. Plans for a proposed $10 lier and more interesting. foreign articles and the signing of million oceanographic and Checks covering transportation i t. the next foreign articles. sea resort complex were un­ George H. Rowland: I'll take are waiting for Thomas Hanson, veiled by Dr. Athelstan SpilThe Clarifications Committee Edward Epinger and Donald Ker­ the day watch. I'm preparing to haus, dean of the University also made this ruling on compa­ shaw who sailed on the Valiant take the Bar of Minnesota's school of nies that are bidding for Penalty Hope. Exam next year Technology and famed ocean Cargoes. and I find that Nicholas Sakeilarides has a researcher. The organization In order to maintain a competi­ check coming to him for subsist­ I study better at actually sponsoring the plan night. I also tive position for the companies, it ence aboard the St. Lawrence. for the center is the Oceano­ find that it is is unanimously agreed that in graphic Society, a non profit A check resulting from the sometimes some­ each case where a company is group which is dedicated to bidding for Penalty Cargoes, the settlement of a transportation beef what difficult to the Ames Victory is being make the using sea research for the company shall notify the Ameri­ aboard held for Ralph Jones. switch - over to benefit of mankind. can Maritime Association and re­ sleeping during The settlement of two beefs Dr. Spilhaus' World Center quest a waiver of Section 30 (c) daylight hours. I guess the body of Oceanography would include not only a university, but also of the Freightship Agreement, the aboard the Niagara has resulted gets used to a routine. Association shall then so notify in checks for disputed overtime an associated research laboratory, and a sea resort located on 4" 4" the Seafarers' International Union for Richard Neceman and Francis I harbor. If the Oceanographic Society is successful in raising E. Pantoja: I'll stick with the funds for the project, the center will be established in a 1 which will give earnest considera­ M. Greenweil; for disputed lodging day shift. You get a better rest tion to the company's request. for John Bennett, Joseph Cayou, coastal state. working days Upon agreeing to such waiver, the William Knapp and Warren Weiss. Booklet Tells Story and sleeping union shall advise the crew mem­ The department is holding nights. You have While Dr. Spilhaus and the society may sound somewhat bers of the specific vessel that the checks for the payment of one more energy visionary in their plans for the center, they have published an provisions of Section 30 (c) are day's wages on the Natalie for and work more 80-page booklet which includes cost estimates, rough sketches waived for that lading and sub­ James Boone, Spiros Cassinis, easily the next of the buildings and other details of the project. According to stituted in its place is the follow­ Howard Gibbs, Alfred Kirkconnel, day. Also, I pre­ the brochure, the Oceanographic Center will have a harbor ing: Jose Ortiguerra, Frank Valerie fer to take my to service research vessels. This installation would stay in touch and Aldolph Vante. time off during "When sulphur in the with an underwater exploration facility which would be fully the evening. I amount of 25% or more of the Seymour Sikes has a check com­ equiped with classrooms, living quarters, pressure chambers, do my share of dead-weight carrying capacity ing to him for disputed overtime fish corrals and submarine pens. bouncing around and like to take is carried on a vessel, each aboard the Transorleans. a good sampling of the port night­ Overlooking the harbor would be the world's first full-fledged member of the unlicensed per­ Checks for disputed overtime on life. oceanographic university where students would prepare for sonnel shall be paid extra the Penn Carrier are available for bachelor, masters or doctoral degrees in the marine sciences. 4^ 4< 4^ compension of $10.00 per Earl Beamer and Walter Smith. voyage." P. Sernyk: I prefer to work According to the Oceanographic Society, the proposed center A beef on the Seatrain New York days, probably most of all because would play a key role in conducting research into ocean farming, over dispiited lodging allowance The following question was sub­ I really enjoy undersea transportation and navigation, underwater survival, mitted to headquarters from Leo has made checks available for just taking it undersea exploration, weather control and obtaining power from Pedro Actuca, .Francisco Bayron, Feher aboard the Western Hunter easy and relax­ ocean sources. and deals with the engine utility- Luis Cantino, Luis Cepeda, Wil­ ing all evening. liam Dooling, James Gleason, Also, working man. The World Oceanographic Center is definitely more than just Eugene Langstrand, Ruben Neg- days allows a a pipedream to Dr. Spilhaus and his associates. In a recent Question: "What are the • duties ron. Odd Gisen, Fred Paterson, appearance before a group of New York industrialists to raise man to keep his of the Engine Utility?" Earl Resmondo, Francisco Rod­ regular funds for the project, the Minnesota University professor urged eating Answer: The Engine Utilityman riguez, Juan Rodriguez, Samuel and sleeping that private industry should develop the vast resources of the shall be required to assist Engi­ Setliff and Alfonso Vallejo. patterns. Work­ ocean, instead of leaving the field completely to the government. neers in all Engine Department Settlement of a check for a re­ ing nights can "The ocean's bottom is at least as important as the moon's work. All work that is overtime strictive dispute on the Transhart- throw a guy off his normal sched­ backside," he declared. for Wipers, 4urjng .the regular ford has' yielded a 'cheick' • for ule' 'arid thik' 'dan ' prove, ' bhtpm'••it'' • 1 ' /i v r i 11 vl'brklrig hours, w'itH tTie exception: Thoma» Gannoa i(or Gahn»a)'.<^ - ' < foi-tabre.' ' '• ^ ^»•' '• • mnhJCj Mi. ratji •O.C . iii tf-' i 3 I iJii ICBf j-j isri after leaving the Cuban trade. The new addition was the 10,426ton French-flag freighter Arsoine. The deletion was the 5,923-ton Pakistani-flag vessel Jhelum. The Jhelum's owner, the Na­ tional Shipping Corporation of Karachi, agreed not to allow the Jhelum or any other ships under their. control to engage in com­ merce with Cuba. The action by the Pakistani company raises to 83 the number of ships removed from the blacklist since its incep­ tion in 1963. In all, 823 western-flag vessels have agreed to avoid the Cuban trade during the last two years. The 237 ships, totaling more than 1.6 million tons, that remain on the list are mainly British-and cott. Those that have not are the small tramp operators who find doing business with Castro more lucrative than equivalent U.S trade. The blacklist denies U.S government-generated cargoes to ships trading with Cuba. A measure introduced in Congress that would ban all ships in the Cuban trade from entering U.S. ports is meeting opposition from the State Department. The Congressional measure, introduced by Congressman Paul Rogers (R.-Fla.) has the support of maritime labor. The SIU has endorsed the International Long­ shoremen's Association's decision to refuse to load any ships that have visited Cuban ports. Scientist Proposes Undersea Colleges m ^1 iif �'••H ' ^ V \ JWM U. INI ' •' SEAFARERS r .s : Pac» iUnm LOG "Well Then-I ll Fight You!" MONTANA AFL-CIO OFFERS DISTRICTING PLAN—The Montane AFL-CIO is taking direct action to insure that the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark "one-man-one-vote" ruiihg is put into effect in the state. The labor federation has asked a three-judge federal court for permission to file its own proposed plan to reapportion the now unrepresentative state legislature. The judges have scheduled a hear­ ing July 7 on two citizen suits—one asking that existing legislative districts be declared illegal under the U.S. Supreme Court's appor­ tionment decision, and the second requesting that two existing con­ gressional districts be outlawed. At a pre-trial hearing, the judges strongiy indicated that they might issue, their own reapportionment plan since the 1965 session of the legislature adjourned without acting on the issue, while the court was holding up action on the two lawsuits. The state federation's brief declares-that union members are pre­ dominantly urban residents and that existing malapportionment hurts urban voting strength the most. The court declared existing legislative districts iliegal last January. 4i MORE HOUSING CONSTRUCTION NEEDED—The need for more U.S. housing was brought into sharp focus by Bert Seidman, AFL-CIO European Economic Representative, who spoke in Geneva before the Committee on Housing, Buiiding and Planning of the Economic Com­ mission for Europe. Seidman deciared that the U.S. needs 2.5 million units of new housing per year if the real needs of the American people are to be met. He told the committee that last year U.S. housing starts totaled less than 1.6 million units. "Thus, we believe that housing output should be stepped up rapidly to a much higher level," he declared. Seidman explained that more housing construction would give employment to tens of thousands of workers now unemployed. "It would also move us more rapidly toward the realization of our national commitment to a decent home for every family," he said. The AFL-CIO representative said that although the Johnson Adminis­ tration's housing proposals would move the country toward the achieve­ ment of our housing goals, they still are far short of the construction program supported by the labor movement. 3^ •:( t. LABOR BACKS HIGHER TIRE STANDARDS — Legislation that would protect the American motorist from unsafe and inferior auto­ mobile tires is being urged by the AFL-CIO. Calling for an end to the confusing "mish-mash" in the grading and labeling of tires, AFL-CIO Legislative Director Andrew J. Biemiller has urged Con­ gressional action in setting up a system of basic safety and perform­ ance standards. In a letter to Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Warren G. Manuson (D.-Wash.) giving labor's endorsement of a uniform, federally enforced system of tire grading and labeling, Biemiller wrote, "We believe it is absolutely vital to the safety of the American people that all automobile tires conform to federal minimum safety anij performance standards. The AFL-CIO legislative director charged that many new cars are equipped with unsafe tires which are not even adequate for normal use. He also said the "confusing mish-mash" In tir^ labeling and grading makes it impossible for the consumer to make an intelligent choice among competing brands. Buyers are not alone in attempting to figure out how safe a tire is or how long it will last, according to Biemiller. He declared that tire dealers were often completely unaware of the safety and performance features of the products they sold. Battered and reeling from the beating it took from Congress, the public and some of its own members because of its blind opposi­ tion to Medicare, the American Medical Association has gone another few steps back­ ward in recent weeks. The AMA's antiprogress guns, their barrels worn thin from overuse, have now been turned against the American seaman. The AMA is calling for an end to hospital and medical care for seamen in USPHS hospitals. In a way, this move might have been expected because the AMA seems to automatically oppose anything that benefits the health and welfare of any segment of the American people. The continuing and stubborn opposition of A three-year contract providing ance for employees and depend­ a wage-benefit package of more ents and aicknese and accident the A.M.A. to Medicare and its cynical than 29 cents per hour has been benefits. Local unione will now proposal of a worthless "Eldercare" plan has won by the Textile Workers Union ratify tihe new pact. already led to an alienation of the public. of America for the 7,500 synthetic 4^ 4^ » fiber workers of the American Unable to compromise their own con­ Viscose Division of the FMC The Potters Unltm has com­ sciences With the hypocritical stand of the Corporation. The new contract pleted oontract negotiations with covers workers in Lewistown, seven chinaware manufacturing AMA on so many issues, many doctors who Marcus Hook and Meadvllle, Pa.; firms, winning wage raises of 14 belong to the association are publicly Parkersburg and Nitro, W. Va.; cents pec hour over a 32-month and Front Royal, Va. Under the period for 1,900 employees who divorcing themselves from the against-everyterms of the new pact, American work In four states. The, new pact thing thinking of the AMA. Viscose workers will get a two- provides a 0 cent per hour in­ The USPHS hospitals have always pro­ step, 19 cent wage increase and a crease as of June 1, an additional $5 raise In monthly pension pay­ 6 cents on Aug. 1, 1960, and 3 vided quality medical care for the~seaman. ments. more cents on Aug. 1, 1907. The They are conveniently located in major U.S. seven companies, which opm-ate in cities and are immediately accessible to those 4- 4A new two-year contract .with a New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania 15 cent wage increase and other and West Virginia, also will in­ who require medical care. The many thou­ benefits has been won by the crease payments to the union sands of seamen who have utilized these Cement, Lime and Gypsum Work­ health insurance plan, hospitals since their inception, and are alive ers with the Ideal Cement Com­ X 3^ ^ and healthy useful citizens today because of pany of Cleveland, Ohio. The newly signed contract also has a The Foundation for Cooperative the prompt and excellent medical care they new three-year supplementary un­ Housing recently elected Secretary received, is a testament to the value of these employment benefit plan and a Joseph D. Keetian of the Inter­ one-year extension of the pension national Brotherhood of Electrical facilities. agreement with new benefits. Workers and Secretary Boris As it did with its infamous "Eldercare" ,Qtjier. iny^oy^ipenla, incl,udQ ;the Sh^sbkin of tho AFL-CIO Housing. Wnjt, a series of trial liberalization of holiday poU^ .^nd Conipatttec; trustees > ah.«ime^. plpjr,^ the ^lyfA, gains in vacations, group insur­ ing held In Washington, D.C. balloons to hide the cynicism of its attack on the health and welfare of seamen. The AMA talks vaguely of doctors "volunteering" to care for merchant seamen while at the sametime fulfilling their military service re­ quirements. The AMA talks vaguely about insurance or prepayment programs which could provide hospital and medical care for seamen on a national or international scale. The AMA does everything, in fact, but talk sense. The USPHS hospitals could be closed if merchant seamen were removed from their caseloads, the AMA reports. This is untrue because the USPHS hospitals provide care for a great many Americans besides seamen. But following the AMA's so-called thinking, it is clear that all the hospitals in America could be closed if all the sick and injured were turned out into the streets. At a time when the pace of social change is quickening to provide improved health care for more of the American people, the AMA is attempting to deny medical care to seamen and other U.S. citizens. It is ironic that at a time when the need for adequate medical care is so urgent, the AMA, a doctors association, advocates put­ ting an end to hospital and medical care for seamen in USPHS hospitals and eventually the closing down of all USPHS facilities. The SIU, along with the rest of maritime labor has consistently opposed any changes which would weaken the Public Health Service program which was instituted for seamen and other U.S. citizens in 1798. Any attempt by the government or the AMA to abridge or eliminate the high quality medical care obtainable at USPHS facilities will be fought by the SIU and the AFL-CIO M|iritime Trades Department. '" �SEAFARERS Pare Ten LOG Jane M. 1165 Cuba Blacklist Holds Firm At 237 During April-May WASHINGTON—The United States blacklist of foreignQUESTION: Would you rathor Vice-President, Contracts, & Bill Hall, Headquarters Rep. flag ships doing business with Communist Cuba held constant work the day watch or the night at 237 vessels during April and May, according to the latest In response to a number of inquiries concerning beefs recently watch, and why? settled by the Joint Clarifications Committee, we are again reprinting report issued by the Maritime Administration. some of the important decisions made by this group. Since the last MA report,'*'Lebanese-flag. Most of the major One such question that was put before the committee regarded David C. Smith: I prefer to one ship was added to the British and Lebanese companies compensation for cleaning tanks. work the day watch. It gives me blacklist and one wis removed have already agreed to the boy­ free time to i! after leaving the Cuban trade. The new addition was the 10,426ton French-flag freighter Arsoine. The deletion was the 5,923-ton Pakistani-flag vessel Jhelum. The Jhelum's owner, the Na­ tional Shipping Corporation of Karachi, agreed not to allow the Jhelum or any other ships under their _ control to engage in com­ merce with Cuba. The action by the Pakistani company raises to 83 the number of ships removed from the blacklist since its incep­ tion in 1963. In all, 823 western-flag vessels have agreed to avoid the Cuban trade during the last two years. The 237 ships, totaling more than 1.6 million tons, that remain on the list are mainly British-and cott. Those that have not are the small tramp operators who find doing business with Castro more lucrative than equivalent U.S. trade. The blacklist denies U.S. government-generated cargoes to ships trading with Cuba. A measure introduced in Congre.ss that would ban all ships in the Cuban trade from entering U.S. ports is meeting opposition from the State Department. The Congressional measure, introduced by Congressman Paul Rogers (R.-Fla.) has the support of maritime labor. The SIU has endorsed the International Long­ shoremen's Association's decision to refuse to load any ships that have visited Cuban ports. :^ientist Proposes Undersea Colleges NEW YORK—Tomorrow's student of oceanography may get his education on a campus whose buildings will be covered by barnacles, rather than ivy, according to a startling proposal recently made by a world-famous ocean scientist. The plan envisions students attending classes, doing research work and living in dormitories all located beneath the surface of the sea. In the event that our "Salty Joe College" of the future tires of the educational grind, he can pop up to the surface and relax at the ocean-side resort, planned to be part of a larger World Center of Oceanography. Plans for a proposed $10 million oceanographic and sea resort complex were un­ veiled by Dr. Athelstan Spilhaus, dean of the University of Minnesota's school of Technology and famed ocean researcher. The organization actually sponsoring the plan for the center is the Oceano­ graphic Society, a non profit group which is dedicated to using sea research for the benefit of mankind. Dr. Spilhaus' World Center of Oceanography would include not only a university, but also an associated research laboratory, and a sea resort located on a harbor. If the Oceanographic Society is successful in raising funds for the project, the center will be established in a coastal slate. Booklet Tells Story While Dr. Spilhaus and the society may sound somewhat visionary in their plans for the center, they have published an 80-page booklet which includes cost estimates, rough sketches of the buildings and other details of the project. According to the brochure, the Oceanographic Center will have a harbor to service research vessels. This installation would stay in touch with an underwater exploration facility which would be fully equiped with classrooms, living quarters, pressure chambers, fish corrals and submarine pens. Overlooking the harbor would be the world's first full-fledged oceanographic university where students would prepare for bachelor, masters or doctoral degrees in the marine sciences. According to the Oceanographic Society, the proposed center would play a key role in conducting research into ocean farming, undersea transportation and navigation, underwater survival, undersea exploration, weather control and obtaining power from ocean sources. The World Oceanographic Center is definitely more than just a pipedream to Dr. Spilhaus and his associates. In a recent appearance before a group of New York industrialists to raise funds for the project, the Minnesota University professor urged that private industry should develop the vast resources of the ocean, instead of leaving the field completely to the government. "The ocean's bottom is at least as important as the moon's backside." he declared. ^ .J.IA. "i' 'V:13ny-.uif^. Problem: Deck Department members were required to chip and remove pitchomastic from the bulk-heads of a cofferdam which had never carried water, oil, or any other product. The contract did not contain a provision covering this specific matter and the Company paid straight overtime to the Deck Department members who per­ formed the work while on watch. watch the sun­ rises and sun­ sets at sea. I've seen many spec­ tacular horizons while sailing. Also, of course, like most people I find that it is a great deal eas­ ier to sleep at night than during the day. ^ Vagn Anderson: I'd rather work at night. I like to be done by 9 A.M. Then when I finish I can go ashore and put some time in on the beach. I like to take the sun and air on my time off and so, nat­ urally, I prefer to be off during the daylight hours, And I still have time to sleep. t> if Antonio Rcmiero: I'd much rather work during the day. In the first place I'm used to it. In the second place, I sleep better at night because I'm used to that too. In addition, I would rather have my time off during the evening when most ports are live­ lier and more interesting. Answer: The Committee agreed that for any work performed in a cofferdam or void tank which had not < contained water, oil, creasotes, etc., the men required to perform the work will be compensated at straight overtime for the watch on deck and at overtime and one-half for the watch below. 4 One question submitted to the of repair work, shall be overtime committee for consideration re­ for an Engine Utilityman when garded wages in reference to performing the same type of work. coastwise voyages, nearby foreign The Engine Utilityman may be re­ voyages, domestic articles and quired to replace any unlicensed member of the Engine Depart­ harbor payrolls. ment when such member is sick, QUESTIONS: Are crewnfiembers injured or missing. A Utilityman to be paid day for day regardless shall be required to have qualifi­ of length of voyage or payroll cations as Oilers, Watertenders period when on coastwise voyages, and Firemen. nearby foreign voyages, on do­ Money Due mestic articles, or on harbor pay­ The Contracts Department is rolls. holding checks from the settle­ ANSWER: Despite past prac­ ment of various beefs for the Sea­ tices and a clarification regarding farers listed below. These men are coastwise articles of six-month's urged to pick up their checks duration having been enacted at from Headquarters or notify the the May 29, 1962 meeting of the department where the checks may Joint Clarifications Committee, be mailed. the above question had arisen. In A check for disputed overtime consideration of the foregoing, aboard the Robert Conrad is being the Joint Clarifications Commit­ held for Readus R. Wheelington. tee unanimously agreed that sea L. Harvey has a check held for men will be paid day for day on all ships on coastwise voyages, near­ him for disputed overtime for tank by foreign voyage, domestic arti­ cleaning aboard the Manhattan. cles, or on harbor payrolls regard­ Disputed overtime checks for less of the length of articles or Edward Jensen, Robert Smith and payroll period and whether or not George Stanley from a beef on the afore-mentioned periods occur the Hercules Victory are available between termination of one set of at headquarters. foreign articles and the signing of 4" 4" 4» Checks covering transportation the next foreign articles. George H. Rowland: I'll take are waiting for Thomas Hanson, The Clarifications Committee Edward Epinger and Donald Ker­ the day watch. I'm preparing to the Bar also made this ruling on comipa- shaw who sailed on the Valiant take Exam next year nies that are bidding for Penalty Hope. and I find that Cargoes. Nicholas Sakellarides has a I study better at In order to maintain a competi­ check coming to him for subsist­ night. I also tive position for the con>panies, it ence aboard the St. Lawrence. find that it is is unanimously agreed that in A check resulting from the sometimes some­ each case where a company is settlement of a transportation beef what difficult to bidding for Penalty Cargoes, the aboard the Ames Victory is being make the company shall notify the Ameri­ beld for Ralph Jones. switch - over to can Maritime Association and re­ sleeping during The settlement of two beefs daylight hours. I guess the body quest a waiver of Section 30 (c) of the Freightship Agreement, the aboard the Niagara has resulted gets used to a routine. Association shall then so notify in checks for disputed overtime t 4i 4 the Seafarers' International Union for Richard Neceman and Francis E. Pantoja: I'll stick with the which will give earnest considera­ M. Greenwell; for disputed lodging day shift. You get a better rest tion to the company's request. for John Bennett, Joseph Cayou, working days Upon agreeing to such waiver, the William Knapp and Warren Weiss. and sleeping union shall advise the crew mem­ The department is holding nights. You have bers of the specific vessel that the checks for the payment of one more energy provisions of Section 30 (c) are day's wages on the Natalie for and work more waived for that lading and sub­ James Boone, Spiros Cassinis, easily the next stituted in its place is the follow­ Howard Gibbs, Alfred Kirkconnel, day. Also, I pre­ ing: Jose Ortiguerra, Frank Valerie fer to take my and Aldolph Vante. time off during "When sulphur in the the evening. I amount of 25% or more of the Seymour Sikes has a check com­ do my share of dead-weight carrying capacity ing to him for disputed overtime bouncing around and like to take aboard the Transorleans. is carried on a vessel, each a good sampling of the port night­ member of the unlicensed per­ Checks for disputed overtime on life. sonnel shall be paid extra the Penn Carrier are available for 4> 4' 4i compension of $10.00 per Earl Beamer and Walter Smith. P. Sernyk: I prefer to work voyage." A beef on the Seatrain New York days, probably most of all because The following question was sub­ over disputed lodging allowance I really enjoy mitted to headquarters from Leo has made checks available for just taking it Feher aboard the Western Hunter Pedro Actuca, .Francisco Bayron, easy and relax­ and deals with the engine utility- Luis Cantino, Luis Cepeda, Wil­ ing all evening. liam Dooling, James Gleason, Also, working man. Eugene Langstrand, Ruben NegQuestion: "What are the duties ron. Odd Olsen, Fred Paterson, days allows a man to keep his of the Engine Utility?" Earl Resmondo, Francisco Rod­ regular eating Answer: The Engine Utilityman riguez, Juan Rodriguez, Samuel and sleeping shall be required to assist Engi­ Setliff and Alfonso Vallejo. patterns. Work­ neers in all Engine Department Settlement of a check for a re­ ing nights can work. All work that is pvertime strictive dispute on the Transhart- throw a guy off his normal sched­ for Wipers (|uring .the re^ulw ford has' yielded A 'cheick' • for ule' 'arid thik' 'dan ' i|)fbve ' bhtpmfot-IaTSre.' ' uc. i s jt i .M.-T vt'orkirig hours, with tke exceptipn f)homa» Gannon I (or Gaiiiaoal'.o . I"'!. 111 tf-'l 3 I • iJ'l.i. (i; .;-J i6:1 DM ('i Hi. t"i» s[ •:<' i lOcI M! i �1. i I -V V U, INI '' ''y" ' SEAFARERS t .V A :• LOG PN* "Well Then-ni Fighf You!" MONTANA AFL-CIO OFFERS DISTRICTING PLAN—The Montane AFL-CIO Is taking direct action to insure that the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark "one-man-one-vote" ruling is put Into effect in the state. The labor federation has asked a three-judge federal court for permission to file its own proposed plan to reapportion the now unrepresentative state legislature. The judges have scheduled a hear­ ing July 7 on two citizen suits—one asking that existing legislative districts be declared Illegal under the U.S. Supreme Court's appor­ tionment decision, and the second requesting that two existing con­ gressional districts be outlawed. At a pre-trial hearing, the judges strongly indicated that they might issue, their own reapportionment plan since the 1965 session of the legislature adjourned without acting on the issue, while the court was holding up action on the two lawsuits. The state federation's brief declares-that union members are pre­ dominantly urban residents and that existing malapportionment hurts urban voting strength the most. The court declared existing legislative districts Illegal last January. i 3^ 3^ MORE HOUSING CONSTRUCTION NEEDED—The need for more U.S. housing was brought into sharp focus by Bert Seidman, AFL-CIO European Economic Representative, who spoke in Geneva before the Committee on Housing, Building and Planning of the Economic Com­ mission for Europe. Seidman declared that the U.S. needs 2.5 million units of new housing per year if the real needs of the American people are to be met. He told the committee that last year U.S. housing starts totaled less than 1.6 million units. "Thus, we believe that housing output should be stepped up rapidly to a much higher level," he declared. Seidman explained that more housing construction would give employment to tens of thousands of workers now unemployed. "It would also move us more rapidly toward the realization of our national commitment to a decent home for every family," he said. The AFL-CIO representative said that although the Johnson Adminis­ tration's housing proposals would move the country toward the achieve­ ment of our housing goals, they still are far short of the construction program supported by the labor movement. 4 3> 3i LABOR BACKS HIGHER TIRE STANDARDS — Legislation that would protect the American motorist from unsafe and inferior auto­ mobile tires is being urged by the AFL-CIO. Calling for an end to the confusing "mish-mash" in the grading and labeling of tires, AFL-CIO Legislative Director Andrew J. Blemlller has urged Con­ gressional action in setting up a system of basic safety and perform­ ance standards. In a letter to Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Warren G. Manuson (D.-Wash.) giving labor's endorsement of a uniform, federally enforced system of tire grading and labeling, Biemiller wrote, "We believe It is absolutely vital to the safety of the American people that all automobile tires conform to federal minimum safety anij performance standards. The AFL-CIO legislative director charged that many new cars are equipped with unsafe tires which are not even adequate for normal use. He also said the "confusing mish-mash" in tir^ labeling and grading makes it impossible for the consumer to make an intelligent choice among competing brands. Buyers are not alone in attempting to figure out how safe a tire is or how long it will last, according to Blemlller. He declared that tire dealers were often completely unaware of the safety and performance features of the products they sold. Battered and reeling from the beating it on the health and welfare of seamen. The took from Congress, the public and some of AMA talks vaguely of doctors "volunteering" its own members because of its blind opposi­ to care for merchant seamen while at the tion to Medicare, the American Medical sametime fulfilling their military service re­ Association has gone another few steps back­ quirements. ward in recent weeks. The AMA's antiThe AMA talks vaguely about insurance or progress guns, their barrels worn thin from prepayment programs which could provide overuse, have now been turned against the hospital and medical care for seamen on a national or international scale. The AMA American seaman. The AMA is calling for an end to hospital does everything, in fact, but talk sense. and medical care for seamen in USPHS The USPHS hospitals could be closed if hospitals. In a way, this move might have merchant seamen were removed from their been expected because the AMA seems to caseloads, the AMA reports. This is untrue automatically oppose anything that benefits because the USPHS hospitals provide care the health and welfare of any segment of for a great many Americans besides seamen. the American people. But following the AMA's so-called thinking, The continuing and stubborn opposition of it is clear that all the hospitals in America A three-year contract providing ance for employees and depend­ the A.M.A. to Medicare and its cynical could be closed if all the sick and injured a wage-benefit package of more ents and sickness and accident than 29 cents per hour has been benefits. Local unions will now proposal of a worthless "Eldercare" plan has were turned out into the streets. won by the Textile Workers Union ratify tihe new pact. already led to an alienation of the public. At a time when the pace of social change of America for the 7,500 synthetic 3^ 3^ « fiber workers of the American Unable to compromise their own con­ is quickening to provide improved health Viscose Division of the FMC The Potters UnitHi has com­ Corporation. The new contract pleted oontraot negotiations with sciences With the hypocritical stand of the care for more of the American people, the covers workers In Lewistown, seven chinaware manufacturing AMA on so many issues, many doctors who AMA is attempting to deny medical care Marcus Hook and Meadville, Pa.; firms, winning wage raises of 14 belong to the association are publicly to seamen and other U.S. citizens. Parkersburg and Nitro, W. Va.; cents pec hour over a 32-month and Front Royal, Va. Under the period for 1,800 employees who divorcing themselves from the against-everyIt is ironic that at a time when the need terms of the new pact, American work In four states. The, new pact hing thinking of the AMA. for adequate medical care is so urgent, the Viscose workers will get a two- provides a 8 cent per hour in­ The USPHS hospitals have always pro­ AMA, a doctors association, advocates put­ step, 19 cent wage increase and a crease as of June 1, an additional $5 raise In monthly pension pay­ 6 cents on Aug. 1. 1960, and S vided quality medical care for the~seaman. ting an end to hospital and medical care for ments. more cents on Aug. 1, 1907. The They are conveniently located in major U.S. seamen in USPHS hospitals and eventually 3> 3i> 3i> seven companies, which operate in cities and are immediately accessible to those the closing down of all USPHS facilities. A new two-year contract .with a New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania who require medical care. The many thou­ The SIU, along with the rest of maritime 15 cent wage Increase and other and West Virginia, also will in­ benefits has been won by the crease payments to the union sands of seamen who have utilized these labor has consistently opposed any changes Cement, Lime and Gypsum Work­ health Insurance plan. hospitals since their inception, and are alive which would weaken the Public Health ers with the Ideal Cement Com­ 3^ 3^ 3r and healthy useful citizens today because of ^ Service program which was instituted for pany of Cleveland, Ohio. The newly signed contract also has a The Foundation for Cooperative the prompt and excellent medical care they seamen and other U.S. citizens in 1798. Any new three-year supplementary un­ Housing recently eleoted Secretary received, is a testament to the value of these attempt by the government or the AMA to employment benefit plan and a Joseph D. Keehan of the Inter­ abridge or eliminate the high quality medical one-year extension of the pension national Brotherhood of Electrical facilities. agreement with new benefits. Workers and Secretary Boris As it did with its infamous "Eldercare" care obtainable at USPHS facilities will be , Qther, iny^ov^menls j incl,udQ ; the Sh^hkin of tho AFL-CIO Housing. plpiy,,t^e * series of trial fought by the SIU and the AFL-CIO Mari­ liberalization of holiday poU^.^nd Connpsitte^ tvuateei • at A irtiefctr gains, in vacations, group insur­ Ing held in Washington, D.C. balloons to hide the cynicism of its attack time Trades Department. ' �Face Twelve SEAFARERS Jane tB, 1965 LOG Jobless Pay Overhaul Vital To Nation's Welfare WASHINGTON—The nation's unemployment system is "largely obsolete" and the cure is a modernized system combined with the country's newly-developed manpower training program. These are the conclusions of an analysis on the future of jobless compensation by Raymond Munts, assistant di-4rector of the AFL-ClO's De­ Munts wrote, and the new "con­ job In a closed louthem weaving partment of Social Security, structive manpower prorgams" of­ shed decided to enter a New Jer­ By Lindtcy Williamt, Vice-President, Gnlf Area SlU Represented At ILA Convention SIU representatives were on hand last week as guests of the Inter­ national Association of Longshoremen at their Fifty-Fifth Annual Convention of the South Atlantic and Gulf District. ILA delegates of locals from Savannah, Ga. to Brownsville, Tex. convened in fer the chance of reform that sey school to learn a new skill, Galveston, Texas from Jime 14 through June IB. Speakers at the The report, entitled "A new for example—and was denied job­ convention included Teddy Gleason, ILA president; James Reynolds, role for jobless insurance" ap­ "promises to dovetail." assistant secretary of Labor; and H. S. (Hank) Brown, president of The "obsolescence" of the pres­ less benefits because of his school the Texas AFL-CIO. peared in the June issue of the attendance. American Federationist, a month­ ent jobless Insurance program is The SIU, the Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO and the Texas and A Cleveland machinist went to indicated in several ways, the ly publication of the AFL-CIO. West Virginia to discuss a new Louisiana AFL-CIO are supporting a "don't buy" campaign organized analysis says; Such a modernization — recom­ • All but two states, in 1939, job and discovered his weekly by Local 1175, United Packinghouse, Food and Allied Workers against mended by Pres. Johnson and em­ benefit was cut In half, because Neuhoff Brothers Meat Packing company of Dallas, Texas. The cam­ bodied in the pending McCarthy- provided maximum insurance pay­ Ohio law requires this for anyone paign was organized after the Neuhoff Company refused to bargain ments of 50 percent or more of Mills amendments to the Social who leaves the stale even to job- in good faith with the Packinghouse Workers and was found guilty Security Act — would restore a jobless worker's previous week­ hunt. of a series of unfair labor practices by the National Labor Relations ly wage, but in 1965 only nine protections to jobless workers that Board. Neuhoff markets its products in Texas and Louisiana under the The Johnson Administration's have been eroded and "pump pur­ states provide insurance at that following brand names: "Neuhoff's," "Tennessee Farm," "Lone Star," proposal, expressed in the bill level. Twenty-five states offer a chasing power into the economy "Country Club," and "Super Right." All Seafarers and their families to minimize recessions and aid maximum benefit of 40 to 50 per­ sponsored by Chairman Wilbur D. are urged, to support the Packinghouse Workers by cooperating in this Mills (D.Ark.) of the House Ways cent of weekly wages, 18 states economic recovery." "don't buy" campaign against 4— & Means Committee and Senator "The twin recessions of 1958 have a maximum below 40 per­ Eugene J. McCarthy (D.-Minn.), Neuhoff's. Bussie, has been appoint­ and 1961" exposed the existing cent. The Louisiana legislature re­ ed a member of a special • "Disqualifications" have spread would give unemployment insur­ federal-state jobless insurance committee to study this matter, program as "too fragile" to with­ under state laws to deny or limit ance "a new and more creative cently approved a "Two-Term" feill and a report containing recom­ stand a "major crisis" after 30 benefits to workers because of role" and correct the weaknesses for state governors, permitting the mendations on proposed changes years of gradual deterioration, "misconduct" discharges, volun­ "built into the system at birth," state's chief executive to serve two will be submitted to the next tary quits, pregnancy or other the Munts analysis says. It would: consecutive four-year terms in regular session of the legislature. • Require the states, in step- office. This new law will go into causes. Captain Richard E. McNeely, ups, to raise maximum benefits to effect only if the state's governors • An "experience rating" de­ approve a constitutional amend­ president of the Crescent River two-thirds of the average state vice attached to the tax system ment permitting the change. The Port Pilots Association and a under which employers contribute wage, with a benefit floor of one- amendment will appear on the member of the New Orleans MTD, to uemployment insurance funds half each worker's wage. ballot in the November, 1966 elec­ recently was elected skipper of • Require a six-month benefit tion. has helped cut reserves, and states the Propeller Club. hesitate to impose special taxes period under state law and extend At the present time the state Mobile not paid by competing employers federal benefits thereafter for an­ other six months to the long-term constitution limits a governor to elsewhere. Shipping has been on the slow one four-year term. However, unemployed, with benefits also bell in Mobile during recent TOKYO—The Black Current, a • Rapid technological change there is no restriction on the num­ weeks, but the outlook is expected payable while a worker partici­ warm and benevolent stream that has created a class of "long-termed pates in dn approved training bers of terms that a governor to improve in the near future. ihight serve, as long as there is a Among the SIU oldtimers in the Un­ circles the Pacific Ocean will this unemployed" who may have lost program. "a lifetime skill, a career," with one-term lapse between re-election summer become the object of the loss of jobs, and these become • Expand coverage to about 5 If the amendment passes, the ion hall is deck department veteran greatest oceanographic survey yet "exhaustees"—those whose bene­ million workers not now protect­ present incumbent. Governor Mc- William Wade who last sailed on the Monarch of the Sea on the ed. fit periods have run out. undertaken. Keithen, wili be entitled to run Puerto Rican run. William Sellers • Set limits on disqualification again in 1968. • Summed up, only four of 10 The hundred-mile-wide swath of is waiting impatiently for his FED provisions under state law, both unemployed today are entitled to Although the Louisiana AFL- which he expects to get in the dark water that travels in a count­ er-clockwise direction along the benefits under the varying state under the statutes and in appli­ CIO originally supported a tenure- near future. He has been spend­ laws, and of each "five dollars lost cation. of-office law that would allow a ing his time with his wife and edges of the Pacific from the through unemployment, only one governor to run for office as many children at their home in Chun• Strengthen the financing by South China Sea to the coast of dollar is returned to the income times as the people of the state chula, Ala., since he paid off his California will be explored and stream in the form of benefits." raising the taxable wage rate from chose to vote for him, the federa­ last ship, the Alcoa Reamer. $3,000 to $5,600 a year, repealing probed by 27 research ships from found the "Two-Term Even worse, the Federation the "experience rating" feature tion Bowman McNulty is currently seven nations. analysis points out, is the incon­ that allows employers to cut tax amendment acceptable, calling the chomping at the bit to get a chief The information collected by sistency of the jobless insurance liability, authorizing federal new measure "sound and work­ electrician's slot. He last sailed the study, which may last as long program with the new manpower grants in aid to states with ab­ able." on the Oceanic Cloud. After tak­ as four years, will most likely programs — training and retrain­ normally high benefit costs. The Much of the controversy over ing several trips to India aboard prove the most valuable to com­ ing, area redevelopment, anti- federal grants and extended bene­ the "Two-Term" bill was centered the Transindia, Oscar Cooper mercial fisheries. Weather studies, poverty — in which people "are fits would be partly financed from on the need for limiting the swears that he will grab the first especially those relating to ty­ encouraged to upgrade them­ general Treasury revenues, rather powers of the governor. The pumpman's job to hit -the board, phoon patterns, will also benefit selves, to train and prepare" for than special taxes, thus recogniz­ Louisiana AFL-CIO finds much no matter where it takes him. substitute jobs or better jobs. greatly from the research. ing the national impact of high- of this concern is well-founded. Harvey Ridgeway, who shipped on A middle-aged man who lost his The federation's president, Victor the Jean LaFitte as chief steward level long-term joblessness. Scientists from Japan, the Unit­ for the past few years, has been ed States, the Soviet Union, Hong telling the boys that he wants to Kong (Britain), Nationalist China, do a little cooking for a change. South Korea, the Philippines and Houston South Vietnam will try to learn about the current's exact origin, Shipping activity in Houston the reasons for its color and fell off a bit from the previous water temperature, fiuctuations in period, but is expected to pick up its course and its favorable infiuagain in the next few weeks. W. ence on fish R. Collins has put in a month tak­ ing it easy on the beach and is The study is being conducted by now looking for a run to the far the United Nations Educational, east. His last ship was the Del Scientific and Cultural Organiza­ Santos which took him to South tion through the Intergovern­ America and West Africa. E. R. mental Oceanographic Conomis(Buzz) Bryant recently piled off sion. About 2,000 checkpoints for the coastal trailership Beaure­ the collection of data will be esgard, and is now waiting for a tablisihed. The study will be di­ long trip anywhere, "as long as vided between seven ocean areas, she doesn't come back for a with four of them to be located in while." Japan. R. C. Grimes tells the boys in The U.S. and the Russians will the hall that he'll take anything each supply three large, up-tothat comes along. His last trip date oceanographic vessels. Japan was on the Santa Emilia where he will supply 15 smaller research held a bosun's rating. R, A. Car­ ships. Data collection will incude ter is all smiles since he got his temperature measurements at the FFD after being in drydock since surface and at varying depths, March when he suffered a back salinity measurements, and studies injury on the Aldina in Bizerte, relating to oxygen content of the Tunisia. A. Perez has been telling water, nutrient salts, measure­ his friends in the hall about the St. Louis taxi workers and Seafarers celebrate recent victory by SlUNA-affiliated Transporta­ ments of current flow, depth good trip he finished recently tion Services and Allied Workers Union Local I over Teamster raid bid. Joining the celebrasoundings, weather observations, aboard the "Tamara Gullden to bration (front row, l-r) are: Chicago port agent Frank (Scottie) Aubusspn; SIU vice president plankton samplings and the col­ Haifa, Israel. Perez has been Al Tanner; TSAW Local I president Lloyd Young; TSAW district secretary-treasurer Joe shipping as chief cook for the last lection of biological material Abata; TSAW district president Dominic Abata; and SIU vice president Robert A. Matthews. 25 years. from bottom samplings. Joint Effort To Study 'Black Current' St. Louis SIU Taxi Workers' Victory Ceiebration I| �JOM 15, 1965 SEAFARERS Pare Tbiiieea LOG Lakes Benefit By Al Tanner, Vice President SIU Fights Proposed Waterway 'User* Tax WASHINGTON—^The SIUNA has voiced its strong opposi­ tion to the Administration's proposal for a two-cent-a-gallon tax on fuel used by the nation's inland water carriers. The SlUNA's 12th Biennial'^" tax, recently called for Convention, which ended June byThe President Johnson in • 1 in Washington, declared that message to Congress, would and Fred Farnen, Secretary-Treasurer, Great Lakes Detroit Shipping Climbs Shipping continues to improve each week of the season in Detroit. The S. T, Crape, Huron Portland Cement Company, almost collided with a Canadian Laker the other day. Both vessels passed within. inches of each other. One of our Patrolmen was aboard the Crapo at the time. He said the General Alarm was sounded and all hands hit the deck. No doubt the recent sinking of the Cedarville was still fresh in everyone's mind. the waterway user tax "would place a destructively heavy burden upon the inland water carriers" by reducing the already slim competitive advantage they enjoy over truck and rail transportation. The waterway user tax is a re­ current theme brought up regularly by both Democratic and Repub­ lican Administrations. In the past these proposals have been on each occasion defeated by Congress. cost waterway operators an estimated $8 million annually. The n a t i 0 n's railroads are plugging hard for passage of a Buffalo waterway user tax as part of their Death benefit check for continuing campaign to downgrade Shipping in this Port has remained pretty good and we are managing SIU Great Lakes member and undermine the inland water to hil jobs as they come in; however, we still have a shortage of carriers. Alex Schneider was re­ rated men. Inherent Savings ceived recently by his In a special meeting called by the Maritime Trades Department brother Joe Schneider, Inland water carriers have been Buffalo Port Council, we met with the Directors of the Port Authority shown here with hi* wife. able to withstand the competition regarding the closing of two elevators in this Port, which would from the railroads because of the effect some six hundred jobs on the waterfront. fact that bulk cargoes, both dry A sub-committee was formed to compile exactly what effect this Affects States Bordering Lakes and liquid, can be moved more would have on individual unions. From this data they will submit cheaply by barge than by any other mode of transportation. a brief to the Secretary of Agriculture in Washington in an effort to have the job situation in this Port improved. The user tax would cut this com­ -f — petitive advantage however, and Chicago allow the railroads to wind up In Chicago, the most important Shipping for the past period their well-oiied rate-cutting ma­ again has been exceptionally good, function at this moment is the chinery to force the inland water contract negotiation with Yellow with most of the jobs going to the carriers out of business. With the rated men. As predicted last sea­ and Checker Cab Company in be­ CHICAGO—The continuing shipping crisis caused by low field to themselves, the railroads son, we are short across the half of the 6,600 cab drivers em­ Board where rated men are ployed by these two companies. water levels in the Great Lakes may put a damper on future would then be free to boost their rates to whatever the traffic would At a mass rally recently, Chicago concerned. Cab dxivers unanimously voted to industrial expansion in the states bordering on the Lakes, an bear, which would be almost any­ Those Seafarers who did not give the union the right to strike iron ore executive warned at-t^ thing they decided to charge since take advantage of the Winter luil in the event of negotiation break­ recent hearings of the Inter­ tinually evaluated on potential they would have virtually no are now seeking higher paid jobs downs. The strike apparatus is national Joint Commission. new mines along the Great Lakes, competition. going off the Board. If they had ready to move at a moment's The low water levels has raised low water constitutes a deterrent taken their upgrading exams as notice, although at this time. It to future investment in this area," constantiy suggested, they would appears that a good contract is In the cost of delivering iron ore Taber said. from the Lake Superior mines to now be in the position of making sight. Negotiations will resume to The International Joint Com­ the steel mills because ore ships that extra dough. At this time, it that end. mission also heard from repre­ must travel with lightened loads, oniy takes two days or so to com­ Leon Strller has recently been Robert W. Taber, the iron com­ sentatives of states bordering on plete the Coast Guard exams, and the Great Lakes, the city of Mil­ discharged from the Veterans pany executive said. ; it is urged again that those on the waukee, the Cook County Clean Hospital here in Chicago, and is Taber warned that low levels beach make this important move. Streams Commission and several the first SIU man to be entered were catching up with most ships and discharged from one of these and putting a dent in their earn­ private individuals. WASHINGTON — The Urban All witnesses urged that the facilities and the new system. We ings, as weil as providing a handi­ Affairs bill, designed to give the all join in passing our respects cap in the competitive battle means be found to regulate water millions who live in the nation's levels on all the Great Lakes. Cur­ and regrets at the passing away of against foreign ore imports. sprawling cities a voice at the Mr. David Lasky, Sr., the father "As the companies add up all rently, only Lakes Superior and highest level of government, Ontario are regulated. Several of Dave Lasky, Jr., Chicago the competitive factors to be conwitnesses attributed the problem passed the House on June 16 by a resident and shipper. to natural causes like low rainfall vote of 217 to 184, the closest ma­ Frankfort jority yet given the Administra­ and evaporation in the area. tion on a key measure. The shortage of rated men in The Chicago hearings were the the Port of Frankfort remains a The bill will create a De­ last in a series held by the Inter­ NEW YORK—Organized labor is problem. As soon as an AB ap­ partment of Urban Affairs in national Joint Commission to gain giving its full support to the In­ pears for registration, he is President Johnson's Cabinet information and suggestions of the ternational Longshoreman's As­ shipped out. The Ann Arbor carto oversee and provide aid to low water level situation. The sociation in urging that Governor ferries are preparing for their the cities on such vital Items Commission made up of repre­ Rockefeller sign into law a bill summer schedules and will be as transportation, housing and sentatives from Canada and the that would close the Waterfront putting extra Porters and Maids redevelopment. The depart­ U.S. states bordering on the Lakes, Commission's longshore register. on all operating vessels within the ment would become the 11th WASHINGTON — A survey of previously held hearings in Sault Cabinet-level agency. The measure, introduced by next few days. the usefullness of Alaska ports, Ste. Marie, Michigan, and State Senator Thomas Mackell Arnold Transit Company con­ many of them severely damaged Windsor, Ontario. Republicans generally voted (Dem.-Queens), was approved in tract negotiations are continuing in last year's earthquake, by the against the bill, with the exception both the State Assembly and the and a meeting was held on June Maritime Administoration has of eleven Congressn.en who came Senate, and is currently awaiting 16, 196.5 in St. Ignace, Michigan. pointed to the use of large sub­ mainly from big city constitu­ final action by the Governor. The Gt. Lakes District members marine tankers, hydrofoils and encies. A similar bill was defeated ILA, fully supported by organized were saddened by the unexpected surface effect craft in the future. in the House three years ago dur­ labor, has urged such legislation death of Harry G. Willey, Book ing President Kennedy's admini­ The Marad report, called the to improve job security and em­ No. 8837, June 11th, 1965. Harry "Survey of the Ports of Alaska," stration. ployment stability on the water­ was the 8-12 Fireman on the SS Rather than create an said that the dock facilities of front. PORTLAND, Ore. — A I City of Green Bay. entirely new department, the tlie nation's largest and most re­ $1.2 million modernization bill would raise the present The Mackell Bill would close the mote state have an importance far Alpena program of the SIU Pacific Housing and Home Finance longshore register now and end greater than their size would in­ Shipping in the Port of Alpena District-contracted Matson ' Agency to the Cabinet level. the Waterfront Commission's . con­ dicate. With only rudimentary rail That agency already oversees trol over longshore employment has kept a steady pace with very and road communications, Alaska ' Navigation Company's conmost of the Federal Govern­ three years from now by allowing few members registered on the is heavily dependent on sea traf­ > tainerized freight facility || . here is scheduled to begin ments' housing and mass the union to negotiate with man­ Board. Ronald Byers and Larry fic for the bulk of its trade. , this fall for completion by transportation programs. agement to set up hiring halls Johnson are back in the Hall Big submarine tankers, able to which would be administered waiting for that certain ship, after operate beneath the ice packs, j late summer next year . The most likely candidate for spending quite some time on the jointly by the two parties. Designed to serve the Matthe Urban and Housing Affairs U. S. Gypsum and Steamer H. N. would play a role if the state's |i Cabinet post is Robert Weaver, Presently, longshoremen are Snyder. petroleum resources were suffi- ( son service between the the present head of the Housing hired through halls run by the c i e n 11 y developed. Channels |l Northwest and Hawaii, the There are a lot of new faces in could be excavated through the 11 modernization program will and Home Finance Agency. If Waterfront Commission. If the bill be completed in three major |i President Johnson selects Weaver is signed into law by Governor this Port, but they don't stay long use of nuclear energy, the report stages. This will include in­ for the job, he will become the Rockefeller, the ILA would be able before they too are shipped out. said. Shallow ports could greatly stallation of several special , first Negro to have a Cabinet to negotiate the improved hiring Cleveland increase their tonnage handling cranes designed to handle seat. hall system during the 1968 con­ Although shipping has slowed capabilities through the use'of hy­ the type of containers Mattract talks. The House-approved bill will drofoils and surface effect ships. down in this area for entry rat­ son uses at its San Francisco, now go to the Senate, where it is SIUNA President Paul Hall ings, AB's, Firemen, and Oilers The long range recommenda­ Los Angeles and Honolulu assured of a comfortable majority. wired the Governor, urging him to are having no difficulty in getting tions of the survey include pre­ terminals, reinforcement and sign the measure. planning and site reservation for jobs. Since the first of March, this docks, and paving and fenc­ "It is widely acknowledged that Port has issued a total of 357 up-to-date port areas and porting a large area for parking the closing of the longshore clearances for both permanent related idustries and the planning and storage of Matson con­ register necessary to protect the and temporary Jobs, and we have of port facilities someday able to tainers. security of longshore workers," not reached the mid-season mark handle an increase in the export Hall's wire said. aa yet. of natural resources from Alaska. Low Lakes Water Levels Hinder Industrial Growth Urban Bill Would Aid Big Cities Labor Supports Longshore Job Security Bill \K Special Ships Seen Useful In Alaskan Trade Matson To Get i Modern Facility In Portland, Ore.| llr ,7 V" (Ms^TUBiJDe �• '• ' v. »: Pace FoorleeB lit! t \ FARERS t Zi •t.l'.;.; Wage-Hour Law Amendments Called Key To Poverty War (Continued from page 7) er, it pointed out, would consti­ tute a "massive attack on poverty from two directions" — one by raising minimum wages and cov­ ering more workers, the other by spreading employn>ent through a shorter workweek and penalty doubletime pay for overtime. cernible effect on tha nationwide level of employment in the indus­ tries affected" and "no rise in lay­ offs in low-wage Industry groups." There has never been a time when the Labor Department has had any economic "damage" to report as a result of an increased mini­ mum wage, the AFL-CIO added. *••«' .1.1 • Ham M§» tM§ LOG "horrifying Impact of a 14.S per­ cent wage increase, which would be the result of cutting the work­ week to 35 hours while maintain­ ing earnings." "No one is proposing such dras­ tic action," the AFL-CIO said. "Manpower productivity is now increasing at about 3.5 a year . . . and simply by reducing hours In that proportion, we could have a 35-hour week in less than five years." "Education is important, and wiping out discrimination is im­ portant," the Meany statement emphasized to the subcommittee, but "poverty will not be ended until there are jobs at good wages for all." By Prank Dronk, West Cooif Representative Key Bills Before Calif. Legislators With the 1965 session of the California iegisiature fast drawing to a close, members of both houses still havo to take action mi a number of key measures of vital importance to the labor movement. One of labor's top priority measures, the Citizens Job Protection Bill has been pigeon-holed in the Assembly without much hope for positive action by the close of the session. Another important bill, providing for increased revenues for the On coverage, the Meany state­ "It is bad enough to have 3.5 troubled state disability insurance fund is stalled in an Assemblymillion unemployed and millions ment pointed out that Adminis­ Senate conference committee. Observers aren't too optimistic about tration prc^osals would for the more who can find only part-time a vote being taken to break this deadlock. Members of the California work," the federation presents first time bring some 4.8 million AFL-CIO are also extremely dissatisfied with the plainly inadequate of 13 million left-outside workers tion continued. "It is even worse Unemployment Insurance bill that has emerged from the Assembly under minimum-wage protection, that 30 percent of the 7.2 million Finance an! Insurance Committee. If the committee votes to approve families rated as "poor" in 1963 but that this would still allow the committee's bill, which is now on the floor, the state's unemployed big enterprises to escape coverage "had a full-time worker who as will be shortchanged for years to come. trying to pay the bills" yet these of certain small units of their op­ erations. "We think this is in­ The Sacramento legislators have acted on the Limited Workmen's 2 million workers "were unable Compensation bill after a blue ribbon study commission had spent to support themselves and their equitable," the AFL-CIO said, in urging a language change to blank­ a great deal of time in drawing up recommendations on this important families from their earnings." et in 800,000 additional workers. problem. Unfortunately, the lawmakers missed the boat again, making "We do not believe any em­ only two important changes in the current workmen's compensation On overtime pay rates, the fed­ ployed worker should be forced set-up, and ignoring several other 4. eration statement said bluntly, on the welfare rolls to survive significant suggestions made by or that "taxpayers' money should we want to discourage overtime" labor and the study commission. off and the Montpelier Victory, by raising the penalty pay to douYorkmar, Loa Angeles and Portbe used as a subsidy for low-wage San Francisco bletinve rather than time and a mar stopped in-transit. employers," it declared. half. The shipping picture In San Carter Chambers, an SIU pen­ The statement observed that Francisco continues to remain sioner who lives in the Los An­ the reasons for a $2-an-hour mini­ No one can predict how many good as the Ames Victory, Ocean geles area, dropped in the hall re­ mum could be drawn from the jobs would be directly created by Evelyn and National Seafarer cently to talk over old times with - economic facts. The present $1.25 a doubletinve provision, Meany's VENICE, Italy — The unwritten crewed up during the past two some of his former shipmates. an hour amounts to $50 a week, statement said, but the overtime $2,600 a year, for a worker em­ now worked is estimated as the law of the modern age that says weeks. Prospects for the future Chambers said he was very happy ployed full time," whereas the equivalent of 1.5 million fulltime that everything must get bigger continue to look good with at to have the opportunity to come official Social Security Adminis­ jobs, "and it is our conviction that and faster if it is to survive is least eigh ships due to arrive fom over and visit regularly with his tration's "poverty budget" now doubletime will discourage em­ beginning to find application on the east aind far east in the com­ old sailing buddies. Fred Lynum requires a borderline annual in­ ployers from scheduling over­ the watery boulevards of this city, ing period. There is a need for Is back in town visiting with his and the gondoliers don't like it rated men in the deck and engine family. He just finished a sixcome of $3,130 for a family of time." departments as well as for entry month trip as cook on the West­ one bit. four. ratings in all three departments. ern Hunter. The federation was emphatic in The men who man the sweep The "modest but adequate urging the subcommittee to con­ Among the SIU oldtimers visit­ Seattle budget for a family of four, it sider a statutory 35-hour work­ oars on the small, graceful and ing the hall lately has been J. romantic craft that have made Shipping activity has been on continued, "amounts to $6,418 a week not because 40 hours is "to Carroll who has been making the year at today's prices, or better long" but because soon, "even un­ Venice famous are slowly being runs to Japan as AB or DM. He the upswing in Seattle and the than $3 an hour for a 40-hour der the most favorable circum­ forced out of business by motor­ told us that he'd like a change of future continues to look pretty ized water taxis and big tour boats bright. Ships paying off recently week." stances, there simply won't be that carry 50 or more passengers. scenery and will hold out for a were the Penn Sailor, Robin A $2 wage would be at least "a enough 40-hour jobs to go To, fight back, they have threat­ trip to the east coast after being Hood, Henry Hudson and the Cot­ realistic step forward," and any­ around." Existing unemployment ened to motorize their own craft. California-bound for so long. E. tonwood Creek. In addition, five R. Ray, vetei-an cook, arrived in thing less is "legislated poverty," would probably be reduced to a Venetians haven't ridden In port after coming up from Hous­ ships stopped in-transit. reasonable minimum" if Congress it stated. John Carey, who last shipped gondolas for ages. The main bulk The "myth" that a higher mini­ should pass- all the job-promoting of gondola business comes from ton to catch the Natalie. on the Western Clipper as an AB, measures now pending, the state­ Wilmington mum wage may "cut down job told us that the thing he appre­ tourists. The visitors, it seems, opportunities or drive enterprises ment said, but it would offer would rather ride in the bigger, Shipping activity slowed down ciates most about the SIU Wel­ only a breathing-spell" because out of busiess" deserves to be ex­ speedier boats that offer a bus­ in Wilmington during the past fare Plan, is the help it gives his ploded, the statement said. The de­ of the "undiminished growth of like tour of the historic points of period, with little change likely parents. Carey is currently sit­ tailed analysis filed with the sub­ the labor force and the inexorable Venice. in the near future. During the ting tight for a good run to the committee pointed out that a 1964 advance of automation." past two weeks the Fairport paid far east. Part of the problem has to do The attitude of official business Department of Labor report on effects of 1961 minimum wage law spokesmen is one of "doom and with price. The gondoliers charge improvements showed "no dis­ gloom," it observed, about the in the neigliborhood of $5 an hour about the same charged for a hansome cab ride in New York's Central Park. The cost is too high for almost all Venetians and for many of the new crop of budgetminded tourists now traveling in Europe. NEW YORK—Seafarers are covered by an agreement with In the 16th century, the city NEW YORK—^The New York State Senate has voted to had more than 10,000 gondolas; SIU companies that provides SIU members with war risk turn over the New York State Barge Canal system to the today there are less than 500. To insurance and area bonuses should they sail in the officially Federal Government. The future of the system is still in ease their plight, the gondoliers designated Vietnamese comare asking for some sort of. sub­ )at area. The shipping oper­ will be $20,000 for loss of life, dis­ doubt however, because the + sidy the city fathers so that ability, dismemberment or loss of bill authorizing the turnover segments of the community with they from can continue their service ators have signed an agree­ functions. The policy will pay $500 cheaper freight rates and improved must still clear the Assembly without resorting to becoming ment in accordance with Article for loss or damage to personal and the Federal Government must accessibility to state and national motorized water taxis. markets. II, section 66 of the Collective Bar­ benefits. agree to accept the facility. They are counting on the fact gaining Agreement which calls for The canal now carries about If a vessel is attacked, fired The bill authorizing the trans­ three million tons of cargo yearly, that the city realizes that a Venice the negotiation of bonuses and/or upon or struck by a mine of either fer cleared the Senate by a vote the bulk of it petroleum products. without gondolas would be like a insurance upon official announce­ belligerent, the agreement pro­ of 33 to 23. Governor Rockefeller It extends from Lake Erie at Buf­ Rome without fountains or a Paris ment of a specific area as a combat vides a vessel attack bonus of $300 zone. President Johnson signed will be paid to each crewmember. has not yet taken a public stand falo to the Hudson River at Troy. without the Eiffel Tower. an executive order on April 25, Physical damage to the ship or in­ on the issue either, and his ap­ A northern branch runs to Lake 1965 designating Vietnam and ad- jury to a crewmember must result proval is necessary under the Erie at Oswego. Another branch, acent waters as a combat zone. 1959 amendment to the state con­ the Champiain Waterway, extends from the attack if this bonus is stitution which makes the turn­ to the St. Lawrence River at Mon­ After describing the official com­ paid. Only one attack bonus will over possibie. treal. bat zone with exact coordinates, be paid per voyage. A reminder from SIU head­ the agreements provides that a The 500-mile inland waterway Expansion of the cana) under The agreement also holds that system has been described as so federal jurisdiction would allow quarters cautions all Seafarers seaman who is employed on a ves­ unlicensed crewmembers will be greatly in need of repairs and im­ barges to travel across its length leaving their ships to contact sel in the designated area shall paid $200 as a harbor attack bonus provements that the state would in tandem. Currently, barges can the hall in ample time to allow receive an area bonus of one hun­ if a harbor within the combat zone have to spend anywhere from $100 transit the locks and curves of the the Union to dispatch a replace- dred percent of his base monthly is attacked while a vessel is visit­ to $200 million to put it in condi­ canal only in single file. By mentr Failure to give notice be­ rate of pay, which will be paid In ing it. The payment of a vessel tion once more. "Turned over to widening the canal and making fore paying off may cause a de­ addition to his regular wages. attack bonus as a result of a ship the Federal Government however, other improvements, experts be­ layed sailing, force the ship to According to the agreement, the being struck while in a harbor federal funds would be available lieve that traffic can be raised an sail short of the manning re­ shipowner must also pay for the precludes the payment of the har­ to rework and modernize the sys­ average of three percent yearly. quirements and needlessly make cost of insurance to cover a sea­ bor attack bonus. > tem, which would bring .al^ut. fn, "Th^ .livings invplved ip, transpor­ the work tougher for your shlp- man ^or, the, .lepgth of t|me spent, »^provisions off t|he .agreement • »• •• •' upswing in inland waterway busj-^ tation;, woultl amount to $27 mil- matis. n the combat zone. The schedule are retroactive to 12:01 A.M., April iidil a ye^r. It Is felt. ness in the state and benefit mahy III iiiiiiiiii fiiVii of {iaymCntk 'k/r' tliis'^h'sur^nce' 24;^1965. Motorboat Competition Hits Gondoliers Seafarers Covered By War Risk Insurance N.Y. Senate OKs Barge Canal Takeover By U.S. Quitting Ship? Notify Union �SEAFARERS |«M tl, INI Pace Fiffeea lOG SBAFABBRS PORTS OP THE WORLD ' :-'j — •is-,-. ' .i--', /• - ••^- ' • 7 • •• SIERRA LEONE Iw The atmosphere of Freetown it a relaxed one by Western standards. The nation's economy is built on a growing trade in iron and diamonds. Freetown, the capital city and chief port of the small West African state of Sierra Leone, is a busy trade center with its economy built on the twin foundations of diamonds and iron, the nation's two main resources. Discovered by the Portuguese explorer Pedro de Cintra in the 15th century, Freetown was settled in 1787 by the English. De Cintra is responsible for the name Sierra Leone —Portugese for Lion Mountains. Sierra Leone's most precious resource are the diamonds mined out of her hills. Iron ore plays the next most im­ portant role in the economy, followed by palm kernels, coffee and cocoa. Among the SlU-contracted companies with vessels in the Freetown trade is Delta Line. Freetown's small shopping and entertainment area is located about three miles from the Queen Elizabeth II Quay, and may be reached by taxi. Seafarers whose vessels anchor in the harbor will find the Government Wharf within easy walking distance of the downtown area. The principal thoroughfare, two blocks in from the harbor, is Westmoreland Street. Other principal commercial streets in the city are Howe, Rawdon, Gloucester, Charlotte and Wilberforce. The Paramount Hotel on Government Avenue is the best and most modern hostelry in town. About a mile and a half from the city's center, on Mereweather Road, is the Government Resthouse which has a good restaurant and bar. The Odeon Cinema, a movie theatre that shows Eng­ lish-language films, is located on Westmoreland Street. The city's other movie house, the Cotton Tree, is located on Walpole Street. Both theatres are air-conditioned. Among the relatively few tourist attractions in Freetown are the Old Wharf Steps built in 1818 and known as the Portuguese Steps and the Cathedral of St. George on Water Street. A small museum with artifacts and displays show­ ing the history of the nation can be found in Pademba Road. West of Freetown can be found many fine ocean beaches, where swimming, fishing and skin-diving are all reported to be excellent. At the far end of Lumley Beach, eight miles or so west of Freetown^ the Palm Beach Club and the Cape Club serve meals. Diamonds are Freetown's speciality, and other locally produced and finely made handicraft goods may be found in the bazaar quarter of the city. V\ 5^; j'V n 1 •''' - ''Old fi'arhef stri/ctu'res'llne a stiF^ef IH one 'of-Ffeet6w'n"« 'older busmeVi districts." Mo'dern/z«- ' M SlU-manfie'ef ^Del' Ri® * rniakes ' Ve^ulir' '' ; '' ' V iCL �Pa(« Sixteen S^EAFARERS Jnne U, lf» LOG SlUNA Alaska Fishermen Profesf Illegal Pishing Japanese Salmon Raids Continue In North Pacific How To Get Around The Devil's Elbow By Joseph B. Logue, MD, Medical Director JUNEAU, Alaska—Japanese high sea fishing boats are continuing to raid red salmon schools in the Bristol Bay area despite a warning by the SIUNA-affiliated Alaska Fisher­ men's Union of a total boycott of Japanese goods if the practice persists. The warning was given in the form of a resolu-;f tion, which was endorsed biennial convention of the SIUNA efforts to take American unanimously by convention recently concluded in Washington, salmon In the defined area When a stranger in western Pennsylvania wanted to go from Saltsburg to New Alexandria, ho was directed to go out past Mother Murray's cabin, up the Muttontown Hiil, around the Devil's Elbow, and then to turn left just past Snodgrass's bam. To a native, these directions seemed crystal dear. "You can't miss it," he told the stranger. One could easily transpose these directions into some of the instruc­ delegates at the SIUNA conven­ passed a resolution urging the and defined period, the Seations given patients at the end of visits to their physicians, as reported tion which ended in Washington "government of Japan to intercede fearers International Union in MD COLUMN of Group Health Association of America, Inc. If early this month. of North America" should "go to prevent the Japanese fishing patient and doctor were both "native" to the areas of health under on record to endorse and discussion, the directions would be meaningful and the route to cure The Bureau of Commercial fleet from entering the defined support a boycott of Japaneso just "couldn't be missed." On the other hand, the patient and physician Fisheries announced iast week area during the defined period," imports. all too often do not fully communicate with each other, even when a that a Bureau inspector aboard a and urging the U.S. Government patrolling Coast Guard aircraft to pass appropriate legislation The SIUNA^ resolution was set of directions seemed clear at the time they were given. When it had discovered five Japanese "without delay to prevent a re­ sponsored by president George comes to doing what is called for, confusion arises. gillnetters operating east of the currence of this and similar Johansen of the Alaska Fisher­ Under the tense situation of the office visit, with all of its stresses "abstention line" created by the fishery problems." men's Union and President James and anxieties, the patient frequently-fNorth Pacific Fish'eries Treaty. D. Ackert of the Atlantic Fisher­ cannot voice his real complaints abroad. To be accepted for inter­ The resolution warned that The USCG cutter Wachusett was men's Union. "should Japan persist In her and may only listen to part of-the national travel, vaccination certif­ ordered to intercept the Japanese directions. Mothers with small icates must be validated with the boats. children are likely to be dis­ stamp of the local or state health SlU Supports House Measure Salmon Scarce tracted while trying to listen. The officer of the area in which the physician, too, finds his interest immunizing physician practices. Alaska's Bristol Bay red salmon divided among the patient, the The only other immunization re­ fishermen have had their liveli­ condition under treatment, and the quirements for entry or reentry hoods threatened by the continu­ complexities ot the remedy ing Japanese encroachments east into the U.S., is vaccination against of the line, which was created to There is no intent on the yellow fever and cholera for allow a sufficient number of patient's part to deceive the phy­ persons arriving from countries Bristol Bay salmon to reach sician by only telling part of his where there are cases. maturity so that commercial fish­ The Public Health Service, how­ troubles, nor on the physician's ing operations in Alaska could WASHINGTON—The SIU has taken a strong position in part to confuse the patient by a ever, also recommends that imcontinue. favor of legislation before the House which would gurantee series of less-than-intelligible di­ munizatibn against tetanus, diph­ Repeated violations of the American fishermen a fair price for their catch by allowing rections. The situation of the office theria, and polio be brought up Treaty by Japanese fishermen visit is in itself booby-trapped by to date, and suggests immunization them to bargain collectively*; have depleted the stocks of false assumptions of against typhoid for most inter­ enable American fishermen to with fish wholesalers at the earn a just return for their labors anxieties, immature salmon and have mutual understanding, the tyranny national travel. dock. threatened the very existance by permitting them to negotiate a of words, and the complexity of Even though the smallpox vac­ of the Alaskan fishing and modern-day medicine. fair price for their catch." Testifying recently before cination for all areas, and yellow canning industry. The Japa­ subcommittee of the House Com­ The best results of the visit will fever and cholera immunizations "All other sectors of the fishing nese, using gilnets and other mittee on Merchant Marine and industry ashore have a right to come only if each party to the for some areas, are the only ones gear which American fisher­ Fisheries, SIU Washington repre­ bargain for their wages," Meyer conversation establishes that the required, the above recommended men are forbidden from em­ sentative Thomas Meyer spoke on pointed out, "but not the men who patient and doctor not only talk precautions can assure a more ploying, have taken enormous behalf of seven SIUNA affiliated go to sea. We consider this mani­ the same language but know the healthful and safe trip. quantities of salmon within fishermen's unions in favor of a festly unfair to the fishermen upon landmark — can recognize SnodSEAFARERS AND THEIR recent years. biil, (H.R. 3955) introduced by whose productivity and efforts the grass' bam as well as dUtingulsh FAMILIES CAN OBTAIN THESE Representative Thomas Felly The Coast Guard reported the entire industry is dependent." right from left. VACCINATIONS AT NO CHARGE incident to Washington, where the (D.-Wash.) AT THE SIU CLINICS LOCATED Meyer spoke on behalf of the ^ 'X> it At the present time, fishermen Alaska Fishermen's Union, AtianState Department said it would IN MOST PORTS. VACATION TRAVEL TIPS await a formal report before tak­ have no voice in negotiations be­ tic Fishermen's Union, Bering Sea The Public Health Service re­ tween the boat owners and whole­ ing the matter up with the Japa­ salers in establishing a fair price Fishermen's Union, Cannery cently issued its annual reminder nese Government. According to for their catch. Under present law, Workers and Fishermen's Union that for entry or reentry Into the of San Diego, New Bedford Fish­ the provisions of the treaty, viola­ the Justice Department has ruled ermen's Union, Seine and Line United States, a valid certificate tors are supposed to be turned that participation by fishermen's Fishermen's Union of Monterey of vaccination against smallpox is Seafarers are again re­ over to their own nations for organizations in these negotiations County and the Seine and Line required. Dr. Louis Jacobs, Chief, minded to bring their dis­ Division of Foreign Quarantine, constitutes a violation of the Antipunishment. A spokesman at the Fishermen's Union of San Pedro. charges when they check into said, "We urge all international Japanese embassy in Washington Trust laws. A representative of the Alaska stateside hospitals, so that eli­ said that if the violations are Urging support of the bill on Fishermen's Union was also pres­ travelers to arrange for vaccina­ gibility for SIU hospital bene­ found to be legitimate, appropri­ behalf of the SIUNA and its af­ ent at the hearings and he gave tions as soon as their plans are fits can be readily established ate action will be taken. made, because vaccinations do not filiated fishermen's unions, Meyer full support t« the proposed and payments can be made provide immunity until several The delegates to the 12th pointed out that H.R. 3955 would legislation. promptly. A number of in­ days after they are received." stances have been reported re­ All travelers who enter the U.S., cently, especially in the outincluding Americans returning to ports, where Seararers in the this country, are required to have hospital have neglected to a valid certificate of vaccination bring sufficient proof of seaagainst smallpox. The vaccination time with them, causing de­ certificate becomes valid eight lays in benefit payments. days after successful vaccination, Whenever possible. Seafarers and is valid for three years. should have discharges avail­ Vaccinations should be recorded able showing at least one on an International Certificates of day's seatime In the last six Vaccination document which can months plus 90 days in the be presented to public health last calendar year. quarantine officials here and Bill Would Give Fishermen Voice In Sale Of Catch Hospital-Bound? Bring Discharges Discussing East Coast Fishing At Convention SIU Clinic fxoms—A/I Ports 'x.i'" J Delegates from SlUNA-affiliafed fishermen's union's got together with Congressman Hastings Keith (R-Mass.) during the 12th Biennial SIUNA Convention in Washington to discuss a bill Keith has introduced into the House to create a $50 million a year program to explore and develop the fisheries, minerals and other natural resources of the Continental Shelf along the East Coast. Shown above (l-r) are Keith; Jacob Ostensen of the New Bedford Fishermen's Union; Austin SIcinner, New Bedford Fishermen's Unipn and Jim Ackert, Atlantic Fishermen's Union. . EXAMS THIS PERIOD: April 1-April 30, 1965 Port Seamen Wives Children TOTAL Boston 7 0 1 8 Baltimore 111 26 27 164 Jacksonville 20 0 0 20 Houston 157 1 0 158 New York 355 45 40 440 Norfolk 36 0 0 36 Philadelphia 63 24 7 94 Tampa............. a 3 0 11 San Francisco 97 3 0 100 New Orleans 223 18 18 259 Mobile 86 3 1 90 *San Juan 10 16 13 39 T^1T.AL............. 1,173 139 107 1,419 ' ' *3/21/65 to 4/20/65 �i. tS, IMI SBAfARERS LOG •• ^ '£r * --T Face SerenfecB Supreme Court Ruling Limits Unions' Anti-Trust immunity WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court has sharply limited the area of union immunity to charges of antitrust law violations in bargaining on wages, hours and working conditions. In parallel decisions viewed by labor lawyers as opening both unions and employers to multople lawsuits and damage claims, the court held that Act, the Wagner Act, Taft- "the most important labor case antitrust immunity does not Hartley Act, Bacon-Davis and to reach the court" since the Jones ! Pearl dealer above uses a simple mechanical device to grade natural pearls according to size. In spite of the recent growth of a big cultured pearl industry, most notably in Japan, a necklace of carefully matched natural pearls Is still a much sought-after prize for those with tfie money to spend. Persian Gulf Wealth Includes Oil, Pearls 11 ;: I'' Beneath the warm waters of the Persian GuU oil port of Bahrain lies another treasure that Is, In its own way, more valu­ able than the vast petroleum deposits which have brought many SlU-contracted tankers to that part of the Middle East. The other treasure is pearls. Though the pearl industry has been in decline in recent years because of the devel(H>ment of a cultured pearl Industry in Japan, the "fish eyes," as the Bahrainis call them still manage to bring about $500,000 yearly. Before 1930, pearls contributed $8 million yearly to the Bahrain economy. Despite the sweeping modernization of Bahrain caused by the discovery of oil, pearl diving techniques have changed little over the last three thousand years. Two thousands years before Christ, the Assyrians searched the area for pearls. The pearls are gathered by expert divers who work from dhows — the traditional Arab small craft. Boats collect from the many small fishing communities at ttie start of each pearling season and head out to the oyster beds. The divers, wearing nose clips made of bone or tortoise shell, attach ropes about Uieir waist and to their feet. The foot rope is attached to a heavy stone, used as a weight. Divers Go To 80 Feet The diver has a basket hanging around his neck to put the gathered oysters in. He is lowered by his waist rope to a depth of 60 to 80 feet. The diver is completely dependent on his "puller," the crew member who holds the other end of the rope about the diver's waist. When the diver reaches the bottom, the weight around his leg is removed and pulled to the surface. From that time on, he is contpletely dependent on his waist rope. The average Bahrain diver is able to stay below for up to three minutes. In that time, he can gather and place in his basket about ten oysters. The shells gathered in the basket are taken back aboard the dbow by the diver. On deck, before all crew members, the shells are opened, and any pearls found are given to the captain. On reaching port, the pearling boats wait for itinerant buyers to come aboard. Prices for the pearls are then set confidentially between the buyer and the captain to discourage haggling. The proceeds are then divided among the crew according to an established formula. The pearl divers take special pride in their work. They cooperate with each other and are known for their courage in the face of bad weather, man-eating fish and other dangers. Cultured Versus Natural The difference between cultured pearls and the natural pearls found in the Persian Gulf and other places depends on how the pearl itself is created by the oyster. "The making of a pearl is a fascinating process. It begins when a grain of sand or other foreign substance enters the open shell of the oyster. The sand particle irritates the shellfish, wh.'ch emits a substance to neutralize the Irritant. Gradually, the substance released by the oyster builds a hard coating around the original irritant. With time, depending on the size of the oyster, the little globe grows larger and larger. Thus a pearl is formed, in cultured pearls, the oyster is opened when it reaches a certain age and the outside irritant is introduced by man. Cultured pearls have come to overshadow', in volume if not in quality, the natural pearls obtained in the South Seas. Natural pearls bring a greater return, however, since they are more highly prized. A necklace made of matched natural pearls, for instance, will bring a much higher price than a similar necklace made from cultured pearls. exist if a Jury finds from "clear St Laughlin case in 1937, when the Walsh-Healey laws, the Fair evidence" that the union "has justices upheld the Wagner Act as Labor Standards Act—^to argue agreed <with one set of employers constitutional. that Congress has expressly to Impose a certain wage scale" on declared that the "labor of Congress "intended to foreclose employers "in other bargaining a human being is not a com­ judges and juries from making es­ units." modity or article of com­ sentially economic judgments in merce," and that antitrust laws antitrust actions by determining The AFL-CIO, though not do not prohibit the "elimina­ whether unions or employers had directly involved, viewed the tion of price competition based good or bad motives," he con­ cases of major importance and on differences in labor stand­ tinued. "It is precisely in this area Intervened as friend of the ards." of wages, hours and other work­ court in a brief urging the court to uphold the Immunity The thrust of national law In ing conditions that Congress has doctrine previously considered labor policy, he said, is to en­ recognized that unions have a sub­ to be spelled out in the labor courage collective bargaining as a stantial, direct and basic interest law expressly approved by means of securing industrial peace of their own to advance." Congress. Yet a jury would be allowed un­ and Congress has made bargain­ The key decision, involving the ing on wages, hours and working der the majority decision in the Mine Workers case, he said, to find Mine Workers and a small coal conditions "mandatory." company, sent back for trial in "It makes no sense to turn anti­ that a wage scale was too "high" U. S. District Court in Kentucky trust liability of employers and and thus "became arbiters of the an antitrust law suit for triple unions concerning subjects of economic desirability of the wage damages against the union. The mandatory bargaining on whether scale in the nation's coal industry.." company charged that in a multi­ the union acted 'unilaterally' or If unions are held liable'under employer contract with the Bitu­ in 'agreement' with employers," the antitrust laws for collective minous Coal Association, involving Justice Goldberg continued. bargaining activities regarding automation, wages and welfare"The history . . . shows that la­ "mandatory bargaining would also fund payments, an agreed pur­ bor contracts establishing more or be subject to antitrust penalties, pose was to drive out smaller com­ less standardized wages, hours and criminal and civil." petitors by imposing the same wage other terms and conditions of em­ "My view," Goldberg wrote, and welfare-fund requirements. is that Congress intended in ployment . . . are often secured The 6-3 majority opinion was either through bargaining with basic national labor law that written by Associate Justice Byron multi-employer associations or "collective bargaining activity R. White. on mandatory subjects" should through bargaining with market not be subject to antitrust law In the second case, involving the leaders that sets a 'pattern' for attack. Meat Cutters and the Jewel Tea agreements with other employers." Co. in Chicago, the court agreed The majority decision, he said, Goldberg in an unusually intense in another 6-3 split that Jewel oral statement from the bench la­ "will severely restrict free collec­ could not maintain an anti-trust beled the Mine Workers decision tive bargaining." action against the union, for threatening the company with a strike to obtain the same openingand-closing hours previously ac­ cepted by a multi-employer Food Retailers Association. The reasoning of Justice White in this case was that a trial court By Fred Stewart & Ed Moeney had previously ruled that the union Headquarters Representatives was dealing with Jewel at "armslength ... in pursuit of its pol­ icies, and not at the behest of or "Shipshape" is an ancient word as far as Seafarers are concerned. in combination with" other Food It has been with us a long time and refers—or it used to—to the proper Association employers. and neat stowage gear and maintenance of machinery aboard ship. Dissent Shipboard equipment, be it on deck, in engine department spaces, In a strongly-worded dissent to cargo spaces, crew's quarters or the galley, is subject to breakdown both the White opinions. Asso­ and disorder from vibrations, movement, the abuses of the sea or other ciate Justice Arthur J. Goldberg environmental factors. Naturally, conditions of this kind call lor charged that the majority had re­ attention, maintenance, repair or replacement. Correcting those peated errors stretching across a mechanical conditions is the job of the Seafarer in the department half century in refusing to give concerned. ' full effect to "congressional ac­ "Shipshape," however, can also refer to the condition of the man tions designed to prohibit judicial who sails on the ship as well as the condition of the various gear intervention via the anti-trust aboard the ship. "Shipshape" in this new meaning can refer to mental route in legitimate collective bar­ and physical matters for the individual Seafarer. The state of one's gaining." mental equipment, thinking processes and common sense are all items Labor lawyers observed that to keep "shipshape." So is the fitness of one's body and its state of White's majority opinion in the health. While each man must use his own individual method and coal case carried a footnote ex­ means of keeping "shipshape," there are certain suggestions to this plicitly stating that "unilaterally, end that have been tested by time. and without agreement with any Seafarers aboard ship should endeavor to get as much rest and employer group to do so, a union food as they need, without overdoing either. They should endeavor may adopt a uniform wage policy to remain clean even though the temptation to slackness in th s . . even though it may suspect regard is very great. They should Insist on safe working conditions. that some employers cannot effec­ tively compete if they are required Lastly, they should make creative use of their recreation time through to pay the wage scale," and that "? reading or some other hobby that will provide the proper mental union need not gear its wage de­ stimulation. A quote from Andrew Furuseth, the patron saint of American mands to those which the weakest units in the industry can afford to Seafarers, on the occasion of the enactment of the first Seamen's Act in 1915, sums up the real meaning of being shipshape. It says: pay." The immunity to trial on anti­ "Remember (seaman) that under the American Flag you are a free trust law charges is "forfeited" u- man. Remember, that with freedom comes responsibility. Remember der certain allegations, they note, always, that at sea you-are an individual part of the crew of the but the court majority left open vessel. Remember, that at sea, you are under the law rising from the the questions of the weight of evi­ common danger—'the common hazard.' This commands self-sacrifice dence needed to prove an illegal and the duty to obey all lawful orders, to do it promptly and efficiently. cnnsDiracy and whether unions Upon this depends the safety of the vessel, the safety of the passengers, might not establish the reasonable­ the cargo and the crew—your shipmates' and your own." ness of uniform wage demands. "In a safe harbor you are under the law of freedom. Your body Goldberg, in his dissent cited belongs to yourself. The estimate in which we are held by our fellowstatute after statute—^the Clay­ men depends mostly upon the use we make of that which is admittedly ton Act, the Norris-LaGuardia our own." The Importance of Being ''Shipshape'' �SEAFARERS Page Eighteen Jon* tS. ItW tOG Labor Hails Bill To End Immigration Inequities Warns Of High Electrh Rates AFL-CIO Opposes Weakening Of Federal Power Commission WASHINGTON—President Johnson's decision to "phase out" the national origins quota WASHINGTON—Every American family would face the system in his Administration's proposed revision of the immigration laws was hailed by AFL -CIO Legislative Director Andrew J. Biemiller in testimony before a Senate Judiciary sub- threat of higher electric bills if Congress weakens the regula­ ^ tory authority of the Federal Power Commission, the AFLcommittee. In the secretary of labor, "who CIO warned recently. ^ at high levels, unlimited Immigra­ "The labor movement, alone has the data ana expertise tion would be a disservice to Mrs. Esther Peterson, whose heritage is intricately everyone — Including the Immi­ to make such determinations." Legislative Director An­ adviser, and Federal Power Commission interwoven with that of immigrant drew J. Biemiller expressed Chairman Joseph grants. The criteria according to C. Swldler also forebears and immigrant brethren, can most heartily endorse his pro­ posal to terminate this manifestly unjust and discriminatory system," Biemiller declared. Two Views which Immigration Is limited must of course be neither arbitrary nor discriminatory. We should apply only such limitations as our legiti­ mate Interests demand, but limits are necessary." Biemiller noted that the Ad­ ministration amendments In­ clude a prosposed preference classification for persons "ca­ pable of filling particular la­ bor shortages." He expressed the AFL-CIO's agreement that "such a preference is proper," but maintained the legislation should spell out a requirement that such job shortages be permanent and not temporary or seasonal. In all Instances where a deter­ mination has to be made of a shortage of skill needs or labor, he said, the "ultimate responsibili­ ty and authority" should be vested Biemiller emphasized this posi­ tion In discussing amendments dealing wtlh the temporary admis­ sion of Immigrant aliens to per­ form "temporary services or labor," with special reference to aotors. No Braceros He restated the AFL-CIO posi­ tion that the temporary importa­ tion of foreign farm workers be "absolutely" prohibited and de­ clared AFL-CIO members are will­ ing to pay higher prices for farm commodities if they are necessary to assure fair wages for field and processing workers. "The provisions (of this bill) are not hasty, unstudied or Ill-consid­ ered," he concluded. "On the con­ trary, they have long been advo­ cated by men of good will? The need for them has long been recognized. They are long over­ due." Americans regard themselves as "warm-hearted" and "hospitable," he observed, but added that "often we are not thought of in this light overseas." "This is largely because the national origins quota system conveys abroad an impression of ethnic meanness and racial bigotry," he explained. "As a people we place a high value on principle and integrity of purpose, but there can be no integrity in the advocacy of high principle and the advo­ cacy of low prejudice." The bill would raise the total number of immigrants to be ad­ mitted under a new pooled quota system 158,000 to 165,000 a year. Biemiller maintained the nation can accept "many more," and urged that a study be undertaken to determine how many can be ad­ mitted without "adversely affect­ ing employment or the general By SIDNEY economy." Responsibility "The AFL-CIO is, of course, What this column iigs been warning about for some mindful of Its responsibilities not time—that rising supermarket profit margins are only to our members but to all pushing up food prices—now has been demonstrated those who work for a living," he by the Federal Trade Commission in testimony be­ said. "While employment remains fore the National Commission on Food Marketing. Knowledge of these revelations can help you defend your family against excessive payments for food, especially in the current period of rising prices. These facts contradict the U.S. Department of Agriculture's persistent campaign claiming "food is a bargain," because, among other reasons asserted by Agriculture Secretary Freeman, "food marketing, from the farm to the city supermarket, has grown in Like rub-a-dub-dub, U.S. sub­ efficiency." mariners may someday be escap­ The comprehensive testimony by Willard Mueller, ing from disabled submarines two Director, FTC Bureau of Economics, shows that in men In a tub—the tub being two truth, supermarkets now are taking an increasing aluminum hemispheres 36 inches percentage of the consumer's food dollar, while the In diameter which fit together consumer is having to pay more, and farmers are tightly to form a spherical capsule getting a smaller percentage. of great strength. Here ai e the facts affecting your pocketbook: Back Right now, should a deep-diving in 1947-52, supermarkets had reached their best effi­ submarine become disabled, the ciency and were taking, in case of three large food survival chances of the men aboard chains, only 15 cents of the dollar you pay for food. are almost zero. But two New York Thereafter, the "margin" taken by these chains mechanical engineers think they began a steady rise, reaching 20.6 cents in 1963. This is an increase of 37 per cent in their share of your have come up with the answer. food dollar, and a leading factor in today's higher The halves of the spheres fit to­ gether and can be stacked aboard prices. Another survey, based on figures from both large a sub In sufficient numbers to af­ ford a means of escape for the and small chains, shows an increase from 18.1 per entire crew. Should an emergency cent in 1955 to 22.2 per cent in '63. arise requiring an "abandon ship" The curious aspect, directly affecting you, is that order, here's what would happen supermarkets really have been riding along on their according to the inventors: public image as low-cost operators. It is true that The crew would file into the the early .supermarkets back in the Depression were sub's escape chamber, and two at cheap. They operated on margins of 10-4 per cent. a time would enter the escape Price competition was vigorous then, Mueller points capsules. The capsules would be out. But now their margins have risen to where sent through a hatch to float they are not only higher than in 1947-52, but even up the surface like ping pong higher than in the small chain stores of the 1920's. Advertising Increase balls in a bathtub. The capsule would be strong enough to pro­ Out of the main reason for the increase in super­ tect the men inside from the market margins, Mueller reports, is an increase in tremendous pressure of the water the stores' cost of advertising, trading stamps and around them. On the surface the giveaways, from about eight-tenths of 1 per cent of submariners would pop the top off sales in 1955, to 2,12 per cent in 1960. In contrast, the capsule and, wearing life pre­ wage costs, often blamed for rising prices, went up servers, await rescue, bobbing less than 1 percentage point. Thus supermarkets' around in the waves In their alumi­ expenditures for advertising and trading stamps in­ creased 157 per cent, while payroll expenditures in­ num tubs. The inventors admit that the creased 9 per cent, with some of this increase attribu­ capsules are yet to be tested with table to extra services. Another important factor in the rise of food prices, men Inside. 'Tests with laboratory Mueller's report shows, is the increase in supermaranimals are scheduled soon. spoke out strongly against the bill. "Too much Is at stake here for silent," Mrs. Peterson wrote Chair­ man Warren G. Magnuson IDWash.) of the Senate Commerce Committee. End of Responsibility Test Case Swldler warned that passage of Biemiller told the Senate Com­ merce Committee that the bill "Is the Holland-Smathers bill "would a test of whether the rights of mean the end of responsible re­ America's electric power con­ gulation of this nation's electric sumers will be respected, and utility systems." The Industry -supported bill whether the welfare of these con­ sumers will be protected." would exempt from federal regulation electric utilities Labor has a direct Interest operating within a single state. In the issue, he said, because Its effect would be to over­ members of AFL-CIO unions turn a 1964 Supreme Court and their families — number­ decision uphoiding the author­ ing some 50 miiiion Americans ity of the Federal Power Com­ — are the nation's "iargest mission to reguiate wholesaie single group of consumers." power saies. President Johnson's consumer Biemiller expressed labor's "serious misgivings" at the alli­ ance of private utilities and state regulatory commissions In support of the bill to curb federal juris­ diction. "Far too often," he warnqd, the slogan of "states' rights" serves MARGOLIUS as a "smokescreen concealing the abdication of states responsibilities to regulate effectively In the in­ ket "occupancy" costs, mainly the rents the big mod­ terests of the consumer public." ern supers have to pay the developers of shopping Bad For Consumer centers, the more-elaborate modern markets, and The private electric power com­ the "over-building" of supermarkets, with resulting panies, Biemiller said, are the excess capacity. But the point Mueller emphasizes Is the role trad­ nation's largest Industry. The Hol­ ing stamps have played In pushing up prices. "Trad­ land-Smathers bill, he charged, ing stamps may prove an effective promotion tech­ would be bad for America's con­ nique for an Individual store because they expand Its sumers of electric power and bad demand," he testified. "But they lose most of their for the general welfare of the effectiveness once a majority of food retailers In an nation." area adopts them. They tend to Increase costs by an He told the Senate commit­ amount nearly equal to the cost of stamps (to the tee that the immediate effect retailer)." of the bin would be to exempt Incidentally, you've been paying out of your own 55 of the nation's 189 biggest electric power producers from pocketbook for all the double stamp offers and game prizes ("Let's Play C-A-S-H") supermarkets FPC regulation—even • though have been "giving away" recently. Mueller finds "each of these 55 companies that such practices especially have raised super­ constitutes an intregral part of an interstate power ex­ market promotion expenses in the past two or three years. change network." The other big electricity wholesalers, he Not only retailers hut grocery manufacturers have "escape federal regulations played a role in pushing up food prices unnecessarily. simply by creating new com­ In their drive to get more shelf space, grocery panies at the state line." manufacturers have created "a proliferation of prod­ ucts, promotion deals, coupons, etc., many of which Loss of regulatory power over ultimately spell higher operating costs for retailers," wholesalers rates, he stressed, Mueller points out. would almost inevitably result in So when the Agriculture Department boasts that high power costs to the consumers American consumers enjoy a great abundance, such as the unregulated giant utility as 262 different brands, varieties and can sizes of systems raise the prices they vegetables found in one supermarket, keep In mind charge to the power-distributing that you pay for this variety whether you need it or companies, the companies which not. retail electric power to con­ One of Mueller's revelations that moderate-Income sumers." families need to know about, is that sometimes a food Biemiller charged that the bill chain may charge more in an area it dominates than would Impose upon state regu­ where it is not a strong competitor. Once a chain has latory commissions a burden which achieved a dominant position, it may charge higher few. If any, are capable of per­ prices in that community, or higher prices in specific forming adequately." stores in the community, or offer fewer "specials." What these facts mean to you when buying food Is that; • Supermarkets emphasizing giveaways such as double stamps and cash prizes for games and other giveaways, tend to have higher operating costs which have to be reflected in their prices. • Supermarkets with expensive fixtures and fancy buildings, and/or giving special services such as "kid­ die korrals," also tend to have higher operating costs. It pays to compare prices in some of the less wellknown supermarkets in the area as well as the domi­ nant one. The chain trying to get a foothold In your area may be competing more energetically on price. The only way to know Is to shop and compare. Trading Stamps Are No Bargain Safer Subs Is Aim Of 'Sub Tubs' l03uiailGE*«ti labor's "strong opposition" to a bill introduced by Florida Sena­ tors Spessard L. Holland and George A. Smathers which would bar the FPC from regulating wholesale power rates In a large segment of the Industry. �Juf U, 19«S SEAPAR^nS Notify Union On LOG Maii Af Seafarers know, copies of each issue of the SEAFARERS LOG are mailed every two weeks to all SIU ships as well as to numerous clubs, bars and other overseas spots where Seafarers congregate ashore. The procedure for mailing the LOG involves calling all SIU steamship companies for the itineraries of their ships. On the basis of the information supplied by the ship oper­ ator, four copies of the LOG, and minutes forms are then air­ mailed to the agent in the next port. Similarly, the seamen's clubs get various quantities of LOGs at every mailing. The LOG is sent to any club when a Seafarer requests it by notifying the LOG office that Seafarers con­ gregate there. As always the Union would like to hear promptly from SIU ships whenever the LOG and ship's mail is not delivered so that the Union can maintain a day-to-day check on the accuracy of its mailing lists. VOLUSIA (Suwannea), April 11 — Chairman, A. Bandheim; Sacratary, A. W. Moralas. Brother E. P. Covert resigned as ship's delegate and was extended a vote of thanks. Brother A. Bendhelm was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Items of safety were discussed. Repair list submitted including major and minor repairs. CITY OF ALMA (Waterman), May IS — Chairman, Joseph Moody; Sacra­ tary, LeRoy Johnson. All Is running smoothly. All repairs were taken care of. No beefs reported by department delegates. COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), April 10—Chairman, J. McKroth; Sec­ retary, W. Smith. Ship's delegate re­ ported that the bosun and his deck to bosun for building deck chairs and awning for crew's recreation room. $36.00 In ship's fund. Discussion about obtaining Ice machine and to have company order same for next voyage. Captain wants to put off painting galley, hospital etc. due to ship going into drydock. ROBIN GRAY (Robin), May 2 — Chairman, Bill Nuckols; Secretary, Owen McCabe. $18.14 In ship's fund. No beefs' reported by department delegates. Discussion on hazardous conditions aft at #3 and #4 hatches. No catwalk for #4 hatch. DUVAL (Suwannee), March 28 — Chairman, Robert H. High; Secretary, Pete L. triantafillos. Brother Robert H. High was elected to serve as ship's delegate. He reported that everything is going along smoothly. No beefs reported by department delegates. SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), May 25—Chairman, Milton Poole; Sec­ retary, Herbert C. Justice. Brother An­ tonio Molls was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Discussion on food. Some disputed OT In engine depart­ ment. department are doing a fine job paint­ ing crew's quarters, passageways, messhall, and repairing door locks. The engine department Is also doing a fine job making many Items needed. The steward department Is- doing a bang-up job serving good food. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service Oil Co.), May IB—Chairman, Scatty; Sec­ retary, Owens. One man left ship in Sicily. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. Vote of thanks to the ahlp's delegate. ROBIN GOODFELLOW (Robin Lines), May 17 — Chairman, Averili Bearden; Secretary, Eugene Conrad. Chief engineer requested crewmembers to conserve fresh water as much •s possible. $26.50 In ship's fund. Some disputed OT In each depart­ ment. Special vote of thanks to the steward department, especially to the baker. Brother Harry Souther, whose efforts have l>een outstanding and appreciated by all hands. Patrolman to be contacted at payoff regarding the cleaning of certain passageways that are now being cleaned by the saloon pantryman and messman. ALCOA MASTER (Alcoa), March 21— Chairman, H. R. Hallman; Secretary, R. Anderson. No beefs reported. Brother H. R. Hallman was re-elected to serve as ship's delegate. Discus­ sion on food. Discussion on keeping natives out of house in foreign ports. Discussion on cleaning laundry and library rooms. ALCOA MASTER (Alcoa), May 23— Chairman, John Camtrelt; Secretary, S. F. Manard. No beefs reported by department delegates. Motion made to keep unauthorized personnel out of galley. Slop chest to be restored at Singapore. WILD RANGER (Waterman), May 18 —Chairman, H. Connolly; Secretary, B. Eriingcr. Vote of thanks extendM SACRAMENTO (Oriental Exporters), May 16—Chairman, G. Bozec; Secre­ tary, B. McNally. Ship's delegate re­ ported that everything is running smoothly. Brother Robert Kennedy was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Crew would like to hear about the new contract. Vote of thanks to the steward department and and to the 4-8 watch for helping to clean up the messroom. PUERTO RICO (Motorships), May 28 —Chairman, A. Romero; Secretary A. Aragones. Beef between carpenter and chief mate to be brought to at­ tention of patrolman. One man missed ship at Port Newark. SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), May 27—Chairman, E. Jimenez; Sec­ retary, R. Iglesias. Brother L. W. Rob­ erts was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Few hours disputed OT In deck department. Vote of thanks to the steward department. ERNA ELIZABETH (Albatross), May 15—Chairman, Michael Fritch; Secre­ tary, Gustav Lueth. Discussion on re­ tirement plan. No beefs reported by department delegates. OCEAN ULLA (Maritime Overseas), May 30—Chairman, D. L. Parker; Sec­ retary, J. H. Nelson. Ship's delegate reported that all is well. Little dis­ puted OT in deck department to be settled by patrolman. Vote of thanks to the steward department. CONSTITUTION (Pringle), April 6— Chairman, Adolph Lange; Secretary, Michael Danko. Crew agreed to start a ship's fund by donating $25 per man per month. Nothing else reported. OVERSEAS JOYCE (Maritime Overeas), May (" seas). 16 — Chairman, John H. ey; Sec McElrey; Secretary, W. McGraw. DIsputed OT to be settled by patrolman. Claim for compensation for no heat or hot water at Hoboken shipyard and at Rotterdam also to be settled by patrolman. Engine room head and showers need painting. A rousing vote of thanks to the steward department and galley force in particular for ex­ cellent food. r E Another long hot summer lies ahead for Seafarers. The sun is just a little bit hotter and brighter than it was a couple of weeks ago, while the mercury continues to climb to new heights. Iced drinks at coffee break time and light hot-weather menus are making their an­ nual appearance. Sleeping is a common sight on deck in Long Lines' galley have done a this minute," says delegate D. L. the evening, and foc'sle fans wonderful job of preparing and Parker. "And with a crew of redare getting a good workout. Aboard the Steel Flyer (Isthmian) Ship's Delegate Arthur Lindsey (L-575) reports that the crew has put in a re­ quest for addi­ tional quantities of ice to be served at meal­ times. "Ice is the ... surest way I Lindsey know to beat the heat," Lindsey says. "Whether you put it in drinks, suck on it or Just look at it, ice is bound to have a cooling effect." J. W. Craft, sailing as ship's delegate aboard the Beloit Victory (Maritime Carriers), couldn't agree more. "In fact," says Brother Craft, "the crew has asked that their ice box be moved into the mess hall for the hot season." Aboard the Santa Emilia (Lib­ erty and Navy Trading Company), the sun is more of a problem than the heat. So, naturally, the crew has requested that an awning be installed aft. Says ship's delegate Michael F. Curry, "an awning will provide the necessary shade for the men who have to work topside under the blazing sun. Sort of like a giant beach umbrella." 3^ 4» 4" The crew sailing aboard the Manhattan (Hudson Waterways) extends a vote of thanks to SIU r e p r esentatives for their prompt and efficient im­ plementation of the repair list submitted at last pay-off. "The efflciency, dedica­ tion and concern Coots of our Union representatives is a matter of pride to all SIU Brothers," says ship's delegate Ira K. Coats. "There's nothing like knowing that the Union stands behind you. With the SIU, Seafarers sail with confidence and security." 4 4. t Roy L. (Lucky) Fritctaett, dele­ gate aboard the Halcyon Panther (Halcyon SS Company) sends on the crew's vote of thanks to the ele(^tricians for operating the movie projector. "Sa^'.:rday night at the fliclra is a pleasure now that we have real pros running the projectors," declares Brother Pritchett. l" 4" 4" The crew aboard the Long Lines (Isthmain) want it known that the steward department who mans the HeHS ARB 6lO\ISS 0/iB ftPfi tbd-AMD )Alg BOP- Pt! H' rage Nincteea too serving the excellent shipboard menus. According to ship's dele­ gate William Jones absolute clean­ liness was noted and commended in the galley at all times during the voyage. Not only was the steward department awarded an all hands vote of thanks, but they received a full round of applause from all members of the crew dur­ ing the ship's meeting. i 4 t According to ship's delegate J. Me­ Kreth the A-1 crew sailing the Coun­ cil Grove (Cities Service) is enjoy­ ing a line voyage. "The boatswain and his deck de­ partment are ter­ rific," announces Brother Me­ Kreth. "They are doing a fine SIU job painting MeKreth crew's quarters, passageways and the messhall. Ditto on the job they've done repairing doorlocks. The Engine department is also contributing its share of fine repair work as well as con­ structing many needed items for the crew. As for the steward de­ partment, they came in for a vote of thanks for the bang up manner in which they have been serving food in the SIU tradition. One sad note," concludes Brother McKreth, "a collection has been taken up for the fireman who had to leave the ship due to his wife's illness." 41 4" 4' Herbert Knowles, delegate aboard the Del Santos (Delta Lines) reports that a letter of thanks was sent to the SS Hope for the hospitality extended to the Del Santos crew during a stayover in Conkary. "As West Africa runs go, this was a good one," says Brother Knowles. "The weather was fine. The only real hot weather we ran into was in Abidjan. Brother Llbby, our deck maintenance, was on his second straight trip over. He was kept real busy in Monrovia visiting old friends. But twice is enough for Brother Llbby and after this trip he'll be looking for another run." 4) 3> 3> Wives, fiancees and sweethearts of Seafarers sailing aboard the SS Ocean Ulla (Maritime Over­ seas) are all smiles since receiving the news that the crew has voted to consider taking up a small vol­ untary collection the proceeds of _ , which will go toPorker ward paying for future phone calls. "Girls all over the world are probably waiting anxiously by their phones right blooded Seafarers like this one, you can't blame them." 4) 4i 4" 4 4' 4. 4 4 4 4 4 Delegate Averili Bearden, sail­ ing aboard the Robin Goodfellow (Robin Lines), passes along the crew's special vote of thanks to the entire steward department. "Even among this outstanding gal­ ley crew," reports Brother Bear­ den, "the efforts of the baker shone like a beacon light. His pastries were so light and fluffy that to keep them from floating off the plates they had to be ballasted with raisins, fruits and nuts." Thanks to the efforts of the captain and chief mate aboard the Coe Victory (Vic­ tory _ Carriers), the familiar sounds of nightly tv are circulating throughout the ship, as Seafarers settle back to enjoy their favor­ ite video pro­ grams. "S h i pBrown board entertain­ ment is a must," says delegate Daniel Browning (B-262). "The entire crew wishes to extend a heartfelt vote of thanks to the captain and chief mate for in­ stalling a tv set aboard the ship in the port of Chicago." Summer is steaming up the atmosphere in the waters sailed by the SS McKee Sons (Amersand Steamship). According to delegate Bob Mahon, the boys are asking for additional porthole fans and screens. "It's not much different from shoreside"' preparations for the hot weather," he says. Delegate Leon Striler reports that the boys are glad to see that helmsman Alibi Mike from Marine City is back on the job aboard the Henry Steinbrenner (Kinsman Transit.) "With old Alibi at the wheel," says Brother Striler, "the Henry S. stays right on course. Mike has a built in compass that hones in on the destination while he's working and points straight to the messhall when he's off. In fact Alibi hasn't missed a single meal or coffee break yet. His record remains, as always, unmarred," says Brother Striler. [ HOVJZAecUL BS; 4) Seafarers aboard the Pilot Rock (Columbia) extended a hearty vote of thanks to the captain and li­ censed officers for the prompt and efficient attention given to the fireman who was hospitalized in Port Suez. "Also," reports dele­ gate George Brady, "everybody is getting fat and cheerful thanks to the service of steward Henry L. Durham and the excellent meals prepared by chief cook Nolon, third cook H. C. Burnseed, and baker G. Luke. A BALl-t '~^ou iiasTsoirA AmB ir-auen BOP us... �Pagra Twenty SEAFARERS Barber's Paradise Seafarer Proves His Vote Counts Retired Seafarer Bud Knuckey urges that all fellow SIU members take a more active roll in the political struggles that concern them, both as union men and individual citizens "Direct participation," says the many legislative proposals be Brother Knuckey in a recent fore congress thai vitally effect letter to the LOG, "gets re­ the welfare of Seafarers every­ Action In the marketplace offers a method for trade unionists to as­ sist each other in their campaign for decent wages and better con­ ditions. Seafarers and tfieir families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produ"~'l under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) "Lee" brand tires (United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastic Workers) t) ii) t> Eastern Alt Lines (Flight Engineers) sults. Political office-holders are where. There are many others elected officials, and as such are such as the move to repeal the always sensitive to the expressed infamous 'open shop' clause of the Taft-Hartley Bill—section 14b. feelings of their constituents." "Let your congressman know "Recentiy," he continues, "I read of proposed legislation to where you stand on these issues. discontinue the USPHS hospitals. Let hith know that they are a I immediately got off a hot line matter of vital concern to you. to my Congressman, Bill Crarher, Tell him that not only your wellv/ho although a republican, seems being— but your vote — depends to take a reasonable approach to upon them. You'll be surprised how much weight your voice car­ such matters. ries. "Representative Cramer re­ "Seafarers must take advantage sponded right awa.v. He informed J" 4- 4» of the baliot to press for political me that there is legislation in the U. I. Siegel answers to their needs," Knucky hopper—the H.R. 7268 Bill—de­ "HIS" brand men's clothes signed to amend the Merchant Ma­ said. "They must also avail them­ (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) selves of every line of communi­ rine Act of 1936 in order to pro­ t i i tect and promote the health of cations open to those who repre­ seamen on U.S. vessels. He prom­ sent them in the Congress. Our Sears, Roebuck Company ised to give the matter his careful problems, especially those in the Retail stores & products maritime Industry, are not insolu­ consideration. (Retail Clerks) ble. Remember, the government "Congressman Cramer assured is elected by the people to serve me that when the bill is presented the people. To raise our standards Stltzel-Weller Distilleries in the House, my views 'will be of living, we have to raise issues "Old Fitzgerald." "Old Elk" carefully borne in mind.' "Cabin Still," "W. L. Weller" by raising our voices," he con­ Bourbon whiskeys "Bill H.R. 7268 is only one of cluded. (Distillery Workers) 4" LOG-A-RHYTHM: The Messenger By The Sea By Roy Lee Hinson While leaning against a battle ship, A messenger VMS sent to give a tip. He said, don't be so down and) out young man Your prayer was given into the masters hand. He loves you much and your prayer he heard. When you prayed according to his word, A man in England bearing thy same name. Whom people tried to calm and tame. " His spirits broke down, his body did too. His enemies said, the old boy is through. He was treated just like Thee, Misrepresented until the people could) not see. 4" 4" J. R. Simplot Potato Co. Frozen potato products (Grain Millers) 4" 4' 4" Kingsport Press "World Book," "Childcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) 4i 4- 4» Jamestown Sterling Corp. Southern Furniture Mfg. Co. Furniture and Bedding (United Furniture Workers) What's Cooking? Seafarers J. (Blackie) Connors, C. H. Mohulehuo and L. Bortielt (l-r) smile through their foliage as Seafarer Alfredo Del Valle zeroes in with the camera. The deck department trio has gotten so used to the beards that they grew on the Transindia's last voyage that they say they'll feel naked once the barber gets a shot at them. DEL MUNDO (Delta), May 18 — Chairman, Thomas 0. Deale; Secre­ tary, Edmond P. Sahuque. Captain thanked all crewmembers for main­ taining an accident-free record. Ves­ sel is now in- its second year of accident-free safety record. Vote of thanks was given to all delegates for a job well done, and to all Union brothers for their cooperation in mak­ ing the voyage a pleasant one. Vote of thanks to the steward department for an exceptionally good job. Motion made that bosun and ship's delegate contact company boarding officers about getting step ladders for the deck department. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), May 18-^Chairman, R. Blanchard; Secretary, V. Corlis. $29.70 in ship's fund. Patrolman to be contacted re­ garding repairs and some disputed OT. Request that he obtain Seatrain agreement. Otherwise everything is running smoothly. The tales kept rolling around and about. Until the King sent out his faithful scout. He said find out all about the matter. Bring the tales and his story together. HENNEPIN (Redland), May 28 — Chairman, Ben Sprague; Secretary, J. Siedlecki. $7.00 in ship's fund. No beefs reported. Discussion on various procedures. It was suggested that a patrolman visit the ship at reasonable intervals. He sent for the tired and worn out scolder. He said file the reports in a brand new folder. He sent for the man tired and battle scarred. Whom people long ago from fellowship had barred. FLORIDIAN (South Atlantic-Carib­ bean), May 30—Chairman, W. Banks; Secretary, A. Kastenhuber. Discussion held regarding SIU Pension Plan. All agreed that the age requirement should be lowered. Brother Waldo Banks was re-elected ship's delegate. His strength was renewed in old age to such. While enemies who lived were all in dutch. His enemies were punished for taking a chance. To harm one that was given a golden olive branch. So cheer up old boy, don't be so sad. What the King did for him, the Lord will do for any lad. Worship the Lord God and serve no other. What he did for him, he will do for another. June 25, 196S LOG Chief cook Ted Aldridge was caught stirring things up on the Bienville (SeaLand) by engine room shutterbug John J. Reidl. What the camera couldn't cap­ ture, however, was the heavenly aroma and out-ofthis-world flavor of the chow. Shorthanded? If a crewmember quits while a ship is in port, delegates are asked to contact the hall immediately for a replace­ ment. Fast action on their part will keep all jobs aboard ship filled at all times and elimi­ nate the chance of the ship sailing shorthanded. DETROIT (Sea-Land), May 30 — Chairman, R. Hunt; Secretary, Tom Scardelis. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. Some disputed OT in steward department. Brother H. Sojak was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Few suggestions made regarding food. PONCE (Sea-Land) ,May 22—Chair­ man, John Roberts; Secretary, Ste­ phen Fulford. Brother Stephen was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Department delegates reported that everything is running smoothly. Ship's delegate held general discus­ sion. DEL AIRES (Delta), May 30—Chair­ man, Bobby Williams; Secretary, C. W. Johnson. No beets reported by department delegates. Everything is running smoothly. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. OCEANIC TIDE (Trans World Ma­ rine), May 31—Chairman, John R. Tilley; Secretary, W. Levitt. Every­ thing is running smoothly. No beefs reported by department delegates. CITIES SERVICE NORFOLK (Cities Service), May 30—Chairman, William Morris, Jr.; Secretary, A. Bryant. Brother E. Dougett resigned as ship's delegate and crew extended a vote of thanks for a job well done. Broth­ er Kirk Anderson was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. No beefs were reported by department delegates. MARORE (Venore Transportation), June 8—Chairman, John Thompson; Secretary, Walter Walsh. Some dis­ puted OT to be turned over to board­ ing patrolman. Repair list was turned over to chief mate and chief engineer. Most of the repairs have been completed. FAIRLAND (Sea-Land Service), May 27—Chairman, Philip F. Erok; Secre­ tary, Philip F. Erok. Discussion held on various subjects. Several resolu­ tions were submitted. $2 in ship's fund. "• DEL SUD (Delta), June 12—Chair­ man, J. Tucker; Secretary, H. Crane. No beefs were reported by depart­ ment delegates. $74.26 in ship's fund. $88.04 in movie fund. SEAMAR (Calmar), June 11—Chairman, Robert K. Holt; Secretary, George Litchfield. No beefs reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks extended to the steward de­ partment. PENN VANGUARD (Penn Shipping), June 8—Chairman, F. D. Zellner; Sec­ retary, James Krebser. Some dis­ puted OT to be taken up with board­ ing patrolman. -Motion made that ship be fumigated, and jury toilets installed before next sign on. Vote of thanks to the steward department for good performance. Crew's lock­ ers to be replaced. No launch serv­ ice in India. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), June 6—Chairman, Tex Jacks; Secre­ tary, V. Corlis. Brother B. Blanchard resigned as ship's delegate but was re-elected. $32 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck department. OCEAN ULLA (Maritime Overseas), May 30—Chairman, 0. L. Parker; Sec­ retary, James M. Nelson. Ship's dele­ gate reported that all is well. Every­ thing is running smoothly. Little dis­ puted OT to be taken up with board­ ing patrolman. Vote of thanks ex­ tended to the steward department. �7 f ! BA ' 'f, V JVM Uk ItM SEAFARERS Grateful For Sill Scholarship I would like to take this o.pportunity to express my thanks to the Seafarers Union which has made possi}>le the wonder­ ful $6,000 scholarship which my daughter Linda has recent­ ly been awarded. The honor and sense of pride that accom­ pany such an award are tremendous. The scholarship, lifting such a great part of the financial burden of sending a ber, one so steadfast In endur­ ing extreme pain, long and excruciating medical treat­ ment, a man who faced every day with the fine toughness with which my brother did during the three years of his illness. His , amazing courage was deeply touching to me. Once again, thank you all. Yours sincerely, Sarah Gallaspy Henton 4> 4> Appreciate Aid In Time Of Need To the Editor: I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to the Union representatives for their assistance in transferring my husband from St. Margaret's All > letters to the Editor for Hospital in Hammond, Indiana publication in the SEAFARERS to the USPHS Hospital in Chi­ LOG must be signed by the cago. The Public Health Serv­ writer. Names will be withheld ice transferred my husband so upon request. that he could receive extended treatment at the Baltimore Public Health Service Hospital. daughter through college, is a benefit for which I shall be I want to thank the union for eternally grateful to the Sea­ the kindness shown to me. I also appreciate the Christ­ farers Union. mas bonus that my husband re­ With a family of five chil­ dren—all of school age—I ceived, and the S&A benefits don't have to convince anyone that I received each week and of the enormous help the which permitted me to accom­ scholarship will provide to our pany my husband to Baltimore family. In fact, even as I and remain with him there. A write, the realization of how special thank-you to all the. un­ many times a family with five- ion representatives who helped children utilizes benefits of the me with my personal problems. Sincerely yours, welfare plan and clinic is Mrs. Elmer Koch brought home to me. Once again, I wish to express 4» 4" J" my sincere thanks to everyone connected with the fine SIU scholarship program. Sincerely, yours, The day I received a letter Arthur Schwarmann from our Port Agent stating 4- • i 1. that my pension had been ap­ proved by the Welfare Board and that my first check was waiting for me at the Union I want all to know how Hall was the happiest day of grateful I am to the Seafarer's my life. Welfare Fund for the check Another example of what the sent to me as the beneficiary Union has meant to me is the of my brother, Eugene Carleaid the SIU extended to my ton Gallaspy. The Union's expression of wife when she was so ill that sympathy was deeply appre­ she required a serious opera­ ciated. Losing my good brother tion. The Union stepped in to was a hard blow for me. So help pay the medical bills and, few of my family are left now. 1 can assure you, it was quite I doubt that the Seafarers have a hefty sum. Fraternally yours, ever had a more manly mem­ Charles Goldstein Pensioner Lauds Welfare Plan Thanks Union For Help ROBIN GOODFELLOW (Robin Line), March 27—Chairman, Artimo Vasquez; Secretary, Eugene Conrad. Request made that each crewmember make a donation of 50 cents to build up the ship's fund. Amount on hand from previous voyage is $6.50. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Brother Artimo Vasquez was re-elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. STEEL EXECUTIVE (Isthmian), June 6—Chairman, B. Gary; Secretary, R. Hutchins. $22.50 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. 't :i- 'i M'. MANHATTAN (Hudson Waterways), June 3—Chairman, Sam McDonald; Secroetary, I. K. CoaU. Letter was sent to headquarters regarding meal and port time clarifications. Ship's delegate to speak to captain about shore repair gang working in and around crew's quarters. Vote of thanks to the steward department. THE CABINS (Texas City Refining), May 9—Chairman, T. James; Secre­ tary, H. C. Mccurdy. Brother T. James was elected to serve as ship's delegate. One man missed ship. Entire crew pulling together. No beefs were reported. y-. Pace Tircnty-4l>iM LOG f-.'i Seafarer Woody Dickson has found an oriental paradise—complete with full jugs of wine, cheap loaves of bread, and a lovely lady or two. Where is this port of pleasure? Ac­ cording to Brother Dickson, you don't have to go any further than a little bit of heaven in South Korea called Pusan. "All the boys off the Sacra­ "Every Seafarer ought to try a der these new and happier cir­ sulpher bath at least once," ex­ cumstances. No kidding, it's real­ mento agree that Pusan is claims Brother Dickson. Like the ly terrific." well on its way to becoming the biggest and best port in the en­ tire Far East," declares Brother Dickson, who sails SIU in the steward department. "And believe me, we know what we're talking about. After being here for three weeks, I can honestly say that we've experienced only satisfac­ tion and hospitality. The Korean people are among the friendliest and most hospitable in the world. And, boy oh boy," be adds, "they sure know how to live." Bathing Beauties Among the heavenly pleasures available on this once war-torn peninsula, the Saturday - night bath ranks high. Bathing in South Korea is an experience all its own, quite different from an ordinary bout with soap and suds in the States. In the first place, it's automated—that is to say, the bather doesn't have to do any of the woirk. But this is automation with a difference! While the tired Seafarer leans back in the tub and relaxes, a lovely young Ko­ rean maiden soaps him up, scrubs him down and rinses him off—and all at no extra charge.~ Wow!" says Brother Dickson. 1 mean, wow." If you get bored with this kind of service, or if you just plain want to be alone, Pusan offers a large variety of sulpher baths. The water is specially pumped into each tub from a unique sys­ tem of sulphur pits and springs. well-known tv ad says: for the A Little Bit Of Eire first time in your life, you feel The Sacramento has brought a really clean. little bit of Eire to the South Ko­ "Of course," he pauses thought­ rean shores, and it is rumored fully, "most of the men seem to that on certain sultry evenings prefer the regular baths. I guess oriental perfumes and old eastern it's the service," he adds with a melodies are heard to mingle softly with the faint tenor strains grin. In either case, a session at the of "Danny Boy" and "Brennan bath house costs 260 Wan and in­ on the Moor." "Yes, with the Sacramento in cludes a fine, private hotel room. port, the Irish are well represent­ Liquoir A Bargain ed here," Brother Dickson says. Prices are amazingly cheap Prominent among us is the ship throughout the port. For exam­ senator, RFK — Robert F. (Slackple, Korean whiskey is 70c-a-quart Away) Kennedy. Also wearing the green in proud Irish fashion are and Vodka runs $l-a-jug.. Joe Haggerty, Barney McNully, "The liquor in Pusan is A-O.K.," Ed Garretty, Alex Mcllheney, M. announces Brother Dickson. "Ko­ (Mr.) Roberts, Bob Coughlin and rean drinks are surprisingly good quite a few other sons of St. Pat­ and you can easily pick up non- rick's Land. With a crew like this, native brands if you prefer them." we could have won the Irish War Night Life of Independence single-handedly." The Irish-American Seafarers The Seafarer out for a good time has no problem in Pusan. Nightlife and entertainment abound — and, once again, the price is right. The USA. NCO Service Club, open to Seafarers, provides a warm American wel­ come to the. boys off ship. The club features a 10-piece band and a menu on which no item costs more than 25c. From 7 p.m. till 11 p.m. on Monday nights, every­ thing goes for the astoundingly low price of one thin dime. "The NCO club is great," says Brother Dickson. "Everyone there is as friendly and helpful as can be. The place really swings and they don't try to knock the bottom and South Korean citizens are get­ out of your billfold. It's an abso­ ting along famously. lute must in Pusan." "Some of these Korean lads Ravages Of War must have kissed the Blarney Pusan, like so much of South Stone," ventures Brother Dickson. Korea, has expended heroic stores According to Brother Dickson, of energy and effort rebuilding whether you're Irish or not, if after the ravages of the war that you're a Seafarer you'll love Pu­ swept the country in the early san. Fifties. "So com'on down," he con­ "A lot of the boys who served cludes with a laugh and a wave during the Korean Conflict will of the arm. remember Pusan," says BroRier A long-time member of the Dickson. I can only suggest that SIU, Dickson sails as a cook in they return for another visit un­ the steward department. Mourning For Shipmate iiiiP ®lili PANOCEANIC FAITH (Pan Oceanic Tankers), May' 25—Chairman, Kenfieth Collins; Secretary, Kenneth Col­ lins. Brother Lowderback was elect­ ed to serve as new ship's delegate. All repairs and paint jobs will be done as soon as possible. Every­ thing is running smoothly. PETER REISS (Reiss), May 23 — Chairman, William Gorshoff; Secre­ tary, Michael Aemagost. It was sug­ gested that each crewmember do­ nate 25 cents to ship's fund. New contract should specify routine duties more clearly. The crew expressed their thanks to a great galley crew. COE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), June 6—Chairman, - Alonzo Bettis; Secretary, Bertrand Wright. No beefs reported' by department delegates. Vote of thanks to the captain and LOSMAR (Calmar), May 28—Chair­ the chief mate for getting TV sets man, Benjamin Mignano; Secretary, aboard in Chicago. Vote of thanks to 'Benjamin Mignano. No beefs report­ the steward department. ed by department delegates. Vote of thanks to the steward department for McKEE SONS (Amersand), May 14 a job we!! done. —Chairman, Bob Mahon; Secretary, COMMANDER (Marine Carriers), R. Preston. Crew desire information on raise in wages and new contract. May 30—Chairman, L. Karaluns; Sec­ retary, T. Drzewicki. $6.05 in ship's Crewmembers agreed to donate 25 fund. No beefs reported by depart­ cents each month to ship's fund. ment delegates. Motion made to see why crew can't have a reliefISHPEMIN6 (Buckeye), May 24— crew when these coal boats hit tha Chairman, Joe Vogelheimt Secretary, dock. Most men don't get a chance Cliff Hentges. No beefs reported. to send their money home. Seafarers aboard the Robin Trent mourn the loss of their shipmate Jock Ross, who was buried at sea in accordance with his last wishes. "I have spent most of my life at sea," he said, "and I wish to remain a part of it." The funeral service was read by the Master, F. J> Lanso, who recited the 23rd Psalm. �3MAF'AHEH8 PMge Twenty-Twm JOB* S5, 1061 LOO sxcr AllltXVAZ.S and UNION KALLS All of the following SIU families have received maternity benefits from the Seafarers Welfare Plan, plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's namei Tracy Smith, born April 30, 1963, March 4, 1965, to the Ososr Reyto the Hanable Smiths, Mobile, nors, Lafollette, Tenn. Alabama. 4 4 4 t, John Bryant, bom May 9, 1906, Anita Ulrich, bom April IB, to the Marshall D. Bryanft, Duluth, 1965, to the Carl S. Ulrichs, Port Minn. Huron, Texas. 4 4 4 4" 4" 4^ David Landreville, born May 14, Troy Michael Lange, born April 1965, to the Luclan A. Landre5, 1965, to the Milton Langes, vilies, Hessel, Mich. Gretna, La. 4 4 4 4 4 4^ Stanley KazmierskI, born Feb­ Laura Karn, born February 24, 1965, to the William Karns, Honor, ruary 10, 1965, to the Stanley Kazmlerskls, Phlla., Pa. Mich. 1965, to tfae Earnest M. Phillips, Morgan Oity, La. 4 4 4 Annie Zepeda, born November 16, 1964, to the Maurlio Zepedas, Houston, Texas. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Brandon Wright, born April 12, 1965, to the Alfred Wrights, Beau­ mont, Texas. Juan Gonzalei, born January 15, 1965, to the Juan I. Gonzalezs, New Orleans, La. I 4 4 4 4 4 4 Emery Roy Collina, bora March 4 4 4 Bonnie Rachelle Adroin, born 3, 1965, to the Henry Collins, Bemadette Pasuchanlcs, bora March 29, 1965, to the Michael April 2, 1965, to the Sylvan J. Orange, Texas. 4 4 4 Pasuchanlcs, River Rouge, Mich. Ardolns, Pasadena, Texas. Marilyn Kay Talevich* born 4 4 4 4 4 4 Tze Ah Wong, born May 6, 1965, April 23, 1965, to the Leonard Tracy Johnson, born May 2, 1965, to the Lofton Johnsons, New to the Jack Wongs, New York, New Talevichs, Texas City, Texas. 4 4 4 York. Orleans, La. David Michael Lewis, born May 4 4 4 4 4 4 Rolando Garcia, born March 18, 10, 1965, to the Jesse Lewis, NorPatrick and Susan Zyla, born April 7, 1965, to the Richard J. 1965, to the Vlncente Garclas, walk, Calif. 4 4 4 Hitchcock, Texas. Zylas, Glen Burnle, Md. Ronald Sylvester, born March 4 4 4 4 4 4 Teresa Stockman, born March 27, 1965, to the Eddie Sylvester, Theresa Helen Collins, bbrn May 7, 1965, to the Charles F. Collins, 26, 1965, to the Harry L. Stock- Mobile, Ala. mans, Frankfort, Mich. Philadelphia, Pa. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Gary Michael Culien, born June 4 4 4 Earnest Phillips, born May 3, 9, 1964, to the James Cullens, Johnny Thomas Raynor, born Arlington, New Jersey. 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): SIU Atlantic, Gulf, LOICM & Inland Waters PRUIDENT Paul HaU •xncurrvB VICE-PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICB PRESIDENTS Earl Shapard Llndscy WllUania A1 Tanner Robert Mattliawi SSCRErARY-TREASURER A1 Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES BlU HaU Ed Mooney Fred Stewart BALTIMORE 1316 E. Baltimore St. Rex Dicker, Afent EAatern 7-4900 BOSTON 177 State St. Ed Riley. Agent Richmond 2-0140 DETROn 10335 W. Jefferaon Ave. VInewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS ....678 4th Ave.. Bklyn HYacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON S8U4 Canal St. Paul Drozak, Afent WAlnut 8-3307 JACKSONVILLE. 3608 Pearl St.. SE.. Jax WUUam Morrii. Agent ELgln 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. Ben Gonzalet. Agent FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Louie Neira. Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Buck Stephen!. Agent Tel. 529-7546 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.. BrookTyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK 115 3rd St. Gordon Spencer. Acting Agent ..632-1893 PHILADELPHIA 2604 8. 4th St. John Fay. Acting Agent . DEwey 6-3818 SAN FRANCISCO 850 Freemont St. Paul Gonaorchik, Agent ..nOuglae 2-4401 Frank Drozak. West Coast Rep. SANTURCE PR ..1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep Phone 723-8594 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Ted BahkowsU, Agent MAin 3-4334 Know Your Rights F. C. Taylor, 57: Brother Taylor Joseph F. Czech, 38: Brother Czech succumbed to a liver disease was killed In an accident aboard the Robin Hood on April 30, 1965 on January 19, at his home In 1965. A member Brooklyn, New of the SIU since York. Sailing In 1963, he sailed In the deck depart­ the deck di,'/rtment, he joined ment. He Is sur­ the Union in 1957. vived by his sis­ He was buried in ter Mrs. Rose the St. Mary's Mary Swilling. C a 1 v e r y Ceme­ Place of burial tery, Middletown, Conn. Surviving is his sister Mrs. was Seoul Foreigners' Cemetery, Seoul, Korea. Julia Rasch. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4. Hertford Bryan Rice, 52: A Hugh Earl Boyle, 63: Brother Boyle succumbed to sleeping sick­ brain hemorrhage proved fatal to Brother Rice in ness April 9, 1965 the Norfolk in Rural ChareUSPHS Hospital, V 0 i X, Michigan. on April 17, A member of the 1965. A member steward depart­ of the union since ment, ho joined 1957, he sailed the Union in 1960. In the deck de­ He was burled In partment. He is in Detroit, Michi­ survived by his gan . Surviving Is wife B e r n i c e his nephew Dan­ Marie. Place of burial was War­ iel J. Greene. den Grove Cemetery, Lowland, 4 4 4 North Carolina. Michael E. Pappadakis, 68: Brain 4 4 4 Franklin Hazel St. Mary, 57: Injury proved fatal to Brother Pap­ Brother St. Mary succumbed to a padakis on May heart attack Feb. 4, 1965 at his 12, 1965 at the home In New Or­ Bandar Shahleans. A member pour Quarantine of the steward deHospital, Iran, partment, ha He sailed as an joined the Union FWT in the en­ Is 1941. He was gine department, buried in St. joining the union Louis #3 Ceme­ In 1947. He was tery, New Or­ leans, La. Surviving is his sister burled in Pensacola, Florida. Surviving is Irene Casslerl, sister Mrs. Rosa Gearhold. 4 4 Frederick Wrafter, 60: Brother John E. Ross, 53: Brother Ross Wrafter died of natural causes May died of pneumonia April 13, 1965 13, 1965 at the in the Chicago Staten Island USPHS Hospi­ USPHS Hospital. tal. A member A member of the of tbtt union Union since 1955, since 1943, he he sailed in the sailed as a steward >d e p a r t bosun. He Is sur­ ment. He is sur­ vived by his vived by his sis­ nephew Ronald ter Margaret M. Agulnick. Wrafter. Place of Place of burial burial was St. Charles Cemetery, was Forest Hills Cemetery, Bos­ ton, Mass. Pinelawn, N.Y. FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution ot the SIU Atlantic. Gulf, Lakee and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are avaUabla -at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS, AU trust funds of the SIU Atlantic. Gull, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees In charge of these funds shall consist equally of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. AU trust fund financial records are available 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 avail­ able in aU Union haUs. If you feel there haa been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified maU, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place. Suito 1930, New York 4. N.Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all tlmei, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of aU SIU contracts are available In aU SIU haUs. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as weU 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 oSlelal, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG haa 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, 1060, 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 OP MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone In any official capacity In the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstance should any member pay any money for. any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and It given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitu­ tion. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies ef 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 all rank-and-Sle functions, including service on rank-and-file committees. Because ihese oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy ot 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 tho contracts which the Union 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 beadquarttrs. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which wiU serve the best Interests ot themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and ccnst'.'ivf" the, funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any time a Seafarer feels that any ot the above rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his constitutional right ot accest to Union records or Information, he should Immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquartara by certified mall, return receipt requested. TAMPA StI Harrison St Jeff GiUette, Agent 339-2788 WILMINGTON, CaUf 806 N. Marine Ave. Frank Boyne. Agent ... .TXrminal 4-2536 Great Lakes SECRETARY-TREASURER Fred J. Farnen ASSISTANT SECRVTARY-TRBASURER Roy Boudreau ALPENA 137 River St. EL. 4-3616 BUFFALO, NY 738 Washington TL 3-9259 CHICAGO 6383 Ewlng Ave. So. Chicago, ni. SAginaw 1-0733 CLEVELAND 1430 West 35tb St. MAin 1-5450 DULITTH 313 W. 3nd St. BAndoIph 2-4110 FRANKFORT. Mich 415 Main St. MaU Addresa: P.O. Box 887 ELgln 7-3441 HEADQUARTERS 10235 W. Jefferson Av. River Rouge 18 Mich. Ylnewood 3-4741 Inland Boatmen's Union NATIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Mattbewe GREAT LAKES AREA DIRECTOR AX Tanner BALTIMORE ....1218 £. Baltimora St. .EAstern 7-4000 BOSTON 376 State St. .Richmond 2-0140 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-66na HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 3608 Pearl St., SE. Jax .ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Tf»1 (k9Q.7'tdlt PHILADELPHIA 2604 S 4th St. Tel. 622-1892-3 NORFOLK lis Third St. DEwey 6-38.33 TAMPA 312 Harrison SL Tel. 329-2788 GREAT LAKES TUO S DREDGE REGION REGIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Jones Dredge Workers Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Ricbard L. TlUman BUFFALO 94 Henrietta Ave. Arthur Miller, Agent TR 5-1538 CHICAGO 3300 N. KimbaU Trygve Varden, Agent ALbany 2-1154 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. Tom Gerrity, Agent 621-5450 DETROIT 2308 Hubbard St. Harold Yon. Agent TA 5-5723 DULUTH 305 W. 5th St. Paul Greco. Agent RA 2-3732 SAULT STE. MARIE Addresa maU to Brlmley, Mich. W.nyne Weston, Agent. .BRimley 14-R 5 TOLEDO 423 Central St. Leslie Willard. Agent 243-6839 Tug Fireman, Lineman, Oilers A Watchmen's Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Tom Burns ASHTABtn,A, 0 1644 W. Third St. John Mere. Agent WOodman 4-8532 BUFFALO 18 Portland St. Tom Burns, Agent TA 3-7095 CHICAGO 9383 Ewlng, S. Chicago Robert Affleck, Agent ESsex 5-9570 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. W. Hearns. Pro-Tem Agent MA 1-5450 DETROIT-TOLEDO 12948 Edison St. Byron Kelly, Agent 14595 Regina, AUentown Park, Mich. 386-6264 DULUTH Box No. 68 South Range, Wis. Ray Thomson, Agent EXport 4-4383 LORAIN, 0 118 E. Parish St. Sandusky, Ohio Harold Ruthsatz, Agent MAin 6-4573 MILWAUKEE ....2723 A. So. Shore Dr. Joseph Miller, Agent ..SHerman 4-6645 SAULT STE. MARIE 219 Brady St. John Bernard, Agent MElrose 2-8963 Toledo 2706 106th St. Owen Cone, Agent RA 6-4823 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. H. Avery BALTIMORE.... 1216 E. Baltimore St. EAstem 7-4P"0 NORFOLK 115 Third St. 622-1892-3 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4tli St. DEwey 6-3818 United Industrial Workers BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. EAstern 7-4SOO BOSTON 276 State St. Richmond 2-0140 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave. Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE. 2608 Pearl St. SB ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE 1 S. Lawrence St. KEclc--!: 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Phone 529-7548 NORFOLK 115 Third St. Phone 622-1892-3 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th St. DEwey 6-3818 TAMPA 312 Harrison St. Phone 329-2788 �I'— JUM Utt SEAPABERS Paf* TweBt7-Tkre« LOG Ml ScUectiile of Membership Meetings All hospitalized Seafarers would appreciate mail and visits whenever possible. Th« following is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospital: SlU-AGLIWD Meetings Regular membership meetings for members Of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and -Inland Waters District are held regularly once a month on days indicated by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM in the listed SIU ports below. All Seafarers are expected to attend. Those who wish to be excused should-request permission by tele­ gram (be sure to Include registration number). The next. SIU meetings will be: . r New York .. Philadelphia Baltimore .. Jniy 6 Juiy 6 Juiy 7 Moblie Detroit Houston New Orieans . Juiy 14 Juiy 9 ...:.Juiy 12 ....July 13 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, 1961. Meet­ ings in Wilniington are on Monday, San Francisco on Wednesday and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. Wilmington Juiy 19 i; 4 t San Francisco Juiy 21 •f GREAT Great lakes SIU Meetings Reguiar membership meetings on the Great I.akes are held on the first and third Mondays of each month in all ports at 7 PM local time, except at Detroit, where meetings are held at 2 PM. The next meetings will be; Detroit July 6—2 P.M. Alpena, Bulfalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Duiuth, Frankfort, July 6—7 P.M. Seattle Juiy 23 LAKES TUO 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 Milwaukee Chicago Buffalo tSauit Ste. Marie Duiuth Juiy Juiy Juiy Juiy Juiy Juiy 12 12 13 14 15 16 (For meeting place, contact Har­ J, ^ old Ruthsatz, 118 Ease Parish. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union Sandusky, Ohio). Regular membership meetings for IBU members are scheduled each month in various ports. The next meetings will be: Phiia. Juiy 6—5 P.M. Baltimore (licensed and un(Licensed .. July 7—5 P.M. Houston .... Juiy 12—5 P.M. Norfolk Juiy 8—5 P.M. N'Orieans ....July 9—5 P.M. Mobile Juiy 10—5 P.M. RAILWAY MARINt RECIQ.N 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 Philadelphia Baltimore •Norfolk ...July Juiy Juiy Juiy 12 13 14 15 Cleveland Juiy 16 Toledo Juiy 16 Ashtabula Juiy 16 (For meeting place, contact John Mero, 1644 West 3rd Street, Ash­ tabula, Ohio). t i 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 6 Baltimore Juiy 7 niiiadeiphia Juiy 8 4;Houston July 12 Mobile Juiy 14 New Orieans July 13 * Meetlngi htid at Latior Tampla, Ntwpert News. t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. t Melting held at Galveston wharves. EVERY MONTHS If any SIU ship has no library or needs a new supply of books, contact any SIU hall. YOUR SIU SHIP'S LIBRARY USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Paul O. Arceneaux William A. Kerby Gervals J. Babin Henry L. Lowort Stanley J. Barras Lawyer McGrew Riley F. Beech Bernard M. Moyg Ardeel Burkett Robert Medlcus Joseph Childress Cleon Mixon C. A. Christ Clarence Osborne James Cdrter, Sr. G. A. Perdreavllte W. J. Covlgnac Chas. E. Perdue Clifford Cummlngs Sam Robinson A. E. Cummlngham Irvin J. Savole Richard H. Dads Patrick I. Scanlon F. P. Dougherty Guay Shirak Harvls C. Dyas W. C. Sorenson Allen A. Ellis Sam Stanley W. R. Gammons A. P. Strong J. G. Gautreaux James J. Swank George C. Glerczlc Harold W. Sweet Clinton Gill Joe Lamborella Carle C, Harris William Van Dyke Hughey Hodges Raymond Vaughan F. H. Hauck M. B. Williams E. M. C. W. E. 0. USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. A. AInsworth G. D, Marbury Acosta W. E. McCay Jensen A. B. Penou G. Kelly L. O. Spears E. Komchick B. Spear W. Lane USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. John Armstead Dyer Jones E. Canon igado LeRoy Jones Ellis W. Cottrell William Mason James C. Everett Norway Morris Herbert Fentress Andy Noah Wm. E. Grimes . Egbert C: Palmer Albert Jones Charlie Phelps Sec. 14b (Continued from page 2) that "every member" was opposed to linking 14(b) repeal to the civil rights issue. The Roosevelt subcommittee hearing on amendment of Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act was held on a bill sponsored by Roosevelt and Representative Ogden R. Reid (R-N.Y.) which would: • Extend the ban on job dis­ crimination to cover all establish­ ments in industries affecting com­ merce with eight or more em­ ployes. The present law initially covers places with 100 o.r more employes, dropping in three annual steps to coverage of 25 or more workers. • Add on top of the concilia­ tion and eventual court procedure of the present law a provision en­ abling the Equal Employment Op­ portunity Commission to issue a cease and desist order, reviewable and enforceable In court, where it finds a pattern of unlawful em­ ployment practices requiring urgent remedy. Mitchell and Biemiller ex­ pressed some reservations as to whether superimposing admini­ strative enforcement over the present structure would be the most effective way of combatting job discrimination. Mitchell asked for time for the cooperating civil rights groups to seek a consensus on the issue. But it would be "a tragedy," he said, if a hasty patch­ work job of amending the law proved inadequate. Biemiller, accompanied by AFL-CIO Associate Counsel Thomas E. Harris, stressed la­ bor's repeated efforts to have enacted stronger enforcement powers on fair employment. He associated the AFL-CIO "completely" with Mitchell's statement and the position of the Leadership Conference, with which the AFL-CIO is affilieted. Several subcommitte members said they thought the chairman ot the Equal Employment Opportuni­ ty Commission, Franklin D. Roose­ velt, Jr., should testify before a bill was acted on. The subcommit­ tee chairman, brother of the agency head, said FDR, Jr., pre­ ferred to wait until his commission had some cxporience under the present law before testifying in an official position on needed changes. Jame* 0. PoHer Norman Sawyer Floyd Slmmopg Melvln WIMIs George WInfield USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS Wayland Ashcraft Cecil C. Morris Jack D. Brock W. H. McDonald H. B. Butts Joseph Praliech Walter M. Cutter L. C. PIckhart Charles Copeman Louis J. Prince Douglas Claussen Lawrence Springer Hugh Groves Chas. B. Young, Jr. Raymond Henry Joseph T. Vaughn George B. Little Edward C. Yeaman Paul M. Landry USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MO. Sidney Buger James LaBenz Raymond Collins Dennis Marcoly Allen Cooper Etiwood Perlle Michael Duco Daniel PIccerell Charles W. Hall Paul Stichland Harry Hastings Joseph Wllaszak Philip Jeffers C. E. Williamson Eric Johnson John J. Yendral USPHS HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE, FLA. A E. Harris W. L. NIhem C. M. Dials H. M. Galphin USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Lawrence Bartlett Pablo R. Oiera Apron Castillo Thomas Parrett William Doran Juan L. Pagan F. De Los Reyes Arthur G. SIgler Sicto Escobar H. Shellenberger Robert H. Hall Carlos L. Sy James A. McCavley USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK V. Anderson Charles Jackson Paul Bates Hans Jacobsen Conway Beard Derek Lamb James Bergeria James Lennon M. Burgesser Michael Loretto Robert Burton Thor Lovaas Michael Cekot John Lynch Angelo Clano M. Makatangay Dan Couaney Michael Marcello George Crabtree C. P. MarcottI Chester Coumas Robert McDavItt Dan Doheny Gordon Miller E. 0. Duffy Harvey Morris Dominick Fols Frank Moran Thomas Gordon Kurt Olsen Al HIrsch Owen Quinn Martin Horner Julio Quinonez David Horton E. Reyes Robert G. Scblager, S-293 Please contact your wife as soon as possible! S3^ 4> Dick Bondi You are asked to contact your sister Ernestine Herman at 100 East 1st Street, New York, New York. • 4. 4 H. Landis You are requested to contact your brother John H. Landis. 4. Jim West Please contact your wife Bar­ bara at 47-37 45th Street, Queens, New York. 4 3^ Joseph Francis Spieler Tom Bartley is holding your gear for you at his home in Bal­ timore, Maryland. 4' 4 4" Mel Heller Please contact your brother Bob. 4 4 4 Nat D'Scostino You are requested to contact your wife Marge at the new house. 4 4 4 Peter Scott Please contact your father in Houston, Texas. 4 4 4 Harry Thompiion Please contact your wife. A check is awaiting you at home. 4 4 4 B. Moore You are asked to contact your sister Belle in New Orleans. 4 4 4 Robert Priestly Your shipmate Hal is holding your gear for you in Baltimore. 4 4 4 Gene Johnson You are requested to contact your wife Miriam. She ia holding Mario Reyes John L. Roberts Joe Saxton A. Scaturro Alivio Seraga Frank Sherry John Skinner Joe Towsend Adolf Vante Modesto Valez James Whack Joseph Wirtas USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICHIGAN Ernest Leckrone Ahmed M. All Luciano Lorenzi Thaer A Ahmed All A. Mosid Anna Bond J. RIcksgors Gerald Fast Henry Stayczek Francis Gooley Luther Henderson F. Stansfield G. Stevenson Art HImebaugh George Swindell Anselm Kenny N. Telegadas Chas. Kodauko Clarence Troy James Keller A. Jrbanowicz Joseph Lambert Yohy Al ZlhdanI Stephen Lenchak USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS B. Delbler Abraham Mander At>e Gordon Max Olson Thomas Lehay SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Daniel Gorman William Kenny A. Gutierrez Thomas Lowe Edwin Harriman H. MacDonald ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN Percy Johnson U.S. SOLDIERS HOME HOSPITAL WASHINGTON, D.C. William Thomson USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE James McGee V.A. HOSPITAL HOUSTON, TEXAS Thomas Manlon V.A. HOSPITAL WEST HAVEN. CONN. Paul Kolesnick V.A. HOSPITAL HINES, ILLINOIS Oscar Kvaas V.A. HOSPITAL LONG BEACH. CALIFORNIA R. Asenault Robert V.A. HOSPITAL ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN Asbahr mail for you from your cousin Mary Ann and your cousin Jane. 4 4 4 R. Mills Kease get in touch with your mother at 375 Riverside Drive, New York, N.Y. Benefits (Continued from page 8) all such benefits received after the first day of employment during such period of alleged disability. (e) Hospital Expense Benefit— An eligible who is not entitled to treatment at a USPHS facility and who is hospitalized during any pe­ riod for Avhich he is entitled to re­ ceive the S&A benefit, shall also be entitled to receive hospital benefits according to the Schedule for Dependents' Benefits. (f) In-Hospital Benefit—If an eligible is entitled to receive the In-hospital benefit, the Plan shall pay only an amount which together with such payments shall equal $8 per day. If an eligible is still con­ fined after having received the S&A benefit payment for a maxi­ mum of 39 weeks, he is still en­ titled to receive the in-hospital benefit. (g) Failure of an eligible em­ ployee to place himself under treat­ ment promptly or to comply with medical care or instructions will be deemed cause for disqualification from benefits. CHAN&ftSAVOf&SOfU ^106 MAmsLmf V i • �Vol. XXVII No. 13 SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNI.QN • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO 1964-Record Year For SlU Welfare Benefits new record high was reached in 1964 for total benefits paid hy the Seafarers Welfare and Pension Flans. The plans paid out a total of $4,797,978.93 in welfare and pension bene­ fits to SIU members and their dependents, covering a wide range of benefits including hospital, maternity, dependent, optical, death, out patient and pensions. The increase in welfare and pension bene­ fits represented an increase of over $1,100,009 more than was paid out to Seafarers and their dependents the previous year. During 1964, Seafarers on pension collected $1,071,450 as contrasted to $793,050 in pension checks in the previous year. Dependents benefits registered the sharpest increase during 1964 as $1,309,163 was paid to mem­ bers of SIU families, while in 1963, $834,914 was paid to dependents. Over $858,500 was paid in hospital benefits last year in comparison to $753,756 in 1963. Survivors of departed Seafarers collected $820,695 in death benefits last year in con­ trast to the $712,313 paid in 1963. In paying these record benefits during 1964, the SIU Welfare and Pension Plans have de­ monstrated conclusively that Seafarers can he confident that their Union stands ready to give maximum assistance should they or their families be stricken with sickness, acci­ dent, old age or death. �. •r:.t\. '•• '/••'Srii'. 'f 'A ;..""'i-'U; -t Zi:'.\ tii ' ' '•'J hii i f. s:'"JJ." '^.',^•'1 " :•" """ c; ^ .. ^^ -• ^ >^--^,'5 ?• M i VC . ',; .^V .' .A . 'hM A ', . T:'f-1',,. .-»' ---; '*'' t • —; 'i'l' '• € .'.v-i/, ^•":ly'V,/ ' • *: •. • • !' , V' '3 Sill N limSTITIITIOII For SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes And Inland Waters District ifsi ty:t^< . Jiv -iitf :oi Ao'i t ;.. F-i .•• i-j-vi-i ifa <it;c'->.! i.c<u'!i t. -P "3 L,-- t-iP • t ji t, ..' r -f ^•''* „ 1" U-' V 3 V4 <t- ,'• \ i f A I •'. 3P * • *;pl 'i-'- tfj-tiiinit'! . retii >•<? fiJiiipfii:* VP'''> j*i , .A, h-iwiiii riA' Ul^' • if It P3 li*' V. ly ^ ^ t , t»- J ' .': I >i . ,1 t f t* kvcjl'J 'lr>si>it}^( li l3v;>o.' lA .'.iiisnoO H.iaLiuici tiir.ji-,^ VA^V.;5UdA | S.;1 fi;iM:il.l Ipi.-l' •Fj.j.r.t.l.-S.l !»i >.>tOl |.<i }„ Ji'jJ ».liy..tt �Bnpplemait—Pat* Two SEAFARERS Juno SB, MM LOG funtnt btteto. BO pmoa dull baeom* mcmbtt unlm ud.until bo has stcained ifao bialNit •eniotity ratiog SIK out in ifao said coUecttvo bargaining agttement; Only full book members shall be entitled to vote and to hoU any flWBtt ofiiU VI A militant membership being necessary to the security of a free union, the members shall at all times stand ready to defend this Union and the principles set forth in the Constitution of the Union. office or elective job, except as odietwise specified herein. All mem­ bers shall have a voice in Union proceedings and shall be entitled to vote on Union contracts. Section 3. No candidate shall be granted membership who Is n member of any dual organization hostile to the aims, principles, and policies, of this Union. Section 3. Members more than one quarter in arrears in dues shall be automatically sus^nded,. and shall forfeit all benefits and all other rights and privileges in the Union. Ihey shall be automatically dismissed if they are more than two quarters in arrears in dues. An arrearage in dues shall be computed from the first day of the applicable quarter, but this time shall not tun: (a) While a member is actually participating in a strike or lockout. (b) While a member is an in-patient in a USPHS or whet accredited hospital. (c) While a member is under an incapacity due to aaivlty in behalf of the Union. (d) While a member is in the armed services of the United States, provided the member was in good standing at the time of entery into the armed forces, and further provided he applies for reinstatement within ninety (90) days after discharge from the armed forces. (e) While a member has no opportunity to pay dues, because of employment aboard an American flag merchant vessel. Sactien 4. A majority vote of the membership shall be sufficient to designate additional circumstances during which the time speci­ fied in Section 3 shall not run. It shall be the right of any member to present, in writing, to any Port at any regular meeting, any question with regard to the application of Seaion 3, in accordance with procedures established by a majority vote of the membership. A majority vote of the membership shall be necessary to decide such questions. Saciion 5. The membership shall be empowered to establish, from time to time, by majority vote, rules under which dues and assess­ ments may be excused where a member has been unable to i dues and assessments for the reasons provided in Sections 3 and Section 6. To preserve unity, and to promote the common welfare of the membership, all members of the Union shall uphold and defend this Constimtion and shall be governed by the provisions of this Constitution and all policies, rulings, orders and decisions duly made. VII The powers not delegated to the officers, job holders, and Execu­ tive Board by the Constitution of the Union shall be reserved to the members. Saciion 7. Any member who gives aid to the principles and policies of any hostile or dual wganization shall be denied further membership in this Union to the full extent permitted by law. A majority vote of the membership shall decide which organizations are dual or hostile. CONSTITUTION Saction >. Evidence of membership or other affiliation with the Union shall at all times remain the property of the Union. Mem­ bers may be required to show their evidence of membership in order to be admitted to Union meetings, or into, or on Union-property. CONSTITUTION THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICAATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT AfflliaUd with Amtrlcaii Fadwallon af labor — CongrMt of Indinlrlal Organliatlona (Ai Amandad May 13,1960) FRIAMILI Ai maritime and allied workers and realizing the value and necessity of a thorough organization, we are dedicated to the form* ing of one Union for our jwple, the Seafarers International Union of North America—^Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Dis­ trict, based upon the following principles: All members shall be entitle to all the rights,.privileges and guarantees as set forth in this Constitution, and such rights, privi­ leges and guarantMS shall be preserved in accordance with its terms. We declare that American seamen are entitled to receive their employment without interference of crimps, shipowners, fink halls or any shipping bureaus maintained by the Government. We affirm that every worker has the right to receive fair and just remuneration for his labor, and to gain sufficient leisure for mental cultivation and physical recreation. We proclaim the ri^t of all seamen to receive healthful and sufficient food, and proper forecastles in which to rest. We defend the right of all seamen to be treated in a decent and respectful manner by those in command, and. We hold that the above rights belong to all workers alike, irrespective of nationality or creed. Recognizing the foregoing as our inalienable rights, we are con­ scious of corresponding duties to those in command, our employers, our craft and our country. We will, therefore, try by all just means to promote harmonious relations with those in command by exercising due care and dili­ gence in me performance of the duties of our profession, and by giving sdl possible assistance to.our employers in caring for their gear and property. Based upon these principles, it is among our objects: To use our influence individually and collectively for the purpose of maintain­ ing and developing skill in seamanship and effecting a change in the maritime law of the United States, so as to render it more equitable and to make it an aid instead of a hindrance to the development of a merchant marine and a body of American seamen. To support a journal which shall voice the sentiments of mari­ time workers and through its columns seek to maintain their knowledge of. and interest in, maritime affairs. To assist the seamen of other countries in the work of organi­ sation and federation, to the end of establishing the Brotherhood of the Sea. To form and to assist by legal means other bona fide labor organi­ sations whenever possible in the attainment of their just demands. To regulate our conduct as a Union and as individuals so as to make seamanship what it rightly is—an honorable and useful calling. And bearing in mind that we are migratory, that our work takes us away in different directions from any place where the majority might otherwise meet to act, that meetings can be attended by only a fraction of the membership, that the absent members, who cannot be present, must have their interests guarded from what might be the results of excitement and passions aroused by persons or conditions, and that those who are present may act for and in the interest of all, we have adopted this Constitution. _ Statement of Principles and Declaration of Rights In order to form a more perfect Union, we workers in the maritime and allied industries, realizing the value and necessity •of uniting in pursuit of our improved economic and social welfare, have determined to bind ourselves together in the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, and hereby dedicate ourselves to the fol­ lowing principles: In promoting our economic and social welfare, we shall ever be inindful, not only of our rights, but also of our duties and obliga­ tions as members of the community, our duties as citizens, and our duty to combat the menace of communism and any other enemies of freedom and the deinocratic principles to which we seafaring men dedicate ourselves in this Union. We shall affiliate'and work with other free labor organizaitons; we shall support a journal to give additional voice to our views; we shall assist our brothers of the sea and other workers of all countries in these obligations to the fullest extent consistent with our duties, obligations, and law. We shall seek to exert our individ­ ual and collective influence in the fight for the enactment of labor and other legislation and policies which look to the attainment of a free and happy society, without distinction based on race, creed or color. To govern our conduct as a Union and bearing in mind that most of our members are migratory, that their duties carry them all over the world, that their rights must and shall be protected, we hereby declare these rights as members of the Union to be inalienable. I No member shall be deprived of any of the rights or privileges guaranteed him under the Constitution of the Union. II Every qualified member shall have the right to nominate himself for, and, if elected or appointed, to hold office in this Union. III No member shall be deprived of his membership without diie r.-.V*.-!-,'C.: K-if..'> !ri :ir.' •.,>> process of the law of this Union.' No member shall be compelM to be a witness against himself in the trail of any proceeding in which he may be charged widi failure to observe the law of this Union. Every official and job holder shall be bound to uphold and protect the ri^tt of every member in accordance with the princi­ ples set forth in the Constitution of the Union. IV Every member shall have the right to be confronted by his accuser whenever he is charged with violating the law of this Union. In all such cases, the accused shall be guaranteed a fair and speedy uial by an impartial committee of his brother Union members. V No member shall be denied the right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. Article I Name and General Powers This Union shall be known as the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Distria. Its powers shall be legislative, judicial, and executive, and shall include the formation of, and/or issuance of charters to, sub­ ordinate bodies and divisions, corporate or otherwise, the forma­ tion of funds and participation in funds, the establishment of enter­ prises for the benefit of the Union, and similar ventures. This Union shall exercise all of its powers in aid of subordinate bodies and divisions created or chartered by it. For convenience of admin­ istration and in furtherance of its policies of aid and assistance, the Union may make its property, facilities and personnel available for the use and behalf of such subordinate bodies and divisions. A majority vote of the membership shall be authorization for any Union action, unless otherwise specified in' the Constitution or by law. This Union shall at all times protect and maintain its jurisdiction. Article II Affiliation Saciien 1. This Union shall be affiliated with the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America and the American Federation of Labor^—Congress of Industrial Organizations. All other affilia­ tions by the Union or its subordinate bodies or divisions shall be made or withdrawn as determined by a majority vote of the Executive Board. Section 2. In addition to such other provisions as are contained herein, all subordinate bodies and divisions seeking a charter from and/or affiliation with this Union, shall be required to adopt, within a time period set by the Executive Board, a constitution containing provisions as set forth in Exhibit A, annexed to this Constitution and made a part hereof. All other provisions adopted by such subordinate bodies and divisions as part of their constitutions shall not be inconsistent therewith. No such constitution or amendments thereto shall be deemed to be effective without the approval of the Executive Board of this Union, which shall be executed in writing, on its behalf, by the President or, in his absence, by any other officer designated by it. Such approval shall be deemed to be recog­ nition of compliance herewith by such subordinate body or division. Where a subordinate body or division violates any of the fore­ going, and, in particular, seeks to effectuate any constitutional provision not so authorized and approved, or commits acts in violation of its approved constitution, or fails to act in accordance therewith, this Union, through its Executive Board, may withdraw its charter and/or sever its affiliation forthwith, or on siich terms as it may impose not inconsistent with law, in addition to exercis­ ing any and all rights it may have pursuant to any applicable agree­ ments or understandings. . Section 3. This Union shall also have the power, acting through its Executive Board, and after a fair hearing, to impose a trustee­ ship upon any subordinate body , or divisions chartered by and affiliated with it, for the reasons and to the extent provided by law. Article III Membership Article IV Reinstatement Members dismissed from the Union may be reinstated in accord­ ance with such rules and under such conditions as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. Article V Dues and Initiation Fee .Saciion 1. All members shall pay dues quarterly, on a calendar year basis, no later than the first business day of each quarter, except as herein otherwise provided. The dues shall be those payable as of the date of adoption of this Constitution and may be changed only by Constitutional amendment. Saciion 2. No candidate for membership shall be admitted into membership without having paid an initiation fee of three hundred • ($300.00) dollars, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. Saciion 3. Payment of dues and initiation fees may be waived for . organizational purposes in accordance with such rules as are adopted by a majority vote of the Executive Board. Article VI Retirement from Membership Saciion 1. Members may retire from membership by surrendering their Union books or other evidence of affiliation and paying all unpaid dues for the quarter in which they retire, assessments, fines and other monies due and owing the Union. When the member surrenders his book or other evidence of affiliation in connection with his application for retirement he shall be given a receipt therefor. An official retirement card shall be issued by Headquarters, upon requesr, dated as of the day that such member accomplishes these payments, and shall be given to the member upon his pre­ senting the aforesaid receipt. Section 2. AH the rights, privileges, duties and obligations of membership shall be suspended during the period of retirement, except that a retired member shall not be disloyal to the Union nor join or remain in any dual or hostile organization, upon penalty of forfeiture of his right to reinstatement. Saciion 3. Any person in retirement for a period of two quarters or more shall be restored to membership, except as herein indicated, by paying dues for the current quarter, as well as all assessments accruing and newly levied during the period of retirement. If the period of retireinent is less than two quarters, the required pay­ ments shall consist of all dues accruing during ffie said period of retiremenr, including those for the current quarter, and all assess­ ments accrued and newly levied during that period. Upon such paymMt, the person in retirement shall be restored to membership, and his membership book, appropriately stamped, shall be returned to him. Section 4. A member in retirement may be restored to membership Section 1. Gindidates for membership shall be admitted to mem­ bership in accordance with such rules as are adopted from time to after a two-year period of retirement consisting of eight full quarters time, by a majority vote of the membership. Membership classificS- only by majority vote of the membership. tions shall correspond to and depend upon seniority classifications Saciion 5. The period' of retirement shall be computed from the established in accordance with the standard collective bargaining first day of the quarter following the one in which the retirement agreement of this Union. In addition to meeting the other require-. card was. issqed. .. . . . I.H Ifi ^ T .'f./ 1'. '• i t ; / . eV �J«M 25, 1985 SEAFARERS ArticfoVn System of OiganizaKon _ Sactien 1. This Union, and all officers, headquartet's representa­ tives, port agents, patrolmen, and members sluU be govemed in this order by: (a) The Constitution. • (b) The Executive Board. (c) Majority vote of the membership. Saction 2. The headquarters of the Union shall be located !n New York and the headquarters officers shall consist of a President, and Executive Vice-President, one Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement, a Secretary-Treasurer, one Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast, one Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast, and one Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters. Saction 3. The staff of each'port shall consist of such personnel as is provided for herein, and the port shall bear the name of the city in which the Union's port offices are located. Saction 4. Every member of the Union shall be registered in one of three departments; namely, deck, engine and stewards depart­ ment. The definition of these departments shall be in accordance with custom and usage. This definition may be modified by a majority vote of the membership. No member may transfer from one department to another except by approval as evidenced by a majority vote of the membership. LOG ' 0 The President shall be diairman of the Executive. Board and may cast one vote in that body. (g) He shall be responsible, within die limits of his powers, for the enforcement of this Constitution, the policies of the Union, and all rules and rulings duly adopted by the Executive Board, and those duly adopted by a majority vote of the membership. Within •these limits, he shall strive to enhaiKe the strength, position, and prestige of die Union. (h) The foregoing duties shall be in addition to those other ' duties lawfully imposed upon him. (i) The responsibility of the President may not be delegated, but the President may delegate to a person or persons the execution of such of his duties as he may in his discretion decide, subject to the limitations set forth in this Constimtion. (j) Any vacancy in any office or die job of Headquarters Repre­ sentative, Port Agent, or Patrolman shall be filled by the President by temporary appointment of a member qualified for the office or job under Article XII of this Constitution, except in those cases where the filling of such vacancy is otherwise provided for by this Constitution. (k) The President is directed to take any and all measures and employ such means which he deems necessary or advisable, to protect the interests, and further the welfare of the Union and its members, in all matters involving national, state or local legislation issues, and public affairs. (1) The President shall have authority to require any officer or Union r^resentative to attend any regular or special meeting if, in his opinion, ft is deemed necessary. Ssclion 2. Exacutiva Vica-Prasidant. Article VIII Officers, Headquarters Repriasentatlves, Port Agents and Patrolmen Sartisn 1. The officers of the Unioa shall be elected u otherwise provided in this Constitution. These officers shall be the President, an Executive Vice-President, one Vice-President in Charge of Con­ tracts and Contract Enforcement, a Secretary-Treasurer, one VicePresident in Charge of the Atlantic Coast, one Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast, and one Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters. Saction 2. Port Agents, Headquarters Representatives, and Patrol­ men shall be elected, except as otherwise provided in this Cotistitution. Article IX Other Elective Jobs Saclien 1. In addition to the elective jobs provided for in Article Vlll, the following jobs in the Union shall be. voted upon in the manner prescribed by this Constitution; A. Delegates to the convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America. B. Committee members of: (1) Trial Committees (2) Quarterly Financial Committees (3) Appeals Committees (4) Strike Committees Credentials Committees (6) Polls Committees (7) Union Tallying Committees (8) Constitutional Committees Section 2. Additional committees may be formed as provided by a majority vote of the membership. Committees may also be ap­ pointed as permitted by this Constitution. Article X Duties of Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents, Other Elected Job Holders and Miscellaneous Personnel Saction 1. The President. (a) The President shall be the executive officer of the Union and shall represent-, and act for and in behalf of, the Union in all matters except as otherwise specifically provided for in the Con­ stitution. (b) He shall be a member ex-officio of all committees, except as otherwise herein expressly provided. (c) The President shall be in charge of, and responsible for, all Union property, and shall be in charge of headquarters and port offices. Wherever there are time restrictions or other considerations -affecting Union action, the President shall take appropriate action to insure observance thereof. (d) In order that he may properly execute his responsibilities, he is hereby instructed and authorized to employ any help he deems necessary, be it legal, accounting or otherwise. (e) Subject to approval by a majority vote of the membership, the_ President shall designate the number and location of potts, the jurisdiction, status, and activities thereof, and may' close or open' such ports, and may re-assign Vice-Presidents and the SecretaryTreasurer, without reduction in wages. He may also re-assign Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents, and Patrolmen, to other duties, without reduction in wages. The Ports of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New -Orleans, Houston and Detroit may not be closed except by Constitutional amendment. Where potts are opened between elections, the President shall designate the Union personnel thereof. The President shall designate, in the event of the incapacity of a^ Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, or any officer other than the President, a replacement to act as such during the period of incapacity, provided such replacement is qualified under Article XII of the Constitution to fill such job. At the regular meeting in July of every election year, the Presi­ dent shall submit to the membership a pre-balloting report. In his report he shall recommend the number and location of ports, the number of Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents and Patrol­ men which are to be elected. He shall also recommend a bank, a bonded warehouse, a regular officer thereof, or any other similar depository, to which the ballots are to be mailed or delivered at the close of each day's voting, except that the President may, in his discretion, TOstpone the recommendation as to^e depository until no later man the first regular meeting in October. This recommendation may also specify, whether any Patrolman atid/or Headquarters Representative, shall be desigiut^ as depart­ mental or otherwise, The import shall be Subjisct to approvilt or modification .by a majority vote of the membership. . - The Executive Vice-President shall perform any and all duties assigned him or delegated to him by the President. In the event the President shall be unable to carry out any of hit duties by reason of incapacity or unavailability, the Executive Vice-President shall take over such duties during the period of such incapacity or unavailability. Upon the death, resignation, or reihoval from office for any reason of the President, the Executive Vice-President shall immediately assume die office, duties mid responsibilities of the President until the next general election. The Executive Vice-Pre_sident shall be a member of the Executive Board and may cas: one vote in that body. Section 3. Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement. The Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contraa Enforce­ ment shall perform any and all duties assigned him or delegated to him by the President. In addition, he shall be responsible for all contract negotiations, the formulation of bargaining demands, and the submission of proposed collective bargaining agreements to the membership for ratification. He shall also be responsible, except as otherwise provided in Article X, Section 14 (d) (1), for strike authorization, signing of new contracts, and contract enforce­ ment. He shall also act for headquarters in executing the adminis­ trative functions assigned to headquarters by tliis Constitution with respect to trials and appeals except if he is a witness or party thereto, in which event the Secretary-Treasurer shall act in his place. In order that he may properly execute these responsibilities he is hereby instructed and authorized to employ such help as he deems necessary, be it legal, or otherwise, subject to approval of the Executive Board. The Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforce­ ment shall be a-member of the Executive Board and may cast one vote in that body. SappfemMl—¥ag9 Thre* ths ports, and the p^nnel dieretrf .pa tfa« laLes and lolaad Waters, including dieir organizing acdvides. In order diat he may properly execute his respoosibilidea k ia empowered and authorized to retain any technical or professing assistance he deems necessary, subject to approval of the Execudve Board. Saction 8. Director of Organizing and Publications. The Dirertor of Organizing and Publications shall be Ippoiiited and may be removed at will by the Executive Board of the Union. He shall be responsible for and supervise all publications and public relations of the Union and shall serve as co-ordinator of all organizational activities of the Union. In addition, he shall perform any and all duties assigned him or delegated to him by the Executive Board. -foction 9. Hsadquarters Roprosontativos. The Headquarters Representatives shall perform any and all duties assigned them or delegated to them by the President, Execu­ tive Vice-President or the Executive Board. Sscllon 10. Port Agonts. (a) The Port Agent shall be in direct charge of the administra­ tion of Union affairs in the port of his jurisdiction subject to the direction of the area Vice-President. (b) He shall, within the jurisdiaion of his port, be responsible for the enforcement and execution of the Constitution, the policies . of the Union, and the rules adopted by the Executive Board, and by a majority vote of the membership. Wherever there are time restrictions or other considerations affecting port aaion, the Port Agent shall take appropriate action to insure observance thereofJ . (c) He shall be prepared to account, financially or otherwise, for the activities of his port, whenever demanded by the President,, the Vice-President of the area in which his port is located, or by the Secretary-Treasurer. (d) In any event, he shall prepare and forward to the SecretaryTreasurer, a weekly financial report showing, in detail, weekly income and expenses, and complying with all other accounting directions issued by the Secretary-Treasurer.. (e) The Port Agent may assign each port Patrolman to such duties as fall within the jurisdiction of the port, regardless of the departmental designation, if any, under which ffie Patrolman was elected. (f) The Port Agent shall designate which members at that pott may serve as representatives to other organizations, affiliation with which has been properly authorized. Saction 11. Patrolman. Patrolmen shall perform any duties assigned them by Ac Agent of Ae Port to which Aey are assigned. Saction 12. Exacutiva Board. The Executive Board shall consist of the President, the Executive Vice-President, the Vice-President in Charge of Contracts* and' Contract Enforcement, the Secretary-Treasurer, the Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Area, the Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Area, the Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters, and the National Director (or chief executive officer) of each subordinate body or division created or chartered by the Union whenever such subordinate body or division has attained a membership of 3,200 members and has maintained Aat member­ ship for not less than three (3) months. Such National Director (or chief executive officer) shall be a member of the respective subordinate body or division and must be qualified to hold office under the terms of the Constitution of such division or subordi­ nate body. Saction 4. Sacralary-Traaturar. The Executive Board shall meet in headquarters no less than The Secretary-Treasurer shall perform any and all duties assigned him or delegated to him by the President. He shall be responsible once each quarter and at such other times as Ae President or, for the organization and maintenance of Ae correspondence, files, in his absence, the Executive Vice-President may direct. The Presi­ and records of the Union; setting up, and maintenance of, sound dent shall be the chairman of all Executive Board meetings unless accounting and bookkeeping systems; the setting up, and mainte­ absent, in which case the Executive Vice-President shall assume nance of, proper office and other administrative Union procedures', the chairman's duties. Each member of the Executive Board shall the proper collection, safeguarding, and expenditure of all Union be entitled to cast one vote in that body. Its decision shall be funds, port or otherwise. He shall submit to the membership, for determined by majority vote of those voting, providing a quorum each quarterly period, a detailed report of the entire Union's finan­ of three is present. It shall be the duty of the Executive Board to cial operations and shall submit simultaneously therewith, the develop policies, strategies and rules which will advance and Quarterly Financial Committee report for Ae same period. The protect the interests and welfare of the Union and the Members. Secretary-Treasurer's report shall be prepared by an independent It shall be the duty of the Secretary-Treasurer, or in his absence, Certified Public Accountant. He shall also work with all duly elected an appointee of the Executive Board, to keep accurate minutes of finance committees. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be responsible all Executive Board meetings. The Executive Board shall appoint for the timely filing of any and all reports on the operations of one person who shall be designated Director of Organizing and the Union, financial or otherwise, that may be required by any Publications. The Executive Board shall determine per capiu tax Federal or state laws. In order that he may properly execute his to be levied and other terms and conditions of affiliation for any responsibilities, he is hereby instructed and auAorized to employ - group of workers desiring affiliation. The Executive Board may any help he deems necessary, be it legal, accounting, or oAetwise, direct the administration of all Union affairs, properties, policies and personnel in any and all areas not otherwise specifically pro­ subject to approval of the Executive Board. "The Secretary-Treasurer shall be a member of the Executive vided for in this Constitution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive Board may act without holding a formal meeting pro­ Board and may cast one vote in that body. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be a member ex-officio of the vided all members of the Board are sent notice,of the proposed Credentials and Ballot Tallying Committees. In addition he shall action or actions and the decision thereon is reduced to writing and make himself and the records of his office available to the Quarterly signed by a majority of the Executive Board. In Ae event that death, resignation or removal from office for Financial Committee. any reason should occur simultaneously to the President and Execu­ tive Vice-President, the Executive Board by majority vote shall, Section 5. Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast. The Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast shall be a name successors from its own membership who shall fill Aosc member of the Executive Board and shall be entitled to cast one vacancies until the next general election. If the Executive Vice-President duly assumes the office of Ae vote in that body. He shall supervise and be responsible for the activities of all President and dies, resigns, is removed from office, or "is incapaci­ the ports, and the personnel thereof on the Atlantic Coast, includ­ tated for more than 30 days during the remainder of the term, Ae ing their organizing activities. The Atlantic Coast area is deemed Executive Board shall elect a successor for the balance of Ae term to mean that area from and including Georgia through Maine and from its own membership. shall also include the Islands in the Caribbean. In order that he Section 13. Delegalst. may properly execute his responsibilities he is empowered and (a) The term "delegates" shall mean those members of "the authorized to retain any technical or professional assistance he Union and its subordinate bodies or divisions who are eleaed in deems necessary, subject to approval of the Executive Board. accordance with Ae provisions of this Constitution, to attend Ae convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America. Saction 6. Vic«-Praiident in Charga of tha Gulf Coast. (b) Each delegate shall attend the convention for which elected The Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast shall be a member of the Executive Board and shall be entitled to cast one and. fully participate therein. (c) Each delegate shall, by his vote and oAerwise, support Aose vote in that body. He shall supervise and be responsible for the activities of all the policies agreed upon by the majority of the delegates to Ae Ports, and the personnel thereof on the Gulf Coast including their Convention. organizing activities. The Gulf Coast area is deemed to mean the (d) The President shall assign to each subordinate body or State of Florida, all through the Gulf, including Texas. division that number of delegates to which this Union would1 have hav In order that he may properly execute his responsibilities he been entitled, if its membership had been increased by the number is empowered and authorized to retain any technical or professional of members of Ae subordinate body or division, in accordance assistance he deems necessary, subject to approval of the Executive wiA the formula set forth in the Constitution of the Seafarers Board. International Union of North America, except that this provision shall not be applied so as to reduce the number of delegates to SaetiM 7. Vica-PrMidanI in Charga of tha Ukai and Inland Watarfc which Ais Union would otherwise have been entitled. The Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters 5acliuii 14. ComihittUM. shall b«! a member of the Executive Board and shall be entitled (a) Trial CummlHM. to cast one Vote in di'at body. ' He shalF sujpetvise and be respbnslbld fdt 'die oMivities of All The Trial Gomniittee shall conduct Ae triids of a persrn charged. J �npplement—Pace Tare SEAFARERS Jane M, UW LOG menu dulv praoulfttcd fuouuit buetq, ao ptnoa die!! bceonw « full book member unlm gnd-until be bu ettaiaed tbe highest seniority rating art out in die aald collective bargaining agreement; Only full book members shall be entitled to vote and to bold any office or elective job, except u otherwise specified herein. All mem­ bers shall have a voice in Union proceedings and shall be cntlded to vote on Union contracts. Sactian S. No candidate shall be granted membership who is n member of any dual organization hostile to the aims, principles, and policies, of this Union. CONSTITUTION THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICAATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT Afflliatad with Amarican Fadaratian of Labor — CengrMS of Induatrlal Organlxaliona (Af AmandadMayU, I960) PRIAMILI As maritime and allied workers and realizing die value and necessity of a thorough organization, we are dedicated to the form* ing of one Union for our i^ple, the Seafarers International Union of North America—^Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Dis­ trict, based upon the following principles: ' All members shall be entitled to all the rights,.privileges and guarantees as set forth in this Constitution, and such rights, privi­ leges and guarantees shall be preserved in accordance with its terms. We declare that American seamen are entitled to receive their employment without interference of crimps, shipowners, fink halls or any shipping bureaus maintained by the Government. We afiirm that everv worker has the right to receive fair and just remuneration for his labor, and to gain sufficient leisure for mental cultivation and physical recreation. We proclaim the right of all seamen to receive healthful and sufficient food, and proper forecasdes in which to rest. We defend the right of all seamen to be treated in a decent and respectful manner by those in command, and. We hold that the above rights belong to all workers alike. Irrespective of nationality or creed. Recognizing the foregoing as our inalienable rights, we are con­ scious of corresponding duties to those in command, our employers, our craft and our country. We will, therefore, try by all just means to promote harmonious relations with those in command by exercising due care and dili­ gence in me performance of the duties of our profession, and by giving all possible assistance to-our employers in caring for their gear and property. Based upon these principles, it Is among our objects: To use our influence individually and collectively for the purpose of maintain­ ing and developing skill in seamanship and effecting a change in the maritime law of the United States, so as to render it more equitable and to, make it an aid instead of a hindrance to the development of a merchant marine and a body of American seamen. To support a journal which shall voice the sentiments of mari­ time workers and through its columns seek to maintain their knowledge of, and interest in, maritime affairs. To assist the seamen of other countries in the work of organi­ zation and federation, to the end of establishing the Brotherhood of the Sea. To form and to assist by legal means other bona fide labor organi­ zations whenever possible in the attainment of their just demands. To regulate our conduct as a Union and as individuals so as to make seamanship what it rightly is—an honorable and useful calling. And bearing in mind that we are migratory, that our work takes us away in diffpent directions from any place where the majority might otherwise meet to act, that meetings can be attended by only a fraction of the membership, that the absent members, who cannot be present, must have their interests guarded from what might be the results of excitement and passions aroused by persons or conditions, and that those who are present may act for and in the interest of all, we have adopted this Constitution. _ Statement of Principles and Declaration of Rights In order to form a more perfect Union, we workers in the maritime and allied industries, realizing the value and necessity .of uniting in pursuit of our improved economic and social welfare, have determined to bind ourselves together in the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, and hereby dedicate ourselves to the fol­ lowing principles: In promoting our economic and social welfare, we shall ever be mindful, not only of our rights, but also of our duties and obliga­ tions as members of the community, our duties as citizens, and our duty to combat the menace of communism and any other enemies of freedom and the democratic principles to which we seafaring men dedicate ourselves in this Union. We shall affiliate and work with other free labor organizaitons; we shall support a journal to give additional voice to our views; we shall assist our brothers of the sea and other workers of all countries in these obligations to the fullest extent consistent with our duties, obligations, and law. We shall seek to exert our individ­ ual and collective influence in the fight for the enactment of labor and other legislation and policies which look to the attainment of a free and happy society, without distinction based on race, creed or color. To govern our conduct as a Union and bearing in mind that most of our members are migratory, that their duties carry them all over the world, that their rights must and shall be protected, we hereby declare these rights as members of the Union to be inalienable. I No member shall be deprived of any of the rights or privileges guaranteed him under the Constitution of the Union. II Every qualified member shall have the right to nominate himself for, and, if elected or appointed, to hold office in this Union. III No member shall be deprived of his membership without diie -J t < .isi,'. !C • .-rti':- I ):•>.<; • •lit process of the law of this Unloa.' No member shall be compelW to be a witness against himself in the trail of any proceeding in which he may be charged with failure to observe the law of this Union. Every official and job holder shall be bound to uphold and protect the ri^a of everjr member in accordance with the princi­ ples set forth in the G>astitutioa of the Union. iV Every member shall have the right to be confronted by .his accuser whenever he is charged with violating the law of this Union. In all such cases, the accused shall be guaranteed a fair and speedy uial by an impartial committee of his brother Union members. V No member shall be denied the tight to express himself freely on the fioor of any Union meeting or in committee. VI A militant membership being necessary to the security of a free union, the members shall at all times stand ready to defend this Union and the principles set forth in the Constitution of the Union. VII The powers not delegated to the officers, job holders, and Execu­ tive Board by the Constitution of the Union shall be reserved to the members. Article I Name and General Powers This Union shall be known as the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Distria. Its powers shall be legislative, judicial, and executive, and shall include the formation of, and/or issuance of chatters to, sub­ ordinate bodies and divisions, corporate or otherwise, the forma­ tion of funds and participation in funds, the establishment of enter­ prises for the benefit of the Union, and similar venmres. This Union shall exercise all of its powers in aid of subordinate bodies and divisions created or chartered by it. For convenience of admin­ istration and in furtherance of its policies of aid and assistance, the Union may make its property, facilities and personnel available for the use and behalf of such subordinate belies and divisions. A majority vote of the membership shall be authorization for any Union action, unless otherwise specified in the Constitution or by law. This Union shall at all times protect and maintain its jurisdiction. Article II Affiliation Saetien 1. This Union shall be affiliated with the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America and the American Federation of Labor—Congress of Industrial Organizations. All other affilia­ tions by the Union or its subordinate bodies or divisions shall be made or withdrawn as determined by a majority vote of the Executive Board. Section 2. In addition to such other provisions as are contained herein, all subordinate bodies and divisions seeking a charter from and/or affiliation with this Union, shall be required to adopt, within a time period set by the Executive Board, a constitution containing provisions as set forth in Exhibit A, annexed to this Constitution and made a part hereof. All other provisions adopted hy such subordinate bodies and divisions as part of their constitutions shall not be inconsistent therewith. No such constitution or amendments thereto, shall be deemed to be effective without the approval of the Executive Board of this Union, which shall be executed in writing, on its behalf, by the President or, in his absence, by any other officer designated by it. Such approval shall be deemed to be recog­ nition of compliance herewith by such subordinate body or division. Where a subordinate body or division violates any of the fore­ going, and, in particular, seeks to effectuate any constitutional provision not so authorized and approved, or commits acts in violation of its approved constitution, or fails to act in accordance therewith, this Union, through its Executive Board, may withdraw its charter and/or sever its affiliation forthwith, or on such terms as it may impose not inconsistent with law, in addition to exercis­ ing any and all rights it may have pursuant to any applicable agree­ ments or understandings. . Section 3. This Union shall also have the power, acting through its Executive Board, and after a fair hearing, to impose a trustee­ ship upon any subordinate body, or divisions chartered by and affiliated with it, for the reasons and to the extent provided by law. Article III Membership Section 1. Candidates for membership shall be admitted to mem­ bership in accordance with such rules as are adopted from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. Membership classifica­ tions shall correspond to and depend upon seniority classifications csublished in accordance with the standard collective bargaining agreement of this Union. In addition to meeting the other require-. :f.t t Saciion 7. Any .member who gives aid to the principles and policies of any hostile or dual organization shall be denied further membership in this Union to the full extent permitted by law. A majority vote of the membership shall decide which organizations are dual or hostile.Saciion 8. Evidence of membership or other affiliation with the Union shall at all times remain the property of the Union. Mem­ bers may be required to show their evidence of membership in order to be admitted to Union meetings, or into, or on Union-property. CONSTITUTION if \ Saciion 3. Members more than one quarter in arrears in dues shall be automatically suspended,, and shall forfeit all benefits and all other rights and privileges in the Union. They shall be automatically dismissed if they are more than two quarters in arrears in dues. An arrearage in dues shall be computed from the first day of the applicable quarter, but this time shall not tun: (a) While a member is actually participating in a strike or lockout. (b) While a member is an in-patient in a USPHS or othet accredited hospiul. (c) While a member is under an incapacity due to activity in behalf of the Union. (d) While a member is in the armed services of the United States, provided the member was in good standing at the time of entery into the armed forces, and further provided he applies for reinstatement within ninety (90) days after discharge from the* armed forces. (e) While a member has no opportunity to pay dues, because of employment aboard an American fiag merchant vessel. Saction 4. A majority vote of the membership shall be sufficient to designate additional circumstances during which the time speci­ fied in Section 3 shall not run. It shall be the right of any member to present, in writing, to any Fort at any regular meeting, any question with regard to the application of Seaion 3, in accordance with procedures established by a majority vote of the membership. A majority vote of the membership shall be necessary to decide such questions. Saciion 5. The membership shall be empowered to establish, from time to time, by majority vote, rules under which dues and assess­ ments may be excused where a member has been unable to i dues and assessments for the reasons provided in Sections 3 and Saciion 6. To preserve unity, and to promote the common welfare of the membership, all members of the Union shall uphold and defend this Constitution and shall be governed by the provisions of this Constitution and all policies, rulings, orders and decisions duly made. '. •/•i: III-. •/. Article IV Reinstitement Members dismissed from the Union may be reinstated in accord­ ance with such rules and under such conditions as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. Article V Dues and Initiation Fee Saciion 1. All members shall pay dues quarterly, on a calendar year basis, no later than the first business day of each quarter, except as herein otherwise provided. The dues shall be those payable as of the date of adoption of this Constitution and may be changed only by Constitutional amendment. Saciion 2. No candidate for membership shall be admitted into membership without having paid an initiation fee of three hundred • ($300.00) dollars, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. Saciion 3. Payment of dues and initiation fees may be waived for . organizational purposes in accordance with such rules as are adopted by a majority vote of the Executive Board. Article VI Retirement from Membership Saciion T. Members may retire from membership by sutrendering their Uriion books or othet evidence of affiliation and paying all unpaid dues for the quarter in which they retire, assessments, fines and other monies due and owing the Union. When the member surrenders his book or other evidence of affiliation in connection •With his application for retirement he shall be given a receipt therefor. An official retirement card shall be issued by Headquarters,upon request, dated as of the day that such member accomplishes these payments, and shall be given to the member upon his pre­ senting the aforesaid receipt. Saciion 2. All the rights, privileges, duties and obligations of membership shall be suspended during the period of retirement, except that a retired member shall not be disloyal to the Union nor join or remain in any dual or hostile organization, upon penalty of forfeiture of his right to reinstatement. Saciion 3. Any person in retirement for a period of two quarters or more shall be restored to membership, except as herein indicated, by paying dues for the current quarter, as well as ail assessments accruing and newly levied during the period of retirement. If the period of retiretnent is less .than two quarters, the required pay­ ments shall consist of all dues accruing during the said period of retirement, including those for the current quarter, and all assess­ ments accrued and newly levied during that period. Upon such paym^Mt, the person in retirement shall be restored to membership, and his membership book, appropriately stamped, shall be returned to him. Section 4. A member in retirement may be restored to membership after a two-year period of retirement consisting of eight full quarters only by majority vote of the membership. Saciion 5. The period of retirement shall be computed from the first day of the quarter following the one in which the retirement card was. issged. ..... -V • • « I! C / < '.'.t » �JHM 25, im SEAFARERS ArHclaVN System of Organizafien L&G Sawlcmeat—Pa5« Threa (f) The President shall be diairman of the Executive Board the pora. and die personnel theretrf pa die Lakes and loltod Waten, including their organizing activities. and may cast one vote in that body. In order that he may properly execute his responsibilities he k (g) He shall be responsible, within the limits of bis powers, empowered and authorized to reain any technical or professio^ for the enforcement of this Constitution, the policies of the Union, _ Section 1. This Union, and all officers, headquarter's tepresenta* assistance he deems necessary, subjea to approval of the ExecntiTe tives, port agents, patrolmen, and members shall be goyctned ia and all rules and rulings duly adopted by the Executive Board, and Board. those duly adopted by a majority vote of the membership. Widiin this order bjr: .these limits, he shall strive to enhance the strength, position, and Saction 8. Diraclor of Organizing and Publication*. (a) Hie Constitution. prestige of the Union. The Dirertor of Organizing and Publications shall be tppoiiited (b) The Executive Board. (h) The foregoing duties shall be in addition to those other and may be removed at will by the Executive Board of the Union. (c) Majority vote of the membership. duties lawfully imposed upon him. He shall be responsible for and supervise all publications and (i) The responsibility of the President may not be delegated, public relations of the Union and shall serve a* co-ordinator of Soefion 2. The headquarters of the Union shall be located in New York and the headquarters officers shall consist of a President, but the President may delegate to a person or persons the execution all organizational activities of the Union. In addition, he shall and Executive Vice-President, one Vice-President in Charge of of such of his duties as he may in his discretion decide, subject perform any and all duties assigned him or delegated to him by the Executive Board. Contracts and Contract Enforcement, a Secretary-Treasurer,' one to the limitations set forth in this Constitution. (j) Any vacancy in any office or the job of Headquarters Repre­ Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast, one Vice-President Soction 9. Hoadquartor* Raprasontativa*. in Charge of the Gulf Coast, and one Vice-President in Charge sentative, Port Agent, or Patrolman shall be filled by the President The Headquarters Represenatives shall perform any and all by temporary appointment of a member qualified for the office of the Lakes and Inland Waters. or job under Article XII of this Constitution, except in those duties assigned them or delegated to them by the President, Execu­ Saction 3. The staff of each port shall consist of such personnel cases where the filling of such vacancy is otherwise provided for tive Vice-President or the Executive Board. as is provided for herein, and the jmrt shall bear the name of the by this Constitution. Saction 10. Port Agant*. city in which the Union's port offices are located. (k) The President is directed to take any and all measures and (a) The Port Agent shall be in direct charge of the administra­ Saction 4. Every member of the Union shall be registered in one employ such means which he deems necessary or advisable, to tion of Union affairs in the port of his jurisdiction subject to the of three departments; namely, deck, engine and stewards depart­ protect the interests, and further the welfare of the Union and ia direction of the area Vice-President. (b) He shall, within the jurisdiaion of his port, be responsible ment. The definition of these departments shall be in accordance members, in all matters involving national, state or local legislation for the enforcement and execution of the Constitution, th.-^ j:olicies with custom and usage. This definition may be modified by a issues, and public affairs. (1) The President shall have authority to require any officer or . of the Union, and the rules adopted by the Executive Board, and majority vote of the membership. No member may transfer from one department to another except by approval as evidenced by a Union representative to attend any regular or special meeting if, in by a majority vote of the membership. 'Wherever there are time his opinion, it is deemed necessary. restrictions or other considerations affecting port aaion, the Port majority vote of the membership. Agent shall take appropriate action to insure observance thereof J' Saelisn 2. Exacutiv* Viea-Prasidant. (c) He shall'be prepared to account, financially or otherwise, The Executive Vice-President shall perform any and all duties for the activities of his port, whenever demanded by the President,, Article Vlil assigned him or delegated to him by the President. In the event the Vice-President of the area in which his port is located, or by Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents the President shall be unable to carry out any of his duties by and Patrolmen reason of incapacity or unavailability, the Executive Vice-President the Secretary-Treasurer. (d) In any event, he shall prepare and forward to the Secretaryshall take over such duties during the period of such incapacity or So^on 1. The officers of the Union shall be elected as otherwise unavailability. Upon the death, resignation, or renioval from office Treasurer, a weekly financial report showing, in deail, weekly provided in this Constitution. These officers shall be the President, for any reason of the President, the Executive Vice-President shall income and expenses, and complying with all other accounting an Executive Vice-President, one Vice-President in Charge of Con­ immediately assume die office, duties and responsibilities of the direaions issued by the Secretary-Treasuter.. (e) The Port Agent may assign each port Patrolman to such tracts and Contract Enforcement, a Secretary-Treasurer, one Vice- President until the next general election. President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast, one Vice-President in The Executive Vice-Pre_sident shall be a member of the Executive duties as fall within the jurisdiction of the port, regardless of the departmental designation, if any, under which ffie Patrolman Charge of the Gulf Coast, and one Vice-President in Charge of the Board and may cast one voce in that body. Lakes and Inland Waters. was elected. Section 3. Vice-President in Charge of Contract* and (f) The Port Agent shall designate which members at that port Saction 2. Port Agents, Headquarters Representatives, and Patrol­ Contract Enforcement. may serve as represenatives to other organizatioiu, affiliation with men shall be elected, except as otherwise provided in this The Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforce­ which has been properly authorized. Constitution. ment shall perform any and all duties assigned him or delegated Saction II. Patrolman. to him by the President. In addition, he shall be responsible for Patrolmen shall j^rform any duties assigned them by the Agent all contract negotiations, the formulation of bargaining demands, Article IX and the submission of proposed collective bargaining agreemena of the Poa to which they are assigned. Other Elective Jobs to the membership for ratificauon. He shall also be responsible, Saction 12. Exacutrva Board. except as otherwise provided in Article X, Section 14 (d) (1), for The Executive Board shall consist of the President, the Executive Section 1. In addition to the elective jobs provided for in Article strike authorization, signing of new contracu, and contract enforce­ VIII, the following jobs in the Union shall be voted upon in the ment. He shall also act for headquarters, in executing the adminis­ Vice-President, the Vice-President in Charge of Contraca' and' manner prescribed by this Constitution: trative functions assigned to headquarters by tliis Constitution with Contract Enforcement, the Secrerary-Treasurer, the Vice-President respect to trials and appeals except if he is a witness or party in Charge of the Atlantic Area, the Vice-President in Charge of A. Delegates to the convention of the Seafarers Intetiutional thereto, in which event the Secretary-Treasurer shall act in his the Gulf Area, the Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Union of North America. place. In order that he may properly execute these responsibilities •Waters, and the National Director (or chief executive officer) of B. Committee members of: he is hereby instructed and authorized to employ such help as he each subordinate body or division created or chartered by the (1) Trial Committees deems necessary, be it legal, or otherwise, subject to approval of Union whenever such subordinate body or division has atained (2) Quarterly Financial Committees a membership of 3,200 members and has mainained that member­ the Executive Board. ( 3 ) Appeals Committees The Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforce­ ship for not less than three (3) months. Such National Director (4) Strike Committees (or chief executive officer) shall be a member of the respective ment shall be a-member of the Executive Board and may cast ( 5 ) Credentials Committees subordinate body or division and must be qualified to hold office one vote in that body. (<5) Polls Committees under the terms of the Constitution of such division or subordi­ ( 7 ) Union Tallying Committees nate body. Section 4. Secretary-Treasurer. (8) Constitutional Committees The Executive Board shall meet in headquarters no less than The Secretary-Treasurer shall perform any and all duties assigned Section 2. Additional committees may be formed as provided by him or delegated to him by the President. He shall be responsible once each quarter and at such other times as the President or, a majority vote of the membership. Committees may also be ap­ for the organization and maintenance of the correspondence, files, in his absence, the Executive Vice-President may direct. The Presi­ and records of the Union; setting up, and maintenance of, sound dent shall be the chairman of all Executive Board meetings unless pointed as permitted by this Constitution. accounting and bookkeeping systems; the setting up, and mainte­ absent, in which case the Executive Vice-President shall assume nance of, proper office and other administrative Union procedures; the chairman's duties. Each member of the Executive Board shall Article X the proper collection, safeguarding, and expenditure of all Union be entitled to cast one vote in that body. Ia decision shall be determined by majority vote of those voting, providing a quorum Duties of Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port funds, port or otherwise. He shall submit to the membership, for of three is present. It shall be the duty of the Executive Board to each quarterly period, a detailed report of the entire Union's finan­ Agents, Other Elected Job Holders and cial operations and shall submit simultaneously therewith, the develop policies, strategies and rules which will advance and Miscellaneous Personnel Quarterly Financial Committee report for the same period. The protect the interests and welfare of the Union and the Members. ^retary-Treasurer's report shall be prepared by an independent It shall be the duty of the Secreary-Treasurer, or in his absence, Soction 1. Tho Prosidonl. Certified Public Accountant. He shall also work with all duly elected an appointee of the Executive Board, to keep accurate minutes of (a) The President shall be the executive officer of the Union finance committees. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be responsible all Executive Board meetings. The Executive Board shall appoint one person who shall be designated Director of Organizing and and shall represent-, and act for and in behalf of, the Union in all for the timely filing of any and all repora on the operations of matters except as otherwise specifically provided for in the Con­ the Union, financial or otherwise, that may be required by any Publications. The Executive Board shall determine per capia tax stitution. Federal or state laws. In order that he may properly execute his to be levied and other terms and conditions of affiliation for any group of workers desiring affiliation. The Executive Board may (b) He shall be a member ex-officio of all committees, except responsibilities, he is hereby instructed and authorized to employ- direct the administration of all Union affairs, properties, policies any help he deems necessary, be it legal, accounting, or otherwise, as otherwise herein expressly provided. and personnel in any and all areas not otherwise specifically pro­ (c) The President shall be in charge of, and responsible for, all subject to approval of the Executive Board. vided for in this Constitution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the The Secretary-Treasurer shall be a member of the Executive Union property, and shall be in charge of headquarters and port Executive Board may act without holding a formal meeting pro­ Board and may cast one vote in that body. offices. Wherever there are time restrictions or other considerations The Secretary-Treasurer shall be a member ex-officio of the vided all members of the Board are sent notice of the proposed affecting Union action, the President shall take appropriate action Credentials and Ballot Tallying Committees. In addition he shall action or anions and the decision thereon is reduced to writing and to insure observance thereof. make himself and the records of his office available to the Quarterly signed by a majority of the Executive Board. In the event that death, resignation or removal from office for (d) In order that he may properly execute his responsibilities, Financial Committee. * any reason should occur simulaneously to the President and Execu­ he is hereby instructed and authorized to employ any help he deems necessary, be it legal, accounting or otherwise. tive Vice-President, the Executive Board by majority vote shall, Saction 5. Vice-Presidant In Charga of tha Atlantic Coast. (e) Subject to approval by a majority vote of the membership, The Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast shall be a name successors from ia own membership who shall fill those the President shall designate the number and location of ports, the member of the Executive Board and shall be entitled to cast one vacancies until the next general election. If the Executive Vice-President duly assumes the office of the jurisdiction, status, and activities thereof, and may close or open- vote in that body. such ports, and may re-assign Vice-Presidents and the SecretaryHe shall supervise and be responsible for the activities of all President and dies, resigns, is removed from office, or "is iocapaciTreasurer, without reduction in wages. He may also re-assign the ports, and the personnel thereof on the Atlantic Coast, includ­ ated for more than 30 days during the remainder of the term, the Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents, and Patrolmen, to ing their organizing activities. The Atlantic Coast area is deemed Executive Board shall elect a successor for the balance of the term other duties, without reduction in wages. The Ports of New York, to mean that area from and including Georgia through Maine and from its own membership. Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New -Orleans, Houston and shall also include the Islands in the Caribbean. In order that he Section 13. Dafegila*. Detroit may not be closed except by Constitutional amendment. may properly execute his responsibilities he is empowered and (a) The term "delegates" shall mean those members of "the Where ports are opened between elections, the President shall authorized to retain any technical or professional assistance he Union and ia subordinate bodies or divisions who are eleaed in designate the Union personnel thereof. deems necessary, subject to approval of the Executive Board. accordance with the provisions of this Constitution, to attend the The President shall designate, in. the event of the incapacity of convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America. Section 6. Vice-Preddent in Charga of the Gulf Coast. a^ Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, or any (b) Each delegate shall attend the convention for which elected officer other than the President, a replacement to act as such during The Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast shall be a the period of incapacity, provided such replacement is qualified member of the Executive Board and shall be entitled to cast one and. fully participate therein. under Article XII of the Constitution to fill such job. (c) Each delegate shall, by his vote and otherwise, support those vote in that body. At the regular meeting in July of every election year, the Presi­ He shall supervise and be responsible for the activities of all the policies agreed upon by the majority of the delegates to the dent shall submit to the membership a pre-balloting report. In his Ports, and the personnel thereof on the Gulf Coast including their Convention. report he shall recommend the number and location of ports, the organizing activities. The Gulf Coast area is deemed to mean the (d) The Pre^^y^^ggpi sign to each subordinate body or number of Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents and Patrol­ State of Florida, all through the Gulfj including Texas. , division that numbS^ delegates to which this Union would have men which are to be elected. He shall also recommend a bank, a In order that he may properly execute his responsibilities he been entitled, if its membership had been increased by the number bonded warehouse, a regular officer thereof, or any other similar is empowered and authorized to retain any technical or professional of members of the subordinate body or division, in accordance depository, to which the ballots are to be mailed or delivered at assistance he deems necessary, subject to approval of the Executive with the formula set forth in the Constitution of the Seafarers the close of each day's voting, except that the President may, in Boatd. International Union of North America, except that this provisioa his discretion, postpone the recommendation as to the depository shall not be applied so as to reduce the number of delegates to Saetiui 7. Vica-PrMidaiit in Chargn of rim UICM and Inland Walar*. until no later man the first regular meeting in October. which this Union would otherwise have been entitled. This rccbmmendatioh may also specify, wheffier any Patrolman The Vice-President in Charge of 'the Lakes and Inland Watets .Section 14. Committoo*. and/or Headquarters Rep'risentative, shall be designat^ as depart­ shall bd a member of the Executive Board and shall be entitled mental or otherwise, The report shall be Subjea to approval of to cut OM Vote in that body. (a) Trial CommlttM. mixlifi'cation .by a majority vote of the membership; . ' ' He shall su^rvise and be responsible'foic'die aO^vities of All iW-Trial Committee shall condiia the trmis of'a perscA diarged. �SEAFARERS Supplement—P«C« Four and shall submit findings and recommendations as prescribed la this Constimtion. It shall be the special obligation of the Trial Committee to observe all the requirements of this Constimtion with regard to charges and trials, and their finding and recom­ mendations must sp^ifically state whether or not, in the opinion of the Trial Committee, the rights of any accused, under this Constimtion, were properly safeguarded, (b) Appaalt CemmiHaa. 1. The Appeals Committee shall hear all appeals from trial judgments, in accordance with such procedures as are set forth in this Constimtion and such rules as may be adopted by a majority vott of the membership not inconsistent therewith. 2. The Appeals Committee shall, within not later than one week after the close of the said hearing, make and submit findings and recommendations in accordance with the provisions of_ this Con­ stitution and such rules as may be adopted by a majority vote of the membership not inconsistent therewith. (c) Quarlarly Financial Committaa. 1. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall make an examina­ tion for each quarterly period of the finances of the Union and shall report fully on their findings and recommendations. Members of this committee may make dissenting reports, separate recom­ mendations and separate findings. 2. Th6 findings and recommendations of this committee shall be completed within a reasonable time after the election of the members thereof, and shall be submitted to the Secretaty-Treasurer who shall cause the same to be read in all ports, as set forth herein. 3. All officers. Union personnel and members are responsible for complying with all demands made for records, bills, vouchers, receipts, etc., by the said Quarterly Financial Committee. The committee shall also have available to it, the services of the inde­ pendent certified public accountants retained by the Union. 4. Any action on the said report shall be as determined by a majority vote of the membership. 5. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall consist of seven (7) members in good standing to be elected as follows: One member from each of the following ports: New York, Philadelphia, Balti­ more, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston and Detroit. No officer. Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this Committee. Committee members shall be elected at the regular meeting designated by the SecretaryTreasurer. In the event a regular meeting cannot be held in any port for lack of a quorum, the Agent shall call a special meeting as early as possible for the purpose of electing a member to serve on the Quarterly Financial Committee. Such committee members shall be furnished transportation to New York and back to their respective ports and they shall be furnished room and board during the period they are performing their duties in New York. Com­ mencing on the day following their election and continuing until they have been returned to their respective ports each committee member shall be paid for hours worked at the standby rate of pay but in no event shall they be paid for less than eight (8) hours per day. • (d) Strike Commltte*. vessels, covered by contract with diis'.lJnion, or four (4) moBths of employment with, or in any office or job of, the Union, its sub­ sidiaries and its affiliates, or in any employment at the Union's direction, or a combination of these, between January 1st and the time of nomination in the election year; and (d) He isji citizen of the United States of America; and (e) He is not disqualified by law. Saction 2. All candidates for, and holders of, other elective jobs not specified in the preceding sections shall be full book members of the Union. Section 3. All candidates for and holders of elective offices and jobs, whether elected or appointed in accordance with this Cotistitution, shall maintain full book membership in good standing. Article XIII Elections for Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents and Patrolmen Section 1. Nominations. Except as provided in Secrion 2(b) of this Article, any full book member may submit his name for nomination for any office, or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, by delivering or causing to be delivered in person, to the office of the Secretary-Treasurer at headquarters, or sending, a letter addressed to the Credentials Committee, in care of the SecretaryTreasurer, at the address of headquarters. This letter shall be dated and shall contain the following: (a) The name of the candidate. (b) His home address and mailing address. (c) His book number. (d) The title of the office or other job for which he is a candi­ date, including the name of the Port in the event the posi­ tion sought is that of Agent or Patrolman. (e) Proof of citizenship. (f) Proof of seatime and/or employment as required for can­ didates. (g) In the event the member is on a ship he shall notify the Credentials Committee what ship he is on. This shall be done also if he ships subsequent to forwarding his cre­ dentials. (h) Annexing a certificate in the following form, signed and dated by the proposed nominee: "I hereby certify that I am not now, nor, for the five (5) years last past, have I been either a member of the Communist Party or convicted of, or served any part of a prison term resulting from conviction of robbery, bribery, extortion, embezzlement, grand larceny, burglary, arson, violation of narcotics laws, murder, rape, assault with intent to kill, assault which inflicts grievous bodily injury, or violation of title II or III of the Landrum-Griffin Act, or conspiracy to commit any such crimes." Dated: 1. In no event shall a general strike take place unless approved by a majority vote of the membership. 2. In the event a general strike has been approved by the mem­ bership the Port Agents in all affected ports shall call a timely special meeting for the purpose of electing a strike committee. This committee shall be composed of three full book members and their duties shall consist of assisting the Port Agent to effectu­ ate all strike policies and strategies. Arficfe XI Wages and Terms of Office of Officers and Other Elective Job Holders, Union Employees, and Others Saciion 1. The following elected offices and jobs shall be held for a term of four years: President Vice-Presidents Secretary-Treasu ter Headquarters Representatives Port Agents Pattolmen The term of four years set fotth herein is expressly subject to the provisions for assumption of office as contained in Article XIII, Section 6(b) of this Constitution. Section 2. The term of any elective jobs other than those indicated in Section 1 of this Article shall continue for so long as is necessary to complete the functions thereof, unless sooner terminated by a majotity vote of the membership or segment of the Union, which­ ever applies, whose vote was originally necessary to elect the one or ones serving. Section 3. The compensation to be paid the holder of any office or other elective job shall be determined from time to time by the Executive Board subject to approval of the membership. Section 4. The foregoing provisions of this Article do not apply to any corporation, business, or other vennire in which this Union participates, or which it organizes or creates. In such situations, instructions conveyed by the Executive Board shall be followed. Article XII Qualifications for Officers, Headquarters Representa­ tives, Port Agents, Patrolmen and Other Elective Jobs Section 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be a candidate for, and hold, any office or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman provided: , (a) He has at least three (3) years of seatime in an unlicensed 'capacity aboard an American-flag merchant vessel or vessels. In computing time, time spent in the employ of the Union, its sub­ sidiaries and its affiliates, or in any employment at the Union's direction, shall count the same as sea time. Union records. Welfare Plan records and/or company records can be used to determine eligibility; and . (b) He has been a full book member in continuous good stand­ ing in the Union for at least three (3) years immediately prior to his nomination; and (c) He has at least four (4) months of sea time, in an unliceruml capacity,, aboard sa American-flag, merchant vessel or Book No Signature of member .'. Ian* tf. IMS LOG ! Printed forms of the certificate shall be made available to nomi­ nees. Where a nominee cannot truthfully execute such a certificate, ljut is, in fact, legally eligible for an oflice or job by reason of the restoration of civil rights originally revoked by such conviction or a favorable determination by the Board of Parole of the United States Department of Justice, he shall, in lieu of the foregoing certificate, furnish a complete signed statement of the facts of his case together with true copies of the documents supporting his statement. Ail documents required herein must reach headquarters no earlier than July I5th and no later than August 15th of the election year. The Secretary-Treasurer is charged with the safekeeping of these letters and shall turn them over to the Credentials Committee upon the latter's request. Stclion 2. Cradantiils Commitlae. (a) A Credentials Committee shall be elected at the regular meeting in August of the election year, at the port where head­ quarters is located. It shall consist of six full book members in attendance at the meeting, with two members to be elected from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards Departments. No Officer, Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, or candi­ date for office or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this Committee, except as provided for in Article X, Section 4. In the event any committee member is unable to serve, the committee shall suspend until the President or Executive Vice President, or the SecretaryTreasurer, in that order, calls a special meeting at the port where Headquarters is located in order to elect a replacement. The Com­ mittee's results shall be by majority vote, with any tie vote being resolved by a majority vote of the membership at a special meeting called for that purpose at that Port. (b) After its election, the Committee shall immediately go into session. It shall determine whether the person has submitted his application correctly and possesses the necessary qualifications. The Committee shall prepare a report listing each applicant and his book number under the office or job he is seeking. Each appli­ cant shall be marked "qualified" or "disqualified" according to the findings of the Committee. Where an applicant has been marked "disqualified", the reason therefor must be stated in the report. Where a tie vote has been resolved by a special meeting of the ipembership, that fact shall also be noted, with sufficient detail. •The report shall be signed by all of the Committee members, and be completed and submitted to the Ports in time for the next regular meeting after their election. At this meeting, it shall be read and incorporated in the minutes, and then posted on the bulletin board in each port. On the last day of nominations, one member of the Committee shall stand by in Headquarters to accept delivery of credentials. All credentials must be in headquarters by midnight of closing day. (c) When an applicant has been disqualified by the commit­ tee, he shall be notified immediately by telegram at the addresses listed by him pursuant to Section 1 of this Article. He shall also be sent a letter containing the reasons for such disqualification by air mail, special delivery, registered, to the mailing address desig­ nated pursuant to Section 1 (b) of this Article. A disqualified appli­ cant shall have the right to take an appeal to the membership from the decision of the committee. He shall forward copied of such appeal to each port, where the appeal shall be presented and voted upon at a regular meeting no later than the second meeting after the committee's election. It is the responsibility of the appli­ cant to insure timely delivery, of his. appeal In any event, without. prejudice to hit written appeal, the applicant inajr appear in.penoq Wore die committee within two days afMr die day on which the telegram if sent, to.correct his application or argue for his quali­ fication. The committee's report shall be prepared early enough to allow the applicant to appear before it within the time aet forth in this Constitution and still reach the ports in time for the first regular meeting after its election. (d) A majority vote of the membership shall, in the case of such appeals, be sufficient to over-rule any disqualification classification by the Credentials Committee, in which event the one so pre­ viously classified shall then be deemed qualified. (e) The Credentials Committee, in passing upon the qualifi­ cations of candidates, shall have the right to conclusively presume that anyone nominated and qualified in previous elections for candi­ dacy for any office, or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or IPatrolman, has met all the requirements of Section 1 (a) of Article XII. Saction 3. Balloting Procaduras. (a) The Secretary-Treasurer shall insure the proper and timely preparation of ballots, without partiality as to candidates or ports. The ballots may contain general information and instructive com­ ments not inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution. All qualified candidates shall be listed thereon aplhabetically within each category. The listing of the ports shall follow a geographical pattern, commencing with the most northerly port on the Atlantic coast, following the Atlantic coast down to the most southerly port on that coast, then westerly along the Gulf of Mexico and so on, until the list of ports is exhausted. Any port outside the Continental United States shall then be added. There shall be allotted write-in space, on each ballot, sufficient to permit each member voting to write in as many names as there are offices and jobs to be voted upon. Each ballot shall be so prepared as to have the number thereon placed at the top thereof and shall be so per­ forated as to enable that portion containing the said number to be easily removed to insure secrecy of the ballot. On this removable portion shall also be placed a short statement indicating the nature of the ballot and the voting date thereof. (b) The ballots so prepared at the direction of the SecretaryTreasurer shall be the only official ballots. No others may be used. Each ballot shall be numbered as indicated in the preceding para­ graph and shall be numbered consecutively, commencing with number 1. A sufficient amount shall be printed and distributed to each Port. A record of the ballots, both by serial numbers and amount, sent thereto shall be maintained by the Secretary-Treasurer, who shall also send each Port Agent a verification list indicating the amount and serial numbers of the ballots sent. Each Port Agent shall maintain separate records of the ballots sent him and shall inspect and count the ballots, when received, to insure that the amount sent, as well as the numbers thereon, conform to the 'amount and numbers listed by the Secretary-Treasurer as having been sent to that port. The Port Agent shall immediately execute and return to the Secretary-Treasurer a receipt acknowledging the correctness of the amount and numbers of the ballots sent, or shall notify the Secretary-Treasurer of any discrepancy. Discrepancies shall be corrected as soon as possible prior to the voting period. In any. event, receipts shall be forwarded for ballots actually received. The Secretary-Treasurer shall prepare a file in which shall be kept memoranda and correspondence dealing with the election. This file shall at all times be available to any member asking for inspec­ tion of the same at the office of the Secretary-Treasurer. (c) Balloting shall take place in person, at port offices, and shall be secret. No signatures of any voter, or other distin.guishing mark, shall appear on the ballot, except that any member may write in the name or names of any member or members, as appro­ priate, for any office, or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman. (d) Only full book members may vote. However, immediately prior thereto they must present their books to the Polls Committee of the port in which they are voting. The voter's book number shall be placed upon the roster sheet (which shall be kept in duplicate) in the space opposite the proper ballot number, and the member shall sign his name. The portion of the ballot on which the ballot number is printed shall then be removed, placed near the roster sheet, and the member shall proceed to the voting site with the ballot. An appropriate notation of the date and of the fact of voting shall be placed in the member's Union book. (e) Each Port Agent shall be responsible for the establishment of a booth or other voting site where each member may vote in privacy. (f) Upon completion of voting the member shall fold the ballot so that no part of the printed or written portion is visible. He shall then drop the ballot into a narrow-slotted ballot box, which shall be provided for that purpose by the Port Agent and kept locked and sealed except as hereinafter set forth. (g) Voting shall commence on November 1st of the election year and shall continue through December 31st, exclusive of Sun­ days and (for each individual Port) holidays legally recognized in the city in which the port affected is located. If November 1st or December 31st falls on a holiday legally recognized in a port in the city in which that port is located, the balloting period in such port shall commence or terminate, as the case may be, on the next succeeding business day. Subject to the foregoing, voting in all ports shall commence at 9:00 A.M., and continue until 5:00 P.M., except that, on Saturdays, voting shall commence at 9:00 A.M. and continue until 12 noon. Saction 4. Polls Commiltaas. (a) Each port shall elect, prior to the beginning of the voting on each voting day, a Polls Committee, consisting of three full book members none of whom shall be a candidate, officer or an elected or appointed job holder. For the purpose of holding a meeting for the election of a Polls Committee only, and notwith­ standing the provisions of Article XXIII, Section 2, or any other provision of this Constitution, five (5) members shall constitute o POfft with the said meeting to be held between 8:00 A.M. and 9:00 A.M. with no notice thereof required. It shall be the obligation of each member wishing to serve on a Polls Committee, or to^ observe the election thereof, to be present during this time period. It shall be the responsibility of the Port Agent to see that the meeting for the purpose of electing the said Polls Committee is called, and that the minutes of the said meeting are sent daily to the Secretaty-Treasurer. In no case shall voting take place unless a duly elected Polls Co.mmittee is functioning. (b) The duly elected Polls Committee shall collect all unused balloB, the voting rosters, the numbered stubs of those ballots already used, the ballot box or boxes and the ballot records and files kept by the Port Agent. It shall then proceed to compar^> the serial numbers and amounts of stubs with the number of na.nes and corresponding serial numbers on the roster, and then compare, the serial numheg imd,mounts ,of b»Uotj,'wed->with the verifica- �S5, 1M» don list, M corrected, end uoertam whether the unused ballots, bodl serial numbers and amount, represent the difference between what appears on the verifiication list, as corrected, and the ballots used. If any discrepancies are found, a detailed report thereon shall be drawn by the Polls Committee finding such discrepancies, which report shall be in duplicate, and signed by all the members of such Polls Committee. Each member of the Committee may make what Kparate comments thereon he desires, provided they are signed and dated by him. A copy of this report shall be given the Port Agent, to be presented at the next regular meeting. A copy shall also be simultaneously sent to the Secretary-Treasurer, who shall cause an investigation to be made forthwith. The results of such investigation shall be reported to the membership as soon as com­ pleted, with recommendations by the Secretary-Treasurer. A ma­ jority vote of the membership shall determine what action, if any, shall be taken thereon. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Constitution, the Executive Board shall not make any determination in these matters. (c) The Polls Committee shall also insure that the ballot box is locked and sealed, which lock and seal shall not be opened except in the manner hereinafter set forth. The same procedure as is set forth in the preceding paragraph with regard ro discrepancies shall be utilized in the event the Polls Committee has reason to believe the lock and seal have been illegally tampered with. (d) The Polls Committee shall permit full book members only to vote. Prior thereto, it shall stamp their book with the word "voted" and the date, issue ballots to voters, insure that proper registration on the roster takes place, collect stubs, and keep them in numerical order. It shall preserve good order and decorum at the voting site and vicinity thereof. All members and others affiliated with the Union are charged with the duty of assisting the Polls Committee, when called upon, in the preservation of order and decorum. (e) In order to maintain the secrecy and accuracy of the ballot, and to eliminate the possibility of errors or irregularities in any one day's balloting affecting all the balloting in any port, the following procedure shall be observed: At the end of each day's voting, the Polls Committee, in the presence of any member desiring to attend, provided he observes proper decorum, shall open the ballot box or boxes, and place all of that day's ballots therein in an envelope, as required, which shall then be sealed. The members of the Polls Committee shall there­ upon sign their names across the flap of the said envelope or enve­ lopes, with their book numbers nexr to their signatures. The committee shall also place the date and name of the Port on the said envelopes, and shall certify, on the envelope or envelopes, that the ballot box or boxes were opened publicly, that all ballots for that day only were removed, and that all of those ballots are enclosed in the envelope or envelopes dated for rhat day and voted in that Port. The Po Is Committee shall check the rosters, and any other records they deem appropriate, to insure the foregoing. At the discretion of the Executive Board, official envelopes may be pre­ pared for rhe purpose of enclosing the ballots and the making of the aforesaid certification, with wording embodying the fore­ going inscribed thereon, in which evenr these envelopes shall be used by the Polls Committee for the aforesaid purpose. Nothing contained herein shall prevent any member of a Polls Committee ifrom adding such comments to the certificate as are appropriate, provided the comments are signed and dated by the member making them. The envelope or envelopes shall then be placed in a wrapper or envelope, which, at the discretion of the Executive Board, may be furnished for thar purpose. The wrapper or envelope shall then be securely sealed and either delivered, or senr by certified or tegisrered mail, by rhe said Polls Committee, to the depository named in the pre-election report adopted by the membership. The Polls Committee shall not be discharged from its duties until this mailing is accomplished and evidence of mailing or delivery is furnished the Port Agent, which evidence shall be noted and kept in the Port Agent's election records or files. The Polls Committee shall also insure that the ballot box or boxes are locked and sealed before handing rhem back ro the Port Agent, and shall place the key or keys to the boxes in an envelope, across the flap of which the members of the committee shall sign their names, book numbers, and the date, after sealing the envelope securely. In addition to delivering the key and ballot box or boxes as aforesaid, the Polls Committee shall deliver to the Port Agent one copy of each of the roster sheets for the day, the unused ballots, any reports called for by this Section 4, any files that they may have received, and all the stubs collected both for the day and those turned over to it. The Port Agent shall be responsible for the proper safeguarding of all the aforesaid material, shall not release any of it until duly called for, and shall insure that no one illegally tampers with the material placed in his custody. The remaining copy of each roster sheet used for the day shall be mailed by the Polls Committee to the Secretary-Treasurer, by certified or regis­ tered mail or delivered in person. (f) Members of the Polls Committee shall serve without com­ pensation, except that the Port Agent shall compensate each Polls Committee member with a reasonable sum for meals while serving or provide meals in lieu of cash. Section 5. Ballot Collection, Tallying Procedure, Protests, and Special Votes. (a) On the day the balloting in each port is to termjpate, the Polls Committee elected for that day shall, in addition to their other duties hereinbefore set forth, deliver to headquarters, or mail to headquarters (by certified or registered mail), all the unused ballots, together with a certification, signed and dated by all members of the Committee that all ballots sent to the port and not used are enclosed therewith, subject to the right of each member of the Committee to make separate comments under his signature and date. The certification shall specifically identify, by serial number and amounr, the unused ballots so forwarded. In the same package, but bound separately, the committee shall forward to headquarters all stubs collected during the period of voting, together with a certification, signed by all members of the committee, that all the stubs collected by the committee are enclosed therewith subject to the tight of each member of the committee to make separate com­ ments under his signature and date. The said Polls Committee members shall not be discharged from their duties until the for, warding called for hereunder is accomplished and evidence of mailing or delivery is furnished the Port Agent, which evidence shall be noted and kept in the Port Agent's election records or files. (b) All forwarding to headquarters called for under this Section 5, shall be to the Union Tallying Committee, at the address of headquarters. In rhe event a Polls Committee cannot be elected or cannot act on the day the balloting in each Port is to terminate, . the Port Agent shall have the duty to forward the material specifi­ cally set forth in Section 3(a) (unused ballots and stubs) to the Union Tallying Committee, which will then carry out the functions in regard thereto of the said Polls Committee. In such event, the Port Agent shall also forward all other material deemed necessary by the Union Tallying Commits .to. execute thpw functions; . , ; i SEAFARERS Supplement—Pase Fir* LOG All oertiflcatioof called for under diia Article XIII shall bt deemed made according to the bM knowledge, and belief of diose required to make such certification. (c) The Union Tallying Committee shall consist of 14 full book members. Two shall be elected from each of the seven ports of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston, and Detroit. The election shall be held at the re^lar meeting in December of the election year, or if the Executive Board other­ wise dwermines prior thereto, at a special meeting held in the aforesaid ports on the first business day of the last week of said month. No Officer, Headquarters Representative, Port Agent, Pa­ trolman, or candidate for office, or the job of Headquarters Rep­ resentative, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this Committee, except as provided for in Article X, Section 4. In addition to its duties hereinbefore set forth, the Union Tallying Committee shall be charged with the tallying of all the ballots and the preparation of a closing report setting forth, in complete detail, the results of the election, including a complete accounting of all ballots and stubs, and reconciliation of the same with the rosters, verification lists, and receipts of the Port Agents, all with detailed reference to serial numbers and amounts and with each total broken down into port totals. The Tallying Committee shall be permitted access to the election records and files of all ports, which they may require to be forwarded for inspection at its discretion. The report shall clearly detail all discrepancies discovered, and shall contain recommendations for the treatment of these dis­ crepancies. All members of . the Committee shall sign the report, without prejudice, however, to the right of any member thereof to submit a dissenting report as to the accuracy of the count and the validity of the ballots, with j^rtinent details. The Tallying Committee is also charged with the receipt and evaluation of written protests by any member who claims an illegal denial of the right to vote. If it finds the protests invalid, it shall dismiss the protest and so inform the protesting member, by wire, on the day of dismissal. If it finds the protest valid, the committee shall order a special vote, to be had no later than within the period of its proceedings, on such terms as are practical, effective, and just, but which terms, in any event, shall include the provisions of Section 3(c) of this Article and the designation of the voting site of the port most convenient to the protesting member. Where a special vote is ordered in accordance with this Section 5(c), these terms shall apply, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Article. Protests may be made only in writing and must be received by the Union Tallying Committee during the period of its proceedings. The reports of this committee shall include a brief summary of each protest received, the name and book number of the protesting member, and a summary of the disposition of the said protest. The committee shall take all reason­ able measures to adjust the course of its proceedings so as to enable the special vote set forth in this Section 5(c) to be com­ pleted within the. time herein specified. No closing report shall be made by it unless and until the special votes referred to in this Section 5(c) shall have been duly completed and tallied. (d) The members of the Union Tallying Committee shall pro­ ceed to the port in which headquarters is located, as soon as possi­ ble after their election but, in any event," shall arrive at that port prior to the first business day after December 31 of the election year. Each member of the committee not elected from the port inwhich headquarters is located shall be reimbursed for transportation, meals, and lodging expense occasioned by their traveling ro and returning from that Port. All members of the committee shall also be paid at the prevailing standby rate of pay from rhe day subse­ quent to their election to the day they return, in normal course, to the Port from which they were elected. The Union Tallying Committee shall elect a chairman from among themselves and, subject to the express terms of this Con­ stitution, adopt its own procedures. Decision as to special votes, protests, and the contents of the final report shall be valid if made by a majority vote, provided there be a quorum in attendance, which quorum is hereby fixed at nine (9)- The Union Tallying Committee, but not less than a quorum thereof, shall have the sole right and duty to obtain the ballots from the depository imme­ diately after the termination of balloting and to insure their safe custody during the course of the committee's proceedings. The proceedings of this committee, except for the actual preparation of the closing report and dissents therefrom, if any, shall be open to any member, provided he observes decorum. In no event, shall the issuance of the hereinbefore referred to closing report of the Tallying Committee be delayed beyond the January 15th immedi­ ately subsequent to the close of voting. The Union Tallying Com­ mittee shall be discharged upon the completion of the issuance and dispatch of its reports as required in this Article. In the event a recheck and recount is ordered pursuant to Section 5(g) of this Article, the committee shall be reconstituted except that if any member thereof is not available, a substitute therefore shall be elected from the appropriate port, at a special meeting held for that purpose as soon as possible. (e) The report of the Committee shall be made up in sufficient copies to comply with the following requirements: two copies shall be sent by the committee to each Port Agent and the SecretaryTreasurer prior to the first regular meeting scheduled to takeplace subsequent to the close of the committee's proceedings or, in the event such meeting is scheduled to take place four days or less from the close of this committee's proceedings, then at least five days prior to the next regular meeting. Whichever meeting applies shall be designated, by date, in the report and shall be referred to as the" "Election Report Meeting." As soon as these copies are received, each Port Agent shall post one copy of the report on the bulletin board, in a conspicuous manner. This copy shall be kept posted for a period of two months. At the Election Report Meeting, the other copy of the report shall be read verbatim. (f) At the Election Report meeting, there shall be taken up the discrepancies, if any, referred to in Section 5(c) of this Article and the recommendations of the Tallying Committee submitted therewith. A majority vote of the membership shall decide what action, if any, in accordance with the Constimtion, shall be taken thereon, which action, however, shall not include the ordering of a special vote unless the reported discrepancies affect the results of the vote for any office or job, in^ which event, the special vote shall be resiricted thereto. A majority of the membership, at the Election Rpeort Meeting, may order a recheck and a recount when a dissent to the closing report has been issued by three or more members, of the Union Tallying Committee. Except for the con­ tingencies provided for in this Section 5(f) the closing report shall be accepted as final. (g) A special vote ordered pursuant to Seciton 5(fJ must take place and be completed within seven (7) days after the Election Report Meeting, at each pott where the discrepancies so acted upon took place. Subject to the foregoing, and to the limits of the vote set by the membership, as aforesaid, the Port Agenu in each such port shall, have the functions of the Tallying Committee as .set forth-in S^on-5(c),, insofar< as-that Section deals with the. atnns of such sp^ial vote. The StKfetary-Treasurer shall make « sufficient amount of the usual balloting material immediately available to Port Agents, for the purpose of such special vote. Imme­ diately after die close thereof, the Port Agent shall summarize -the results and communicate them to the Secretary-Treasurer. The ballots, stubs, roster sheets, and unused ballots pertaining to the special vote shall be forwarded to the Secretary-Traesurer, all in the same package, but bound separately, by the most rapid means practicable, but, in any case, so as to reach the Secreury-Treasurer in time to enable him to prepare his report as required by this Section 5(g). An accounting and certification, made by the Port Agent, similar to those required of Polls Committees, shall be enclosed therewith. The Secretary-Treasurer shall then prepare a tetmrt containing a combined summary of the results, together with a Khedule indicating in detail how they affect the Union Tallying Committee's results, as set forth in its closing report. The form of the latter's report shaH be followed as closely as possible. Two (2) copies shall be sent to each port, one copy of which shall be posted. "The other copy shall be presented at the next regular meeting after the Election Report Meeting. If a majority vote of the membership decides to accept the Secretary-Treasurer's report, the numerical results set forth in the pertinent segments of the Tally­ ing Committee's closing report shall be deemed accepted and final without modification. If ordered, a recheck and recount, and the report thereon by the Union Tallying Committee, shall be similarly disposed of and deemed accepted and final, by majority vote of the membership at the regular meeting following the Election Report Meeting. If such recheck and recount is ordered, the Union 'Tallying Com­ mittee shall be required to continue its proceedings correspondingly. Saction 6. Installation into office and the Job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman. (a) The person elected shall be that person having the largest number of votes cast for the particular office or job involved. Where more than one person is to be elected for a particular office or job, the proper number of candidates receiving the successively highest number of votes shall be declared elected. These determina­ tions shall be made only from the results deemed final and accepted as provided in this Article. It shall be the duty of the President to notify each individual elected. (b) The duly elected officers and other job holders shall take over their respective offices and jobs, and assume the duties thereof, at midnight of the night of the Election Report Meeting, or the next regular meeting, depending upon which meeting the result? as to each of the foregoing are deemed final and accepted, as pro­ vided in this Article. The term of their predecessors shall continue up to, and expire at, that time, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Article XI, Section 1. This shall not apply where the successful candidate cannot assume his office because he is at sea. In such event, a majority vote of the membership may grant additional time for the assumption of the office or job. In the event of the failure of the newly-elected President to assume office the provisions of Article X, Section 2, as to succession shall apply until the expiration of the term. All other cases of failure to assume office shall be dealt with as decided by a majority vote of the membership. Section 7. The Secretary-Treasurer is specifically charged with the preservation and retention of all election records, including the ballots, as required by law, and is directed and authorized to issue such other and further directives as to the election procedures as are required by law, which directives shall be part of the election procedures of this Union. Article XIV Other Elections Section T. Trial Committee. A Trial Committee shall be elected at a special meeting held at 10:00 A.M., the next business day following the regular meeting of the Port where the Trial is to take place. It shall consist of five full book members, of which three shall constimte a quorum. No officer, Headquarters Representative, Port Agent, Port Patrolman, or other Union personnel may be electd to serve on a Trial Com­ mittee. No member who intends to be a witness in the pending trial may serve, nor may any member who cannot, for any reason, render an honest decision. It shall be the duty of every member to decline nomination if he knows, or has reason to believe, any^of the foregoing disqualifications apply to him. The members of tnis committee shall be elected under such generally applicable rules as are adopted by a majority vote of the meml^rship. Saction 2. Appeals Commitlea. The Appeals Committee shall consist of seven full book members, five of whom shall constitute a quorum, elected at the port where headquarters is located. The same disqualifications and duties of members shall apply with regard to this committee as apply to the Trial Committee. In addition, no mem'ber may serve on an Appeals Committee in the hearing of an appeal from a Trial Committee decision, if the said member was a member of the Trial Committee. Saction 3. Delegalat. As soon as the President is advised as to the date and duly authorized number of delegates to the convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America, he shall communicate such facts to the Port Agent of each Port, together with recommendations as to generally applicable rules for the election of delegates. These facts and recommendations shall be announced and read at the first regular meeting thereafter. Unless changed by a majority vote of the membership during that meeting, the election rules shall apply. These rules shall not prohibit any full book member from nominating himself. The results of the election shall be communi­ cated to each Port Agent, posted on the bulletin board, and an­ nounced at the next regular meeting of the Port. Rules of election hereunder may include provisions for automatic election of all qualified nominees, in the event the number of such nominees does not exceed the number of delegates to be elected. Article XV Trials and Appeals Saction 1. Any member may bring charges against any other member for the commission of an offense as set forth in this Con­ stimtion. These charges shall be in writing and signed by the accuser, who shall also include his book number. The accuser shall deliver these charges to the Port Agent of the port nearest the place of the offense, or the port of pay-off, if the offense took place aboard' ship. He shall also request the Port Agent to present these charges at the next regular meeting. The accuser may withdraw his charges before &e meeting takes place. • . • �Sapplement—^Pat* Ste V # I SEAFARER'S LOG SMrieN 2. After presentation of the duuge* and the request to evideoot to support sudi a finding and, Ift such cast, dit Appeab (c)' MlKooduct durinA any meeting or other official Union the Port Agent, the Port Agent shall cause those charges to be read Committee shall not make itt own findings as to ^ weight, of ptocetdiaA or bringing m Union into disrepute by conduct not provided for elsewhere in this Article; evidence. at the said meeting. If the charges are rejected by a majority vote of the port, no ^ (b) In no event shall increased punishment be recommended. (d) Refusal or negligent failore to carry out orders of those further action may be uken thereon, unless ruled otherwise by a (c) A new trial shall be recommended if the Appeals Committee duly authorized to paake such orders at any time. majority vote of the membership of the Union within 90 days finds—(a) that any member of the Trial Committee should have Sscilen 4. Upon proof of the commission of any of the following thereafter. If the charges are accepted, and the accused is present, been disqualified, or (b) that the accused was not adequately he shall be automatically on notice that he will be tried the foU informed of the details of the charged offense, which resulted iti offenses, members shall be penalized up to and including a fine of lowing morning. At his request, the trial shall be pos^ned until his not having been given a fair trial, or (c) that for any other 150.00; the morning following the next regular meeting, at which time the reason, the accused was not given a fair trial. (a) Refusal or wilful failure to be present at sign-ons or pay-offs; Trial Committee will then be elected. He shall also be handed a (b) Wilful failure to submit Union book to Union representa­ (d) If there is not substantial evidence to support a finding of written copy of the charges made against him. tives at pay-off; If the accused is not present, the Port Agent shall immediately guilt, the Appals Committee shall recommend that the charge on (c) Dirarderly conduct at pay-off or sign-on; which the finding was based be dismissed. cause to be sent to him, by registered mail addressed to his last (d) Refusal to cooperate with Union representatives in dis­ (e) The Appeals Committee may recommend lesser punishment. known mailing address on file with the Union a copy of the charging their duties; charges, the names and book numbers of the accusers, and a noti­ Section 14. The Appeals Committee shall deliver its decision and fication, that he must appear with his witnesses, rwdy for trial the (e) Disorderly conduct in the Union hall; if any, to headquarters, which shall cause sufficient copies 'morning after the next regular meeting, at which meeting the dissent, (f) Gambling in the Union hall; to be published and shall have them sent to each port in time to Trial Committee will be elected. (g) Negligent failure to join ship. In the event a majority of the membership of the Union shall reach there before the next regular scheduled meeting. Headquarters shall also send a copy to each accused and accuser at their last vote to accept charges after their rejection by a port, the trial shall Saction 5. Any member who has committed an offense penalized take place in the Port where Headquarters is located. Due notice known address, or notify them in person. by no more, than a fine of $50.00 may elect' to waive his rights thereof shall be given to the accused, who shall be informed of the Section 15. At the meeting indicated in Section 14 of this Article, under this Constitution subject to the provisions of Article XV, name of his accusers, and who shall receive a written statement the membership, by a majority vote, shall accept the decision of the Section 19 and to pay the maximum fine of $50.00 to the duly . of the charges. At the r^uest of the accused, transportation and Appeals Committee, or the dissent therein. If . there is no dissent, authorized representative of the Union. subsistence shall be provided the accused and his witnesses. the decision of the Appeals Committee shall stand. Saction 6. This Union, and its members, shall not be deemed to If a new trial is ordered, that trial shall be held in the port Section 3. The Trial Committee shall hear all pertinent evidence waive any claim, of personal or property rights to which it or its where headquarters is located, in the manner provided for in and shall not be bound by the rules of evidence required by courts members are entitled, by bringing the memt^r to trial or enforcing of law but may receive all relevant testimony. The Trial Committee Section 2 of this Article. Any decision so providing for a new trial a penalty as provided in this Constitution. shall contain such directions as will insure a fair hearing to the may grant adjournments, at the request of the accused, to enable Saction 7. Any member under suspension for an offense under him to make a proper defense. In the event the Trial Committte accused. falls beneath a quorum, it shall adjourn until a quorum does exist. SacHon 16. Headquarters shall notify the accused and each accuser, this Article shall continue to pay all dues and assessments and must observe his duties to the Union, members, officials, and job holders. Soclion 4. No trial shall be conducted unless all the accusers are either in person or in writing addressed to their last known address, of the results of the appeal. A further appeal shall be present. The Trial Committee shall conduct the trial except that the accused shall have the right to cross-examine the accuser, or accusers, allowed as set forth in Section 17 of this Article. Arhcia XVII and the witnesses, as well as to conduct his own defense. The accused Saction 17. Each member is charged with knowledge of the |MaPublications may select any member to assist him in his defense at the trial, visions of the Constitution of the Seafarers International Union provided, (a), the said member is available at the time of the of North America, and the rights of, and procedure as to, further This Union may publish such pamphlets, journals, newspapers, trial and (b) the said member agrees to tender such assistance. appeal as provided for therein. Decisions reached thereunder shall I magazines, periodicals and general literature, in such manner as If the accused challenges the qualifications of the members of the be binding on all members of the Union. may be determined, from time to time, by the Executive Board. Trial Committee, or states that the charges do not adequately inform Saction 18. It shall be the duty of all members of the Union to him of what wrong he allegedly committed, or the time and place of such commission, such matters shall be ruled upon and dis­ take all steps within their constitutional power to carry out the Articlo XVIII posed of, prior to proceeding on the merits of the defense, ^e terms of any effective decisions. Bonds guilt of an accused shall be found only if proven by the weight Saction 19. Every accused shall receive a written copy of the of the evidence, and the burden of such proof shall be upon the charges preferred against him and shall be given a reasonable time Pfficers and job holders, whether elected or appointed at well accuser. Every finding shall be based on the quality of the evidence to prepare his defense, but he may thereafter plead guilty and . and not solely on the number of witnesses produced. waive any or all of the other rights and privileges granted to him as all other employees handling monies of the Union shall be bonded as required by law. Section 5. The Trial Committee shall make finding as to guilt by this Article. If an accused has been properly notified of his trial and fails to attend without properly requesting a postpone­ or innocence, and recommendations as to punishment and/or other Article XIX Union action deemed desirable in the light of the proceedings. These ment, the Trial Committee may hold its trial without his presence. findings and recommendations shall be those of a majority of the Expenditures committee, and shall be in writing, as shall be any dissent. The Article XVI committee shall forward its findings and recommendations, along Section 1. In the event no contrary policies or instructions are in Offenses and Penalties with any dissent to the Port Agent of the port where the trial took existence, the President may authorize, make, or incur such ex­ place, while a copy thereof shall be forwarded to the accused and Section 1. Upon proof the commission of the following offenses, penditures and expenses as are normally encompassed within the the accusers, either in person or by mail addressed to their last authority conferred upon him by Article X of this Constitution. the member shall be expelled from membership: known addresses. The findings shall include a statement that the Soction 2. The provisions of Section 1 shall similarly apply to (a) Proof of membership in any organization advocating the rights of the accused under this Constitution, were properly safe­ the routine accounting and administrative procedures of the Union guarded. The findings also must contain the charges made, the date overthrow of the Government of the United States by force; of the trial, the name and address of the accused, the accuser, and (b) Acting as an informer against the interest of the Union except -those primarily concerned with trials, appeals, negotiations, strikes, and elections. each witness; shall describe each document used at the trial; shall or the membership in any organizational campaign; contain a fair summary of the proceedings, and shall state the Section 3. The provisions of this Article shall supersede to the (c) Acting as an informer for, or agent of, the company against findings as to guilt or innocence. If possible, all documents used at the interests of the membership or the Union; extent applicable, the provisions of Article X of this Constitution. the trial shall be kept. All findings and recommendations shall be (d) The commission of any act as part of a conspiracy to mgdcia'|>art'0f the regular files. destroy the Union. Article XX Sartion 6. The Port Agent of the Port of Trial shall, upon receipt Section 2. Upon proof of the commission of any of the following Income of the findings and recommendations of the Trial Committee, cause the findings and recommendations to be presented, and entered offenses, the member shall be penalized up to and including a penalty of expulsion from the Union. In the event the penalty of Section 1. The income of this Union shall include dues, initiation into the minutes, at the next regular meeting. expulsion is not invoked or recommended, the penalty shall not fees, fines, assessments, contributions, loans, interest, dividends, as Section 7.- The Port Agent shall send • the record of the entire exceed suspension from the rights and privileges of membership well as income derived from any other legitimate business operation proceedings to headquarters, which shall cause sufficient copies for more than two (2) years, or a fine of $50.00 or both: or other legitimate source. thereof to be made and sent to, each Port in time for the next (a) Wilfully misappropriating or misusing Union property of Section 2. An official Union receipt, properly filled out, shall be regularly scheduled meeting. the value in excess of $50.00. given to anyone paying money to the Union or to any person auth­ Section 8. At the latter meeting, the proceedings shall be dis­ (b) Unauthorized use of Union property, records, stamps, seals, orized by the Union to receive money. It shall be the duty of every cussed. The meeting shall then vote. A majority vote of the mem­ etc., for the purpose of personal gain; person affiliated with the Union who -makes such payments to bership of the Union shall: (c) Wilful misuse of any office or job, elective or hot, within the demand such receipt. fa) Accept the findings and recommendations, or Union for the purpose of personal gain, financial or otherwise, or Soction 3. No assessments shall be levied except after a ballot (b) Reject the findings and recommendations, or the wilful refusal or failure to execute the duties or functions conducted under such general rules as may be decided upon by a (c) Accept the findings, but modify the recommendations, or of the said office or job, or gross neglect or abuse in executing majority vote of the membership, provided that: (d) Order a new trial after finding that substantial justice has such duties or functions or other serious misconduct or breach of (a) The ballot must be secret. not been done with regard to the charges. In this event, a new trust. The President may, during the pendency of disciplinary (b) The assessment must be approved by a majority of the proceedings under this subsection, suspend the officer or jobholder trial shall take place at the port where headquarters is located from exercising the functions of the office or job, with or without valid ballots cast. and upon application, the accused, the accusers, and their witnesses pay, and designate his temporary replacement. shall be furnished transportation and subsistence. Saction 4. Except as otherwise provided by law, all payments (d) Unauthorized voting, or unauthorized handling of ballots, Section 9. After the vote set forth in Section 8, any punishment stubs, rosters, verification lists, ballot boxes, or election files, or by members or other affiliates of this Union shall be applied suc­ cessively to the monetary obligations owed the Union commencing so decided upon shall become effective. Headquarters shall cause election material of any sort; with the oldest in point of time, as measured from the date of notice of the results thereof to be sent to each accused and accuser. (e) Preferring charges with knowledge that such charges are accrual of such obligation. The period of arrears shall be calculated Section 10. An accused who has been found guilty, or who is •false; accordingly. under effective punishment.may appeal in the following manner:' (f) Making or transmitting, with intent to deceive, false reports He may send or deliver a notice of appeal to Headquarters or communications which fall within the scope of Union business; Article XXI within 30 days after receipt of the notice of the decision of the (g) Deliberate failure or refusal to join one's ship, or mis­ membership. Other Types of Union Affiliation conduct or neglect of duty aboard ship, to the detriment of the Section II. At the next regular meeting of the port where Head­ Union or its agreements; To the extent permitted by law, this Union, by majority vote quarters is located, after receipt of the notice of appeal, the notice (h) Deliberate and unauthorized interference, ot deliberate and shall be presented.and shall then become part of the minutes. An malicious villification, with regard to the execution of the duties of the membership, may provide for affiliation with it by individ­ uals in a lesser capacity than membership, or in a cajpacity other Appeals Committee shall then be elected. The Vice-President in of any office or job; than membership. By majority vote of the membership, the Union charge of contracts is charged with the duty of presenting the (i) Paying for, or receiving money for, employment aboard a may provide for the rights and obligations incident to such capaci­ before-mentioned proceedings and all available documents used as ties or affiliations. These rights and obligations may include, but evidence at the trial to the Appeals Committee, as well as any vessel, exclusive of proper earnings and Union payments; (j) Wilful refusal to submit evidence of affiliation for the are not limited to (a) the applicability or non-applicability of all written statement or argument submitted by the accused. The accused may argue his appeal in person, if he so desires. The purpose of avoiding or delaying money payments to the Union, or any part of this Constitution; (b) the terms of such affiliation; (c) the right of the Union to peremptory termination of such appeal shall be heard at Union Headquarters on the night the or unauthorizedly transferring or receiving evidence of Union affiliation and, (d) the fees required for such affiliation. In no committee is elected. It shall be the responsibility of the accused affiliation, with intent to deceive; to insure that his written statement or argument arrives at head­ (k) Wilful failure or refusal to carry out the order of those duly event may anyone not a member receive evidence of affiliation equivalent to that of members, receive priority or tights over quarters in time for such presentation. authorized to make such orders during time of**; ike. members, or be termed a member. (1) Failure or refusal to pay a fine or assessment within the time Saction 12. The Appeals Committee shall decide the appeal as limit set therefor either by the Constitution or by action taken in soon as possible, consistent with fair consideration of the evidence Article XXII and arguments before it. It may grant adjournments and may accordance with the Constitution. request the accused or accusers to present arguments, whenever Quorums Saction 3. Upon proof of the commission of any of the following necessary for such fair consideration. offenses, members shall be penalized up to and including a sus­ Saction 1. Unless elsewhere herein otherwise specifically provided, Section 13. The decision of the Appeals Committee shall be by pension from the rights and privileges ormembership for two (2) the quorum im for a special meetiiig of a port shall be six full book majority vote, and shall be in die form of finding and recommen­ years, or a fine of $50.00 or both: members. dations. Dissents will be allowed. Decisions and dissents shall be in (a) Wilfully misajpprqpfiating or misusing Union property writing and signed by. diose'participafiiig in such decision or dissent. of the Value under $50.00; The quotum for a regular meeting of s Pott shall be In. sowing its findings aod^recommdhdadons, the committee shall . (b) Auuming any office or job^ whether elective or not with fifty (50) members. be. governed by .the followmg:' ' ' ' ;' v ' knowledge of .the. la^ of pOMession pf the ^^Ifiafiou Sa^ A ^Unlesf. oUtthwi^e' jipecijcanr set* i^^liitelB,'the' :(a} No finding of guilt shall be reversed iif there is subsuntial therefor; decisions, reports, recommendations, ot other functions of any �ts, IMI SEAFARERS LOG feywiit of die Ualoa nqulfliis * quotum to ict offldtUr, b* Arrid* XXV • mejotltr of dMN totiog; end tBall not be offidal ot effecdr* vnlen dw quorum fcqnitemenn ere met. AmrnidniMits SMMM 4. Uoleu ctfaetwiie indicated herein, where the require* .Tills Gtnstimtion. shall b« amended In die following manners menu for e quorum are not specifically set forth, a quorum sbali ta^en I. Any full book member may submit at any tegulat be deemed to be a majority of those composing the applicable meeting of any port proposed amendments to Ais Constitution segment of the Union. in resolution form. If a majority vote of the membership of A# Pott approves it, Ae proposed amendment shall be forwarded to all Ports for further action. Article XXIII Meetings Section 1. Regular membership meetings shall be held monthly only in the following major ports at the following times: During the week following the first Sunday of every month a meeting shall be held on Monday—at New York; on Tuesday—at Philadelphia; on Wednesday—at Baltimore; and on Friday—at Detroit. During the next week, meetings shall be held on Monday at Houston; on Tuesday—at New Orleans and on Wednesday—at Mobile. All regujar membership meetings shall commence at 2:30 P.M. 1^1 time. Where a meeting day falls on a Holiday officially designated as such by the authorities of the state or municipidity in which a port is located, the port meeting shall take place on the following business day. Saturday and Sunday shall' not be deemed business days. The Area Vice Presidents shall be the chairmen of all regular nfeetings in ports in thier respective areas. In the event the Area Vice Presidents are unable to attend a regular meeting of a. port, they shall instruct the Port Agents, or other elected job holders, to act as chairman of the meetings. In the event a quorum is not present at 2:30 P.M. the chairman of the meeting at the pertinent port shall postpone the opening of the; meeting but in no event later than 3:00 P.M. Section 3. A special meeting at a port may be called only at the direaion of the Port Agent or Area Vice President. No special meeting may be held, except between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Notice of such meeting shall be posted at least two hours in advance, on the port bulletin board. The Aiea Vice Presidents shall be the chairmen of all special meetings in ports in their respective areas. In the event the Area Vice Presidents are unable to attend a specjal meeting of a port, they shall instruct the Port Agents, or other eieaed job holders, to act as chairmen of the meetings. The contents of this Section 2 are subject to the provisions of Article XIII, Section 4(a). Section 3. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, all regular meetings shall be governed by the following: 1. The Union Ginstitution. 2. Majori^ vote of the members assembled. Article XXiV Definitions and Miscellaneous Provisions Relating Thereto ^ Saction 2. When a proposed amendment isjiccepted by a ma­ jority vote of Ae membership, it shall bo referred to a ^nstimtional Gjmmittee in Ae Port where Headquarters is located. This Committee shall be composed of six full book members, two from each department and shall be elected in accordance wiA such rules as are established by a majority vote of Aat Port. The Com­ mittee will act on all proposed amendments referred to it. The Committee may receive whatever advice and assistance, legal or otherwise, it deems necessary. It Aall prepare a report on Ae amendment together wiA any proposed changes or substimtions or recommendations and Ae reasons for such recommendations. The latter shall Aen be submitted to Ae membership by the President. If a majority vote of Ae membership approves Ae amendment as recommended, it shall Aen be voted upon, in a yes or no vote by the membership of the Union by secret ballot in accordance wiA the procedure outlined in Article XIII, Seaion 3(b) -through Section 5, except that, unless otherwise required by a majority vote of the membership at the time it gives the approval necessary to put the referendum to a vote, the Union Tallying Committee shall consist of six (6) full book members, two from each of the three (3) departments of the Union, elected from Headquarters Port. The amendment shall either be printed on the ballot, or if too lengthy, shall be referred to on the ballot. Copies of the amendment shall be posted on Ae billletin boards of all ports and made avail­ able at the voting site in all ports. Saction 3. If approved by a majority of the valid ballots cast, the. amendment shall become effective immediately upon notifica­ tion by the Headquarters Tallying Committee to the President that the amendment has been so approved, unless otherwise specified in the amendment. The President shall immediately notify all ports of the results of the vote on Ae amendment. Article XXVI Transition Clause Saction I. It is the purpose and intent of this Article to provide for an orderly transition from Union operations and activities as governed by the Constitution in effect prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, to operations and activities conducted in accordance with Ais amended Constimtion. Accordingly, the following sections are to be given the interpretation required to effectuate the foregoing purpose and intent. Saction 2. All routine administrative, accounting, and other similar procedures and processes of this Union, _ in _ effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution shalhjje deemed to be permitted heruender and shall continue in effect unless or until changed, in accordance with the provisions hereof. Saction 3. All methods and means of collecting and disbursing Union funds, all segregations of Union funds, rules of order generally followed, bonding procedures, reinstatement procedures, and any other practices or procedure, in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed to ^ permitted hereunder, and shall continue in effect unless or until changetl in accordance with Ae provisions hereof.Saction 4. All Union policies, customs, and usage, including those with regard to admission into membership, in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constimtion, shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder and shall continue in effect unless or until changed in accordance with the-provisions hereof. Saction S. All officers and other jobholders elected as a result of the balloting held by this Union during November and December of 1958, who are serving at the time of the adoption of this amended Constimtion, shall continue to serve, without rediiction in salary, in the office most closely related to the one held prior to that adoption, and for a term not to exceed that for which he . was elected in the balloting held in 1958. For this purpose the following taWe sets out the new office and job, the present nearest equivalent in terms of functions presently performed, and the identity of-the person occupying it. The adoption of this amended Constimtion shall constitute ratification of this table. Soclien 1. Incapacity. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein, the term "incapacity," shall mean any illness or situation preventing the affected person from carrying out his duties for more than 30 days, provided that this does not result in a vacancy. However, nothing contained in this Article shall be deemed to prohibit the execution of the functions ot more than one job and/or office in which event no incapacity shall be deemed to exist with regard to the regular job or office of the one taking over the duties and functions of the one incapacitated. The period of incapacity shall be the time during which the circumstances exist. Saction 2. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein, the term "vacancy" shall include failure to perform the functions' of any office or job by reason of death, or resignation, or suspension from membership or expulsion from the Union with no further right to appeal in accordance with the provisions of Article XV. of this Constitution. Section 3. When applicable to the Union as a whole the term, "majority vote of the membership", shall mean the majority of all the valid votes cast by full book members at an official meeting of those ports holding a. meeting. This definition shall prevail not­ withstanding that one or more ports cannot hold meetings because of no quorum. For the purpose of this Section, the term "meeting" shall refer to those meetings to be held during the time peri^ within which a vote must be taken in accordance with the Con­ stitution and the custom and usage of the Union in the indicated priority. Old Title . Individual - Saction 4. When applicable solely to port action and not con­ New Telle Secretary-Treasurer PAUL HALL President cerned with, or related to, the Union as a whole, and not forming part of a Union-wide vote, the term, "majority vote of the mem­ Executive Assistant Secretarybership", shall refer to the majority of the valid votes cast by the Vice-President Treasurer CAL TANNER full book members at any meeting of the Port, regular or special. Vice-President in . Saclion 5. The term, "membership action", or reference thereto, charge of Contracts shall mean the same as the term "majority vote of the membership". and Contract Assistant SecretaryTreasurer CLAUDB SIMMONS Section 6. Where the title of any office or job, or the holder Enforcement thereof, is set forth in this Constitution, all references thereto and Vice-President in the provisions concerned therewith shall be deemed to be equally charge of the Assistant Secretaryapplicable to whomever is duly acting in such office or job. EARL SHEPPARD Treasurer Atlantic Coast Section 7. The term "Election Year" shall be deemed, to mean • Vice-President in that calendar year prior to the calendar year in which elected offi­ charge of the Assistant Secretarycials and- other elected job-holders are required to assume office. Gulf Coast llNDSEY WILLIAMS Treasurer The first election year hereunder shall be deemed to be 1960. Boston Port Agent Vice-President in Section 8. The terms, "this Constitution", and "this amended charge of the Lakes and Administrative Constitution", shall be deemed to have the same meaning and shall and Inland Waters Director of Great AL TANNER refer to the Constitution which takes the place of the one adopted Lakes District by the Union in 1939, as amended up through August, 1956. (To be filled by the Saction 9. The term, "member in good standing", shall mean a President in accord­ member whose monetary obligations to the Union arc not in arrears ' ance with Constim­ for thirty days or more, or who is not under suspension or expul­ Secretary-Treasurer VACANCY tion) sion effective in accordance with this Constitution. Unless other­ Assistant SecretaryHeadquarters wise expressly indicated, the term, "member", shall mean a member Treasurer BILL HALL Representaiive in good standing. Assistant SecretaryHeadquarters Saction 10. Unless plainly otherwise required by Ae context of ED MOONEY Treasurer their use, the terms "Union book", "membership book", and "book", Representative shall mean official evidence of Union membership. Assistant SecretaryHeadquarters JOB VOLPIAN Treasurer Saction 11. The term "full book" or "full Union book" shall mean Representative only an official certificate issued as evidence of Union membership Since no elected officer or jobholder currently performs the which, can be attained only by those members who have first functions of the new office of Secretary-Treasurer, that office shall acquired the highest seniority rating set forth in the standard be filled by the President pursuant to Article X, Section l(j) of collective bargaining agreement. this Constimtion. From Ae date of Ae adoption of this Constim­ 'Saction 12. The term, "full book member", shall mean a member tion, the officers, as above described, shall execute the powers and to whom a full book has been duly issued and who is entitled to functions, and assume Ae responsibilities of Ae said offices as setfq«^in,tJijs,^?tiwtioij^ , ..r. , xe^,Jf.jn^iacf9/;(^ace vt^ith ^^rovisip^qf ^SrConstiti^tjjq^. -t »; ).-? ttw JvlVj"' ;C /rc'>.'«o.i'.ri rov> i^i.v.i-i fiUHiIeiiiciit—Page Sevea DCHIBIT A Minimal raqulramanft le b* cenlalntd In Constftutien of luberdinafn bodies and divisions chartered by or •fflliated with the Seafarers international Union of North America-Atlanfic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. I All members shall have equal rights and privileges, subject to reasonable rules and regulations, contained in this Constimtion, Including secret election, freedom of speech, Ae right to hold office and Ae right of secret votes on assesstnent and dues increases, all in accordance wIA Ae law. II No member may be automaticallv suspended from membership except for non-payment of dues, and all members shall be afforded a fair hearing upon written charges, wiA a reasonable time to pre-, pare defense, when accused of an offense under the Constimtion. III This Union is chartered by (and/or affiliated with), the Sea­ farers International Union of NorA America—^Atlantic, Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District, and this Constimtion and any amend­ ments thereto, shall not take effect unless and until approved as set forth in Ae Constimtion of Aat Union. IV An object of this Union is, within its reasonable capacity, to promote the. welfare of, and assist, the Seafarers International Union of NorA America—^Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. The charter (and/or affiliation) relationship between this Union and the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District shall not be dissolved so long as at least ten members of this Union, and the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District acting through its Executive Board wish to continue such relationship. VI No amendment to Ais Constimtion shall be effective unless and until approved by at least a two-thirds vote of the membership in a secret referendum- conducted for that purpose. In, any event, the adoption of Ais Constitution and any amendments thereto, will not be effective unless and until compliance with Article II of the Constitution of the Seafarers International Union of North America —Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District is first made. VII The Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District shall have the right to check, inspect and make copies of all the books and records of this Union upon demand. VIII This Union shall not take any action which will have the effect of reducing its net assets, calculated through recognized accounting procedures, below the amount of its indebtedness to the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, unless approved by that Union through its Executive Board. IX So long as there exists any indebtedness by this Union to the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, that Union shall have the right to appoint a representative or representatives ,to this Union who shall have' Ae power to attend all meetings of this Union, or its sub-divisions, or governing boards, if any; and who shall have access to all books and records of this Union on demand. This representative, or these representatives, shall be charged with the duty of assisting this Union and its membership, and acting as a liaison between the Seafarers International Union of North America —Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District and this Union. So long as any unpaid per capita tax, or any other indebtedness of any sort, is owed by this Union to the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, such indebtedness shall constitute a first lien on the assets of this Union, which lien shall not be impaired without the written approval of the Seafarers International Union of North America— Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District acting through its Executive Board. XI The per capita tax payable by Ais Union to the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District shall be that which is fixed in accordance •with the terms of the Constitution of that Union. XII This Constimtion and actions by this Union pursuant Aereto are subject to those provisions of Ae Constimtion of the Seafarers Internatior-'l Union of North America—^Adantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District pertaining to affiliation, disaffiliation, trustee­ ships, and the granting and removal of charters. XIII This Union shall be affiliated with Ae Seafarers International Union of North America through the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Dis­ trict. It shall share in, and participate as part of, Ae delegation of that District to the Convention of Ae Seafarers International Union of North America in accordance wiA Ae provisions of Ae Con­ stitution of Ae Seafarers International Union of NprA America— Atlantic) Gulf, Lakes and Inland Wattu Pisuict. . . ,V. I .1 ^l«i} •'i ii.rt �• r ** . .«». **' ••/•v'tr •."M' •'V i :; ,-Jis ' -i.M"'J ' •' •" .-•'d " • ^y; - ••-: :-di'. •-S • •=:" E^E/ey SEAFARER IS GUARANTEED • Protection of the rights and privileges guaranteed him under the Constitution of the Union. ^ The right to vote. • The right to nominate himself for, and to hold, any office in the Union. • That every official of the Union shall be hound to uphold and protect the rights of every member and that in no case shall any member be deprived of his rights and privileges as a member without due process of the law of the Union. * The right to be confronted by his accuser and to be given a fair trial by an impartial committee of his brother Union members if he should be charged with conduct detrimental to the welfare of Seafarers banded together in this Union. * The right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. * The assurance that his brother Seafarers will stand with him in defense of the democratic prin­ ciples set forth in the Constitution of the Union, 'ti i -- :, , .) IJ.Ij', j.li ?U;1 li) I •)r it { !.">«,OCI 4-11; ? ? 0(iX3 •ill H t. l:9Tl nits.t'/i vou •s-.'ii'iooij- )•» e.l die, Inj-ivKci •ill |l '•r li i\ i(, i •. i, i yj r.t') 'jii yjilt.'.vi J>'i • i'-'V. M •>itl Ti /.n y »•_ •> >jl ' ... hili ,; ii.V J (K.H . � 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. 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Title A name given to the resource June 25, 1965 Description An account of the resource Headlines: A.M.A. ATTACKS FEDERAL CARE FOR SEAMEN AS UNNECESSARY BILL REPEALING SECTION 14B MAKES PROGRESS IN HOUSE STRIKE ON ATLANTIC, GULF CURTAILS SHIPPING ACTIVITY JOHN STRONG, 62, DIES; HEADED IBT LOCAL 807 SIU SUPPORTS PROPOSALS AIMED AT STRENGTHENING U.S. BULK CARRIER FLEET RAP NAVY’S PROPOSAL TO BUY BRITISH SHIPS AFL-CIO URGES WAGE-HOUR AMENDMENTS AS AID TO POVERTY CUBA BLACKLIST HOLDS FIRM AT 237 DURING APRIL-MAY SIU FIGHTS PROPOSED WATERWAY ‘USER’ TAX LOW LAKES WATER LEVELS HINDER INDUSTRIAL GROWTH SEAFARERS COVERED BY WAR RISK INSURANCE SEAFARERS PORTS OF THE WORLD – SIERRA LEONE JAPANESE SALMON RAIDS CONTINUE IN NORTH PACIFIC SUPREME COURT RULING LIMITS UNIONS’ ANTI-TRUST IMMUNITY LABOR HAILS BILL TO END IMMIGRATION INEQUALITIES 1964 – RECORD YEAR FOR SIU WELFARE BENEFITS TEXT OF SIU CONSTITUTION Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 06/25/1965 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. 13 1965 Periodicals Seafarers Log