Seafarers Log: Vol. 28 No. 11 (1966-05-27)

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

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SCHOLARSHIP

WINNERS
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The 1966 Seafarers $6,000 college schol­
arships have been awarded to an SIU
member who sails in the Stewards Depart­
ment and to the children of four other
Seafarers. The college-bound Seafarer is
Bernard Maret (photo 1). The other award
wimiers," shown here with their fathers,
are Jommy Miller (photo 2), son of Sea-
fl^^Blmer E. Miller (photo 3); Thomas
l^er (photo 4), son of Seafarer James T.
Baker (photo 5); Dedra Rotertson (photo
6), dai^ter of Seafarer Robert Robert­
son (photo 7); and Michael J. McCann
(photo 8), son of Seafarer Francis H.
McCann (photo 9). Selection of winners
was made by SIU College Scholarship Ad­
visory Committee. In photo 10 Miss Edna
New%, Assistant Dean of Douglass Col­
lege for Women of Rutgers Universitys,
submits committee's decision to SIU Sec-
retary-Treasurer Ai Kerr. From left to
right are Dr. F. D. Wilkinson of Howard
University; Dr. Charles D. O'ConneU,
Director of Admissions at the University
of Chicago; Dr. Elwood C. Kastnef, Dean
of Registration and Financial Aid at NeW
York University; Kerr; Dean Newby; Dr; i
R. M. Keefe, Director of Admissions at
St. Louis University, and Dr. Bernard P.
Ireland, Regional Director of the College S
Entrance Examination Board. This year's
awards brings the number of SIU scholar­
ship winners to 68 since the program was
instituted. Of the 68 who have gone to
college under the program 24 have beOn
Seafarers and 44 the children of Seafarers.

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Independent,
AFL-CIO Sea J
Unions Urge

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Union Fight
Halts Closing
OfTwoPHS
Hospitals

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Two More SIU
Engineer School
Graduates Win
Third's Licenses

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S/nRaps CG Attempt
To Abolish Jobs

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Fakes and Swindles
In the Health Field

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Tbo 14 Strike o • •

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Page Two SEAFARERS LOG May 27, 1966

Union Fight Pays Off

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Covernment Ageney Rescinds Order
To Shut Down Two PHS Hospitals

WASHINGTON—The continuing fight waged by the SIU and other marine unions to prevent
the closing of seven United States Public Health Service Hospitals has achieved success as the re­
sult of the decision by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare to continue operating the
USPHS hospitals in Detroit and
Savannah—two of the facilities
which had been scheduled for
closing.

The HEW decision was made
public by House Merchant Ma­
rine Committee Chairman Ed­
ward A. Garmatz (D-Md.). The
USPHS hospitals have, since the
earliest days of our nation's his­
tory, been of great importance to
the health and welfare of Ameri­
can merchant seamen.

Following hearings held last
year before the House Merchant
Marine Committee, the Comptrol­
ler General of HEW ruled that
the agency had no legal author­
ity to close the institutions. As a
result, eight of the 10 USPHS
hospital facilities are not only to
remain open, but will undergo
modernization. Only two hospitals
have been closed—one in Chi­
cago and one in Memphis.

Untimely Scheme

At the time of the House Mer­
chant Marine Committee hear­
ings, the SIU, in testimony, at­
tacked the planned closings as an
"untimely and ill-conceived
scheme to wipe out a vitally ne­
cessary service . . . which in the
long run can only result in in­
creased costs" to the government
and the taxpayer.

Modernized Facilities

According to the latest HEW
decision, the USPHS hospital in
Detroit will be modernized to
provide merchant seamen and
beneficiaries with a higher degree
of competent medical care. It was
also noted that negotiations are
presently underway to acquire
the modern hospital facility at the
Hunter Air Force Base to serve
Savannah area seamen rather than
try to upgrade the old Savannah
hospital.

The SIU hailed the HEW deci­
sion to retain and upgrade these
hospital facilities, noting that
"aside from the value of PHS fa­
cilities to its direct beneficiaries,
the national interest requires not
only the retention of all existing
high-quality medical facilities.

such as PHS, but their expansion
wherever possible."

In announcing the recent HEW
decision, Garmatz also hailed the
move, noting that "These facilities
are a definite asset in the field
of health and in the maintenance
of our Fourth Arm of Defense."

jU.S. Ship Shortage Slows War,
Hall Tells House Committee

WASHINGTON, D. C.—SIUNA President Paul Hall told the
House Merchant Marine Committee that the war in Vietnam is
creating "a vicious shipping circle in which the American merchant
fleet is becoming the chief vic­
tim of its own deficiencies."

The House committee, under
the chairmanship of Representa­
tive Edward A. Garmatz of Mary­
land, began hearings in February
on a broad range of U. S, mari­
time problems, with particular
stress on the adequacy of the U. S.
merchant marine in the current
Vietnam crisis.

Testifying before the committee
last week in behalf of the SIU and
the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades
Department, Hall noted that since
the U. S. became intimately in­
volved in the Vietnam war last
summer, this country has had to
turn to foreign-flag shipping for
the carriage of both military and
commercial cargoes.

Cargoes Turned Down

He also noted that in a number
of instances the crews of foreign-
flag vessels had refused to carry
U.S. military supplies to South
Vietnam, and that in other in­
stances American-flag shipping
companies had been obliged to
charter foreign-flag vessels, in or­
der to fulfill their commercial

King-Size SIU Vacation Check

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Seafarer Harry J. Thompson (right) picked up his $1,490 vacation
check recently from New Orleans SIU patrolman Herman Troxclair,
The vacation benefit covered a period from July I, 1964 to April
IS, 1966. After visiting his mother in Minneapolis, Thompson plans
to take it easy for a while in New Orleans before shipping again.
He last sailed on the Ocean Dinny as fwt, making several trips to
Vietnam. He reported the Dinny a good ship with a top-notch crew.

commitments, because their own
vessels were diverted to military
service.

"We must recognize that there
is an inter-relationship between
these events," Hall told the Com-
gressmen. "We must remember
that when these foreign crews re­
fuse to carry our military cargoes,
they not only place the entire bur­
den of this effort upon the Ameri­
can fleet, but at the same time put
themselves in a position to carry
off the commercial cargoes which
these American vessels, diverted to
military use, themselves cannot
carry.

"Thus, because the American
fleet is inherently weak, its for­
eign-flag competitors are able to
exploit it in this emergency situa­
tion. And because its foreign-flag
competitors are able to exploit it,
the American fleet becomes even
weaker than it was before."

Fleet Inadequate
The Vietnam crisis. Hall assert­

ed, has made it clear that the pres­
ent American-flag merchant fleet
is inadequate to meet either the de­
fense or commercial requirements
of the nation, as called for in the
Merchant Marine Act of 1936,
and has also made it clear that re­
liance in an emergency situation
cannot be placed upon foreign
flags, although such a concept has
been supported by both the De­
fense and State departments.

"Finally—and most important
—the Vietnam situation has shown
us that the only way we can ever
achieve real strength and security
on the seas, in either the defense
or commercial areas, is through
the creation of a strong and ade-
Quate merchant fleet which flies
the American flag and which is
manned by American seamen,"
the SIU president declared.

He called upon the members of
the committee to support the pro­
posals of the President's Maritime
Advisory Committee for an ex­
panded American-flag fleet and
also urged them to reject the rec­
ommendations of the Interagency
Maritime Task Force which, he
said, "would result in an even
smaller merchant fleet than we
have now—a fleet which would
carry an even smaller percentage
of our commercial cargoes than it
does now, and which would be
even less adequate to our security
needs."

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Report of
International President

by Paul Hail

Over the years, the SIU and other maritiihe unions have been in
the forefront in the fight to retain the USPHS hospitals throughout the
country. Not only are these facilities necessary from the standpoint
of the American seaman whose peculiar employment conditions make
them most dependent on this type of medical care, but also from the
standpoint of the national welfare. In an era when hospital services
have not kept pace with the nation's needs, with beds often virtually
impossible to get, the closing of these facilities would be completely
inconsistent with the national objective of giving every person medical
care when he is in need. Not only are the services provided by the
USPHS Hospital is important to Seafarers, but they are essential to
the other beneficiaries as well.

Even considering these facts, a plan was announced last year by the
U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to close many of
the USPHS hospitals, and- especially those in Detroit, and Savannah.
This ill-conceived move to deprive American seamen and other benefi­
ciaries of PHS hospitals of proper medical care has touched off a
campaign by the SIU and other segments of the maritime labor to
save the hospitals. As a result of our battle and the support of sym­
pathetic members of the Congress, HEW not only withdrew its plans
to close the Detroit and Savannah hospitals but decided to modernize
the operations.

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The 23rd annual Union Industries show, which ran for six days
early this month, was a rousing success. The more than 203,000 visitors
who toured Baltimore's Fifth Regiment Armory viewed over 130 ex­
hibits of the products, services, and community activities of American
trade union members, including the SIUNA. It was a gala affair, en­
joyed by union participants and visitors alike.

But the true meaning of the Union Industries Show goes much deeper
than the fact that everyone had a good time. The products and services
on display at the show were produced by union members working under
union conditions. Visitors discovered that the union-made products
were of the highest quality possible, produced by skilled practitioners
of their trades enjoying wages and working conditions unequalled any­
where in the world. In short, they saw the finest products in the world,
produced by the finest craftsmen in the world.

The two facts go together, and the message was not lost on the visi­
tors to the show. It became obvious after going from exhibit to exhibit,
viewing the products and talking to the men who made them, that buy­
ing union-made products makes sense in more ways than one. First of
all, the purchaser gets for his money the finest quality products made
anywhere. Second, purchasing goods and services under the union label
places full public support behind the American labor movement and
the high quality of craftsmanship, wages and working conditions which
American labor represents.

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Stiffer Fire, Safety Rules
Proposed By World Ship Unit

Steps have been taken by an international committee to stiffen
maritime fire prevention regulations to avert recurrences of the
Yarmouth Castle sea disaster.

The 14-nation Maritime Safe- f
ty Committee of the Intergov­
ernmental Maritime Consultative
Organization, a United Nations
agency to which 60 nations be­
long, has recommended that the
use of incombustible materials be
required in the construction of
passenger ships.

The Maritime Safety Committee
meeting had been called to deal
with fire protection and safety
aboard passenger ships and was
held in London, May 2-10. SIU
Vice-President Earl (Bull) Shepard
attended the sessions as the labor
advisor to the United States dele­
gation.

Shepard has submitted a report
of the meeting to AFL-CIO Presi­
dent, George Meany, who recom­
mended the SIU official's appoint­
ment.

Shepard reported that the Safety
Committee also specified types of
fire fighting equipment to be car­
ried aboard passenger and cargo
ships, and requirements for the
training and drilling of fire bri­
gades.

The Safety Committee recom­
mendation would amend the Safe­
ty of Life at Sea Convention, last
revised in 196u, which permits reg­
istering nations to exempt ships

built before 1948 from its more
severe requirements. The draft
amendments will be presented to a
special assemble of IMOC prob­
ably in December, Shepard re­
ported. Should the proposed rec­
ommendations be adopted they
will become effective in 1968.
However, Shepard said that the
committee strongly recommended
that member nations act to en­
force the proposal immediately,
without waiting for completion of
the long ratification procedure.

Demands for action to prevent
unsafe, substandard vessels from
operating followed in the wake
of the Yarmouth Castle fire in
the Bahamas last November, with
the loss of 90 lives, and the subse­
quent fire aboard the Viking Prin­
cess. Congress is now considering
legislation that would require the
U.S. to enforce its own safety re-
auirements on all cruise ships sail­
ing from American ports regard­
less of their registration.

Shepard reported that although
the Maritime Safety Committee's
recommendations would represent
an improvement in the present sit­
uation, he expressed dissatisfac­
tion to the U.S. delegation over the
fact that tougher standards were
not imposed.



May 27, 1966 SEAF^ERS LOG Page Three

Displaying Ifieir newly-issueS U. S. Coast Guard thircl Engineers Li­
censes, Seafarers Robert Wray Perry (left) and Kenneth G. Laughlin
congratulate each other in New York SlU Hall. Both men have already'
been assigned berths as Third Engineers. They prepared for exam at
joint SlU and MESA, District 2, License Engineers Training School,

NEW YORK—Two more SIU
engine department men, Robert
Wray Perry and Kenneth G.
Laughlin, passed the examination
for Third Engineer and were is­
sued licenses by the Coast Guard
last week after preparing at the
engineer's training school jointly
sponsored by the Seafarers Inter­
national Union and District 2 of
the Marine Engineers Beneficial
Association.

Perry signed on as Third Engi­
neer aboard the SS Steel Age, now
outward bound. Laughlin will take
the Third Assistant's berth on the
SS Bangor, due in New Orleans
late this week.

Perry and Laughlin followed in
the steps of Seafarer Robert An­
derson, who was the first SIU
man to obtain his third engineer's
license under the recently-insti­
tuted joint program for training
engine department Seafarers to sit
for their licenses.

The training program, operated
under a reciprocal agreement be­
tween the SIU and MEBA-Dis-
trict 2, is the first of its kind in
maritime history. SIU men who
enroll in the program are provided
with meals, hotel lodging and sub­
sistence payments of $110 per
week while in training.

The joint Union training pro­
gram was instituted to enable Sea­
farers to obtain their licenses and
to help meet the shortage of ma­
rine engineers arising out of the
crisis in Viet Nam.

Seafarers who complete the pro­
gram and receive their licenses and

sail as engineers will get full cred­
it and protection for all the pen­
sion benefits which they have built
up under the SIU pension plan.
In addition, their SIU pensions
will be supplemented by the Dis­
trict 2, MEBA Pension Plan in
approximately an equal amount
while they sail as engineers, and
welfare benefits are also covered.
SIU men who qualify for their
engineers licenses and sail aboard
MEBA District 2-contracted ships
will not be required to pay the
MEBA $1,000 initiation fee, which
that Union will waive. Nor will
they be required to drop their
SIU membership if they do not
choose to do so.

Engine department Seafarers
are eligible to apply for the train­
ing program if they are 19 years
of age or over and have three years
of watch standing time in the en­
gine department. The period of
instruction ranges from 30 to 90
days and will be determined by
the member's individual ability
and knowledge and by the instruc­
tor's satisfaction of his readiness
to take the exam. Applicants can
begin receiving instruction at any
time.

There are 56 men presently re­
ceiving instruction under the joint
Union training program. SIU en­
gine department men interested in
the program should apply immedi­
ately at any SIU Hall, or directly
to SIU Headquarters at 675
Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
The telephone number is HY.
9-6600.

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Congress Hears Joint Position

AFLCIO Marine Unions Stress Need
For Independent Maritime Agency

WASHINGTON—AFL-CIO marine unions have declared their opposition to inclusion of the
Maritime Administration in the Department of Transportation proposed by President Johnson, and
urged that the Maritime Administration be removed from its present position within the Depart­
ment of Commerce and re-es- ^
tablished as an independent and
autonomous agency. The AFL-
CIO also urged the creation of an
independent maritime agency.

Both the Senate and House
Committees on Government Op­
erations have been holding hear­
ings on legislation designed to im­
plement the recommendations for
a new Cabinet-level Department
of Transportation made by the
President in his Transportation
Message of last March 2. Iden­
tical bills to achieve this objec­
tive—S. 3010 and H.R. 13200—
have been introduced in both
houses of Congress by Senator
Warren G. Magnuson of Wash­
ington and Representative Chet
Holifield of California.

The position of the AFL-CIO
marine unions was presented to
subcommittees of the Senate and
House Committees on Govern­
ment Operations last week by
Paul Hall, president of the Sea­
farers International Union of
North America, who testified in
behalf of all maritime unions
represented by the AFL-CIO
Maritime Trades Department,
AFL-CIO Metal Trades Depart­
ment and AFL-CIO Maritime
Committee.

AFL-CIO Legislative Director
Andrew Biemiller appeared before
the House subcommittee and
stated that the AFL-CIO believes
"it is desirable to create an inde­
pendent maritime agency with
such compulsory consultative re­
lationship with the new Depart­
ment of Transportation as may
be desirable."

The views of the maritime un­
ions were also supported by other
AFL-CIO unions in the air, rail
and highway transportation fields,
and the recommendation for an
independent Maritime Adminis­
tration had been unanimously en­
dorsed by the AFL-CIO at its
convention in San Francisco last
December.

Unclear About Position

Asserting that neither the
Transportation Message nor the
proposed legislation is clear about
maritime's position within the
new department, nor about future
Federal maritime policy, the
AFL-CIO union spokesman con­
tended that the Maritime Ad­
ministration "could very easily

become lost in a bureaucratic
maze."

"The merchant marine," he
said, "would have a far better
chance for survival and growth if
its affairs were under the jurisdic­
tion of a Federal agency whose
sole concern was maritime. For
this reason, we strongly oppose
inclusion of the Maritime Ad­
ministration in the Department of
Transportation and urge that the
Maritime Administration, be re­
moved from the Department of
Commerce, and re-established as Z.

an entirely independent and au­
tonomous agency."

Hall noted that some 11 sepa­
rate bills have already been in­
troduced in Congress to make the
Maritime Administration inde­
pendent but added that none of
the bills would provide the kind
of independent Maritime Admin­
istration really needed, particu­
larly since none of these bills
separates the promotional and ad­
ministrative functions of the
Maritime Administration from
quasi-judicial subsidy functions.

Sea Unions Fight CG Attempt
To Slash Johs on Lakes Ships

WASHINGTON—The SIU and other maritime unions met with
the United States Coast Guard here on May 14 to register opposi­
tion to any arbitrary reduction of manning scales on Great Lakes
ships. The unions were vigorous ^
in their insistence upon adequate
manning requirements to insure
maximum safety aboard the ves­
sels involved.

Appearing for the SIU were
Great Lakes District Secretary-
Treasurer Fred Famen, SIUNA
Vice-President William Jordan,
and Jack Bluitt.

Representatives from the follow­
ing organizations also attended the
conference:

R. Solomon, Norman A. Bou­
chard, Marine Engineers Benefi­
cial Association; Hoyt Haddock,
Tal Simpkins, AFL-CIO Maritime
Committee; M. G. Fist, C. Arm­
strong, S. F. Nolawski, Joseph
Chrobak, United Steelworkers;
Peter McGavin, AFL-CIO Mari­
time Trades Department; and Ir­
ving A. Desroaches, District 50
United Mine Workers.

The unions were jointly opposed
to any reduction in manning scales,
and demanded that the Coast
Guard notify all parties concerned
whenever reduction in the agen­
cy's manning requirements are
contemplated.

The SIU vigorously protested
an attempt to reduce the engine
room manning scale on the
SS Diamond Alkali, a retro­
fitted ship, for which the Coast
Guard has issued a temporary
manning certificate calling for one
Q.M.E.D. (Qualified Member of

Engine Department) to serve in
place of the oilers who are on
watch and the two wipers on day
work. The ship's complement has
included, three watch standing oil­
ers and wipers on day work. The
duties of the oilers have increased
since the vessel was retro-fitted.

The Coast Guard had not ad­
vised the union of the reduction
in its requirement and the union
learned of it through a communi­
cation from the company, asking
for an engine room personnel re­
duction in accordance with the
Coast Guard temporary certificate.
It was learned at the meeting that
the Coast Guard had arbitrarily
and unilaterally made a reduction
upon a request from the company.

In presenting its position, the
SIU submitted a documented study
of the duties of the engine room
personnel involved and the de­
mands placed upon them in the
interest of the ship's safety. The
Coast Guard announced that it
would review its position in re­
gard to this dispute.

Similar objections with respect
to Coast Guard reduction of man­
ning scales aboard vessels manned
by their members on Lake ships
were voiced by the other union
representatives at the meeting. The
MEBA stressed its opposition to
the so-called concept of a "one-
man engine room," a view that
was supported by all of the unions.

YGRK—One Seafarer and the children of
I four Seafarers have been named as the winners of the
^ five $6,000 iSlU GoUege Seholarships for the year
I 1966. The awards will enable the wiiiners to pursue four

years of study at any college or university ill the United
States or its possessions. They also may choose any
academic field that interests them.

I Thewinnersof the 1966 SIU Scholarships are;
I • Seafarer Bernard A. Maret of Melbotirne; F'loridal
to • Thomas M. Baker, son of Seafarer James T. Baker
' of Wilmington, California-.

• Michael J. McCann, son of Seafarer Francis H.
^ McCann of Cleveland, Ohio.

• Tommy Miller, son of Seafarer Elmer E. Miller
- of Norfolk, Virginia.

• Dedra Robertson, daughter of &afarer Robert F.

T^ been operating on an
l annual basis for Yhe past 13; years of the 68 awards to
date have gone, to the dependents of SIU: men, and 24
have been awarded to Seafarers themselves.

Tffie SIU Scholarship Plan is recognized as one of the
most liberal no-strihgs-attached programs of its kind;
and Seafarers as weU as their children are eligible to

.:';eompete''{br''the •'awards,:,'
Recipients of the five SIU Scholarship Awards for

1966 are;
• Bernard A. Maret, who sails in the steward depart­

ment of the SIU and makes his home in Melborne,
Florida. Brother Maret is now attending night school
at Brevard Junior college and plans to use his SIU
scholarship toward an art major at John Brown Uni­
versity in Siloam Springs, Arkansas,
• Thomas M. Baker, son of Seafarer James T.

Baker, who serves in the engine department. Baker; whO

lives in Groton, Connecticut, plans to attend the Webb
Institute of Naval Architecture.
• Michael J. McCann, son of the Seafarer Francis H. -

McCann, who sails In the engine department. Michael,
who is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, was accepted to Day- ^
ton University, where he plans to major in chemistry.
• Tommy E- Miller, son of Seafarer Elmer E. Miller,- •

a resident of Norfolk, yirginia. T^ who was an
honor graduate in high school and a member of the track
teani, plans to study bio^:hemistry at the University ;
Virginia.
• Dedra Robertson, daughter of Seafarer Robert F.

Robertson of Port Arthur, Texas. Dedra who already
reads French and German, plans to major in foreign
languages at either the University of Florida or Louisi­
ana State University. She has already been chosen as one.
of the special honors groups that will attend a summer •
session at the University Of Florida. ^ -



Pa^e Fonr SEAFARERS LOG May 27, 1966

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Boss of Struck Florida RR Fights Congress Action

Legislation Sought to Break Up
Fla. Scab-Herder's Financial Empire

WASHINGTON—Rebuffed by the general public and Florida legislators alike for his intransi­
gent 19th Century anti-labor stand, Edward Ball, boss of the vast duPont Estate empire in Florida
which operates the struck Florida East Coast Railway, is now charging the railroad unions with be­
ing the "brains" behind recent
attempts in the Congress to
end a complicated financial set­
up through which the giant cor­
poration has for years used a loop­
hole in the banking laws to make
millions of dollars profit in viola­
tion of the law's intent.

Railroad union members have
been on strike against the PEG
Railway since January, 1963.
Since then Ball has flatly rejected
all settlement attempts by the un­

ions, which are only asking that
their members receive the same
pay and working conditions that
have long since been provided for
other railroad employees across
the nation. Since the strike be­
gan over three years ago, the rail­
road has operated on and off
manned by scabs.

The inquiry into the duPont
Estate's legal and financial setup
is being conducted by the Senate
Banking Committee and was re-

The Great Lakes
by

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

On May 11, 1966, SIU Representatives attended a meeting in Wash­
ington, D. C. with the United States Coast Guard that was called for
the express purpose of discussing manning requirements on various
Great Lakes vessels with relation to Engine Room crews. Until a short
time ago. Great Lakes vessels were not affected by the rules laid
down by the United States Coast
Guard on retro-fit and fully auto­
mated ships; however, automation
on the Great Lakes now presents
a serious problem to all maritime
unions due to the U. S. Coast
Guard's drastic reduction of crews
under the vessel manning cer­
tificates.

The Coast Guard feels that
these ships can operate without
any unlicensed personnel whatso­
ever in the Engine Rooms. The
SIU has entered a strong protest
to the Coast Guard and your
representatives pointed out that
Great Lakes vessels are virtually
maneuvering eight hours out of
every 24 hours in channel waters
on all of the Great Lakes every
day during the sailing season.

It is obvious that the Coast
Guard officials in Washington do
not fully understand the problems
existing on the Great Lakes. In
fact, one of the top officers of the,
Coast Guard did not even realize
that many Great Lakes vessels
presently operating are still burn­
ing coal. At this juncture, the SIU
cannot predict what the outcome
of this meeting in Washington
will be. We do, however, know

SEAFARERS#LOG
May 27, 1966 Vol. XXVIII, No. II

Official Publication of the SIUNA
Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters

District, AFL-CIO
Executive Board

PAUL HALL, President
CAL TANNER EARL SHEPARD

Exec. Vice-Pret. Vice-President
AL KERR LINDSEY WILLIAMS

Sec.-Treas. Vice-President
ROBERT MATTHEWS AL TANNER

Vice-President Vice-President
HERBERT BRAND

Director of Organizing and
Publications

Managing Editor
MIKE POLLACK

Assistant Editor
NATHAN SKYER

Art Editor
BERNARD SEAMAN

Staff Writers
MELVIN PURVIS

PETER WEISS

Pgbllthed biweekly at 810 Rhode Island Avenne
N.E., Washington, D. C. 20018 by the Seafarers
International Union, Atlantic, Gilf. Lakes and
Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Foerth A»e-
nie, Brooklyn, B.Y. 11232. Tel. HVaclnth
9-6600. Second class postage paid at Washing­
ton, D. C.
POSTMASTER'S ATTEMTIOH: Form 3579 arit
fhoald be sent to Seafarers International Union,
Atlantic, Gilf. Lakes and Inland Waters District,
AFL-CIO, 675 Faarth AveniC, Brooklyn, B.V.
11232.

that the United States Coast
Guard is not carrying out its
duties by assuring the maintaining
of maximum safety requirements
on board Lake Vessels, but rather
the Coast Guard on issuance of
certificates for various Lake Ves­
sels is going far below the very
minimum of basic safety require­
ments.

Detroit Marine Hospital
We have received notification

that the Health, Education and
Welfare Department does not in­
tend to close the U. S. Public
Health Service facility at Windmill
Point, Detroit, Michigan. The de­
cision to maintain the Detroit
Marine Hospital was made after
protests on the closing had been
made by the SIU's Great Lakes
District as well as other affiliated
unions, to the Public Health au­
thorities and the various govern­
ment agencies, members of Con­
gress, and the Senate.

Senator Hart and the late Sen­
ator McNamara played a strategic
role in the preservation of this
needed medical facility.

The Detroit Marine Hospital
presently services approximately
100 in-patients and 125 out-pa­
tients. According to a study of
facilities, the capacity of this hos­
pital can be increased greatly by
modernization and some remodel­
ing.

Your SIU Representatives are
contacting both the U. S. Public
Health Service people and the De­
partment of Health, Education
and Welfare in Washington re­
questing that the modernization
of the facilities at Windmill Point
be effected immediately.

Seaway Tolls

Hearings will be held in Ottawa,
Canada on May 25th and in Chi­
cago in early June for the purpose
of revising the present Seaway toll
rates. The United States St. Law­
rence Seaway Development Cor­
poration and the Canadian St.
Lawrence Seaway authorities who
are the controlling agents having
jurisdiction on the Seaway, are
recommending an increase of ap­
proximately 10 percent.

Federal Reserve
administers the

quested by the
Board, which
Bank Act.

Legislation has been introduced
into Congress which would end the
duPont Estate's exemption from
the Bank Holding Company Act,
an exemption which allows du­
Pont to control both banks and
businesses and industries in Flor­
ida in violation of the law's intent,
and has made the 78-year-old Ball
perhaps the most powerful man in
Florida.

In addition to the FEC Railway,
the duPont Estate also controls 31
banks and various business and in­
dustrial enterprises. The pending
legislation would force Ball to sell
off either the Estate's great bank­
ing empire or its non-banking em­
pire, including the struck FEC
Railway.

The AFL-CIO has called upon
Congress to end the banking law
exemption enjoyed by the duPont
Estate, which it says has served
to frustrate national labor policy
and caused the three-year-old FEC
Railway strike. At the same time,
the federation urged Congress to
retain the bank law exemption for
labor and agriculture organizations
inasmuch as labor banks are
"models for the type of banking
service which should be provided
in the public interest," in sharp
contrast to the duPont-controlled
banking empire.

The controversy over the du­
Pont Empire's exemption from the
banking laws centers around the
fact that the operation is set up
financially as "Charitable Tru.st."
Questioned bv Senator Harrison
Williams (D-N.J.) about who gets
the Estate's income however. Ball
conceded that his sister, Mrs. Jes­
sie Ball duPont, gets most of it
(over $10 million last year). But
his sister's taxes are so high and
she gives so much to charity. Ball
opined, that "at times I wonder
howihe's able to eat."

The Atlantic Coast

by Ear! (Bull) Shepard, Vice-President, Atlantic Coast Area]

The Central Labor Council of San Juan unanimously adopted a
strong resolution demanding that the President and the Congress of the
U. S. investigate the burning of the Viking Princess and adopt laws to
make all passenger ships using American ports comply with the high
standards of safety which apply to U. S. passenger vessels, I recently
returned from London for a meet-
ing of the International Maritime
Consultative Organization which
discussed this very same problem.

New York
New York shipping is excellent

in all ratings. On the beach and
registered for shipping are two of
our old friends, Joseph Lapham
and Juan Pola, Jr.

Boston
Shipping has been on the slow

bell this period but is expected
to pick up during the next two
weeks. Charles Council a 20-year
seafarer, just had a new deck
hand join his family and reports
wife and baby are doing fine. His
last ship was the Spitfire where he
sailed as an AB. Angelo Antoniou,
another 20-year SIU vet, will grab
the first job put on the board.
Angelo, who last shipped on the

C-S Baltimore,
said he hated to
see this floating
hotel lay up. John
Wallack who last
last shipped on
the Pefrochem as
an oiler, told us
someone has to
feed the horses
and he's out to

make a killing.

Baltimore
Bill Sears has paid off the Penn-

mar to go to the Marine Hospital
to have his hand checked. As
soon as he's FED, he will be ready
to ship out on an intercoastal run.

Chuck Rawlings will have a
medical check up after paying off
the Southwestern Victory on the
West Coast. Irv Glass of the deck
department paid off the Del Sud
and is taking it easy for awhile.
Shipping for the past two weeks
has been good and the outlook
for the future is very promising.
Four ships paid off, four signed
on and seven ships are in transit.
The SIU is aiding the American

Wallack

Newspaper Guild in its strike
against the Bureau of National
Affairs, Inc., in Washington, D. C.

Norfolk
Shipping has been slow but the

outlook for the future is good. The
C-S Baltimore is in the shipyard
and will crew up next month. Bol­
lard Jackson will be ready to ship
out after a few weeks on the
beach. Bill Culpepper broke his
arm while aboard the National
Defender in the Persian Gulf, and
hopes to ship out as soon as he
mends. Bill Powers who has been
shipping out of New York has
come down here to register as a
group one and hopes to land a job
as pumpman of the Baltimore.
Nelson Steadman who spent seven
months in the Far East aboard the
Hurricane is on the beach for a
short rest.

Philadelphia
Jorge Marrero, who sails as

Chief Steward, is back in town
after getting off the Spitfire. John
Shannon is back in the hall after
getting off a Sea-Land ship. He
sails in the Deck department.
Richard (Larry) Savior is around
the hall after shipping on the San-
tore as a member of the Steward
department. He told us he's ready
to ship again. Richard Cummings
is fit for duty and ready for the
first bosun's job that comes along.
Shipping has been fair here.

Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico President Commis­

sioner Santiago Polanco said in
Washington that the Johnson ad­
ministration has adopted a hands
off policy toward Puerto Rico's
fight for exemption from federal
minimum waoe legislation in Con­
gress.

A two-month old trucking strike
which halted work at a number
of sand and gravel companies and
left 8.000 construction workers
idle in the Bayamon area ended
here recently.

Rap Soviet Trawler Fleet Off West Coast

Fishermen Charge Huge Red Fleet
Depletes American Fishing Grounds

SAN FRANCISCO—A large Soviet fishing fleet which appeared off the U.S. West Coast in recent
weeks, has been accused by American fishermen of taking fish from nearby spawning grounds a
practice which could lead to the^ eventual depletion of fish resources in waters near the U.S.

The Soviet fleet, estimated at
up to 200 fishing and factory
processing ships, has been most
active off the coast of Oregon on
the Stonewall Bank, about 30
miles at sea.

American commercial fisher­
men have voiced strong complaints
about the heavy Soviet fishing on
the spawning grounds, which tends
to destroy female fish before they
can deposit their eggs. American
trawlers working the Stonewall
Bank are closely monitored by
the Oregon State Fish Commis­
sion to assure that future fish re­
sources will not be depleted. How­
ever, the Commission has no au­
thority over the Soviet vessels.

At the same time, many Soviet
trawlers and factory ships have
also appeared off the coast of New
England.

This is just the latest of many
recent incursions by Russian fish­
ing boats into traditional U.S.
fishing grounds. There have been
many complaints in the past of
depletion of fish resources due to
the intensive fishing practiced by
the Soviet fleets. Soviet practices
in the whaling field brought nu­
merous accusations that the Rus­
sians were ignoring international
standards of conservation.

During the last ten years the
Soviet Union has built up one of
the world's largest, most modern

deep-sea fishing fleets. Russia's
1965 catch has been placed at
5,6 million metric tons and by
1970 is expected to reach 8.5 mil­
lion tons.

The huge Russian fishing fleet
has also been utilized to serve
several other purposes besides fish­
ing. Many are equipped with
sophisticated electronic equipment
to monitor Western scientific and
military procedures near the U.S.
coasts and on the high seas. Many
Soviet fishing boats are also equip­
ped for oceanographic studies and
have provided Russian scientists
with a wealth of information about
the world's oceans.



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Mar 27, 1966 SEAfARERS LOG Page Five

I

The Pacific Coast

by Frank Drozak, West Coast Representative

There are plenty of jobs here for AB's, oilers and FWT's in the west
coast ports of San Francisco, Seattle and Wilmington.

The State of Oregon will be holding its primary election this week
with California's primary following on June 7th. Washington has
scheduled a September 20 primary election. Don't forget to get out to
the polls and vote and support
your labor-COPE endorsed ticket.

San Francisco
Shipping continues to be very

good ihere and we continue to have
plenty of jobs for AB's, FWT's,
oilers and electricians.

Paying off during the last ship­
ping period were the Pan Oceanic
Faith, Pecos, Oceanic Tide, Moqt-
pelier Victory and Monticello Vic­
tory.

Signing on we had the Coe Vic­
tory, Couer D'Alene Victory,
Loma Victory and the Steel Flyer.

In transit we had the Steel Ap­
prentice, Longbeach, Steel Worii-
er, Eiizabethport, Portmar, Los-
mar, Steel Desdgner and Keva
Ideal.

Ships due in are the Los An­
geles, Fairport, Topa Topa, Wild
Ranger and the Anniston Victory.

On the beach is P. Korol, chief
pumpman, who just pulled in and
immediately got the Monticello
Victory on a fly-out to Yokohama.
E. Sierra, an SIU oldtimer who
sails as deck maintenance also
pulled in and got the same ship.

Wilmington
Shipping activity has really

picked up here over the past two
weeks. 70 men shipped with 62
of them being shipped in a one-
week period.

During the past week we had
the Connecticut call for a full
crew and the Oceanic Spray
signed on. No payoffs are sched­

uled for this time.
Tiny Kennedy just blew into

town and registered for a chief
steward's job. He recently got off
the Oceanic Spray in S^ Fran­
cisco and will probably spend
some time in drydock here at the
USPHS hospital. We hope that
he'll be out in a short time.

Two more Seafarers from this
port joined the pension ranks re­
cently. Brothers Herman Thomp­
son and Harold Shellenberger both
received their first pension checks
and are planning to live a life of
leisure from now on.

Seattle

Shipping remains good, espe­
cially for rated men and we have
plenty of jobs available for AB's,
FWT's and oilers.

Paying off since our last report
were the Warm Springs and the

Young America.
Signing on we
had the Warm
Springs and in
transit were the
Walter Rice, An­
chorage and the
Seattle.

Bosun Karl
Hellman who's on
the beach here

has been a member of the SIU
for the past twenty years. Dick
Simpson, who sails as steward, is
resting up after a long trip on the
Jefferson City Victory.

defense Dept. Lied About Ships
In North Viet Trade, House Told

WASHINGTON—A charge of attempting to cover up ineffective Government policies by with­
holding full information about the true number of Free World ships trading with North Vietnam has
been leveled against the Defense Department by a Michigan Congressman in a speech before
the House of Representatives.

Simpson

Representative Charles E.
Chamberlain (R-Mich.) accused
the Defense Department of keep­
ing "two sets of books," one classi­
fied secret and the other unclassi­
fied, in order to keep from the
American people the true number
of Free World ships engaged in
trade with the Hanoi regime.

In his recent House speech he
charged that the list of 119 Free
World ship arrivals in North Viet­
nam during 1965, which was re­
leased by the Defense Department,
was not the true figure but was just
"unclassified" figure released
strictly for public consumption.

He said that after much prod­
ding the Defense Department has
now agreed to begin releasing the
true figures. The first set of true
figures received, he said, shows
that a total of 44 Free World
ships called at North Vietnam dur­
ing the last quarter of 1965 alone,
while a total of 36 Free World
ships have already delivered sup­
plies to Hanoi during the first
quarter of 1966.

He pointed out that original fig­
ures showed only 21 such ships
in the North Vietnam trade during
the last quarter of 1965 and only
16 during the first quarter of
1966.

"American people have been
greatly disturbed by reports of
this trade even when told less than
half the truth about it," Repre­
sentative Chamberlain declared.
"Our efforts to win the struggle in
South Vietnam cannot be aided

YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH
•Seafarer's Guide to Better Buying

By Sidney Margolius

A conflict over the quality of the goods you buy
has broken out between retailers and manufacturers
as the result of complaints about shoddy merchandise.

You're the one who pays for and gets the substand­
ard goods. But because retailers have to listen to your
complaints and make exchanges or repairs (if they're
reliable retailers), they too are rebelling over defective
products shipped by factories.

Many of the recent complaints about quality have
concerned furniture especially. But complaints are
being voiced also over rugs, draperies, clothing and
children's toys.

The quality complaints erupted into public view
when a leading department store president (Walter
Rothschild, of Abraham & Straus, New York) told a
meeting of the American Management Association
that in many lines "the standards are set too low"
and "we must exercise constant vigilance to keep
from having our customers victimized with substand­
ard products.'-'

The department store president revealed that much
of the defective furniture comes from Southern furni­
ture factories which in recent years have come to
dominate the furniture industry. He did not say this,
but it is significant that these also usually are non­
union factories who make the lower-quality furniture.

As a result of the retailer's public charges. Fair-
child News Service made a nationwide survey and
found many other businessmen reporting widespread
dissatisfaction with quality of many types of goods.
Some blame the widespread incidence of defects on
automation, others on big volume in a time of rising
sales. When business is good, factories seem to get lax.

What this means to you is that when you shop
nowadays, you can't take quality for granted, but
have to inspect closely and don't be afraid to ask
stores for necessary repairs or adjustments.

One of the problems is that many new materials

and finishes have been developed without adequate
standards of performance. One example is "durable
press" or "permanent press" garments. Such gar­
ments are a real boon since they eliminate most if
not all ironing. But on some types of fabrics the
chemical treatment which gives a garment is per­
manent press, also "tenderizes" the fabric. This re­
sults in premature deterioration. Too, with some 400
different "durable press" processes in use, textile in­
dustry technologists themselves are concerned that
some may not be truly permanent, especially because
of the lack of standards of what constitutes durability
or permanence of the finish. One trade paper even
recently reported that some low-price manufacturers
are applying the durable press finish to collars and
fronts of shirt, leaving backs untouched.

But even paying a high price is no assurance of
quality. One of the nation's largest clothing retailers
complained that sometimes dresses selling for as
much as $150 have poor-quality thread that puckers
the seams after even the first cleaning.

In fact, the National Institute of Drycleaning re­
ports there is a "tremendous increase" in the number
of fabrics and garments which do not dryclean prop­
erly.

The effect of such widespread incidence of poor
quality is to increase the risks of getting unsatisfac­
tory merchandise when you buy, and also, to raise the
prices all families must pay to cover the high cost of
returns and repairs.

Look over the fabrics too, to guard against mis-
weaves, thin weaves or thin spots that will soon wear
out.

And don't hesitate to return defective goods. One
big retailer says that only 8 per cent of defective mer­
chandise is returned. "The other 92 per cent remains
in the hands of unhappy customers," reports Fairchild
News Service.

here at home by the official dis­
pensing of misinformation which
is designed not to protect our se­
curity but to cover up ineffective
policies.

According to the true figures, he
said, the 44 Free World ships call­
ing at North Vietnam during the
last three months of 1965 included
35 British flag; 3 Norwegian; 3
Greek; 2 Cypriot and 1 French.
The 36 Free World ships in the
Hanoi trade during the first 3

months of 1966 included 29 Brit­
ish flag; 4 Greek; 2 Cypriot and
1 Italian, he said.

According to the latest figures
released by the Maritime Admin­
istration concerning the U. S. Gov­
ernment blacklist of ships which
are ineligible to carry U. S. for­
eign aid cargoes because they are
engaged in the North Vietnam
trade, only 10 Free World ships
are listed as having traded with
Hanoi.

Cuccia

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

Traffic lights on the Mississippi River at New Orleans, a familiar
sight to Slli members in this area and especially familiar and impor­
tant to members plying the Mississippi, have been put back in operation.
The lights, operated by the U.S. Corps of Engineers, will be used when
the river reaches 10 feet on the Carrollton gauge on a rising stage,
and until the gauge reads 12 feet on a falling stage.

New Orleans
It was like old home week at the New Orleans hall when the Del

Norte recrewed as a passenger ship recently after making a trip to West
Africa as a freighter. All aboard agreed it was a good trip and extended
thanks to the captain for letting the crew use the swimming pool and
to the chief engineer for letting them use the passenger movie projector
so that carpenter Maurice Kramer could show two movies an evening.

The captain, in turn, thanked the whole crew for a
job well done.

Some of the regular Delta Line passenger ship men
signing on for the Del Norte's latest run were: Anton
(Tony) Evenson and Tom Garrity, watehmen; Clar­
ence (Red) Cobb, reefer utility; Louis (Buck) Estrada,
second steward; Jake Cuccia, steward storekeeper;
Joe Vaccaro, bartender; Frank Ploppert, linenkeeper;
Reuben Belletty, BR; Cosmo Argis, gloryhole stew­
ard; Curley Weisbrot, waiter; Jack Callaway, laundry-
man; and many others.

Many SIU pensioners were on hand for the last membership meeting
in New Orleans. Charlie Nuber was in from Waveland, Mississippi,
where he makes his home and says the fishing has been real good. He
extends an invitation to his shipmates to look him up when they are
in Waveland.

Walter (Shorty) Cook, another SIU pensioner, was on hand telling
about the gardening and chicken raising with which he is now occupy­
ing his time at home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Pensioner EmU Herek
was in for the meeting from Omaha, Nebraska, where he now makes
his home. He told the boys about the traveling he has been doing
lately in Canada and Alaska.

Frank Fraone, last off the Columbia Victory as steward, is spending
some time on the beach with his wife. He said his last trip to Formosa,
Hong Kong and Vietnam was an enjoyable one but he needs a bit more
rest before shipping again.

Mobile
Several SIU oldtimers have been on the beach here recently taking

it a little easy between runs. Dewey C. Bell, who last sailed aboard
the Warrior as AB, has been around chatting with
friends. Bell, an SIU member for about twenty years,
now makes his home in Century, Florida, with his
wife and children. Also in the hall was Osborne M.
Brooke, an SIU member since the inception of the
union. Brooke, who lives near Mobile with his^wife
and children, last sailed aboard the Long Beach in
the engine department.

William E. Mores is watching the board again
after last sailing in the steward department on the
John B. Waterman's European run. Married, he lives
with his wife and children in Mobile. Another Mobilian, R. M.
(Pinkey) McEvoy is looking for an engine department slot as electrician
or oiler. His last ship was the Clairhorne. Also last off the John B.
Waterman is Jimmie Jordan who makes his home in Mobile with his
wife and children.

Houston
Seafarer D. Horn, a longtime deckhand, has been on the beach in

more ways than one here recently. Between ships he's been ^oing down
to the beach regularly to cultivate a sun tan, which is coming along
nicely. Jimmy Jackson, who sails in the steward department, has been
in the hall recently waiting for a good trip to South America. Jackson
says he's found the South American climate suits him best and he'll
try to hang on until he gets the run he wants.

Brooke

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Page Six SEAFARERS LOG May 27, 1966

Delta Crew Awarded Safety Certificate

SlU-manned Del Rio is one of several Delta Line vessels recently
awarded Certificates of Merit in honor of the high degree of
safety consciousness displayed by SlU crews. In addition to the
merit certificate, Del Rio's recreational fund is $100 richer be­
cause of prize money that goes with award. At presentation
ceremonies are (l-r): Chief Officer R. A. McDonald, Third Cook
James Simmons, Deckman Robert. Merritt, Del Rio's Master E. C.
Garrison, Delta Port Captain E. R. Seamen, Delta Safety Direc­
tor Paul Pollatt, and Seafarer Abner Abrams, Chief Electrician.

• I
; 1 • |!

QUESTION — When you're
shipping out and the weather gets
hot, what do you do on board ship
to keep cool?

Herhie Gray; Many of the tank­
ers have air-conditioning now, so

heat isn't much of
a problem. At
least, that's the
case on most of
the tankers I've
shipped out on. If
there's no air con­
ditioner, the best
thing to do is get
under a fan tail or

awning. I drink a lot of water, of
course.

^
Juan Colpe: When the weather

gets very hot, T find it's best to just
get your mind off
it. I try to keep
my body cool and
a hot shower is
very helpful. I
drink a lot of milk
and cold drinks.
There's no place
in particular I like
to go during the

summer, but countries like France
and Germany are never very hot.

Jorge Gonzales: I like to slip
out on deck when it gets too hot.

I open my cot and
soak up lots of
sun. Of course, I
drink a good deal
of water. I'm usu­
ally not bothered
by the heat since
I collie from
Puerto Rico
which can get

very hot.

4^
Edward Krcha: If the ventilator

shows it's getting too hot, I have
several ways of
cooling off. I
drink a lot of cold
water and also
keep my wrists
cool. I find that
salt pills are a
good method of
preventing
cramps. Some of

the ships sailing nowadays have air
conditioning. ' ''

Adolph Demarco: I take my cot
and go up on deck for some sun.

I like to take my
transistor radio
along on long
trips and listen to
a little music. A
big pitcher of lem­
onade is my fa­
vorite thirst quen­
cher. For hot-
weather reading, I

find that a good magazine or book
gets my mind off the heat.

— 4^ —
James M. Young: I ship in the

engine room and it can get pretty
warm down there.
I really welcome
the chance to go
up on deck. That
fresh air can feel
real good. I also
drink a lot of wa­
ter, of course. If
I get the chance,
I take several

cases of coke and soda along with
me. In hot weather, I like sailing
in Persian Gulf waters.

British Seamen
Hit the Bricks
For 40-Hr. Week

LONDON—^The strike of Brit­
ish seamen that has tied up the
nation's ports went into its second
week with the National Union
of Seamen and the shipowners
still deadlocked over the issue of
the 40 hour week. It marked the
first time that British seamen have
struck in 55 years and the Queen
has declared a state of emergency.

The union has refused to budge
from its demand for a reduction
in the work week from 56 to 40
hours at the same pay, plus over­
time for the additional 16 hours.

Average wages for British sea­
men are around $168 a month
for the 56 hour work week. An
AB gets a little over $200 a month.

Some 500 ships of the nation's
fleet of 2,500, largest in the world,
are already idled. The men are
walking off the vessels as they
retitrn to British ports.

Six Additional Seafarer Veterans
Join Crowing SlU Pension Roster

Ferenc Denny Holt Pearson Oakley Hudgins

Six more Seafarers have been added to the SIU's pension roster
pension checks of $150 a month. The new additions are: Joseph
Holt, August Pearson, Ferris Oakley and Joseph Hudgins.

Ferenc joined the SIU in the^

and are now collecting monthly
Ferenc, Weil Denny, Laurence

port of New York. Bom in
Hungary, he resides with his
wife, Josie, in New York City.
His last ship was the Linheld Vic­
tory (Alcoa) on which he sailed as
a deckhand.

Denny sailed SIU ships since
1943, joining in the port of New
York. He was born in the Philip­
pine Islands and will continue to
reside in New York City with his
wife, Kusnah. His last vessel was
the Steel Admiral (Isthmian). He
sailed in the deck department and
achieved a bosun's rating.

Holt joined the union in the port
of Mobile, Ala. His last vessel was
the Yaka (Waterman) on which he
sailed as a messman in the Stew­
ard department. Born in Ala­
bama, he resides in Mobile. Holt
saw service in the U.S. Army.

Pearson joined the SIU in the
port of Chicago, III., and sailed as
a scowman in the SIU's- Great
Lakes Tug and Dredge Region.
He had been sailing since 1927.
Born in Sweden, Pearson and his
wife, Linda, reside in Chicago.

Oakley joined the SIU in the

port of Elberta, Mich. His last
vessel was the Arthur K. Atkinson
(Ann Arbor) on which he sailed as
an AB. Brother Oakley was born
in Michigan and lives in Elberta
with his wife, Viola Mae.

Hudgins joined the SIU in the
port of Norfolk and was em­
ployed by the M. Lee Hudgins
Towing Company. He last sailed
aboard the Motor Tanker Haven
Belle and was with the company
31 years. He and his wife,
Thelma, reside in Matthews
County, Va.

ISPATCHERS REPORT Atlantic, Gulf & inland Waters District

May 7 to May 20, 1966

DECK DEPARTMENT

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 7 0 3 0 0 26 2
New York 58 22 40 18 15 164 65
Philadelphia 21 8 13 6 0 46 15
Baltimore 32 3 17 7 0 90 35
Norfolk 6 6 4 2 0 21 19
Jacksonville 5 8 6 5 5 15 9
Tampa 3 2 0 2 1 9 5
Mobile 27 10 8 5 0 93 19 .
New Orleans 59 19 50 17 3 141 68
Houston 35 27 40 36 10 140 64
Wilmington 5 7 13 8 11 10 1
San Francisco .... 25 10 24 15 32 61 21
Seattle 14 14 8 7 4 39 11
Totals 297 136 226 128 81 855 334

ENGINE DEPARTMENT

TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups

Port Class A Class B
Boston 4 2
New York 57 25
Philadelphia 13 10
Baltimore 25 15
Norfolk 6 6
Jacksonville 4 7
Tampa 1 1
Mobile 17 5
New Orleans 43 23
Houston 16 36
Wilmington 12 7
San Francisco .... 22 19
Seattle 22 8
Totals 242 164

TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups

Class A Class B Class C
0
45
3
15
0
9
0
14
27
24
13
35
11

0
24
4
11
2
6
2
1
31
29
7
17
10

0
19
2
0
0
9
1
0
13
17
10
26
3

196 144 100

NOW ON THE BEACH
All Groups

Class A Class B
7

145
25
46
23
7
4
42
101
87
16
39
31

4
49
20
43
21
10
5
19
68
77
3
17
6

583 432

STEWARD DEPARTMENT

TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups

Port
Boston
New York ...
Philadelphia .
Baltimore
Norfolk
Jacksonville ..
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans .
Houston
Wilmington ..
San Francisco
Seattle_^_;_;_^
Totals

Class A Class B
0
44
12
16
2
4
5
20
61
30
3
24
15

1
12
1
12
5
1
0
9
35
10
0
5
7

236 98

TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups

Class A Class B Class C
0
32
2
14
3
4
1
6
55
29
2
21
8

0
8
2
3
2
3
0
2
33
15
0
12
7

1
14
2
2
0
8
1
0
5
23
18
25
5

177 87 104

NOW ON THE BEACH
AlLGroujg^

Class A Class B
5

109
18
53
8
6
11
63
151
88.
12
60
30
603

5
32
3
38
14
6
1
20
87
35
0
12
8

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May 27, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG Page Seven

II Shop Group Seeks
To 30 States

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Open shop movements have sprouted in seven states since January

1, the National Right to Work Committee claims, and it boasts RTW
groups will be functioning in 30 states by the end of the year.

The seven newly-organized groups are in Iowa, North Dakota, Mon­
tana, West Virginia, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Missouri. Iowa
and North Dakota already have open shop laws.

Missouri is the latest to join the rolls. RTW supporters will push for
a state open shop law in the 1967 state legislature.

Predictably, there are hints of rightist affiliations among the Missouri
leadership. One director of the new committee is vice president of A. B.
Chance Co., Centralia, Mo., whose head man, F. Gano Chance, is a
leader in the John Birch Society.

The national committee, in an effort to drum up additional support
in the wake of 14(b) repeal failure, is conducting a series of regional
seminars over the next two months.

Two Republican groups have urged their party to repudiate Dixie
GOP attempts to build party strength through racism. The groups are
Republicans for Progress, a national organization of moderate and
liberal Republicans headed by Charles P. Taft of Cincinnati, and Re­
publican Advance, a movement of students and teachers centered at
Yale University.

In a report to the GOP National Committee, the groups called for
disciplining of lily-white GOP organizations in the south and urged
southern Republicans to appeal to Negro and moderate white sentiment
in their campaigns.

The report condemned the white-only approach of Mississippi, Ala­
bama and South Carolina GOP organizations. It warned that while
courtship of segregationists and John Birch-type extremists may win
short-term gains, decades of defeat would come in the long run.

It warned that already new Democratic movements to shake the grip
of racism have "captured the torch of progress in much of the south"
and attracted moderates and liberals, while in exchange Dixie GOP
groups have won over "thousands of the most reactionary Democrats."

iiABOll ROUND-UP
President Joe Davis of the

Washington State AFL-CIO has
been named by President Johnson
to serve on a new Citizens Ad­
visory Committee on Recreation
and Natural Beauty. Johnson es­
tablished the committee and ex­
panded the President's Council on
Recreation to include natural
beauty in an Executive Order.

Vice President Meyer H. "Mike"
Weintraub of the Distillery Work­
ers suffered a heart attack and
died in a Miami hospital while he
was in town for a meeting of the
union executive board preceding
the organization's convention. Bur­
ial was in New York. Weintraub,
an officer and for 20 years a mem­
ber of Local 1, New York Wine
Workers, had been a Distillery
Workers' vice president since
1958. His widow and two chil­
dren survive.

— —

Dr. Albert Sabin, who devel­
oped the oral vaccine for protec­
tion against infantile paralysis,
gave the oath of office to Cin­
cinnati AFL-CIO board members
recently and in a talk to delegates
praised the labor movement for
protecting the right to free asso­
ciation and preserving the right to
strike. Dr. Sabin is a University
of Cincinnati research scientist
who was named winner of the
1967 Murray-Green award by the
AFL-CIO Executive Council last
February. He was chosen for his
"lasting contribution" to human
health.

Chase Department Store em­
ployees in Newark, Summit and
East Orange, N. J., have changed
their minds about union represen­
tation after a two-year trial of
promises by new management and
switched to the union side. They
voted for Department Store Em­
ployees Local 21 of the Retail

Clerks, 397 to 135, in a National
Labor Relations Board election.

The Retail Clerks International
Union announced the appoint­
ment of Vice President James T.
Housewright, the union's director
of organization, as executive as­
sistant to President James A. Suf-
fridge. Housewright, 44, succeeds
Vice President Murray Plopper,
who retired after 30 years of
union service but will be "on
call" for the rest of 1966 in con­
nection with his former assign­
ments. Vice President William A.
McGrath took over Housewright's
post as director of organization.
McGrath, 44, has been organiz­
ing director for RCIA's eastern
and central divisions.

The Carnegie Hero Fund Com­
mission has awarded its coveted
medal and a $750 check to a rail­
road worker who risked his life to
save a migrant farm worker. The
award went to Leo H. Murphy of
Wallingford, Conn., local chair­
man and treasurer of Lodge 201
of the Railroad Trainmen, and a
freight conductor on the New
Haven. When the 60year-old
farm worker failed to respond to
the warning of the locomotive
horn. Murphy leaped from the
footboard of the engine, shoved
the man off the track and fell on
top of him.

—
Funeral services for John P.

Burke, who was president and
secretary of the Pulp, Sulphite
and Paper Mill Workers for 48
years until his retirement 15
months ago, took place on April
29. Burke was 82 when he died
at Miami Beach, Fla. He got
his first job at 13 in a paper
mill and later, while working for
the International Paper Company
at Franklin, N.H., helped form
the union. He headed the or­
ganization from 1917 to 1965.

"Down in Davy Jones' Locker"

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For An Independent Maritime Agency
President Johnson has asked Congress to

establish a new cabinet-level Department of
Transportation in which 11 Federal trans­
portation units, including the Maritime Ad­
ministration, would be combined. Hearings
on this proposal are now being held before
the appropriate committees on government
operations in the Congress.

The SIU and the other AFL-CIO marine
unions have strongly opposed inclusion of
the Maritime Administration in such a new
department, and further urged that MARAD
be removed from its present position within
the Department of Commerce and re-estab­
lished as an independent and autonomous
agency.

In the years during which MARAD has
been an agency of the Department of Com­
merce, it has continually been mired in a
tangle of red tape which has led to a serious
deterioration of U.S. maritime capability.
As SIU President Paul Hall pointed out to
the Congressional hearings on the subject
last week, MARAD "could very easily be­
come lost in a bureaucratic maze," if it were

included in an even larger Department of
Transportation.

Maritime would be in very real danger
of being completely swallowed up and ig­
nored within the huge, complex structure of
the proposed Transportation Department.
In such a case neither the best interests of
the merchant marine or the nation would
be served.

In line with the resolution endorsed by
the AFL-CIO Convention in San Francisco
last December, the AFL-CIO marine unions
have submitted to the Congress a proposed
bill under MARAD would be removed from
the Department of Commerce and re-estab­
lished as an independent agency.

Only if the Maritime Administration en­
joys an independent status will it be able
to promote the interests of the maritime in­
dustry. If it remains shackled in red tape
or becomes even more enmeshed in an
even larger, more complex Department of
Transportation, U.S. maritime will in all
likelihood continue to deteriorate past the
point of no return.

Good Luck to the Scholarship Winners
The 13th annual awards of the $6,000

SIU college scholarships was made last week.
As a result, a Seafarer and four children of
Seafarers are enabled to attend the college
of their choice to pursue any course of
studies.

The SIU college scholarships, have since
their inception, enabled 24 Seafarers and
44 children of Seafarers to obtain their
higher education. Graduates of past SIU

scholarship programs are presently active in
a variety of fields including medicine, teach­
ing, community services and engineering.

The SIU scholarship program represents
just one of the ways in'which the American
trade union movement benefits not only un­
ion members, but the nation as a whole.
The SIU is proud of the record compiled by
Union scholarship winners in the past and
wishes the 1966 award winners the best of
luck in pursuing their studies.



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device giving "treatment" for exophthalmic goiter^

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AKES and swindles in the field of health have
becOTne big business in the United States. It
has been estimated that Americans spend $1

ion a year on falsely promoted, worthless, or
igerous health produots.

Much of this fakery is aimed at the nation's elder
those who can least afford to waste their

money on fake treatments and products, and who
can be harmed by delaying necessary professional

K| medical treatment while in pursuit of non-existent
"miracle" cures. But no one is immune from the

• faults of these health quacks and frauds. TTiey
f.j make appeals to people of all age gropps, all social
- and economic levels, and the highly, educated as

well as the poorly educated. Vast amounts are spent
on advertising products and techniques which have

I at best limited value, and at their worst can be
J deadly to the individual who falsely places his trust
; in their effectiveness.
; At hearings conducted by the Senate Subcommit-
i tee on Frauds and Misrepresentations Affecting the?

Elderly, which is part of the Special Committee on
Aging, witnesses estimated that, of the $1 billion?
spent annually on health frauds, $500 million goes -

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One of the phoniest of health swindles is the sale of sea
salt or bottled ocean water with the claim that it sup-

Eplies minerals essential to life. Plain food is better.

wdrthiess gaiiih "Micro = D^smete^" wai?
'curing" arthritis supposed to treat seriou^
Vender Glove, diseases but was a

for dietary frauds in the form of "health" foods,
food supplements, weight-reducing gimmicks and
literature, and fads and cults of this nature. Arthri-
tis sufferers alone are bilked for another $250 mil­
lion yearly on misrepresented remedies. But far ?
worse than the staggering financial loss involved in
self-diagnosis and self-treatment With ineffective prci-ftis;

"ducts, is the danger that reliance on them can cause d;
fatal delay in getting proper medical treatment. iSj
; . Under the suggestion of Senator Harrison A. Wil-|
hams, chs.rman of the Special Senate Committee *•
on A^ng, a nationwide study is to be made of factors!

.J induce people to fall for fakes and swindlesS
. in the field of health. The study will be Coordinated
•'--"'-"fby the Food and Drug Administration of the Fed­

eral Government, with the cooperation of other
government agencies. !

The variety of frauds and misrepresented remedies ri
l^ich are practiced a^nst the American public
|s staggering, Th«^ range ftpm complicated, worth- i|

and very expensive m^hines which supposedly j|
liagppse or treat various aUments, to miracle charms

liif magnetized iron. Vitamins, health foods and books
^n folk medicine are classifbd under the category
:|tjf fraud when exaggerated claims are made con- |
cerning their nutritional value to the individual.
Many highly advertised patent medicines must be |
placed in this same category when the advertising
qoes not make clear to the public that although the
product may give temporary relief of the symptoms
of an illness, it does not provide a cure for tl» ill-
pess—-as is often implied.

The^ health fakes and swindles discussed dh these

tion of the U.S. Department of Health, EduCatibn^
and Welfare and the Senate Subcommittee on Frauds
and Misrepresentation Affecting the Elderly. Ihe
following facts should be read carefully because they
are of vital importance to everyone's life:
VITAMINS. No dne will deny that a balanced
vitamin supply is essential to good nutrition and
health. Yet vast amounts of money were wasted
yearly on expensive vitamin supplement simply be­
cause people fail to reaiize that abundant supplies
of vitamins are already present in the American food
supply, which is the best in the worlds Daily use t '
of common foods sueb as ve^tables,E fruits, milfcjfi|
eggs,, meats, fish, and whole grain or enriched bread3
wiU supply all of an average individual's nutritiona]|i
needs. High pressure sales techniques are Used ta£;
sell millions of dollars worth of . vitamins which arei?
not needed. They are often pushed as cure-alls fori;
every kind of disease. The fact, is however, thati
some vitamins are actually harmful if one takes tod^i
much for too long. Weil-planned meals will supply

I all the vitamins needed by the average individual. 5
: In case of any doubts about individual requirsmsnts,?;
I self treatment with vitamin supplements Is a serious E
I mistake. In such cases the money would be much
^better spent by visiting the family doctor for a •
complete checkup,

; HEALTH FOODS. A11 sorts of wild claims are
i tiiade for so-called "health" foods by food faddists ':
ipnd dietary cultists. These claims invariably ?
[ialse because the "sf^ial" foods, which are sold
||d grossly inflated prices, contain the same nutri-
J|iional value as the foods jmu dan purchase at any ;
sprocery store or supermarket. Food fads can be ?
dangerous to health as well as expensive when the !

?|^iet is limited to one food or family of foods. Much |
of this food faddism has been aimed at the nation's %
Plder citizens,^yet the same rule applies. No matter I
what his age, if an individual is in good health these ®:
special foods are of no value. If an individual is not^
in good health a doctor should be consulted--—at-f :
tempts at self treatment with special di^ of pro^' l
ducts are daapious, ; •••' v "E EE-I;

In this same category are the so-called "folk medi- ;
cines," often popularized in do-it-yourself health |
^b(mks. The potions they advocate for treating everytE^
thing from arthritis to warts are often common plants-fc
and substances which have no appreciable medicinal p
value. All things being equal, for instance, consume p
ing quMtities of unsaturated fats will not prevenri|
hardening of the arteriesj cod liver oiF and oran^^ri
juice will not cure arthritis; garlic has do effect oi|

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loiia+e lubcomnitifoo hearing, cradded. buzzed and jls pages represent only a paitial listing, compUed from
gave off gazes Hiat eSegediy cured major illnesses. a<»umulated by the Food and Drug Administra-

high blood pressure; and royal bee je% WiU not re^^f
- store an ag^ individual's lost manhood. What oftenl|
happens with frdse reliance on these quack cuie$,il
unfortunately, is that proper medical attention issl
posteKMied until successful medical treatment is eitherl
impossible or mitremely diiffcult.

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I' OR TREAT DISEASE. One of the biggest and most
^ I dangerous health swindles is the mechanical or eleo-

trical gadget that is supposed to tell what disease a
II person has and how to treat it. Thousands of such
JI machines have been manufactured and are in use

|LIMITED.yALUE MEDICATIONS. Limited-vali^
|niedications ate the kind that most Americans arri
^exposed to most often through advertising. In geh^ :
Ipral they offer relief for the symptons of a disease
Irather than making an attack on the disease itself.
jTfais can be extremely dangerous because, relieved
of tite painful, embarrassing or discomforting symp-

j|itons of an ailment, people often postpone seeking
Iprofessional treatment for the disease itself. Such,

inelttde pain IdDecs, cong^ and cold zeme-
|]ie$» canOte treaimentSi,

pain tclicvcsa, arthritis ren^ies, diab^ foods,
nicer pieparaffoBSj ane^ (fired Mood) pre-

^ paradons^ and nwmy others '
. Hie use of these products involves the ever-presenti

i danger that relief of symptons often masks the fact
that a serious and often deadly disease is at wdrkri

I A persistent cough, for example, may be the warning
sign of throat cancer. Frequent colds may be the

f-Warning sign of a badly infected internal organ.
I General weakness (tired blood) may be caused by'

any number of serious bodily ailments. Stomach
I pains m^ mask cancer. The list is practically endlessy ?

Limited-value medications have their place, but
must not be considered as cures or depended upon

i for long periods of time. The admonition which
S goes along with the most reputable of these prepara-
|tions to "See your doctor if pain persists" is exi|

tremely important and usually not stressed nearly
enough in advertising or printed prominently enough

fl on the package. Diagnosis of a condition must be
^ left to a qualified doctor who, after a thorough
I examination, will teU you whether temporaiy relief '
?|or senotis treatment of a disease is necessaiy for

Whatever condition is troubling you.
I ARTHRITIS REMEDIES. Arthritis is a painful.
I^metimes crippling disease, which affects both young
land old, although it is more frequent among the
Imaged. Because of the severe pain and crippling? |
||efifects associated with arihiitis^ a booming busine
fin phony cures has sprung up. Over $250
r yes^y is spent on worthless preparations and treat-
||mente for arthritis and riieumatisip, ranging fr^

pills composed of varying chemicals to expensiv*^:
leleetrie. machinesi;
I Inexpensive drugs can lelfeve arthritic pain to
l^me extent, but there are as yet no drii^, devices^

methods which can cure arthritis. Early treatment |
a physician can reduce the pain and crippling I

ects. Diagnosis and treatment by a competent |
lysician is of the utmost importance because there |
s many forms of arthritis which t^pira diflforei^^,

of treatment. \
|GANCER :TREATM^ There/are no serums,'

igp, or diets which have bean proved to be effeo-
in curing caiocer although many cancer victiihs

their famffies;Spei!d large amounts of money on
orthless treatments. Prompt treatment by effective ̂

: methods could save millions of lives Which are now
needlessly lost

Cancer can be cured with early treatment by
surgery, X-ray, or radiation. Some specific types

• of cancer wili also respond to certain dru^. Early
diagnosis and treatment by a trained physician is ; by various kinds of health practitioners to diagnose

f of the utmost Importance. To be cured, cancer must • and treat every kind of human ailment.
;|be nipped in the bud. The earlier it » caught and ^ Keep in mind that there are legitimate medical

treated, the greater are the chances of recovery. i| devices such as those used by physicians to deter-
Regular medical checkups are your best protection , mine blood pressure, and to record heart action,
against cancer. In addition, see a doctor without 5; (electrocardiograph). However one must immedhitely
delay if you olwerve any of the following warning Is beware when pi^nomenal daims are made for me-
signals: | chanica! or electrical devices. They are invariably

§ dangerous frauds. Such devices include uranium
llimpregnated gloves fOr the treatment of arthritis,

^machines which emit gasses supposedly beneficial for

• Any lump, especially in the breast.
• Iiregular bleeding or discharge from body

opening.
• Persistent di^stion.
• Unexplained changes in bowel movements.
• Unexplained weight loss.
• Omn^^ in color or size of a mote/ ! :
9 Any sore that does not heal promptly^T |

' COSMETIC MEDICINES. No one can seriousi
lij deny the value of good cosmetic preparations, pro-|i
II perly ai:pUed. They can improve personal appear-i^

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i^arious diseases (but which are often themselves
.^angerous to health), devices which supposedly trans-
unit beneficial electrical currents through the body,
||md other such fake gadgets.

The vibrator or massage devices are often useful
give temporary relief of muscular aches and pains,

Jbut are not eflfective for arthritis, rheumatism ori
t heart conditions—nor for "spot" reducing.

^ TO KVOW IF IT'S FAKE OR HAS VAiuii
e Food and Drug Administration sugj^sts the ance and in so doing contribute greatly to improving ^

the individual's mental health and general outlook following ways to determine whether a remedy is
I Ton life, and even, because of psychological factors, worthwhile:
il; make them feel better physically. Many unscrupu- n is a "secret remedy? If so, you can be almost
H lous persons, however, have cashed in on human ; certain that it is a fake. Does the sponsor claim he
;; vaiiity which makes many people willing to spend a ' .

great deal of money for products that promise what ||

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( ^ they cannot perform.
s| The worst of these promises are made for products
1| containing supposed miracle chemical or scientific
||; discoveries which will return the body, or portions

df the anatomy, to a state of youth. This is im­
possible. The process of aging cannot be reversed.
Proper care can often improve the condition of
the skin, for example, if it has been neglected or
exposed to wind, weather or other irritants. There
is no preparaiiott iiowevar, wfakh can return dbe sldii

I to a state of yonth; Such a faJse clsuni is often made
I Jfor royal bee jelly, for example. Wrinkle removers

are worthless. Similarly, there is no cure for Imldness
I (part of the process of agui^ eiHier throu^ medlca-

|IOm) or massage treatments. Another procej» of
igittg, the loss ci the hair's c<d<Mr, is similarly im-
l^ssiUe. The hair can be dyed) but its natural color

be restored. Spectel vitamins or oAer pre-
itioas itte worthless tte stehieye this end.

^PUCING FOODS AND SCHEMES^ One of M
post lucrative fields of fekery involves reducing piw!

Igjliicts. Many fraudulent promoters have gotten rich
• quick by "fooling the fat" as they cynically put it,

in the sale of dru^, gadgets, and diet plans anff
/ books. Barring serious glandular disturbance, over­

eating is the basic cause of overweight and careful

'-?f I

Is Imftliag die medical profession or the government
whidi is tryii^ to suppress his wonderful discovery
and keep it from the public? This one of the surest
signs of quackery. How did you hear aboP it? If
the treatment was advertised or promoted in a sen­
sational magazine or by a faith-healers' group, or
by some crusading organization of people with little
or no medical training, be skeptical. Reputable phy­
sicians or medical researchers do not operate that

,; way.
THE SAFE THING TO DO. If you feel ill, are

! worried about unexplainable symptoms or bodily
; changes, or suspect for any reason that something is

wrong physically, visit a reputable doctor for a com­
plete physical examination. Seafarers and the depend­
ents of Seafarers should take advantage of the free
diagnostic medical examinations available to ffiem in
ffiecmnpetently-snpervisedSIU clink facfliticKS. These
facilities are staffed by experienced doctors and tech­
nicians utilizing the latest in diagnostic equipment
and techniques. The SIU urges all Seafarers and
their dependents to take advantage of this service
tegulariy, even if they do not feel sick or suspect the
presence of an ailment. In the early stages of m(»t

J, diseases the patient feels no discomfort and shows
I no physical symptoms of illness. In the earliest stages,

when they are most easily treated and complete
recovery is most likely, many diseases are discover-

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proper dieting under tlte supervision P a phy-. | able only with the aid of complete diagnostic facfli-
; sicjan, is the only ti®at^ what any- - ties utilized by competent physicians and laboratory

• one says, no matter how many titles a convincing technicians. The lives of many Seafarers and of the
huckster has plaited after his name, you cannot eat • dependents of Seafarers have been prolonged be-
M mudi as you and stfll lose we^L cmise in the
slim gnicie* is nothing but the worthless slogan ot; p ailments were discovered that they might not have

get rkb gnldL, c « i otherwise learned of until it was too late for medical
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ONE OF THE GREAT HOAXES papefrated on the nation's newspa^ readers
Is "canned copy"—editorial matter written by propagandfots in places like Wash­
ington and whidi appear in papers thron^nt the country witlmnt revealing the
source. The irse of "canned copy" i^^afaist organized labor hf» been effectively ex­
posed in die AFL-CIO magazine American Federationist, prompting Rep. Frank
Thompson (D-N. J.) to suggest a law requiring canned material to ]i^ so labeled.

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A SERIOUS fraud is being practiced against the
readers of small town daily and weekly news­
papers all over the country. They are being

fed "canned" newspaper material and editorials, pre­
pared in .Washington, D. C., by high-powered publi=
cists in the employ of various special interest groups
~most of them right-wing, anti-labor groups.

This growing problem, which is important to every
American and to American labor in particular, was
exposed and expired recently in an article ^litten

[ for the AFL-CIO Federationist magazine by Ray
I Denison of the AFL-CIO Department of Public Re-
I lations. (Dension was formerly the managing, editor
i of the Sharers Log and later rqiresented the SIU

in several other capacities.) In the Federationist
article, Denison pointed out that thousands of these
canned editorials in support of 14B were printed in
newspapers at the time when the question of 14B
reped was before Congress.

Readers of these newspaprs were led to believe,
the article pointed out, that the "news" came from '
recognized, r^ponsible, and impartial sources, or
were the creation of their local editor's mind after
careful and objective study of the Issues involved.
Actually however, they were the slick, calculated
writing of anti-labor "right-to-work" lobbyists based
in Washington, D. C., Denison wrote.

The problem of biased, "canned" news and edi­
torials has become such a serious problem in the
United States that the weekly trade magazine of the
daily press. Editor Se Publisher, which normally de­
votes much of its editorial space to denunciation of
the printing trades unions and the Newspaper Guild,
recently startled its readers by wholeheartedly sup­
porting the Denison article and the AFL-CIO stand
against canned editorials.

Denison's study points out that "Far from being
a phenomenon peculiar to the 14B fight, the "we'll
peddle your cause as news for a fee* business has be­
come a substantial Washington industry, thriving on
the" deception that a point of view presented as a
nevro stc^ is more likely to be read and believed
than an advertisement-—and a lot cheaper."

"The effect this editorial bombardment" the Fed­
erationist article continued, "can have on a com­
munity mind was described by veteran reporter and
press critic Ben Bagdikian in the February issue of
the Federationist:

"The editorial page helps create community
standards for discussion, if for no other reason than
its effect on the commercial community. It is a
major factor in deciding which issues become issues
and it tends to limit the breadth of alternatives con­
sidered respectable or viable; it provides the b^ic
arsenal of ideas and of the vocabulary of public dis­
cussion.

"This is where the American editorial page has
failed most significantly.'"

The AFL-CIO Public Relations staffer said that
"Shortly before the 89th Congress reconvened in Jan­
uary, identical editorials appeared in scores of small
town newspapers. Each successive editorial deplored
'the union bosses' control over federal legislative
processes;' bemoaned 'President Johnson's payoff to
labor cronies;' applauded 'Senator Everett Dirksen
and a loyal band of American senators who were
preventing the demise of democracy,' et cetera.

"None of the stories and editorials gave any clue
that the views being printed had been paid for by
an organi^Uon with a dinxX personal stake in the

"issue,"..

in the "canned news'* operaticm
JL dsscrfbed by Denison in this way: •'Does

the 'right-ti>work' Hurt the Wage Earner? asked
(hie editorial. And in seven choi(» parai^ajphs the
answer was obviously 'no.' Instead it painted a pic-

m

I ture of bountiful prosperity and high pay for work-
\ ers in the 19'right-to-work'states.

"The reader could be expected to assume that the
editorial was the conclusion of the local editor—-re­
spited Rotaiian, community leader and doting
parent—who had examined facts and figures ahd the
economic climate around him (most of the stories
appeared in'right-to-work'states).

"This editorial, however, was actually the product
of National News-Research, a 'boiler room' operation
in Washington, and had been distributed to hundreds
of weekly and small town daily newspapers,

"The cost to the local editor was nothing. The tab
had been picked up by the 'right-to-work' sponsor,
as was the cost of a steady stream of simUar put
powings by other 'news services.'"

The nature of National News-Resehrch company^ ..
a typical "boiler room" producer of canned news was!l|
revealed in the Denison piece as an outfit whose ; i
"major source of income is variou.s extreme right-.
wing causes espoused by its founder, Ralph deTol«ii ;J.
dano. A long-time advocate of radical rightwing •
causes, deToledano is a functionary in such far right |
outfits as Young Americans for Freedom and the. -;
American Conservative Union. He is also the authw^
of the 1963 book. The Winning Side, a CUre fbf
Goldwater Conservatism' and in the 1964 presidci^|^
tial campaign had as a client the Citizens for Gpld^
water-Miller organization." ^

The Federationist article points out that deTbl)^
dano's "good standing with America's far right was
evidenced by the disclosure in the New York Times" !
that some of the $200,0(X) lefr over from the Gold- "
water presidential campaign was given to National
News Research and other conservative fringe groups.

Another of the anti-unlmi canned news operators ,
described in the Federationist article was U, S. Press,
which offers its "editor-serving service'' available tp -
1,500 editors.

"For U. S. Press, an attack on the U SMabtSr
movement WM e^," Denison noted, adding that
"In I96I, at the time of Senate inquiries into lobby­
ing activities on behalf of foreign nations, U. S. Press
offered its editors an attack on United States foreign
policy. Editorially criticized was the U. S. govern­
ment position in the United Nations' debate on the
Portuguese colony of Angola. The client? The
Portuguese government, whose American public're­
lations representative paid U. S. Press $175 for dis­
tributing the editorial. No identification was made
to the recipient editors as to the editorial's spcttsori''
"If the editor had small chance of knovrihg"-

thcHigh he might well surmise—the reader had nb^^
chance at all," the AFL-CIO writer said. "And, even
if an astute reader eventually figured out that there
just might be more to I4B than he was being fed, !"
was too late to react.

"Besides, the 'boiler room' outpourings never ceasb;
The reader is now finding another labor 'iraue' on his
local newspaper's editorial page. Tlje purrent edi­
torial starts off The name sounda like some kind
disease; and perhaps in a seiose it is. Thwe's a biU
now before Congress (H.R. IfXill) palted the"loiii^
m^ situs' or 'secondary boycott' hilj. It would a3=

. ;lmv a constructicm workers' union to stop ell worit
on a building project if the union b

"Looks like U. S. Press is already
^JnT^alf of anoUipr client f 1

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Mar 27, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven

SlU Oldtimer Remembers Old Days
When Charleston Was Leading Port

My brother always carried his double-barreled shotgun with him on the mail runs." This is
one of the recollections of SIU pensioner Moses A. Lucas who first went to sea in 1906 and served
in the steward department on the old Clyde Steamship Company passenger ships.

When Brother Lucas first set

Lucas

out on his seafaring career, his
brother was running the U.S.
mail boat between Charleston and
a small South Carolina town called
Cainhoy, which could be reached
only by water.

"Back then there were wild tur­
key and ducks up and down the

river where the
boat ran, and it
was a rare day
when we didn't
come home with
something in his
game bag. As a
matter of fact, he
kept his family
and friends pretty
well supplied with

meat just by slowing down his
boat occasionally to do a little
shooting."

"I guess you could say that my
whole life has been connected with
the sea one way or the other,"
Lucas explained. "Not only did I
work in the steward department
on those passenger ships, but I
also was employed on a buoy
tender servicing the rivers and in­
lets in the Carolina low country.

When Brother Moses first start­
ed shipping out, he was paid $20
a month plus room and board. He
was then serving as pantryman on
passenger ships running between
New York, Charleston and Jack-
•sonville. When the passengers
would disembark at the port of
Charleston, Lucas recalls, they
would take a tour of the city in
horse-drawn carriages.

The port city of Charleston was
nothing like it is now, Lucas ex­
plains. Nearly all of the side-
streets were dirt, although some
had cobblestones, which were hard
on a horse's feet. Meat and vege­
tables were boueht in open-air
markets, supplied by the people
who lived on the nearby islands
and farms. "But the biggest
change I notice now," he said, "is
ont the change from the horse car
to the electric car to the automo­
bile. The big change as far as I'm
concerned is that I don't see many

FOREIGN PAYOFF? ^
LEAVE CLEAN SHIP '

:;:.^eii''they-i ship:.;
; article port,
f the to ieaye a clean
; ship for the next crew is ^
i same as in any Sfat^ide port.

Attention to details of bouse-
•keepmg;;,aaa'-eff(^:: to leave
;qufii:5^;';m^stoothi^^ - other
working spaces clean will be
appreciated by the new crew

people I know. Everywhere I go
I remember what used to be lo­
cated on a certain spot. There are
hardly any small grocery stores,
butcher or poultry shops remain­
ing. 1 guess everything is now
handled through the supermar­
kets."

Still Wonderful
"There were many things to see

in that colorful city," he said, "and
in my opinion there still are. Of
course, no one travels about in
buggies any more, but the mag­
nolia gardens and the grand houses
filled with antiques still remain. I
visited there last month, and had
an excellent time just walking
about recalling old memories of
my life there as a boy.

"As I remember," Lucas went
on to say, "Charleston was a big­
ger port than it is now, compara­
tively speaking, and the place was
bustling with activity. Everybody
seemed to be in some.kind of busi­
ness—even if he had to rent a
shack and sell stickwood or tur­
nips and cabbages. It was truly a
city of ships and small markets."

Now on Pension
Now that Seafarer Lucas has re­

tired on SIU pension benefits, he
spends a good bit of his time
travelling about the United States,
reliving his early days in the vari­
ous Gulf and eastern seaboard

port cities. Aside from his recent
trip to his native city of Charles­
ton, Lucas took a trip to New Or­
leans last year during the Mardi
Gras; and when he is not travel­
ling, Brother Lucas spends his
time with his married daughter,
who lives in Hyannis, Massachu­
setts.

"Now," Lucas concluded, "it's
time for this old Seafarer to sit
back and take notes and leave the
rest to the younger generation. But
I've no regrets about the way I've
managed my life. I have my good
days—and I wouldn't call my bad
ones very bad."

"I have, however," he said,
"seen a good bit of life while work­
ing at sea, and I thoroughly enjoy
my travels back to the old ports,
where I used to visit as a boy."

SIU Lifeboat Class Sets Sail

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Recent graduates of SIU Lifeboat Class No. 151 pose for their
photograph at graduation ceremonies, after completing the Harry
Lundeberg School of Seamanship's lifeboat training in New York.
Graduates include (seated, l-r), Clifford Leahy, Clifford Zink,
Bill Owens and Henry Lawrence. Standing (l-r); Dan Shafarmen, Tho­
mas Peden, Mathew Henehen and class instructor Ami Bjornsson.

Friends of Billy Pitner
Seafarer Pitner is under the

weather and would like to hear
from his buddies. His address is
1455 Rivers Avenue, Boston,
Massachusetts, and he will be at
this address for the next two
months.

LOG-A-RHYTHM

When I Retire
By Harry Woiowitz

When I retire at sixty-five.
Or maybe sixty-two,
I'll say goodbye to my shipmates.
With this sea sailing I'll be through.

I've sailed the seas forty years,
Had my share of everything,
Been to just about every port in the world.
Had my ups and downs, what life will bring.

I started to sea forty years ago.
Where you slaved all day, kept on the go,.
The food was slop, the pay was nil;
If you spoke at all, your job they'd fill.

There was no Union, just fink shipping halls;
If you didn't have a five spot, you didn't ship at all.
Besides your eight hours, there were field days galore.
When I think of all this now, my back still gets sore.

I hit the bricks in thirty-six.
And I'm glad I've done my share;
I can look the world straight in the face.
Smile and say, "Hello, there."

Now I'm getting that middle spread, also middle age.
Just a happy-go-lucky Union man, not an oriental sage.
I'm looking forward to my pension, I've dreamed of it before.
When I can relax with a bottle of Vat,

and take it easy forever more.

Joe Bjowski
Your wife is holding important

letters for you at home. If you
are unable to drop by to pick
them up, please send a forward­
ing address.

Passport Lost
Would any Seafarer who has

found the passport of James T.
Simmons, please leave it at the
counter at New York head­
quarters.

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Candide Aicides Ortiz

Please contact your wife at her
home at 3400 Springdale Ave.,
Baltimore, Md. 21216, as soon as
possible.

Walter Wright
Please contact Mrs. N. Matthis,

304 Haines Avenue, Barrington,
New Jersey, as soon as possible.

Joseph L. Sheahan
Please get in to^ich with your

niece, Mrs. Mary Ann Verwey,
Route 1, Rosebush, Mich.

Carroll J. Rollins
Please contact your family at

the following address: Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd Rollins, 199 Messick
Road, Poquoson, Virginia.

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Bernard C. Hamer

It is important that you get in
touch with your uncle, Mr. George
H. Riley at 2256 Pineland Drive,
Albany, New York.

Bartolome Del Valle
Would you please contact

your wife, Mrs. Sandra Del
Valle, at 1532 A. S. 8th Street,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53204.

Gerald L. Nance
Please get in touch with your

wife any time after six o'clock.
Her phone number in Charlotte,
North Carolina is 376-8100.

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Alfred Sylvan DeAgro, Jr.
Please contact Mr. Robert H.

Metz at the County Office Build­
ing in Rockville, Maryland,
20850.

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John (Jack) Nail

Q. Augusta would like for you
to call. Phone number TL.
6-2632, or write at 87 Prospect
Avenue, Buffalo, New York,
14201.

Wayman C. Lizotte
Please get in touch with your

wife, Elizabeth, as soon as possi­
ble, at 752 Domingo, Santiago,
Sampaloc, Manila.

Carlos Ortez
Manuel Derecho is still hold­

ing part of your gear which was
left in his automobile. If you are
unable to stop by, please send him
a forwarding address, so that he
can ship it on to you. Contact him
at his address in San Juan, Puerto
Rico.

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IN TUB WABNER.

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May 27, 1966

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On The Del Norte

Chief Cook F^lilcs Ja-
socinskf prepares to
grill some tasty chow.

When you can eat and sun at the same
'time that's good shipping, as these mem­
bers of Del Norte crew will surely testify.

: SlU Deck Delegate Bob Callahan snapped (I. to r.)
1 Captain Cooley, Chief Engineer Turner and Purser
I W, Sistrunk in the act jgf sunning pri^ The.^

Deck Delegate R. Callahan, Chief Ste­
ward Bill Kaiser and Fireman Kurts
Binemonis pause for the photographer.

Along the rail of the Del Norte is a great spot
to relax and shoot the breeze, according to crew
members M. Smith, J. Zimmer and A. Guidy.

Henry Donnelly, who serves as 2nd
coofe and ships delegate, stands ready
to put the steaks on the charcoal grill..

FINAL DEPARTURES
Dominic Grazlano, 56: Pneu­

monia claimed the life of Brother
Graziano in San
Francisco, Calif.,
March 3. He
joined the SIU in
1951 in the port
of New York. A
member of the
deck department,
he sailed on
American - flag

ships for over 20 years. Born in
New Jersey, he lived in Yoka-
hama, Japan. Surviving is his
widow, Michiko Katayama of Yo­
kohama. Burial was in Newark,
N. J.

Thomas MacTaggart, 38: Broth­
er MacTaggart died of pneumonia

in San Francisco,
November 21,
1965. He was
born in El Reno,
Oklahoma, and
was a resident of
San Francisco.
Brother MacTag­
gart sailed as an
oiler in the Engine

Department. He was a member
of the union since 1947 and joined
the SIU in the port of New York.
Surviving is his mother, Mrs. Es­
ther MacTaggart of Norman, Ok­
lahoma.

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Henry R. Dombrowski, 40:
While sailing as a Bosun aboard

the coaster Ariz-
pa, Brother Dom-
browski was
stricken by a
heart attack,
March 14, 1966.
The body was re­
moved at the
Coast Guard sta­
tion in Virginia

Beach, Va. A member of the SIU
since 1945, he joined the Union
in New York where he was born.
He is survived by his wife, Anna,
of Middle Village, Long Island,
and a sister, Mrs. Stella Goidice
of Brooklyn, New York.

4^
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Lawrence R. Vance, 45: Broth-
Vance died at his home

in Baltimore, Md.,
March 1, from
heart disease. He
joined the SIU
in Baltimore in
1964. A fireman-
water tender in
the Engine de­
partment, his last
ship was the DE

SOTO. Vance was born in Eau
Claire, Wisconsin. He served in*
the Marines front 1944 to 1946.
Surviving is his brother, Robert
Vance of Baltimore. Burial was
in Baltimore National Cemetery.

Benefits of Unions
Often Go Unnoticed
To the Editor:

Your recent article covering
the advancement of Seafarer
Robert Anderson from FWT to
3rd Assistant Engineer is note­
worthy as it is indicative of the
effort of organized labor to ben­
efit its membership.

Too many irresponsible voices
have been heard in the past, and
I'm sure will be heard in the fu­
ture claiming that unions kill in­
itiative and are only interested in
getting a free ride whenever pos­
sible. It is unfortunate that they
will not read about the success
of your program, nor bother to
speak to the men who are ben­
efitting by it.

These same irresponsible
voices can never seem to be
heard when it comes to attack­
ing runaway shipping programs
or proposed foreign shipbuilding
programs.

The SIU record has long stood
for helping its membership while
not forgetting the nation.

Gordon Schofield

Log Aid In Fighting
Anti'Union Forces
To the Editor:

Since May 1948 this writer
has been receiving the LOG reg­
ularly at home. I live in Ten­
nessee, where unionism has had
a hard time as in many southern
communities in being accepted.
I like to think that my copy of
the LOG, passed from hand to
hand has played some small part
in making my neighbors more
aware of the benefits and right-
ness of organized labor.

I was 2nd engineer on an
Alcoa ship when I started receiv­
ing the LOG in 1948. Now I
am about to retire after some 34
years at sea—with all ratings
from wiper to first assistant.

I'll have a hard time adjusting
to the quiet routine of retirement
no doubt, but I am assured that
the LOG will keep me alert and
svmpathetic with the problems
of my shipmates everywhere.

C. H. Sparks

Seafarer and Wife
Thank Welfare Plan
To the Editor:

My husband and I wish to
thank the SIU Welfare Plan for
the fast and efficient way in
which our claims were handled.
Our bills were paid in less than
a week. We are very grateful
that the Welfare Plan took such
good care of us in our time of
need.

Mrs. Jose Garcia

Union Loyalty Helps
During Bereavement
To the Editor:

I received a letter from the
Union along with a check for
$4,000 upon the death of my
husband. Many thanks from the
bottom of my heart for the warm
sentiments, loyalty and under­
standing that the letter expressed.
It is deeply appreciated.

My heart is very heavy but
with the backing of the fine or­
ganization that the SIU is I gain
additional strength with which
to go on.

I extend my sincere thanks
and may the Lord bless each
and every Seafarer.

Mrs. Kathleen Herzich

Asks Health Data
Cards for Seamen
To the Editor:

Time after time I have taken
this up with shipboard person­
nel and they are in accordance
with my feelings—but nothing
has ever come of it, I sincerely
hope that you may see fit to start
the ball rolling in the right direc­
tion.

A vessel must have a Sea­
worthy Certificate before it puts
to sea and I feel that the sea­
going personnel should be placed
in the same category.

True, each crewmember car­
ries a Health Card that states he
is in A1 condition for one
year/or he may have a card good
for 3 to 6 months. An automo­
bile may pass every test in the
books and one week later—said
auto may fall apart at the seams,
the human body fits into the
same class.

I am for this yearly checkup
100%, but the crewmember
should also be serviced with the
following. Since each and every
seafaring man must renew his
S.I.U. health card yearly, I can­
not see any additional hardship
placed on the Clinics.
1. He should have on his Health
Card his blood type. Who knows
when a serious accident might
arise and the crewmember may
require a blood transfusion? By
knowing his Blood-Type might
mean the difference of Life and
Death. Example—crewmember
suffers bad injury and is hem-
morrhaging—call goes out for
assistance—Blood Type is
the other end can line up blood
doners with same type and be
prepared to take over immedi­
ately when the man is landed in
their care—^TIME FACTOR can
mean the difference of Life and
Death.
2. An crewmember who suffers
from diabetes, heart trouble,
ulcers, etc., said disease should
be noted on back of his health
card, in the event of an emer­
gency, he can get immediate at­
tention. Example—patient may
be one who indulges in alcohol,
he may be in a stupor and the
layman comes to the conclusion
that the man is intoxicated, this
man might be a diabetic and
might be in a COMA?
3. He should have all the neces­
sary shots, which can be checked
by the clinic whenever he re­
news his Health Card.

(a) Smallpox, good for 3
years (unless you touch a
country that has had an
epidemic) then it would be
necessary that the vessel com­
ply with the 1-year ruling.
(b) Yellow Fever, good for 10
years.
(c) Tetanus (this should be a
MUST) a man suffers a head
injury/or runs a nail into his
foot etc., etc. Tetanus can be
very tricky and should be only
administered by a doctor.
The above vaccinations should
be done by the Clinic, other
tvpe of shots can be taken
care of by using shore side
doctors, depending upon the
voyage the vessel is making.

I sincerely hope that the
S.I.U. can see their way clear to
cover the above and also that all
the other Unions will follow suit.

Regarding the BLOOD TYPE,
this should not only pertain to
sea-going personnel, but to peo­
ple from all walks-of-life,

Jerry Lurle, Purser,
SS Del Rio



May 27, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG Page Thirteen

ARRIVALS
Gerard Cifarelli, born March 6,

1966, to the Angelp Cifarellis,
San Pablo, Calif.

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Beth Luanne Lupton, born

April 18, 1966, to the Christo­
pher Luptons, New Bern, N. C.

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Theresa Brazden, bom April

20, 1966, to the Joseph A. Braz-
dens, Atlantic City, N. J.

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Rose Vanocor, born March 18,

1966, to the Joseph Vanocors,
New Orleans, La.

Dawn Jourdian, born March
25, 1966, to the Ronald J. Jour-
dians, Baltimore, Md.

Sean Michael Slmms, bom
March 24, 1966, to the Herbert
Simms, Baltimore, Md.

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Joseph Simpson, born Decem­

ber 22, 1965, to the Robert W.
Simpsons, Parlin, N. J.

Donna Taylor, born December
6, 1965, to the Lee Taylors,
Walker, La.

John Leroy Shaw, born March
14, 1966, to the John W. Shaws,
Port Arthur, Tex.

^ Anna Iris Vazquez, born Octo­
ber 8, 1965, to the A. M. Vaz-
quezs, Brooklyn, N. Y.

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Marcia Sue Cormier, born Oc­

tober 27, 1965, to the Joseph Cor­
miers, Opelbusas, La.

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Pamela Ash, born April 5,

1966, to the John Ashs, Jackson­
ville, Fla.

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Angela Lynn McKay, born

April 16, 1966, to the Murdick
P. McKays, Alpena, Mich.

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Paula Vargas, born April 14,

1966, to the Ramon Vargas,
Brooklyn, N. Y.

^
Richard . Allen Fcdem, born

April 27, 1966, to the Richard
Federns, Tampa, Fla.

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Pamela Moon, born April 1,

1966, to the William D. Moons,
Erie, Pa.

Elizabeth Simpson, born Febru­
ary 24, 1966, to the Robert A.
Simpsons, 8 Mile, Ala.

^
Sandra Lynn Thayer, born

March 4, 1966, to the Donald
Thayers, Chicago, 111.

Rosaline Dailey, born March 2,
1966, to the Ervin R. Daileys,
Lake Charles, La.

—T ^ — Tina Maria Daniels, born Feb­
ruary 25, 1966, to the EzekielX.
Daniels, Wanchese, N. C.

Jacqueline Bianchi, born July 1,
1965, to the Jerome Bianchis,
Toledo, Ohio.

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Nona Adams, born March 15,

1966, to the Earl Adams, New
Orleans, La.

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Lisa Ann Troxclair, born April

1, 1966, to the Calvin Troxclairs,
New Orleans, La.

Raymond Francis Whilden,
born February 17, 1966, to the
Kenneth Whildens, Heinslerville,
N. J.

William Squires, bom March
28, 1966, to the Edward Squires,
Levittown, N. Y.

Seafarers Convert Wood to Watts
When Breakdown Cripples Vessel

The ability of Seafarers to adjust to and make the best of adverse conditions was aptly demon­
strated during the recent run of the SlU-contracted Bowling Green. The vessel steamed out of Port­
land, Oregon, on a run to Japan; and though the trip started smoothly enough, it ended with Seafarers
working around the clock to get ^
the limping ship into Yokohama.

The cause of all the trouble
was a failure which affected not
only the engine itself, but the elec­
trical . system as well. Seafarers
found themselves chopping wood
from 12-14 hours a day—wood to
get the ship underway again, and
wood to prepare their food on i
makeshift stove.

And though the crewmembers
wouldn't pick this situation again
if they had the choice, according
to the report of the Seafarers
aboard, everybody pitched in and
put in long hours in an attempt to
keep the ship going.

Steward Dept. Cited
The steward department was es­

pecially cited by the crew. They
rolled up their sleeves and worked
up to 15 hours a day to provide
hot meals for their fellow Sea­
farers. Since the ship's range was
also on the blink, their stove con­
sisted of a five-gallon can covered
with an iron grating from a milk
crate. The galley gang spent long
hours breathing in soot and smoke
in order to provide hot meals for
the crew.

There was no heat, no lights—
even drinking water was at a pre-

V
«

Salon Messman Robert Cadaizo
chops up small pieces of wood
to be used in the makeshift
stove on the Bowling Green dur­
ing a nine-day breakdown at sea.

mium after a nine day breakdown
in the Pacific.

But the black gang kept trying
to get the engine back in opera­
tion with the wood that the rest
of the crew was cutting. They
were finally able to get up a little

Mueller

MONEY DUE
Headquarters is holding checks for the following Seafarers, for

unclaimed wages transportation, disputed overtime and lodgings.
Anyone listed below is asked to contact headquarters in New York.

Seatrain Savannah—unclaimed wages—-Hugh Wells.
Natalie—one day's wages—Jam^ N. Boone, Jose OrtigueiTa,

Frank G. Valerie.
Sapphire Sandy—^uneamed wages-^Uvo D. Safelli.
Hercules Victory—rdisputed overtime—Edward Jensen, Robert

Smith.
Penn Carrier^disputed overtime—Earl Beamer.
Transwestem—disputed overtime—^Calvin Smith, Daniel Mc­

Laren, Clyde Greeson.
Niagara—disputed overtime—Richard Heckman, Francis M.

Greenwell.
Valiant Hope—transportation—Thomas E. Hanson, Dondd

Kershaw, James P. O'Mara.
Azalea City—transportation—Jose Ross.
Niagara—lodging—Warren Weiss.
Seatrain New York—disputed lodging allowance—^James Glea-

son, Fred Patereon, Earl Resmondo.
Kent—Clyde D. Berry, Joseph L. Chapean, Cyril Gauthier, Aldo

.X Hassein. ' '
Sea Pioneer—lodging—Verdon Nash, Edward KUligrew, George

McKenna, Gene Berger, Constantino Rug|^ero, Leamardo Rug-
gero, John p. Pennell, Audrey Parsons, Andrew Lewis, Willlani
Langford.

Hodges

of all aboard and moral has been
helped by the men receiving mail
and logs periodically.

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A trip to Africa gave the Del Norte (Delta) crew a change of pace. Deck delegate Robert Calla­
han reported. Since the ship was in dry dock longer than expected, she missed her regular South Amer­
ican run. Callahan reports that the men are enjoying their shore leave and that Nicholas L. Pizzuto
just joined the vessel as the new
bosun, replacing Smiley Qaus-
sen who signed on another ship.
The crew extends to Smiley their
thanks for a job well done. There
were no logs or beefs. Movies

were enjoyed
thanks to the ef­
forts of Herbie
Mueller, Chief
Engineer W. O.
Turner who pro­
vided the passen­
ger movie projec­
tor and Maurice
Kramer, carpen­
ter, who operated

the movie camera. Carl Jordan,
chief baker, and the steward de­
partment were extended a vote of
thanks by the crew for a job well
done.

—

Meeting chairman H. L. Camp­
bell reports that the St. Christopher

(St. Lawrence
Carriers) stopped
in Spain on the
way to Yokahoma
to deliver oil to
the U.S. base at
Rota. A number
of new crewmen
weer taken on at
Norfolk. Meeting
secretary J. L.

Hodges reported that two men
were taken ill and had to be re­
placed.

— —
The Brothers are planning to get

up the awning for the fantail to
help beat the heat
of the Persian
Gulf reports Wil­
liam C. Sink,
meeting secretary
aboard the Long-
view Victory (Vic-
tory Carriers).
Steward depart­
ment delegate
Frank Collins re­

ported that things were going well
in his department. Repairs will be
done to the vessel as the trip to
Pusan and Inchon, Korea, by way
of Yokohama progresses. There
was a vote of thanks from the
crew for ship's delegate, Henry
Sieber, for doing such a good job.
The long trip has gone smoothly
because of the good cooperation

Collins

It's back to the U.S.A. for the
Steel Scientist (Isthmian). The

vessel is heading
for Wilmington,
North Carolina-
and then to its
payoff in New
Orleans, La. Co­
ordination is the
by-word accord­
ing to A. Mal-

Maldonado donado who says
It s a great bunch

of Seafarers to be with. "Let's
get these repair lists in early"
says ship's delegate W. Griggers.
Brother Griggers went on to ex­
plain that early repair lists will
result In prompt action being
taken. It was another long voy­
age with no beefs.

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Henry Buckner, ship's delegate

on the Portmar (Calmar Steam­
ship Co.) reports
the Bosun gave a
vote of thanks to
the whole crew,
saying it was the
most cooperative
bunch he's ever
sailed with. To
cut down on
breakdowns and
repairs, a list of

instructions was posted over the
washing machine and dryer.
Everything is running smoothly,
and there were no beefs as the
ship is headed for a payoff in
Baltimore.

Buckner

steam on three separate occasions,
only to have the power fail again.

Finally, they had to throw in the
towel when the vessel was about
100 miles from Yokohama, since
there was no longer any hope of
getting the vessel moving again,
until it underwent quite a few re­
pairs. Needless to say, the entire
crew was quite happy to have their
feet on dry land again.

CARROLL VICTORY (Delta). March
6—Chairman, B. D. Moyd; i^retary,
a D. Moyd. Some disputed OT to be
taken up with boardine: patrolman. Vote
of thanks to the steward department.

PORTMAR (Calmar), April 12—Chair­
man. R. Stahl: Secretary. J. Bonds.
Ship's delegate reported tlial all is run­
ning smoothly with no beefs. Bosun ex­
tended a vote of thanks to the entire
crew for their cooperation.

STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian). May 5
—Chairman, Joe Brown; Secretary, Tony
Caspar. One cre-wmember missed ship in
New York. Beef regarding draws in
foreign ports. $11.86 in ship's fund.
Vote of thanks extended to the steward
department for the good feeding and
service.

TAMARA GUILDEN (Transport Cona-
mercial), April 26—Chairman, Joseph
Warfield: Secretary. Calvin Hirsch. $9.05
in ship's fund. $254.00 in movie fund.
Few hours disputed OT in deck depart­
ment. Discussion on preparation of food.
Discussion about movies.

PENN EXPORTER (Penn Shipping),
April 17—Chairman. Durrdl McCtnrvey;
Secretary, Z. A. Markris. Few hours dis­
puted OT in engine department, otherwise
everything is running smoothly. Motion
made that Union see if they can gat a
retirement plan worked out so that a man
can retire at any age if he has enough
sea time, and to set a sea time. Motion
made to see if Union can make arrange­
ments for a crewmember to pay assess­
ments in two payments instead of ha-ving
to pay it at the start of the year with
dues and all at one time. Brother O. A.
Hess was elected to serve as ship's dele­
gate. Crew extend thanks to SXU for
getting awning put on aft of ship. A
great big vote of thanks to a good steward
department for a fine job.

DIGEST
of SIU

MEETINGS

ST. CHRISTOPHER (St. Lawrence
Carriers). March 17—Chairman, Howard
L. Campbell; Secretary. J. L. Hodges.
Motion made to write headquarters re-
garding articles on this vessel. Day men
required on tankers of this size. Discus­
sion regarding the necessity of ventila­
tors or fans for the men working in
tanks.

DEL NORTE (Delta), May 1—Chair­
man, Kobert Callahan ; Secretary, Bill
Kaiser. Department delegates reported
that this was a, very good trip all around.
No beefs and no disputed OT. Everyone
getting along and cooperating with each
other. $153.95 in ship's fund and $192.00
in movie fund. Vote of thanks to the
steward department for a job well done.

TRANSORLEANS (Hudson Water-
ways). May 8—Chairman, David P. M.
Sykes: Secretary, Charles Hurlburt, Two
men missed ship in Okinawa and one
man was talcen off the ship in Singapore.
Some disputed OT in engine department.
The bosun extended a vote of thanks to
the deck department for doing such a
good job with the tanks, and for theirC:
work in general. Patrolman to be con­
tacted regarding food. \ :

RENN CHALLENGER (Penn Ship­
ping), April 26—Chairman, D. E. Nelson ;
Secretary, E. J. Riviere. $15.58 in ship's
fund. Brother A. Elliott was elected to
serve as ship's delegate. No beefs re­
ported by department delegates.

TBANSGLOBE (Hudson Waterwavs),
May; 4—Chairman, Andrew Pickur; Sec­
retary, C. L. White. No beefs reported
by department delegates. Ship is not re­
ceiving LOGS and mail.

COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service),
April 24—Chairman. Arthur Turner;
Swretary, Chester Coumas. Few hours
disputed OT in deck and engine depart­
ments. No beefs reported by department
delegates. Vote of thanks extended to
the steward department.

OVERSEAS DINNY (Maritime Over-
seas). April 24—Chairman. Ted Toren.
tino: Secretary. F. Hall. No beefs re-
rjorted by department delegates. Brother
B. C. Jones was elected to serve as ship's
delegate. Discussion, held oh various

./matters. ••

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Page Fonrteen SEAFARERS LOG Mar 27, 1966

FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and
Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safegruardinR the membership's
money and Union finances. The c«->nstitution requires a detailed CPA audit every
thr^ months by a rank and file auditing: committee elected by the membership. All
Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn.

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

SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively
by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping
rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and 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 requested. The proper address for this is:

Elarl 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 nnember. 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 Executive Board may delegate,
from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility.

PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official
capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no
circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given
such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made
without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is
given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make
such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters.

CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six
months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition,
copies are available in all Union tells. All members should obtain copies of this
constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any
member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obli­
gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other
details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters.

RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension 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 oldtimers cannot take
shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union pol­
icy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues.

EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and
as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution
and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. 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 he is 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 constitutional right of access to Union records or in­
formation, he should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by
certified mail, return receipt requested.

SIU-AGLIWD Meetings
New York .June 6—^2:30 p.m.

* ~ Philadelphia June 7—^2:30 p.m.
Baltimore ..June 8—2:30p.m.
Detroit June 10—2:30 p.m.
Houston .. .June 13—^2:30 p.m.
New Orleans June 14—2:30 p.m.
Mobile June 15—2:30 p.m.
Wilmington June 20—2 p.m.
San Francisco

June 22—2 p.m.
Seattle June 24—2 p.m.

Great Lakes SIU Meetings

Detroit June 6—2 p.m.
Alpena June 6—7 p.m.
Buffalo June 6—7 p.m.
Chicago June 6—7 p.m.
Cleveland .. .June 6—7 p.m.
Duluth June 6—7 p.m.
Frankfurt June 6—7 p.m.

Great Lakes Tug and
• Dredge Region

Detroit .... June 13—7:30 p.m.
Milwaukee .June 13—7:30 p.m.
Chicago .. .June 14—7:30p.m.

tSault Ste. Marie
June 14—^7:30 p.m.

Buffalo ... .June 15—^7:30 p.m.
Duluth June 17—7:30 p.m.
Oeveland .. June 17—7:30 p.m.
Toledo June 17—7:30 p.m

SIU Inland Boatmen's Union

Philadelphia ..June 7—5p.m.
Baltimore (licensed and

unlicensed) . .June 8—5 p.m.
Norfolk June 9—5 p.m.
Houston June 13—5 p.m.
New Orleans . .June 14—5 p.m.
Mobile June 15—5 p.m.

Railway Marine Region

-•j Jersey City
June 13—10 a.m. & 8 p.m.

Philadelphia
June 14—10 a.m. & 8 p.m.

Balthmm
June 15—10 a.m. & 8 p.m.

*Norfolk
June 16—10 a.m. & 8 p.m.

United Industrial Workers
New York June 6—7 p.m.
Phfladelphla ...June 7—^7p.m.

Baltimore June 8—7 p.m.
^Houston June 13—7 p.m.

New Orleans . .June 14—7 p.m.
Mobile June 15—7 p.m.

* Meeting held at Labor Temple, NCTV-
port News.

t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault
Ste. Marie. Mich.

t Meeting held at Galveston wharves.

SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes
& Inland Waters

Inland Boatmen's Union
United Industrial Workers

PRESIDENT
Paul Hall

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Cal Tanner

VICE PRESIDENTS
Earl Shepard Lindsey Williams
Al Tanner Robert MaHhews

SECRETARY-TREASURER
Al K«rr

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DEL SANTOS (Delta), April 8—
Chairman, W. Meehan; Secretary, M.
Perry. Brother Bill Meehan was elected
to serve as ship's delegate. Vote of
thanks extended to the steward depar^
ment for the good feeding and extra
sweets during coffee breaks.

• JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman).
April 3—Chairman, J. I. Hacker; Se/^
retary, W. El Morse. Ship's delegate re­
ported that everything is running
smoothly. Discussion on repairs.

PENN CARRIER (Penn Shipping,
March 20—Chairman, E, M. ESHs; Sec­
retary, T. J. Schulta. Everything running
smoothly. Some disputed 07 to be taken
op with patrolman. Discussion held on
repairs.

MATAGUEIZ (Sea-Land), April 17-:-
.Chairman, L. B. Moore; Secretary, El J.
Misakian. Some disputed OT in deck de­
partment. Brother Misakian was elected
to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs re­
ported by department delegates.

DIAMOND ALKAti (Bolaiid & Comdl-
ius), April 16—Chairman, Jesse R. Baste;
Secretary, Gay Bnrke. $4.00 in ship's
fund. Crewmembers will donate 50p each
to build up ship's fund. BrotheiJiUttrel
Zender was elected to serve as ship's
delegate. Everything is running smoothly.

DEL NORTE (Delta), April 10—Chair-
man. Robert Callahan; Secretary, Bill
Kaiser. Ship's delegate resigned while in
Kew Orleans. Brother Henry B. Don­
nelly was elected to serve as new ship's
delegate. $131.04 in ship's fundWd $13.50
In movie fund. No berfs reported by de-
partn^t delegates.

GLOBE EXPLORER (Sea Liberties),
April 24—Chairman, O. G. Collins; Sec­
retary, O. G. Collins. No beefs reported
b.v department delegates.

COTTONWOOD CREEK (Bulk Trans­
port), April 10—Chairman, 0. Jones; Sec­
retary, A. H. BJanchctt. Ship's delegate
rei>orl;^ that everything is in order. No
beefs reported by department delegates.

ANNISTON VICTORY (Waterman),
April 10-—Chairman, Patrick Fox; Sec­
retary, Charles J. Mitchell. Some dis­
puted OT in deck department. Minor
beefs to be brought up with boarding
patrolman. $7.00 in - ship's fund Some
disputed OT in deck and engine depart­
ments. Vote of thanks to the steward and
his entire department for a job well done;
The steward extended a vote of thanks
to the bosun and his department for d^
ing such a wonderful job painting mid­
ship inside.

JOHN P. RB1S8 (Reiss), April 1'8—
pbairman James W. Lafevre; Secretary,
Wayne B. Guarino. $6.48 in ship's fund.
No beefs reported by department dele­
gates.

NORINA (Wall Street Traders), April
t7—-Chairman, Charlea P. Moore; Score-
tary. None. $11.00 in ship's fund. Mo­
tion made that all major repairs be
completed or agreed upon, prior to sign-

'pn. Motion made to have food plan rep-
fescntative and patrolman attend special
meeting at payoff, ,

DIGEST
of SIU

MEETINGS

f? DEL MAR (Delta)/ April 28~Gh8iri
hian, Peter Blaleck; Secretary, Joseph

1 Whiten, Jr. Brothet Joseph Whalen, Jr.
•' resigned as ship's delegate and extended
la vote of thanks to the crew for making

; his job easy. Brother Peter Gonzales was
r elected to serve.as ship's delegate. Crew

extended a vote of thanks to resigning
ship's delegate.

DEL MUNDO (Delta), April 10—Chair-
. man, Michael Toth; ^retary, W. K.'
jSutherlin. Thia vessel wma the Ijafety

.;,Awjyt;d last trip and a $100,00 prize given
to the crew. This voyage could be an-

1 other winner. $29.87 is still in the ship's
fund and will be used to buy reading
materia!. OT beef in. engine department
to be taken Up with boarding pBtroliaan.

/Vote of thanks to the steward for the
weii planned and balanced menus, and
to; the galley force for the way feon was
prepared and served throughout the whole
voyage. Steward department is well Or-

''ganized-'^'

MTV VERNON VICTORY (Victory
Tiers), April 14—Chairman, Morris: Sec­
retary, Fiersoji. Motion made "to hdve SIU
representative in Far East to handle .
beefs. Majority of crewmembers are dis­
satisfied with the way the cajitain is run­
ning : ship. Ship's Relegate' tol contact
U.S. Consui at Singapore for Intenprei

:fation a;f, ship's articles/ Three men paid
off iby mutual consent. Five-men paid

:off and; hospitalized. Bosun failed to join ,
/shiji: in Japan. Some jobs were replaced
by U.S. citizens and; non-cit|z«ins.

KENT (Corsair Transportation); Ajn-ll
3—Chairman, William H. Field; Secre­
tory, John W. Parker, Jr. Brother Rudy
P. Deboissiere was elected to serve as
ship's delegate. No beefs reported by de­
partment delegates.

NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Victory
Carriers), April 17—Chairman, Clarence
Oliver; Secretary. George Anderson. No
teefs reported by department delegates.
Brother Roque Asencio was elected to:
serve as ship's delegate.

(^EAN ULLA (Maritime Overseas)/
April 24-;^hairmBn, J. Kuchto; Secre­
tary. J._ McDonald. Ship's delegate re­
ported that there were minor beefs, noth­
ing serious.

JOHN e. WATERMAN (Waterman).
May 2—Chairman J. Hacker; Secretary.
W. EL Morse. Everything is running
smoothly except for some disputed OT in
engine department. Chief mate to be
contacted regarding wind'shoots.

CANTIGNV (Cities Service), April If
—Chairman, William Morris; Secretary,
Larry (Istrott. Ftew hours disputed OT in

' engine department. Crew would like more
of a variety of breakfast and night lunehi.

-VENN CARRIER (Penn), April 10-
Chairman, D. Nagy; Secretary, Ted
Sehultz. No beefs reported by depart­
ment delegates. Brother Earl E. Mcsaros
WM elected to serve as ship's delegate;
Ship's fund given to new ship's delegate
for use as he sees fit. Discussion and
clarification wanted regarding "when
tanker is on grain, docs the FWT on ;
watch get cargo or port time?"

. ^GATEWAY CITV (Sea-Land), May I—
Chairman, J. Rlvadulla; Secretaiy, Ray­
mond W. Blethen. Ship's delegate will
chMk with patrolman about promlacd re-

•pairs while in shipyard,

ANTINOUS JWatermatt), April 24—
Chairman, H. Ibomas; Secretory, P. S.
Holt. Brother John Der elected new ship's
delegate. No beefs nmorted by depart­
ment delegates. Seventy-five cents in
ship's fund.

,^TEEL WORKER (Isthmian), May I—
Chairman, E W. Bent; Secretary, C. A. -
Bortz. $18.00 In ship's fund. Motion
made to have all men signing on hew ;
voyage to have up-to-date clinic card orR
proof of physical • examination wilhini
past year. Brother Jon Gallagher was#
elected to serve as new ship's del^ate.

DEL RIO (Delta). April 24—Chairmah.!
G,: I^: S^^retery, P. Plasdk. $14.00 inf
ship's fund. No beefs Reported by deV
partment delegates. Beefs of last trip
settled. Discussion on/ways to keep the
natives out of the crew's living quarters,
also to keep: the natives from using the
crew's cups and drinking glasses. /:/!,

OUR LADYROE PEACE (Wihchesb^
May 6—Chairman, Bill Doran ; Secretory,
Prank Slvvia. Water beef in each depart^
ment. Headquarters: to be: notified. about:
restriction to the sMSp beef.

CHATHAM (Waterman), May 1—
Chairman, Roy Guild Secretary, :T.RA.?
Jackson. No b^s: reported by depart­
ment delegates.:. Brother. Roy :6Wld Wn
elected to serve as ship's d$les(ate. , •

UNBAIK
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.)

"Lee" brand tires
(United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum

& Plastic Workers)

vt.
H. I. Siege!

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

Sears, Roebuck Company
Retail stores & products

(Retail Clerks)

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)

Kingi^rt Press
"World Book," "Childcraft"

(Printing Pressmen)
(Typographers, Bookbinders)

(Machinists, Stereotypers)

Jamestown Sterling Corp.
Southern Furniture Mfg. Co.

Furniture and Bedding
(United Furniture Workers)

Empire State Bedding Co.
"Sealy Mattresses"
(Textile Workers)

White Furniture Co.
(United Furniture Workers of

America)

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Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co.

Work Shoes . . .
Sentry, Cedar Chest,

Statler
Men's Shoes . . .

Jarman, Johnson &
Murphy, Crestworth,

(Boot and Shoe Workers' Union)

Tyson's Poultry, Inc.
Rock Cornish Tyson's Pride

Manor House-Safeway
Cornish Game-Armour

and A & P's Super-
Right Cornish Game Hen

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

Di Giorgio Fruit Corp.
S and W Fine Foods

Treesweet
(National Farm Workers

Association)

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THE STORY OF
AMERICAN LABOR Union hiring hall was crux of bloody 1934 strika ' Attempt of tfriking sfaalworkers and their families .

of West Coast saamen and longshoremen. Beef fa picket Republic plant in Chicago after 1936
paved way for birth of SlU of North America. Memorial Day picnic ended in massacre by police. "

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' ' » g ffjg nation began the long and difficidt
climb out of the depths of the great dcr

I pression, the American labor movement
^developed a renewed militancy. At the same
ftime employers all across the nation stiffened
^their opposition to organized labor's march.
IManagement and labor engaged in savage:

% struggles. One of these was the waterfront
strike of 1934 on the West Coast, which re­
sulted in a general strike of both maritime and
shoreside workers that tied up virtually all

tPacific Coast shipping despite vigorous scab-
h bing attempts by both shipping and stevedoring
i companies. The basic issue was the union hir­

ing hall, which the seamen—led by Sailor's
Union of the Pacific—were determined to get

^ito end the abuses of the employer-controlled
• "system. The strike continued for three months,
^during which time troops were called in to in-
$Aimidate and terrorize the strikers and to pro-

scabs. Several strikers were killed and
¥~scores wounded in. clashes with soldiers and
0 police. The strikers held firmly to their de-
1 i mands, however, and eventually achieved their
hi,objectives. The strike victory ultimately led to
Uihe institution of the union hiring hall, which.
" J,7or seamen, represents one of the great union
^achievements in the struggle for job security.

Ijt was during this time of increased mili­
um tancy that organized labor began to turn

more and more attention toward organ­
izing the great numbers of unorganized in-

Sdustrial workers employed by some of the na->
Ition's biggest and most violently anti-labor cor-
® porations. Under the umbrella of the Wagner
1 Act, which outlawed "yellow dog" contracts,

bompany unions, discrimination against union
members and refusals by employers to nego-^
tiate with a union, a Committee for Industrial
Organization was formed within the AFL to

: spur the organization of mass-production
workers in the steel, radio, automobile, gar-

gl ment, rubber, textile and other giant indusj

' A split developed, however, between the ten
r, p AFL unions comprising the Committee for Int

dustrial Organization and the rest of the Fed^
aratipn over the old question of craft versus
industrial unionization. Despite many attempts
at conciliation, the split grew continually wider
until in 1937, the Committee unions broke with
the AFL and shortly thereafter became the

fel»rma^|rt h^ustrial Origtm

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? The first mass-production mdustry to
«„i^e CIO turned its attention wasi steel. In a
h short tunie^r 100,000 steel workers were

signed up. A showdown was expected with
United States Steel, then the nation's biggest
corporation, with a history of violent opposi­
tion to labor. The expected showdown never
materialized, however, to the great surprise of
the nation and to the great anger of "Little
Steel" the smaller steel corporations. U.S. Steel
entered negotiations with the union and mu­
tually acceptable agreements were soon signed
with the steel giant and its numerous sibsidi-
aries. "Little Steel" did not follow the lead,
however. Bethlehem, Republic, Inland, and
Youngstown refused to negotiate with the
union.

the union felt strong enough to demand recog-t4;^||
nition from General Motors. The company re-; !
fused however, in defiance of the Wagner Act,S^
and in January 1937, under strong rank an<U
file pressure, tlte union struck General Motors

Aspecial kind of strike technique was
lized—the Sit Down Strike. Instead of;
leaving the company plants, the workera .

sat down at their workbenches and refused to
leave or allow scabs to enter. Company po-;:||
lice and goon squads attacked the plants but^l
retreated before volleys of nuts and bolts, cof|j
fee mu^, lunch pails and high pressmre stream^
of water from fire hoses. As the police rani]
for cover, the action became known as the
"Battle of the Running Bulls." The company
then demanded that the Govempr mobilize
the state militia to take over the plant, but
Governor Frank Murphy refused to call out ^
the troops for fear of touching off great blood-
shed. Faced with a stalemate at the idle plants-
and under increasing pressure to obey the law
and recognize the union. General Motors fi-«
nally gave in. Later a short sit down strike^ j
brought recognition for the union from Chrys-^;
ler. These were great victories for labor, but
the battle was not really wpn until three year^
later, in 1941, when Ford was finally organ-^^^ ,
ized after a long and violent struggle.

Astrike followed, wWch was punctuated by
one of the worst acts of company vio­
lence in the history of Ahierican labors--

the "Memorial Day Massacre." Little Steel's
resistance was led by Republic Steel. On May
30, 1937 a picnic and rally was being held by
striking workers and their families not far from
the Republic plant in South Chicago. As the
strikers and their families strolled toward the
plant gates to picket they were suddenly at­
tacked by police and special deputies under
the direction of the company's management.
A volley of shots and tear gas bombs was fol­
lowed by a club swinging charge. Men, women
and children~Were bludgeoned indiscriminately.
Ten strikers were shot dead—seven in the back

——and 80 were wounded. The violence suc­
ceeded in breaking the. strike and the CIO had
suffered its first defeat. The organization of in­
dustrial workers was still largely a wide open
area, however, and simultaneously with the or­
ganization of steel the CIO turned its attention
to the huge automobile industry.

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During its brief reign, the sit down strike
proved to be a valuable weapon on the side of
labor. Before industrialists mana^d to push • '
through legislation outlawing the sit down 4

strike, it proved effective in speeding organ-t •:A

4* Organization of the automobile industry was
a particularly tough nut to crack. Controlled
by three vastly rich and violently anti-union
giants—General Motors, Chrysler and Ford— -•4^4

ization in the rubber, textile, ^ass and many
other mass production industries. During this ®
I^riod Goodyear, Goodrich, Firestone and i
United States Rubber came under union con- ,
tract. Large and small textile plants were or­
ganized—many in the strongly anti-union S

the work force was mostly unskilled and eas­
ily replaced. The workers' need for organiza-^
tion was great. Although the industry contin­
ually went all out in publicizing the high hourly
wage of its employees, no mention was made
of the long seasonal layoffs whidh reduced
yearly salary to extremely low levels, or the
practice of the speed-up of assembly lines which
placed the workers under unbearable tension
which could make a man old and unable to
work in just a few short years.

South. Many mass production and service ih-^
?dustry workers were organized for the first
time. The organizing battles between manage- 4 4 >
ment and labor raged fiercely across the na-|
tion during the late 1930's and early 1940's.; 4!

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The automobile companies had an effective
labor spy system and active goon squads which
were used to hamper organizing attempts. In
spite of this, the United Automobile Work­
ers signed up members gradually until, in 1936^

But union membership was increasing undet^
both the banner of the AFL and of the CIO;
In 1937 the AFL unions had a membership
of 2.5 million. By 1941 the AFL unions' mem­
bership ^d risen to 4.5 million workers. In
the same period the CIO unions increased
their membership from 1.5 million to 2.^
million.

Meanwhile, in September 1939, Nazi Geir-t
many had begun its war to destroy democracji
and enslave

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TO THE U.S. CONGRESS

ITH respect to the Department of Transporta­
tion, I shall not attempt here to discuss all of
the proposals made by the President in the

Transportation Message which he sent to the Con­
gress last March 2nd.

Discussions of those proposals which relate to
other modes of transportation—air, rail and high-
way^—shall leave to the appropriate persons in those
fields, and I shall confkie my discussion to those pro^
posals which relate directly to the maritime industry.

To begin with, I might note that the President's
Transportation Message, while calling for the in­
clusion of the Maritime Administration in the De>r

;• partment of Ttansportation, and while setting forth
i a number of general proposals for improving water
; transportation, leaves unanswered many basic ques­

tions regarding maritime's position in the proposed
department. K

I might also note that the identical legislation |
which has been introduced in the Senate and House •
to implement the President's recommendations—S.
3010 by Senator Magnuson and H.R. 13200 by Con­
gressman Holifield—-similarly leave unanswered the
same basic questions.

Neither the Transportation Message, in fact, nor
the legislation which is now being considered by this
committee, is specific about maritime's position in
the new department, about the functions and duties
of the Maritime Administration within the depart­
ment, or about what future Federal maritime policy
will be^—a matter with which maritime labor is ex­
tremely concerned.

In fact, if one studies the proposed structure of
the Department of Transportation, as reported by*
the Congressional Quarterly of March 25, 1966, and
appended here as tixhibit No. 1, one will note that
all we really have here is a brief sketch of a new and
mammoth Federal department within which the
present Maritime Administration could very easily
become lost in a bureaucratic maze.

The chart indicates, for example, that the pro­
posed department will have a Secretary, an Urider^
secretary, four Assistant Secretaries (one of whom
will be an Assistant Secretary for Administration)
and a General Counsel. But the functions of these
officers are not ddineatcd, nor are the lines of com-
muiiication and responsibility between them and,
maritime clearly drawn. :

What, ip other words, is the channel of communi­
cation between maritime, at the bottom of this struc­
ture, and the Assistant , Secretaries, Undersecretary,
Secretary, and finally the President himselfj at the
top? Neither the chart, the Transportation Message
hqr the proposed legislation makes this clear, .

Nor do either the Transportation Message Oic prpi
; Jpbsed make clear a auittber of other mat-
teis,^ T^ President stated in his Transportatiioa
Sfessage that ffie proposed depailinent^ ?^^
brace the Maritime Administration, but there is no
flear indicauti or the legisla-
liptt as to libw the Maritime Adraihistratibh wtil be; !
constituted, vriiat policies it will prtstnote;^ OT
much independence it will have in the promotion of
these,|tolicies;.':^

regard to policy, all of our past
experience has taught us that whenever iurisdicti^
over maritime affairs has been delegated to Federal
departments or agencies whose primary concern has
not been the inarine, the irierchatit marine
has suffered, and vrith it the should be
the beneficiaiy of the contributions which the mer­
chant marine can make to its commerce and security, .

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The Seafarers International Union, along with all
other AFL-CIO maritime unions affiliated with the
AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, the AFL-
CIO Metal Trades Department and the AFL-CIO
Maritime Committee are opposed to the inclusion of
the Maritime Administration in the single Depart­
ment of Transportation recently proposed by Presi­
dent Jt^nson. Instead they are urging that the Mari­
time Administration be removed from its present
position within the Department of Commerce and
re-established as an independent and autonomous
agency. Testimony in support of the unions' posi­
tion was presented last week by SW President Paul
Hall before separate hearings conducted by the sub­
committees of the Senate and House Committees on
Government Operations. Testimony in support of
an independent maritime agency was also recom­
mended to the Home Subcommittee by Andrew Bie-
rniller. Director of the AFL-CIO Legislative Depart­
ment. The following is from the text of the testimony:

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IHIS has been true whenevw maritime affairs
have been in the hands of the Department of
Agriculture, the Department of Defense, the De­

partment of State or other Federal Departments and
agencies. It is true in the present instance, in which
the Maritime Administration occupies a subordinate
position within the Department of Commerce, and
there is every reason to believe it would be true in
the Department of Transportation, particularly since
the role of the Maritime Administration is not clearly
defined, nor are the lines of responsibility clearly
drawn.

In light of this we feel very strongly that maritime
would be completely swallowed up within the mam­
moth, complex structure of the proposed department,
that maritime concerns would be shunted aside or
pigeonholed in a bureaucratic web, and that no
proper representation would be given to maritime's
interests which in many respects are far different
from those of other forms of transportation.

The merchant marine. It mu^ always be remem­
bered, differs from other modes of transportation-
except possibly the airlines—^n that its operations are
international in scope. In a sense, it is a political
instrument, as well as an economic instrument and
an instrument of our national defense, and each of
these roles must be given its full share of considera­
tion in the determination of maritime policy and the
administration of maritime affairs.

In the proposed Department of Transportation, we
strongly feel, none of these roles of the merchant
marine would be given their full and proper con­
sideration, and neither the best interests of the mer­
chant marine nor the nation would be served.

The merchant marine, we believe, would have a
far better chance for survival and growth if its affairs
were under the jurisdiction of a Federal agency
whose sole concern was maritime.

For this reason, we strongly expose inclusion of
the Maritime Administration in the Department of
Transportation and urge that the Maritime Adminis­
tration be removed from the Department of Com­
merce and reestablished as an entirely independent
apd autonomous agency. And in this position, J
m^t note, we are not only being supported by other
Af i,-CIu transportation unions, but by the entire
AFL-CIO which endorsed the concept of an inde­
pendent Maritime Administration in Resolution No.
217 imanimously adopted at the AFL-CIO conven­
tion in San Francisco in December of last year, and
appended ̂ Exhibit No. 2.

Our reasons for favoring an independent and
autonomous Maritime Administration are as follows:

L The Maritime Administration now has no inde­
pendent power and must compete with other pro-

: grams administered by the Department of Com-
inerve. TTros, the Merchant Marine Act of 1936
has not been properly administered and the In­
evitable result has be^ the decline of the Amerl- v
can merchant marine. Puttifig Marad in a
partment of Transportation would, not alter this
situation.
The creation of an independent agency to ad­
minister this country's Maritime laws would focus
grtater attention on our decaying fleet, and the
ultimate objective of revitalizing the industry and
enabling the United States to meet its foreign
commerce needs and defense ccmfnituJcQts pur­
suant to the policy set frwrth in the Merchant
Marine Act of 1936.
The present structure of the agency constitutes

- an inconsistency in government organization
since, whereas tiie Federal Aviation Act of 1958
created the Federal Aviation Agency, thus giving
Independent statte to .aviation, t.he promotional
sctiyities of the tuet^anL^ well as ad­
ministration of the .s«b,sidy progf affi-^tVere boried
within the Departnieht of CcpimVce by Re-
qiganization Plan No^ 7 of 1961. Afeo;, subsidy
frnctions of the Civil Aerohadtics Bo
to be mctodi^ itt the new tJepartment
portatioh but ffie maritime sybsidy^^fe^
be included. • ^
The Merchant Marine Act of 1936 provided for
a five-man Independent Maritime Commission, to

. be appbifited by the President witfr the consenfttf
the Senate. The Cc«n^ functioned ifide-

•;;;pen<}etttly,and;, conducted; o survey
f in a lonj^ of sKipfeHilding di^igngd^^
{to prijvide sbmie 500 nev' i^ips oven^
period. It was during this time that the "C type
vessel was designed for and
the passenger liner S,S« America wgs huift. Quf-
ing the CfommiSsioi^s^j^^^ between 1936

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and 1950, an unprecedented stnaigthieitii^ of our
merchant marine took place.
The Maritime Subsidy Board cannot now func­
tion independently as intended by tins Act of 1936
since its decisions are subject to review and veto
by the Secretary of Commerce. An independent
maritime agency, with a stronger and more inde­
pendent Maritime Subsidy Board, would serve to
cure these ills.

We are aware, of course, that some 11 different
bills have already been introduced to make the Mari­
time Administration an independent agency, but
while we favor the intent of these bills, we do not
feel that any of them would provide us with the type
of independent Maritime Administration we really
need. This is particularly true because none of the
bills separate the quasi-judicial subsidy functions of
the Maritime Administration from purely promo-
tionat and administrative functions and it is our
strong feeling that the interests of the maritime in­
dustry would best be served by giving independence
to the Maritime Subsidy Board.

The value of separating subsidy functions from
other functions has already been recognized in other
areas—as in the case of the CAB which we have just
cited—and it is our strong feeling that sulsidy dei
terminations are so important to the maritime indus­
try that those charged with the responsibility for these
determinations should be absolutely free to reach
their decisions on the basis of the merits of the case,
without regard to other considerations and without
the overriding of their decisions by some other per­
son who may be influenced by other considerations.

FOR this reason, we have drafted our own pro­
posed legislation calling for the estabiishment of
an independent Federal Maritime Agency,' and a

copy of this proposed bill is appended as Exhibit
:.v:: No. 3. •

The manner in which our proposed bill would alter
existing legislation is shown in Exhibit No. 4;

As can be seen from a study of these two exhibits,
our propc^d bill would not only establish an inde­
pendent and autonomous Federal Maritime Agency,
but within that agency the Maritime Study Board
would be a relatively independent body composed of
the Maritime Administrator and two other members
appointed by the President with the advice and con­
sent of the Senate.

The Board would have complete and final author­
ity to pass upon all matters related tn construction
and operating subsidies, and the affirmative votes of
any two members of the Board would be sufficient
for the disposition of any matter which comes before
it. No single Board member, including the Maritime
Administrator, in other words, would have the power
to override the decisions of the other two Board
members nor would any other official. ^

The Maritime Administrator would also be ap­
pointed by the President with the advice and consent
of the Senate and he would be appointed with due
regard for his.fltness for the efficient discharge of the
powers and duties vested in and imposed upon by
the bill. Previous employment by or previous pecu­
niary interest in any business or union associated with
the inaritime industry would not constitute a bar to
appointment as Administrator. A Deputy Maritime
Administrator, appointed by the Administratcwr under
the classified civil service, is also jprovided for by bur
bill. The Deputy Administra;tor would at no time
sit as a member or acting member of the Maritime
Subsidy Board.

Thus, oUf bili would solve four of the most press­
ing prqblems now confronting the present Maritime
Aditiihistratidn within the Department of Commerce:

1. It woul^establish a eompktely ihdraendent and
autpnomous Federal Maritime Administration.

2 It would establish a strong add independa^
Subsidy Board within the Maritime Ad^

liainistratibn, whose rulings wbuld not be subject
veto by another agency or hi^er official, v {

3. By estaWishing such a Maritime Subsidy^ Boards
it would separate within the Maritlrne Administraticwi
quasi-judicial subsidy matters from purely; adminis­
trative and prorrtotional matters. Yet, a cfose liaison
between the two functions would be maintained be­
cause the Maritime Administratba Would be ChaiN
man of the Board.

4. It would provide for the appointment bf a
strong Maritime Administrator who could devote a,
good portion of his , time to promoting the merchant

milrine {Pmyiotfr^^p^^
mana;^an^
bar to his appointment as Adminislratbr, and such
experience could be considered as an asSet.

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