Seafarers Log: Vol. 28 No. 7 (1966-04-01)

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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT . AFL-CIO

SlU Tops Bridges,
Teams in Coast
NLRB BetBons... Page 3

Cov't Inaction
Harms Maritime • • Page 3

Voters '66 Gaide Page 8

600 in Chicago
Vote SiU-UIW Page 3

Rerord, Not Party,
To Guide Labor
in '66 BecBons •. Page 2

Labor History
—Part Four.. Page 15

Letters Cadeise
Uaiens' 8e/coff.. Page 3

The Big Box'—
Package Gimmick - Page 16

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Candidates' Records, Not Party,
To Guide Labor in Coming Eiections

WASHINGTON—In determining whether or not it will support candidates for political office in
this year's elections, the American labor movement will back both Democrats and Republicans purely
on the basis of their support for organized labor's programs and principles. The party label will not
mean automatic labor backing.

This traditional non-partisan
political position was enunici-
ated very clearly by AFL-CIO
President George Meany in
major address here last week to
4,000 delegates to the building
trades national legislative confer­
ence.

If a two-thirds vote is needed
to pass a labor bill in the Sen­
ate, where a Dirksen filibuster
blocked 14(b) repeal, "we have
to go out and get the two-thirds
vote," Meany said. "We are go­
ing to concentrate on more and
better political action. We are not
going to spend a lot of time cry­
ing over spilt milk."

He called for strengthening
of COPE—the AFL-CIO's Com­
mittee on Political Education—
so that "we can defend our­
selves against those who would
use the legislative process to ham­
per or destroy the trade union
movement."

This year for the first time.
COPE, in issuing voting record
information, will carry checklist of
the candidates records on legisla­
tion of concern to maritime labor.

While most liberals in Con­
gress are Democrats, the party
label is also worn by some who
are "100 percent against every­
thing we stand for," Meany said.
And the Democratic Party as a
whole has shown it "can't de­
liver." He added, "I don't buy
the idea . . . that labor needs the
Democratic Party. I am sure it
is the other way around."

There are some progressive Re­
publicans in the House and Sen­
ate, Meany noted, but the party
line is still set by "financial in­
terests" and the filibuster against
14(b) repeal was led by the GOP
leader. Senator Everett McKinley
Dirksen, "the new darling of the
conservatives."

"This means," he emphasized,,
"that we work with COPE, that
we don't work with any political
party, whether it is Republican,
Democratic or anything else."

He warned the delegates that
employer organizations are spear-

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heading "a vicious propaganda
campaign" against the trade
union movement.

"The public is being told, from
editorial pages, from slanted
news, from articles in our slick
paper magazines, that American
labor is too powerful, that it has
too much political power, that it
is a bad influence on the economy
of the country as a whole. They
hold over the heads of the Ameri­
can people the threat of inflation
and they tie that to what they
call the unrestricted power of
unions to exact exorbitant wage
demands."

To some "jitterbug" econo­
mists, Meany said, "there are hut
two kinds of money in this coun­
try."

In their view, the money that
goes into "astronomical profits"

of corporations and "fabulous
salaries" of executives is not^ in­
flationary; "it is only the money
that the fellow in overalls gets
in his pay envelope that is in­
flationary."

The "inflation" scare, Meany
noted, is even used as an argu­
ment against a substantial in­
crease in the minimum wage be­
cause the lowest paid workers
would receive increases ahove the
"guidelines."

With indignation, he told the
delegates:

"We have tens of thousands of
people in this country who are
fully employed ... but also on
relief. Put that little fact in your
pipe and smoke it. Fully em­
ployed—tens of thousands of
them—and still on relief in order
to feed their families."

SlU West Coast Ship Wins
CG Award For Aid At Sea

SAN FRANCISCO—^The SIU Pacific District-manned Lurline
(Matson Navigation), has been awarded a Certificate of Apprecia­
tion by the Coast Guard for the many "search and rescue" and
assistance services the Lurline —"TT:— V-—

and transferred him to Los Ange­
les for further treatment. and its crew have rendered re­

cently "in support of maritime
safety."

A letter from the Coast Guard
Western Area Commander out­
lines six separate occasions during
the 13-month period between Sep­
tember 1964 and October 1965
on which the Lurline went to the
assistance of rhen and ships at sea
in answer to distress calls:
• On September 3, 1964 the

Lurline rendezvoused with the tug
Resolute to provide medical aid
to a crewman suffering from acute
appendicitis, evacuated the ailing
seaman and provided temporary
treatment.
• One day later, on September

4, 1964 the Lurline rendezvoused
with the CG Cutter Wachusett to
remove a seriously ill crewman

• On November 17, 1964 the
Matson ship provided medical aid
at sea to a crewman of the yacht
Criterion and transferred him to
Honolulu for treatment.
• On September 1, 1965 the

Lurline met the vessel Baron
Minto at sea in response to advice
given by radio from the USPHS
Hospital in San Francisco that the
patient should be seen by a doctor
as soon as possible.
• Later in September 1965 the

Lurline sped to the assistance of
the vessel Eurytan, which had suf­
fered a boiler explosion.
• On October 14, 1965 the

SlU-manned vessel diverted to
take part in an air-sea search for
a U.S. Air Force pilot who had
ejected from his disabled fighter
aircraft.

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Report of
International President

by Paul Hall

The use of paid spies and informers to help break unions and to
thwart union organizing attempts has been a traditional tactic of big-
business and industry.

As recently as three years ago, paid spies, informers and company
finks were used against the SIU by the Upper Lakes Shipping Company
during the Upper Lakes disputes in Canada.

When these tactics are used by industry against labor, the incidents
are almost never reported in the nation's press. Recently however, the
press has begun to take notice of such devices because business has be­
gun to use 4he same tactics against critics of big-business and industry
policy who are outside the organized labor movement. The best known
and most publicized case in point is the treatment received recently by
Ralph Nader, author of the book Unsafe At Any Speed, which attacks
the ethics and practices of the automobile industry.

Nader's authoritative and well-documented book accuses the Ameri­
can auto industry of knowingly producing unsafe vehicles which result
in the deaths of thousands of Americans yearly in a display of callous
disregard for the safety of its customers. Examples have been cited in
which industry went to great lengths to cover up lawsuits resulting from
accidents involving the unsafe vehicles it produces and of repeated at­
tempts to discredit those who sued, complained or threatened to kick up
a ruckus.

The response of the auto industry to the furore created by the book
and its accusations was not to try to make improvements in the auto­
mobiles it produces or to save lives by improving dangerous features of
the cars. Instead the nation's largest auto producer, General Motors, em­
barked on an ambitious campaign to discredit Nader. While refusing to
even consider any of Nader's accusations, GM hired private detectives
to probe into Nader's personal life in an attempt to discover some sort
of incriminating evidence which could be used to discredit him personal­
ly and effectively shut him up.

Company-hired private detectives questioned his personal friends and
business acquaintances about the most intimate aspects of his profes­
sional and private life—including his sex life. Nader even testified that
suddenly, on several occasions, he was approached by strange women
who tried to entice him up to their apartments under a variety of pre­
texts. It was inferred that this was merely another attempt by the in­
dustry to find a way to discredit him personally.

The infringements of Nader's personal rights by GM finally became
so flagrant that GM was called before a Senate subcommittee to ex­
plain its actions. GM's President, James M. Roche, promised the com­
mittee members "Such errors will not take place again." It is not quite
clear however whether he meant that GM would not repeat the error of
infringing an American citizen's rights or would not again make the
error of getting caught at it.

The nation was shocked by the tactics the auto industry employed
against one of its critics, and perhaps the incident has already done some
good by finally bringing this facet of American business ethics before
the American people in the nation's press. The incident did not surprise
anyone in the American labor movement however, because big business
has been using the same devices against labor since the very beginning
of the labor movement in this country. Employees,-especially union
members and organizers have been spied upon, slandered and villified
in the business-oriented press all through the labor movement's history.

Labor's complaints about these tactics of intimidation employed by
business and industry have traditionally fallen on deaf ears. We can
only hope that perhaps at last the public and the government have been
shaken sufficiently to do something about these abuses.

Dubittsky Retires as ILCWU Head
David Dubinsky announced his resignation as president of the

International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, the post to which
he was first elected in 1932. His retirement from the 447,000-
member garment union will be­
come effective Apr. 12, 1966,
marking a record of labor lead­
ership that spans youthful exile in
Czarist Russia.

While Dubinsky is resigning
from his ILGWU office, he will
continue his activities in the labor
movement including the AFL-
CIO, of which he is a vice presi­
dent. He said he will also stand
ready to assist the ILGWU in
every possible way and to take
limited assignments from its new
president.

The retirement announcement
came in the form of a letter from
the 74-year old labor leader to
the ILGWU General Executive
Board at its regular semi-annual
meeting in New York early this
month. The Board elected Secre­
tary-Treasurer Louis Stulberg, an
ILGWU member for 50 years to
succeed Dubinsky.

Dubinsky was born in Brest-
Litovsk, Poland, on Feb. 22, 1892.
At 15 he became a master baker

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and was elected assistant secretary
of the bakers' union. At 16 he was
arrested for union activity, im­
prisoned, sent off to Siberia, man­
aged to escape and make his way
back to Russian Poland and to set
off for the United States where he
landed in New York City on Jan.
2, 1911.

During the first five months in
his new homeland he worked as
dishwasher, knee-pants operator,
buttonhole maker. Then in June,
1911 he joined Cutters' Local 10,
ILGWU. By 1918 he was a mem­
ber of the governing board of
the Local,^union. He had begun
his rise up the leadership ladder,
becoming in turn, president of the
local in 1920, vice president of
the ILGWU in 1922, secretary-
treasurer of the ILGWU in 1929,
president of the ILGWU in 1932,
vice president of the American
Federation of Labor in 1934 and
a founder of the AFL-CIO in
1955.

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SEAFARERS LOG Page Three

In Coast NLRB
The Seafarers International Union of North America has scored

overwhelming victories over Harry Bridges longshore union in Na­
tional Labor Relations Board representation elections among West
fishermen and Alaska longshore "
workers. On another front, the
SIUNA decisively defeated a
combined raiding attempt by the
Bridges union and the Teamsters
in five Alaska ports.

Here are the details of the SIU
election victories announced this
week:

The SIUNA - affiliated San
Diego Fish and Cannery Workers
Union and the Seine and Line
Fishermen's Union shut out Harry
Bridges International Longshore­
men and Warehousemen's Union
in each of 11 elections conducted
by the NLRB among crews of
West Coast fishing boats. More
than 100 fishermen are involved.

In individual Board elections,
fishermen on the following boats

voted overwhelmingly for the SIU
fishermen's unions over the ILWU:

American Enterprise, Mondego,
Shamrock, Queen Mary, San Joa­
quin, MV Cape Beverly, MV
Cabrillo, MV Coimbra, Redonda,
Seafarer, and Commander.

The SIU Pacific District United
Industrial Workers Union retained
its representation rights after long­
shoremen in the Alaskan ports of
Petersburg, Valdez, Haines, Hom­
er and Kodiak voted for the SIU
union over the Bridges setup by
a decisive margin.

The Teamster attempt to raid
the SIU in Anchorage, Alaska,
was crushed when the SlU-affili-
ated longshoremen in that city
voted 100 per cent to remain in
the SIU.

600 Chkago Hot Shonie Wwkm
Vote for W as Barguung Ageat

CHICAGO—The SIUNA-affil-
iated Transportation Services and
Allied Workers-United Industrial
Workers Local 300 won a 3-2 Na­
tional Labor Relations Board elec­
tion victory here on March 18 at
the Marriott Hot Shoppes Inc.

Contract talks will begin pend­
ing certification of the election by
the NLRB.

Contract negotiations will be
based on employee suggestions
made at union meetings, which
were then circulated to all Mar­
riott Workers prior to the March
18 vote.

Prior to the election. Local 300
had filed unfair labor charges
against the management of Hot
Shoppes and in late February the
Union was prepared to strike the
company for bargaining recogni­
tion. However, the strike was
called off when the company
agreed to an election.

Local 300 President, Gregory
Grana called the election win "a

sound testimonial that working
men and women who need union
protection will find the courage to
reject the lies, promises and
threats of the bosses when given
an opportunity to exercise their
rights in a labor board election."

Grana said that the Union had
prepared contract demands for
substantial wage increases and
other benefits for Marriott work­
ers.

SIUNA vice-president Dominic
Abata pointed out that in recent
years several other unions had at­
tempted to organize Marriott Hot
Shoppes but were unsuccessful.
Abata said that fears of reprisal
by management had affected pre­
vious union organizing attempts.

Marriott workers prepare pre­
cooked meals for several hundred
daily airline flights leaving O'Hare
International airport here and
maintain flight kitchens, motels
and other operations in at least
13 cities across the country.

Exchanging Views oh Pi^eihs

j^fficials of the All-Japan Seamen's Union renew discussions of prob
lems affecting seafaring trade unionists with SIU President Paul Hal
iluring visit to Union hall in New York. Left to right, Tsuneftori M
j/'ice Director of the Japanese Seamen's Union's Research 0epa^i

Nabasama, Vice President of the Japanese union: Kanj
Shilciba', Vice Director of Educationi and Hall,' who had met with the
flapanese unionists during his recent aftendAnrift at Dome! convention

La^ry Management, Public Panelists Agree

Government Agencies Fall To Protect
American-Flag Merchant Marine

NEW ORLEANS—Government agencies were charged with being derelict in their responsibility
for maintaining a strong American merchant marine by speakers representing maritime labor, man­
agement and the public press at Tulane University's Institute on Foreign Transportation and Port
Operations here last week.

The charges were levelled by
Paul Hall, President of the Sea­
farers International Union; Cap­
tain John W. Clark, President of
Delta Steamship Lines and chair­
man of the Committee of Amer­
ican Steamship Lines, and Mrs.
Helen Delich Bentley, Maritime
Editor of the Baltimore Sun. The
three speakers were the panel
members at the Institute's discus­
sion on problems of the Ameri­
can merchant marine. The ses­
sion wound up a week-long sem­
inar devoted to all aspects of
transportation.

Mrs. Bentley, widely respected
maritime editor and reporter,
scored the government's failure to
take progressive steps to aid the
United States merchant marine.

Mrs. Bentley recommended a
national maritime industry con­
ference to cope with the prob­
lems of American shipping. "As
a member of the public," she
called on management and labor
in the shipping industry to be
broad enough in their thinking"
to try to achieve something sim­
ilar." The Baltimore Sun mari­
time editor also said that ship­
ping management had been selfish
in dealing with the problems af­
fecting all within the industry, and
that labor was "fractionalized."

SIU President Hall said that
the "Viet Nam war, terrible as
it is," has underscored the anti­

quated condition of the Ameri­
can merchant marine.

The SIU president scored the
Interagency Task Force Report for
calling for the "decimation of the
U. S. merchant fleet." By com­
parison he said that the report of
President Johnson's Maritime Ad­
visory Committee had adequately
set forth the needs of the industry.

Touching on the Department
of Transportation, which Presi­
dent Johnson has asked Congress
to create as a new cabinet depart­
ment embracing the Maritime
Administration and 11 other fed­
eral units concerned with trans­
portation, Hall said the proposal
does not bode well for mari­
time. He said that history has
demonstrated that the shipping
industry has suffered and been
discriminated against when it has
been lumped with other agencies.

He said the industry's prob­
lems could be dealt with more
effectively by making the Mari­
time Administration an inde­
pendent agency responsible to
the President. Otherwise, as has
always been the case. Hall said,
the industry's interests will be
subordinated to the interests of
the other agencies involved.

Hall cited the support that the
American labor movement is giv­
ing to the effort to achieve a
stronger, more adequate merchant
marine. As an example, he
pointed out that the AFL-CIO
Committee on Political Educa­

tion will rate candidates for leg­
islative office on the basis of their
records on maritime legislation
and policies.

Captain Clark called for an ac­
celeration of United States mer­
chant ship construction and an
expansion of maritime services.
He said that our government
should recognize the role of
American flag-shipping in han­
dling 98 per cent of the logis­
tical support for the Viet Nam
conflict.

The Delta Line official pointed
to the stepped-up activity of the
Russians in the area of shipbuild­
ing to attain dominance in world
shipping and trade, and noted
that their ship construction pro­
gram exceeds that of the United
States.

Ray R. Murdock, executive di­
rector of the Andrew Furuseth
Foundation for Maritime Re­
search, served as moderator of
the panel on the Merchant Ma­
rine.

The Tulane Institute's panel on
the American merchant marine
was attended by representatives
of the shipping industry, labor
and government agencies, in ad­
dition to the Institute's students.

At the conclusion of the In­
stitute's five-day program, cer­
tificates of completion were
awarded to participants by Dr.
Clinton Phillips, associate dean of
Tulane University's School of
Business Administration.

Messages to SIU Express Support
Of North Viet Nam Ship Boycott

Messages of approval for the boycott of ships trading with North Viet Nam, plans for which were
announced recently by three AFL-CIO maritime unions and endorsed by the AFL-CIO Maritime
Trades Department, have been pouring into SIU headquarters from individuals throughout the coim-
try.

Letters and telegrams express­
ing support for the stand taken
by the Seafarers International Un­
ion, the International Longshore­
men's Union and the National
Maritime Union outnumber those
expressing opposition by a 10 to
one ratio.

Boycott plans were announced
by SIU President Paul Hall, ILA
President Teddy Gleason and
NMU President Joseph Curran in
a joint telegram to President John­
son last month criticizing the Ad­
ministration's "pussyfooting" in
curbing trade with North Viet
Nam by ships of "supposedly
friendly countries."

Shortly after, AFL-CIO Presi­
dent George Meany told a news
conference that the boycott idea
"makes a lot of sense" and ex­
pressed himself as in complete
sympathy with the unions' ap­
proach and "in general agreement
with their attitude."

The supporting messages ap­
proved the unions' intention to
stage protect demonstrations in
U. S. ports against vessels of na­
tions permitting trade with the
enemy which "puts blood money

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in the pockets of shipowners and
other profiteers in so-called allied
nations."

Excerpts from spme of the mes­
sages of comment, addressed to
Slli President Hall, follow:

From a man in Philadelphia:
"... my thanks and commendation
on the resolution to boycott. . . ."

A woman in New York wrote:
". . . enthusiastic support for the
maritime unions' move to boycott
ships trading with the enemy. . . ."

A Philadelphia housewife: . .
in these times of mankind's
apathy, something like your boy­
cott action comes along to renew
my faith. . . ."

A Wilmington, Del., woman:
"... I am writing to tell you how
much we admire you for your
position. ... It is appalling that
ships of our allies are carrying
supplies to those whom our boys
and their South Viet Namese allies
are fighting. . . ."

From a couple in El Cajon,
Calif.: "This is to praise you for
your stand against shipowners who
trade with the North Vietnamese.
We hope that many of our private
citizens would write to encourage

your action in view of the tremen­
dous pressure you are bound to
encounter ... to make you back
down. . . ."

A Washington, D. C., man
wrote: "... I think you have
shown leadership in the fight jfor
democracy ... offer you my hearty
support and wish you success in
this stand for democracy."

A Pueblo, Colo., mother said:
". . . This average American en­
dorses your stand wholeheartedly.
... It is tragic that there are those
who refuse to stand behind Ameri­
cans making such terrific sacrifices
for our principles."

From a retired member of the
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks in
Florida: "... I feel you will have
the undying gratitude of millions
of Americans . . . You couldn't be
more right. . . ."

From a U. S. citizen living in
France: ". . . You have my re­
spect. . . ."

A Minister in Illinois wrote:
". . . we are given an example of
sacrifice for higher purpose, sacri­
fice so that others may live sooner
in peace and with opportunity for
fruitful living. . . .' enemy which "puts blood money citizens would wnte to encourage fruitful living. . . .

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Three-Year Court Action Settled

AMA Admits Libeling Union Official,
Apologizes, Withdraws Phony Record

PITTSBURGH—After three years of litigation, the American Medical Association has finally ad­
mitted that a phonograph record circulated by its political action committee, AMP AC, was spurious
and libeled Paul Normile, district director of the Pittsburgh Steelworkers' Union of the AFL-CIO.

It is believed to be the na­
tion's first case of libel by phono­
graph record.

The AMA has apologized, re­
tracted its statements made in a
booklet accompanying the record
and paid Normile $25,000 in an
out-of-court settlement of a dam­
age suit filed by Normile and the
Steelworkers.

Also, all copies of the phony
record that could he recovered
have been destroyed, the AMA re­
ported.

The disc purported to he a se­
cret recording of a Steelworkers'
stewards meeting in Pittsburgh. A
tough-talking union leader is sup­
posedly telling the stewards how
to extort political action dollars
from workers as they enter and
leave plant gates.

An accompanying booklet iden­
tified the speaker as Normile.

The kit, widely distributed dur­
ing 1963 at the height of the
AMA's unsuccessful campaign
against the Medicare plan, was
allegedly designed to stir local
AMA political committees to ac­
tion in raising money for election
campaign funds from doctors.

^\^en the case came to court,
Normile denied that the voice was
his or that such a meeting had
been held. He produced speech ex­
perts to back him up.

The AMA fell back on the de­
fense that it had purchased the
recording in good faith, truly be­
lieving that they had a bona fide

tape of a Steelworkers meeting.
Walter Hughes, an official of the
Pennsylvania Medical Poltical Ac­
tion Committee (PAMPAC) went
on record that he bought the tape
for $20 from "a tall, secretive
stranger" in "an ill-lit street" on "a
dark night," who when asked his
name, said: "Just call me Cousin."

Hughes passed the tape on to
Dr. William R. Hunt of McKees-
port. Pa., an active leader in the

drive to prevent Congress from
passing the Medicare legislation.

Hunt sent the tape to AMPAC
headquarters in Chicago, where
5,200 discs were cut. About half
of them were in circulation when
Normile sued and the AMA subse­
quently stopped sending out any
more of the records.

"The AMA sincerely regrets the
error," the physician's lobby said
in a recent retraction.

japm Shipowners Eye Runaways
To Beat Taxes, Union Standards

TOKYO—Like many of their American counte^arts, Japanese
shipowners are seriously considering operating their vessels under
runaway "flags of convenience
in order to avoid paying their
fair share of their nation's taxes,
take advantage of substandard
wages and working conditions of
runaway-flag crewmen and avoid
maintaining the high safety stand­
ards required by Japanese sea­
men's unions.

The three major nations offer­
ing "flags of convenience," Pan­
ama, Liberia and Honduras, levy
a ship registration tax but no cor­
poration or fixed assets tax. This
easy tax setup has already led
many American shipowners to
register their ships under run­
away flags to avoid paying U.S.
taxes, in addition to the added ad-

The Gulf Coast
by Lindsey Williams, Vice-President, Gulf Area

The spirit of St. Patrick's day ruled supreme in the city of New
Orleans, when the city's Irish settlement broke into its annual wear-
ing-of-the-green festivities. Beginning with Mass in St. Alphonsus
Catholic Church, the occasion developed into a 51-unit parade to the
SIU Hall for a gala dinner.

The dinner could not have
been better served in Dublin it­
self. Green olives, chilled sham­
rock fruit cup and Patrick's
tossed green salad headed the
menu in the SIU Hall. Other
courses served included corned
beef and boiled cabbage, greens,
Irish potatoes, pistolettes (poppy
seed buns, dyed throughout), and
emerald ice cream.

Houston
Shipping has remained steady

in the port of Houston over the
past two weeks,
and no significant
change is expect­
ed in the imme­
diate future.

C. N. Hotch of
the deck depart­
ment spent a few
weeks working on
oil rigs, but is
now ready to sail

on any Indian or coastwise trip.
Tom Ballard who sails in the en­
gine department is on the beach
after paying off the Volusia. He'll
be ready to ship out again in a
few weeks. Steward Francis Bur-
ley says that he's looking for a
chief cook's slot on any long

Hurley

trip, although he might consider
a coastwise run.

Mobile
Shipping has been fair in the

port of Mobile, with two ships
now laid up. They are the Long-
beach and the Roswell Victory,
both of which will recrew within
the next few weeks.

Fred C. Cooper, whose last ves­
sel was the Carroll Victory on a
run to Saigon, Japan and the Phil­
ippines, is now on the beach
spending a little time with his
wife and daughter in Mobile.

New Orleans
James Wood, Jr., who sails in

the engine department, was just
paid off the Ames
Victory and is
now looking for
a run to North
Europe. Back
from his vaca­
tion, Reuben
Belletty is look­
ing for a Group
1 slot in the
steward's depart­

ment on a Delta Line ship. Johnny
Long is looking for a Puerto Rico
trip.

Belletty

vantages of being able to pay sub­
standard wages to unorganized
foreign crewmen and skimp on
ship safety standards.

Japanese shipowners are re­
portedly considering the transfer
of ownership of Japanese ships
to Liberian, Panamanian or Hon-
duran companies and then char­
tering them back. The Japanese
Transportation Ministry however
has recently indicated it would
discourage the chartering of for­
eign-flag tonnage to facilitate a
continuing vessel replacement
program.

In addition, Japanese maritime
labor has an agreement with man­
agement providing that only Jap­
anese nationals will be employed
on Japanese-flag vessels. Run­
away-flag operations would re­
duce job opportunities for Jap­
anese seamen as they have for
American seamen.

SIU Opens New
Clinic Facility In
Sault Ste. Marie
SAULT STE. MARIE—

The latest addition to the
growing system of SIU clinics
began servicing SIU members
and their families in the Great
Lakes area on March 1 at the
Sault Polyclinic here.

The facility will provide
free diagnostic service to the
many SIU Great Lakes Dis­
trict members, SIU Great
Lakes Tug & Dredge and SIU
Inland Boatmen's Union
members in the area as well
as to their dependents.

SIU clinic facilities are al­
ready available to Seafarers
and their families in the Great
Lakes ports of Buffalo, To­
ledo and Duluth.

The system of SIU clinics
was begun in 1957 with the
opening of the first facility in
New York. Other Union
clinics are located in Boston,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Nor­
folk, Jacksonville, Tampa,
San Juan, Mobile, New Or­
leans, Houston, San Fran­
cisco and Seattle.

The Atlantic Coast
by Earl (Bull) Shepard, Vice-President, Atlantic Coast Area]

Baltimore will again be the host for the Union-Industries Show
from April 29th to May 4th. The SlUNA will be exhibiting samples
of the many products manufactured by SIUNA affiliates at the AFL-
CIO sponsored exhibit which will exhibit the craftsmanship of many
workers belonging to AFL-CIO unions.

Al Brown has been around the "^the Detroit are also bucking for

Smith

N. Y. hall as he recently got off
the Steel Scientist where he ship­
ped as baker. Al has just re­
registered and is now ready to
ship out* again. Old timer E. R.
Hauser had to leave the Cuba
Victory because of illness. He's
hoping to be released from his
doctor's care soon so that he can
ship out again. Just back from

a trip to Viet
Nam and ready
to go again is
Chief Steward
Oscar B. Smith.
Irwin Music has
just been paid off
the Yaka and he
says he's going to
stay on the beach
awhile and see the

sights of New York City.

Norfolk
Shipping has been good in the

port of Norfolk, and the outlook
for the future is the same.

Norman Wroton, Jr., who last
served as oiler on the Steel Scien­
tist has already paid off the vessel
in order to come home and tend
to personal business. He said he
had a good voyage and called the
ship "a mighty fine one." Herman
White, who has been sailing with
the SIU for the past ten years,
just got back from a short run
to Rotterdam and is looking for
a good slot in the steward's de­
partment. After serving as chief
cook on the Eagle Traveler, Lu-
cien Drew says that it was one of
the best he's ever worked on and
hopes to find another just like it.

Boston
Things slacked off a bit the last

week but shipping is expected to
pick up. Long range expectations
have been in the news in regard
to proposed trade with Puerto
Rico. The activities of the Mas­
sachusetts Port Authority, the New
England World Trade Center and
Sea-Land were reported last issue
in this column under Puerto Rican
shipping. Since then the Port Au­
thority has estimated that Boston's
trade with the island will equal
more than a billion dollars during
the next 10 years. Boston is ex­
pected to increase its general cargo
business at least 25 per cent a
year.

John Fancutt, a 20-year man
with the Union was on the Sea-
mar. John was sorry to see the
Seamar laid up and is waiting
to grab a coast hugger.

Puerto Rico
With the island's economy

growing at an outstanding rate of
ten per cent a year and trade pick­
ing up between Puerto Rico and
the continental United States, it
looks like shipping will continue
to improve. Last year alone, Puer­
to Rico imported over $1.25 bil­
lion from the United States, most
of which was shipped by water.

Manuel Salcedo just piled off
the San Francisco after a seven
months run, and he is expected to
come up with FWT-Oiler endorse­
ment very soon. Luis Roman and
John Murray, who are presently
holding down wiper positions on

their FWT-Oiler endorsement.

Philadelphia
Henry Karpowicz has been

spending some time around the
Union hall here. Hank says he
is waiting for a job on the Colum­
bia or the Geneva.

Winford Powell says he wants
a ship heading for the West Coast.
Oldtimer Powell's last job was on
the Spitfire.

After two months on the beach
Victoria Domingo is one old timer
who's ready and raring to go on
a long trip. Brother Domingo sails
in the black gang.

Baltimore

During the past period shipping
has been fair, and the prospects
for the coming period look very
good. Laid up in the port of
Baltimore are the Losmar, Alamar
and the Bangor, with the Losmar
expected to crew up some time
this week.

In the past two weeks, we paid
off three ships, signed on two
and had seven in transit.

Jake Levin, who sails in the
deck department and whose last
ship was the Steel Traveler, is now
on the beach and ready to ship
out on any long trip. After paying

off the Steel Ex­
ecutive some time
back, Nicholas P.
Tsaousakis is
ready to sign on
for a Hawaiian
run. Brother Tsa­
ousakis has been
a member of the
Union for 22
years.

Looking for a coastwise run so
he can spend more time with his
family, Charles Shaw is now on
the beach and ready to go. Melvin
R. Knickman, who has been sail­
ing with the SIU for the past
16 years, is also on the beach look­
ing around for a coastwise run.

Tsaousakis

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April 1, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG Pace Fi«e

On the calm morning of the payoff
the Sapphire Etta lays safe in the
Port of New York after a rough 16
day trip on the fog-covered ocean.

After the payoff the men had a dinner of roast beef and trimmings. Some old timers
got together to spin a few yarns about their travels as Seafarers. Sitting in the mess
hall for the after-dinner story-swapping are old timers, R. Garofalo, AB, and Bosun
Tom Polino (center), Henry Put, AB (foreground); (left) Joe McGill, (right) A. Amendolia.

Seafarer John T, Cherry, Jr., knocks
off the job long enough to go up
and get his money and sign back on
for the next trip to Bremerhaven.

Chief Cook Beanigno Bautista slices
up roast beef iri^'preparation for
a good dinner for his fellow crew
members to start off the next trip.

Seafarer Stamatios Aristis gets his
papers in order as he prepares to
collect his pay for the voyage.
At right. Union patrolman looks on.

Seafarers Anthony Amendolia and Joseph McGill of Brooklyn, N. Y., are photographed
on deck of the Sapphire Etta. Brother McGill, who is holding a line, has seen all kinds
of weather at sea, said, "This past trip was a short one but I've never seen the North
Atlantic so rough." Brother Amendiola concurred. He hadn't seen a rougher one either.

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Pa«e Six SEAFARERS LOG April 1, 1966

If you had an opportunity to vacation in one of the many places
you ^ve visited during your seafaring career, wluch one would you
choose and why?

George Gihbons: Of all the ^
ports I've visited during my sea­

faring career, I
would pick Japan
for a vacation.
I like the way
the people live
and enjoy the
exotic atmos-
phere. Then,
too, I enjoy
sightseeing very
much, and there

is a lot to see in that country. On
my vacation, I would hire a
guide, so he could take me
around and show me the shrines
and historical places.

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William R. Lacy; The best

place I can think of to relax for
a vacation is the
port of Hong
Kong. There are
many things to
see which are en­
tirely different
from those in the
United States.
And it is an ex­
citing city with
many good

places to shop. During my vaca­
tion in Hong Kong, if I ever had
the leisure, I would take plenty
of time for shopping. It is prob­
ably the best place in the world
to buy clothing and materials.

Paul R. Wolf: Without hesitat­
ing, I would choose Yokahama,

Japan. Although
the city is very
much like the
United States,
and getting more
and more like
that by the day,
it still has that
oriental charm.
On my vacation,
I would go

around and visit the temples and
the other sights of the city. The
Japanese are great believers in
natural beauty, and for that rea­
son, there is much worth seeing.

Raul Iglesias: I would go to
Spain, if I had my choice of the

places I've been
while shipping
out with the
SIU. To begin
with, they speak
my language; and
secondly, I would
like to explore
the Motherland.
Of course, I
would go to a

bullfight, something that I have
never seen before except on TV.
Then, I would go around the
country looking at the cathedrals.

Nicholas Bechlivanis: I would
go to Greece on my vacation. I

am from the
Aegean Islands
myself, and know
the people to be
kind and friend­
ly. Also, the
weather is nice,
and there are
many ways to
relax in that
country such as

fishing, swimming and drinking
good wine. When a person goes
fishing, there are redsnapper and
all sorts of fish to catch, all un­
der blue skies and fresh air.

Joseph Stodolski: Although I
have visited many countries dur-

ing my career
as a Seafarer,
and liked nearly
all of them, I
guess I would se­
lect Puerto Rico
for a relaxed va­
cation. I enjoy
the weather
down there, and
such entertain­

ment as horse races, nice beaches,
the national lottery and ball
games all appeal to me. I wouldn't
stay in any classy hotel either.
Just living like the rest of the
country's citizens would be fine
for my vacation.

Lifeboat Class No, 147 Sets Sail

SIU Lifeboat Class No. 147 poses for graduation picture after
successfully completing lifeboat training course at the Harry Lunde-
berg School pf Seamanship. Newest group of lifeboat ticket holders
are, (front row, l-r): Robert F. Lewis and Rudolph Pace. Second row,
l-r: Robert Bruno, John Cancel, Earl Williams and Philip Larkin.
Back row, l-r, includes: Bernard Cassada, Maury Lipitz, Gary Mc-
Donou^jh and instructor Ami Bjornsspn.

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DISPATCHERS PgPQPT * Mona
March 12 to March 25/ 1966

DECK DEPARTMENT

TOTAL REGISTERED

Port Class A Class B

Boston 3 1
New York 49 19
Philadelphia 8 8
Baltimore 24 12
Norfolk 6 6
Jacksonville 5 7
Tampa 4 1
Mobile 24 3
New Orleans 39 15
Houston 52 28
Wilmington 20 8
San Francisco .... 34 18
Seattle 12 8
Totals 280 134

TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups

Class A Class B Class C
0
28
6
20
12
7
0
13
27
35
17
37
25

0
12
5
9
2
6
3
8
12
39
8
15
11

0
18
4
2
2
1
0
0
6
10
7
20
9

227 130 79

ENGINE DEPARTMENT

TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups

Port Class A Class B
Boston 3 2
New York 38 18
Philadelphia
Baltimore

10
14

6
14

Norfolk 7 2
Jacksonville 4 6
Tampa
Mobile

1
20

1
10

New Orleans
Houston

34
33

20
29

Wilmington 12 6
San Francisco
Seattle

27
16

10
9

Totals 219 1.33

TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups

Class A Class B Class C
1 0 0

38 15 20
8 5 1

17 7 4
6 5 1
5 6 8
1 0 2
9 12 2

27 17 5
30 25 12
12 8 12
44 15 22
15 22 13

213 137 102

NOW ON THE BEACH
All Groups

Class A Class B
16 2

170 56
33 13
86 46
21 19
11 12
14 10
73 17

133 68
145 59

28 0
69 26
25 12

824 340

NOW ON THE BEACH
All Groups

Class A Class B
11 4

146 52
19 13
56 42
15 14
8 11
6 4

40 19
91 61
84 79
8 0

53 17
21 2

558 318

STEWARD DEPARTMENT

TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED NOW ON THE BEACH
All Groups All Groups All Groups

Port Class A Class B Class A Class B Class C Class A Class B
Boston 2 0 0 0 0 4 2
New York 39 11 21 8 8 136 19
Philadelphia 6 5 8 6 1 14 5
Baltimore 11 9 8 6 1 67 28
Norfolk 2 5 3 5 1 13 11
Jacksonville 1 3 2 4 5 4 6
Tampa 1 0 2 0 0 7 4
Mobile 20 7 9 10 1 58 20
New Orleans 32 23 14 11 8 133 91
Houston 28 15 18 16 10 91 30
Wilmington 14 5 8 4 6 17 0
San Francisco 23 3 21 4 28 43 9
Seattle 8 10 15 10 10 17 11
Totals 187 96 129 84 79 604 236

^iews Red Fleet Growth With Alarm

National Magazine Notes Soviet Bid
For Sea Sapremacy In Near Fa tare

Russia is rapidly expanding her merchant fleet in a plan to acquire control of the seas in the
not-so-distant future, according to Noel Mostert in a recent article in The Reporter magazine.

Already, Russia has enlarged her fleet to the point where she expects to carry seventy-five per­
cent of her own trade this year, ^
the article says. In comparison,
the share of American trade
carried by U.S.-flag vessels, less
than 8 percent, looks meagre in­
deed.

Behind the Soviet's impressive
capacity for self service on the
seas is a massive shipbuilding pro­
gram sparked by desire for eco­
nomic power, Mostert reports. In
the past ten years, Russia has not
only surpassed the United States
in the size of her fleet, but has
gained a much younger, more
modem and more versatile fleet
as well. Moreover, while Russia
continues to build and buy ships
as rapidly as possible, the U.S.
continues to cut back on ship­
building budgets.

"The Russian merchant fleet's
total of seven million tons means
that it now exceeds in size the
American active fleet. By 1971,
with a projected ten million tons
to its credit, its superiority over
the United States fleet would he
two to one," Mostert writes. "The
seeming abdication of American
resolve and initiative in this field
leaves the Soviet fleet without
challenge; nobody else has the re­
sources, not to speak of the de­
termination, to match such an ef-

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fort."
According to Mostert, Russia

is using every conceivable means
to accomplish further enlarge­
ment of her fleet. With her own
shipyards going at full capacity,
she has placed large orders in
other nations, both Communist
and free, and is buying a large
number of used ships of all types,
often at prices above the going
rate.

The reason for this tremen­
dous effort for fleet expansion is
not hard to guess; Russia realizes
that control of the seas means
control of trade and economic
power. Says Mostert, "Moscow's
self-interest and prestige require
at the moment an independence
from others for the carriage of its
growing external trade, plus in­
trusion of the Red Flag upon the
consciousness of all trading na-

tions, especially the newly emerg­
ing ones."

By 1970, "the combined
strength of the bloc will be cap­
able of undermining the western
hold upon any particular trade
simply by undercutting to any
price level it wishes," Mostert
adds. "As one shipping man ex­
plained here, The possibilities for
economic blackmail are incalcul­
able and do not bear thinking
about.' Unless someone does start
thinking, the situation may be ir­
retrievable by the time they fi­
nally get around to it."

Tlie SIU has been thinking and
talking about the threat of the
Russian fleet for some time, but
apparently the people in Washing­
ton who should he concerned have
been both deaf to our words and
blind to the situation. We will
continue to urge them to uncover
their eyes before it is too late.

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I Liberal
I Alf-Out Election Support

Increasingly, danger signals flash that there's blood on the political
inoon. Only a massive effort by union members and their families
in this year's campaign can wipe it off.

The^ signs come from all directions. Republican leaders are licking
their lips in anticipation of major congressional gains. Recently, their
confidence spilled over from House contests to the Senate races. In a
report to GOP leaders, Victor Johnston of the Republican Senatorial
Campaign Committee claimed a possible pick-up of five Senate seats.

He listed these states:
• Oregon—where Maurine Neuberger has announced she won't

run again. Seeking the Democratic nomination is Representative Bob
Duncan who has a solid liberal voting record. Governor Mark Hatfield,
a moderate, is a shoo-in for the GOP nomination.
• Illinois—where liberal leader Paul Douglas will be challenged

by Charles Percy, unsuccessful GOP candidate for governor in 1964.
Dogulas won in 1960 with 55.5 percent of the vote, a near-marginal
result. Percy is viewed as a rugged challenger.
• Tennessee—where Ross Bass, one of the few southerners to

stick with lobor on 14(b) repeal, faces stiff opposition in a primary and,
if he gets by that, in the general election, too. Bass won by just 52.1
percent of the votes in 1964 in an election to fill the remainder of
Estes Kefauver's term.
• Montana—where Lee Metcalf, a winner with only 50.7 percent

of the vote six years ago, will be the target of the considerable conserva­
tive and right wing forces in the state.
• New Hampshire—where Thomas Mclntyre became the state's

first Democratic senator since the Stone Age with 52.3 percent of the
vote in 1962 when a bitter fight split the state GOP following the
death of Senator Styles Bridges.

The report to GOP leaders predicted the Republicans could make
Senate gains without losing any seats they hold now.

So far, most predictions have been based on speculation. But polls
are beginning to show the guessing game is not all puff.

The most recent published political poll, conducted by Louis Harris,
reported, "The wide lead the Democrats have been holding for the
1966 elections for the House of Representatives has begun to dwindle
substantially. The Republicans, at this point, stand a chance of picking
up major congressional gains next November."

The poll showed the Democratic lead among voters plummeted
three percent since January to a present 54-46 bulge. Harris sees
60 to 70 of the present Democratic House membership "in the danger
area already." Included among these would be the 51 new liberals
elected in 1964.

Harris charts the ebb and flow of public support for the parties in
congressional voting over the past 16 years this way:

DEM.
March 1966 (Poll) 54 %
January, 1966 (Poll) 57
1964
1962
1958
1954
1950

57.5
52 .
56
52.5
50

REP.
46 %
43
42.5
48
44
47.5
50

Harris traces the slump in Democratic support to unease over the
war in Vietnam and to the GOP campaign to build a bogey over
inflation.

Polls and speculation do not an election make. The March poll and
the March guess can be made to look off-base in November. But they
can be made to look off-base only with all-out effort between now and
November to keep incumbent liberals in office and elect new ones.

A "package" of 13.5 cents an
hour was indicated as the 1966
contract pattern for 18,000
wool and worsted industry em­
ployes in 75 mills, when the Tex­
tile Workers Union of America
and the pacesetting Wyandotte
Worsted Co. settled on a new
three-year agreement. The agree­
ment calls for a general wage in­
crease of 10 cents an hour with
a new minimum of $1.74 an hour
and a guaranteed minimum of
over $2 an hour for Weavers in
a piecework job classification, fig­
ured on a daily basis, and other
gains.

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A cigar workers council, which

coordinated bargaining^efforts for
five unions, has won contract im­
provements for more than 2,000
American Tobacco Co. workers
in scattered northern and south-
em plants. Contract advances,
called by the unions the best in
several years, included wage hikes
•>f 7 to 11 cents this year, 4 cents

next year, with inequity adjust­
ments up to 20 cents an hour;
improved Blue Cross-Blue Shield
hospitalization coverage, with full
premium payments by manage­
ment in the second contract year;
two days' funeral leave and
strengthened job protection.

4,
The Machinists, charging five

airlines with stalling for five
months on negotiations, have no­
tified the National Mediation
Board that efforts to settle the
dispute have failed. Union nego­
tiators asked the NMB for a
"proffer of arbitration." If either
side in the dispute refuses arbi­
tration, further action may be
taken after a 30-day waiting pe­
riod required by the Railway La­
bor Act. The lAM represents
34,000 mechanics and other
ground personnel employed by
Eastern, National, Northwest,
Trans World and United air­
lines. Members previously voted
overwhelmingly to strike.

7 Spy!"

Spying has become a way of life within
American industry. There was a time when
industry confined its spying to its employees
and to labor unions engaged in organizing
drives. Today however, the nation's biggest
corporations spy not only on their employees
and on unions, but on each other, on the pub­
lic, and on the U.S. Government itself. Many
corporations even spy on themselves, tapping
phones and planting "bugs" in the offices of
their own executives to be continually assured
of their "loyalty."

In addition to the traditional methods of
hiring private detectives or paid informers to
obtain useful information, industry is now
making increased use of technological ad­
vances and is employing a vast variety of
delicate and sensitive electronic equipment
to extend their spying into the most personal
area of men's lives. Nowhere is one safe
from these illegal, electronic eavesdroppers—
in the office, at home in bed, in a private car
or even far out in the country. Industrial es­
pionage has in fact become so vast that a
large industrial counter-espionage structure
has grown up to seek out and spy on the
industrial spies.

This snooping has become so widespread
and so intense that it endangers the most
basic principles of American freedom. The
basic rights of individual privacy are being
infringed daily. More and more, industrial
spying has been extending over into private
sectors of life outside of industry itself. Pri­
vate citizens expressing criticism of industry
practices and ethics have been intimidated
by industry-inspired investigations of their
private and professional lives and have aired
increasing complaints of such out-and-out

illegal practices as phone tapping and the
planting of hidden microphones in their
homes and offices.

The situation has grown so bad that on
some occasions, after failing to discover any
incriminating material against a critic, in­
dustry has sought to entice him into a com­
promising situation which could then be
held over his head to silence him. Such was
the case recently during a campaign by the
world's largest corporation. General Motors,
to silence a critic of the auto industry.

These are the tactics of a police state and
have no place in the democratic tradition of
our nation and no place in our future if we
are to remain a nation of free men. These are
tactics which hold within them the seeds of
the midnight knock on the door and the
silent nagging fear within all men that their
most secret inner thoughts can be used
against them. They are abuses which are
doubly dangerous because they are used not
only to discredit honest, constructive criti­
cism but also create an environment of fear
and distrust in which there can be no effec­
tive criticism. And without the ability to
criticize and change methods and conditions,
there can be no freedom.

Before the situation gets too far out of
hand, action must be taken to stop these il­
legal, unethical, police-state tactics which
threaten to erode our individual freedom.
The American public must be aroused and
apprised of the growing threat. Legislation
must be passed and enforced to ban forever
these totalitarian tactics from the United
States. If American industry has come to be­
lieve itself above the moral, ethical and legal
laws of the land it must be corrected firmly.

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rjl his is an election year.
Congressional elections will be held during 1966 in every state of the Union.
In addition there will be balloting for both houses of state legislatures and many

states will elect Governors.
Although off-year elections do not draw the fanfare and hoopla of national

elections, they are every bit as important because the congressmen sent to Wash­
ington during the off-year can change the balance between liberal, pro-labor legis­
lators and conseiwative anti-labor Senators and Representatives. The same holds
true for state legislatures and governorships.

The importance to American workers of preserving the liberal, pro-labor majority
in Congress in the 1966 elections becomes clear from an examination of the
record achieved by these congressmen during the first session of the 89th Congress.
The election of 51 new liberals in the 1964 elections broke the log-jam that had
blocked necessary progressive legislation for years. They swung the balance of
votes which made possible the passage of Medicare, anti-poverty legislation, the
Appalachia bill, the voting rights bill, public works legislation, the housing bill
and the higher education bill. '

Conservative, anti-labor and right-wing extremist forces in the United States
have declared all-out war against liberal Senators and Representatives during
the up-coming elections. Multi-million dollar war chests are being raised to

carry on a program of pressure and propaganda to bring about their defeat and
to replace them with conservative, anti-labor congressmen vowed to thwart passage
of progressive legislation.

Re-election of the 51 new liberals and the election of additional progressive
legislators is labor's number one political goal for 1966. Achieving this end will
require the support of every pro-labor vote which can be mustered. Seafarers,
and all other trade unionists are urged to register and vote in the 1966 elections.
In addition they should do their best to inform their families and friends of the
importance of continuing a strong, pro-labor, liberal majority in Congress and
urge friends and relatives to register and exercise their right to vote this year.

riThe table on the right contains complete available information on the election
J_ races, registration deadline dates and election dates for the various states. These

dates should be noted and each voter should familiarize himself with the
candidates for each vital elective office and that candidate's stand on issues vital
to labor and the nation.

Seafarers especially, who may be at sea or at a port city away from home and
unable to visit their local polling places to cast their ballots on election day, should
make certain they obtain their absentee bailots.

Applications for state absentee baUots may be made by writing to the County
Clerk, County Auditor, County Election Board or County Recorder in the county
and state in which the Seafarer has his voting residence—or to the Secretary of
die State in which he maintains his voting residence. Post card applications mav
he obtained frmn SIU Halls.

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DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION

PRIIURY

April 22

GENERAL EUCUON

Oct. 28

No registration in state

July a

July 6

April 14

Aug. 24

June 10

July 23

April 2

July 26

Sep. 1

July 30

May 16

April 4

Aug. 27

July 12
Wyandotte, Johnson, Shawnee,

Sedgewick Cos.
July 22

elsewhere

Mar. 26

July 13

Sep. 26

Oct. 19

Sep. 15

Oct. 19

Oct. 15

Oct. 15

Oct. a

Sep. 19

Oct. 11

Nov. 5

Oct. 10

Oct. 10

Oct. 29

Oct. la
Wyandotte, Johnson, Shawnee,

Sedgewick Cos.
Oct. 28

elsewhere

Sep. 10

Oct. 8

Varies by towns and. cities

Aug. 9

Aug. 19

July 5

Aug. 23

May 7*

Jackson & Clay Cos.—July 6;
St. Louis City & Co.—July 9

Other Cities over 10,000—July 5

July 7

Cities 7,000 to 40,000-April 30
Douglas & Lancaster Cos.—April 29

July 23

Towns over 4,500—Sep. 7
Cities—^ep. 3

April 28

April 4

Sep. 20

Oct. 7

Oct. 10

Oct. 18

July 8

Jackson & Clay Cos.—Oct. 12
St. Louis City & Co.-Oct. 15

Other Cities over 10,000—Oct. 10

Sep. 29

Cities 7,000to40,000-0ct.29
Douglas & Lancaster Cos.—Oct. 28

Oct. 1

Towns over 4,500—Nov. 2
Cities—Oct. 29

Sep. 29

Oct. 10

Dates set at 1966 State Legislature

May 14 Oct. 29

Registration not required

Mar. 23

April 22

April 23

Mar. 28

July 15

May 14

May 18

July 5

Sep. 28

Oct. 28

Oct. 8

Sep. 19

Sep. 9

Oct. 8

PRIMARY
DATE

May 3

Aug. 9

Sep. 13

July 26

June 7

Sep. 13

8th Wednesday
after close of
Conventions

Aug. 20

May 3

Sep. 14

Oct. 1

Aug. 2

June 14

May 3

Sep. 6

Aug. 2

May 24

Aug. 13

June 20

Sep. 13

Sep. 20

Aug. 2

Sep. 13

June 7

Aug. 2

Aug. 16

May 10

Sep. 6

Sep. 13

June 7

May 3

June 21

May 28

Sep. 6

May 3

May 3

May 24

May 17

Sep. 13

June 14

Oct. 19

Oct. 8

Poll tax receipt necessary
No registration**

Aug. 27

Sep. 10

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Aug. 20

April 9

Milwaukee—Aug. 24
Others—Aug. 31

July 29

Nov. 2

Nov. 5

Oct. 8

Oct. 8

Oct 8

Mllwaukee-Oct. 19
Others-Oct 26

Oct 22

June 7

Aug. 4

May 7

Sep. 13

Sep. 13

July 12

Sep. 20

May 10

Sep. 13

Aug. 16

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Aug. 9

May 24

Sep. 28

Sep. 17

June 28

June 25

May 24

June 28

June 4

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AFL'CIO Organizing Director Sees
Challenge in Changing Work Force

WASHINGTON—"Vast changes" in American society and the makeup of the workforce pose
"new challenges" to the labor movement in the opinion of William L. Kircher, recently named
director of organization for the AFL-CIO.

Kircher uses no rose-colored
glasses in his analysis of labor's
organizing problems, appearing
in the March issue of the Ameri­
can Federationist.

He acknowledges the obstacles
to union growth, including a con­
traction of the blue collar work­
force and an expansion of em­
ployment in fields where unions
have been weak. But he is con­
vinced that these obstacles can
be overcome, that the labor move­

ment can and will continue to
grow.

The claim that workers no long­
er need or want unions, he de­
clares, is "pure hogwash." Em­
ployers obviously" don't think so,
he points out, because they're
spending vast sums to keep unions
out.

New Look
Kircher states in the article that

his fellow trade unionists should
take a new look at the men and

The Great Lakes
by

Al Tanner, Vice-President and Fred Farnen, Secretary-Treasurer,Great Lakes

All of the SIU-Gt. Lakes District-contracted companies are now
fitting out their vessels with the exception of the passenger ships. Most
of the crews have been notified as of this date, and the 1966 sailing
season will commence two weeks earlier than last year. The ice situa­
tion is much better than it was a year ago and Lake Michigan and Lake
Huron have no ice whatsoever, f
Buffalo is the only Port with ice
problems. The ice boom has been
removed and this will start some
flow of ice down the rivers. There
is a great deal of ice at the east-
em end of Lake Erie, surrounding
Buffalo, and a good deal of this
ice is windrowed. If the usually
prevalent west and southwest
winds come in the next few weeks,
there could be a considerable ice
problem in Buffalo compared with
the rest of the lakes.

On March 21st, 1966, we will
be in Washington to attend the
U. S. Coast Guard Public Hear­
ings and we will make a full re­
port to the membership as to the
outcome of these hearings.

Three representatives from All-
Japan Seaman's Union arrived in
Detroit, and they are studying all
phases of the maritime industry
and its operations in the United
States. TTiese men will visit the

SIU Halls in Detroit, Toledo, and
Chicago.

Shipping in Detroit is very good
with many rated jobs going off the

open board. Jerry
Powell, who sailed
with Wyandotte
for the last fifteen
years, shipped
aboard the John J.
Boland as Wheels­
man. Jerry says
he is going to take
it easy now that
he doesn't have to

work the tunnel any more. Joe
Rollins just got back frofn Viet
Nam and is ready to ship on the
Lakes again.

Once again we urge every mem­
ber who has the necessary seatime
to upgrade himself in both the
Deck and Engine Departments.
Information on the upgrading
program can be obtained at all
SIU Gt. Lakes District halls.

Rollins

women they are trying to organ­
ize, pointing out that they are
mostly young, the "baby boom"
of postwar years who have reached
working age. He also pointed out
that, since they have no memory
of the depression era or the great
labor struggles and triumphs of
the late thirties and early forties,
some of them are inclined to be
disinterested.

The answer, Kircher is con­
vinced, is not to try to give a short
course in labor history to the
workers you're trying to organize.
"Hardly anyone joined unions in
the late thirties and early forties
just because the Knights of Labor
had a difficult time," he points
out.

As far as today's young worker
is concerned, "before he accepts
unionism, he is going to have to
recognize it as a helpful method
of getting at the things bothering
him today."

Changed Economic Cmidltions
One of the facts unions today

must face, Kircher notes, is the
changed economic conditions of
the typical worker.

"Many, if not most, paychecks
are committed before they are
received. The worker who is meet­
ing house payments, television
payments, car payments, education
bills, etc., is in hock so far in
advance that he is apprehensive
about anything that might lock
his personal economic boat. The
forces who are not interested in
seeing unions grow do a fairly
good job of equating unionism
with boat-rocking."

Linked to this, Kircher notes,
is the propaganda effort of em­
ployers to portray unionism as an
institution, rather than as a move­
ment of people.

"The greatest thrust of the man­
agement resistance campaign," he
writes, "is the effort to psychologi­
cally separate the worker from the
union, to make him think of the
union as a third-party entity.

The Pacific Coast

by Frank Drozak, West Coast Representative

The San Francisco Area COPE held a fufid raising dinner at the
Fairmont Hotel on March 16. The dinner was attended by delegates,
friends and guests of the San Francisco labor council.

Guest speaker of the successful dinner was Senator Frank Moss of
Utah who spoke on the social and economic changes necessary to
stabilize the government of Viet ^
Nam. He also outlined the prob­
lems of the poor and underprivi­
leged in the United States and the
support needed to reduce unem­
ployment and pass extended mini­
mum wage legislation.

San Francisco
Shipping continues to be very

good in San Francisco and on the
west coast. We can still use men
in all ratings.

During this period in San Fran­
cisco we have paid off the Carrol
Victory, Pecos, Our Lady of
Peace, Fairport, Wild Ranger and
the Hercules Victory. Signing on
for the period were the Ocean
Evelyn, Pecos, Alice Brown and
Brigham Victory. In transit we
had the Portmar, Del Alba, May­
flower, Elizabethport and Summit.

In the next two
weeks we expect
the Express Buf­
falo, Transerie,
Northwestern,
Transpacific, Cita­
del Victory and
Overseas Joyce to
be in port.

On the beach
we had F. Boyne

who pulled in, stayed on the
beach for one week and decided
to go intercoastal.

R. Hamden came in a month
ago from the Far East to undergo
medical treatment for a week or
so. He hopes to be ready to ship
out on the Ocean Ulla as Second
Pumpman.

Seattle
Shipping continues to be excel­

lent in Seattle for all ratings and
from all indications it will remain
that way for quite awhile.

Most of the ships coming from
Viet Nam have one problem in
common and that is the mail situa­
tion. At the last MTD meeting
here, a motion was introduced to
contact representative Pelly of the

Boyne

Mfason

First District of Washington and
Senators Jackson and Magnuson
to see if they can help alleviate
this situation.

Old timers on
the beach includ­
ed Wally Mascwi
whose last ship
was the Summit.
Wally says he
likes the Alaskan
run on the Sea-
land ships be­
cause it puts him
home every ten

days. He is now waiting for an­
other Sealand run to Alaska as
AB.

John Indorf, who was last on
the Ocean Evelyn as a baker, is
now waiting for the first baker's
job to hit the boards.

Wilmington
During the last period shipping

activity has continued to boom
and the outlook for the continued
good shipping is excellent. As
soon as A and B men in all de­
partments register they are ship­
ping immediately.

During this last period we had
three payoffs and two signons and
a total of ten ships in transit.

Among some of the old timers
on the beach is AB Mike O'Han-
nesin who is taking a short vaca­
tion before shipping again. John
Dolan just came into town and is
planning to take a rest before
shipping out again.

of a Forgotten Man
This observation on the life of merchant

seamen was written and submitted to the
SEAFARERS WG by Rodney F. a
teacher of history in the John Dickinson
High School, Wiimirigton, pelaware. Mr.
AUen, an avid reader of Pie IX>G, thought
the item—which he ran across while doing
research—would he of interest to other
LOG reefers.

oped into a deep respect and appreciation for
their arduous life.

Many lives had been lost during the voyage,
and the sailors siiffered fro# ihaiadies which w#e
unknown to the readers of Warfiner's book. The
popular image of the seal#tog man did not elicit
the resp^t M#ich ho ^e puiblic in
general overlooked his dilemmas and relegated
the sailor to a low social station, while failing
to see his importance in the nation's growing

Upon his return in 1835 from a cruise around affluence. Thus, as Warriner wrote with his poetic
the globe on a naval mission, Francis Warriner ^ prompted to extoll the Importance
recorded his impressions of the voyage for arm- seaman and sailor:
chair travellers in the United States. Writing ' Seamen are an unfortunate and neglected class

This vo'

travel accounts was a popular vocation in the
new republic, and such volumes found a wide
audience.

age was one of the first circumnavi-
s by an American naval vessel, and thus,

merited the unusually large reception which it
received from the reading public.

id served as schoolmaster on the
United States Frigate Potomac from the time of
its sailing from New York harbor in the Winter
of 1831 to its return in 1835. Originally, he had

concern for the hardships suf-

thc Navy.
merchant seamen and

sidered and treated as outcasts from reputable
society. The wisest politicians have said, and have
said probably with truth, that both England and
America owe the continuance of their national
existence to, their seamen. Without them, com­
merce could not survive, communication of every
kind and on aimost every subject, between
tant natiotts, would be cut off, and the most i
valuable information that we receive concerning
different parts of the globe and the richest luxu­
ries that we enjoy would he entirely lost. Nations
so much benefftted should therefore he moused

Ail Early 19th Century View
the Aihericaii Man

have seen seamen from the age of twenty to
twenty-five, look as old as men of thirty-five to
forty, who follow different occupations. Pestilence
and disease are sweeping off multitudes, and they
die in a foreign land, neglected and unhonored.
Added to this, the tempest is continually sound- > - •
ing their funeral requiertt. Many are yearly in- "
gulfed amid the surges of the ocean, with no eye
to witness their struggles, the waves done their
windingsheet, and their death prayer given to the
winds.

O think on the mariner toss'd on the billow.
Afar from the home of his childhood and

youth; «
No mother to watch o'er his sleep-broken

men oi> tl

No father to counsel, no sister to «
a nation idoUzing its pioneers, politicians,

and Indian fighters, it seems .,jtrange that the
deeds of the merchant seamed and the sailor
have been glossed oyer or forgotten. Warriner
saw our failure in 1835, long Ttelore Jack Lon­
don's Sea Wolf brought the public's attention to
the sailor's plight in the late nineteenth century.
Today, the historian discusses the role of . trade

commerce in American history, but
he delineate the importance of the



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April 1, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven

SlU Vessel Outflanks Viet Cong
To Escape Saigon River Ambash
(Editor't note: The follotcing article i* an eye-witness report made by Seafarer Alexander J. Leiter of an

experience he had in Viet Nam waters recently. Brother Leiter recounts his tale in a well-written ac­
count of an incident that points out the dangers and difficulties SIV members are encountering in

that war-torn section of the world. Brother Leiter sailed aboard the Steel Architect as an AB.)

The last day and the last few hours spent in Viet Nam nearly had the Steel Architect and pos­
sibly some of the crew as victims of Viet Cong guns. Our adventure started when we left Saigon on
March 3. after a stay of 33 days.

As we headed down the river ^

Clam Chowder Coming Up

Letter

in the calm of a beautiful Viet
afternoon our radio started to
humm "alert, alert, a vessel is
under attack at Point de I'East,
all ships in the Saigon area hold
their position."

At the first mention of the at­
tack our Captain, J. Kauserud,

called below for
the two Searfar-
ers on watch to
report to the
bridge. At that
time we were 12
miles south of
Saigon (2 miles
below Nha Be)
on the Saigon
River.

The Captain was standing on
the starboard wing of the bridge
deck. Pointing ahead to a col­
umn of black smoke, he said, "a
tanker has just been hit by the
Viet Cong." He calmly gave or-,
ders to instruct all crew members
to keep off the decks, away from
port holes, and out of open door­
ways; he added, that, if the V.C.
were covering our position on the
river, he didn't want any crew
members' lives in danger.

Captain Kauserud slackened
the vessel's speed and was at­
tempting to determine the extent
of the V.C. attack when a U.S.
Army L-5 observation plane
came out of the sky. From a
height level with the main deck,
the pilot made several passes
across our bow, indicating for us
to stop. The pilot flew the L-5
with great skill, in his obvious
determination and concern for
the safety of our vessel, and to
prevent our progress any further
down river that would have put
the Steel Architect into the line
of fire. Those of us who wit­
nessed the way in which this pilot
maneuvered his aircraft felt proud
of his skill and dedication to
duty.

Regardless of the fact that we
had been hearing bombs and
shellings almost every day and
night for over a month, we were
now aware of the tremendous
earth-shaking bombardment, ac­
companied by the dull staccato of
machine-gun fire put down by our
Choppers' and dive bombers. Our
planes were over the Viet Cong
area (3 miles ahead of us) in a
matter of minutes. Those little
helicopters were right in there fly­
ing back and forth at low alti-

VCATTACk£D
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tude strafing the jungle.
During all of this. Captain

Kauserud removed the responsi­
bility of piloting from the Viet­
namese River-Pilot and turned the
vessel around against a strong
flooding tide in the very narrow
limits of the river, (like making
a U-turn with a tractor-trailer in
an alley.)

Full Ahead! Full Astern! Full
Ahead! and away this old C-3
took off, shivering and shaking
like you know what, back to Nha
Be anchorage where we dropped
the hook in safety.

The Captain heard that some
of the crew felt a certain amount
of anxiety and concern while mak­
ing the turn in the river. He com­
mented that there were times in
his career when he would have
appreciated that much room to
maneuver in. Nevertheless, for
a while, we felt like a sitting-duck
in a shooting gallery and every­
one knows what a duck sitting
around in a shooting gallery feels
like.

We proceeded down river after
the Military Sea Transport Serv­
ice in Saigon reported that the
river was clear. The brush at
Point de I'East was on fire from
our bombs. We could see the Viet­
namese troops, who had just
landed from assault craft, sweep­
ing the area and firing their
weapons into the dense mangrove
swamps that have been aptly
named by the Vietnamese as
"Rung Sat" (killer juhgle.)

As we went down the river in
relative safety we learned that the
ship under attack was the Pa-
loma. When the ship came under
the VC guns the crew abandoned
the vessel and four of them were
wounded. Vietnamese Navy mine­
sweepers and assault craft came
to their rescue under machine-
gun fire that ripped out from the
undergrowth along the river's
bank.

The Paloma was the second
attack on shipping going to Sai­
gon within four days. On Feb­
ruary 27, the Panamanian freight­
er Lorinda carrying general cargo
was raked for an hour by VC
fire with armor-piercing 57-mm
shells and machine gun fire. Six
men were wounded in that en­
counter.

Although, at the time, the sit­
uation on the Saigon River was
ticklish and some of us were
wondering which way to run
when the shooting started, now
15 days later, the incident is al­
most forgotten. However, it is at
times like this when a merchant
seaman becomes aware of the
role he plays in supporting our
country during times of national
crisis.

Viet Run Delays
Seafarer's Xmas

Although most Seafarers would
rather be home on Christmas and
be with their families, it's not al­
ways possible. Ships must sail
even during periods when most
people are enjoying holidays, es­
pecially now that the supply runs
must be made to Viet Nam.

But Christmas can be cele­
brated on days other than the 25th
of December, and that's how Sea­
farer Henry Thomas Harris
worked things out.

Brother Harris arranged with
his family to hold his Christmas
presents until he got back in the
United States and then they could
all open their presents together
and have a real Christmas.

The 23-year-old Seafarer got
off his ship in San Francisco last
week and arrived in Mobile after
a long cross country journey.

"We are so happy he could get
home," Mrs. Harris said. I've
never been more happier, espe­
cially with things the way they
are in Viet Nam."

Stirring a tasty portion of clam chowder on the Steel King is Cook-
Baker. Robert Lipscomb. Also on the menu for the lucky Seafarers
on the Steel King was plenty of roast beef, tuna fish salad and dessert.

I am an old timer with thil
union, book number 08. I
to sea a long time before we had
a union and I really know wha|
the union has done for the sea?^
faring man. It is a privilege td
be a member of such a wonder-f
ful union. I am grateful for thd
retirement plan, my pension
checks are always on time, and
I think that the other benefits of
the union enable a Seafarer t^
live free from financial worry. ;

Once again, many thanks.
Fraternally yours,
M^heas J. (Dotclie)

Chief Sievrdrd Cited
By Fellow Shipmate
Dear Editor:

When any man does a good job
and has satisfied his shipmates
that he has done the very best he
could do then he rates a well done
in his department.

When a shipmate does his duties
well plus contributing a generous
portion of his own free time to
the aid and comfort of his fellow
members, he rates the highest
praise that is possible to offer.

We, the crew of the Express
Baltimore have such a man. Chief
Steward Eugene Ray.

Brother Ray, jye give you ^
profound thanfe for a tough job
very well done. i t

FrartemaBy youisr ^
John OTKrwite

Ship's Delegate
Letter also agned by 20 other

shipmates d Brother Ray.

4f —
Brother Grrtteful
For Union Benefits
To The Editor:

Just a few words to try and ex­
press my heartfelt thanks and ap­
preciation to the Seafarers Union
of North America which has
helped me many times. I have
been on disability for the last
three years and have been under
the care of a doctor for that time.
I had two heart attacks in the last
year and spent a great deal of
time in the hospital and if it were
not for the union I don't know,
how I would have received tfiis
aid.

Because of the SIU I don't
have to worry about doctor or

4 hospital bills plus the union made
iit possible for me to get a tiew

hearing aid. I just can't say
thanks enough for all the won-

; derful things the union has done
|for me. Trouble and sickness
; makes no appointments when they
I hit us and many times they are
^ with us when we least expect

LETTE;
To Tlie Editor

iOG Feature Heealle
Struggles of Seamen^
To Hie EdifoR |

I would like to thank theg
LOG for presenting the finn
story about the seaman's life onC;
hundred years ago. I think i^
points out more than anything-
else the long and hard struggle-
that we as Seafarers have had
over the many years. |

I think that Richard Dana waf
a good reporter of the condi-4
tions that seamen had to gd-
through in the old days. Hii
book, "Two Years Before thd
Mast," gives a vivid picture of
sailing conditions before the rise
of the unions. Being a seamaif
in those days was almost like
selling yourself into slavery. I

I think that if it were not fof
the strong union movement ii|
this country, and especially the
SIU, the American seaman^
would be no better off than his
seaman brothers who are forced
to endure inferior conditions od
foreign flag vessels. |

Again, thank yon for the find
article and keep stories like thil
coming in the LOG. |

Fratemaiiy Yoars,|
Robeit3Wiiis:::;r:J

WA/AT
DIDA/f
6AY?

BOUNDED
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MOMihlSm

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SEAFARERS LOG April 1, 1966

Biology (Marine, That k) Fascinates
SlU Crewmen on Antarctic Expedition

Strange and unusual fish specimens, penguins, three girls aboard ship and days that were almost
as black as night were the highlights of the voyage that Seafarer Richard Hepburn recalls with the
most affection.

Hepburn, who sails in the ^
deck department, was then in

Hepburn

the "land of the midnight sun,
where there is nearly no differ­
ence between day and night.

Brother Hepburn recounted his
experience while in the New York
hall recently to pick up his vaca­
tion check and register. His last
ship was the Oceanic Wave. ,

Hepburn's "land of the mid­
night sun stint" occurred during
a voyage he made aboard the SIU-
MSTU manned El Tannin.

On the SIU-MSTU contracted
El Tannin, he was
working in the
Antarctic ocean
on a scientific ex­
pedition with a
group of scien­
tists and marine
biologists.

"Although the
rigors of the 30
below zero

weather often tired a man out,"
he explained, "especially when he
was working in the deck depart­
ment, sleep would eventually get
to you. It would get to you so
badly that you no longer wanted
to sleep any longer. Two months
in the Antarctic circle is, after all,
a long time."

Brother Hepburn said that he
and some of the other SIU crew
men often passed away those
long, dark hours by talking with
the scientists. The Seafarers
would examine the fossils brought
up from the bottom, the fish speci­
mens and the underwater pictures
taken in the depths of the ocean.

"And by and large," Hepburn
said, "we found the scientists to
be just plain nice people, who
would take time put from their
work to explain the significance
of their discoveries.

"I remember one particularly,"
he recalled, "an elderly lady,
whom we all respected. If any
of us went to her with a ques­
tion concerning the oceano-
graphic findings, she'd stop what
she was doing then to talk with
us—even if it took thirty min­
utes or an hour."

Interesting People
And the other two females

aboard ship also proved to be in­
teresting personalities to Brother
Hepburn. One, he said, was mar­
ried to an ornithologist, a profes­
sional student of birds. She had
four children (not aboard the ship,
though), and her husband was
away in the American southeast.

Editor,

studying some form of animal
life.

What impressed Hepburn most
of all was the fact that these sci­
entific minds proved on all occa­
sions to be friendly human be­
ings, far from the typical idea
people have of intellectuals and
professors.

"When we hit our port in
Chile or Aukland, New Zealand,'
said Hepburn, "those Phd's would
hit the nightspots right along with
us. Of course, every Seafarer
went out of his way to get a date
with that third female, who was
not only single but goodlooking
and very attractive. I'm sorry to
say, though, that none of us had
any luck at all."

And speaking of New Zealand,
Hepburn remarks that he likes the
place so much that he wouldn't
mind settling down there at all.
He finds the country to be very
much like America and popu­
lated by friendly people.

Then, too, there was another
consideration:

Brother Hepburn is an ad­
mirer of pretty women and surf-
boarding and claims that New
Zealand ranks with the best in
those two categories. "Beautiful
breakers on beautiful beaches
with beautiful women," he said,
"and there are real decent places
to stay at reasonable prices. I
spent three or four months down
there last year and wouldn't

really care if I got stuck down
there for life. People treat you
real nice."

Further commenting on the in­
teresting trip in the Antarctic, he
recalled the time that a group of
scientists embarked in a dingy in
the icy water to shoot a bull seal
for their collection.

"They didn't get him," he said,
"and I found it kind of funny.
The tremendous seal kept care­
fully out of range in the rolling
sea, and the men weren't very
good shots in the bargain."

But all was not so funny on the
voyage. Like most all trips on a
ship, there was a touch of mis­
fortune. Even though the crew
was required to wear steel-tipped
safety boots, a member of the
deck department had a jackstaff
run through the toe of his boot.

Although he stayed out for
four more weeks in the sick bay,
when they got back to Chile, it
turned out that several of his toes
couldn't be saved and had to be
amputated.

In their spare time, when they
weren't bombarding the scientists
with their curiosity, the Seafarers
would gather around to discuss
the books they'd read and their
favorite authors.

The ship returned with fossils
and fish and even penguins pre­
served in formaldehyde, all des­
tined for the zoological museum
in Auckland, New Zealand.

Vincent Captiano
Please contact Salvatore Cas-

taldo at 31 West 54, Street, Bay-
onne. New Jersey.

i
Dale Parks

Your wife should like to get in
contact with you. She is now liv­
ing at 2021 Amelia Street, Bay-
town, Texas.

Thomas L. Walker, Jr.
Please contact Mrs. lone M.

Andrews at 504 Athania Parkway,
Metairie, Louisiana.

Jack Melton
Please contact Mrs. Pete Moeno

Sr., at 3924-Broadway, Galveston,
Texas.

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Your friends, Eddie Burke and

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Seattle, Washington.

Salvatore Dimaggio
We are holding your telephone

bill at SIU headquarters in New
York.

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John F. Kent

Please contact your mother at
1 North Ave., Norwalk, Connec­
ticut as soon as you can.

Antonio Zelaya
Please contact the Travelers

Aid Society of New York at 204
East 39th St., New York, N. Y.

Barry J. Connelly
Contact the Boston Legal Aid

Society at 14 Somerset St., Bos­
ton, Massachusetts as soon as you
can.

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Please contact your Mother at
188 Columbus Avenue, Buffalo,
New York.

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Contact your mother as soon as
you can. Her address is 33 Caro­
line Place N. E., Grand Rapids 3,
Michigan.

Time Out For A Smoke

Enjoying a little leisure and a smoke before signing foreign articles
on the Robin Goodfellow are (I to r) Seafarers Serapio Cruz and L.
Brown. The picture was taken when Goodfellow was in New York pre­
paring for a recent trip. Both Cruz and Brown said they were looking
forward to the trip and were quite anxious to get to sea again.

SIU
ARRIVALS , ' • W

Joseph M. Endres, born De­
cember 9, 1965, to the Michael
M. Endres, Baltimore, Md.

Loretta Harris, born November
26, 1965, to the Joe Harris, Nor­
folk, Va.

— —
Albert Gregory Hendricks,

born August 24, 1965, to the Al­
bert Hendricks, Mobile, Ala.

^
Tammy Fourroux, born Jan­

uary 31, 1966, to the Harry O.
Fourrouxs, New Orleans, La.

Harold Hubert Hess, born Jan­
uary 18, 1966, to the Harold Hess,
Tacoma, Wash.

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Mary Ann Salvadore, born Oc­

tober 27, 1965, to the James Sal-
vadores, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Wanda Lissette Ortiz, born Jan­
uary 11, 1966, to the Oliver Or-
tizs, Mayaguez, P.R.

Marie Elena Gonzales, born
February 7, 1966, to the Gilbert
R. Gonzales, Galveston, Texas.

Rachel Renee Vidrine, born
January 19, 1966, to the John E.
Vindrine, Opelousas, La.

Allen Smith, born November
17, 1965, to the Donald Smiths,
Waynesville, N.C.

Kimberly Balog, born Novem­
ber 20, 1965, to the Robert Ba-
logs, Holden, Utah.

Luis Ernesto Perez, born Feb­
ruary 2, 1966, to the Luis Perezs,
Postello De Juana Diaz, P.R.

Angel Cordero, born October
4, 1965, to the Felix Corderos,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Michael Joseph Sarver, born
December 9, 1965, to the Henry
M. Sarvers, New Orleans, La.

Wendy Samicola, born Janu­
ary 7, 1966, to the Joseph Sar-
nicolas, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Shasta Seal, born December 31,
1965, to the Jimmy B. Seals,
Amite, La.

James Patterson, born January
19, 1966, to the J. J. Pattersons,
Brook Park, Ohio.

Randall Nyherg, born July 1,
1965, to the James Nybergs, Su­
perior, Wis.

Money Due
Headquarters is holding checks for the following Seafarers:
• Hercules Victory, dispiited overtime—Edward Jensen, Rob­

ert Smith.
• Natalie—one day's wages—^James N. Boone, Spiros D.

Cassimis, Jose Ortiguerra, Frank G. Valerie.
• Penn Carrier—disputed overtime—Earl Beamer, Walter

Smith.
• Transwestem—disputed overtime—Calvin Smith, Fred Nich­

ols, Ramon Bracamonte, Daniel McLaren, Glenn CaUoun, Clyde
Greeson.

• Valiant Hope—transportation—Thomas E. Hanson, Don­
ald Kershaw.

• Niagara—disputed overtime—Richard Heckman, Francis M.
Greenwell.

• Niagara—lodging—William Knapp, Warren Weiss.
• Seatrain New York—disputed lodging allowance—^James

Gleason, Fred Paterson, Earl Resmondo.
• Kent—lodging—Clyde D. Berry, Joseph L. Chapeau, Cyril

Gauthier, Aldo T. Hassein and Raymond T. Holland.
• Sea Pioneer—lodging—Joseph Preshong, Verdon Na^h, Ed­

ward Killigrew, Walter Kristiasen, George McKenna, Earl Chick,
Ernest Newhall, Gene Berger, Constantino Ruggiero, Leamardo
Ruggero, John D. Pennell, Aubrey Lewis.



April 1, 1966
SEAFARERS LOG Page Thirteen

It looks like overtime is in store for the deck department of the
Del Mundo (Delta Line). The galley needs to be painted and all
hands are busy getting the vessel in shape. Engine delegate A. L.
Edwards reports that there are ^ _ ^ .—7-7

Callard, joined in with a request
to keep the ship running SIU

no beefs and that anyone who
wants overtime can have plenty
of work. The steward's depart­
ment has a new delegate in W.
K. Sufherlin who reports that

there are no beefs
in his department.
When ship's dele­
gate Benjamin C.
Bengert resigned
to let another
Seafarer get a
crack at the job,
Dominick Di

Di Maio
mously elected.

The new ship's treasurer Mic­
hael Toth found he had been left
$27.39 by retiring treasurer Joe
Powers. All-and-all it's a busy
ship.

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Engine delegate Roberto Gon­

zales, on the Venore (Venore
Trans) writes
that the crew
showed true sea­
faring brother­
hood and respect
when the deck
engineer's
father passed
away. The
brothers sent
flowers at once

with their message of sympathy
as soon as they heard the bad
news. Steward's delegate, Robert
H. Tyndall, reports that the mess
is going to be kept open at sea
and locked in port from now on.
Talking about the ship in gen­
eral, ship's delegate, Robert A.
Clarke says, "no beefs."

"Every member should try and
carry his part of the load . . .

that way every­
one can have a
good trip with no
beefing at the
payoff," said
Frank Myatt
newly elected
ship's delegate on
the Robin Lock-
sley (Moore Mc-
Cormack). Myatt

reported that everything was ship
shape and thanked the brothers
who have knocked off using the
washing machine between 10 pm
and 6 am. Deck delegate, George

Tyndall

Gadson

McDougall

style. One thing that the men are
happy about is that they are re­
ceiving their mail during the long
haul from Cape Town, Durban,
to Lourenco Maques and then
back to Cape Town, South Af­
rica, before returning to the port
of New York, reports Luther
Gadson.

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Joseph A. McDougall on the

Western Comet (Western Tank­
ers) headed for
Okinawa, reports
that when the
ship's delegate re-
signed, deck
delegate, Harrj'
K. Kaufman,
was elected
unanimously.
Mess hall chairs
are going to be

repaired and the members have
been asked to make sure the wash­
ing machine switch is turned off
after they are finished with their
laundry. One of the things the
Brothers are hoping will be set­
tled is their request that port
time will apply at both ends; or,
any port the ship puts in to. This
is because the containerships (un­
like tankers) have only limited
time in port.

Another SIU ship that has been
getting more overtime in the en­

gine room is the
Express Virginia
(Marine Carriers)
headed for Sai­
gon reports en-
g i n e delegate,
Robert L. Mays.
Roy Corns was
elected by accla­
mation reports
meeting secretary

Gregory F. Gannon. George Van
Ettea, chief steward, was elected
ship's treasurer. Seafarers aboard
the vessel are looking forward to
viewing their recently acquired
TV. There are no beefs so far on
this active ship. The bosun re­
quested that all of the crew prac­
tice safety first by staying out of
the way while topping gear on
deck. The crew was also re­
quested to keep the deck clear of
all coffee cups and gear.

Mays

T.V. Aids in Breaking Language Barrier

Steel King pantryman Robert Mateo finds T.V. a welcome break
after a long day in the galley. Mateo looks forward to coming to
New York because of the fine T.V. reception there and finds watching
T.V. in foreign countries to be very useful in improving the use of a
foreign language. He enjoys watching programs with foreign subtitles.

Brother Batks Bangtails World Over
But He's Still Tearing Up Tickets

"The British have built race tracks the world over but by-all-means the best tracks in the world are
here in the United States," says Seafarer Anthony Notturno. He was talking about his horse wager­
ing days in general and his last voyage to India on the Steel Fabricator in particular.

"Betting is a little different in ^
India. There the bettor trys to
hit a treble. This is when he

Notturao

picks the winners of three races,
rather than the winners of two or
four races like the daily double or
twin doubles here in the U. S.,'
said Notturno.

The 42-year-old Philadelphian,
who has been sail­
ing with the SIU
since 1949, went
on to say that he
hit a treble his
last trip. "I have
all the luck. I hit
on what was prob­
ably the lowest
paying treble ever
seen in Indian

Racing At the official rate of
exchange I got between five and
ten dollars for picking tbree win­
ners. It was hardly worth going
to the bookie to pick up the
money" Most betting in India
is done with bookies despite the
fact that they now have mutual
windows like American tracks.

Oil to Mecca
Immediately after the Steel Fab­

ricator's payoff Brother Notturno,
as a good horseplayer should, took
all his money and went directly to
the Mecca of the New York Horse
set, Roosevelt and Adqueduct, and
as the result is now looking for an­
other ship. "I didn't make out so
good. Part of it is the type of
horse they run in the snow and
ice. I feel that the best borses are
kept under wraps for the spring. I
couldn't handicap those dogs
right." But with a horseplayer's
eternal optimism he went on to
say, "when the weather breaks the
better horse will be out. So will
I."

Brother Notturno describes
himself as "just a regular horse
player" but the many interesting
tales he can tell about foreign
tracks prove that this just isn't so.
The able-bodied seamen, who de­
scribes his deck department job as
"just rieht for a fellow with my
interests," has visited tracks in Cal­
cutta, and Bombay, India, Dur­
ban, South Africa, Hong Kong
and over the United States.

Speaking of the differences that
he has noticed since his first trip
to an Indian track in 1953 he
said, "one thing I noticed at once
is that horses in India run clock­
wise as against our's where they
run counterclockwise." In 1953
horses were started from behind
a strand of tape. But there are no
more standing starts and "they
now have starting gates just like
here."

Racing Fans the Same
Fans are the same all over the

world, says Notturno. "Depsite
their English background the In­
dians get excited just like every­
one else. All those Sir Thomas
Liptons go crazy when there's a
buck involved at one of their big
faces like the Indian Derby."

One of Notturno's problems is
trying to read the foreign tout
sheets to get the facts upon which
he makes his bets. The Indian bet­
tor uses a little book rather than
the fact sheets of American Rac­
ing. They're so hard to read that
Notturno claims that "you'd have

to be a genius to figure out how
to turn the pages."

Seafarer Notturno has good
things to say about South African
Racing. "It's a real nice place and
it use to be one of the favorite
runs of the Brothers at the Union
Hall. I haven't been there recently,
but I can tell you tbat they love
racing there. One of the reasons
is that they don't have it regularly
like we do. When there's a race
it's a big event and is held on a
Saturday, Sunday or a Fair day
and it's attended by huge enthusi­
astic crowds that have lots of
fun."

"Enthusiasm in general is very
big for racing abroad. They all
have clubhouses and grand stands
now. ... I think it has all been
copied off of our tracks. Crowd
control is a big problem all over.

"Speaking about tbe riot at
Roosevelt Raceway a couple of
years ago, be said, "I wasn't on
tbe beach at the time but I've seen
some tense moments when angry
murmurs ran through a crowd
when the results went up on a
photo finish. It always looks like
your horse won when you've bet
$300 or 400 dollars on him."

"I don't like crowds, Notturno
said. That's why I stay away from
most of the big races like tbe
Triple Crown. During the week,
except for Monday and Friday, is
the best time to go. Yonkers Race­
way bas been getting a big crowd
lately, perhaps because of the mild
weather here."

Fair Weather Tracks
Speaking of good weather, An­

thony says he likes the West Coast
tracks the best. "I've been down
to Florida and the tracks there are
just what you'd expect—real good
looking and nice, but I like the
West Coast tracks—Hollywood
Park is very fine. What I like best
about Hollywood Park is that you
can lose your money without get­
ting your shoes dirty." Another
thing about Florida is that "dogs
don't show me much. I've seen
greyhound racing a few times but
for me there's nothing like the
horses."

As a gambling man Anthony
has his ups-and-downs. His favor­
ite story is about one of bis big­
gest bets on the mile-and-one half
Belmont Stake's duel between Gal-
lent Lad and Bold Man which
took place in the mid-50s. He put
everything he could get his hands
on Bold Man. "Right after the
race I was looking for a ship," he
said.

Brother Anthony tells fellow
horseplayers that he likes the Lib­
erty Bell in his native Philadelphia
and Jefferson Downs in New Or­
leans. Talking about New Orleans
tracks he says, "I don't care for
the Fair Grounds. I think they
just keep it around for historical
reasons and to run on during the
Mardi Gras; but Jefferson Downs,
for nisht flats, is O.K. You really
find a better quality crowd there.
Maybe it's my favorite place be­
cause I've done fairly well there.
Some days you might win $700
or $800 dollars but you're lucky
to break even at the end of the
meet."

FINAL DEPARTURES
John O. Morrison, 62: Brother

Morrison had 32 years of sea
time when he re­
tired in 1961. He
joined the Union
in 1938 in Jack­
sonville, Florida.
He died of dia­
betes at the Hills­
borough County
Hospital. He sail­
ed in the engine

room as an oiler. He is survived by
his wife Annie Mae of Tampa, and
by his brother, W. R. Morrison, of
Miami. Brother Morrison was
buried in Tampa's Myrtle Hill
Memorial Park.

Charles M. Silcox, 50: Brother
Silcox died in Houston, Texas in

January of this
year. He became
ill wbile on the
Globe Explorer
and was hospital­
ized at the port of
Hafia, Israel, in
December. He
joined the Union
in 1945 in Jack­
sonville, Florida.

He is survived by his wife, Billie,
and his brother, Ray D. Silcox,
)Oth of Starke, Florida. Brother

Silcox sailed in the deck depart­
ment.

George H. Seeberger, 67:
Brother Seeberger died in Phila-

phia where he
was retired
since 1965. He
joined the Union
in 1941 in Mo­
bile, Alabama.
He was born in
P h i 1 a d e 1 -
phia where he is
survived by his
wife Grace. The

veteran of World War I sailed
with the steward department as
chief steward. He had over 30
years at sea. Brother Seeberger
died of heart failure in Decem­
ber, 1965. He was buried in the
Holy Sepulcher Crematory.

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Alfred Leroy Jerauld, 54:

Brother Jerauld died of tubercu­
losis in Boston in
January. He
joined the Union
in New York in
1952. He ship­
ped with the en­
gine department
as a fireman-
water tender. He
is survived by

Mrs. Flora Jerauld,
in Boston, Mass.,

Jerauld's place of birth.

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his mother,
who lives



Page Fonrteen SEAFARERS LOG April 1, 1966

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UNBAIB
TO LABOR

DO NOT BUY
Seafarers and their families are

urged to support a consumer boy­
cott by trade unionists against
various companies whose products
are produced under non-union
conditions, 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.)

'Tee" brand tires
(United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum

& Plastic Workers)

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H. 1. Siege!

"HIS" brand men's clothes
(Amalgamated Clothing Workers)

^

Sears, Roebuck Company
Retail stores & products

(Retail Clerks)

— ̂ 3> —
Stitzel-Weller Distilleries

"Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk"
"Cabin Still," W. L. Weller

Bourbon whiskeys
(Distillery Workers)

J. R. Simplot Potato Co.
Frozen potato products

(Grain Millers)

Kingsport Press
"World Book," "Cbildcraft"

(Printing Pressmen)
(Typographers, Bookbinders)

(Machinists, Stereotypers)

Jamestown Steriing 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)

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Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co.

Work Shoes . . .

Sentry, Cedar Chest,
Statler

Men's Shoes . . .

Jarman, Johnson &

Murphy, Crestwmth,

W. L. Douglas, Flagg
Brothers, Kingston,

Davidson.
(Boot and Shoe Workers' Union)

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Tyson's Poultry, Inc.

Rock Cornish Tyson's Pride
Manor House-Safeway

Wiriihone-Kroger
Comlsh Game-Armour
and A & P's Super-

Right Comlsh Game Hen
(Food Handlers Local 425 of the
Amalgamated Meat Cutters &
Butcher Workmen of N. America)

FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlsntic, Gulf, Lakes and
Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguardlnK the membership's
money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every
three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All
Union records are available at SIU headquarters In Brooklyn.

TRUST FUNDS. AH trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf. Lakes and Inland
Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust
fund agreements. AH these agreements specify that the trustees In charge of these funds
shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates.
AH expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval
by a majority of the trustees. AH trust fund financial records are available at the
headquarters of the various trust funds.

SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively
by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping
rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available In all Union halls. If you
feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained In
the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals
Board by certified mail, return receipt request^. 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 Appeals Board.

CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls. These
contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard
ship. Know your contract rights, as 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 SIU port agent.

EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained
from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual In the
Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed
harmful to the Union or Its collective membership. This established policy has been
reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings in all constitu­
tional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which
consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Bbcecutlve 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
clrcumeUncm should any member pay any money for any reason unless he Is given
such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made
without supplying a receipt, or If a member Is required to make a payment and Is
given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make
such payment, this should Immediately be rejKjrted to headquarters.

CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six
months In the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of Its constitution. In addition,
copies are available In all Union halls. AH members should obtain copies of this
constitution so as to fs:mlllarlze themselves with Its contenU. 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 all other
deUlls, then the member so affected should Immediately notify headquarters.

RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension bene­
fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities. Including attend­
ance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these Union meet­
ings, they are encouraged to take an active role In all rank-and-file functions. In­
cluding service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtlmera cannot take
shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union pol­
icy of allowing them to retain their good sUnding through the waiving of their dues.

EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights In employment and
as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SlU constitution
and In the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­
quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color,
national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he Is denied the equal rights
to which be la entitled, he should notify headquarters.

SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic righU 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 feels that any of the above rights have been violated,
or that he has been denied his eonstitntlonal right of access to Union records or in­
formation, he should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by
certified maU, return receipt requested.

Schedule of
Membership Meetings

SlU-AGLIWD Meetings

New York,
N. Y Apr.

Philadelphia Apr.
Baltimore .. Apr.
Detroit .. Apr.
Houston ... Apr.
New Orleans Apr.
Mobile .... Apr.
Wilmingttm Apr.
San Francisco

Apr.
Seattle .... Apr.

4—2:30 p.m.
5—2:30 p.m.
6—2:30 p.m.
8—^2:30 p.m.

11—2:30 p.m.
12—2:30 p.m.
13—2:30 p.m.
18 2 p.m.

20—2
22—2

p.m.
p.m.

Great Lakes SIU Meetings

Detroit Apr. 4—2 p.m.
Alpena Apr. 4—7 p.m.
Buffalo Apr. 4—^7 p.m.
Chicago Apr. 4—7 p.m.
Cleveland Apr. 4—^7 p.m.
Duluth Apr. 4—7 p.m^
Frankfurt Apr. 4—7 p.m.

Great Lakes Tug and
Dredge Region

Detrmt . . . .Apr.
Milwaukee .Apr.
Chicago .. .Apr.
Buffalo .... Apr.

tSault Ste. Marie
Apr.

Duluth .... Apr.
Oeveland .. Apr.
Toledo . . . .Apr.

11—^7:30 p.m.
11—^7:30 p.m.
12—7:30 p.m.
13—^7:30 p.m.

14—7:30 p.m.
15—7:30 p.m.
15—^7:30 p.m.
15—^7:30 p.m.

SIU Inland Boatmen's Union

Philadelphia .. Apr. 5—5 p.m.
Houston Apr. 11—5 p.m.
Baltimore (licensed and

unlicensed) . Apr. 6—5 p.m.
Norfolk Apr. 7—5 p.m.
New Orleans .. Apr. 12—5 p.m.
Mobile Apr. 13—5 p.m.

R^way Marine Region
Jersey City

Apr. 11—10 a.m. & 8 p.m.
Philadelphia

Apr. 12—10 a.m. & 8 p.m.
Baltimore

Apr. 13—10 a.m. & 8 p.m.
•Norfolk

Apr. 14—10 a.m. & 8 p.m.

United Industrial Workers

New Yoric Apr. 4—^7p.m.
Baltimore Apr. 6—^7p.m.

Philadelphia ... Apr. 5—7 p.m.
^Houston Apr. 11—7 p.m.

Mobile April 13—^7 p.m.
New Orleans .Apr. 12—7 p.m.
* Meeting held st Labor Temple, New­

port News.
t Meeting held at Labor Temple. SsnIt

Ste. Marie. Mich,
t Meeting held at Galveston wharves.

DIRECTORYof
UNION HALLS

SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes
& Inland Waters

Inland Boatmen's Union
United Industrial Workers

PRESIDENT
Paul Hall

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Gal Tanner

VICE PRESIDENTS
Earl Shepard Lindsay Williams
Al Tanner Robert Matthews

SECRETARY-TREASURER
Al Kerr

HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Bklyn.
HY 9 6600

ALPENA. Mich i27 River St.
EL 4-3616

BALTIMORE, MD 1216 E. Baltimore St.
EA 7-4900

BOSTON. Mass 177 State St.
Rl 2-0140

BUFFALO. N.Y 735 Washington St.
TL 3-9259

CHICAGO, III 93B3 Ewing Ave.
SA 1-0733

CLEVELAND, Ohio 1420 W. 25th St.
MA 1-5450

DETROIT, Mich. .. 10225 W. Jefferson Ave.
VI 3-4741

DULUTH. Minn 312 W. 2nd St.
RA 2-4110

FRANKFORT, Mich P.O. Box 2B7
415 Main St.

EL 7-2441
HOUSTON. Tex 5B04 Canal St.

WA B-3207
JACKSONVILLE, Fla 2608 Pearl St.

EL 3-0987
JERSEY CITY. N.J 99 Montgomery St.

HE 3-0104
MOBILE, Ala I South Lawrence St.

HE 2-1754
NEW ORLEANS. La 630 Jackson Ave.

Tel. 529-7546
NORFOLK, Va 115 3rd St.

Tel. 622-IB92
PHILADELPHIA. Pa 2604 S. 4th S»

OE 6-38IB
PORT ARTHUR, Tex 1348 Seventh St.
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. ...505 N. Marine Ave.
TE 4-2523

ALCOA COMMANDER (Alcoa), Feb­
ruary 15—Chairman, Lee R.. EckhotT;
Secretary, Burel J. Loftln, Jr. Ship's
delegate reported that there were no
beefs. AH questions were settled and
taken care of during the voyage. Every­
thing Is running smoothly. Patrolman
to be contacted regarding a larger water
cooler, yote of thanks to the baker, H.
Harris, for a job well done,—also to
the messmen for their services.

FLORIDIAN (South Atlantic). Febru­
ary 27—Chairman, Charles Kenning ; Sec­
retary. Francisco Alvarez. No beefs re­
ported by department delegates. Brother
Francisco Alvarez was elected to serve
as ship's delegate.

ALCOA MARINER (Alcoa), February
15—Chairman, Clarence A. Hancock;
Secretary, Edmund Key. Disputed OT to
be taken up with patrolman. $40.00 in
ship's fund.

AMES VICTORY (Victory Carriers),
February 25—Chairman, Stephen Ful-
ford; Secretary, Paul Franco. Some dis­
puted OT In deck and engine depart­
ments. Ship should be fumigated for
roaches. Vote of thaiiks to the steward
department. Real fine SIU crew on
board.

ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Moore-McCor-
mack), February 6—Chairman, Eugene
B. Flowers; Secretary, Luther Gadson.
Few hours disputed OT In engine depart­
ment. Brother Frank Hyatt was elected
to serve as ship's delegate. Motion made
that when the crew of any vessel works
cargo, they should be paid the same
rate of pay that the longshoremen re­
ceive in the home port of said vessel.

DEL MAR (Delta), March 6—Chair­
man, P. Blalack; Secretary. J. R. John­
son. Vote of thanks was extended to
ship's delegate who is resigning. Brother
Jf. V. Whaien, Jr. was elected to serve
as new ship's delegate. No beefs were
reported by department delegates. $106.94
In Movie Fund.

DEL MUNDO (Delta). February 21—
Chairman. E. P. Leonard; Secretary,
Michael Toth. Brother Benjamin C. Ben-
gert resigned as ship's delegate and
Brother Domlnlck DaMalo was elected to
serve as new ship's delegate. $27.39 in
ship's fund. Everything is running
smoothly. No complaints.

OVERSEAS JOYCE (Maritime Over­
seas). March 2—Chairman. Cecil Wig­
gins ; Secretary, James T. Mann. $44.00
in ship's fund. One man hoepitallzied In
Canal Zone. No action taken on crew's
request for installation of pop-up toilet
seats, as per order of Public Health.
Vote of thanks to the steward depart­
ment.

DELAWARE (Atlas), February 13—
Chairman. Wm. F. Chapman; Secretary,
J. R. Egan. No beefs and no disputed
OT reported. Crew requested to clean
washing machine after using. Also to
keep screens in portholes and screen
doors closed in port.

STEEL FABRICATOR (Isthmian),
March 6—Chairman, Joe Kramer: Sec­
retary, W. J. Miles. Disputed OT from
coastwise trip was sent to headquarters.
Two men were hospitalized In Bombay.
Crew donated $116.00 to be split between
thm. A letter of appreciation was re­
ceived from both crewmembers. Motion
made that the negotiating committee re­
quest for a minimum of two hours for
deck department when called to work
overtime.

ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), March 5—
Chairman, C. E. Turner; Secretary, B.
Ortiz. Ship's delegate reported that ev­
erything is running smoothly. Crew re­
quested to cooperate In keeping crew's
pantry clean at night. Vote of thanks
to the steward department for a job
well done.

BELGIUM VICTORY (Isthmian),
March 6—Chairman, Vernon Porter;
Secretary, R. L. Huddleston. Ship's dele­
gate Informed crew that no action was
taken by Company regarding mail de­
liveries. Ship has not received any com­
munications for the Union for the en­
tire voyage.

COE VICTORY (Victory Carriers),
"f-rch 6—Cb'irmsn, J. J. Gorman; Sec­
retary, J. Shorten. No hcefs and no
disputed OT reported. No ship's fund.
Donations from crewmemhcrs appreciated. '

MINOT VICTORY (A. L Burbank),
March 6—Chairman, J. Browne; Secre­
tary, A. Alfonso. Beef In deck depart­
ment to be taken up with boarding pa­
trolman. Delayed sailing disputed in
engine department. Vote of thanks to
the steward department for a job well
done. The chief steward extended a
vote of thanks to the deck and engine
department for their cooperation In solv­
ing all minor and major problems in
repairs.

CALHAR (Calmar), hlarch 13—Chair­
man, Albert Hoggie; Secretary, C. E.
Gibbs. Ship's delegate reported some dis­
puted OT in deck department, also a few
beefs which will be taken up with patrol­
man at payoff. Motion made that if men
do not get their day off, as per agree­
ment, they be compensated 8 hours OT,
this to be paid by the company.

ANNISTON VICTORY (Waterman).
March 6—Chairman, John Dunn ; Secre­
tary, Charles J. Mitchell. Some disputed
OT In engine and steward departments.
Discussion regarding the fresh water
tanks which should be inspected by the
Health Department. Vote of thanks to
the department delegates and to the
steward department.

LOS ANGELES (Sea-Land). March 11
—chairman. J. Bowman ; Secretary, H.
Bjerring. Captain Is going to restock
slop chest on West Coast. Will attempt
to fill personal requests for Items. $8.00
In ship's fund,—$6.00 spent on new TB
cable. No beefs reported by department
delegates. Matter of rusty wash water to
he taken up with patrolman.

DIGHST
of SIU
SHIP

HURRICANE (Waterman). March 13
—Chairman, Ekidie Hernandez; Secretary,
James Moore. Some disputed OT in the
deck department to be taken up with
boarding partrolman. Vote of thanks
to the steward department for a job
well done.

OCEANIC SPRAY (Trans-World Ma­
rine). February 25—Chairman. Frank
Natale; Secretary, H. (Tiny) Kennedy.
Ship's delegate advised all watchstanders
about upgrading school. He also re­
minded all C-card men not to spend all
their money as they have not bwn ahle
to pay their dues. $15.00 in ship's fund.
No beefs reported by department dele­
gates.

MISSOURI (Meadowbrook Transport).
February 27—Chairman, A. R. Volkerts;
Secretary. W. J. Moore. Brother Richard
Toler was elected to serve as ship's dele­
gate.

OCEAN DINNY (Maritime Overseas),
March 13—Chairman, Thomas Self; Sec­
retary. Peter Goodzuk. Ship's delegate
reported that everything is running okay.
Vote of thanks extended to the steward
department.

DEL NORTE (Delta), March 6—Chair­
man, Robert Callahan; Secretary, Bill
Kaiser. Meeting held with the chief
steward and chief cook to see If the
preparation of certain foods could be
improved. Crew would like larger variety
of night lunch, and food to be kept hot.
Patrolman will be contacted regarding
shortage of cigarettes. Few hours dls-
putrf OT in engine department. $131.44
in ship s fund, and $483.60 in movie fund.

STEEL SCIEN'TIST (Isthmian Lines),
DMember 4—Chairman, Angelo Maldon-
ado; Secretary, F. S. Omega. $6.91 In
ship s fund. No beefs reported by d^
partment delegates. Brother I. W. Grig-
gins, Jr. was elected to serve as new
ship 8 delegate.

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Lpril 1» 1966 SEAFARERS LOG Page Fifteen

UlTNIS mm
THE STORY OF

AMERICAN LABOR The AR. was formed In 1886 and led by Ctgar-
makers Samuel Sompers (center), Adolph StrMr

and Carpenter P. J. Mt^lre.

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n Spite of its militancy and powerful qj^l
ganization, the AFL was destined to be •
plagued for many years by its failure ipJ

recognize the importance of organizing thd\
ever-increasing numbers of unskilled workers I
in the nation's factories. The close of the
nineteenth century saw big business grow even •
bigger, with huge corporations merging every­
where into monopolistic trusts of staggering
size, pulling in staggering profits and crushing
competition ruthlessly. Federal legislation, such
as the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, hardly dis­
turbed the status quo. Increased meclmmza- i
tion constantly added to the proportion of un­
skilled workers-^ who remained unorganized-—
a situation which contributed to the union's
defeat in the famous "Homestead Strike"
against Carnegie Steel at Homestead, Pa.

Conditions for American seamen in the mid-
and late 19th century, for the most part,
were even worse than the lot of the most

ill-treated shoreside worker. Under the com­
plete control of the ship's captain, they could
be flogged, imprisoned or starved for the small­
est offenses or no offenses at all. For simply
quitting his job, a seaman faced charges of
desertion. Organizing with other seamen to
better his condition could bring charges of
mutiny. In addition, the seaman was continu­
ally at the mercy of the "crimps"—^brokers
who virtually controlled the employment of
seamen—and who took most of a seaman's
meagre pay in return for "services." The sailor
was caught between bondage at sea and the
vicious crimping system ashore.

The early seamen's organizations met with
little success. Those representing seamen in
the Great Lakes, grain arid ore transport
transport trades, were faced with violent op­
position from the powerful steel and other
trusts controlling these industries. Several of
these early Lakes unions, such as the Marine
Engineers and the Marine Firemen, Oilers and
Water Tenders, survived the anti-union agita­
tion of the corporations. Many others however
fell victim to the powerful forces employed
against them. The Sailors Union of the Pacificj
organized in 1891 by Andrew Furuseth, was
the first successful major seamen's union and
was the forerunner of a national union of
seamen.

In July of 1892 the Amalgamated Associa| |
tion of Iron, Steel and tin Workers, an AFL ̂
union with 25,000 skilled membersj sought to ^
negotiate a new contract. Even before the old
contract expired however, the company built j
a high wooden and barbed-wire fence around ,
the Homestead plant, complete with gun slits j
and sentry boxes. An across-the-board wa^
cut was then announced. When the union j
protested the wage cuts the plant was closed^ f
the workers locked out. Three hundred armed
Pinkerton Finks" were hired by the companyy|

to be imported from Pennsylvania and landedi|
from barges on a nearby river, like an inVa^i
s|on force. They were intercepted by armed

Bj^bfkefs; however; and a pitched battle raged |
%>r 13 hours on the riverside. Seven workers \
and three Pinkerton scabs were killed and the i
; barges were prevented from landing. ?

The company then turned for help to the «
friendly state government, which ordered 8,000 |
National Guard troops to take over the whole J
town. The armed troops then escorted over |
2,000 scabs into the struck plant. Thus the j
strike dragged on into a bleak and cold No-
Vember. Faced with starvation, unskilled 1
workers who had supported the striking union f
men went back to work. The union was
wrecked. Skilled wages were permanently cut
40 percent, unskilled wages even more.

The more the corporate trusts grew in wealth
and power, the more indifferent they became to
the condition of American workers. Mean­
while, American labor struggled to weld its
many separate elements more firmly to resist
this growing corporate power. To do this, la­
bor began its first real attempts to organize-
workers on an industrywide basis instead of on
a strictly craft basis. In this way a strike or
strike-threat would be made not by just one
craft or level of workers within an industry,
but would be made instead by all the various
craftsmen within the industry at once. The
employer could perhaps replace one level of
craftsmen with scabs, but could never recruit
enough strikebreakers to replace all his work­
ers on all levels.

nhe first serious attempt at this kind of
organization was made by the American
Railway Union under Eugene V. Debs in

1894 and resulted in the famous "Pullman
Strike" in that same year which, although it
eventually failed to achieve its aims, demon­
strated the power inherent in this kind of in­
dustrywide organization by succeeding in tying
up nearly every railroM in the country.

The vast railroad monopolies of the time
were noted for their callous disregard for the
welfare of their workers. Among the worst of
this bad lot was the Pullman Palace Car Com­
pany of Pullman, Illinois, near Chicago. Pull­
man, Illinois was a town named after the com­
pany's founder. Employees had to live in
company-owned homes, attend a company-
owned church, buy in company-owned stores,
get their gas and water from company-owned
supplies. Rent, food, clothing, services and
other costs were deducted by the company
directly from workers' paychecks—and the
prices were whatever the company decided to
charge. Net weekly salaries of only a few
cents were not uncommon for Pullman em­
ployees, although the company consistently
earned fabulous profits.

The ARU was still in its infancy and not yet
ready for a fight when the company slashed
wages by 25 to 40 percent with no reductions:
in company-set living costs. The company
head. George Pullman, refused even to rec-

. ognize a grievance committee of workers. The
ARU had no choice but to take action, struck

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the Pullman plant and issued orders to all
member railroad workers across the country-
not to handle any Pullman cars. The railroad
companies, banded together in the General |
Managers' Association, reacted with wholesale |
firings of ARU members. The union then had ~
no recourse but. to call a general strike against
all the nation's railroads. Scarcely a single
railroad car moved in the entire United States.'
. The sheer brute force which the railroad|
monopolies brought to bear on the ARU tO:
break the strike was a sign nftt only of thei
power they commanded in the nation through^
their vast wealth, but also of the unexpected ,
strength of a union organized on an industry-i
.\vide basis, even though it was less than
year old. ^

All the railroads in America pooled their
huge influence to break the strike. Thousands
of scabs were hired to replace striking work­
ers. The U.S. Attorney General, Richard
iOlney, was called upon for help by the rail­
road magnates and complied by swe^ng in
over 3,500 "special deputies" armed with
clubs and guns to "protect U.S. Mall cars."
But it was the railroads who paid their sal­
aries of over $400,000. These armed thugs
and goons, recruited from Chicago's dingiest . * }
dens, spent most of their time attacking
striking workers. Still the ARU held firm! *
The furious railroad magnates then went
straight to the president of the United States
for help in breaking the strike. President
Grover Cleveland complied by rushing in four
companies of the 15th U.S. Infantry. Strik-, •
ing" workers were enraged by the appearance
of American soldiers and fighting erupted
Stones hurled by workers were answered by
rifle bullets and flashing bayonets. Thirty rail­
road workers were killed in this conflict and ;
many more wounded. But still the ARU held i
firm!

Whien all else failed, the railroad operators "
called on the courts for help in break- ;
ing the strike. A Federal Court injunc- 5

5 tion was issued against the ARU, Debs, other
strike leaders and "all others" involved in the
strike, forbidding all strike activity, including
peaceful picketing by "all and sundred persons
whomsoever. . . " It was the "blanket" in­
junction to end all blanket injunctions. Debs

; and hundreds of other strikers and strike
; leaders were arrested and jailed for violating

the injunction. Without leadership the strike
crumbled and the ARU was destroyed; still in
its infancy.

Big Business adopted the blanket injunction
as its chief anti-union weapon for years to
come—^it had proved that effective. But Amer­
ican labor had also discovered a potent weapon

% through the Pullman strike-—the industrywide
organization of workers. The nineteenth cen-

llltury closed with labor suffering a serious de--
'5 J feat but learning an invaluable lesson which it

would use to great effect during the twentieth
century.

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Vol. XXVIil
No. 7 SEAFARERSlkLOG

OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO

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^ ny Seafarer or his wife, mother or other family memiKjr, who h^s done any
X jt shopping 5a fee local soperm^^ tiK last lew years can testil^ that coh-

tmiy to what feaiMacturehs w^ believe, the crowded aisles pflM
high with mercAandfee d^ hiH sdwLys^^^b^ even true values on the^
purchases made. The consimer m ^ert or he will be victimized.

The average^ ^ore tpd^ of merchandise of various wdj^ts,
packed indlscriniliiately M gau^ly-piis^^^ fe at digersst jmces.
fe nmny cases fee si^ of thepackagevh^ actnai quantity of
merchandise inside it -Xi'. -v.,-

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if any, of tlw price reduction. The actual wei^t trf mei^andisK^ Is ofe printed
in nearly mmroscOpsc tjpc,- and eatimly mcsain^^ uesigaatiGuS'sach aS" "iCgular,Tj?|^

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other quart, and similarly with "big-gallons" and "giant-pints." Goods are crften
packed loosely in large packages to make them appear as better buys—such as some
3-inch candy bara which come in a 6-mch wrapper. .

the whole system boils down to a fraud which is being per{^trated against fee- •
American public; !^ workmS' wa^ is bNeing
eroded constantly by this fraud in the marketplace.

To eliminate iheise
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.the ATi-=-'C»0- dsmasMiTorv.s ''truth-in-psckagmg^^biB^beragy'spcnsivred "Sc«atof'-..-v',
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^ ards for reasonable weights or quantities in which packaged goods can be sold, pre- "
4 vent deceptive package sizes and shapes, establSsh de^ite meanings for various

advertising slogans (such as "king-size," etc.), require pictures to be true to whati' |

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enough type and in a convenient enough place on the package to be readily not^ l
by t|m shopper

$ might be expected, the consumer products industry has demonstrated total.
pppi^itjbh to any *?tpmh-im^^ tej^^atKm^ Infetsbry

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facturers, and other similaf groups, have resorted* to strqi^ scare tactics in o{)fosing
such legislation, A "trufe-in-|iackagin^' law, sa^s the industry, would result in a 1
drop in sales, falHng wages and rising unemployment. S

^ addition industry representatives continually view with alarm givuig fee fed-i
eral agencies and the federal government "dangerous new powers." In reality the

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The fact is that "truth-in-packaging"
idustry itself through its increaising use of deceptive packaging and labeling.
AH SIU membemi can help to end the abuses

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