http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/1d5261f2417e5d035bf29bfc1686f987.PDF 35bb563641bdfa91ad3fa4675787145e PDF Text Text House Votes to Keep MARAD Out ef Trunsportutien Depurtment Page 3 Vol. XXViii NO. 18 SEAFARERS»LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION . ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO Despite Anti-Union Propaganda... Anti-Union Legislation... Anti-Union Employers... Anti-Union Press... .. • U'rr'-.I ^ .'ili L'.~ :>il<^ ! �SEAFARERS Page Two AFL-CIOCxec CountU Stresses Need For Fronomk Balance in Nation , f September 2, 1966 LOG Report of International President by Paul Hall CHICAGO The AFL-CIO at its mid-summer meeting here marshalled the basic weapons of the Support for an independent maritime agency has grown tremen­ trade union movement—organizing, free collective bargaining, legislative activity and political ac- dously during the last year among the nation's legislators. It is bebecoming increasingly clear to them that the national security of the tion—to win a fair share for the American worker and help keep the economy on an even keel. United States is already in real peril because of the deterioration of The federation's Executive of 900,000 members over a threeOn the organizing front it gave U.S. Maritime capability brought about by continuing bureaucratic Council took a close look at the year period and the organization's new momentum to the drive to current problems of increased Internal Disputes Plan functioning organize farm workers in Cali­ neglect of maritime. The need for such an independent maritime agency, free from en­ living costs, spiraling interest rates, smoothly. fornia by granting a charter to the tanglement in the bureaucratic mire of the Department of Commerce employer resistance to new con­ In international affairs the coun­ United Farm Workers Organizing tract improvements and civil rights cil reaffirmed its strong support of Committee, made up of groups or the proposed Department of Transportation, has been called for by and came up with a comprehen­ President Johnson's policies in that have merged their, efforts in the AFL-CIO at its last convention and by the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, as well as by the SIU and other maritime unions. sive analysis and program. Viet Nam, urged union involve­ the Delano grape strike. The increasing interest in such an independent agency is reflected in It laid the groundwork for a ment in economic planning in AFL-CIO President George legislation already introduced into congress which would remove the new farm workers organization to Latin America and strongly com­ Meany said the charter was an Maritime Administration from the proposed Department of Transporta­ help win economic and social jus­ mended the work of the American "essential step toward winning a tion and set it up on its own with an Administrator empowered to tice for exploited agricultural la­ Institute for Free Labor Develop­ measure of economic justice for make independent decisions based solely on the needs of maritime. bor. ment. farm workers" and termed it an Many of the nation's legislators have voiced their support for such It found the AFL-CIO in good This is what happened at the event of "great importance." legislation, both at the recent Save Our Shipping Conference and in the health and growing, with a gain three-day meeting: On the bargaining front the halls of Congress. The proposal has already been approved by the House council gave its unqualified sup­ Merchant Marine Committee. The importance of an independent maritime agency cannot be overport to unions in the electrical and communications industries in stressed in terms of the future of the U.S. maritime industry and the their current negotiations for new national security which it directly affects. During the years that the Maritime Administration has been a part of the Department of Com­ contracts. merce the maritime industry was allowed to fall into a steep decline It pledged "complete and un­ which has brought it to the point where it is now necessary to break­ Twenty-one more Victory ships are being broken out of the Reserve stinting support of the efforts of out 25-year-old vessels from the reserve fleet to meet demands brought Fleet in order to meet the increased demands of the Viet Nam military the Communications Workers to about by the Vietnam conflict. sealift. This will bring to 141 the total number of reserve ships re­ achieved an equitable contract for The ships in our active fleet have become worn out and obsolete. its members at the Western Elec­ activated since July of last year. The ships in our reserve fleet have proven to be in little better condition tric division of the Bell System able to sail again. The new break out was re­ and are, in any case, almost gone. Action to save the U.S. maritime Another important factor that and reaffirmed its all-out backing quested by the Military Sea Trans­ industry must come now, and the establishment of an independent portation Service from the Mari­ delays getting Reserve fleet Vic­ "without reservation" of the ob­ maritime agency would be the first step. time Administration. MARAD of­ torys on the high seas again is jectives of the AFL-CIO National ficials noted that the action will that there are too few shipyard Committee on Collective Bargain­ leave only 33 Victorys in the workers around to perform the ing with General Electric and The latest statistics available on average weekly earnings of factory United States standby reserve job. The lack of trained shipyard Westinghouse. production workers in southern "right-to-work" states continues to be workers has been caused by the fleet. The council voiced its support the most eloquent plea possible for the importance of repealing Section administration's past attitude of in­ The Victory ships being called also for strikes of the Boot «& Shoe 14B of the Taft-Hartley Act, which makes such "right-to-work" laws difference and neglect towards the up are old and have been lying Workers at a Genesco plant, in possible. American merchant marine. The in various local reserve fleets for Factory production workers in these states continue to be the worst Tennessee and the Washingtonmany years, some since the end government, in its failure to im­ paid in the nation, with average weekly earnings in some cases less than plement the Merchant Marine Act Baltirnore Newspaper Guild's of the Second World War. Most half of what workers in similar jobs earn in states that have rejected have not been thoroughly moth- of 1936 and sponsor an adequate struggle at the Bureau of National "right-to-work" legislation. program of shipbuilding and car­ Affairs. balled and will take a long time The direct relationship between the existence of "right-to-work" laws go support, has contributed to the to be reactivated. Meany told a press conference and low wages is dramatically revealed in the fact that the one southern flight of trained shipyard workers Maritime labor has been warn­ to other industries. It is primarily that coordinated bargaining in the state that does not have a "right-to-work" statute on the books is also ing the Government for many because of this that United States electrical industry is an effective the state in which southern production workers enjoy the highest aver­ years that just such a situation shipyards cannot compete efficient­ approach and could well form a age weekly wages. would occur if the nation ever ly for the current reactivation pattern in other situations where It is for these reasons that the AFL-CIO has pledged a continuing developed a quick need for mer­ work and get the reserve fleet a number of unions hold contracts fight to repeal Section 14B vvhich makes possible the abolition of the chant ships. The almost prohibi­ ships ready promptly. union shop in these states through the so-called "right-to-work" laws. with the same company. tive cost of reactivating these Vic­ torys at United States yards has forced the Defense Department to Union Training Program Graduates New Total 76 move slowly in calling up reserve vessels. Each ship has been esti­ mated as needing almost a halfmillion dollars worth of repairs and conversion in order to be Eight more Seafarers have passed the U. S. Coast Guard examination and have been issued their engineers licenses after preparing at the training school jointly sponsored by the SIU and District 2 of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association. A total of 76 Sea­ farers have now received their engineer's licenses as a result of the recently instituted program. Of the SIU men who recently Robert Simmons, 31, an SIU of FOWT and oiler endorsements, ence payments of $110 per week passed their Coast Guard exami­ member since 1961, has sailed in joined the union in 1953. whjle in training. nation six were licensed as Third the ratings of oiler and FOWT; Engine department Seafarers Offlctal Publication of the SfUNA The SIU-MEBA District 2 Assistant Engineers and two re­ Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters are eligible to apply for any of the Thomas Carter, 44, has sailed training program is the first of its District, AFL-CIO ceived their licenses as Second most engine room ratings, includ­ kind in maritime history. It as­ upgrading programs if they are 19 Executive Board Assistant Engineers. PAUL HALL, President ing deck engineer and electrician sists engine department Seafarers years of age or older and have 18 Seafarers receiving their licenses CAL TANNER EARL SHEPARD to obtain instruction in prepara­ months of Q.M.E.D. watch standExec. Vice-Pree. Vice-President as Second Assistant Engineers are: tion for their Third Assistant En­ AL KERR LINDSEV WILLIAMS Emile Glaser, 43, sailing with gineers license. Temporary Third See.-Treae. Vice-President the SIU as FOWT and oiler, has Assistant Engineer's license or ROBERT MATTHEWS AL TANNER been a union member since 1946; Original Second Assistant Engi­ Fice-Presidenf Vice-President Clinton Webb, 40, SIU member neer's license in either steam or HERBERT BRAND Director of Organizing and since 1946, has sailed in all engine motor vessel classifications. Publications room ratings; The training school is operated Managing Editor The newly licensed third assist­ under a reciprocal agreement be­ MIKE POLLACK Art Editor ant engineers are: tween the SIU and District 2 of Assistant Editor BERNARD SEAMAN NATHAN SKYER Peterson MEBA. SIU men who enroll in Simmons Beryl Peterson, 51, who has Dooley Escbenbacb the program are provided with shipped in the SIU since 1951 and Staff Writers meals, hotel lodging and subsist- ing time in the engine department, DON BEVONA sailed as reefer, oiler and FOWT; and has been a book member since PETER WEISS plus six months' experience as a 1953; wiper or equivalent. James Barnette, 43, has sailed PibllshnI biweekly at 810 Rhode liland Aranae H.E., Washington, D. C. 20018 by SIU engine department men in­ as oiler, FOWT, pumpman and the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, terested in the program should ap­ Golf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, deck engineer, and joined the AFL-CIO, 675 Foirth Avenae, Brooklyn. ply immediately, or obtain addi­ union in 1946; M. Y. 12252. Tel. HYaclnih 9-6600. Second tional information at any SIU alasa gostan Raid at Washington, D. C. Lonnie Dooley, 41, an SIU hall, or directly at SIU headquar­ MSTHASTErS ATTERTIOII: Form 3579 member since 1955 and has cards eboald be sent to Seafarers Internaters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brook­ tlanal Unlaw, Atlantic, Galf, Lakes and In­ shipped as FOWT, oiler, and ordi­ land Wateis District, AFL-CIO, 675 Foarth lyn, New York 11232. The tele­ Aaanac, Bnchlyn, H. Y. 11232. nary seaman; phone number is HYacinth 9Glaser Webb Charles Eschenbach, 39, holder Carter Barnette 6600. 21 More Victory Ships Slated For Reserve Fleet Break-Out Eight More Seafarers Win Engineers Licenses SEAFAREBS^LOO �September 2, 1966 SEAFAHERS MTD Board Raps Legislation Threatening Right to Strike CHICAGO—The AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department Ex­ ecutive Board at its quarterly meeting here voted full support for legislation to create an independent maritime agency outside the proposed new Transportation Department, and strong opposi­ tern by Congress or the Adminis­ tion to legislation that would tration, noting that it is the "type of action that could be used in the threaten the right to strike. ' future to club labor into accepting SIU President Paul Hall, who is management offers that are un­ also president of the MTD, served reasonable and unrealistic." as chairman of the two-day meet­ In other actions, the MTD Ex­ ing which took place in Chicago ecutive Board adopted resolutions: August 18 and 19. • Calling for the immediate In calling for the establishment adoption of a program for the con­ of an independent Federal Mari­ struction of a strong Americantime Administration as proposed flag bulk carrier fleet. in pending House legislation (HR• Urging a program designed 15963), the Board cited the need to aid the U.S. fishing industry to focus greater attention on the through fleet modernization, eco­ growing problems of the maritime nomic incentives, research and industry and provide a better or­ conservation. ganization for dealing with them. • Opposing Military Sea Trans­ Branding the present Maritime portation Service plans to replace Administration a "stepchild of the U.S. crews aboard six MSTS ves­ Department of Commerce, lost sels with foreign crews. within already complex and over­ • Blasted Secretary of Defense burdened administrative machin­ McNamara's "callously indiffer­ ery," the resolution pointed out ent" attitude to the U.S. maritime that "The history of departmental industry. reorganization shows that our mer­ • Urged strict adherence to the chant marine made greater prog­ provisions of the 50-50 laws. ress when its administration had • Demanded that U.S. unsubthe most independence." sidized lines be accorded fair and In going on record as unalter­ equitable treatment by MARAD ably opposed to any type of in the allocation of reserve fleet strike-ban legislation, such as that ships. • Warned of the need for a proposed during the recent Ma­ chinists' strike against the airlines, positive government policy toward the MTD condemned this still- maritime and sea research in view pending legislation and those who of the Soviet Union's recent mas­ have supported governmental in­ sive strides in shipbuilding, fishing ceai^r tervention in labor disputes. The and oceanography. resolution urged all.organized la­ bor to resist any and all attacks on the free collective bargaining sys- APl-CIO Retards Sharp Cain In Membership CHICAGO — AFL-CIO membership has grown rapidly in 1966, with a gain of 347,000 in the first six months of the year, the Executive Council re­ ported. The sharp gain continues a three-year trend during which the membership of the feder­ ation in the United States moved from a low point of 12,464,000 in the 12 months ending June 1963 to 13,385,000 for the same period ending in June 1966. For the first half of 1966, the council said, membership topped 13.5 million. This does not include about 1 million members of AFL-CIO unions in Canada. These unions pay per capita on their members in Canada to the Canadian Labor Con­ gress and the figures are not included in the AFL-CIO tabu­ lation, which is based on actual per capita payments to the fed­ eration. The total gain over the threeyear period has been about 900,000. About 403,000 of that increase came in the 12month period July 1964 to June 1965. The council reported that slightly less than half the 130 national and international un­ ions affiliated with the AFLCIO expanded their member­ ship during the 1963-65 period. LOG Page Three House Votes to Keep MARAD Out Of New Transportation Department WASHINGTON, Aug. 30—^The House of Representatives voted today to keep the Maritiine Administration out of the proposed new Department of Transportation. The vote was 260 to 117. The House action came on an amendment to the Administration bill to create a cabinet-level transportation department. As originally proposed the bill would have lumped within the new department a number of federal agencies, including the Maritime Administration, Coast Guard, Bureau of Public Roads, Federal Aviation Agency, and the safety functions of the Interstate Com­ merce Commission and the proved a bill to make MARAD completed but no action taken. Civil Aeronautics Board. an independent agency. The Today's decision by tbe House After passing the amendment House is expected to consider to keep the Maritime Administra­ to delete the provisions of the the measure next month. tion of out of the proposed Trans­ Transportation Department bill Rep. Edward Garmatz (D.- portation Department and the de­ for the transfer of the Maritime Md.), chairman of the House cisiveness of its vote indicated the Administration to the new De­ Merchant Marine Committee, in­ degree of Congressional aware­ partment, the House rejected an troduced the amendment calling ness and concern over the plight amendment to keep the Coast for the removal of the Maritime of the nation's merchant marine. Guard out too. With the Maritime Administra­ Administration from the trans­ Following the action on these portation department bill and tion as part of the Department of and other amendments, the House spearheaded the successful floor Commerce, the industry has been declining steadily to the point approved the measure to create fight to win its passage. Strong support for the amend­ where U.S.-flag ships carry less the new department by a vote of ment came from the AFL-CIO than nine per cent of the nation's 336 to 42. Executive Council, which last foreign commerce and its ship re­ A significant factor in the fight week warned that the third-rate pair and building capacity are on to keep MARAD from being buried in the new department was status "which gravely threatens the verge of disintegration. With the increasing demands the vigorously and united effort the security of the nation," will made by all segments of the mari­ continue, "if the Maritime Ad­ for more U.S. tonnage to meet the time industry-labor and manage­ ministration is permitted to be needs of military operations in ment. The campaign to block buried in another government de­ Viet Nam, the neglect which the transfer of MARAD to the new partment, whether Transportation maritime industry has suffered at government agency hands has department and to set it up as a or Commerce." The AFL-CIO Council then been driven home very clearly. completely independent agency The successful fight in the was a highlight of the emergency strongly endorsed the concept of conference to save U. S. shipping- an independent Maritime Admin­ House to keep maritime from be­ that was sponsored by the AFL- istration—free from control by ing lumped in an overall trans­ CIO's Maritime Trades Depart­ any overall government depart­ portation department is regarded as a step toward the only logical ment and Maritime Committee in ment. resolution of the nation's shipping The transportation department Washington in July. The House Merchant Marine bill now goes to the Senate, where problem—the establishment of and Fisheries Committee has ap­ committee hearings have been completely independent agency. 5^" Viet Cong Mine Rips SIU Pacific DIst. Ship; 7 Die The Baton Rouge Victory, an SIU Pacific District manned freighter, was ripped by a Viet Cong mine in the Long Tao channel of the Saigon river, about 22 miles east of Saigon on Aug. 23. Seven crewmen—five of them members of the SIU Pacific District Mar­ ine Firemen's Union and two engine officers of the Marine Engineer's Beneficial Association—were killed in the explosion that flooded the engine room. room, No injuries were reported among the rest of the crew. The SIU Pacific Marine Fire­ men members killed were: Ray Barrett, Chief Electrician; R. J. Rowe, Fireman—^Watertender; J. MacBride, Oiler; Earl Erickson, Second Electri­ cian; M. Reardoii, Oiler. The MEBA members killed were: John Bishop, First Assistant En­ gineer; C. Rummei, Second Assistant Engineer. Following the explosion the ship's captain, Konrad Carlson, of Seattle, ran the vessel into the bank of the river to avoid blocking the channel. The ship then sank to its main deck. The chief engineer, Herbert F. Kenyon, of San Francisco, was SIU Pacific District-manned Baton Rouge Victory lies on bank of Saigon River about 20 miles south­ also in the engine room, but was east of Saigon a few hours after she was hit by communist mine that ripped hole in her port side. unharmed. He and an oiler were on a platform about 20 feet above Two small South Vietnamese gunboats are pulled up directly alongside stricken vessel to give aid. the area where the others were layed and the Baton Rouge Vic­ er, recently withdrawn from the save the cargo of U.S. supplies. working. tory was hit instead. U.S. river reserve fleet for service in the Viet­ The Baton Rouge Victory was "Suddenly, there was this great patrol boats and armed helicopters nam sealift, the Baton Rouge blast," he said. "It knocked me the first vessel to be sunk in the provided protective cover for the Victory was under charter to the down and stunned the oil man Saigon channel during the period Military Sea Transportation Serv­ salvage operations. next to me. I helped him out of of intense American involvement ice. The Baton Rouge Victory, op­ the engine room and went back. in the war. The vessel's surviving crew ... I rushed to get help, but it Official sources said the Viet- erated by States Steamship Com­ members—SIU Pacific District pany of Seattle, sailed from San was hopeless." cong were trying to mine an am­ SUP men on deck and Marine Francisco July 28th carrying gen­ ^ Salvage crews went to work to munition ship that had been sched­ Cooks and Stewards in the galley eral • cargo, mostly trucks and refloat the 8,000-ton Baton Rouge uled to travel up the river ahead —are being repatriated to the heavy gear and a crew of 45. Victory and to recover the bodies of the Baton Rouge Victory. The A World War II—built freight­ West Coast. of the seven crew members and ammunition ship however was de­ •1: �Eight Additional Seafarer Oldtimers Join Growing Union Pension Roster The names of eight more Seafarers have been added to the list of men who are now receiving union pensions. Newcomers to the SIU pension ranks include Johannes Kari, Anthony Conti, George Crabtree, Gustav S. Carlson, Alex Woodward, Sidney Day, James Dueitt, Oscar Holton, Jr., and Thomas McLaughlin. sailed as a cook. A resident of Mobile. A native of Louisiana, he Johannes Kari joined the SIU New York City, his last ship was now resides in Baltimore. Day in the port of New York. Born the Julia. sailed as AB and boatswain, and in Estonia, he lives in Mastic Gustav Carlson, a member of his last vessel was the De Soto. Beach, L. I., with his wife, Hilda. the Deck department, was born Oscar Holton, Jr., sailed SIU He sailed as an AB and bosun in Sweden and now resides in ships in the deck department after joining in the port of Norfolk. He Texas City, Texas, with his wife Ruth. He joined the union in the port of New York. Carlson sailed as a bosun. His last ship was the Seatrain Savannah. Alex Woodward joined the SIU in the port of Port Arthur, Texas, where he resides with his wife, Lelal. Bom in Louisiana, the SeaWoodward Kari and his last vessel was the Linfield. Anthony Conti sailed as a mem­ ber of the steward department. He joined the union in the port of New Orleans which was his place of birth. Conti lives in Slidell, La., with his wife, Leona. His last ship was the Del Norte. George Crabtree was born in North Carolina and joined the un­ ion in Norfolk. A member of the steward department, Crabtree i Holton Daeltt farer sailed in the engine depart­ ment and was last employed by the Picton Towing Co. Sidney Day joined the union in Conti was born in Portsmouth, Va., and now resides in Chesapeake, Va. He was last employed by the Pennsyl­ vania Railroad of Va. James Dueitt was born in Leakesville, Miss, and now resides in Lucedale, Miss., with his wife, Virgie. A member of the engine department, he joined the union in New Orleans. His last ship was the Radcliff. Thomas McLaughlin was born in Plattsburg, N. Y. A resident Cruise Ship Biii Passed by Senate; Weaid Bar Unsafe Ships from US WASHINGTON—^A cruise ship safety bill designed to bar from U.S. ports all passenger vessels considered to be tmsafe by the Coast Guard has been passed by the Senate. The bill now goes back to the House for approval of Sen­ the original measure before the ate introduced amendments that Panamanian-flag Yarmouth Castle make the legislation both stiller disaster occurred. and more inclusive than the origi­ As passed by the Senate, the nal House-passed measure. main purpose of the bill is to As it now stands the bill slaps police unscrupulous foreign-flag both safety and financial respon­ passenger ships which have been sibility rules on cmise ships sail­ sailing out of United States ports ing from U.S. ports. The "get without the rigid safety checks tough" provisions inserted by the that American-flag passenger ships Senate are a direct result of the must undergo. Yarmouth Castle fire disaster in In addition to barring from which over ninety people died. U.S. ports any vessels deemed unThe House had already voted on seaworthy by the Coast Guard, the legislation would: • Require all passenger vessels to disclose their safety standards on all advertising literature. • Make owners of such ships The first new cargoliner of a establish financial responsibility in scheduled five will be delivered to case of death or injury to passen­ the SlU-contracted Delta Steam­ gers and repay passengers if the ship Lines of New Orleans by the ship failed to sail. early fall of next year. The keel • Require that American-flag was recently laid by Ingalls Ship­ ships affected by the law meet upbuilding Corporation at Pasca- to-date U.S. ship safety standards goula, Mississippi. by 1968. The five new cargoliners are the The SIU and other maritime second group in the company's unions, in addition to other U.S. long-range replacement program. groups have repeatedly called Five new vessels are already in upon Congress to stiffen the regu­ service on the South American lations governing foreign-flag and West African runs. Thirteen cruise ships operating from U.S. vessels in all will be replaced when ports. the program is finished. However, the Senate will not The new ships will be 522 feet move this session to include a pro­ long and have a width of 70 feet, vision in the "safety at sea" meas­ with a deadweight capacity of ure that will compensate the rela­ 13,250 tons. Each will have ship­ tives of American passengers who board cranes aboard permitting lose ,their lives at sea. efficient loading and discharge of A • spokesman for the Senate cargo. , Commerce Committee said that Additionally, the ships will as­ the measure has been set aside for sist in the fight against water pol­ further study. The new liability lution, common to many ports, by measure will be designed to elimi­ the installation and use of sewage nate an old law limiting shipown­ treatment units. ers to only $60 a ship ton in com­ The first vessel will be launched pensation in case any passenger next summer and delivery is ex­ was injured or lost his life in a pected in early autumn. shipboard accident at sea. Delta Line Orders Fhre New Cargoilners September 2, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG Page FOOT McLaughlin Crabtree of West Hollywood, Fla., with his wife, Emma. McLaughlin sailed as a tankerman for the Interstate Oil Transport Co, He joined the union in Philadelphia, McLaugh­ lin is a Navy veteran. U.S. Shipbuilders Rap Navy Contracts With British Yards WASHINGTON — The U.S. shipbuilding industry has re­ newed its protests against the con­ struction of U.S. naval ships in foreign shipyards following a Government announcement that a $24 million contract has been awarded to British shipyards to construct three new vessels. The new protests are against the foreign construction of an oceangoing tug at a cost of $7.3 million and two naval survey ships at a total cost of $16.7 million. The U.S. Government has de­ fended the award of the contracts to British yards with the conten­ tion that it is part of a reciprocal agreement for the purchase by Britain of U.S. warplanes. The U.S. shipyard industry has warned however that such a build-abroad" program threatens the future of the already-de­ pressed U.S. shipbuilding indus­ try. American shipyard men have also questioned the price of $7.3 million for the oceangoing tug, noting that the largest and most powerful tugs presently in the U.S. fleet cost only about $1 mil­ lion, and a 10,000 horsepower heavy duty tug being built in Japan cost only about $2 million. The Atlantic Coast by Eari (Bull) Shepard, Vice-President. Atlantic Coast Area] The SIU is successfully meeting maritime manpower requirements brought on by the Viet Nam conflict. Through its various upgrading programs the SIU has managed to man all the many ships revived from the mothball fleet that have been assigned to SlU-contracted com­ panies. In cooperation with District 2 ships again. Buren just completed of MEBA we have also assisted a trip to Vietnam aboard the in the upgrading of unlicensed Beaver Victory. He has been a personnel to licensed status. This member of the SIU for nineteen program has helped meet the call years. for personnel in that area. After a vacation in Puerto Rico, Additionally, the SIU's pro­ Luis Ollvera will start thinking gram of preparing members for advancement to higher endorse­ about his next ship. His last ship was the Yellowstone. Dallas Hill ments has raised the level of en­ recently got off the Annlston Vic­ dorsements for many Seafarers. In this program ordinary seamen are tory for a routine check-up. Puerto Rico assisted in obtaining AB ratings, After an extended stay on-the and wipers are aided in their ef­ beach Felix Serrano felt it was forts to become oilers, firemen, time to get his sea and water tenders. legs in shape The SIU will continue, through again. He grabbed its many programs, to meet the a job as AB on manpower requirements of the the Ponee. Off to American merchant marine. In­ India on the Al­ formation on all these programs is coa Voyager, available at all SIU halls. Frank Mateo will With the opening of the new be riding in the clinic in Cleveland, the number of oiler's berth. InSIU medical facilities is raised to Mateo junctions have twenty-one. been handed down by a Chief New Ym-k U. S. District judge requiring two John Simonelli, last on the Vel local trucking firms to comply lowstone, is renewing friendships with the Federal Wage and Hour while waiting for his next trip. Law. The Senate Labor Commit­ Also, looking up old pals around tee recently finished its hearings the hall is Frits Nilson. Frits is on the minimum wage law in keeping one eye on the big board. Puerto Rico. His vacation is over now and Al­ Boston fred H. Neilson is around the hall Far away from the hustle and looking for the good run. He was bustle William "Cappy" Costa is last on the Sapphire Gladys. P. L. enjoying himself at his summer Hass, who just piled off the Rice retreat. He is relaxing and doing Victory, is looldng forward to a a bit of fishing at his camp. His long stay on the beach. last ship was the Robin Trent. Baltiniore Also vacationing with his family At present the Alamar, Losmar, is Fred Rashld. Fred's last sea­ and Trustee are laid up, but the going hotel was the Norfolk where Helen "D", will be crewing up he was an AB. Just out of drysoon. Shipping continues to be dock George "Swlfty" Swift is fair. looking for the first job to hit the On the beach just off the Ban­ board. Swifty last saw duty as an gor, George R. Graham is prepar­ oiler on the Azalea City. ing for his vaca­ tion. Chester B. "Chet" Wilson, an SIU member since 1938, had to leave the Norina because of a brok­ en thumb. Chet sails as bos'n and Members of the SIU Inland carpenter and is WilBon Boatmens Union went to the polls ready now to get in June and elected officers for the back into action. Oswald Seppet Atlantic and Gulf Coast Regions was recalling for his shipmates a of the IBU. day in 1944 when he was tor­ Balloting was held on the June pedoed off the coast of Spain. union meeting dates in each re­ His last ship was the Alcoa Ma­ spective city where meetings are riner. held, and on the day after the Philadelphia meeting. Elmer "Ted" Wheeler, an SIU SIU-IBU members also made black gang member for sixteen their choices known through mail years, last sailed on the Com­ ballots. Those elected, as an­ mander. Ted is waiting for his fit nounced by the IBU Tallying for duty. Last on the Merrimac, Committee are: Jack Arellanes, is raring and Atlantic Coast Regional Direc­ ready to go again. Jack sails in tor, Robert A. Matthews; Assist­ the deck department. ant Regional Director for port of Vacationing after a few trips on New York, Earl Shepard; for the Merrimac, Joseph Doyle is Philadelphia, Joseph Trainor; for spending time on the homestead Baltimore, Raymond J. Herold, doing odd jobs. Frank Cake is Sr.; Port Representative for port looking at the board anxious to of New York, A1 Kerr; for Phila­ take the first oiler's job that shows. delphia, John Hoare; for Balti­ Norfolk more, John J. Syplewski. Larry Comhs, an SIU member Gulf Coast IBU Regional Di­ for twelve years, will be glad to rector, Lindsey J. Williams; As­ get back to sea. Larry has just sistant Regional Director for the been discharged from the Army. port of Mobile, Luke LeBlanc; Buren Elliott wants a couple of for New Orleans, C. J. Stephens; weeks on the beach before he for Houston, Paul Drozak. S/U Boatmen fleet New Union Offiters •'!) I •!) �September 2, 1966 Page Five SE/iFARERS LOG Growing Ship Shortage Endanger US Serurity, Congressman Warns The Gulf Coast by Lindsey Williams, Vice-President, Gulf Area Local candidates endorsed by COPE and the New Orleans Maritime WASHINGTON—The United States has just about played out all its shipping cards in support­ Trades Department fared well in the Democratic primary election held ing the Vietnam War, according to Representative Thomas N. Downing (D.-Va.), who said August 13, 1966. Of the four endorsed candidates in the judgeship that the nation would not have enough ships to support another military build-up anywhere else in races, Arthur J. O'Keefe, Jr. was elected to the bench in the First City - Provide enticing enough sub- the Committee for American Court; Walter F. Marcus, Jr. led a field of four for judge of the Civil the world. District Court, and missed being Downing made his statement sidies so that shipowners can be­ Steamship Lines and Maitland elected in the first primary by a say he could not be in for the as a panelist on the Navy League gin to replace their worn-out ton­ Pennington, special assistant to mere 4200 votes out of 98,000 latest meeting. Creel, who was Symposium on seapower in Wash­ nage. the Maritime Administrator. cast; Louis Trent and Maurice dry docked recently, says that ington. He said that if the Viet­ Admiral James said that the • Let the people of the United Friedman ran first and second re­ things get mighty lonely in the nam war "escalates into Red States find out exactly how badly Russian merchant marine has spectively in the contest for two piney woods without a few words China, we have had it," because off their merchant navy really is 1,315 merchant ships today com­ new traffic court positions. Mar­ from old shipmates: His address "we now have almost every avail­ so that they, once aware of the pared with 1,012 American-flag cus, Trent and Friedman face a is Route 2, McComb, Mississippi. able ship on the bridge of ships true situation, will be able to in­ vessels. Even though these ships After six months as FWT on to Vietnam. We have taken them fluence future budget decisions in are smaller and the Soviet Union run-off. the Iberville, J. off the paying run and given this Washington. is behind by about 6 million tons, The second primary election Adams is looking business to foreigners, and we are This action is necessary, he said, it is increasing its fleet by more will be held September 24, 1966 for a run on a going to have a hard time getting because there appears to be no than one million tons yearly. and all union members, their fam­ Delta Liner to it back." Admiral James pointed out thrust or focus from any corner ilies and friends, are urged to vote South America. that "The Russian Minister of of the Administration to "bolster and work for the election of He urged that the Administra­ Also scouting a Merchant Shipping, Viktor COPE and MTD endorsed candi­ tion lay out an additional $100 our lagging maritime fleet." He Delta Line run is Bakayev, is the most powerful noted that on the "contrary there dates. Charles Cassard, million a year to enable the United seems to be a thrust in the direc­ man in world shipping today, bar Mobile last on the Del States merchant marine to build tion of reducing if not eliminating none. By 1980 Bakayev expects Currently registered and ready Campo. Monk at least 20 new ships annually for shipping subsidies." to have between 20 million and Sherman at least ten years in order to re­ to ship out is John W. McNellage Sherman finished 25 million tons of new ships mak­ Other panelists who spoke in­ who has recently completed two two trips on the Del Mar and main a leading mercantile naval cluded Rear Admiral Ralph K. ing him Czar of the world's largest power. years aboard the bauxite-carrying plans to hang around New Or­ James (ret.), executive director of merchant fleet. Representative Downing de­ Alcoa Ranger. He has shipped leans for the remainder of the clared that he would prefer to from Gulf ports for the past summer. twenty years. Last aboard the Around the New Orleans hall spend a dollar and not need it Warrior, Charles R. Sanchex is chewing the fat with old ship­ rather than reduce the nation's almost resting: he is doing some mates were pensioners Frank security to such a low ebb that its work on his home. Relaxing with Vivero, Sam Hurst, Ignace De- survival is at stake. the family in Mobile after a careaux, Niels Hansen, Rufus Suggests Program couple of trips to the islands Stough, Phil O'Connor, Percy The shipping crisis facing the by Frank Drozak, West Coast Representative Charles L. Reeves says he enjoyed Boyer, Frank Kouns, Joe Munin, United States, he said, can be the Alcoa Commander, but plans Edward Boyd, and Ralph Suhat. Highlights of the AFL-CIO's California Labor Federation Conven­ to take it easy before shipping All of these oldtimers can be solved in the following ways: tion included a pledge made by the labor body to mount an unprece­ again. • Create an independent Mari­ dented election campaign against "the forces of extremism." reached by mail through the New Hemington Hurlstone, just off Orleans hall. time Administration The state's civil rights problems and the impending election at the the Claiborne, is • Develop a fleet of nuclear DiGiorgio complexes at Delano and Borrego Farms were also discussed Houston currently regis­ Saturday, August 27, 1966 powered ships at the meeting. Speakers included '^Artisan and Geneva were in travel. tered in group United States Undersecretary of C. T. Scott AB, and one of the one deck waiting marked the Second Annual Din­ Labor John F. Henning and State real SIU oldtimers, expects to ner-Dance of the West Gulf Ports for a run to strike Controller Alan Cranston. catch a short vacation after spend­ his fancy. SIU Council. Featured speakers were SIU President Paul Hall attend­ ing seven months in Vietnam and Congressman Bob Eckhardt, ILA veferan George ed as a special representative of two months in the hospital for a Saucier, an SIU President Teddy Gleason and A F L - CI O President George leg injury. Brother Scott is Mary­ SIUNA President Paul Hall. member since the A full slate of officers for the land bora and a 27-year SIU man. inception of the Houston Port Agent Paul Drozak Atlantic and Gulf Regions of the Meany. Hurlstone Seatfle V. Valencia, just out of the union, recently was a member of the Sponsoring United Industrial Workers has Committee which took care of USPHS hospital in San Francisco paid off on the Alcoa Ranger. The shipping picture now is real been elected as UIW members is waiting for the next job opening Earl K. Whatley who just paid preparations for the event. good, and the outlook for the John Ziereis, veteran deck man went to the polls in June to select that hits the board. off the Alcoa Commander after a the candidates of their choice. next couple of weeks looks like it Wilmington long trip, says that he plans to recently off the Midlake, is getting The elections were provided for will be the same for all rated man tired of soaking up Texas sunshine take it easy for awhile. in all departments. Shipping actvity remains good and is looking forward to a long under the terms of the regional Payoffs for the last period have here with 11 ships passing through constitutions in effect since August New Orleans trip. G. Lee is anxiously waiting been the following: Rice Victory, in transit and the Steel Architect 1962. Pensioner James P. (Sloppy) to start the engineer upgrading Anniston Victory, and Vantage Progress scheduled Balloting for UIW members in Creel, a regular at the monthly school in New York. Lee says Transeastem and to pay off. All men in all ratings Atlantic and Gulf Regions took membership meetings, called to he's ready to give it hell. Penn Sailor. are finding it very easy to ship in place on the June Union meeting The Rice Vic­ Wilmington. date in each respective city where FOWT's, AB's, and Cooks are tory and Anniston meetings were held. In addition, V i c t o ry were still hard to come by at times with mail ballots were sent out for the shipping as busy signed on since convenience of those members in as it is. The out­ the last report and cities where the constitution look is still good, the Walter Rice, makes no provision for members too, and we wel­ Seattle, Anchor­ Foreign-built midbodies used in constructing American-flag mer­ to vote in person. Halfhill come all rated age and Calmar chant ships are now subject to Customs duty as a result of a decision A membership-elected tallying men. handed down by the United States Court of Customs and Patents. committee supervised the voting were in transit. Ken Gibbs, af­ Hubert Halfhill, whose last ship in both the Atlatnic and Gulf Re­ The legal body ruled that the ter spending some vessels and cannot be entitled to foreign-built midbodies are not the "duty free status. No other gions. Voting has now been com­ was the Summit may try the Viet time on the beach, Nam run for a change of scenery. vessels and therefore not en­ claim having been advanced in pleted in both regions and all the has decided it's Charley Crossland, is just off Gibbs titled to duty-free status upon their support of the protest against the ballots have been counted. The time to start ship­ importation into the United States. classification found by the cus­ results of the election have been the Transeastem and will be grab­ ping again. The motion reversed an action in toms collector, we find the classi­ certified by the respective tallying bing the next AB's job hitting the Bennie Magnano was recently board. a lower Customs court which said fication of the customs collector committees. repatriated from the Erna Eliza­ Candidates elected in the two that the midbodies were vessels to be correct and the decision of San Francisco beth after staying on her for a and not subject to customs duties. the Customs Court is therefore regions are: Shipping here in the port of year as Deck Maintenance. On his Atlantic Coast Regional Direc­ San Francisco is still very active first visit to the USPHS he was The action was originally start­ reversed." ed by a group of importers who Midbodies are often used to tor, Ralph Quinnonez; Assistant and we have plenty of jobs open declared fit for duty and is quite protested against a decision made jumboize older American tonnage Regional Directors for the port of for AB's, Oilers, FWTs, Electri­ upset that the Doctor in Trinidad by the Collector of Customs in to create larger tankers and bulk New York, Frederick Stewart; of cians, Cooks and Bakers. took him off such a good ship for The Freedom Victory, Overseas an apparently minor problem. He labelling the structures under the carriers from smaller vessels. The Philadelphia, John Fay; of Balti­ Tariff Act as "articles wholly or process involves inserting the new more, Warren R. Leader; Local Dinny, Beaver Victory, Delaware, is registered now and hopes.to in chief value of iron or steel not midbody between the fore and aft Representatives for the port of Rio Grande, Los Angeles, Cor­ take a Bosun's job pretty quick. George Cortez is on the beach specifically provided for." Under sections of an older ship to in­ New York, John Dwyer; of Phila­ nell Victory, Santa Emilia, Cour delphia, Albert Bernstein. D'Arlene, Young America, Free here and hopes he will soon be, this application importers were li­ crease cargo capacity. able for customs duty. Gulf Coast Region—Regional America and Northwestern Vic­ given his "Fit for Duty" slip. He's The insertion of the midbodies Director, Lindsey J. Williams; As­ tory paid off and signed on crews been laid up since June and would is one temporary method U.S. The higher court said that since the exclusive purpose of the struc­ shipowners have used to upgrade sistant Regional Directors for the while the Yorkmar, Oakland, Cal­ much prefer working to sitting ture was to serve as a mid-section their fleets and improve their com­ port of New Orleans, Ysmael Paz; mar, Steel Admiral, Steel Flyer, around on the beach. We wish him Bethfwd, Vantage Progress, Steel a speedy recovery. of Houston, Paul Drozak. * of an ore carrier, they are not petitive position. The Pacific Coast SlU-inW Beets Regmnal OfRters Foreign Bulh Midbodies Subject To Customs Charges, Court Rules .iii 0 .OCi 'jt.l I i.' , i !•) •• ; •; f.i;' J �Pmge Six From Aug. 12 to Aug. 25, 1966 The Great Lakes by Al Tanner, Vice-President and Fred Farnen, Secretary-Treasurer,Great Lakes A new SIU clinic facility to service Seafarers and their dependents in the Cleveland area is now located at 200 Republic Building, Cleve­ land, Ohio 44115—Phone number 621-1600. This is the late.st addi.tion to the Union clinic service available to SIU men and their families in all major ports across the country and in Puerto Rico. Voting in the 1966 Biennial and we expect to hear from them Election of Officers is continuing shortly. at a steady pace during the month The tanker Transbay (Atlantic of August. During the first two & Gulf) is expected to call for a weeks we boarded and voted crew late in October. The Transforty-eight ships in the Ste. Clair bay is presently in the American and Detroit rivers. As many as Shipyard at Lorain, Ohio and is six ships were voted in one day, being jumboized, which will add with patrolmen getting off one an additional seventy feet to her ship via the SIU service launch length. Hudson Waterways, own­ "SIUNA" and going downstream ers of the Transbay, also have again to board another vessel. two more vessels in Great Lakes During the last weeks of August yards that will be ready sometime we voted the Ann Arbor Railroad next year. carferries in Frankfort and the The Great Lakes "ship of the Arnold Transit Fleet at St. Ignace, future" has been described in a St. Michigan. Because many of our Lawrence Seaway Administrator's full book members are sailing out report as a "hybrid" vessel of over on the coast we expect a light 17,060 tons capable of traversing vote. the Seaway carrying cargoes di­ Negotiations are continuing on rectly between Great Lakes and the industry-wide vacation plan foreign ports. This type of ship for SIU Great Lakes District has been increasing on the Sea­ members. The Union submitted way in recent years according to its latest proposal last week to the the report, and still bigger ships GLAMO Negotiating Committee are in the offing, it predicts. THE INQUIRING SEAFARER N September 2, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG Question: Do you agree that football is replacing baseball as the national pastime in the U. S.? Carmelo Clemente: From con­ versations I've had with my shipmates I think football is moving up on baseball as the number one sport, although in my native Puerto Rico, baseball is very popular. Most of the guys think football has more action. Frankly, I'm not to crazy about either sport. I prefer boxing for real action even though interest in the sport is declining. In boxing, you need to be in per­ fect physical condition and it is very interesting. Charles Kerns: I think that baseball is still on top. If you con­ sider the sched­ ules of each sport you'll find that on the average base­ ball draws as many, if not more, fans than does football. Baseball is as strong as ever. When the race is as tight as it is in the National League a lot of in­ terest is generated, but the Amer­ ican League is too far lopsided to be of any interest. — 4,— Gerald Knight: Football is def­ initely more popular with today's fans. I think this is because baseball does not have enough action. On the other hand, football is a game that is colorful and full of action. I personally pre­ fer footbaU. I think that there is more player contact and the action is continu­ ous. Baseball is a drag. <1> Port Boston New York ... Philadelphia . Baltimore .... Norfolk Jacksonville .. Tampa Mobile New Orleans . Houston Wilmington .. San Francisco Seattle Totals DKK DEPARTMENT TOTAL SHIPPED TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups All Groups Class A Class B Class C Class A Class B 1 2 1 2 4 44 25 43 41 87 2 3 12 12 19 3 6 17 15 37 4 9 7 6 17 2 0 4 3 12 0 0 0 2 5 4 11 12 12 26 19 28 44 35 58 12 20 31 27 40 8 3 1 3 7 29 12 " 25 21 37 16 17 4 10 18 144 123 214 189 367 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class R 25 5 299 103 38 17 129 42 33 12 15 3 15 8 85 14 146 80 136 33 31 1 69 2 48 24 1,059 344 ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans ..... Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Totals Class A 3 70 7 17 9 5 4 13 37 38 6 7 9 225 Class B 1 44 7 20 8 7 2 10 35 34 1 12 12 193 TOTAL SHIPPED Class A 1 37 4 18 1 2 3 12 37 41 3 21 15 195 Class B Class C 0 1 31 30 3 4 4 17 7 6 2 5 0 2 7 11 22 25 10 29 7 0 7 29 7 12 137 141 STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups All Groups Class A Class B Class C Class A Class B Port 0 1 0 4 1 Boston 12 24 16 34 40 New York 6 5 6 6 7 Philadelphia 17 4. 14 2 15 Baltimore 8 0 2 2 5 Norfolk 2 1 1 1 5 Jacksonville 0 0 1 7 1 Tampa 12 3 9 4 2 Mobile 36 36 38 42 6 New Orleans 27 14 15 14 8 Houston 6 5 1 1 4 Wilmington 38 22 9 6 7 San Francisco .... 19 4 Seattle 8 7 6 208 116 116' 103 Totals 106 REGISTERED on BEACH Class A 12 179 19 72 24 8 12 34 87 85 11 45 23 611 Class B 1 89 11 39 8 6 6 4 47 44 2 2 6 265 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 10 4 174 39 20 16 79 19 11 26 9 2 24 2 7 54 121 66 72 31 16 1 41 1 18. 3 649 217 Rodney Buckingham: Yes, ex­ cept in Baltimore; that's where I'm from. In Bal­ timore everybody Tentative Conservation Agreement Reached is excited about the Orioles being so far out in front. I think that base­ ball's long sched­ ule makes it dull for most people. But football which is played only once a week Efforts by the SIUNA-affliated West Coast fishermen's unions to preserve California's off-shore is something to look forward to. fisheries have begun to show some results. California's Governor Ednrmnd G. Brown announced re­ Julius M. Prochownik: I think cently that the Soviet Union has tentatively agreed that the Russians will not fish from vessels within the sports are about equal. Since 12-miles of the U. S. Pacific gations of both nations would manded immediate action. baseball is a sum­ Coast. A special State Department del­ make the following recommenda­ mer sport and The tentative agreement, football .a winter made at a Moscow meeting of egation, headed by William C. tions to their governments: • The Russians would agree sport, they each U.S. and Soviet officials, came Harrington and representatives of that their vessels would not en­ have their season. after the Governor's recent Wash­ the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv­ gage in fishing within 12-miles of Perhaps football ington conference with Secretary ice met with Russian officials on the Pacific Coast of the United has a slight edge of State Dean Rusk in which the fish conservation problem. States. since the crowds Brown told Rusk that the future After a successful meeting, • The Russians would reiterate are so large, but of California's fishing industry de­ Harrington reported that the deletheir instructions to their fleet in there are fewer the area off the Pacific Coast not games for the fans to see. In Bal­ to fish for salmon. timore, where I live, the Orioles • Both governments would are on top of the American agree to take steps to reduce the League and there is great interest concentration of fishing vessels on in them. In recent years, the Colts other fishing grounds in order to were wildly popular. I think both prevent the depletion of resources. sports have their following. Within the next few weeks CLEVELAND—^The latest addition to the growing system of there will be an exchange of fish­ SIU clinics has begun serving members and their families in the John Galloway: I believe foot­ ing personnel and scientists be­ Cleveland area. The clinic is located in the Republic Building, ball is gaining on baseball. Most tween American and Russian fish­ Room 200. Phone: 621-1600. guys seem to talk ing boats in order to map ways to more about it The facility will provide free diagnostic service to the many SIU help preserve the fisheries. than they do base­ Great Lakes District members, SIU Great Lakes Tug and DredgeHarrington said that there will ball. I find that men and SIU Inland Boatmen's Union members in the area as be another Moscow meeting No­ football has more well as to their dependents. vember 13 to discuss conservation action. I like to programs and establish rules on a SIU clinic facilities are already available to Seafarers and thsir see as many long-term basis for both Atlantic families in the Great Lakes ports of Buffalo, Duluth, Sauk Ste. games as I can and Pacific coastal waters. Marie, Toledo, Superior, Wis., Melvindale, and Alpena, Mich. and am a great The Senate Commerce Com­ The system of SIU clinics was begun in 1957 with the opening fan of the Green mittee has recently approved legis­ of the first facility in New York. Other union clinics are located Bay Packers. I'm sure that if foot­ lation to bar foreign fishing ves­ in Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk, Tampa, San Juan, ball isn't number one now, it will sels from operating within 12Ponce, New Orleans, San Francisco, Seattle, and San Pedro, Calif. be soon. Baseball is a good sport, miles of the coast of the United but it's kind of slow. States. • •''•'I.I I ••i'. 1. I r, 'I.! V.I/"./-./A.H iiiii -I ) v ^r»uin. tbiu (. •• • • ... Soviets Agree to Honor Twelve-Mile U.S. Fishing Zone Along West Coast New Union Clinic Facility Provided For Cleveland SIU Members — 4^ 1 n �i~ 'i-; • SEAFARERS Meany Asks Admimstration To Halt Interest Rate Rise . Page Seven LOG "First Down!" AFL-CIO President George Meany has asked the Administration to step in and halt the sudden upward rise in interest rates that are afiecting the bulk of Americans. The hike in interest rates, he charged IS boosting prices and throwing residential construction into a panic and he demanded that these loan rates be rolled back to reasonable levels. 'Interest rates, "Meany said, "are higher than at any time since the 1920's. "That era, as everyone is well aware, was the lull before the big depression, a boom time when credit began tightening and inter­ est rates ran high. A 33VS increase in the price of money since last December is robbing the average salary earner of a chance to benefit himself by financing the building, renovation or purchase of a home." The consumers, small businessmen and farmers of the United States are being immobilized by the commercial banks in this country" Meany said, because they are not able to afford loans at high interest rates. The money they are forced to borrow must now be repayable by interest rates that are as high as ten per cent or more. The only winners in the current interest rate squeeze play, he added, are com­ mercial banks and the privileged group of individuals and organiza­ tions who hold large blocks of Government and commercial bonds. • • « An auto safety standards bill has won House passage. The Senate had passed a similar, though weaker, measure in June. Conflicts be­ tween the bills will be worked out by a Joint House-Senate Conference committee. Both bills direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish interim safety standards for 1968 model cars. However, full implementation of the bill is not anticipated until the 1969 model year. An advisory panel will set up standards to guide foreign or domestic car makers. It is assumed that the panel will devise standards similar to those required of automobiles and trucks which are bought by the government for its own use. Such standards have long been em­ ployed by the General Services Administration. Used car safety is also touched on in both bills, though the Senate bill only requires a study of used car safety while the House bill allows the government to set used car safety standards. Violations of safety standards, once established, are punishable by a $1,000 fine for each violation, not to exceed $400,000. There afe no provisions for criminal conviction in either bill. Tire safety and grading standards are also included in both bills. The House Takes a Step in the Right Direction William Schoenberg, founding president of the Cement, Lime and Gypsum Workers, died in a suburban Des Plaines hospital after an illness of several months. He was 88. His union activity began in 1913, when he was named a representative of the Chicago district of the Machinists. A few years later he was appointed lAM general representative, and in 1933 was named AFL general representative in the Midwest. He was placed in charge of AFL or­ ganization of Portland cement plant employees and in September 1939 was elected president of the Cement, Line and Gypsum Work­ ers when it was chartered by the AFL. He retired in 1955 and was designated president emeritus. Surviving are his widow. Bertha, and two sons, William, Jr., and Alfred. <I> Dr. Joseph Mire, executive di­ rector of the National Institute of Labor Education for the past eleven years, has been appointed a research professor at the Ameri­ can University in Washington's Department of Economics. The Austrian-born Dr. Mire had been economics and labor advisor for the Chamber of Labor in Vienna for 14 years and taught at such schools as Ruskin College and Oxford University. 4/ A sportswear firm which clan­ destinely "ran away" from Peru, Indiana, to a new $250,000 citybuilt plant in Uniontown, Ala­ bama, should be . compelled to offer jobs in the Alabama plant to the employees it deserted, pay all their family moving expenses and make up their iost income, a Na­ tional Labor Relations Board trial examiner has recommended. The examiner, rejecting the employer's argument that an employer "has the right to close his entire busi­ ness" even if the closing is moti­ vated by "vindictiveness toward the union," ruled that the McLoughlin Manufacturing Corpora­ tion of Peru did not actually go out of business but instead moved its machines to Alabama and formed a new firm called Lady Jo, Incorporated. ^ A locomotive fireman who shoved two boys from the path of a moving freight train last winter was honored at a public luncheon in Indianapolis. Nelson D. Rey­ nolds, 30, of Evansville, who works for the Chicago and East­ ern Illinois Railroad, received $250 and a plaque as winner of the quarterly safety award of his union, the Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. Reynolds worked his way to the front of his engine in Poseyville, Indiana, grabbed the handbar with one hand and swept the frightened young,sters to the side of the track. Racists and anti-union pres­ sures lost out in Canton, Missis­ sippi, after workers at the Udico Manufacturing Co., plant here voted for union representation in a National Labor Relations Board election. Workers at Udico, a run-away shop from California, were harassed by Canton's mayor, city councilmen and business lead­ ers who warned them to expect trouble if they voted for the Elec­ trical, Radio & Machine Workers Union. Bread and butter issues of such greater importance as a wage hike, seniority and grievance ma­ chinery won out. The action of the House of Representa­ tives to keep the Maritime Administration out of the proposed new Department of Transportation is a hopeful sign. By the decisive vote in which the House members approved an amendment to exclude the Maritime Administration from among the agencies which would be lumped in the new transportation setup, it appears that the issue was very clear. The legislators passed the bill to create a new cabinet-level Transportation Department by a vote of 336 to 42, but first they amended the measure to delete the provi­ sions that -would have transferred the Mari­ time Administration from the Commerce De­ partment to the proposed transportation de­ partment. The vote on this amendment was 260 to 117. This important House vote indicates that the members of that branch of the legislature are concerned about the state of the Ameri­ can merchant marine, and that they recog­ nize the dangers to the nation in its con­ tinued decline. They obviously do not want any further damage to the position of the merchant ma­ rine, which would be inevitable were the Maritime Administration and the business of the maritime industry placed in the proposed new transportation department. There it would be buried in a welter of other gov­ ernment agencies, and subjected to the abuses and antagonisms that are an inherent part of their attitude toward maritime. Under such conditions, maritime would not only be unable to develop and expand, it would very likely be hard put to survive. By their vote, the House members appear to understand this problem. The House Merchant Marine Committee Chairman, Rep. Edward Garmatz, who comes from the port city of Baltimore, and who spearheaded the effort on the House floor to keep MARAD out of the new department, ap­ parently got the seriousness of the situation across to his colleagues. The successful outcome of the vote in the House is also evidence of the effectiveness of a maritime industry in getting its story understood when it is united across the board—every labor and management seg­ ment in the industry. The lesson to be learned from the effective manner in which the industry functioned on this issue is that it can do a job in the interest of the total industry and of the nation when its efforts are coordinated and concentrated on the real objective of all concerned. Important as it was, the House action is only the first step in what must be a long and arduous campaign if the maritime in­ dustry's continuing decline is to be reversed and a healthy, expanding industry is ulti­ mately to be achieved. The Transportation Department bill now goes to the &nate for action. It is hoped that the Senate will take action similar to that of the House. Meanwhile, the fight must go on to win the creation of a completely independent maritime agency, which could then offer the means whereby the industry could at long last be revitalized, and the U. S. could have a shipping industry that fulfills its require­ ments. As the AFL-CIO Executive Council pointed out at its Chicago meeting preced­ ing the House vote, the nation must adopt the concept of an independent Maritime Ad­ ministration. Subordination to a Transpor­ tation Department or the Commerce Depart­ ment, in which MARAD presently lies, the Council said in a strong resolution, would result in the "essential needs" of maritime "being continually ignored and submerged." Rightly, the Council called for a reversal of the trend through the upgrading of the agency charged with overseeing the merchant marine. �m Pace Elcht SEAFARERS LOG Septmnlier 2, 1966 J i . t !• Nowhere to go but Union . r. ; "s i 1:,. F ARM workers have for a long time been the most povertystricken depressed and under­ privileged working people in Amer­ ica. They earn on the average about $1,000 a year in agriculture. Many earn less than 75c an hour. They often must travel hundreds of miles at their own expense to find jobs of short duration, and sometimes to find no jobs at all. Their housing is usually miserable, health conditions scandalous, and education for their children is usually inadequate, if available at all. But American farm workers today are moving toward the only answer to their problem. They are organiz­ ing into unions and acting collec­ tively to improve their condition. Farm workers have taken strike ac­ tion in Florida, Texas, Arizona, Mississippi, California and else­ where. For the most part their de­ mands are only to be paid the Fed­ eral minimum wage in return for their backbreaking labor. Strikes are underway within California's $3.5 billion agricultural industry against some of the state's biggest, most powerful powers, and the movement is spreading to other states. One large California grower, Schenley Industries, Inc., has already signed a contract with the farm workers' union and negotiations are presently, underway with another big com­ pany, Christian Brothers. .I ;' JJ Ram Werkers te Sam Deeeat Cea^la^ aim^ They are treated as second-class citizens or worse. They do not even enjoy the minimal protections af­ forded other American workers un­ der the Minimum Wage and Hour Law and the Fair Labor Standard Act. Abandoned and ignored by the social legislation other Americans take for granted, they enjoy no social security, no protection against child labor, receive no unemployment in­ surance in any but one state and are totally excluded from the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act —something that has hampered their organizing into unions for many years. ; <! The Desperate R^t Other big growers, most notably the huge DiGiorgio Company, which alone has yearly net sales of over $200 million, remain intractable to the farm workers' organizatimi and to any improvement in farm work­ ers' wages and conditions. But the workers, though not strrnig in wealth and power as are the big growers, are tough, determined, and stead­ fast in their purpose. With the solid backing of the AFL-CIO and other groups interested in their welfare they have made great strides in a short time and can look to the future with hope. How did this drastic change in the hopes and aspirations of Ameri­ can farm workers come about? without this new legislation, the 1 in September, 1964, by the AFLscene was already set for direct ac­ CIO Agricultural Workers Organiz­ tion by the workers themselves. ing Committee (AWOC), which was set up first in 1959 to begin the or­ Although in California the farm ganization of farm workers. The workers are striking against more strike was later joined by the Na­ than 30 big growers in the Kern and tional Farm Workers Association Delano County areas, the fight for (NFWA) formed in 1962 as a selfrecognition has centered itself help organization for Mexicanaround the huge DiGiorgio Fruit American farm workers. These two Corp. organizations recently merged under The California strike was called the AFL-CIO banner and now pre- In large measure their new hope for the future was made possible by the successful struggle waged in the halls of Congress by the AFL-CIO that culminated in legislation out­ lawing the importation of the socalled "Braceros"—cheap, tempo­ rary farm labor from outside the United States. Passage of the anti-bracero act in 1964 denied to the big U.S. growers one of the strongest levers at their disposal to use against American farm workers. In most cases the growers could no longer undermine American farm workers' organizing attempts by importing thousands of foreign laborers to take their jobs and starve the American workers - into submission. The growers fought long and hard against anti-bracero legislation. They raise cries of doom for the industry and warned of gigantic crop failures all over the nation. The AFL-CIO persevered, however, and the legis­ lation was passed. Harvest time came and went without braceros and there was no disaster. The harvest, picked by American workers, was the greatest in history. Meanwhile, the AFL-CIO con­ tinues the struggle for farm workers' rights demanding the inclusion of farm workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the National Labor Relations Act and minimum wage and hour legislation. But money that the growers refuse to pay to their farm labor pours into Washington to pay lobbyists to help defeat the legislation. Legislators from states in which the growers are strong are threatened with political extinction unless the legislation is killed. The massive dose of money and political blackmail has succeeded temporarily in preventing passage of the AFLCIO sponsored measures. The fight for this legislation is going on, how­ ever, and will succeed. But with or As effectiveness of strike grew, big growers drafted six and seven-year-old children as scabs and set California county sheriff's deputies to stand guard to see that they stayed In the fields, completely Ignoring state's child labor law. �September 2, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG Pace Nine Voices of striking California vineyard workers calling "Huelga" (strike) to workers in the fields were drowned out by tractors without mufflers driven by company foremen. Other strikers were sprayed with insecticide from crop dusting planes. "Huelga (Strike) Day" was proclaimed in San Francisco and support for grape workers' strike and boycott of DiGiorgio Company products was voiced during Market St. parade. AFL-CIO instituted nationwide boycott of DiGiorgio products. sent a solid front to the growers during the continuing strike, Today American farm workers are determined to do the impossible and break, through their own efforts, the vicious cycle of poverty-ignorancepoverty. And they are succeeding, with the help of the organized labor movement. (As the Log goes to press, a rep­ resentation election is underway among workers of the DiGiorgio Corp.) m The strike in the fields has been bitter. Farm worker pickets have been arrested and jailed on the slight­ est pretext, "accidentally" sprayed with insecticide by low flying planes, evicted from houses in which they have lived for 20 years, seen their jobs taken by scabs, their picket signs torn down and burned by com­ pany goons and "special deputies." Led by the DiGiorgio Corp., most of the growers have remained in­ tractable, refusing to recognize the union or bargain in good faith. Di­ Giorgio set up a company union, staged its own union representation election on two days notice and ex­ cluded strikers. Company represent­ atives accompanied voters into the polling places and supervisors voted. The striking unions absolutely re­ jected the results of such an election. While the strike goes on, a mas­ sive boycott of the products of the struck firms has been instituted by the AFL-CIO. These products have been placed on the "Don't Buy" list and publicized in trade union pub­ lications across the country. Farm workers are fighting in 1966 a battle that most American workers fought and won 20, 30, 40 or more years ago. They are fighting for a living wage to raise their yearly in­ come above the basic poverty level. They are fighting to eliminate child labor in the fields. They are striking to gain an education for their chil-j^ dren. They are striking to back up their claim to first-class citizenship after many years of being treated as second-class citizens or worse. Against them is ranged the vast monetary and political power of the nation's big farm industry. These in­ terests do their best to foster the belief that American agriculture is still made up of small "family farms," that would be stifled and destroyed if farm workers were paid decent wages and guaranteed decent conditions under federal law. The truth, however, is that the "family farm" is on the wane in the United States and would not be affected by such legislation in any case because such farms do not employ enough help for sufficient periods to come under the laws' provisions. The things the American farm workers need, are fighting for, and will achieve through union organiza­ tion are simple. They include protec­ tion under the National Labor Re­ lations Act, the Fair Labor Stand­ ards Act, and the Child Labor Act; unemployment insurance; minimum wage and hour protection; work­ men's compensation; social security coverage, and decent educational standards for their children. For too many years the most af­ fluent nation in the world has treated those who pick and tend its crops as second-class citizens somehow outside the mainstream of American society. Through their own efforts and with the aid and support of the American organized labor move­ ment these forgotten citizens are now determined to enter the main­ stream of American life. And they will not be denied. Boycott of fruits and wines produced and marketed by DiGiorgio Co. was backed up by informational picket lines manned by striking workers, their families and friends. Boycott has cut deeply into company's annual sales of over $200 million. AFL-CIO President George Meany (left) issues new farm union charter to Cesar Chavez and Larry Itliong as AFL-CIO Organization Director William Kircher looks on. Presentation took place during Executive Council's Chicago meeting. Over 8,000 supporters of striking grape workers gathered at the California state capitol at end of 300 mile march in Sacramento on Easter Sunday to demonstrate striking workers' determination to win decent farm wages and union recognition. �/ Eric Chittenden, who sails as AB, and oiler Gene Stewart, catch up on shipping news in the LOG. September 2, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG Page Ten f:i • Preparing a roast beef lunch for a bunch of hungry Seafarers are C. Guevara, saloon messman and Oliver Celestine, the Chief Cook. W. "Sleepy" Matthews, bosun, chats with George "Duck" Owen and Ed Blevins of Deck department while waiting for payoff after African voyage. Bob Fowler, electrician, catches up on some work in the ship's engine room. Ready for some relaxation ashore are Donald Keith, ship's purser, and V. R. Coscarelli of Deck de­ partment, Don wants to show off his new shirt, Francisco Tirado pours a cup of coffee. He was member of Steward Dept. Pete Marozas, AB, thanks Oliver Celestine for great job Steward department turned in. Whole crew agreed their work was the best. Hard at work on deck is Luis Bonafont, OS. Luis hails from Puerto Rico. Dan Dougherty, OS, has gear all packed and Is ready to leave vessel. Ship's delegate George Stanley said Goodfellow Seafarers ranked with the best he's sailed with. Taking time out for a smoke and conversation on deck are George Owen, C. Sherpinski, O. Lee and E. Smith. Ship's watchman joins in the chatter. Talking over trip in the ship's messhall are Dan Dougherty, Ed Blevins, C. Sherpinski, R. Aragones, ancT Sam BIsin. All hands agreed it was a good trip. �September 2, 1966 Object Of Their Affection Chester Coumas, Tom Delaney and Joe Sloan (l-r) gather around the mermaid woodcarving in the Port O'Call bar in the New York Union Hall to ponder who she may be. Mermaid herself isn't talking. SIU ARRIVALS Patrick Alters, bom July 27, , 1966, to the Paul Allers St. Ignace, Michigan. — 4/ — Mark Leonard Wescott, born June 20, 1966, to the J. A. Wescotts, Lynn-, Mass. i Timothy Paul Tremmel, born July 21, 1966, to the Ronald Tremmels, Toledo, Ohio. <t> Margaret Dofredo, bom June 30, 1966, to the Domingo Dofredos, Seattle, Wash. Raenell Ann Tesser, born June 10, 1966, to the Ralph Tessers, Duluth, Minn. Kyla G. Tincher, bom January 25, 1966, to the Kyle M. Tinchers, Tampa, Fla. ^ Barbara Reed, bom May 18, 1966, to the Charles Reeds, Gretna, La. Kevin Samuels, bom May 13, 1966, to the John Samuels, Mobile, Ala. vt' Tammy Snsan Smith, bom May 20, 1966, to the Norman Smiths, Marine City, Mich. —— DeFani Smith, bom May 12, 1966, to the E. J. Smiths, New Orleans, La. Port O'Call Mystery Maid's Name Promotes Strong Seafarer Debates The intriguing and subtle female has always aroused men's curiosity and interest. Seafarers know this full well because they have their own special mystery girl at the Port O'Call Bar in New York. . Thirsty seamen who come in for a drink always smile at her and sometimes kiss and embrace her. And the nice part about it all is ^>—7—r r .. , ^ ~ , , , , , .J who she was, he said, but was cer- the Queen of the Mermaids or one that she's always there provid­ tainly curious to find out. Old of the Naiades', water nymphs ing a bit of female companion­ timer Tom Delaney said that he who were believed in the ancient ship for everyone. was sure Minnie was a grown-up world to inhabit and rule over The only trouble though is, that copy of the "little girl on the rock waterways, oceans, rivers, lakes no one really knows who she is. in Copenhagen harbor." and springs. This beauty has no voice. She Coumas also offered the clew Many Theories is an attractive wooden figurehead that since the mermaid had some­ Other Seafarers had interesting thing of a Nordic cast about her with long flowing hair and a shiny well-laquered face. Her amply- theories. T. Daley thought she she might be Frieda, the Ger­ built figure regally holds up the was simply called "Gertude," manic Goddess of Peace. The front end of the ship-like Port while Fred Boyne, a Seafarer who Frieda theory seems a little better O'Call Bar. She has a fish's body hails from Liverpool was always than the rest according to Coumas and a figure reminiscent of the under the impression the young who noted that the Port O'Call Valkyries, legendary maidens who lady represented Maggie May, the Bar to which the mermaid is at­ carried Vikings who died in battle famous tart from Lime Street in tached has a clinker-type hull con­ up to Valhalla heaven for an Liverpool. struction, slat over slat, much in Seafarer Chester R. Coumas the way the ancient vikings built eternity of feasting and drinking. Tommy the bartender, who came up with the most interesting their longboats. draws tall beers and cool drinks theory. He said that Minnie could However, despite all the learned for the Seafarers, said that he al­ be a number of mythological observation of Seafarers on the ways thought she was called "Min­ maidens. Perhaps, she was the name and lineage "Minnie the nie the Mermaid, as far as I goddess Fortuna, a copy of the Maiden," the subject still is a mat­ know." She has always been a statue that the Etruscans put up ter of conjecture. favorite, he said, with Seafarers on their ships. Fortuna was the The real "Minnie the Mermaid" first and only goddess of Fortune, is yet to be discovered and any who frequent the bar. Coumas said, and a particularly information on the origins of this Good Luck Omen appropriate symbol for seamen. beautiful lady will be welcomed "I've known guys to come in by the LOG. He also said that she might be and kiss her after they pulled in from a bad crossing. A lot of them come to see Minnie right after their ship berths. She's their good luck charm" Tommy ex­ plained. Young and old Seafarers also have their doubts about who she is. The Seafarer's Log has the gen^ Eric Johnson, 68: Cancer Peter Raptakis, 58: Seafarer eyal impression that Minnie is a claimed the life of Seafarer John­ Raptakis died, July 1, in Staten figurehead copied from a famous son on May 20. Island, N. Y., af­ museum masterpiece, but just He sailed in the ter an illness. which museum is a mystery. Deck department Born in Nafplion, "But she's gotta have a name," as an AB. John­ Greece, he lived most seamen who come into the son was bom in in Brooklyn. The bar feel. Sweden and re­ Seafarer joined Seafarer Joe Sloan, who was sided in Brooklyn, the SIU in San having a cool beer recently at the N. Y. He joined Francisco. A Port O'Call said that Minnie was the SIU in the member of the a mystery to him. He didn't know port of Seattle, Deck department, he was certified to sail as bosun. Wash. Surviving is his wife, LemHe is survived by a cousin, Harik- pi. Johnson's last ship was the lia Glamboury of Greece. Burial Hercules Victory. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn. was in Brooklyn. FINAL DEPARTURES Dawn Tamlyn, born July 4, 1966, to the R. T. Tamlyns, St. Ignace, Michigan. ^ Tammy Odom, born July 2, 1966, to the Thomas Odoms, Uriah, Ala. <1> Betty Moore, born December 12, 1965, to the W. W. Moores, Orange, Texas. Jean Rainier, born May 14, 1966, to the Harold Rainiers, Mathews, Va. James Andrew Nitz, born July 28, 1966, to the Carl Nitzs, Cherry Hill, N. J. — — Linnette Ctdby, bom April 29, 1966, to the Raymond Colbys, Maple, Wise. Page Eleven SEAFARERS LOG Cecil Jennette Please contact Donald White, P. O. 7121, Portsmouth, Va., as soon as you can. Y. R. (George) Tallherg Please get in touch with your wife at Route 2, Box 939, Punta Gorda, Fla., 33951, as soon as possible. Joseph M. Novatny Please contact Ann Novatny of Portage, Pa., concerning a family matter. <1> E. L. Avery Please contact R. A. Yarborough at the Seattle Hall in re­ gard to an urgent matter as soon as possible. "Red" Strickland Please contact Mrs. Charles Slater, 1854 Annunciation St., New Orleans, in regard to the per­ sonal effects of Charles Slater. Newton Paine Please contact your wife, at home, as soon as possible. — — William C. Cronan Please contact Doc Gorton at 61 Appleton Ave., Pittsfield, Mass. <t> Richard R. Conlin Please contact SIU Headquar­ ters in New York, third deck, in regard to a ring lost on the Rafael Semmes. Tax Refunds Held Income tax refund checks are being held by Jack Lynch, room 201, SUP Building, 450 Harrison St., San Francisco, Calif., for the following Seafarers: Margarito Borja, W. R. Layton, Alii Nasroen, Wong M. Sing, Charies E. Switzer and W. O. Wallace. Charles Louis McCuHoch Please contact the firm of Ungar, Dulitz and Martzell, at 328 Chartres St., Suite 100, New Orleans, La., as soon as you possi­ bly can in regard to a very im­ portant matter. Carl Anderson, 63: Heart di­ sease caused the death of Brother Anderson at St. Mary's Hospital, Duluth, Minn. He was a lineman for the Great Lakes Towing Company and joined the un­ ion in the port of Duluth, where he lived with his wife, Esther. He was born in Sweden. Burial was at Sunrise Memorial Park, Duluth. Calleja Saturnino, 73: Heart disease claimed the life of Seaf a r e r Saturnino in Brooklyn, N. Y., March 20. Born in Spain, he was a U. S. citi­ zen and made his home in Brook­ lyn. He sailed in the Engine de­ partment as a FWT. Brother Saturnino joined the SIU in the port of New York. Surviving is his sister, Adela. Burial was in Linden, N. J. : WiUlam G. Sargent, 57: Brother Sargent was lost at sea, while sailing as an oiler on the New York­ er on the Viet Nam run, June 16. He joined the SIU in the port of Philadelphia. Born in Maine, Sargent resided in Brooklyn, with his wife, Marie. Prior to serving on the New Yorker, he sailed on the Rice Victory. He held a jun­ ior engineer rating. Clarence Osborne, 48: Brother Osborne died of cancer in New Orleans, March 28. A messman in the steward de­ partment, Osbom joined the union in New Or­ leans. He was bom in Alexan­ dria, La., and re­ sided in Gretna, La., with his wife Rit?i. Hi^ last vessel was the Oceanic Cloud. Burial was in the Christian Social Cemetery, Gretna, La. �Pags Twelve SEAFARERS LOG ^kin Poti Moys ttsOrainOimlivery to flte £dit<»r: ; I have just come off a run to India where we were stuck for three weeks off Bombay wait­ ing to unload. Why in heaven's name must we sit around these Indian ports when the Indian Government needs the grain we carry so badly? Anybody who has sat around one of these ports for this length of time will know just what I mean. Something should be done about it and soon. I don't think anybody likes the situation anyI more than I do. R. Folsom LETTERS To The Editor Building of Ships Overseas Rapped To The EditoK 11cannot understand how some ji&ple in Washington can say there is to much unemployment, then approve of plans to build navy ships in overseas yards. This hypocrisy will keep work­ ers in the United States from working at a time when countless phipy^d employees,/ men - with great skill in their professioni are leaving for industries that offw sSteady work. American yards are closing while the U. S. aids for­ eign ship yards- Some of these nations pay us back by allowing fheir ships to trade with North ietnam, a country that is at war ith the United States. / Ships coming out of mothball heed extensive repair work be­ cause of years of inactivity. I do not think the U. S; Government wants to be responsible for any accidents that occur to these vessels because the repair work was inferioi' England, the benerficia^ of the American warships , to constructed, is one of the nations that has traided with Noith Vict Nam. This Can be called fattening their pockets from both sides of; the fence, I' , Ed .Green : Pdlley The Edtton V I would like to say that I feel it is a shame that Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara is ! undermining the role of the i Merchant Marine during the !i yietnamese crisis, when U. S, i^ips are playing such a vital i part in the war effort, - In spite of the fact American 1 ships carry 98 per cent of the war supjplies, McN^ara urges elimination of U. S. Cargo pref­ erence laws for all except mili­ tary cargoes. Military authori­ ties say our fleet is inadequate to handle a second battle front. We eamipt limit o^ cargo prefer­ ence to military goods of our total cargo capacity will shrink. McNamara has been one of the leaders in the attempt to dpvrirgrade\:the''''M€^^ ;Ma-C rine. The industry has proved it's worth countless times but the i^retary continues to hamper ifforts by Congress to aid the hipping industry. He continues our fleet is adequate when September 2, 1966 bunding. In the United States is among the leaders in scrapping ships. In addition, the United States is approaching the bottom of it's reserve fleet and the Vietnam war is showing signs of expand­ ing before it ends, which would tax the Merchant Marine even more. I think the Union should do everything it can to make the American people and perhaps even Mr. McNamara aware of this dangerous situation. Frank Henderson From tlie SHips at Se A suggestion was made by Ernest Puras on the Del Norte (Delta) that timers be purchased for the washing machines. The machines would automatically stop after twenty minutes so the crewmembers won't have to wait long periods of time for the previous user to come back for his clothes. "Red" Hancock suggested a informs us. The ship just paid R. Marrero, ship's treasurer on washing machine be taken from off in New York and from all the Transyork (Commodity), re­ the crew laundry and installed reports it was a good trip. There ports that $22 was in the aft galley. Crewmembers were no beefs and the Steward collected for the are asked not to let the machines department got a vote of thanks. ship's fund. A run all night as it wears the ma­ balance of $4.35 ^ chine out and remained after Shipyard Workers disturbs sleeping $ 10 was spent for seafarers. Meeting Bugs have met their downfall on Find Other Work flowers and $7.65 chairman Robert the Alcoa Runner (Alcoa) after for a radio mes­ To The Editor: Callahan reports the ship was sage to SIU head­ The Government indifference that a Brother had sprayed on the quarters. C r e wto the shipping industry has Marrero a heart attack in last voyage, meet­ members Charles come home to roost. Now that Houston. He was ing chairman R. Longerbeam and Frank Moronships are needed, due to the war treated at St. Jo­ P. Coleman re­ gello received medical treatment in Viet Nam, skilled workers for seph Hospital. It Puras ports. A new lead in Keelung, Formosa. The crew the nation's shipyards are no was suggested that wire will be put had uncomplementary reports on longer available. Seafarers carry their last two dis­ on the TV anten­ sanitary conditions in the town. The shipyard worker had little charges with them while ashore. na. Ship's treas­ The ship will be paid off in Nor­ opportunity for steady work and The ship's fund totals $175 and urer J. A. Waith folk. Coleman when some shipyards like the the movie fund, $377. Bakers reports that the Brooklyn Navy Yard closed, he Carl Jordan and Goon P. Thiu ships fund totals $12.50. No beefs got fed up and left the industry. were applauded for an excellent are reported as the ship heads foifc We don't need a large Mer­ Mutual administration by the job as was the chief electrician. a Mobile payoff. Steward department and crew of chant Marine, the Government The ship will be in Rio and Buenos said. Now, the need for ships is the Kent (Ameri­ Aires soon. great, but yards cannot meet the can Bulk) was ex­ manpower requirements. pressed during a The first thing Julius Smith did Ship's delegate John Dickerson Workers left for jobs in other recent voyage, ac­ when he was reelected ship's dele­ suggested on the Cottonwood industries where employment cording to meet­ gate on the Fairisie (Pan Oceanic) Creek (Bulk was steady and conditions better. ing chairman E. was request his Transport) that the It is not too late for the Govern­ P. Covert. The fellow Seafarers importance of oc­ ment to act and help the in­ Steward depart­ to keep up the casional safety dustry by offering steady work ment was extend­ good work on a meetings during for skilled people. ed a vote of smoothly run ship. CoUler each voyage . nutTaeker thanks by the No beefs are re­ should be stressed. crew for the fine food they pre­ ported and if any Dickerson and the pared and they in turn thanked arise, crewmem­ steward departthanks SlU Far the crew for keeping the messbers are asked to ment were Rothschild room clean. Covert was elected Welfare BeneRfe:>f partmental delethanked for the Smith ship's delegate and Ralph Collier go staight to de- fine work they did. Seafarers were To tiie £dit<m was named treasurer. His first re­ gates. It was suggested by Seafar­ reminded to be quiet at night in We are a husband arid wife port stated that $2.44 was in the er Ira Brown that a repair list be the passageways. New screens for who are deeply grateful to the ship's fund and he requested any compiled prior to arrival in port the vent blower in the fan room union for taking care of oxir Seafarer with loose change to put for the next shipyard survey. Cari and some work on the water foun­ hospital bills. it in the kitty. The Deck depart­ Heiiman, meeting chairman re­ tains heads the repair list, meeting Thank God for the SIU. I ment says they have too much ports that Seafarers aboard the secretary S. Rothschild reported. don't know what we would have overtime and not enough sack vessel were reminded to continue There are no beefs, Rothschild done without them during my time but they aren't complaining. their cooperation in keeping the writes. vrife's last stay in the hospital. ship clean. A vote of thanks was Thank you again from the bottom of our hearts for everything. •' extended the steward department and ship's delegate Smith. Q. X and Daii^ Iez2i George Stanley, ship's delegate New fans will be installed in the aboard the Robin Goodfellow, (Robin Line) re­ A fine crew of Seafarers plus crew rooms on the Beaver Victory Ur0es Brothers Vote a good Stewart department to (Bulk Transport), ported it was one Sidney Garner of the best crews cook good food in iP66 Mleetions meeting secretary he ever sailed and serve it pro­ To the Editor: reports. Garner with. "The ship perly is the com­ I think the elections coming i said 24 new fans is the best feeder bination needed up this fall throughout the coun­ have been orin the SIU", to beat the heat try are going to be very hot d e r e d. Brother George said and on the Persian and very important. Leslie Bryant was most of the sea­ Gulf shuttle, C. A lot of progress has been elected ship's del­ farers aboard Walker, meeting Markris made during the past couple Of egate in Danang. agreed. Chief chairman on the Gamer years, thanks to the work of the I. Bergstrom, Cook Oliver Celestine and Chris Western Clipper Walker unions, which are really the only (Western Agency) meeting chairman, said all dele­ Markris, baker, came in for high outfits that support the kind of | reports. Walker has just been gates did a fine job and received praise from the crew. Markris, laws that benefit all the people. elected ship's delegate. S. Escobar, votes of thanks. James Newsome who used to own a bakery on Da­ I'm speaking of the type of meeting secretary says it has been of the engine department was vis Ave. in Mobile, kept the men law like Medicare, which il happy with his superb pies. a good trip but one of the crew- hospitalized in Japan. really a big lift to older folks members has been requested not who have no other way to meet to move from seat to seat during their big medical expenses, and 1 meals since, this confuses the Editor, which helps their families—^sons I SEAFARERS LOG, and daughters — who had -0 messman. The ship is heading for I Okinawa and a regular supply of 675 Fourth Ave., meet the bills for them. i mail and logs is helping to keep the Brooklyn, N. Y. *11232 'V We have to keep men in Con­ I Seafarers happy aboard the vessel. gress who support the aims of I i would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my -— — the working people. If we don't, I name on your mailing list/ a lot of important laws will The suggestion was made on never get passed, and the ones the Steel Director (Isthmian) to NAAAE i IM that have been passed will be hold a general i in danger of being wiped off meeting before STREET ADDRESS J- i the books. payoff, Meeting CITY STATE,,...... TiP . •! ^ITY J, , STATE,ZIP..... So all SIU men should 01 Secretary J. P. their part by juaking sure that Balldny reports. T0 AVpfD OUPUCATIONs » you ar« an old subscriber and have a char ^' address, please give your former address below; all of us vote in the coming elec-;. E. Quigley had to tions for the kind of people whq get off in Alex­ IDPESS t will represent us. And we should,/ andria, Egypt, to get our families and friends fo recover from ill­ ness, L. E. EUand, George bortllo BaMday meeting chairman <1> —— —J,— • 4 V • • i • �September 2, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG Lifeboat Class No, 158 Casts Off The newest group of SlU lifeboat ticket holders gather for pic­ tures shortly after graduating from Lifeboat Class No, 158. Meri completed the course at the Harry Lundeburg School of Seamanship in New York City. Seated, left to right, are: Dick Average, Luis Perez, Konstantinos Keramidas, and John Wirtshafter. Standing are: Adolph Demarco, Mike Heckert, William Myles, John Spahr, Joe McCarthy, and the lifeboat class instructor. Ami Bjornsson. From Monkeys to Ostriches, SlU Manned Ships Had 'Em All More Dangers on Land Than Sea, Seafarer Discovers In Viet Nam Getting caught on barbed wire in Saigon isn't the type of experience John K. Donnelly of the En­ gine Department would like to go through every voyage, but it happened to him on a recent trip to Viet Nam aboard the Cuba Victory. 'We were in Na Bay, about 15 miles from Saigon," John der the ship to plant mines." Al­ stant barrage going on around though the Cuba Victory was them. Crewmembers also watched said, "and this road had been the never attacked, a Navy LST was helicopters drop troops into battle scene of a lot of ambushes." After bombed near them. "There was a positions at the mouth of a river leaving town by taxi, the Sea­ hole in the vessel, but not much outside Saigon. farer had to get out and walk the damage," John stated. Donnelly is currently at the remaining distance since local Sounds of war were heard all SIU's upgrading school and will drivers were not too fond of night the time, Donnelly pointed out. A soon be taking his tests for oiler travel. "It was pitch black," Don­ Navy destroyer poured shells into and FWT. He's been sailing SIU nelly said, when suspected enemy positions for ships for six years. The Seafarer suddenly he was hours on end, and Seafarers found comes from New York, where he entangled in it difficult to sleep with the con­ makes his home. barbed wire. "The more I Reaches Milestone s t r u g g 1 e d, the worse it got. There was a compound of South Vietnamese Donnelly soldiers nearby and they turned on flood lights. For awhile, I thought I'd get shot. I shouted at them, that I was an American." Fortunately for Don­ nelly, the Vietnamese recognized him as an American helped him out. "I still have scars on my back," Donnelly said. The Seafarer spent 84 days in Viet Nam on that run. There were some restrictions, he pointed out, and crew members were told they would have to go ashore at their own risk in towns that were off limits. Seafarers were not permitted to carry weapons for defense, he said. "There were six specially trained MP's standing guard while the ship was in port," Donnelly said. "They would throw concus­ Seafarer Alvin C. Carpenter became the first two-gallon contrib­ sion grenades overboard to keep utor since the SIU Blood Bank began in January of 1959. Carpenter the Viet Cong from swimming un- sails in steward department. Mary Larsen, RN, lends helping hand. The recent story in the LOG about ships' mascots touched off much discussion among Seafarers not only on the question of mascots, but animals that have been carried as part of the cargo on SlU-manned vessels _ • , , , in the Catskills. Crewmembers Seafarers who sailed on the aboard the Robin Trent had a Delta Lines ship, Del Monte a zebra aboard back in 1952. few years ago, have fond mem­ A Penn ship once had a mas­ ories of "Slipper" the seal. The cot called "Jocko," a small mon­ seal was found in Angola, West key who liked to drink from a Africa, by fisherman and brought cup while perched on a Seafarer's back to America on the Del shoulder. Another ship had a mon­ .;i' ebNBA0;-titejtime::., Awist I—Ohairtnan, G. B. GiS! Monte. The seal was turned over key with a penchant for wearing eration), pttc; S^retary, M&e Smith. There Is to the New Orleans zoo as a gift an SIU T-shirt and cap. Most still some disputed or in the deck depart* ment although some has been straight-^ from the crew. of the crew thought he looked ened out. Ship should be fumigated for roaches, etc. Reauest patrolman meet ship The crew of the Robin Locks- pretty good. in Victoria in order to get some very matters straightened out as; Another SIU ship carried {ngjortant ley had the company of an ostrich there is still auite a trip ahead; Men off ; watch would like to know if they can a few years ago. The bird de­ horses, while one vessel recently claim subsistence from OSOfl to 1600 due completed a trip to Puerto Rico parted the ship in Brooklyn for •to chipping oyer quarters that keeps them awake. . • transportation to a game farm with a load of cattle. OGSANIC TIDE (Trans-World), August 7—Chairman, J. Jursng ; Secretary, H. d. ScHrelner. $7.60 In ship's fund. Also to have Board of Health ekamino meat and fish boxes. One man hospitalized in Singapore. EXPRESS VIRGINIA (Marine Car­ riers), August 4—Chairman, B. Lowder:^k: Secretary, A. I^h. 0»e misled ship in Okinawa. Motfoh made thatN3oropany pay transportation td' hew crewmembers joining the ship, whether hV local bus, when available, or taxi to dock area. Ship's delegate'urged crew to pre­ vent dock workers from using ship's facilities and messhall. ; $9.14 in ship'a 'fund. •••••••..•..vv'.' Typical of the many different varieties of animals which have sail­ ed as mascots or cargo aboard SlU-contracted ships is the ostrich shown above, which the Robin Locksley carried to U.S. from Africa. DID YOO PUT gACKf V Page Thirteen STEEL ROVER (States Martne),; Jnly 28---Chairman. Lester C. Long; Secretary,; Praiik Van Dhsen; Hhip'a delegate re-;^ ported that all, id runnihg smoothly.; $44.81 in ship's fund. No beefs yepofted , ;bse,;department • delegates.,;; Brothferi Ijester .wm alwrtd^shipls fdelednte,/ I'M euRpR\eBv AT y'oul SWAT'S A RorrgAi/ roDoi _ __ _ ^ _ . . , ludson Waterways), tno ;19—Chairinah,; Bill Horne: Secre-; jary.' O. Frezzii, Brother Irving Futter|nan was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. No beefs reported. Everything is runnihg smoothly. Motion made to piaee ;::TV-.aets'^Dn .all, ships.; HENRY STBINRRENNBW (Kinsman Marine), July Sl-^^Dhairman, Charles Otteiin ; Secretary, Grant K. Lewis. Men aboartl still waiting ior copies of Wel­ fare Plan Program. Everything Is O.K. • JAMES DAVIDSON (Buckeye). July dd—Ghairman, Gary D. Soonds: Secre­ tary, Terry D. Orton, Discussion on safety, sanitation and consideration for fellow crewmembers. "No beefs reported that w«rt not taken care of. DICEST of SIU MEETINGS SAVER VICTORr (Bum TTans., May 17—Ghairman, William Parker; Sec. rctery, Sidney A: Garner. Brother Nor­ man Wroton, Jr. was elected to serve as ' ship's delegate. Patrolman to be conr; tacted regarding delayed sailing and smne small matters. Members would like; rcj tirement before 65 years of age. , BEAVER VICTORY (Bulk 'Transport), July 31—Chairman, J. Bergstrom; Se^; retary, Sidney Gamer. Some disputed OT in engine department. All members voted for a better retirement plan,—lowering the age and shortening the sea time. Brother Leslie Bryant was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Vote of thanks ex­ tended to all delegates for a job wit done. PRODUCER (Marine Carriers), July Si; —Chairman, James Smith; Secretary; Herbert Welch. Ship sailed short a steward. Dmiartment delegates will collect $1.06 from each member of their reapeci; tive department for ship's fund. Deck delegate thanked his department for their cooperation. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegate. Ship's delegate retiuested all hands to cooperate in keeping messhall and pantry clean and taking proper care of washing machines. Vote of thanks to deck engineer for prompt repair of washing machine drains. PENN TRANSPORTER (Penn Ship-; pfttg). August 7—Chairman, W. H. DCal;; Srtretary, R. A. Sanchez. Batrolman fe*; be eontSeted in regards to repairs. thing 0,K. and no hegEe reported. �TRANSYORK (Commodity Chirtering). August 7—Cbnirmsn, I. Buckley; Secre­ tary. D. Blumlo. Some disputed OT in ench department. Lost five men during this trip and picked up four as replnccments. Voyage has been fair to average. Balancci in ship's fund, S4.S6. The mem­ bership on board voted to have SIU head­ quarters contact this company concerning the doctor and medical facilities in Kec; lung. Formosa. More modern medical focitities should be available. Meetings SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New York. .Sept 6—^2:30p.m. Philadelphia Sept. 6—2:30 p.m. Baltimore . . Sept. 7—2:30 p.m. Detroit .... Sept. 9—^2:30 p.m. Houston .. . Sept. 12—2:30 p.m. New Orleans Sept. 13—2:30 p.m. Mobile .... Sept. 14—2:30 p.m. Wilmington Sept. 19—2 p.m. San Francisco Sept. 21—2 p.m. Seattle .... Sept. 23—2 . p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit Alpena Buffalo Chicago Cleveland Duhith Frankfort Sept. 6—2 p.m. Sept. 6—7 p.m. Sept 6—7 p.m. Sept 6—7 p.m., Sept 6—7 p.m. Sept 6—1 p.m. Sept. 6—7 p.m. Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region Detroit ... .Sept 12—7:30 p.m. Milwaukee .Sept 12—7:30 p.m. Chicago .. . Sspt 13—7:30 p.m. tSauIt Ste. Marie Sept 15—7:30 p.m. Buffalo ... .Sept. 14—7:30 p.m. Duhith .... Sept. 16—^7:30 p.m. Cleveland . .Sept. 16—7:30 p.m. Toledo ... .Sept 16—7:30 p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union Philadelphia . . Sept. 6—5 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and unlicensed) .. Sept. 7—5 p.m. Norfolk Sept. 8—5 p.m. Houston Sept 12—5 p.m. New Orleans . .Sept 13—5p.m. Mobile Sept 14—5 p.m. Railway Marine Region Jersey City Sept 12—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Philadelphia Sept. 13—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore Sept 14—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. •Norfolk Sept IS—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. United Industrial Workers New York .... Sept. 6—7 p.m. Philadelphia .. Sept 6—1 p.m. Baltimore .... Sept. 7—7 p.m. ^Houston Sept. 12—7 p.m. New Orleans . . Sept. 13—7 p.m. Mobile Sept 14—7 p.m. DEL NORTB (Delta), August 7—Chair­ man, Robert Callahan ; Secretary, Bill Kaiser. Ship sailed short one man in San­ tos. Picked up man in Rio de Janeiro. Ship ; low on ice the. whole trip. $175.66 in ; ship's fund and $877.35 in movie fund. Motion made to have patrolman check to see why rooms are not being painted, since it has been over two years ainee they were painted. Discussion about ask­ ing the Union about having blood type put on health cards. Bakera given a big vote of thanks for a job well done. DEL ALBA (Delta), July 31—Chaiiv t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sanit man, J. ColllnB; Secretary, Z. Y. Ching. Ste. Marie, Mich. Ship's delegate reported that ship had * Meeting held at Labor Temple, New­ nice crew and it was a nice trip. No dlsport News. s puted OT and no beefs. Ship to be fttwiI gated for rosiches. Vote of thanks to the ^ Meeting held at Galveaton wharrea. s steward department for a job well done. COTTONWOOD CBEEK (Bulk Trans­ port), July 80—Chairman, J. Dickerson ; Secretary, S. Rothschild. Department de­ legates reported that everything is run­ ning smoothly. Motion made to stress the importance of occasional safety meetings, each voyage. Some companies are very las in this respect; Ship should be fumi­ gated for roaches. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Vote of thanks to Ship's Delegate J. Dickerson for a job well done in every respect. piRECTORYof UNION HALliS SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers DEL SANTOS (Delta), August 7—Chairman, John Calan^a ; Secretary, Don­ ald Bowe. Disputed OT in each depart­ ment. One man missed ship. "Three men hospitalized sent back to the States, PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanner Earl Shapard Al Tanner DIGEST of SIU VICE PRESIDENTS Lindsay Williams Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Karr HEADQUARTERS 675 4(5 Ave., Bklyn. HY 9-4400 ALPENA, Mich 127 River St. EL 4-3414 BALTIMORE, MD 1214 E. Baltimore S<t. EA 7-4900 BOSTON. Mass 177 State St. Rl 2-0140 BUFFALO, N.Y 735 Washington St. TL 3-9259 CHICAGO. Ill 93B3 Ewing Ave. SA 1-0733 CLEVELAND, Ohio 1420 W. 25th St. MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mich. .. 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. MEETINGS ALCO MARKETER (Aleoa), August 18—Chairman, Carl Pmnelun; Secretary, H. H. Busby. Some repairs have bren completed. Disputed OT in deck and en­ gine departments. Condition of food to beSreported to patrolman. 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. Tax 5B04 Canal St. WA 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE. Fla 2408 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. ... 430 Jackson Ave. I NORFOLK, Va PHILADELPHIA. Pa BANGOR (Bermuda Shipping), August 3—Chairman, Wm. Roblnron : Sojretary, Elrnest Harris, Some disputed OT in deck department. One man in steward depart­ ment missed ship in New Orleans. BANGOB (Bermuda), Augmst 8—Chairman, Wm. Biobinaon; Secretary, E Har­ ris. Some disputed OT in deck and en­ gine departments. Brother Selice was elected to serve as ship's delegate. OCEANIC TIDE (Trans-World Marine), June 6—Chairman, H. S. Schreiner; Tel. 529-7544 I Secretary, R, Buie. Ship's delegate re­ ported that everything is running smooth­ IIS 3rd St. ly with no beefs. One man missed ship Tel. 422-1892 in San Francisco. Motion mode that crew 2404 S. 4th St. cooperate and keep natives out of passage DE 4-3818 and quarters. 1348 Seventh St. PORT ARTHUR, Tex SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. 350 Freemont St. DEL OBO (Delta). July 24—Chairman, DO 2-4401 SANTURCE, P.R. ...1313 Fernandez Juncos Sherman E Miller; Secretary, Ramon Stop 20 Irizarry. Ship's delegate reported that all Tel. 723-8594 I the repair lists are comple^ and ready SEATTLE, Wash 2505 First Avenue '• to be turned in upon arrival in port. MA 3-4334 Everything is running smoothly in spite ST. LOUIS. Mo 805 Del Mar of the shortage of men. $144.88 in ship's CE-l-1434 fund. Vote of thanks to the steward deTAMPA. Fla 312 Harrison Sit. Tel. 229-2788 i pazdment for a job well done. Vote of WILMINGTON, Calif. ...SOS N. Marine Ave. i ihanks to ship's d9l^f>to fw a job.well TE 4-2523 , ,done. FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. AH trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. AH these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. AH expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. AH trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING BIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowneia. 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 contacts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: 4-Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Apjieals Board 17 Batterir Place, Suite 1930, New York 4, N. Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on die proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights prop­ erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its coHective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1660, meetings in all constitu­ tional ports. The lesponsibUity for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, fhMD anMDg ita raoka, one individual to carry out thU reaponsibility. >) September 2, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG Page Fourteen FAIRISLE (Pan Oceanic Tankers); , July 8—Chairman, Carl Hellman; Secro- ) tary, Ira C. Brown. Brother Julius B. » Smitli was re-elected to act as ship's delete j gate, with a vote of thanks from all | hands. He reported that everything was . running smoothly. Vote of thanks to the j cooks and steward for tho good food. BARRE VICTORY (Delts), August 12 , —Chairman, W. R. Gels ; Secretary, James U Blanchard. $8.01 in ship's fund. No ; beefs reported by department delegates. WINGLESS VICTORY (Consolidated Mariners), August' 7—Chairman, G. Fersberg; Secretary, Larry Santa Ana. Ship's delegate reported everything running smoothly. Some disputed OT reported by deck department. Ordered new washing machine. Vote of thanks given to ship's delegate for job well done. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa Stwimship), August 10—Chairman, R. P. Coleman: Secretary, H. Smith. Ship's delegate re­ ported everything running smoothly. Sug­ gested having new wire to antenna put on. $12.50 in ship's fund. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Motion ^ made to have the negotiating committee^' enter negotiations with all companies under contract to qirovide air conditioned y messroome and pantries on aU ships ini)> the bauxite trade or any runs similar T where the port holes and ventHations aystems have to be closed at all times. If no agreement can be reached on that ]>oint, then it was suggested that the crew will be paid room allowance while ves­ sels are being loaded and discharged. Motion carried. Vote of thanks given to the steward department for job well done. Ship's delegate will sec boarding patrol­ man ahout the deck coating that is being , used. It is harmful to the men whfle shipping and painting the decks. Also to , see about the time when chipping is to hd done around the sleeping quarters.. PENN VANGUARD (Penn Shipping), Augrust 16—-Chairman, O'Nefl; Secretary, H. Pruge. Vote of thanks given to old ship's delegate. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. Crew was ask^ to help keep messroom and pantry clean. Brother Walter Colley was elected tb serve as new ship's delegate. INGEB (Reynolds Metals), August 13 —Chairman, A. J, FYlcks; Secretary, G. CoRman. Ship sailed short two men. Some disputed OT reported by deck and steward departments. Had discnssiim on food and the quality of such. CONSUMERS POWER (American), July 26—Chairman, Gary W. Panknin; Secretary, D. Barber. Crew would like better quality and preparation of meals. More variety. No other complaints. DEL NORTE (Delta), July 2—Chairman, Robert Callahan ,* Secretary, Bill Kaiser. Skip's delegate reported that crew had a good trip last voyage and hope they have the same this trip. $83.65 in ship's fund and 86c in movie fund. It was suggested that every one carry their, last two discbarges while ashore whiclt PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt ia given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes eveiy six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. AH members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension bene­ fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attend­ ance at membership meetings. And Hke 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. AH Seiffarers are guaranteed equal righte in employment and OS members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he ia denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify beadquarten. SEAFARERS FOLITICAL ACTIVITr DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which wUl 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 actlrities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any tlaie a Seafarer feels that any of the above righu have been violated, or that he has been denied his constltntional right of access to Union records or inrornmtion, he shonid immcdiaUiy notify SIU President Fnni HoU at bcadqnartcrs by cortiSed mail, return receipt requested. DO NOT BUY H. I. Siegel "HIS" brand men's clothes (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) YAKA (Waterman), July 81—Chair­ man. A. L. Adams: Secretary, D. Qemeiner. Some disputed OT reported in deck and engine departments. THBITS (Bye Marine), July 81—Chair­ man, Richard V. Ceiling; Secretary, Grover C, Turner. Some disputed OT ported by deck and steward departimcnt delegates. Chief engineer will put locks on air conditioner. Brother L. Gibbon was elected to serve as ship's delegate. TO LABOB; 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.) WINGLESS VICTORY (Consolidated Mariners). July S—Chairnian. M, Casonova : Secretary, I,arry Santa Ana. Ship's delegate reported everything running smoothly. Ship saUed short one man. $1.00 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. Discussion had on painting crews messroom pantry and galley. Crew was asked to keep doors to engine room closed at all time, THETIS (Rye Marine August 8 Chairman. Richard V. Gelling; Secretary, Grover C. Turner. No beefs reported by department delegates. Ship's delegate to find out if allotment checks are going home O.K. Also to check on mail. Broth­ er Addrew A. Thompson was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Laundry room to be locked while in Singapore. imfAIB ^ Sears, Roebuck Company RetaU stores & products (Retail Clerks) <|> Stitzel-Welier Distifferies "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin Still," W. L. Weller Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) J. R. SImpIot Potato Co. Frozen potato products (Grain Millers) — ^ — ^ iJ j KIngsport Press "World Book," "Cluldcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereo'ypers) — Jamestown Sterling Corp. (United Furniture Workers) Empire State Bedding Co. "Sealy Mattresses" (Textile Workers) — — White Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes . . . Sentry, Cedar Chest, Statler Men's Shoes . . . Jarman, Johnson & Murphy, Crestwortb, (Boot and Shoe Workers* Union) Dl Giorgio Fruit Corp. S and W Fine Foods Treesweet (National Farm Workers Association) SIGN Lnms,. For obvious reason.s • the'CdG canppt 0^ letters or other eommiuMcations sent by Seafarers unless the author signs his name. If circumstances jusiify, the LOG will withhold a signature on re­ quest. ' �September 2, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG Page Fifteen PORTS ofthe World B UENOS AIRES, the largest, most sophisti­ cated city in South America is a favorite port for Seafarers. This cosmopolitan me­ tropolis with its wide avenues and magnificent plazas is a world show place. Juan de Garay founded Buenos Aires in 1580. He gave the city its present name which, trans­ lated roughly means, "healthy climate" and start­ ed the Argentine beef industry by bringing along thirty head of cattle with him. The city is built on a block plan and the main streets run in parallels down to the port area. Corrientes, the principal avenue, is the glittering, bustling Times Square and Broadway of Buenos Aires. It features the best steakhouses and the largest and most important theaters in the city. World famous artists are common attractions along this thoroughfare. Some of the popular spots frequented by Seafarers are the Jouston Hotel (pronounced Hugh-ston) and the Long Horn Bar and Grill. North of the old docks is the old and charm­ ing quarter of the city called La Boca. This area has been a favorite seaman's haunt for cen­ turies. Riverside Avenue (Costanera) which winds along the riverfront is the site of a popular bathing beach. The Boca district also has its own night­ life attractions. Just off the Avenida 9 de Julio, reputed to be the widest avenue of the world, is the large pub­ lic market called the Mercado del Plata. Nearby the Avenida 9 de Julio is the Plaza Lavalle which has a huge complex of movie houses ahd theaters which hardly ever close. Among the SlU-contracted ships making stops at this delightful port is the Delta line which has a regularly scheduled run to Argentina. The popular American-flag luxury liners of the Delta Line, the Del Norte, Del Mar and Del Sud are frequent visitors to Buenos Aires. Heavy overcoats on Lavalle Street stroll­ ers reveal that when it is summer in the United States it is winter in Argentina. Florida Street is closed to traffic during the afternoon and it becomes filled with portenos (the people of Buenos Aires) who shop and walk about during lunch hour. Among the many SlU-contracted vessels that are frequent visitors to Buenos Aires is the Delta Lines lux­ ury passenger ship Del Sud. The 10,373 gross ton, 467-foot long cruise liner is shown about to leave the port of New Orleans with flags flying on its traditional passenger run down to Buenos Aires. 1 The tall, white obelisk commemorating the anniver­ sary of the city's founding stands high above the traffic on a congested part of the Corrientes. Buenos Aires, a favorite city for Seafarers is a sprawling, bustling and very active seaport. The waterfront area, perhaps the largest in the Southern Hemisphere, is often so crowded that deep-sea merchant vessels haye to tie up side by side because there is no room for them at the crowded quays. �Vol. XXViii NO. 18 SEAFARERS«U>G OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION . ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT . AFL-CIO DARI-ING of REACTIQil •4/ VER since theif ^erwhelming defeat in the^ 1964 presidential- election the reactionary, right wing forces have been casting about for a Hollywood-type leading man around whom they could renew their efforts to turn back the clock in the United States. They think they have come up with" the right man for the role in the person of Ronald Reagan—ex-motion picture and T.V. actor turned politician and representative of big business. He is running for Governor of Califor­ nia on the Republican ticket. He has taken the V place of Barry Goldwater as the golden sword^ fbearer of the Right Wing. • Although he has abandoned—^temporarily, at least—the silver screen, Reagan now mouths what is probably the worst script of his career— the credo of the Right Wing. His slogans are anti-labor, anti-union, anti-medicare, anti-social security, anti-unemployment insurance. He is against low cost housing, against aid to education, against unionization of farm workers and against the war on poverty. He is wholeheartedly for Taft-Hartley Section 14B, "right-to-work" laws and the open shop. Reagan has not forgotten the skills of the a^tor, however. With an eye toward pulling the wool over the eyes of the vast majority of California voters he has suddenly adopted the role of a "mod­ erate" Republican. His extreme right wng state­ ments have been temporarily laid aside, or at least toned down considerably. His contempt for the poor, the sick, the aged, the unemployed and the uneducated is not so evident as before. His opposition to the organized labor movement and all it stands for is not so loudly proclaimed. Reagan's true beliefs are on record, however, and dog his political footsteps. He has repeated them loudly and often—^first when he toured the country on the payroll of the General Electric Cdmpany and later on behalf of the Presidential candidacy of Barry Goldwatef With minor vari­ ations he has delivered and had reprinted the same speech, so many tintes that it has become known as"The Speech." He has repeated it so often that it must be considered to represent his ttu6 philosophy, no matter what tuhe he sings now out of political expediency. , .^^t is Reagan's 'philosophy?" Even a quick i^reading of the Speech shows that ff represents no real thou^t at all, but is simply a catalogue of petty spites apd beefs tied together hy ^.thread of people. It is simply a blind attack on the federal government's efforts to improve the quality of American life and the security of the American people. It offers no alternatives to the programs it berates and behttles. It offers po cures whatso­ ever for existing social problems, and refuses to even admit that any real problems exist. EAGAN'S absolute contempt for the poor shows clearly in his attack on the antipoyerty program. "We were told four years ago," he says in The Speech, "that 17 million people went to bed hvmgry every night. Well, Aat was probably true. They were all on a diet." Addressing a Republican dinner in California, Reagan attacked unemployment insurance. "Un­ employment insurance," he »iid, "is a prepaid vacation plan fm freeloaders." A Reagan attack on labor was reported in the Los Angeles Times. "I favmr Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act, permitting states to outlaw the union shop," the actmr s^. He attacked civil rights in a San Francisco ad­ dress on October 20, 1965, saying, "I would have voted against the avil Ri^ Act of, 1964." He attacked medicare in a Sacramento, Cali­ fornia, address on August 3, 1965. ". . . the doctors' fight against socialized medicine (medi­ care) is our figU," he said. The catalogue is endless. He blasted urban renewal programs in another speech. "MeanwhUe," he told his listeners, "hack in the ctty (he had previously been attackhig the farm program), under urban renewal, the assault on freedom carries on. (It is) a program thid takes fnnn the needy and pves to tfhe greedy,..." Ripping a leaf directly from the right wing extremist handbook, he hints in another address that the progressive income tax is communistinspired. "We have," he decided, "received this progressive tax from Karl Mara who designed it as the prime essential of a socialist state." R EAGAN has attacked TVA, the income tax, foreign aid, the United Nations, housing, civil rights laws, aid to ^ucatioh, Social Security, farm programs, the gold drain, unbal'r anced budgets, federal programs generally ^ "The R .iy•' t.'ViTi,':!». - h advance of socialism," unenq)loyment insurance, labor medicare, the Supreme Court, urban renewal, anti-poverty measures, and much more. His "arguments" and "statistics" more often than not have been mere echoes of the wild claitns and charges made by various right wing extr^st groups. In ur^g reactionaries to bombard Con­ gress with mail supporting right wing causes, he cites statistics taken directly from the Blue Book of the John Birch Society. In attacking social security he cites "statistics" quoted by John Rousselot, former California congressman and admitted Bircher. Other arguments he uses come either directly or indirectly from such extreme rightist groups as those of Gerald L. K. Smith, Fred Schwarz, Rev. Billy James Hargis and others. Attacking and ridiculing programs is easy, how­ ever. The test of a leader or even a potential leader's worth is his constructive suggestions, ^at does he suggest to eliminate Or alleviate existing problems. What does he propose to replace an existing program which he deems objectionable, but which is so important to the welfare of the American people? || N the basis of this test, Reagan has proven himself not worthy of a single vote. There is nothing constructive in any of his state- j ments. He would knock down what already exists without being able to build anything to replace it, The political aspirations of Barry Goldwater and Richard Nixon came to grief for this very reason, and rightly so. A leader must know where he is going. He must plan for the future to cope with the changing ne^s of the people. Reagan and his fellow conservatives seem to know only the past, and lacking imagination and ability they wish only to return to the long outdated and in-^ adequate solutions of the past. His new political makeup men are hard at work trying to make the conservative, right wing Reagan look like a new man-r-a clear-thinking moderate, with plans for a better future for all Americans. But Reagan was never a character actmr and the new part he plays does not suit him. He rehiains what he is—an extreme right winger, devmd ot constnictive ideas and fiUed wth contempJt for tte American peoplo j^ O .;;AmeriM'• • -1 •f 'i ' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 2, 1966 Description An account of the resource Headlines: AFL-CIO EXEC. COUNCIL STRESSES NEED FOR ECONOMIC BALANCE IN NATION HOUSE VOTES TO KEEP MARAD OUT OF NEW TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT VIET CONG MINE RIPS SIU PACIFIC DIST. SHIP; 7 DIE GROWING SHIP SHORTAGE ENDANGERS U.S. SECURITY, CONGRESSMAN WARNS SOVIETS AGREE TO HONOR TWELVE-MILE U.S. FISHING ZONE ALONG WEST COAST MEANY ASKS ADMINISTRATION TO HALT INTEREST RATE RISE NOWHERE TO GO BUT UNION – THE DESPERATE FIGHT OF AMERICAN FARM WORKERS TO GAIN DECENT CONDITIONS ROBIN GOODFELLOW IN PORT PORT O’CALL MYSTERY MAID’S NAME PROMOTES STRONG SEAFARER DEBATES MORE DANGERS ON LAND THAN SEA, SEAFARER DISCOVERS IN VIETNAM PORTS OF THE WORLD – BUENOS AIRES TRUE BLUE RONALD DARLING OF REACTION IN “TURN BACK THE CLOCK!” 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 09/02/1966 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. 18 1966 Periodicals Seafarers Log