http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/91dc56b3b41de73a2932ede40a99d118.PDF 955c68790621111f6267ac9dd6d2e90e PDF Text Text SEAFAREaiS^LOG OFFICIAL ORQAMOf THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNI^N • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT . AFLrCIO '•m 1^. I MEDICARE ..PAGE 3 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iii^i SW SHIP lliiiililii SIU PROPOSAL ON AUTOMATION Mmn z �House Votes 14B Repeal, Swift Senate OK Urged WASHINGTON—The SIU and the other AFL-CIO unions hailed approval by the House of Representatives of a bill repealing Section 14B of the Taft-Hartley Act to make the union shop legal in all 50 states. American labor is now looking confidently to the Senate to com­ plete action on repeal of 14B + and bring to a successful con­ labor forces to harass and prevent Taft-Hartley Act as the price of clusion labor's long fight to union activity in naany areas noted 14(b) repeal. have this piece of •ntl-labor legis­ lation stricken from the books. Senate action on repeal is expected soon. The bill, which passed the house by a 221-203 vote, would nullify so-called "right-to-work" laws adopted by 19 states and do away with a loophole long used by anti- Aagaat e,.l99§ SEAFARERS-LOG Yac* Tw# for low wages and poor working conditions. With every vote a crucial one, the House: • First voted, 248-171, to bring the bill to the floor under a rule which • allowed only "germane" amendments, thus blocking efforts to "toughen" other sections of the • Rejected, 223-200, a Repub­ lican motion to send the bill back to committee — the traditional method of killing legislation. • Passed the repeal bill, H.R. 77 with 200 Democrats and 21 Re­ publicans voting for the bill; 117 Republicans and 86 Democrats op­ posed. AFL-CIO President George iMeany hailed the result as "clearly a vote of freedom of collective bargaining between employers and unions." He added: "It will contribute Immeas­ urably to stable labor-manage­ ment relations, the goal Presi­ dent Johnson urged In asking Congress to repeal Section 14(b). "We now look forward con­ fidently to Senate action, which will complete the Job of eliminating one of the worst evils in the nation's labormanagement statute." A Senate Labor subcommittee, under Senator Pat McNamara IDMich), has already completed hear­ ings on 14(b) repeal. In contrast to the House, the Senate has no rule of germaneness and floor amendments are almost certain to be offered to other sections of the Taft-Hartley Act. The new 21-day rule adopted by the House at the start of the ses­ sion as a curb on the power of the Rules Committee was used to bring the 14(b) repeal bill to the floor. Seafarers Mike Aversono (left) and Bob Ciiitton get Under this procedure, the Speaker acquainted with the Pacific sea lion netted last week by SIU may recognize the chairman of a committee to propose House adop­ crewmembers when the creature jumped aboard the dredgetion of a rule for debate on a bill barge Ezra Sensibor last week off Staten Island, N. Y. which has been before the Rules Committee at least 21 days. Using SIU Vessel Scores A "First'' this new power for the first time. Speaker John W. McCormack IDMass.) recognized Chairman Adam C. Powell (D-N.Y.) of the Educa­ tion & Labor Committee. For an hour, the House debated the rule under which H.R. 77 would be considered. NEW YORK—The last thing SIU Crewmembers aboard leaders stressed that the dredge-barge Ezra Sensibar expected to see last week theDemocratic proposed procedure was the while they were working in the waters off Staten Island, normal "open rule" under which N. Y. was a Pacific sea lion. the House considers virtually all ica. "It would be like a polar bear legislation—^with amendments in So when a 69 pound female swimming from the North Pole to order only if directly pertinent to California sea lion jumped Hawaii," he explained. the purpose of the bill. aboard the vessel the crewmen Because the creature seems to 'Gag' Charged can be excused for just standing In profound amazement while the be used to human company and Republicans denounced the pro­ creature eyed them for a few mo­ can be "soothed like a dog by the cedure as a "gag" rule, under sound of a human voice," it is be­ ments and then jumped back into lieved that she is an escapee from which no substantive amendments the sea. an animal show somewhere on the would be in order. They based Twenty minutes later however, east coast, or else was kept as a their reasoning on the fact that when she once more came aboard pet aboard a boat or in a private the bill was carefully confined to the vessel, the crew was ready for home somewhere in the area. a single point—repeal of 14(b). her and quickly collared the aqua­ However nobody has reported a On this procedural issue, a num­ tic beast. A quick ship-to-shore sea lion missing. ber of Democrats who were un­ telephone call to the Director of Meanwhile, 'Girl* is not well willing to commit themselves to th Coney Island Aquarium ar­ and will be kept at the Aquarium 14(b) repeal nevertheless backed ranged for an Aquarium station their party's leadership. wagon to meet the vessel at Port for a while. She is sick from im­ mersion in the polluted waters of Although the outcome had been Newark when she docked, and the aea lion, by now dubbed simply New York harbor and has a pain­ expected, the margin of victory •Girl' by the crew was whisked ful 12-inch patch of tar on her gave a strong psychological boost chest. The Aquarium Director to the drive for repeal. away for study. hopes treatment with antibiotics During five hours of general An examination established that and vitamins will improve her debate on the bill, spread over 'Girl* is about two years old and appetite and bring her back to three days, each side brought weighs 69 pounds of her potential health. If no one claims her, out its most eloquent and 200 to 250 pounds when fully 'Girl" will become the latest addi­ knowledgeable speakers, grown. But how she ever got into tion to the Aquarium, which al­ aware that most congressmen the Atlantic Ocean in the first ready has two fully-grown Pacific were firmly committed to the place, and then up to New York sea lions. issue but hoping to sway a few harbor, defies explanation. Meanwhile, the crew of the Ezra votes that could tilt the bal­ Aquarium Director Dr. Paul Sensibar is keeping their. eyes on ance of power. Montreuil discounted any possi­ the sea. There seems to be no tell­ Field marshal for the repeal bility that she could have swum ing what you may find in the (Continued on page 8) all the way around South Amer­ murky waters of New York harbor. Pacific Sea Lion Surprises SIU Crewmen In N.Y. Harbor By Paul Hall For many years American-flag ships have been carrying only a minimum share of this country's imports and exports—at present less than 9 percent. However, each day brings new evidence of the fact that we .must take firm positive action now to reverse this process of drift and decay. As an example, each day brings new evidence of the fact that our foreign competitors on the seas are not letting their merchant fleets drift aimlessly, but on the contrary are taking bold and imaginative steps to build up their fleets, even though these fleets—unlike the American-flag fleet—are already carrying the major share of their ewn country's commerce. Japan, for instance, is pushing full steam ahead to expand its fleet, and has indicated a determination not to rely on foreign-flag carriers for the transport of its commerce. A recent report of the Japanese Transportation Ministry announced plans to build almost 7V^ million gross tons of new shipping which will help them reduce a deflcit in their balance of international payments. While US^lag ships, as we have noted, now carry less than 9 percent of this country's commerce, Japanese-flag ships are now carrying almost half of Japan's commerce. In its report, the Ministry recommended that the Japanese Govern­ ment provide subsidies to help pay interest on loans for new construction. It is apparent that the Japanese are determined to get as close to the top of the world shipping picture as is possible. Similarly, the Russians are rapidly moving ahead to achieve pre­ eminence in the field of merchant shipping. They are commissioning merchant ships at the rate of two or more per week. In the allimportant bulk-carrying segment of its fleet, the Soviet Union has increased the number of its vessels from 20 in 1956 to 163 at the end of last year. The overall tremendous growth of the Soviet merchant marine is startling. From 1939, when it had only 354 ships, the fleet has steadily increased until it now numbers an imposing 1,746 vessels of all classifications, The activities of the Japanese, the Russians and the other mari­ time-minded nations are certainly something for this country to think about. These activities should be an additional incentive for us to develop the kind of merchant marine we need in order to restore this nation to its proper position in world shipping. * • * Those of us who are in the labor movement should know, better perhaps than any other segment of the population, that the struggle to acheive a better way of life is not an easy one. Although the need for medical and hospital care for the aged has been apparent for so long, it took almost 20 years to overcome all the obstacles which stood In the way of its realization. The campaign to bring the kind of security inherent in this program began during the Truman Administration and came to an end when President Johnson signed into law the so-called Medicare program. The American labor movement was perhaps one of the greatest single forces in the long, hard fight to bring the security of medical care to all of the nation's elderly. There is perhaps no more clear-cut example of the fact that the American trade imion movement, while primarily dedicated to the interests and welfare of its members, is also the greatest single force in advancing the welfare of all citizens. Hampton Roads MTD Speaker S. F. Raftery, general president of the International Union of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America, delivers one of ^e principal addresses at the annual banquet held recently by the Hampton Roads Port Council of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department. Other chief speakers at. the oanquet war* Earl (Bull) Shepard, SIU Vice President (left, rear) and Peter M. McGavin, executive secretary-treasurer of the MTD (right, rear). �JEirost r. iMi SEAFARERS nctf Tferkto LOG -ll Union Proposal On Aufomation Use Subsidy Savings To Build Up U.S. Fleet, SlU Urges Government NEW YORK, N.Y.—The Seafarers International Union of North America has urged the Maritime Administration to use any savings in the subsidy program, which might ac­ crue to the Government as the result of automation or other techniques for increasing ship productmty, for an expanded American-flag merchant fleet in this respect presented to the achieved through increased ship with greater employment op­ President's Maritime Advisory productivity by agreement be­ While former President Harry S. Truman looked on, President Johnson signed the Medicare bill into law last week at ceremonies held in Independence, Mo. Standing behind the President and former President are (l-r) Mrs. Johnson, Vice President Humphrey, and Mrs. Truman. Johnson Sighs Medicare Bill INDEPENDENCE, MO.—A historic piece of social legisla­ tion was signed into law last week when President Johnson inked his signature to the Medicare bill at ceremonies held at the Harry S. Truman Me-'*; morial Library in Independ­ the housing bill it was 225 Demo­ ence. President Johnson re­ crats and 28 Republicans in favor, quested that the signing take place with 110 Republicans and 58 Demo­ in Independence as a special trib­ crats opposed. ute to former President Truman, The Senate passed the medicare who first proposed such hospital bill, 70-24. Fifty-seven Democrats and medical care for the aged and 13 Republicans voted for the through Social Security when he bill; 17 Republicans and seven was in office. Democrats opposed it. The Senate Passage of Medicare represents cleared the housing bill by voice a milestone in American social vote. legislation and marks the culmina­ Originally the Administration tion of labor's long campaign to had sought to make rent subsidies provide security for our older citi­ available to nibderate-income fami­ zens from being financially crushed lies who could not afford adequate by the staggering costs of pro­ housing on the private market but longed illness. The AFL-CIO has made too much money to qualify hailed the passage of Medicare as for public housing. a new era in social legislation in America. Congress limited eligibility to low-income families and in­ The historic bill also includes a dividuals. The rent supple­ big package of cash and benefit ments would pay the differ­ Increases in the social security ence between the full rent for prograrii and in federal-state wel­ the apartment and 25 percent fare. ' of the income of the family The Medicare portion of the bill occupying the dwelling. The won't take effect until next July, government would contract but a 7 percent cash increase in with private, non-profit spon­ social security payments will be sors for housing to be built or retroactive to last January. The rehabilitated through this pro­ retroactive checks—pumping $850 gram. An estimated 375,000 million into the economy—will be housing units suitable for lowmailed out in late September. income families will be built over a four-year period under Also signed by the President the plan. was a m-jlti-blllion dollar housing hill, expanding vir­ Another new program provides tually every phase of govern­ rehabilitation grants of up to $1,500 ment help for public, private in urban renewal areas for home and cooperative housing and owners with income undef $3,000 inaugurating a new program of a year. This will enable many rent subsidies for low-income older homes to be salvaged from families. the bulldozer. Both bills—and esj)ecially medi­ In still another innovation, the care—were highly controversial in FHA and the VA are tiuthorized that they had generated powerful to pay up to one year's principal opposition. But final passage of and interest on mortgages where House-Senate conference reports homeowners are unemployed be­ on the bills c"me with almost anti- cause of closing of federal installa­ climactic eaf-e. tions. C?a'i'iaii Swamped The bill includes a $2.9 billion. Only a liard-core of the con-, four-year extension of the urban servative cjali'ion voted against renewal program and authorization the two biFs on final passage. On for 60,000 public housing units a the Houre rollcall votes, 237 Demo­ year — 35,000 new units, 15,000 crats and 70 Republicans voted for bought from private owners and the medicare bill, with 68 Republi­ rehabilitated, and 10,000 leased cans and 48 Democrats opposed; on from private owners. portunities for American workers in the maritime industry. The SIU's views were set forth in a letter sent on July 27 to Marltime Administrator Nicholas John­ son, who had invited comments on a proposal to have the Maritime Subsidy Board, which he heads, give priority in the awards of Gov­ ernment ship construction subsi­ dies "to those proposals which it considers will utilize such appro­ priations to obtain the greatest shipping capability and produc­ tivity possible." The SlU, in a letter signed by SlU president, Paul Hall, noted that it had "always supported constructive proposals to achieve greater productivity of Americanflag merchant vessels, not only as a means of enabling these vessels to compete more effectively with foreign flags in the carriage of commercial cargoes, but also as a means of substantially reducing the cost to the Government of shipping commodities under the Cargo Preference Act." The SlU also maintained, how­ ever, that any savings achieved by the Government, as the result of increases in American ship pro­ ductivity, should be used to build more American-flag vessels, to cre­ ate new job opportunities for sea­ men and other maritime workers, and to help offset any adverse effects to the working force which might result from automation or other techniques for increasing vessel productivity. Fully Endorsed For this reason, the SlU pointed out, it has fully endorsed the views Companies Nix Plan To Settle ShippingStrike WASHINGTON—Efforts to re­ solve the issues in the seven-week old dispute between eight shipping companies and the Marine Engi­ neers Beneficial Association, the Masters, Mates and Pilots and the American Radio Association were set back when the shipowner group rejected a back-to-work proposal by Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz here last week. The government solution which would have ended the tie-up had been accepted by Jesse Calhoun, MEBA president. It was turned down by Ralph Casey, president of the American Merchant Marine In­ stitute, which is representing the eight shipping companies in con­ tract talks. The proposal would have ended the strike for six months while the AFL-CIO and a special nel worked out a formula for resolving disputes over the manning of auto(Continued on page 10) Committee on June 21st by a sub­ committee consisting of Theodore W. Kheel, New York City labormanagement arbitrator; Lane Kirkland, executive assistant to AFLCIO President George Meany, and J. Paul St. Sure, president of the Pacific Maritime Association. The Kheel subcommittee had stated in its report to the full committee that "realistic arrange­ ments for shipboard manning are hardly possible of ready achieve­ ment unless the Government firmly declares that any savings tween labor and management will be allocated specifically to the development and construction of the additional vessels we sorely need." The subcommittee had further stated that "we also believe that consideration should be given to the use of such savings to provide in part on a negotiated basis for interim relief to displaced seamen for, job loss or job dislocation. The costs of such negotiated relief should be deemed qualified for subsidy reimbursement." SlU Companies To Get Ten Reactivated Vesseis WASHINGTON—SIUNA-contracted companies on the At­ lantic and Pacific coasts -will operate 10 of the 15 reactivated vessels recently broken out of mothballs from the Maritime Administration's reserve fleet. ^ The companies will serve as Cuba Victory and Linfield Victory; general agents for the Navy's and Waterman Steamship Com­ Military Sea Transportation Serv­ ice which will use the vessels to carry non-military cargoes for the U.S. stepped-up military effort in South Vietnam. Reactivation work on the vessels is lagging behind schedule because of the lack of skilled workers available in shipyards which are processing the World War 11Victory-type vessels back into serv­ ice. The SlU and shipbuilding unions have warned for years that the Navy's failure to channel re­ pair work to private shipyards would hamper the ability of the yards to perform their job in the event of a national crisis. Vietnam Buildup As a result of the military buildup in South Vietnam, the De­ partment of Defense recently an­ nounced It would ask for 54 fast ships for service to Vietnam and other Far East ports. The depart­ ment reported that 26 of these vessels would be taken from the Maritime Administration's reserve fleets, and the rest from U.S.-flag steamship companies. The MA has ordered 15 mothballed ships readied for service as the first step in the reactivation program. Companies under con­ tract to the SlU Atlantic and Gulf and Pacific Districts will operate 10 of these 15 vessels under charter for the MSTS. The 10 ships are all of the AP3, Victory class, weighing 10,800 deadweight tons and capable of reaching a 17-knot speed. SlU Cmnpanies Listed Companies under contract to the_ SlU A&G district which will serve as general agents and the vesselsthey will operate are: Isthmian Lines, Belgium Victory; Delta Lines, Carroll Victory and Loma Victory;" Bulk Transport, Inc., Dela­ ware; Alcoa Steamship Company, pany, Meredian Victory. SlU Pacific District companies which will operate reserve fleet ships under charter are American President Lines, Brazil Victory and Willamette Victory, and American Mail Lines, Navaho Victory. The reactivated ships were drawn from the MA's reserve fleets located in James River, Va.; Mobile, Ala.; Hudson River, N.Y.; Beaumont, Texas. Suisun Bay, Calif.; and Olympia, Wash. The MA maintains 960 Victory and Liberty ships in these fleets which can be activated quickly, should a national emergency arise. The entire reserve fleet contains 1.579 vessels, many of which are scheduled to be sold for scrap at the rate of about 100 per year. Shipyard Problems A survey conducted by the MA to find out how many vessels the ship repair industry can ready for operation in a month has uncov­ ered a serious shortage of skilled manpower in the nation's ship­ yards. The survey has revealed that many of the ships will not be ready to go into service by the August 7 deadline requested by the Navy. Maritime labor has been warning the <3overnment for the past sev­ eral years that the private' ship­ building industry would suffer if the Navy insisted on doing repair work on its own, rather than con­ tracting it to commercial yards. Faced by a drastic decline in ship­ building orders and the lack of Naval repair work, the private yards have been forced to layoff thousands of skilled ship construc­ tion craftsmen. These workers have found employment In other industries, and are no longer avail(Continued on page 22) �. •>« .; It • i '• -I Pace Fotf Aikmi «, i^E^AfAiiEds ztya By Earl (Bull) Shepard, Vicf-Presidcnr, AtkmHe Shipping Generaiiy Good Mothballed vessels in the Martime Administration's reserve fleet ride quietly at anchor in the Hudson River near Peekskill, N.Y. The MA has ordered 15 of the Victory ships in the fleet to be reactivated for service in the Far East to carry non-military cargoes. Of the 1,579 Victory and Liberty ships in the fleet, the MA keeps 960 in a state of preservation and ready for quick activation. De-Mothballing-No Simple Job Shipping has been very good in the port of New York during th» last period and is expected to continue at a rapid pace. With shipping on the fast bell there were many oldtimers coming and going through the hall, among them Johannes Karl, just off the Mayflower; Juan Burgos, last off the Robin Gray, and C. R. Hall, whose last ship waa the San Francisco. BALTIMORE Shipping has been on the slow bell in Baltimore recently, but the outlook for the next two weeks is good. During the past shipping period we paid off three, signed on five and had nine ships in transit. Allen Cooper, who's been saUing in the engine department for about 14 years, was in the USPHS hospital for the last two months and is now fit for duty again. He oan't wait to ship out again and is going to take the first FWT job that comes up. Milton C. Habrat, who's been sailing in the engine department since 1947 paid off the Alamar in June after the vessel was laid up. He's taking a little vacation now and hopes that he can get a ship as' good as the Alamar. Bob Llscomb. who's been sailing in the steward department since 1956, is also taking a well de-^* BALTIMORE—On July 19, after twelve years of inactivity, a gaunt, grey "ghost-ship" served vacation and he says that Alvin Ollander dropped by the sailed out of mothballs and into a Baltimore drydock, where it is being hurriedly prepared he probably will be ready to ship hall recently and registered and cut again in the middle of August. for cargo duty in the Far East. This vessel—the SllJ-contracted Meridian Victory (Water­ he let everyone know how proud Bob says he feels that the SIU his man) — is one of the "re--*he was of the mountain property the best we'fare benefits in the serve" ships that the Maritime eral production manager for the they are tagged for later identifica­ maritime industry. that he recently bought and said Administration recently reac-1 shipyard. "They want these ships tion. he plans to go up there shortly Boston tivated for service In the current' as fast as they can get them." But, and spend a few weeks vaca­ Lifeboats are stripped of every­ Southeast Asian emergency. | he pontis out, gesturing toward the thing but air and water tanks, Shipping has really picked up tioning. Work on the Meridian Victory is i 1° If.* then coated. Finally, everything on In Boston as of late. We put quite Shipping has been moving along few men to work on the sum­ at a prett/falr clip here. A long­ proceeding on a priority basis and these ships up than it is to put deck, including the superstructure, is sprayed with the ghostly pre­ mer boats down on Cape Cod. is scheduled to be completed some­ them back into service." time eyesore in San Juan harbor Putting a ship "into mothballs servative. time this month. Baltimore Sea­ is the swaybacked Pier 2. The Henry McCue, who's been a In the engine and boiler rooms, member of the SIU for 15 years, Port Authority plans to build a farers watch with interest as 275 is a facinating, if fairly simple, specialists and shipyard employes process. First, a preservative coat­ all sea valves and connecting pipes paid off as dayman aboard the new pier for the Catano-San Juan swarm over the huge freighter, ing, consisting of consol oil and are drained, closed off and filled Miami recently and he said that ferry service on the old pier's laboring feverishly around the paint, is sprayed over almost every with the same preservative. The he plans to spend the summer site and demolition is expected to clock to get her ready. As the inch of the ship. Once applied, the same process is applied to all with his wife and family. Another start within the next two weeks. work advances at a frantic pace, colorless and lackluster coating pumps, bottom flow boiler valves, oldtimer around the Boston Hall On July 17, thousands of island­ many feel that the crisis in Viet­ gives the ship a gaunt, eerie and and other engine room equipment. recently was John Duffy who re­ ers will, pay homage to Luis faded appearance. By the time the nam is forcing the Administration Then everything below deck is also cently paid off on the Cabins. Munoz Rivera, one of Puerto to acknowledge the desperate need cargo gear and other external sprayed with the coating. 'Duff" is off to Maine to spend Rico's greatest heroes who helped for an adequate U.S. flag fleet, a equipment is removed, the vessel a vacation with his wife and chil­ gain autonomy from Spain and Finally, all ventilators on the fact that the shipping industry truly resembles a "ghost-ship." dren. fiiain and boat decks are removed Jater fought for greater Puerto and maritime unions have been When the ship is layed up, all and the open trunks covered; the Rico self-rule when the island be­ Philadelphia emphasizing for years. cargo gear — such as blocks, wire came a colony. stack and cargo are sealed, and Shipping is fairly good in the "They're breathing down our rigging, etc., are dismantled and then everything gets the preserva­ Early this month, the Alcoa Port of Philadelphia. We recently necks," says Gerald V. Walls, gen- placed In the cargo holds, where tive treatment. had three payoffs, one sign on and RunAer was delayed due to an ex­ Taking a ship out of mothballs, two intransits. plosion in her engine room. Al­ a slightly more complex pro­ though local fire department units Steve Homfca, who's been sail­ were called, the ship's crew hancedure—as is borne out by the workers who swarm over the Me­ ing with the Union for the past dld the fire like real pros. ridian Victory while painting, rig­ twenty years, is now ready to take Preliminary tourism figures for ging, installation and inspection the first bosun's job to come 1964-1965 indicate it was another along. He says that he prefers operations are carried forward at tankers, but he will take anything record breaking year for Puerto a frenzied pace. Rico. that comes along. As soon as the vessel is placed WASHINGTON — "It now comes that the President has in drydock, the bottom is sand George Barnes has just finished Luis Franco has joined tha asked me to join in the greatest adventure of man's history blasted so that it can be Inspected his vacation and is ready for a group of SIU pensioners here In —the effort to bring the rule of law to govern the relations for damages and estimates made nice long trip overseas and says Puerto Rico. Another pensioner, Joe Wholete drops around the hall between sovereign states. It-*on what work is required in that that he prefers nice cool ships. quite often to see many of his old John Schaller who's been sailing is that or doom—and we all country he has accepted this call area. with the SIU for the past thirty friends. Frank Mateo, after a bout know it," said Arthur J. Gold­ to duty." Next, the propeller is removed years is waiting for the first bak­ with the grippe is ready to shp berg after President Johnson an­ out. Veteran of more than 20 years and the shaft is examined by rep­ nounced that the Supreme Court of service to labor, both as lawyer resentatives of the Coast Guard,- er's job to come along. Justice had agreed to step off the and negotiator, Goldberg served Maritime Administration, Ameri­ Larry Campbell is now ready to bench to become Adlai E. Steven­ as a trusted adviser to the late can Bureau of Shipping, and the ship out after being in drydock son's successor as U.S. ambassador President John F. Kennedy during operator's own inspectors. for three months. His last ship Vul. XXVII, No. 16 to the United Nations. was the Globe Carrier. Joe Bra- Aug. 6,'«5 the election campaign of 1960 and Then all other components of Official Publication of the SIUNA "I have accepted," Goldberg | was named as Secretary of Labor the ship, such as the engine and bler, who's been sailing SIU for Lakes & Inland Waten continued, "as one simply must. in Kennedy's Cabinet before being boiler rooms are inspected and the past .twenty-five years recent­ Atlantic, Gulf, District, AFL-CIO ly got off the Globe Progress. She Mr. Johnson, in his own think­ elevated to the court in 1962. Executive Board reactivated. The preservative, laid up in Norfolk and Joe is now ing, felt he needed a new ambassa­ PAUL HALL, President which is extremely difficult to re­ waiting for the first job to come He helped draft the agreement dor of the highest prestige, of CAL TANKRI EABL SHEPARS of February 1955 by which the CIO move, is first treated with a strong Exec. Vice-Pres. Vice-President proved skill in negotiation in diffi­ and the former AFL merged to alkaline solution and then allowed up. AL KHIR LINDSEY WILUAMB Norfolk cult situations, to fill the post held to soak for several hours. Next, it Sec.-Treaa. Vice-President by the world-renowned Stevenson. become the AFL-CIO. He was is flushed off with applications of Shipping has been fair In Nor­ Boa. A. MATTHEWS AL TANNER special counsel for the new federa­ Vice-President Vice-President Once the' name of Goldberg tion, and in 1957 was counsel for live steam and then the vessel is folk but the outlook for the fu­ ture is very good as we have one HERBERT BRAND entered his mind there was, for the Ethical Practices Committee painted. Director of Organizing and Victory in the shipyard that has him, no other choice, though he that filed charges and conducted Publications In the case of the Meridian Vic­ had a list of "20 to 35 persons" hearings resulting in the expulsion tory, the Maritime Administration been taken out of the boneyard Managing Editor: MIKE POLLACK; Asst ' either suggested to him or con­ of three affailiates, on findings of has ordered that only the vessel's and is being outfitted to go to Editor: NATHAN SKYER; Staff Writers: RORERT ARONSON, PEIB CARMEN; ROBIRI sidered on his own initiative. domination by corrupt elements, underwater" surface be painted. Vietham. MILGROM; Art Editor: BERNARD SEAHANO White House Press Sec. Bill D. by the AFL-CIO convention. Norman Ward, who's last ship The Administration also requested Moyers said. It was Goldberg's talent as a that the preservative coating—es­ was the Bradfwd Island, is ready to ship out, as he was up at the It was not an easy decision for concilator and negotiator, how­ pecially above deck be retained. Norfolk Hall the other day to regis­ Goldberg. Membership on the high ever, that led President Johnson to The final stages of reactivation court, for him as for almost any select him for the UN post. White are a dock trial after the engines ter. William Culpepper, who's last ship was the Alcoa Mariner, lawyer with high standing in pub­ House sources said. biweekly at the headquarter are started, and then a bay trial. broke his arm in an auto accident of the Seafarert International Union, At lic service, represented everything , "The President himself seeks to t*''" •'«' Watoff When completed, the Meridian not too long ago, but Is fit for District, AFL-CIO, Fourth Avonuo, dreamed of. in his profession. bring people together in the larg­ Victory will set sail for New Or­ duty and ready to go again. Ran­ Brooklyn, NY, liast,475 Tol. HYacinth 9-4400. Socond clau postago^paid at tho Post President Johnson put it simply est possible area of agreement and leans to pick up its first cargo. dolph Archer Is now registered OfHjso In Brooklyn, NY, under tho Act In announcing the Goldberg ap­ he wanted exactly that quality in From there on in, her activities and hoping to catch one of the pointment to the press: "At the in­ naming Stevenson's successor," will probably becoine classified in­ Victory's that are being outfitted sistence of the President of his one staff member put it. formation. BOW to go to Vietnam. Goldberg Vows Fight For Peace m ' 'I SEAFARERS LOG [' .1 1.^ r �9. itei iouse Votes $2 Billion 8MAFARKR,S LOG To Doubie Poverty War WASHINGTON—Confess kept up Its fast pace with recent House passage of the nearly N billion Administration bill doubling the nation's anti-poverty efforts. In addition, HouseJenate conferees reached agreement on a broad-ranging housing bill, including rent subsilidies for low-income families,-^ back. nrea to come before the House Both bills carried strong this year, with Sepubllcans Administration supporters aoAFL-CIO endorsement. mountins a alashins attack on cused the GOP of blowing up way The poverty bill was one of the most hotly debated meaa- the nine-month-old program and demanding that It be out Bargaining Aid$ Medical Research Negotiators *Bleed' For New Contract ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Union and management negotiators served as volunteer guinea pigs for a medical experiment while bargaining on a new three-year contract at the Sandla Corp. here. The contract will provide higher pay and fringe benefits for 2,400 workers at the atomic weapons development center. Negoti­ ating it took blood — literally — from the bargaining teams. Sandia's medical director, Dr. S. P. Bliss, solicited the coopera­ tion of negotiators from the Office Employees, the Metal Trades Council and the company for the experiment. Tension Study Its purpose: to test the relationship, if any, between tension and the cholesterol level of the blood. Dr. Bliss reasoned that a contract bargaining session should be a good source of group tension. He took blood samples from negotiators at various intervals after selected bargaining sessions, and questioned the participants about their diets. It's too soon to tell If there is any clearcut relationship. Dr. Bliss reported. He's still checking the data. From six to eight sampl'es were taken from each participant. So far as he knows. Dr. Bliss said, this was the first experiment of this nature. Gains Won Whiie negotiators may have to wait to find out if the blood contributed to the advancement of medical knowledge, Sandia's union members are already drawing bigger paychecks as the resuit of the negotiations. The first-year increase was 3.5 percent — 3 percent in wages and the rest in health care improvements. Another 8 percent raise is effective Jan. 1, 1967, with 3.5 percent in cash and 2.5 percent in pension improvements. In addition, the contract was changed to protect workers against loss of pay U jobs are shifted through reclassification or because an employee becomes physlcallj' handicapped. Union negotiators who gave blood while bargaining for their members were Office Employees Vice President Frank E. Morton, and Paul J. Cruz, Manuel G. Chavey and Dominie W. Russell of OBIU Local 251i James C. Jones, a Machinist grand lodge representative and a Metal Trades negotiator, and Walter Myers and Joseph A. Maldonado of the local Metal Trades Council. Management^blood came from Sandia's industrial relations director, Davld*^ S. Tarbox, and the company's labor relations manager, Ernest C. Peterson. out of proportion isolated problenu of administration, while overlooking massive accompllshmenti of the program. The bill passed by the House, 245-158, authorizes $1,985 biilion for economic opportunity pro­ grams in every state benefiting —double the first-year level. The money would make possible oommunity action grants In 700 cities; adult basic education programa in everp state benefiting 70,000 adults; enrollment of 80,000 youngsters in the Job Corps and 300,000 in the Neighborhood Youth Corps; aid to 145,000 stu­ dents under college work-study programs; subsidized work experi­ ence for 224,000 persons and a 5,000-member volunteer service corps to work in areas of need. By Linds«y William*. Ylet-PrMldcnt. GuHF Area Good News For Gulf Shipping Seafarers in the Gulf area have had good news lately that will un­ doubtedly maks the shipping situation a good deal brighter in the coming months. The first good word is that Delta Lines will b« crewing up two ships which it will operate under charter for service In the Far East. The two vessels are the Carroll Victory and the Loma Victory, both of which are being reactivated. The second story which should make the Louisiana shipping scene a happier one is the announcement of plans to build new port facili­ ties at Reserve, which is located approximately 50 miles west of New Orleans on the Mississippi. The South Louisiana port commission has approved plans submitted by the Godchaux Sugar Refining Corp. to build a $1.5 million wharf at the port. The new facility will be financed through a state bond issue and will be leased by the sugar refining company. The firm is anxious to have the wharf buiit since it is losing $2 to $3 per ton in handling sugar because there are no dock facilities at Reserve. The port commission has also announced it is going ahead with plans to construct a $8.5 million grain elevator in Reserve, although this project is somewhat clouded by a taxpayer suit challenging the authority of the commission to issue bonds to build the elevator. Both the elevator and the wharf proj-4 ects have been approved by local residents in a referendum. Sea­ came back from her European run farers are looking forward to see­ recently. Jim says the voyage was ing work on the new facilities get a good one from start to finish, N. P. Davis has been showing underway since it will mean im­ proved shipping for the New Or­ the boys the extra notches he had GOP Bid Loses leans area. to put in his belt because of the The House rebuffed a Republi­ The Barbers and Beauticians great chow on the Express Balti­ can attempt to knock out a section more which rcently came back of the bill which allows the direc­ Local Union 496, an affiliate of from the Far East. The only tor of the Office of Economic Op­ the Maritime Trades Council in trouble was, he reports, that there portunity to go ahead with a New Orleans, had good reason to wasn't enough overtime. John community grant or work-training be proud when its members dedi­ "Bananna" Zierreis is looking for plan despite disapproval by the cated their new union hall recent­ a long run going almost anywhere. governor of the state in which It ly. Mayor Victor II. Schiro was on John, who is an SIU oldtimer, has is located. Present law gives a hand to do the honors at the rib­ high words of praise for the Un­ governor an absolute veto power. bon-cutting ceremony, along with ion welfare plan. Victor Bussie, president of the A move to send the bill back to Louisiana AFL-CIO and E. M. Mobile committee to restore the veto Sanders, international secretary Shipping slowed down a bit in power and cut the money authori­ of the Barbers and Beauticians. Mobile during the past couple of zation was beaten, 227-178. Local. 496 boasts that It is the weeks, but the outlook is expected oniy barbers' local In the south to improve shortly. William to have a union hall of its own. Bushong, who last sailed as an AB on the Margarette Brown, is in New Orleans Shipping in New Orieans has port looking for a group two deck been moving along at a good pace department slot. Lewis Hartley is and is expected to continue hold­ hunting for a engine department ing up in the coming weeks. job after piling off the Alcoa Com­ Brother Johnny Ward has turned mander where he made several up at the hail looking fit as a trips. Lewis has been shipping out fiddle after getting his FFD. He of the Gulf for the last 20 years had to get off the Del Sud earlier as an FOWT. Jeff Skinner, who is WASHINGTON — The U.S.-flag this year to undergo an operation. a deck department veteran is commercial fleet stood fast at 956 Right now he is hunting for some­ keeping an eye out for a bosun's vessels as of June 1, reported the thing that is going to make a real job. Jeff, who lives near Dog River, has been shipping out of Maritime Administration in its long trip. Mobile since the SIU was or­ After being on the beach over ganized. most recent breakdown of the U.S. merchant fleet. The MA found two months, Brother Benjamin Steward department ace N, T. there were 910 vessels of 1,000 (Tiny) Jarrett shipped out of Ragas is looking for a group one Houston on the Del Monte as gross tons or more in the active Boatswain. Tiny says it looks like opening, after getting off the Margarette Brown. He tells us that U.S.-flag ocean-going fleet. Jack Gardiner just off the Col­ he's been shipping out of the Gulf The total number of private orado and (Juke Box) Jeff will for years and used to ride the have to take up the chores of ships in the American fleet were Alcoa passenger vessels regularly 889 and the government was oper­ feeding the pet pigeon that until they went into layup. hangs around the Austin Inn. ating an additional 21 vessels. The total of 910 vessels represented an On the beach, after two years increase over the number of ac­ on the Dei Sud, is Brother Jules tive ships in the previous month Ralph for a much needed rest and of May. vacation. Juies was smoke room The MA reported the private steward on the Sud. SAN FRANCISCO—Names U.S.-flag fleet received two newly After two trips on the Alice for the two newly-converted built vessels. Three operating Brown, Brother Larry Laffargue C-4 type freighters have ships were exchanged for reserve is on the beach waiting for her to been announced by the SIU ships from the reserve fieet. come back out to reciaim his job. Pacific District contracted Matson Lines. The ships, Losses to the private fleet in­ He hopes when she comes out of scheduled to go into opera­ cluded one tanker transferred to layup, that she goes to Viet Nam tion shortly, have been foreign-flag ownership and an­ and not on her regular North Eu­ named • the SS Hawaiian other sold for scrap. The MA also rope run. Monarch and the SS Hawiian said there were 67 privately owned Houston Queen. vessels on inactive status as of The word from Houston is that June 1. These vessels are not shipping has been excellent for all The ships were formerly counted in the overall totals, nor ratings and for all runs. Any SIU named Marine Devil and Ma­ are 24 others in the custody of the member holding a rating who rine Dragon. They have been departments of Defense, Interior, wants to ship out without delay is undergoing conversion in Coast Guard and the Panama advised to head for this Texas Mobile, Alabama. Canal Company. port. Among the oldtimers around The two "jumboized" ves­ The MA's own active fleet rose the hall has been Anthony Denddo sels will be used in Matson's by two ships to a total of 21. The who has been taking life nice and containership operation and government agency's inactive fleet easy for the last eight months. will use the company's con­ dropped by 9 to 1,608. Seven of Jim Rawlins, a deck department tainer facility at Encinal Ter­ the ships lost were sold for scrap veteran, dropped in to tell us minal in Alameda, Califor­ and three others were exchanged about the real clean payoff the nia. Luclle Blomfield had when she to private operators. MA Finds No Change In U.S. Merchant Fleet Matson Names New Freighters The old cliche about union and management bargainers being out for bipod came literally true recently during contract negotiations at the Sandia Corp. in Albuquerque, N. M. Vice President Frank Morton of the Office Employees Union offers a sample of his blood to a nurse as part of an experiment which scientists conducted during the bargaining sessions. Waiting for their turn to give blood are Machinists Grand Lodge Representative James Jones (left) and Ernest Peter­ son, company labor relations manager (center). �S3E AT AHEiRIS (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only in the SIU Atlantic Gulf Lakes and Inland Waters District.) July 17 to July 30, 1965 shipping out 268 men. New York with 217 men and Total shipping during the past period receded from the Houston with 172 seafarers placed second and third re­ peaks reached earlier in the summer, however, the let-., spectively in the port standings. down is typical of this part of the summer. The number Registrations increased from 1,303 to 1,355 during this of men shipped is still higher than other periods during period. This upswing did not occur in all three depart­ the year. ments. Most of-the lift developed in the Steward depart­ During the past two weeks 1,089 seafarers responded ment, while the engine registrations rose slightly and to job calls. This figure represented a decrease of slightly those of the deck members dipped. over 300 men from the previous periods mark of 1,392. The decrease in men shipped, along with the rise in A breakdown of men shipped reveals that the decline registrations caused a greater number of men to be reg­ occurred in all three departments, but was felt most in istered on the beach. This category now accounts for 3,912 seamen, 390 more than in the last period. the deck department, where 24 percent fewer men answered job calls than in the previous period. The During the period Class A men npped their share of engine and steward departments accounted for declines of men shipped from 49 to 51 percent. Class B and Class C 21 and 19 percent respectively. Seafarers both slipped 1 percent in their proportion of men shipped to 35 percent and 14 percent. The slump in shipping was felt in almost all ports. A bright spot did occur in the port of Seattle, which showed Total shipping activity fell from 220 to 193. Most of the a gain of 22 men shipped. However, San Francisco, an­ slide came in payoffs which slackened from 69 to 52. Signother West Coast port, suffered a sharp drop off. In the ons receded from 47 to 35 while in-transit ship visits rose Gulf, New Orleans performed better than all other ports, from 104 to 106. Ship Attivity Boston Pay Sign In Oih Ons Trans. TOTAL 8 0 2 3 Now YoHi.... 17 3 Philadelphia.. Baltlmera .... R 2 5 Norfolk 1 Jaeksonvillo .. Tampa 18 38 4 10 15 0 * 6 2 1 10 7, 13 0 0 7 7 Mobile 4 New Orleanir. 7 0 9 1 15 B 32 4 19 27 1 4 B 15 4 Houston ..... 4 WllmlnQton .. 0 San Franeiseo. 3 4 8 Seattle S 4 2 13 TOTAIS ... 32 35 105 193 DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A ^rf Boston New York ... Philadelphia . Baltimore ... Norfolk Jacksonville . Tampa Mobile New Orleans. Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS Registered CLASS B GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 9 4 3 76 39 29 9 3 2 19 12 7 8 2 6 6 1 3 1 22 10 20 13 57 32 20 5 2 3 23 9 9 15 4 8 l! iSi Shipped CLASS A GROUP GROUP 123 ALL 123 ALL 0 2 0 2 0 10 1 36 9 3 13 20 25 10 44 0 2 3 5 3 4 4 11 14 7 0 6 16 9 0 3 1 1 2 1 6 2 1 4 0 2 3 0 1 0 2 2 12 6 111 4 5 43 13 4 21 18 23 46l 39 18 0 18 21 24 47' 0 1 1 2 2 3 5 1 13 0 14 6 18> 9 2 10 9 21 2 17 12 108 162 38 ] 308 14 Shipped CLASS C Shipped CLASS B GROUP 123 ALL 0 0 0 0 2 10 11 23 0 1 1 0 3 2 5 0 3 0 1 2 0 1 2 10 1 6 0 18 13 31 3 14 13 30 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 14 0 7 1 8 95 91 | 200 69 118 29 | 216; 6 TOTAL Shipped GROUP fXASS 123 ALL A B 0 1 0 1 1 0 6 11 44 23 5 0 0 11 0 0 0 1 0 1 16 3 1 0 5 0 2 0 fl 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 3 2 1 2 2 0 1 11 0 1 10 0 7 19 40 31 2 10 3 47 3 0 30 0 4 5 0 4 0 0 13 18 14 6 7 0 0 17 0 8 0 0 74 49 I 129: 2 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP C ALL 123 ALL 1 2 12 12 6 30 78 91 135 28 254 11 12 13 37 15 9 20 40 119 70 7 14 15 31 13 5 7 22 2 6 3 7 22 33 82 42 90 59 133 19 65 80 65 96 12 173 3 9 16 34 15 3 4 45 20 19 6 13 45 0 19 6 25 26 45 GROUP 12 3 ALL 8 4 4 0 26 56 3 8S 6 26 0 32 18 40 62 4 24 2 6 16 9 9 2 20 1 0 4 5 4 27 33 2 42 54 100 4 90 37 47 6 0 8 4 12 11 10 1 22 18 8 28 2 30 25 | 57 216 129 57 | 402i397 523 101 |1021 27 189 305 | 521 ENGtNE DEPARTMENT Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS Registered CLASS A GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 9 6 2 1 64 38 12 14 5 0 5 0 15 1 3 11 6 3 2 1 9 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 20 0 13 7 51 28 5 18 39 6 24 9 10 0 9 1 20 13 2 5 12 5 2 5 65 161 CLASS B Shipped Shipped Registered CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 1 2 2 3 ALL 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 2 3 2 1 32 15 8 55 1 15 14 32 17 6 3 24 8 6 0 0 1 9 0 5 1 6 4 2 6 11 2 8 11 0 2 3 1 6 4 2 7 5 . 12 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 i 1 11 10 22 4 8 1 3 3 7 1 3 27 1 10 28 35 19 4 42 6 14 15 5 37 i 2 17 5 24 3 10 10 23 4 14 19 0 0 1 1 2! 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 4 13 1 4 15 9 1 20 1 4 3 8 7 5 12 i 6 10 0 16 : 2 0 5 10 3 92 76 1 184 1 45 128 21 1 194 1 15 34 1 260 16 69 45 1 129 Shipped TOTAL Registered O In The Beach CLASS C Shipped CLASS A CLASS B GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP 3 ALL A 1 2 B C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 12 3 ALL 0 0 3 0 0 6 4 0 3 4 2 2 11 3 18 0 3 7 55 2 2 7 86 54 109 12 175 8 24 94 39 47 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 12 1 27 12 15 18 1 20 0 0 0 1 11 1 18 14 6 1 74 55 97 2 26 27 9 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 7 18 22 11 10 4 29 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 5 2 15 14 17 2 9 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 S 0 3 13 0 2 1 7 3 23 11 29 23 3 39 0 14 15 1 2 6 9 42 86 25 35 9 60 11 99 96 6 46 47 7 24 23 0 5 2 54 24 7 86 98 49 42 4 114 7 4 2 1 2 1 8 9 2 4 7 13 3 2 6 28 2 6 2 9 20 1 37 10 8 9 32 8 50 3 10 9 22 0 1 1 2 16 28 7 10 2 6 27 3 37 1 12 19 8 .24 13 1 45 194 129 45 1 368 169 488 68 1 725 32 234 227 1 493 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Port Bos NY Phil Bal Nor Jac Tam A4ol)..... 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Jlou Wil SF Sea TOTALS Registered Registered CLASS B CLASS A GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1-s 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 1-B 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 20 2 8 8 32 2 4 12 1 17 4 2 5 0 4 9 0 3 0 1 20 4 7 15 3 3 1 16 2 3 3 0 7 2 0 1 3 2 1 1 4 0 8 0 0 4 2 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 18 0 8 25 1 1 16 7 5 5 40 • 3 56 2 4 34 13 4 9 30 20 0 36 4 5 11 10 7 15 4 6 0 0 6 0 5 0 2 1 2 10 3 20 0 2 8 8 4 5 3 21 3 17 7 11 6 4 3 5 2 23 128 1 169 17 71 47 87 1 234 18 29 Registered CLASS A .DECK ENGINE STEWARD GRAND TOTALS GROUP 123 106 i62 _38 65 161_34 100 47 87 Registered CLASS B GROUP ALL 123 I 308 Ji4 95 91 I 260 IB ^92 76 I 234 18 23 128 Shipped CLASS A GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 0 2 1 1 8 25 4 11 3 11 1 5 3 13 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 2 8 5 24 40 6 3 13 4 1 0 3 4 1 1 6 11 6 17 3 5 38 22 65 1 142 Shipped CLASS B GROUP 1 3 ALL 2 0 0 1 1 1 * 1 15 17 6 0 5 1 0 7 8 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 46 2 2 42 15 0 13 2 3 0 3 0 10 7 1 2 13 1 2 10 9 9 107 1 125 TOTAL Registered On The Beach Shipped CLASS C Shipped CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP CLASS 1 2 1 2 S ALL 1 2 3 ALL 3 ALL A B C ALL 14 0 0 •6 2 0 2 4 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 1 0 0 11 54 31 73 183 5 7 30 42 11 25 17 11 53 25 0 0 14 0 11 4 10 27 0 11 17 2 1 12 6 0 1 0 57 0 0 0 13 36 20 31 99 8 2 47 8 0 21 12 0 0 0 7 5 8 20 0 0 4 13 .2 0 22 3 2 2 0 0 2 4 5 4 15 0 7 8 1 2 1 1 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 11 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 5 5 5 61 f 21 18 13 19 0 20 2 5 12 11 0 0 6 6 40 36 18 68 138 6 4 84 94 6 92 16 0 1 10 13 15 10 9 38 18 42 2935 124 6 13 41 60 0 0 1 15 1 1 4 3^ 1 8 5 2 4 4 0 6 7 5 2 8 15 15 11 10 15 36 7 15 9 12 43 2 3 10 0 0 1 1 17 13 31 7 12 7 8 34 0 5 26 31 1 5 3 44 1 52 142 125 52 1 319 111 242 146 279 | 778 35 40 299 1 374 m SUMMARY SHIPPED CLASS A GROUP ALL 123 I 200 69 118 29 I 184 45 128 21 I 169 55 22 65 SHIPPED CLASS C SHIPPED CLASS B GROUP ALL 123 I 216 6 74 49 I 194 15 69 45 I 142 9 9 107 TOTAL SHIPPED GROUP CLASS B ALL 123 ALL A 30 25 I 57 216 129 I 129 2 45 194 129 24 13 I 129 8 3 44" 52 142 125 I 125 ~5 273 370 159 j 802 48 210 295 1 553 169 268 115 | 552 30 " 152 201 | 383 15 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP 123 57 r 402 397 523 101 |1021 27 189 305 45 r 368 169 488 68 | 725 32 234 227 52 r 319 353 146 279 | 778 35 40 299 C ALL GROUP 1 2 3 ALL ALL I 521 j 493 r374 57 82|154 552 383 154 11089 919 1157 448 12524 94 463 831 11388 �JMCM* 1MB raf^SevM MKAFylRKRS. Hae Some still en|oy the challenge of sailing on Great Salt Lake, where sudden winds kick up- big swells and speed is cut about 20 prcent by the high density of the. strongly saline water.. The Soufhern Pacific Railroad's Lucin Cutoff goes right across America's Dead Sea—^the Great Salt Lak» in Utah. Exceedingly rich in mineral content, the lake is being eyed with increasing interest by mineral manufacturers. THE GREAT SALT LAKE In the I930's tourists flocked to resorts on Great Salt Lake — like 'Saltair' .(above)—^which was built out over the water on pil­ ings a half mile from shore. Swimmers e n { o y e d the knowledge that they could not sink in the extremely salty water. Today the pilings oT de­ serted 'Saltair,' once a half mile from shore, are higb and dry as evaporation steadily shrinks the lake. Only eighty years, ago, Utah's Great Ssdt Lake churned and boiled beneath the paddle wheels of mighty, steamdriven riverboats while Mormon, settlers bathed in hen mineral waters. At dusk, sailors furled their canvas, to reflect upon her glorious crimson and gold sunsets. Today, steam­ boats, swimmers and sails are but the fading rumors of memory, and for fifty years the Lake's swampy shores have remained almost bare of human activity. But the recent arrival of steamshovels and amphibious beach craft—the preliminary tools of vast experimental projects to explore and exploit the Lake's incredible store of mineral resources— point to a lively new future for "America's Dead Sea." The history of the Great Salt Lake is almost as old and varied as that of the earth itself. Standing unique as the western hemisphere's only dead sea; six times s^tier than the ocean; of such specific gravity that the human body cannot sink beneath its surface—the Salt Lake is believed by most experts, to be the surviving remnants of pre-historic Lake Bonneville, which 20,000 years ago filled a sizable portion of the Great Basin, According to geologists, Lake Bonneville began as a salt - saturated lake much like the Great Salt Lake and attained a size almost equal to that of Lake Michegan during the last glacial age. Scientists say that sediments beneath the lake bed indicate that there were at least four fresh water lakes that alternately rose and dried up into salt lakes before Bonneville formed. At present," the Great Salt Lake sits 4,000 feet above sea level, in an immense flat basin, surrounded by snow-capped mountains that help replenish her water supply. For ten thousand years she has been on the verge of drying up—a disaster just narrowly averted on several occasions. But each time she has survived the drought periods to rise again during wet weather cycles. Running north to south, 75 miles long and, in places, 50 miles wide, the Lake covers 2,000 square miles. Deprived of what had been her sole outlet into the ocean through the Columbia River, she is fed through the Bear, Ogden, Weber and Jordan Rivers, her chief inlets. Of the Lake's nine islands. Antelope Isle is the largest, stretching to a length of 18 miles. Lake Life With a saline content six times that of the ocean, the Lake waters support little life except tiny, fragile brine shrimp and useless algea. This sparse offering of fauna and flora does provide some small margin of profit for those who collect and market it as tropical fish food. Its main value however, resides in the strange beauty lent to the Lake by the orange colored algae reefs that grow beneath the brine and the pink purple hues lent to the waters by floating swarms of minute shrimp. These colors, combined with the snow white "salt coral" that encrusts the rocks along her shore, make of the Salt Lake "one of nature's most compelling works of art," But even what little life there is in Utah's "Dead Sea" is threatened by the encroachments of man. For more than a century. Salt Lake City and other settlements along the rimming Wasatch Mountain Front have emptied their sewers into the Great Salt Lake, Controversy rages over whether her salty waters have been, or ever can be polluted. One engineer described the Lake as the largest sewage treatment plant in the world. With construction of more conventional sewage disposal plants along her shores, the controversy seems head^ for a speedy end and her tiny occupants will have a more secure lease on life. Mormon Settlers Americans first settled the Salt Lake region more than « century ago. In 1847 Mormon pioneers led by Brighani (Continued on page 9) �t*g» Eirht $BAF,ARERS LOG AuriMt 0, if« Repeal "Namu," the only Iciller whale known to be in captivity, arrived in Seattle recently with enough hoopla to rival the Beatles. Greeted by hugh crowds on the port's waterfront, Namu was photographed as he obligingly "blew" a welcome (see circle) to his admirers. The huge beast is named after the area where he was caught off British Columbia. A local aquarium operator who purchased Namu, has already gone a long way toward making him a star attraction. Killeri^ale Snares Limelight InSeattle SEATTLE—Captain Ahab would never have believed it, but a killer whale has been incorporated Into a business enterprise on the West Coast known as "Namu, Inc." Namu himself, who is i destined to be the star attraction in an aquarium here, is the ; only known killer whale in human captivity. The aquarium owner and creator of the corporate whale, paid ; $8,000 to buy him from three fishermen in British Columbia who i had caught the 22-foot mammal in their nets. The giant 8,000; pound beast was named after the area in which he was originally : caught off the coast of British Columbia. Killer whales are so named because of their feeding habits i which have been known to include seals, large fish, and occa­ sionally—other whales. Tug Overpowered Namu's journey over the 400 miles between Seattle and where he was caught was filled with enough incidents to discourage the world's most ambitious whale hunter, to say nothing of a Seattle : aquarium operator. The troubles started when the tug hired to pull the whale's 60-by-40 foot welded Iron and mesh net pen ^ couldn't make any headway with its thrashing cargo. After a more ; powerful tug was summoned to do the job, Namu's family, con; sisting of a female with two calves appeared to keep a protec­ tive eye on their breadwinner. The whale's captors knew they were in for a hard time when anothe"r male killer joined the cozy family group and began to ; make advances toward Mrs. Namu. Namu grew furious over the : situation and injured his dorsal fin while struggling to get out ; of his pen. The problem resolved itself when the other male left : the scene. $30,000 Operation During Namu's long trip to Seattle, he was fed on a diet of ; prime salmon which cost $100 per day. The whole expedition, including the cost of the whale, is estimated to be about $30,000. These expenses are being somewhat defrayed by a $5,000 grant from the National Geographic Society and donations from four businessmen from the city's waterfront section who hope to bene­ fit from the major attraction which Namu will undoubtedly become. Somewhere off the Canadian coast, the whale's family problem was solved when the female and her calves decided it was too much trouble to keep up with dad, and took their leave. Ted Griffin, Namu's owner, didn't know it, but while his troubles with nature might be over, he was about to be entwined in end­ less miles of governmental red tape. First on the scene was the state of Washington which quickly announced its intention of slapping a 4.2 percent use tax on poor Namu's purchase price. Griffin is gamely fighting this ruling. Meanwhile, self-proclaimed tax experts are warning him that the U.S. Customs Bureau might attempt to collect a tariff on the beast's entry into the country. Griffin obviously hopes to see the nation's only corporate whale turn a handsome profit. To date, he has taken copyright the name "Namu the Whale," and already kids along Seattle's waterfront proudly sport T-shirts inscribed with the huge beast's name. In order to get the city's discotheque set into the spirit of things, a new dance, named the "Namu," has been recorded. The other side of the record features choice quotes from Namu him­ self, sounding like a series of short, sharp squeaks. (Continued from page 2) forces was the sponsor of H.R. 77, Rep. Frank Thompson, Jr. (DN.J.), who chaired the subcommit­ By Al Tanner, Vice President tee which held hearings on the bill and launched it on its road to pas­ and Fred Farnen, Secretary-Treasurer, Great Lakes sage. Although substantive amend­ Lakes Shipping Good ments were ruled out of order un­ The Seafarers' International Union, Great Lakes District has ex­ der the procedures adopted by the tended the Standard Contract with all companies represented by lh» House, repeal leaders agreed to Great Lakes Association of Marine Operators for a period of 45 days let proponents present their case —up to September Ist. GLAMO has already agreed that retroactive for each major amendments be­ wages will be paid to July 16th after settlement is reached September fore making a point of order. 1st on the wage increase. Under this procedure. Rep. Edith Negotiations are in progress with the passengership operators, Green (D-Ore.) argued for an ex­ namely Bob-Lo Steamship Company, Georgian Bay Line, and Wis­ emption from union shop require­ consin-Michigan Steamship Company. Meeting dates have been set for ments for "religious objectors." all other operators not represented by GLAMO. Thompson promised hearings to A total of 50,784,938 tons of iron ore, coal and grain have been consider separate legislation but moved by ship over the Great Lakes from the start of the current he noted that the issue was "fraught with constitutional ques­ shipping season until July 1, Oliver T. Burnham, Vice President and tions." Many unions, several speak­ Secretary of the Lake Carriers' Association reported. Although the ers noted, have already met this total is only slightly above the total for the same period last year, it issue through voluntary agree­ nevertheless, establishes a new high tonnage record moved during ments with religious sects whose comparable periods for the last five years, he said. members are not able to partici­ In addition to setting a new period record, the Lakes' shipment for pate fully in union activity. In a the month of June was also a new high mark. Shipment of the three letter to Thompson, Meany had bulk commodities during June amounted to 20,745,848 tons, compared pledged a firm AFL-CIO policy of with the 19,242,162 tons of 1964.4 accommodating religious scruples A breakdown showed iron ore through such voluntary agree­ at 10,163,842 gross tons, coal at all departments, but it has been a little difficult to fill all the rated ments. 6,934,999 tons, and grain at 2,427,- jobs on vacation reliefs. Unable to get a vote on her 346 tons. Both iron ore and coal Chicago amendment, Mrs. Green subse­ shipments represented gains for Shipping in the last period, of quently voted against the repeal the month but grain movement was down by nearly 200,000 tons. The course, has been again exception­ bill. Lake Carriers also reported that ally good and no let up is in sight. The chief Republican amend­ Joe Yukes is up and around ment, sponsored by Rep. Robert only 7.8 per cent of the grain again after suffering from a bad P. Griffin, (Mich.), would have moved in American ships. back and ready to wheel again. Cleveland barred unions from using any part of their funds for political, charit­ On the local scene, all Checker With the halfway mark of the able or lobbying purposes if they season over, shipping in this port and Yellow cabs, which are back have a union shop agreement. It still is going at a steady pace. in operation, are a welcome sight would also have prohibited race Rated men are still scarce, but the in this city. An individual survey discrimination—^which already is few that do come into the hall are has been made with Yellow and outlawed under the Civil Rights able to take their pick of the kind Checker inside workers, and all Act. of job they want, either straight- are happy to be back working, decker or self-unloader. So far we particularly under the new con­ Other proposed amendments have been able to fill all of the tract which has been called the would have exempted veterans from union shop requirements, jobs that are called into this port. best in the country. permitted only the agency As a follow througti on the suc­ We received word that Harry shop, and required a secret Nally is well on his way to re­ cessful cab contract, the SlUballot election before a union covery, but another of the boys, Transportation Service and Allied could he certified by the George Crlmmins, was banged up Workers have been busy picking NLRB. pretty badly in a car accident re­ up pledge cards. Over 150 were cently and is just holding his own. collected last week and meetings Only one amendment came to a are being scheduled with inde­ vote—a proposal to defer the ef­ Duluth pendent companies. The first of fective date of the law until Dec. Shipping is good for rated men 31. It was rejected on a 126-74 as it was in the last report. We these is American Cab Company where we expect to petition the standing vote. have been holding our own in Du­ N.L.R.B. for an election. Crucial Test luth, since we still have a few Alpena The most crucial test came on AB's and Oilers registered. There Things are really quiet around the Republican motion to send the are plenty of non-rated men bill back to committee. When this around. A few old standbys in the the hall in this port, except when was defeated by a 23-vote margin, hall show up for the South Ameri­ a ship gets in and we have a few the outcome was certain. There can each Wednesday. She never visitors. Everyone has shipped were only a few switches on the fi­ fails to order a couple of dish­ out. If a rated man happens to nal passage rollcall which followed washers. venture into the hall to register, immediately. Scottie Borland, oldtimer on the he is registered and shipped before The result was announced. There Lakes, is waiting to ship. It looks he even gets his hat off. We have been trying to influ­ was a spontaneous burst of ap­ like he is anxious for a salt water ence the entry rated men with plause from the jam-packed gal­ trip. leries. The dispute with Ryan Construc­ enough time, to write for their AB Speaker McCormack, who had tion Company possibly could come and Fireman's tickets. It is hoped guided the bill through the intri­ to a settlement this week. A meet­ that next year the rated man ratio cate parliamentary obstacle course, ing with Governor Karl Rolvaag will equal the non-rated men more closely. rapped for order. Then in a single has been scheduled with all parties Frankfort breath he intoned the ritual by involved in the dispute, namely Floyd Hanmer is back in the which the House firms up its pass­ Local 25, International Union of age of a bill: "Without objection, Operating Engineers, and the In­ Frankfort office after an extended a motion to reconsider Is laid on land Boqtmen's Union and Lo­ illness. In his absence, Virgil cal 49. Appleton, was appointed patrol­ the table." man for the port of Frankfort. Buffalo And the House battle was over. Shipping has been good from Delegates of the Buffalo Port Council Maritime Trades Depart­ Frankfort and we still experience ment were in Washington last shortages of rated men for jobs AIL week to meet with Senators Ken­ on the Lake freighters. Because c^roTUeLosusBtiPCcm nedy and Javiti about the grain the Ann Arbor Carferry No. 5 is WMBER. II2M APtS^AsmsS ehipmenta from the port of Buf­ still tied up, we have been able falo on American^lag vessels. to keep most of the vacation re­ Representatives of the Niagara quests filled. Frontier Port Authority were also Clinton Brown, broke his right in this delegation, and it is felt arm while on vacation. He and that some good will come of this Robert Jackson with his broken trip since both senators pledged left wing make a good pair for their support in this effort to get daily coffee breaks. more grain moving in and out of Simon Harwood, lookout on the all the Great Lakes Ports on City of Green Bay, was taken to American-flag riiips. Senator Jav- the Paul Oliver Hospital where he its was in Buffalo recently and will be confined for a couple met with members of the Buffalo more weeks. Speedy recoveries Port Council about this situation. are wished to all of our laid up ANDP«a»SS)M3.^ Shipping has remained good in members. iFiis �WK' r«r« Niaa SEAFARERS LaC $IU Of Canada Ui^es Govt. Require Ship Radio-Telephone OTTAWA—The Seafarers International Union of Canada has urged that all ships sail­ ing the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes system be equipped with both AM and VHF radio-telephones as a legal safety requirement. The SIU made its recommendations In a 36-page brief on marine safety which has been handed to to carry three Canadian or Unit­ campaign is the requirement of States helmsmen while operat­ safe minimum navigation watches the Canadian Transport Min­ ed ing on the St. Lawrence or the on every ^ip. ister. The Union asked that the radio­ telephones be manned by Englishspeaking operators at all times. It also recommended that non-Cana­ dian ships or vessels carrying non-Canadian crews be required Great Lakes. Safety Drive The SIU recommendations are part of the Union's continuing drive for increased maritime safe­ ty on the St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes. A major goal in the Situs Picketing Approved By House Subcommittee The Union is calling for one lookout on the navigation bridge or on the bow during the hours of darkness or fog. Another lookout on the bow who would be ready to drop the anchor in an emergency should also be required, the Union declares. The SIU of Canada brief charged that the main cause of the tragic collision on the St. WASHINGTON—^A House Labor subcommittee voted 7-1 ap-i Lawrence last summer between proval of a situs picketing bill, allowing picketing at multi-em-j the Lakes ore carrier Leecliffe ployer construction sites without running afoul of the secondary] Hall and the deep-sea freighter boycott ban in the Taft-Hartley Act. Appalonia was the fact that the The only dissenter was Representative Robert P. Griffin (R.-| crews couldn't communicate with each other. Several crewmembers Mich.). The subcommittee amended the bill to provide a 10-day "cooling | drowned as a result of the $11.5 off" period in labor disputes at space and missile bases and I million disaster. weapons centers. The Union's brief summarized It would require 10 days notice of intent to strike to be given j the recommendations made by of­ to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, to any appropri- | ficial inquiries into every disaster since a fire on the Noronie in ate state conciliation agency, to the employers at the site, the gov­ ernment defense agency affected, and to the international union to i Toronto killed 120 people in the space of 11 minutes in 1949. Leon­ which the local is affiliated. ard (Red) McLaughlin, president Enactment of a situs picketing bill is a high-priority goal of the | of the SIU of Canada, asserted AFL-CIO and its Building and Construction Trades Dept. and has | this record shows that not enough Administration backing. ' men were on duty in the case of each disaster. By Al Kerr, Secretary-Treasurer Death Benefits Vary With Recipient Most Seafarers are well aware that they enjoy, along with their fam­ ilies, the broadest possible protection from the various benefit plans. Since there are so many, however, such as Welfare, Vacation and Pen­ sion that cover almost every conceivable type of benefit, there is oc­ casionally a need to explain one in particular to a member. In this case we received a question from a brother inquiring about the death benefit, and the answer would be Interesting and informing to ail Seafarers and their families. The brother asked; "Why, although the death benefit is $4,000, did the beneficiary of a deceased friend of mine receive a payment of only $500?" We told him this: In order for the beneficiary of a deceased member to receive the $4,000 death benefit the deceased member must have maintained eligibility prior to his death by having sailed 90 days in the calendar year, and also have had one day sea time within the previous six months aboard ships of companies that are a party of the Sefarers Welfare Plan. Obviously, this is a very simple requirement for the professional seaman. For the sailor who does not meet the simple eligibility requirement there is a protective feature in the Wel­ fare Plan by which his beneficiary is assured of a $500 death benefit if the deceased SIU member has at least one day sea time in the year prior to his death. Remember, the payment of the benefit is a big and complicated job and the Union pays considerable attention to it. In this manner the membership can Im mora easily assisted in obtaining all the benefits to which they are due—as quickly and as simply as is possible. Each week hundred of applications are processed and benefits paid to members and their beneficiaries. This, as I have so often mentioned, is why our plans offer the broadest possible protection to members and their fandlies. It is another reason why the Seafarers benefit plans are exceptional. Brothers and kin are reminded that questions are most welcome and that we will make every effort to see that any and all aspects of the benefit plans are clarified. Seafarers can be assured of a proper answer if it is within our power to do so. Great Salt Lake—America's Dead Sea (Continued from page 7) ^ Young fled to her shores to take possession of "a land no one else wanted." That same year, an enterprising Mor­ mon settler named Charlie White initiated the first effort to tap the Lake's enormous mineral wealth. White boiled down large quantities of brine to extract a residue of crude table salt. The experiment worked and commercial companies were later to follow in his footsteps, making salt extraction the sole successful commercial venture in the Lake's history. For despite the fact that scientists and businessmen have known about the fabulously rich mineral content of her waters since the 1880's, today the Great Salt Lake remains almost as wild, unharnessed and unyielding as she was on the day that Brigham Young, moved by her untamed splendor proclaimed: This is the place." Since Charlie White's pioneering success back in 1847, there have been dozens of get-rich-quick scheme; to exploit the Lake's brackish waters. In the late 19th cen­ tury, a commercial ^tempt was made to establish an oyster and eel culture in her inlet bays. But no sooner were the litle sea creatures planted at the mouths of incoming streams than they were pickled by the Lake's brine. Paddle-Wheelers Salt Lake Steamship commerce had a short but interest­ ing history in the 1870's when the water reached its highest recorded levels. But the steamship companies soon went under when the unpredictable Lake withdrew from their piers in the drought years, and then swelledto submerge them in wet cycle periods. The most impressive boat to ply the waters of the Great Salt Lake was the old City of Corinne, a 150foot paddle wheeler. The mighty steamship was built in 1871 to transport ore and other cargo across the lake, to and from the just-completed transcontinental railroad that passed through the Promentory Moun­ tains just north of her shores. But within the year, the enterprise foundered. The $45,000 steamship found that it could not negotiate the sandbars at the mouth of the Bear River and was declared a financial failure. The ship was purchased by a mining company which promptly outfitted it as an excursion cruiser and renamed it the General Garfield, after James A. Garfield. On a voyage to Utah, the General himself succumbed to local advertising and took "the voyage lengthwise of Salt Lake, the Dead Sea of America," aboard the boat that bore his name. Fluctuations in the Lake's water levels, dubious finan­ cial success, and the corrosive action of the salt water forced a premature beaching of the General Garfield in 1878. The craft survived for a brief period, first as a resort and then as a boathouse, before finally burning in 1904. Outside of salt production, all attempts to exploit the mineral content of the Salt Lake have also ended in failurerin 1939 investors launched a campaign to ^)roduce sodium sulphate from the Lake's Glauber salt for use in paper manufacturing. Output never surpassed half of the expected levels and the plant was shut down within the year. During World War I, faced with shortages, several attempts were made to extract potash from the brines. These attempts proved so unsuccessful that speculators wre discouraged for years to come. The lack of mineral development of the Great Salt Lake seems almost incredible in light of the fantastic amounts of valuable salts, some of which — if refined out from brine concentrates and marketed — could yield profits running into billions of dollars. These mineral deposits have collected over many thousands of years, washed down from nearby mountains by Streams and then concentrated by evaporation. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that at least 2,000,000 tons of mineral salts are deposited into the Lake by the Jordan, Bear and Weber Rivers each year, further adding to the concen­ tration. Nature Lovers There are many, however, who believe that the Great Salt Lake should remain free from all commercial encroachments. Conservationists and nature lovers throughout the United States contend that the Lake is one of the natural wonders of the world and should be designated and preserved from exploitation. But, despite their protests, there is little doubt that the efforts of the conservationists are doomed to failure. Some even ques­ tion the sincerity of their demands. "Whenever there is talk about developing the Great Salt Lake, a cry is immediately raised among the nature lovers and conservationists," says Robert E. Cohenour, resident geologist of the Utah Geological Survey. "But," he points out, "you can spend a week out on the water or along the shore and never see a human being. People don't like it out there. It's uncomfortable for them out there, and they stay away." Basically, the Lake's mineral resources are just too rich to remain "nnmined." A cubic foot of Great Salt Lake water contains nearly 16 pounds of sodium chloride (table salt), almost two pounds of sodium sulphate, more than a pound of magnesium chloride, nearly a pound 'of magnesium sulphate and potasium chloride, as well as substantial amounts of lithium, calcium, iron, boron, copper, zinQ, mangarese, and a few rare elements. To meet the demand for scientific research into methods of ore extraction, the State of Utah has already con­ tributed a token $35,000 to begin a systematic survey of the Lake. Of the three major pilot projects already in motion, the first — and probably most advanced — is the one being conducted by scientists from the University of Utah. They have already begun taking sampies and constructing equipment for test-core drilling. The location of their project is historic Stansbury Island, and theirs is the first overall study of the Great Salt Lake since Captain Howard Stansbury — for whom the island is named — surveyed the Lake in 1850 at the head of a U.S. Army Topographical Core research group. Condition "Goop" For those involved in the project, there is a close association with the Lake every working day. Unfortun­ ately, the association is not always a harmonious one. In the^ spring, swarms of tiny black gnats descend upon the job site to feast upon the workmen. In the summer, the sun beats down mercilessly, with the flats serving as a huge reflector to intensify the heat. The sun may calm the gnats, but it wilts the workmen at the same time. Transportation too often proves a problem. Vehicles bog down in the swampy oolitic sands (round granules caused by wave action) — and in the rain glutted mudflats which workers have named "goop." Even the wide-tired beach jitneys, made especially for travM over sand, falter in the gray goop, which one worker described as "slippery as grease and sticky as calking compound." Basically, the process for mineral extraction that these companies will use is the same as that used by pioneer Charlie White more than a century ago. Charlie boiled away the water to get at the salt. The companies will do the same. But where Charlie used fire, these modern enterprises will reach back over the centuries to imitate the ancient Egyptians who extracted salt from water via solar evaporation. Brine will be pumped into a series of excavated pounds on the lakeshore fiats. There, evaporation by the sun will begin the long process of isolating the valuable minerals. During the summer, sodium chloride precipitates out and drops to the bottom, a process that salt companies have been using along the Lake for years. In the winter, sodium sulphate precipitates out, further concentrating the brine into a "mother liquor" containing the most precious minerals. Finally, chemical methods are used to extract the most valuable of thtse. The plans are large in scope, the competition keen, the stakes high, and the odds are risky. Thus far the great, prehistoric Salt Lake has carefully guarded her secrets and her wealth from the reaching hands of men. �Fat* Ten By Frank Drozak, West Coast Representative Jobless Benefit Increase Signed Aaiput SEA FARE its LOG Los Angeles Fireman Foils Rightist Attack LOS ANGELES—It took fireman Bill Wheatley three years, but his one-man ivar against right-wing extremism in police and fire ranks here has paid off. Wheatley, 46, president of^ Yorty's office that the mayor AFL-CIO Fire Fighters Local Sam had been branded a card-carrying 748, was completely vindicated Communist by a representative of Quacfiont Do you hava any particular concern about ship^' ping to Vietnam? An increase in California's maximum unemployment insurance bene­ fit from $55 to $65 per week has been signed Into law by Governor Edmund (Pat) Brown. The rise in payments is expected to assist some Barry Doe: The prospect of a 380,000 unemployed persons and will go into effect In the fall. The trip to Vietnam doesn't bother me when his departmental personnel new unemployment bill provides other increases totaling $43.8'million the Fire & Police Protective at all, especially per year for 40 percent of the program's beneficiaries, and extends record was expunged of charges League, a departmental employee with all those and penalties that once barred coverage to an additional 9,000 workers. In signing the law, Governor him from all union activity during association. GI's over there. Brown stated that he regretted the failure of the legislature to include duty time. We all heard FI-PO Foe farm workers under the bill. He also said the Sacramento lawmakers President John­ He had been found guilty In Before and since, Wheatley had been too severe in clamping down on workers who quit their jobs son tell the nation 1962 of "spreading malicious gos­ waged his crusade to expose the without good cause or were fired for misconduct. last week about sip" after he reported to Mayor league's propaganda offshoot, the the need for more The SlU-Pacific District contracted Alaska Steamship Company has Fire & Police Research Associa Americans in resumed regular weekly service between Seattle and Valdez, Alaska tion (FI-PO), as an ultra-conserva Vietnam, and we for the first time since the Alaskan port was destroyed by the disas­ tive machine some of whose mem Seafarers have to trous earthquake in March, 1964. Valdez will be the second port of hers had John Birch Society con do our part to make sure the coun­ call on the company's weekly vanship sailings. The entire town of nections. try remains free. Valdez is being moved to a new location .a few miles from its former 4^ 3^ 4" site which suffered tremendous damage from the big 'quake. A fireman for 18 years. Wheat Desmond Kenny: The idea of ley reported to the mayor's office Back in San Francisco, the Machinists Union Local 1305 was forced shipping to Vietnam doesn't bother that members of FI-PO were me partioul^ly. to strike new car dealers and repair garages when negotiations for a meeting with on-duty firemen in new contract became deadlocked.-4 ^ sailed during Birch - type sessions and making the rough days of Over 1.200 Machinists remained he thinks he'll be in town to take BALBOA, C.Z.—Low water lev­ derogatory remarks about Yorty oTf their jobs at 34 dealers and in the sights for the next week. els, which have proved to be a se­ Governor Edmund G. Brown and World War II and 127 garages, support for the mem­ later during the rious headache for shipping in the President Kennedy. Clayton Engelund has been col­ bers of the local included the new Korean Conflict, car salesmen who joined other lecting lots of praise for the great Great Lakes Waterways, are now so I've been "They were calling them outplaguing vessels transiting the crafts in respecting the picket job he did as ship's delegate on and-out Communists because they around too long lines. As a result, very few new the Transyork. He was on the job Panama Canal. The canal authori­ were supporting civil rights legis­ to start worrying cars are being sold in the port at for over six months and brought ties have been forced to cut the lation and appointing Negroes and about getting at­ her in beef-free for payoff. John, maximum permissible draft from the present time. tacked. In this who sails in the deck department its normal height by 4V^-feet to 34 Mexican-Americans to commis­ The Machinists are also continu­ is a living example of the kind of feet, six inches as a result of water sions and to the bench," Wheatley profession, you have to be prepared to sail wherever your ship takea ing their walkout at several ma­ unionism that the SIU stands for. levels in Gatun Lake dropping to recalls. you. jor shipyards in San Francisco. Bob Hall dropped into the hall re­ within six inches of Its all-time Suddenly, Wheatley found 4> The smaller yards, such as Pacific cently to pass the word that he's low figure. he was the accused. He was Joseph Cappelli: I don't see what Ship Repair and Triple A, have back on his feet again and has his brought before a board of in­ The Gatun Lake serves as the the problem would be in signing signed contracts with the union. FFD. He claims he's waiting for a quiry and found guilty of waterway which ships traverse to Unions belonging to the Metal sharang job. on for a voyage what h^ terms "trumped-up" get through the isthmian hills. The Trade Crafts, including the Boiler­ to Vietnam. Of charges. SEATTLE restrictions, which will go into ef­ makers, Ship carpenters, etc. have course there ia Shipping has been moving along fect on August 1, were imposed also been meeting with the ship­ some danger, but A subsequent investigation re­ yard operators in an effort to work at a good pace in Seattle and because of lack of rain in the lake cently by city officials disclosed most of the prob­ should continue to hold up in the watershed, following the loss of out new contract terms. lem civilian ship* coming weeks. The outlook for water that occurred during this that the board of inquiry did not have had has been swear its witnesses and refused San Francisco rated men in the black gang is year's dry season in May. from sabotage at­ Wheatley the right of counsel or Shipping activity in San Fran- especially bright. Among the ships tempts. Since thia The new draft limits are the _Cisco has been moving at full steam paying off in Seattle recently were most severe that the canal has permission to cross-examine wit­ doesn't happen nesses, among other things. for the, last few weeks, and the the Summit, Steel Flyer, Rio yet to place on ships using its fa­ too often. It outlook continues to be very good. Grande, Anchorage and Seattle. His exoneration was announced doesn't scare me. cilities. The maximum draft is 39There is an urgent need for all 4« Alan D. Williams, a veteran Un­ feet under ideal conditions, al­ publicly throughout the Fire De­ ratings, here in the Land of Sun­ ion man for the last 22 years, is though two previous rest;rictions partment by its chief. S. G. Morris: Why worry about a shine. Payoffs in the last period taking it easy on the beaoh after had to be imposed earlier this year trip to Vietnam? I don't believe included the Transyork, De Soto finishing a run on the Rio Grande because of the dry season. that our shipping and Delaware. The Western Planet has run into that The new restrictions will have will be crewing up in the middle as chief steward. He reports the much trouble to voyage was excellent with a great the most serious effect on larger of the month for a one-year run et alarmed to the Persian Gulf, and all inter­ crew on board. Joe Penner, who tankers and bulk carriers. Ship­ (Continued from page 3) • about. I was there dates back to 1938, tells us he's go­ ping experts estimate that for each ested members are urged to keep before the Conithe August 15 sign-on date in ing to stick around Seattle a while foot of loading cut by a draft re­ mated ships. Under the Wirtz pro­ munists got ac­ before he starts hunting for a long striction, $10,000 in freight rev­ mind. posal AFL-CIO President George tive, and it was a run heading anywhere. His last enues are lost. Meany would have been asked to nice, quiet place. Among the old timers around ship yas the Summit. Daren (Red) the hall here has been Perry Redmond is keeping sharp eye out work with a panel including Assist­ '11 talw the Pres­ Klauber, a veteran member of the for a Sea-Land ship heading up ant Labor Secr^ary James Rey­ ident's word that engine department who got off the Alaska way. Red, who was last on our boys are needed over there, nolds; Lane Kirkland, assistant to and we have to pitch in to make Los Angeles recently. Perry tells the Ocean Anna, says the Alaskan President Meany, and Theodore sure they get what they need. us he's ready for anything head­ run is for him because it gets him ing toward the Far East. John Wil­ home every 12 days to see his two Kheel, labor arbitrator. t i liams who is an old deck depart­ children. Fernando Zavala: I've got no Despite management's rejection ment pro says he can't wait to take worries about a trip to Vietnam. WILMINGTON of the proposal. Secretary Wirtz a ride on the Powell Street cable Anytime there ia Shipping has been holding up car. After piling off the Delaware, said that negotiations would con­ a job open, I'll very good in Wilmington, and the take it, no matter tinue. This week. President John­ predictions for the future look fair. where the ship ia son assigned his former press sec­ The Oceanic Spray crewed up here going. That's what retary, George Reedy, to assist in recently. The boys around the Wil­ Seafarers are sup­ the efforts to work out a solution. mington hall were wishing Charles posed to do. I Kath a speedy recovery. Charlie 'Unfortunate' Decision don't think any­ NEW YORK — A solemn had to get off the Mankato Vic­ one should sit MEBA President Calhoun said requiem mass will be offered tory after falling ill, and it looks around worrying that the shipowners' rejection of in memory of former SIU like he'll be laid up for a while. about possible official Howard A. Guinier the Wirtz proposal was "indeed belmar Richer just blew Into troubles while shipping to Saigon, at the St. John's Evangelist unfortunate ... at this crucial town after paying off the Los An^ 4^ 4i 4i moment." R. C. Church, 250 Twentygeles as an oiler on a three-month M. Beld: Sailing to Vietnam first Street, Brooklyn at 9 Approximately 100 ships have doesn't give me a single worry. I've trip. He doesn't plan to let too A.M. August 12, the first an­ been affected on the Atlantic and Iways figured much of the Southern California niversary of his death. Gulf coasts. The MEBA began its that if your time dust settle on him, since he plans SIU members are invited fi:? to ship Out again in the near fu­ strike on June 16. A week later has come, that's to attend the service. The they were joined by the MMP and ture. Tony Vilanova, on the other there's no use church is located one block Seafarer Charlie Bedell ARA. The talks were undertaken fighting it. I sailed hand, tells us that he's had enough from the Union hall in glances through an issue of time on the beach to last him a in Washington by Secretary Wirtz during-Korea and Brooklyn. good while. He says he Is ready last week. Up to that time virtually World War II— the LO(a he missed, while Brother Guinier died sud­ and anxious to go on anything no collectire bargaining had taken didn't got hurt waiting for a ship call in the denly at the age of 56 on heading for the Far East with an place. Although MEBA negotiators then, and I don't Baltimore SIU hall. Bedell, August 12 last year. He had opening for a bosun. Tony has been had indicated their desire to meet think anything is been active as an SIU official who sails in the' steward helping out at home because of on an around-the-clock basis, the going to happen and member for more than department, says the LOG his wife's recent illness, but re­ shipowners showed no willingness to me in the future, no matter a quarter of a century. keeps him up to date on the ports his better half is back in to discuss the issues and few meet­ where I sail. I was in Saigon last good health again. latest news of the Union. ings were held. year, and we had a quiet stay. Panama Canal Cuts Maximum Vessel Draft •* Ship Strike Keeping Up Gulnier Mass Set Aug. 12 �SEAWAmVltM racaJElerff' £0«' "We Must Be Doing Something The 1965 New York legislature—controlled by Democrats for the first time in 30 years—passed more labor-backed bills than in any session for at least a generation. But Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller vetoed more than three dozen of them, including many of the major proposals of the New York State AFL-CIO. Summing up the session at the close of the 30-day bill-signing period, State AFL-CIO Pres. Raymond R. Corbett charged that Rocke­ feller by his vetoes had shown "callous disregard" for workers' needs and interests. The "outstanding example" of this, Corbett said, was the governor's veto of a bill that would have ended a continuing injustice to workers injured on the job and to survivors of those kiiied at work by bringing benefits in line with present-day wages and living costs. Under the existing law which the governor refused to update, he said, a worker totally disabled in 1944 when the workmen's compen­ sation maximum was $28 still gets only $28 a week. Corbett noted that Rockefeller also vetoed bills to set a $1.50 statewide minimum wage and raise by "a much needed $10 a week" the maximum benefits in workmen's compensation, unemployment insurance and sickness disability laws—instead of the $5 limit set by the governor. The effect of other vetoes of labor-supported bills, the State AFLCIO president said, was to: • Withhold labor relations rights from government workers and keep on, the statute books "the punitive and unworkable CondonWadlin law that gives no bargaining rights but provides for dismissal in case of a strike." • Permit continued use of so called lie detectors by employers instead of banning them as provided in the bill passed by the legislature. • Put off attempits to regularize waterfront employment and give hiring supervision back to joint labor-management control now exercised by a bi-state waterfront commission. Through these vetoes, Corbett charged, the governor has revealed himself "as colmmitted to the interests of business and industry with but little concern for the worker citizens of our state." Among the 27 labor-backed bills signed into law by Rockefeller were those giving workmen's compensation benefits from the first day when disability continues 14 days or more (formerly 28 days), ending the two year limitation on filing claims for silicosis (dust disease), providing free text books to all pupils in grades 7 through 12, making permanent personal registration statewide by the 1967 election, and extending jurisdiction of the State Board of Standards & Appeals over hazardous job conditions. No employe of E. J, Korvette Inc. in four North Jersey stores ean be compelled to take "lie de­ tector" teste under a new threeyear contract with Retail Clerks Local 21. The agreement covering more than 1,000 workers at stores in North Brunswick, Watchung, West Orange and Paramus, pro­ vides backpay to Apr. 22, Local 21 Pres. George Meisier reported. Hourly pay increases of up to 65 cents were won for workers who had been regularly employed for 48 hours a week with pay for 52 hours. They will get a $3 vveekly increase as of Apr. 22, a reduction in hours to 44 with no- drop in gross earnings as of July 19, Next July 6 their workweek drops to 40 hours with no reduction in gross pay, and they get another $3 hike on Apr. 22, 1967. The con­ tract provides ihihimum increases of 22.5 cents to 40 cents an hour and improvements in hoispital benefits, life insurance, sick leaves, vacations and other condi­ tions. Employes are Entitled to 20minute rest periods with pay; overtime after eight hours a day; posted work schedules, double time for Sunday work and better leave of absence, severance pay and funeral leave provisions. ^ It Two veteran . trade hnionisfa have. been, named to a aew task force to stedy ways to wage War on the poverty ii^ the natibn's' 5.2' million aged poor; Sargent Shriver, . director 'Of the Office, of'Eco­ nomic Opportunity, announced the appointment of Charles E. Odeli as chairman of a 19-member Task Force on Programs for the Older Poor. Odell is director of the Auto Workers' Older Retired Workers'- Dept and vice-president of the National Council on Aging, John Edelman, president of the National Council of Senior Citi­ zens and former longtime Wash­ ington representative of the Tex­ tile Workers Union of America, also was named to the task force. Shriver called the aged poor, "the most invisible of the invisible poor"—scattered as they are in rundown hotels, in ghost towns, in shacks, old homes and apart­ ments. The 89th Congress of the United States is rapidly compiling a record as one of the most productive in the nation's history. Many of the bills on which it has already acted or is expected to act in the near future are of spe­ cial interest to union members as well as being of immense benefit to all Americans. advocate of 14B repeal. The elimination of this legislation, which allows states to set up so-called right-to-work laws which are used to strangle union activity and hold down workers wages to miserable levels, is a must if we are to have uniform progress in this nation. This is in sharp contrast to recent Con­ gresses who had been scored by American -labor and by the national Press for their inac­ tivity and insensibility to the needs of the American people which was reflected in their "do-nothing". records on vital and much needed social legislation. As with medicare, there are strong, vola­ tile, well-heeled forces working to prevent repeal for their own petty gain. But in voting for repeal the House has already shown that it knows what is right and there are fewdoubts left that the Senate will follow suit. Medicare legislation for instance, passed by the 89th Congress and recently signed into law by the President, provides long-overdue health security to our older citizens—security which the AFL-CIO and other forward think­ ing Americans have been calling for and fighting to achieve for years. In spite of a massive propaganda campaign into which foes of Medicare poured millions of dollars, Congress recognized the need for such legis­ lation, heeded the urging of American labor, and provided even greater coverage than was originally asked for in the Administration ^ * bill. Six state oeatral bedy offleere have been named te regional Man,^ On another important issue, the scrappiing power Advisory Committees by the Secretary of Labor and of anti-labor Section 14B of the Taft-Hartley the Secretary of Health, Edu­ Act, Congressional action is also moving cation & Welfare. They are along quickly. Legislation repealing Section Pres. Clifford , W, Shrader of the South Dakota State AFL-CIO 14B has already been passed by the House and Sec.-Treas. James A. Davis of and similar action is expected soon by the the Missouri SUta AFL-CIO, in Senate. the Great Plains region; Pres. Harry Boyer of the Pennsylvania Repeal of i4B has been called for by re? AFL-CICi and Pres. Rayinond R. sponsible leaders on all leyel& of government Corbett of the New York State AFL-ClO; in the Middle Atlantic and labor. The AFL-diO has fought for re­ region; Pres. John J. DriscoH of peal for years and President Johnson consid­ the Connecticut State AFL-CIO ered J4B repeal important enough .to include . and' Shc.-Trea4. James P. Loughlirt of the Massachusetts AFL- in his last labor message to Congress. Labor CIO,' hi the New England< region. 'Secretary W."Willard Wirfe is andther stroflg In addition, other important labor legisla­ tion is pending in Congress, including im­ provements in the Fair Labor Standards Act and the unemployment compensation pro­ gram and regulation of employment in agri­ culture. The improvements in the Fair Labor Standards Act would extend the minimum wage and overtime pay requirements to many additional workers not now covered under the law and would pro'vide doubletime for work over 48 hours. Improvements in the unemployment com­ pensation program would bring millions of additional workers under the protection of the law and would beef up the law in other ways. Increased regulation of employment in agriculture would benefit many farm workers who are not now offered any protec­ tion under the law. The AFL-CIO has long advocated adoption of such legislation and the President pre­ sented much of it to Congress in his message on labor. 'The SIU and other member unions of the AFL-CIO are hopeful that Congress will now display the same foreward thinking which provided swift passage of Medicare in its acr ti<m on these other pending labor proposals ' starting with repeal of 14B. �Twelve SEAFARERS Anciut 9, IfW LOG Sheet Metal Workers Win Tenn. Strike By Col Tanner, Exeeuh've Vice-President NEWPORT, Tenn.—The Sheet Metal Workers have successfully The continuing drive by the Soviet Union to become the world's fore­ concluded a 37-day' strike for a most maritime nation has been reported in many newspapers in this first contract at two plants of the country and recently the American Maritime Association released a Detroit Gasket Company here. report which showed how the Soviet merchant fleet has grown from Edward J. Carlough Jr., the insignificance in 1939 when It had only 354 vessels to Its imposing size union's director of organizatidn, of 1,746 ships today. The report entitled the "Growth of U.S.S.R. Foreign Trade" also In­ said the drive has won the firm's cludes a study on the size, tonnage, propulsion and design of the 35 production and maintenance vessels within the Russian fleet. workers a benefit package includ­ The AMA report predicts that the Soviet tanker fleet will increase ing five extra paid holidays, more five times from its present status. Russia's seven year plan' called for a than double their^ former vacation 240 percent increase in tanker tonnage, and this goal was reached at pay, and wage increases of 6 cents the end of 1963. an hour this year, 6 cents more In describing the Soviet buildup, the AMA pointed out that the Rus­ next July and 7 cents a year later sians are commissioning merchant ships at the rate of two or more a plus upgrading of several job week. These ships include the technological advances and design which have been developed by the Western nations. categories. In the all-important bulk carrying segment of the fleet, the Soviet The strike started June 1 despite Union rose from 20 In 1956 to 163 at the end of last year. The AMA also a management announcement of a reports that freighters, which now make up the largest part of tha 4-cent wage increase. Pay at the Russian merchant fleet, number 780 with 327 more under construction plants had averaged only. $1.33 an or on order as of May 1, 1965. These statistics quite obviously illustrate the Importance that the hour. Russians attach to their maritime industry when drawing up their national planning goals. Other Gains The opposite would seem to be true of the United States. According Carlough called the economic to the latest maritime construction statistics issued by Lloyd's Register benefits "the least of the accom­ of Shipping, construction of worldwide shipping tonnage hit a new plishments" of the strike. The im­ high during the second quarter of 1965, while U.S. shipbuilding con­ portant gains, he said, were the tinued its decline. job protection and seniority pro­ Lloyds reports that the U.S. has fallen to eleventh place among the visions built into the agreement shipbuilding nations of the world, having been bypassed by the Nether­ —safeguards the workers never lands between April and June of this year. During this period only 62 before had enjoyed. merchant ships totaling 340,061 gross tons were under construction in The settlement Included a un­ American yards. This represented a drop of 28,000 tons from the previous period. ion-management agreement that Lloyds also found that a total of 523,156 tons of new shipping was all charges brought during the strike would be dropped and all destined for registration under the Llberian flag, Liberia is one of the strikers returned to their jobs, in­ chief havens for U.S. runaway ship operators who use the Llberian cluding 11 pickets whose discharge flag to escape taxation and to avoid paying U.S. wage standards and the firm had at first demanded. adherence to this country's safety rules. The 11 had been jailed for picket The report also disclosed that the major portion of new shipping line incidents and placed under under construction in Poland and Yugoslavia has been ordered by the $10,000 bond pending hearings. Soviet Union. In other words, not only are Soviet shipyards going full They were protected under a sepa­ steam to provide Russia with merchant ships, but they have also rate settlement agreement. farmed out some of the work to some of the Soviet bloc countries. At Carlough said the strikers rati­ last reports, U.S. shipyards were working at only 55 percent of capacity. fied the new pact unanimously and Evidentally, the Soviet Union does not put much stock in the "ef­ more than 85 percent signed dues fective control" policy that the United States seems to rely on. They checkoff forms within 24 hours of recognize the fact that no great world power has ever been without ratification. a merchant marine that is at their disposal in case of need. Soviet Challenge At Sea The Navy's newest laboratory, "Sealab II" is pictured before christening ceremonies at Long Beach, Calif. The 12x57 foot steel cylinder will be taken to La Jolla, Calif, where it will be sunk about 215 feet deep to serve as an underwater home for e team of 20 Navy divers and scientists, including astronaut M. Scott Carpenter. The Navy researchers will conduct a series of experiments, including a communications test with a Gemini-Titan 5 spacecraft which will be orbiting the earth at the same time. 'Sealab' To Operate 215 Feet Down Navy Undersea Lab To Make TV Debut Television viewers, sitting high and dry in the middle of the country, may get a chance this month to see live pictures of what life is like some 215 feet beneath the surface of the ocean. The TV pictures will be broadcast from an undersea laboratory maintained by the U.S. Navy over 35 fathoms beneath the Pacific. Inside the iaboratory, which will be known as "Sealab 2," will be U.S. astronaut Commander Scott Carpenter and nine other men, who will be spending 30 days beneath the ocean. The Sealab project will be In conjunction with an eight-day fiight by a Gemini-Titan 5 spacecraft. Blast-off time for the flight has been tentatively set for Aug. 19. The TV broadcast, which will include voice reports, will take place during the fiight period. The team of 10 aquanauts will descend 215 feet below the surface of the ocean enclosed in a "house" complete with hot showers, food, bunks, and electric lights. For 15 days, Navy divers and scientists will live in the 57 x 12 foot •'SeaLab II," and they will emerge from the shelter from time to timeto swim in the surrounding waters on experimental ventures. Two of the aquanauts may remain for a full thirty days. A third team may ex­ tend the test for 15 days more. The tests are a broader phase of the exploitation of the oceans that is now described by many in Washington as ocean engineering. The Navy beiieves that like the astrounaut in space, the aquanaut in the sea will be required to do useful work and to provide the inteiiigence and judgment for which no machine can substitute. The free swiming aquanauts, operating on the continental shelf and down to eventual depths of perhaps 1,000 feet, should be material help In rescue and salvage operations, in the recovery of nose cones or other objects on the sea fioor, in charting and exploration, in capping under­ sea oil wells and in developing and exploiting the mineral and fish wealth of the ocean. The navy's 30-day SeaLab project will take place on the North end of the Scripps Canyon, a mile off the end of the pier at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California at La Jolia. The Navy aquanauts wiii use three principal types of diving equip­ ment with mouthpiece and facemask, and will try out a variety of suits. Power wili be suppiied to the shelter from a shore connected cable, with an alternate source aboard a surface support vessel. The divers will be constantly watched on^ television and the men will be continuously monitored by teiemetered eiectrocardiograms and other means. The aquanauts will be permitted to make brief dives down to 360 feet, but in general, they will work between the 180-foot and 240-foot levels. Both scientific and military experiments will be carried out. An •xperimental salvage procedure, utilizing a plastic foaming technique, will be tested in attempts to float a Navy filter plane to the surface. Various other salvage and underwater jobs will be performed, and Marine biologists will make a census of ocean life on the bottom, col­ lect. specimens and perform other research. ' But most important will be the physiological and pyschological effects •n human beings imder great depths of water for prolonged times. U.S. Drops To 11th Place In Shipbuilding Standings LONDON—Construction of new shipping tonnage hit a new world record high in Brit­ ain during the second quarter of 1965, while the U.S. shipbiulding industry dropped deep­ er into the doldrums, according to the latest maritime construction statistics complied by Lloyd's Register of Shippinv. -f Lloyds reports that the U.S. among the shipbuilding nations of by the Netherlands between April has fallen into eleventh place the world, having been bypassed and June of this year. During this period only 62 merchant ships totalling 340,061 gross tons were under construction in American yards. This represented a drop of 28,000 tons from the previous period. Contrasted to this dismal lack of U.S. shipbuilding progress, global ship construction amounted to 1,709 merchant vessels, represent­ ing a total of 11,059,606 gross tons, the noted British maritime infor­ mation service reported. Lloyds' figures did not include new ship construction in the Soviet Union, East Germany or Communist China. Civilian anginaars amployaol by tha Navy ehacic ovar con­ struction plans in tha aating and slaaping quartars of Sealab II, tha Navy's newest undersea laboratory. The world's leading shipbuilder continues to be Japan which has ten times more new tonnage under construction than the United States. The Japanese are building 8.4 million tons of new shipping, compared to the 3 million tons under construction in the first quarter of the year. Britain maintained its hold on (Continued on page 22) II i 'A �Aogwt §, lt«S SEAFARERS LOG » - ' •» « ;H ^ Fai» Xbfrtoai 1 -1 I One of the greatest single advances for the security of all Americans since the passage of the Social Security Act in 1935 was the signing into law this week of the Medicare program. As a result, the health tieeds of 20 million elder citizens, 65 and over, will he protected under a comprehensive system of social security insur­ ance. While pensioned Seafarers have been protected by unlimited hospital and medical coverage, the Government plan is of importance to all SIU members who have to provide care for their elderly parents stricken by illness. The new plan becomes effective July 1, 1966. Highlights of the new Medicare program for the aged appear below. H EALTH insurance for persons over 65 years old is provided under two plans, one designated as "basic" and the other as "supplementary," start­ ing July 1, 1966, The basic plan auto­ matically covers everyone who is 65 except aliens with less than five years of residence in the United States, aliens without status as permanent residents and Federal employees eligible for Gov­ ernment health insurance under another law. Participation in the supplementary plan is optional, subject to the same eligibility requirements. Basic Plan This insurance will be financed by in­ creases in the Social Security payroll tax. The cost of benefits for about 2 million aged persons not covered by the present Social Security or Railroad Re­ tirement Insurance programs will be met by appropriations from general tax rev­ enues. Benefits under the basic plan include; HOSPITALIZATIOIS Up to 90 days in each spell of illness. The patient pays the first $40 of hospital costs. If he stays more than 60 days, he pays $10 for each additional day up to the 90-d.ay limit. A spell of illness starts with the first day of hospitalization and ends when the patient has spent 60 con­ secutive days without hospital or nurs­ ing care. The insurance covers room arid board, prescribed drugs while hospitalized and other services and supplies except pri­ vate duty nursing and services of phy­ sicians other than internes or residents in training. Christian Science sanatoriums and psychiatric hospitals are in­ cluded. But there is a lifetime limit of 190 days in a psychiatric hospital. NURSING HOME CARE Up to 100 days in an extended care facility in each spell of illness after a stay of at least three days in a hospitaLThere is no charge to the patient for the first 20 days. The patient j^ays $5 for . . • . .1- ^ each day above 20, up to the 100-day limit., HOME NURSING Up to 100 visits by nurses or techni­ cians in a one-year period following the patient's discharge from a hospital or extended care facility. The insurance covers the full cost. The services fur­ nished must be in accordance with a plan set up and periodically reviewed by a physician. DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES Tests and related diagnostic services, other than those performed by physi­ cians, that are normally provided by hospitals to out-patients. The patient pays $20 of the charge for each diagnos­ tic study—that is, for diagnostic services provided by the same hospital in a 20day period. The patient also pays 20 per­ cent of the charges above $20 and the insurance covers the remaining 80 per­ cent. Supplementary Plan Persons enrolling in this plan will pay $3 a month in premiums. The Federal Government will match this with a pay­ ment of $3 a month for each participant. The Federal share, about $600 million a year will come from general tax rev­ enues. The insurance supplements the basic plan by covering most other major medical expenses except those for den­ tal services medicines and drugs. The coverage includes: • Physicians' services including surg­ ery whether formed in a hospital, clinic, office or home. • Up to 100 home nursing visits each year in addition to those allowed under the basic plan and without any require­ ment for prior hospitalization. • Various services and supplies, whether provided in or out of a medical institution, such as X-ray and other di­ agnostic tests, radiological treatments, surgical dressings, splints, casts, iron lungs and other specified prosthetic de­ vices, artificial arms, legs and eyes and ambulance service. • •• J - . - . •_ A participant in the plan pays $50 of his annual costs for the services and sup­ plies covered. He also pays 20 percent of the annual costs above $50 while the plan pays 80 percent. Cash Benefits A 7 percent increase in all cash bene­ fits under the present Social Security program of old age, survivors and dis­ ability insurance is retroactive to last Jan. i, with all recipients entitled to at least $4 in additional monthly payments. The minimum monthly benefit rises immediately from $40 to $44. The maxi­ mum for a single retired or disabled worker is increased from $127 to $135.90. Maximum family benefits are raised from $254 to $309.20. For most persons going on the benefit rolls in future years, monthly benefits will be further increased as they acquire higher wage credits under provisions for payment of Social Security taxes on $6,600 of annual earnings instead of the jresent $4,800. Maximum benefits will je $168 for a single worker and $368 for a family. Retirement Test The bill increases to $1,500 the amount that a retired worker may earn in a year without losing part of his Social Secur­ ity pension. The old exemption was $1,200. There will be a reduction of $1 in benefits for each $2 of earnings from $1,500 to $2,700 and a dollar-for-dollar -reduction on earnings above $2,700. Widows' Benefits The bill gives widows of workers cov­ ered by Social Security the option of drawing benefits at the age of 60 on a reduced scale. Full widows' benefits will still be payable at the age of 62. For a widow who exercises the new option, the monthly benefit will be percent of what her husband, if living, would have received at age 65. If a widow does not start drawing benefits until she is 62, she is paid 8214 percent of the husband's benefit. "y* �l4k*' FOI^MB NLRB Scores lihgal Union-busting Taffies Boss Fires Union Father For Standing Behind Son By Robert A. Matthews, Vice-President, CoRtrocts, A Bill Hcril, Heodqiiorters Rep. ; WASHINGTON—One of the nation's largest textile manufacturers has been charged by In response to several requests for information, we are reprinting the National Labor Relations board with firing the son of an employee for union activities, a number of interesting questions and answers which have been dealt and then trying to force the father, who was also a union member, to run him out of town. with in the past Beefbox columns. The first question, dealing with the servicing of the ship's evacuators was submitted by Steve KrkoWhen the father refused to-*- • Refusing to grant overtime vich on the Mount Washington. give in to these steamroller in the exercise of their ri^ts un­ der the Act, flagrantly, cynically woric to workers to discourage tactics, he was also discharged. and unlawfully." Question: When cargo Is being worked and ship's evacuators are be­ membership or support of the un­ ion; altering work conditions to de­ ing used, whose job is it to service the machines? As a result of such examples of The NLRB report found that a union-busting tactics, an NLRB trial substantial number of Stevens em­ feat the union's organizing efforts. Answer This is considered part of the routine duties of the Pump­ examiner has ruled that the com­ ployees had agreed to sign up with • Interrogating and Intimidating man during his regular working hours. pany unlawfully discharged 69 of the union. These workers signed employees about statements which Reference: Standard Tanker Agreement—^Memorandum of Under­ its employees and recommended joint letters addressed to plant they made to NLRB agents; dis­ standing, (a). "It has been agreed to maintain these machines, such managers announcing their mem­ charging or in other ways discrim­ that these workers be reinstated bership and their intention to inating against workers who 'testi­ as standing by when they are running, changing oil, greasing, re­ with compensation for loss of earn­ "help in every legal way to get our fied under the provisions of the fueling them and doing general maintenance and repair work as can ings. The company's flagrant anti­ fellow workers to do the same." be done aboard ship. On ships having electric evacuators, it shall National Labor Relations Act. union campaign was directed at an be the pumpman's duty to plug in the electric connection and change organizing drive conducted by the The company reacted swiftly, • Encouraging employees to plugs during regular working hours without the payment of overtime." Te.xtile Workers Union at 20 Ste- giving full indication of the ex­ work against the union, but forbid­ The next request for clarification on port time for the steward de­ vans plants in North and South tremes to which it would go to de­ ding other employees from similar partment comes from Angel Seda, chief steward on the Steel Advocate. Carolina. feat the union. First, the names of activity in favor of the union. the signers of the letter were post­ Question: "If a ship had made the complete voyage and pay off at Anti-Union Reputation • IntimidaUng and coercing ed on plant bulletin boards. This New York, and we collect Port Time being it's the port of payoff, The Textile Workers and the action was followed by a flood of comipany employees, and encourag­ and then proceed to New Orleans AFL-CIO have long considered the anti-union statements, interroga­ ing and helping them to withdraw and pay coastwise there, are we overtime provided for in paragraph Stevens company one of the most tions of pro-union employees and from the Union. once again entitled to Port Time?" (b) above." bitterly anti-union employers in "writeups" or derogatory person­ Union Wiped Out Answer: You would not be en­ the southern U.S. The firm's presi­ nel "action" reports drawn up by The next request for information The hoard report said that the titled to Port Time again in New comes dent is Robert T. Stevens, former plant supervisors. The last step in from John Short, engine Secretary of the Army under Pres­ this brutal procedure was the dis­ union-busting campaign worked Orleans. The Port Time provisions delegate on the Western Planet, ident Dwight Eisenhower, and a charge of many employees with un­ with the most efficiency at the of the agreement would apply only and involves a beef about greasing militant defender of the so-called ion sympathies, reports the NLRB. company's Watts plant. Manage­ after you have made another com­ the rudder post. ment at the plant helped anti-union plete voyage. The trip from New "right-to-work." The NLRB examiner's findings of emiployees prepare announcements York to New Orleans is not con­ Question: "The Chief Engineer NLRB trial examiner Horace A. unfair labor practices by the com­ wanted the Oilers to grease the sidered a complete voyage. of withdrawal from the union, lend­ Ruckel charged the company with pany was based on the following rudder post of the steering engine Reference: Standard Freightship once a watch, which we did and we widespread violations of the Na­ examples of Its special board of ing the use of typewriters and mimeograph machines. These an­ Agreement, Article V. Section 3: tional Labor Relations Act, based union-busting: nouncements were then distributed HOURS OF WORK—(d) last para­ put down an hour's overtime each on evidence contained in the 12,watch. When we submitted It to • Spying upon employees who to plant workers for signing and graph: "Once a vessel pays off in him he disputed every hour . . ." 000 page record which was amassed mailing to the union. By the time the port, that port shall be used for during six months of hearings. supported the union. this gimmick had run its course, the purpose of applying the provi­ Answer: This is considered part • Threatening to shut down only two out of 46 employees re­ Violated Law sions of paragraph (c) aboVe until of the routine duties of the Oiler Ruckel's report said that in cam­ plants if the TWUA won certifica­ mained with the union. These two such time as the vessel makes an­ on watch. He may perform this brave workers were then dis­ other voyage and pays off in an­ work without payment of over­ paigning to crush the union, the tion in a bargaining election. Questioning applicants for charged, and the union was wiped other port at which time the latter time. company "interfered with, re­ strained and coerced its employees jobs about their union sympathies. out, the report declared. port shall 'then become the port of Reference: Article IV, Section In addition to ordering the re­ payoff, etc." 13, Standard Tanker Agreement: hiring with back pay of the 69 em­ The following letter from Roland OILERS ON WATCH-STEAM: (a) ployees discharged in the anti-un­ A. Wiman, deck delegate on, the They shall perform routine, duties, ion drive, the NLRB also ordered Penn Transporter, concerns a beef oil main engine (if reciprocating), the company to offer two workers about the midnight meal. watch temperatures, and oil circu­ overtime work as had been the lation (if turbine), oil auxiliaries, Question: "Would you please steering engine and ice machine. past practice before this work had send me a clarification on Article 2, They shall pump bilges and tend been stopped because of their sup­ port of the union. The NLRB also Section 45, of .the Freightship water where sluges and checks aro NORFOLK—A fishing trawler, trolling for deep sea scallops ordered these workers be paid for Agreement? On this voyage, the in the engine room and no waterDeck Department was broken out tenders are carried." off North Carolina's Outer Banks, met with tragedy recently lost overtime opportunities. at 9:00 PM and continued working when it hauled in a deadly relic of World War II from the The Stevens Company, which re­ through 2:30 AM. No hot lunch This question dealing with cently showed how enlightened it provided at midnight, and no Pumpmen's duties while transwaters of an area which Sea--*— was toward Its workers by offering was unbroken hour was provided for ferring fuel oil, comes from J. A. farers still refer to as the and the doomed trawler's captain them two paid holidays per year same. The men involved put in one Batlil aboard the Western Clipper. yelled over that he had a huge (LOG, July 9, 1965), has announced hour's overtime, also $2.00 meal "Graveyard of Ships." Eight had Question: "Am writing in re­ torpedo in his nets. The Snoopy it would appe^ the NLRB ruling. allowance, as . per Paragraph (g) gards to a matter about transfer ciewmembers of the trawler also radioed the Prowler with the of the same section. of bunkers. My agreement does Snoopy lost their lives when their message that there was "something not state anything about this and "The penalty meal hour has been vessel was blown to smithereens by in the bag." the Chief insists that it is my job O.K.'d but the $2.00 meal allow­ a rusty, but still deadly torpedo 'Nothing But Splinters' ance was disputed. Are we entitled because he says so without the dredged up in the vessel's nets. to the supper meal allowance, as payment of o.t." Both skippers watched as the Four survivors were picked by Snoopy dropped astern of the Ger­ per Paragraph (g) of the above Answer: This is not considered re.scue boats following the explo­ aldine and began to haul the dead­ section?" the duties of the Pumpman. This sion. The Snoopy's home port was ly tube over its midsection. The Answer: -The Deck Department work is performed by the ,EngiPortland, Maine, and all crewmem- captain of the Prowler said the tor­ Is entitled to the $2.00 meal allow­ neers. In the event the Pumpman bers were natives of the state. BLYHIE, Calif, — Domestic ance, as stated in- your letter. pedo seemed to hit scHnething, and is required to perfonn this work, Crowded Graveyard suddenly there was a "big bang fol­ workers are scared of rattlesnakes. he shall receive overtime. Reference: Standard Freif^tship Reference: Standard Tanker This in effect, was the complaint Agreement, Article II, Section 45; The area where the tragedy oc­ lowed by smoke. Then there wasn't curred, about 55 miles southeast of a ship." The Geraldine's skipper of a melon grower in this south­ MIDNIGHT LUNCH: (b) If crew Agreement, Article 11, Section 10. Cape Henry, was a crowded grave­ had an equally gruesome descrip­ eastern California area who railed starts work at or before 9 p.m. and 'Customary Duties. Members of yard for American shipping during tion: "This terrific blast shook the against the end of the bracero works continuous overtime until all department! ahall perform thd World War II. German submarines whole area.-I looked, and she was program because domestic workers midnight, the men shall be pro­ necessary and customary duties of were so successful in their treach­ just gone. There was nothing left refused to go Into the fields to vided with a hot lunch at midnight. that department. Each member of pick melons 'unless the grower If the work continues after mid­ all departments shall perform only erous attacks on U.S. vessels, that but splinters." members of the merchant marine • Four survivors were plucked hired men to go ahead of them night one unbroken hour shall be the recognized and. customary dubbed the area "Torpedo Junc­ from the wreckage by the horrified with long bami^o poles to flush allowed for such lunch,. If this un­ duties of his particular rating. tion." Over a hundred ships were spectators on the nearby trawlers. out the rattlesnakes. broken hour is not allowiid the. When it Is necessary to shift a man to fill a vacancy, the man ad shift­ sunk by the Nazi U-boat pack in The body of the Snoopy's captain The grower, whose farm is sit­ men involved . sliali . reitelvd' bne the space of six months in 1942. was picked up a short time later uated between Yuma, Arizona, and hour's overtime , in iieii thereof. ed shall perform the duties of the The fishing trawler disaster, occur­ after It had been spotlighted by Blythe in the heart of the rattle­ This penalty hour Shalt be in Addi­ gating to which he la Assigned." ring more than 20 years after hos­ flares dropped from rescue aircraft. snake country, had not been ob­ tion to the actual overtimA worked tilities had ceased, was grim re­ Fishing in the "Graveyard of liged to afford this minimal safe­ during the. meal hour, ^e provi­ minder of these tragic events. Ships" area is still a risky pi'oposi- ty measure ipr imported foreign sions in j^is. section ahall be ap:' plicable at aU times at sea w In The explosion which shattered tion two decades after the end of workers. World War II. The area was heav­ the b o'a t was w i t nested As a captive lalmr force ignor­ port to men .bh day work," ^y nearby trawlers, the Geraldine ily mined during the days Of un­ ant of the terrain in which they (g) '*lh the event the midnl^t; .and the Prowler. 'The Gecaldine's restricted U-boat warfare, and old worked, they were apparently less liinch is not served the men in­ skipper reported that the Snoopy. rusty .mines still have been, ob­ afraid of the . ratUesnakes tt)an volved shall- be paid, the .tupjper meal, allowance in ndditien to 'ttio they. were, of losing their. Jobs., Iia4 pulled along, side .his vesset served from time to time. Deadly Torpedo 'Catch' Claims Fishing Trawler Pickets Balk At Rattlers, Grower Cries iJ 1 1 a. m �Awwi t, IMf. SEAFARERjS LOO CRUZ SEAFARERS PORTS OF THE WORLD The city of Vera Cruz, in the Mexican state bearing the nnrl® f^^ditionally-cpnsidered the most important EJ L V i^inked to the rest of Mexico by good road and rail transportation, and to the rest of the Siipl 0*7«>a SIU manned A '^7 ^o^queror Cortez landed near Vera Cruz on April 22, 1519 and the first Spanish stockade was built there. For three hundred years the city was the main export center for silver cargoes going to the Spanish Crown. The famous Silver Fleet" sailed from there. Manv old structures still remind the visitor of the glorious past of the port, and at least one, the San Juan de Ulua fort at the mouth of the bay in Vera Cruz, is still in regular use as a naval training center. The general flavor of the city is that of an old Spanish town. Vera Cruz differs from other old Mexican towns however, because of its magnificent shoreline. Visitors with ^ interest in fishing can try their luck going after giant Tarpon in deep water or simply surf-casting outside the bay. For simply viewing the shoreline, the best bet is a drive along Manuel Avila Camacho Boulevard which follows the seacoast. favorite with local people and visitors alike is the Malecon, a steel and cement pier built out over the bay, where strollers can enjoy the cool sea breezes of early evening. Vera Cruz is also dotted with fine hotels and res­ taurants were everything on the menu is a treat and sea­ food is naturally the specialty. Carnival time in Vera Cruz, which continues for a whole week prior to Lent, finds all routes into the citv jammed ind happy people filling the streets. There are" dances everywhere, including the city's parks, and guitar players serenade in the cafes under the arcaded promenades that circle the plazas. - For anyone with some time to spend in Mexico, Vera Cruz can also serve as the gateway to the rest of the na­ tion. Mexico City can be reached easily by railroad or by car over good highways, and many smaller cities, like Tlacotalpan, he close by. Tlacotalpan for example lies deep in the jungles in A tropical setting of tiny river villages. pluL^Jr n7*k'" *''• •»"'Wmgf Ifk, th. MunWpaf Palace or City Hall (above), retain the Spanish architecture for which the city is famous. I ' .V The Spanish styla Is rafleeted even In Vara Cruz's mora ; modern buildings with their shaded aolonnades. Tha SlU-mannad Dal ^undf lOoita Unas) Inaiudas tha port of Vara Crux on thi Oul( of Moxtoo In Iti ports of call. ^ , I • " ^ - • mill IIx-:;v;v:sv:;v.v'x-'.;-vx Carnival or MardI Gras time In Vera Cruz Is a time of dancing and singing all over the city, ,and strolling guitar players serenading every where. Carnival comas the waok prior to Lent. �Bu:* BM^ea California Lady Skipper Sails Solo To Hawaii HONOLULU — A 34-year old blond widow from Los Angeles made sailing history here recently when she came ashore after making a 40-day, 2,300 mile trip from California to Hawaii by herself in a 25-foot sailboat. Sharon Sites, the Intrepid distaff sailor, is believed to be the first woman to have made a solo ocean crossing between the two states. Unfortunately, Mrs. Sites was unable to finsh her voyage without assistance. As a result of a broken right wrist which she suffered while four-days from Hawaii, the Coast Guard went to her aid and gave her a tow after she had reached the Island. The brave lady sailor, who makes her living as a dental secretary in Los Angeles, reported her most frightening moment of the trip came when she ran into a 65-mile per hour wind which blew for six days. She said she had been forced to lash everything down, "hang on for dear life, and pray" to keep afloat. 39-Day Voyage Leaving her home port on June 12, the entire voyage took 39 days. Mrs. Sites made the trip with only five months of sailing experience behind her, taking neither radio nor fuel for her engine. Most of her food was donated. Had she been out for an­ other four days, the Coast Guard would have listed her as overdue and started search operations. Mrs. Sites told reporters that as far as she was concerned, she had completed her trip, despite the assist from the Coast Guard. Exercising her woman's prerogatives, she explained that she had sailed past Diamond Head, but had failed to put Into port because the lights listed on her map didn't jive with the navigation lights in the area. Mrs. Sites requested Coast Guard assistance from the skipper of a passing fishing craft when she was about 25 miles north of Honolulu. Looking back on her trip philosophically, the bold female skipper said she didn't recommend solo ocean crossings to either men or women. By Joseph B. Logue, MO, Medical Director How To Live With The Sun Premature aging of the skin Is probably the most common ill effect of too much sun. Yet by applying common sense and taking a few preventive measures, much of this injury can be avoided. Here are some suggestions from the American Academy of Dermatology to help you live with the sun. Before and after sunbathing care can be equally important for longrange protection. Before, it's a good idea to apply sunscreening agents more often at first. This gives your skin extra protection while your natural tan-producing capability, if you have it, reaches its peak. After sunbathing, lubricate your skin with a soothing, softening lotion to prevent excessive dryness. Stay away from home-style lotions such as baby oil, mineral oil, and vinegar. Protection from ultraviolet light must come from chemicals called sunscreeners which absorb the waves of ultraviolet light before they reach the skin. Stay away also from tanning pills, except under your doctor's direction. These pills act internally and can increase the skin's sensitivity to sunlight by altering the skin's response to the wave lengths of ultraviolet light. Photosensitivity means sensitive to light, and some common drugs taken by mouth can make your skin sunburn even on the slightest ex­ posure. If you are taking a prescription drug, ask your physician about this before trying to get a tan. Protective creams and lotions can produce irritation in some cases If they are rubbed vigorously into the skin. Apply these agents gently and avoid massaging them-into the skin. Their purpose is to prevent ultraviolet light from reaching the skin, not to absorb it after it strikes the skin. Sunscreening chemicals in some of these protective agents absorb ultraviolet light before it hits the skin. Such agents include one or more of the following groups of sunscreening chemicals: Para-aminobenzoates, salicylates, benzimidazoles, anthra.kilates, cinnamates, and benzophenones. Read the iab-^l " eiore you buy a simtan product to make sure It contains a sunscreening agent. Their effectiveness depends on the percentage in the lotion or cream and the thickness of the film formed on the skin. Children should be protected by a sunscreening agent and a white cloth shirt, jacket, or robe—one with a tight weave like a man's white broadcloth shirt. Sunglasses and umbrellas are useful physical sunscreeners. But some investigators feel beach umbrellas are less effective than Is popu­ larly believed in reducing ultraviolet light exposure due to reflected waves from the sand and sky. Glasses, colored or plain, filter out most of the ultraviolet rays, just as ordinary window glass does. The ad­ vantage of colored lenses is that they reduce glare. Common sense means don't take too much sun at once. Fifteen min­ utes a day for a starter is enough, for body skin previously unexposed will start getting pink in that time under a hot July or August sun. Start off in the early morning or late afternoon, for the sun's ultra­ violet waves are slanted through the atmosphere at these times and more of the injurious wave lengths are blocked. And remember, it takes days for natural tanning action to reach its peak. (From Today's Health Magazine.) , Aociul t, INB 100 N^w SlU-Manned Bulk Carrier On* of tho newest and most modern bulk carriers in the SlU fleet, the Missouri (Meadowbrook Transport), is seen passing through the Suez Canal on her maiden voyage to Kandia, India. The new bulk carrier is the former troopship Marine Swallow which was jumboized in a Tampa shipyard. A sister ship to the C-4 carrier, the Yellowstone is expected to join the Missouri after conversion work is completed in Tampa. The Missouri, which left Baton Rouge on June 12, is scheduled to arrive in Galveston on August IS. Labor Presses Improvements On Wage-Hour Bill Provisions Labor pressed its case for broadranging improvements in the Fair Labor Standards Act as congressional hearings on wage-hour amendments shifted from the House to the Senate. AFL-CIO Legislative Director Andrew J. Biemiller outlined the federation's four major proposals before a subcommit' tee headed by Senator Pat number of new jobs, the federa­ Biemiller expressed the wish McNamara (D-Mich.). He tion's legislative director predicted. that "instead of compiaining about the impossiblity of coping with the After 40 Hours inevitable, the business leaders The AFL-CIO believes, he said, would tackle the positive problem that the doubletime rate should of how to do It." begin after 40 hours of work, Earlier, Labor Secretary W. rather than after 45 hours as the . Wiiiard Wirtz said an estimated Administration has suggested. 31 percent of the 4.5 million "We want to discourage over­ workers the Administration wants time," he said. "We do not accept to bring under the wage-hour the proposition that overtime pay law now make less than $1.25 an is a substitute for decent hourly hour. rates, even though it is used that Their need, he said, is not for way by many employers. Our goal is a good wage for every worker public assistance or charity but for within the span of a normal work­ "a living wage." week." Wirtz also rejected the argument Shorter workweek—"It fs our that most overtime is worked deep conviction that a 35-hour because of a shortage of workers week is both essential and inevi­ in highly-skilled, high-paid occu­ table . . . We do not claim that pations. 40 hours is too long a workweek He said a labor department study in itself. But we do Insist that showed "a significantly greater pro­ in a very few years, even under portion of workers who earned $2 the most favorable circumstances, or less an hour worked overtime there simpiy won't be enough than was true for workers earning Money added to the mlnlmunr 40-hour jobs to go around." $3 or more an hour." wage goes to the lowest-paid, Bie­ miller stressed. "Those extra dol­ lars are needed and they are promptly spent for the necessities of life." The money "flows at once into the stream of trade." Minimum wage c o v e r a g e— Labor "welcomes" the Administra­ tion proposal for extending cover­ WASHINGTON—The U.S. Navy is planning to develop a age to 4.6 million additional work­ ers by applying the law to enter­ deep-diving rescue vessel which will be capable of going to the prises with gross receipts of'$250,- aid of submarine crewmembers trapped deep beneath the 000 a year—instead of $1 million surface of the ocean. Na"vy> —and by eliminating exemptions officials see the new rescue members trapped in submarines ly­ for employees of hotels, restaurants, craft as being especially use­ ing as deep as 600 feet and bring­ laundries, hospitals, small logging ful in assisting submarines which ing them back to safety on tho operations; motion picture theattes, run into difficulties while cruising surface without outside assistance. taxi firms and certain agricultural beneath the polar ice cap. Missile Recovery processing workers. The Navy's undersea rescue ve­ Another Important aspect of the "We welcome all this, hut we hicle will be developed by the Navy's deep diving program will would go further," Biemiller Northrop Corp. which has received be the development of a rnanhedsaid. He urged that the $250,000 a five-year, multi-million dollar annual business test he aiH>lied contract to work on a craft that craft which would be capable of to ail units of an enterprise would operate from nuclear sub­ recovering missile fragments from which grosses that amount—even marine. The vessel, which would depths of 20,000 feet. These recov­ if some individual units in the carry a crew of 14, would be capa­ ery craft could move objects weigh­ chain do a lesser amount of busi­ ble of being flown to an area where ing under a ton, and would be used on missile teat ranges on the At­ ness. a submarine is in trouble within lantic and Pacific oceans. This alone, he said, would ex­ 24 hours after a distress call was The Northrop Corporation re­ tend coverage to an additional received. ports that it is also studying the 800,000 workers. He also asked According to Navy plans, the possibility of building large under­ elimination of partial exemptions minimum depths at which the res­ sea shelters for divers who could of groups such as seamen and sea­ cue vessel will operate will be the use them to work for periods as food processing workers. present collapse limits of subma­ long as 90 days at depths of 800 Overtime Pay—The Administra­ rines now in use. These collapse feet. Another Navy Job being tion proposal to increase the pen­ limits have not been made public worked out by Northrop research­ alty pay for overtime from the for security reasons, As part of ers is the development of a salvage present time-and-a-half to double- the program, techniques. will be system for the recovery of 1,000time would create a "substantial" worked oiit for removing crew- ton ship hulls lying in deep water. stressed these key points: Minimum wage increase—^In re­ sponse to President Johnson's statement that "the question Is not whether the minimum wage should be increased, but when and by how much," Biemiller declared: "We say the time to raise the minimum wage is now, and that the amount should be $2 an hour. . . . Anything less is legislated poverty, and that has no place in America." Labor rejects the "myth" that raising the minimum wage throws people out of work and employers out of business, he said. "If there were any truth in it," he com­ mented, "this country's business­ men would have all gone bankrupt long ago, and there would be no obs left for anyone." Quickly Spent Navy Plans Craft For Sub Rescues iv ri] I �Pice MKAW4RER8'L6Q Aociut i, IMB New Ship Naming Policy Dooms Japanese 'Maru' By Fred Stewart & Ed Moeney Headquarters Representatives TOKYO—There was a time when. Seafarers who saw the bow of a passing ship with the word "Maru" in its name, knew instantly that the vessel was of Japanese registry, with­ Food Plan Aims For Perfection out having to wait for a look at the rising sun on the stern. This means of traditional iden­ Better food prepared under more sanitary conditions for our mem­ tification, however, is about to bership. This has been the aim of the SIU's Food and Ship Sanitation start disappearing, according drum up more business and ease try's early merchant vessels were Program since it's inception. to an announcement of the the country's international fi­ also armed as men-of-war, and It is the duty of any representatives of this program to assist all steward department members in any way possible in enabling them to provide well prepared, high quality food for all of our SIU mem­ bership. All of the representatives of the Food and Ship Sanitation Depart­ ment are full SIU Book Members and each of them has sailed as a chief steward on SlU-contraoted ships for many years. The Food and Ship Sanitation Program stresses the following four areas as being the most Important in insuring good quality and the adequate preparation of foods on board SIU ships. STORING: The starting point of an effective feeding program is proper storing in three areas: quantity, quality and variety. The Food and Sanitation Department has developed a master storing list based on 30 day units for a crew of 50. Using this list as a starting point, food representatives can check on the adequacy of stores and see that they are of proper quality. Short-storing results in items running out while enroute while excess stores 4 ^— leads to spoilage and waste. all the preparation should be an The purpose of the master list is attractively-served meal. A clean, to make certain that neither of properly-set table, adequate silver these happens. Emphasis is also and glassware, the use of clean placed on the uses of top-quality, mess jackets, ample side dishes for pre-cut and pre-packaged frozen vegetables, bread, butter and other meats and produce. Food supplies items all help make for pleasant of this type are more uniform in feeding. The Food Program makes quality, keep better and prevent certain that all waiters and messwaste and spoilage. man are aware of the basic ele­ INVENTORY CONTROL: Repre­ ments of food service. Service of sentatives of the Food Program as­ this kind goes hand in glove with sist stewards in checking inven­ the concept of "to order" feeding, tories while in port and in setting as featured in the better shoreside up the effective control of supplies restaurants. The relatively small while at sea. The port inventory number of men fed on board ship check-up assures that the stores, at any one time is the ideal situa­ as received, are of the quantity tion for individual service of this and type ordered and that all voy­ kind. age needs are covered. The Food In the relatively short period of Program recommends that a stew­ time that the food and ship sani­ ard issue stores at specific times tation program has been in effect, each day while at sea. Two issues it has been able to insure for all daily are desirable. At these daily Seafarers a better grade of food, issues the steward department can greater variety, three entree menus keep a running inventory, keeping and better service (individually track of exactly what is being worked and served to order by withdrawn from the ship's stores, trained waiters. what these withdrawals are for Your Food Program was also in­ and how much he has left in re­ serve. Without such a running in­ strumental in setting up and main­ ventory, shortages will occur as taining training for entry ratings the voyage draws to a close, pr as in the steward department and will a rationing measure, menus will continue to be active in any future tend to get monotonous as the training for the improvement of steward tfies to use up items in the steward department. ©versupply. The SIU feels that the training PREPARATION: With adequate program promotes teamwork, cre­ stores on board the ship and prop­ ates harmony and builds and im­ er control of inventories, the proves technical abilities. The re­ cooks have the raw materials out sults to be gained from good train­ of which to prepare attractive ing programs come back many-fold nourishing meals. The Food Pro­ in a more efficiently run steward gram is out to do away with the department. By building a well old practice of cooking large quan­ qualified steward department, we tities of food in advance and then are also building a stronger union letting the meal dry up on the as a whole. steam tables. Broiled and grilled SANITATION COMMENDAfoods are cooked as ordered, TION AWARDS: Sanitation Com­ roasts are carved to order and in­ mendation awards have been pre­ dividual servings of side items sented to many SlU-contracted such as butter are substituted for ships. Recently, William E. Holy, "family style" dishes which have a regional director of the Public been the source of much shipboard Health Service commended SIU waste. The storing of pre-packaged, crewmembers sailing abroad the pre-cut frozen foods eliminates a ships of the Bloomfield Steamship great deal of the trimming, butch­ Company. At the time of the pres­ ering, washing and other prepara­ entation, Regional Director Holy tory work and makes it possible said that "it was a proud moment for cooks to prepare dishes to for everyone when the Bloomfield order on short notice. Steamship Company was awarded SERVICE—The end product of it's third consecutive certificate of Sanitation by the Public Health Service of the Department of Health Education and Welfare. "The award is a particular trib­ ute to the company's sea-going per­ Seafarers are advised to se­ sonnel whose devotion to duty cure a master's certificate at made possible the rating of 100 all times when they become ill for a second year on all of the or injured aboard ship. The company's ships in the fleet." right to demand a master's cer­ Seafarers aboard Blobmfield tificate verifying illness or inJury aboard a vessel is guaran­ ships have shown for the third consecutive year that an SIU ship teed by law. is a clean chip. Japan Line, one of the island na­ tion's largest shipping companies. The Japan Line has let it be known that it will drop the suffix "Maru" from the names of all new vessels which join its fleet in the future. Spokesmen for the com­ pany said the operator was taking the action because foreigners found it hard to understand and remember ships with Japanese names. When translated Into everyday language, the Japanese are saying that ships bearing names from their own language are bad for business in the inter­ national shipping community. English Helps To remedy this difficulty, the Japan Line has decided to use English language descriptions in naming their new vessels. Al­ though "Maru" is going to be a word of the past. Seafarers will still have a ready means of iden­ tifying Japanese-flag shipping since the new names will all con­ tain the word "Japan." The English word used in con­ junction with "Japan" will refle-;t the Japanese love of beauty, ac­ cording to the company. Tankers, for instance, will bear the name of flowers, while dry cargo ves­ sels will carry the name of trees. Payments Boost Observers have pointed out that one important reason for this ma­ jor switch in naming policy is Japan's poor balance of payments position. During the last fiscal year, Japanese ships carried 44.5 percent of their own imports. While this is many times over the percentages of imports which American-flag ships carry to the United States, the Japanese are plainly dissatisfied to the point where they are ready to cast past tradition to the winds. The new naming policy, it ii hoped, will nancial situation. Experts on Japanese culture say the word "maru" has no set meaning, even though it has ap­ peared on most of the country's tonnage since trading started with the Western world In the nine­ teenth century. Some experts de­ fine the word as meaning circle, while others say it refers to the moats which once served to de­ fend ancient feudal castles. This latter definition has been linked to the maritime world by histo­ rians who report that the coun­ thus considered floating castles. Other Japanese shipping opera­ tors are watching the experiments in naming to see if positive re­ sults show in the Japan Lines' profit statement. If the company succeeds, Japan may be in for a mass series of changes in the names of its vessels. The first vessel to fall under the re-naming policy will be the Japan Elm, a 13,850 ton carrier scheduled for delivery in Septem­ ber. President Calls For Desalting Progress WASHINGTON—^The deepening crisis caused by prolonged drought conditions over large sections of the nation has led President Johnson to issue a call for advances in desalinization techniques. The President declared that the need for progress in desalting seawater is "impera­ tive" if the country is to succeed in "drought-proofing" its metropoli­ tan areas and their surrounding agricultural regions. The President's remarks signaled formal White House recognition of the growing importance attached to desalinization as a means of solving the continuing water problems facing the country's metropoli­ tan areas. His comments were made at a White House ceremony wheri he signed a bill setting up a 10-year Federal-State planning program to solve the country's growing need of water. President Johnson informed his audience that he had as.signed high priority to planning work by governmental departments and Congress that is aimed at putting desalting systems into operation. At the present time there are four desalinization plants in the U.S. operated on a demonstration basis by the federal government. These plants operate through the use of conventional power. The country's first nuclear-powered desalting facility is scheduled to go into opera­ tion in the vicinity of Riverhead, Long Island, N.Y. sometime in the future. This plant will be built by the American Machine and Foundry Co. for New York State. Under the provisions of the water planning program signed by the President, $5 million in federal funds will be available over a IC-year period to states engaged in developing water resources. The bill re­ quires states to provide matching funds. Lowering The Boom Get Certificate Before Leaving e-. Seafarer R. Holt (center) explains some of the finer points on running a winch to T. Ncefll (left) at he lowers the boom on the Seamar (Calmar) while the vessel stopped in Baltimore recently. Backing up Holt'with some friendly advice is B. Harwell (right). All three SIU members sail in the Seamar't deck department. �AmgaM %, vm 9M'4rAKgR8 M0€ FMT* Eifliteai Parfy Line Twist Topples Top Soviet Whaling Hero MOSCOW—A Russian whaling skipper, whom the government hailed as the kind of man every young Russian should grow up to be, has suddenly been toppled from his lofty perch by an abrupt twist In the party line, in ihe years following World • War II, Captain Aleksei Soly- Captain Solyanik now finds him­ Young Communist paper, h« or­ accused of gross maltreatment dered his fleet into tthe tropics anik basked in the glow of the self of the seamen imder his command, without arranging for imoper ven­ mass admiration of thousands upon thousands of Russian school chil­ dren who enthusiastically applaud­ ed his successful Antarctic whaling expeditions. The Kremlin thought so highly of their star whaler that he was presented the Soviet Un­ ion's two top awards for civilians— the Order of Lenin and official des­ ignation as a "Hero of Socialist Labor." Victim of New Line The whaling captain, however, has now fallen victim to one of those sharp twists in the Commu­ nist Party iine which the Russians have grown so famous for. Back in the days when Josef Stalin reigned over the U.S.S.R., no honor was to great for a man who broke the sacred production quota—and no Inconvenient questions were asked about how badly he treated his workers in doing so. Today, how­ ever, the Kremlin bosses have ap­ parently decided that its about time that the workers had sonn>e rights in the so-called "Workers' State." As a result of this policy switch. according to the official newspaper of the Communist Youth League. The paper charges him of being overwhelmed by the un-Communist vices of ambition, arrogance and conceit, in addition to killing the ideals of justice, honor and dignity among his own crew. Gone Are The Days The captain undoubtedly remem­ bers the days when his star shone high in the Communist heavens. Only five years ago a huge crowd filled the shore of the port of Odes­ sa to see his fleet return from a successful whaling expedition. Re­ ports of the occasion said thousands of roses were cast into the harbor in his honor, and all ships present blew a three-whistle salute to the (then) greatest Red whaler of them all. Now the^former whaling hero is buffeted by such charges as abuse of his high office, favoritism to famiiy and friends and the rude quashing of criticism to cover up his own mistakes. According to the tilation equipment on the ships, which were designed for work In the Antarctic. As a result, his crew suffered Illness, Injiu-y and even death. Television's Dave Garroway stands before a large mural in Capitalist In Disguise? AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C. in the opening Perhaps one of the most signifi­ scene of "When Day's Work is Done," a film produced by the cant accusations brought against labor federation to spotlight the after-work activities of the whaling skipper is the charge union members in programs designed to better their com­ that ha has come to enjoy the fruits of high living, a trait usually munities. The documentary will be shown on nationwide associated with the capitalist world. television over the Labor Day weekend. His Young Conununist critics re­ veal that his dress has become im­ maculate and his home laden with fine furniture. In addition he is accused of building a swimming pool on his ship's bridge for the use of his wife, who, incldmitally, saiis as a high officer. The paper claims that the wife performs work WASHINGTON—A special AFL-CIO film documentary on that any sailor could do in a few minutes. leisure time which was critically acclaimed when it premiered The captain is also charged with on nationwide television will be re-released for showing over permitting his son and daughter- the Labor Day weekend. in-law to live in luxury on his flag­ Arrangements for present­ commercial and educational tele­ ship's bridge, while the seamen be­ vision stations in areas wher* low suffer from their terrible liv­ ing "When the Day's Work is there are heavy concentrations of ing conditions. Done" are now being made with union members. AFL-CIO TV Documentary To Be Seen Labor Day By Sidney Margolius Wave Motion Powers New Harbor Buoys TOKYO—Japanese marine en­ gineers have developed two new kinds of harbor buoys that use wave motions to produce electrici­ ty to power their lights and fog horns. The new buoys have aroused considerable Interest in maritime circles since they are reportedly cheaper to operate and easier to service than devices currently in use. The buoys utilize two different principles to generate the elec­ tricity they need to produce sig­ nals. One is the pendulum-type buoy which takes the up-and-down motion movement produced as it rides on the waves, and converts it into a horizontal force that gen­ erates electricity. The second type of buoy is called the turbine type. It produces elec­ tricity by a combination of vertical wave action on a long stem at­ tached to its underside and air pressure above its surface. Produce Own Power Both varieties of buoys are ca­ pable of producing enough elec­ tricity to power two 5-watt lights which flash every three seconds in addition to operating a fog horn which sounds for 20 seconds at 1.5second intervals. The buoys need a battery check only twice a year at the maximum, according to their manufacturer. A general overhaul will only be required once every two years. The devices are built of special metals which are designed to ward off corrosion by salt water. Both buoys have undergone tests •long the Japanese coast line. Compact Vs. Full-Size Car Costs Families In the market for a new car get a double bonus this siunmer. The usual ebbing of prices late in the model year has been pyramided by the recent excise tax cut. But be warned that you now need to comparisonshop prices more closely than ever, including charges for financing, insurance and optional equip­ ment. While most dealers are reported to have re­ duced prices, reporters around the country did find several instances of failure to pass on to buyers the full amount of the cut. Even though car manufac­ turers have reduced wholesale prices to reflect the tax cut of 3 per cent, dealers set their own prices. And while manufacturers have reduced 1965 models in line with the excise cut, there is no guar­ antee they will continue to do so on the forthcom­ ing 1966 cars. It was noticeable at the beginning of the 1965 model year, that while prices officially were not increased, actually there were a number of actual increases as more optional features were made standard, and included in the base price. Ownership costs for compacts are lower, even, though some of the full-size cars do have relatively good resale value. Runzheimer & Company, a noted auto accounting firm, estimates these costs nationally for a standardsize, eight-cylinder car traded-in every three years 'the model used in the example was a 1965 Chevrolet eight-cylinder Bel Air four-door sedan). Variable costs Avg. per mile Gasoline and Oil 2.58 cents Maintenance .69 cents Tires 44 cents Fixed costs Fire and Theft Insurance Property Damage and Liability ($25/50/5M License and Registration Depreciation 3.7 cents Annually $ 31. 126. 24. 626. $807. Thus, for a family that drives 10,000 miles a year, the full costs of car ownership now run about $1,177 a year. Nor does this include finance charges if you buy on time. As this list shows, biggest expense in car owner­ ship is depreciation (the difference between what you paid and what you can get). Runzheimer found that the full-size car lost an Average of $626 a year of its resale value in the first three years, or a total of $1,878. Most moderate-income families who buy new cars or late-model used cars, generally do keep them more than three years; thus do not lose as much In depreciation. In general, these figures indicate that a popular make of full-size car loses close to 30 per cent a year of its current value. Thus, a car that cost $2,700 would be worth in the neighborhood of $1,900 at the end of its first year. The second year it would lose about $570 of its resale value, and have a mar­ ket value of approximately $1,330, and so on. After ihe first two years, depreciation be­ comes relatively low and your ownership cost correspondingly reasonable. Two other factors can reduce the depreciation cost: careful main­ tenance, which adds to the resale value, and arranging a private sale when yon do want to re-seli. Runzheimer also compared costs of the full-size car with those of a domestic compact and a foreign compact. It made this survey in just one city—Chi­ cago—but considers the findings reflect the relative costs nationally. In the Chicago area, per-mile fuel and mainte­ nance cost for the eight-cylinder standard car were computed as 3.6 cents; for a popular domestic com­ pact, 2.85 cents, and for the leading foreign compact, 2.05 cents. The annual fixed costs, including depre­ ciation, insurance and registration fees were com­ puted as $929 for the standard; $855 for the do­ mestic compact, and $579 for the foreign compact. This makes the total annual costs (during the first three years), $1,289, $1,140 and $784 respectively for 10,000 miles a year. In other words, normally a domestic compact saves about $149 a year, and the most widely-sold foreign compact, about $505. However, the foreign compact used in the study Is the Volkswagen, which many families find too small and limited for normal family needs, although it has won some usage as a second car. Other for­ eign cars do not have as high resale value as the Volkswagen, R. H. Kastengren, Runzheimer Field Relations Director, told this writer. Thus you could not expect that the VW's relatively low depreciation would apply to the other foreign compacts. The domestic compacts do offer some cost saving while still providing enough capacity and power for usual family needs. - Interestingly, a special breakdown provided for Us by Runzheimer, shows that the main saving of the U.S.-made compacts over the full-size cars, Is in operating costs rather than in depreciation. The half-hour film examines the ever-increasing leisure time that has come from shorter work­ weeks and longer vacations and salutes union members who utilize their after-work hours for commu­ nity betterment. Labor Lends A Hand Scenes of union activities in New York, California, New Jer­ sey, West Virginia and Washing­ ton, D.C. are shown as well as community projects in Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, Pennsylva­ nia and Connecticut. Among these are construction of health facili­ ties, community cultural projects, disaster aid and programs for the very young and the very old. The film also covers achieve­ ments realized from the millions of dollar.s donated each year by union members to united fund ap­ peals, as well as the uses mads of labor-donated service aids, such as mobile Travelers Aid and Red Cross disaster units. Narration is by Dave Garoway, with comments by AFL-CIO Pres­ ident George Meany and Vice President Joseph A. Beirne. Alaskan Salmon Haul Is Biggest In Five Years SEATTLE — Members of the SlUNA-affiliated Alaska Fisher­ men's Union hauled in their big­ gest salmon catch since 1960. More than-37 million red salmon were caught in Bristol Bay, Alaska, dur­ ing this year's fishing season. Iti 1960 approximately 30 million sal­ mon were caught by the Alaskan fishermen. This year's catch represented • huge increase over 1964 when only 13 million fish were hauled in. The catch amounts to 1,250,000 cases of canned fish, worth about $50 million. Even optimistio guess­ es at the beginning of the salmon run placed the total catch at under ^ cases. Approximately 17 million fish in the run were not caught and hav» gone to their spawning areas. • ''1 n �rv Wtortai c m§ Watchint TIM Board A lot of the boys out on the West Coast are still ihaking their heads and knocking wood over the close call that Seafarer Tadeusz (Tad) Chilinsky had down California way. Tad, who has been shipping as a bosun out of Wilmington, California, was on his way to Baltimore where he and his family have a new home. After packing all worked as a coal miner. "I've been in that town I guess it was just his furniture on a trailer and sailing since 1951," he says, "and natural to go to sea. So I did—at Keeping a sharp eye out for that right ship, W. Szczepanek (left) and Eddie Broders are pictured as they look over shipping prospects on the Rotary board in the Baltimore SlU hall. Both Seafarers are veteran members of the deck department. VENORE (Venore), July 4—Chair­ man, R. Serans; Secretary, t;. W. Escherbach. Brother C. James was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs were reported by depart­ ment delegates. MT. VERNON VICTORY (Victory Carriers), July 9 — Chairman, Ted Jones; Secretary, J. Melton. Ship's delegate informed crew that if ship goes to Japan, draws will be in American money, if possible. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Vote of thanks to the steward department. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), July 18—Chairman, C. Jacks; Secre­ OVERSEAS JOYCE (Maritime Over­ seas), July IS—Chairman, Walter C. Snell; Secretary, R. Hernandes. Ship's delegate reported on safety conditions and repairs. Brother Snell was re-eiected to serve as ship's delegate. No disputed OT reported. DEL SUD (Delta), July 22—Chair­ man, J. Tucker; Secretary, H. Crane. No beefs and no disputed OT re­ ported by department delegates. $140.04 in ship's fund. NORINA (Wall Street Traders), July 11—Chairman, A. C. May; Secretary, R. T. McNeil. $78 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. Brother A. C. May was elected ship's delegate. Crew agreed not to sign for next trip until prob­ lem of getting new linen is settled. CITIES SERVICE BALTIMORE (Cities Service), July 15—Chairman, J. Maytum; Secretary, C. C. Harman. $17.06 in ship's fund. Disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Captain in­ formed the ship's delegate that the ship will go to shipyard within one month, and asked for repair list. tary, R. Donnelly. Soma disputed OT to be taken up with boarding patrolman. $74 In ship's fund. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Brother R. Donnelly was elect­ ed to serve as ship's delegate. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. YAKA (Waterman), July 11—Chair­ man, Lea Harvey; Secretary, Guy Casey. Brother W. W. Brown was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs reported by department delegates. General discussion held. POTOMAC (Empire Transport), July 18—Chairman, Joseph Decingue; Sec­ retary, Edward Kress. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Brother Frank Pasulak was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. VENORE (Venore Transportation), June 20—Chairman, R. K. Wardlow; Secretary, Richard Nelson. One man was hospitalized in Gibralter. $4 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by deiMirtment delegates. Some dis­ puted OT in deck department. Vote of thanks to the steward departmerit for a job well done. THETIS (Rye Marine), July 10 — Chairman, C. C. Smith; Secretary, Oscar M. Raynor., Brother Raynor was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. $17.14 in ship's fund, dona­ tions appreciated. Some disputed OT In deck department. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Special vote of thanks to the stew­ ard department for a job well done. Our cooks, messmen and pantrymen are tops, none better. MISSOURI (Meadowbrook Trans­ port), June 20—Chairman, Ernest L. Tatro; Secretary, Wilfred J. Moore. Some disputed OT in deck and en­ gine departments. Question regard­ ing delayed sailing in Baton Rouge. STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), July B —Chairman, Jack Farrand; Secretary, Milton Brown. $3 in ship's fund. Few hours disputed OT in deck de­ partment. All hands asked to donate to ship's fund at payoff. Vote of thanks to the crew messmen and chief cook for a Job well done. Mo­ tion made to have draws in bunker ports if stay exceeds two hours. STEEL AGE (Isthmian), June 26— Chairman, Egbert W. Goulding; Sec­ retary, Alfred saiem. $27 in ship's fund. Few hours disputed OT In deck department ALCOA EXPLORER (Alcoa), July IS —Chairman, Jose L. Ramos; Secre­ tary, G. E. Pettipas. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward de­ partment for adequate and excellent food. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. DEL ORO (Delia), June 20—Chair­ man, Claude A. Bankston; Secretary, Ramon Irizarry. $53.45 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT re­ ported. Brother Harold J. Galardi was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. sending his wif* ahead by plane. Brother Chilinski climbed Into his brand new car and set off down highway 301. Running into high winds, the trailer began to buffet wildly and the car swerved out of control and struck an abutment. The Chilinsky furniture, trailer and auto were totally destroyed. He lost $3,000 worth of housahold goods alone. "It was a rough break," Chilinski says. "But in a lot of ways I was lucky. First of all, I had sent my wife on ahead and she was spared the danger and terror of the acci­ dent. In the second place, although all my property was lost, I walked out of the accident without a single scratch. You know," he continues, "I was torpedoed three different times during World War II and never injured. All in all," he grins, "I guess I have to say I'm a pretty lucky guy. The next trip I take though will be on a ship—as soon as the right deck slot hits the board." By the "right job" Tad means one that will take him to Baltimore where his wife and new home are waiting. i t i Siwing cleaning is an all hands, all year affair aboard the Del Oro (Delta Lines). Ship's delegate H. J. Galardi reports that flashing brooms, rags and mops are work­ ing up a storm from stem to stern. "There are rumors," he says with a wink, "that Mister Clean has been seen below, and he's doing so much work that gray hairs are beginning to sprout on his bald dome." The bosun and crew are also cooperating to keep the Del Oro ship-shape and spotless. tit Seafarer George Davis dropped into the Norfolk Hall the other day to let his buddies know about his recent runs to western Europe and to shoot the breeze about the old days. "After the good old USA," he says, "my two favorite countries Davis are Germany and Holland. Those are probably the two cleanest countries in the world. You can't And a cigarette butt on thd streets. People over there take a real pride in their homes and cities. And they're usually real friendly and hospita­ ble to the visiting seaman." Be­ fore shipping out. Brother Davis there's no comparison between shipping out and digging coal. I'll take sailing anytime." In response to a question from a fellow Sea­ farer in the hall about how he started shipping out Davis says, "nobody was surprised when I took to the sea. Most of my friends were veteran seamen and they con­ vinced me that it was the best life. And today," he smiles, I'm glad they did. Shipping out—if it's SIU —is tops." 4 3) Seafarers aboard the Thetis (Rye Marine) like to get things done in a hurry, without wasting precious time on non-es­ sentials. So, ac­ cording to dele­ gate C .C. Smith, the crew has put in an order for instant coffee in the port of Singa­ pore. "There are Smith plenty of times," he says, "when Instant coffee serves better than the regular stuff—especially in a pinch." As for leisure time, the boys on the Thetis know how to use that too. "We like movies on board this vessel," Brother Smith announces. "We expect to get a new batch of films in Japan," he says, "and we sure hope that they'll be good ones." 3i 4 t By this time, it's no news to anybody that SIU mess staffs care enough to serve the very best. From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli, SIU galley gangs enjoy the highest reputation on the high seas. The steward and galley crews of the following ves­ sels have earned the praises of their fellow Seafarers for chow and service above and beyond the call of duty: Yenore (Venore Transport); Al­ coa Explorer (Alcoa Steamship); Mt. Vernon Victory (Victory Car­ riers); Maiden Creek (Waterman Steamship); Steel Director (Isth­ mian Steamship); Seatrain Louisi­ ana (Seatrain Lines). 3> 3) Si The boys around the Baltimore hall are always glad to see Sea­ farer William T. Rose drop by. Growing up in New Bedford, Mass., one of America's most famous old whal­ ing ports, Brother Rose has been sailing for about forty years. Look­ Rose ing up from a hand of cards with an old-time sailing buddy. Rose says, "living Hie age of sixteen. I suppose I've sailed Just about everything," he continues, "and that includes the old three-masted schooners. My family were sailors for generations. My father was a fisherman and I got my taste for the sea when I was a kid going after lobsters and deep sea scallops. You can believe me," Rose says, laying down his cards and nodding reflectively, "it was tough back in those days. And if it hadn't been for the SIU, the seaman would still be deprived of decent wages and working condi­ tions. I can still remember carry­ ing home only $60 after a month of hard labor. Things have sure changed since." "Amen to that" adds his card partner. Now making his home in Baltimore, Brother Rose is married and has two chil­ dren, twelve grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. He sails as a chief cook and baker hut laments the fact that most sea­ going cooks no longer specialize in one kind of dish. "Now-a-days," he says, "you've got to give them a variety. That way you keep everybody happy." 3> 3« Seafarers sailing aboard the Venore (Venore Transport) have discovered that there are more waves at sea than just those that billow on the ocean surface. Ship's delegate B. H. Richerson reports that waves have appeared on the ship's tv screen. "These waves we can do without," he says. "They're swamping all the best programs. But never fear," he assures, "we're rigging up a new tv antenna and the video should he shipshape - any day now." 3JI 3^ 3" The summer sun is beginning to shine in earnest on the high seas, stoking up the atmosphere and pushing the mercury to new heights. Keeping cool under the pressure, crewmembers aboard the Globe Explorer (Maritime Over­ seas) are giving the mess hall air conditioners the once over. "Look­ ing good," is the report of dele­ gate Israel Farhi, fixing the cooling machines with what he hopes is a* "cold eye." Sign Name On LOG Letters For obvious reasons the LOG cannot print any letters or other communications sent in by Seafarers unless the author signs his name. Unsigned anonymous letters will only wind up In the waste-basket. If circumstances justify, the LOG will withhold a signature on request. �rNf!* Twtii^ Aufiut Ik IfH SE4rARER9 EOQ; 'Messing' Around Perilous Adventures At Sea Recalled By Three Seafarers In the length of their sailing experiences, Seafarers come to regard perilous and unusual events as normal occurences, all in a day's work—as most of the men put it. Nevertheless, there are some experiences that even the most seasoned of SIU veterans recall with a clarity that long years have failed to-»lessen. These are the events lates. "He had been leaning against German devil and the deep blue that eventually provide the a loose rail on the poop deck. Tha sea," Brother Snyder recounta. raw material out of which the rail wasn't chained and the next "The Steel Navigator didn't have a most enduring and exciting sea thing he knew he was overboard chance." and in the sea. Evidently no one yarns are spun. While tha ship foundered in the Seafarer Chester H. Green who had seen him fall and the tanker winds, the sub fired its deadly tor­ pedoes. One of the "fish" scored has been sailing for 45 years went continued on its course." Fortunately, the sailor kept his a direct hit. to sea in 1920, but of all his many adventures one remains vivid In his presence of mind and did every­ "The Navigator went to the bot­ memory. Although he can't recall thing he could to keep himself tom in less than five minutes," Sny­ exactly how long ago the incident afloat while waiting and praying der recalls. "We had to go over occurred, it is still sharp in his to be picked up. the side as we were." mind. "He had kicked off his shoes and "Before the thing was over," Sny­ "It all happened quite a few all his clothes so that he could der relates, "we lost twenty-one years ago," he says. "But I can still swim more easily," Green says. men^ut of thirty-seven, and drift­ hear that call for help as if it were "But the weather and water were ed for seven days before we were ice cold and the seas rough. He finally picked up." only yesterday." ended up in a bad state of shock." Brother Green Make Raft The Algerian's ship was notified was aboard the Steel Architect by wire and arrangements were The lifeboat that Snyder went in on a long run. made to get the man back home. capsized in the wake of the freightThey were far out Lucky To Help at sea and miles "Maybe it sounds corny," says from sight of land Green with an embarrassed grin. or of any other "But I believe that just about the vessel. best thing a man can do on this "It was a had earth is to help out a fellow hu­ day," he recalls. man being in trouble. I think I was Green "There was a lot lucky to have the chance and I'll of weather and heavy seas. I was never forget it." alone on deck. Brother Green also remembers Man Overboard one other thing: the hard condi­ "Suddenly I heard a man yelling tions that faced the seaman before Snyder Mitchell for help," he said, "I looked around the SIU was there to fight for prog­ and was amazed to see someone ress. er as she went down. The men swimming weakly in the ocean near "We used to sail with no fresh bobbed about in the water, hastily the ship. I threw him a life pre­ water on some ships," he recalls. throwing together a raft from the server and then made for the "Conditions were just generally debris and keeping afloat as .best bridge on the run, yelling, 'Man terrible. The SIU is the best thing they could. A second lifeboat dis­ overboard' as loud as I could." that ever happened to the Ameri­ appeared, never to be seen again. The Steel Architect put about can seaman." The next morning, the men could and lowered a lifeboat to pick up see that the capsized lifeboat was Torpedoed the stranded swimmer. still afloat and not too far away. When it comes to intense and "She turned on a dime," remem- memorable experiences, those of The sea had flooded it and it was ' bers Green. "It was a real neat res­ Seaferer Joseph O. Snyder are sec­ filled to the gunwales and had no freeboard at all. ' cue." ond to none. Snyder was aboard the The captain of tha Steel Naviga­ The "man overboard" turned out Steel Navigator when she was tor­ to be an Algerian seaman. pedoed and sunk in the North At­ tor swam to the boat alongside Snyder and together, they bailed It "He was in pretty bad shape lantic during World War II. out. when we got him on deck," says The freighter was returning from 'We used our hands and any­ Brother Green, "suffering from a Carter, Wales, with a load of sand thing else we could grab hold of," bad case of shock and ej^osure." ballast. Blasted by the gales of a strong Snyder says. "It took a little while, A short time later, the Steel Architect's crew learned the cir­ nor'wester, the ship's ballast shift­ but it was sure worth it." cumstances under which the Al­ ed and, developing a 33 degree list, A total of seventeen nien board­ gerian sailor had gone over the she had to drop out of the convoy. ed the lifeboat seeking safety, but aide. In the midst of her battle with one—a messboy—died of exposure Loose Rail the storm, the German U-boat and had to be buried at sea. "The victim was chief mate on struck. 7 Days Adrift a French wine tanker," Green re­ "We were caught between the Seven long, hard and dangerous days later, the sixteen survivors were picked up by the H.M.S. De­ coy and deposited in Scotland. From there they were returned to the United States where all were hospitalized for immersion and prolonged exposure. Despite the ordeal, Snyder, a hardy SIU veteran, shipped out again less than two months later. "That's not unusual," he says. "Someday the full story of the war­ time Merchant Marine will be tdd and that tale will be filled with such examples of steady courage and quiet endurance that my own story will seem commonplace in comparison. Even so," he con­ cludes, "I'll remember it till my dy­ If eny SIU ship has no ing day." library or needs a new A strong Union man, Snyder supply of books, contact says that "the SIU has brought lu any SIU hall. a long way in just a few years." EVERY MONTHS YOUR SIU SHIP'S LIBRARY Meteor of Doom Seafarer Walter M. MitcheU has been sailing since the early days of World War II, aqd although he has never had any really close calls (Continued on page 21) iiiiil Penn Carrier messmen (l-r) Grant Manett, Georg* Quinn, and William (Duck) Toliver were busy dishing out the hot plates on the Carrier's last run to India. The crow were all agreed that the trip was a good one and that the galley gang did a terrific {ob. TRANSORIENT (Hudson Waterways), July 10—Chairman, W. Fishert Secre­ tary, P. L. Luketic. Soma disputed OT reported In deck and angina dapartments. Vota of thanks extended to tha steward department. DEL VALLE (Delta), July 4—Chairman, R. Ferrerai Secretary, C. M. Dowling. $4.10 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Brother J. T. Beasley, acting ship's delegate resigned. Chief alectrician, C. C. Harris was elected ship's delegate. MAIDEN CREEK (Waterman), June 20—Chairman, N. E. Gene; Secretary, M. L. George. Request patrolman and quested to retum dirty linen. Re­ pairs are all being taken cara of. No beefs reported by department delegates. VENORE (Venore), May 16—Chair­ man, B. H. Richardson; Secretary, R. Wardlow. $4 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Motion made to secure sepa­ rate rooms for engine department watches. STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), June 29—Chairman, Wm. H. Harrell; Sec­ retary, Fazil Ali. $5 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. Vota of thanks to former ship's delegate. New ship's delegate elected. FANWDDD (Waterman], July 4 — Chairman, Homer 0. Workman; Sec­ retary, Michael Miller. Crew requested to cooperate in keeping natives out of quarters and passageways. SEA PIONEER (Pioneer Tankers), June 27—Chairman, Garret A. Wilei Secretary, None. Beef about tha water in showers. Vote of thanks to the steward department. food plan representative to be on board upon arrival in New York. Vota of thanks to the baker, crewmessman and pantry man for a Job well done. WARM SPRINGS (Columbia), June 13—Chairman, J. C. Arnold; Secretary, J. T. Siney. Ship's delegate reported that there were several items to be taken up with boarding patrolman. TRANSBAY (Hudson Waterways), May 20—Chairman, F. J. Ferro; Secre­ tary, L. B. Moore. Soma disputed OT in each department. Ship to be fumigated. Vote of thanks to tha steward department. ELIZABETHPORT (Sea-Land), July 23—Chairman, R. Mills; Secretary, John St. John. Safety meeting held. No beefs reported. Vote of thanks was extended to the crew for their cooperation In keeping messroom clean at night. STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isthmian), June 14—Chairman, Eugene Dakin; Secretary, Clarence A. Collins. $34.50 in ship's fund. One man hospitalized in Bombay and one in Karachi. Some disputed OT to be taken up with boarding patrolman upon arrival in port. Motion made to have contract department negotiate with company for increase in hold cleaning rate, time and one half for watch below, straight time for watch on deck. Crew request that cash money be put aboard for draws, instead of trav­ elers checks. GLOBE EXPLORER (Maritime Over­ seas), April 26 — Chairman, Chester Wilson; Secretary, None. Ship sailed short one messman. Nothing else reported. OEL NORTE (Delta), July 17 — Chairman, Robert Callahan; Secre­ tary, Bill Kaiser. General discussion held. Everything is O.K. with no beefs. $219 in ship's fund "Snd $46.38 in movie fund. Brother Peter B. Val­ entine was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. COMMANDER (Marine Carriers), July 25—Chairman, Roy L. Cuthrell; Secretary, Charles Galloway. $6.23 in ship's fund. All members were re- GLOBE EXPLORER (Maritime Over­ seas Corp.), July 4—Chairman, Israel Faihi; Secretary, Ernest W. Loftice. No beefs reported by department delegates. Notify Union On LOG Mail As Seafarers know, copies of each Issue ot 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. I i'I �iE'APlttltst t o4 the Vnlon eonttmiinf suoeeH 1B the year* that lie ahead. The Seafarer* IntematloQal To the Editor: Union ha* my Eternal aupport I am writing thla letter to and gratitude. .thank the SIU for the hospitali­ Fraternally youri, zation and medical care that a Theodore Popa SlU wife Thanks Union Seafarer's family receives even * 4^ when he is away at sea. Over the past few years, I have been seriously ill on two different occasions. Once, I re­ quired surgery. In both cases To the Editor: the SIU Welfare Plan was there Just a very quick note to let everyone know how grateful I am to the SIU and all the broth­ ers for my pension which was recently approved. I am 67years-old and have every inten­ tion of living another 67 years. And thank God that I will not have to worry about money for Ail letters to the Editor for a single one of those years. My publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the pension guarantees me $150 a writer. Names will be withheld month for the rest of my life. The Union has made this pos­ upon request. sible. Thank you one and all. Fraternally yours, to make sure that my needs Harry J. Statler were taken care of. And let me add that I got only the best 4" t S" care and treatment. As a mother of three growing children, I can tell you that To the Editor: without the SIU Welfwe Plan I would like to add my voice we would be under a financial to the protest against the Amer­ strain. We all know that kids ican Medical Association's stand have a tendency to get sick opposing USPHS medical care often in the early years, to say for the American seaman. As nothing of the cost of eyeglasses, members of the medical asso­ dentistry and all the rest. Lord ciation must be aware, treat­ only knows what we would have ment for the seaman poses very done without the union. special problems. Sailing is a My husband always says what very mobile profession and the a great Union he belongs to — sailor, when working, is rarely how it fights for and protects in one place long enough to es­ him. As his wife, I can't help tablish a permanent relation­ feeling that in a way I belong ship with a personal physician. to the SIU too. From the way It is very important for him to the Union has taken care of me know that no matter what port and my whole family, there can he lands in, he can receive the be little doubt that it feels this necessary medical carCjby going to the nearest USPHS' hospital. way too. God bless you all, and may all If the AMA would take the your members enjoy smooth trouble to examine the facts be­ sailing. fore making up its mind, it Sincerely yours, would soon discover that the Mrs. Robert Wolfe American government knew very well what it was doing when it" created facilities to meet the special medical needs of the sea­ man. In conclusion, let me point To the Editor: I received my first pension out that the USPHS treatment check several days ago and I that I personally have received, wish there was some adequate as well as the treatment re­ way I could express my appre­ ceived by all my seafaring brothers, is equal to any in the ciation to the SIU. I can look forward to the days world. Skilled medical care and of my retirement without the attention are the every day rule fear of financial destitution or in any USPHS hospital. If these Illness without funds hanging hospitals are closed, it will be over my head like a sword. The a tragedy for all concerned. Good luck In the fight for the SIU has always fought to guar­ antee the rights and welfare of USPHS, A1 (Duke) Rogers its members and I can only wish SIU Pension Appreciated Hits AMA Stand Thanks Union For Benefits Adventures At Sea (Continued from page 20) at sea, he has had a few wartime experiences that he'll never forget. He can still recall being moored at a dock in Holland and watching the German V-2 rockets being fired towards England. "You could see that V-2 blast off in a big ball of fire," he says. "Then it streaked across the sky like a fiery meteor of doom." Another incident he can't shake from his memory occurred on a voyage he made to the port of Bari, Italy. Dead Ships "The area had been heavily bombarded," he remembers. "There were so many sunken ships in the harbor that it was almost impossible to navigate through the shallower waters. I still get an erie feeling when I think of all those dead ships," he admits. "You could see them very clearly in the shallow water." Brother Mitchell signed on with the SIU in 1943. "The Union is great," he says. '.'It's always treated me just fine." F««« TUM^-Oli#' Seafarers Lose Their Hearts To A Canine Sea Princess When Seafarers aboard the Sea-Island Seattle refer to "that salty old sea-dog," they are not, as one might expect, talking about the captain, but about a lovely, young, longlegged blonde named Sandy. And what's more, Sandy is in love with every last one of them — from the deckhand-^ who rubs her back, to the the contest has not yet ended, the steward who feeds her, to the Judges admit that they have "a FWT who prepares her hot bath every Saturday night. As Seafarers up and down the West Coast already know, Sandy is the 10-month old Golden Lab­ rador pup that has been accom­ panying Seattle crew members on their voyages for more than half a year. Since being adopted by her SIU foster-fathers, the canine foundling has logged more than 50,000 miles at sea. Seasoned Sailor "This dog is probably the first in history to transit the Cook In­ let passage through the ice," boasts an affable Seafarer, smil­ ing like a proud father as he thoughtfully scratches her ear. All of Sandy's sea time has been put in from Seattle to Anchorage through the Gulf of Alaska and Cook Inlet," he continues. "And couple of favorites." 'Lady of the Midnight Sun' and 'Golden Sea Princess of Chugach' are reported to be the two front-runners at present. But life does have its restric­ tions, even for a pedigreed prin­ cess of the sea. Due to the work that is carried on while at sea and during loading and unloading periods, Sandy is often restricted to the Captain's deck. The well trained animal never steps outside of her boundaries while con­ fined, the crew points out. While docking, or when sea conditions get rough enough to prove dif­ ficult, the dog remains in the cabin below. "She's been shut in there for as long as 12 to 14 hours," an­ nounces a black gangman, "and never creates even the slightest disturbance. And I'll tell you something else," he says with a nod and a wink, "it took only two days to 'ship-break' the loveable wench." Man's Best Friend Sandy is no goddess, but is dedi­ cated to the safety and well-being 'NmOfA SAV- CA<X IT LiTfle ai^F»A^ ANfise f of the crew. Whenever the crew goes ashore without the dog. San­ dy's "eyes the water" as she stands watching from her vantage point above the gangway. "During the cold spell in An­ chorage, we went ashore for a short time," a deck hand relates, "and when we came back, there was Sandy on the deck waiting for us to come back from port." But Sandy isn't waiting now. A* the Seattle shoves off for Wash­ ington, Sandy begins her second 50,000 miles at sea. Not bad for a ten-month old dog. LOG-A-RHYTHM: The Forgotten Sailor .By FRANK BROOKS. she's got a good set of sea legs too. Leans right wth a roll like a seasoned sailor." Officially, Sandy belongs to Captain O. K. Collar, master of the Seattle. But in fact, after win­ ning the hearts of every Seafarer on board, Sandy has been formal­ ly adopted by the entire crew. Loves Snow Sandy apparently feels right at home in the frozen expanses of Alaska. She handles herself on the ice with the same poise she exhibits on the land or on the sea. 'She loves the snow," states a galley man. "When we get into Anchorage we usually take her out for a run. She runs up and down the West "Bluff Road, leap­ ing, turning, twisting and rolling over and over. The deeper the snow, the better she seems to like it. Last summer," he swears, "she even spotted a moose and chased it for half a mile." "And in Kodiak, Sandy can't wait to get into the water," an AB breaks In excitedly. "Since the earthquake out there, the water level is near the level of the road and she just dives right in and splashes around like a four legged female version of Tarzan." "She swims in Cook Inlet too," adds "a steward. "Cold water doesn't seem to bother her at all." Name Game The crew's fondness for the playful mascot is presently mani­ festing itself in a competition that has the whole ship buzzing with excitement. A contest to choose a new name for Sandy-^the official title under which she will be reg­ istered—is being waged between crewmembers and a reward will be presented to the Seafarer whose entry best strike* the im­ agination of the crew. Although About one year ago today I set my seabag on the shore! I'd signed my name on the dotted line And I couldn't sail anymore. Now as I sit by my window And watch the ships far out at sea, I'm sad and lorn, for ne'er again In a sailor's world can I be. I'm forsaken by King Who rules all of the And forgotten by my My only friends are Neptune, seven seas. shipmates— birds and bees. I may soon become a savage. With bow, arrow and scalping kntfe. For when I signed my name to sail No more, I signed away my life. I left my home in Ireland When I was only just a boy. And a home on the water was, I'd thought, to be my pride and joy. I attend/ the Union Meetings, Though I seldom speak a word. I hear them talk of ships and sailings But my voice is seldom heard. Now I want six drunken sailors To carry me out when I'm dead. And a jug of that old Jim Beam Just resting at my feet and head. �"7" TV Twenty-' SUSAFAREkS JSniiut % 196S tdd AXIMrVAJLS cmd All of the following SIU families have received maternity benefits from the Seafarers Welfare Plan, plus a $25 hond from the Union in the baby's name: 1965, to the Elli» Fosters, Bel- Rocky Point, New York, haven, N.C. t> t> J, J, J, Lisa Isom, born June 13, 1965, Leannah Palmire, born June 20, to the Edward W. Isoms, Texas 1965, to the James Palmlres, City, Texas. 4 4 4 Houston, Texas. Michele Limon, born June 16, 4 4 4 Laurence Laurenty, born May 1965, to the Dario Limons, Hitch­ 4< 4" 14, 1965, to the Richard Laurentys, cock, Texas. Jeffrey Kelly, born June 19, 4 4 4 1965, to the Ronald B. Kellys, Mentor, Ohio. Janice Ann Wyatt, born June 4 4 4 Toledo, Ohio. Denise Lynn Desjardins, born 12, 1965, to the Earnest E. Wyatts, 4» i 4< Claremont, Virginia. Darlene Denise Weaver, born June 5, 1965, to the George Des­ 4 4 4 jardins, Detroit, Michigan. June 25, 1965, to the Gleason G. Tina Louise Snyder, born April Weavers, Houston, Texas. 4 4 4 Lynn Elliott, born June 3, 1965, 19, 1965, to the Herbert Snyders, 4. 4, 4» Chesapeake, Va. Brigett Renee Dickerson, born to the John Elliotts, Brooklyn, 4 4 4 New York. May 26, 1965, to the Bobby DickRichard Ferbes, born June 21, ersons, Theodore, Ala. 4 4 4 Allison Israel, born June 23, 1965, to the Alfonso M. Ferbes, 4< 4« 4 Brooklyn, New York. Linda Roxanne Padgett, born 1965, to the Fred Israels, Philadel4 4 4 June 30, 1965, to the William Pad-! phia. Pa. Mary Earline Forrest, born 4 4 4 getts, Jacksonville, Fla. Adena Gay Graham, born May 15, 1965, to the James E. 4< 4< 4 Forrests, Mathews, Va. Yvette Tesser, born May 17, February 3, 1965, to the Larry Grahams, Huntington, W. Virginia. 1965, to the Ralph Tessers, Du4 4 4 luth, Minn. Miville Militar, born October 4, 4 4 4 Sheila Fuller, born June 12, 1964, to the Dioscoro Militars, San (Continued from page 3) 1965, to the Jerry E. Fullers, Francisco, Calif. able, now that the crash reactiva­ 4 4 4 Houston, Texas. Coralie and Aurilie Vlchnalr, tion program has been ordered. 4< 4 4 Cost Skyrockets Bridget Ann Blencoe, born May born March 24, 1965, to the Hilton As the SIU and the rest of mari­ 11, 1935, to the William Blencoes, Vichnairs, New Orleans,.La. time labor have predicted, this Chicago, 111. 4 4 4 Elizabeth Beverly, born April lack of skilled talent is making the 4 4 4 James Allen McNeil, born 19, 1965, to the Eugene Beverlys, reactivation more costly than had February 16, 1965, to the Jerry LaMarque, Texas. been estimated by the government. McNeils, Orangefield, Texas. 4 4 4 Since the shortage of repair crafts­ Thomas Turski, born June 13, men has begun to make itself felt, 4 4 4 George Ferl, born May 27, 1965, 1965, to the Eugen Turskis, round-the-clock, seven day per to the George F. Ferls, Conneaut, Alpena, Michigan. week shifts at many of the yards 4 4 4 Ohio. have become common. The result­ Heidi Marie McGlone, born July ing overtime has pushed up the 4 4 4 Ellis Foster, Jr., born June 9, 6, 1965, to the Francis McGlones, cost of refitting and overhauling The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported the vessels drasticaly. The difference in cost to the to the Seafarers Welfare Plan (any apparent delay in payment American taxpayer brought about of claims is normally due to late filing, lack of beneficiary by this situation has been esti­ card or necessary litigation for the disposition of estates): mated as high as $150,000 per ship. Huey Pierce Cooley, 37: Broth­ MA estimates of the cost of re­ Charles Peter Benway, 60: activating reserve ships were in Brother Benway died March 21, er Cooley died December 10, 1965, the neighborhood of $250,000 per of injuries sus­ 1965, of natural tained in an vessel. However, the shorthanded causes at Jewish shipyards think this figure will automobile acci­ Memorial Hos­ eventually grow to more than dent in Singer, pital, New York, Louisiana, A $400,000 per ship. N.Y. A member Maritime labor and shipbuilding member of the of the engine unions have stated that a sound Union since department, he 1964, he sailed Government policy toward the joined the Un­ as a pumpman. American shipping industry would ion in 1938. He is survived have avoided this additional ex­ Place of burial by his sister Hoy pense. Government subsidies for was St. Ray­ mond's Cemetery, Bronx, New Teal. Place of burial was the the construction of replacements York. He is survived by his wife Newlin Cemetery, Singer, Loui­ for the declining U.S.-flag mer­ chant fleet and the assignment of siana. Myrle. Navy repair work to the country's 4 4 4 4 4 4 John Clark, 79: Brother Clark | Esmail Dora, 65: Heart disease private shipyards would have as­ succumbed to heart disease on proved fatal to Brother Dora at sured enough business to keep their highly needed skilled man­ March 11, 1965, the Seattle power on the job, declare the at his home in USPHS Hospi­ unions. Instead, the unions assert, New Orleans, tal, Seattle, government neglect Jias permitted Louisiana. A Washing ton, the ship repair industry to decline member of the April 24, 1965. to the point where every available SIU since 1938, A member of facility is being stretched to meet he sailed in the the steward dethe current crash reactivation pro­ deck department. partment, he gram. Surviving is his joined the Union niece Mrs. Jessie in 1957. He was Clark James. He buried in the was buried in the Garden of Mem­ Veteran's Memorial Cemetery, ories Cemetery, New Orleans, Seattle, Washington. No benefici­ The LOG has been ad­ Louisiana. ary was designated. vised of the following change 4 4 4 4 4 4 In telephone numbers at the Lucien Robert Elie, 63: Brother Public Health Service Out­ Tillman Le Blanc, 51: Brother Elie died of natural causes De­ patient Clinic at 67 Hudson cember 15, 1964, Le Blanc died of natural causes Street, New York, N.Y. February .14, at the Galveston USPHS Hospital 1965, at the New Medical Appointments — Galveston, Tex­ Orleans USPHS 264-3670 Hospital, New as. A member Admitting Office — Orleans, Louisi­ of the Union 264-3676 ana. A member since 1938, he of the SIU since sailed in the en­ Information — 264-3671 1958, he sailed gine department. ' Seafarers are urged to as a pumpman. Place of burial telephone, wire or write in Place of burial was the Galves­ advance for a medical ap­ was McDonogh ton Memorial Park Cemetery, pointment. Hitchcock, Texas. He is survived Cemetery, Gretna, Louisiana. He is survived by his wife Edna May. by Donald L. Lee, a friend. Ann Marie Long, born Septem­ ber 30, 1964, to the Thomas M. Longs, Bellwood, 111. ^ Kevin Miller, born May 15, 1965, to the Preston Millers, Eight Mile, A'a. Reactivation Numbers Change All hospitalized Seafarers would appreciate mail and visits whenever possible. The following is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospital: USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK K. Leetma V. Anderson M. Loretto E. V. BafalouKai G. P. Marcotte James Bergerla Carlos Mojica H. Burgesser Francis R. Napoll Robert Burton A. Nilneberg Chester Coumat D. Couvaney K. E. Olson A. Pedro R. Danielson Julio Quinonez Jeff Davis James A. Ray I. Dongan Robert Roeder Edvrard Duffy Anthony Scaturro N. V. Eriksson H. R. Sojak Dominick Fols Sidney Turner Claude Garnett R. E. Waterfleld R. G. Gustaffson U. Weems O. Hernandez James E. Wllliamt W. Huneycutt Joseph WIrtas Anderson Johnes John Kallaste USPHS HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA A. N. KItchlngs B. H. McLendon P. C. Lee USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VIRGINIA Carl Carlson Dyer Jones William Dough William H. Mason Herbert Fentress John Thomas USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Sidney Berger H. G. Reynolds Edward Cannon Andrew Sammons R. W. Collins Russell Shelton Allen Cooper John A. Smith Noble Duhadaway Wm. J. Stormer Jeruiings HocKman Caslmir Szymanskl L. Konigkremer Herman Whlsnant Aouad C. Noah A. E. Zlellnski James Portway USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA John E. Adams James E. McGee Tobe Beams Lawyer McGrew Houston C. Bell Robert A. Medlcus Edward L. Broadus Ethel Messonnler William H. Bunn Willis O. Moncrlef Ardell Burkett F. H. Nobles Mallory J. Coffey B. E. Parnell Herbert P. Calloe Eddie A. Patlngo Allen Collins, Jr. John J. Powers C. E. Cummlngs Kaslmir Puchalski A. E. Cunningham James Redden Fred P. Daugherty G. E. Richardson Harry D. Emmett Robert B. RIcker Adrain Fase Douglas Robbins Marshall E. Foster David A. Rogers HIpollto Gonzalez Robert M. Rutledge James Gonzalez Patrick Scanlon Clifton Gullet, E. R. Smallwood Sebum Hamilton Raymond Smith Herman Hickman Paul Stanley Johnnie Holladay F. G. Strickland F. H. Houck Harold W. Sweet O. J. KendrIcK John M. Tujague Luke LeBlanc S. Tzortzakis J. W. McFarlln Marlon C. Wells USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS Joe B. Block H. A. Payne William O. Davis Fred D. Peterson Paul Gilstrap T. R. Sanford Wm. Lavlnghouse Earl J. Sillln James A. Mallard Thomas E. Smith Shipbuilding (Continued from page 12) second place among the shipbuild­ ing nations of the world with 1.6 million tons, under construction. West Germany rose to third place, followed by Sweden and Italy. Other leading world shipbuilders in the order of their importance are Norway, Spain, France, Poland and the Netherlands. Lloyds found that a total of 523,153 tons of new shipping was destined for registration under the Liberian flag. Liberia has the dubi­ ous honor of being one of the chief havens for runaway ship operators who use the country's flag to escape taxation, working and safety stand­ ards and wage rates of their home countries. Building For Russians The report also disclosed that the major portion of new shipping under construction in Poland and Yugoslavia had been ordered by the Soviet Union. Lloyds also reported that con­ struction of oil tankers constituted '41.7 percent of new tonnage being built worldwide. There were 317 tankers, totalling 4.6 million tons being built in the second three months of this year. This repre­ sented a slight decrease from the previous quarter. Lyndon G. Wade George E. Ward James T. Walker Charles E. Wynn USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASHINGTON T. W. Canter Felipe A. Noste Bain GIfford D. N. Reditis Melvin C. GIbby B. Spear J. S. Hauser Lyn 0. Sears C. W. Lane Robert H. Stanley R. J. McPhllllps USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Ruel G. Barr F. X. Keelan Walter Anthony James A. McAuley Welden E. Casey Ho G. Ming Edward Fernandes Pablo R. Ojera Melvin W. Grant Ding H. Woo USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICHIGAN Henry Bailey Clarence Lenhart John Grant Willie Loving Theodore Hansen John Madar L. Henderson Arthur Miller Charles Kodanko All A. Mohamed Anton Jenko Foy Pink Lester Johnson Leslie Pluff Hubert Kangas J. W. Ricksgert R. Kurkewicz John Small Marcus Langston Carl West F. Leatherman USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS Benjamin Delbler Abraham Mander Abe Gordon Max Olson Thomas Lehay SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Daniel Gorman William Kenny A. Gutierrez Harry MacDonald Edwin Harrlman U.S. SOLDIERS HOME HOSPITAL WASHINGTON, D.C. William Thomas VA HOSPITAL HOUSTON, TEXAS Thomas Manion VA HOSPITAL WEST HAVEN, CONN. Paul KolesniCK VA HOSPITAL LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA R. Arsenault VA HOSPITAL HINES, ILLINOIS Oscar Kvaas VA HOSPITAL ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN Robert Asbahr Clarence M. Gordon You are requested to contact your mother Mrs. Mary Gordon at 618 Elton Street, Brooklyn 8, New York. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Tom Coughlin You are requested to contact your brother Noel at 226 East 12th Street, New York City. Red Kahn Please contact your father Harry at 1317 North Buena Vista Road, Burbank, California. M. Levandowskl Your friend Bob wishes to ad­ vise you that Edgar had left for the Far East. Income Tax Refunds Income tax refund checks are being held for the SIU members listed below by Jack Lynch, Room 21, SUP Building, 450 Harrison Street, San Francisco 5, Cali­ fornia: Alexander Ansaldo, Morris Berlowitz (2), Margarito Borja, Winfred S. Daniel, Birger R. Rasmussen, Emil H. Riutta, Pascual S. Sim, John W. Singer (2) and' Harold R. Thomas. * -v. +. Leroy T. Perry You are requested to contact at­ torney George J. Garzotto, 1040 Maison Blanche Building, New Orleans, Louisiana, as soon as pos­ sible. 4 4 4 Dionissio Carrasquillo Yo.u are requested to contact at­ torney George J. Garzotta, 1040 Maison Blanche Buildine, New Orleans, Louisiana, as soon as possible. '4 4 4 James Swain You are requested to contact Jo at 679 4th Ave., Brooklyn, New York. I �Atlflut A 1»« Pkff TwMtr-TiuFa* SEAFARERS ^ LOG Scbedule df SlU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters PRESIDENT Paul HaU EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Lindsey • Williams A1 Tanner Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER AI Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES Bill Hall Ed Mooney Fred Stewart OREAT LAKES TUG A DREDGE REGION REGIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Jones Dredge Workers Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Richard L. Tiilman BUFFALO 94 Henrietta Ave. Arthur Miller, Agent TR 5-1536 CHICAGO 2300 N. Kimball Trygve Varden, Agent ALhany 2-1154 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. Tom Gerrity. Agent 621-5450 DETROIT 2308 Hubbard St. Hafold Yon, Agent TA 5-5723 DULUTH 305 W. 5th St. Paul Greco, Agent RA 2-3732 SAULT STE. MARIE Address mail to Brimley, Mich, Wayne Weston, Agent BRimley 14-R 5 TOLEDO ...423 Central St LesUe Willard, Agent 243-6859 Tug Firemen, linemen, Oifers & Wolchmen's Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Tom Burns ASHTABULA, 0 1644 W. Third St. John Mero, Agent WOodman 4-8532 BUFFALO 18 Portland St. Tom Burns, Agent .. TA 3-7095 CHICAGO 9383 EwIng, S. Chicago Robei-t 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, Allentown Park. Mich. 386-6264 DULUTH Box No. 66 South Range, Wis -Agent Export 4-4383 LORAIN, O. 118 E. Parish St Sandusky, Ohio Harold Rutiisatz, Agent MAin 6-4573 MILWAUKEE 2722 A. So. Shore Dr. Joseph Miller, Agent SHerman 4-6645 SAULT STE. MARIE 219 Brady St. John Bernard, Agent MEirose 2-8963 TOLEDO 2706 106th St. Owen Cone, Agent...: RA 6-4823 SlU-AGLlWD Meetings Seafarers anfl ttieir fantilies are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are prodv"! under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to iabor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. "Lee" brand tires Rex Dickey, Agent EAstern 7-4900 (United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum BOSTON 177 State St. Ed Riley, Agent .. Richmond 2-0140 & Plastic Workers) DETROIT .. 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. VInewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS ... 675 4th Ave., Bklyn HYacinth 9-6600 Eastern Alt Lines HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. Paul Drozak, Agent WAlnut B-3207 (Flight Engineers) JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl,St., SE., Jax William Morris. Agent ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. Ben Gonzales, Agent FRanklin 7-3564 ^ H. I, Slegel MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Louis Neira, Agent .... HEinlock 2-1754 "HIS" brand men's clothes NEW ORLEANS . . 630 Jackson Ave. (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) Buck Stephens, Agent i;pl. 529-7546 NEW YORK 675 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK 115 3rd St. Sears, Roebuck Company Gordon Spencer. Acting Agent 622-1892 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th St. Retail stores & products John Ao'ing Agent . DEwey 6-3818 (Retail Clerks) SAN FRANCISCO 350 Freemont St. Paul Gonsorchik, Agent OOuglas 2-4401 Fran't Drozak. West Coast Rep. SANTURCE PR 1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 Stitzel-Weller Distilleries Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep Phone 723-8504 "Old Fitzgerald." "Old Elk''. SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Ted Babkowski. Agent .. . MAin 3-4334 "Cabin StiU," "W. L. Weller" Rivert Section TAMPA 312 Harrison St. Bonrbon whiskeys 805 Del Mar Jeff Gillette, Agent . 229-2788 ST. LOUIS, MO. CE 1-1434 WILMINGTON. Calif 505 N. Marine Ave. L. J. Colvis, Agent (Distillery Workers) PORT ARTHUR, Tex 1348 7tb St Prank Boyne, Agent TBrminal 4-2528 Arthur Bendheim, Agent RAILWAY MARINE REGION Great lakes HEADQUARTERS 99 Montgomery St. J. R. Simplot Potato Co. Jersey City 2. NJ HEnderson 3-0104 SECRETARY-TREASURER Frozen potato products REGIONAL DIRECTOR Fred J. Farnen G. P. McGinty (Grain Millers) ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTORS Roy Boudreau E. B. Pulver R. H. Avery 3, t tALPENA 127 River St. BALTIMOHE 1216 E Baltimore St EL. 4-3616 EAstern Kingsport Press 115 Third St. BUFFALO, NY 735 Washington NORFOLK "World Book," "Childcraft" 622-1892-3 TL 3-9259 CHICAGO ,.9383 Ewing Ave. PHILADELPHIA......2604 S 4th S" (Printing Pressmen) DEwey 6-381 i So. Chicago, Ul. SAginaw 1-0733 (Typographers, Bookbinders) CLEVELAND 1420 West 25th St. United Industrial Workers (Machinists, Stereotypers) MAIn 1-5450 1216 E. Baltimore St. DULUTH 312 W. 2nd St. BALTIMORE EAstern 7-4900 RAndoIph 2-4110 276 State St, FRANKFORT, Mich 415 Main St. BOSTON Richmond 2-0140 Mall Address: P.O. Box 287 ELgin 7-2441 Jamestown Sterling Corp. HEADQUARTERS 10223 W. Jefferson Av. HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave Brooklyn Southern Furniture Mfg. Co. HYacinth 9-6600 River Rouge 18 Mich. VInewood 3-4741 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. Furniture and Bedding WAlnut 8-3207 (United Furniture Workers) Inland Boatmen's Union JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St. SE ELgin 3-0987 NATIONAL DIRECTOR MIAAH 744 W. Flagler St. Robert Matthews FRankUn 7-3564 GREAT LAKES AREA DIRECTOR MOBILE 1 s. Lawrence St. Empire State Bedding Co. Al Tanner HEmlock 2-1754 "Sealy Mattresses" NEW ORLEANS 630 .lackson Ave. BALTIMORE ... .1216 E Baltimore St. (Textile Workers) Phone 529-7546 .EAstern 7-4900 115 Third St. 276 State St NORFOLK BOSTON Phone 622-1892-3 44" 4" .Richmond 2-0140 2604 S. 4th St. HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn PHILADELPHIA DEwey 6-3B18 •HYacinth 9-6800 Pepsi Cola Company 312 Harrison St. 5804 Canal St. TAMPA HOUSTON (Soft Drink Workers, Local 812) Phone 229-2788 WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St., SE, Jax ELgin 3-0987 744 W. Flagler St MIAMI FRanklin 7-3564 , ,1 South Lawrence St. MOBILE HEmlock 2-1754 630 Jackson Ave. NEW ORLEANS Tel 529-7546 2604 S 4th St PHILADELPHIA FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitulion ol the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakea • Tel. DE 6-3838 •nd Inland Waters District makes speciHc provision for safeguarding the NORFOLK 115 Third St. membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed 622-1892 CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected .31? Hamsun St. TAMPA by the membership. AH Union records are available at SIU headquarters TeL 229-2788 in Brooklyn. S* 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; New York Sept. 7 Detroit Aug. 13 Philadelphia Sept. 7 Houston •.... Aug. 9 Baltimore Sept. 8 New Orleans ........ .Aug. 10 Mobile Aug. 11 it 4 4. 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 DecembeT, 1961. Meet­ ings in Wilmington are on Monday, San Francisco on Wednesday and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Aug. 16 Aug. 18 Aug. 20 4 4 4 Great lakes SIU Meetings Regular membership meetings on the Great I,akes are held on the first and third Mondays of each month in all ports at 7 PM local time, except at Detroit, where meetings are heia at 2 PM The next meetings will be: Detroit Aug. 16—Z P.M. Alpena, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Duluth, Frankfort, Aug. 16—7 P.M. 4 4 4 SIU Inland Boatmen's Union GREAT LAKES TUG AND REGION OREDGB Regular membership meet­ ings for Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region IBU memltrs are scheduled each month in the vari­ ous ports at 7:30 PM. The next meetings will ue: Detroit Aug. 9.. Milwaukee Aug. 9 Chicago Aug. 10 Buffalo Aug. 11 tSault Ste. Marie ... Aug. 12 Dnlnth Aug. 13 (For meeting place, contaci Har­ old Ruthsatz, 118 East Parish. Sandusky. Ohio). Cleveland Aug. 13 Toledo Aug. 13 Ashtabula Aug. 13 (For meeting place, contaci John Mero, 1644 West 3rd Street, Ash­ tabula, Ohio). Regular membership meetings for IBU members are scheduled each month in various ports. The next meetings will be: Phila Sept. 7—5 P.M. Baltimore (licensed and un­ licensed ... Sept. 8—5 P.M. Houston Aug. 9—5 P.M. 4 4 4 Norfolk Sept, 9—5 P.M. United Industrial Workers N'Orleans ... Aug. 10—5 P.M. Regular membership meetings Mobile Aug. 11—5 P.M. for UIW members are scheduled RAILWAY MARINE REGION each month at 7 PM in various Regular membership meetings ports The next meetings will be: for Railway Marine Region-IBU New York Sept. 7 members are scheduled each Baltimore Sept. 8 month in the various ports at 10 Philadeiphia ....... Sept. 7 AM and 8 PM. The next meetings ^Houston Aug. 9 will be: Mobile Aug. 11 Jersey City ,Aug. 9 New Orleans Aug. 10 * Meetings held eT Laeor Temple, Nc«w Philadelphia Ang. 10 port News. Baltimore Aug. 11 t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, *Norfcdk Ang. 12 t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. Know Your Rights TRUST FUNDS. AU trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds 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. SHIPPING 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 avaUehle In all Union halls. U you feel there has been any violation of your •hipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for tUs is: Ear] Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1930, New York 4, N.Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, •ither by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Aopeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available In all SIU halls. 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 official, in your opinion, fails to prolject your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port •gent. i WRTC/CALL blS-dfhAB mwium EDITORIAL FtoLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the poUtlcal purposes of any Individual In the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from pub­ lishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or Its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September. 1960, meetings In all constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among Its ranks, one individual to carry out thla 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 ho circumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless ho is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member Is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this 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 constiiution. In addition, copies are available in aU Union halls. AH members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as deaHng 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 disabiUty-penslon benefits have always been encouraged to continue their union. activities. Including attendance at membership meetings. And like aU other SIU mem­ bers at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role In ail rank-and-file functions, including service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain tlieir good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. AH Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment •nd as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers^ Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he la denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafkrers la the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which wiH serve the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was estabUshed. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are eonducted. for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If et any time a Seafarer feels that any of the above rights hava been violated, or that he has been denied his constitutional right of access to . Union records or Information, he should Immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquartera by certlBsd mall, return receipt requested. �• SEAFARERS^LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERt INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC/GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO r- ' Is yours filled out? SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN 17 Battery Ploce, New York 4. N. Y. ENROLLMENT-BENEFICIARY CARD Name. PRINT; Address PRINT: LAST NAME MIDDLE INITIAL FIRST NAMK NUMBER AND STREET ZONR No. CITY Social Security No COUNTY STATE ,Z No.. Dote of Birth. I revoke all previous beneficiary nominations and moke the following nomination with respect to all benefits provided now or at any time in the future under the Seafarers Welfare Plan, still reserving to myself the privilege of other and further changes. Nome of Beneficiary. Relationship -to You PRINT: Address of Beneficiary. PRINT: NUMBER AND STREET Dote Witness CITY ZONE NO. COUNTY STATE Employee's Signature. SIGNATURE Address PRINT: NUMBER AND STREET CITY ZONE NO. IMPORTANT—Dependents mutt be fisted on Reverse Side COUNTY STATE In order to speed the prompt payment of welfare benefits, Seafarers must have an enrollment-bene­ ficiary card properly filled out and on file at the Seafarers Welfare Plan Office. If you have never filled out an enrollment-bene­ ficiary card, you should do so immediately. Or, if you have filled out a card, but have since moved, acquired new dependents, or want to change your beneficiary, you should fill out a new card at once. This card, which is available on all SIU ships and in all SIU halls, has been prepared so that it is simple to fill out and can be mailed, to the Welfare Plan office, without postage, from any part of the Continental United States. In filling out this card, be sure to fill out both sides, and fill in all information required. State the name and address of your beneficiary clearly, and have your signature witnessed (no notary is needed). Also be sure to mark the date of signing, since the latest card is the one which counts in presenting a claim. Then simply drop the card in a mail box. DO IT NOW! � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource August 6, 1965 Description An account of the resource Headlines: HOUSE VOTES 14B REPEAL, SWIFT SENATE OK URGED JOHNSON SIGNS MEDICARE BILL SEALION “JUMPS” SIU SHIP SIU TO MAN REACTIVATED SHIPS SIU PROPOSAL ON AUTOMATION GOLDBERG VOWS FIGHT FOR PEACE HOUSE VOTES $2 BILLION TO DOUBLE POVERTY WAR AMERICA’S DEAD SEA – THE GREAT SALT LAKE KILLER WHALE SNARES LIMELIGHT IN SEATTLE SIU OF CANADA URGES GOVT. REQUIRE SHIP RADIO-TELEPHONE LOS ANGELES FIREMAN FOILS RIGHTIST ATTACK NAVY UNDERSEA LAB TO MAKE TV DEBUT U.S. DROPS TO 11TH PLACE IN SHIPBUILDING STANDINGS BOSS FIRES UNION FATHER FOR STANDING BEHIND SON DEADLY TORPEDO ‘CATCH’ CLAIMS FISHING TRAWLER SEAFARERS PORTS OF THE WORLD – VERA CRUZ LABOR PRESSES IMPROVEMENTS ON WAGE-HOUR BILL PROVISIONS NEW SHIP NAMING POLICY DOOMS JAPANESE ‘MARU’ AFL-CIO DOCUMENTARY TO BE SEEN LABOR DAY 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 08/06/1965 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. 16 1965 Periodicals Seafarers Log