http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/fc7353a4f98c471e5734bc56f0d5d22c.PDF f712c8f3595a9043404196c658b5fa3b PDF Text Text SEAFARERS«LOG See. 10 1965 OFFICIAL ORQAN Of THfL SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO Meany Backs MAC Report On Maritime9 Urges Johnson Weigh Proposals Story On Page 3 Advisory Committee's Report Calls For Expanded U.S. Fleet Story On Page 3 AFL-CIO Convention UnderwayTo Map Labor's Future Coals Story On Page 3 Sea-Land, Seatrain Turn Back Attempt By RR's To Set 'Discriminatory' Rates •Story On Page 5 y.^ •i rftonfcsgfV/ng—7965 Cargo Preference Laws Widespread Practice In Foreign Nations At 5IU Halls From Coast To Coast See Center Fold '^ i J Story On Page 16 �rate Tw* SEAFARERS December 10, 190B LOG Building And Construction Trades Hold Convention Building Trades Renew Section 14b Repeal Drive By Paul Hail The opening of the AFL-CIO Convention in San Francisco this week comes at a time when this nation is on the threshold of fulfilling it» SAN FRANCISCO—A renewed drive to seek a Senate vot- on repeal of Section 14(b) obligation to its citizens in many areas through the passage of much of the Taft-Hartley Act, the "right-to-work" section, and a continuing drive to bolster jobs needed and long awaited legislation. in weak areas of the economy marked the opening sessions of the AFL-CIO Building & It cannot be denied, that on the record the 89th Congress proved to be one of the most productive sessions of Congress in the history Construction Trades DepartWirtz pointed out that economic of nation. ment convention here. ments in unemployment compenThe passage of the Medicare Bill, a 1.3 billion aid-to education pro­ progress was uneven and that job­ The delegates heard Labor: gram, a liberalization of social security benefits, the Voting Rights Act, Secretary W W. Willard Willard Wirtz Wirtz --H read Situs Picketing Bill, which Is of lessness was still 9.5 percent among programs to give aid to the 11 state Appalachia area, a major program a message from President Johnson particular importance to the building trades workers them­ to give federal aid to public and private elementary schools—^these are selves, 13 percent in the younger declaring that "high priority" must Building Trades. worker group, more than 8 percent examples of the vital legislation passed by the 89th Congress. Both Wirtz and Haggerty warned be given in the new session of The AFL-CIO, to a great extent, played a major role in obtaining among non-whLte workers. that recent economic progress, al Congress to 14 (b) repeal and pas­ passage of this legisilation. It hps always fought for the economic, The economy is still failing to sage of bills modernizing and im­ though it has reduced the overall political and social rights of all citizens, regardless of whether they use all available manpower, he unemployment rate, must be pur­ proving the wage-hour law and did or did not belong to a labor union. the unemployment compsensation sued to the goal of full employ­ said, despite scattered skill short­ However, the AFL-CIO has no intention of resting on its laurels at ages and the "dangerously wrong" ment in a fully operating economy. sy.stem. this point as the 89th Congress failed to pass several measures that The economic improvement is a talk among some of an "inflation" They heard Building and Con­ were high on labor's priority list. "cause for rejoicing but not for re­ threat, "we cannot afford to let up struction Trades President C. J. One of the greatest disappointments was the failure of the Congress Haggerty pledge an all-out fight laxation," Haggerty said. There is in constant efforts to assure maxi­ to repeal section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act. Although abandoned mum growth." "no earthy reason" the nation against revival of the filibuster The convention heard optimistic in this session of (Congress, the AFL-CIO intends to hold the Demo­ that blocked a Senate vote on should not pursue policies designed reports on prospects for passage cratic Party to Its 1964 campaign pledge to repeal 14(b) and the passage to "provide jobs for all who are 14(b) repeal late in the recent willing and able to work." next year of the situs picketing of the bill to repeal will be a major topic ^ discussion at the AFLCongress. The filibuster was mere­ Full employment "is the only bill, which would end the long CIO Convention this week. ly a "delaying action" that pre­ The Congress also failed to act on several other major proposals. sure way to get rid of poverty, the denial of normal peaceful picket­ vented consideration of the HouseBills to broaden coverage of the minimum wage law to another most effective way of eliminating ing rights to building craftsmen in passed repeal bill on its merits, he seven million Americans and to up the minimum wage to $1.75 an hour a legitimate labor dispute at a discrimination" in employment, he said. multi-employer construction site. were also bypassed by the 89th Congress. .\FL-CIO President George told the convention. Another bill high on labor's priority list which failed to gain passage Meany, in a message to the con­ was the jobsite (situs) picketing bill which would allow unions striking vention read by Haggerty, also a single contractor at a multi-employer construction site to picket the lashed the "shameful" filibuster project without violating the secondary boycott provisions of the by Senator Everett McKinley DirkTaft-Hartley Act. sen (111.) "and his anti-labor co­ These measures and other important legislation will be coming horts" that had denied "the Sen­ befoie Congress in the upcoming session. One of the primary con­ ate and the public their basic cerns of trade unionists attending the AFL-CIO convention this week rivht" to a vote on the repeal bill. will be to mount an effective drive which will see that these bills SIU President Paul Hall, in ad­ are enacted into law. Nine out of 10 Americans over 65 are signing up for the dressing the convention delegates, The AFL-ClO's reputation as the "people's lobby" has been well pointed to repeal of 14(b) as one nation's biggest bargain in health insurance—the federal gov­ earned. Through the ten years since the labor merger it has been of labor's biggest unfinished jobs. ernment's $3-a-month supplementary Medicare program. responsible for the passage of much of the progressive legislation which "We must repeal 14(b)," he said. Sixty percent of the 15 mil-'^ people now take for granted. "We must beat Dirksen." Hall The next ten years promise to be even more challenging. Problems The federal government will pointed to other unrealized goals lion persons on social secu­ pick up half the tab for persons such as unemployment, automation, and the quest for equal rights are which labor must work towards rity retirement rolls have al­ during the coming year, includ­ ready returned what the agency signing up for this additional cov­ areas which wiU be of great concern to this nation in the coming ing increasing and extending the terms "the simplest form in the erage. That drops the cost to the decade. And the AFL-CIO, as in the past, will pursue a course of action minimum wage law and Fair La­ history of the government." .(t's individual to the $3-a-month figure geared to meet these problems as well as other problems that may bor Standards Act. a card with instructions to check —a fraction of the cost of a com­ confront this nation in future. "If we could just take, for ex­ "Yes" to get the insurance or parable private program for per­ ample, the better than a million "No" if the recipient doesn't want sons in the over-65 age group. The enrollment deadline for per­ people who earn less than a dol­ the insurance. lar per hour and raise them to $2 So far, 88 percent of the cards sons who will be 65 or over dur­ an hour, what a shot in the arm returned have the "Yes" box ing 1965 is March 31, 1966. Per­ sons reaching 65 thereafter can for our economy," Hall pointed checked. sign up during a period ranging out. He also called for improveWhether or not they sign up for the supplementary plan, vir­ from three months before the month of their birthday to three The nation's job situation continued its gradual and solid tually all persons over 65 will months after. be entitled to the basic hos­ improvement in November as the seasonally-adjusted job­ For the five out of six persons pital insurance benefits. The over 65 now on social security ben­ less rate edged down to 4.2 percent, the Labor Dept has principal exception is the group efit rolls, there is no problem in reported. already covered by the Federal either signing up or paying for Non-farm employment in­ clined slightly to 12.5 percent in Employes Health Benefits Act. the program. They received or will creased by 467,000—instead of November, the lowest point in three But only those choosing cover­ soon receive information in the years despite the great influx of age will be entitled to the wide mail; their payments, if they sign declining as it usually does this 1.4 million teen-agers into the labor time of year—to a total of 68.7 range of supplementary medical up, will be deducted from their force in the same period. million, a record for November. Breaking down the teen-age job­ SEATTLE—The entire crow of and surgical benefits. This addi­ social security checks. Unemployment moved upward Nor is there a problem for most by 209,000—slightly less than the less rate by race disclosed that the the SIU Pacific District-contracted tional program will pay 80 percent Alaska Steamship Company of the bills, after a $50-a-year de­ elderly persons not under social expected 300,000 rise—to a total of (Continued on page 4) freighter Oduna reached shore ductible, for most expenses not security who are on state old-age 3 million. (Continued on page 6) safely by breeches buoy and by covered by the basic program. These changes from the seasonal helicopter, after the 10,000-ton ves­ pattern caused the key jobless sel went aground on the rocks of rate to improve from 4.3 percent Dec. 10, '65 Vol. XXVIi, No. 26 Unimak Island off the tip of Alas­ in October, usually the most favor­ Official Publication of the SIUNA ka, 700 miles west of Anchorage. able time of the year, to 4.2 per­ Atlantic, Gulf. Lakes & Inland Wateni District. AFL-CIO Nine crewmen reached shore by cent for November. Executive Board a breeches buoy which the crew Harold C. Goldstein, the Labor PAUL HALL, President managed to put ashore to a ground department's manpower expert, CAL TANNER EABL SHEPADR party from the tug Adeline Foss. was asked how much the U.S. Exec. Vice-Prea. Vice-President The remainder of the crew was build-up in South Viet Nam had AL KERB LINDSEV WILHAMB Sec.-Treas. Vice-President taken off by a U.S. Air Force heli­ to do with the job increase. A. MATTHEWS AL TANNEB copter. The difficult rescue, in "Much of the strength (in the ROB. Vice-President Vice-President heavy seas whipped by 50-knot continuing job rise) has not been HERBERT BRAND winds, took 10 hours to complete. due to Viet Nam," Goldstein re­ Director of Organizing and During the rescue procedure the Publications plied. He said the Viet Nam situa­ vessel wallowed in heavy seas with tion has had "some effect" but the Managing Editor: MIKE POLLACK; Asst NATHAN SKYEB; S(a// Writer: five feet of water in her forward basic strength and growth has been Editor: MELVIN PURVIS; Art Editor: BEBNARS holds and engine room. due to rising sales in the automo­ SEAMAN. The crewmetnbers were picked bile and other durable goods in­ up from the barren shore of Uni­ dustries. mak Island by the U.S. Fish and Summing up the November re­ Wildlife Service vessel Pribilof port, Goldstein said the unemploy­ and taken to Cold Bay, where they ment situation has continued its Published biweekly at the headquarter spent the night before being re­ improvement and is now back to of the Seafarers International Union, At lantic. Lakes and Inland Water* 1953 levels for adult men and blue District,Gulf, turned to Seattle. AFL-CIO, 475 Fourth Avenue, At last report the ship was still collar workers. Brooklyn, NY, 1123J. Tel. HYaclnth 9-4400. Air Force helicopter takes crewmembers of the SIU Pacific Second class postage paid at the Post But problem areas remain, he Office In one piece, although the bottom In Brooklyn, NY, under the Act District-contracted Oduna to rocky shore of Unimak Island, added, citing teenage joblessness, of Aug. 24, 1912. was apparently ripped out, and the Alaska, after vessel went hard aground. The entire crew especially among Negro youth. The company has not decided whether was rescued without injury by breeches buoy and helicopter. teenage unemployment rate de­ there will be a salvage attempt. Retirees Strongly Favor Supplementary Medicare Jobless Rafe Drops To 4,2 Percent SiU Pacific Ship Aground, All Hands Safe SEAFARERS LOG �SEAFARERS December 10, 196S LOG Far* Tlire* Urges President 'Give Weight' To Report Maritime Advisory Committee Report Calls For Improved, Expanded U.S.-Flag Fleet » as MTD Convention Delegates Hear Meany Urge Government Adopt MAC Report Proposals SAN FRANCISCO—AFL-CIO President George Meany told delegates to the WASHINGTON—After a year and a half of hard effort to build a record which would make it plain that the Govern- Maritime Trades Department Convention here that President Johnson "should give ment must take positive action now to restore the merchant: Maritime Advisory Committee's Report in making recommen marine, the SIU and other • ® maritime unions represented vision for assisting tankers dations to COHgrCSS tor a, „„tivated absolutely by jor United States operators of ,, • n i, -na- -roppo.so.s 30 oil Import quota, while new maritime policy. "greed for the almighty dollar." runaway shipping. on tlie Presidents Maritime public mernbers' report recAdvLsory Committee scored a sig-: i,e]p tankers and en"Thp MAP T?pnnr|- would . whose position is "to hell with Meany took issue to the Inter 1 ne MAG Itepori WOUia , country and to hell with the nificant brcakihrough on Novem3,, quota. Agency Task Force Report preber 301 h when the CommiUoe ' The „ r> t ;in effect, asks n,.!,,- promote expansion of Amen-, vvorkers . . . This has got to be Boyd1 Report, paied by several Government voted by 13-2 to approve a report | seamen to give up their jobs in can shipping," Meany said, stiopped now. agencies, which he said would prepared by tliree of the pultlic order to make the fleet more com- "and assure carriage of 30 "Let me say just one thing fur-j. . members on the Committee and I petitive through automation. The percent of United States cargoes ther to the Maritime Trades De-1 skeletonize the Amencan shiprecommended that it he ti-ans- ; public report recognizes that any -in American ships, and would . - - - partment unions." Meany said. "If I '"f ustry^ mitted by tlio Secietary of Com­ crew reductions on individual provide for the building of new Government cannot help you on 1 would be the end of the merce to President .Johnson. ships in American shipyards." ;j this problem of runaway ships . . .; American merchant marine. ships must an overall JmiM be UC linked IIIJJVCU to lu an uvciaii — IIII^ VJJ. Awiiavvajr caiH The lopsided vole—in which only expansion in the size of the fleet. "We should have nothing less," | then look around and see if you ^ The Agency Report recom­ the two runaway fleet operator-s It also endorses the Wirtz-Meany 1 Meany said. "We can't afford to, can find something in the maon the Committee dissented—in-1 machinery recommended by Pres- be without a strong merchant ma-, chinery of the great union move- mended phasing out of American ; ment that will enable you to help j passenger ships and the cargo dicated in effect that the rest of idcnt Johnson for the settlement rine." the Committee, including tiie' of disputes on these automated The MTD Convention ran from ' yourself. ' preference laws, and the building management and public members. | ships. December 6-8 and was aliened by j "f think if you look, you will ! of American ships in foreign yards. recognized that the public Interest Finaily. tiie Boyd Report calls more than 200 delegates from 31 I find what you need," Meany said, Meany said that the plight of requires an cx|)anded and im- for no action against the runaway international unions and port i The M.\C Report to which the .American merchant marine is proved American-flag merchant , flags, but the public members' re- councils in the United States and Meany referred was adopted at its the result of "stupid policy on marine. This is the point which j port condemns runaways and the Canada. j November SOth meeting in Wash- jj;; Government He the unions have been trying to theory of "effective control' and The AFL-CIO President strong- ington. traced the crises faced by the hammer liome since the Commit­ urges the replacement of the run­ ly condemned the "naked, ruthThe Report was prepared by tee was set up by President John­ aways with American flags In the less, greed of American financial j three public members—Professor United States in meeting its ship­ ping needs in both world wars, son in the summer of 1964. follow­ bulk trades. interests" who operate ships un-; james Healy. Theodore Kheel and and now in the "minor war" in ing the agreement reached by 1 Thomas Guerin. and was approved Vietnam and characterized it as The only area the public mem­ der runaway flags. President Johnson and AFL-CIO bers' report does not cover is do­ He said there is absolutely no by a 13-2 vote. The two dissenting a "sordid stupid history." President Meany during tiie beef mestic shipping, but it is planned defense, nor justification for run­ members. Lee White of Marine MTD President Paul Hall, who over the shipment of U.S. wheat i prepare a supplemental report away operations. The American Transport Lines, and Joseph An­ presided at the Convention's to Russia. runaway ship operators, Meany drea of Humble Oil, represent ma( Continued on page 15) session accused "the small-minded The public members' report, bureaucrats in federal government which the unions unanimously en­ who are killing the maritime in­ dorsed. was a rebuff to the Inter­ Delegates Meet In San Francisco dustry." He said they have been agency Maritime Task Force. This trying to force a maritime pro­ Task Force bad prepared the sogram on the government and the called Boyd Report which the Ad­ American people that would put visory Committee, at its October the industry out of business. meeting, rejected unanimously. Hall said that the Maritime Ad­ For instance, the Boyd Report ministrator has the responsibility called for a smaller merchant fleet of inxplementing the 1936 Mer­ which would carr.y even less of chant Marine Act, but instead he our cargoes than it does now and SAN FRANCISCO—Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, representing President John- chooses to destroy the industry which would reduce merchant ^e'amen's lobs fr'olii'47.ooo^to'26,- son, will head the long list of public, government and labor leaders scheduled to address through the deliberate use of --- in • the' next. 20 years. ' ' 'delegates to the AFL-CIO's 6th biennial convention opening December 9 at the Civic slanted statistics. 000 Concealed Facts The public members' report, Auditorium in San Francisco. tion's workers if they are used As a result of its examination The MTD president charged adopted by the Advisory Commit­ Other major speakers an­ tee, calls for American ships in nounced by AFL-CIO Presi­ of the nation's economy, the properly. But failure to adopt Government agencies with con­ Council recommended a shorter adequate adjustment measures cealing facts about the maritime ail categorie.s—cargo liners, dry dent George Meany, include Secbulk vessels and tankers-to carry ;:;t;;.y";f'state Dea^ Ru;k:La"bor work week, with no reduction of could lead to rising unemploy­ industry by the manipulation of at least 30'c of our commerce. Secretary W. Willard Wirtz, United take-home pay, more job-creating ment and heightened social ten- statistical data. Hall cited as an example the statistics issued by This, of comse, would mean a Nations Ambasador Arthur J. investment measures by the Fed-1 sions, the Council pointed out. There will be a need for over Maritime Administrator Nicholas larger fleet with more job oppor­ Goldberg, Deputy Undersecretary era) Government, and a step-up in the rate of wage increases. But. four million additional job oppor­ Johnson that indicate that sub­ tunities for seamen. of State U. .Alexis Johnson. Di­ the Council asserted, "The No. 1 The Boyd Report would com­ rector R. Sargent Shriver of the reality is the need for jobs at de­ tunities each year until 1970 to sidies for agriculture costs about keep pace with the spreading im­ $1,000 per farmer, whereas he mit the Government to building Office of Economic Opportunity cent wages." pact of the new technology and offered figures to show that mari­ only 100 new dry bulk carriers in and National Commander L. Eldon "The accelerating growth of the the accelerating growth of the time subsidies cost from $7,000the next 20 years, while the pub­ James of the American Legion. labor force, with an increasing labor force, on top of the present I $15,000 per seaman. Hall said that lic members' report in effect calls (.\s the LOG went to press, the for at least 250 dry bulk carriers .^FL-CIO convention was still in influx of youngsters, is merely level of unemployment and un- the Maritime Administrators figone part of the manpower revolu­ deremployment, according to the I ures did not use the same measurein the same period. progress. A complete report on tion confronting America." the Council. mcnts in arriving at the results. The Boyd Report would exfend convention actions will appear in Council noted in Its economic re­ The Council report estimated "If they did," Hall said, "the fact operating subsidy to only 30-40 the next issue of the Seafarers port. that more than 10 million jobs is that maritime subsidies costs presently unsiibsidized cargo Log.) today pay less than $1.50 an hour, per seaman would be about $1,000".A.n even greater manpower liners, while the public members' Vice President Humphrey is and noted that about one-half of | $1,1000 — the same as for agrireport calls for the entire present­ scheduled to speak Friday after- problem." it continued, "is the the poverty problem in the na- j culture subsidy cost per farmer.' continuing spread of the tech­ tion today is related to the lack ly unsubsidized cargo liner fleet | noon. December 10. nological revolution — advanced Hall said that the Government to be replaced in 5-8 years. Also on December 10. the con­ mechanization, automation, the of jobs at decent wages. bureaucrats were also concealing The Boyd Report calls for phas­ vention will recess for a meeting computer miniaturization, the In advance of the AFL-CIO the important role of the merchant ing out all U.S. passenger ships, of the AFL-CIO General Board, la.ser, the increasing utilization of Convention, the Industrial Union marine in a favorable balance of while the public members' report made up of the 29 Executive Coun- isotopes and atomic energy— Department held its convention in payments for this nation. He said calls for retaining passenger serv- cil members and a chief executive which is reducing manpower re­ •Wa.shington last month. Other that .American shipping contrib­ ices. officer of each affiliated national quirements. shifting industry lo­ department conventions which utes about one billion dollars a and international union and trade cation, changing skill require­ were held in San Francisco were year to the plus side of the pay­ The Boyd Report would permit ships to be built abroad but enjoy and industrial" department. SIU ments. reducing the utilization of the Building & Construction ment's balance, and pointed out the privileges of U.S. registry, President Paul Hall, is a member materials and fixed Capital per Trades Department, which con­ that the oil companies, who are cluded December 3; the Metal of the AFL-CIO Executive Council. while the public members' report unit of finished product." Trades Department, which met the principal _ operators of run­ At a pre-convention one-day requires all ships under the pro­ Rapid Increases December 6-7; Maritime Trades away-flag ships, reduces the bal­ gram to be built in American meeting of the AFL-CIO Execu­ Department, December 6-8; and ance of payments by at out a Although these rapid increases tive Council on December 8. the yards. -billion dollars. Council noted that the U.S. needs" in technological change can be a the Union Label & Services The Boyd report calls for phas­ 80.000 new job oppbrtunities each blessing, the Council noted, they Trades Department, December "The bureaucrats are taking ad­ ing out the cargo preference pro­ week to reduce unemployment to can also be p source of trouble 6-7. vantage of the weakness of the in­ gram while the public members' a minimum and keep it there in and severe hardship. They can The International Labor Press dustry and the divisions that exists reports calls for its retention. the face of automation and an ex­ bring a higher standard of living Association met in convention De­ within it," Hall said. "These burThe Boyd Report makes no pro- panding labor force. and more leisure time for the na- cember 4 through 8. (Continued on page IjS) Sixth Biennial AFL-CIO Convention Underway �Pace Four SEAFARERS LOG December 10, 196S Five Seafarer Oldfinters Added To Pension Roster Five additional SIU veterans have been added to the list of SIU pensioners, enabling them to enjoy their retirement years with life-time $150 monthly pension checks. The four pensioners are Ransom H. Wilson, 55, William E. Livinghouse, 61, Floyd F. Gilbert, 65, Charles C. Devil--*lier, 60, and George O'Rourke, 65. Wilson, a member of the engine department, was born in Indiana and joined the SIU in Tampa, Florida. His last ship was the Mia­ mi Cities Service, and he plans to retire in Tampa. Livinghouse sailed as a marine engineer and was born in Pascagoula. Mississippi, where he plans to make his permanent home. He ®y (Bull) Shepard, Vice-Presidenf, Atlantic Charles W. Maynard, who got off the Raphael Semmes not too long ago in Houston showed up at the New York hall recently ready to ship again. Pedro Garcia is anxious to ship again after getting his ffd. After a long spell on the dredge-barge Ezra Sensibar, Jack Caffey is keeping his eye on the shipping board, Baltimore * ' weeks but is expected to pick up Shipping has been fair during during the next period. the last period and prospects are Maurice Olson, a 25-year SIU good for the next two weeks. We veteran who last sailed on the have the Alamar, Losmar and Ocean Pioneer as bosun is itching Marore laid up and expect to to ship again and ready to grab crew the Marore soon, probably the first job that hits the board, Frank "Fiash" Simione is just for a grain run. During the last out of drydock and ready for the two weeks we paid off five ships, first steward department job that signed on five and had eight comes up. Simione last sailed as third cook on the St, Christopher, ships in transit. i Frederick Meinerth, whose last Several real oldtimers have j ship was the Sleei Apprentice been in the hall here recently, says the deck department will including James have to get along without him T, Lasslter, who until after the holidays, which he has been sailing expects to spend with h.s family. Seafarer George O'Rourke (right), is shown receiving his in the engine defirst pension check from SIU Patrolman Leon Hall. O'Rourke Wilson Livinghouse Norfolk p a r t m e n t for was born In Ireland and joined the Union in New York. about 28 years: Joined the SIU Inland Boatmen's Shipping has been fair for the Ira Willoughby, A member of the deck department, he now lives in Orange, Union in Port Arthur. Texas, and last period and should hold steady Jr., w ho has New Jersey with his wife, Lillianhis last job was aboard the Slade, with the Cottonwood Creek pay­ spent about 24 Inc. ing off in a week or so. During years in the the last period we bandied five Gilbert, a deck department vet­ steward depart­ Wllloughby payoffs, 2 sign-ons, and serviced eran, joined the Union in Frank­ ment and recent­ eight ships in transit. fort, Michigan. He was born in ly paid off the Kyska to spend Watervale, Michigan and plans to (Continued from page 2) Juan Perera paid off the worktime lost due to unmeploy- Christmas at home; and William retire in Arcadia, Michigan. Gil- rate for white teen-agers has since ment and involuntary part-time, Florida State when she laid up bert wa^ lastjmployed by the Ann ! juiy averaged 11.5 percent or down declined to 4.5 percent in Novem­ Little, a 20 year SIU veteran who recently but is looking for a coaster. Arber R.R. Company. ~ to its level of late 1957. The non- ber. This is down from 5.2 percent hopes to get on Devillier, who sailed with the white teenage rate, however, hangs a year ago. Philadelphia again when she SIU-IBU, joined the Union in New stubbornly at 25 percent and above. recrews. Perera Put conversely, this means the Shipping has been holding sailed as oiler. Thus one of every 4 non-white U.S. was using 95.5 percent of the steady in this port and is not ex­ teen-agers re.mains jobless. total amount of worktime offered pected to change drastically dur­ Thomas Gower found his way The overall jobless rate of 4.2; economy. This was the best back to the Nor­ percent for November is the lowest: performance since March 1957, ing the coming weeks. since August 1957 and equals the Goldstein noted Fred Clopton is on the beach folk hall from "A particularly noteworthy de- here hoping to find an FWT or Houston. His last 1956, the Labor Dept. pointed out.. „ oiler slot on one of the Calmar job was oiler on Gower Moving Down j^abor Dept. report, "was the fur- ships before the holidays. Fred the TranshatThe overall unemploymen rate reduction in hard-core unem- has been an SIU man for over teras. Douglas Clark, AB, is in the has been moving downward all this; „,,, 20 years. A 24 year veteran, hall here hoping to catch a tank­ Devillier Gilbert .voar, but very gradually. The win97 r. ' , f j , o7K^nnn uevillier vilDerr • ^ ^ , j • V, • - 27 weeks or longer stood at 275,000 Maurice McCosky is at the hall er. His last ship was the Natalie. here waiting for a good spot. OldPuerto Rico Orleans. He served as an assistant; an^i^rease howev^/'^vdth the cur-' November, 100,000 below a year timer Charles Moss who retired engineer^ and now lives with his | tailment of outdoor' activity. Butj^fJ Novem- after 20 years with the Union has Miguel Llovet arrived on the wife, Melvina, in Plaquemine, since registering 4.5 percent in been visiting the Philly hall re­ Island after a long spell on the Louisiana. Deviller's last job was ju]y_ rate has been 4.5 percent Long-Term Rate cently chatting with old friends Chatham to spend the holidays in aboard the tug Ann Landry. jjj August, 4.4 percent in SeptemThe long-term unemployed—all and enjoying the life of a retired Ponce with his family. Angel "Vila O'Rourke, a member of the deck ber, 4.3 percent in October and those jobless 15 weeks or longer— Seafarer. piled off the Seatrain Texas long department, was born in Ireland ; now is 4.2 percent. A year ago it | totaled 531,000 in November; this enough to take care of some per­ Boston and joined the Union in New York. | was 4.9 percent. ! was down about 55,000 over the sonal business, after which he ex­ He last shipped out on the Detroit j The solidity of the recent job 1 month and compared to 760,000 Shipping has remained on the pects to look for a galley job. and now makes his home in' improvements is reflected in a j a year ago. slow bell during the last two pronto. Orange, New Jersey, with his wife,! measurement called "labor force Mary. j time lost." This rate, which adds Jobless Rate Declines Vote Of Support For SIU United industrial Workers Statement Of Ownership statement of the ownership, man­ agement, and circulation required by the Act of Congress of Augu.st 24. 1912, as amended by the Act.s of March 3, 1933. July 2, 1946 and June 11, 1960 (74 Stat. 2081 shoT.ving the ownership, mana.gement and circiilation of SEAFARERS LOG publi.-hed monthly at Brooklyn, New York, for Si-ptemher 17, ]tl6.7. 1. The names and addres.ses of the publisher, editor, managing ediior and busine.ss managers are: Publish­ er: Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District, 075 4th Ave., Krooklyn 32. NV; Direi-iin- nf I'uhlieation. Herbert Briind. (17.7 41)1 Ave.. Hronkl\n 32, NV; .Muiumin.q Hditor. .Mieha.el I'ollack. i!7"i 4lii Ave., Brooklyn 32, NV: Busines.s JlaiiuKer, none. 2. The owner is: fif owned by a corporation, its name and addre.<;s must be stated and also immediately thereunder the names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding one percent or more of total amount of stock. If not owned by a corpo­ ration, the names and addresses of the individual owners must be given. If owned by a partnership or other unincorporated firm, its name and address as well as that of each in­ dividual member, must be given.) Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY; Paul Hall, President, 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY; A1 Kerr, Secretary-Treasurer, 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY. 3. The known bondholders, mort­ gagees, and other security holders owning or holding one percent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: (If there are none, so state.; None. 4. Paragraphs 2 and 3 include, in cases where the stockholder or se­ curity holder appears upon the books of the company as trustees or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or oorporation for whom such trustee is acting; also the statements in the two para­ graphs show the affiant's full knowl­ edge and belief as to the circum­ stances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner. 5. The average number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers dur­ ing the 12 months preceding the date shown above was: (This information is required by the Act of June 11, 1960 to be included in all statements regardless of frequency of issue.) 58.000. (Signed) Herbert Brand, Director of I'ublications. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 1st day of October, 1965. Bertram Greene, Commissioner of Deeds. (M.v eommisssion expires December 15,1966. The SIU United Industrial Workers Union won recent representation election at Columbia Yacht Corporation in Portsmouth, Virginia by an overwhelming 56 to 7 vote. Columbia Yacht Corp. employees in photo demonstrated their support for SlU-UIW representation following meeting held at the Norfolk hall prior to the balloting. �SEAFARERS December 10, 1965 mmmismammmmmmmMm Page Fire LOG ICC Examiner Nixes RR "Package DeaF' Welding And Cutting Sea-Land And Seatrain Require Extra Care Defeat RR Rate-Cut Bid Oxy-acetylene welding and cutting equipment can be dangerous if it is not handled properly. To assure that no accidents result from its use, safe practices for the installa­ tion and operation of such-*^ der or cylinder manifold without equipment is necessary. reducing the pressure through a One of the most important suitable pressure regulator. Pres­ things to remember is that mix­ tures of acetylene with air or oxygen may be explosive and must be carefully avoided. No device or attachment allowing oxygen to mix with acetylene prior to consumption, except at the burner or in a standard torch should be allowed unless specific­ ally approved for the purpose. Tests of any piping systems or apparatus for leaks should never be made with a flame, but with soapy water instead. When acetylene lines or other parts of equipment are being cleared of air, lights or other sources of pos­ sible ignition should never be allowed near the uncapped open­ ings. Another important thing to re­ member is that both oxygen and acetylene may react strangely when brought in contact with dif­ ferent substances. Oxygen under high pressure may react violently with oil or grease, so every pos­ sible precaution should be taken to prevent oxygen from coming in contact with oil and grease. Oxy­ gen cylinders valves, regulators, hose and other apparatus and fit­ tings should be kept free from oil or grease as well. Under no circumstances should acetylene be brought into contact with unalloyed copper, except in a blowpipe or torch. Pressure is another factor re­ quiring care. Oxygen or acetylene should never be used from cylin­ sure adjusting screws on regu­ lators should always be fully re­ leased before the regulator is at­ tached to a cylinder and the cylinder valve opened. Always open the valves on cylinders slowly and stand to one side of, never in front of pressure regu­ lator gauge faces when opening cylinder valves. Before removing a regulator from a cylinder valve always close the valve and release gas from the regulator. Oxygen and acety­ lene cylinders should be placed far enough away from the weld­ ing position that they will not be unduly heated by radiation from heated materials, by sparks or slag, or by misdirection of the torch flame. Cylinders should always be pro­ tected against excessive rises in temperature. They can be stored in the open, but must be pro­ tected from direct rays of the sun in areas where high temperatures are common. Never do cutting or welding in the presence of flammable gases or vapors, and don't weld or flame-cut an oil barrel or contain­ er that has held flammable liquids, vapor, or other flammable materials, without first making sure that such materials have been removed. Be sure that sparks from a cut­ ting operation don't fall on per­ sons working below, into flam­ mable material or onto unpro­ tected cylinders. WASHINGTON—Railroad proposals to include water-competitive commodities in a special-rate "package deal" with non-water-competitive commodities have been found to be "unjustly discriminatory, unjust and unreasonable" by an Interstate Commerce Com­ mission Hearing Examiner in"*" a complaint brought by SIU- amounts of plastics for one of the tities amounting in 1963 to 17 mil­ pounds for Sea-Land and contracted Sea-Land Service largest chemical companies in the lion about 10 million pounds for Sea­ and Seatrain Lines. The Hearing Examiner found that proposals of the Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad to offer shippers special low rates by including polyethylene plas­ tics with a group of liquid chemi­ cal cargoes constituted a destruc­ tive competitive practice on the part of the railroad against the water carriers. Sea-Land and Seatrain had complained that the special rates by the railroad on the shipment of special groupings of water competitive and non-water com­ petitive commodities from Texas and Louisiona to New England and the Middle Atlantic States constituted a destructive competi­ tive practice in violation of the transportation policy and the antitrust laws, by tying competi­ tive traffic (plastics) to relatively non-competitive traffic (liquid chemicals). Limitations In. upholding Sea-Land and Sea­ train complaints, the Hearing Examiner pointed out that SeaLand is not equipped with tank trailers capable of handling bulk shipments of liquid chemicals, and that physical limitations pre­ vent Seatrain from handling rail loaded tank cars weighing in ex­ cess of 200,000 pounds. He pointed out however that plastics represent 40 to 45 per­ cent of Sea Land's northbound tonnage, and in 1963 represented 12.5 percent of Seatrain's north­ bound tonnage. Both Sea-Land and Seatrain are handling substantial Lifeboat Class No. 140 Makes The Grade Having their class picture taken by the LOG photographer after successfully completing life­ boat training course at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, are members of SlU Lifeboat Class No. 140. Graduates are (l-r, front row): Pablo Lopez, Nick Yang, James Kerry and Richard A. Quinn. Middle row: Matthew Janos, R. Geiszler, Eddie Sekella, James Logan and Thomas Stinnette. Back row: Albert Johns, Chris Elliott, John Dixon, Alfred Allain, Jr., and instructor Ami Bjornsson. country which Is located in the disputed area, he noted, in quan­ train. Delta To Open U.S.-P.R. Passenger Service Soon NEW ORLEANS—SlU-contracted Delta Steamship Lines will open a U.S. Gulf to San Juan, P.R. passenger service in the near future—the first time in 12 years that such service has been available aboard a-^ Delta plans carrying only one­ U.S.-flag ship. way passengers from New Orleans The Maritime Subsidy to San Juan. The Miarad approval Board has granted Delta permission to carry passengers from Gulf ports to San Juan as part of the line's regular passenger service between New Orleans and the East Coast of South America. Delta has been calling at San Juan for about a year as part of its regular round trips between New Orleans and Buenos Aires, but did not have authority to debark pas­ sengers in Puerto Rico. provides Delta with authority to carry the one-way passengers for one year. There has been no American-flag passenger ship service to San Juan since April, 1953, when the SlUcontracted A. H. Bull Lines with­ drew the 200-passenger ship Puerto Rico from the service, which had begun in the summer of 1949. Bull Lines subsequently went into bank­ ruptcy. By Lindsey Williams, Vice-President, The city of New Orleans was host to the annual convention of the Louisiana Federation of Teachers recently. Edward A. Fontaine, the president of the union, said that the Orleans Parish School Board had acted in "bad faith" when it refused to permit teachers to vote on an exclusive bargaining agent. The School Board had voted aboard the Alice Brown. Larry re­ down by a 4-1 margin a petition ports a good trip aboard the Alice submitted by 2,000 teachers asking Brown and expects to stay on the that the Louisiana Federation of beach until February, when he Teachers be certified as their ex­ and his wife are expecting an addi­ clusive bargaining agent. tion to the Laffargue clan. After Shipping in the Gulf area has that he expects to take the first slowed down considerably, but this fwt or oiler's slot that comes up. should be temporary, as the out­ Mobile look for the coming period is very Shipping in Mobile has re­ good. mained on the slow bell during Over 900 members of the SlU the past period although we still were on hand in the New Orleans hope for a pickup in activity soon. Hall on Thanksgiving Day and en­ Herbert F. Lonczynski is on the joyed a dinner that included such delights as Louisiana Seafood beach here following a trip to Gumbo "Rice," Roast Young Tom India as AB aboard the Producer. Turkey, Baked Hickory Smoked A 20-year SlU veteran, Lonczyn­ Virginia Ham "Hawaiian Garni," ski is now looking for a trip to and Candied Louisiana Yams, Germany so he can get to see his sister there. Nolan Flowers Is back on the Bosun James L. Foster, is talk­ beach after a long trip on the ing about his last trip on the Del Santos. He Marore which got involved with a said that he's hurricane and ran aground twice. looking for a Howard B. Davis, who last sailed Viet Nam or Far as oiler on the Alcoa Ranger has East run as an been in the hall here to look up electrician. some friends. He says he intends Jose "Papa to stay ashore for a while to get Joe" Sera Dens, to know his baby daughter a little after being in better. the hospital Houston more than a Flowers Shipping out of Houston has month is around the hall waiting for a fit for duty been holding steady and the out­ so he can head back to South look for the future remains good. America. W. R. Brightwell is just off the We are sorry to report that the Anston Victory and is already wife of James "Jimmy" George looking for a deck department slot died while he was shipping on the on a ship going to South America Madaket. Jimmy is back on the or the Mediterranean. Sal Frank beach now and says that he will is Jooking for a deck slot on a be ready to ship out again, prefer­ coastwise tanker after returning ably as a deck engineer or an from an Indian run aboard the oiier. Alcoa Mariner. C. D. Umfieet has Larry Laffargue is on the beach his ffd after a long layup in the here after a trip to Vietnam Galveston USPHS hospital. �Page Six SEAFARERS December 10, 1968 LOG DISPATCHERS REPDRT^^*^ont\e, Culf, Lakes & Inland Waters District November 6 to November 19 DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTEREB All Groups Class A Class B 3 1 New York 56 13 Philadelphia 4 19 Baltimore 45 9 7 6 Norfolk 7 Jacksonville 4 3 1 Tampa 20 Mobile 9 27 New Orleans 45 37 Houston 53 5 Wilmington 11 15 30 San Francisco ... • 7 18 Seattle Totals 153 312 QUESTION: If you were aboard a round-the-world ship and needed a haircut, what port would you prefer to stop in to look Port for a barber and why? Boston Frank Warren: In the United States it really wouldn't matter a great deal, but a man should choose a barber in a foreign coun­ try carefully. Jap­ anese barbers take their time and do a good job, although the barbers in India are just not sani­ tary. Then, too, a seafarer has to watch out for the different style in other countries. In some countries, for example, they cut the sideburns down to a point, which would never do for me. Juan Bernard: To tell the truth, it doesn't make a whole lot of dif­ ference to me where I get my hair cut, just so long as I get it trimmed when it needs it. With a few exceptions, barbers are by and large the same throughout the world. I can't seem to remem­ ber any bad haircuts, although it might be due to the fact that I've Port never thought about it much. Boston New York Philadelphia John E, Funk: When I need a Baltimore haircut, I like the steward aboard Norfolk i 4" the ship to do the Jacksonville Michael Lubas: Sanitation is al­ job for me. It's Tampa ways my first consideration when I cheaper, he Mobile look for a place New Orleans usually does a to get a haircut, Houston good job, and at Wilmington and for that rea­ least I know his San Francisco .... son I would nev­ instruments are Seattle er have my hair clean. I have nev­ Totals cut in India. It seems that they don't wash their machines for a year or so, and their clippers are as black as the ace of spades'. Japan isn't bad at all, nor is Italy. 4. t Juan Villafane: I'll tell you flat out that Hawaii is the place for an excellent haircut, because they trim my hair just the way I like it. If I tell them to cut my hair one way, there's nev­ er any danger of them doing it an­ other. It's the one place other than New York where barbers seem to know what they are doing. 4 4 4- er gotten a hair­ cut at a foreign port and don't in­ tend to start this late in the game, because I don't know their restrictions on cleanli­ Port ness. Boston 4 4 4 Bernard Schwartz: If I'm not in New York, I'd rather have my hair cut in Japan, be­ cause of their fine meticulous attention to de­ tails and their diligent care so far as my instructions go, I wouldn't want to have my hair cut in California, be­ cause it's so damned expensive—three dollars, and they expect a liberal tip. In Japan it's less than a dollar, or in some cases for a pack of cigarettes. New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Totals NOW ON THE BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 13 2 214 64 43 21 91 40 23 23 4 10 2 0 86 31 160 81 152 68 16 5 59 20 45 14 908 379 ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B 0 0 31 46 8 5 9 24 12 14 3 0 1 6 12 13 20 30 44 26 5 7 8 24 13 9 166 204 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 0 0 2 17 40 13 10 9 1 17 21 3 10 0 6 7 2 3 0 0 2 3 1 11 14 21 1 42 40 6 1 4 6 20 10 30 12 1 2 135 187 66 NOW ON THE BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 7 3 120 47 23 27 60 54 21 18 7 5 6 1 46 26 110 69 78 76 12 10 48 13 24 14 562 363 STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOT.AL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B 1 4 15 39 4 6 11 26 9 5 3 2 0 6 8 17 33 38 20 29 4 7 0 18 14 7 122 204 James Dooley Honored By Labor Council imi By A! Tanner, Vice President and Fred Farnen, Secretary-Treasurer, Great Lakes We are now approaching the end of the navigation in Detroit and In a couple of weeks all shipping will come to a standstill as the great fleets on the Lakes prepare to lay up for the winter. Kinsman Marine Transit Company (Steinbrenner) was the first S.I.U. fleet to lay up, as all seven vessels made their way to the Port of Buffalo with storage grain. *• Grain shipments on the Great paid off on the 29th of November. Lakes set an all time monthly rec­ Due to the weather conditions ord of 2,719,279 net tons in October. the Philip Minch and the R. E. Web­ U. S. Flag vessels carried 15:9% of ster were delayed in getting here but are expected within the next the total. day or so for lay up. As present the The St. Lawrence Seaway will Roland vessels layup list has been close on December 3rd and many issued, but no dates for layup are deep sea vessels are now trying to definite as yet. beat that deadline. There are some We were sorry to hear of the 100 ships still on the Lakes, and with less than a week to go, ob­ death of Richard Holmes, Wheels­ servers believe that some of them man on the Richard Reiss. He was one of the men who usually shipped will not clear the locks in time. out of this hall and was known by BUFFALO many of the boys in this area. With the 1965 shipping season With the approaching holiday coming to a close, shipping is finally season, the Port Agent in Buffalo, beginning to taper off. Roy Boudreau. wishes to extend Several of the winter standbys best wishes for a Happy holiday are already coming to the hall for season and a prosperous New Year. DULUTH their cribbage game or a game of billiards while waiting for shifting Shipping has dropped off in the jobs. Engine and Stewards Department; The Henry Steinbrenner, first of | however, we are still getting plenty the Kinsman Marine Transit Com- of job calls for the D-^ck Departpany vessels to lay up in this port, (Continued on page 11) TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 5 1 0 40 25 5 7 19 7 28 10 2 4 10 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 8 6 0 17 30 4 57 35 6 5 4 5 27 14 30 10 18 10 145 244 72 James Dooley PORTLAND, Ore. — James M. Dooley, reecntly-appointed SUP port agent in Portland, has been honored by a special resolution of the AFL-CIO Central Labor Coun­ cil of Honolulu for his long service to that organization, which he served as President. Dooley was SUP port agent in Honolulu from 1953 until his re­ cent transfer to Portland. During that period he served as President of the Honolulu Central Labor Council and as President of the Honolulu AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Port Council. The special resolution, endorsed by Council members representing all areas of the Hawaii labor move­ ment, cites Dooley for service "above and beyond the normal call of duty." TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 1 2 1 13 10 34 10 13 1 14 1 15 8 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 3 3 0 8 28 10 2 40 21 12 0 8 3 18 5 27 11 12 2 60 186 98 NOW ON THE BEACH AH Groups Clas.s A Class B 6 2 121 26 19 10 78 36 15 19 2 4 6 0 o4 27 140 80 108 32 13 5 38 7 20 22 622 268 Retirees In Favor Of Medicare Insurance (Continued from page 2) assistance rolls. Nearly all states have arranged to pay the Medicare insurance fee for this group. But there remain several million persons who will not automatically receive invitations to enroll in the program and who will have to take the initiative in applying. This group includes an estimated 1.5 million persons over 65 still em­ ployed full time and some 700,000 non-working elderly people who are not receiving either social se­ curity or old age a.s.sistance. Apply in Person These persons will have to apply in person for the Medicare plan if they wish to be covered and also for the free basic hospital insur­ ance benefits to which they are en­ titled as a matter of right, whether or not they sign up for the supple­ mentary plan. While some persons over 65 may now have other medical insurance plans, in nearly every case it will pay them to sign up for the govern­ ment programs. There is no bar under the government program to drawing duplicate benefits, al­ though some private plans may not pay for expenses covered by an­ other program. Furthermore, there is a pen­ alty for those who don't sign up for the Medicare program when first eligible. They will have to wait two years for their next chance—and then pay a higher premium and be subject to a waiting period for benefits. There are more than 600 social security district offices throughout the nation where those not on the social security benefit rolls can apply for their hospital benefit cards and the Medicare program. In addition, most other communities are visited periodi­ cally by a social security repre­ sentative whose schedule is nor­ mally posted in the local post of­ fice. He will also go to the homes of bedridden persons on request. The AFL-CIO Department of of Community Services is playing a major role in making informa­ tion on the Medicare program—as well as other new changes in the social security law—available to union families and the community. Community Services Director Leo Perlis called on both CBC staff representatives and local un­ ion counselors to familarize them­ selves with all aspects of the pro­ gram and use all means to get the information to persons who may be eligible. Both labor and the government have cautioned persons over 65 not to drop existing hospital and medi­ cal insurance at this time. The new programs don't become effective until July 1, 1966. Thus a person dropping private insur­ ance would be left unprotected until then. In addition, most pri­ vate plans are being reshaped to supplement instead of duplicate Medicare coverage. �DMember It. Ittl SEAFARERS Labor Plans Now For Congressional Elections! LOG Far* Serea "I Know What's On Your Minds-And I Don't Uke It! The upcoming Congressional elections and the need for maintaining a liberal congress will be the major themes of the thirteen area con­ ferences that have been scheduled for 1966 by the AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education. Each meeting will last one day and will be attended by delegates from state and city central bodies and local unions. The schedule is as follows: Jan. 7—Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia, for Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Jan. 17—Muehlebach Hotel, Kansas City, Mo., for Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma. Jan. 20—Dinkler-Plaza Hotel, Atlanta, Ga., for Georgia, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee. Jan. 23—Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C., for the District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. Feb. 5—Cosmopolitan Hotel, Denver, Colo., for Colorado, Now Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. Feb. 8—Olympic Hotel, Seattle, Wash., for Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Montana and Oregon. Feb. 11—Jack Tar Hotel, San Francisco, for California, Arizona, Hawaii and Nevada. Feb. 25—LaSalle Hotel, Chicago, for Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. Mar. 4—Sheraton-Lincoln Hotel, Houston, Tex., fo:* Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Mar. 8—Pick-Nicollet Hotel, Minneapolis, Minn., for Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. Mar. 11—Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel, Detroit, Mich., for Michigan and Ohio. Mar. 18—Dewitt Clinton Hotel, Albany, N.Y., for New York, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Mar. 21—Sheraton-Boston Hotel, Boston, Mass., for Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. The Kentucky Court of Appeals has ruled that enrployers must give about $12 million in minimum wage backpay to some 20,000 women and jninors working in hotels and res­ taurants. The decision affirmed a 1961 order by a state wage board setting a minimum wage schedule effective August 1, 1962. Employers had attempted to hold up the ef­ fective date through court action. All workers affected by the ruling are entitled to packpay for the IBmonth period involved. The unanimous decision climaxed a 16year fight by organiezd labor for minimum wage regulations in the •tate's 9,000 hotels, motels and res­ taurants. tinuation of present services and help establish an official publica­ tion. President I.W. Abel of the Steelworkers Union was the princi­ pal speaker, and delegates heard Senator Jennings Randolph (DW. Va.) renew his support for the repeal of Section 14(b) of the TaftHartley Act. if if if utility Workers Local 1-2 has reached a new three-year agree­ ment averaging 61.5 cents an hour in higher wage and welfare benefits for 25,000 members employed by the Consolidated Edison Company in New York and Westchester coun­ ty. Negotiations had been conducted since early October. The new pact if if ^ provides wage hikes, additional pay­ Regional conferences of the Book- ments to qualified workers under hinders have renewed appeals to all an improved progression plan in re­ organized labor to oppose the ex­ classifications and promotions. penditure of tax money on school if if if books printed by the strikebound The Supreme Court has refused Kingsport (Tenn.) Press. Five print­ to review two petitions filed by ing trade unions have been on employers who sought to upset Na­ strike at Kingsport Press since tional Labor Relations Board deci­ March 11, 1963. All of the Book­ sions in card-check cases. The court binders' conferences urged locals thus let stand lower court rulings to ask their school boards to ban that the NLRB rightfully ordered the purchase of text books made the two firms to bargain on the by Kingsport Press, and also to op­ basis of authorization cards after pose the purchase of the World each management destroyed a union Book Encyclopedia and Childcraft, majority by unlawful pressure on which are manufactured by the workers. The petitions had been struck company for Field Enter­ filed by the Colson Corp., Caruthprises in Chicago. ersville. Mo., in a case involving the Boiler Makers; and SNC Mfg. Co., if if if Inc., Oshkosh, Wis., concerning the The West Virginia AFL-CIO Electrical, Radio & Machine raised its per capita dues, re­ Workers. elected its top officers, revised its if i if constitution and urged united The Insurance Workers opened labor support for more manpower contract talks In Galveston, Texas training programs in the Appala­ on November 16 for 3,400 agents chian region. A record number of the American National Insur­ of delegates attended the fifth con­ ance Company. IWIU President vention of the state body, which Emeritus George L. Russ heads returned President Miles C. Stan­ the 11-man negotiating committee ley and Secretary-Treasurer Glen with President William A. Gillen Armstrong for another two-year and C. W. Cutler of the union's term. Per capita payments were executive board. The existing raised from 16 to 20 cents per three-year agreement expires next affiliated member to finance con­ Janxrarjf 15. For years, the bureaucrats of the U.S. government agencies have regarded . the U.S. maritime industry as a poor relation— to be thrown a few bones now and then to keep the industry from starving altogether but never enough to allow it to expand and flourish. Whenever these government bureaucrats thought about the U.S. merchant fleet they thought small — fewer subsidies supporting fewer American-flag ships, carrying less and less of our nation's cargoes. This view is probably best illustrated in the Interagency Task Force report, which proposed maintaining the U.S.-flag share of our own cargoes at about 8.6 percent and allowing foreign-flag and foreign-built ships in the U.S. trades. The President's Maritime Advisory Com­ mittee unanimously rejected the Task Force report when it was submitted, and now the public members of the MAC have prepared a report recognizing that the most vital inter­ ests of our nation require an expanded and improved American-flag merchant fleet, in­ stead of a fleet dying of shrinkage and decay. American-flag ships in American yards in­ stead of in foreign yards; expansion of sub­ sidy coverage to provide for replacement of some 100 cargo liners within 5 to 8 years instead of only 30 or 40 vessels; and replace­ ment of runaway ships with American flags in the bulk trades. The MAC public members' report calls for the construction of at least 250 dry bulk car­ riers in the next 20 years instead of only 100; continuance of cargo preference instead of scrapping this vital program; endorses an oil import quota instead of leaving virtually all of this trade to runaway-flag vessels; the retention of U.S. passenger ships instead of a phasing out of all such service. The Task Force report would have re­ duced seamen's jobs from 47,000 to 26,000 in the next 20 years. The MAC public mem­ bers' report recognizes that seamen's jobs must be preserved through an overall ex­ pansion of the U.S. merchant fleet. Many of the recommendations made in the MAC public members' report have been made before by the SIU and ot'-^er American maritime unions. They are realistic and rep­ resent what must be done if the United States is to have the merchant fleet it needs now and in the future to maintain its posi­ tion as the world's foremost economic and military power. The report represents a breakthrough in the realization that the pub­ lic interest request positive Government action to rebuild the merchant fleet. Many in the various government agencies will find the recommendations contained in this new report hard to take. After years of counting the U.S. maritime industry out of the future economic picture, they will have to get used to the idea of a bigger American-flag merchant fleet instead of a Congress, of course, will be the final smaller one. The new report's recommenda­ tions call for an expansion of the fleet, arbiter on this issue. The SIU and the rest through stepped-up Government financial of maritime labor will carry the fight for a assistance, to a point where it carries at least stronger merchant marine into the halls of 30 percent of this country's foreign com­ Congress, probably early next year. merce instead of the 8.6 percent predicted by A decisive showdown on the future of the the Task Force report. American merchant marine is near. Legisla­ The MAC public members' report calls for tion reflecting the proposals of the MAC direct subsidy of American shipyards in­ public members' report must be adopted if stead of a phasing out of our canacity to the American-flag merchant fleet is to build ships. It calls for all building of survive. �Fare Ekht SEAFARERS 5IU LOG Deoember 10, 1981 SlU Halls across the nation were hosts to Sea­ farers and their families on Thanksgiving Day. A full course turkey dinner was served at the cafeteria facilities provided for in many SlU Thanksgiving Halls. Many Seafarers brought guests along to sample the food, and a large turnout was evident the moment the doors swung open. Below is only a small sampling of the Seafarers Dinner and their families and guests who added a warm homelike atmosphere to SlU Halls all over the country. Seafarer David Blonstein ar two sons, Neil and Charles isfied after a full meal at ^ New York. Dinner in the SlU headquarters in New York included not only Seafarers and their immediate families, but many guests and friends as well. The lines were long and the food delicious. Pictured from left are guests Mr. ana Mrs. Frank Sulino and Seafarer Thomas Kenny and his wife. Seafarers and their families and friends enjoyed quite a Thanksgiving din­ ner at the Baltimore SiU Hall. The upper photo shows (from l-r) Seafarers Billy Henderson and Billy Harris and their guest. The bottom picture shows Seafarer Charles Clarke and his wife (on (left) with guests. Thanksgiving dinner at the Houston SIU Hall was a happy affair for the young and old. The picture shows a proud father, Seafarer Frank Radzvilla, seated at the table with his family, enjoying a few moments of tradi­ tional after-dinner leisure. Tables at the New Orleans SIU Hall were a spot for families to gather. Pic­ tured (from l-r) are Seafarer John Doyle, Don Collins, Anne Blizzard, Dora Stephens, SIU New Orleans Port Agent Buck Stephens, Seafarer Louis O'Leary, Mickey Doyle, Rita Collins, John Doyle, Jr. and Herbert Doyle. �December 10, 1968 his wife and look well saf- SiU Hall in All ages enjoyed the Thanksgiving dinner at the New York Hall. Pictured is Mrs. Lupe Hernandez with her baby, Felix, and her youngest daughter, Susan. SEAFARERS Pa«« mM LOG Dawn WeatrowskI, daughter of Seafarer T. WeatrowskI, has good things to say about the dessert at the New York Thanks­ giving dinner. Also enjoying themselves dinner were the family Fazil. Pictured from left Fazil, Seafarer Fazil at the New York of Seafarer All to right are Mrs. and Saadia. Seafarer Eddie King and his family were among the many who enjoyed Thanksgiving at the Houston SlU Hall. Fresh fruit served not only as center­ pieces for the table, but also as a little snack for the kids to take home in their pockets. Youngest guest at the dinner in Houston was three-month-old Charlie Brown, Jr., who is shown in the above photo held by his father. Seafarer Charles Brown. The bottom photo shows (from l-r) Seafarers Dale Smith and Ed Lowe with guest Mrs. Betty Faulkner in San Francisco. Seafarer H. H. Hickman, his wife and a guest sit and chat over their coffee in the SlU dining room in Houston, where Thanksgiving saw the "biggest turnout ever," Guests from all parts of the Lone Star state accompanied Seafarers to the occasion. Thanksgiving was quite an occasion at the New York Hall. Hundreds of Seafarers with their wives and children flocked in from late morning until early afternoon. Seafarer Aii Fazil attended the festivities with his family that included his daughters (l-r) Zeinab Fazil, Fauzia, Saadia and son Yusuf. Thanksgiving Day at the SlU Hall in Mobile saw crowds of hungry Seafar­ ers and their families and friends sit down for a stab at the traditional bird. The photo shows a typical scene at the hall, with grown-ups and children digging into the holiday turkey together. �SEAFARERS Fare Tea December 10, 1981 LOG March Of Dimes Cites Yarmouth Castle Disaster Garmatz Urges U.S. Push For Improved Intl. Sea Safety Rules WASHINGTON—The U.S. has been called on to denounce the 1960 International Con­ vention For Safety Of Life At Sea Treaty unless foreign nations agree to call a new sea safety convention to close gaps and loopholes in existing international safety laws. In a letter to Secretary of^ . the SOLAS convention. the U.S. has had in its attempts to State Dean Rusk, House violated "The United States should not get more stringent worldwide ship Merchant Marine Committee be a party to treaty obligations safety standards, but noted: chairman Edward A. Garmatz urged the calling of a new world meeting on safety to rewrite the 1960 international convention. Referring to the recent Yar­ mouth Castle disaster, Garm.atz stated "The citizens of this land, in my judgment, are not disposed to having their life and limb jeop­ ardized by the will of foreign gov­ ernments whose vessels trade in and out of our ports." He pointed out that hearings conducted by the House commit­ tee last summer on proposed leg­ islation to increase safety stand­ ards on foreign cruise ships were opposed by the State Department on grounds that insistence on more rigid standards would have which allow passenger vessels of very minimal safety standards to participate in high seas traffic in and oat of United States ports," Garmatz said. He noted that the U.S. sought to bring up the question of fireworthiness safety standards on passenger vessels through another organization — the Intergoverernmental Maritime Consult!ve Or­ ganization of the United Nations —but that foreign governments did not respond. A reply to Representative Gar­ matz* letter by the Assistant Sec­ retary of the Treasury, which is the department under which the Coast Guard operates, acknowl­ edged the lack of success which Under Ship Exchange Act Lakes Operators To Get Reserve Fleet Tankers "This unfortunate disaster has undoubtediy created a more fa vorable climate for remedial measures. Accordingly, upon eval uation of the results of the in vestigation, the Coast Guard will renew its prior efforts toward ob­ taining international support for changes in the safety of life at sea conventions." John Calise, Coast Fishermen's Official Dies SAN PEDRO, Calif. — John Calise, 58, secretary-business agent of the SIUNA-affiliated Seine and Line Fishermen's Union since 1948, died here on November 29 after undergoing open heart surgery. Calise's long and successful career was marked by devoted service to the union membership through the institution of many beneficial programs and through the initiation of many important WASHINGTON—Twenty-three T-2 tankers from the Gov­ ernment's reserve fleet have been made available to U.S. Great Lakes operators for trade-in on older tonnage. The vessels may be used as tank-4 ers on the Lakes or for con­ bulk carriers. version to dry cargo or liquid The Government-owned tankers John J. O'Rourke, Teamster Official Dead At 65 are being made available to U.S. domestic operators for the first time in 15 years under a provi­ sion of the five-year extension to the Vessel Exchange Act approved recently by President Johnson. The law authorizes trade-out of the tankers for operation on the Great Lakes, Including the St. Lawrence River and Gulf, or for conversion into dry cargo carriers or liquid bulk carriers. Twelve of the newly released tankers are of the Mission type and the remainder are T2-SE-A1 tankers. The Mission types are in greatest demand by operators be­ cause of their greater horsepower —10,000 horsepower as opposed to 6,600 h.p. Otherwise, all of the vessels are turbo-electric-powered, approximately 523 feet long; 68foot beam; draft of 30 feet; 16,700 dwt; with a 14.5 knot cruising speed. Conversion costs are ex­ pected to be above $500,000 per ship. John O'Rourlio NEW YOEK—John J. O'Rourke, 65, President of the Teamsters Joint Council 16, died on Decem­ ber 6 here. O'Rourke was also a vice-president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and was president of Teamsters Local 282 in New York. O'Rourke also served as a trus­ tee of the N.Y. Maritime Ports Council and was also a member of the legislative committee of the Ports Council. He is survived by his wife Edna, a son John Jr., daughter, Mrs. Edna Rublee his mother Mrs. Suaan O'Rourke and five grandchil­ dren. Interment will be at the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Middleton, N.J. John Calise pieces of legislation to benefit fishermen. He was a resident of San Pedro for virtually all of his life. He is survived by his wife Mary, and three children. Funeral services for Calise were held on December 4 at the Mary Star of the Sea Church in San Pedro, Calif. Ihe most recent program com­ menced by Mr. Calise, which will be activated in the immediate fu­ ture, was his lifelong ambition of creating a pension plan for fish­ ermen. 5IU Clinic Exams—A// Ports EXAMS THIS PERIOD: Sept. 1-Sept. 30, 1965 Rort Boston Boltimore Jacksonville Houston New York Norfolk Philadelphia Tampa San Francisco New Orleans Seattle Mobile Seamen 26 109 16 107 363 26 51 12 97 187 87 54 Wives 1 31 0 4 46 0 24 1 0 7 0 5 TOTAL 1,135 119 CTiildren 0 14 0 5 37 0 3 3 0 6 O 10 78 TOTAL 27 154 16 116 446 26 78 16 97 200 87 69 1,332 March of Dimes Poster Sir! Lori Ann Wagner gets the 1966 fund drive off to a good start by pinning campaign button on AFL-CIO President George Meany in Washington. Tha March of Dimes, which aided in the successful search for a polio vaccine and has now turned its efforts to the fight against birth defects, has enjoyed strong support from the American labor movement. Lori's dad, bandleader Henry "Skip" Wagner, is a member of Musicians' Union Local 8, Milwaukee. By Frank Drozak, Wesf Coast Representative San Francisco is hosting two big conventions this week—the AFLCIO and the Maritime Trades Department conventions, bringing to this city labor delegates from AFL-CIO affiliated unions around tha country. The SIU of San Francisco wishes to welcome the delegatea to the Bay area and the West Coast, and we extend to them our best wishes for a successful meeting. SAN FRANCISCO Shipping still continues to be very good to the Vietnam, Japan and Korea areas. We have plenty of jobs for ABs, FWTs and Oilers. This past shipping period we have paid off the following ships; the Oceanio Wave, Hliitehall, Overseas Rose, Ocean Evelyn, Transnorthern, and the Express Buffalo. Signed on were the Overseas Rose, Ocean Evelyn, Transnorthern, and the Express Buffalo. On Thanksgiving Day we held our annual dinner at the Union Hall for members and their families and everyone enjoyed the dinner that was served. SIU members in Wilmington are now eagerly awaiting the Christmas Dinner which is approaching very rapidly. Charlie Kath, was just repatriated from the Far East after suffering what doctors thought to be a heart attack aboard the Morning Light. However, we are happy to report that the USPHS found him FFD immediately upon his return and that his health is OK now and we plan to ship him out again as soon as possible. L. Gulley, chief cook, just pulled in off the Ames Victory. He said that he's not feeling too well and will take it easy for several weeks before shipping out again. J. M. Carroll just piled off the Topa Topa after bringing her back from the North and says that he will take a little rest unless a Bos'n job comes up right away. We have plenty of jobs for AB's FWTS, Oilers, Electricians, Wipers, Messmen or Ordinary Sea­ men in the San Francisco area and anyone wishing to ship out fast is advised to come on out to the Bay area. WILMINGTON Shipping has been booming again in Wilmington Carroll during the last two week period. We had the Ames Victory pay off and sign on here, and eight ships were through in transit. We shipped about 40 men in all and we have had the following vessels pay off recently: the Topa Topa, Choctow Victory, Hudson. Oldtimers on the beach have included Cas Krowicki, a member of the SIU for over twenty years, who has been waiting for an AB's job on any Calmar ship. "Capt" Krowicki is a famous charter boat skipper in the summer montlis, operating the charter boat "Luray" out of the Westport-Washington area. �December 10,.196S SEAFARERS • isi 5 .Vi: i • ••v- i; S-fS iSiSiSSiSsSS By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS Tips On Christmas Buying Pare Elevea LOG Water Carriers Seek Stiffer Railroad Rate-Cutting Fines NEW YORK—Inland water carriers have called for amendments to the laws against selective rate cutting by the railroads to make railroad officials engaged in these practicei subject to criminal penalties, imprisonment and triple damages. "For over 75 years, we the 601-mile rail haul all the the rate-cutting practices of th« have been litigating such for way from St. Louis to Atlanta. railroads when they were chal­ practices, and winning in the But if the shipper wants to send lenged by the water carriers. As this department has warned before, toys that have a tieup with a well-known movie, TV or cartoon character usually cost more. The actors and promoters get a percentage of the price of articles using their name. This you must pay in addition to the normal cost. Moreover, sometimes such toys depend more on the fame of the courts—only to learn each time grain from St. Louis to Chatta­ When the water carriers challenge character or actor involved than on actual play value. that since there are no penalties This year's e.xample is the James Bond "007" toys. They include for infractions, relief from such nooga by water and then from these practices In court they in­ such "playthings" as an attache case with concealed trigger, and even unlawful rate-making is ineffec­ Chattanooga to Atlanta by rail, variably win, but since no penal­ the railroads charge $2.40 a ton ties can be imposed under the law, a doil with spikes sticking out of her shoe. tive," pointed out J. W. Hershey, for the 133 mile haul from Chat­ there is really no way to enforce Sean Connery, who plays James Bond in the movies, himself recently who heads up the Common Car- tanooga to Atlanta—almost as these court decisions. told a Hollywood reporter, Peter Bart, that he considers the outpouring rier Conference of Domestic much as they charge for the 601 The water carriers have detailed of "James Bond" products "a lot of rubbish" of "appalling quality." ' Water Carriers. mile haul all the way from St. 22 specific cases of similar rail­ Novelty toys are just that. You may pay .$5 for a robot that fires a ' Selective rate cutting has been Louis. road rate juggling in 20 states in machine gun mounted in its chest. But your child may get tired of [ practiced by the railroads for The Interstate Commerce Com­ a recently issued booklet outlining it in a few days. j years to discourage .shippers from mission has traditionally upheld the problem. . , . , utilizing cheap inland waterway Another problem for parents is dolls v^uch require e.xtensive ward- transportation to ship their goods, robes. You may buy Barbie or Penny Brile tor $4 or $o, and then What the railroads do is charge find yourself later buying a sailor suit for Penny for S2.50, a raincoat higher rates for cargo moving by for S2. bedroom furniture for $5, etc. You may w ind up spending more water and rail than for the all-rail on Penny's uardrolie than your own. As Penny gets dressed iietter, movements. you'll gel. shabbier. Then you have to buy friends for the doll, like How It Works Ken or Ricky, and clothes for them. It works like this, according to Better find out how much clothing you get to start with, and the cost of additional costumes before you buy tiie doll. "Syivie" costs an example given by the inland NEW YORK—One-way traffic in sea lanes separated from water carriers. Grain moving from one to five miles apart by "buffer" zones is being planned only $.5 but a coat for her costs $4. and a suit, $5. St. Louis, Mo. to Atlanta, Ga. can DOLLS FOR BOYS? move all the way by rail, or by for ships entering and leaving New York Harbor. Now manufacturers are seeking to use this same profitable technique water from St. Louis to ChattaThe new plan is the result t of continuing or "open end" purchases on boys, Joan Cook. New York ' nooga, Tcnn., and then by rail to of the I960 International Past—the most serious recent ac­ Times writer on child development, points out that the Increasingly Atlanta. Safety at Sea Convention in cident being the collision between popular "G.l. Joe" Is really a doll—a jointed. 11-Inch doil. Once you To discourage shippers from London which recommended the the liner Shalom and a Norwegian buy it, the manufacturer offers 100 accessories, ranging from a combat utilizing the water route the rail-1 use of sea lanes for shipping areas tanker with a loss of 19 lives on field pack set for $2, to diving equipment for S3. roads set a price of $3.86 a ton with dense traffic. Because the Thanksgiving Day, 1964. lanes will be largely in inter­ JEWELRY, FUR DECEPTIONS national water, use of the lanes In shopping for adult gifts, beware of widespread deceptions re­ will not be mandatory but is ex­ ported by various marketing officials. In jewelry, colored quartz Is pected to present advantages in being widely sold as topaz, reports Esther Hendler, a market authority. increased safety. iConlinued from page 6) Real topaz is very scarce. You also have to be careful in buying jewelry A similar one-way plan has sold as iaplz lazuli. Sometimes it Is merely jasper (another form of ment. It has become almost imposalready been established in the quartz). Jade may be color-enhanced to look like better quality. , sible to fill even O. S. job. Dover Straits, and the New York There also are many synthetic sapphires on the market. These can plan is expected to serve as a CLEVELAND be manuiactured into colors of every stone, and sometimes are sold pilot project for other areas in as topaz, amethyst and aquamarine. There is nothing wrong with the \ve are coming to the close of the U.S. Preliminary studies are use of man-made sapphires in jewelry if you pay only a modest price one of the busiest seasons this port already underway for Philadel­ WILMINGTON — The federal for it, not the price of genuine gemstones. j ,,33 e^,er had. From all the talk in phia. government is establishing "traf­ Three sets of incoming and out­ fic lanes" to help guide vessels These deceptions are hard for anyone but experts to detect, Mrs. marine circles around here, next Hendler advises: (1) buy only in places that will return your money if | season is expected to be even going lanes have been established through the Gulf of Mexico be­ in the New York plan to handle cause the Gulf is becoming so con­ you are not satisfied; (2) get a guarantee of the kind and quality of the : better. Stone in writing. Radio Peter is ashore for what traffic to Europe, Africa and to gested with offshore oil wells. looks like the Winter. No Engine the South. All the lanes will funnel The traffic lanes, to be known Room jobs are coming this way for past the new Ambrose Tower, officially as "Shipping Safety which will replace the lightship him to ship on for tiiat last trip. just outside the harbor. Outgoing Fairways" will be shown on new The Port Agent in Cleveland, ships will pass on one side of the Coast and Geodetic Survey Nauti­ Stan Wares, and members in that tower, incoming ships on the other cal Charts. The lanes will provide area would like to take this oppor­ side. Where lanes cross, moderate safe passageways tnrough an area Searchers for sunken treasure in the waters around Florida tunity to wish one and all a ^Merry speed and extreme caution wili be from Charlotte Harbor, Florida to Brazos Santiago, Texas—an area the order of the day. will have to cool their heels for a while because pending a Sr ' ' which contains almost 2,000 oil review of state regulations on treasurer hunting, Florida has Up To Navigator CHICAGO well structures in waters up to 300 stopped issuing treasure-hunt-— Navigators whll d.etermine feet deep and 60 miles from shore. Good shipping in all ratings will ing permits. j chives containing supposedly au- continue until the very end of lay whether they are in the proper There have been about 50 ship by use of Loran and by their collisions involving oil structures About 80 applications are ' or less, about 50 sunken treasure up. Leon Striler just finished on the lane own celestial navigation. No use during the past several years. Al­ being held up until "a thorough Hennepin, and in a day or two says ships in Florida waters. he will head for Frisco to ship. of radio beams to mark the lanes though shipping will not be re­ study is made of rules that will The combined value of these Striler and a few of the other reg­ is presently being planned. insure adequate protection for the quired to operate within these wrecks is estimated at many mil­ ulars are interested in making the The crowded approaches to lanes, it is expected that vessels public interest." Two big finds have been made lions of dollars in gold and silver, run to Viet Nam for a look at that New York Harbor have been the will take advantage of the safer scenes of many accidents in the passages which they will offer. recently—one a multimillion dollar jewels and rare valuable artifacts. situation. treasure hoard in the Atlantic south of Cape Kennedy and another es­ timated at more than $1 million. Under law passed this year by the Florida State Legislature all treas­ ure hunting must be licensed by a newly created Board of Antiquities. Some Refuse The company making the recent finds is licensed, but Florida is be­ ginning to wonder if the state's 25 percent slice of such finds is enough and whether state appraisal and enforcement methods are stiff enough. There are reports that some salvagers are refusing to make finds available for state inspection and appraisal. "This has to stop," says the Florida Secretary of State. Since word of the recent big finds Above is artist's ooncept of new all-containerized ships already on the drawing boards for SlU-contracted Sea Land Service. has gotten around, scores of new Each of the six new ships will carry 338 refrigerated and 923 dry cargo containers at speeds of 27.2 knots in Sea Land's pro­ treasure hunting companies have posed New York-North Europe service, scheduled to begin in April, 1966, and in the company's regular intercoastal trade. been formed using expensive, mod­ The vessels will be 905 feet long with a beam of i03 feet, a draft of 30 feet, and a 49,700 long-ton displacement. Containers ern equipment, but still relying on U.S. and Spanish government «rwill ba(Carried 7 deep and 10 wide below deck and 2 high and 11 wide above One-Way Shipping Channels Planned For New York Harbor Great Lakes Traffic Lanes' In Gulf To Aid Ship Safety Florida Stops Issuing Treasure Hunt Permits Sea Land To Build Six New Containerships �SEAFARERS Fafa Twelv* December 10, 19BS LOG Galley Gang Stands Ready Seafarers aboard the Brigham Victory (Bloomfield Steamship Co.) will hardly have any trouble whiling away their leisure moments with $300 worth of film for their movie projector awaiting them when they arrive at Long Beach, California. According to Ship's Delegate Robert Broodus, the^ — crew got together and unan-; the Western Comet (Western Tank- meetings once a month," says imously agreed that each man! ers). Frank p. Corcoran aboard the meeting chairman G. C. Dragoo. should contribute $17 toward the purchase of the film. ''Now." as one of the deckhands put it, "our off-hours won't be nearly so long with movies to look forward to. It's amazing what you can get done with everybody pulling togeth­ Broodus er." Also, the crew voted to use the $20 in the ship's fund for parts for the pro­ jector, just to make sure the show stays on the road. Merrimac (Merrimac Transport), Walter Dun aboard the Del Ore (Delta Lines), Raoul Cabrera aboard the Potomac (Empire Trans­ port), and Lorenzo Bennett aboard the Express Baltimore (Commodore Lines), 4> 4> 4* "Nothing is more important to the working seamen than an under­ standing and grasp of the safety principles and regulations aboard ship. His life and liviihood depend on them." 4< 4" 4" the Seatraln The captain of Louisiana (Seatrain Lines) has promised the crew that he'd make every ef­ fort to try and get more brands of cigarettes, ac­ cording to Meet­ ing Chairman L. Blteard. 'Other­ wise," Blizzard said, "everything Blizzard is running fine. Seafarers got together and extend­ ed a hearty vote of thanks to the electrician and the firemen for using their free time to install a new television antenna. Reception is now much improved." The crew aboard the Halcyon Panther (Halcyon Steamship Co.) held a discussion on the possibil­ ity of volunteer donations for films, as they al­ ready have a projector and screen on the ship. "But," as a i" 4" member of the Ship's delegate Luke A. Ciamsteward depart­ boll, reports a good trip to Viet­ Kustura ment put it, "a nam on the Wild projector is not worth much un­ Ranger (Water­ less you have some film to run man). Describing through it." The crew extended a the voyage as a vote of thanks to both the ship's "fine voyage." delegate and the steward depart­ Ciamboli reports ment, according to Frank Kustura, that repairs are meeting secretary. going smoothly 4. 4 4 and remarked on 4" 4" 4" Seafarers manning the Ocean the CO - operation Seafarers on the Del Monte Evelyn (Maritime Overseas Corp.) from the entire Ciomboli (Delta Lines) received a warm let­ are finishing up crew. "Crewing ter of thanks a run to ports of on a ship is a matter of team­ from Brother J. Subic Bay, Sai­ work," he said. A vote of thanks L. Jarrat for the gon and Danang. to the steward department was flowers sent for "We've had a real proposed and accepted by acclama­ the funeral of good trip," says tion. A member of the engine de­ his mother. The ship's delegate partment specifically commented entire crew and Charles Johnson. on the "good stores and good officers voted "Everything is cooking." several weeks going smoothly $ 5" 4" ago to chip in and the Ocean Seafarers sailing on the Del Sol for the flowers Johnson Menz Evelyn boasts a (Delta Lines) decided they needed as a token of music and voted their sympathy. All department crew of top SIU hands. A few to buy an AM- delegates and the steward depart­ more trips on ships like this," con­ FM radio with ment received a hearty vote of tinues brother Johnson, "ought to the money in the thanks. Brother Howard Menz convince the administration that ship's fund. They was re-elected as ship's delegate. when the chips are down, the USA also went out can count on the American mer­ 4" 4» 4" and picked up a chant marine. We're ready to serv­ "Everything is running smooth­ ice our fighting men in Vietnam couple of sets of dominoes and ly aboard the Steel Vendor (Isth­ anytime." mian) according several checker 4 4 4* to Ship's Deleboards to enter­ Lambert gate Horace Robin Locksley (Moore McCortain themselves Mobley. "Let's mick Lines) crewmembers elected when off the job. At the meeting try to keep it Elmer Kent to Brother Reidus Lambert made a that w a y." motion to impose a fine or take serve as ship's Among the sug­ delegate, and he some action against men quitting gestions aimed the ship without adequate notice. reports that toward a smooth every thing is 4< 4< 4» running ship The following Seafarers were running as was a reminder unanimously elected by their fel­ smooth as can Mobley to those eating low crew-members to serve as be so far in the voyage. "Every­ ship's delegates on their present fruit not to throw the skins on deck, for it would bring on flies one is happy voyages: John Eddins aboard the Beaure­ and would be a safety hazard. It with the new Kent gard (Sea-Land), Irving H. Bickford was also requested that the radio ship's delegate aboard the Morning Light (Water­ be turned off during mealtime and the exceptional food provided man Steamship Corp.), Lambert and in the early hours of the by the steward's department," Meeting Chairman George A, CalWaldrop aboard the Clairborne morning. 4> 4" 4' (Sea-Land), Ralph Newcomb aboard lard noted. "Each member will tlie Penn Carrier (Penn Shipping), The crew of the MV Viking held give twenty-five to fifty cents to Hans Speigel aboard the Del Sud their monthly safety meeting and kick-off the ship's fund," Callard (Delta Line), William Mitchell discussed some of the essential went on to say. "There is a fine aboard the Halcyon Panther (Hal­ aspects of the SIU safety program. spirit of cooperation aboard this cyon Steamship), R. Perry aboard "We will continue to hold safety ship." Four members of the steward department pose for the camera aboard the newly converted Anchorage. Pictured from left to right are Adrian Fecteau, Gus Skendelas, Henry Roskamp and "Bud" Williams. LOG-A-RHYTHM: Pilot's 23rd Psalm By Captain John H. Robeirts The Lord is my Pilot; I shall not drift. He lighteth me across the dark waters: He steereth me in deep channels He keeoeth my log: He guideth me by the star of holiness For His name's sake. Yea, though I sail mid the thunders and tempests of life, I will dred no danger: for Thou art near me: Thy love and Thy care they shelter me. Thou preparest a harbor before me in the homeland of eternity: Thou anointest the waves with oil, my ship rideth calmly. Surely sunlight and starlight shall favor me on the voyage I take: And I will rest in the port of my God forever. Melvin Clyde Gibby Norman Krumm Please contact your wife im­ You are requested to contact mediately at Box 137, Luck, Wis­ C. T. Grosser at 708 Delmar, consin, as your mother is very ill. Houston 77023, Texas. Phone: 4 4 4 713-WA-1-7777. Lois Blizzard 4 4 4 You are asked to get in touch with your brother, Marvin, at 801 Seafarers' Mail Call South Butterwood St., Wilming­ Seafarers listed below are re­ ton, Delaware. quested to send their addresses to 4 4 4 Mrs. M. C. Hayman at 115 Milby Earnest J. Llchtensteln Street, Houston 77003, Texas, so Your aunt, Mrs. H. Henning of 11138 Indiana Avenue, Chicago 28, that she can forward their mail to Illinois, is seeking your where­ them. abouts. Claude W. Pritchett, R. Joyer, 4 4 4 IL W. Martin, Edward W. Seeley Joseph A. Larity (check), F. S. Lire (ciieck7, James You are requested to contact Allen (check), James A. Dhein, your daughter. Miss Linda A. John P. Sutherland, Thomas W. Larity of 11302 Chimney Rock, Cassidy, Louis A. De La Carta, Houston, Texas. She is seeking Robert Toyer, and M. Birrane. your address. 4 4 4 4 4 4 George Pickels Paul Aubain You are asked to get in touch Anyone knowing the where­ abouts of Paul Aubain, please con­ with yoyr attorney Paul M. Gold­ tact Brother John Greaux, P.O. stein at 1201 Chestnut Street, Box 7, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. �December 10, 196S SEAFARERS ; ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), SepL 20— Chairman, J. R. Air; Secretary, J. Labenz. Motion made to accept new contract. Discussion on Pension Plan. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. DO NOT BUY Seafarers and their families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non-union' conditions. "Lee" brand tires (United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastic Workers) i 4* Eastern Ait Lines (Flight Engineers) i 4. J. H. I. Siegei "HIS" brand men's clothes (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) 4> 4« 4* Sears, Roebucli Company Retail stores & products (Retail Clerks) 4" 4" 4< Stitzel-Weller Distilleries "Old Fitzgerald." "Old Elk" "Cabin Still," "W. L. Weller" Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) 4. 4- 4. J. R. Simplot Potato Co. Frozen potato products (Grain Millers) •4" 4« 4< Kingsport Press "World Book," "Chiidcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) 4" 4» 4< 4' 4" 4< Empire State Bedding Co. "Sealy Mattresses" (Textile Workers) 4< 4' 4" 4" 4' 4« Pepsi Cola Company (Soft Drink Workers. Local 812) Jamestown Sterling Corp. Furniture and Bedding White Furniture Co. United Furniture Workers OCEAN PIONEER (Pioneer Tank­ ers), Aug. 30—Chairman, Robert McGonagle; Secretary, Roland Grigg, Jr. Ship's delegate, Bill Sherer resigned. Brother Bob McGonagle was elected to serve in his place. $21.50 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. DEL SUO (Delta), Sept. 25—Chairman, M. Ounn; Secretary, 0. Gemeiner. Discussion held on new contract. Motion made to accept same with a vote of thanks. $180.20 in ship's fund. No beefs reported. Men re­ quested to be properly attired when entering pantry and messhalls. „Mo­ tion made to form a credit union, within the Union. Brother Avord was elected to serve as new ship's dele­ gate. CUBA VICTORY (Alcoa), Sept. 12— Chairman, F. Macolah; Secretary, None. One man missed ship in Bal­ timore. His gear was checked with the Agent in that port. Motion was made that in the future all ships which are brought out of the boneyard should have a shore gang hired from the hall first, prior to the crew, in order to have the vessel in an accepted living condition. Mo­ tion made to make sure forwarding mailing address is given to the crew prior to leaving first port in the States, not the last. TRANSERIE (Hudson Waterways), Sept. 19 —Chairman, Charles Ries; Secretary, L. 0. Pierson. Ship's dele­ gate reported that some of the re­ pairs were not taken care of Rats were not exterminated. Brother Charles Ries was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. DEL MONTE (Delta), Sept. 19 — Ciiairman, Wm. A. Turner; Secretary, Alberto G. Espeneda. $2.24 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. Few hours disputed OT in deck department. Vote of thanks to the department delegates and to the entire steward depart­ ment. BELOIT VICTORY (Marine Carriers), Sept. 26—Chairman, A. F. Bankston; Secretary, J. Vl. Craft. Motion made to elect a safety committee and to list all the unsafe conditions pre­ vailing. A copy to be sent to head­ quarters and one copy to the Port of payoff. Crew requested to coop­ erate in keeping all doors locked while in port, also to keep laundry room in order and also the library. STEEL KING (Isthmian), October 19 —Chairman, Bennie Gonzalez; Secre­ tary, Philip Wolf. Purpose of meeting was to read and explain new con­ tract. All questions were answered and the contract was accepted. Finds Pension Beneficial Receives Hearing Aid To the Editor: My pension began about six months ago, and I wish to thank the SIU for this most helpful benefit. A man just can't grow old gracefully if he doesn't have any money. AS it is now, with the pension plan, my wife and I can look forward to our coming years with pleasure. To the Editor: I would like to show my ap­ preciation for the badly needed hearing aid which I received through the SIU. This will en­ able me to ship out again, which means a whole lot when funds begin to run short. Without the assistance of the SIU In obtaining this hearing aid, I might have been permanently washed up on the beach. Yours fraternally, Frederick H. Houck e- B d i t o r ' knowing that there will always be food on the table and a roof over our heads. We enjoy getting the Log and hope to continue reading it for many more years. Thanks for everything. Fraternally, Ralph Martin 4" 4' 4 Aid During Illness Brings Thanks To the Editor: My sincere thanks to the Seafarers Union for all the consideration shown me during the illness of myself and my late husband, Samuel L. Gor­ don. It has meant a lot to us to have our hospital expenses paid for, and I am deeply ap­ preciative of the Union's in­ terest in our comfort and wel­ fare. Again I say thanks for every act of kindness. Yours trul.v, Mrs. Leola Gordon 4 4 4. Assisted During Major Surgery To the Editor: I would like to express my appreciation for the kindness and assistance of the SIU when I was recently hospitalized for major surgery. Serious illness doesn't come around very often, but when it does, it's nice to have the Union standing by. Thanks again for everything. Sincerel.v, Mrs, Jeanette Murdoch Books On Ship Found Helpful To the Editor: I have been sailing with the SIU for over 15 years, and the books that the Union provides aboard ship are one of the best ways I can think of to pass the leisure hours. I am especially thankful for this service. Fraternally, Melvin P. Smith Page Ttairteea LOG MANHATTAN (Manhattan Tanker*), October 31—Chairman, 0. Samdali Secretary, None. Disputed OT re­ ported by each department delegate. Several matters to be discussed and clarified at meeting with patrolman. DEL ALBA (Delta), October 2—Chair­ man, Joe Collins; Secretary, Zee Y. Ching. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. SUMMIT (Sea-Land), November B— Chairman, William Goff; Secretary, Stanley F. Schuyler. Water beef set­ tled. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. HURRICANE (Waterman), October 31—Chairman, D. B. Fritzpatrick; Sec­ retary, Roberto Hannibal. Ship's dele­ gate reported that everything is run­ ning smoothly. Vote of thanks to the jDIOEST of SIU SHIP MEETINGS steward department for good food and service. Vote of thanks to Brother J. Browne for handling all beefs. Patrol­ man to be contacted regards various matters. ROBIN KIRK (Moore-McCormack), October 31—Chairman, C. L. Cousins; Secretary, Ken Hayes. Brother Her­ nandez was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Some disputed OT in deck department. CALMAR (Calmar), October 31 — Chairman, J. K. Shearer; Secretary, H. Carmichael. Ship's delegate thanked crew for their cooperation. Voyage has been smooth, with no beefs. Few hours disputed OT in engine department. Motion made that the deck department go on record to do no stevedores work unless ab­ solutely necessary. ROBIN GRAY (Robin), October 10— Chairman, John Farrand; Secretary, Thomas Buckley. $10 in ship's ar­ rival pool will be placed in ship's funds. No beefs and no disputed OT reported. All things in order. Stone. Ship badly In need of fumiga­ tion for roaches and rats. Vote of thanks to the steward department. MONTPELIER VICTORY (Montpelier Tanker), Oct. 2 — Chairman, Jesse Lewis; Secretary, Frank Naklicki. Disputed OT in engine and steward departments. Discussion on poor mattresses. Matter will be taken up with company and patrolman. No mucking boots aboard—need same as soon as possible. PENN CARRIER (Penn), Sept. 25— Chairman, W. S. Rudd; Secretary, C. Bortz. Letter send to headquarters regarding salt in fresh water supply. Few hours disputed OT in deck de­ partment. Motion made to equip every tanker, regardless of cargo, with at least two copus blowers to air tanks, prior to, and during muck­ ing. Representatives from the Food Plan should be on hand when stores are taken on board to see that every­ thing is in order. AMES VICTORY (Victory Carriers), October 31—Chairman, K. A. Helleman; Secretary D. M. Woods. Vote of thanks was extended to the ship's delegate and department delegates. Some disputed OT in engine depart, ment for working cargo in Vietnam. LOS ANGELES (Sea-Land), Novem­ ber J—Chairman, E. Bonafonte; Sec­ retary, S. M. Simos. Captain is happy with the crew for the good job they are doing. $14.50. Patrolman to be consulted concerning beef in the engine department. Vote of thanks for the steward and his gang for a job well done. Suggestion made to contact patrolman and Company of­ ficials regarding better information concerning sailing board time. DEL SUD (Delta), November 7 — Chairman, H. Crane; Secretary, J. Tucker. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. Brother Hans Speigel was elected ship's delegate. MORNING STAR (Waterman), Oc­ tober 3—Chairman, G. Nance: Secre­ tary, J. Markanen. Clarification re­ quested regarding draws, gangway watch duties and OT. Launch service at Subic Bay dangerous due to poorly manned open boats. Request head­ quarters to remedy this condition. Vessel has inadequate fumigation service and roaches are increasing. KENT (Corsair), October 3—Chair­ man, John W. Parker, Jr.; Secretary, Ronald B. Lloyd. Brother William Hale was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Two men missed the ship in New Orleans. STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian). July 18 —Chairman, F. J. Mears; Secretary, H. A. Orlando. Ship's delegate re­ ported that everything is running smoothly. $6 in TV fund. Motion made to have patrolman see company of­ ficials regarding months with 31 days, of which 30 days are paid, on present run. SEAMAR (Calmar), October 16— Chairman, S. Furtado; Secretary, R. K. Holt. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. Everything is running smoothly. Repair list being taken care of. DEL ORO (Delta). October 24 — Chairman, J. H. Bales; Secretary, Ramon Irizarry. $43.55 in ship's fund. Brother Walter Dun was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Everything is running smoothly. ALCOA TRADER- (Alcoa), No dateChairman, J. J. Kane; Secretary, J. EXPRESS BALTIMORE (Commodore), November 7 — Chairman, John O'Rourke; Secretary, Eugene Ray. Few beefs to be taken up with board­ ing patrolman. Brother Lorenzo Ben­ nett was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Letter sent to headquarters regarding no launch service in Viet­ nam. Vote of thanks extended to M. Iwaski for doing a good job as ship's delegate. Vote of thanks to the steward department for good feeding. WESTERN COMET (Western Tank­ ers), October 24 — Chairman, Harry Kaufman; Secretary, Ange Panagopoulos. Motion made that at next negotiations that matter of port time, due to the short time containerships are in port, (12 hours or less), port time to apply in any port the same as tankers. Steward department has no time to go ashore due to the limited time which is less than any tanker. Brother Perry was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Vote of thanks to the steward departmeru. MORNING LIGHT (Waterman). Oc­ tober 24—Chairman, James Elwsll; Secretary, Levis B. Thomas. Brother I.' H. Bickford was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Special vote of thanks to the steward department. BEAUREGARD (Sea-Land), Novem­ ber 5 — Chairman, C. Hemby, Secre­ tary James W. Galloway. Captain stated that all repairs will be taken care of. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. ANDREW JACKSON (Waterman), Oc­ tober 23—Chairman, Thomas V. Drzewicki; Secretary, lluminado R. Llenos. $5 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks to the steward department for good service and fine food from the galley crew. STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), Octo­ ber 3—Chairman, 0. Dean; Secretary, B. Toner. $17 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine department, otherwise all is O.K. Motion made to go back to sixty days ruling for per­ mit men. THE CABINS (Texas City Refining), October 16—Chairman, J. Mann; Sec­ retary, W. Corry. Brother J. Mann was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Disputed OT reported in deck deoartment. Slop cnest inade­ quate. Crew request slop chest price list be posted. VENORE (Venore), October 10— Chairman. B. H. Lowderback; Secre­ tary, A. Hemphill. Brother Lowderback was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. Motion made to have separate rooms for engine watches. OCEANIC CLOUD (Transworld Ma­ rine), October 10—Chairman, R. Ferebee; Secretary, Andrew Lesnansky. No beefs reported by department delegates. All repairs have been taken care of in deck department. Captain to be contacted regarding repair of mixing machine in steward depart­ ment. SIU Arrivals Marlene Jacobs, born October 17. 1965, to the Herbert L. Jacobs, Akron, Ohio. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Theresa Garcia, born September 8, 1965, to the Natanial R. Garclas, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Kevin Isadore, born October 17, 1965, to the Wilfred Isadores, New Orleans, Louisiana. 4 4 4 Suzanne Emanuel, born October 19, 1965, to the Thomas E. Emanuels, Mobile, Alabama. 4 4 4 Billie LeRoy Leatherman, born October 8, 1965, to the Jess Leathermans, Thompsonville, Michigan. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Tammy Phillips, born September 15, 1965, to the Theodore Phillips, Bay City, Michigan. Charles Michael Kroll, born October 18, 1965, to the Stanley Krolls, Luzerne, Pennsylvania. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Thomas Earl Long, born October 13, 1965, to the Thomas Longs, Mobile, Alabama. William Michael Myles, born September 3, 1965. to the William Myles, New Or­ leans, Louisiana. 4 4 4 Alois Terry and Alexia Maria Leiter, born October 23, 1965, to the Alexander Letters, Pine Beach, New Jersey. 4 4 4 Cindy Fetchko, born October 14, 1965, to the Andrew R. Fetchkos, Ashley, Pa. Gilbert Baez. born October 11, 1965, to the Nelson Baezs, Jersey City, N.J. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Lorraine Vicknair, born July 11, 1965, to the Edward J. Vicknairs, Jr., Harvey, La. Dawn Betner, born October 7. 1965, to the William Betners, San Francisco, Calif. 4 4 4 Jose Redriquez, born September 28, 1965, to the Jose A Rodriquezs, Playa Ponce, P.R. Stephen Jon Tannish, born October i 1965, to the Alex G. Howells, Mobile, 22, 1965, to the Stephen Tannishes, Ash- ' Alabama. tabula, Ohio. 4 4 4 Hardy Price, III, born October 25, 196S, 4 4 4 James Bryant, born November 10, to the Hardy Prices, New Orleans, 1965, to the James N. Bryants, Mobile, Louisiana. Ala. 4 4 4 Evelyene LeBlanc, born August 29, 4 4 4 Cynthia Louise Frank, born June 11, 1965, to the Albert LeBlancs, Brimley, 1965, to the Joseph L. Franks, Baltimore, Mich. Maryland. 4 4 4 Rodolfo Garia, born October 31, 1965, 4 4 4 Anthony Cortez Pasley, born September to the Angel Garias, Estatal, Puerto 24, 1965, to the Christopher Pasleys, Bal­ Rico. 4 4 4 timore, Md. Jasmine Somani, born October 23, 4 4 4 1965, to the traswart Somanis, Philadel­ Kevin R. Schalkofski, born October 16, 1965, to the Herman Schalkofskis, Os- phia, Penna. sineke, Mich. 4 4 4 Winfield Downs, born September 18, 4 4 4 1965, to the Winfield Downs, Linwood, Ernest Richard, born November 2, New Jersey. 1965, to the William E. Richardsons, Jr., 4 4 4 Mayock, N.C. Rose Dimitriou, born October 30, 1965, 4 4 4 to the Nicholas Dimitrious, Staten Is­ Telita Lynn Williams, born September land, N.Y. 7, 1965, to the Herbert Williams, Swan4 4 4 quarter, N.C. Joe John Esquivel, born September 25, 4 4 4 1965, to the Olifidio Esquivels, Wharton, Alex Gaines Howelli born October 18, Texas. •tBBVinaviPiVKBWMWK Editor SEAFARERS m «wPiXtWMWWwwf ^ �SEAFARERS Page Fourteen December 10, 196S LOG Seafarer Visits Soviet Union, Learns Dangers Of Curiosity Pork Chops Cooking Seafarer Eric Joseph, who recently completed an eventful eight-week visit to the Soviet Union, has come to the conclusion that the Western tourist who becomes curious about sights that the Russians would rather hide from outside eyes, will find the U.S.S.R. an unfriendly place, graphs showed that people all over Joseph did not embark on 1 -i. • 1 the world lived the same, and point­ his tour of Russia as a com­ ed out that Americans had many of plete novice in the Russian way of life. Last year, he sailed on the SlU-manned York which took a wheat carso to Odessa in 1964 as part of the U.S.-Soviet grain deal. This year, the adventurous Sea­ farer decided he wanted to take a lonser. more leisurely look at the gigantic Communist country and satisfy his curloslt.v. After landing in Leningrad. Joseph visited Mos­ cow; the Yalta resort area: Yere­ van. the gapital of Arirenia. Tbilisi and Gori. in Georgia; Tashkent in Central .Asia, and Irkutsk, Siberia. Friendly Reception He found that he received a friendly reception from the Russian Seafarer Eric Joseph poses man on the street, who usually bewith an attractive Russian seiged .American tourists with hun­ friend he met while tour­ dreds of questions about life in the U.S. The SIU tourist also reported ing the Soviet Union. He that many Russians he met in Mos­ reports that Russian girls cow often offered him big sums of are "the same as girls any­ money for his clothing or other where else in the world." goods with a "Made in U.S.A." label. He also reports that he was favorably impressed with the Rus- superiors. Joseph admits that he sian women he met in his travels became worried that he would get a across the country. first-hand look at Lubyanka Prison, the infamous jail in which thouJoseph, who is an avid amateur ggnds of Russian political prisoners photographer, learned the hard way ..-e.-e imprisoned. Finally, the that a camera-toting foreign tour- gya,.ds returned his passport and ist can run into a lot of trouble j ordered him to leave the area should he let his curiosity run away immediately. in Russia. This curiosity caused the The second time Joseph came Soviet police to detain hjm twice during his two-month journey to grief with the authorities took place in Tbilisi, a city in the Soviet through the country. republic of Georgia. Noticing that The first time Joseph got into hot there seemed to be many drunks, water occurred... when he tried , . to , beggers and people sleeping in the take pictures of the homes of high | ^ity streets, the SIU shutterbug Kremlin leaders in the exclusive , began taking pictures of some of Lenin Hills section of Moscow. In | these sights. He relates that he order to insure their privacy, the I suddenly found himself picked up country's top leaders seclude them- by the secret police and taken to a selves from the prying eyes ol the hotel for interrogation which took public in huge mansions hidden by : f^ont of several local news10-foot walls. When Joseph at­ paper reporters. tempted to snap some pictures of Hostile Questions the huge gates of these estates, he was seized by guards on the scene. During the close questioning he Held For 2 Hours received in the next few hours. After being relieved of his pass-; Joseph was asked repeatedly why port, he was detained outside the i he was taking pictures of Tbilisi walls for two hours while the sus- citizens in unfortunate circumpicious guards conferred with their stances. He replied that his photo­ the same problems which he wit­ nessed in Russia. His answers apparently helped to lessen the hostility of the police, and he was released shortly after­ ward. However, one of the news­ men present wrote a long, un­ friendly story about the incident in the local papers. Some of the peo­ ple who befriended Joseph in Tbi­ lisi later warned that the secret police was following him, although he was never aware of it. One of the highlights of Joseph's trip was his attendance at the United States annual Fourth of July celebration in Moscow. He comments that he had a hard struggle with State Department bureaucrats to get an invitation to the affair which is attended by most .Americans who are sta­ tioned in or are visiting Russia. He reports he received a very warm reception at the crowded celebration, meeting U.S. Ambas­ sador Kohler and his wife, and other foreign and Soviet diplo­ mats. The top Soviet leaders, he remembei's, were conspicuously absent. Met High Judge Joseph also had the chance to meet U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas who was stay­ ing at the same hotel in Moscow. He reports that the Russians ai'e still devoting considerable effort to wooing students from under-developel countries. There are thousands of students from Africa, Asia and Arab nations and Cuba on the streets of Leningrad and Moscow, he says. Foreign delegations from these countries were also frequent­ ly seen. Although Joseph saw much eco­ nomic improvement in the Soviet Union, he cannot see any compari­ son between the Russian and .Amer­ ican way of life. Looking at the two countries, he declares that we in the U.S. live under a system which is marked by freedom, abundance and progress. Russia, on the other hand, has an economy which is based or scarcity and hardship. Chief Cook Lawrence Mitchell sports a big smile in the kitchen of the Andrew Jackson, as he slips some pork chops into the oven. Brother Lawrence takes great pride in pre­ paring excellent chow to keep his fellow Seafarers happy. LOG-A-RHYTHM: Escape -By HENRI PERCIKOW. To forget if only for a ntonient The chopping mallet, The clicking steel, The whipping voice. The fever in my bone. Give me a patch of earth. With green to lie upon. Spread the blue above And let the sun beat down Upon my pallid skin. I'd listen to the whisper of insects And the magic song of space. The crunching of leaves. The joyous cry of children A^id to sounds of silence. Line Splicing An Art Aboard The Robin Locksiey u? i i I / Seafarers Frank Lire and George Gallord bend to the task aboard the Robin Locksiey while splicing the new improved mooring line. The new mooring line is made out of nylon, demonstrating yet another use that synthetic fibers are put to. Veteran Seafarer Robert McCauley, AB, shows Fred Gavin how an expert splices a line aboard the Robin Locksiey. For "old salts" to help the younger Seafarers along and to aid them in any way possible is an established SIU custom. �Paf• Fiftcca SEAFARERS LOG Deeember 10, IffS Final Departures Membership Meetiners Juan Rivera Roman, 39: Brother Marion F. Presley, 37: Brother .Charles Kinnke, 67: Brother Presley died of accidental causes Kinnke died of natural causes at Roman died of natural causes aboard the Hur­ the Staten Island in Jersey County, ricane. A mem­ USPHS Hospital, Illinois. A mem­ ber of the deck Staten Island, ber of the Union department, he New York. He since 1962, he joined the Union was a member of sailed in the in 1960. Piace of the deck depart­ deck department. burial was the ment atd is sur­ He Is survived De La Capital vived by his by Emma P. Cwnetery, R i o niece, Lydia Presley. Place of Piedras, Puerto Evanco. Burial burial was the Rico. No bene­ took place in the Meadow Branch Cemetery, Jersey County, Illinois. Long Island National Cemetery, ficiary was designated. 4 3. 3i Farmingdale, New York. Wilbert J. Bunthoff, 50: Brother ^ Kaarel Leetmaa, 62: Brother Bunthoff succumbed to a heart at­ Lawyer McGrew, 59: Cancer Leetmaa died of natural causes at tack in the Per­ claimed the life of Brother the Staten Island sian Gulf port of McGrew at the USPHS Hospital, Behran. A mem­ New Orleans Staten Island, ber of the Union USPHS Hospital. New York. A since 1947, he A member of the member of the sailed in the en­ steward depart­ engine depart­ gine department. ment, he is sur­ ment, he signed He was buried in vived by his wife, on with the SIU Cincinnati, Ohio. Mrs. Rosa L. in 1951. He was Surviving is his McGrew. Brother buried in Kensico daughter Jocelyn McGrew was Cemetery, West­ Richards. buried in the chester County, New York. Sur­ 3» 4 4 Oaklawn Cemetery, Mobile, viving is Laine Runne, a friend. Vernon L. Corlis, 53: Brother Alabama. Corlis died of accidental causes l" ii4« i" 3^ at his home in Knut B. Cato, 72: Heart failure John T. Frawley, 72: Brother Galveston, Tex­ proved fatal to Brother Cato at Frawley died of natural causes at as. A member of the Spring Grove the Union Me­ the deck depart­ State Hospital, morial Hospital, ment, he joined Baltimore, Mary­ Baltimore, Mary­ the SIU in 1943. land. A member land. A member He is survived of the SIU since of the Union by his wife Jes­ 1939, he sailed since 1960, he sie. Place of bur­ in the engine sailed as a ial was the Gal­ department. N o bargeman. He is veston Memorial beneficiary was survived by his Park Cemetery, Galveston, Texas. designated. son Charles S. iSi'S; Brother Cato Frawley. Place was cremated at the Green Mount of burial was the Gardens of Faith i Baltimore Canal Cemetery, Catonsville, Maryland. Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland. a, i a> Anthony Zielinski, 68: Brother Zielinski died of natural causes at the Baltimore USPHS Hospi­ tal, Baltimore, Maryland. A member of the % fSt deck department, \ he joined the Union in 1951. He is survived by his brother John Zielinski. Place of burial was the Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City, New Jer­ sey. 4 ii M i Si: To Be Improved 3. 3i 4BALTIMORE—The heavily traveled Chesapeake and George Eugene Armstrong, 59: Delaware Canal is slated for Brother Armstrong died in the widening and deepening to New Orleans iii allow it to carry an increased USPHS Hospital traffic load of large vessels as a result of and eliminate the numerous accidental injur­ ies. A member groundings with which the of the deck de­ present canal is plagued. A i free flow of two-way traffic is partment, he is survived by his the goal. sister, Grace The 250-foot wide, 27-foot Peterson. Broth­ deep canal, will be widened er Armstrong to 450-feet and deepened to was buried in the Cross Road 35-feet. Cemetery, Cross Road, Fiorida. i; i . i ; jrHouston Dec. 13—7 P.M. Mobiie Dec. 14—7 P.M. New York Jan. 3—2:30 p.m. New Orleans ...Dec. 15—7 P.M. Fhlladelpbla ....Jan. 4—2:30 p.m. * Meeting held at Labor Temple, New­ Baltimoro .Jan. 5—2:30 p.m. port News. t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Detroit Jan. 14—^2:30 p.m. Ste. Marie, Mich, Houston Dec. 13—2:30 P.M. t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. New Orleans . Dec. 14—2:30 P.M. Mobile Dec. 15—2:30 P.M. IVilmington Dec. 20—2 P.M. San Francisco ...Dec. 22—2 P.M. Seattle Dec. 24—2 P.M. SlU-AGLIWD Meetings 4 4 4 Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit Alpena Buffalo Chicago Cleveland Duluth Frankfurt Dec. 20—2 Dee. 20—7 Dec. 20—7 Dec. 20—7 Dec. 20—7 Dec. 20—7 Dec. 20—7 4 4 4 GREAT LAKES TUG AND REGION Detroit Dec. Milwaukee ...Dec. Chicago Dec. Buffalo Dec. tSa'tSte. Marie Dec. Duluth Dec. Cleveland ... Dec. Toledo Dec. DREDGE 13—7 30 13—7 30 14—7 30 IS—7 30 16—7 30 17—7 30 17—7 30 17—7:30 CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU coniracts are available in all SIU halls. The.sc 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. It any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect vnur 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 pubti.°hing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among Us ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. Philadelphia Jan. 4—5 Baltimore (licensed and unlicensed) Jan. 5—5 Houston Dec. 13—5 Norfolk Jan. 6—5 New Orleans .... Dec. 14—5 Mobile Dec. 15—5 4 4 P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. 4 RAILWAY MARINE REGION Jersey City Dec. 13—10 Philadelphia Dec. 14—10 Baltimore Dec. 15—10 i| •Norfolk Dec. 16—10 :i A.M. & 8 P.M. A.M. & 8 P.M. A.M. & 8 P.M. A.M. & 8 P.M. 4 4 4 United Industrial Workers i New York Baltimore Philadelphia Jan. 3—7 P.M. Jan. 5—7 P.M. Jan. 4—7 P.M. If at any time a Seafarer feels that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his constitutional right of access to Union records or Information, he should Immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. . V V- 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 Willlamg AI Tanner Robert Matthevtg SECR ETARY-TR EASURER AI Kerr HEADQUARTERS ... 675 4th Ave., Bklyn. ALPENA, Mich HV 9-6600 127 River SL EL 4-3616 BALTIMORE, Md. ...1216 E. Baltimore St. EA 7-4900 BOSTON, Mass 177 Slate St. Rl 2-0140 BUFFALO, N.Y 735 Washington St. TL 3-9259 CHICAGO. Ill 9383 Ewing Ave. SA 1-0733 CLEVELAND, Ohio 1420 W. 25th St. MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mich. . 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. VI 3-4741 DULUTH, Minn. 312 W. 2nd St. RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich P.O. Box 287 415 Main St. EL 7-2441 HOUSTON, Tex 5804 Canal St. WA 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE, Fla 2608 Pearl SL EL 3-0987 JERSEY CITY, N.J. .. 99 Montgomery SL HE 3-0104 MIAMI, Fla 744 W. F:.aqler SL FR 7-3564 MOBILE, Ala. ... 1 South Lawrence SL HE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS, La. .. 630 Jackson Ave. Tel. 529-7546 NORFOLK, Va 115 3rd St. Tel. 622-1892 PAYMENT OP MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone In any official capacity In the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless he Is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or If a member is required to make a payment and Is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the SE.4FARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitu­ tion. In addition, copies are available In aU Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer Is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc.. as well as all other details, then the member so affected should Immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS: Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension benefits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attendance at membership meetings. And like aU 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. Becau.se these oldtlmers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. 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 be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he la entitled, be should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One Of the 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 the benefit of the membership and the Union. ™ P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. 4 4 4 SIU Inland Boatmen's Union Know Your Rights FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIO Atlantic, Gulf, Lakea and Inland Waters District makes speclilc provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIO headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST 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 the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and 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 Boarii 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 'eferrea to are available to you ai all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the seafarers ADpe<-iI.s Boasd. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. Directory Of UNION HALLS m PHILADELPHIA, Penna. 2604 S. 4th SL DE 6-3818 PORT ARTHUR, Tex. 1348 Seventh SL SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. 350 Freemont SL DO 2-4401 SANTURCE, P.R. 1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 Tel. 724-2843 SEATTLE, Wash 2505 First Avenue MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo 805 Del Mar CE 11434 TAMPA, Fla 312 rfarrison SL Tel. 229-2788 WILMINGTON. Calif. . 505 N. Marine Ave. TE 4-2528 MAC Report (Continued from page 3) on this for action by the full Com­ mittee and transmittal to the President. The approval of the public mem­ bers' report by the Advisory Com­ mittee represents a significant breakthrough for the SIU and other maritime unions, who have been maintaining for many years that the public interest requires positive Government action to re­ build the merchant fleet. The fact that a totally different repoi't has been approved by the Advisory Committee, however, means that the President now will not get only one side of the pic­ ture—nor will the members of Congress, who will have the final say on any new maritime policy developed by the Government. Congress, of course, is where the big fight on this issue will take place, probably early next year, and the SIU, along with the rest of maritime labor will put their full support behind a pro­ gram to rebuild our merchant ma­ rine and restore it to its rightful place on the seas. �Vol. XXVII No. 26 SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC. GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO Cargo Preference Enforced By Many Foreign Nations Family Day At Sill Clinic Foreign governments and foreign-flag operators have often raised a sharp protest against U.S. measures to upgrade our merchant marine througii such aids as subsidies and ' cargo preference. Seldom mentioned in these protests is the fact tliat a great many other governments also take simi-'* .\r;:entina, Bolivia, and Colombia. ' and iidprnst cliarge.s; and lar or stronger stens to pro,.e.st!ictive trade agreemenbs United Kingdom, taxe.s. The list of countries act ively , tect their own merchant with other imostly Latin) nations. lieiping tlieir own merchant fleet ; The.se agreements henelit the fleet.s. maritime industries in the cnun- can be extended to just about •Japan. where prolest.s are loud- (,,(,5 in\olved. every part of the world. Burma. ! est against policies wiiich benefit , Intione.sia, Korea, IV.'urocco, the i Long List the U.S. maritime indu.strv. has Philippines, Syria, and Tunisia I several pi'ograms of her own in Individual Latin American coun- all have cargo preference laws. the .same effect. .Uetordiiig to trie.s have also adopted many Bulgaria, Burma, Ceylon, Czecho­ Tliomas Guerin, president of the other measures to the benefit of slovakia, France, East Germany, .American .Association of Port their own merchant marines. Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, | Authorities. Japanese shippers at­ .Argentina has directed freight to Iraq, Korea, Tunisia, Egypt, Rus­ tempt to enforce a "de facto" .Argentine flag vessels tlirough a sia. and Yugoslavia all participate eargo preference on • centralized trading agency and has in restrictive trade agreements. s.hipped to the United Stale.s. In adopted policies making ship­ The European Common Market addition, in June of 1964. the ment under Argentine flag cheap- as a body has a special trade agreeSeafarer Efraim Pagan waifs his furn at the New York SlU Japanese Government enacted its er. Venezuela reserves to national French speaking Clinic, along with his son, Efraim, Jr., and his wife, Raown \ersion of cargo preference .Alriian nations providing for flag vessels all cargoes which are mona. The subject of their visit on Thursday, "Family when it ordered tliat Japanese elimination of certain tariffs. ve.s.sels cany 100 percent of cargo free of import duty—a large por­ In short, just about every mari­ Day," was an all-around checkup for Efraim, Jr., who stands sent to Thailand under a war tion of total Venezuelan imports. time nation, major and minor, .And Uruguay reserves half of all a good chance of being a Seafarer like his father, judging reparation grant. Japan also bene­ takes steps to help its own mer­ commercial cargoes in and out of fits its merchant marine with low by the sailor suit he's wearing. chant marine. interest charges and government- her ports for ships under her own financed research and a customs flag. duty on imported siiips and ma.Among the Western Europeiin tei i lis. nations. Denmark subsidizes deThe Latin .American nations preciation; France, construction, are probably the most vigorous in ; operation, depreciation, and inadopting measures to protect their i tere.st charges; West Germany, 1 own fleets. The following have taxes and interest charges; Greece, j cargo preference laws: Brazil,; taxes; Italy, construction, operaChile, Cuba, Equador, Guatemala, j tion, taxes, and interest charges: | Seafarers voting in all Gt. Lakes District ports and aboard all Gt. Lakes District Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela, j the .Netherlands, depreciation and 1 vessels have voted in a secret ballot referendum to accept a constitutional 0 lese nations, as weil as interest charges; Sweden, taxes g^gy|j,.,.,ent which calls for an increase in Gt. Lakes District membership dues. SlU Ct. Lakes District Votes OK On Dues Hike In voting that was con- * ducted from October 11 Henry Howard, Book Number | $300 was accepted by the SlU Gt. through to November 10, Gt. I Larson, Book Number | Lakes District membership as w^ere [.3536, Leo Tierney, Book Number • s e v e r a 1 other constitutional Lakes District Seafarers voted 2 to 12452, Fred Vance, Book Number changes. {Continued from page 3) 1 to accept the constitutional 8546, Frank Szapko, Book Number eaucrats have never done anything. w heat to the Soviet Union and her amendment. The proposal for a dues increase 12671 and Clarence Otis, Book originated in the form of a resolu­ to promote the U.S. flag. They have! satellites. In . accordance no understanding of the economics i . . with the ..r ,union jsjuniber 8018. tion adopted at the regular SlU of the industry. They have no I •A requirement that 75 per-• constitution a six-man Headquar.Acceptance by the membership Great Lakes District membership know ledge of the defense needs of! of all Government cargo be! ters Committee On Elections was of the resolution on a dues in­ meeting held in Detroit on Sep­ this country. They do not seem to 1'tarried on ships flying the U.S. U'hosen at a special membership crease will result in an increase in tember 7, at 2 P.M. It was then know that the history books point: i of Derrou" pITe functioS dues of $10 per quarter, raising carried at subsequent meetings in up the fact that for nations to be i • Development of a PUvatelyCommittee ^was''to current dues from $20 to $30 all Great Lakes District ports held great they must have balanced sea I owned nuclear powered merchant count and tallv the ballots cast 1 P®'' fnai ter, effective January 1, on September 7 at 7 P.M. "ft M 'T® Shroughout the Gr. Lakes District 11966. .After the wind-up of voting, a a dime, a sai . ^ ^ Defeat of any attempt to <^Liring the 31 day referendum. i The necessity for a dues Increase five-man committee of Seafarers The .MTD president said that allow .American ships to be built: The committee's report was pre-1 was created by the higher cost of was elected in Detroit to study the the Maritime Administrator i.s now jn foreign shipyards. ;senled to the membership at gen- union operations to provide maxi­ proposal and prepare a report with saying publicly what others i" 1 T-U /• eral membership meetings held mum job security and protection its recommendations, including Government have been doing pri-: The Convention also adopted a t,,,.ou«hou.t Gr. Lakes District ports for Gt, Lakes District members, voting procedures for a secret ref­ vately for years, to destroy the J|^''Ohition a vote of con- un Monday December 6. | In addition, a resolution raising erendum ballot of the SlU Great American merchant marine. ndence to AFL-CIO President .six-man committee consi.sted i the membership initiaton fee to Lakes District membership. The : George Meany, and Legislative report was submitted to the mem­ Intensive Activity • Director Andrew Biemiller for bership for final consideration at Hall said that the Maritime'^eir efforts in leading the fight a general membership meeting Trades Department, along with it's repeal of Section 14 'bi which is scheduled for September affiliated unions, will promote in-1 *he Taft-Hartley law, and 20, 1965. tensive activity on the political: Pledged "our total support to put MONTREAL—^The SlU of Canada-contracted freighter Fort In issuing its report, the com­ front to assure that this nation 1 vital legislative objective over William has been refloated in Montreal harbor where it sank, mittee cited the applicable pro­ has a sufficiently strong shipping | '^op" in the next session of exploded and burned on September 14 with a loss of four i visions of the constitution and an­ industry to protect the nation's Congress, Canadian Seafarers. nounced that the proposal for a needs and the jobs of American' The Convention also commended Salvage work began on September 23 with the removal of the dues increase had been accepted maritime workers. ship s cargo. The 6,384-ton ve.ssel, which was lying on her side the International Longshoremen's by the membership, subject to the in 30 feet of water, was refloated after 19 hours of pumping. Prior As the LOG went to press, the .Association and its President secret ballot referendum. to refloating operations, about 200 tons of steel reinforcing was || MTD Convention delegates had! Thomas W. (Teddy) Gleason for Secret balloting on the proposed built into the vessel for added strength. acted on a number of resolutions • their efforts and cooperation in dues increase was conducted in Plans call for temporary repairs after which the ship will be and committee reports with which ; the figiit to strengthen the Ameri accordance with the SlU Great (owed into a local shipyard. they dealt in convention sessions, ican merchant marine. The Canada Steamship Lines ship was only four months old at .i i Lakes District constitution. This They also made clear the policies, the time of the mishap, in which four Canadian Seafarers were [{j 1 provided for the election of rank tiiey want instituted by the Gov-! .Among the speakers who adkilled, fifteen hospitalized and others treated on the scene. Most i;;;; and file polls committees in all ernment. Among the key actions dressed the Convention were of her crew escaped the flames towering 200 feet over the water- [ i Great Lakes District ports where called for were: Under Secretary of Labor John F. j voting is conducted each day. front by climbing across the port side of the vessel to the dock _ „ . ,. f ., c. .0 Henning, Neil Hagerty, president' • Condemnation of the State, ^ Construction or by diving into the St. Lawrence River. j Serving on the five-man conDepartment for refusing to suP;, Trades Department; Nicholas John-. The ship had been plagued all the way from Hamilton, Ont., by ; [ ! stitutional committee were Law­ port proposals to ban from U.S. son, .Alaritime Administrator. Paul an inability to maintain proper trim. Her 'twecn-decks load in- T rence Tremblay, Book No. 9668, ports those foreign ships which St. Sure, president of the Pacific eluded some 300 tons of powdered carbide—a chemical which in : William Bateman, Book No. 1664, carry cargo to Cuba and North .Maritime Association, and Ed itself is not explosive but which becomes a highly explosive gas |: Harry Buccilli, Book No. 12518, Vietnam. when mixed with water. Hood, president of the ShipbuildHenry V. Howard, Book No. 3943, • Halting shipment of surpius,iiig Council of America. and Dezsi Gazse, Book No. 11265. MTD Holds Convention SlU Of Canada Freighter Refloated After Mishap � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource December 10, 1965 Description An account of the resource Headlines: MEANY BACKS MAC REPORT ON MARITIME, URGES JOHNSON WEIGN PROPOSALS ADVISORY COMMITTEE’S REPORT CALLS FOR EXPANDED U.S. FLEET AFL-CIO CONVENTION UNDERWAY – TO MAP LABOR’S FUTURE GOALS SEA-LAND, SEATRAIN TURN BACK ATTEMPT BY RR’S TO SET ‘DISCRIMINATORY RATES THANKSGIVING – 1965 AT SIU HALLS FROM COAST TO COAST CARGO PREFERENCE LAWS WIDESPREAD PRACTICE IN FOREIGN NATIONS BUILDING TRADES RENEW SECTION 14B REPEAL DRIVE RETIREES STRONGLY FAVOR SOPPLEMENTARY MEDICARE JOBLESS RATE DROPS TO 4.2 PERCENT MTD CONVENTION DELEGATES HEAR MEANY URGE GOVERNMENT ADOPT MAC REPORT PROPOSALS GARMATZ URGES U.S. PUSH FOR IMPROVED INTL. SEA SAFETY RULES WATER CARRIERS SEEK STIFFER RAILROAD RATE-CUTTING FINES 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 12/10/1965 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. 26 1965 Periodicals Seafarers Log