http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/8f9583c52b9e687f9cb46677ca92d4a9.PDF b605ad69d58233158e439fd8d3b33b3a PDF Text Text SEAFARERS^LOG February 18 1966 t- OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION . ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT . .•t's K-'. �Page Two SEAFARERS Dirksen Leads Senate Filibuster To Block Vote on Mb Repeal Bill WASHINGTON—Anti-labor forces in the U. S. Senate succeeded last week in blocking a vote on the measure to repeal section 14b of the Taft-Hartley Act, which permits states to enact so-called 'right-to-work' laws. Lacking sufficient votes to^ Senator John O. Pastore (D., prevent the repeal of 14b, op­ Senate 'to face up to its responsiR. I.) called on Dirksen to allow ponents of the repeal measure, bilities.' the Senate to consider the 14b As part of the President's pro­ issue on its merits "and let there led by Senator Dirksen, resorted to a filibuster to keep the bill from gram, Mansfield said, the repeal be a clear-cut decision." The fili­ bill "deserves the decent and re­ buster, he said, denied the Ameri­ coming to a vote. spectful attention of Congress." It Supporters of repeal tried to can people the right to have the is "a matter of considerable im­ close debate but fell short of the legislation even discussed on the two-thirds majority required by portance to many millions of merits of the case. Senate rules. The first vote on Americans." / February 8 was 51-48 to close The routine motion to take up debate. A second vote two days the bill "should have carried with­ later was 50-49 to limit debate. out debate," Mansfield said. In­ AFL - CIO President George stead it brought down "an attack, Meany said the cloture vote "con­ not only on a perfectly proper bill clusively proves that a majority of the House of Representatives, of the Senate favors repeal of but on the Senate committee 14b and will so vote if permitted which had the temerity to report The Intergovernmental Mari­ it; on the whole of organized la­ to do so." time Consultative Organization's bor which had the effrontery to Meany said "The AFL-CIO is, advocate it; and on the President safety committee agreed at its of course, deeply disappointed who had the gall to recommend meeting in London recently to that the democratic process in the its passage . . . Out poured the consider more stringent fire pre­ Senate has been thwarted by the resentments, the irritations, the vention standards to prevent re­ shabby parliamentary tactics of vendettas, and the whatevers currences of the tragedy which Sen. Dirksen and a minority of against organized labor which resulted in the sinking of the run­ senators. Our future plans will be were pent up over the decades." away-flag Yarmouth Castle. SIU discussed at the next AFL-CIO Vice-President Earl (Bull) Shepard Executive Council meeting which Mansfield defended his decision participated in the sessions as the will open on Feb. 21." not to order around-the-clock ses­ labor representative from the sions in an effort to break the fili­ United States. Support for Repeal buster declaring that such tactics Shepard reix>rted that the full The actual majority for repeal have been unsuccessful in the past. range of life-saving equipment was known to be higher, since and facilities were discussed at When "reason and restraint" several senators traditionally op­ the sessions. Interest in the posed to cloture have said they are lacking, Mansfield said, "the raising of international safety, Senate invariably reaches an im­ would support the repeal bill—if standards was heightened by the it ever got to a vote. And one passe of futility." flash fire which swept the run­ strong repeal supporter, Michi­ Dirksen defended his filibuster gan's Pat McNamara (D) wa.s in because, he claimed, the Senate away-flag cruise ship Yarmouth tfie hospital during the two votes. majority has been intimidated by Castle last November and went down in the Atlantic with a loss Actually the Senate never even "pressure" and the minority rep­ of 90 lives. got to the stage of considering the resents the will of the people. Shepard pointed out that inter­ House-passed repeal bill. As hap­ An angry Sen. Warren Magnu- national action is essential to close pened last fall, &nate Republican son (D-Wash.) retorted: "I cannot the loopholes which permit run­ Leader Everett McKinley Dirksen sit idly by and listen to the min­ away-flag ships to operate below mounted a filibuster against Mans­ ority leader talk about the will of the minimum standards required field's routine motion to make the the people on this issue. Voters under U.S. registry. repeal bill the business before the of my state also have expressed Commenting on the role of Senate. their will on this issue. The state maritime labor in the IMCO de­ Majority Leader Mike Mans­ of Washington has voted not once, liberations, he said that U.S. sea­ field made a final appeal to the but three times on this issue. . . . men must be represented at this level because "the subjects under discussion are of considerable At Domei Convention in Tokyo concern to them, as well as sea­ men generally throughout the world." Shepard Attends London Talks On Ship Safety Feb. 18, 1966 SIUNA President Paul Hall as he addressed Japanese Confederation of Labor Convention recently. With him is Mauri K. Kobayashi of the University of Tokyo who served as interpreter. Hall confers with Koichi Kihata, Director of International Affairs of the Japanese Confederation of Labor, during convention session. Report of International President by Paul Hall The filibuster by which anti-labor forces prevented a vote on the is­ sue of section 14b of the Taft-Hartley law was a setback for work­ ers in the right-to-work states who are among the nation's lowest, least protected and most abused members of the nation s work force. As a result of their use of the filibuster as a parliamentary device, a minority group in the Senate orevented the issue from being voted on. It is apparent that a majority of the Senate favored and would have voted to repeal 14b—which gives states the right to ban union shops. The anti-union forces thus were able to impose the will of a minority over the majority. Knowing that they lacked sufficient votes to turn back the 14b repeal measure if it came to a vote on the Senate floor, they resorted to the filibuster tactic. In order to halt this filibuster tac­ tic, a simple majority is not enough. A two-thirds vote of the Senate is required to limit debate. Supporter of Repeal in Majority When the supporters of the move to repeal section 14b sought to close debate, the vote was 51-48 in favor. However under the two-thirds rule this was not enough. As a result the attempt to repeal section 14b has been dropped. It is unfortunate from the standpoint of the democratic process, that the issue itself was never allowed to come up for a vote. It is quite obvi­ ous, that if it had, 14b would have been repealed. This then was a de­ feat for the democratic process because, to repeat, it enabled a minority to employ a parliamentary tactic to block the sentiment of the majority. The result is that the workers in the so-called right-to-work states lost an opportunity to improve their wages and working conditions and to attain job security. The failure to repeal section 14b plays right into the hands of greedy cut-rate employers in right-to-work states, who can now continue to exploit their employes. The 19 right-to-work states are notorious for their almost uniformly low wage level and lack of benefits and protection that are enjoyed by workers in the non right-to-work states. The American labor movement must and will continue to fight for the elimination of this and other forms of workers repression. This is the function of organized labor none of whose advances came easily. Dignity is Right of AD The struggle to wipe out the inequities such as those created by the right-to-work laws will not cease. Decent wages, decent conditions, job security and dignity on the job should be the right "of all workers in whatever state they may work. As the record shows, they cannot have it under the so-called phony right-to-work laws which are clearly an instrument to protect greedy, union evading employers. It is rather ironic, that at the present time when there is so much talk and emphasis on the need to launch a strong attack on the condi­ tions which create and foster poverty in many areas of our society, one of the key contributing factors—section 14b of the Taft-Hartley Act remains on the books to thwart the national objective. /• 1 - > Johnson and aides are briefed on SIU ship activity by SIU Rep. John Yarmola. From left to right, Art Friedberg, as­ sistant to Administrator for Manpower; Ivan Scott, special assistant: "Yarmola, and Capt. Tom King of Marad, r < f • \ 1 Stag Writers MELVIN PURVIS WILLIAM DAY Piblilhed biwttkly at 810 Rtio4« liland Avenie N.E., Waikinaton. D. C. 20018 by thi Seafarm iRtcmatloRal Pnlon, Atlantic. Galf, Labo and Inland Watcn Oictrlet, AFL-CIO, 675 Foirth Avenit, Brooklyn, H.V. 11232. Tol. HVaelnth 9-6600. Second clasi pottaic paid at Washinpton. D. C. POSTMASTEII'S ATTENTION; Form 3579 cards shoeld be sent to Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Galf. Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Foarth Avenac, Brooklyn, N.V. 11232. •• t Maritime Administrator Johnson At SIU Engineers License Training Class Vel. XXVIII, No. 4 Official rublieation of llio SIUNA Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO Executive Board PAUL HALL, President CAL TANNER EARL SHEPARD Exec. Vice-Pres. Vice-President AL KERR LINDSEV WILLIAMS Sec.-Treas. Vice-President ROBERT MATTHEWS AL TANNER Vice-President Vice-President HERBERT BRAND Director of Organizing and Publications Managing Editor Art Editor MIKE POLLACK BERNARD SEAMAN Assistant Editor NATHAN SKYER February 18, 1966 LOG Maritime Administrator Nicholas Johnson talks to SIU men studying for engineers license in Brooklyn. At right is SIU Vice President Earl Shepard. �tl February 18, 1966 / * MRt? jinree URGE BAN ON SHIPS TO NORTH VIET Text Of Joint Union Wire « /o/W/n^ is the text of the telegram sent jointly by the iLA, NMU^ and SIU to President Johnson, Secretary of Stati Dean Rusk, Commerce Secretary John Connor and Labor Secre­ te Willard Wirtz in regard to the blacklist of ships trading with North Viet Nam. Continuing trade with North Viet-Nam by the ships ot supposedly friendly nations has been a matter of grave ctmcern to the membership of our unions. "Hie recent decision to bar ships which engage in such trade from participating in U. S. foreign aid programs is a slap on the wrist which will in no way deter foreign ship owners or their governments and will not curtaU the assistwhich Ae North Vietnamese receive from them. We believe the time for pussyfooting is long past. ^ fighting and dying along with the loyal SouA i^iet^ese forces and those of our other allies. Trade wiA North Viet Nam puts blood money in the pockets of ship pwners and oAer profiteers in so-called allied nations. We express the sentiments of the seamen and longshoremen who comprise our unions and Ae other maritime unions when we say that such aid to Ae nations which are engaged in a^ession against the South Vietoamese people and against U. S. and ^ied t^ps must be met by firm, direct and uncompromismg action by our country. In any case, American seamen and longshoremen are detemined to take action to discourage Ae flow of supplies which strengAen North Vietaam and Aeir puppets the Viet Cong m Aeir aggression. We must inform you, therefore, very soon our members will begin to demonstrate Aeir pro­ tests on all waterfronts in this country Arected against any a^ ^all ships of Aose nations which permit trade with NorA Vietnam. Thomas W. Gleason, ILA Joseph Curran, NMU Paul Hall, SIU ILA^ NMU andSIU to Stage Protests Against Ships In Trade With Enemy govemmente from supplying the North Vietnamese regime. In a joint position, the^ International Longshoremen's picking up U. S. foreign aid car­ goes consisted of the following Association, the National five: the British freighters ShienMaritime Union and the Seafarers foon, Shirley Christine and WaInternational Union of North kasa Day; the Cypriot vessel Amon America, said that the time for and the Greek ship Agenor. "pussyfooting is long past" and The unions maintained in their that they would soon begin "pro­ statement that "continuing trade test demonstrations" in all U. S. with North Viet Nam by the ships ports against vessels of those na­ tions which permit trade with of supposedly friendly nations has been a matter of grave concern North Viet Nam. The joint union position was to the membership of our unions." "Our boys are fighting and dy­ set foith in a telegram to Presi­ dent Lyndon B. Johnson on Feb­ ing along with the loyal South ruary 14. Identical wires were Vietnamese forces and those of also sent to Commerce Secretary our other allies," the unions said. John Connor, Labor Secretary 'Blood Money' Willard Wirtz and Secretary of "The trade with North Viet State Dean Rusk. Nam puts blood money in Ae Limited Blacklist pockets of ship owners and other Under the terms of the State profiteers in so-called allied na­ Department blacklist announced tions. We express the sentiments earlier this week, non-commuriist of the seamen and longshoremen and Polish ships that carry mate­ who comprise our unions and the rial to North Viet Nam are pro­ other maritime unions when we hibited from picking up American say that such aid to the nations .. . foreign aid cargoes in United engaged in aggression against the States ports. Polish ships are in­ South Vietnamese people and al­ cluded because Poland receives lied troops must be met by firm U. S. foreign aid. and uncompromising action by The Viet Nam blacklist will be our country." a roster of ships observed by U. S. The joint union statement said spotters on their way to North that American seamen and long­ Viet Nam ports. As of February shoremen are set on action to dis­ 14, the list of vessels barred from courage the shipment of supplies snipowners or their to North Viet Nam and its pup­ pets, the Viet Cong. The SIU and other AFL-CIO maritime unions have consistently condemned the State Department for its refusal to effectively ban from U. S. ports those ships en­ gaged in commerce with Cuba and North Viet Nam. SIU Call for Action At the SIUNA's twelfth bien­ nial convention last May, dele­ gates adopted a resolution calling for passage of federal legislation which would prohibit the carriage of U. S. commerce by foreign-flag ships which had traded wiA NorA Viet Nam. Similar action has been urged by the AFUCIO Maritime Trades Department. Last December, the convention of the AFL-CIO called upon the State Department to re-evaluate its position and support legislation to bar from U. S. commerce foreign-flag vessels which have been trading wiA NorA Viet Nam. The unions' position makes it clear that the only effective black­ list is one that bans all ships of any nation which permits any ves­ sel flying its flag to trade with North Viet Nam. Bernsfein Named N»w Heod of Deportment SIU Welfare Service To Make Study Of Puhlic Health Hospital Facilities of representative for many years, has been appointed as Director of the Seafarers Welfare Services and Social Security Department ppomiea as uirector ° West and Gulf Coasts and the Great Lakes area. The purpose of the study will be to review the services already available to Sea­ farers in the USPHS facilities wiA a view to improvement. In addition, the Welfare Serv­ ices director said efforts will be made to further expedite the pay­ ment of welfare claims to Sea­ farers and their families and to assist individual members with their welfare problems. Field representatives will cover the USPHS facilities on East, West and Gulf Coasts and Great Lakes to study existing in-patient and out-patient services. In addition, they will review possible methods for improving and expanding serv­ ices for active and pensioned Sea­ farers, and their dependents. The newly-appointed director pointed out that the Department will continue to make the maxi­ mum effort to assure the proper medical care for Seafarers and their families. Among the typical medical serv­ ices covered by the Seafarers Wel­ fare Plan are hospital expenses, in­ cluding room, board and extras, blood transfusions, surgical bene­ fits, maternity expenses, as well as •'""lie Health optical benefits and disability ben­ efits. The Seafarers Welfare Plan also provides for the payment of death benefits to the beneficiaries of deceased Seafarers. Seafarers Welfare Services are discussed by (left to right) SIU President Paul Hall, newly-appointed Welfare Services Director Cr!™n" Seafarers Welfare Benefits Exceed $65 Million Mark I YORK—SIU members and their dependents have col­ lected a total of over $65.2 million in welfare and vacation benefits Seafarers Welfare and Vacation Plans. ine $65.2 million total was"^"-; reached at the end of December tion of the welfare plan, survivors of departed Seafarers have col­ 1965. lected over $6.7 million in death Since 1950, when the Welfare benefits. Plan was organized, over $26.9 Among the typical medical serv­ million has been paid out in hos­ ices covered by the Welfare Plan pital, death, disability, maternity, are hospital expenses, including dependent, optical and out-patient room, board and extras, blood benefits. transfusions, surgical and mater­ The SIU Vacation Plan, which nity benefits. went into operation in February, The $65,233,615.25 sum paid 1952 has provided Seafarers with out in benefits under the Welfare more than $38.3 million in bene­ and Vacation Plans since 1950 fits in the past 15 years. does not represent the total assist­ Since the Union Welfare Plan ance which Seafarers and their was organized, a total of $4.8 mil­ families received from these plans. lion has been paid out to SIU The total value of Welfare benefits members and their dependents to is considerably higher since the cover hospital expenses and 1.3 cost of scholarship payments, meal books, training facilities and medi­ million in maternity benefits. cal examinations for SIU mem­ At the end of 1965, the welfare bers and their dependents have plan had also paid out over $2.1 not been included in the $65 mil­ million in out-patient benefits and lion figure. $5.4 million in disability benefits. "Hie Seafarers Welfare Plan is In addition, over $6 million in maintained entirely by employer dependents benefits had been paid contributions, based on man-days out at the end of 1965. worked. The SIU Welfare Plan also The Plan is administered by a jrovides for the payment of death Board of Trustees consisting of lenefits to the survivors of de­ an equal number of Union and parted Seafarers. Since the incep- employer representatives. :1 'tlrf �Page Four SEAFARERS February 18, 1966 LOG SlU-UIW Wins First-Time Part After Seven Day Chicago Strike The Atlantic Coast by Earl (Bull) Shepard, Vice-President, Atlantic Coast Area| CHICAGO—Members of the SIUNA-afTiliated Transportation Services and Allied WorkersUnited Industrial Workers Local 300 have won bargaining rights at the Mctalmasters Company here recently after a successful seven-day strike that was called after management refused to recog­ nize the union as bargaining agent <$> — for the workers. unanimous vote of the Mctalmas­ the company would "never strike." Union members at the company ters membership after Local 300 Grana brought news of the re­ returned to their jobs after the President Gregory Grana brought fusal to Local 300 members who company agreed to sign a new con­ a final recognition demand to the had assembled in the company tract with the union which called officials of the corporation. His parking lot during their lunch for substantial improvement in demand for union representation break. The workers unanimously wages, working conditions and job and a new contract was turned ordered that a strike begin imme­ security for employees at the plant. down by the company with the diately. The strike was ordered by a statement that the employees of What started out as a routine lunch break ended seven days later in a signed contract that calls for paid holidays, a sound grievance procedure and the establishment of seniority rights. Under the terms of the new Local 300 contract, Metalmasters employees will receive annual paid vacations and the company has also agreed to supply work gloves to the employees. Prior to the strike, work gloves were an issue because Metalmasters employees had to spend some $30 each year for hand protection. The company manufacturers zinc castings for the automotive and electronic industry. •m - '.Tf ] 18 ' n TSAW-United Industrial Workers members man picket line out­ side Metalmasters, Inc.. in Chicago, led by UIW Local 300 president Gregory Grana and union rep. Charlie Moses. Strike lasted seven days and resulted in first union contract for the plant's 60 employees. LORAN-FOR PINPOINT WORLDWIDE NAVIGATION !ii '' I ':1 The loran system, by which a ship or aircraft can determine its position anywhere in the world with an error of no more than 500 feet is based around a clock so accurate it will vary by only one second in 3,171 years. ^ receiver-indicator receives the Loran, which stands for "long pulses from two or more stations range aid to navigation," has and displays them, permitting the its main station in a one-story navigator to measure the differ­ building on a hilltop in Bermuda ence in time of receipt. A special which, in conjunction with other chart which accompanies the re­ stations around the world and ceiver-indicator then gives the navigator his exact position. Although the main loran sta­ tion in Bermuda is an expensive complex of electronic niachinery, the only device needed at sea to get a fix is the receiver-indicator, which only costs about $500. The loran system is now used by ships and aircraft of all nations and has been credited with doing more for safety at sea and in the air than any discovery since celes­ tial navigation. Before loran, it took the best navigator 45 minutes shipbome or airborne receivers, to plot his position by shooting allows a navigator to fix his exact the stars, and in heavy weather position within three minutes, in anybody's guess was about as good any weather, without resorting to as anyone else's. celestial navigation. Loran works by converting dis­ tance to time and measuring the mtysNrnw^Look time difference electronicially. The yardstick involved is an electronic The iSeafarers Xog hia|1 impulse and the time it takes ehanged its pripting pfocesi^ j that impulse to reach any point on |rh|s is the second issue siitcb f earth from its point of trans­ fhe change, which was made f mission. with the view of improving| How It Woriis the appearance and rieadabil-1 Two or more loran transmit­ ity of the paper, | ting stations constitute a loran We invite the comments of I system. It works like this: all readers. Let us hear from | The fixed short stations trans­ mit short impulses of radio en­ ergy. Aboard ship the loran I recently returned from London after attending the 12th session of the Maritime Safety Committee of the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization. I was honored to be a representative of the U.S. organized labor movement at the convention. The purpose of the meeting was to examine existing international safety codes concerning shipping ^ and to suggest any changes that care what ship it's on or where it's going. Just off the Longlines, might be important. Willie Albert wants a third cook's New York job on a long trip to the Far Among oldtimers seen around East or India. the hall here recently are John Norfolk McDermott who SIU-UIW contracts with Co­ just returned lumbia Yacht Corp. and Colum­ from a trip bian Rope have been ratified and around the world signed recently. SIU-IBU con­ aboard the Steel tracts with Lynch Towing Line Apprentice in­ cluding two stops and GATCO, Wilmington have at Vietnam. After been renewed and the contract taking time out with C. G. Willis, Inc., is pres­ for a short vaca­ ently being written. McDermott tion, he is anxShipping has been good for the ious to ship out again. Also past period in Norfolk, and watching the board here is New­ should remain good for the com­ ton Pain, whose last ship was the ing period. We registered two Bienville and who came up from payoffs, one sign-on and serviced Houston to ship out of New five ships in transit in recent York. weeks. Baltimore William Donald, who last sailed The SlU-United Industrial aboard the Express Virginia as Workers Union has signed up em­ bosun on a trip ployees of Web Tex Company to Vietnam is here and added them to the grow­ taking a short va­ ing SIU-UIW family. A new con­ cation before tract calling for improved wages shipping again. and working conditions went into After being laid effect early this month. up for a spell WASHINGTON—Senator Shipping has been slow here Henry Horton ^ L. Bartlett (D-Alaska) has during the last period, but prom­ has his ffd again made the regular yearly re­ ises to pick up again soon. In and intends to quest to the ^retary of Com­ recent weeks we paid off five Donald ship right away. merce to extend ship construc­ ships, signed on one and serviced His last trip was as oiler aboard tion-differential subsidy pay­ nine in transit. The Alamar and the Keva Ideal. McDonald Slade, ments on new construction of Portmar are laid up here with who sails as fwt, is mighty proud merchant vessels from June the Alamar expected to crew up of his new lifeboat ticket after 30, 1966 to June 30, 1968. soon. completing the course at the SIU He had hoped, Bartlett said, Pete Mistretta, who last sailed Lifeboat School. Charles Majette that he would not have to in­ as AB aboard the Falrisle on a has his ffd again and is ready to troduce the measure this year trip to Vietnam, is keeping his ship. He was taken sick aboard because "I had hoped that . eye on the board here for a long the Achilles on which he sailed as ; Congress by now would have ' trip. bosun. before it the statement of the ; Off the Steel Advocate, on ^ President's new maritime pol- ' Philadelphia icy program, an action which : which he sailed as messman, is Shipping has held pretty steady Zen Osman who is now looking V might well have obviated the here during the last period and L necessity of independent con- , for a ship to the Far East or should remain so. In the last cou­ Hawaii. James Temple, on the ; S'deration of this proposed| other hand, says he will take a ple of weeks we paid off six ships, legislation. (Continued on page 6) chief stewards slot and doesn't Senate Gets '66 Ship Construction Subsidy Request Future Of U.S. Maritime Discussed House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee Chairman Edward A. Garmatz declared he is "un­ alterably opposed" to any plan which calls for overseas construction of ships destined for subsidized operations under the U.S. flag, at a recent nieeting with representatives of maritime and shipbuild­ ing labor. Above, Garmatz (seated) talks with (l-r) AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department Sec.Treas. Peter McGavin; Harold J. Buoy of the Boilermakers: Edwin M. Hood of the Shipbuilders Coun­ cil: and Page Groton of the Iron Shipbuilders International Marine Council, �Fireman Eusibio Andaya (left) and engine department delegate S. W, Lewis enjoying lunchtime 'aboard the Steel King while waiting for the ship to pay off at Port Newark, N. J. Wiper Thomas Vain (left) and oiler Johnnie Green, had their picture taken in the eng'ine room. Waiting for payoff, deckman George Jones chose some good reading matter from the ship's SlU library. PAYOFF Left to right. Bill Isbell, AB; Tom Karatzas, carpenter; C. J. Brauner, AB, ship's delegate; and P. J. Douzat, deck maintenance, were working on deck when the LOS photographer came aboard. STEEL KING {• 11 ii :fll With lunchtime approaching, pantryman Robert Mateo was whipping up some tasty salads for the crew. Seafarer Robert Lipscomb (standing), cook & baker, signed on the dotted line for his pay. Galley department members (l-r) G. Grajales, third cook; E. Kitchen, galleyman; and Robert Lipscomb were all on hand when the main noon­ time course, broiled salmon steaks, came out of the oven. . » Seafarers Tom Karatzas, Bill Isbell and C. J. Brauner all lent a hand with the moor­ ing lines. Paymaster counts out the long green as second elec­ trician Luis Campos signs for L> !<• M Seafarer S. W. Lewis leans over to sign for his pay while crewmate P. J. Douzat (far right) and Isthmian representative (seated) look on. Deckman Frank Cornier was on hand in the paint locker to stow away supplies for ship maintenance. Crewmember W. W. Quin (left), said hello to SlU rep. Bob Matthews, who was aboard for the payoff and to settle any problems that might arise. ,ir;. �~r ii' SEAFARERS Page Six Febmary 18, 1966 LOG Wafai« Lifeboat Class No, 144 Graduates January 29 to February IL 1966 DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Port Boston New York ... Philadelphia . Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville .. Tampa Mobile New Orleans . Houston Wilmington .. San Francisco Seattle Totals Ci Class A Class 8 1 3 17 54 7 7 8 19 6 4 6 1 4 2 12 11 17 40 42 20 6 8 17 26 6 18 124 236 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B" (liiass^ 0 2 1 12 22 66 0 2 7 0 1 7 2 5 8 0 0 1 0 3 5 0 2 3 1 10 48 2 19 36 3 6 6 21 14 17 4 6 6 45 91 211 All Groups Class A Class B 10 3 193 65 37 14 111 54 16 20 12 12 10 9 70 29 171 121 57 153 14 16 48 18 38 6 787 510 ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED SIU Lifeboat Class No. 144 assembled for graduation picture after successfully completing lifeboat training course at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. Latest group of life­ boat ticketholders are (l-r, bottom row): Wayne Carpenter, Constantinos Benzilos, Aristides Karras and Kenneth P. Sudds. Back row: Leif T. Nielsen, Allan Aragon, John Rusk, Allan Mattson and instructor Ami Bjornsson. Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Totals Class A 5 35 9 10 6 1 6 13 32 35 16 27 21 216 Class B 2 22 5 15 4 3 3 5 17 30 9 22 4 141 TOTAL SHIPPED Class A 2 46 7 5 11 3 2 9 36 38 11 20 11 201 Class B Class C 1 1 20 33 0 0 3 7 3 1 1 2 4 2 6 X 0 22 4 26 8 7 13 23 8 11 74 132 NOW ON THE BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 10 2 139 53 31 19 52 49 16 20 5 11 7 4 37 15 138 93 89 116 15 2 38 9 23 4 600 397 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Question: How do you spend your off duty hours aboard ship when you're on a long trip? Antolne Johnson: I spend most of my time reading. I like inter­ national news a great deal and get most of it from weekly news mag­ azines. In the way I of books, I prefer science fiction but also do a great deal of reading in the classics. I also find the radio quite enjoyable es­ pecially when you can get some real good music on it. I find that I can get the best reception on my radio when I am in the Pacific. If I am on a ship that has a TV I usually don't watch it because most of the programs are bad. \4K I Carl LInebeny: Reading west­ erns, science fiction and any book that has some­ thing to do with the sea are the things I like to do with my time be­ tween duty hours. I like listening to the radio when I can get good re­ ception, this usu­ ally means at night. The last trip I had was to Puerto Rico and I found that I could pick up most of the good American stations at night. For this reason I usually like to ship to Puerto Rico or along the coast. I Like TV a great deal but don't get much of a chance to watch it on the trips I have been on. <1> •••M 1 ! :! Joseph Fereuc: My favorite offduty pastime is for more duty. I really like to pull that overtime. My major reasons for this is that it keeps me busy and it means more money. When I read I like a real good detective story. On TV I like the question and answer pro­ grams and when I get the opportu­ nity I really like to watch the wrestling shows. When I retire I am really looking forward to the time when I can see all the wres­ tling I want to. E. P. Rosenquist: Mostly read­ ing. Classics, detectives and sea stories are my fa­ vorites. I also draw a great deal of satisfaction out of working with fancy sea knots. I learned this art many years ago and found it to be a most rewarding way to pass the time of day. Keeping up with the news takes a lot of time and it is something I feel everyone should do. I get most of my information from the radio and TV and am thankful that these two things exist. I really like to get on a ship that stays in a place where we can get good reception. Jona Gerfler: Reading, reading and more reading. I have gone through more books since I have gone to sea that I can't even count the numbers. Good novels and JI classics usually •H . JB make up most of my reading diet but 1 do like a hardy dose of U. S. magazines to find out what the latest news is. —7- vl> Konstantinos Benizelos: One of my favorite pastimes on ship is to just plain rest. I find that the best thing to do be­ tween watches is to sleep. Of course the next best thing is roll­ ing up that good overtime. Money is always some­ thing that I can use. Reading U. S. magazines has always been a fa­ vorite because it helps in improv­ ing my English. Radio and TV are quite good to because they afford me the opportunity to hear Eng­ lish pronounced the, right way. Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Totals TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B 2 3 42 10 2 5 19 13 3 8 3 3 0 3 8 6 40 26 10 21 ". 6^ 1 29 12 10 7 188 104 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 0 0 1 7 64 17 2 1 1 0 7 5 6 2 1 0 2 4 0 6 1 6 0 5 45 27 0 21 13 8 5 1 6 23 5 32 8 6 6 189 89 66 NOW ON THE BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 8 3 133 22 24 9 73 29 16 18 8 4 6 5 50 21 152 112 39 61 12 0 21 8 17 8 304 555 Charge Gov't Laxity Toward Merchant Fleet Michigan Legislators Urge Congress Enforce 1936 Merchant Marine Act Alarmed by the continuing deterioiration of the American merchant fleet, the Legislature of the State of Michigan has gone on record with a formal resolution calling on Congress to enforce the provisions of the 1936 Merchant Marine Act, and to rigorously pursue every channel of such en•orcement. ^ protection than is the practice ternational dangers we are facing The Michigan legislators common to all other maritime are "gravely increasing." charge the Federal Government nations." By contrast, the resolution points with laxity in enforcing the man­ The resolution further notes that out, the Soviet Union is increas­ dates of the 1936 Act and failure the active U.S. merchant fleet now ing its maritime strength contin­ to give the American merchant consists of only about 900 vessels ually and may already surpass the marine the support and protec­ —less than pre-World War II U.S. with the "avowed purpose to tion it needs. strength, and that shipbuilding ca­ dominate world maritime power The resolution begins by point­ pacity has dangerously dwindled by 1970 — and meanwhile the ing out that the Merchant Marine in spite of the fact that our na­ United States allows its maritime Act of 1936 is still the law of the tional responsibilities and the in­ force to diminish." and, and notes that the Act calls or a strong U.S. merchant marine, adequate for national defense emergencies, for carrying all do­ Continued from page 4 mestic waterborne commerce and signed on three and serviced six in transit during the last period. a substantial part of waterborne in transit. Elton Hamaty has taken a job export and import commerce. Jose Carames is ready to take on a small tanker running in the It also notes that the Act man­ the first engine department job sound so he can be close to his dates that the vessels be construct­ that comes along after getting his home and family. His previous ed in the United States, of the FFD again. Guy Divlalo and John slot was AB aboard the Miami. most modern and efficient designs, Flanagan .both want pumpman Leonardo Ruggiero is looking for ying the U.S. flag and manned jobs. Flanagan says if nothing a coast-hugger after a long Per­ by U.S. citizens. turns up here he may. head for sian Gulf run as oiler aboard the Enforcement of these mandates the west coast. Marceiino Santi­ Sea Pioneer. has become so lax that today ago is registered and waiting for Puerto Rico U.S. ships carry less than 9 per­ bosun slot. Sea Land of Puerto Rico has Boston cent of the total U.S. waterborne inaugurated a new $1 million dreign commerce," the resolution Shipping here has been on the continues, "because of failure by slow bell this period but is ex­ trailer tank service for shipping the Federal Government to sup­ pected to pick up during the next liquid cargo at controlled tem­ port and protect the U.S. merchant period. We have had two payoffs, peratures between the mainland marine, providing less support, less one sign on and serviced one ship THE ATLANTIC COAST J » 'k G . i-'k • rV- 1 LL t I �February 18, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG WASHINGTON—Right-wing extremists will be "playing for keeps" in the 1966 congressional elections, the AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education warns. A new COPE pamphlet reports that the John Birch Society and other radical right groups are raising multi-million dollar war chests to expand an already large-scale political and propaganda operation. The society already has a staff of 250 paid workers and a net­ work of 360 bookstores. It has an announced goal of recruiting 1,000 members in each of 325 congressional districts. And, COPE reports, "it will swing its sharpest hatchet in the 51 districts that switched in 1964 from conservative to liberal." The goal, COPE declares, is "to take over Congress or, at the very least, to destroy the present liberal majority." Aiding their efforts will be the historical pattern that the party in control of the White House loses seats in off-year elections—and the pattern that the drop-off in voter turnout in non-presidential years is heaviest among workers and their families. The Birchers aren't the only right-wing extremists mobilizing for the November election, the (X)PE pamphlet notes. Old and new ultra-right groups have been stepping up their propaganda. Before the 1964 political campaign, some 6,000 extremist programs were carried weekly on radio and television in more than 500 cities. Cur­ rently, says COPE, "more than 10,700 programs are broadcast each week in more than 1,000 communities." Copies of the COPE pamphlet, "They're Playing for Keeps," are available free of charge. Request Publication No. 163C from AFLCIO Committee on Political Education, 815 16th Street, N.W., Wash­ ington, D. C. 20006. Congress passed its first major legislation of the new session—a permanent GI Bill of Rights including educational and housing benefits for all persons serving at least six months in the armed forces. Eligibil­ ity will date back to January 31, 1965, when the benefit program set up for Korean War veterans expired. The House and Senate votes were unanimous, speeding the measure to the President. The House quickly agreed to the single Senate amend­ ment. A similar bill, with somewhat bigger benefits, passed the Senate last year with strong support from labor and vetetrans' groups. Although the -Senate sidetracked its own bill in favor of the House version, the legislation was a major victory from Senator Ralph W. Yarborough (D-Tex.), longtime sponsor of a "Cold War GI Bill of Rights." The Hatter's Union still hasn't found a buyer for the plant they've owned for seven years accor^ng to President Alex Rose. Due to a seasonal lull in manufacturing operations between December 6 and February 1 they had intensi­ fied efforts to sell the Merrimac Hat Co. to private enterprise. The buyer of the Amesbury, Mass., plant would have to guar­ antee the workers' jobs and that the factory would remain in the industry. The union is the ma­ jority stockholder after saving the plant from liquidation seven years ago with a $500,000 stock pur­ chase. They retained the old man­ agement and have shown a profit every year. California employers might have kept $4.5 million in unpair wages in 1965 except for the work of the Department Indus­ trial Relation's Division of Labor Law Enforcement. Employers are kept from knowingly, or unknow­ ingly, cheating their workers by a state law covering those not pro­ tected by the federal minimum wage law. In 1965 wrongfully withheld wages were up over 11%, or one million dollars, over 1964. The annual report of La­ bor Commissioner Sigmund Arywitz revealed his office helped workers collect $778,000 from employers who failed to make payments to employee benefit funds. The Division had more than 67,670 individual claims at its 22 offices. Fifty thousand were claims for unpaid wages. —- By a unanimous vote the Balti­ more City Council attacked the fiiibustering against 14(h) and called for a Senate vote. Balti­ more AFL-CIO central body President Dominic N. Fornaro re­ ported that the 20 members pres­ ent, of the 21 man council, by­ passed the customary referral to committee to urge repeal of 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act. Francis E. Dowd, Jr. has been named an assistant general NLRB counsel by General Counsel Ar­ nold Ordman. Dowd will super­ vise board offices in Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Albu­ querque, N. M., and WinstonSalem, N. C. Frank H. Cassell has been ap­ pointed director of the U. S. Em­ ployment Service by W. Wiliard Wi^ Cassell has been director of personnel administration and manager of industrial relations for the Inland Steel Co. of Chicago. He follows Louis Levine who has become assistant manpower ad­ ministrator. Clarence T. Lundquist, Labor Department's Wage-Hour Admin­ istrator, has made the first deter­ mination of minimum wages based on an area's prevailing wages and benefits. Maricopa County, Ariz, was the locality for the first determination under the terms of the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act. Lundquist directed service employes work­ ing on federal contracts over $2,500 be paid from $1.66 to $3.50 an hour, receive one week's paid vacation after one year, and re­ ceive six paid holidays. The enemies of the American labor movement, led by Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen, have won a temporary victory against progress by deny­ ing their fellow senators a chance to even vote on the measure calling for repeal of Section 14b of the Taft-Hartley Act. Had the Senate been allowed to vote, repeal of 14b would have been certain, since a majority of the senators favor repeal. The measure had already been passed by the House. To prevent a vote on the issue, Dirksen again dragged out the long-discredited but undeniably effective strategem of the filibuster—in which one or two senators endlessly spout reams and reams of nonsense. They talk and talk, and while they are talking the rest of the Senate can only sit and listen—or walk out in disgust. No business of any kind can be undertaken while a filibuster is in progress. In effect, the filibustering senators give their fellow legislators an ultimatum—"Either you let me have my way or I won't let you get on with any business of any kind, no matter how im­ portant, for the rest of the session." The success of these tactics in preventing 14b repeal from coming to a vote represents a defeat for every worker in America, and a victory for every union-buster, sweatshopper and wage chiseler in the nation. 14b will remain on the books for a little while longer and those states which have anti-labor "right-to-work" laws as a result of 14b will continue to allow their workers to be abused by union-busting employers and de­ nied the right to bargain collectively for decent wages and working conditions from a position of strength. Organized labor will redouble its efforts in the months ahead to make good its vow that this piece of legislation will be stricken from the books. At the next meeting of the AFL-CIO Executive Council, scheduled for February 21, plans will be formulated for continuing the fight for repeal. The issue of 14b is a matter of importance to every American, even if he does not live in one of the states which have "right-to-work" laws. The continued existence of Section 14b, raises seri­ ous questions about American politics and state of democratic process in America. The continu­ ance of Section 14b poses serious questions on the future of the President's war on poverty because 14b denies many workers the right to better their condition through the most effective means of all— collective bargaining. The states which have jumped on the 14b band­ wagon and have passed "right-to-work" laws are the states with the highest incidence of hard core poverty. They are the states where wages and working conditions are the poorest and where the lowest standards of living prevail. These are the conditions which Section 14b seeks to perpetuate. They are the very same conditions which most Americans consider a national disgrace and have vowed to eliminate. Section 14b of the Taft-Hartley Act deserves to be repealed because it is a bad piece of legisla­ tion. It is not only anti-labor but also un-Ameri­ can in the concept. It denies traditional demo­ cratic process because it denies America's tradi­ tional concept of rule by the majority. It is a road­ block standing in the way of American social prog­ ress, which will fall under the pressure of public opinion and the relentless march of progress. Medicare Deadline The deadline for filing for supplementary medicare benefits is March 31, 1966. In order for an indi­ vidual to get coverage for doctor bills and other medical costs under social security, he must sign up by March 31. Those who do not sign up by this date cannot get coverage again until October 1967. Everyone who is 65 or over whether he is working or not, should protect himself by signing up right away. •il ':i I • 'V 'J' -i �Page Eight SEAFARERS LOG Febrnaiy 18, 1966 THE STORY OF AMERICAN LABOR of a Seafarers Log feature The indenture system was nothing more than a form of slavery—but for a specific time, usually about five years—after which the indentured person l^camc a free man (or woman). Many poor workers and even entire families, without hope in Europe, indentured themselves in return for the passage to America which they could not otherwise afford. These were often skilled craftsmen-blacksmiths, carpenters, weav­ ers, shoemakers, sliversmiths, etc. The original indenture contract bound the worker to pay the ship's captain all of his wages for a five-year period as payment for his passage to the new world. What happened however, is that the ship " captain, to get a quick turnover on his ^ money, sold the worker, with the inden­ ture, at public auction as soon as the ship '* docked. Mothers, fathers and children ^ were often separated. The indentured were " virtual slaves for the indenture period. ^ They received no wages, could hot marry without their owner's permission, were ' clad in cast-off rags and could be flogged at the owner's whim. Instead of finding opportunity in the new world, ; '?• • pb®' bf Ibbh'g^nnts fppnd pven || ^^^ker conditions than those they left '1 ** » 1 ~ . -1 i - . i" V Ire American trade union movement goes back to the very birth of our >5 1 • nation in the years immediately fol­ lowing the Revolutionary War. Low III wages, Imig hours and poor working conditions were the basic reasons behind the ^ariiest labor organizations. Workers in many states didn't have the right to vote, hpr were their children able to get a decent l^ucatipn., From the very beginning prgai .tiized Workers had to fight anti-labor IJOSS;s in addition to courts, newspapers, and iioliticai organizations controlled largely y the early 1750'Sr however, thou­ W moneyed classes—as is often the case u sands of these bondsmen had worked oday. In addition to these disadvantages^ off their period of indenture, becotne ^^ariy labor organizations, because they free-men, and had gone into business for the groundwork, had little or themselves. Being craftsmen, they usually ^ pb experience on which to draw. They had |ri proceed mainly on a trial and eririr|i Ip shops in towns and villages. |asi$ and made many mistakes in those V When the master craftsman got more pearly days. What they lacked in experience orders than he could handle , alone, he jljhowever, they more than made up forh§ j||hired a journeyman. The joumeymatr was enthuriasm. They learned quickly from less skilled than the master arid Was willt--eir mistake^ ar^ dre strength and stK||||pijig to put in long hours for modest' pay cess of organized labor today pm be credr - in order to learn from the master and imited, in large measure, tq the devotion, - K prove his skill. When the journeyman felt J determination and ability of those earliest | . he had developed his skill sufficiently, he trade.unionists; , . f tsi r! '.5 - , :To meet the growing demancl for labor, the colonial rnoriea depended on Negro slaves, along with bound hite labor. These groups corKfituted 80 per cent of e immigrants before the Revotufion. During this pe|iod, the economy was hj^d on farming. T'-ii' in the early Ameriean barrel jpriured here labor has bow and sp^ajized fo pcnnf wherepta^^ can soon fake over. fri irily days, thP|^ was the most imporfant man In town. Almost everyone required h» rirryioeW - I . . Prior to the War for Independences country had no trade unions in the mode meaning of fte term, and the early trade-| , union cannot be fully understood in to-J day's terms. It must . W .temembered tba# ^ we are dealing with a time when raanufacturmg of^y kmd was just beginnirig | m Amenea, Pittsburgh was just a frontier village and Cmcmati Was the far west, v r I wur'rig the eariy colonial the ;; American wonomy was based on farming 4; --•withwealthy lando^ere who had been ppven hu^ grants of land in the colonies by the Bntish crown, supervising the la- ^ bor of mdentured workers. To meet the, J| Iribriiarid for labor, the colonies depended on bound white labor and Negro slaves who constituted 80% of the immigrants to " t America before the Revolution. I K .7 I f B; In addition to jourpeymen, many masIbr c*"®ft®'nen also employed several apShtices-—usually young boys bound to pe master for a pericMi of years to tearfl the trade. They received no wages, but _ Were fed, clothed and housed by the master ^ i —eventually becoming journeymen and then master craftsmen, Various labor bodies existed within a 'trade, but they were mainly benevolent and fraternal associations—not labor uns ions in today's meariings. These associap ^ tions of shoemakers, weavers, etc. looked out for fellow craftsmen in times of sick-* pess or financial stress, paid doctor bUls and made small loam to get fellow members back on their feet in time of need; rW^he Revolutionary War arid the; rati? iJt ficatiori of a Constituticm in 1791,, : all that. into three kmds. The mdentured servants, jiation, unfettered by colonial status and®« Who were the most important source; free ties to British^ Americans great who were hired for wag^, and Sea- 5^ expansion began. Tariff walls between Pe^'' fanng labor which included Sailors, fisher- -l| states were brokoft down. Foreign jeapital men and whalers. , iSiiifirid.- credit;:ehlered;-Pe ••newlnatioh.^ -J"*'- �Febmarj 18, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG Page Nine y, V. . ' J: - s:?* ' 111 V''i I'i'r -f" f-"Vii*'VifM"ii«iiiiiiiii'M'^iariii.itSi«^^ The story of American labor is a vital part of American history. It is a story that is too often neglected and distorted in the schools. It certainly has been distorted in the press. It is a story that should be told. The history of American labor is a stirring story of people-^in most instances unnamed people-—and their continuing struggle to real­ ize^ the hopes and aspirations of the American people. We and our children should be reminded of what the labor movement is and what it has achieved. On these pages, the SEAFARERS LOG begins ^'The Story of American Labor,which will be continued in future issues, Time OP TUB 11 Arranjedeoi fiS ©as. • 7 4; M . '** '•* **• ' ra "••R* .i "•MRl ll^tier began to expand westward past and sodn dissolved after their demands! Iflte Alleghenies. Canals and new roads u* had been met. With the union dissolved it ' rfecilitated transportation. Manufactured ,::,was usually not long before the employer« [ goods were now needed in far off places ;; withdrew the pay raises and the workers| the craftsmen could no longer deal V were right back where they started, directly with his customers. This situation " ' The Cordwainers had a permanent or-' ^ ve rise to a new and special type of ganization, but were destined to learn an msinessmen-—a middleman, wholesale even tougher lesson about the difficulties of ^ ^ jobber or merchant capitalist. fighting for improved wages and working He was basically a distributor. He pro-. conditions against unscrupulous bosses^ |^1 r-— "'-I rr*ifr s duced nothing. He was not interested in They discovered that the courts and the making goods but in making money. He nation's press were usually just as antibought and sold, arid his motto was "Buy •/> labor as the employers and would help Cheap—Sell Dear." the employer destroy the union by every means at their disposal. The merchant did everything he could or to depress the price of the goods he The Cordwainers struck in 1799 to re­ bought, and the craftsman, who was now sist further reductions of wages that av­ Tailors in Buffalo, ship carpenters in Philindenture contracts under the power of the middleman, haderaged from only $6.0(X tb $11.^5 per adelphia, cabinetmakers in Baltimore all ® only two ways to reduce the cost of -the,/' the^L' •week. One of the membere was paid to age, usually from five fo seven got the same treatment from the press. years. Indentured workers got goods he made—lower the quality of what||^^'picket" by making the rounds cff Phil^ During strikes by painters, stonecutters no pay, could not marry with­ / he produced and cut wages and working /^ridelphia's shoemaking shops to make sure p conditions for his journeymen and ap- r and day laborers in New York, the police out consent of their master and that all the cordwainers had left work;|/|| [ , iMentices. Thus, the master craftsman was| A Union committee then presented the ; usually proved to be just as anti-labor as could be resold at will. They were flogged often. j/^wly forced to become an employer nfi the courts and newspapers. toster^naployera^ list of deni^nds| IV the naodern meaning of the word. [= i including a demand that current wage Strikers by the score were beaten, scales be retained. After mine weeks ol IS • The merchant middlemen put further i iriaimed and sometinies killed 1^ ppU^ (^|»rasrife or the master critsinen bf irii^ ^ and employer-hired goons, and were ofteft ' the roof /porting vast aihouht of cheajp foreign ij mands. Not lorig aftUr unceremoniously jailed by the police for • ' goods manufactured in Europe by Childy|| fell in on them. picketing. /labor or prison labor. They also encpur-^ | N 1805 the union asked for a modesi /aged the division of labor where each ^ . raise in wages and was flatly refused,' . S if conditions were not bad enougji if Worker performed only one part of the tofor Anaericari workers during these Again the cordwainers resorted to a-.. ' " fal pperation and therefore could be rela-| years after the Revolutionary TYar, strike—^but this time the employers were tively Unskilled, lowrpaid, arid replaced c they were destined to become infinitely ready for them. The Cordwainers soon if he complained about wajges or hours. found themselves indicted on trumped up ' wOrse following the War of 1812, Under these conditions the old mastercharges of criminal conspiracy—based, no . ,. The War of 1812 between the United journeyman-apprentice system began to. , less on old English common law. ates and Great Britain was fought for w.eak down completely. Busier than ever , , a variety of economic and political reaIbut mal^hig less on each hem, the em- r.'> The employers had planned well. TTr cordwainers' crime was having formed a sons, but was touched off by one of the • ployer-master cut wages» and increased most infamous practices ever used against union. The conspiracy was banding to-|| 2 "^/he hours of his journeymen, often reworking men—the impressment of Amerigether to raise wages. The press poured *0' placing them entirely with young unskilled' ; 2! apprentices. Friendship between master ^ out invective against the strikers. The 1 can merchant seamen on British naVai ' ships. American merchant ships were beand journejmen sioon vanished under f judge openly favored the employers ; « ing intercepted on the high seas by British throughout the trial. The jury was made |;th^ conditions, and for the first time / men-of-war, and the youngest and strong- New England spinning min ownup of 12 businessriieri Who did ti^ there were "workers" and "employers. ; . est of the American crew members were ers, protected by law, worked• The journeymen began banding' together hide their bias against the striking forced to board the British ships as yir- children fo point of ej^austion. ii'.M their own organizations, formed to pro-^ workers. Not only were the cordwainers 1 tual slayes. CoriditioM^ British Schedule was Irom bell to bell. I met them from the abuses of tlie master- / convicted on these trumped up charges naval ships of the time were unbelievably 'jeooployer. The American trade-unibn • based on non-existent law, but the con/• pyictiori waa upheld by a higher court. The bad—that Was the main reason th^ could 4 movement was bom. ot get British seamen to take the jobs decision not dnly doomed the nation'sd resorted instead to this worst form merica's first trade union came into -J first union, the Federal Society of Journey-? j|?f piracy. The United and Britain 2; men Cordwainers, but by extension made| being in Philadelphia in 1794 'and nt to war oyer the issue; British troops was called the Federal Society of •}: all trado uriioris illegal in thp kJni^^ ven managed to bum Washington, the States. Journeymen Cordwainers (shoemakers); ' nation's capital, but were eventually dewas a true trade union. Its purposf/s| .j The Philadelphia defeat did not stop^ ' ated. America was victorious. s to resist cuts in wage scales. It was « " the organization of trade unions however.; idesigned to be a permmtent organization :; As wages, hours and working conditions ^ With the supply of British manufactured yith a constitution, dues, elected officers ^ /.continued to deteriorate journeymen-l goods cut off by the war however, the re^arly scheduled meetings. i/ workers everywhere banded together iri^ merican economy turned another comer "ortrade unions. At the same time the emhich was to spell misery for millions The Cordwainers called the first of American workers for the next hundred ?'strike in 1799, There had been ji ifve? their tactics years. Factories began springing up all .BS strikes or "tnmonts" previonsly i' un-on-bustmg, njclu^ng racreasing reover the nation, bringing with them child iBeaby ™s si,ieU ff^^^^ j™ ^ "-ned scabs and women labor, actual starvation wages, •men organized into societies for the pur- .r • Newspapers were more than willing to 18-hour workdays, illiteracy, slums—and *j>ose. Some, like the journeymen printers "»( support the bosses by stirring-up public for the factory owners unprecedented jvho struck m'New York in 1786 for || sentiment against the workers. Boston profits at the expense of unprecedented a $I per day wage even succeeded. But / carpenters were depicted as "foreign agita; human misery. , their orgahii^^^ were not permanent, tors" when they struck for a IQthour day. ^ . S - V J V,..- ... .rt I �iii -i •*v, / Page Ten y SEAFARERS February 18, 1966 LOG Wage-Hour Law Improvements Called for by Labor Sec. Wirtz The Great Lakes by A! Tanner, Vice-President and Fred Farnen, Secretary-Treasurer,Great Lakes WASHINGTON—Past improvements in the wage-hour law have helped the economy and further "substantial" changes are now needed, Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz told Congress recently. Wirtz said the Labor Department has carefully surveyed the impact of 1961-65 increases in the wage floor and expansion of ^ "Almost none have proved to As "a conservative estimate," coverage to determine whether be rooted in fact. there were any adverse effects— Wirtz said, "this much additional "A typical report received was either in loss of jobs or price consumer purchasing power re­ of the closing down of the crab inflation, and had found that there sults in the creation of 100,000 processing industry in North Car­ additional jobs in the economy to were none. olina. Reportedly, 18 plants shut By every measurement, employ­ satisfy the enlarged demand for their doors on Sept. 3, 1965 be­ ment went up in the industries goods and services." cause of the increased minimum affected, profits rose and prices Department investigators care­ wage, throwing 1,800 workers out remained relatively stable. fully tracked down all reports of of work. Investigation disclosed The chief effect, the Labor De­ loss of jobs resulting from the that 17 plants had actually closed; partment found, was to raise the 1961 amendments to the Fair but that all except one of them earnings of more than 3.5 million Labor Standards Act. Here is had reopened within the month workers by approximately $1.2 what the department reported to and the last one two weeks later." billion a year. Congress; Insufficient Coverage The weakness of the Fair Labor Standards Act, Wirtz said, is that it doesn't cover enough workers and sets a wage floor below the poverty level. His report showed: • More than 17 million nonsupervisory workers are still ex­ by Frank Drozak, West Coast Representative cluded from wage-hour coverage. Union membership hit a new high in the state of California ac­ This excluded group includes a cording to a report just issued by Ernest B. Webb, director of indus­ high concentration of lower paid workers. trial relationship. • Almost two-thirds of all "Continuing a steady four-year advance, enrollment in California white workers are covered by the ' labor unions reached a record high of 1,871,700 members in July law, but less than half of all non1965," the report said. The net ^ gain over the previous year was for all ratings and the outlook for white workers. • Full-time workers at the 47,000 members, a 2.6 percent the coming period is also very good. minimum wage earn only $2,600 jump in membership. In the five-county San Fran­ Walker Ward, electrician, just a year, substantially under the cisco-Oakland Metropolitan area, got back into this area after four $3,000 poverty level. Neither in his report nor, in a union membership totaled 465,- months on the Morning Light. 800 in July 1965, ^900 more than With shipping the way it is here news conference did Wirtz put a in the previous July. This was a he doesn't plan to stay on the figure on the increase in the mini­ mum wage sought or supported beach very long. rise of 1.7 for the year. by the Administration. He did A1 Allen just came into town San Francisco tell newsmen that the $1.75-anShipping continues to be very after 8-months on the Express hour recommended last year by good in all departments and all Buffalo. He feels this was one of the House Labor Committee was ratings especially in the engine the most eventful voyages, On too high to fit the anti-inflation their first trip to the far east the and steward departments ratings. ship was out nearly six months "guidelines" the Administration In transit were the Steel Re­ with 43 days seatime and 89 days has urged. corder, Eagle Voyager, Summit, Maiymar, Elizabeth, Neva West on the hook in Subic Bay. It wasn't really so bad though, as and the Penn Challenger. launch service was very good. He Ships due in during the next plans a short stay with his wife shipping period include the Transand then a short trip before tak­ york, Transhudson, Coe Vlctmy, ing a real vacation this summer. Cour d' Alene, Montpeller Vic­ tory, Ames Victory, Falrlsle, and Seatfle the Oceanic Wave. Shipping is still booming in Signing on were the Express Seattle and two laid up ships are I;; WASHINCJTON —• Legislatioti Virginia, Wild Ranger, Kyska, expected to crew shortly, so mem­ recently proposed in the House bj| Santa Emella and Express Buffalo. bers can have their pick of jobs. Representative Paul -A. Fiho Payoffs during the last ship­ Payoffs in Seattle included the ^.y.) would close U.S. ports t ping period included the Express Pan Oceanic Faith, LInfield Vic­ lessels engaged in trade with NorthI Buffalo, Oceanic Spray, Express tory, Young America and the An­ Vietnam. The proposal calls foi forfeiture of such vessels and tliei Virginia and the Kyska. chorage. cargoes should they enter U On the beach here we have In transit were the Seamar and ports except for repairs or emef J. W. GIvens, Cook and Steward the Maiymar. gencies recognized under intermi who is in the hos­ On the beach now waiting for tional law. pital. He has bad The measiire has been refeire luck in making AB slot is Marshall (Whitey) the hospital lately, Townsend. Whitey was on the to the Committee on jporeign Af­ but is making a Achilles for four months and now fairs for corisideratidn; In a stateinent ^companY^^^ speedy recov^. wants a run to Alaska, so he can , be home a little the proposal, Fino said his puipi We're sorry he more often. p to serve nDWce *'on some of couldn't make Whitey is a mema'Ues" that while the United Stan the trip on the ber in good Itinerates dissent front i^ war aims, Express Virginia. GIvens standing for 23 it does not tolerate trade with i Seafarers B. years. enemies in warmateriail whie Price, Bosun, and L. Price, messRobert Kongel- jmenaceS American troops, I man, two brothers who pulled in hak, Deck Main­ ; "My bill will not affect many ; here from Norfolk and Houston, tenance, is now Ships,'' he said; "The ships that! recently signed aboard the Ex­ Kongdhak sweating the hall trade in southeast Asian waterspi press Buffalo. G. Van Etten, a for the Sharang not often %call: in. Ameriear member of the steward depart­ job. Bob has been a member for ports. The teal intent of niy l^i ment also signed aboard the Ex­ 12 years. islatiori is to serve notice on du press Buffalo. A1 Keenum was an oiler on the opportunistic allies that we hay Wllmii^on Transorleans. He took it easy for had enough of their tr^e witj During the past two week pe­ awhile and has just shipped to North Vietnam In war goods, I riod, we had the Wild Ranger the Linfleld Victory as an oiler. believe that adoption of my bil payoff and the Vantage Progress He has been in the union for 15 might be just what we need t signed on. Five ships were through years and thinks the vacation make our point without harshe in transit. Shipping was very good benefit is the best in the industry. The Pacific Coast WouM Close U.S. P(^ te Ships pading With N. Viet^ • According to the late.st figures released as of December 31, 1965, there were 2,104 grain cargoes carried by vessels on the Great Lakes. American vessels moved a little better than 12 percent of these ship­ ments. Canadian Lakers and foreign deep sea vessels carried the remaining 88 percent. Canadian vessels are carrying five times the amount compared to American Many good job opportunities ships. This is a staggering figure will be in the offering at fit-out when one considers that the bulk and the higher rate of pay is yours of the grain is shipped from for the asking. American ports. The Ninth Regional District of We finally got a break in the the United Coast Guard is hold­ weather after a month of sub-zero temperatures. This was the long­ ing its Annual Meeting in Cleve­ est cold spell since 1912 and we land on February 24th and this hope the good weather is here to Union will have representatives there in attendance. One of the stay. More than 50 members at­ major issues will be the discus­ tended the February 7th member­ sion of manning on retro-fit and ship meeting and this is a sure fully automated vessels. Most sign that fit-out is just around the Great Lakes ship owners are of the opinion that the installation corner. of oil fired Engine Rooms con­ All Ports report that the train­ stitute labor saving equipment. ing and upgrading program is go­ This same equipment has been ing along at a brisk pace with Duluth leading the way. According in operation aboard deep sea ves­ to the Duluth Fort Agent, more sels for more than thirty years. than 200 men have taken the Some of the Lakes vessels in ques­ training course since January 1, tion are more than 50 years old and when converted from coal to 1966. Some of the oldtimers now on oil or diesel, the shipowner feels the beach in Detroit are Alton they have the right to cut crews "Digger" Boyd, Joe Arnold, Ralph and working rules. We intenfl to Butts, Carl Green, Otto Nitz and negotiate on all issues of manning according to the amount of work Dino Gazi. Shipping for the 1966 season and safety conditions that require looks like another record break­ a vessel to operate with a normal ing year and we expect this trend complement. We do not intend to eliminate jobs and working rules to continue for sometime. All members are once again re­ just to give the shipowner a big­ minded to take this, opportunity ger profit and he in turn does and upgrade themselves as soon nothing to help the sagging Amer­ as possible. ican Flag Fleets. ill Hits Foreign Craft Exploiting U. S. Waters WASHINGTON—Legislation requiring that all vessels or rigs taking part in the exploration or extraction of natural resources from United States,territorial waters be built in American shipyards, has been introduced into the Sen­ ate by Senator Daniel B. Brewster would have gone to a U.S. ship­ yard. (D-Md.). In a separate statement on his In addition, the bill would re­ proposal, Brewster notes that in quire that offshort drilling rigs 1789 the first Congress estaband other equipment be owned by lilshed that adjacent waters of the American citizens and licensed United States be restricted to ships under U.S. law. built in this country, as one of Brewster points out that under the best possible means of pro­ existing law these rigs are not moting vitally needed U.S. ship­ considered to be in trade requir­ building and ship repair industry. In 1956 and 1960, he said, "We ing license and are therefore not required to be U.S.-built. closed gaps in our shipping laws "The present loophole which which had permitted rebuilding could permit more than $100,- abroad and importation of for­ 000,000 worth of shipyard work eign midbodies. Today we must to be lost to foreign yards cannot, act again." International conditions today be allowed to go implugged," make "it vital to our national Brewster said. interest that maritime legislation In urging action, he noted that be directed toward the prcunotion a number of contracts for rigs of our domestic shipyards," he destined to operate in U.S. ter­ concluded. ritorial waters have already been placed with overseas shipyards. "More will follow rapidly," he warned, "if foreign yards are al­ LEAVi CLIAN SHIP lowed to consolidate their foot­ Seafarers are reminded hold." Brewester noted that a when they leave a ship after source of shipyard business of articles expire in a foreign port, major importance could be per­ the obligation to leave a clean manently lost if action is not ship for the next crew is the taken. same as in any Stateside port. As an example, he pointed to Attention to details of house­ keeping and efforts to leave a $6 million rig built in the quarters, messrooms and other Netherlands which is scheduled working spaces clean will be for delivery this month. Had appreciated by the new crew Brewster's proposed legislation ;when -ft:':comcS"^^abdarh;K;:®gr been on the books, this work �February 18, 1966 SEAFARERS TOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH | Seafarer's Guide tp,Be11ei* Buying| By Sidney Margolius Page Eleven LOG SIU Members in Puerto Rko Give Face-Lift to Oldest U. S. Tug The seagoing tug Mamie Coyle is undergoing hull repairs at the SIU Puerto Rico Division-con­ tracted Wagner Shipyard at Isla Verde, P. R. Those who know her are not surprised by the fact that her hull needs some repairs, for the vessel is almost 100 years old and has been in continuing service all that time. Somewhere, in a tiny New Eng­ Launched at the Bath Iron thority of Puerto Rico, which bought her and a special sugar- land churchyard, is a weathered Works in Maine in 1869, the hauling barge for a dollar each stone bearing the brief history of Mamie Coyle is the oldest com­ from a Hawaii-based firm. After the original Mamie Coyle, for­ mercial vessel now operating un­ repairs she will haul sugar from gotten now by her closest living der the American flag, and possi­ Vieques to Humacao to help sup­ ancestors. But her name lives on bly the oldest working tugboat in port the Vieques farmers. —and will for some time. the world. The Mamie Coyle was hard at work towing heavy vessels and strings of barges when Buffalo Bill was supplying bison meat to feed the workers building the first transcontinental railroad, and al­ ready had rust spots on her black iron hull when Custer made his last stand at the Little Big Horn. Lofty clipper ships with their acres of sail were still plying the world's trade routes when the Mamie Coyle began her life's work. Sail gave way to steam and then turbines and diesels, wood gave way to iron, steel, aluminum and fiberglass as the Mamie Coyle went unconcernedly In drydock at the SIU Puerto Rico Division-contracted Wagner about her business. Shipyard at Isla Verde, P.R., the seagoing tug Mamie Coyle is Hand Riveted undergoing hull repairs after almost 100 years of continuous Built of black iron plates, all service. riveted by hand with sledgeham­ mers, the 80-foot-long, 80-ton tug has a grace about her unlike pres­ ent-day tugboats. She is narrower and deeper than an ordinary tug, built rather like an old-fashioned deep-draft yankee fishing schoo­ ner, with long lines and a grace­ by Lindsay Williams, Vice-President, Gulf Area ful overhanding stern. Shipping in the Gulf area is slow at the present time. From all Equipped with a slow-speed 200 indications it will be picking up soon. Many ships previously making horsepower Catepillar diesel turn­ the run from New Orleans to North Europe have been chartered ing a big propeller she is some­ for the West Coast trade. Four C-2s of the Bloomfield Steamship what underpowered by today's Company have been chartered to the MSTS for a year. standards for seagoing tugs but is Fred Sullivan, steward depart- ^ still able to pull her loads. With Mobfle ment, got off the Neva West the repairs now being done on her Shipping has been slow in the the Mamie Coyle is expected to be and is waiting for another trip port of Mobile. to North Europe. He calls the able to continue her work for West "a good ship with a good Robot L. Kelly bas been ship­ another 40 or 50 years—so well crew." Harold Rowbotham is on ping out of Mobile since 1940. was she built. the beach after shipping on the Last year Kelly was on the Wal­ In a working life of almost a M/V Pensacola. TTie Pensacola ter Rice (Reynolds Metal Co.). hundred years she has had many towed the Penrod Oil Drilling rigs He's registered owners—numerous tugboat and to Belle Chasse, Louisiana some group two deck water transportation companies up 300 miles above New Orleans. department. Louis and down the East Coast. Her E. A. Johnson is waiting for a Pugb is about present owner is the Land Augroup one deck department job ready to ship out. going any place at any time. His A hernia forced Opening Ceremonies Of New Toledo MBBA Hall last ship was the D^l Mnndo. him off the May­ Frank Conforto's last ship, the flower. The 20Midland has been laid up. He is year union mem­ waiting for a job on a Delta Line ber lives in MoKelley passenger ship to South America. b i 1 e with his Anthony Ducotc says his last motlier. He says "you can't beat ship was the Del Oro and he coastwise tankers for money." said that it was a good ship with Oscar Ferguson, engine depart­ a good crew. He's registered ment is currently registered group Group one, deck, and waiting for two. His last trip was to India a carpenter maintenance job on and Pakistan on the Transeastem. Another oldtimer, he's been ship­ any ship. ping the Gulf area for 20 years. Houston Ferguson and his wife make their C. E. Zlateff, one of the oldhome in Waveland, Miss. Oiler timers in the steward department, Robert N. Kelley of Jackson, Ala. has registered in is another 20-year "Gulf Coast Houston. He is regular." His last ship was the waiting for a for­ Sea Train. eign trip, preferCleveland R. Wolfe is regis­ ably India. C. C. Llal says he's tered as group-one steward. He is been on the beach off the Mayflower where he spent long enough. He's five months. Wolfe has been ship­ eagerly awaiting ping the Gulf area over 10 years. something coast­ He makes his home in Mobile. Zlateff wise. S. R. Mer- Theodore T. Harris is another Members of Toledo Maritime Trades Department Port Council played host recently to Congressman Thomas Lud Ashley (D-O. who officiated at opening of new MEBA hall in Toledo. Pictured above at Inger is ready to go after a few group-one steward department opening ceremonies are, (eft to right): Ted Barton, DAW Local 12: Don Bensman of the Toledo SIU, weeks on the idle list. Brother member who calls Mobile home. Port Council Executive Sec.-Treas.; Fred Kunz, Grain Millers Local 58, Port Council President: Cleo Syph, Meringer sails deck department. Harris has been chief cook for ILA Local I3I7-A, Council Business Agent: Congressman Ashley, Melvin H. Pelfrey, District 2 MEBA He states that the welfare plan the last seven months on the kept him "on his feet while in Vice-President: Charles Hendrix, Public Employees Council 46, Port Council Exec. Board member: Fred Maiden Creek. , . , , drydock. Whitman a/id^ Joh.9;. Ken^ Employees ^Council 46. ^^ I u ^ ^ 1 I L- . % * W L I I > » A major cause of family financial predicaments is unexpected big medical bills. Such unanticipated medical and dental expenses often are the be­ ginning of deeper difficulties when families resort to loan companies to consolidate medical bills without realizing the cost of this type of credit, reports Meredith Jones, home economist at the Cincinnati Fam­ ily Service agency. A large Tennessee credit bureau estimates that large doctor and hos­ pital bills cause about one-third of family financial troubles, "especially where families have no insurance, or medical expenses are far above the insurance carried." In fact, an American Bar Association commit­ tee found that medical bills are those most often turned over to bill col­ lectors. If your family is typical, your medical expenses have been rising almost twice as fast as other living costs, not only because of higher hospital and doctor fees, but because families have been seeking more care. ; '-v Medical expenses cannot be reduced as easily as food or recreation or even housing costs. Certainly the trend to getting more care is desirable. Most of the really effective solutions to rising medical costs can only be accomplished on a community-wide basis, such as more efficient dis­ tribution of facilities to avoid duplication, and greater use of the com­ prehensive care provided by group health plans. These plans, such as Community Health in Detroit, Kaiser in Cali­ fornia, Health Insurance Plan of New York, Group Health of Wash­ -- T ington, and Group Health of Puget Sound have their own medical cen­ ' ters and staffs. H.I.P. now is seeking to have its own hospitals, as kaiser has. Some labor unions also have their own group care centers. The SIU maintains its own clinic facilities and provides hospital and surgical benefits for Seafarers and their dependents. These plans keep down costs, and also provide better than moderateincome families often get, because they are able to use teams of doc­ tors, specialists and technicians, and modern diagnostic and laboratory K equipment. Unfortunately, such plans are not yet available in all towns or even to all families. Many enroll only groups, such as employee J >• groups. Since the realistic prospect is that we must expect to spend still more for medical expenses, families need to prepare better financial defenses against medical expenses than many have. Especially susceptible to the dangers of unexpected medical bills are young families with several children, families who have committed all surplus income to installment payments, and retired couples. The re­ tirees, or at least those who have reached 65, will have the protection of Medicare beginning July 1, if they also sign up for the optional Plan B, which will pay for doctor bills. For younger families, the only possible way to budget for unexpected hospital and medical expenses is through insurance. Many families, however, have only inadequate insurance, usually in an effort to keep down the expense. Sometimes it is because they fail to buy the most suitable kind for their needs, or are misled by false bargains, or don't understand the need. It is especially risky to buy insurance by mail from a company you don't know and that may not be licensed in your state. It is difficult for state insurance departments to regulate the companies that sell by mail. The real need is for as comprehensive a policy as you can afford. A policy with a large "deductible" (that part of the expense you pay), for example, the first $500 of an illness, will not protect against the tonsil­ I lectomies, broken arms, etc. ^ "l •"4 J - f-- The Gulf Coast .»I' A, , >•' ..x Si, �Page Tvrelve SEAFARERS siu Seafarer Drops Anrhor in Hawaii, Plans Basy Life of Work and Piny After shipping through the port of Honolulu on many occasions during all seasons of the year, Seafarer Thomas Vain has decided that he will set up permanent residence in Hawaii and use his new home there as a base of operations. Vain, who serves in the en- ^ Seafarer Vain also noticed that gine department and hails from the presence of so many diverse Baltimore, first shipped out to people has given rise to a wide Honolulu in 1959. variety of dishes, all of which he "Now that I have learned my enjoys when he and his girl go out way around the Islands," said to eat. Japanese, Filipino, Chinese Vain, "I find it a nice place to live. and native Hawaiian cooking are I'll be staying with friends at first, some of Vain's favorites. people whom I've gotten to know "I'm beginning to like oriental very well during my numerous dishes more and more," he said, visits to Honolulu." "many of which very few people In fact. Vain has become so have ever heard of. Since the sea accustomed to life on the islands plays an important part in the life that he no longer considers him­ on the islands, fish is a main fea­ self a tourist. And he finds the ture in their foods, sort of like people most interesting—includ­ mashed potatoes in our diet here. ing a certain girl he's been seeing And I really don't have any par­ for some time now. Thomas Vain ticular favorite, I simply like them "Hawaii is a land of many "Simply a good clean climate," all. Since my girl was bom and different naticmalities," he ex­ he explained, "with plenty of raised in Hawaii, she is able to plained, "and the best thing about beaches for water sports such as recommend the different places this divergence among the peoples surfing, which I plan to take up with the unusual dishes. is that they get along so well between voyages on SIU ships. In addition to his getting ac­ together. They either like you or Then, too, I'm a golfer, and the climated around the new state. they don't and once they've made islands abound in excellent golf Seafarer Vain has found time to up their mind, there's no chang­ courses under skies that are usu­ wander around, looking at the ing. . ally sunny. Of course, I can hard­ usual sights in Hawaii. One of his "But, on the other hand," Vain ly afford the more expensive places favorite places is Wakiki Beach, went on to say, "they are very where the tourists hang out, but and he has also visited the monu­ much like Americans who live then again I've long discovered ments at Pearl Harbor and Schoright here in the United States. that it doesn't take a stack of field Barracks, where World War They live, for the most part, in money to enjoy yourself once II began with the Japanese air American-style homes and play you've learned the ropes. Although raid. American music at their parties." a good bit of the goods sold in "It almost makes you feel you Seafarer Vain spent the Christ­ Hawaiian stores are imported, were there when the war began," mas and New Year's holidays in prices still run about the same as he noted, "just walking around the Honolulu, before shipping back to they do here with the exception of harbor. Despite the passage of this country on the Steel King to a few items. There is a good bit many years since the tragic events tend to some unfinished business. of farming on the islands and in December of 1941, grim reHe observes also that Hawaiians some scattered industry." miners still remain. spend their holiday celebrations in much the same way as people liv­ Chow Time On The Robin Goodfellow ing within the continental limits of the United States. "I could hardly tell the differ­ ence," he said, "things were so much the same. Each family had a Christmas tree, thought not quite so gaudily decorated, and friends and kinsmen exchanged presents the same way we do here. All in all, I would call it an ex­ cellent season. "For one thing," he went on, "I was able to visit around from one house to another, meeting the dif­ ferent families and observing their way of life. The fact that I was presently living with native Hawai­ ians enabled me to meet people who weren't tourists. Christmas and New Years is a good time for dropping in on friends, just like it is here." Brother Vain was also im­ pressed with the weather in Hawaii, since he is enthusiastic about outdoor sports. He tells us that there is very small difference T. R. Deloach checks a pan o+ country style steaks aboard the in temperature year round, and ship, while hungry Seafarers wait to be served in the mess hall. with the trade winds blowing all Careful preparation of all dishes is one thing SIU steward's de­ the time, there's no air pollution. partment members take pride in. H/,(3APA/.'/guRLV,I WUATS THIS I HEAl? WAHNATALK A&30T You DATWS A MBRMAIP f JO YOU- *!• February 18, 1966 LOG ARRIVALS ,> -! John Formich, born October 24, 1965, to the Fred Formichs, Milville, N.J. Karl A. Stewart, born Septem­ ber 9, 1965, to the Edward L. Stewarts, New Orleans, La. 4^ Elaine Wems, born November 24. 1965. to the Harold G. Werns, Oconomowoc, Wise. Cynthia Ann Lopez, bom No­ vember 14, 1965, to the Roberto Lopezs, Metairie, La. \3> •if Robert Bowman, born Septem­ ber 15, 1965, to the Robert Bowmans, Orange, Texas. •if Wayne S. Swearingen, born November 13, 1965, to the Bar­ ney S. Swearingens, Jacksonville, Fla. Lola Ann Trail, born Novem­ ber 22, 1965, to the Junior B. Trails, Cleveland, Ohio. Warren Scott Ellis, born Oc­ tober 5, 1965, to the Fines A. Ellis, Kreole, Miss. if Stephen Tannish, III, born Oc­ tober 22, 1965, to the Stephen Tannishs, Jr., Ashtabula, Ohio. Yzamar Velez, born June 23, 1965, to the Porfirio Velezs, Rio Piedras, P.R. if Hope Ann Callahan, born De­ cember 15, 1965, to the Charles Callahans, Collingdale, Pa. John Robert Smith, born No­ vember 14, 1965, to the Robert L. Smiths, Manistique, Mich. Lisa Linette Ballard, born No­ vember 7, 1965, to the James R. Ballards, Flat Rock, N.C. if Dorothy Carey, born April 23, 1965, to the Thomas E. Careys, Brooklyn, New York. <1^ Keith & Kenneth Bazil, born October 30, 1965, to the Leo Bazils, New Orleans, La. if Katherine Skendelas, born Sep­ tember 18, 1965, to the Gus Skendelas, Seattle, Wash. Tammy Phillips, born Septem­ ber 15, 1965, to the Theodore S. Phillips, Bay City, Mich. if Randall M. Cone, born October 16, 1965, to the William M. Cones, Genoa, Ohio. Ronda Lyn Dobson, born De­ cember 16, 1965, to the Ronald Dobsons, Frankfort, Mich. if Deborah Mercer, born October 3, 1965, to the James F. Mer­ cers, Glen Ellyn, 111. Cheryl Lynn Nottage, born No­ vember 11, 1965, to the David Nottages, Toledo, Ohio. if Sharon Denise Mallory, born October 22, 1965, to the Grady Mallorys, Mobile, Ala. Charles Rohertson, born Oc­ tober 22, 1965, to the James Rob­ ertsons, Prichard, Ala. if Peter Jay Olson, horn Novem­ ber 18, 1965, to the Floyd D. Olsons, Duluth, Minn. Joseph Edward Piazza, born November 7, 1965, to the Joseph Piazzas, Groves, Texas. <1> Sandra Joy Baxter, born Oc­ tober 30, 1965, to the Bradley A. Baxters, New Orleans, La. Stephanie Lee Williams, born November 10, 1965, to the Wal­ ter H. Williams', Gretna, La. ARE SUCH TH'NSSAS lEgMAIDS. .4 if Richard Rasmus, born July 15, 1965, to the Roman R. Rasmus, Mantua, New Jersey. SEE, CAP'hil- DON'T TELL r Shona Smith, born November 5, 1965, to the Robroy Smiths, Philadelphia, Pa. <1> MEYOUBEUEUE THAT THERE if. %•' '•Oi %V.,* 1 Pssrt MAM/El aEfri^' A ft t* 4 �February 18, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG Page Thirteen Job Call In New York A new T.V. antenna greeted members of the Delta ship Del Ore when it sailed last month. Tne antenna was bought with the ship's fund and, according to meeting secretary Ramon Irizairy, will be installed as soon as possible. The ship is in good shape and all repairs were taken care of in the home port. A new Ship's Delegate, On the Transglobe, Stanley From the Cities Service Norfolk Robert E. McNalf, was elected Pacewicz was elected the new comes word that John €. Hunt to serve as ship's delegate by ac­ ship's delegate. has been elected clamation. Meet­ His first order of as the new ship's ing Chairman, business was to delegate. Along Walter Dunn, said thank the entire with Brother that the steward steward depart­ Hunt, - jhn Lyons department was ment for the great was renamed to doing a real good food it has served his post as meet­ job and should be during the entire ing secretary. The congratulated for trip. Meeting depart­ steward preparing some Chairman W. ment was given a Clegg Hunt real great food for McNatt Clegg also writes big round of the crew. This view was accepted with a vote of that this is one of the best ships thanks by members of the crew he has been on and that there are for really doing a great job on the thanks by the crew. no beefs. trip. I ; i< ) •t Joe Wallace, meeting chairman aboard the Mankato Victory, re­ ports that the water and heat conditions aboard the ship have been straightened out and that most of the quarters have been painted on |> the ship. It was also reported by Crafford C. W. Crafford, meeting secretary, that the ship had $6.75 in the ship's fund. At the conclusion of the meeting one minute of silence was held for our SlU brothers who have given their life in their duties on the sea. In a crowd of fellow Seafarers, Felix Marquez (center) throws in his book for an electrician's slot. The job openings are placed on the Rotary Shipping Board and announced over the loud speaker system by Union dispatcher Ted Babkowski. Christos Tsambis Please contact your attorney Jose A. Miranda, 160 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 4^ William Mitchell Please contact Abraham Weisberg at 38 Park Row, New York, N.Y. Also the Southmore Hos­ pital and Clinic, 906 E. Southmore, Pasadena, Texas. Nick Magash John Fedesovich, meeting chair­ Please get in touch with your man aboard the D^I Oro, reports wife immediately. She is staying that everything is with your mother. O.K. and that they are going to <|> have the T.V. repaired soon. E. J. Gaylor Meeting Secretary Your seabag is still on the FanRamon Irizarry wood. Since the ship will not re­ told the Brothers turn until May please write to the that there was a ship in regards to your property. Fedesovich total of $43.55 in Mail Being Held the ship's fund. A vote of thanks was extended to Mail for the following Seafarers the Steward's Department. is being held in the Port of Chi- cago branch office: Walter Ander­ son, Clarence Anthony, Gary Bach, Francis Baker, Roy Bainbridge, Richard Chapman, Ken­ neth Christensen, Chester Christensen, Lagene Davis, Donald Evenson, Robert Fromm, Bern­ ard Grivas, Charles Hank^, Ross Hansen, Wayne Hardesty, Samuel Hargas, Joseph Kurpas, George LaCross, Riley Liford Jr., Theo­ dore Lonzo Jr., Jack E. Nestor, Orville Patrick Jr., Luther Phil­ lips, Charles Purdy, Joe Spak, P. J. Stauffacher, Kent K. Stoor, Alton Wahlin, Worley E. Wilkonsou. Charles Rogers Your son has just joined the Navy and is presently taking training at the Great Lakes Train­ ing Station in Illinois. Please contact your mother as soon as possible. Joe Landry Contact Harry Darrah, Com­ pass Center, Seattle, Washington. Seafarer Billy McCaithy (center), a member of the deck department, throws in his book after dispatcher Ted Babkowski announced job call. Shipping in the port of New York has been on the busy side. Brother McCaithy is looking forward to a good trip. Relaxing Over A Friendly Game of Pinochle •ir ^ . I Welfare Benefits Come in Handy Thanks Union For Hearing Aid To the Editor: To the Editor: I would like to voice my ap­ preciation of the Union for the badly needed hearing aid which I received through the Seafarers Welfare Plan. This means that I will probably be able to ship out again. Yours fraternally, Frederick H. Houck We wish to express our heart­ felt gratitude for the aid extend­ ed to us during our illness. Both of us underwent major surgery and we don't know what we would have done if had not been for the S&A benefits and the wel­ fare plan of the SIU. There just isn't any way we can thank the union enou^. We will always be grateful to the SIU for the aid extended to us and, because of this, it really makes me proud to be a member of this union. Respectfully yours, Charles Brack I Xmas Bonus Appreciated Aid Appreciated In Time of Need To the Editor: My wife and I wish to thank the SIU for the Christmas check that was sent to me and also to let the union know that we ap­ preciate all that it has done for us. Sincerely, B. Fleming To the Editor: I would like to thank those Seafarers who were kind enough to send expressions of sympathy when my wife passed away, and for the aid that the union pro­ vided during my wife's illness. Respectfully yours, James W. (Jay Bird) Fleming Seafarers Arnold Torella, Pete Gonzales and George Meltzer, all members of the steward depart­ ment, enjoy a hand or two of cards at the Union Hall in Brooklyn. The hall serves as a gathering place for Seafarers, in addition to its many other functions. % �-m Page Foarteen SEAFARERS LOG Hunting Tops List of Attivities In Seafarer's Leisure Mements Most Seafarers have their own individual way of spending their time on the beach. A few take up bowling, others prefer hiking or golf, and then there are those who'd simply rather sit at home with the family—in this weather, by a nice warm fire. Seafarer Clyde H. Jemnigan But Jemnigan has let the lack of out for upwards of 25 years, has a is a hunter, even though he does membership in organized hunting big store of memories, things that not belong to a club, nor does clubs worry him very little when have happened to him in the past he own his own pack of dogs. he gets the "urge" to bring home that he best remembers. He espe­ There are no formalities, so far the venison. Like so many other cially recalls one incident when he as he's concerned. The only re­ real hunters like himself, he just had "hopped a freight" during the quirements are a gun, an early finds out where the big deer drives war, trying to get home in time for morning and a small patch of are going to be held and stations Christmas. "We just flat out got woods he might have spotted himself on the adjoining land. caught by the railroad detectives," days, even years "The big bucks have to mn he said, "and spent the night in before, where he somewhere," he said, "They don't jail in a small southem town. can park his auto particularly care whether they stay "When we went before the judge Ir.. 1 before daybreak. on the land the hunting club has the next morning, he asked us "I like to get up rented or not. In fact, I'd say whether we'd eaten yet or not. The early in the morn­ they'd be smarter to break out for friend and I allowed how we'd had ing by myself and other parts. Those "other parts" a little breakfast. We were sure he be there before is where I station myself. Most of tvas making a bad joke." anything is stir­ the time the deer don't mn past "Where're you boys going?" the ring around," he where I'm standing, but when they Judge went on to ask. Jemnigan said. "If you start do, it's worth all the other days "Just trying like hell to get home out then and you go by yourself, I've spent there waiting." in time for Christmas," I answered there's no way to blame anybody politely. Engine Department Veteran else if you happen to have bad "Could you use a little more to Jemnigan, a 21-year veteran of eat?" he asked, and I thought he luck. There are certain draw­ backs," Jemnigan explained, "to the engine department, presently was really trying to make us feel getting in the woods before dawn. lives with his wife, Alice, in Jack­ bad. I happen to be a rifle hunter, and sonville, Florida, although he is a "Sure," my friend told him. if you try to start firing too soon, native of Savannah. He describes "Then," he told the policeman, it's pretty rough lining up your the fishing in and around Jackson­ who had us in tow, "take these ville as being some of the best in boys down to the Westem and buy sights with so little light. the world. Brother Jemnigan applies this 'em a good meal and put 'em on Remembering his earlier days as the highway. Boys," he said to us, philosophy to all types of hunting from squirrel and rabbit to white- a sportsman. Brother Jemnigan "don't go back to the train yards tail deer, which abound the Savan­ said that he first recalled fishing as looking for a ride, it's against the nah, Georgia, swamp country a boy with his brother, LeRoy, law. Stand out on the highway, where he was bom. And although who was one of the Seafarers who and somebody'll pick you up. You he has occasionally set out after gave his life for his country during see, my own son's on his way deer, Jemnigan still prefers the World War II. "My brother," said home, trying to get here best he Jemnigan, "was going to sea back can. Just hope somebody'll help challenge of the smaller game. then on SIU ships. He was on the him along, too." "Sure," he explains, "I'd rather 'James Edward Oglethorpe,' the shoot a buck than a rabbit, but first vessel that was launched dur­ MALDEN VICTORT (Aleo« Steam­ Jan. 17—Chairman, J. Wallace; at the moment I'm just eating the ing the war out of Savannah. He ship). Secretary. C. Crawford. $6.75 in ship's i venison that my friends bring in. went down with his ship in the rfund. Some disputed OT in deck and i len^ine departments. Motion made to have To go on a successful deer drive, North Atlantic after being torpe­ ;a new scale for the baker and to have a man must be a member of one doed bv a German submarine. We the mixins machine fixed. TRAN6EASTERN, (Hudson). Dee. 22 ' of the hunt clubs that can afford were both shipping out SIU then— —Chairman. R. G. Newell; Secretary. M. i ^B. Elilott. Had discussion on <6aws, • and taking a little time out briefly to keep up dogs and lease the nec­ Vpainting; all room, and also some dls-puted OT. Had discussion on TV. Vote essary land. Since I can't tell ex­ for fishing." of thanks to the steward depaidment < actly when I'll be shipping out and for fine thanksKlvine dinner. Stores of Memories when I'll be on the beach, it's Brother Jemnigan, like most ? LOS ANGELA (Sea-Land). Jam 29 i Jt^hairman, G. Castro; Secretary, H. i hardly worth the money." Seafarers who has been shipping IBjerrinR. $14.00 in ship's fund. No dis- | Ship's Chores While In Port pnted OT reported by department dele- i rates. Crew was requested to please try : to keep pantry clean at night. i SCANTIGNT (Cities Service), Dec. 19— i Chairman, M. Dofaerty; Secretary. W. i Morris. Some disputed OT reported in ' deck ' department. Discussion held on i painting crew's quarters as they have not been painted in two years. I Of SIU MEETIKGS L DEL ORO (Dehay. Dec, 13---Chatirhii^ p. FedcsovichJ Secretary, Ramon Irisarr^'-' 143.65 in ship's fund Some disputed OOp reported by deck and steward depart® ^ents. Suggestion for a new antenna Oi "the TV be purchased I? old one cannot T fixed. Vote of thanks to the stewa: nent for job^^dl done.' TRANSGLOBB (Hudson: iRTaterwe^l See. 2—Chairman, yr. Cletor; Secretary ft A. RioB. No disputed OT reported bj ffepartment dekgates. BroOwr Pacewlc) (Ivas elected to serve as oCTv ship's delc« jtate. Vote of thanlm to the steward WILD RANGER (Waterman). Jan. 25 hairman, Arthur Beck; Secretafy, W. Ferrandis. Captain said Uda m best crew he ever sailed with l«te' t thanks.'tp alL New weshSng'ma^ needed 14^00 1» shb)** fund. No repdiy^d'^ :dciMtrtinent.. delegates - Galley man Charles Collins aboard the SlU-contracted Robin Goodfellow performs part of his routine duties while the ship is in port in Brooltlyn. He is shown dumping the refuse from a day's meal into garbage barrels adjacent to vessel. "(Hudioo .Waterwayak G.. J, •.Mi|rryv;sSe«t»' V,;,L.,: • E-.-D....Fiersoni '• Shin's: ted eVrt^ing running emoi^yi Ho :.i<spert«d.. hp:: 'delintsbMi, ,,,.,,._.-,,/ls.;'r(kin«»<*d tn::toefc.' '»n .'do<ii»«iM '.to; "lUNm.i''Indiana "rfrnin'tultnit Febniair 18, 1966 rjunior Peace Corps (Seafarer Joseph Pasinosky is a serious student of world affairs. He believes the Peace Corps is an effective instrument for promoting international good feeling and. that its expansion by the creation of a Junior Peace Corps could be an additional step to lasting peace. In this article, he explains his idea.) By Joseph Pasmosky It has been said that we have never lost a war or won the peace. I believe that if we set our minds to the task we could not only win the peace but "provide bread for the tables of the world" in the process. If the decent. God-fearing, law abiding teenagers were given a chance to show what they could do, they could win the peace hands down. We have the means, all that we need is the will. One method of accomplishing the task is to launch the Battle of Armegeddon and create a philosophy that will unite the en­ tire free world in the great crusade that mankind must wage and win before a lasting peace can be assured and a brotherhood of man firmly established on a universal principle. Only in this way will we be assured that future generations will be spared the hor­ rors of war and poverty. If we interprete Chapters 19 and 20 of Revelations as a philos­ ophers dream of a brotherhood of man we must conclude that the final struggle will not be a hot war but a peaceful one. The pen is mightier than the sword, the only weapon that a true philosopher would dream of using. The pen, a symbol of edcation, knowl­ edge, and knowledge is to civilization what food is to animal life. Without knowledge man would be no better than the brute animals. The Peace Corps is the key to the solution. They are the mod­ ern missionaries. They are accepted by all nations regardless of race, creed or color. However, they are not fully developed or effective enough for the task for their numbers are small. What we must do is to expand the role that the Peace Corps will play in this struggle. We must create a Junior Peace Corps so that teenagers and their families can make a major contribution to the effort. Encouraged to Write Teenagers in their junior and senior year of high school would be encouraged to write to a teenager of their own age and sex in a foreign country of their choice. They could make arrangements to live with their new found friend for a year. The foreign parents would agree to care for the American student in the same way as their own children. At the end of the year the American student and their friend would return to the United States and the American parents would agree to care for their foreign guest in the same way. In this way the cost for food and shelter would be equalized over the two-year period. Living with the people and sharing their standard of living the American student would gain an intimate knowledge of their customs, culture and their social and economic problems. At the same time they could organize informal classes and teach chil­ dren who would otherwise be neglected due to the lack of school facilities in many countries. While the foreign student would live in the United States they would not only have an opportunity to learn to read, write and speak our language but they would have an 'on the spot' chance to study our social and economic problems and our democratic institutions as well. The local high school, unions, business asso­ ciations and other organizations would be in a position to teach them American know how so that when they returned home they would be more efficient producers of the necessities of life. In addition they would become a potential reservoir of native Peace Corps members, their ranks growing year by year. Eligible for Assignment After the American students finished their schooling they would be eligible for assignment as Senior Peace Corps members. Their intimate knowledge of their friends way of life would enable them to exert a great influence in convincing the people that democratic institutions are more desirable than those offered by the communists. If only ten percent of the student population would be willing to be a junior Peace Corps member we could have at least half a million active soldiers of peace. It would be the greatest social, cultural and educational exchange that the world have ever seen. It would result in developing friendships at the grass root level and allow individual Americans to make a direct contribution to this effort. The students who would be eligible for such an as­ signment would be chosen by their local Parent-Teacher Asso­ ciation. This would be desirable for it would assure all students of acceptable character equal opportunity regardless of race, color, creed, social or economic status. It might be difficult to make contact with foreign teenagers in the beginning. However, students could direct their mail to the mayor of the town where they would like to live and the mayor could pass it on to a religious order or others who would be willing to assist in such a program. Once a sufficient number of students were established throughout the world they could act as contacts and advisers for the students at home. Armegeddon is a dream that has laid dormant for two thousand years. The same fate could befall "bread for the tables of the world," universal peace and the brotherhood of man. I believe that they can be realized in our own lifetime. Those who are of the same opinion should write to President Johnson and urge him to create a Junior Peace Corps. �SEAFARERS February 18, 1966 DO NOT BUY Schedule of Membership Meetings Seafarers and their families are '^rged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) "Lee" brand tires llUnited Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastic Workers) SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New York Mar. 7—2:30 p.m. Philadelphia Mar. 8—2:30 p.m. Baltimore . . Mar. 9—2:30 p.m. Detroit . . . .Mar. 11—2:30p.m. Houston . . . Mar. 14—2:30 p.m. New Orleans Mar. 15—2:30 p.m. Mobile ... .Mar. 16—2:30 p.m. Wilmington Mar. 21—2 p.m. San Francisco Mar. 23—2 p.m. Seattle Mar. 25—2 p.m. ^ Eastern Air Lines (Flight Engineers) Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit Mar. 7—2 p.m. Alpena Mar. 7—7 p.m. Buffalo Mar. 7—7 p.m. Chic^o Mar. 7—7 p.m. Cleveland .... Mar. 7—7 p.m. Duluth Mar. 7—7 p.m. Frankfurt Mar. 7—^7 p.m. ^ H. 1. Siege! ' "HIS" brand men's clothes (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) Sears, Roebuck Company Retail stores & products (Retail Clerks) Stitzel-Weller DistiUeries "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin Still," W. L. Weller Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) — -if — J. R. Simplot Potato Co. Frozen potato products (Grain Millers) Kingsport Press "Worid Book," "Cbildcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) Jamestown Sterling Corp. Southern Furniture Mfg. Co. Furniture and Bedding (United Furniture Workers) Empire State Bedding Co. "Sealy Mattresses" (Textile Workers) — — White Furniture Co. United Furniture Workers of America) •Wife?! Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region Detroit .... Mar. 14—7:30 p.m. Milwaukee .Mar. 14—7:30 p.m. Chicago . .. .Mar. 15—7:30 p.m. Buffalo ... .Mar. 16—7:30 p.m. tSault Ste. Marie Mar. 15—7:30 p.m. Duluth Mar. 18—7:30 p.m. Cleveland . .Mar. 18—7:30 p.m. Toledo ... .Mar. 18—7:30 p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union Philadelphia ..Mar. 8—5 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and unh'censed) .. Mar. 9—5 p.m. Houston Mar. 14—5 p.m. Norfolk Mar. 10—S p.m. New Orieans . .Mar. 15—5 p.m. Mobile Mar. 16—5 p.m. Railway Marine Region Jersey City Mar. 14—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Philadelphia Mar. 15—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Bidtimore Mar. 16—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. 'Norfolk Mar. 17—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. United Industrial Workers New York .... Mar. 7—1 p.m. BaltUiore Mar. 9—7 p.m. Philadelphia ..Mar. 8—7p.m. (t-'uti Cce&iii : "Service). Jan, za-^hairman, J. G. Hunt: ,22=ChiiinnaT!; ,Hrown - ::;i'f! Iretaiv'. McKenneth Collins. Some minor' • Secretary, John Lyona. Some disputed OT J. • lorKe amount of rein deck department. itrietion OT to bo taken up with patrolNATIONAL DEFENDER (National lan at payoff. $10.00 in ship's fund, Shipping), Jan. 16—Chairman, ^iiliam hip should be fumisated for rats and Joyner; Secretary, William Cameron. ihes. Ship's delegate stated that it Ship's delegate reported everything run­ ad been a long and tiresome trip and ning smoothly. $S.OO in ship's fund. No Lrt vithat he believed that the good mprale beefs reported by department delegates. ienjwed by the crew throughout the voyISnge eould be credited to Kenneth (Scotde) ColUris and a first-rate steward d^ artment. DELHVNDO (Delta), January 28— haii-man, Eugene P. Leonard: Secret ry, Joseph N- Powers. Ship's delegatd" ' tended a vote of thanks to the chief ' sward for the "outstanding holiday ' lenus. Thanked the steward for writ-K letters and reports for him during; 10 voyage. Also thanked the entire iteward department for their good serv. Thanked crew for keeping the rection room locked while in the African , rts. Balahce in ship's fund, $27.39. , Some disputed OT in deck and engine »i departments. Vote of thanks extended to ffifthe Purser for his cooperation in hanv^ dlitiK all crew mall, etc. GENEVA (U.S. Steel), January SO— ^aiman, none; Secretary, Clyde L. Van Enen. One man misaed ship in BaltiworCi No beefs reported. ^tDBL AIRES (Delta), Januai?) 16— Chairman, Chavlsa P. Johnson; Secret towv d^iph K. Maldopado. Brother Ar. "LJ®, ^ was elected to serve as ships ^delegate. One man hospitalised in I^keCWrlee. One man failed to join ship. X reported by departinent , dele- . gafeSv Vp^ of thfuiM to the balciBt' for tho sppd pMtrya LOG DIOE3ST of SIU MEETINGS TAMAR GUILDEN (Transport Commerclale), Jan, 24—Chairman, II, Ken­ nedy; Secretary, H. Connoly. No beefs reported by department' delegates. Brother E- Rogg was rtolected' to Serve as new ship's delegate. Crew was requested, to ,try to koap messh cltoh. •DEL OBO (Delta), Jan. 9—Chairman, W. Dunn; Storetary, Kanion Jriaarry. Ship's delegate rwpwted everything la running smoothly, $28,85 to ship's fund. No beefs n^rtad by " department deleBtotSet';" R.; McNatt was elected to'serve he new ship's • delegate. ^Houston Mar. 14—7 p.m. Mobile Mar. 16—7 p.m. New Orleans . .Mar. 15—7 p.m. * Meeting held at Labor Temple, New­ port News. t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sanlt Ste. Marie, Mich. $ Meeting held at Galveston wharves. SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanner Earl Shepard A! Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Llndsey Williams Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS... ALPENA, Mich. ... BALTIMORE, MD. . BOSTON, Mass. . BUFFALO, N.Y. .. CHICAGO, III. . CLEVELAND, Ohio DETROIT, Mich. .. 675 4th Ave., Bklyn. HY 9-6600 127 River St. EL 4-3616 . 1216 E. Baltimore St. EA 7-4900 177 State St. Ri 2-0140 .. 735 Washington St. TL 3-9259 9383 Ewing Ave. SA 1-0733 1420 W. 25th St. MA 1-5450 I 0225 W. Jefferson Ave. VI 3-4741 DULUTH, Minn 312 W. 2nd St. RA 2-41 to FRANKFORT, Mich. P.O. Bo* 287 415 Main St. EL 7-244! HOUSTON, Te*. .. 5804 Canal St. WA 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE, Fla 2608 Pearl St. EL 3-0987 JERSEY CITY, N.J. ...99 Montgomery St. HE 3-0104 MOBILE, Ala . South Lawrence St. HE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS, La. —630 Jackson Ave. Tel. 529-7546 NORFOLK, V, 115 3rd St. Tel. 622-1892 2604 S. 4lh St. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. DE 6-3818 1348 Seventh St. PORT ARTHUR, Tei. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. 350 Freemont St. DO 2-4401 SANTURCE, P.R. ...1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 Tel. 723-8594 SEATTLE, Wash 2505 First Avenue MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo 805 Del Mar CE-l-1434 TAMPA, Fla 312 Harrison St. Tel. 229-2788 WILMINGTON, Calif. ...SOS N. Marine Ave. TE 4-2523 Chnirmhn,; Htdmrt .CellBhah: Secretary^': Bill Kaitor. $68.84 in ship's fund, Brother K. Binemanis was elected to serve as. new ship's delegate. No beefs reported by department delegates. FAiNWOOO (Waterman), 'December 26 -rtChairman, Seymour Heinfling; Secret , tary, D. Missiner. Ship's delegate re­ port^ that the .crew> gave a Vote of thanks to the captain for the assistance;, he rendered to the United Seamens Scaw^; fee in Yokohama for their Chrisi dinner. No beefs rejmrted by departmen delegates. Vote of. thanks to the stew' and de?)artment for job well done. FAN WOOD (Watermah) . Jan. Chairman, Seymour HMnfling; tary, S. Biscobar. Ship's delegate repor that all repairs were done. No beefs ported by department delegates. Brother! S. Heinfling was reelected to serve as new ship's delegate. —J ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), Jan. 24—1 Chairman, C. E. Turner: Secretary. G.;| Ortiz. Ship's delegate reported everything rnnning smoothly. No beefs reported by department, delegates. Vote of thanks to toe steward departmepi for job wvU .done;' ' STBKL VENDOR (lithtofah), Jan. 91 —Chairman, J. Dunn; Secretary, P.| Shaia. ^ip's-delegate reported evcrything| so far OK, No beefs reported by de-| partment delegates. Motion made to have| seamen retire after 20 years sea time| regardless.of age. Galley crew was askedi to keep tbe noise down «• mueh as| .possible.. ' . .1 Page Fifteen KNOW YOUR RIGHTS FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of tbe SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The eonstitntion requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brookljm. 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 equally consist 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 tbe headquarters of tbe various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority arc protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know yonr shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in tbe contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify Hie Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1930, New York 4, N. Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeal: Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of ail SIU contracts are avaflahle in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights prop­ erly, contact the nearest SlU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained {turn publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Uninn, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the Septcmher, 1960, meetings in all constitu­ tional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial hoard which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances 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 withont supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately he reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU puhlUhes every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to tamiliarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as ail other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing^ dirahility-pension bene­ fits have always been enconraged to continue their union activities, including attend­ ance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these Union meet­ ings, they are enconraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, in­ cluding service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union pol­ icy of allowing taem to retain their g(^ standing through the wqiving of their dues. EQUAL BIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of tbe SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the onployers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against hecauM of race, creed, <»lor, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic righte 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. If at any time a Seafarer feds that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he has hecn denied his constitutional right of access to Union records or in­ formation, he should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. l" I 4 FINAL DEPARTURES Earl T. Hardeman, 65: A heart attack claimed the life of Brother Hardeman while he was at his home at Marrero, Louisiana. He was buried in the West View Cemetery of Augusta, Georgia. He joined the S.I.U. over 20 years ago in the port of New York. Brother Har­ deman was a member of the un­ ion in good standing and was a member of the deck department. He is survived by his brother, Charles Griffin, who lives in Au­ gusta. John Arthur Queary: 38, Broth­ er Queary died at sea last October from a heart con­ dition. He was bom in Brooklyn over 38 years ago and was a mem­ ber of the steward department. For the last 15 years Brother Queary sailed with the S.LU. and joined the Union in his native New York. Before joining the S.I.U. he was in the U. S. Navy and saw action in the Second World War. He is sur­ vived by his friend P. Nergler who lives in Brooklyn. 1 Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232 I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Mnt informaiion) NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY STATE.. ZIP. TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old subscriber and have a change of address, please give your former address below: ADDRESS CITY .... STATE ZIP.. I I I I I I I I I i I I I I I 1 I t. ' te . �-•-.V SEAEARERS#LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO F I "ihe restricted nature of shipboard life, with its very limited recrea­ tional facilities, makes reading one of the few leisure pastimes for Sea­ farers. Thus the demand for shipboard reading material is high. To provide SIU men with an adequate, steady supply of reading matter the SIU in 1953 instituted the Seafarers Log Li­ brary program under which the Union delivers to all SlU-contracted ships a new assortment of paperback volumes every three months. Vi.'•••"' i I • f.- 'i- ,Ix SIU library packages are also deliv­ ered regularly to all U. S. Public Serv­ ice Hospitals and are maintained in all SIU Union halls. In a year's time an SlU-contracted ship will receive a minimum of 200 new titles, covering the range of Sea­ farers' reading preferences. Since the program's inception almost two and a half million pocket size books have been made available to Seafarers. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource February 18, 1966 Description An account of the resource Headlines: ALL THIS HAPPENED – THE STORY OF AMERICAN LABOR DIRKSEN LEADS SENATE FILIBUSTER TO BLOCK VOTE ON 14B REPEAL BILL URGE BAN ON SHIPS TO NORTH VIET – ILA, NMU AND SIU STAGE PROTESTS AGAINST SHIPS IN TRADE WITH ENEMY BERNSTEIN NAMED NEW HEAD OF DEPARTMENT SIU WELFARE SERVICE TO MAKE STUDY OF PUBLIC HEALTH HOSPITAL FACILITIES SIU-UIW WINS FIRST-TIME PACT AFTER SEVEN DAY CHICAGO STRIKE LORAN – FOR PINPOINT WORLDWIDE NAVIGATION PAYOFF – STEEL KING MICHIGAN LEGISLATORS URGE CONGRESS ENFORCE 1936 MERCHANT MARINE ACT WAGE-HOUR LAW IMPROVEMENTS CALLED FOR BY LABOR SEC. WIRTZ SIU MEMBERS IN PUERTO RICO GIVE FACE-LIFT TO OLDEST U.S. TUG SEAFARER DROPS ANCHOR IN HAWAII, PLANS BUSY LIFE OF WORK AND PLAY HUNTING TOPS LIST OF ACTIVITIES IN SEAFARER’S LEISURE MOMENTS 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 02/18/1966 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. XXVIII, No. 4 1966 Periodicals Seafarers Log