http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/b0000d656a8447d93b3229b2a3f6d143.PDF dbdaea90bef3685f80a2d8741215d446 PDF Text Text "An Independent Maritime Agency" SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT . . . PAGES 9 • 12 SEAFARERSALOC Vol. XXVIII No. 13 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN Annual Report — -t. . , , y SEAFARERS PENSION PLAN y Annual Report » Filed With the New York State insurance Department Filed With the New York State Insurance Department Poge 17 Page 18 i �Page Two SEAFARERS AFL-CIO Coumil Votes Full Support Of no Conference Protest Vfulkout WASHINGTON—Full support and endorsement of AFL-CIO President George Meany's position and the protest walkout of U.S. Worker Delegate Rudolph Faupl from the International Labor Orga­ nization conference was voted by the AFL-CIO Executive Council at a meeting in Washington. The council adopted a reso­ with Secretary of State Dean Rusk. cies sometimes expressed by the lution pointing out that the Meany said Rusk urged that Faupl Administration, Meany said, that protest against the election of a stand for re-election to the ILO is nevertheless the AFL-CIO posi­ Communist nation's delegate as Governing Body. Faupl did and tion. chairman of the annual confer­ was re-elected. As for himself, Meany empha­ ence was not a "withdrawal from sized, "I stick to the AFL-CIO Meany emphasized that it was the ILO." "absolutely untrue" that the Presi­ policy" on these matters. The protest was "the most ef­ dent or Rusk exerted any pressure Meany said Reuther had at no fective means a"ailable," the to change the AFL-CIO position time contacted him about the council declared, "to indicate the and that if they had, despite his Geneva situation and that Reureaction of the free workers of own feelings, he would have called ther's letter appeared first in the America to the election as Presi­ Faupl and told him to respect the press before he had received it. dent of the conference of a rep­ request. He emphasized also that the resentative of a totalitarian regime real problem was the Communist Long-standing Policy whose record and practices are a plan to take over the ILO and standing denial of everything that Meany strongly reaffirmed for make it another governmental the ILO stands for and was cre­ reporters the AFL-CIO position agency, rather than a tripartite ated to achieve." of many years, recently adopted group representing workers, manaThe council's action by a vote again at the 1965 convention, that 'gement and governments. The of 18 to 6 came at a special one- the federation will not support in free nations have the votes in the day meeting called by Meany after any fashion exchanges of trade ILO to stop this, he stressed, and AFL-CIO Vice President Walter union delegations with Communist the AFL-CIO is not making any P. Reuther had protested the walk­ nations because they do not have determinations about pulling out out of the worker delegation at free trade unions but government, of the ILO, but at the moment is the Geneva conference, in reaction state-directed agencies posing as protesting—a tactical decision— to the election of Leon Chajn of unipns. If this differs from the the election of a Communist chair­ Poland. so-ttalled "bridge-building" poli­ man. Meany told a press conference after the meeting that he had re­ ceived a call from Faupl from Geneva in which Faupl had said he could not "in good conscience sit in a conference presided over by a representative of a totalita­ rian country" and that he was Thomas W. (Teddy) Gleason, president of the International withdrawing from the delegation. Longshoremen's Association, has recently returned from Viet Nam Meany said he told Faupl, "You on his third survey of cargo handling techniques in the Port of are the delegate, you are in a posi­ Saigon. The union-financed ILA team's tion to weigh the situation. If I The union president, along trips to Viet Nam has resulted in were in your position I would do the same thing, but don't do any­ with eight other ILA men, has raising the capaicty of the Port of thing that would commit the AFL- been investigating port problems Saigon by some 100,000 tons of CIO to withdrawing from the in Viet Nam for the State Depart­ cargo. organization—which is a decision ment's Agency for International Gleason's earlier visits in Oc­ that neither you or I can make, Development. tober and January were made at "When I was there last time the invitation of AID which finan­ but only the Executive Council." The AFL-CIO president told the problem was with the ships, ces the importation of goods at reporters he then called President barges, lighters and other craft. the rate of about $25 million a Johnson and gave him a full report Now the problem has been trans­ year for shipments from Saigon and that the President asked him ferred to the docks, warehouses to up-country ports. to discuss the situation further and other areas," Gleason said. Gleason blamed unscrupulous Chinese importers with the present cargo tie-up. He said they were delaying the basic distribution of consumer goods so that the mar­ ket would rise. "We are working against time to get the merchandise into the WASHINGTON—As of June 1, millions of "Cold War" hands of the people," he said, add­ veterans, including many members of the SIU and other union ing that "the progressive strangu­ members, came under the Veterans' Readjustment Benefit Act of lation that has taken place in the 1966 which provides widespread educational advantages similar last six months will cut Viet Nam's to those of the famous "GI Bill of Rights" after World War 11. economic lifeline, thereby accom­ The new act provides veterans having at least 180 days active plishing economically what the duty service after January 31, 1955 with monthly benefits rang­ Communist aggressors have been ing from $50 to $150 per month to help defray the costs of unable to do militarily." attending high school, college, vocational, business or other institution and correspondence courses—provided they are ac­ credited or approved by the Veterans Administration. Next SIU Meeting The institutions of learning must generally be in the United Jn N.Y. on July 5 States although special exceptions can be made for training in higher institutions of learning abroad. Seafarers are urged to keep itk Each eligible veteran may select a program of education at any mind that the next SIU regular approved institution which finds him qualified to follow such membership meeting in the Port courses. Each veteran may make one change of program and of New York will be held on will need special approval by the Veteran's Administration if he Tuesday, July 5 ait the usual meet­ seeks any further changes. ing time of 2:30 p.m. Eligible veterans will be entitled to aid for a period of one Under normal circumstances month, or the equivalent in part-time training, for each month of the meeting would have been held service on active duty after January 31, 1955, but not to exceed on Monday, July 4, but the Union 36 months. Eligibility for educational aid ceases at the end of constitution provides that when a eight years from the date of the veteran's last release from active meeting date falls on a legal holi­ duty after January 31, 1955. day the meeting is to be held Full time training at an educational institution entitles a veteran on the next business day—in this with no dependents to $100 a month; a veteran with one dependent case Tuesday, July 5. i to $125 and a veteran with two or more dependents to $150. SIU members should make ndte^; Part time training carries benefits correspondingly less while of the date. July meetings in the correspondence courses carry costs only. Benefits do not include other jSIU ports will be held on theK apprentice or other training on-the-job training courses. regular meeting days.i A completei Application forms are available at all Veterans Administration list of the dates appears in they offices. 'ileason Makes Third Trip to Viet To Speed Handling of Ship Cargoes Many Seafarers To Benefit From New Gl Bill Coverage June 24, 1966 LOG Report of International President by Paul Hall The AFL-CIO supported truth-in-packaging bill was passed by the Senate recently in spite of .strong opposition by certain Senators and numerous attempts to tack on weakening amendments which would have pulled the teeth out of the bill before it was even born. Fortunate­ ly, the majority of Senators remembered their sworn duty to represent the best interests of the people who elected them and overrode the latest attempts to either make the bill ineffective or shelve it entirely. The bill now goes to the House for action. Truth-in-packaging legislation, which is designed to give the Ameri­ can consumer some long overdue help in getting his money's worth when buying packaged goods, has the strong support of the AFL-CIO, which fought to get the bill through the Senate and will now continue the battle to bring about House passage. The legislation would bring to an end many deceptive and outright fraudulent practices which the American food and packaging industries have practiced for years. Under the bill's provisions. Federal regulatory agencies would set up definite standards on weights and measures, package sizes, labeling and other marketing devices, which would make it easier for the con­ sumer to compare the true values of competing packaged goods and have at least a fair chance of getting their money's worth. The fight for Senate passage of the legislation was a long and bitter one, and is significant when one notes which Senators displayed the strongest and most stubborn opposition to the bill. In general they are the same legislators who regularly oppose any piece of progressive legislation and automatically oppose any piece of legislation which the American labor movement supports. They are the same legislators who have fought tooth and nail against social legislation, legislative reform or economic reform of any kind. They are the same men who continue to cling to their outmoded 19th Century values and refuse to budge in spite of the wishes of the American people, or the realities of the 20th Century. Republican Senator Everett McKinley Dirkscn, who led the losing fight against the passage of truth-in-packaging legislation in the Senate, is the prime example. Dirksen is making a career of pitting his 19th Century thinking against the rest of the nation and opposing any and all progressive legislation. He has become the representative of reaction in the U.S. Senate. Dirksen led the fight against repeal of Taft-Hartley Section 14B. He led the fight against Medicare.' He led the fight against legislative re­ apportionment. He led the fight against truth-in-packaging. He is against unions. He has shown himself to be against progress of any kind. Dirksen, along with a small clique of similarly backward-looking legislators views the labor movement as an enemy. And within the boundaries of their nineteenth century viewpoint they are right to a degree, because the American labor movement has always represented progress and a better life for all of the American people and continues to do so today. The labor movement has therefore become an enemy. One of Dirksen's strongest supporters in the fight against passage of truth-in-packaging for example, was Republican Senator Thruston B. Morton of Kentucky. According to Morton, he was one of the legislators who helped to write the anti-labor Section 14B of the TaftHartley Act. Senate passage of truth-in-packaging is just another in a long string of defeats suffered by Dirksen in recent congressional sessions. He was defeated in his opposition to Medicare and legislative reapportionment. Social and economic reform is progressing in spite of him. With the aid of the outmoded filibuster concept he was able to stymie the rest of the Senate and succeeded in blocking 14B repeal by threaten­ ing to tie up the nation's entire legislative process until he got his way. But the fight for 14B repeal will continue. Progress cannot be stopped. The 19th Century is gone for good, as Senator Dirksen and others are learning the hard way. Turkish Unionists Visit SIU I H >4 Representatives of Turkish trade unions visited SIU hall in New York last week. Here Cliff Wilson (glasses) explains training program at SlU's Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship to group. At right is M. Gezer, Longshore Union; second from right, A. Akyuz, Seamen's Union; center, A. Akap, of Textile Workers. �June 24, 1966 SEAFARERS TT ^Save Our Ships' Conference Set for June 28-29 In D. C. LOG Page Three SlU'BackeJ Bill IntroJuceJ in House For Independent Maritime Agenry WASHINGTON—The emergency conference to save the American Merchant Marine which is set for June 28-29 here^ has WASHINGTON—A bill backed by the Seafarers International Union which would create an in­ stirred considerable interest throughout the maritime industry, dependent maritime agency has been introduced in the House of Representatives. among members of Congress The proposed legislation follows closely along the lines recommended by SIU President Paul Hall administrative agencies in con­ and in the trade union move­ tributing to the industry's decline when he testified recently as known as the Federal Maritime Commerce under the Reorganiza­ ment. Representatives of each by their failure or refusal to carry spokesman for all AFL-CIO Administration. . . which shall be tion Plans of 1950 and 1961 to the of these groups will be among the out the intent of maritime law in marine unions at hearings be­ an independent agency not under new independent agency. 500 persons who will attend the the period since the '36 Act. fore the Senate and House Gov­ any other department, agency, or Under terms of the bill, the sessions, at which plans will be ernment Operations subcommit­ instrumentality of the executive Representatives of labor and Federal Maritime Administrator, made for a campaign to revitalize management and members of the tees and stressed the need for branch of the Government. . ." "shall not submit his decisions for U.S. shipping. Introduced by Representative the approval of, nor be bound by Congress will address the confer­ legislation to create an indepen­ The unprecedented conference ence. Policy for the campaign to dent agency for maritime. Frank Clark (D., Pa.) on June 8, the decisions or recommendations was called by the newly-formed save the American Merchant Ma­ The bill—H.R. 15567—would H. R. 15567 has been referred to of any committee, board or other American Committee To Save Our rine which will be launched at the amend Section 201 of Title II of the House Merchant Marine Com­ Shipping, which is sponsored by conference, will be drafted by the the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 mittee. It would transfer the pres­ organization created by Executive order." the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades conference delegates. by establishing "an agency to be ent functions of the Secretary of Representative Clark's proposed Department and the AFL-CIO legislation would also create a Maritime Committee, representing Maritime Subsidy Board which the great majority of the nation's "shall have complete and final shipboard and shoreside maritime authority to pass upon all matters workers. related to construction differential Seafarers International Union and operating differential sub­ President Paul Hall is a co-chair­ sidy." The Board would be com­ man of the committee, along with posed of the Federal Maritime Russell Berg, President of the In­ Administrator an two members ternational Brotherhood of Boiler appointed by the President with Workers and Shipbuilders; Thom­ As the LOG was going to press announce­ His inquisitiveness about the industry and the advice and consent of the as W. Gleason, President of the ment was made that Maritime Administrator his talents and energy in acquiring knowledge Senate for a term of five years . ." International Longshoremen's Nicholas Johnson has been appointed to the of it and getting involved in its every aspect In his testimony calling for the Association, and Joseph Curran, Federal Communications Commission. are qualities not often found in pubilc servants. creation of an independent mari­ President of the National Mari­ As head of the agency responsible for U. S. A vigorous opponent of status quo, Johnson time agency. Hall said such an time Union. shipping, Johnson was often a center of con­ performed no special favors. He called the agency "would focus greater at­ Significantly the conference will troversy, much of it stormy. Intelligent, ener­ shot as he believed it should be called. That tention on our decaying fleet." occur on the thirtieth anniversary he was nevertheless able to perform valuable of passage of the Merchant Ma­ getic, with a probing mind and definite views, Hall cited the fact that the Johnson said what he felt, frequently provoking public service, considering the pressures he rine Act of 1936. The Act was Maritime Administration now has "no independent power and must approved on June 29, 1936, and it violent criticism. In a Maritime Administrator was subjected to not only from various other compete with other programs ad­ was the Congress' intent to "foster this was unprecedented. government agencies but from within his own ministered by the Department of the development and encourage And more than any of his predecessors, John­ department as well, is all the more remarkable Commerce." He said that the pro­ the maintenance" of an adequate and a tribune to the man. son thus churned the stagnant waters in which motional activities of the merchant and well-balanced merchant ma­ SIU President Paul Hall said of Nick John­ the American shipping industry was settling. marine are "buried within the De­ rine to serve the peacetime and son's service as Maritime Administrator: "We He stirred the waters to a point where virtually partment of Commerce." defense needs of the nation. are probably the only organization to express all of the industry got off its seat and began The Act has never been imple­ Hall said that in the interests regret over Nick Johnson's departure. But we thinking and talking out loud about all of mented so that today's merchant of American seamen, the indus­ do so even though we differed with some of the industry problems. And now we have some­ marine is substantially weaker try and the nation, the SIU will his opinions. Nick Johnson performed the great­ thing approaching a total industry position for than the fleet the act was intended wage an all-out effort for passage est service to the maritime industry that it has the first time. In this respect—aside from his to assist. of H. R. 15567. He called on The conference will take note all SIU members to write their had in many years. He gave it a shot of ad­ particular views and attitudes—Johnson per­ of the '36 Act's anniversary with Senators and Representatives, urg­ renalin that it badly needed for a long time, formed a most valuable service to maritime. conference participants calling ing them to support the measure. with the result that it began to show movement At times during Johnson's directorship of personally on members of both (Seafarers are requested to re­ and interest. MARAD, the SIU was among the most voci­ houses of Congress on June 29 to move and read the special supple­ "You did not have to agree with Nick John­ ferous critics of many of his proposals and inform them of the plight of the ment in the center section of this son in order to respect his intelligence and policies. Although it disagreed many of the Merchant Marine and to impress issue of the LOG for details on ability, and these qualities, along with his vital­ Maritime Administrator's views, the SIU ac­ the proposed bill to create an upon them the urgency of prompt ity, will be missed. We hope the industry will knowledged that Johnson stimulated interest independent agency and instruc­ action to save American shipping. not now go back to the sleep it was in when and thinking in almost every comer of mari­ tions on how they can assist in The conference participants will Nick Johnson came along," Hall said. the fight for its passage.) time, to a degree that had never existed before. point up the role of government Nicholas Johnson Appointed to FCC; Awakened Maritime From Deep Sleep Fight Additionai Seafarers Reteive Engineers Licenses Engineers licenses have been issued to eight more engine department Seafarers who passed the U. S. Coast Guard Skuba Lanimore examinations after preparation at the training school jointly spon­ sored by the SIU and District 2 of the Marine Engineers Benefi­ cial Association. The union train­ ing program has produced 22 licensed engineers since it recently went into effect. The 22 recently-licensed en­ gineers are sailing, or are about to sail, in engineers' berths aboard American-flag ships. Of the eight Seafarers who passed license examinations in the past week, five were licensed as Third Engineers and three were licensed as Second Engineers. The newly-licensed Third Engi­ neers are: • John T. Skuba, aged 40, who has been sailing as oiler and has been an SIU member since 1958; • Ellie H. Larrimore, 45, an oiler and 23-year member of the SIU; • Michael Kindya, 26, a fireman-watertender and member of Kindya Rockwell the Union since 1959; • Eugene V. Rockwell, 26, an oiler and member of the SIU since 1964; • George Ebberwein, Jr., 32, who has sailed as fireman-watertender and oiler and has been a Union member since I960. The following SIU engine de­ partment men received their Sec­ ond Engineers licenses: • Rocus Vellinga, 57, who sailed as oiler and reefer engineer and has been an SIU member for 19 years; • John J. Kennedy, 40, a fireman-watertender and 15-year member of the SIU; • Vaughn J. Nelson, 38, a member of the SIU since 1963. Nelson shipped out as Second aboard the Steel Architect. The SIU-MEBA District 2 training program is the first of its kind in maritime history. It allows engine department Seafar­ ers to obtain instruction in prepa­ ration for their Third Engineer's License, their Temporary Third Engineer's License, or their origi­ nal Second Assistant Engineer's License in either steam or motor vessel classifications. The training school is operated under a reciprocal agreement be­ tween the SIU and District 2 of MEBA. SIU men who enroll in the program are provided with Ebberwein VelUnga meals, hotel lodging and subsis­ tence payment of $110 per week while in training. Engine department Seafarers are eligible to apply for any of the upgrading programs if they are 19 years of age or older and have 18 months of Q.M.E.D. watch standing time in the engine de­ partment, plus six months experi­ ence as a wiper, or equivalent. 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. The joint SIU-MEBA District 2 licensed engineers training pro­ gram is the first opportunity that unlicensed seamen have had to obtain a license and employment as engineers, at no cost to them­ selves. SIU engine department men interested in the program should apply immediately, or obtain ad­ ditional information, at any SIU Kennedy Nelson hall, or directly at SIU Headquar­ ters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brook­ lyn, N. Y. 11232. The telephone number is HYacinth 9-6600. ; i| •I i' • i �Page Four SEAFARERS June 24, 1966 LOG House Merchant Marine Subcommittee Hearings Shipbuilders Blast Gov't Agencies, Urge Adoption of MAC Proposals by Earl (Bull) Shepard, Vice-President, Atlantic Coast Area] A charter as an AFL-CIO affiliate was recently presented to 24.000 New York taxi drivers and garage workers in ceremonies held at AFLCIO headquarters in Washington. AFL-CIO President George Meany presented the charter to the newly-formed taxi union and congratulated them on their success in winning a first-time contract. <S> New York who has been shipping out of Shipping in New York con­ New York for the past two years, tinues to be exceptionally good for is now registered here for a deck ratings. Major maintenance job. Rrid stopped in PhUadelphia to say hello and Shipping has been fair in this pick up his vaca­ port. Ed Gallen, who sails black tion check. He is gang and was last aboard the currently the sa­ Rohin Hood, is ready for the first lon pantryman job that hits the board. William aboard the Robin Gray. One of his Underwood, would like to ship to shipmates aboard the Far East as a cook or baker. Nuckob the Robin Gray is Francis Corcoran, now fit for duty Billy Nuckols. Joe Domino just after a stint in the hospital, will got off the Western Oipper and take any steward department job stopped in to say hello. He was available. Edward Morris, an SIU old-timer, is registered here wait­ out for ten months. ing for an AB's or dayman's job. Boston Mobile Shipping has picked up a bit and Shipping is on the slow bell is expected to be good for the next here. Fred Phelw is currently reg­ period. Salvatore Alpedo, a 23- istered group one in the deck de­ year union man, recently signed partment here. Fred's last trip was off the Norfolk. Sal is happy to on the super-tanker Connecticut be home with his family for the and he has been shipping out of Summer. Thomas Fleming who Gulf ports on and off for the past last shipped out on the Robin 25 years. Albert E. Bourgot, who Locksley, just got his fit-for-duty made a couple of trips to Viet clearance and will work on sum­ Nam aboard the Brigham Victory mer boats running to Nantucket. as a boatswain, is ready to ship Baltimore out again. Howard B. Davis, who Shipping has been good here last sailed on the Puerto Rican run and is expected to stay that way. aboard the Maiden Creek, is now At present the Chilore and Alamar thinking about going to SIU-Disare tied up waiting to be crewed. trict 2 MEBA Upgrading School The Chilore should be crewing up to get his engineering license. next week, but there is no report Puerto Rico as to when the Alamar will take The Office for Economic Op­ on men. John Mueller is waiting portunity has set aside $32 mil­ for any AB's job in the deck de­ lion for anti-poverty projects in partment. Puerto Rico. The money will set Norfolk up four Job Corps Conservation Shipping has been good here and Centers, adult basic education and the outlook for the immediate fu­ community action programs as ture also is good. well as a neighborhood youth William Kuhl, corps and rural loan system. The oiler, who served AFL-CIO is opposing an amend­ as ships delegate ment tacked onto the minimum aboard the Al- wage bill which would deny mini­ dina, dropped by mum wage benefits to unskilled the hall and workers such as farm hands who wanted to thank need it most. James Dixon is still the union for the the bosun on the Claiborne. He way beefs were remained with the ship while it Kuhl settled at the pay­ was in drydock after a recent col­ off in Jacksonville. Kenneth Wells, lision. WASHINGTON—A strong counter-attack against the Interagency Maritime Task Force Committee report (Boyd Report) was made recently in testimony before the House Merchant Marine Subcom­ mittee by Russell K. Berg, president of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers ^ President Johnson promised 18 men, has created such a climate of & Helpers. months ago. uncertainty that U.S. shipyards In his testimony before the To provide immediate aid to and the rest of the industry can­ House Subcommittee, which is maritime, Berg urged Congress to not modernize because they can­ holding hearings on the state of bring pressure to bear on the Ad­ not be sure what course U.S. ship­ the U.S. merchant fleet. Berg ministration to force full compli­ ping policy will take and whether blasted the Interagency Task ance with the provisions of the foreign building will be permitted. Force report and urged instead 1936 Merchant Marine Act, in He named shipyards which may adoption of the proposals ad­ order to bring the U.S.-flag mer­ be forced to close down entirely vanced in the President's Maritime chant fleet back to such a state in the near future "because of the Advisory Committee report. where it is again able to haul at uncertainty and mass confusion in The SIU and other maritime least 30 percent of U.S. foreign the industry." unions have also urged adoption commerce, instead of the le.ss than He also urged Congress to put of the MAC report and have flatly 9 percent it is able to carry at a lid on statements emanating rejected the Task Force report present. from the Maritime Administra­ which would, if adopted, result in Berg blamed much of what is tion constantly knocking and un­ the continuing decline of the U.S. wrong with U.S. maritime today dermining U.S. shipyards for be­ maritime industry. on the continuing attitude of in­ ing more expensive than foreign "Unrealistic Programs^ decision, drift, neglect and uncer­ yards, and proposing that Ameri­ In addition. Berg also attacked tainty on the part of those in gov­ can ships therefore be built for­ the Maritime Administration for ernment charged with fostering eign as called for in the Inter­ statements tending to "run down" and maintaining a strong and ac­ agency Task Force report. This the American shipyards for their tive American-flag merchant fleet. "is something that's going to have shipbuilding costs relative to for­ Berg blasted the Maritime Ad­ to be stopped," Berg told the con­ eign yards; accused the Defense ministration for "expedient ac­ gressmen. He also took the op­ Department and the Maritime Ad­ tions," "wholly destructive" pro­ portunity to urge that a "thorough ministration of pushing "unrealis­ posals, and a "mish mash of erro­ study" be made comparing U.S. tic ship programs which involve neous or misleading statistics, cu­ and Soviet shipbuilding, and over­ "throwing money away"; and rious arithmetic and outright all sea-power programs. rapped the Administration for not hocus-pocus." Other Testimony yet coming up with a "new policy" All of this indecision and policy for the merchant marine which juggling. Berg told the congressIn other testimony before the House Subcommittee Thomas A. Rotell, executive secretary-treas­ urer of the Pacific Coast District Metal Trades Council criticized the Maritime Administration and the Defense Department for downgrading the importance of American sea-power for defense by Undsey Williams, Vice-President, Gulf Area purposes and for suggesting that American ships be built in for­ The SlU-contracted Delta Steamship Lines has moved its head­ eign yards. quarters to the new International Trade Mart Towers, a 33-story high building in New Orleans and a very familiar sight to Seafarers. Delta Rotell also urged that Congress will occupy the entire 17th floor of the building, which is just across not allow the merchant marine to Canal Street from the Alcoa docks and very close to the Poydras "be swallowed up by any new Department of Transportation." Street Wharf where Delta ships Louis (Eddy) Bollinger is back He also urged Congress to make previously docked. on the beach after two trips to New Orleans, which is the West Africa as AB aboard the Maritime an independent agency world's leading grain port, became Del Oro and is presently taking and to take action to force the ex­ ecutive branch to act in the inter­ the home of the world's largest care of some personal business. ests of the nation's security. grain drier recently with the in­ Berg told the subcommittee that Houston stallation of a $250,000, 6,000"there is evidence that the Soviet J. L. Moncrlef is just off the bushel-per-hour piece of equip­ Union is moving to control the ment that more than doubles the Missouri and will spend a few oceans of the world and presently capacity of the Public Grain Ele­ weeks on the beach here until is engaged in what can be called vator. Previous drying capacity the next good tanker comes in. a lop-sided ocean-space race." He's hoping for a trip lasting a was approximately 4,000-bushelscouple of months. per-hour against the new installa­ Ben Ladd, who has been on tion's 10,000 bph. The huge drier the beach for a couple of months creates enough heat per hour to now says he's about ready to ship June 24,1966 warm 750 houses. Vol. XXVlii, No. 13 again and is looking for a good Official Publication of the SIUNA New Orleans feeder going to India. Just off Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO WASHINGTON—bill which would eliminate special privi­ Joseph Scaramutz is on the the National Defender is Bill JoyExecutive Board leges now enjoyed by the billion-dollar DuPont Estate in Florida PAUL HALL, President beach here looking for an engine ner, who says he will take a little vacation and do some Ashing be­ has been approved by the Senate Banking Committee. This rep­ CAL TANNER EARL SHEPARD room slot on a Exec. Vice-Pres. Vice-President resents a big step toward enact- " ship going to fore he looks for another ship. AL KERR LINDSEY WILLIAMS banking laws. Enactment of the Sec.-Treas. Vice-President ment of the legislation, which South America, Mobile measure would force the DuPont ROBERT MATTHEWS AL TANNER has already been approved by financial empire to sell either its preferably a Delta Vice-President Vice-President Oldtimer Fred Pehler, who last HERBERT BRAND Lines passenger shipped on the supertanker Con­ the House and has the strong extensive industrial holdings, in­ Director of Organizing and support of the AFL-CIO. ship. His last ship necticut as AB, is Publications cluding the Florida East Coast was the Anniston Managing Editor Art Editor Enactment of the bill would on the beach here Railway, or its banking empire. MIKE POLLACK BERNARD SEAMAN Victory on which close a loophole in the banking enjoying a rest. Assistant Editor Railroad union members have NATHAN SKYER Stag Writers aws through which the giant been on strike against the EEC A 25-year SIU Scaramutz he spent two and a half months on MELVIN PURVIS corporation, has been allowed to Railway since January, 1963. The member, Pehler Perrrat WEISS a trip to Vietnam. It was a good and his wife make control both banks and industries size and extent of the DuPont Em­ ship with a good crew, he reports. their home in Mo­ in Florida—including the long pire holdings has enabled Edward Looking for a berth and not bile. Anthony E. Pibllshed bIwMkly at 810 Rhodn Island Avsnae strike-bound Florida East Coast Ball, boss of the vast empire, to too particular about what ship he Bourgot is looking N.E., Washington, D. C. 20018 by the Seafarers Railway. Union, Atlantle, Galf, Lakes and flatly refect all settlement attempts for a bosun slot International sails on is FrankUn N. Cain, who Inland Waters DIstrlet, AFL-CIO, 675 Foarth A«ePehler The proposed legislation would by the railroad unions — which Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Tel. HVaelnth was last aboard the Cities Service on a trip that will noe, 9-6600. Second class postage paid at Washing­ end the DuPont Estate's exemp­ have only asked that their mem­ Mhuni as cook and baker. Cain, will have him back in the States ton, D. C. who makes his home in Bay St. in time for the duck hunting POSTHASTER'S ATTENTION: Form 3579 cards tion from the Bank Holding Com­ bers receive the same pay and ho sent to Seafarers International Union, pany Act, which has allowed the working conditions that have longLouis, Mississippi, sailed aboard season. Tony's last ship was the shoild Atlantle, Golf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, , the Dd Mar for a good while prior Brigham Victory on which he 11232. 675 Foarth Asonao, Brooklyn, N.Y. giant financial empire to operate since been provided for other raiVsailed to Vietnam. ... in violation, iOl .the. intent of. the. road, >vorkqrs .across .the natlpn. to that. liSiTiifca..' ItfJiLgB iJuui I idjilvi edi •iliuimL .s i.aai oil; .i/J %aiwtT li bfiij sd) (-J i 379i{/nabiKai won ufl .aiof i >)gd t;i .Bmavivanual ni nroB .(Kisbsi i The Gulf Coast IS The Atlantic Coast SEAFARERSjfeLOC Sarate Financial Conunittee Mis ScalhHerders Financial Fmpire �Jnne 24, 1966 The Pacific Coast by Frank Orozak, West Coast Representative SEAFARERS Page Five LOG Senate OKs Truth-in-Paikaging Bill; Passage Awaits Approval of House WASHINGTON—^The Senate has passed a truth-in-packaging bill designed to end deceptive pack­ aging and labeling practices by the food, drug and other similar industries, and give the American consumer a chance to get true value for money spent in the supermarket. The measure, passed by a ment of contents in a conspicuous stant coffee and potato chips, for 72 to 9 vote in the Senate now place on the package. The net example, are sold in 50 different goes to the House, where hear­ quantity of the package's contents sizes at present. ings are expected shortly. Under this provision the FTC would have to be stated either in The bill, sponsored by Senator ounces or in even pounds, pints or the FDA would act after a Fhilip A. Hart (D-Mich.) and or quarts to end confusion of the formal deterr.?ination that a pro­ strongly supported by the AFL- consumer. For example, a label duct was being packaged in so CIO and the Johnson Administra­ stating contents at 18 ounces many different sizes that the con­ tion, covers almost all food, drugs would be allowed, but not a label sumer's ability to make price-perand other packaged household giving contents as one pint, two unit comparisons was likely to be impaired. goods normally sold in super­ ounces. Other provisions of the bill After such a determination, the markets—with the notable excep­ would let the FTC and FDA en­ industry would have 60 days to tion of meats. The legislation would require force standard definitions for the request appointment of a products that containers be labeled in such presently confusing "small," "med­ standards committee by the Secre­ a way that the consumer could ium" and "large" designations and tary of Commerce, composed of easily determine the weight or vol­ for measurements in terms of representatives of manufacturers, ume of the contents and make "servings." It would also regulate distributors and consumers. If the committee could not reach a con­ meaningful comparisons between use of "cents-off" labels. The administering agencies sensus on voluntary standards af­ competing products. The meas­ ure would also give the Federal would also have stand-by authority ter 18 months, the Commerce Trade Commission and the Food to control the number of different- Secretary would establish manda­ and Drug Administration stand-by sized packages in which some pro­ tory standards. He would also authority to standardize the size ducts are marketed if the industry make voluntary standards manda­ of packaged products marketed in failed to take voluntary action. tory for packagers who faUed to a confusingly large number of It has been pointed out that in­ conform voluntarily. different sizes. Overwhelming Vote Senate passage of the bill by the overwhelming 72 to 9 vote, followed rejection of a series of amendments aimed at weakening the measure. Opposition to the by bill was led by Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen (R-Ill.), who Al Tanner, Vice-President and Fred Farnen,Secretary-Treasurer,Great Lakes Your SIU representatives attended a special conference of the Michi­ earlier this year also led the op­ position to repeal of section 14B gan Federation of Labor called for the purpose of conducting a secret vote on political endorsements for all candidates for both governor of the Taft-Hartley Act. The truth-in-packaging bill had of Michigan and United States senator for the state of Michigan. The been stalled in committee for four conference was held at the Civic Auditorium in Lansing on Wednesday, years and prior to passage the June 1st. More than six hundred 'f Senate defeated a last-ditch at­ delegates turned out for this im­ gan Employment Act to eliminate tempt by Dirksen to again have portant meeting, coming from all the waiting week presently re­ the bill sent back to the Judiciary parts of Michigan and represent­ quired prior for collection of un­ Committee, which had jurisdiction ing well over seven hundred thou­ employment insurance. Fassage of of the bill in the last Congress, sand members of AFL-CIO unions the bill represents recognition of but took no action. This year in the state of Michigan. All can­ the fact that the unemployed the bill was handled by the Com­ didates for governor and U. S. worker and his family need un­ senator, both democrat and re­ employment insurance just as merce Committee. Under the Senate-passed ver­ publican, were allotted twenty much in the first week of un­ sion of the bill, the Federal Trade minutes to address the delegates in employment as in the twenty-sixth. Under the provisions of the bill, Commission and the Food and attendance. unemployed individuals will con­ Drug Administration would re­ Republican Senator Robert Grif­ tinue to receive a maximum of quire and regulate a clear state- fin, recently appointed by Repub­ 26 weeks of benefits. However, lican Governor George Romney the worker, upon becoming un­ to replace the late Senator Fat employed. will be eligible to col­ McNamara, told the delegate lect unemployment insurance im­ body that labor should not in­ mediately. volve themselves in politics, and The Michigan labor movement attempted to defend his refusal has been in the forefront of the to support repeal of the right-to- struggle to achieve economic and work section of the Taft-Hartley social equality for all working Act, without the adoption of his citizens in the country. The elim­ own conditions. One of these con­ ination of the presently-required ditions would have made it illegal waiting week, is a step in the right to hold this very meeting at which direction and is of even more Griffin, along with other Repub­ importance to seamen, consider­ licans spoke. It goes without say­ ing the pending federal legislation ing that Griffin's reception was in Washington with respect to un­ cool. employment insurance across the The highlight of the conference country. was the address of former Gov­ Powers Shellenberger Blaylock Slrickland Seamdirus Wright In this day and age, it is in­ ernor of the state of Michigan, G. conceivable that some states are Six more names have been added to the growing list of Seafarers who have retired on an SIU Mennen Williams, who is seeking attempting to further limit un­ pension and are now receiving pension benefits of $150 a month. The new Seafarer pensioners are: the Democratic nomination for employment insurance, as is the Billie Shellenberger, Jose Searadeus, T. G. Blaylock, J. J. Powers, Paul Strickland and John Wright. U. S. Senator. Williams called for case in Ohio where a seaman is the abolishment of the filibuster Blaylock joined the SIU in deprived of coverage during the Shellenberger and his wife Isa­ with his wife, Mary. rule in the Senate as the first the port of Norfolk and sailed winter months. In the state of bella, reside in San Fedro, Calif. Strickland joined the union in step towards the enactment of Michigan, a move is on to expand American-flag ships almost 50 Searadeus joined the union in the port of Philadelphia. He was progressive legislation. Governor coverage while the Ohio laws re­ years, starting as a deckhand in 1917. He sailed on the tugboats the port of Miami and he sailed in bom in North Carolina and now Williams detailed the voting re­ main discriminatory. For this rea­ of the Pennsylvania Railroad. the Steward department. His last resides in Baltimore. The retired cord of Griffin, which he felt to son all union members are urged Born in Blakes, Va., he resides vessel was the Del Mar. He had seafarer sailed as a member of the be against the war on poverty, to immediately write their Sena­ some 30 years aboard American- Steward department. He last the economic development act, tors and Representatives advising there with his wife, Ethel. and aid to education. them of the deplorable condition Shellenberger joined the SIU flag ships. Searadeus was a native sailed on the Losmar. of Spain. On Monday, June 6th, the that exists in Ohio and asking Wright joined the union in the in the port of New York in 1947. Powers joined the SIU in the port of Houston, where he makes Michigan House of Represent­ them to support Federal legisla­ He sailed all ratings in the Engine department. His last vessel was port of Baltimore. He sailed as an his home. Brother Wright was atives passed Senate Bill No. 91. tion that would make it illegal tlie Hercules Victory (Wall St. OS in the Deck department. Born born in Texas,, und was employed This legislation, previously passed for the state of Ohio to discrim­ by the Senate, amends the Michi­ inate against seamen. in Baltimore, he now resides there by the G and H Towing Co. The King County (Seattle) Labor Council last week has recommend­ ed that Republican Congressman Thomas Felly be relected. The SIU and other maritime unions are totally in accord with the endorsement, due to Mr. Felly's voting record on maritime issues. This endorsement will be recommended to the Washington State Labor Council, which holds its convenSeattle tion on August 22. Since our last report, shipping It will be a Brown-Reagan gubernatorial battle in November has picked up and looks like it for the Sacramento White House. will continue to be fairly good for Brown is in for a battle with all rated men. Faying off during the last ship­ Reagan, who beat his opponent in the Republican primaries with ping period were the Tbetis, Kyska, and Cboctaw. Signing on ease. were the Brigbam Victory, Choc­ San Francisco Shipping continues to be very taw and the Minot Victwy. In good. We just hnished crewing transit we have had the Seattle, up the Western Clipper for a fly- Anchorage, Marymar and the out to Japan. On June 11 we Vantage Progress. On the beach here is Bill O'Con­ crewed up another fly-out to nor after an eight Japan on the Mount Vernon Vic­ month trip as tory. bosun. Bill plans Paying off during the last ship­ to take it easy for ping period were the Topa Topa, a couple of weeks Antinous, Wild Ranger, Del Alba before he'll be and Anniston Victory. ready to ship Signing on we had the Topa again. Also on the Topa and Anniston Victory. In beach is Early transit were the Marymar, San Punch, just off O'Connor Juan, Loma Victory and Bethex. the Warm Spring Ships due in for payoff are the on which he sailed as Ordinary, Ocean Evelyn, Steel Traveler, Longview Victory and Enid Vic­ Early had to leave his last ship because of illness and is still unfit tory. Ships due in transit include for duty but hopes to be ready to the San Francisco, Longbeach and ship again soon. Western Clipper. Wilmington Bosun Roland C. Perody has been on the beach here recently. Shipping activity in this area He stuck around until he made remained good and the outlook the Western Clipper on the Far for future shipping looks very East run. Another SIU oldtimer, bright. We still have plenty of jobs F.F.Reese, pulled for AB's and FWT's. in recently and During the past couple of will take a little weeks had to pay off seven ships rest before ship­ in transit. ping out again in Ken Singh and Bill Oppenhorst, a deck depart­ who have been shipping out of ment slot. Wilmington for the past few years, Kasimir Fucb- have both received their 2nd As­ alsld, AB, is wait­ sistant Engineer's licenses. These ing to get a new members took advantage of the ship headed for SIU-MEBA District 2 upgrading Vietnam. He hails school in New York. Ken has al­ Pucbalski from New York, ready shipped out. Bill has taken a but has been shipping the West little vacation to get married and Coast route for the last 8 months. have a brief honeymoon before Brother Fuchalski has been sailing shipping. We wish Ken and Bill much success in their new ratings. with the SIU for 22 years now. Six Additional Seafarer Veterans Join Growing SIU Pension Roster The Great Lakes �Page Six SEAFARERS Boston Maritime Trades Council June 24, 1966 LOG DISPATCHERS , Afriantie/ District| June 4-June 17 DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco .... Seattle Totals Class A 4 69 10 29 6 1 7 19 48 55 3 26 16 292 TOTAL SHIPPED Class A 1 49 5 40 7 3 10 17 29 55 6 29 9 260 Class B 3 34 9 15 6 5 5 6 21 33 5 19 11 172 Class B Class C 0 1 40 21 1 6 4 12 4 11 4 2 6 2 3 9 1 10 28 36 6 4 16 22 10 9 150 118 NOW ON THE BEACH Class A 22 174 28 94 15 11 12 82 148 150 19 52 37 844 Class B 3 62 11 r• 15 7 6 21 71 67 2 2 7 296 ENIGINE DEPARTMENT Members of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Council of Boston met with Massachusetts Congressmen at recent luncheon in Boston. Left to right above are: Austin B. Skinner, SlU-affiliated New Bedford Fish­ ermen's Union: John Roman, Council President; Joseph Algina, SlU Safety Director; Congressmen Torbert MacDonald and Thomas P. O'Neill; and Patrick King of the Masters, Mates and Pilots union. THE INQUIRING SEAFARER QUESTION: When you are electing a ship's delegate, what qualities do you look for? S. Ferrer: I would like to know the delegate personally because I feel that the better you know the man the more you can judge what kind of a delegate he will be. He should be a seafarer who has been sailing for a number of years he will have a greater knowledge of the prob­ lems aboard ship. He should also know all of his fellow crew mem­ bers. — vi> — E. P. Rosenqvist: The poten­ tial delegate should be able to han­ dle tough situa­ tions and of course, he needs to be the kind of man who can get the coopera­ tion of the crew or his job is use­ less. He should also be able to deal with topside. If a member of the crew doesn't cooperate with the ships delegate they can make his job very tough for him. <1> Bradle Pinden I look for the qualities of manliness, by that, I mean the ability to meet all levels on an equal foot­ ing. He must be an intelligent man who can get along with topside and also maintain good relations with the rest of the crew. A delegate must be easy to get along with. Experience is a most important quality, of course. ^ Phil Kugien I think a potential delegate should be intelligent and have the ability to deal with dif­ ferent kinds of people. He has to be an effective gobetween for the crew and topside. He should be an experienced sea­ man who has won the respect of the crewmembers. The delegate has to be a man who could be acceptable to the whole crew. Jose Ross: 1 look for an ex­ perienced seafarer. A delegate should be famil­ iar with the op­ eration of a ship and be able to handle any prob­ lems that come up. He should be a man who is popular with the crew. The dele­ gate has to be a man who can present the crews problems effi­ ciently to the men upstairs. Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Totals TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B 1 1 45 23 6 8 28 11 6 4 5 2 1 2 10 9 27 19 30 36 7 4 30 11 9 10 203 142 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 3 0 1 31 45 18 10 4 8 6 29 14 5 8 14 6 6 2 3 6 1 7 8 2 16 9 6 27 12 29 8 10 10 24 34 12 16 8 7 217 129 119 NOW ON THE BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 6 1 50 140 12 11 82 60 9 15 6 4 5 4 45 18 68 91 83 86 6 14 41 1 26 10 561 333 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Rattle Totals TOTAL REGISTERED AH Groups Class A Class B 0 2 15 46 2 5 16 12 7 5 5 4 5 2 15 7 19 28 17 15 8 6 25 1 12 4 95 188 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 0 0 1 7 20 21 0 0 4 21 13 4 6 12 4 3 2 4 7 1 0 12 1 2 6 25 3 22 18 7 7 5 8 30 5 24 13 4 11 169 76 88 NOW ON THE BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 3 4 117 38 3 11 55 43 5 13 7 6 9 1 50 17 113 86 77 35 7 2 48 0 22 9 256 525 !IU Coast Fish, Cannery Unions Aid Fight SlUFish,Cannery Workers to Benefit Ship Collision As CaL Increases Anchovy Allotment Spurs Inquiry The Coast Guard is conducting an investigation into the collision of two tankers in New York Har­ bor which resulted in the death of over 20 merchant seamen. Rear Admiral 1. J. Stephens said that the investigation will seek to uncover the causes of the crash between the American-flag tanker Texaco Massachusetts and the British oil ship Alva Cape, in the Kill Van Kull in Newark Bay be­ tween Staten Island and New York. The British ship suffered a huge hole in her starboard side and part of the vessel's highly volatile cargo of naphtha spilled onto the water. The naphtha caught fire and ig­ nited both ships. Rear Admiral William B. Ellis, chief of staff of the Third Coast Guard District will head the Coast Guard's Board of Investigation into the matter. Marine boards of investigation are only convened by the Coast Guard for serious ship disasters. The board was last called up after the tragic sinking of the grain carrying freighter Smith Voyager in 1965. After long-time urging by fishery biologists, canners and fish and cannery unions, including the SIU, the state of California has permitted the landing of anchovies for reduction purposes. A pilot program has been set up by the State Department of Fish and Game to permit the landing of about 75,000 tons a year. mercial fishing groups, the Cali­ vestigation had recommended at This amount, it is reasoned, fornia legislature last year author­ least 200,000 tons, a figure en­ will enable biologists to gauge ized the landing of 100,000 tons dorsed by John Hawk, an SIU the effect of the fishery on an­ for reduction (by-product) pur­ international representative. chovy stocks without causing de­ poses. The Fish and Game Com­ Sportsfishing interests opposed pletion. mission decided on a 75,000 ton the use of anchovies for by-prod­ So far, landings have been quota. uct purposes on the grounds that slightly more than 6,500 tons, Fishery biologists of the Cali­ this would lead to overfishing and with one seiner accounting for fornia Cooperative Fisheries In- end up in depletion of the an­ most of the catch, but fishermen chovy, vital to party fishing boats believe that this total will jump for use as bait. considerably this summer as more ' New SIU Pensioner They pointed to the fact that boats equip themselves for the unrestricted exploitation of sar­ new fishery. A net costs about dines led to virtual oblivion for $10,000, a considerable invest­ this once-huge and profitable fish­ ment for small craft. Fish have ery. been selling at $20 a ton at San The catch of Pacific sardines Pedro and Port Hueneme. increased from 28,000 tons in Dr. Wilbert Chapman, world1916 to nearly 800,000 tons in known fisheries authority and di­ 1936 because of increasingly in­ rector of the Van Camp Founda­ tensive fishing. After 1945, land­ tion, believes that a considerable ings started down until they plum­ fishery, supporting many boats meted to 20,000 tons in 1964. As and men, can be built on the the sardine was overfished, say Pacific Coast anchovy stock with­ biologists, the anchovy took over out depleting it. as the dominant species. He estimates anchovy resources Chapman and other experts be­ off the coasts of California and SlU-lnland Boatmen's Union lieve that the sad story of man's Baja, California, at from four to member Skinner Waff (left) re­ rapaciousness with the Pacific six million tons. This basic re­ ceives his first $ 150 monthly pen­ Coast sardine will provide suffi­ source he claims, can sustain land­ cient restraint against similar dep­ sion check from Union rep. Steve ings of several hundred thousands redations in the anchovy fishery. of tons a year without endanger­ Papuchis in Norfolk. Before his They believe that intelligent har­ recent retirement, Waff sailed vesting of anchovies will provide ing the anchovy stocks. After many years of argument aboard tugs of the Sheridan employment for a sizeable fleet of between sports fishing and com­ Transportation Co. in Norfolk. boats and men. •I �Jane 24, 1966 SEAFARERS 7 California Gubernatorial Vote Shapes Up as Close Contest Page Seven LOG "Nurse"! Former actor Ronald Reagan has emerged as the conservative Republican candidate for Governor of California after a 2 to 1 defeat of moderate Republican George Christopher, ex-Mayor of San Fran­ cisco, in a Republican primary battle held on June 7. Reagan will face incumbent Democratic Governor Edmund G. Brown this November in what experts predict will be the bitterest election campaign ever held in that state. Brown, who is running for his third term as Governor, defeated Los Angeles Mayor Samuel W. Yorty in the Democratic primaries by an 11 to 8 margin on a slate that listed four other candidates. Lt. Gover­ nor Glenn Anderson, who easily won renomination over two primary opponents, will face Robert H. Finch, Reagan's running mate this Fall. Reagan has played down his right-wing conservatism during the current campaign. In the 1964 Presidential elections he was one of Barry Goldwater's most effective campaigners. Four years ago, a Goldwater-backed candidate was easily defeated in the GOP primary by former vice-president Richard M. Nixon, who was in turn defeated by Governor Brown. California's Democratic strength in Congress was bolstered when Jerome Waldie won a special election to fill out the term of the late Representative John F. Baldwin, a Republican from the 14th District. Waldie will run for re-election in November. All other California Congressional representatives who had primary opposition won. These ten Democrats and four Republicans defeated a number of so-called "peace" candidates. In other primaries around the country conservative factions also won renomination over progressive political forces. In Mississippi Senator James O. Eastland, (D.) and other con­ servative Democratic candidates easily breezed through their primary fights. In South Dakota, Republican Senator Karl Mundt won over his first primary opponent in 18 years by a 4 to 1 margin. i •; 1 The big Magnavox plant at Jef­ ferson City, Tennessee has gone union again after a five-year lapse. Workers voted 929-792 for the Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers in a National Labor Re­ lations Board election. The Jef­ ferson City Cabinet Co., a Mag­ navox subsidiary, employs more than 2,200 workers in the lUE bargaining unit. lUE called the election its biggest victory since 1964. The plant had been rep­ resented by lUE Local 748 until management replaced 800 work­ ers and temporarily floored the union during a 1961 strike. When the 800 won reinstatement in an arbitration order last October, they intensified the union drive that had been carried on in their ab­ sence. Next step, the union said, is a contract spelling out employee rights. A salute to Delano, California grape strikers for their "courage­ ous spirit" and "fine demonstra­ tion of union solidarity" was paid by AFL-CIO President George Meany in a letter transmitting a $5,000 check from Sargent and Eunice Kennedy Shriver, winners of the Murray-Green award of the AFL-CIO Executive Council. The Shrivers asked that the money accompanying the award go for needed social services for the strik­ ers' families. Meany, therefore, sent half to the AFL-CIO Agri­ cultural Workers Organizing Com­ mittee and half to the National Farm Workers Association. The AFL-CIO has voted full support of a national consumer boycott of food products grown and mar­ keted by the DiGiorgio Co., larg­ est grower in the Delano area and spearhead of opposition to union organization of workers. ^ First-year wage increases aver­ aged 3.7 percent in major agree­ ments negotiated in the first three n'.onths of this year compared to 3.8 percent for the entire year .nt;m 1965, the Labor Department re­ ports. The department's Bureau of Labor Statistics noted that bar­ gaining activity was relatively light during the first quarter with major settlements affecting about 325,000 workers. For the same three months a year ago, the first-year wage increase was 4 percent. Firstyear increases are the amount of wage hikes agreed to for the first year of a contract running two or three years. The BLS report noted that the first quarter 1966 agree­ ments averaged 3.7 percent over the full term of the contract, com­ pared to 3.3 percent for those negotiated in the same quarter of 1965. The Clothing Workers have cleared the way for a vigorous organizing campaign by doubling the organizing budget to $6 mil­ lion in the coming two years. President Jacob Potofsky an­ nounced at the close of the union's 25th biennial convention at At­ lantic City, N. J. ACWA's current organizing progress has been satis­ fying but "now is the time to really drive hard" in the unorganized apparel plants, mainly in the South and Southwest, Potofsky said. Convention delegates representing 385,000 workers in the U.S., Can­ ada and Puerto Rico pledged the union's resources to a continuing campaign of organization. ¥.>35, • Victim of Its Own Protectors When concern was expressed for his wellbeing, someone in a difficult spot replied: "It's not my enemies I'm worried about— it's my friends." The plight of the American merchant marine is a classic example of what he was talking about. U. S. shipping is a victim of its own protectors. And the evidence of this fact sticks out throughout its modern history. Thirty years ago, this country was rightly concerned about the status of the merchant marine. The President and the Congress especially felt that the number of Americanflag ships and their participation in our com­ merce was grossly inadequate. They were concerned over the fact that the U. S. lacked shipping strength to match its needs. They were alarmed that foreignflag ships carried some 75 per cent of our foreign commerce. And they were concerned that our shipping and shipbuilding were below the level at which they could properly meet the nation's defense requirements. They moved to correct the situation, and the Congress passed and the President signed the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, which clearly set forth what was intended to be the nation's merchant marine policy for a fleet adequate in every respect in peace and war. But since the end of World War II the intent of the Act has been scuttled. The "substantial" share of cargoes which the 1936 Congress wanted American shipping to carry is today less than nine per cent, foreign shipping having increased its share of American foreign commerce from 75 per cent to 92 per cent. Obviously, the Merchant Marine Act has not been implemented. Worse, it has been obstructed by the government agencies and people whose responsibility it is to carry out the intent of the Act. They have consistently sought to smother American shipping and the result has been a tremendous increase in the role of foreign ships in our foreign commerce. It is clear that the American maritime industry doesn't like U. S. shipping policy. It should be equally clear that foreign flag shipping interests could like it more. The Same Old Names And Faces When any professional group gets to­ gether it is natural for them to talk about what they have achieved in the past and dis­ cuss their goals for the future. So it was at a recent Senate Republican fund-raising dinner. The only past "achieve­ ments" they could point to however, were dubious ones. Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen was tl' re bragging about his important role in blocking repeal of Taft-Hartley Section 14b. Former Republican Vice-President Richard Nixon, not to be outdone, jumped on the bandwagon. Not only is he in favor of 14b, Nixon bragged, but he helped to write it. He did condescend however to give some credit for 14b passage to Senator Thurston Morton, chairman of the Republican Senate Cam­ paign Committee. 4^ Edward S. Haines has been named assistant director of the AFL-CIO's Organizing Depart­ ment, federation president George Meany announced recently Haines, 48, has served as assist­ ant director of the AFL-CIO Re­ gion 14—Illinois and Iowa—since 1955. He had been on the or­ ganizing staff of the former CIO after serving as an assistant direc­ tor of organization for the Pack­ inghouse Workers. He also served as a UPWA international repre­ sentative and president of UPWA Local 580 in New York City. •.r The fund-raising dinner was a whopping success, bringing in $500,000 for Republi­ can campaign spending in the upcoming offyear elections. There will be 34 contested Senate seats in 30 states, so the Republicans made enough from their labor-baiting dinner to finance the campaigns of the GOP candi­ dates to the tune of $16,000 per candidate. The message is clear for union members. Liberal pro-labor legislators running foi re­ election in November will be opposed by Republican candidates well supplied with reactionary anti-labor money. To keep li­ beral, progressive legislators in office, it is important for every union member to get out and vote and to encourage his family and friends to exercise their rights at the ballot boxes across the country. I r. c ; ! 1 ,lLt. or A fa.ill yi; fi-• �Page Eight SEAFARERS LOG Kindya, NowLkensed 3rd Engineer, Took SlU Training AH the }Nay Up Michael Kindya is a Seafarer who is determined to take advantage of every opportunity the Union offers. During his seven years with the SIU he participated in every SIU training program he could. The result is that today he is a Mike said the training he got "I'll be back at the school then Third Assistant Engineer. was "the best." for my Second Engineers License. Brother Kindya is one of the The staff at the Engineers After that 1 plan to go on for First 22 SIU men who thus far have School hasn't seen the last of Sea­ and all the way up. You can do it gotten their engineers licenses after farer Kindya. After one year at if you want to," he said with a preparing for their Coast Guard sea for enough time to qualify, he smile, "especially with the kind of exams at the SIU's Engineers intends to return to prepare for his cooperation and the program the training school. Second's license. SIU offers its members." The union upgrading schools, Kindya told the Log, helped him fulfill a promise he made to his stepfather, SIU old-timer Albert Jones, who sails in the engine department. When Mike was 13 his dad made him promise that one day he would "make the grade" and be an engineer. "Now everyone at home is proud of me, dad most of all," he said. Seafarer Kindya first shipped out as a 19-year saloon messman aboard the freighter Valley Forge. He found the work at sea "exci­ ting and different," and decided to make it a career. Later, he swit­ ched to the engine department. Mike's first training was gotten at the SIU's Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. He ship­ Seafarer Michael Kindya (center) tells LOS reporter (right) and ped out after graduation. After a few trips he enrolled in the life­ SIU representative George McCartney that it pays to take advan­ boat training course, and com­ tage of the SIU training programs as he displays Third Engineers license obtained after preparing at the Union school. pleted that successfully too. Increases Earnings "Every time I completed union training I was able to increase my earnings. Before I started the SIU Engineers School I was a firemanwater tender. The union training program gave me a chance to increase my earning power," he The chief of the Navy's Military Sea Transportation Service has said. stated that the best way to meet national emergencies such as Viet The 26-year old SIU man lives Nam would be to have a stronger American-flag tramp ship fleet. at Ridge, Long Island with his Speaking before the ninth seawife, Janet, and children, Stephan, power symposium of the Navy merchant fleet. Speaking at the same sympo­ four and Cheryl two. League in Washington, Admiral sium, Edwin M. Hood, president Glynn R. Donoho said that tramp of the Shipbuilders Council of vessels have no regular shipping America said that the economic commitments or sailing schedules life of a merchant vessel was 20 such as regular liners follow. Be­ years old. There are 658 mer­ cause of this factor, he explained, chant ships already over this age they are on the market and always in the 950-vessel privately-owned ready. American-flag fleet. The Admiral paid tribute to "If we are to undertake to build American-flag lines for making 94 new ships a year it would take ships available to the Military Sea until 1975 before our fleet got The Russians are preparing a Transportation Service when they down to an average age of 10 vast merchant fleet to use "as an are needed. The United States years—an age at which the fleet instrument of international pol­ merchant marine, he said, was un­ could be considered of average icy," a U.S. Senator has warned. dergoing one of its severest tests desirable quality," he said. Sen. John Tower said that the in the Viet Nam War. HoOd also blasted those whom Severe Strain Rusisans then would "be able to he called "spokesmen for the destroy the economic basis of But he added that if enough Washington bureaucracy" for say­ ocean service upon which we so American-flag tramp ships were ing that there was little relation­ vitally depend." available on the open market for ship between American seapower We have no defense against use in the Viet Nam military and the importance of its ship­ this sort of commercial brigand­ build-up, there would not be as se­ yards. age, he claimed, because "the sim­ vere a strain on subsidized liners He said these bureaucrats feel ple fact is that our merchant ma­ to support the sealift as well as to that they "could predict with a rine does not measure up to our carry the nation's foreign com­ high degree of certaintly the ex­ stature as the world's foremost merce. tent to which the shipyards would power . . . our active merchant For this reason, he said, MSTS be needed to serve up to five Viet marine consists of about 900 ves­ would "like to see a larger, mod­ Nam emergencies at any one sels—^most of them obsolete car­ ern fleet of tramp ships." There time." rying less than nine per cent of are only 27 vessels of the 125 Another spokesman at the meet­ our foreign trade, compared with now sailing for MSTS which are ing, William H. Jory, president of 24 per cent ten years ago." the American Shipbuilding Co., not tramp ships. said that as "long as there are Rear Admiral Edward J. Fahy, The need for more Americanchief of the Naval Ships System those in government who suggest flag merchant ships is highlighted that all or any part of our naval Command (formerly Bureau of by the Viet Nam conflict, he said. "We have already found it neces­ Ships) also spoke at the sympo­ and merchant shipping might be sary to break out 108 over-age sium and said that the average built in shipyards of other coun­ Victory ships from the World War american's fascination with the tries, the proper environment (to II fleet. We are scraping the bot­ strides of the aircraft industry and build up the merchant fleet) will created and our seatom of the barrel in an efifort that "glamour in space" has left the never involves no enemy action at sea." nation with a rusting, over-age power will suffer accordingly." Admiral Holds Stru^ Traa^t Fleet Needed for Natleaal Emergencies Senator Warns Of Russia's Fleet Expansien June 24, 1966 Del Mundo Crew Wins Safety Award Crew of the SlU-manned Del Mundo was the recipient recently of Delta Line 'Certificate of Merit' in recognition of high degree of safety achieved by crew. From left to right at presentation cere­ monies in New Orleans are: Chief Mate S. Wagner; Delta Safety Director P. Pollatt; Ship's Master M. L. Leger; Delta Port Captain E. R. Seamen; Seafarer D. D. Maio, AB, Ship's Delegate; and Seafarer A. Tolentino, Chief Steward. Prize money of $100 that went along with certificate of merit was placed in the ship's recreational fund. YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH Seafarer'is Guide to Better Buying By Sidney Margolius The second mortgage rate increase by FHA and V.A. in three months is a further blow to working families hoping to buy homes. In two steps (one-fourth of 1 per cent at a time), the FHA and V.A. rates have been boosted to 5 and % per cent. With the additional "insurance" fee of one-half of 1 percent, to guarantee the lender against loss, the full FHA rate now is 6'^ per cent. The latest increase brings the rate back to the level it had reached under the Eisenhower Ad­ ministration in 1959-60, which was the highest in history. The FHA's explanation is that mortgage lenders have been refusing to put out money for FHA mortgages at the old rates. In other words, the lenders went on a strike for more interest. They won quickly and easily. The Government housing officials folded up like a toy balloon without trying any of the other possibilities for holding down rates. The immediate effect of the rate hikes is to price another segment of American families out of the housing market, and to force those still able to buy, to pay an additional $5 a month in interest on a typical $16,000 FHA mortgage, or a total of $1,800 in additional interest over the typical 30-year mortgage term. A 6V4 per cent charge for mortgage raises the total interest cost to a startling level. To pay back a $16,000 mortgage over 30 years, costs $100.07 a month, or a total of $36,000. You pay $20,000 just in interest. And if you try to make the monthly payments a little less burdensome by stretching out the repayment period to 35 years, you'll pay back $40,000—a total of $24,000 in interest fees on a $16,000 mortgage. The continuing rise in the prices of houses themselves further pyra­ mids the cost, and is causing a real housing crisis for many moderateincome families. The typical FHA house last year carried a price tag of over $18,000. With the jump in construction costs this year of ap­ proximately 5 percent, this house now costs close to $19,000. In comparison, the average industrial wage of about $111 a week provides an annual income of just $5,800. If you use the normal yard­ stick, that a family usually can afford a house costing about IVi times its annual income, this means the average working family can afford a house costing about $14,500. Another rule of thumb for calculating how much house a famliy can afford, is its mpnthly income in comparison to monthly housing ex­ pense. Total expense should not exceed one-fourth of after-tax income. But the average family can't get into the new home through that door either. Even if a family can make a $3,000 downpayment on the typi­ cal $19,000 home, it will need $100 a month for the mortgage pay­ ment. Then you have to estimate 4 to 5 per cent of the cost of the house annually, for taxes, insurance and maintenance. On a $19,000 house this is about $855 a year, or an additional $70 a month, not even in­ cluding heating. What can the average family do to protect itself? • If you do have to undertake a mortgage now, make sure you get a reasonable right to prepay with little or no penalty (an extra fee), if and when rates subsequently come down or you accumulate some extra cash. Some lenders permit prepayment after one year with no penalty charge. On G.l. mortgages there is no penalty. Other lenders may permit prepayment up to 10 per cent in one year withoiit penalty. FHA permits prepayment of up to 15 per cent at any time without penalty. • Cut down on other installment buying to save those big finance charges (usually two or three times the mortgage rate percentage), and to help free credit. The pathetic fact about the Federal Reserve Board's tight money policy, which has forced up interest rates all around, is that it has not restrained installment buying significantly. It simply has forced installment buyers to pay higher finance charges. Current in­ stallment buying and borrowing is running 7 per cent ahead of a year ago, according to the Index of Credit Repohing of 4he Associated Credit Bureaus. J �June 24, 1966 SEAFARER'S LOG — SPECIAL SVPPLEMENT Page Nine . '^7 ^ AN INDEPENDENT MARITIME AGENCY... T HE Seafarers International Union has been waging a vigorous and continuing campaign to halt the decline of the U.S. mari­ time industry. The Union's objective is to secure a federal program that will enable the industry not only to survive, but to grow and expand so that it can meet the nation's transportation needs in peace and defense commitments. The realization of this objective is of paramount importance to Seafarers and their families whose economic security is dependent on the industry's health. It is also'of importance to all Americans because a strong, flourishing merchant marine is essential to a strong America. To reach that point, the U.S. must have a vigorous and realistic program for promoting and strengthening the Ameri­ can merchant marine. It was toward this end that President John­ son's Maritime Advisory Committee, of which SlU President Hall is a member, formulated a set of proposals and recommendations and placed them before the President. Experience in the maritime industry, however, has shown that no program can be any good unless it can be effectively adminis­ tered and implemented. And this calls for on independent and autonomous maritime agency with clear-cut responsibilities. The establishment of an independent maritime agency was one of the major arguments made by SlU President Hall when he appeared recently as a spokesman in behalf of all American maritime labor before the Senate and House Government Operations subcom­ mittees and stressed the necessity for legislation to create such an - V , independent maritime agency. Since Hall testified before the Congressional committees, a bill along the lines he recommended to the Congressional subcom­ mittees hcr^ been introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Frank Clark of Pennsylvania. The Bill is known as H.R. 15567 and would amend the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 to create a "Federal Maritime Administration . . . which shall be an inde­ pendent agency . . The passage of this Bill would be an im­ portant step toward revitalizing the American merchant marine. The SlU, along with the other segments of shipboard and shoreside maritime labor, supported by the American labor movement, will fight hard to secure enactment of this badly needed legis­ lation. SlU members whose welfare and security is so directly involved, - 4i!- should actively support and assist the Union's effort. You can help by urging your representatives in the Congress to support the fight for passage of H.R. 15567, the Bill to create an independent maritime agency. Write to them, or if you can, visit or call them and let them know that this bill is important to our na­ tion's well-being, that without an independent maritime agency we cannot get effective administration of the maritime laws, pro­ grams and policies and, therefor, we cannot have the merchant marine which our nation must have in the interests of all. On the following pages is a list of the Senators and Representa­ tives from every state. Your Representative in the House is listed by district. Write or call both your Senators and the member of *u C* Representatives who represents your home district. Wrir.o^hem core of the Senate and House office buildings, Washington, D.C. Prompt action is importaflf to you as a Seafarer and an Amer­ ican. Act now! mi Mmmmi �Jane 24, 1966 SEAFARER'S LOG — SPECIAL SV PPLEMENT Page Ten Representatives 1. White, Compton I., Jr. (D) 2. Hansen, George V. (R) Write ILLINOIS Your Senator The Representative From Your District (Representatives are Listed by Congressional District) ALABAMA Senators Hill, Lister (D) Sparkman, John J. (D) Representatives 1. Edwards, Jack (R) 2. Dickinson, William L. (R) 3. Andrews, George (D) 4. Andrews, Glenn (R) 5. Selden, Armistead I., Jr. CD) 6. Buchanan, John H., Jr. (R) 7. Martin, James D. (R) 8. Jones, Robert E. (D) ALASKA Senators Bartlett, E. L. (D) Gruening, Ernest (D) Representative At large—Rivers, Ralph J. (D) ARIZONA Senators Hayden, Carl (D) Fannin, Paul J. (R) Representatives 1. Rhodes, John J. (R) 2. Udall, Morris K. (D) 3. Senner, George P., Jr. (D) ARKANSAS Senators McClellan, John L. (D) Fulbright, J. W. (D) Representatives 1. Gathings, E. C. (D) 2. Mills, Wilbur D. (D) 3. Trimble, James W. (D) 4. Harris, Oren (D) CALIFORNIA Senators Kuchel, Thomas H. (R) Murphy, George (R) Representatives 1, Clausen, Don H. (R) 2, Johnson, Harold T. (D) 3, Moss, John E. (D) 4, Leggett, Robert L. (D) 5, Burton, Phillip (D) 6, Mailliard, Wi Ham S. (R) 7, Cohelan, Jeffrey (D) 8, Miller, George P. (D) 9, Edwards, Don (D) 10. Gubser, Charles S. (R) 11. Younger, J. Arthur (R) 12. Talcott, Burt L. (R) 13. Teague, Charles M. (R) 14. Baldwin, John F. (R) 15. McFall, John J. (D) 16. Sisk, B. F. (D) 17. King, Cecil R. (D) 18. Hagen, Harlan (D) 19. Holifield, Chet (D) 20. Smith, H. Allen (R) 21. Hawkins, Augustus F. (D) 22. Corman, James C. (D) 23. Clawson, Del (R) 24. Lipscomb, Glenard P. (R) 25. Cameron, Ronald Brooks (D) 26. [Vacant] 27. Reinecke, Ed (R) 28. Bell, Alphonzo (R) 29. Brown, George E., Jr. (D) 30. Roybal, Edward R. (D) 31. Wilson, Charles H. (D) 32. Hosmer, Craig (R) 33. Dyal, Ken W. (D) 34. Hanna, Richard T. (D) 35. 36. 37. 38. Utt, James B. (R) Wilson, Bob (R) Van Deerlin, Lionel (D) Tunriey, John V. (D) COLORADO Senators Allott, Gordon (R) Dominick, Peter H. (R) Representatives 1. Rogers, Byron G. (D) 2. McVicker, Roy H. (D) 3. Evans, Frank E. (D) 4. Aspinall, Wayne N. (D) CONNECTICUT Senators Dodd, Thomas J. (D) Ribicoff, Abraham A. (D) Representatives 1. Daddario, Emilio Q. (D) 2. St. Onge, William L. (D) 3. Giaimo, Robert N. (D) 4. Irwin, Donald J. (D) 5. Monagan, John S. (D) 6. Grabowski, Bernard F. (D) Senators Douglas, Paul H. (D) Dirksen, Everett McKinley (R) Representatives 1. Dawson, William L. (D) 2. O'Hara, Barratt (D) 3. Murphy, William T. (D) 4. Edward J. Derwinski (R) 5. Kluczynski, John C. (D) 6. Ronan, Daniel J. (D) 7. Annunzio, Frank (D) 8. Rostenkowski, Dan (D) 9. Yates, Sidney R. (D) 10. Collier, Harold R. (R) 11. Pucinski, Roman C. (D) 12. McClory, Robert (R) 13. Rumsfeld, Donald (R) 14. Erlenbom, John N. (R) 15. Reid, Charlotte T. (R) 16. Anderson, John B. (R) 17. Arends, Leslie C. (R) 18. Michel, Robert H. (R) 19. Schisler, Gale (D) 20. Findley. Paul (R) 21. Gray, Kenneth J. (D) 22. Springer, William L. (R) 23. Shipley, George E. (D) 24. Price, Melvin (D) INDIANA Senators Hartke, Vance (D) Bayh, Birch (D) Representatives Madden, Ray J. (D) Halleck, Charles A. (R) Brademas, John (D) Adair, E. Ross (R) Roush, J. Edward (D) Roudebush, Richard L. (R) Bray, William G. (R) Denton, Winfield K. (D) Hamilton, Lee H. (D) Harvey, Ralph (R) Jacobs, Andrew, Jr. (D) DELAWARE Senators Williams, John J. (R) Boggs, J. Caleb (R) Representative At largeMcDowell, Harris B., Jr. (D) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. FLORIDA IOWA Senators Holland, Spessard L. (D) Smathers, George A. (D) Representatives 1. Sikes, Robert L. F. (D) 2. Bennett, Charles E. (D) 3. Pepper, Claude (D) 4. Fascell, Dante B. (D) 5. Herlong, A. Sydney, Jr. (D) 6. Rogers, Paul G. (D) 7. Haley, James A. (D) 8. Matthews, D. R. (Billy) (D) 9. Fuqua, Don (D) 10. Gibbons, Sam M. (D) 11. Gurney, Edward J. (R) 12. Cramer, William C. (R) GEORGIA Senators Russell, Richard B. (D) Talmadge, Herman E. (D) Representatives 1. Hagan, G. Elliott (D) 2. O'Neal, Maston (D) 3. Callaway, Howard H. (R) 4. Mackay, James A. (D) 5. Weltner, Charles L. (D) 6. Flynt, John J., Jr. (D) 7. Davis, John W. (D) 8. Tuten, J. Russell (D) 9. Landrum, Phil M. (D) 10. Stephens, Robert G., Jr. (D.) HAWAH Senators Fong, Hiram L. (R) Inouye, Daniel K. (D) RepresestSnves (at large) Matsunaga, Spark M. (D) Mink, Patsy T. (D) IDAHO Senators Church, Frank (D) Jordan, Len B. (R) Senators Hickenlooper, Bourke B. (R) Miller, Jack (R) Representatives 1. Schmidhauser, John R. (D) 2. Culver, John C. (D) 3. Gross, H. R. (R) 4. Bandstra, Bert (D) 5. Smith, Neal(D) 6. Greigg, Stanley L. (D) 7. Hansen, John R. (D) KANSAS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Senators Carlson, Frank (R) Pearson, James B. (R) Representatives Dole, Bob (R) Mize, Chester L. (R) Ellsworth, Robert F. (R) Shriver, Gamer E. (R) Skubitz, Joe (R) KENTUCKY Senators Cooper, John Sherman (R) Morton, Thruston B. (R) Representatives 1. Stubblefield, Frank A. (D) 2. Natcher, William H. (D) 3. Famsley, Charles P. (D) 4. Chelf, Frank (D) 5. Carter, Tim Lee (R) 6. Watts, John C, (D) Uti D. (D) LOUISIANA Senators Ellender, Allen J. (D) Long, Russell B. (D) Representatives 1. Hebert, F. Edward (D) 2. Boggs, Hale (D) 3. Willis, Edwin E. (D) 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Waggonner, Joe D., Jr. (D) Passman, CXto E. ^) Morrison, James H. (D) Edwards, Edwin W. (D) Long, Speedy O. (D) MAINE Senators Smith, Margaret Chase (R) Muskie, Edmund S. (D) Representatives 1. Tupper, Stanley R. (R) 2. Hathaway, William D. (D) MARYLAND Senators Brewster, Daniel B. (D) Tydings, Joseph D. (D) Representatives At large—Sickles, Carlton R. (D) 1. Morton, Rogers C. B. (R) 2. Long, Clarence D. (D) 3. Garmatz, Edward A. (D) 4. Fallon, George H. (D) 5. Machen, Hervey G. (D) 6. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. (R) 7. Friedel, Samuel N. (D) MASSACHUSETTS Senators Saltonstall, Leverett (R) Kennedy, Edward M. (D) Representatives 1. Conte, Silvio O. (R) 2. Boland, Edward P. (D) 3. Philbin, Philip J. (D) 4. Donohue, Harold D. (D) 5. Morse, F. Bradford (R) 6. Bates, William H. (R) 7. Macdonald, Torbert H. (D) 8. O'Neill, Thomas P., Jr. (D) 9. McCormack, John W. (D) 10. Martin, Joseph W., Jr. (R) 11. Burke, James A. (D) 12. Keith, Hastings (R) ) MICHIGAN Senators Hart, Philip A. (D) Griffin, Robert P. (R) Representatives 1. Conyers, John, Jr. (D) 2. Vivian, Weston E. (D1 3. Todd, Paul E., Jr. (D) 4. Hutchinson, Edward (R) 5. Ford, Gerald R. (R) 6. Chamberlain, Charles E. (R) 7. Mackie, John C. (D) 8. Harvey, James (R) 9. [Vacant] 10. Cederberg, Elford A. (R) 11. Clevenger, Raymond F. (D) 12. O'Hara, James G. (D) 13. Diggs, Carles C., Jr. (D) 14. Nedzi, Lucien N. (D) 15. Ford, William D. (D) 16. Dingell, John D. (D) 17. Griffiths, Martha W. (D) 18. Broomfield, William S. (R) 19. Famum, Billie S. (D) MINNESOTA Senators McCarthy, Eugene J. (D) Mondale, Walter F. (D) Representatives 1. Ouie, Albert H. (R) 2. Nelsen, Ancher (R) 3. MacGregor, Clark (R) 4. Karth, Joseph E. (D) 5. Eraser, Donald M. (TD) 6. Olson, Alec G. (D) 7. Langen. 0. Blatnik, John A. (D) MISSISSIPPI Senators Eastland, James O. (D) Stennis, John (D) Representatives 1. Abernethy, Thomas G. (D) 2. Whitten, Jamie L. (D) 3. Williams, John Bell (D) 4. Walker, Prentiss (R) 5. Colmer, William M. (D) » J V ^ % �Jane 24, 1966 MISSOURI 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Senators Symington, Stuart (D) Long, Edward V. (D) Representatives Karsten, Frank M. (D) Curtis, Thomas B. (R) Sullivan, Leonor Kretzer (Mrs. John B.) (D) Randall, Wm. J. (D) Boiling, Richard (D) Hull, W. R., Jr. (D) Hall, Durward G. (R) Ichord, Richard R. (D) Hungate, William L. (D) Jones, Paul C. (D) MONTANA Senators Mansfield, Mike (D) Metcalf, Lee (D) Representatives 1. Olsen, Arnold (D) 2. Battin, James F. (R) NEBRASKA Senators Hruska, Roman L. (R) Curtis, Carl T. (R) Representatives 1. Callan, Qair A. (D) 2. Cunningham, Glenn (R) 3. Martin, David T. (R) NEVADA Senators Bible, Alan (D. Cannon, Howard W. (D) Representative At large—Walter S. Baring (D) NEW HAMPSHIRE Senators Cotton, Norris (R) Mclntyre, Thomas J. (D) Representatives 1. Huot, J. Oliva (D) 2. Cleveland, James C. (R) NEW JERSEY Senators Case, Clifford P. (R) Williams, Harrison A., Jr. (D) Representatives 1. Cahill, William T. (R) 2. McGrath, Thomas C., Jr. (D) 3. Howard, James J. (D) 4. Thompson, Frank, Jr. (D) 5. Frelinghuysen, Peter H. B. (R) 6. Dwyer, Florence B. (R) 7. Widnall, William B. (R) 8. Joelson, Charles S. (D) 9. Helstoski, Henry (D) 10. Rodino, Peter W., Jr. (D) 11. Minish, Joseph G. (D) 12. Krebs, Paul J. (D) 13. Gallagher, Cornelius E. (D) 14. Daniels, Dominick V. (D) 15. Patten, Edward J. (D) NEW MEXICO Senators Anderson, Clinton P. (D) Montoya, Joseph M. (D) Representatives (at large) Morris, Thomas G. (D) Walker, E. S. Johnny (B) NEW YORK Senators Javits, Jacob K. (R) Kennedy, Robert F. (D) Representatives 1. Pike, Otis G. (D) 2. Grover, James R., Jr. (R) 3. Wolff, Lester L. (D) 4. Wydler, John W. (R) 5. Tenzer, Herbert (D) 6. Halperh, Seymour (R) 7. Addabbo, Joseph P. (D) 8. Rosenthal, Benjamin S. (D) 9. Delaney, James J. (D) 10. Celler, Emanuel (D) SEAFARER'S LOG — SPECIAL SVPPLEMENT 11. Keogh, Eugene J. (D) 12. Kelly, Edna F. (D) 13. Multer, Abraham J. (D) 14. Rooney, John J. (D) 15. Carey, Hugh L. (D) 16. Murphy, John M. (D) 17. [Vacant] 18. Powell, Adam C. (D) 19. Farbstein, Leonard (D) 20. Ryan, William F. (D) 21. Scheucr, James H. (D) 22. Gilbert, Jacob H. (D) 23. Bingham, Jonathan B. (D) 24. Fino, Paul A. (R) 25. Ottinger, Richard L. (D) 26. Reid, Ogden R. (R) 27. Dow, John G. (D) 28. Resnick, Joseph Y. (D) 29. O'Brien, Leo W. (D) 30. King, Carleton J. (R) 31. McEwen, Robert C. (R) 32. Pimie, Alexander (R) 33. Robison, Howard W. (R) 34. Hanley, James M. (D) 35. Stratton, Samuel S. (D) 36. Horton, Frank (R) 37. Conable, Barber B., Jr. (R) 38. Goodell, Charles E. (R) 39. McCarthy, Richard D. (D) 40. Smith, Henry P., 3d (R) 41. Dulski, Thaddeus J. (D) NORTH CAROLINA Senators Ervin, Sam J., Jr. (D) Jordan, B. Everett (D) Representatives 1. [Vacant] 2. Fountain, L. H. (D) 3. Henderson, David N. (D) 4. Cooley, Harold D. (D) 5. Scott, Ralph J. (D) 6. Kornegay, Horace R. (D) 7. Lennon, Alton (D) 8. Jonas, Charles R. (R) 9. Broyhill, James T. (R) 10. Whitener, Basil L. (D) 11. Taylor, Roy A. (D) NORTH DAKOTA Senators Young, Milton R. (R) Burdick, Quentin N. (D) Representatives 1. Andrews, Mark (R) 2. Redlin, Rolland (D) OHIO Senators Lausche, Frank J. (D) Young, Stephen M. (D) Representatives At large—Robert E. Sweeney 1. Gilligan, John J. (D) 2. Clancy, Donald D. (R) 3. Love, Rodney M. (D) 4. McCulloch, William M. (R) 5. Latta, Delbert L. (R) 6. Harsha, William H. (R) 7. Brown, Clarence J., Jr. (R) 8. Betts, Jackson E. (R) 9. Ashley, Thomas L. (D) 10. Moeller, Walter H. (D) 11. Stanton, J. William (R) 12. Devine, Samuel L. (R) 13. Mosher, Charles A. (R) 14. Ayres, William H. (R) 15. Secrest, Robert T. (D) 16. Bow, Frank T. (R) 17. Ashbrook, John M. (R) 18. Hays, Wayne L. (D) 19. Kirwan, Michael J. (D) 20. Feighan, Michael A. (D) 21. Vanik, Charles A. (D) 22. Bolton, Frances P. (R) 23. Minshall, William E. (R) OKLAHOMA Senators Monroney, A. S. Mike (D) Harris, Fred R. (D) Representatives 1. Belcher, Page (R) 2. Edmondson, Ed (D) 3. Albert, Carl (D) 4. Steed, Tom (D) 5. Jarman, John (D) 6. Johnson, Jed, Jr. (D) OREGON Senators Morse, Wayne (D) Neuberger, Maurine B. (D) Rqwresentatives 1. Wyatt, Wendell (R) 2. Ullman, A1(D) 3. Green, Edith (D) 4. Duncan, Robert B. (D) PENNSYLVANIA Senators Clark, Joseph S. (D) Scott, Hugh (R) Representatives 1. Barrett, William A. (D) 2. Nix, Robert N. C. (D) 3. Byrne, James A. (D) 4. Toll, Herman (D) 5. Green, William J. (D) 6. Rhodes, George M, (D) 7. Watkins, G. Robert (R) 8. Curtin, Willard S. (R) 9. Dague, Paul B. (R) 10. McDade, Joseph M. (R) 11. Flood, Daniel J. (D) 12. Whalley, J. Irving (R) 13. Schweiker, Richard S. (R) 14. Moorhead, William S. (D) 15. Rooney, Fred B. (D) 16. Kunkel, John C. (R) 17. Schneebeli, Herman T. (R) 18. Corbett, Robert J. (R) 19. Craley, N. Neiman, Jr. (D) 20. Holland, Elmer J. (D) 21. Dent, John H. (D) 22. Saylor, John P. (R) 23. Johnson, Albert W. (R) 24. Vigorito, Joseph P. (D) 25. Clark, Frank M. (D) 26. Morgan, Thomas E. (D) 27. Fulton, James G. (R) RHODE ISLAND Senators Pastore, John O. (D) Pell, Claiborne (D) Representatives 1. St. Germain, Femand J. (D) 2. Fogarty, John E. (D) SOUTH CAROLINA Senators Thurmond, Strom (R) Russell, Donald (D) Representatives 1. Rivers, L. Mendel (D) 2. Watson, Albert W. (R) 3. Dorn, W. J. Bryan (D) 4. Ashmore, Robert T. (D) 5. Gettys, Tom S. (D) 6. McMillan, John L. (D) SOUTH DAKOTA Senators Mundt, Karl E. (R) McGovem George (D) Representatives 1. Reifel, Ben (R) 2. Berry E. Y. (R) TENNESSEE Senators Gore, Albert (D) Bass, Ross (D) Representatives 1. Quillen, James H. (R) 2. Duncan, John J. (R) 3. Brock, William E., 3rd (R) 4. Evins, Joe L. (D) 5. Fulton, Richard H. (D) 6. Anderson, William R. (D) 7. Murray, Tom (D) 8. Everett, Robert A. (D) 9. Grider, George W. (D) TEXAS Senators Yarborough, Ralph W. (D) Tower, John G. (R) Representatives At Large—Pool, Joe (D) 1. Patman, Wright (D) 2. Brooks, Jack (D) 3. Beck worth, Lindley (D) 4. Roberts, Ray (D) Page Eleven 5. Cabell, Earle (D) 6. Teague, Clin E. (D) 7. Dowdy, John (D) 8. Thomas, Albert (D) 9. Thompson, Qark W. (D) 10. Pickle, J. J. (Jake) (D) 11. Poage, W. R. (D) 12. Wright, James C., Ja. (D) 13. Purcell, Graham (D) 14. Young, John (D) 15. de la Garza, Eligio (D) 16. White, Richard C. (D) 17. Burleson, Omar (D) 18. Rogers, Walter (D) 19. Mahon, George H. (D) 20. Gonzalez, Henry B. (D) 21. Fisher, O. C. (D) 22. Casey, Bob (D) UTAH Senators Bennett, Wallace F. (R) Moss, Frank E. (D) Representatives 1. Burton, Laurence J. (R) 2. King, David S. (D) VERMONT Senators Aiken, George D. (R) Prouty, Winston L. (R) Representative (at large) Stafford, Robert T. (R) VIRGINIA Senators Robertson, A. Willis (D) Byrd, Harry F., Jr. (D) Representatives 1. Downing, Thomas N. (D) 2. Hardy, Porter, Jr. (D) 3. Satterfield, David E., 3rd (D) 4. Abbitt, Watkins M. (D) 5. Tuck. William M. (D) 6. Poff, Richard H. (R) 7. Marsh, John O., Jr. (D) 8. Smith, Howard W. (D) 9. Jennings, W. Pat (D) 10. Broyhill, Joel T. (R) WASHINGTON Senators Magnuson, Warren G. (D) Jackson, Henry M. (D) Representatives 1. Pelly, Thomas M. (R) 2. Meeds, Lloyd (D) 3. Hansen, Julia Butler (D) 4. May, Catherine (R) 5. Foley, Thomas S. (D) 6. Hicks, Floyd V. (D) 7. Adams, Brock (D) WEST VIRGINIA Senators Randolph, Jennings (D) Byrd, Robert C. Representatives 1. Moore, Arch A., Jr. (R) 2. Staggers, Harley O. (D) 3. Slack, John M., Jr. (D) 4. Hechler, Ken (D) 5. Kee, James (D) WISCONSIN Senators Proxmire, William (D) Nelson, Gaylord (D) Representatives 1. Stalbaum, Lynn E. (D) 2. Kastenmeier, Robert W. (D) 3. Thomson, Vernon W. (R) 4. Zablocki, Clement J. (D) 5. Reuss, Henry S. (D) 6. Race, John A. (D) 7. Laird, Melvin R. (R) 8. Byrnes, John W. (R) 9. Davis, Glenn R. (R) 10. O'Konski, Alvin E. (R) WYOMING Senators McGee, Gale W. (D) Simpson, Milward L. (R) Representative At Large—Roncalio, Teno (D) �•1. Page Twelve June 24, 1966 SEAFARER'S LOG^SPECi AL SUPPLEMENT p.. .w -• "S.5T," ...^^.fcrrcd to the Board— H.R. 15567 differential and '^^IlTlllTin i -l lt-retaryofcon™ THf SferS^o SSgimSiiin Plan Numbered 7 of on'SamVSS In" Fisheries A BILL AclZ' be cued as -The Federal Maritmrc A^' „ „f the Merchant Ma- hereafter in this chaptsi Jl" noymijg rion, which shall be an . iclc • imv other department agcncs, m m •, ex cn.ive branch of the thority of the head of any suchWp.aiS^. instrumentality I ^ Acimiu istralion a Hdaeh ^ ^ be appomted ^ and consent o the Sena ^ ,ey The y'a^l *all be conaposcd^^i ,n«-_ eral Maritime A^"^!"'^'^[''4ith he advice and consent pointed by the ,vho shall receive of the Senate for ^ $28,000 per annum. Of compensation at the yat the members " on Ju^e 30, 1970. and one pointed for a term cxpi ^ Their successors for a term expiring years except that shall be appointed , ^hall be appointed any person chosem tojrll jyyacy;cy^;^^^ une.«rc»ei| ||H whom ire succcc«J ^iree (d) The Board. Board members to J' shall thereafter The onjj:; Lni ^ ttoear. bcsin- ,,,,, ..^vice shall receive com- bc'mV<^Sie for the exercise of ^ numstraior shall '.y J d of the agency powers and the dischaige section (?) of this liththc single be discharge of Act, in the "crc.sc of J J .,o, submit his fet'TOt^hiht'et- 1' J j,;. |,oimd by the his decisions lor the app < committee, board decisions or recotnmcttdaito. or other organizatiim created by ,, »(2, mc Adtttinis ator yrll,__^ United Slates, r'"t-b' „,.•. Fjjccharoe of the powers for bis fitness tor the f this ^EapJr'pre^TscmpioCmcnmor^ ™SSre"nr„LpM constitute a bar to appoint- "'™(cT mtT hereby transferred to the sXdminis"""d) all functions of .he Secretary of Commerce f oF " Sng ^siy in htaby section 202(al of Reorganization Plan Num"".'m "all fmimions of the Secretary of Commerce ning maritime industiy ^he term of office as BoardjjW'll''• • ''is "I '' * '' MEN ^."•;SWPP0' cTirnrmnv cng^^ ^ ...fu.ffviih thaWmust business or wilh tmy ""'""f iVo 'st.eh company • m he »vyh^eW " bu^ yercifcOthei ;lillSS-illll:ilion or employment siuiing the • fu > Rn-ird so lonE as there shall (f) A vacancy m the ^he power of be two members in office the Board to execute i. „<,dtute a quorum for the members of the Boau s < - • ^ pj ^d and coitcurring transaction of the Board shall be sufhvotes of any two dent foiMhe disposition ,,. before the Board. Any _ „ neelcct of duty moved by the Prestdeffi for inefficiency, . and malfeasance m office personnel, property, rec­ ords'anEmexpendedbalan^^^^ tions iransfti red to tion and Maritime ^"^sidy B dds Act as the Director of provisions of .• the Fed- SfrMmUinrAdmlnisftation and Maritime Substdy 5, See,ions 201, 203 and Reorganization - HE Sk Asr s "minSoJ^^ynitro ™e member of the Martttme b^^^^^^^^ Reorg'anization Plati Num- iyr7n?™bf-yomby^ and the amcndmentf. miK e W • SEC, «Af' .M, Acf taU be temed to affect (1) ments made by this • established by part I :!rR^:J^irnTlSSd 7 of ,061. or (2) the Mad- any of the "f Act shall take effect sixty days after cnactmen , Seafarei :'• r.;V imerka • AFL- �June 24, 1966 v*- SEAFARERS From the Ships at Sea Seafarer Will Pursue Art Career — "•i'.'anrr'iini i The necessity for emergency repairs aboard the Western Comet gave seafarer John Coates, who sails in the engine department, an unexpected five-day stay in Hong Kong recently. The extra liberty proved popular with the crew-'®' Crewmembers of the Portmar members, Coates reported. In (Calmar) had nothing but praise addition to inexpensive hotels ' for the job Rich­ and good food, the port provides ard Rigney was the opportunity to buy clothes doing as ship's from tailors who rank with the delegate. Jim best in the world. Seafarer Coates Archie, meet­ ,,-j was sporting a ing secretary, re­ new jacket, ports everything bought for half what it would is running along have cost in the smoothly with no United States. beefs reported. Brother Coates, Rigney There has been who has been sail­ a great spirit of cooperation be­ ing with the SIU tween the officers and the seafar­ for two years re­ Coates ers, Archie reports. A vote of ports that the thanks was extended to the Stew­ ship's steward department turned ard department. out plenty of good chow. <1> A. Joosepson was elected the ship's delegate on the Transerie (Hudson) and he reports the ship reached the half­ way point in it's voyage. The ship has received or­ ders to load oil for a trip to Ma­ jorca, Spain, then back to the Gulf Joosepson Coast. First, the Transerie will stop off in the Bah­ rain Islands for boiler repairs. A payoff is expected in Houston about July 2. Joosepson writes that there are iio beefs and the only unpleasant note on the trip was the illness of A. Brooks, Jr., who had to be sent to the hospital for observation and transferred back to the states. The crew of the Del Sol (Delta) has a little spending money, meet­ ing chairman J. A. Rusheed re­ ports, thanks to a balance of $39.10 in the ship's fund after investing $20 for a new TV an­ tenna. R. N. Boyett was elected ship's delegate. Rusheed The ship is head­ ing for Ghana, Congo, Angola, then home for a New Orleans payoff. Jf ^bf obvious rea^m tn# V ;annot print any letters or oth© iominunicattODS sent by Seafar© iiiiess' the: author;sijgsas;:,hit''n8 circumstances justify, the LC vil) withhold a signature on luest The pizza pies baked on the Steel Age (Isthmian) made a big hit with the crew and everyone re­ quested some more soon. The steward depart­ ment came in for a vote of thanks for the well pre­ pared menus, Al­ fred Salem, meet­ Salem ing secretary in­ forms us. The ship's treasury shows $20, according to Ron Carraway, meeting chairman. Things are running smoothly and there were no beefs. TBANSPACIPIC (Hudson Waterways), April 17~Ch»lrman, Orlando Freaza: Secretary, Ellsworth W. Reynold. No beefs reported by department delesratea. Motion made that TV seta be put on all i SIIJ ships at expense of company. Second ' electrician was eleetdd to serve as ship's delegate. STEEL KOVBK (Isthmlnn), April 17— Chairman. Stanley Jandorai Secretary, ii Howard K. Fnulklner. J46.01 in ship's 4 fuEid. No beefs reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks was given to , Brother Oreste Volo, who was reelected to serve as ship's delegate. DIGEST of sru MEETII'^GS MT. VBBNON VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), May 28—Chairnan, M. Del Prado; Secretary, • $16.90 in ship's fund. One man missed ship in Yokosuka, Japan. (Motion made that at least two inflatable life rafts be installed on all P Bill ships.) Motion made that Cong«s8 adopt a law to have all passenger ships ' using U.S. ports comply xvith the high standard of safety which apply to TJ-S. ttaBaettiter BIIIIW^ Voie of tbaiikB to the. ;dteward department for a job well done. 81 STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), May' » • V*~.: A*>OliairiXU»9lf Mttn kawCAvvoi./, AI Jtml Hupt. Brother Robert Carbone was Elected to servd as "ship's delegate. No ^^;r^rted by department delegates. you •<.'•" • - Page Thirteen LOG With 1966 SIU Scholarship A ward Bernard Maret, one of six winners of the SIU's annual $6,000 scholarships, hopes to utilize his scholarship grant to further his talent as an artist and possibly go on to teach art after graduating from college. Maret, who sails in the stew- ^ ard department, plans to go to John Brown University in Ar­ kansas where he will major in art and minor in Bible education. Brother Maret makes his home in Trailer Haven, Melbourne, Fla., where he resides with his mother. The seafarer has accumulated 27 hours at Brevard Junior College. Although he has never held an art show Maret has nonetheless turned out a number of promising paintings and has shown a great willingness to work hard to fur­ ther his development as an artist. Seafarer Maret gives much of the credit for his winning the scholar­ ship to Dr. Mary Cathryn Park, a social studies teacher at Brevard, who encouraged him. As a token of his gratitude for the help Dr. Park extended, Maret presented her with one of his original oil paintings. The sea­ farer is a deeply religious man and active in the Central Baptist Church in Melbourne. He has been especially active in the church's youth program. Maret is presently an inactive Deacon. Brother Maret last sailed aboard the Walter Rice and has sailed on SlU-contracted ships of the Alcoa and Waterman Steamship Seafarer Bernard Maret, who recently won a SIU scholarship, is Lines and the Reynolds Metals shown with an original oil painting that he presented to Dr. Mary Co. Among the countries he has Cathryn Park, a social studies teacher at Brevard Junior College, visited are, Spain, Yugoslavia, Ja­ Melbourne, Fla. Maret gave Dr. Park the painting as a token pan, Libya, Korea, South America of his gratitude tor encouraging him in his artistic career. and the Caribbean Islands. CUBA VICTORY (Alcoa). April 28— Chairman, Walter H. Sibley; Secretory, fi. Krawcxyk. Restricted shore leave In Yokohama. Captain said there will be no shore leave except for medical pur­ poses. One man missed ship in Saigon. Disputed OT for standing watches in Saigon and Yokohama in engrine department. • BETHPLOR (BctMeheni Stdd), May 22 —Chairman, Henry Armstrong: Secre­ tary, Raymond Perry. Ship's delegate' reported that everything is running smootbty. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. Motion made that the company furnish transportation from the ship to the gate and back, as it is at least 4 miles, and the road is snake infested. LOMA VICTORY (Delta), April 27— Chairman, E5. Eden; Secretary, Jfamto Naylor. No disputed OT and no beefs reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job we!! do—•' ROBERT D. CONRAD (Maritime Oper­ ation), May 14—Cbainnan, M. Smith; Secretary, L. Lamphere. Ship sailed short two men. Some disputed OT reported by deck department. Vote of thanks to steward department from crew on job w^ done. COEUR D'ALENE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), May 1—Chairman, Predericb A. pehler; Secretary, Robert M. Kennedy. Some disputed OT in engine and steward department. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done, BANGOR (Bermuda Shipping), May 16 —Chairman, Paul Dew ; Secretary, Ernest Hatt^. Two oilers missed ship in Ger­ many. No bee&, reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks extended to the ship's dri^te and to the steward .department. OCEANIC SEE AY (Trans-World Marine), April 25 — Chairman, Frank Natole; Secretary, H. Kennedy, Pour men missed ship In San Francisco. $12.00 in ship's fund. Few hours disputed OT in each department. HENRY LA LIBERTE (Buckeye), May 6—Chairman, Dennis Frarck: Secretary. John Anderson. Brother L. Connolly was elected to serve as ship's delegate.^ $9.00 in ship's fund. Complaint about all four mooring winches and hatch winches and motion made that they be repacked because steam in the air makes it im­ possible to see signals. ROBIN TREND (Moore-McCormack), April 10—Chairman, Chief Electrician; Secretary. Ralph Pettit. No beefs reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks extended to the steward department for a job well done. Still having trouble with mail deliveries to foreign porta. ALCOA MAHKBtER^(Alcoa). June 6— Chairman. Carl Franchlns j Secretary, George Cavallaro, No beefs reported, by department delegates. - : DEL MUNDO (Delta), May 2—Chair­ man, Albert J. Doty: Secrebtty, A1 M. Toientino. Brother Milton J. 'Hjlbod^ux was elected to serve as new ship s dele­ gate, No bee& reported. Everything is running smoothly. $97.38 In ship's fund, which includes $70.00 from Delta Lines to ship's; crew for safety award. PRODUCER (Marine Carriers), May 1 —Chairman, J. G. Lakwyk ; Secretaw, Floyd 0. Nolan. No beefs reported by department delegates. One man was hos­ pitalised and one man missed ship at Bijeka. Couple hours disputed OT in steward department. Water tanks need to be cleaned or cemented. This matt« to be taken up with patrolman. NORBERTO CAPAV (Liberty Naviga­ tion), March 26—Chairman. James V. Smith: Secretary, A. D. Hill. In general, everything is running smoothly. Repair# are numerous hut are being taken care of slowly. No beeto reported by depart­ ment delegates. Discussion about wcCpr ing outsiders out of messrooms and pan­ tries while in port overseas. PENN VANGUARD (Penn Shi, _ , Hay 1—Chairman, Stephen H. Fulford Secretary, J. Calhoun. No beefs and no disputed OT r^rted by department dele­ gates. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Vote of thanks to the steward and ehief cook for exterminating roaches. COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service)^! May 22—Chairman, Red Donahue; Sec­ retary, T. Densemore. No beefs reported by department del^ates. Motion made that ali SIU ships be air conditioned. HUDSON (Oriental Export), May 16—^ Chairman, David E. Edwards;.Secretary,' Donald P. Mason. Some disputed OT In deck and steward departments to be taken up with boarding patrolman. FAIRISLB (Pan Oceanic Tanker Corp.); April 28—Chairman, Ira Brown; Secre­ tary, T. J. Hubbard. No beefs and no disputed OT reported. No mail was re­ ceived during entire voyage. It was suggested that action he taken by the company to insist that longshoremen he provided with their own bathroom fa­ cilities. STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), May 30 —Chairman, Frank Throp; Secretory, Walter H(Aemeyer. Motion made to have dri^ate submit compiaint about roaches. Suggestion was made to move water cooler from crew mess to recreation hall. No beefs and no disputed OT rcjiorted bydepartment delegates. VOLUSIA (Suwannee), May 10—Chain.; man, Wilson Deal; Secretary, R. MeCutloch. No beefs and no disputed OT re­ ported by department delegates. Brother Wilmn Deal was elected to serve as ship's ;t(easurer.. MAIDEN CREEK (Sea-Land). May 24: -^Chairman, M. J. Dans*®; Secretary, Pate. No beefs and no disputed OT re­ ported by department delegates. Brother Hugh R. Hallman was rieptdd aa ship's delegate, ^ �mmm Page Fonrteen Teacher Commends LOO Labor Feature To 0!« EdBtim A friend of mine has been passing along your fine paper, "The Seafarers Log." I would like to know how I can get on the mailing list of your paper. Also, I would like to know if you have reprints of your series on the story of American Labor, "All This Happeaed." This in­ formation on the American labor movement is very int»esttng and valuable and I would ike to circulate it among my friends and possibly get it into the school library for reference material. If it is printed in book orm this would be best for add­ ing it to our library collection. £. F. Williams gLocalNo. 1273 Ventura County Federation df Teachers, AFL-CIO LETTERS To The Editor Raps U.5. Policy On Lakes Shipping SEAFARERS getting three squares a day with wages. Their families are warm and comfortable, so they say: 'To hell with the American sailor, even though he made me a millionaire. He can find an­ other job. American sailors are nothing but a bunch of vaga­ bonds, bums, and riff-raff any­ way. They come right from the bottom of the barrel; it was the only job they could get. We'll drop the Marine Hospital and make sure they can't draw un­ employment in the winter. Hell! Let the bums kick off; we'll hire new ones, come spring fit-out. They're a dime a dozCn any­ how." So thank you, Mr. Million­ aire and Mr. Washington, D. C, But, I'll bet when you Big Boys get yoursleves in trouble, you won't forget to call on us. Robert Lonb Ullom Mailed Log Story To His Congressman To tiie Editon T clipped the item in your June 10th issue of "Seafarers Log" concerning Congressman Byrnes' (R-Wis.) introduction of a bill in the House, to spur American ship construction, and I mailed it to my congressman, Joseph Vigorito (D) and asked his wholehearted support of the bill. You should visit any of our Great Lakes and see for yourself the sad shape Of our Great Lakes fleet and at the same time see all of the beautiful super ships (730 ft. long) that the Canadians have built and are still building. Your very informative paper should be on the desk of every congressman and senator and you should urge every one of your members to hammer down the doors of our legislators with requests to see that this bill be­ comes a reality. I'm not a seaman myself, but the lakes and seas and ships are my love. I come by it naturally; my grandfather and my uncles were shipmasters and naval offi­ cers. I'm a postal worker. Local 269, UFPOC, AFL-CIO. With best wishes for you id your continuing efforts to better the lot of the American seaman, I remain, LOG Jane 24, 1966 Seafarer Honored By Hometown In Tribute To U.S. Merchant Seamen Wayne DeGeer, one of many Seafarers who have been doing their part in moving vital military supplies to South Vietnam, was honored on Maritime Day by the Mayor of his home town, Torrance, California, and the Governor of the State. Seafarer DeGeer, whose last ^ DeGeer added that there were DeGeer told the Log. trip was to Viet Nam aboard Carl Backland, Torrance Post­ some uncomfortable moments for the Norberto Capay as an OS, master, enthusiastically went along the American seaman and he re­ was cited during the May 23 cel­ with the Mayor's plans and even called the time when the Viet Cong ebration as a home-town boy who a step further. Maritime Day post­ tried to sabotage an American was a credit to the United States ers, which usually are displayed tanker. and its merchant marine. on mail trucks during Maritime Other than the Viet Cong, the Albert Isen, N'ayor of Tor­ Week, May 23-27, were posted on heat was another thing that struck rance, first heard oi Wayne's good the trucks for the entire month of him as being uncomfortable. work through a May. "It got as high as 140 degrees," mutual friend, TTie Maritime Day celebration Seafarer DeGeer claimed. one of the town's was also something that Seafarer Brother DeGeer has been sail­ policemen. May­ DeGeer will never forget. ing with the SIU ever since he or Isen was so Governor Attends Ceremonies graduated from Narbonne High impressed with School in Torrance a year-and-a"Governor Brown attended the Wayne and the half ago. honors at City Hall and made a role seamen man­ "I really love sailing and have ning the nation's speech lauding the contribution of American seamen to the nation. seen interesting countries like merchant ships DeGeer After receiving a citation from Spain, Germany, Arabia, Okina­ were performing, that extraordinary plans were the city in recognition of his and wa, Thailand, the Philippines and other American seamen's efforts Viet Nam," he said. made for Maritime Day. But Seafarer DeGeer, the son of "The Mayor and the City Coun­ for the United States in Viet Nam, cil of Torrance wanted to do DeGeer pointed out that the a retired Army sergeant, will soon something for the seaman to show "Vietna-mese people appreciate have to give it all up—at least he was more than just a seaman what we're doing for them." It temporarily. He was drafted soon but an important contributor to was obvious, he said, that the ma­ after he returned from his last trip the welfare of the United States," jority of the Vietnamese like us. to Viet Nam. To the Editor: The seamen I have met are men of many talents. Some of the finest riggers in the world sail aboard these lake ships. When need be, they are mighty handy with a line. TTiey have jobs that no one wants, and they are gone nine months of the the Balitmore hall; Edward At­ Avery at Seattle Hall. This is ur­ Leon C. Brown year. kins; Harold Gaffney; I. Reed; gent. Please contact your wife in New Things used to be pretty good. Carl J. Kozioh; J. McCarthy; Orleans as soon as you can. — — There were a lot of lower lakers James Keavney, Francis X. Wherin all classes of tonnage. But, of Herbert O. Leake rity; John Jones; E. W. Bartoh. course, that was before diesel Jochim F. CircireUo Please contact your mother, Please pick the baggage up as power and the Seaway. Then the Please get in touch with your soon as possible or notify Rex E. Mrs. Haywood Leake at Rte. 1, Big Boys got down to brass tacks. attorney, Alfred Marroletti, Es­ Dickey, agent, as to where it Berryville, Va., as soon as possi­ They called a big meeting and quire, Suite 3223 Penn Center should be shipped. ble. said to one another: "Well do Plaza, Phila., Penna., immediately, away with our small craft and in connection with a matter he — — tonnage. Well make one big is handling for you. Frank Rotolo George Phillips ship in the place of two small Please write to your wife, Mar­ Please get in touch with your ones. Tliink of all the seamen garet, at 400 W. Baker, E-2, FulPaul Petak wife at her address or John H. we won't have to pay wages to! lerton, Cal., as soon as you can. Please call or write Frank WasRegner at 606 Scanlan Building, And well make each port quick­ mer, W-8, at 3415 Anderson, Kan­ Houston, Texas 77002, as soon as er with all this new speed." sas City, Missouri, telephone BE. possible in regard to a very impor­ And then came the St. Law-V William Gunther 1-8629. tant matter. fence Seaway. Foreign ships now Please contact Paul F. Quinn, sail our Great Lakes waters — ^ 1589 Union port Road, Bronx, Baggage Held without pilots of knowledge of William Maid N. Y. 10462, immediately. The following seafarers have onf lafceis or rivers. Our men Please contact E. L. "Smokey" baggage being held for them in study hard for their AB tickets and their licenses in order to Richard Welch Lifeboat Class No, 153 Sets Sail navigate our lakes and rivers. Please get in touch with Stan­ But the White Honse says the Pharmacist Program ley J. Jacobs of Ungar, Dulitz and foreigner doesn't need a licen^. Martzell, 328 Chartres St., New He can go wherever he pleas^; Called Step Forward Orleans, La., or phone 523-6504, What the boys in the White To The Editon regarding a personal injury case House are thinking - is this: that was settled in your behalf. I read the story in the last "There is too much money in­ Anyone knowing Mr. Welch's issue of the Log about the Staff volved, and we might be able Officers Association of Amer­ whereabouts is asked to call Mr. to break the unions. We don't Jacobs collect at the above num­ ica's plans to open a pharmacistwant to hurt the foreigner's feel­ ber. mate training school for its ings, either." members. But 111 tell you one thing: un­ I think this is a very good Michael E. Halpin employment doesn't make good time. idea, since it would provide Please get in touch with Mrs. ship's with a man qualified to ad­ E. Michalski, Rte. 4, Dowagiac, In fog, the foreign ship doesn't minister proper emergency aid Mich, 49047. blow his whistle, nor does he an­ to crewmembers at sea. In the swer for that matter. He takes his share of the sea lane right .. event a man got sick at sea, he W. Alderman would be able to get the tem­ down the middle and he says: Please get in touch with your porary treatment from a trained "To hell with the telephone." mother at 2186 N. W. Glison, person, which, woidd be a Ma:=^! Those foreign boys a Portland, Oregon 97210, as soon help. Many times, proper medi­ hazard to navigation!- So now, as possible. Also, please send your cal treatment is unavailable in , due; to diesel power, bigger boats forwarding address to her as the cases of emergency. and foreign shipping, our fleets union is holding your 1965 W2 are cut in half and Jobs are I know that the SIU supports SIU Lifeboat Class No. 153 assembled for graduation picture after forms on file until they hear from tr to find. the Staff Ofltcer's union objective they successfully completed their lifeboat training course at the you. to get pharmaciste'-mates aboard ^ surprised to Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. The newest additions to the American ships. I hope that some some fine morning and ranks of SIU lifeboat ticket holders are (l-r, bottom row): Mike John Caionna day this will be po.ssible because yourself out of a job. We owe Salles, George Hill, Jose E. Rodrigues and Irving Pearlman. Back Please contact Georgia Kratsas it involves the well-being of all our thanks to the Big Man, row, l-r are: Rolpert L. Lane, Alexander Janes, Ed LaRoda, Greg at this phone number, CL. 5-7069, diesel power, foreign shif Bass, Ulysses Bedbe and lifeboat school instructor Ami Bjornsson. as soon as you can. White House, ' i — 4/ — <t> 4 •PI ..•Fv i �fune 24, 1966 Page Fifteen SEAFARERS LOG Sea-tand Safety Award Members of the crew of the Los Angeles are shown with the tape recorder that was awarded to the crew for winning the Sea-Land Safety Award for 1965. From left to right are: Ali M. S. Mathala, fireman-water tender; Manuel Sanchez, deck maintenance: Raymond Torres, oiler; Efrain Garcia, fireman-water tender and Ramon Vila, BR, The crew will be out to win again this year. SlUSUP Windjammer Veterans Reialf Days Of Towering Topsails SAN FRANCISCO—^That exclusive and fast diminishing breed of blue water sailors:—^the wind­ jammer men—have started a Square Rigger Club here, a sort of "last man's" club to commemorate the days of wooden ships and iron men. More than 75 windjammer ^ cisco, now 82, is an old-timer north with Chinese and Mexican veterans, including some SlU­ who can tell of shanghaiing days cannery hands in the spring and SUP old-timers, have joined the when a night of fun on San Fran­ racing home With the season's organization since its first meet­ cisco's Barbary Coast was liable salmon pack in the fall. ing in February. Many an SUP-SIU old-timer to end up the next day with a Prominent among the charter headache and a hefty pull on served on these tall masted "Stars" members is Bob Anderson of San the ropes aboard some outward- along with Square Rigger Club Francisco, who holds the number bounder. Coffman started his sea­ members Paul Jahnkae and Fred one retirement card in the Sailors faring career by being shanghaied Klebengat, who sailed, respective­ Union of the Pacific. ly, on the Star of Holland and on the bark Belfast in 1902. His first trip to sea was on the Club members also include vet­ Star of Poland. Swedish brig Lotton in 1896, two erans of the big "Star" fleet of Any sailing ship veteran can years before Dewey blasted the windjammers operated by the affiliate with the Square Rigger Spanish fleet in Manila Bay. In Alaska Packers Association be­ Club by writing to Capt, Fred E. the years between then and his tween San Francisco and the Bris­ Conrad at 180 Cotter St., San last sailing voyage in 1918, Bob tol Bay salmon canneries, running Francisco, Calif. 94112. served in barks, barkentines, ships and schooners, under Swedish, Norwegian, British and American flags. Old SUP men will recall some of Brother Anderson's later ships: the schooner Cecelia Sudden, After 14 futile attempts, Seafarer George Zintz, Jr., one of the Sophie Christenson and barkenSIU's most dedicated bottle writers, has finally found a pen pal tine Newsboy, all well known schooling grounds for many a in the person of a British Army Sargeant, John White. West Coast sailor in years gone by. Zintz, who has sailed with the to find anyone who shared his W. M. Coffman of San Fran­ SIU for 14 years, was never able penchant for enclosing messages in bottles uqtil now. Sargeant White is stationed in the British protectorate of Sharjah Trucial Oman in the Per­ sian Gulf. Seafarer Zintz James Walsh, 46: Heart disease recently com­ Samuel Bailey, 47: Brother claimed the life of Brother Walsh, Bailey died of natural causes. May pleted a voyage on the Topa Topa May 16, in Cleve­ V while sailing as an AB. He's land, Ohio. He on the Manhat­ Zintz not the only sea­ had sailed with the tan, off the coast Great Lakes Tow­ of Madris, India. farer who cast mesages in bottles ing Co., as a fire­ He sailed as into the sea. James Balmy, a veteran of the man. T^e seafar­ pumpman. Sea­ er joined the un­ farer Bailey made engine department, estimates that ion in the port of his home in New some 20 per cent of the bottles Cleveland, where Orleans, where he's thrown overboard have re­ he was born and he joined the SIU. ceived replies. Balmy casts at least made his residence. Walsh served Brother Bailey was bora in Missis­ three bottles over the side of every in the Navy from 1943 to 1945. sippi. He is survived by his wife, ship he sails on. The seafarer Burial was in Holy Cross Ceme­ Naomi, six children and two doesn't care about the type of tery, Cleveland. grandchildren. Burial was at sea. bottle used, as long as it's glass, sealed and buoyant. 4f Brother Zintz got started on his Clarence Shively, 67: Heart Aouad Mohamed Massoudy, disease claimed the life of Brother bottle writing career while in the 52: A kidney ailment took the Shively, March Navy, in 1950. He sails out of life of seafarer 23, 1966, in the New Orleans. There are many Massoudy, April Veterans Admin­ cases on record of seamen being 1, at the U. S. istration Hospital, rescued after their bottled SOS Public Health Memphis, Tenn. messages were found. Zintz said Sargeant White Service Hospital, Born in Missouri, found his bottle on the beach be­ Baltimore, Md. he joined the SIU He joined the in the port of tween Shariah and Dubai. SIU in Houston, Mobile. The sea­ iTex. in 1963. farer was a mem­ Couldn't Compare Born in Arabia, ber of the Steward department. By Herbie Mueller he sailed in the engine room. Bur­ His last ship was the Alcoa Clip­ Tfie moon light shining ial was in Baltimore. He is sur­ per. A widower, he is survived by In a sky so blue vived by his brother, Mohamed a sister, Mrs. Maggie Vowels of My heart ever longing Ali Massoudy Hid Almael of Charleston, Miss. Burial was in For little baby you! Yemen, Arabia. Charleston. Message ^Mailed' In Bottle Gets Pen Pal For Seafarer Charlene DeSlatte, born April 17, 1966, to the Dalton DeSlattes, Sabine Pass, Texas. Timothy DeVogel, bom April 15, 1966, to the Joseph DeVogels, Superior, Wise. <1> Randy Mclntyre, born January 19, 1966, to the Malcolm Mclntyres, pad Axe, Michigan. Joy Sawyer, born October 4, 1965, to the Leroy G. Sawyers, Norfolk, Va. <|> Constance Frances, born Janu­ ary 4, 1966, to the Carlo Lopeparos, Chicago, 111. Daniel Henry Bigham, born April 21, 1966, to the Henry Bighams, Waxhaw, N. C. Richard Boone, bora March 11, 1966, to the William Boones, Pasa­ dena, Texas. Leslie Carol Underwood, born Febraury 10, 1966, to the Wil­ liam Underwoods, Phila., Pa. 1966, to the Juan Carcamos, Kenner. La. ^ Olga Castro, bora May 13, 1966, to the Arturo Castros, Hous­ ton, Texas. Patrick and David Lyons, born June 10, 1966, to the Merton Lyons, Alpena, Mich. — — William David Morris, born May 25, 1966, to the William Morris, Jacksonville, Fla. — if Rhonda Hebert, born March 3, 1966, to the Maxie Heberts, Abbe­ ville, La. <1> Terraine Mark Sanders, born March 4, 1966, to the Windell Sanders, Baltimore, Md. if — Vernon Meyers, born May 28, 1966, to the Russell Meyers, Mo­ bile, Ala. <1> Dawn E. Allman, born April 10, 1966, to the John W. Allmans, South Hill, Va. if Harold Gleaton, bora May 27, 1966, to the James Gleatons, Brooklyn, N. Y. — if — Terry Trippe, bora June 2, 1966, to the Robert Trippes, New Orleans, La. <1> Rosemary Anne Milanesis, bora May 12, 1966, to the Eugene Mi­ lanesis, Brooklyn, N. Y. Denise Caragiorgio, born De­ cember 3, 1965, to the Antoine Caragiorgios, New Orleans, La. David Troy GUless, born Febru­ ary 19, 1965, to the Joseph F. Gilless, Robert, La. Raymond Bron Ennis, bora Sep­ tember 30, 1965, to the Thomas Ennis', Philadelphia, Pa. — if — Patsy Anita Roma, born March 23, 1966, to the R. Romas, Hous­ ton, Texas. —: John Southard, bora May 16, 1966, to the John Southards, Edgewater Park, New Jersey. —— if — Gilherto Sanchez, born April 7, 1966, to the Heraclio Sanchezs, Detroit, Michigan. if — Mark Smith, born May 4, 1966, to the R. J. Smiths, Lakewood, Ohio. <|> Ivette Carcamo, born May 22, <1> <t> Tresa Malynn Jones, born April 21, 1966, to the Cyril Jones, New Orleans, La. ^ Mary Lee Holian, bora May 11, 1966, to the Thomas Holians, Cleveland, Ohio. <I> Melvin Talcott, bora May 10, 1966, to the Gordon Talcotts, St. Louis, Missouri. ^ Teodoro Diangson, Jr., bora. December 1, 1965, to the Teo­ doro Diangsons, Brooklyn, New York. Virginia Hicks, born May 10, 1966, to the Dannie L. Hicks, Baltimore, Md. <1> I Editor, I SEAFARERS .ere.-, LOG, fon 6^: Fourth Brooklyn I li I -•••• ' • I • • With stars softly shining High in the sky For your warm tender love So lonely / sigh! I'll give you the Moon The heaven and the stars When you promise darling Forever I'm yours! I would like to receive the SEAFARERS tOG-r-please pW^ oh your mailing list. fWnl fitformafhn) I lAE j NAME I STREET EET ADDRESS • , . ^ ^ 1 "J ! CiTr STATE........ ZIP. , | I TO AVOID DUPLICATION! If you are an old tuburlber and have a change | " of address, please give your former address belowr . . • I'll take the darkness Won't need any light Only a loving smile From you each night! The moon—the stars The heaven and sun Couldn't compare To the love I've won! .v ^ �Page Sixteen SEAFARERS UNFAIR TO LABOR DO NOT BUY I li 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) <|> H. I. Siegel "HIS" brand men's clotbes (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) <I> Sears, Roebuck Company Retail stores & products (Retail Clerks) Stitzel-Welier Distilleries "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin Still," W. L. Weller Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) J. R. Simplot Potato Co. Frozen potato products (Grain Millers) Kingsport Press "World Book," "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) ¥OUR BIGHTS FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safexuardintr the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at 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: Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1930, New York 4, N. Y. , . Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live 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 iwtrolman 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 refrain^ from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles demed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings jn all constitu­ tional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Bbcecutive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among ita ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. Schedule of Membership Meetings SHJ-AGLIWD Meetings New York . .July 5—2:30 p.m. Philadelphia July 5—2:30 p.m. Baltimore ..July 6—2:30p.m. Detroit .. . .July 8—^2:30 p.m. Houston .. .July 11—2:30 p.m. New Orleans July 12—2:30 p.m. DlRBCTORYof UNION HALLS SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Gal Tanner Earl Shepard Al Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Lindsay Williams Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr White Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) HEADQUARTERS ALPENA, Mich BALTIMORE, MD BOSTON, Mass 675 4th Ave., Bklyn. NY 9-6600 127 River St. EL 4-3616 1216 E. Baltimore St. EA 7-4900 177 State St. Ri 2-0140 Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes . . . Sentry, Cedar Chest, Statler Men's Shoes . . . Jarman, Johnson & Murphy, Crestworth, (Boot and Shoe Workers' Union) 4,Tyson's Poultry, Inc. Rock Cornish Tyson's Pride Manor House-Safeway Cornish Game-Armour and A & P's SuperRight 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) June 24, 1966 LOG BUFFALO, N.Y 735 Washington St. TL 3-9259 CHICAGO, III 9383 Ewing Ave. SA 1-0733 CLEVELAND, Ohio 1420 W. 25th St. MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mich. .. 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. VI 3-4741 DULUTH, Minn 312 W. 2nd St. RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich P.O. Box 287 415 Main St. EL 7-2441 HOUSTON, Tex 5804 Canal St. WA 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE, Fla 2608 Pearl St. EL 3-0987 JERSEY CITY, N.J 99 Montgomery St. HE 3-0104 MOBILE, Ala I South Lawrence St. HE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS, La 630 Jackson Ave. Tel. 529-7546 NORFOLK, Va 115 3rd St. Tel. 622-1892 PHILADELPHIA, Pa 2604 S. 4th St DE 6-3818 PORT ARTHUR, Tex 1348 Seventh St. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. 350 Freemont St. DO 2-4401 SANTURCE, P.R. ...1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 Tel. 723-8594 SEATTLE, Wash 2505 First Avenue MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo 805 Del Mer CE-l-1434 TAMPA, Fla 312 Harrison St. Tel. 229-2788 WILMINGTON, Calif. ...505 N. Marine Ave. \ TE 4-2523 Mobile . . . - July 13—2:30 p.m. Wilmington .July 18—2 p.m. San Francisco July 20—2 p.m. Seattle July 24—2 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit July 18—2 p.m. Alpena July 18—7 p.m. Buffalo July 18—7 p.m. Chicago July 18—7 p.m. Cleveland July 18—7 p.m. Duluth July 18—^7 p.m. Frankport July 20—7 p.m. Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region Detroit . .. .July 11—7:30 p.m. Milwaukee .July 11—7:30 p.m. Chicago . . . .July 12—7:30 p.m. tSault Ste. Marie July 14—7:30 p.m. Buffalo . .. .July 14—7:30 p.m. Duluth . . . .July 15—7:30 p.m. Cleveland . .July 15—7:30 p.m. Toledo . . . .July 15—7:30 p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union Philadelphia . . . July 5—5 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and unlicensed) . . July 6—5 p.m. Norfolk July 7—5 p.m. Houston July 11—5 p.m. New Orleans ..July 12—5p.m. Mobile July 13—5 p.m. Railway Marine Region Jersey City July 11—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Philadelphia July 12—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore July 13—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. "Norfolk July 14—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. United Industrial Workers New York ... .July 5-—7 p.m. Philadelphia .. .July 5—7 p.m. Baltimore July 6—7 p.m. ^Houston July 11—7 p.m. New Orleans ..July 12—^7p.m. Mobile July 13—7 p.m. * Meeting held at Labor Temple. New­ port News. t Meeting held at Labor Temple. Sanlt Ste. Marie. HIeh. t Meeting held at Galveston Wharves. PAYMENT OF MONIES.^Nb' 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 la 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 halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarise 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 detoils, 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 contracta 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 righte of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any time a Seafarer feels that any of the above rights hove 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. SANTA EMILIA (Liberty Navigation). May g—Chairman, James Myers; Secre­ tary. W. Knchta. B6.00 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine department to be taken up with boarding patrolman. JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Victory Carriers), May 16—Chairman, F. J. Smith; Secretary. H. h. Skyles. $6.00 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by department delegates. JOHN P. REI8S (Reiss). May 18— Chairman, Sam S. Goins; Secretary, Roy Wilmers. $14.00 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa). May 18— Chairman. Joe McLaren ; Secretary. C. E. Turner. $1.26 in ship's fund. Few hours disputed OT in deck department. Every­ thing else is running fine. Motion made that ship's delegate ask patrolman for an SIU library. Discussion about getting an engine utility on all ships so that if a man misses a ship they will have someone to replace him. Question was brought up about a retirement plan. Vote of thanlu extended to the steward department. UHLMANN BROTHERS (Kinsmen Transit), May 16—Chairman, Charles B. Simpson; Secretary, Walter Drcher, Each crewmember contributed 25 cents to ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. Engine room washing machine is not working properly. TV in messball is out of order and in bad shape. OCEANIC SPRAY (Trans-World Mar­ ine), May 16—Chairman, Paul Arthofer; Secretary, T. E Markham. Brother Jim Masters was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Ship sailed short two men. in engine department STEEL AGE (Isthmian). May 25— Chairman, Ronald Carraway; Secretary. Alfred Salem. $20.00 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. MARORE (Venorc Transportation), May 18—Chairman, Thomas Littlefield : Secretary, Leslie Boudreaux. No b^fs reported. Request that ship be fumigated for roaches. STEEL VENDOR (Isthmian), May 30 •—Chairman, Arlen Quinn j Secretary, Fred Shaia. Some disputed OT in the deck and engine departments to be taken up with boarding patrolman. $31.73 in ship's fund. Ship needs to be fumigated. ROBIN TRENT May 8—Secretary, beefs reported by It was suggested messball In better (Moore McCormack), Patrick White. No department delegates. that crew help keep condition. DIGEST of SIU MEETINGS JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), May 22—Chairman, Gilbert J. Troscalalr: Secretary, Eugene W. Auer. No beefs reported by department delegates. Mo­ tion made to have a contraici ciarificsition In book form to be printed as in the past for each department. The crew Was asked not to hang any gear on the alarm bell in passageway. Brother Fmnquia was elected to serve as ship's delegate. TRANfiaA'TTERAS (Hudson WaterWays), Max 24—Chaimarti Ray Hodgers; Secretary, Mike Miller. No beefs rei ported by- department detegat«s. Shipls; delekatef i reported - everything rnnning smoothly..:'Vote of thaPk«;'to:'.toe.)iteWl^' department for Job well done. ner; Secretory. Herbert Peace. Ship's delegate reported everything OK. No beefs reported by department delegates. WARRIOR (Sea-Lond Service), May 24 —Chairman, Charles W. Jordan; Secre­ tary, Charl^ W. Jordan. Everything is running smoothly. Few hours disputed OT in engine department. Vote of thanks to the steward department. Vote of thanks to the shore gang who relieved the crew while in port. TRANSERIE (Hudson Waterways), April 13—Chairman, C. Murray; Secre­ tary, L. D. Pierson. No beefs reported by department delegates. Brother A. Joosepson was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Captain to get screens for galley before arriving in Bombay. OVERSEAS ROSE (Maritime Over­ seas), May 1—Chairman, Tom. A. Martineau; Secretary, O. G. Chafin. $8.00 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by depart- ; ment delegates. Everything is running smoothly. Steward department extended a vote of thanks to the "hOsun, Tom A. • Martineau, for his quick resiionse in mak­ ing repairs. STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), May 22— Chairman, Kevin Ryan; Secretary, Mike Ard. $6.36 in .ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by department delegates. Brother Boy W. Corns was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. DEL MAR (Delta), May 12—Chairman, Robert Johnson; Secretary, Joseph V. Whalen. Ship's delegate reported that everything is running smoothly. He re­ signed with a vote of thanks. Brother George Annis was. elected to serve as new ship's delegate. No beefs reported by department delegates. GENEVA (U.S. Steel). June 3—Chair­ man, Richard Hefliey; Secretary, Sebas­ tian Fercira. $5.00 in ship's fund. Sev­ eral hours disputed OT in steward depart­ ment. Vote of thanks extended to the steward department. NICOLET (Gartiand), January 6 — Chairman, I. Wizesenski; Secretary, Ju­ lius H. Johnson. OT beef to be taken up with boarding patrolman. PORTMAB (Calmar Steamship Corp., June 6—Chairman, Corbet ^B. Myrick ; _ "l Secretary, James B. Archie. Brother Richard Rigney was elected to serve as ship's delegate and he has done a great job. Bverrthing running fine. Full, co­ operation of the Captain, officers and ' members of the crew. No beefs were reported by department delegates^ COE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), " May 21—Chairman, J. A. Shorten; Secre­ tary, Fred D. Lynum. $26.16 in ship's .* fund. Brother K. Crews was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs reported by department delegates. MADAKET (Waterman), September 80 , —Chairman, Chadboume Gait: Secretary, Thomas Liles. Ship's delegate reported that everything is going smoothly with no complaints of any kind. ;DEL VALLE (DeltaU May 29—Ch«iri man, Ramon Ferrera; l^retary, Ray Hif Casanova. Brother Avery Lee Edwards was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs reported by department deleil .gates. OT looks good for this trip. ;• DEL SOL (Delta). May 29—Chalrmanl A. Ruaheed; Secretary, R. EL Stoughi Jr. Nothing much to report. Everything^ is going along O.K. with no beefs. $89.ll in ship's fund. Brother R. N. Boyett wag elee^ to B^rve as new ship's delegate. Motion nnade that the ship's deiegate con toct headquarters to clarify whether o) not the black gang is entitled to lodgin: while ship ia at sea, on sea watches, wbil Chipping and scaling is being perform^ around after house between the hours OJ g a.to> and S p.i». an we^ dafs. • Ohahman, mitor H. Sibley rjertrtary. JKrawc$yk,::'';No.: dicpoted:. O'ls^ an^ nc beefs regortsd by dcpnrti^t ' ' �Jane 24, 1966 SEAFARERS Page Seventeen LOG DISBURSEMENTS ANNUAL REPORT For the fiscal year ended November 30, 1965 SEAFARERS WELFARE FUND 275 20th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11215 to the SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE of the STATE OF NEW YORK The data contained herein is for the purpose of providing general information as to the condition and affairs of the fund. The presentation is necessarily abbrevi­ ated. For a more comprehensive treatment, refer to the Annual Statement, copies of which may be inspected at the office of the fund, or at the New York State Insurance Department, 123 William Street, New York, N. Y. 10038. EXHIBIT B-1 7. Insurance and annuity premimums paid to insurance companies for participants benefits .. 8. Benefits provided other than through insurance carriers or other service organizations See attachment 9. Administrative expenses (a) Salaries (Schedule 1) (b) Fees and commissions (c) Interest (d) Taxes " (e) Rent (f) Other administrative expenses 10. Other disbursements (a) See attachment (b) 11. Total lines 7 to 10, inclusive •12. Excess (deficiency) of receipts over disbursements (line 6, less line 11) 13. 14. 15. SUMMARY STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES i As of November 30, 1965 (Name of plan) Seafarers Welfare Fund (Address of plan's principal office) 275 20th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y 11215 16. —o— 3,931,241.39 336,318.75 59,600.74 14,865.64 21,930.58 170,387,94 603,103.65 471,924.66 471,924.66 5,006,269.70 (310,734.20) RECONCILIATION OF FUND BALANCES Fund balance at beginning of year 2,826,880.09 Excess (deficiency) of receipts over disbursements (line 12) (310,734.20) Other increases or decreases in funds (a) See schedule attached 95,700.00 (b) Increase in reserve for welfare benefits to pensioners and their dependents (475,011.00) (379,311.00) Fund balance end of year 2,136,834.89 SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN ASSETS* Column (1) 1. Cash 2 Bonds and debentures (a) Government obligations ... (b) Nongovernment bonds (c) Total bonds and debentures. 3. Stocks (a) Preferred (b) Common 4. Common trusts 5. Real estate loans and mortgages 6. Operated real estate 7. Other investment assets U. S. Treasury bills 8. Accrued income receivable on invest­ ments 9. Prepaid expenses 10. Other assets (a) See Attachment (b) (c) 11. Total assets 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Column (2) 715,024.60 Column' (3) 796,752.58 2,115,200.00 2,911,952.58 NOT APPLICABLE 1,175,302.24 4,136,188.10 176,162.46 LIABILITIES AND FUNDS Insurance and annuity premiums payable Reserve for unpaid claims (not covered by insurance) Accounts payable. See Attachment .. 7,740.27 Accrued payrolls, taxes and other expenses Total liabilities Funds and reserves (a) See Below 2,882,800.00 (b) Fund balance 2,136,834.89 (c) (d) Total funds and reserves .. Total liabilities and funds November 30, 1965 Item No. 1. Seafarers Welfare Plan is identified with various Atlantic, Gulf Coast and Great Lakes steamship companies, tugboat and dredging operators who have collective bargaining agreements with the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, the Inland Boatmen's Union of the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, and the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America, Great Lakes District. 5B. Classes of Benefits Provided Death Rehabilitation Medical Examination Program Special Therapeutic Equipment Dental Scholarships Hospital Optical Medical —o48,93328 ATTACHMENT TO ANNUAL REPORT-FORM D-2 Surgical Blood Bank Consultative Services Maternity Burial Plots Sickness and Accident Blood Transfusions Rehabilitation Therapy Disaster Victim Aid EXHIBIT B-1—Item 10—Other Assets Investment in stock of wholly owned corporations (at cost) Miscellaneous receivables Deposits Capital donated to wholly owned corps Less: Reserve for donated capital Fixed Assets Furniture and fixtures—Plan office ... Furniture and fixtures—Detroit Medical and Safety Program facilitiesBrooklyn, New York Puerto Rico New Orleans, Louisiana Baltimore, Maryland Furniture and fixtures—Blood Bank Program, New York, N. Y Equipment outports Cemetery plots 176,162.46 5,027,375.16 7,740.27 5,019,634.89 5,027,375.16 > Indicate accountinK basis by check: Cash • Accrual_n. Plans on a cash basis should attach a statement of significant unrecorded assets and lis liabilities. See attachment ' The assets listed in this statement must be valued in column (1) on the basis regularly used in valuing investments held in the fund and reported to the U.S. Tretisury Department, or shall be valued at their aggregate cost or present value, whichever is lower, if such a statement is not so required to be filed with the U.S. Treasury Department (Act, sec. 7 (e) and (f) (1) (B). State basis of determining be filed with the U.S. Treasury Department (Act. sec. 7 (e) and (f) (1) (B)). State basis of determining the amount at which securities are carried and shown in column (1) : Bonds, stocks and treasury bills at cost. 'If A (2) in item 13, PART III is checked "Yes," show in this column the cost or prraent value, whichever is lower, of investments summarized in lines 2c, 3a, and 3b, if such value differs from that reported in column (1). Item 17(a)—Reserve for welfare benefits for pensioners and their dependents$2,882,800.00 10,000.00 73,203.46 259.00 $3,646,359.17 3,553,659.17 92,700.00 249,248.48 9,516.20 96,730.58 65.502.91 45.769.92 46,345.97 558.78 1,181.43 887.50 515,741.77 515,741.77 Less: Reserve for fixed assets $176,162.46 Total other assets ... Item 14—Accounts Payable Payroll Taxes Withheld Accounts Payable $ 6,142.89 1,597.38 $ 7,740.27 EXHIBIT B-1—Statement of Significant Unrecorded Assets and Liabilities ASSETS EXHIBIT B-2 SUMMARY STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS For Year Ending November 30, 1965 (Name of plan) Seafarers Welfare Fund (Address of plan's principal office) 275 20th Street, Brooklyn, N, Y 11215 RECEIPTS Contributions (a) Employer (b) Employees (c) Other (Specify) Interest, dividends and other investment net income Proceeds from disposal of assets, net Dividends and experience rating refunds from insurance companies Other receipts (a)Interest on delinquent contributions (b) Equipment and office improvement rentals (c) Miscellaneous Total lines 1 Contributions Receivable—Note Interest Receivable on Bonds $1,339,295.18 43,066.42 $1,382,361.60 LIABILITIES Incurred Benefits Payable Administrative Expenses Payable $ 251,802.32 32,339.69 $ 284,142.01 4,372,293.48 195,001.98 94,347.94 2,599.89 30,176.44 1,115.77 Note: Included herein are delinquent contributions in the amount of $395,848.41 due from various companies as principals for their own vessels or as agents for other companies. Attorneys for the Plan have instituted suits libeling various vessels under the control of the companies and the parties involved are presently engaged in bankruptcy or admiralty proceedings. EXHIBIT B-2—Line 8 and Page 2—Item 7 Benefits provided other than through insurance carrier or other service organization. Cost of Benefits Paid $3,925,550.87 Cost of fixed assets acquired for purpose of providing specific benefits 5,690.52 $3,931,241.39 33,892.10 (Continued on pa,ge 18) �Page Eighteen SEAFARERS 8. Accrued income receivable on invest­ ments 9. Prepaid expenses 10. Other assets (a) (b) (c) ANNUAL REPORT EXHIBIT B-2—Line 10—Other Disbursements Trustees Meetings Travel Expenses ! Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment Maintenance of Real Estate Capital Donated to Wholly-Owned Corporation $ 8,073.69 9,510.88 64,283.77 20,056.32 370,000.00 $2,800,065.47 ($2,712,365.47) $95,700.00 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE i /SyAlS::?.. J *nd Hi- KMJS- Tnutta of the Fund and bein* duly •worn, each for himaelf depoaea and aaya that thia Annual Report ia true to the beat of hia Informatioa. knowledge and belief. Employer tnn^; Employee truatee;, -X. 12. Insurance and payable 13. Reserve for unpaid claims (not cov­ ered by insurance) 14. Accounts payable 15. Accrued payrolls, taxes and other expenses 16. Total liabilities 17. Funds and reserves (a) Reserve for future benefits 11,713,817.19 and expenses (b) (c) (d) Total funds and reserves .. 18. Total liabilities and funds —0— 11,713,817.19 11,713,817.19 > Indicate accountinit basis by check: Cash • Accrual •. Plans on a cash basis should attach a statement of significant unrecorded assets and liabilities. 2 The assets listed in this statement must be valued in column (1) on the basis regularly used in valuing investments held in the fund and reported to the U.S. Treasury Department, or shall be valued at their aggregate cost or present value, whichever is lower, if such a statement is not so required to be filed with the U.S. Treasury Department (Act. sec. 7 (e) and (f) (1) (B)). State basis of determining the amount at which securities are carried and shown in column (1) : All Securities at Cost. »If A (2) in item 13, PART III is checked "Yea," show in this column the cost or present value, whichever is lower, of investments summarized in lines 2c, 3a, and 3b, if such value differs from that reported in column (1). EXHIBIT B-2 SUMMARY STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS For Year Ending Nov. 30, 1965 (Name of Plan) Seafarers Pension Plan (Address of plan's principal office) 275 20th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215 WELfARE STAT* or 11,713,817.19 LIABILITIES AND FUNDS annuity premiums Note 1—Represented by 20 shares of common stock—no par value in each corpora­ tion except Welfare New Orleans Building Corp. which has 3 shares. Note 2—It is the continuing policy of the Plan to provide a reserve against fixed assets donated to its wholly-owned corporation and thereby reflect its fund balance on a cash basis. Comm or 1,896.26 11. Total assets $ 471,924.66 EXHIBT B-2—Line 15(a)—Other Increases in Funds Return of investment in wholly-owned corporations due to termination of agree­ ment of July 1, 1962, with the Plan of the Maritime Advancement Programs: Capital Reserve for Stock Donated Donated Capital (Notel) Capital (Note 2) Total Welfare Baltimore Building Corp. .. $2,000.00 $1,221,063.40 ($1,178,963.40) $44,100.00 Welfare Mobile Building Corp. .. 2,000.00 201,239.81 (189,439.81) 13,800.00 Welfare Philadelphia Building Corp. .. 2,000.00 339,627.81 (323,627.81) 18,000.00 Welfare New Orleans Building Corp. .. 2,000.00 1,038,134.45 (1,020,334.45) 19,800.00 $8,000.00 June 24, 1966 LOG M± Subacribed and awsm-^ before me thia r ./^T^i^fay of.....^^^,. RECEIPTS 1. Contributions (a) Employer Schedule Attached (b) Employees (c) Other (Specify) 2. Interest, dividends, and other investment net income 3. Gain (or loss) from disposal of assets, net .. 4. Dividends and experience rating refunds from insurance companies 5. Other receipts (a ) (b ) (c) 6. Total lines 1 to 5, inclusive 4,691,421.00 388,860.04 6,449.25 5,086,730.29 DISBURSEMENTS Otben (Indicate titlca): 7. Insurance and annuity premiums paid to in­ surance companies for participants benefits 8. Benefits provided other than through insur­ ance carriers or other service organizations 9. Administrative expenses (a) Salaries (Schedule 1) (b) Fees and commissions (c) Interest (d) Taxes (e) Rent (f) Other administrative expenses 10. Other disbursements (a) Trustees Meetings Expense (b) Travel 11. Total lines 7 to 10, inclusive 12. Excess (deficiency) of receipts over disburse­ ments (line 6, less line 11) HARO^ J. MAHER Natw Pu^. Stal* of N«w Yerfc ^2^34.2474350 QutliM in KinO« Cummiiiinn £*pu#» W*ch 30, 1967 ANNUAL REPORT For the fiscal year ending November 30, 1965 SEAFARERS PENSION FUND 275 20th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11215 to the 1,374,764.53 47,551.68 20,731.74 2,087.15 3,068.00 19,254.07 7,246.29 74.99 92,692.64 7,321.28 1,474,778.45 3,611,951.84 '1 RECONCILIATION OF THE FUND BALANCES SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE of the STATE OF NEW YORK The data contained herein is for the purpose of providing general information as to the condition and affairs of the fund. The presentation is necessarily abbrevi­ ated. For a more comprehensive treatment, refer to the Annual Statement, copies of which may be inspected at the office of the fund, or at the New York State Insurance Department, 123 William Street, New York, N. Y. 10038. W, 13. Fund balance at beginning of year 14. Excess (deficiency) of receipts over disburse­ ments (line 12) 15. Other increases or decreases in funds (a) Net increase or decrease by adjust­ ment in asset values of investments .. (b) Net Increase in Reserve for future Benefits and Expenses (c ) 16. Fund balance end of year 3,611,951.84 (3,611,951.84) 'V v; (3,611,951.84) ANNUAL REFORT OF THE EXHIBIT B-1 Seafar«rJ^ SUMMARY STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES i STAT* O* As of November 30, 1965 (Name of Plan) Seafarers Pension Plan (Address of plan's principal office) 275 20th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215 ASSETS' Column (1) 1. Cash 2. Bonds and debentures (a) Government obligations ... (b) Nongovernment bonds (c) Total bonds and debentures 3. Stocks (a) Preferred (b) Common 4. Common trusts 5. Real estate loans and mortgages ... 6. Operated real estate 7. Other investment assets U.S. Treas­ ury Bills Column (2) 265,865.88 251,785.00 5,181,167.51 5,432,952.51 891,165.29 4,536,544.65 250,000.00 275,994.10 59,398.50 11,446,055.05 Column' (3) Couim O* Fund 1 (C. ) ^ A^ Tnialtc* of the Fund and„, bdng duly aarorn, aacb for himaelf depoaaa and aaya that thia Annual Report la true to the beet of hIa informa. tioo, knbwiedge and belief. Employer 1 •v Employee truatae: Not *.• ; 11 •< SubMTlb^tnd yy-Cf /fe:.....jdayof. Applicable „ ) befof* ma thia <-••5 Othata (Indicate titlaa); ^ 1 J No. 24-2474350 QujffiM ift Kino» Coynfy CemniMkH) Upirti Mmth 30* mf �lune 24, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG Page Nineteen •;vf' > .^.•x:\: UlTHIS I APL-CJO Pres. Msany ialfe with Pres. Johnsbit as latter signs into law a iabor-backeci bill ?#; bringing new benefits to American workers. , >1 he merging ai; the American Federation o. Labor of Industrial Or ^ ganizations on Dec. 5, 1955 made the nev ' federation the largest labor body in the history of the United States and of the free \vorld. Th6 J .membership of the AFL-CIO affiliated union, • "today is approximately 13V2 million workers. The effectiveness of the organized Americar •labor movement was strenghtened considerabb ¥py the mergers if enabled the re^urces of th entire movement to be put into the task of resol^^ving the complex and complicated problemf 3facing American workers and the community as a whole in the' second half of the 20th century. THE STORY OF AMERICAN LABOR PART 10 of a Seafarers Log feature "the Seafarers International Union, which wages I .»continuing and aggressive campaigns oh a muU rnitude of issues, ranging from the fight to re-' l^.tain the Public Health Service Hospitals for the |.'/;are and treatment of merchant seamen to the tbattle to effect legislation and policies that Swould halt the decline of the U.S. merchant ma­ rine and instead encourage its growth and expansion. ^ Af SlU convention deiegates map plans to press for adequate merchant marine in in­ terests of maritime workers and the nation. ?6vemment "home nile" for the District of ,' /Columbia; situs picketing legislation to pro­ tect the economic freedom of workers at multi­ employer construction sites, &id adequate ap-, propriaiions for health, educatimi, welfare, antir- . 'verty, labor protection and manpower deI^elopment programs. The AFL-CIO will also continue its fight to repeal Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley law NIONS, individually—again as in the case i ivhich restricts the freedom of collective bargaining and through which states are enabled of the SIU—and collectively—-through the to adopt the so-called "right-to-work laws," en, - • AFL-CIO Committee On Political Educacouraging unionbusting by employers and detion (COPE)—also engage in political action on the broad economic and social issues which : priving workers of the benefits of imion se­ curity. IHE struggle of the organiTied labor move- " merit to provide American workers with The importance of. organized labor's activi- . decent wages and conditions and the secuties to the v/ell-being of Americans was noted The American labor movement is the strongby President Lyndon Johnson on July 14, 1965 ^ >yUy and dignity to which they are entitled, .. est, most active single force for social welfare wed its greatest successes in the years folwhen he said; **The AFI^-CIO bos done mmre improvements in the nation. Its effectiveness in good for more people than any other group h| Jiiowing World War II and in the decade since" behalf of the interests of, organized workem America in its lepslative efforts ... No groiijpe formation of the AFL-CIO. Going beyond and the community at large is evidenced by the in the cmintry wdrics harder In the inBteresrt success of its fight for a great range of bene­ everyone ... It helps yonhg and old ai^ ficial legislation in the first session of the 89th die-aged ... I believe die American lembers and their families. By negotiating Congress. The AFL-CIO unions saw many of ought to know the remarkable contribution lealth and welfare plans, the unions won a wide • their legislative goals become law, among them range of new benefits that gave vital protection Medicare, federal aid to education, federal pro- 1 which organized labor makes to the ,|>romotio# of souud {illation." :o the worker and his family. The union health lection of voting rights, a stepped-up war on ;hnd welfare plans made available to American poverty, a new Department of Housing and UT victories and improvement in any are ^workers, medical care, hospitalization and a Urban Development, legislative reapportion­ JL#—^whether it be across the bargaining table/ Variety of related benefits that previously had ment, a better housing program, immigration in increased wages, vacations, welfare cr^' been out of their reach. This meant better aiid reform, and a broad ,d attack on health problem.?. pension benefits, or in the form of legislatior |nore healthful lives for union members and to cite a few providing social welfare gains—do not raeai :lheir dependents. The unions also tackled the any lessening of organized labor's continuing problem of providing security in old age; they struggle for greater security and dignity for its/ - tablished pension plans that enabled workers ...members and .the rest of the nation's people. these new programs, not because they spe­ • approach, later life without the fear of helpIt is the union movement's role to fight con­ cifically helped labor unions and union mem­ ssness and dependency that bad haunted bers, but because they are good for the country tinually for an ever better life and maximuhr every working man and woman. And the and good for all the American people. We sup­ security for workiug luea aud women and die unions continue to press for improvement and assurance ffiat they will enjoy these benefits in-. ported these programs in our role as the peo- ' a society that respects and protects their indi- ~ pie's lobby." vidual liberty and freedom. This is the never-1 . job and in retirement. Not all of labor's social welfare goals have been achieved yet. Among those for which the < ; ending job of a trade union, It is the story of< : But organized labor was also aware of the struggle will continue are prdteciion for the-.;\ American labor, fact that in today s complex society, with its. g increasing and diallenging problems, it must go I beyond the area of collective bargaining with hhe employers in order to best protect and serve I its members and the community as a whole. It is for this reason that unions today are engaged in , political action on a broad scale. Individual un­ ions have legislative and public policy programs which are of immediate concern to their own ^ ' embers, and to the nation, as in the case of •• •: ••-•M} f Aiut-rican consumer in the marketplace, ai " embodied in the AFL-CIO supported bills j I (This is the concliuiing installment of "All for "truth-in-packaging" and "truth-in-Iending;'^ j this Happened — The Story of American) I Labor,"—which began in the issue of Feb. JS,i expansion of social security coverage for the 1966, Preparations are being made to printi nation's older citizens, extension of federa*' the entire series in booklet form. When pub-f minimum wage and hour protection to tht pcation is completed, amwuncement of the\ millions not covered by the Fair Labor Stand^availability of the booklet and how copies ,^rds Act; broadening the coverage and stxcn^h11.., ijg iff fifg SEAFARERS\ ing the enforcement of Civil Rights Act; sclf- �SEAFARERS*LOC Vol. XXVili No. 13 OmCIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION . ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO 4 / FAYOFF. Wh;ie fit' '! /--'rtsBH**! Heberf, fwt. gcrf-hlshafr cut aboari^ tbe'Mayaquer by Sea Land barbet while %-• -vessel was in Sea Land's Port -Elizabeth terminaL Looking on is A. E. Diaz, oiler and engine delegate, -.^aa—IMUk.. . , H . '' r ' K. • •, . , J i Ja 3 ^41-^-. .1 Pi \1 I rii f?# I t rJ ^ ' '• r • f • V, ti V, 1 i'i - '* • ' P CLINIC. Carol Janavarls, daughter of Seafarer Cusil Janavaris, who sails as bos'n, ""j is shown above having blood J tested by lab technician^ Richard Brigham during family day at the New York SlU J clinic. Blood test is part of | L complete diagnostic checkup y ' | i available, to all Seafarers and'Si i dependents at SlU clinics in f ports and'Puerto Rico, j ; :; ! V ! ,• i "t-i •A ^ ^ [•^ T ly f |'8sie in' fci mm iii »5>sS«5:®2ii ^ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource June 24, 1966 Description An account of the resource Headlines: AFL-CIO COUNCIL VOTES FULL SUPPORT OF ILO CONFERENCE PROTEST WALKOUT SIU-BACKED BILL INTRODUCED IN HOUSE FOR INDEPENDENT MARITIME AGENCY NICHOLAS JOHNSON APPOINTED TO FCC; AWAKENED MARITIME FROM DEEP SLEEP SHIPBUILDERS BLAST GOV’T AGENCIES, URGE ADOPTION OF MAC PROPOSALS SENATE OK’S TRUTH-IN-PACKAGING BILL; PASSAGE AWAITS APPROVAL OF HOUSE KINDYA, NOW LICENSED 3RD ENGINEER, TOOK SIU TRAINING ALL THE WAY UP FOR AN INDEPENDENT MARITIME AGENCY… URGE YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO SUPPORT H.R. 15567! SEAFARER HONORED BY HOMETOWN IN TRIBUTE TO U.S. MERCHANT SEAMEN SIU-SUP WINDJAMMER VETERANS RECALL DAYS OF TOWERING TOPSAILS THE STORY OF AMERICAN LABOR – ALL THIS HAPPENED: PART 10 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 06/24/1966 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXVIII, No. 13 1966 Periodicals Seafarers Log