http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/9448bd35e01a9a3b07321ab611890b90.PDF f9c931d033aae1f2558d5150fcfbe9db PDF Text Text SEAFARERS^LOG 41 OFFICIAL GROAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT . AFL-CIO AFL-CIO COUNCIL HITS MOVE TO BLOCK PAGES 14b REPEAL MTD URGES BLACKLIST OF SHIPS IN VIET RED TRADE PAGE 2 MiAlTiHE IH TO MAlf; PAGE 3 Government Report Perils U.S.-Flog Shipping �Pace Twe SEAFARERS OeMwr 1, 19W LOG MTD Urges U.S. Blacklist Ships In Red Viet Trade JtdeAmUonal pJieMdv-tdA £FOR t By Paul Hall NEW YORK—The Executive Board of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department has called for passage of legislation which would blacklist vessels carrying supplies to commu­ nist North Vietnam. The MTD board also urged the enactment of a far-reaching program to revitalize the declining U.S.-flag merchant fleet at its trade with North Vietnam. The de­ by the department's, executive partment also recommended the ex­ board called for: recent meeting held here. The board declared that the Mar­ itime Trades Department is deter­ mined to back up President John­ son in every step which he decides is necessary to free Vietnam of communist aggression. As part of this program the MTD urged Con­ gress to enact a bill (H.R.7818) that would exclude from U.S. foreign commerce vessels owned or operated by persons engaged In tension of the blacklisting pro­ cedure to vessels trading with North Vietnam, as is now applied to ships carrying goods to and from Castro Cuba. MTD Executive Board members declared that the US. needs a first-rate merchant marine for both economic and national de­ fense reasons, and called for the enactment of a new national mari­ time policy. Other major resolutions passed SlU Tugs, Ships Aid Comeback Of New Orleans Disaster Area NEW ORLEANS—SIU Inland Boatmen's Union contracted tugboats were busy before and after the disastrous passage of hurricane Betsy through this port, first hauling ships, barges and drilling rigs to-^ safety before the storm hit New Orleans harbor area and be­ and then rescuing disabled hind the Industrial Canal locks. and damaged ships, barges and drilling rigs—in additicm to haul­ ing in vital cargoes and supplying many other useful functions. The STU-manned Crescent Towfaig Company tugs Humrick, Wil­ liam S. Smith and Shamrock did B fine job in freeing three major ships which were broken loose and driven aground during the storm. The Crescent tugs Marie G. Smith, Sandra, and Betty Smith were pressed into service in Pointe a la Hache transporting refugees to higher ground at Belle Ohasse. Many tugs, including Crescent's Orleans and Port Hudson were kept busy refloating grounded barges, small tugs and crewboats in the They also took part in refloating and towing numerous drilling rigs. SlU-contracted Coyle Lines re­ ported two small work barges sunk in front of their, fleet at Algiers. Gulf-Canal Lines suffered no losses. Dixie Carriers has raised its 1,800 hp — 100-foot-long tug Vanguard which sank at Belle Cbasse without any injury or loss. Inland Tugs Company reported seven barges lost, one at Baton Rouge and six in New Orleans. George W. Whiteman Towing Company craft went to the aid of three major ships which the storm left either disabled or aground in the disaster area. The AFL-CIO. has made a spe(Continued on page 15) Early next week, President Johnson's Maritime Advisory Conunitte* will meet again in Washington, D.C. This Committee has held several meetings over the past months for the purpose of exploring the many problems which plague the industry that provides a living for thousands of American seamen and shoreside workers. The importance of these meetings increases as time' goes on for n number of reasons. The use of more and more American-flag shipe • A request to liberal Republi­ to carry cargoes to Vietnam as well as the break-out of additional cans to fight a filibuster threat ships from the moth-ball fleet has emphasized the vital role of our against the repeal of section 14(b) merchant marine in terms of its military value. At the same time, tho question of the carriage of wheat and grain to Soviet Russia has of the Taft-Hartley Act. again become a topic for debate in Washington. With all this in mind, • Enactment of an oil import we turn to the Maritime Advisory Committee with the hope that program for U.S.-flag tankers. constructive action be taken, that constructive policies be developed, • Passage of a bill requiring 75 and that cooperation by all parties concerned with the upgrading and percent of government-generated updating of the American-flag fleet be the first order of business. cargoes to be carried in U.S.-flag The Soviets are wasting no time' In not only rejuvenating what wan vessels. once a meager number of ships but also in building their fleet to • Support for the government's unprecedented size and strength. The French and Norwegians aro fight against Red aggression in surveying proposals through which they intend to grab off even more U.S. cargoes. The Japanese are leading the pack where ship con­ Vietnam. struction is concerned. A recognition of the importance of a strong The Maritime Trades Depart­ merchant marine is understood by these nations. We, maritime labor, ment consists of 32 international will hot ait by and watch. The time is coming when action must replace unions representing more than 5 words. million trade unionists. The de­ The Seafarers International Union has gone to Washington many partment is headed by SIU Presi­ dent Paul Hall who served as times in the past to fight for the rights of its members and this of chairman of the executive board's course, means fighting on behalf of all seamen. Your union has met with Government officials, appeared before Congressional committees recent meeting. regarding those pieces of legislation which affect the economic life Small Cargo Share of the seamen, and now is taking a constructive part in the activities In urging a new national mari­ of the Advisory Committee. time policy to re-invigorate the We have put in the record the facts concerning the runaway-flag American-flag, fleet the MTD threat to the American-flag merchant marine. We have illustrated the pointed to statistics showing that fallacies of the theory of effective control. The position of the SIU the fleet carried only 9 percent of relative to automation and manning has been carefully documented, the nation's foreign trade and that set before the Committee, and is now part of the record. 90 percent of U.S. dry cargo ships The inadequate enforcement of our cargo preference laws has been and 55 percent of our tankers are a topic for debate at the Committee meetings and the SlU haa now obsolescent. By contrast Rus­ sia is building up its merchant fleet presented fully documented presentations on this matter. Many other at a rate 14 times greater than the areas of vital concern to maritime have been explored, for example, government policy on construction and operating differential sub­ U. S., the MTD board-said. sidies. ' The MTD asserted that the de­ Preparatory to the formulation of recommendations for revitalizing cline of the American fleet had hurt the country economically be­ our merchant marine, sub-committee reports are Iwing prepared and cause of the consequent drain on submitted to the entire body which comprises the Advisory Committee. our gold reserves and the drag One such report has already been set before the Committee, the Kheel against business growth resulting sub-committee report. Others are expected shortly. The meeting scheduled for next week will be one of great im­ from the ' shrinking maritime in­ dustry and large numbers of imem- portance. A great deal of work is necessary if the demandk placed ployed seamen. To reverse this upon the Committee are to be met. The members of the Committee deterioration and insure that the have demonstrated a willingness to face up to the challenge of meeting these demands. Next week's meeting may tell part of the story. (Continued on page 15) New Canadian Port Council Receives MTD Charter SIU President Paul Hall, who is also president of tho AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, addressed more than 500 American and Canadian trade unionists recently at a dinner in Montreal marking the chartering of the St. Lawrence and Tributaries Port Council ,of the Province of Quebec. Left to right above are Louis Laberge, Quebec Federation of Labor President; Hall; Jean-Paul Menard, head of the Montreal Building Trades Council and Mon-.treal Central Labor Council; and Petbr McGavin, Maritime Trades Department executive' •/. .'"fefary. MTD executive-secretary Peter McGavin (far left) presents charter to Jean-Paul Menard, President of the new Port Council (second from right). Looking on are Don Swait (second from left), SIU 6f Canada secretary-treasurer and sec.-treas. of the new Port Council; Ray Green (center), vice-presidertt of the new .Port .Council; and. Paul Doucet, .i , i . Council vice-president. r/-'t ''1 �,, 1. OeUka 1, IMS SEAFARERS Retain 50-50 On Wheat, Sea Unions Urge Senate WASHINGTON, D.C.—In a joint presentation to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the NMU, ILA and SIU urged the Government to retain the requirement that at least 50% of any wheat sold to the So->Viet bloc be carried in profit-making at the expense of the farmer and the Government in American-flag ships. The joint position of the three AFL-CIO unions was presented by Hoyt Haddock, executive secretary of the AFL-CIO Maritime Commit­ tee in two and a half hours of tes­ timony on September 27. The hearings were the result of a Senate resolution which directed the Foreign Relations Committee to investigate whether the 50% shipping requirement on Russian wheat violates U.S. treaties and I the Export Control Act. The union spokesman accused grain dealers of seeking to avoid use of American-flag ships in or­ der to increase their profits on the grain sales. He pointed out that there was a great deal more Government subsidy involved in getting grain to the ships than would be in­ volved in its movement by ship. "We should take a look at the entire picture," Haddock said. "We should take a very close look at 'the activities of these grain traders —especially at the possibilities for these transactions. Also, we should take a look at possible connections between these companies and for­ eign-flag shipping interests." This reference to charges brought by Congressman Paul Rogers of Florida that only a few large grain companies would profit from selling grain to Russia, and these companies would profit not only from the actual sales, but from the financial interests they have in foreign-flag shipping en­ terprises. Retention of the 50% require­ ment on wheat shipments was also urged by shipowners represented by Ray Murdock of the American Maritime Association. Richard J. Goodman, an econ­ omist who appeared for the wheat growers, testified that he did not know if Russia was interested in purchasing wheat from the United States at this time. It is the grain interests which have been seeking to have the 50% shipping requirement killed. Seven SIU Oldtimers Join Pension Ranks Gibney Malley Dixon Amity Fare Three LOG AFl-CIO Coundl Blasts Move To Block Vote On Repeal Of 14B In Senate NEW YORK—A threatened Senate filibuster to prevent a vote on repeal of Section 14(b) "must be broken," and the Senate allowed to vote on the restoration of free collective bargaining, the AFL-CIO Executive Council declared during a four-day meeting held here manpower policies and wage and September 27. (Ed. Note: This bill last week. price levels. He said the Adminis­ was defeated by a House vote.) tration continue to push "as • Backed the President's na­ The Executive Council strongly will as we can" on the mini­ made the filibuster threatened by Senator Everett McKiniey Dirksen (R-Ill.) the first order of business at its fall meeting here, affirming its confidence that "the majority of the Senate will stand firm for their convictions . . . and will vote to carry out the will of the people at the present session of Congress." AFL - CIO President George Meany siaid that to his knowledge this is the first time that a leader of a major political party has sponsored a filibuster. Dirksen is the Senate minority leader. The federation president said the AFL-CIO has counted "enough votes to pass" the repeal bill, but that no canvass has been made on the question of imposing cloture to cut off a filibuster. Repeal Has Support A filibuster to prevent Senate action on the House-passed repeal bill that would knock out the sec­ tion of the Taft-Hartley Act which allows states to adopt "right-towork" laws "would be a flagrant perversion of the democratic pro­ cess," the council stressed, especi­ ally in view of the "support of most Americans" for repeal of "this unique and inequitable pro­ vision." It is "obvious,*- the council said, that Section 14(b) is not the only weakness in federal labor laws. The AFL-CIO, it noted has repeatedly callecj for a general overhaul and would like to see congressional hearings get under v^-ay next year. mum wage bill reported out by the House Labor Committee, noting it is tentatively scheduled for action on October 11. On wage-price levels, he said he saw no signs of an inflationary spiral and that labor costs had remained stable over the past five-year period of economic progress. He noted the develop­ ment of some labor shortages in various areas and said the Ad­ ministration's anti-poverty program had helped reduce the youth un­ employment figures, which he characterized as "still terrible." Other Action The rallying of forces against the Dirksen filibuster highlighted the four-day meeting, which concerned itself with legislative issues and in­ ternal affairs of the federation. The council also called for en­ actment of the following legisla­ tion; • Called for action by House leaders to pry loose the House La­ bor Committee-approved minimum wage bill from the Rules Commit­ tee and bring it to a vote at the present session. / • Urged all-out support for a bill to give home rule to the Dis­ trict of Columbia, a measure that was brought to the House floor tional highway beautification meas­ ure passed by the Senate and urged House approval. Internal Action On internal affairs the council: • Set up three pilot projects to use modern data processing equip­ ment and techniques in preparation for the 1966 congressional elections as part of a major effort to prevent the loss of liberal seats in the "offyear" balloting. • Approved unanimously the re­ port of a subcommittee composed of Vice Presidents Walter P. Reuther and George M. Harrison to be presented to the coming AFLCIO convention to amend the fed­ eration's constitution by providing a method of electing the 27 vice presidents and members of the Executive Council. Meany told the press conference that a gap exists in election procedures for vice president and that the constitu­ tional change approved by the council would provide an orderly procedure including methods of nominations and rollcall balloting. Religious Policy Set • Declared it to be the policy of the AFL-CIO that all affiliates voluntarily work out arrangements (Continued cm page 15) Gov't Report Perils U.S. Fleet's Survival Seven additional Seafarers have joined the growing ranks of SIU veterans whose retirement years are protected by life­ WASHINGTON, D.C.—Newspaper accounts of what had time $150-monthly pension checks. * ^ apparently been a carefully-guarded Government report "But repeal of Section 14(b) The seven additional pen­ have stirred up a storm of concern and protest in maritime should not be thrown into the Elba make their home in Brooklyn, sioners are Frank Joseph New York. He last shipped aboard kind of complexities that would industry and legislative Weber, 65, George Robert the Steel Architect. would announce, probably some be involved in a general Taft- circles. Gibney, 63, James John Malley, 62, time early next year," Hartley revision," the council Nathan Dixon, 68, John Francis Amity sailed as a matorman after stressed. "It is an open-and-shut The report is a document The SIU President said that on Amity, 61, Konrad Knutson, 65, Harold Frederick Taylor, 71. Weber" sailed as a floatman after Joining the« SIU Railway Marine Region in the port of New York. Born in New York, he makes his home in Jer­ sey City. He last sailed for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Gibney joined the SIU Railway Weber Marine Region in the port of New York where he tailed as floatman. A native of Blythe, England, he aild his 'wife Kathleen presently make' their home in the Bronx. He last sailed for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. Malley sailed as a bridgeman, signing on with the SIU Railway Marine Region in the port of New York. Born in Ireland, he and his wife Anna now noake their home in New York. He last sailed for the New York Central Bailroad. Dixon joined the SIU in. the port of NeW York where he sailed as a member of the steward department. Born in Louisiana,, he and his wife joining the SIU Railway Mlarine Region in the port of New York. Born in New York, he and his wife Alice presently make their home in Knutson Taylor Nixon, New Jersey. He last sailed for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Knutson joihed the SIU in the port of Chicago and sailed as a member of the Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region. He and his wife Hilda make their home in Chi­ cago. Brother Knutson last sailed for the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Ccmipany. Taylor sailed as a noember of the engine department after joining the SIU in the port of New York. Bwn in - East Boston. Mass., he and his wife Linda now make their home in Chicksaw, Alabahia. last sailed aboard-the Calmar. prepared by a Government study group calletl the Interagency Mari­ time Task Force which is headed by Alan S. Boyd, Under Secretary In response to questions, Meany of Commerce for Transportation. reiterated at a news conference According to the newspaper ac­ that the AFL-CIO does not object counts, the report calls for such to wheat sales to the Russians, but that a problem exists over how the drastic changes in present mari­ wheat should be shipped. The AFL- time policy as withdrawing Gov­ CIO, its maritime unions and gov­ ernment support for passenger li­ ernment agencies are studying ners, ending cargo preference, and ways of coping with the problem, permitting shipowners to build or buy vessels abroad and operate he said. them in all American trades, in­ Subsidies Essential cluding the domestic trades. Meany said he considered a sub­ Shock was registered in the noarsidy to safeguard the role of the itime industry because of the fact American merchant marine essen­ that the Priesident's Maritime Ad­ tial in any alternative to the pres­ visory Committee has been prepar­ ing a series of recommendations ent formula. for dealing with the various ship­ Labor Secretary W. Willard ping problems. In the view, of Wirtz, who met with the council many obsen,'ers in the industry, the to discuss the progress of legisla­ Task Force report bypasses the tive programs, told reporters that work of the Advisory Committee. the Administration would do Commenting on tlie report, SIU "everything possible" to see that 14(b) is repealed. On the question President Paul Hall declared, "In of repeal at the current session recent days a number of newspa­ of Congress, Wirta termed the pers have published stories con­ cerning a carefully-guarded Inter­ prespects "very probable." agency Maritime Task Force report Wirtz said he had discussed In which is expected to be the basis addition to legislative matters vari­ of the new maritime policy which ous Labor Department programs. the Administration has said it matter; whether we have a na­ tional labor-management rela­ tions policy or not." the basis of the information avail­ able in these stories, "it is readily apparent that there is a deliberate intent on the part of various Gov­ ernment agencies — notably State, Agriculture and Commerce — to liquidate an industry which has been an essential segment of our economy and an integral compo­ nent of our defense structure since the inception of our Republic." "This critical matter is not the concern only of those involved in the maritime industry. It should be and must be the concern of all American citizens who do not want our nation weakened in any respect, particularly "during tlvs delicate and uncertain period in the wortd's history," Hall asserted. He warned that diminution or downgrading of the role of tiie American noerchant marine would be an inevitable step toward the surrender of our position as a world power. "Every American citizen who is concerned with the total economic well-being and security of his coun­ try should and must, join in the fight to prevent these ill-advised and unsound recommendations from becoming national policy," Hall concluded. �7"" Page Pome SEAFARERS Oetdkcr 1. im LOG lii] ^ (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only in the SIU Atlantic Gulf Lakes and Inland Waters DistHct) September 11 to September 24, 1965 Shipping is on the upswing again. 1,524 men shipped out during the past period, a jump of 347 men over pre­ viously. Registrations of Class A and Class B seafarers rose by an almost like amount during the period. The healthy picture was due ire large measure to a rebound by the Gulf ports; where Houston and New Orleans, recovering from the effects of Hurricane Betsy, chalked up strong performances, Houston rang up 266 seamen, both hefty increases over last time. Also on the positive side were Tampa and Jacksonville, Mobile and Norfolk were both off slightly. In the East, New York continues to have a healthy shipping picture. 318 men shipped, 88 more than before. Baltimore with 152 men shipping also scored a gain. Boston and Philadelphia both dipped. On the West Coast, San Francisco is still going strong. Almost 200 men departed from this port. Seattle is also doing well and sharply improved its shipping over the previous period. A comparison of registration and shipping figures re­ veals that although the overall totals in these categories increased by almost similar amounts, there were slightly hi 1 ' Boston New York ... Philadelphia . Baltimore ... Norfolk Jacksonville . Tampa riobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington .. flan Francisco Seattle rOTAtS GROUP 12 3 ALl 5 1 2 65 22 35 14 10 3 31 12 18 3 4 1 4 1 3 3 2 1 13 24 9 l."? 38 20 26 67 31 10 4 5 0 9 17 51 27 26 9 12 134 168 39 ' 341 Ship Acfivify f-y Si«a la Off! OM Trans. TOTAL Bettaa 0 New York .... 17 Philadelphia .. S 0 4 4 4 20 43 3 Baltimore .... 4 14 4 3 11 20 Norfolk 0 0 4 JackMnvil|a .. 0 0 1 4 9 Tooipo 4 10 5 Mobile s 1 2 New Orleam.. f 7 9 Houttoa 9 14 4' 24 2 9 25 WilminqtoR .. 3 3 1 Son Pronclico. 4 5 4 4 3 11 4 IB TOTALS ... 43 37 94 104 Seottle ...... 8 DECK DEPARTMENT Petfistered CLASS A Porf more registrations than men shipped in the Deck and Engine departments. Registrations in the Steward de­ partment did not increase as rapidly as men shipped. As a result there were also fewer men registered on the beach arid an easier job situation in this department. A class breakdown of men shipped has Class A, Class B and Class C shipping 52.9%, 34.4% and 12.7% of the total respectively. Class A's proportion of the total rose by almost 2% from the past period. Class B remained almost constant, as Class C lost about 2% of its former share of men shipped. This shipping performance caused a drop in the num­ ber of men registered on the beach to 3,344 men. This total amounted to 176 fewer men than in the previous period. Of the total 2,151 were in Class A and 1,193 were in Class B. The Deck Department had the most men, followed by Engine and then Steward. There was little change in total Ship Activity. How­ ever, some of the components of the total had sharp changes. Specifically, the number of payoffs rose from 45 to 63, while the number of in-transits declined from 117 to 94. Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A GROUP GROUP 123 ALL 123 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 29 45 10 1 9 14 3 6 1 2 0 4 34 8 8 3 191 14 19 5 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 3 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 5 13 6 1 6 5 7 10 17 17 0 29 50 30 30 22 57 19 5 52 3 0 6 1 4 4 1 5 12 4 54 18 27 3 10 12 6 19 9 "i fi 19 Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C GROUP 123 ALL 0 1 0 1 12 15 2 29 0 4 0 4 20 8 11 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 4 1 5 2 2 1 1 7 9 1 34 16 17 1 21 15 37 1 0 1 2 1 3 12 6 21 2 7 8 17 88 88 I 195 116 175 36 | 327 14 GROUP 1 2 0 0 0 4 e 0 0 0 0 1 d 0 0 2 0 d 3 0 0 2 0 0 7 2 2 2 87 84 | 185 '6 TOTAL Shipped ALL b 7 0 3 2 1 2 1 6 11 1 15 4 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP CLASS 1 2 3 ALL ABC ALL 15 6 31 0 0 1 10 1 84 29 7 120 81 124 20 225 8 15 46 0 23 8 4 4 56 13 107 20 34 57 38 3 1 5 13 8 2 2 22 7 12 5 10 4 1 18 5 2 3 7 3 10 3 23 22 61 13 1 31 9 128 34 50 90 57 6 62 52 37 11 100| 70 74 21 165 6 2 1 9 11 11 2 24 54 90 16 15 7 38 21 15 19 40 26 20 7 53 17 4 GROUP 12 3 ALL 0 3 2 5 5 31 44 86 4 28 32 0 26 22 55 7 5 15 20 0 3 5 6 14 0 0 0 6 7 14 4 25 3 32 48 83 47 43 1 91 0 3 2 5 1 15 14 30 16 2 6 8 19 28 ! 531327 185 53 j 565 367 452 106 | 925 26 183 247 | 456 ENGINE DEPARTMENt Pert Boston New York Philadelphia i^orfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS gg ..M Port Bos NY Phil Bal Nor Jac Tarn Mob NO Hou Wil SF Sea TOTATS Registered Registered Shipped Shipped Shipped TOTAL Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B CLASS: A CLASS B CLASS C Shipped CLASS A GROUP 1 2 3 ALL GROUP GROUP GROUP ^ROUP GROUP CLASS GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 2 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL A B C ALL 1 CLASS B 2 3 ALL 0 0 0 0 1 'l 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 2 12 0 6 3 3 1 4 50 3 12 36 2 11 10 24 13 52 7 72 2 7 13 22 1 7 12 72 4 22 12 106 43 97 8 148 2 63 34 27 7 10 0 1 2 7 0 2 0 2 0 5 2 0 •7 8 2 d 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 31 0 24 5 9 13 22 7 14 24 2 10 3 3 15 5 20 3 28 2 8 20 0 0 0 28 10 0 20 0 48 18 56 9 , 83 1 29 24 54 2 0 4 6 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 6 0 1 11 7 14 5 22 1 22 3 1 0 4 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 3 0 2 5 10 0 1 2 1 1 3 2 4 0 4 0 7 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 1^ 1 1 0 4 2 8 1 3 2 4. 2 0 5 1 0 2 3 20 2 9 7 8 3 15: 5 6 2 17 0 5 12 1 11 0 1 30 9 36 1 5 1 12 17 1 23 4 19 8 10 6 22 6 34 2 11 9 221 6 6 31 6 46 0 19 23 17 0 1 78 26 1 31 46 1 56 85 8 90 12 39 34 21 37 62 8 4 29 32 69 15 48 3 32 1 20 19 42 0 4 4 8 48 98 37 42 8 65 7 109 7 51 44 102 2 1 3 6 0 1 2 3 2 6 2 1 1 4 1 6 4 2 3 1 16 5 18 1 3 6 8 11 2 2 1 4 2 19 24 5 9 3 17 6 3 26 2 34 1 10 2 13 15 30 34 10 30 - 74 10 5 4 22 5 37 1 7 13 5 1 14 3 18 0 _10 7 . 17 1 14 18 0 10 16 4 7 3 6 0 11 18 16 11 45 3 18 24 29 0 11 7 2 '63 168 30 1 261 22 96 75 ' 193 53 183 27 1263 16 99 72 1t 187 ,1® 32 34 !1 76 263 187 76 1 526 163 400 58 1 621 26 208 184 1 418 Registered Registered CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 1-8 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0i 1 12 8 14 35 2 6 7 15 0 1 0 5 0 4 0 2 2 8 3 3 12 26 2 0 13 15 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 1 4 0 0 2 2 8 2 3 1 14 0 1 8 9 6 18 4 12 40 0 1 32 33 7 16 6 12 41 2 4 14 20 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 5 2 11 0 18 5 5 11 21 0 5 3 4 12 5 5 16 26 64 32 86 1 200 16 18 23 109 1 148 Registered CLASS A DECK ENGINE STEWARD GRAND TOTALS STEWARD DEPARTMENT Shipped Shipped CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 1-s 3 ALL 1 1 2 2 3 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 63 2 18 9 30 5 7 14 0 1 2 3 6 0 5 0 5 3 7 5 11 26 1 0 17 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0. 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 4 1 0 1 2 4 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 7 0 2 1 6 5 5 14 8 25 52 1 1 36 38 3 8 12 8 31 3 7 18 28 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 7 2 2 11 3 2 6 11 3 3 1 11 3 4 3 14 20 23 68 38 87 1 216 14 20 119 1 153 Registered CLASS B SHIPPED CLASS A Shipped Registered On The Beach TOTAL CLASS A CLASS C Shipped CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP CLASS 1 3 ALL 1 2 1 2 3 ALL 2 3 ALL A B C ALL 1-B 8 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 36 31 53 133 7 7 25 0 15 63 39 0 15 14 15 92 13 8 5 7 23 0 0 0 0 6 1 12 13 0. 5 0 11 3 26 15 2C 69 5 2 39 46 0 0 3 3 26 18 3 47 8 3 0 4 9 1 0 0 0 2 16 0 0 2 19 0 2 2 2 0 8 2 1 4 3 1 1 0 2 6 5 6 8 16 1 6 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 1 2 7 0 1 50 2 16 5 21 0 18 0 1 1 7 1 15 6 1 14 8 29 13 57 113 2 5 .72 79 0 0 2 2 52 38 2 92 14 41 23 27 102 5 0 0 9 9 31 28 9 34 ' 48 9 68 11 17 5 2 0 3 3 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 0 9 6 45 0 3- 9 13 11 10 10 16 12 1 2 10 11 13 35 9 8 2 11 26 4 7 11 20 7 6 ^26 36 38 5 4 0 3 5 4 55 1 64 216 158 64 I 4331 81"186 114 224 1 605 30 38 251 1 319 SUMMARY SHIPPED CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 123 ALL 123 ALL 123 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 134 168 39 341 19 88 88 I 195 116_175_36 I 327 14 87 84 185 63 160 30 261 22 96 75 I 193 53 183 27"! 263 16 99 72 187 82 32 86 200 16 23 109 I 148 91_ 38 SY r2T6 14 20 119 153 279 368 155~ 802. 57 207 272| 536 260 396 150~|806 44 206 275 526 SHIPPED CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP 23 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 123 ALL ABC ALL I 6 19 28 i 53 327 185 53 565 367 452 106 925 26 183 247 1456 10 32- 34 r 76 263 187 76 'SZ6 163 400 58 '621 26 208 184 I 418 5 4 55 I 64 216 153 64 433 267 114 224 605 "30 38 251 ( 318 21 55 117 I 19$806 525 193 1524 797 966 388 2151 82 429 682 )1193 �Ootobcr 1. INI- SEAFARERS Pace rife LOG JapaneMB Seammn Lateti To Say "No" Bf Earl (Buill Shepord, Vice*Presicleiit, Ariontle N.Y. Host To AFL-CIO Council New York was the site of the AFL-CIO Executive Couucll meetlnc. At the meetinc the AFL-CIO declared that a threatened Senate fillbnster to prevent a vote on the repeal of Section 14(b) must be broken. Tlie council further stated that the repeal of 14(b) was a prerequisite for the restoration of free collective bargaining. Federation president George Meanjr announced that the AFL-CIO has counted enough votes to pass the repeal bill, but he said that no canvass has been made on the question of Imposing cloture to cut off a filibuster. Philadelphia Shipping has been fair in the Port of Philadelphia and Is expected to continue at the same pace in the weeks to come. George Leach, an SIU member for 12 years pulled into the hall here after two trips to India aboard the Kent. George gives the negotiating committee a "well done" for what he considers a fine new contract Oldtimer Comas Knight showed up at the hall bragging about the food and the air conditioning aboard the new C-4s Baltimore Shipping has been very good the past two weeks and the outlook for the next few weeks looks just as good. Corbert R. Myrick, last aboard the Steel Maker as bosun, says the crew made a friend when they spotted and picked up a fellow who ha( fallen overboard from a cabin cruiser. Boston Shipping has been on the slow bell here during the last period but it is expected to pick up considerably in the weeks ahead. Oldtimer Thomas. Fleming is looking for the first coast-hugger that hits the board. Fleming last sailed as AB aboard the Mt. Washington. The first ship of any type to hit the board will be good enough for him, reports Kenneth LaRose. Norfolk Shipping has been slow here but should be much better in coming weeks as some coal ships arrive and the LOnglines comes out of the shipyard where she is undergoing emergency repairs. Oidtimers around the hall recently have included bosun Alfred Saw­ yer who is" waiting for a good ship after getting his new house all straightened away. Puerto Rico Shipping has- been holding pretty steady here, and should continue Oidtimers on the New Yorker, which is on the "SantO Domingo run, in­ clude Jack Winley, Bob Ariegne, Gerald Smith, Lester Long and Deibert Shields. More And More Foreign Ships Refuse U.S. Vietnam Cargoes The U.S. is running into increasing difficulties in getting foreign-flag ships to carry vital military cargoes to Vietnam. In the latest instance reported, three of four contracted Japanese shipping companies have cancelled a contract to carry food and supplies to Viet­ nam. The Japanese ships had been chartered by an American shipping company. The fourth Japanese company is expected to go along with the other three In their ban on carry­ ing U.S. cargoes to South Vietnam. Because of its steady downgrad­ ing of the importance of the U.S. merchant marine to national de­ fense in the years since World War XL In spite of warnings from the SIU and others interested In the maritime Industry, the U.S. government is now finding that It must depend on foreign-flag ships to carry vital cargoes to Vietnam. The foreign-flag ships and crews are proving highly undependable however. Not The First Trouble actually started some time ago when a Vietnam-bound cargo had to be unloaded from a Mexican-flag vessel when the Mex­ ican government invoked a ruling U.S. Calls On 'Boneyard' In Viet Crisis QUESTION: What historical figure do you mosi i^dmire? Edward Strusinskl: General Pu­ Endel Loosaar: George Wash­ laski is the man who no American ington is the leader who always should ever for­ stands at the top get. He came of history's heap. over to the U.S. He was the man during the Rev­ who started olutionary War America on the and taught our road to being the soldiers how to greatest power in ridte horses. He the world Wash­ was the father of ington is respon­ Ca(valry. Pulasiki sible for setting gave his life the foundations For the third time since the end of World War II, the U.S. is fighting American freedom. on which our country still rests today. dipping into the large number of vessels it has stored—as a 4. • ^ hedge against an emergency—-in the eight National Defense Jack Fitxgerald: I'll take Presi­ Reserve Fleets. (Part of the reserve fleet is shown in the above Willie Dixon: I think that George picture). Washington Carver waa one of the dent John Fitzgerald Kennedy the greatest man greatest figures in The Maritime Administration has released 48 mothballed ves­ history. He was whoever lived. sels from the reserve fleets this year for use during the Vietnam He showed the a famous scien­ emergency. SlU-contracted companies have been assigned to world that the tist whose dis­ operate 31 of the 48 vessels released thusfar. coveries contrib­ U.S. couldn't fie uted much to our pu shed around During the Suez Crisis in 1956, 35 ships were withdrawn from country's agri­ when the Rus­ "the reserve fleets to make up the extra carrying capacity re­ cultural progress. sians tried t quired during the blockage of the Suez Canal. During the Ko­ sneak their mis­ He was the man rean emergency in 1950, over 600 ships were broken out of the who found so siles into Cuba. many uses for He also gave us mothball fleets. the peanut which were unknown seamen a good deal when he estab­ About 1,500 of the more than 2,000 vessels which were mothuntil he came along. lished the 50-50 shipping require­ balled after World War II are still in the reserve fleets. Since ment on the Russian wheat deal. the program began some of the original vessels in the fleets were 4) 4- 4scrapped, but some vessels have been added to the reserve fleets Brian Trujiilo: American seaman Manuel Aguas: The guy I always will never forget the memory of remember is Babe Ruth, the great­ through the MAs ship replacement program in which operators Andrew Furuseth est home run can turn in old vessels and build new'unes to replace them. who did so much hitter who ever The remaining vessels remain immobile, lined up side by side to make them lived. 1 used to in rows—bow to stern—awaiting the call to duty once more. decent citzens. see him play in Furuseth was the person, and I'll But even immobilized and mothballed, some have been put to man responsible never forget how use for special purposes, such as the grain storage program of a for building the he used to blast few years ago. strong maritime them out of the As the U.S. wheat surplus -grew, grain storage facilities all trade union ballpark. Now over the country filled to capacity and additional storage areas movement we that he's dead. have today. He Babe Ruth is al­ »ecame a necessity. The huge empty cargo spaces .of the started out at the bottom and stuck most a legend, but as far as I'm mothballed ships were recognized as an excellent storage facility with the fight for better conditions concerned, there will never be any­ *or the grain and many of the vessels were used temporarily until he won. . one like him again.. for that purpose.. that none of its ships coifid enter a war zone. The same cargo was fur­ ther delayed when the crew of a Greek vessel refused to move the cargo. Finally a U.S.-flag ship had to be diverted from other duties to transport the cargo. Later another cargo for Viet­ nam was delayed when the crew of another Greek-flag vessel refused to handle it, and still another sat on the dock when the Greek crew of a Liberian-flag ship turned it down. These recent events are making it increasingly clear that the U.S. government has been making a big mistake for years with its stub­ born insistence that the deteriora­ tion of the American merchant marine would not injure U.S. na­ tional security because foreign-flag vessels are available to carry vital cargoes in a national emergency. Effective Control? Another of the U.S. govern­ ment's claims —that Americanowned runaway-flag ships are still under the "effective control" of the U.S. and are readily available in time of need—Is also rapidly going by the board. It has be­ come quite clear that once a ves­ sel is flying a foreign flag and manned by a crew of foreign na­ tionals, there is no way of main­ taining effective control over it. The idea that vital military sup­ plies can be air-lifted to places where they are needed is another theory formerly expounded by the U.S. government to defend its neglect of the maritime industry which is not being heard any more. Ships, it is clear and a lot of them, are the only way to move vast amounts of supplies over long distances. Cuba Blacklist Holds Steady WASHINGTON-^The list of ships forbidden to haul U.S. Government cargoes because they have been trading with Communist Cuba since Jan­ uary 1, 1964 held steady dur­ ing the last reporting period as one ship was added and one removed from the blacklist. The new vessel added to the list was the British-flag "Joint­ ly," of 5,388 gross tons. Re­ moved from the list on a pledge by the owners that it and all other vessels they own or control would be kept out of the Cuban trade was the tanker "Valny" flying the Finnish-flag. Since the blacklist was established, 87 ships have beea removed after similar promises to keep all vessels under the same ownership or control out of the Cuban trade. Thus far a total of 852 ships have been pledged out of the Cuban trade, and 240 ships of 1,680,896 gross tons remain on the blacklist as of September 3. �—Timii Pace Six SEAFARERS LOG SlU Vessels Tied Up Briefly During India-Pakistan Conflict KARACHI—^The recent outbreak of hostilities between India and Pakistan has caused the SlU-manned Alcoa Marketer and the-Alcoa Master to be detained here for short pe­ riods of time by Pakistani authorities. The Marketer, which was delayed before a cease­ fire was accepted by both^ Bhavnagor, India on Septem­ several aerial bombing attacks. countries, sailed after port in The two countries agreed to a ber 25. officials satisfied themselves Warfare between India and cease-fire on September 22 at the OeMicr 1, IMI By Lindsey Williams, Yiee-President, Gulf Area New Orleans Fioodwaters Receding As storm winds and floodwaters battered the port of New Orleans, there were several organizations and individuals who did a tremendous job battling the worst ravages of the hurricane and who continue to make heroic efforts as we dig out from under Betsy's litter of destruc­ tion. Among thofe who deserve a vote of thanks is the Mayor of New Orleans, Victor H. Scliiro, who we feel did more than his share the vessel was not carrying war request of the United Nations. materials for India. The Alcoa Pakistan broke out several weeks However, a tense situation between to bring back normal operations to ,a city that had been in chaos. Master, which was detained after ago over the disputed Moslem the two powers continues to exist. Shipping in the Gulf Area is very good and the outlook for the the cease-fire, was released after state of Kashmir, which has been future is bright. occupied by India since the parti­ The problem of detained Ameri­ its grain cargo was searched for New Orleans tion of the two countries. India can ships was complicated by port arms. attacked Pakistani positions along and military officials of both coun­ Leslie Guillot is on the beach here after completing a round-theAccording to an Alcoa Steamship the truce line after charging that tries, in the opinion of U.S. ship­ worlder on the Transorleans. Leslie says it was a real good trip, but Company official, ships bound for Pakistan - based guerillas had ping observers. It is believed that he had to get off her to be with his daughter who must undergo the Indian sub-continent usually crossed into Kashmir permission to clear both Alcoa surgery. Frank Halem is waiting for a chief cook's job and ready to visit ports alternately located in Fighting was extended over a vessels from Karachi had to come go after a run on the Colorado. "Any ship, any place, I'm not choosey," V/cst Pakistan, India and East wide section of the border areas all the way from Rawalpindi, he says. Back around the hall after six days on the Sabine, Trussel Pakistan (or in reverse order). of both countries and included Pakistan's capital. Beatros is raring to go. Truss suffered a slight heart attack recently, Since v.ar broke out over Kash­ but he's sporting his ffd and looking for a 3d cook's slot going any­ mir, suspicious port authorities in where on anything. tafh countries detained foreign Houston vessels on the grounds of keeping cargoes of war materials from the Shipping here has been good for the past month and the future The Labor Department, has turned to the trade union movement looks every bit as good. enemy. and its veterans in a search for the oldest continuous collective Delays caused by this type of bargaining agreement in existence—either national or local. After getting off the C. S. Baltimore for medical reasons, deckhand detention occur on top of lime lost H. La Finer has his ffd and is ready to go again. Veteran deckhand It's wanted for the department's Hall of Honor, opened last year because of slow unloading and C. R. Thompson is waiting for another good run after paying off the dispatching practices normally e-> to commemorate memorable achievements in labor-management rela­ Western Comet on a Persian Gulf trip. Old timer Needom Galloway perienced by American ships in tions. is raring to go. Needom has been on the beach for about three months "Over a long stretch of years American labor and management have now and he's looking for a steward slot going anywhere. tlie ports of both countries. The Alcoa spokesman explained that developed a self-sufficiency for concord and cooperation and turned Mobile it is often hard to tell the differ­ their backs on industrial, discord and strife," said Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz. "We want to honor the benchmark achievements Shipping has been moving at a fast 'clip and job prospects for the ence between time lost caused by coming weeks arc good. wartime suspicions and those by in this historic evolution. Eo-called "normal" delays. "In the Hall of Honor we intend to give special recognition to the Albert W. (Blacky) Saxon is looking for an AB job after piling off labor and management parties who have kept alive the oldest collective the' Alcoa Roamer where he held down the bosun slot for seven Tile Marketer unloaded a cargo of steel and military trucks in bargaining agreement in America, one which emerged from the era months. Putting in some pleasant time with his wife and kids here is engineman Joe Hearn. Joe is off the Transhartford where he sailed liarachi, and then delivered a when industrial struggle was the order of the day." The oldest contract turned up so far is one dated March 25, 1891, as fwt on a run to India. The boys around the Mobile Hall have been large cargo of chemical fertilizer in India, following its clearance. between the Molders and the Manufacturers' Industrial Relations saying hello to their old pal steward Daniel G. Harrison who stepped of the Claiborne after a few trips to Puerto Rico. The Master was scheduled to stop Associafion. Labor Dept. Seeks Oldest Pact NEW ORLEANS—If all the coffee transported by SlU-contracted Delta Line during the firm's 46year-old history (1.6 billion pounds) were brewed at once, it would undoubtedly produce enough cof­ fee to float the thirteen-ship Delta fleet. Coffee was the reason for founding the company back in 1919 and has remained the fleet's mainstay. Known unofficially as the "coffee fleet," the com­ pany was originally called the Mississippi Shipping Company when its first ship, the Bound Brook sailed from New Orleans in 1919 with 2,705 tons of cargo bound for Brazil. She returned two months later with 60,000 bags of coffee from Rio de Janeiro and Santos. Before World War 1, coffee had been a big item in New Orleans's trade. But during the war the South Atlantic waters became heavily infested with German submarines and the trade suffered severely. By 1918 the trade had dwindled to almost nothing. With the end of the war the new company was ready. Company Grew The first year of operations saw only 140,000 bags of coffee transported. But the trade grew through the years as more and more ports of call were added. Uruguay and Argentina, Houston and other Gulf ports were -gradually added to the sailing schedule. In 1945, with World-War 11 at an end, the com­ pany carried almost 4 million bags of coffee from Brazil to the Gulf. Delta has carried more than 50 percent of the total coffee imports from Brazil to the Gulf in recent years. Since the Bound Brook's first voyage, the company has moved over 77.5 million bags of green coffee from Brazil. The "coffee fleet" is credited by many as the originator of a social innovation which has affected most Americans across the country, the coffeebreak. Tradition says the custom was started at Delta Line where coffee porters serve hundreds of cups daily to employees of the line. •i- i i The first Delta Line's vessel was th^ Bound Brook, which sailed from New Orleans in 1919^.^ a llpllllil Gulf Seafarers man the Del Mar, which joined the Delta fleet in 1947, • I. • * - - V : :» '' One of the newest vessels in the Delta fleet, the Del Rip was launched in 1961. i �Oetober 1. 1MB SEAFARERS COPE Maps 1966 Registration Drive Fag« Severn LOG •v. i- "Now!" The AFL-CIO it planning a major effort in preparation for the 1966 congresjsionai elections to prevent the loss of liberid seats in the "offyear" balloting. Plans for three pilot projects were unveiled at a recent meeting of the COPE administrative committee which is composed of the federa­ tion's Executive Council and presidents and secretary-treasurers of AFL-CIO affiliates. The projects will be set up for the state of Penn­ sylvania, the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area and an eight-county area in the San Francisco Bay region. The drive will employ modern data processing techniques geared to translating weeks and months of work checking registration lists and making mailings to union members to a matter of hours by using data processing and computer equipment. A number of unions have such equipment, and the objective is to have every national and in­ ternational union supply lists of members mechanically for registra­ tion breakdown by states and local areas. The Pennsylvania project will be based on obtaining lists from AFLCIO affiliates of their members in the state—over , one million—^for breakdown by wards and precincts on whether or not they are regisistered and eligible to vote. / The San Francisco project will be an area example covering about 400,000 union members. Equipment is available in the area for a test project. In congressional elections there is a falling-off of the total vote from presidential years and usually a loss of seats by the party in power. However, a major registration and get-out-the-vote drive in 1962 by the AFL-CIO stopped this trend and in effect reversed pre­ vious political history, hobtering hopes for 1966. COPE is continuing its drive ^o improve registration laws in the states to make it easier and simpler for voters to become qualified. It has already had success in a number of states and legislative victories in others that were offset by gubernatorial vetoes in Michigan, Massa­ chusetts and Washington. New York school teachers started the new school year with a new two-year contract providing aver­ age wage and beneftt increases of about $800 a year. The pact was won by Teachers Local 1 in a lastminute settlement reached with the aid of city mediators. The con­ tract, covering some 50,000 public school teachers, sets a new salary maximum of $11,950 a year by October 1, 1966. The settlement came three days before school opened when teachers voted at an open-air meeting. The secret ballot vote to accept, as certified by the 'Honest Ballot Association, was 3,392 in favor, 616 opposed. and police under state law. The ruling supports the union claim that the city cannot use pension contributions to pay accident pre­ miums, he said. t 4» t Supporters of the so-called "right-to-work" now find themselves at' their wits end in Congress, In an effort to stem the over­ whelming tide of approval for repeal of Sec­ tion 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act, the R-T-W supporters are planning to throw a monkey wrench into the machinery of Con­ gress in the hopes of avoiding almost certain defeat. ~There is almost unanimous agreement in Washington today that the Senate will repeal Section 14(b) after a long, hard 18year fight to wipe this infamous piece of legislation off the nation's statute books. Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act has served.as a protective umbrella behind which the individual states have enacted the mis­ named "right-to-work" laws. porters have announced their determination to prevent this, as they wage their last ditch fight against passage of the bill. Samuel Levin, a leader in the 1910 strike at Hart Schalfner & Marx that sparked the foundation The need for responsible debate on the of the Clothing Workers and a co­ issues and legislation confronting the nation worker with the late Sidney Hillis one with which there can be no argument. man in the union's organization However, after a legislative topic has been four years later, died in Chicago thoroughly explored, continuing debate of a heart attack at the age of 80. serves as a roadblock rather than further He was one of the city's; most enlightenment of the issues. In this case, the widely-known labor and civic lead­ ers and was honorary chairman RrT-W supporters have made absolutely no of the Amalgamated Trust & Sav­ bones about their intention of trying to wear ings Btink, which he helped found 4 t down the Senate from its intention of pass­ ing the repeal, bill. President Alfred J. ManutL of in 1920 and of whieh he was active Musicians Local 802 died at his chairman until last year. a, t The leader of this coalition of bitter-enders home after a brief illness. He was Pittsburg, Califoinia city, em­ 56. President of the local since is Senate Minority Leader, Everett McKinley . 1953 and a member of the inter- ployes and 37 trainees under the Dirksen (R.-Ill.). Senator Dirksen's fight to . national union's executive commit­ Economic Opportunity Act-.have save the R-T-W law faces overwhelming re­ tee since 19.59, he was the,son of completed a workshop series on . iUthpugh the American labor movement jection by a huge majority of U.S. citizens. a Metropolitan Opera - Orchestra the principles and practices • of waged a long, bitter campaign to put Section tuba player. He studied the violin trade unions and the role they 14(b) to a Well deserved death, 1965 marked Senator Dirksen's filibuster plans are be­ before turning to the bass, joined can play in-antl-poverty programs. the year that this fight was to be success­ ing wildly applauded by advocates of the the union at 19 and played for The program was initiated and or­ fully concluded. An indication that victory years in night clubs and theater ganized by . Contra Costa County was close at hand came when members of the open shop and other types of union busters orchestrais until he was elected to Employes Local 1675, a unit ol the House of Representatives voted for repeal by from the 19 states which still have "right-towork" laws. It is no coincidence that work­ his first union post. As a union State, County & Municipal Em­ ers employed Jn these states are paid sub­ official he worked diligently for ployes, and co-sponsored by the a decisive margin earlier this year. live music, and was a member of local and the city government. As­ The action of the House demonstrated standard wages and are covered, by inade­ the New York State Council of the sistance was given by the Center plainly that the American'people and their quate workers' compensation laws. Arts. for Labor Research & Education of the University of California's In­ elected representatives stood behind repeal In describing the bright future of an em­ t of a piece of legislation which had been stitute of Industrial Relations. ployee who has the so-called "right-toLos Angeles Fire Fighters Local callously used for years to destroy the secu­ it work," Senator Dirksen, has always managed 748 has hailed as a victory for rity of workers. to conveniently ignore the miserable con­ the union a California Supreme Three officials representing As the repeal bill gathered support in the ditions which workers face in these states. Court ruling that the city's use of Lit/tie Rock, Arkansas building fire and police pension funds to trades unions are serving on a Senate and its passage had become almost meet its statutory liability for team of Defense Department in­ a foregone conclusion, diehard supporters Fortunately, Senator Dirksen's filibuster workmen's compensation benefits vestigators who are looking into of R-T-W saw the clock was. running out on threat has not sidetracked the Senate lead­ tihe explosion and fire in a Titan 2 Is illegal. Union President William missile ership's intention of seeing 14(b) repealed at Searcy, Ark., In the so-called "right-to-work" law. V. Wheatley said firemen, police­ which 53silo in this session. Support for defeat of the construction union mem­ men and their dependents will be bers lost their lives. The union Caisicing about for a weapon with which to entitled to $4, million to $6 mil­ officials were named to the panel stall passage of the bill, the supporters of threatened talk-a-thon has also been de­ lion in compensation benefits the after C. J. Haggerty, president of R-T-W have seized upon the filibuster, the clared by the AFL-CIO Executive Council city never paid. Local 748 initiated the AFL-CIO Building and Con­ last refuge of all lost causes in the U.S. which has said it is confident that "the majority of the Senate will stand firm for test cases before the Industrial struction Trades Department asked Accident Commission seeking to President Johnson to make sure Senate. their convictions . . . and will vote to carry -have Los Angeles pay workmen's, labor was represented on the in­ Even though the will of the majority for out the will of the people at the present ses­ compensation benefits to firemen vestigating team. repeal of Section 14(b) is plain, R-T-W sup­ sion of Congress.*' • • •' �SEAFARERS Tate Eight Oito|^ 1, im LOG Congress Extends Vessel Exchange Act Until 1970 WASHINGTON—Members of a Senate-House conference committee have agreed to and Fred Farnen. Secretary-Treasurer, Great Lakes extend the Vessel Exchange Act for five years, from July 5, 1965 to July 5, 1970. The con­ ferees also reached agreement ironing out differences in the bill on provisions governing Lakes Shipping Picture Looks Good vessel trade-ins. -f SIU Great Lakes District bargaining representatives are continuing In addition to extending trade in vessels built prior to Sep­ trade-in only if they did not receive to negotiate with shipowners and report good progress In the areas of base wages, transportation, tank cleaning and vacation pay. We will the Vessel Exchange Act, the tember 3, 1945. This provision will an operating differential subsidy keep members up to date on the progress of contract talks through House-Senate agreement covers the allow trade-ins of older Great Lakes ships. following provisions: • Vessels will be approved for • Owners will be permitted to 51U Fishermen Protest Explorers' Fish Kills BOSTON—The SIUNA-affiliated Atlantic Fishermen's Union has issued strong protests against underwater explo­ sions by Canadian oil explorers that have killed large schools of fish on George's Bank. ^ AFU president James Ack- explosions." ert charges that the explo­ sions are a violation tinental Shelf Treaty. he had reports from the union that the As a result of the protests, the of the Con­ He said that U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fish­ members of eries sent a plane over the blast­ water was ing area to check on the effect of the explosions. John Skerry, a spokesman for the U.S. Bureau at Glouster reported that the aerial investigation showed the Canadians are involved in seismic exploration for gas and oil beds in 180 feet of water. New APL Ship Undergoing Sea Trials Fish Slaughtered for three years imnvediately prior to the date of exchange. In agree­ ing upon this provision, the con­ ferees decided to apply the threeyear operating-subsidy restriction on trade-ins to the vessel, rather than the operator. The purpose of this provision is to permit ship­ owners to trade-in subsidy-operated vessels. • The value of a vessel to be traded in or traded out is to be calculated in the same manner as it was when it was originally traded in. Vessels which >vere traded In prior to October 1, 1960 will be valued to yield the highest return to the government. The value of vessels traded in and traded out shall be calculated on the same basis, except when based on scrap value. • Government tankers may be traded out for major conversion into dry cargo carriers, or liquid bulk carriers, to include natural gas carriers, for use on the Great Lakes, Saint Lawrence River and the Gulf. Tankers may not be traded out for conversion for use as liquid petroleum carriers. • Action by the government is curtailed in selling traded-in ves­ sels for use as barges or disposing of such vessels in a manner con­ trary to the policy of Congress. reports in the LOG. Detroit Shipping has remained on a steady course in Detroit. Seafarers here were saddened by the recent death of Bill (Steamboat) Hollis. Serving as pallbearers at his funeral were Brothers Henry Howard, Larry Tremblay, George Telcgadas, Joe Arnold, Joe Salisbury and Ed Doherty. Duluth The job situation hit an all-time high here in the last period. The C. S. Robinson has been fitted out and was loading grain last week. The Union blood bank in Duluth has been very busy lately, and as a result, members are urged to pitch in and donate to bring it back to Its former level. Cleveland Shipping is still going strong here with no let-up in sight. "Little" Don Kapela and "Big" Don Maukonep have put in an appearance along with Omar Toier who is back from West Virginia. Chicago The report from this port is that shipping is good in all departments with a brisk outlook for the future. Some 15 vessels were delayed on their way to Calumet Harbor recently when an accident put the 96th Street Bridge out of action for five days. . A recent meeting between SIUNA affiliated United Industrial Workers Local 300 and Cinch Manufacturing Company officials was reported to be satisfactory as all grftvancea presented by shop stewards were settled. Sixty new people who have come to work at Cinch have signed up UIW. AROUND THE LAKES—Shipping has tapered off a bit in ALPENA, The Bureau spokesman also said but is still rated very good. It is hoped that SIU clinic facilities will that Canadian fishing boats are be available for all Alpena members by this week. Four brothers in FRANKFORT, Ed Sheber, Francis Potter, Elmer Johnson and Dale The SIU Pacific District con­ being used as a platform to per­ Barton are working on the Chief Wawatam which is expected out of tracted American President Lines' form blasting work. While there the yards by the latter part of December. The BUFFALO hall has new 23,000-ton cargoliner Presi­ is no estimate of the amount of announced that clinic facilities are now available to members shipping dent Polk is presently undergoing fish killed to date during the from the port. exploratory work, Skeery declared extensive sea trials. there was no doubt that such The $12.5 million vessel, built explosions would kill fish coming at a San Diego shipyard, first took up to the surface and would dis­ Vice-President Humphrey Casts Tie-Breaking Ballot to the water to move along the rupt spawning beds. California coast to San Pedro, Ackert reported that the explo­ where she was drydocked for sions started September 6 in painting. During the ovei-night run she was put through a series waters 100 to 200 miles off Cape Cod in what U.S. fishermen re­ of tests by the builder. gard as their traditional fishing After leaving the shipyard, the grounds. He also announced that vessel was scheduled for still more the union had contacted both tests, under the watchful eyes of Senators Edward M. Kennedy (D.WASHINGTON—An attack on the Government's policy of banning the importation the Maritime Administration, the Mass.) and Leverett Saltonstall of foreign farm workers (braceros) while American farm workers are available was de­ American Bureau of Shipping and fR.-Mass.) about the problem. the Coast Guard. feated recently when Vice-President Humphrey cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate on Since the explorations involve an amendment to the omnt--*Many Tests questions of international law, bus farm bill upholding the to the Secretary of Agriculture. and House-passed versions of the Among the things being tested legal experts of the Bureau of authority of the Secretary of In cases where a Senate vote bill will be ironed out. Commercial Fisheries in Washing­ are the efficiency of the steam plant, the horsepower rating, ton are now looking into the Labor to decide whether foreign ends in a tie, the Vice-President The Bracero Program, under farm workers are really needed by casts the tie-breaking ballot. The which almost 100,000 foreign economy and endurance. Anchor­ problem. growers. omnibus farm bill itself was later agricultural workers were brought ing will be tested and circle Probe Asked The Amendment defeated a passed by the Senate by a 72-22 into this country annually to work maneuvers and steering tests per­ formed. In another matter involving the proposal which would have re­ vote and will now go to a joint for subsitandard wages under sub­ fishing industry, the AFU is de­ moved authority, from the Secre­ Senate-House conference where standard working and living con­ The President Polk was designed manding a Congressional investi­ tary of Labor and transferred it differences between the Senate ditions while unemployed Ameri­ for a sustained speed of 20.5 knots can farm workers were turned gation of an incident in Phila­ with 19,250 horsepower. away, was terminated by Congress delphia where Customs officials Following trials, final outfitting permitted four Canadian vessels in December 1964. The Labor and finishing touches will be made to unload scallops duty free on Department was given jurisdic­ to the President Polk before APL August 31 because of supposedly tion for deciding whether suffi­ takes delivery. The ship will im­ adverse weather conditions. The cient American farm labor was mediately go on berth in San union contends there was no justi­ available in any given case or Diego, Los Angeles and San Fran­ fication for this decision since whether there was an actual labor Creation of a new Department of Housing & Urban Affairs shortage—in cisco for loading of cargo, and wind speed was only 5 to 10 miles which case the La­ her maiden voyage across the per hour on the day in question. was described by AFL-CIO President George Meany as "an­ bor Secretary could allow a lim­ other outstanding achievement of an incomparable congres­ ited importation of foreign farm Pacific to ports in the Orient is scheduled to begin on October 22. mmmmsimmmmmmmmmmmmsem sional session." , ^— labor. Since then. Labor Secre­ I tary W. Willard Wirtz has been the legislation, noted that within The President Polk is the first The new Cabinet depart­ under almost continual attack of three Master Mariner cargoment "is even more essential his own lifetime the United States from big farm interests, chiefly in liners being built simultaneously now than when President Kennedy has been transformed from a rural Florida and California. to "a highly urbanized nation." for American President Lines. .Headquarters again wishes to first sought to create it four years Construction began on the 564 foot Proposed By Floridian ago," Meany said. In the interim, To take care of the doubling of long liner on March 20, 1964, when remind all Seafarers that pay­ he noted "great new housing and the urban population expected in The defeated proposal to the the keel was placed on the ways, ments o' fimds, for whatever transit programs have been the next 35 years, the President and the ship was launched in cere­ Union purpose, be made only launched which urgently require said, "we must literally build a farm bill was introduced by Sen­ ator Spessard Holland (D.-Fla.) monies at the yard on Januray 23, to authorized SIU representa­ close coordination and unified di­ second America—^putting in place and strongly endorsed by Senator 1965. as many houses, schools, apart­ George Murphy (D.-Calif.). tives and that an official Union rection." A sistership, the President Mon­ receipt be gotten at that time. ments, parks and offices as we The new department, he con­ The amendment which defeated roe, has been launched and is at have .built through all the time an outfitting dock at San Diego. If no receipt is offered be sure tinued, will benefit not only the since the Pilgrims arrived on these the proposal was introduced by Senator Ross Bass (D.-Tenn.) who She is scheduled to be delivered to protect yourself by Immei.i- 70 percent of Americans who live shores." argued that the proposal, ran tely bringing the matter to the in cities but the remaining 30. per­ to APL on December 31, 1965. The The legislation allows up to 60 counter to other laws passed by third ship, the President Harrison, attention of the , President's cent whose well-being is inescap­ ably linked With the well-being of days for the establishment of the Congress this year relating to the will be launched on October 2, office. all." ' new department — the .govern­ authority of the Secretary of 1965, and be delivered in April of Labor. ;v " ment's nth Cabinet ngency-. -.v , President Johnson, in signing next year; ' Move To Bring Back Braceros Beaten in Close Senate Vote Meany Hails New Urban Affairs Unit Be Sure To Get Dues Receipts |< ? • �•cMcr 1, 1H5 SEAFARERS Fiush? Vietnam Service For Sill Coast Ships U.S. Sub-Spy Spies On Soviet Spy Subs WASHINGTON—Russian submarine commanders who are ordered on snooping missions of the U.S. east coast are learning the hard way that American technology has furn­ ished a way of detecting their unwelcome presence. A sen­ The basic element of the system, sitive sound detection system, the hydrophone, was widely used during World War II in discovering the presence of submarines. The in­ strument is still used extensively on board submarines to detect nearby ships and other subs. One of the chief drawbacks in using a hydrophone is that the sound it picks up has a tendency to get lost in the noise which normal­ ly occiu-s in the ocean or is caused by the operation of the electronic equipment. However, Project Cae­ sar combines the sounds picked up by several hydrophones and feeds them into a computer which analy­ sis the data to detect noise created by a submarine which would other­ wise be lost. In putting Project Caesar int^ operation, the Navy operated under a deep cloud of official secrecy, and was able to set up the sensitive accoustical network without press fanfare. Work pn the network has of hydrophones located on the con­ been going on for ten years, but tinental shelf along the coast. By actual installation of the $160 mil­ using the hydrophone, which oper­ lion system took place in 1963-4. ates like an underwater micro­ phone, Navy engineers say that the sounds of a hostile submarine can be detected while it is still several hundred miles off the coast. Project Caesar ij§, made up of a In order to assure accurate large number of hydrophones which are linked together to feed digests of shipboard meetings their data into a computer. Compu­ in the LOG, it is desirable that ters are. being used to insure maxi­ the ^reports of shipboard meetmum accuracy in. detecting and lo- lugs be typed-.if at all possible. paling unfriendly submariness • which the Navy calls "Project Cae­ sar," is now affording the U.S. with protection against attack by Red submarines as well as curtailing un­ derwater spy missions. Project Caesar maintains sur­ veillance of the watery depths off the eastern U.S. through a network Type Minutes When Possible Sea-Land Fighting New NR Rate-Cuts NEW YORK—The SlU-contracted Sea-Land Service is fighting another attempt by the nation's railroads to slash rates on multiple-car shipments of canned goods. The rail­ roads' proposed rate cuts rep­ will be available only to large resent another attempt to iifs volume shippers. capture the canned goods By Frank Dnoiak, West Coast Representative Several Alaska freighters are beine pressed into service to carry supplies to American soldiers fighting: in Vietnam. The first of these vessels, the Nenana, owned by the SlU-Pacific contracted Alaska Steam­ ship Company, has already loaded cargo at Newport, Ore. Other, Alaska ships which are expected to participate in the Vietnam sealift include the Talkeetna, the Coastal Rambler, Coastal Nomad and Coastal-Mon­ arch. The latter three vessels are all "Knot"-type ships which are usually laid up during the winter. During the Korean War, Knot-type vessels were used in a shuttle service between Japan and ports in Korea, and it is thought they may be put tp similar use in Vietnam. San Francisco Shipping continues to move at a good clip in all departments. There le a heavy demand for men ho>lding AB, DM, FWT, OS, wiper, baker, cook and chief electrician ratings as Well as all entry ratings in the steward department. Ships crewing up during the past period were the Bowling Green, Santa Emilia and Topa Topa. Oldtimers who dropped into the San Francisco hall included B. L. Deparlier, who cut his stay short to hop on the Bowling Green. F. Paskouski shook his shore dust for an oiler's slot on the DeSoto, while A. W. Spanraft, who was fresh off the Topa Topa, decided the Santa Emilia was the ship for him. Wilmington The shipping picture in Wilmington remains very good, and there is need for rated men in all departments. The outlook for the coming weeks looks equally good. James Elwell dropped by to tell us that he'll be ready to take the first AB. job to hit the board after he fin­ ish^ a short stay on the beach. Charlie Kath barely had time to let the ink dry on his ffd before he landed an oiler's job,, Seattle The fight for a stronger U.S.-flag fleet got a shot in the arm recently when the Seattle Port Council went on record in support of Repre­ sentative Paul Rogers' (D.-Fla.) bill providing that 75 percent of all Government-generated cargoes move on U.S.-flag ships. Shipping in Seattle was moving along in the past few weeks with a fair outlook for the future. William Rogers says he is waiting for. an oiler spot to open on an Alaskan run. His last ship was the Summit. Also keeping his eyes peeled for an engine room slot to Alaska is Henry Uillian whose last ship was the Walter Rice. Ferry Greenwood has an­ nounced he will take the next ship out with a DM opening no matter where she is heading. Perry recently piled off the Seattle. fm NiM LOG Having their picture .taken during a hot pinochle game at the Baltimore hall didn't disturb these Sea­ farers one bit because it's what's on the other side of the cards that counts. Seafarers W. Szcipanek (left) and J. J. Melita both sail in the deck de­ partment. transportation market by juggling tariff schedules until the intercoastal shipping Industry vanishes from the scene. Sea - Land Service has been joined in its fight against the rate cuts by , its shippers and the New York Port Authority. The shipping line, the shippers and the govern­ ment agency are urging the Inter­ state Conuneice Commission to forbid the rate changes. Want Volume Business Unlike past years, the railroads are not masquerading their rate cuts as a move to provide cheaper service to shippers of canned goods. The conditions which the roads propose to tack on to the lower rates shows that the new tar- Reveal GOP Mailing Lists Sold To Extremist Groups The Cleveland Plain Dealer in its August 26, 1965, issue ran a copyrighted story by Sanford Watzmah of its Washington bu­ reau under an eight-column heading reading "GOP Peddles Mailing List—PD Probe Shows Names y/ent to Extremist Units." Following are some of the highlights of Watzman article. The Republican National Finance Committee has been ped­ dling its contributors' mailing lists to outside organizations in­ cluding several right-wing extremist groups—possibly in viola­ tion of the Corrupt Practices Act. Indications that this criminal law may have been trans­ gressed appear in top-secret documents obtained by the Plain Dealer exclusively from correspondence and other files at Republican national headquarters. Trafficking in the mailing lists was not reported in a June financial statement that the party treasurer is required to file with the clerk of the House. The official accounting did not show that the GOP National Committe profited from these transactions—indeed, even that there were such transactions. But the confidential documents which the Plain Dealer examined reveal that the GOP built up a $45,000 credit with a commercial mailing house. Circulation of the Republican lists around the country is seen as defeating. GOP National Chairman Ray C. Bliss' attempt to reunify the party and to wrest control of it from the pro-Goldwater faction. Bliss is the non-doctrinaire from Akron (O.), Republican who took over the party reins April 1. He has quarreled openly with conservative splinter groups who have launched their own fund-raising campaigns, siphoning off contributions that might otherwise have gone to the party itself. Among these groups are the newly-founded Free Society Association and the American Conservative Union. The ACU is shown in the documents seen by the Plain Dealer to have obtained some of the names and addresses on the Republican master contributor list. At first Bliss did not know that the party was selling, renting and exchanging its valuable mailing list of contributors. But he soon began receiving complaints. Bliss issued a written order on April 26 which said: "I have been receiving so many lettei-s of complaint from conti'ibutors that, effective today, the Republican National Commit­ tee will cease the practice of selling or exchanging its contributor mailing list to or with other persons or organiaations." One month later. Bliss caused the order to be repeated, again in writing, because underlings were continuing to do what Bliss had prohibited. His original order was either being ignored or else it had not been transmitted down the line. The order, at any rate, was moot by this time. Automated address tapes, from which the contributors' list could be re­ produced, had already left the party's custody in Washington and were in the hands of GOP officials elsewhere. For instance, on February 26 a New York firm issued a circular ^offering an. "exclusive list" of 104,992 Republican donors. It . quoted a price of $25 per thousand for addressing plus a extra $5 per thousand for a selection of contributors on the list who had given $25 or more to the p^rty. According to the railroad's pro­ posal, rates on canned goods will be cut 30 cents to $1.30 per hun­ dred pounds, but oniy for shippers who move a million pounds at a time in a maximum of eight freight cars, Another condition on this rock-bottom rate is that the shipper must move his canned goods from warehouse to market within one year. Taking note of this discrimina­ tion against smaller shippers, the New York Port Authority has charged the new rates are made-toordef for large eastern shippers who want to sell goods produced on the west coast from eastern warehouses. Smaller shippers, the port -authority noted, follow the practice of charging their cus­ tomers for freight ,when they are dealing in west coast goods. Killer Rate Cuts The goal of the proposed rail ra-te cuts — to cripple Sea-Land's role as a major shipper of canned goods, was also emphasized by the port agency. It cited statistics showing that canned food composed 75 percent of the shipping com­ pany's eastbound cargoes in 1964, and that these goods made up 52 percent of the line's total east-west intercoastal freight in 1963. Maritime. interests have long charged the nation's railroads with engaging in ruinous competition by slashing rates against other forms of transportation. After the rail­ road's competition withdraws from the trade, the roads are free to boost the rates higher than the pre­ vious levels since they are the only surviving means of transportation in the field. New U.S. Law Seen As Aid To Jobless WASHINGTON —As many as one million new jobs can result from a law recently signed by President Johnson, an AFL-CIO spokesman reported recently. Combining the concepts of two laws that expired earlier this year, the new public Works & Economic Development Act will help areas hard-hit by economic distress cre­ ate a "public facility base to make the communities more attractive to industry," said Frank Fernbach, assistant director of the AFL-CIO's Department of Research. "That, of course, means jobs— new, permanent, useful jobs," he explained. Fernbach praised, the multi-state or regional feature of the new law. He said this will encourage "states to do together what is mutually necessary for them to prosper— things that they cannot do alone." Such approach can be particularly effective in areas of common dis­ tress, like New England, the Great Plains and the northern Great Lakes, he said. Fernbach appeared on the. weekly AFL-CIO produced public service interview. Labor News Conference, heard over the Mutual Broadcasting System. �I - Pace Tern J '»v > SE: '••«'7 Loa .( •t'-/ii-,'*>: Oetaber 1, U« Commander Scoff Cofpenlf R»ppfff AstronautAfter 30 Days In Sealab 11 By SroNET MARGOLIUS A price battle on food has erupted in a number of Eastern and Mid­ west cities as several supermarket chains announced they will no LA JOLLA, Calif.—Astronaut M. Scott. Carpenter, who spent 30 days, 205 feet be­ longer give trading stamps. Instead, the rebels said, fhey will cut neath the surface of the Pacific in Sealab 11, declares that while the view from a space prices. capsule high above the earth is an unmatchable sight, life at the bottom of the ocean also A group of consumer-minded Congressmen has helped to acceler­ ate the young price war with an informal investigation. The Congress­ has very impressive moments. No matter if man tries to exist men, headed by Representative Lester Wolff (D.-N.Y.), want to know take advantage of the water to Commander Carpenter's par­ swim and propel himself. He also in outer or inner qiace, he still whether stanaps, supposedly given free with^grocery purchases, actually ticipation in the Navy's Sea­ said that man loM a good deal has to overctMna basically similar have Increased the prices you pay for the food itself. lab II project gives him the unique of his normal agility under water, problems, according to Carpenter. The price cuts by the chains which discontinued stamps, and the honor of being the first man to a drawback which does not occur His list of these problems includes Congressional inquiry, naturally have aroused opposition from the spend significant periods of time in space. building a "house," adapting to stamp companies. The iSrgest, Sperry and Hutchinson, not only re­ in "inner" and "outer" space. His both environments, and developing fused the Congressional committee's invitation to testify, but ran big The astronaut-turned aquanaut recent underwater stay was part the proper equipment to exist In ads hinting that the stores which recently dropped stamps, are cutting of tiie Navy's 45-day "mtin in the further reported there was much either place. prices only temporarily. similarity in feelings of weight­ sea" program. The astronaut was lessness experienced In inner and One Eastern chain which dropped stantps announced it has cut prices the only member of the Sealab an average of 3 per cent. We decided to make our own comparisons team to stay below for 30 straight outer space. between this chain and a similar medium-price su[>ermarket chain Carpenter considered life with­ days. which still gives stamps. in the ocean the more hospitable Incomparable Sunset of the two environments in which We priced 23 items selected not as advertised leaders but as typical In comparing his experiences of a family's usual needs. The "shopping basket" included cleaning above and below the earth'# sur­ he has experienced. "Inner space," supplies and paper goods as well as foods. face, Carpenter declared that the he said, "is a very gentle place." Lest any future aquanauts get sights that meet the eye while The 23 items cost $9.33 at the non-stamp store; $9.89-at the stampwhirling over a hundred miles the impression that life 205 feet giving store. The difference of 56 cents is 6 per cent. If this difference above the earth's surface cannot beneath the ocean is a bed of roses, continues, it represents a significant variation in the cost of food, far stand comparison with anything the astronaut described inner NEW YORK—SIU Safety Di- outweighing the value of stamps. else. In an interview with a re­ space as "a very hard life." In rector Joe Algina has been ap­ The real value of trading stamps, in this writer's experience, is about porter from the Associated Press, addition to being a tough place pointed a member of the Labor he declared that the beauty of a to exist, he found the marine world Conference of the National Safety IVi to 2 percent of the money you spend to get the stamps. For ex­ sunset as seen by an astronaut more hostile than outer space in Council for a ope-year term. Serv­ ample, if you buy $10 worth of groceries, you get 100 stamps in the mostly widely-used stamp plan. These 100 stamps are wortli about IS would be a hard sight to match. some ways. ing as safety director for the to 20 cents, at going retail values, in "gift" merchandise. However, as far as actual haz­ Union since 1960, Algina will for­ As far as actuat work perform­ The stamp company says a book of 1200 stamps is worth $3 in gift ance in the two environments goes, ards to human life go in the two mally begin his service with the Carpenter favors life beneath the environments. Carpenter declares Labor Conference during the an­ merchandise. Apparently this claim is based on the list or the stamp ocean. He explained that while he found the possibility of far nual National Safety Congress and company's own estimate of value. Our comparisons indicate that a working under the sea, a man has more danger as an astronaut in Exposition to be held in Chicago book of stamps is worth about $1.50 to $2 in merchandise, based on the usual dfscount or chain-store prices. a "little purchase," since he can space. October 25-28. Thus, even if you count the value of the stamps at the stamp-giving The SIU will also participate In supermarket chain, prices at the non-stamp'chain are still 4 to 4V^ per the 1965 Safety Congress. The conference will feature a union cent less on the 23 items we compared. safety booth to inform delegates Not all prices at the non-stamp chain were less. The non-stamp chain of what the labor movement is was lower on ten items, the same on eight, higher on five. But the po­ doing in the field of accident pre­ tential savings were especially noticeable in produce and ^iry prod­ vention. The union safety booth ucts. For example, the non-stamp store sold Grade A homogenized milk A call for action in five major problem areas in the Latin at last year's conference was rated at 23 cents a quart; the stamp store, 27; potatoes at 6 cents a pound definite success as it used the compared to 8; Grade A eggs, 57 compared to.61; tomatoes, 29, com­ American society was issued by Jack H. Vaughn, assistant atheme "Union Labor Promotes pared" to 39. secretary of state for inter-American affairs, in an addre.ss Safety." Soaps and cleaning products were much the same price-at both to the 11th graduating class of^ 10,000 Attendance stores. So were meats, with both chains juggling prices through the nomic progress without economic the American Institute for justice." Over 10,000 delegates from use of fancy names such as "filet steak" and "swiss steak" for various Free Labor Development. every state and foreign countries forms of what were really chuck steak in every c^e. Costa Rican Ambassador GonOne of the most revealing differences was in the price of a wellVaughn spoke in Spanish to the zalo J. Facii told the class that if are expected to attend this year's 20 labor leaders from 11 Latin the trade union movement is to conference. More than 800 speak­ known brand of instant coffee. It was 60 cents at the non-stamp chain American countries who had com­ carry out 'its great role in the ers will appear at 400 sessions. In and 95 at the stamp-giving chain, even though (ha label at the stampto several hundred giving super read "10 cents off." pleted the 10-week course in union democratic , revolution of our addition organization and administration times," its leaders must have a booths, all dealing with various While no particular emphasis -was given to. selecting the advertised made available to them by Ameri­ "comprehensive view" of the safety subjects. specials at either chain, it was noticeable at both chains, that you can labor, business and govern­ hemisphere's problems. Reports on The Labor Conference includes could save more on their own brands than buying the advertised spe­ ment. the activities of earlier graduates representatives of varioua unions cials on nationally-advertised brands. For exatbplc, one chain had i He listed these immediate prob­ of the AIFLD training institutes, and organizations which are mem­ special on a well-known brand of canned peas at two for 45 cents. But lems: the population explosion and he said, "reveal that the efforts of bers of the National Safety Its own brand of comparable-quality peas was 2 for 33. In general the savings on the stores' private brands averaged about 18 per cent. the consequent migration of rural those who shaped and now sustain Council. residents to cities; modernization this noble educational enterprise of the social and economic life of have not been in vain." farm areas, virtually unchanged Virgilio Somaza Mendoza of for four centuries; housing where Colombia, speaking for the gradu­ there is a "fantastic" need; in­ ates, said-they "really comprehend creased food production, and a the import of the instruction re­ merger of the "two-worlds" of the ceived." haves and have-nots. "We have understood the mes­ The different sectors of the sage and we shall benefit from the "two worlds" must "get working honest, generous and unselfish co­ closer together," he said the operation proferred us by our rich and the poor, urban and brothers of the American people." rural, government and business, The principal speaker at the civil and miliary, etc; Latin Amer­ luncheon was Henry S, Woodican needs 'more institutions of bridge, board chairman of the the people,' he added, built and True Temper Corp. and an AIFLD controlled by them so they feel trustee. a sense of proprietorship and par­ He pointed out that Latin Amer­ ticipation. He particularly cited schools and union and sports ica can profit by this country's-experience in shifting from an agri­ centers. cultural to an industrial economy, The graduates received their di­ and that the U.S. can benefit by plomas from AFL-CIO Vice Pres. Latin America's success in han­ Joseph A. Beirne, AIFLD sec­ dling race relations. retary-treasurer, who presided at "Your opportunity is immense," the ceremony in the absence of he told the graduates. "You will AFL-CIO President George Meany and who also was toastmaster at be leaders in your countries. You a luncheon in - honor of the can, help them, as few others can. Your union role will be that of graduates. helping the worker and as the Members of SIU Seniority Upgrading Class No. 10 are shown above in their graduation pic­ President Johnson sent the worker is the largest segment of ture. They ere (fop row. l-r); Eugeno Horeenberg, Robcit DeLambHy. Rafael pnlnoneig graduates, his "warm^t congratu- the eeqnomy, the more he prospers Monhall B«raf and Charles Mam. Bottom; row (l-r) ^reL Cbristos yofuilii^ . Istlons''and reitersteil. that "there the more successful will be the WilMH, WiHiam Cook and Joseph Sarnicota. ' ,:.ean be po. real and lasting.eco­ economy." Joe Algina To Serve On Safety Council Trade Unions Cited As Key To Latin American Progress SIU Seniority Upgrading Class No, 10 �OtfWbcr 1, IMI SEAFARERS FMW BICTCB LOG Getting the Story Seafarers aboard the Western Hunter (Western Tankers) recently participated in a refueling operation with the United States Navy in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The Western Hunter refueled the U.S.S. Boxer, one of America's giant aircraft carriers. "Everything was proceedings smoothly," reports Meeting The Hastings (Waterman Steajn- in on them, probably because Chairman C. L. Owen, "until shiplis having a fine run this time everybody stands an equal chance the hose broke. From there on In, the feathers really flew on both vessels. Finally, we brought the situation under control and com­ pleted the operation." i t Votes of thanks were flying so fast and furious aboard the Transfndia (Hudson Waterways) that Seafarers could hardly hear the ^engines turning over. The cap­ tain was so pleased with the work and behav­ ior of the crew that he made an Franco announcement to that fact. The ship's delegate Paul Franco extended a vote of thanks to deck delegate Joseph Zeloy, en­ gine delegate Carlos Troncoso, and stewards delegate Tom Markman. All delegates then joined together to thank the crew for a fine trip. And the crew, in turn, thanked the delegates and express their appreciation to the captain. "It was a fine voyage," reports meet­ ing chairman Sam Hacker. "Every­ one was grateful for the great SIU job turned in by all." t 4 \t Everything is ship-shape on board the Council Grove (City Service), reports C. W. Gabriel. She's carrying a very good crew and there is plenty of cooper­ ation all around. The slop chest is filled to the brim with i c e cold beverages and Gabriel the movies are •11 first class. "A hearty thanks to everybody for a fine SIU trip," says Brother Gabriel. "Things just could not be running any smoother than they are now. Good ship, good trip, good crew." 4 4 4 The weather was so hot and cunny aboard the Robin Locksiey (Robin Lines) that a couple of the boys began to think that they were back home lounging on the beach. But when one or two crew members went so far as to show up for dinner wearBergeria in g b a t h i n g trunks and sleeveless undershirts, a quick halt was called to their "shoreside" apparel. "We asked them to dress as usual in the mess room during dining hdbrs," reports shjp's delegate Stephen Bergeria. out. "Everything iooks good," says meeting secretary John Weils. "An­ derson Johnes was just elected to the post of ship's delegate by ac­ clamation. He looks like the fight man for the job. We have a fine crew with a healthy sprinkling of oldtimers. The voyage should be a smooth one." 4 4 4 When the crew members aboard the Robin Goodfeiiow (Robin Lines) extended a vote of thanks to the steward department "for a job well done," the steward re­ plied by not only thanking the members of his own department, but the entire Shrimpton crew as well. According to meeting chairman Averiii Bearden, steward Aussie Shrimpton praised his men for working well, for forming a fine department and for making the voyage a pleasant one. "Brother Shrimpton was 100 percent right," reports Bearden. of winning. Also," Brother Me­ Conneil points out, "nobody minds putting something down on the pool because the television is something that all hands use and enjoy." 4 4 4 Meeting chairman Charles P. Moore sailing aboard the Mankato Victory (Victory Carriers) reports that Herbert E. Collins has been elected to the post of ship's dele­ gate. "The vote was unanimous," Moore says, "and made by acclama­ tion. Everyone agrees that Collins is a fine choice and will carry out his duties in fine SIU fashion." 4 4 4 Seafarers aboard the Mt. Vernon Victory (Victory Carriers) are keep­ ing a weather eye on safety, accord­ ing to ship's delegate Calvin D. Morris. They have been cooperat­ ing closely in a series of fire and boat drills. "Safety is important," Morris points out. "Everybody should work together on all safety drills. That way the high SIU safe­ ty standards can be maintained." 4 4 4 Meeting chairman Tom Gordon of the Steel Fabricator (Isthmian) rep^orts that Brother Lopez was 4 4 4. Seafarers aboard the Steel . Sur­ unanimously accorded a vote of veyor (Isthmian) have decided to thanks as ship's delegate. "The move their li­ vote was by acclamation," Gordon says. "Lopez is a really good man." brary into the Sailing with a good delegate makes recreation room the success of the voyage a cer­ so that the room tainty. And success has been the and facilities can right word for our run so far." The be placed at the crew seconds Gordon's estimation crew's disposal. of both the delegate and the trip. "All work and no 4 4 4 play makes Jack Seafarers aboard the Producer a dull Seafarer," (Marine Carriers) have elected says ship's dele-; Herbert Lonczynski to the job of Kindya gate Michael J. ship's delegate. "It's a matter of the Kindya. But seriously," he con­ right man for the right job," says tinues, "recreation is an important meeting secretary J. G. Lakwyk. element of any job situation, espe­ 4 4 4: cially for the sailor who must The galley gangs crewing the fol­ spend his time off on the job site —that is to say, on the ship at sea. lowing vessels have been awarded We are cut off from the usual en­ the Seafarers merit of distinction tertainment facilities that are for chow and service above and beyond the call of duty: available on land. So every form Hastings (Waterman Steamship), of recreation becomes doubly im­ Wild Ranger (Waterman Steam­ portant." ship), Potamac (£)mpire Transport), 4 4 4 Geneva (U.S. Steel Corp.), Puerto An arrival pool was run off to Rico (Motorships of Puerto Rico), pay for repairs to the tv set aboard Alice Brown (Bloomfield Steam­ ship) Natalie (Maritime Overseas), the Elizabethport Savanah (Seatrain Lines), and (Sea-Land). The Kyaska (Waterman Steamship). results are in. 4 4 4 The winner is happy. And, best Like the old tv add says, the of all, the video crew aboard the Monarch of the has been repaired Seas (Sea-Land) would "rather and is in perfect Lipton." The boys are all taking working order. tea at sea. "In fact," says meeting "Those arrival chairman John Roberts, "we've pools . really do MeConneil asked that more ice tea be placed the job," an­ on the menu in place of Kool Ade nounces meeting chairman R. J: and other less satisfying cold 5 '•Conneii. "Everybody likes to get drinks. We'll take tea and see." Seafarer McNlano Gonnlez fills his daughter in on some labor history, informing her of the role played by the late Harry Lundeberg in fighting for the rights of seamen. Lundeberg, whose portrait overlooks the 2nd deck of New York Headquarters, was the former head of Sailor Union of the Pacific and a past President of the SlUNA. STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), Aug. i— Chairman, J. Williams; Secretary, F. P. Amora. Brother Brady was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $14.50 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks to the steward department. STEEL ROVER (Isthmian), Aug. 15— Chairman. H. Huston; Secretary, A. A. Clark. Ship's delegate, Brother C. Walker, reported that all is O.K. and running smoothly. Most of the re­ pairs were completed. $5 was given to Library fund in Noifolk, leaving balance in ship's fund of $22.06. Vote of thanks to the steward department, especially -to Henry Martin, chief cook; Sam Gutireze, the baker; and George Gibbons, 2nd cook, for the real fine groceries. ROBIN GOODFELLOW (Robin Lines), Aug. 15 — Chairman, Averill Bear­ den Secretary, Aussie Shrimpton. Ship's delegate reported that every­ thing is running smoothly. $51.50 in ship's fund. Motion made that the membership of this ship's meeting go on record that it is unalterably opposed to any possible merger be­ tween the NMU and the SIU as re­ ported recently in the New York press. Vote of thanks extended to the steward department for a job well done. The steward thanked both his own department and the crew for their cooperation throughout the trip. CITY OF ALMA (Waterman), Sept. 7 —Chairman, Joseph Moody; Secre­ tary, Robert Gorbea. Everything is running smoothly with no beefs. Vote of thanks was extended to the stew­ ard department. Aug. 20—Chairman, Joseph Moody; Secretary, Joseph Moody. All beefs were settled. Some disputed OT to be taken up with patrolman. Vote of thanks to the steward department. COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), Sept. 5—Chairman, C. W. Gabriel; Secretary, A. E. Moore. Ship's dele­ gate reported that everything is going along fine. Very good crew. Plenty of cooperation all around. Slop chest has plenty of good beer, movies are 1st class. Thanks to all for a smooth trip. ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Robin Lines), Aug. 9 — Chairman, None; Secretary, None. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. Few hours disputed OT in deck department. Vote of thanks to the chief cook. June 27—Chairman, Emi! eretsky; Secretary, None. New ship's delegate elected. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. Aug. 29—Chairman, Warren Messen­ ger; Secretary, Luther Gadson. Ship's delegate reported that everything is running smoothly. Few hours dis­ puted OT in deck department, other­ wise no beefs were reported. All members were requested to wear shirt and pants in messroom during meal hours. Vote of thanks was ex­ tended to the steward department. NATALIE (Maritime Overseas), Sept. 5—Chairman, John Kucharski; Secre­ tary, James Sumpter. Brother John Kucharski was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs and no disputed OT reported. MONARCH OF THE SEA (Sea-Land), Sept. 6 — Chairman, John Roberts; Secretary, Skinny Wells. Brother L. J. Pate was elected to serve as ship's delegate' after Brother Ed Morris gave up the job. Department delegates reported that everything is running OK. Crew wishes to be informed about the new contract. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department. �l!if SEAFARERS Pa«« TwelT» OtMttr 1. ItM LOG Seafarer Calls For Action To Retain USPHS Hospitals Addressing his shipmates at the Del Sud's shipboard meeting recently, Seafarer Aftthony Rodriguez sounded off on the importance to all Seafarers of keeping the USPHS hoispitals in operation. tinued. "Many were crippled and "The U.S. sailor," he said, "de­ He urged his fellow crew- mangled, and many more suffered pends on these hospitals for hU members to take advantage of the tortiu'ea of hell, .swimming well being—and sometimes for hie all possible means to insure away from burning tankers. Count­ very life. And now the American I; f; Seafarer Caries Gomez shows his son Carlos Angel around New York SiU headquarters. Young Carlos, one of the original recipients of a SIU maternity benefit, was Interested in the collection of plaques and honors awarded to the Seafarers International Union over the years. Seafarer's Son Eyes Scholarship Award that the hospitals established by Congress in the 1790's remain open. Calling for Immediate action on all fronts, Rodriguez pointed to the s acrlf ices made by the American mer­ chant marine over the decades to guarantee that the United States stays strong and free. "During - World War II there Rodriguez were more sea^ men killed in action in the first six months of hostilities than in any branch of the regular armed services," Rodriguez noted. Countless Perished "Many of these seamen died in life rafts and in hospitals," he con- When Seafarer Carlos Gomez visited New York Head­ quarters recently, he had his 12-year old SIU "bonus baby" Carlos Angel in tow. would mean a great deal to Young Carlos Angel was ship me and my family." among the first SIU "ar­ In the meanwhile, father and son rivals" to receive one of the are getting In a lot of time together Union's initial n>aternity benefits back in 1953. "Carlos Angel was born on New Year's Day," says his father who has sailed with the SIU since 1946. "The maternity benefit was the second New Year's present my wife and I got that year." Carlos Angel is anxious to follow in the Seafaring wake of his father who sails as a member of the engine department. "I want to be a sailor," he says. "And I want to be a Seafarer like my father." Carlos Sr. approves of his son's choice of livelihood, but he is anx­ ious that the boy attend coliege first. "These days it pays to have a col­ lege education," he says. "Even a Seafarer will find that he has more job flexibility with a coliege diplo­ ma." SIU Scholarships Both Carlos Sr. and Carlos Jr. are interested in the SIU Scholar­ ship Program which is open to Sea­ farers and their children. "It's a great program," Carlos Sr. Insists. "But I know that only the very best students stjnd a chance of winning. That's one of the rea­ sons that my boy studies so hard in school. He knows that he is eligible to win the scholarship, and he's doing his best." "I'm not sure that I can win," Carlos Jr. admits with a grin. "But I'm sure going to try. That schoiar" while the boy is on vacation from school and Brother Gomez is on the' beach. "We do a lot of fishing and play a little football together," the SIU veteran says. "My son loves all out­ door sports." Carlos Angel, who is a first class scout in the Boy Scouts, spent the early weelcs of the summer away at Roy Scout camp. "I got in some great fishing and camping up there," young Carlos says. "I was high string on the Tenmile River. Everything my father taught me about fishing sure came m handy. The boy also won a medal for executing an "expert patrol." SIU Awards While showing his son around the New York Headquarters, Sea­ farer Gomez pointed out the n^ny plaques and awards won by the Seafarers International Union over the years. "It's very impressive," Carlos Jr., says. "But I already knew what a great Union the SIU was. My father told me." Carlos Jr. was also impressed by the huge SIU shipping board. "Someday I'll be manning those vessels," young Carlos said wist­ fully. "But only after you finish col­ lege," his father said firmly. Brother Gomez last sailed aboard tiie Overseas Joyce. He makes his home in New York with his wife Cecilia, his 8-year-old daughter Anna, and his son Carlos Angel. ' • - V ;•• •• J?; Don't Delay On Heat Beefs Now that the cold weather is here. Seafarers are reminded that heating and lodging beefs in the shipyard can be easily handled if the ship's delegate promptly notifies the captain or chief engineer and shpws them the temperature reading at the time. Crewmembers who beef to themselves about the lack of heating but wait three or four days before making the problem known to a respon­ sible ship's officer are only making things tougher for themselves. The same applies when shipyard workers are busy around living quarters. Make sure you know where and when the work was done so that the SIU patrolman has the facts available in order to make a determination. less others perished without any chance at all. "And yet," said Rodriguez, "the Medical Association is ready to for­ get all of this." "But all Americans sense a new time of trouble and conflict ahead for our great nation," Rodriguez pointed out. "And Seafarers have not forgotten, nor will they forget in the future. We still stand ready to live or die for the principles of democracy and freedom. The cur­ rent emergency will find us as ready and able as we were in the past." Noting how crucial the contin­ uance of USPHS is to the special medical needs of America's sail­ ing men, Rodriguez stated: Best Treatment "I do not know exactly how many years the USPHS hospitals have been treating American sea­ men. I do know, however, that they have saved countless lives by offering the very best in care and treatment. Medical Association is moving full speed ahead to slam the doors of USPHS in our faces. "There is no possible justifica­ tion or excuse for this blatant dis­ regard of the seaman's welfare. It betrays the A.M.A.'s complete lack of humanity or dedication to the principles of the Hippocratic Oath." Mortal Struggle Calling upon his Brother Sea­ farers to fight for what may well turn out to be their lives, Rodri­ guez proposed taking immediate political action. "I urge my brother Union mem­ bers to write their congressmen and senators-on this crucial issue. Don't be put off. We can't afford to be defeated," Rodriguez told his fellow Seafarers aboard the Del Sud. "I hope and pray that we will all be pleasantly surprised at the results of our efforts," he con­ cluded. LOG-A-RHYTHM: Seafarers and ttieir families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produ^-d under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions' in­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) "Lee" brand tires (United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum St Plastic Workers) 4- 4- 4 Eastern Alt Lines (Flight Engineers) 4i 4> ' 4i ' H. I. Slegel "HIS" brand men's clothes (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) 4> 4- . 4> Sears, Roebuck Company Retail stores & products (Retail Clerks) 4; t 4i Stitzel-Weller Distilleries "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk". "Cabin StiU," "W. L. Weller" Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) 4 4. 4. rr\ rhe Lad By Roy Lee Hinson The young man tramps through the weedy field, -' He has an anxious mind and a heart of steel. • ; The milk weeds bleed in a little dirty hand. They, are crushed by the boy with cheeks of tan: •• I ' • A bird nest is found in the tumble weeds. Whip O Wills built it in the marshy reeds. A Sage Hen cries to a joyful world, Her young new fly,'as the vxind in a whirl. The It The It fruit is ripe on the Stamey trees, is gathered in before the freeze. Black Haws dangle from a snarled bush. is a dfelicious dish for Ham and Cush. Basking and bathing in the Autumn Sun, He feasts by the brook on a cinnamon bun. He sets his traps for Hare and Coon, Then waits for the catch on Harvest Moon. • J. R. Simplot Potato Co. Frozen potato products (Grain Millers) 4 4 4 Kingsport Press "World Book," "ChUdcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) EVERY 4 4 4 Jamestown Sterling Corp. Southern Furniture Mfg. Co. Furniture and Bedding ' (United Furniture Workers) 4 4 4 Empire State Bedding Co. "Sealy Mattresses" (Textile Workers) 4 -4 4 ' Pepsi Cola Company (Soft Drink Workers, Local 812) 4 4 _4 White Furniture Co. . United Furniture Workers of America - ^ His little feet move as perpetual pedals. They are pierced by thorns, scratched by nettles. His face is stained with red mulberry. His pants are dirty with mud from the ferry. MONTHS If any SiU ship has no library or needs a new supply of books, contaci any SIU hall. Yoim SIU SHIP'S LIBRARY . ' �Ort*kcr 1, ItM SEAFARERS Face TliMcca LOG Batten Down The Hatches^ Seafarer Snatches Matches , "Say buddy, can you spare a match?" A harmless enough request on the surface, but aboard the Miami, Seafarers respond by clutching their pockets and running for cover. It's not that they begrudge a light to a fellow shipmate with a cold cigar, cigarette or pipe. But for building lighthouses? Water towers? Miniature sticks. Early this year, the LOG aboard the same vessel. Most reported the creative endeavors of agree that it would be the begin­ ships? Seafarer Marius Dei Prado and his wife Lucille proudly display their daughter Margaret's scrapboolc of newspaper clippings and the plaque she won for graduating first in her class from the Spar training school. The pretty Spar can coolc, sew, and keep a budget neatly balanced. Seafarer's Daughter Tops In Spar Class "You ought to see the heads turn when she steps out in her spanking new Spar uniform," beams Seafarer Marius Del Prado who stopped by the LOG office recently to report the latest accomplishments of his+ attractive 19-year old daugh­ vanishing point. Then, early this year, the Coast Guard decided ter Margaret. "The boys all whistle," he says, "and people even come up to her In the street to wish her good luck in the service of Uncle Sam." Understandably, Brother Del Prado and his wife Lucille are as proud as can be of Margaret who Just graduated with high honors from the Coast Guard Training Center Yeoman School in Groton, Connecticut. Margaret placed first among her elass of 21 graduating Spars, re­ ceiving the Coast Guard Award of Excellence. "About those wolf whistles," the pretty co-ed smiles, *T think that they're whistling at the uniform. Most boys just aren't used to see­ ing a girl in military attire, at least not since World War II." Margaret is a member of the first l^ar reserve unit to be re­ activated since the days of the Second World War when the Coast Guard's feminine service boasted a membership of 8,000. After the War, the ranks of the Spans declined almost to the to revive its more glamorous arm. New Recruits In an attempt to triple Spar membership, 40 new recruits were sought. Margaret, who had been a secretary for a book publishing firm, was the 21st to enlist. Taking her boot camp training in Bainbridge, Maryland, she will now be assigned to one of the Coast Guard district offices for clerical and administrative duties. Spars serve one year of active duty and spend two years in the reserves. "I think it's great that my daughter has enlisted In a sea­ faring branch of the sMvice," says veteran engine department man Del Prado. "Margaret has always heard talk of the sea at home and I guess it got to her. Margaret's many skills would serve her equally well in a homemaking capacity as in a career with the Spars. Majoring in home economics in high school, she won awaros for cooking and sewing. She is also an expert bookkeeper, typist and secretary; "Why not? ask third cook Robert ("Junior") Myers WhoSe hobby is constructing tiny replicas of sea structures out of wooden matches. "After all," he points out, "it's better than just burning them up. And using them for building models is a lot healthier than using them to light up a cigarette." But the Miami crew is facing a serious match shortage. The Seafarers have been over-gener- Myers Horriey ous in meeting Brother Myers' allhands call for matches. He needs them by the thousands to ply his craft. "But we need them too," la­ ments 2nd cook Bob Hartley. "Don't get me wrong." he quickly adds. "I'm not one to stand in the way of art. It's just that it gets a little rough lighting cigar­ ettes from smoked down butts." Myers, who has just completed •mall-ecale matchstick models of a lighthouse and an accompany­ ing water tower, spends the rest of' his spare time repairing tvs, radios, and any other electrical gadgets that he can get his hands on. "Junior fixes everything," re­ ports Seafarer Hartley, "whether it needs fixing o.r not. Actually, so far he's had quite a bit of luck with.the repairs. But what really amazes everyone on board is that he hasn't been electrocuted yet. The guy has amazing luck." A Pile or Maiehea Myers isn't the only Seafarer to create objects from wooden match" LOG-A-RHYTHM: The Guilty _ By Henri Percikow He vMlks, reeling. In a foul city tunnel Sagging against metal bars— Sputtering Through drooling jaws. Echoing the chaos of his world. Gnawed by endless worry Faced with flowing debts He stares brutishly Unaware of roaring wheels The pushing crowd The silent bystander. Margaret Del Prado receives the Coast Guard Award of Excellence from Rear Admiral Charles Tighe at her gradua­ tion. from Spar training school in GrOton, Connecticut. -. Margaret graduated first in her ciess. Alone, A harmless drunk With mind and body limping A bruised clod. Yet a lucid spark jolts his memory — Facing the nickel plated cop Defender of the guilty. Brother Star Wells who devotes hk.^ idle hours to making picture frames out of matchsticks. Wells calculated that 2,969 matchsticks were required to form a single frame. Seafarers are wondering what would happen if Wells and Myers found themselves shipping out Appr^iates SIU Pension To the Editor: I received my first pension check the other day and I want everyone to know that I am proud to be a member of a great maritime union like the SIU. I joined in New Orleans, back in 1939. Down through the years I have watched with pride as the SIU grew into the great union that it is today. My wife and I will be eternal-, ly and everlastingly grateful for the pension plan and all other wonderful benefits to which my membership in the SIU entitles us. Today I can walk down the street with pride and dignity, knowing that my check will ar­ rive every month and that our simple needs will be taken care of throughout my twilight years. Once mwe, our everlasting thanks and gratitude to the SIU and to everyone connected with it. May God bless each and every one of you, and may you all have smooth sailing. Fraternally yours, Walter H. Cook, Mrs. Delia Cook, and Walter Jr. 4. ai Seafarer Lauds Benefits To the Editor: I wish to express my deepest appreciation to The Seafarer's International Union for my re­ tirement pension. The day I received my first check was one of the happiest and proudest days of my life. Now that these checks vWill be coming in for the rest of my life, I have noth­ ing more to worry about. I would also like to express my gratitude to the United States Public Health Service Hospital in New Orleans. The staff took wonderful care of me during my confinement there. It will be a great shame if these ning of the biggest feud in Sea­ faring history, each artist, scram­ bling and scrapping for matchstick donors. "It's possible," says Brother Hartley. "Artists are very tempermental people. But personally, "I think that they would 'strike up' a lasting friendship." hospitals are forced to close their doors. My wife and children join me in saying "thank you" to all concerned for helping us in our time of need. Gratefully, John S. Fontan. t t 4» SIU Widow Lauds Benefits To the Editor: I want everyone to know how grateful I and my three sons are for the check the Seafarer's Wel­ fare Fund sent me as beneficiary of my late husband Ethern Rus­ sell. The Union's expression of sympathy was deeply appreciat­ ed by all of us. Losing my husband was a hard blow for me. Losing their father was even a harder blow for the children. And the SIU lost a good worker and Brother when Ethem died. Once again I wish to express my sincere thanks to everyone connected with the SIU. Sincerely yours, Mrs. Ethern Russell, and sons Larry. Charles and Harold. i t' t Grateful For Welfare Plan To the Editor: I just want to let you know how grateful I am for the check I received as the beneficiary of my late husband Charles Lovell. Also I want to thank the Un­ ion members for the flowers and messages of sympathy they sent. I appreciate what the Union has done for us so much. When Charles was in the hospital, the Union representative was always there. The welfare and disability checks were always right on time. And the medicines were always promptly payed for. I don't think that my husband could have belonged to a better union than the SIU. Thank you again. Sincerely yours, Mrs. Eleanor Lovell �SEAFARERS Paffe Fonrteen SIU Arrivals Constance Flood, bom July 2, 1965, to the John T. F oods, Philadelphia, Pa. 1965, to the Vincent D. Robinsons, North East, Maryland. Cheryl Ann Hoban, tjorn February 10, 1965, to the Charles W. Hobans, New Or­ leans, La. C.herie Beck, born July 5, 1965, to the Donal L. Becks, New Orleans, La t 4" t 4 4 4 4 4 4 Marcy Gail Collins, bom August 13, Thomas Cott Stecker, born June 18, 1965, to the Robert H. Collins, Virginia, 1965, to the Vaughn E. Steckers, Dear­ ' III. born Heights, Mich. I 4 4 4 Rex Elmore Coxwell, born July 16, 1965, 4» 4 4" to the Rex E. Coxwell, Leakesville, Miss. Linda Sue Nottage, born August 26, 4 4 4 1965, to the Anthony F. Nottages, San i Francisco, Ca'if. Dawn Marie Adams, born July 30, 1965, I to the John Adams, Brooklyn, N.Y. 4 4 4* Rhonda Lynn Pierce, bom Aug. 16, j 4 4 4 1965, to f'T Benjamin W. Pierces, Jack­ Connie Utiey, born September 1, 1965, sonville, F'a. to the Richard P. Utieys, Galveston, 4 4 4 Texas. Aida Gcnzaicz, born August 25. 1965 to 4 4 4 the Pab o G" :ale:t. Ponce, P.R. Mary Jane Jurkiewicz, born August 17, 4 4 4 Cintha Brown, born August 20, 1955, to 1965, to the Stanley Jurkiewiczs, Buffalo, New York. the Char es P awns, Texas City, Texas. 4 4 4 Darryl Johnson, bom September 2, 1965, to tl'.e Knoxia L. Johnsons, Mobile, Ala. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Charles Knaop, born August 26, 1965, to the Dariua L. Knapps, Pritchard, Ala. Susan LaPorte, born July 30, 1965, to the Antonio LaPortes, Baltimore, Md. 4 4 4 Charles Ree.-es, born August 31. 1965, to the Charles L. Reeves, Mobile, Ala. 4 4 4 Kimberly Marie McClellan, born May 11, 1955, to the Byron M. McClellans, Frankfort, Mich. 4 4 4 Vincent D. Robinson, bom August 17, 4 4 4 Maria Dolores Vidal, born August 7, 1965, to the Manuel Vidals, Baltimore, Maryland. 4 4 4 Roger Carley Knox, bom August 18, 1965, to the George S. Knoxs, Kenner, Louisiana. 4 4 4 '4 4 4. Lawrence Robinson, born August 1, 1935, to the John W. Robinsons, St. Ignace, Michigan. Donna Dougherty, born July 27, 1965, to the Ralph H. Doughertys, New Or­ leans, Louisiana. 4 4 4 Sheri Anderson, bom July 28, 1965, to the Melvin Andersons, East St. Louis, Illinois. Cargo Totals Scheduie^f Up In Balto. BALTIMORE — Foreign trade SIU-AGLIWD Meetings shipped through this port during 1964 was up by 4 percent over the New York ... .Oct. 4—2:30 P.M. figure in the previous year, 1963. Philadelphia ... Oct. 5—2:30 P.M. Both import and export traffic Baltimore Oct. 6—2:30 P.M. through the port increased, reach­ Detroit Oct. 8—2:30 P.M. ing a total of over 22.5 million long Houston Oct. 11—2:30 P.M. tons according to the Maryland New Orleans .. Oct. 12—2:30 P.M. Port Authority. Mobile Oct. 13—2:30 P.M. The 1964 foreign trade cargoes 4 4 4 were 857,038 tons ahead of the 21,670,614 long tons which moved West Coast SIU-AGLIWD through the port's piers in 1963 and represented the largest volume Meetings since 1957. The value of the port's Wilmington Oct. 18—2 P.M. inport-export trade was almost $1.5 San Francisco Oct. 20—2 P.M. billion in 1964 and marked the Seattle Oct. 22—2 P.M. ninth consecutive year the value 4 4 4 exceeded $1 billion. Third In Exports Great Lakes SIU Meetings Baltimore ranked third in 1964 Detroit Oct. 4—2 P.M. among U.S. seaports in total foreign Alpena Oct. 4—2 P.M. trade export tonnage, with New Buffalo Oct. 4—2 P.M. York, as usual, in first place fol­ Oct. 4—2 P.M. lowed by Norfolk. Philadelphia Chicago Cleveland Oct. 4—2 P.M. was fourth and New Orleans fifth. Diiiuth Oct. 4—2 P.M. Goods moving through Baltimore Frankfort .^ Oct. 4—7 P.M. went to and came from more than 4 4 4 140 nations of the world. Exports went to more than 130 nations, led GREAT LAKES TUG AND DREDGE REGION by Italy, West Germany and Pakis­ tan. Over 115 nations sent their Detroit ...... Oct. 11—7:30 P.M. goods into the U.S. through Balti­ Milwaukee ... Oct. 11—7:30 P.M. more. Chicago Oct. 12—7:30 P.M. inal Departures Ramon Prado Varela, 75: Bron­ chopneumonia proved fatal to Brother Varela at the Jackson Memorial Hos­ pital, Miami, Florida. mem­ ber of the deck department. he joined the SIU in 1940. He is sur­ vived i)y his brother E m i 1 i o Prado Varela. Place of burial was the Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Maspeth, Long Island, N.Y. 4 4 4 Hal R. Ellis Jr., 53: A heart at­ tack proved fatal to Brother Ellis aboard the Del Norte at sea. A member of the steward depart­ ment, he joined the Union in 1946. He is survived by his sister Mrs. Jean Ellis Bright. Herbert Harry Armfield, 49: Brother Armfield succumbed to a heart attack at the Seattle USPHS Hospital. A member of the engine depart­ ment, he joined the SIU in 1952. Place of burial was the Forrest Lawn Cemetery, Seattle, W a s hington. He is survived by Michiye Inouye, a friend. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Jerry J. Montie, 54: Heart failure proved fatal to Brother Montie on the Carp River, St. Ignace, Mich­ igan. A member of the Union since 1961, he sailed as a linesmen. He is survived by his wife Lauretta. Place of burial was in St. Ignace, Michigan. 4 4 4 Richard E. Lloyd, 47: Brother Leonard Cyprowskl, 28: Brother Lloyd died of natural causes in Cyprovvski died of accidental causes New Orleans, Louisiana. A in San Francisco, member of the California. A engine depart­ member of the en­ ment, he joined gine department, the SIU in 1960. he joined the SIU No beneficiaiy in 1962. He was was designated. buried in New Place of burial Orleans, Louisi­ was in Beaumont, ana. No benefici­ Texas, ary was designa­ ted. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Henry E. Footlander, 61: Brother John Earl Webster, 38: Brother Footlander died of natural causes Webster died of natural causes at 1963, at the De­ the Alpena Gen­ troit USPHS Hos­ eral Hospital, Alpital, Detroit, p e n a, Michigan. Michigan. A mem­ A member of the ber of the Union Union since 1963, since 1962, he .he sailed as a sailed as 8; tug-; wheelsman. He is man, No benedlcisurvived by his ary was designa­ wife . Mary Ann. ted. Place of bur­ P I a c e of burial ial was the Ternwas the Ever­ dale Cemetery, Rivervlew, Michi­ .. • •• a . ' . .. ... green Cemetery, Alpena, Midiigan. gan.-:• - Oetober 1, INI LOG Know Your Rights FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constieuUon ol the SIU Atlantic. Gulf, Lakei and Inland Waters District makea speciBc provision for safesuarding the membership's money and Union Snahces. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters In Brooklyn. TJIUST FUNDS. All 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. All trust fund financial records are available at tha headquarters of the various tru^ 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 avail­ able In all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in tne contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mall. , return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Earl Shcpard. Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board , 17 Battery Place. Suite 1930, New York 4. N.Y. Full copies of contracts as 'eferred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Anpeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU haUs. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official. In your opinion, fails to protect vour contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port, agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member, it has also refrained from pub­ lishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership aetion at tha September, 1960. meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of tha Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among iti ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone In any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment he 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 he reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLI&ATION8. Ths SIU publishes every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitu­ tion. In addition, copies are available In all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer Is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED .SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU menibers drawing disability-pension benefits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attendance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU mem­ bers at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, including service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights In employment and as members of the SIU. These, rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer -may he discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he Is denied the equal rights to which hs Is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITV DONATIONS. Ons of tha basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best Interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through .which legislative and political activities are conducted for tha benefit of the "membership and the Union. . If at any time a Seafarer feeis that any of tha abova rlghti liava baan vlalatad, or that ha has baan daniad Hi* epnstltutianal right of'aceass taUnion racords or Infamiatian, ha shauld Immadlataty notify SIU Frasldant Paul Hall at haadquarters by cfrtlflad :;ntll.. raturn racalpt rqquaitad Buffalo Qct. 13—7:30 P.M. tSaultSte. Marie Oct. 14—7:30 P.M. Duluth Oct. 15—7:30 P.M. ClcTcland Oct. 15—7:30 P.M. Toledo Oct. 15—7:30 P.M. (For meeting place, contact John Mero, 1644 West 3rd Street, Ash­ tabula, Ohio). 4 4 4 SIU Inland Boatmen's Union Philadelphia Oct. 5—5 Baltimore (licensed and unlicensed) Oct. 6—5 Houston Oct. 11—5 Norfolk Oct. 7—5 New Orleans Oct. 12—5 Mobile Oct. 13—5 4 4 P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. PJH. 4 RAILWAY MARINE REGION Jersey City Oct. 11—10 Phiiadeipbia Oct. 12—10 Baltimore Oct. 13—10 "Norfolk Oct. 14—10 A.M. & 8 P.M. A.M. Sc 9 P.M. A.M. & 8 P.M. A.M. Sc 8 P.M. 4 4 4 United Industrial Workers New York Baltimore Philadelphia tHonston Mobile New Orleans Oct. 4—7 Oct. 6—7 Oct. 5—7 Oct. 11—7 Oct. 12—7 Oct. 13—7 P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. "Mealing held at Labor Temple, Newpert News. t Meeting held at Labor Temple. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. Directory Of UNION HALLS SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Lindsey Williams Al Tanner Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS ALPENA, Mich 675 4th Ave., Bklyn. HY 9-6609 127 River St EL 4-3616 BALTIMORE, Md. ...1216 E. Baltimore St BOSTON, Mass EA 7-4909 177 State St Rl 2-0149 BUFFALO, N.Y CHICAGO, Ml 735 Washington St TL 3-9259 9383 Ewing Ave. SA 1-0733 CLEVELAND, Ohio 1420 W. 25th St MA 1-5459 DETROIT, Mich. .10225 W. Jefferson Ave. DULUTH, Minn FRANKFORT, Mich VI 3-4741 312 W. 2nd St RA 2-4110 P.O. Box 287 415 Main St. EL 7-2441 HOUSTON, Tex 5804 Canal St WA 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE, Fla 2608 Pearl St EL 3-0987 JERSEY CITY, N.J. . 99 Montgomery St HE 3-0104 MIAMI, Fla 744 W. F!^*^ler St FR 7-3564 MOBILE, Ala 1 South Lawrence St NEW ORLEANS, La NORFOLK, Va HE 2-1754 630 Jackson Ave. Tel. 529-7546 ' 115 3rd St. ' Tel. 622-1892 PHILADELPHIA, Ponna. . 2604 S. 4th St DE 6-3818 PORT ARTHUR, Tex. 1348 Seventh St. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. 350 Freemont St. DO 2-4401 SANTURCE, P.R.. 1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 29 Tel. 723-8594 SEATTLE, Wash. .....2505 First Avenue ;MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS,'Mo. ...805 Del Mar ' • • ' • • ; • • • CE-11434 TAMPA, Fla. '..312 Harrison St .i . Tel. ''?9-?788 WILMINGTON, Calif. . 505 N. IV > " -e. TE 4-2S2J �OCMMT 1, IMf Tas R0fiui4 CtubOm ' Incoma tax refund ^ecks are being held for the following SIU members by Jack Lynch, Room 201, 8UP Building, 490 Harrison Street, San Fr^cdsco 9, Califor­ nia: Knowlton Allen, Felix P. Amora (2), Alexander Ansalde; fh-la Bushold, Jeaste E. Collins, Jahn W. Cerlew, Wlnfred S. Da­ niel, Hans J. L. Pedersen (2), Blrgcr R. Rasmussen (3), and Harold R. Thomas. SEAFARERS Otoha Lafleir' You are asked to eontaet your mother at her new address at 614 East Long Street, Villo Platte, Louisiana 70586. 4 4 4 Raphael Hernandez You are requested to contact your 'Wife Gloria c/o Mrs. Firado, 187 Baltic Street, Brooklyn, NOW York. 4 4 4 N.Y. Shipping Up in August NEW YORK—^Traffio increased during the month of August in this port, although it failed to reach the levels attained during 1964. During August 986 ocean­ going vessels arrived here, ac­ cording to the regular monthly report of traffic activity prepared by the port Maritime Association. The association reported that the August totals represented a gain of 34 over the 952 ships which visited the port in July. However, the figures for last month were substantially below the 1,040 vessels that arrived in port during August, 1964. An analysis of the arrivals dur­ ing August shows that' 752 were either dry cargo and passenger trade, and that 521 were in for­ eign trade, and 231 in coastal trade. The report said 234 tankers ar­ rived in August, 114 of them fly­ ing the U.S. flag, and 120 foreign flags. Departures from New York were 973 during August, the same number which set sail in the pre­ vious month, but still below the 1,047 vessels which left the port in August, 1964. Of this total, 309 vessels flew the U.S. flag, 118 leaving for foreign ports and 78 bound for coastal destinations. George E. Pickels is, You are requested to contact Bobby Gene McMkhael your wife at 2319 Bailey Terrace, Your mother requests that you Philadelphia 45, Pennsylvania. call home at telephone number 4 4 4 JU 4-8898, or call your brother at Rafhael R. Maldonado telephone number JE 4-7760. You are asked to contact your 4" 4" t mother-in-law Mrs. Mary Jane An­ Donald Cox derson at 23123 Marigold, Tor­ You are requested to write to rance, California. Theodore Maltese at 17 Lincoln "4 4 4 Avenue, Roslyn Heights, New York Earl Wal&te 11977, or phone 516 - MA 1-6384. You are requested to contact ^ is, your sister Mrs. Elmer Swartz at Thomas James McGurn 4248 N.E. Broadway, Portland, You are requested to contact Oregon. your wife Alice who is ill. 4 4 4 Jack J. IVinley, Jr. is, is, is, Your are asked to cmitact Rob­ Ex-SS Afoundrla, 1956 Anyone' who was aboard the ert H. Winley at 604 East Capitol Afoundrla from March, 1956 to De­ Street, 'Washington, D.C. cember, 1956,/ which paid oft in 4 4 4 James E. Byrnes Seattle, is requested to contact You are requested to contact Hugh Gallagher at 1100 Pine Street, your father Joseph Obreza at 339 Clearwater, Florida 33515. N. Clifton Avenue, Lindenhurst, 4 4» 4 Joe Whelan Long Island, New York. You are asked to contact Mr. 4 4 4 John Joseph Naughton Longfellow at 4312 Jefferson Ave­ You are asked to call yoiu; moth­ nue, Houston, Texas. er in reference to your grand­ 4 4 4 James Edgar Slayton mother who is very ill. Phone: 863You are requested to contact 3372. your attorney Sherman F. Raphael 4 4 4 Giffdon E. Finlay at 1041 Maison Blanche Building, (Continued from page 3) You are requested to contact New Orleans, Louisiana, or call with religious groups to respect your wife as soon as possibble. 522-9161. personal religious convictions on union membership and activities. This policy is in connection with objections raised to repeal of Sec­ tion 14(b) by a few religious or­ ganizations (Continued from Page 2) • Approved a report showing a dial $25,000 contribution to aid vic­ the Red Cross rehabilitation pro­ tims of hurricane Betsy and has gram to 80,000 AFL-CIO members 245,000 gain in average monthly mobilized its resources in Louisiana in the area. In addition, the city membership in the 12 months end­ end two nearby states to aid in the AFL-CIO planned a series of com­ ing June 30, 1965, to a level of massive rescue and rehabilitation munity service advertisements in 13,141,194. effort. local newspapers. As factories re­ • Heard a report from Director In some of the hardest-hit areas, opened, the Red Cross assigned of Organization John W. Living­ up to 60 percent of the victims aire staff members to in-plant welfare ston that the percentage of Na­ members of AFL-CIO unions, ac­ work at newly opened plants in tional Labor Relations Board vic­ cording to ah estimate by the Fed­ cooperation with union counselors, tories is increasing for AFL-CIO eration's Community Services Com­ local union leaders and community unions and that the organizing mittee. agencies. campaigns in the Balitmore-DisIn past weeks, state and local Damage to marine facilities and trict of Columbia and Los Angeles AFL-CIO groups worked with equipment runs into many millions areas have added about 83,000 AFL-CIO Community Services of dollars. These losses include: members to union rolls in the past staff members in the massive effort few, years. • Two major ships reported to relieve • suffering — recruiting • Adopted a report amending, sunk, six aground and 18 damaged. rescue workers, manning relief updating and clarifying federation • Two partially completed new stations, searching for and shelter­ rules governing state and lo,cal ing flood victims in union halls ships sunk. central bodies. and schools, distributing food, • Over 200 barges sunk, numer­ • Received with a great dealTJf clothing and medical supplies. ous others damaged. regret the notice of the coming During Betsy's rampage through • Two ferryboats sunk, others retirement of Nelson H. Cruikthe city, the SIU hall,was used as damaged. shank as director of the Depart­ refugee centbr and sheltered over •One dredge sunk, others dam­ ment of Social Security and Sera400 people. Several thousand hot fino Romualdi, who has been on aged. meals were served at the hall with leave from his post as inter-Ameri­ emergency food supplies stock­ • Damage to New Orleans port can representative while working piled by the Union in advance of facilities is expected to run into with the American Institute for the storm. An emergency medical millions of dollars. The towing Free Labor Development. Meany cenkr was also established at the industry reported damage losses of noted that both men had rendered hall where '.'shots',' were adminis­ over $31 million. great service to the trade union tered to help prevent the outbreak movement and had made outstand­ of disease. ing records in their fields. Throughout the emergency pe­ • Received a report from the riod, the Louisiana AFL-CIO and AFL-CIO delegation to the recent the Greater Ne^ Orleans Labor Seafarers are advised to se­ congress of the International Con­ Council were in the "front lines" cure a master's certificate at federation of Free Trade Unions of help to disaster victims, along all times when they become ill in Amsterdam. with national AFL-CIO Community or Injured aboard ship. The • Set the next meeting of the Services staff members and the right to demand a master's cer­ tificate verifying illness or in- Executive Council for December 8 Red Cross. in Saij.Franciscp abd the ^council's Jury aboard a vessel is guaram The Greater New Orleans Labor leed bjr law. • winter meeting < to open February — •.. . Council provided information on 28;'1966, in Honolulu. Labor Asks 14fb) Fight New Orleans Disaster Get Before Leaving Tage Fttteem LOG MTD Executive Council tContlnued from Page 2) Appealing to liberal Republioacountry baz a strong fleet to meet our national defense needs, the cans to fight a planned filibuster MTD board urged the following being organized by Republican Sen­ actiona .be made part of a new ate Leader Everett Dirksen, of Hninoos, against the repeal of section government maritime policy: 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act, the • The revision of the present MTD board urged that they stand subsidy system on a more Intelli­ up and be counted as friends of la­ gent and logical basis to cover bor and be assured of continued shlp-buildlng and operation of support of the country's working both passenger and dry cargo •men and women. Section 14(b> ships. . permits states to pass so-called • The cetabliahment of a well- "right-to-work" laws which under­ planned shipbuilding program in mine the security of trade unions. U.S. shipyards on all coasts to pro­ The MTD also pledged to engage duce a fleet of urgently needed in increased political education and new, modem, fast merchant ships action in preparation for the -1966 on a crash basis. elections. "The executive board announced • Swift aotkn to discourage the ©•owing practice of depleting the its support of a proposal that 30 U.S. fleet by registering ships un­ percent of all oil imported into the der foreign flags to evade payment U.S. be carried in U.S.-flag tankers. of union wages to crews and avoid The proposal was made by a Mari­ payment of U.S. corporate taxes. time Advisory Committee headed Urged prompt passage of the Her- by Theodore Kheel. The board long Bill, HR 4256, which would members said that the present oil end these tax havens used by run­ import quota program was set up away flag operators. to protect the petroleum industry. • The enactment of the Rogers Since U.S. flag tankers are an in­ Bill (HR 9603), which would in­ tegral part of this industry and dp crease Jlie U.S.-flag share of gov­ not receive the protection afforded ernment - fixumced cargoes under other segments of the industry, the PL 480 firom 90'percent to 75 ^- government should enact cargo cent. Called for action to stop the preference requirements in the U.S. ^ Departments of State, Agriculture oil import program. Army Dredging Blasted and Commerce from Ignoring the 50-50 laiw. The MTD executive members • The modernization of relations condemned the expansitm of dredg­ and attitudee between maritime la­ ing operations in the Great Lakes bor, management and the govern­ and Atlantic Coast areas undertak­ ment. Urged universal acceptance en recently by the U.S. Army Corps of the prindplo that a major Share of Engineers. The board declared of savings aocruing from automa­ this expansion had taken place at tion and Inereased productivity the expense of private industry, must be plowed back into shipping private employmwit and the na­ expansion to create more jobs. tional defense program. Your Gear.. for ship ... for shore Whatever you need, in work or dress gear, your SIU Sea Chest has it. Get top quality gear at substantial savings by buy­ ing at your Union-owned ond Unionoperated Sea Chest store. Sport Coofs Slacks Dress Shoes Work Shoos Socks Dungarees Frisko Jeens CPO Shirts Dress Shirts Sport Shirts Beits Khakis Ties Sweat Shirts T-Shirts Shorts Briefs Swim Trunks Sweaters Sou'westers Raingear Caps Writing Materials Toiletries electric Shavers Radios Television Jewelry Cameras Luggage the ,..-1. • •: �;!'• SEAFARERS^LOG o«. 1 19M OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION . ATLANTIC, GULF. LAKES 4MP INLAND WATERS DISTRICT . AFL-Cio) •;i mMr III' Js IMr s 'EAFARERS have traditionally depended on the high sfandards of medical treatment furnished by the United States Public Health Service Hospitals when they are stricken by Illness and accidents. An SIU mem­ ber in a USPHS hospital can also count on regular visits from Union representatives who distribute union welfare benefits and provide tii^ly assistance for any problems that a laid-up member may have. Sei^rers who enter USPHS hospitals know that they are assured of the best medical care available, and for this reason, the SIU is continuing its fight to make certain that the doors of these invaluable facilities remain open. SEAFARERS AT P H S STATEN ISLAND SIU pensioner LeeiieiB Mainsonet relaxes as hisi'wife. Jovita reads the latest edition of the SEAFARERS LOS. Before retiring, Leoncio was a veteran member of th^ en­ gine department, joining the SIU in 1940. The retired Seafarer is looking forward to getting out of drydock so that he can do his relaxing and reading at home. Arthur Wilfret and Louis J. Trap pier read the LOG over their morning coffee in the hospital cafeteria. Robert J. Feeney and Chester Coumos make use of the hospital waiting room to get off a few letters home. USPHS Hospitals offer a great variety of recreational facilities which receive heavy use by Seafarers and other patients. Taking advantage of the large selection of books at the Staten Island USPHS Hospital, Seafarers (l-r) Dominiek Trevisano, John Ulis, and Vincent J. Hoesel gather around Mrs.-W. N. Jones who has been hospital librarian for 15 years. With his right arm in a cast, Kurt Olsen sinks 'em lefty as Ralph Di Paola gives encour­ agement. Seafarers (l-r) Victor Velez Sanabria, Antonio Wofcick, and George Crabtree are glad to see SIU rep Al Bernstein, who is dis­ tributing union welfare benefits. Drydocked Seafarers receive regular visits from representatives of the Union Welfare plan. � 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 October 1, 1965 Description An account of the resource Headlines: AFL-CIO COUNCIL HITS MOVE TO BLOCK 14B REPEAL MTD URGES BLACKLIST OF SHIPS IN VIET RED TRADE MARITIME UNIONS TO SENATE: “KEEP 50-50 ON WHEAT!” GOVERNMENT REPORT PERILS U.S.-FLAG SHIPPING NEW CANADIAN PORT COUNCIL RECEIVES MTD CHARTER MORE AND MORE FOREIGN SHIPS REFUSE U.S. VIETNAM CARGOES SIU VESSELS TIED UP BRIEFLY DURING INDIA-PAKISTAN CONFLICT CONGRESS EXTENDS VESSEL EXCHANGE ACT UNTIL 1970 MOVE TO BRING BACK BRACEROS BEATEN IN CLOSE SENATE VOTE U.S. SUB-SPY SPIES ON SOVIET SPY SUBS ASTRONAUT-AQUANAUT EMERGES AFTER 30 DAYS IN SEALAB II SEAFARERS AT USPHS STATEN ISLAND 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 10/01/1965 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. 21 1965 Periodicals Seafarers Log