http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/c8c1dbb0a86a62f4e270d9de5d4fb8d8.PDF d484efb4e97a76df1e61488144f6248a PDF Text Text SEAFARERSj^LOG Vol. XXViii NO. 20 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO ti i W- ••i' .'i Slashing of Maritime Budget Shows Need for Separate MA Page 3 Nine More SlU Men Licensed As Engineers; Total Now 94 L. 'mw: Page 3 1^'jS m's m ! s, 6-®i Sea Pioneer Seafarers Rescue Crew of Sinking Grpek Ship Page 10 AFL-CIO Backs U.S. Policies, British Union Congress Hears Page 2 US Tanker Fleet Continues To Slip; World Study Reveafs Page 8-9 •'li ANNUAL REPORT Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Pension Fund Filed With N. Y. State Insurance Department • Page 14 ' ^ �Two SEAFARERS LOG HaWy As Fraternal Pelegatey Addresses Blackpool Session Aa-CIO Batks US Fomgn Polity, British Trade Union Congress Hears BLACKPOOL, Eng.—The AFL-CIO "most emphatically" supports the foreign policy of the United States including "our commitment in Viet Nam," AFL-CIO Vice President Paul Hall told the British Trades Union Congress here early this month. Hall, president of the Sea­ election held Sept. 11, while the pointed up was price increases in farers International Union and Communists tried to "sabotage" the face of lowering linit labor AFL-CIO fraternal delegate to it, he pointed out. costs in manufacturing. the annual TUC meeting, vigor­ "If we have any kind of in­ Farson said that "thanks to or­ ously defended U.S. policies al­ ganized labor's success in electing flation in the U.S. today, it is a though, as he said, he was "keenly the right kind of people to office," profit inflation," he said. "And it aware that the course of the U.S. the U.S. has "finally come around means not only distortions in in­ in Southeast Asia is, to put it to putting some of the finishing come distribution, but it has other mildly, not fully supported here." touches" on the New Deal. serious consequences as well. The (The fuU text of SIU President "And more than that, we have huge profits that have been flowing Hall's remarks before the TUC Is moved on to try to deal with into the corporate coffers, when carried on the back page of this some of the problems of a more combined with the incentive for issne of the LOG.) recent change, he said. "There is investment which our present tax His fellow-fraternal delegate. resistance, of course. But through­ laws provide, have resulted in Executive Vice President William out our history, the AFL-CIO has excessive spending and investment J. Parson of the Newspaper Guild, confronted the same sort of re­ for new plants. "Over the past three years, in­ reviewed domestic problems and sistance—and overcome it—in our progress the AFL-CIO has ex­ inevitable march toward social vestment spending has been grow­ perienced in the past year and progress and economic justice. I ing twice as fast as the total output pointed to the beginnings of "new am confident that we -shall con­ of the economy. This is an im­ balance which cannot be permitted and dramatic activity" which he tinue do so." Among the problems Farson to continue." said could lead to significant change in the U.S. and in which Miganized labor is "very much in­ volved." Hall emphasized that the AFL00 is "absolutely dedicated" to the cause of peace with freedom, and specifically is for a peaceful settlement in Viet Nam. The 1966 civil rights bill was blocked by the same "shabby" "This is the settlement which filibuster tactics used to block repeal of Taft-Hartley's "right-tothe U.S. government has sought work" Section 14(b), AFL-CIO President George Meany declared to bring about through negotia­ recently. tions," he emphasized. Meany, in pointing out the mered home the 14(b) analogy in "Your government, as co-chair­ similarity between the filibuster a speech to the Steelwprkers conventiori. man with the Soviet government of tactics said that: "It is with sincere the -Geneva Conference has made Meany told the delegates that regret that I am forced to repeat efforts to have it reconvened for the exact words that I used when Dirksen has again "won a battle" the purpose of seeking a peaceful the Senate, using the very same by keeping the Senate from acting. settlement of the present conflict. tactics, killed the bill fo repeal Meany added: "But this does not But these efforts were fruitless, be­ Section 14(b). I said then, and I mean that the war is lost. We will cause Moscow would not do a repeat now: pass additional civil rights legisla­ thing to get the problem to the tion in the years to come despite" " 'The AFL-CIO is, of course, all that Mr. Dirksen can do, and conference table. We, like you, deeply disappointed that the dem­ we will pass the repeal of 14(b)." believe in negotiated settlements. ocratic process in the Senate has But it takes two sides to negotiate." been thwarted by the shabby par­ J Sabotage Attempted liamentary tactics of Senator DirkHall said he was "frankly be­ sen and a minority of senators.'" The Senate dropped the Housewildered" by claims that "Viet Gong terrorists represent the will" passed civil rights bill as it had of the South Vietnamese. South dropped the House-passed 14(b) V«t Nam leaders proposed the reperier—after two cloture votes showed a majority in favor of bringing the legislation to a vote, SEATTLE—An SIUNA Fisher­ but not the two-thirds required un­ man and Cannery Workers confer­ der Senate rules to shut off debate. ence was held on September 10, SEAB On the second cloture try, the at Seattle, Washington. Represent­ S^. 30,1966 • Vol. XXVIII, No. 20 official vote was 52-41. Including atives from SlUNA-affiliated fishOfficial Publication of the SIUNA absent senators who were paired ermens' cannery workers' and in­ Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters or whose positions were offlcially dustrial workers' unions attended District, AFL-CIO announced, the Senate division the conference. Executive Board PAUL HALL, President was 57-43 for ending the filibuster. Included among the issues CAL TANNER EARL SHEPARD On a party breakdown, 45 of the Exec. Vice-Prea. Vtce-Prestdenf placed under discussion at the con­ 67 Democrats supported cloture AL KERR LINDSEV WILLIAMS ference were safety regulations for while 22 of the 34 Republicans Shoalwater Bay oyster workers Sec.-Treas. Pice-President followed Dirksen's lead in oppos­ and legislation pending in Con­ ROBB®T MATTHEWS AL TANNER Vice-President ing consideration of the bill. Vice-President gress for the establishment of a HERBERT BRAND It was a Mississippi Democrat, 12-mile fishing limit. Director of Organizing and Senator James O. Eastland, who Bublications Lester Balinger, secretary-treas­ pointed up another aspect of the urer of the Cannery Workers and Managing Editor MIKE POLLACK , , filibuster battle. , . Art Editor Fishermen's Union of San Diego, Assistant Editor BERNARD SEAMAN Eastland issued a press state­ acted as chairman. NATHAN SKYER ment declaring: "The old-time co­ Other SIUNA unions represent­ Staff Writers alition of southern Democrats and ed were: Seafarers' International DON BEVONA Republicans were united and ef­ Union of North America; Alaska PETER WEISS fective." Fishermen's Union; United Indus­ Looking ahead, Eastland went trial Workers Union of the Pacific; llsmkly at 810 Rhsds liland Amn N.E.. Wathlngtsn, D, C. 20018 ky on to predict that it would not be Atlantic Fishermen's Union, Bos­ the Ssafarsrt Intsmatlsnal Union, Atlantis, long before "we can start the fight ton; New Bedford Fishermen's Calf, LakH and Inland Waton Dlitrlet, AFL-CIO, 875 Foirtb Annao, Brooklyn, to repeal these vicious measures," Union; Inland Boatmen's Union; 1. T. 12232. Tol. HVaelntk 9-6600. Socand oiaH yootago Raid at Wasblaiton, 0. 0. referring to civil rights bills passed Cannery Workers and Fishermen's PBfTaASTErS ATTERTIiil: For* 3579 in recent years. Union of Terminal Island; Seine aarft okeaM ko sont ta Saafaron IntwaaCivil rights supporters in both and Line Fishermen's Union; Sea­ UMMI Oalan, Atlaatio, Calf, Lakao and iniawl Watora DMrist, AFL-CIB, 675 Faartk parties pledged a renewed drive farers International Union, A&G irsaklyn, N. Y. 11232. for the legislation and AFLGIO District; Seafarers International President George Meany ham­ Union, Canada. Meany Hits Use of Filibuster To Block Rights, 14(b) Repeal SIU Fishennen, Cannery Wotfcers Conference Held SeptemlMr 30, 1966 Report of International President by Paul Hall It is a well-known rule of thumb that the majority party in Congress loses seats during non-presidential election years. About 40 lost seats has been the recognized average during past off-year elections. A similar loss in this year's elections would be a serious blow to the goals of the American labor movement because it would mean a big loss of liberal voting congressmen and their replacement with con­ servatives. In the House, for instance, 48 liberal Democratic freshmen Repre­ sentatives are fighting to retain their seats. It was-the liberal voting record of these freshman Representatives that made possible passage of much of the Great Society legislation—including Medicare. It was their votes that made possible passage, at least by the Hout.c, of such important legislation as repeal of Taft-Hartley Section 14(b) and the controversial open housing section of the 1966 Civil Rights Act. If these freshman Representatives had not been in the House for the last two years none of this important legislation would have had the slightest chance of passage. If a significant number of them lose their seats in the upcoming election there will be little chance of passing im­ portant social reform legislation for the next few years at least. A similar situation exists in the Senate and in numerous state capitols. On the state level, the best example is the upcoming showdown in California between incumbent Democratic Governor Edmund (Pat) Brown and Conservative Republican challenger Ronald Reagan. Reagan is the representative for all the conservative, anti-labor forces in Cali­ fornia and his election would be a setback for the legislative goals of the American labor movement. The progressive, liberal voting records of many of the freshmen congressmen now fighting to retain their seats has been a big factor in helping the American labor movement achieve its legislative goals in recent years. When a vote was called, they stood up to be counted on the side of long-overdue progressive social and economic legislation. It is time now for the American voter to stand up and be counted by supporting these liberal legislators in voting booths across the nation this November. Every American working man and woman must, by exercising his ballot, reaffirm approval of the progressive position these men have taken in the past and return them to Congress so they can continue the important job that has just begun. Despite the spectre of jammed to overflowing hospitals and national bankruptcy raised by the American Medical Association during its long and well-financed anti-Medicare campaign. Medicare is working well, is on a sound financial footing, and the nation's hospitals are not jammed with older citizens enjoying free but unnecessary medical care. The only serious problem Medicare seems to be encountering is fee-gouging by many doctors. In many cases doctors have doubled their fees for people over 65 since Medicare is helping with the bills. Apparently they see nothing wrong with such a practice. Private hospitals and nursing homes, on the other hand, are trying to cash in on Medicare in their own way. The Department of Health, Education and Welfare is presently studying proposals to use Medicare funds to help finance the expansion of private profit-making hospitals and nursing homes—favoring such facilities over public, non-profit facilities. The AFLGIO has stated its strong opposition to any such proposal. Profit-making operations should finance their own expansion out of profits or from borrowed capital, and not be allowed to dip into public funds for this purpose. For a group that fought tooth and nail against aiding the nation's older citizens' medical needs, some members of the American medical community now seem to be growing very interested in how they can use Medicare money for their own purposes. New Orleans Labor Day Ceremonies SIU Vice-President Lindsey Williams, (left) welcomed Congressman Hale Boggs (D^La.) and New Orleans Mayor Victor Schiro (rig'Kt) to the Labor Day ceremonies held at the SIU hall In New Orleans. Representatives of Gulf area labor and government were present. �September 30, 1966 SEAF/IRERS LOG Nine More SlU Men Licensed As Engineers; Total Now at 94 The Engineers Training School, jointly sponsored by the SIU and District 2 of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association has helped nine more Seafarers to pass U.S. Coast Guard examinations and obtain engineer officers f a fireman-watertender and oiler. licenses. Charles Welch, 45, who shipped A total of 94 Seafarers have as a fireman-watertender and oil­ er, and has been a member of the SIU for 21 years. Pilalis Welch now received their engineer's li­ cense after passing the Coast Guard examinations. Of the nine newly licensed SIU Grennan Krcha men, four received licenses as Third Assistant Engineers and five Seafarers obtained licenses as Second Assistant Engineers. Seafarers who received their licenses as Third Assistant Engi­ neers were: Harry Pilalis, 23, who sailed as SIU Fishennen's Strike Ties Up Clmicester Desks GLOUCESTER, Mass.—Mem­ bers of the SIUNA-affiliated At­ lantic Fishermen's Union have hit the bricks here in a dispute over a new contract, tying up the big commercial fishing vessels in the port. Some 400 fishermen are af­ fected by the work stoppage. AFU President James A. Ackert ordered picketlines set up on the city's piers after the Union and representatives of the Gloucester Boat Owners Association failed to reach agreement in talks with fed­ eral and state mediators. A number of the fishing boats affected by the walkout were still at sea when the strike was called. The crews aboard these vessels will join the strike as soon as they reach home port, Ackert said. The old contract expired May 1. Both sides agreed to an extension of the contract while issues were discussed. The Union is seeking a contribution of one-half of 1 per­ cent of the gross stock for a pen­ sion fund for the Gloucester fish­ ermen and the elimination of radar, sounding equipment and watch bill costs. It also asked for a ceiling on the amount the fisher­ men paid for the cost of oil used in the boats. Ackert noted that the Union is only seeking benefits similar to those already negotiated in other major fishing ports such as Bos­ ton, New Bedford and New York City. Federal mediator John Sullivan and state mediator David Grodsky participated in the stalemated Gloucester negotiations. Page Three Slashing of '67 Maritime BaJget Shows Need for Independent MA WASHINGTON—The vital need for the establishment of an independent Maritime administra­ tion completely outside any other Government agency is spotlighted in recently-released testimony given at Federal hearings on the fiscal 1967 budget—in which maritime received a severe short­ changing from Secretary of ^ be solved. Fisheries Committee, which would Commerce John T. Connor, in "We were hoping that this exclude the Maritime Administra­ whose department MARAD is country would not fall into the tion from being part of the pro­ presently included. same morass of error that mired posed Transportation Department. The record indicates the manner the industry in between World The vote was 270-117 in favor of in which the maritime budget Wars 1 and II, which cost us removing MARAD from the originally recommended by the hundreds of millions of dollars to Transportation Department. Fol­ then-Maritime Administrator, reactivate," he said. lowing this action, the House Nicholas Johnson, was battered Since the end of World War II voted overwhelmingly by a mar­ and slashed by Secretary Connor he explained, various administra­ gin of 336-42—to pass the amend­ and the Budget Bureau until it tions and Congress were warned ed Transportation Department Bill was knocked down to less than a time and again of the importance which had the Maritime Admin­ third of what was originally re­ of keeping up the nation's ship­ istration removed from it. quested. building industry in case of any The House Merchant Marine What was left after the Connor national emergency. and fisheries Committee has ap­ Vlachos Shaffer hatchet-job, has been blasted as Pettis strongly urged that the proved a bill to make MARAD an Patrick J. Grennan, 52, who "the most inadequate" maritime committee, "in light of the serious independent agency. The measure has shipped as a wiper and fire­ budget request in many years by shipping situation in Viet Nam and is expected to be considered by man, oiler and watertender. louse Maritime Committee Chair­ the build-up of the Russian mer­ the House next month. Edward Krcha, 41, who has man Edward A. Garmatz (D-Md.). chant marine restore the $45-50 Strong support for an independ­ sailed as fireman-watertender and During the hearings it was million cut from the Maritime ent Maritime Administration came shown that Maritime Administra­ Administration budget." "We last July from the AFL-CIO Mari­ tor Johnson, had asked the Secre­ think," he said, "that the budget time Trades Department and tary of Commerce to recommend request for fiscal 1967 is most Maritime Committee. The MTD a total shipbuilding appropriation alarming. It is sadly inadequate to also warned recently that the thirdof $258.05 million. This request carry out the basic concept of the rate status "which gravely threat­ was sliced by Connor to $134,325 Merchant Marine Act of 1936- ens the security of the nation, will million, and when he submitted it 'Promote and further the advance­ continue if the Maritime Admin­ to the Bureau of the Budget the ment of the American Merchant istration is permitted to be buried in another department, whether amount was slashed even further Marine'." Transportation or Commerce." to $85 million. Amendment Passed A Senate operations subcom­ The money requested by the Allen Bridges mittee is now holding hearings on Earlier this month the House Maritime Administrator would oiler and has been a Seafarer for have been enought to build 25 voted on an amendment to the a Senate Transportation Bill nine years. cargo ships and five dry bulk Transportation Department Bill, which, as of now, includes the introduced by Representative Ed­ Maritime Administration lumped The newly licensed Second En­ carriers. gineers are: Instead, there is only enough ward Garmatz, (D-Md.), head of together with a number of other Jerry Vlachos, 34, a fireman, money to build nine American- the House Merchant Marine and Federal agencies. oiler, watertender and pumpman, flag ships in fiscal 1967. who has been sailing SIU for Johnson had also asked Secre­ several years. tary Connor for $212 million to Gerald Shaffer, 40, who shipped cover the cost of operating-differ­ out as a fireman-watertender, oiler ential subsidies for fiscal 1967 but and pumpman, and has been a the Secretary cut this to $200 mil­ lion and the Bureau of the Budget Seafarer for 22 years. WASHINGTON—The Department of Defense has ordered 19 dropped the figure down to $175 more ships broken out of the nation's stand-by fleet in order to William S. Allen, 34, who has sailed as fireman-water tender and million. Another maritime industry offi­ meet the growing demands of the Viet Nam sealift. They include oiler has been with the SIU for and 15 smaller, ^ " .. ' r;^ r: . , . cial to appear at the meeting, four Victorys ^ . ments with the Maritime Admm22 years. slower cargo ships. istration and will operate them for Ira C. Bridges, Andrew A. Pettis, national viceThis latest breakout is the first the Military Sea Transportation president and Washington repre­ 42, Seafarer for 23 years who sail­ sentative of the Industrial Union time that the Government has or­ Service. The 19 cargo ships are part of ed in the engine of Marine and Shipbuilding Work­ dered slower war-built tonnage out department, as ers of America, attacked the sub­ of mothballs for use in the South a projected 100 vessels that are being reactivated from the nation's fireman-water- sidy cut. He said that at the end East Asian crisis. SlU-contracted companies are mothball fleet within the next six of World War II, the industry tender and oiler. Udo Strick- thought that the American Gov­ being allocated 12 of these vessels months for use in Viet Nam. mann, 38, who ernment would realize the basic including the four Victorys. The When these vessels are pulled out economic problems of the nation's shipping companies are getting the there will-no longer be any of the Strickmann sailed as a fire­ man - watertender merchant fleet and that they would ships under general agency agree- larger World War II tonnage left in the Reserve Fleet, only 184 and pumpman and has been a slower Libertys. member of the SIU for'four years. St. Lawrence Port Council Dinner Victory ships are 10,000 dead­ The joint SIU-MEBA District 2 weight tpn vessels which can op­ upgrading school offers Seafarers erate at an estimated 15-17 knots. and Engineers qualified instruction The 15 smaller ships are C-l's, in preparing for their Third As­ 9,137 deadweight ton vessels whieh sistant Engineer, Temporary Third have a maximum cruising speed of Assistant Engineer or Original Sec­ 14 knots. ond Engineers licenses in either steam or motor vessel classifica­ The next group of Reserve fleet tions. ships is scheduled to be withdrawn from the nation's reserve ship Seafarers who enroll in the pro­ fleets in November and December. gram are eligible to apply for any Three out of the eight ships be­ of the upgrading courses offered ing broken out of the East Coast by the school if they are 19 years stand-by fleets will go to SlU-conof age or older and have 18 tracted companies and two out of months of Q.M.E.D, watch stand­ four coming from Gulf Coast re­ ing time in the engine department, serve fleets will be SlU-manned as plus six month's experience as wip­ well as all seven cargo ships being er or equivilent. pulled out of West Coast mothball Seafarers in the engine depart­ fleets. ment who are interested in the lH^ LE CONSEILPORTUAIRE DU SAmTUURENT ET SES AFMEKTS '^•jH Ten to 12 additional vessels will ST. LAWRENCE AND TRIBUTARIES TORT COUNCIL program should obtain additional ^•1 HHm 1* DINtR DANSAMT ANNUEL • n.Mrc follow this initial group of 19 ships information and apply for the SIU Vice-President Earl Shepard addresses U.S. and Canadian labor into active Viet Nam service every course at any SIU hall or write representatives at the First Annual Dinner of the St. Lawrence month until the 100, vessels are directly to SIU Headquarters at and Tributaries Port Council, held recently in Montreal. Left to pulled out. To date 40 ships out 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, right are Shepard. Quebec Federation of Labour President Louis of the 100 ships have been pulled New York, 11232. The telephone Laberge, and Dr. Denoit Deshaies of the Popular Medical Polyclinic. from the Reserve fleets. number is HYacinth 9-6600. SlU-Cotttrasted Companies to Man Twelve Newly-Reactivated Vessels ' .'•I �•HI mil III iwm III Six Additional Seafarer Veterans Join Crowing Union Pension Roster Orencio Walter Cardoso Byrne Arcediano Blahnik The names of six more Seafarers have been added to the growing list of men now receiving union pensions. The newcomers to the SIU pension ranks include Vincent Orencio, Frank Walter, Noe Cardoso, Brian Byrne, Andrew Blahnik, and Anthony Arcediano. Orencio was bom in the Philip- ^ Cardoso sailed in the Engine de­ Walter joined the union in the pines and joined the SIU in the partment. Born in Portugal, he port of Baltimore, where he re­ port of New York. He sailed in joined the SIU in New York. He the Steward department. A resi­ sides with his wife, Virginia. Born and his wife. Maria, are residents dent of San Francisco, Orencio in New York City, he was a mem­ of Marcus Hook, Pa. last shipped on the Overseas Rose. ber of the Deck department. Blahnik joined the union in the port of Detroit. He was bom in Nadeaw, Mich., and now resides in Frankfort, Mich., with his wife, Grace. Blahnik sailed as AB. Arcediano was born in Italy and joined the union in the port of New York. He makes his home by Frank Drozak, West Coast Representative in Hoboken, N.J., with his wife, Anna. Arcediano sailed in the Governor Edmund G. "Pat" Brown won a resounding and unani­ Deck department and was last em­ mous endorsement for re-election from the more than 500 AFL-CIO ployed by Erie Lackawanna Rail­ delegates participating in the pre-general convention of the Labor road. Coimcil on Political Education (COPE), the political arm of Cali­ Byrne joined the union in the fornia's AFL-CIO, in San Francisco last week. Governor Brown is port of Chicago. A deckhand and running against reactionary (reoiler on tugboats, he was em­ cently turned "moderate") Ronald tory had been scheduled to pay ployed by the Great Lakes Towing off in Wilmington but she headed Reagan. for the East Coast with all but Company. Byrne lives in Chicago San Francisco two or her men staying aboard. with his wife, Madge. Shipping in the Port of San Congratulations to C. E. Mosley, Francisco continues to be active deck delegate J. Fancutt, engine ard delegate Del Cruz. They and there are plenty of jobs open delegate Frank Gustav, and stew- brought in a very clean ship. for AB's, oilers, FWT's, elec­ tricians, cooks and bakers. Ships that paid off and signed on crews during the past two weeks include the Bowling Green, Citadel Victory, Transwestern, Elizabethport, Meridian Victory, President Johnson is urging the Senate to accept the new cargo Robin Sherwood, Steel Traveler, ship load line standards that have been drawn up by the Interna­ Columbia and the Longview Vic­ tional Convention of Load Lines in London this Spring. tory. The Convention, which was^ Ships in transit were the Steel signed by the United States on ments. The agreement, after it is Worker, Steel Architect, Panama, tentatively signed by the delegate Penmar, Marymar, and the Over­ April 5, establishes new uniform to the convention is sent to the rules concerning the limits to seas Rose. State Department where the Sec­ which ships on international voy­ Ralph Fitzpatrick is looking retary of State personally signs for the next BR job that hits the ages may be loaded. The purpose the text. Then the agreement is board. He just stepped off the of the meeting was to amend the sent to the White House with Wild Ranger after a three-month load line limits in view of modern various recommendations. trip around the Central Pacific ship construction and new tech­ The President next offers the niques in loading and unloading area. Senate the treaty with his ap­ vessels. Seattle proval for what is termed "advice Pending favorable action by the Shipping is brisk here with Senate, the load line, known as the and consent" which is really a vote plenty of jobs for rated men. Ships Plimsoll Line, will be raised for on the issue. The Senate holds which have paid off and signed on this first time in 36 years on tank­ hearings on the bill and normally, during this recent period include ers, ore carriers and bulk carriers following the President's wishes, the Mankato Victory, Warm of more than 328 feet length. Dry approves the measure. After the Springs, Mauldin Victory, RidgeSenate votes its approval, the field Victory, Beloit Victory, Fair- cargo freighters will also be al­ agreement is returned to the Presi­ port, Overseas Rose, and the Nor- lowed to raise their Plimsoll line dent who signs it and officially levels if they are fitted with water­ berto Capay. ratifies the agreement. The House tight hatch covers. Wesley (Chris) Christianson is of Representatives is in no way in­ President Johnson said that cutting short his vacation due to volved in the proceedings. "since 1930 when the existing an active shipping picture. Mean­ The Plimsoll Mark or line is Load Line Convention was signed while, he is trying to hook a fish there have been significant changes named for Samuel Plimsoll, an big enough to brag about. and improvements in ship design English reformer who took great Wilmington and a general increase in the size interest in the welfare of seamen. Shipping in Wilmington has of ships. In many cases deeper He was particularly appalled by slowed down somewhat, but the loading of ships cannot be safely the then common practice among British shipowners to send over­ outlook for the near future indi­ permitted. loaded vessels to sea in the hope cates that activity will pick up "The new convention," he add­ again shortly. Despite the slack, ed," should bring improvements in that they would founder and heavy Wilmington has plenty of jobs safety of ships as well as in the insurance fees could be collected. open for rated men in all depart­ economics of shipping. I there­ As a member of Parliament ments. fore recommend that the Senate from 1868-80, Plimsoll vigorously During the last couple of weeks give it early and favorable con­ pursued legislation limiting the the Faiiport, Dforymar, Wingless sideration." loading of ships. As a result the Victory, Steel Seafarer, and the Before the new agreement be­ load line was required to be mark­ Hercules Victory were in transit. comes binding for the United ed on every vessel showing the There were no pay olfs or sign States, it follows a traditional pro­ depth to which ships could be ons, however. The Hercules Vic­ cedure for international agree­ legally loaded. The Pacific Coast Administration Urges Senate Adopt New International Load Line Rules f: September 30, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG Page Four The Atlantic Coast by Earl (Bull) Shepard, Vice-President, Atlantic Coast Areaj In spite of the continual downgrading of maritime by many U. S. government officials, the importance of shipborne commerce to the U. S. economy was pointed out recently in a study released by the Maritime Administration. The study shows that U. S. shipborne com­ merce contributes more than $15 billion annually to the American economy. It further shows that good, and the outlook for the fu­ almost 6 percent of the natioi\'s ture is excellent. Robert King, workers make their living from who last shipped out on the Globe employment which, in one way or Carrier as an AB. was recently de­ another, depends on the nation's clared fit for duty and is now import-export trade—virtually all waiting to go again. He's been a of which moves by ship. Those in­ member of the SIU for about 19 side and outside of government years. who take every opportunity to Another 19-year man, Clarence downgrade the importance of the E. Cornelius, who ships as an AB, American maritime industry is ready to hit the deck again after should read this report carefully enjoying the summer at home. and give serious thought to its Clarence last shipped on the Com­ meaning before continuing their mander. undermining of such a vital por­ Boston tion of our national economy. Shipping has been fair this pe­ New York riod and is expected to be good Shipping continues to be good during the next two weeks. Twentyhere and the prospects are bright year SIU man Peter Choplinski, for the season. Dave Manzanet who sails as dayman, is waiting for just returned from Vietnam on the the first job put on the board. Pete Rachel V. Following pay off in last shipped on the C-S Norfolk. San Francisco, Dave plans to stay Another man off the C-S Nor­ home for a couple of weeks be­ folk, Leo Gallagher, who sails as fore shipping out again. an AB, is ready and willing to ship A. R. Colom just stepped off the out. He's been with the SIU more Azalea City for a vacation. He than 22 years. says he will be ready to travel Puerto Rico again in two weeks. Oldtimer The new federal Minimum John Hummel dropped by the hall Wage Law will take effect in to talk with old friends. John Gal­ Puerto Rico on April 2, 1967, and lagher says he's ready to ship again should aid the Island's economy and is looking for a steel ship. by putting more money in circula­ Baltimore tion through increased buying Shipping from here has been power for many workers here. Walter Stovall, quartermaster fair for the past two weeks and the outlook for the next two weeks is aboard the Seatrain New York, good. The Alamar, Losmar, and dropped in at the hall recently, as Trustco are laid up, while the Ohio he always does when he hits port, and the Bethflor have arrived in to see the many friends he has the last two weeks. The Bethflor made on the Island during his should crew up in the next ten many years at sea. After several days, but there is no report as yet months on the San Juan, Oliver on the crewing of the others. Dur­ Flynn says his short break is over ing the two week period, we paid and he's looking for an interoff four ships, signed on three, and coastal run. had nine others in transit. S/ff Seeks Talks On Safety Rales For Synthetk Ship Hues Manzanet Gallagher John Eddlns, a member of the deck department for about 20 years, just paid oflF the Alcoa Trader. He reports that the crew and officers were the best, and says he feels that the SIU welfare and vacation plan is the best in the in­ dustry. John now plans to take it easy for awhile before shipping out again. Philadelphia Shipping has been good here the last two weeks. Edwin (Hound Dog) Davis, who sails in the deck department, says he is ready to take the first coal ship that comes along. Hound Dog, an SIU man for the past 19 years, last shipped out on the Globe Carrier. Robert Duff, who works in the steward department, is enjoying a few weeks at home, and says he will be ready to go soon. Steve Homka, an old hand in the deck department, is vacation­ ing at home with his family. Norfolk Shipping here has been very NEW YORK—SIU Safety Di­ rector Joe Algina has requested a jneeting with the Marine Safety Division of the U. S. Coast Guard to discuss the use of synthetic lines aboard ship. The meeting was requested be­ cause of recent evidence that the increasing use of these synthetic lines aboard American-flag vessels has produced a serious safety problem for SIU crewmembers— particularly in the deck depart­ ment. Two characteristics of synthetic line that post the most serious safety problems are their relatively greater strength when compared with natural fiber lines and their elasticity. The relatively greater strength of synthetic lines can be a serious safety hazard, particularly when they are used in conjunction with natural fiber lines of relatively lesser strength. This hazard is compounded by the high elasticity of synthetic lines, because if they part under strain they tend to whip back with great force and, depending on the length of the parted section, can kill or injure seamen working even in "safe" areas of the vessel far from the point of initial danger. �September 30, 1966 The Gulf Coast by Lindsey Williams, Vice-President, Guif Area A team of eleven Turkish trade union officials visiting the United States paid a call at the New Orleans Hall recently and took a com­ plete tour of the union's facilities. The team was composed of trade union officials who represented Turkish construction workers, cement workers, tobacco workers, wood workers, journalists, irrigation work­ ers and seamen. The purpose of the trip was to dept. slot in about two weeks. observe the operation of the U.S. Electrician Charles W. Howard has been shipping as an engineer. trade union movement. No longer though. Howard dis­ New Orleans covered that he is allergic to oil After a long trip on the Alice and oil fumes. From now on its Brown as night cook and baker, back to electrician slots for him. Leon Franklin left the ship reluc­ Seafarer Harvey M. Lee last on tantly because she wasn't return­ the Cities Service Bradford Is­ ing to New Orleans. Franklin had lands, is currently registered in just returned from Viet Nam and group one steward department and was anxious to spend a little time is scanning the board for the with his family. Now he says "right" job. he's ready and willing to go again Lawrence L, Maples is an en­ in any group one steward depart­ thusiastic supporter of the interment job. coastal run. He recently piled off Henry "Smokey" Schreiner has the Oakland and recently completed two runs to is busy telling Viet Nam on two different ships. everyone who will Smokey was steward on the Coe listen about the Victory and the Oceanic Tide. He virtues of interleft his last ship ailing and is coastal runs. After spending time recuperating before leaving the Over­ his next voyage. seas Joyce, Evie E. Kinman rushed Pensioner Alexander ''Jumping home to his Grove Daddy" Martin is living the easy Kinman Hill, Alabama life. Jumping Daddy was down at the hall renewing home for a well-earned rest. Kinold friendships man has been shipping with the and making new SIU out of the Gulf area for over ones. His last ship twenty years. Seafarer Charles L. was the Alcoa Shirah, last shipped out on the Partner. Seafarer supertanker Ocean Pioneer. Stew­ Ray Vaughn is ard department member Shirah showing fellow makes his home in Mobile with his seafarers around wife and family. the hall his Houston Vaughan crutch-walking Frank Radzvilla is heading for skill. An unfortunate accident has vacationland after sailing for many left Brother Vaughn without the months on the Globe Progress. He full use of his legs for the time hopes to soak up some of the being. But Ray still seems to spark late summer sun before sailing along. again. Mobfle Mike Cuellar is looking for Roy B. Evans bosun on the an engine room slot on a coast­ Hastings for nine months, is now wise run. Cuellar just finished a relaxing with the family at his six month trip and will wait a Mobile homestead. Evans feels couple of weeks before shipping he'll be ready for another deck again. Turkish Unionists Visit New Orleans SIU SEAFARERS LOC Pope Five Garmatz Raps ^67 Maritime Budget As 'Most Inadequate' in Many Years WASHINGTON—Alarmed at what he calls "the most inadequate (Maritime) budget proposal sub­ mitted to the Congress in many years," House Merchant Marine Committee Chairman Edward A. Garmatz (D-Md.) has appealed to a subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee for more shipping subsidy funds budget, which called for—a 13 ageing bulk carrier fleet "which than have been asked for by new vessel figure that Garmatz is nevertheless being called upon the Administration. considers also highly inadequate extensively to support the mili­ The Administration has re­ for the nation's needs. tary effort in Vietnam." quested $85 million for construc­ The House Merchant Marine He further pointed out that be­ tion subsidies, enough to build Committee Chairman again point­ cause so much of the inadequate only about 9 vessels, and has ed out that the U.S. is about 100 U.S.-fiag merchant fleet has be­ asked for $175 million for oper­ ships behind in the declared pro­ come engaged in supporting the ating-differential subsidies for fis­ gram for replacement of our sub­ Vietnam war effort, our commer­ cal 1967. The construction sub­ sidized liner fleet. In addition, he cial trade is suffering. "As our sidy request covers the building noted that nothing is being done commercial trade suffers, so does of even less ships than the 1966 about the replacement of our our balance of payments." "Our maritime industry should be a major and vibrant part of our economy," he told the sub­ committee. "If properly pro­ moted, the merchant marine could by itself overcome our ad­ verse balance of international Scientific studies by the National Cargo Bureau and the United payments. States Coast Guard might result in a new standard of safety for Representative Garmatz also grain carriers which will reduce the dangers of vessels capsizing called last week for passage of during heavy weather because'S' age was made in a flat calm there more stringent safety regulations of shifting cargoes. for foreign-flag passenger ships was no grain settling. Since the Safety of Life at With the plexiglass model the calling at U.S. ports. Sea Convention (SOLAS) adopted Coast Guard and the NCB could Pointing to the recent fire new regulations in 1960 for the watch the shift of the wheat and aboard the German-flag passenger loading of grain ships, there have observe the various voids as they ship Hanseatic at her New York been four grain ship sinkings occurred. Data gleaned from the Harbor berth, he predicted that during heavy weather in which tests and other findings is now had the fire occurred at sea there 73 seamen lost their lives. The being evaluated with the help of would have been another Yar­ new SOLAS safety regulations Coast Guard computers in Wash­ mouth Castle disaster. eliminated the old rule calling for ington so it can be determined Backing up this claim, he noted the establishment of centerline which board is most beneficial. that being in port at the time of bulkheads in and below feeders The last test of the effective­ the fire permitted the prompt in hatches where full cargoes of ness of the center boards, the evacuation of those aboard the grain had been loaded, and ships Coast Guard said, will be made ship and made available some carried grain without them. when the data from the plexi­ forty-five pieces of shoreside fireCenterline boards such as these glass model will be used in a con­ fighting equipment and three firehave always been aboard grain ventional dry cargo ship carrying boats—^vastly more than the ship's ships since the ancients trans­ grain. own equipment. ported grain in order to prevent grain shifting when the ship rolled or pitched during a storm. The cost to install such boards on modem merchant ships is a dollar a square foot. These boards, it is felt, help keep the grain from shifting from the port side to star­ DETROIT—The results of the SIU Great Lakes District Elec­ board during the working of the tion have been aimotmced by the district's Committee on Election. vessel. Fred J. Famen was re-elected Secretary-Treasurer for a twoDelegates to the SOLAS Con­ year term and Roy Boudreau^ vention in 1960 felt that the cen­ as Assistant Secretary-Treas- address, utilizing the union's rec­ ords. Notices were also sent out terline shifting board was un­ to all SlU-contracted vessels in the necessary and they voted to elimi­ urer. Also elected for two-year terms Lakes District and to union halls nate it from future SOLAS re­ were Stanley Wares, Buffalo Port for posting. quirements. Agent; Frank "Scottie" Aubusson, Polling took place at union halls Two years after the SOLAS Chicago Agent; Donald Bensman, in Duluth, Chicago, Frankfort, convention maritime representa­ Duluth Agent and Floyd R. Hantives began questioning the aban­ mer. Lake Michigan Carferry Alpena, Cleveland, Detroit and Buffalo as well as aboard all SlUdonment of the rule. U.S. rep­ Agent. contracted Great Lakes vessels. resentatives at the Intergovern­ The election results were tallied Only members in good standing mental Maritime Consultative Or­ up by the Committee on Elections. who had full books and presented ganization argued at that time that Serving on the Committee on them were allowed to vote. the SOLAS rules pertaining to Elections were Vem Rattering, grain cargoes were not that safe. Harry Buccilli and John Stevens. The Coast Guard and the Na­ This committee was elected at a tional Cargo Bureau, a non-profit special membership meeting held Texas City Refining, Inc., is organization that certifies the safe in the Port of Detroit September holding checks for unclaimed stowage of freight and clears 9. wages for the following men cargo ship gear, then began to A report on all election nomin­ who are to contact the company study the problem. ations was concurred in at ports direct at P. O. Box 1271, Texas They used a specially-built holding regular Great Lakes Dis­ City, Texas, giving their Social plexiglass model of a ship's cargo trict Membership meetings on July Security number, "Z" number hold which was loaded with 3/4 18. In determining the eligibility of and instructions regarding pay­ tons of grain and began shifting the candidates, a Credentials Com­ ment. the centerboard in different posi­ mittee elected on July 5 checked Allen, WiUiam S. tions. Each position was studied the seniority, shipping records and Bailey, Elmer E. while the«ship model was put into the welfare plan records as well Boggan, Sigmiere E. various angles and tilted to simul­ as the tmion records. The Cre­ Cony, William R. ate conditions in heavy seas. dentials Committee was made up Funk, John E. The Coast Guard also queried of Vem Rattering, Joseph Arnold Galloway, Aveiy B. some 300 grain ships to find out and Joseph Salisbury. Gorman, Edward G. After the candidates were how grain settled during their Mackey, Donald E. voyages. The result showed that checked out by the Credentials River, Jose A. the amount of settling varied di­ Committee, nomination notices Winberg, Robert W. rectly with the amount of rough and elections notices were sent out Wiigbt, Theodore H. weather encountered. If the voy­ to all members at their last known V Studies Seek New Safety Standard Fw Ships Oaryii^ Grain Cargoes SIUl^kes District Announces Results of Election of Officers Money Due Turkish trade unionists on a 12-week tour of the United States paid a visit to the New Orleans SIU hall recently. Representing a broad spectrum of Turkish labor, they are touring the U.S. under sponsor­ ship of the Agency for International Development. Left to right above are interpreter Ozdemir Duranoglu; Ahmet Karahan of the Turkish Seamen's Union; Cemal Ozgen of the Petroleum Workers: interpreter H. Cingi; and SIU New Orleans port agent Buck Stephens. -niTT"'- �September 30, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG Page Six From tept. The Great Lakes by Al Tanner, Vice-President and Fred Farnen, Secretary-Treasurer,Great Lakes 9 to Sept. 22, 1966 DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL SHIPPED TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Port Boston NPW York Philadelphia Class A Class B 1 8 35 105 5 10 15 45 3 5 6 11 4 9 15 49 30 54 29 40 6 5 19 32 6 17 174 390 Class A Class B Class C 2 1 5 23 22 33 5 6 6 8 8 11 3 3 5 12 8 13 2 1 5 1 7 15 16 26 46 5 14 20 20 2 8 6 25 21 21 9 4 148 108 197 Shipping in Detroit remains at an all time high and we have plenty of jobs for rated men. The MEBA has announced that a correspondence course in Marine Norfolk Engineering will be mailed to engineers and unlicensed engine depart­ .Tacksonville •« • ment personnel who apply for admission to the District 2, Safety Tamoa and Education Plan's new Great , 7"; T Mobile New Orleans Lakes School of Marine Engineer­ three-deck, 210 foot long vessel Houston also sailed out of Toledo as a ing. Ed Pierce, director of the Wilmington school, said that study kits are sight-seeing boat until it crashed San Francisco .... now completed and will be for­ in 1958. The Canadiana was un­ Seattle 1 warded to applicants so they can der SIU contract for more than twenty years. prepare for classes in January, We were, indeed, happy to see 1967. The study kit includes ENGINE DEPARTMENT the Maritime Administration ex­ typical examination questions sim­ TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED ilar to those asked by the U. S. cluded from the proposed De­ All Groups All Groups Coast Guard when a member partment of Transportation Bill Port Class A Class B Class C Class B Class A writes for a license. All SIU mem­ when voted on recently by mem­ Boston 3 0 2 1 6 bers employed on vessels that are bers of the House of Representa­ New York 49 32 31 44 62 2 6 6 5 under contract to MEBA District tives. 7 Philadelphia 9 6 12 14 27 SIU members on lakes vessels Baltimore 2 are eligible. 3 2 2 2 4 Norfolk The Interstate Commerce Com­ that wrote and sent telegrams to Jacksonville 9 3 7 4 4 mission has granted the New Washington urging support of the Tamna 7 5 5 3 6 11 10 18 York Central Railroad a new rate Garmatz Amendment played an Mobile 14 24 20 40 25 29 48 New Orleans of $2.20 a ton where coal would important role in the outcome of 9 21 19 24 Houston 33 be shipped direct from Sunny the House vote. 17 3 5 5 7 Wilmington With the navigation season San Francisco Hill to Essexville by unit trains. 33 10 18 39 15 22 5 5 This new rate, if allowed, would more than six months gone, many Seattle 8 8 192 170 130 168 mean a loss of 2.5 million tons of observers are predicting a late Totals 275 coal normally shipped by water closing this year. Since the de­ transportation. The Maritime mand for ore is holding up well, STEWARD DEPARTMENT Trades Department and other some fleets expect to keep run­ TOTAL SHIPPED TOTAL REGISTERED maritime interests have filed for­ ning late in December, providing All Groups All Groups mal complaints with the Inter­ they get a break in the weather. Class A Class B Class C Port Class A Class B state Commerce Commission over Last season, mild temperatures 1 2 1 3 2 throughout the lakes allowed Boston this new rate. 29 34 10 23 New York 71 The old SIU contracted pas­ many vessels to sail later than Philadelphia 2 4 6 4 11 10 13 14 5 Baltimore 23 senger steamer Canadiana, that usual. 0 4 4 7 5 The Boilermaker's Local 58 Norfolk sailed for years as an excursion 6 6 3 11 Jacksonville 5 boat from Buffalo to Crystal and the Machinists' Local 105 Tampa 0 0 5 4 2 Beach, Ontario, has been towed voted down the latest company Mobile 3 19 6 5 27 15 22 32 45 35 to Eastlake, Ohio, where she is ., offer and it ^ooks like the ship­ New Orleans 9 20 2 23 14 Houston •. yard strike irf Lorain and Toledo to be converted into a floating 2 5 11 Wilmington 10 2 nightclub and restaurant. The will continue for some time. 8 32 12 13 San Francisco 31 Seattle Totals QUESTION: What is the most unusual cargo you have ever car­ ried? Howard Campbell: I was on a ship, the Morning Lieht that had a Finnish - made sailing ship pur­ chased by some guy in the states. We took her to Long Beach from Hong Kong and kept her on deck because it was to * ° • big to fit in the cargo hold. We were told it cost $25,000. ^J> James Elliott: I was on the Young America coming back from Vietnam to Seat­ tle. We <vere car­ rying a pet Falcon that had been purchased by the Captain some­ where in Asia. I'll tell you, those birds are not the friendliest pets in the world. h i i \ f: £, Norm Wroton: The Ocean Eve­ lyn carried a cargo of Nike-Ajax missiles once, but I' the atomic war­ heads weren't acti­ vated, of course. They were kept in separate holds for extra safety. We took about 55 of them to Formosa for the National­ ist Chinese, Ed Kaznowski: The Robin Adair once carried a shipment of gold from Cape­ town to New York. I've sailed on ships that have carried all types of cargo, ijut from what I was told, we had over a million dollars worth of gold on the ship. I guess that's the closest I'll ever get to that kind of money. Frank Rodriguez: I've been on several ships that carried horses and cows. We fre­ quently take them to Puerto Rico. It presents some problems since some of the crewmembers have to take care of the animals and feed them, not to men­ tion the problems when the ani­ mals give birth. ^ Harry Kaufman: I remember about ten years ago, I was sail­ ing on a Steel ship and we were asked by the In­ donesian Govern­ ment to transport a cargo of Rus­ sian jeeps from one end of the island to the oth­ er. In fact, I wrote a little article about it that was published in the LOG, 12 260 5 135 11 171 4 73 14 136 REGISTERED on BEACH Class A Class B 24 3 319 92 30 12 152 35 25 12 15 2 13 5 87 19 155 57 138 48 14 3 56 1 36 4 1,064 293 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 10 2 76 184 19 6 74 33 26 9 2 4 3 7 41 13 84 45 152 50 10 2 28 1 18 3 651 251 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 5 9 170 37 20 14 28 75 26 13 3 6 3 4 9 57 73 104 74 44 15 1 26 1 20 1 592 246 ttS. Ocean Trade Pours $15 Billion Into Iconomy Yearly, Study Shows Shipbome export and import traffic through the 117 major U.S. ports pumps more than $15 billion into the American economy each year and provides more than four million jobs in direct export and import-related industries, according to a recent study by the Maritime Administration. The study totally dispels the f trade and almost 5 percent of total 1963 U.S. port cities earned about myth that the nation's ocean private non-farm employment. $5.3 million from waterfront ports are of major economic im­ This comes to about 950,000 farm cargoes. portance only to the nearby com­ workers and about 1.4 million New York is about the best munity, a MARAD spokesman workers in manufacturing. example- of the importance of told a recent convention of the Our import trade, on the other waterborne cargoes to a com­ American Association of Port hand, provides employment for an munity. Port of New York jobs Authorities. estimated 941,000 Americans. employ at least 430,000 people About 3.1 million Americans Ocean and Great Lakes ports with an annual payroll of $?.l make their livings in direct export naturally benefit the most directly billion. Each of these jobs gener­ and export-related industries, and from the export-import trade. One ates additional jobs until it is some 2.5 million of these workers ton of general cargo can mean be­ estimated that the port supports are in the 28 maritime states, the tween $16 and $20 in direct one out of every four people who study showed. It also pointed out revenue to a port comunity. In live in the district. however, that nearly six out of. every hundred workers in the na­ SIU WELFARE, VACATION PLANS tion make their living on farms and in factories that depend on July 1 - Jwiy 3L 1966 exports for their operation and in Amount Number of 35 of the continental states more Paid Benefits than 5 percent of the total state employment depends on exports. Hospital Bonelits , . j; . ... 5,024 • $ 52,134.77 "Even in a land locked state Death Benefits .., , , .i > i.•;••••• 62,000.00 • 23 •••'•• like Arkansas, for example, 14 out Disability Benefits ^, i V * 133,500.00 890 of every 100 workers hold jobs Mptemity Benefits , y 6,800.00 34 dependent on our export trade. Dependent Benefits ...... 79,715.17 Mississippi has nearly as many. ^ Optical • Benefits y' y^w: 7,523.83 S02 • . Texas, South Carolina, Washing­ V(Hft-Patient Benefits . 1, . ^ 25,935.00 ton, Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, ... 10,114 367,608.7^ Montana, North Dakota each have SUMMARY Iiydedtion Benefits , .. 1,538 637,877,3^ more than 7 percent of the workers employed in such industries." About 13 percent of total farm 6 Sffeca jobs are directly related to export �Sepiember 30, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG AFL-CIO Raps Profit Grab Endangering Medicare Plan Page Sei "How're We Doing?' Higher medicare payments to profit-making nursing homes and hos­ pitals would be unjustified and could inflate the cost of the entire medprogram, AFL-CIO President George Meany warned recently. Meany wrote Health, Education & Welfare Secretary John W. G^dner that labor opposes revising the medicare reimbursement formula so dlities profit-making institutions over public and non-profit faA proposal to include part of the cost of capital expansion in payment to nursing homes and hospitals is under study by the department. A profit-making hospital or nursing home should, like any other profit-making institution, finance growth and development out of profits and borrowed capital," Meany said, "and not expect the medicare pro­ gram to finance its capital requirements." Meany cautioned Gardner that an unnecessarily high payment to health institutions could raise the costs of medicare above estimates, require additional increases in the social security tax and delay muchneeded improvements in the medicare program." The AFL-CIO president agreed that "there is a need for greater funds to modernize and construct more of these facilities." But he said that "this worthwhile goal should be accomplished through-other programs." Meany suggested "as a first step" the "rapid expansion of the HillBurton propam as well as additional federal legislation to assist in the modernization and construction of public and nonprofit hospitals anc nursing homes." Commenting that "the greatest single barrier to adequate health care Is cost, Meany said that if there is any revision of the reimbursement formula in favor of profit-making institutions, "it should have a mini­ mum impact on the cost structure of the program." » • • The AFL-CIO has endorsed legislation to encourage states to keep records of on-the-job exposure of workers to radiation and to meet federal standards for workmen's compensation coverage of radiationcaused ailments. Legislative Director Andrew J. Biemiller testified before the Congres­ sional Joint Committee on Atomic Energy in general support of Ad­ ministration proposals. But he urged that the bill be strengthened by making certain provisions mandatory rather than permissive. Biemiller's testimony was in line with unanimous recommendations of the Atomic Energy Commission's Labor-Management Advisory Committee. The proposed legislation would allow the AEC to allocate funds to states to help them set up a uniform system of record-keeping for workers in occupations involving exposure to dangerous radiation. This, Biemiller noted, would accomplish a threefold purpose: • It would greatly assist research on the relationship between "chronic low-level doses of radiation" and ailments which are sus­ pected of being caused or aggravated by radiation. • It would lead to more effective safeguards against exposure of workers to radiation. • It would improve adjudication of workmen's compensation cases. The Administration bill specifies that standards set by the Atomic Energy Commission as a condition for grants to the states "may" in­ clude requirements for workmen's compensation coverage. Biemiller argued that "this leaves entirely too much latitude to the commission." He urged that workmen's compensation standards be made mandatory by changing the word "may" to "shall." He also urged that a time limit be set for states receiving grants to comply fully with federal standards. Gerald A. Brown has been ap­ pointed to his second five-ySar term on the National Labor Rela­ tions Board by President Johnson. The President has made the ap­ pointment despite the protests of the United States Chamber of Commerce who had complained that Brown was "too pro-union." The nomination was approved by the Senate in a routine voice-vote. <1> The City Council of Oak Ridge, Tennessee has urged the trustees of Oak Ridge Hospital to bargain with Building Services Local 150T which represents 200 Hospital workers. The Union has been on strike since July 9 but hospital officials said that it would not recognize the union as employee representatives. The hospital trustees as long ago as 1958 prom­ ised their workers that if em­ ployees voted for union represen­ tation they would recognize the uqion and bargain with it. The employees voted to be represented by Local 150T a few months back. <|> The California Federation of Labor has blasted the McDonald's hamburger stand chain as "non­ union and anti-union" in a reso­ lution passed at their recent state convention. The Federation pledged to support 18 locals of the Hotel, Restaurant Employees Union who are trying to organize the chain. Musicians union members working in network TV and radio have ratified an agreement between the AFM and the three major networks by better than a 2-1 margin. The new pact pro­ vides for a wage increase, im­ proved vacations and working conditions and other benefits. 4/ The Hotel and Restaurant Em­ ployees have broken through em­ ployer opposition and won a consent election to represent Sher­ aton-Oklahoma workers in Okla­ homa City, after a two-and-a-half year fight. During the campaign the union struck for five months in support of a union member who had ^en discharged illegally. The employee won $6,000 in back pay after the issue was processed as an unfair labor practice. Uncle Sam Rides the Wrong Ships The ugly facts that point up the United States' loss of strength as a major maritime nation continue to pile up. The picture is such that the question looms large as to whether this nation will be able much longer to lay claim to its status as one of the world's major maritime nations. Every day in every way our position becomes weaker and weaker. The facts revealed in the Sun Oil Com­ pany's 24th annual survey of world tank ship fleets simply adds more fuel to the charge that while our government is asleep foreign nations are doing everything they can to ex­ pand their shipping operations. Their fleets are getting bigger, while ours continues to shrink. The sorry picture of U. S. tankers in relation to those of other nations is graph­ ically presented in the spread in the center of this issue of the SEAFARERS LOG. Although it is the largest user of petro­ leum in the world, the U. S. ignores the need for policies to assure the maintenance of an adequate American-flag tanker fleet. In fact, while it gives no assistance to the privatelyowned U. S.-flag tanker fleet, it virtually en­ courages the use of runaway registries by American operators. One company alone. Standard Oil of New Jersey, operates 43 of its tankers under the Panamanian flag. Yet it continues to enjoy many forms of govern­ ment assistance and allowances in its oil op­ erations. The facts about government apathy, in­ difference and hostility to American-flag shipping have been with us a long time. Only lately have they been getting across to the American people. If we keep punching away, maybe the condition can be corrected. A Setback for Truth-In-Packaging The American consumer suffered a setback recently when the labor-backed "Truth In Packaging" bill, which has already been passed by Senate, was passed by the House Commerce Committee in a much diluted form. The bill as passed by the Senate by a 71-9 vote in June, gave authority to the govern­ ment to regulate the variety of weights and measures in which food and most items found on supermarket shelves could be pack­ aged. The Government would intervene if the manufacturers couldn't agree on volun­ tary standards. The House Commerce Committee amend­ ed the Senate Bill to authorize only volun­ tary standards. In the absence of industry agreement, the Secretary of Commerce would have to seek specific authority from Congress to set standards. The Truth-In-Packaging Bill was designed to help the consumer get a fair shake in the marketplace by placing some standards on the confusing mixture of packages, weights and sizes presently used by manufacturers to make it impossible for the shopper to tell whether she is getting fair value for her money in the goods she buys. The American labor movement will con­ tinue and increase pressure for passage erf strong "Truth In Packaging" legislation un­ til the consumer is finally assured of getting a fair amount of goods for his hard-earned dollars. ,;w;j I •';^l �T September 50, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG Page Eii^t September 30, 1966 Page Nine SEAFARERS LOG m ",ym • The U.S.Tanker Fleet SINKING... SINKING.. rW^HE condition of American-flag shipping continues to become more deqpeiate with each passing year. The victim of government apathy and hostility, U. S. ship­ ping sinks lower and lower, while foreignflag operations are expanding steadily. No segment of the American industry is im­ mune. The state of the U. S. tanker opera­ tions is particularly alarming, as is revealed in the recentiy-released ''Analysis of World Tank Ship Fleet, December 31, 1965," the 24th such study prepared by the Sun Oil Company. Nowhere in the analysis is there a single bright spot insofar as U. S. tanker shipping is concerned. Last year, for example, more American tankers were scrapped than those of any other nation. The graphic iilustrations on these pages paint a vivid picture of the state of American shipping affairs • 1 UiOW • -4 :| WORU AVERAGE 7 YEARS, 7 MONTHS TANKER TONNAGE U.S. AVERAGE 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS THE STANDARD OIL CO. OPERATES 142 TANKERS... Hr,. . Fh. "I USSR 'ij. ii ' -ONLY 19 FLY TNDAMERICAN FLAG! • ;;f' ; ' -r'f , •T' BUILT 50% of its present fleet BUILT 5% of its present fleet 'wMlIlfcph.eio •''•ploee...|„,„eyearl �Page Ten September 30, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG SlU-Mannedl Sea Pioneer Rescues Full Crew of Siukiug Greek Ship fa f SlU patrolman Luke La Blanc, second from right, checks the overtime sheets while Seafarers John Savoca and Jim Kennedy (seated) and Seafarer Harry Luckey look on. MIAMI—dramatic rescue by the crew of the SlU-manned Sea Pioneer (Sea Tankers) last July saved the lives of 28 Greek seamen—^the entire crew of the foundering Greek freighter Elias Dayfas II. The rescue operation was ^ the captain's aid in case he needed clothing and shared their quarters made in the middle of the night them to aid in saving the ship. with the unfortunate seamen. The on July 4 when the 422-foot, The Sea Pioneer radioed the listing very dangerously. The mas­ 7,000 deadweight - ton Greek Coast Guard in Miami that there ter of the Sea Pioneer ordered the freighter sent out an urgent dis­ were no injuries among the crew tow lines cut and the tanker's tress call reporting that it was of the Greek freighter. The listing steward's department, did a real­ sinking in calm seas in the Yuca­ ship was then taken under tow and ly fine job of providing extra chow tan Channel between Cuba and the Sea Pioneer proceeded to the for the crewmembers of the strick­ Mexico. The radio operator Panama Canal. en vessel. aboard the sinking ship, accord­ The Sea Pioneer proceeded The Elias Dayfas II soon began ing to the Coast Guard, said that crew rescued the Greek freighter's slowly to the Panama Canal, the vessel was going under be­ captain and the remaining seven where the Greek crewmen de­ cause of a flood of water in its crewmen. The Elias Dayfas, which barked. The tanker proceeded to engine room. had been going to South Viet Yokohama, discharged its cargo Soon after the distress call, the Nam with a 9,500-ton cargo of and sailed for the Persian Gulf to vessel's radio transmitter was put flour, then slowly sank. load oil. The ship is now scheduled on an automatic distress signal in­ The Greek crewmen were to carry a cargo of oil to South dicating that the ship had been warmly received by the crew of Viet Nam and Yokohama before abandoned by its crew. the Sea Pioneer who offered dry returning to the States. Diverted Course The Sea Pioneer, which was in a nearby position, diverted course to aid the stricken ship. It arrived on the scene and rescued 20 Greek sailors who were in life­ John J. Harty, Jr., 43: Lung in the port of Philadelphia. Sur­ boats by their listing vessel. The cancer claimed the life of Brother viving is his brother, Orvilje, of captain remained aboard the ship Harty, Jan. 21, Salisbury. Burial was in Union and seven Greek crewmen stood 1965, at the Church Cemetery, Wilcomico by in a lifeboat waiting to go to Brighton Marine County, Md. Hospital, Boston. He was a mem­ Hughey Hodges, 40: Brother ber of the SIU Hodges died of accidental drown­ for 22 years and ing, May 10, near union Oscar, La. He was r ' '>1 the port of a resident of Ba­ Mobile, Ala. Born ton Rogue, La. Brother Hodges Many Seafarers have sailed on in Massachusetts, he resided in was bom in La., ships carrying cargos to Vietnam, Revere, Mass. Harty sailed in the and joined the un­ but to Seafarer Leroy Eckhoff the Steward department as a cook. ion in New York. situation in the strife-torn coun­ His last vessel was the Del Norte. A member of the try has a more personal meaning. Burial was in Holy Cross Ceme­ Deck department, Eckholf's son. Marine Sergeant tery, Maiden, Mass. Hodges sailed as an AB. He was ^ Robert L. Eckhoff, was wounded Nicholas Mark, 57: Brother a veteran of the U.S. Marines. He on September 9 in the vicinity of Mark died, Aug. 26, in Queens, is survived by his brother, John Danang. N. Y., after an of Baton Rouge. Burial was in Young Robert was riding in an accident. He was Resthaven Gardens, Baton AMTRAC when the vehicle deto­ born in New York Rouge. nated an enemy explosive device. City and lived in He sustained a concussion, but was <|> Queens. Mark last reported in good condition at Joel Huher, 40: Brother Huber sailed in the deck died in Hawaii, June 2, after he the Third Medical Battalion. Sea­ department and farer and Mrs. Eckhoff were noti­ was stmck by a his last vessel was fied of their son's injury through car while a pedes­ the Transglobe. the office of Marine Commandant trian. Huber was He joined the SIU Wallace M. Green, Jr. born in San An­ The letter stated in part, "Your in the port of New York. Mark tonio, Texas and anxiety is realized and you may sailed as a bosun. resided in Port­ be assured that he is receiving the John Pryor, 65: Brother Pryor land, Ore. He best of care." Young Eckhoff is died in Salisbury, Md., July 15, joined the union from a cerebral married. He had served in Viet in the port of Gal­ hemorrhage. He Nam several months prior to his veston, Texas and injury. was retired at the sailed in the Deck department. His Seafarer Eckhoff, sails in the time of death. last vessel was the Transbay. engine dept. and is a veteran of Pryor sailed as a Huber was a veteran of the Army. 27 years in the SIU. Born in tankerman for the He was cremated at the Windward Reform, Ala., he currently resides Interstate Oil Crematory, Honolulu. in Whistler. He joined the union Transport Co. in Mobile. Eckhoff and his wife, Bom in Salisbury, Mary, have five children. he joined the SIU First Pension Cheek FINAL DEPARTURES Clinton Overstreet sailed as pantryman during the recent trip. Patrolman Tom Gould, right, gets good reports from ship's delegate Vance Reid of Engine department. I Seafarer Carl Trullemans didn't have to wait long for patrolman Le Blanc to check over OT sheets. Alan Bell keeps up with the latest ship­ ping news in LOG. i; "A . '1 i: K; ia f I Veteran Seafarers Son Is Wounded Serving in Viet Nam ''' , SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232 I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put n name on your mailing list. fPrmj Mormation) J Among the Seafarers waiting for their payoff were: Vance Reid, Alley Hassett, Paul Bates and William Seidenstricken. Bates, who was the third mate, is a former Seafarer. TO AVOID DOFlfCATlOlN; if ydu are M old jufawriber and have Of addreat,. pleaaa give year formir addfesa below; Thomas Hudgins, right, receives his first pension check from SIU Norfolk rep. Richard Avery, Jr. A member of Deck department, I Hudgins worked on tugs 32 years. �September 30, 1966 Pmge Eleven SEAFARERS LOG SlU Lifeboat Class No. 160 Sets Sail Seafarers on the R/V Robert D. Conrad (Maritime Operations) are many miles away from the legis­ lative scene in Washington, but they are doing their part in calling attention to the need for an indepen­ dent maritime agency. Meeting Chairman G. Gopac reports that several seafarers took time out to write to their Congressmen urging them to support this vital and a payoff in Houston. There reports that Hatgimisios son, were no beefs or disputed over­ Theodore, also made the voyage legislation. Gopac reports that time, Moore reported. as a member of the crew. All re­ cooperation on the vessel is ex­ pairs have been taken care of and cellent. A vote of thanks was ex­ there are no beefs, Moreni reports. Meeting Secretary S. Escobar tended to the SIU A new ship's delegate, Anthony hall in Seattle for writes from the Western Clipper Adomaitis, has been elected. (Western) that their efforts in Charles Walker keeping the Sea­ has resigned as farers informed What to do with time off won't ship's delegate on union activity. be a problem for Seafarers aboard and Jewell Ben­ The Seafarers are the Del Mar (Del­ nett has been looking forward ta). Meeting elected by the to the payoff in Chairman Joe crew to replace October after a Smith Whalen, Jr., re­ him. New mat­ Reese year at sea. "Keep ports a total of 14 tresses and a mov­ a light burning for us, we'll soon movies are on ie projector will be taken aboard be there," Meeting Secretary Mike hand for Seafar­ Smith writes. Everything is run­ the ship, soon. Meeting Chairman ers enjoyment, Frank Reese reports logs and mail ning smoothly under the new cap­ and plenty of tain, no major beefs, but some dis­ are being received regularly and money still left in there are no major beefs. Annis puted overtime. Ship's treasury the movie fund. has a balance of $6 and contribu­ Seafarers aboard the William Crewmembers who don't like tions will be accepted. The Stew­ movies can have a barbeque with ard department was thanked for A. Reiss (Reiss) extend their hopes the $40 in the barbeque fund. for a speedy re­ their outstanding meals and a spe­ covery to David Joe McLaren was elected ship's cial mention was extended to Brander of the delegate. Meeting Secretary Nor­ Brother Howard Giernier for his Deck department man D. Boie reports $113 in the fine work. who had to be deck fund. Boie reports that every­ taken off the ship thing is running smoothly, logs W. E. Oliver, meeting secre­ due to illness. and mail are arriving regularly tary on the Ocean Anna (Mari­ Meeting Chair­ and Seafarers are looking forward time Overseas), man Eniott Grae- to payoff in New Orleans. Out­ Brander reports that the bert reports that going ship's delegate George Annis steward has been everything is in order and there was extended a vote of thanks. asked by his fel­ are no beefs or disputed overtime. low Seafarers to Meeting Secretary Robert Dia­ A broken television antenna no take care of the mond writes that the crew is well longer plagues the crew of the mail and see that fed on a real good ship. Bethflor (Bethle­ it gets to the dele­ hem), according gates of each de­ Meeting Chairman John Burke Oliver to Meeting Secre­ partment. Some of the Wingless Victoiy (Consol­ tary George Hair. repairs have been made and there idated) reports A new antenna are no beefs or disputed overtime, three men were was installed, and Oliver reports. Meeting Chairman hospitalized in in addition, the C. A. Hall reports the ship is in Panama. They Seafarers have a good order with a fine voyage were replaced by new washing ma­ shaping up. Deck department two from the chine. Meeting members have been making lots of Hair states and one Chairman Pete overtime, the deck delegates from Panama. Blalack writes that some minor writes. Seafarers are reminded to James Jones, en­ Burke beefs were settled through the be careful with cigarettes when gine delegate and approaching decks and not to deck delegate Sidney White, re­ department heads to the satisfac­ throw bxitts in the passageways port a few hours of disputed over­ tion of everyone. near the pump room. time. A vote of thanks was ex­ tended to the Steward department. Seafarers on the Flmidian White, who doubles as meeting (South Atlantic & Caribbean) Seafarers on the Missouri secretary, reports the crew has a have extended (Meadowbrook Transport) will be new washing machine. their thanks to cutting into some Esteban Cruz and juicy steaks with Dario Rios for Seafarers aboard the Merrimac the new knives their excellent job the Steward de­ (Merrimac) extended a vote of in the Steward de­ thanks to Nicho­ partment has or­ partment. Meet­ las Hatgimisios of dered, Meeting ing Chairman the Steward de­ Secretary Wilfred Tony Aronica re­ partment for the J. Moore reports. ports they have time he took to James Abrams Aronica Abrams done a fine job show films to the has been elected crew during a re­ preparing food and providing va­ ship's delegate, Charles James, cent voyage of ried menus. Meeting Secretary F. meeting chairman, writes. The Alvarez says "Red" Rosolf was treasury has a balance of $11 as HatgimiMos the Merrimac (Merrimac). extended a vote of thanks for his the ship heads for Rijeka, Yugo­ slavia, before the voyage home Meeting Chairman Peter Moreni fine job as ship's delegate. i Recent graduates of SlU Lifeboat Class No. 160 pose for photog­ rapher following graduating ceremonies. The newest addition to the ranks of lifeboat ticket holders who have completed courses at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in New York includes (seated, l-r): Charles Koch, Michael Gaasbeck, S. Robert Pereira and Bill Johnson. Standing (l-r) are: George Scholander, Lloyd Kayser, Ed Woods and lifeboat class instructor, Ami Bjornsson. ABRIVALS Deborah Morris, born April 17, 1966, to the C. Morris, Rogers City, Mich. ^ John Jones, born June 6, 1966, to the James C. Jones, Franklinton, La. <I> Paul Angelo Cachola, bom July 12, 1966, to the William Cacholas, Baltimore, Maryland. —\i>— Oren Dowd, bom August 30, 1966, to the Oren Dowds, Chicka­ saw, Alabama. Matthew Timmons, born July 18, 1966, to the P. Timmons Tacoma, Washington. Sharron Lee Buxton, born Jan­ uary 14, 1964, to the Vernon Buxtons, Orange, Texas. ^ John Schultz, born December 24, 1965, to the Henry E. Schultzs, Bronx, New York. Rodney Wilcox, born June 25, 1966, to the Gerald Wilcoxs Sault St. Marie, Mich. Norma Iris De Jesus, born Sep­ tember 4, 1966, to the Guillermo De Jesus, Dorado, Puerto Rico. Margretta Loper, bom July 11, 1966, to the C. Lopers, Mobile, Ala. <|> <I> <I> Rebecca Ellen Arellano, born July 4, 1966, to the Jorge Arel­ lanos, New Orleans, La. June Marie Wilkinson, born August 2, 1966, to the Sheldon Wilkinsons, Duluth, Minnesota. —— William Preston Hall, bom Oc­ tober 29, 1965, to the Howard W. Halls, Laurel, Delaware. ^ Regiua Locklear, born July 26, 1966, to the Maurice W. Locklears, Baltimore, Maryland. ^ Frank Edward Folks, born Au­ gust 2, 1966, to the Frank Folks, Orange, Texas. Denlse Yvonne Query, born June, 1966, to the Leo F. Querys, Chesapeake, Va. Jorge Soto, born July 12, 1966, to the Jorge C. Sotos, Brooklyn, New York. Michele Diane Eldridge, born July 2, 1966, to the.Nathan Eldridges. Mobile, Ala. — — Richard Johnson, born July. 8, 1966, to the Charles Johnsons San Francisco, Calif. Beth Ann Reillv, born June 30, 1966, to the T. Reillys, Belleville, N. J. \1> I i .1.— 4/ H vi �i. Finds LOG Covers Important Topics F f X SEAFARERS Page Twelve To The Editor: I have enjoyed reading the June 10 issue not only for the valuable articles on the state of our Merchant Marine, and also the articles on truth-in-packaging, deficient automobile tires palmed off on the unwary, the history of American Labor, "All This Happened, Part 9," anti­ pollution bill backing, and of course, the article about the pas­ sage of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. Freeman Cook Seafarer Attacks Reagan Candidacy To The Editon I am pleased to see the SIU taking a firm stand against the candidacy of Ronald Reagan for Governor of California. It would indeed be a sad thing if our largest state was turned over to the radical right as represented by Mr. Reagan. Reagan is an enemy of labor as his proposal to ban the union shop indicates. Right now, the National Farm Workers Associa­ tion is fighting the Di Giorgio Fruit Corporation in a bitter la­ bor dispute. Di Giorgio has used eVdry anti-union tactic to break the strike and would doubtless be overjoyed to have a supporter in the Governor's chair. In addition to his anti-union stand, Reagon is against almost all the liberal benefits achieved through the years. I hope the people of California will not be deceived by this man's charm and see him as he really is, a stooge for Republican extrem­ ism. Hany Davis LETTERS To Tlie Editor Father Was Seafarer To The Very End To The Editor: I'm writing this as a final tri­ bute to my father, an SIU man to the end. He was a seaman and organizer as far back as I can remember. John Van Dyke suddenly col­ lapsed and died on Aug. 26. He was an ardent Seafarer and un­ ion man to the end. John always had his heart and soul in the union and the sea, and shipped with various shipping lines, such as Waterman, Cities Service, Tanker Corp., Calmar SS Corp., etc. His last ship was the Geneva for United States Steel Corp. My father retired in 1964 af­ ter a short 55 years as a true seaman. He was buried in the Oakwood Cemetery, Bay Shore, L.I. He is survived by myself, Janset M. Schwizer; Son-In-Law, |jonas, and three grandchildren, |Gary, Debra and Terri Lee. |i ' Janet M. Schwizer p'iTheflEidRonx-Q ' '1W3S amazed that the Govern- v IsM has fejected the mdtm ity and occupation because of the role it is playing in Viet Nam. Surely, the Government lead­ ers must realize that the ships delivery the vast majority of war materials to Viet Nam and ob­ viously, it takes supplies to fight a war. 1 do not understand the Government's policy. It's as though they ww hindering the efforts of tlwir own fighting men. If supplies dwindled down, would the Merchant Marine take the blame? It is bad enought thaf some of our leaders are complaining about the shortage of vessels and the lack of seaworthiness in oth­ ers. I hope this unfortunate situ­ ation is cleared up fast. Jack Regis Lauds Farm Workers Election Win To The Edit<H^ I was glad to see the AFL-CIO has won the fight to represent the farm workers in the recent election at DiGiorgio in Cali­ fornia. The farm workers have been on the short end of the.stick for a long time and I hope they will finally have a chance to bargain for the decent wages and living conditions they so richly deserve. I was proud of the part the SIU played in the election. The money the Seafarers contributed, plus the work many of them did in the field, such as handing out campaign literature, I am sure was very important in the win­ ning battle. Again, best of luck to the farm workers in the future. Frank Lipmann C/.5. Fishermen Need Twelve-Mile Zone To The Editon I' am glad to see that the Senate has approved a bill setting up a 12-mile fishing «one for ex­ clusive United States use. This is something that was long overdue. The Soviet Union and Japan have for many years infringed on American territorial waters to catch fish, indeed so have many other nations. Now, finally, we are telling these nations they must honor international law de­ signed to protect a nation's fish­ ing rights. Our fishermen do not infringe upon another countries fishing areas but our Govern­ ment does nothing to stop some other countries from robbing our fish supply. I hope all nations will cooper­ ate in the future to see that international fishing laws are res­ pected. Ralph Monfagelo SIU Crew's Gift to India Orphanage Honors Memory of York's Skipper The generosity of the SIU crew aboard the York (Bulk Carriers) has resulted in a $500 donation for children of the Villa Theresa Convent in Bombay, India. The money was used to build a play­ ground in the memory of the ship's late Captain, Thomas R. Quigley, who died in Aden after an illne.ss. Chief Cook Jack Wood, who represented the Seafarers at the presentation ceremony, said the money was donated in the Cap­ tain's name and the playground will be named after Captain Qui­ gley. "We wanted to honor him and, since he had no children of his own, we thought he would ap­ preciate this", Wood said. The Captain's widow, Florence, resides in Jacksonville, Florida. The convent was well known to the Seafarers because whenever the York was at anchor, the Sisters would visit the ship to sell handi­ crafts to the crew. The money was used to meet the school's expenses. Hugh Hall, third officer, and Seafarer Jack Wood, chief cook, seem Wood reported the crew collected 5,000 rupees, which amounts to to enjoy the new playground at the Villa Theresa Convent in Bombay, as much as the children. Seafarers on the York raised some $500 in American money. The York, an American Bulk some $5,000 to build the playground, which was dedicated to the Carriers ship, sailed from Houston, memory of the ship's late Captain, Thomas Quigley. Captain Quig­ Texas to Bombay with a cargo of ley died in Aden after suffering an illness during recent voyage. 19,000 tons of wheat. Seafarers encountered a difficult trip, with AMEBICAN SUN (Marine Carriers), COTTONWOOD CREEK (Bulk Transa severe storm in the Atlantic pre­ August 6—Cbairman, H. Weatphail; Sec­ port), September 11 — Chairman, M. ceding the death of Captain Quig­ retary, None. $6.34 in ship's fund. Pienty Brightwell; Secretary, J. P. Dickerson. disputed OT. Brother George Jarosek No beefs reported by department dele­ ley. The York was battered by of was elected to serve as ship's deiesate. gates. Vote of thanks was extended to Vote of thanks to engineers and officers waves as high as 50 feet. the steward and the baker. Brother P. for keeping ship running smoothly. Cain, for a job well done. William R. Dixon Please contact Jessica and Richard Dixon c/o Baker's, 1315 So. 26th Place, Lawton, Okla­ homa, as soon as possible in re­ gard to an important matter. <1> J. R. Thompson Please contact your wife. Dottie, in Texas City, Texas, as soon as possible, in regard to an urgent matter. DEL AIRES (Delta), July 16—Chair­ man, Frank (Snake); Secretary, Frank Chainess. Disputed OT in deck and steward departments. Beef about Captain who crew feels violates agreement and constitution. Letter to be sent to head­ quarters regarding same. HATTISBURG VICTORY (Alcoa). June 6—Chairman, Jimnde Bartlett; Secretary, P. S. Stirk, Jr. Brother Robert B. Byrne was elected- to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by department delegates. Steward extended a vote of thanks to the deck department for keeping raesshall and pantry clean during watches at night. DEL AIRES (Delta), June 26—Chair­ man, F. R. Chameco; Secretary, None. Brother Stanley A. Freeman was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Motion made to see why the Company does not install a TV aboard ship. Steward gave vote of thanks to the deck department watchstanders for keeping pantry clean. BETHFLOR (Bethlehem Steel), Sep­ tember 11—Chairman, Pete Bialack ; Sec­ retary, George Hair. New washing ma­ chine was received this voyage. Except for a few hours disputed OT in each department, everything is running smoothly. <1> Robert Persol Please contact Alfred Kuske in care of the LOG concerning a very urgent matter, as soon as possible. -<I> Friends of Nick De Marco Mrs. Honey Parisi is accepting condolences on the recent death of her brother, Nick De Marco, who sailed in the deck depart­ ment. Friends may write, c/o 484 Buffalo Ave., Lindenhurst, New York. Retires on Pension Gains Knowledge Of Labor's Goals To the Editor A friend of mine, who is a member of your Union, lets me borrow his copy of the Seafarers LOG after he gets done with it. I knew little about the history or the purpose of unions, but after reading the history of American Labor in your newspaper, I find that I can better understand the reason why unions came into be­ ing and why a strike is necessary on occasions to win benefits fbt.;jj workers.! wish contintied succes|| to your union and entifi|i labor movenient. in? for a better standard of living? their meint^i ' Seplemiier 30, 1966 LOG Jake Cleveland, right, receives first pension check from Thomas Glidewell, Port Arthur agent. A tugboat captain for 20 years, Cleveland joined Sabine Towing Company a? a deckhand in 1938, MONEY DUE Checks are being held at SIU Headquarters, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., for the Seafarers listed below for money due them on the vessels shown. Men whose names arc! listed should get in touch with Union headquarters as soon as possible. Vessel For Name Beamer, Earl Boone, James N. Collins, Howard T. Chapeau, Joseph L. Diaz, A. Ganthier, Cyrol Gore, E. Gromek, Henry T. Greerson, Cly^ Hanson, Thomas E. Hassein, Aldo T. Jensen, Edward Kershaw, Donald Lewis, Andrew Linkowski, Roman F. McLaren, Daniel O'Mara, James P. Parsons, Anhrey Paterson, Fred Resmondo, Earl Robinson, William L. Ruis, Carlos Satelli, Silvo D. Shattuck, D. Smith, Calvin Smith, Robert Staples, F. Torres, Carlos Valerie, Fraidc G. Walsh, J. Weiss, Wanen Penn Carrier Natalie Bonanza Kent Midlake . Kent Midlake Bonanza Transwestern Valiant Hope Kent Hercules Victory Valiant Hope Sea Pioneer Bonanza Transwestern Valiant Hope Sea Pioneer Seatrain New York Seatrain New York Bonanza Bonanza Sapphire Sandy Midlake Transwestern Hercules Victory Midlake Bonanza Natalie Midlake Niagara OT Wages Wages Lodging Stand-by Wages Lodging Stand-by Wages Wages OT Transportation Lodging OT Transportation Lodging Wages OT Transportation Lodging Lodging Lodging Wages Wages Unearned Wages Stand-by Wages OT OT Stand-by Wages Wages One Day's Wages Stand-by Wages Lodging �I'l- .—iif »(,W( yifa 1 Sepleinber 30, 1966 CHOCTAW VICTORY (Columbia), Auaruat 19—Chairmaii. Tom Ralnejr; Secre­ tary, H. S. RIcci. Everythingr goingr along smoothly with no beefs and no disputed OT. Pew repairs needed. WINGLESS VICTORY (Consolidated Mariners, September 11—Chairman, John S. Burke; S«retary, g. A. White. Some disputed (3T reported. Three men hospital­ ised at Christobal, Panama. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. DEL NORTE (Delta) August 21— Chairman, Robert Callahan; Secretary, Bill Kaiser. $145.72 in ship's fund and $222.86 in movie fund. Brother Albert Estrada was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Motion was made that the ship's delegate see about getting the days' lodg­ ing due from last voyage when crew was without air-conditioning. Motion made that water fountain in engine room be re­ paired. Motion made that additional icemaking equipment be put aboard. Dis­ cussion about rusty drinking water. MERRIHAC (Merrimac Transport), September 4—Chairman, Peter Moreni; Secretary, Nicholas Hatgimisios. Brother Anthony Adomaitis was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Most of the re­ pairs were taken care of. Everything is O.K. Vote of thanks to the Steward for showing movies to the crew. RIDGEFIELD VICTORY (Columbia), August 28—Chairman, Mike Curry; Secretary. None. Discussion about contact­ ing patrolman about the condition of rooms, and to see about getting an ice machine, or to get more ice for voyage. Also, a new washing machine Is needed. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. MALDEN VICTORY (Alcoa), August 28—Chairman, John Thompson; Secre­ tary, A. Z. Deheza. One man missed ship in Portland, Oregon on sailing day. One man picked up in Saigon. Couple of hours disputed OT In engine department. Vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. DIGEST of SiU SHIP MEETINGS FLORIDIAN (South Atlantic), Septem­ ber 8—Chairman, Tony Aronica ; Secre­ tary, F. Alvarez. Brother N. Sabin was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Vote of thanks extended to Brother "Red" Rosoff, outgoing ship's del^ate. Vote of thanks to Steward/Cook Elsteban Cruz and to Cook/Baker Dario Rios for a job well done. DEL CAMPO (Delta), August 26— Chairman, D. Ramsey; Secretary, C. Galb. Use of extra rooms on main deck to be looked into by Union and Company. Repairs lists have been turned in. Six hours disputed OT in engine department. Vote of thanks to the Steward and cooks for the good food. LA SALLE (Waterman), August 28— Chairman, John Fanoli; Secretary, Carl O. Trullemans. Ship's delegate extended a vote of thanks to crew for their cooper­ ation. Crew extended a vote of thanks to the ship's delegate. Brother Vance A. Reid, and to the steward department for a job well done. WILD RANGER (Waterman), Septem­ ber 3—Chairman, J. Martin ; Secretary, R W. Ferrandiz. No beefs and no dis­ puted OT reported. $44.00 in ship's fund. Steward ordered ice machine. Check on MSTS mail service. ROBERT D, CONRAD (Maritime Operations), September 6 — Chairman, Gerry Gopac; Secretary, Mike Smith. $6.00 in ship's fund. Ship's delegate re­ ported that with the new captain, all is running smoothly. Ship needs to be fumi- SEAFARERS LOG Page Thirteen gat^ for roaches. Crew is looking for- r In In New York October, after a years' cruising. ROBERT D. CONRAD (Maritime Op­ erations), August 19—Chairman, Gerry Gopac; Secretary, Michael P. Smith. $6.00 In ship s fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks to the ship 8 delegate. Vote of thanks to the steward department for the outstanding meals being served. Men were requested to keep the ship in order, especially the crew messhali. Vote of thanks extended to Seattle patrolman, Steve Zubovich, for coming to Victoria. ANNISTON VICTORY (Waterman), September 4—Chairman, Clyde L. Van Epps : Secretary, John D. Pennell. Every­ thing is running smoothly with no beefs. Some disputed OT in engine department. Crew extended a vote of t)mnka to the steward and his entire department for a very good job. STEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmian), Sep­ tember 4—Chairman, Mike Reed ; Secre­ tary, Brown Huszar. $8.50 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Entire crew extended a vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. CALMAR (Calmar), August 28—Chair­ man, E. W. Carter; Secretary, V. Doug­ las. Ship's delegate reported that thei:e were a few beefs to be taken care of when ship arrives in Port. WARRIOR (Sea-Land), September 6— Chairman, M. J. Gallier; Secretary, Frank Buhl. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. Motion made that frozen, ground and cubed meats be eliminated and food plan representative informed of this. Motion made to have payoff at sea because of limited time in Port. Steward was elected to serve as temporary ship's delegate. Crew wants night lunch brought up to par with topside. Equalization of steward department OT to be straighten­ ed out at payoff. EXPRESS VIRGINIA (Marine Car­ riers), July 29—Chairman, Lee Harvery; Secretary. L. Young. Some disputed OT in deck department to be brought up at payoff. What is being done about pension plan 7 This should be brought up and dis­ cussed at membership meetings up and down the coast, to see what kind of a plan the membership would like. Ques­ tion of black gang being changed to dif­ ferent watches, to be taken up with chief engineer by ship's and engine dele­ gates. NORINA (Wall Street Traders), Au­ gust 27—Chairman, Kenneth Gahagan ; Secretary, Kenneth Gahagan. Everything is O.K. except for some repairs which have to be taken care of. Some disputed OT in deck department. Discussion on seeing captain about having a draw in Suez Canal. DEL SUD (Delta), September 9—Chair­ man, M. Dunn; Secretary, J. Craft. No beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. Brother Hans Spiegel was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Motion made that deck department toilets not be paint­ ed on sailing days, as this prevents men working on deck from adequately shower­ ing and cleaning after work. BELOrr VICTORY fWall Street Ma­ rine), September 4—Chairman, C. Miller; Secretary, Sherman Wright. Collection was taken up for crew pantryman who went to hospital in Manila. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks to the ship's delegate for time and effort involved in bringing in a clean payoff. Thanks to the steward de­ partment for excellent food and service. SEA PIONEER (Pioneer Tankers), July 10—Chairman, O. G. Collins; Sec­ retary, William H. Thompson. Brother O. G. Collins was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Some disputed OT in deck department. Chief engineer was asked to repair the drinking fountains. Vote of thanks to the steward department for the good feeding to crew and the survivors of the sunken SS Elias Dayfas 11. ALCOA VOYAGER (Alcoa), Septem­ ber 11—Chairman, J. J. Kane; Secretary, Earl W. Gay. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. Some disputed OT in engine department. Crewmembers were asked to help messman keep messhali clean at night. 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. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as conUiued in the conti^acts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers AppeaU Board 17 Batteiy Place, Suite 1980, 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. Thw eontracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live abo^ ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such " on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU i^trolman or other Union ofBcial, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights prop­ erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrain^ from publUhing any article serving the political purposes of any individiml Union, ofHcer or member. It has also rrfrainrf from publbhing •^=1" harmful to the Union or its collective membership, reaffirmed by iSembetahip action at the September, 1960, meetings in all MnsUtutional ports. The nsponslbility for LOO i^liey consists of the Ekacutive Board of the Union. The.Executive may delegate, tnmt ——g Ma fsaka. OSM individual to carry out this nspaasibUlty. Schedule of Membership Meetli^s SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New York . .Nov. 7—2:30 p.m. Philadelphia . Oct. 4—2:30 p.m. Baltimore . . . Oct. 5—2:30 p.m. Detroit Oct. 14—2:30 p.m. Houston . . . .Oct. 10—2:30 p.m. New Orleans.Oct. 11—2:30 p.m. Mobile Oct. 12—2:30 p.m. Wilmington . Oct. 17—2 p.m. San Francisco Oct. 19—2 p.m. Seattle ..... Oct. 21—2 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit Oct. 17—2 p.m. Alpena Oct. 17—7 p.m. Buffalo Oct. 17—7 p.m. Chicago Oct. 17—7 p.m. Cleveland ... .Oct. 17—7p.m. Duluth Oct. 17—7 p.m. Frankfort .... Oct. 17—7 p.m. Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region Detroit Oct. 10—^7:30 p.m. Milwaukee . .Oct. 10—7:30 p.m. Chicago ... .Oct. 11—7:30 p.m. tSauIt Ste. Marie Oct. 13—7:30 p.m. Buffalo Oct. 12—7:30 p.m. Duluth Oct. 14—7:30 p.m. Cleveland .. .Oct. 14—7:30 p.m. Toledo Oct. 14—7:30 p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union Philadelphia . . . Oct. 4—5 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and unlicensed) . . Oct. 5—5 p.m. Norfolk Oct. 6—5 p.m. Houston Oct. 10—5 p.m. New Orleans . . . Oct. 11—5 p.m. Mobile Oct. 12—5 p.m. Railway Marine Region Jersey City Oct. 10—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Philadelphia Oct. 11—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore Oct. 12—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. •Norfolk Oct. 13—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. United Industrial Workers New York Nov. 7 p.m. Philadelphia . . . Oct. 4—7 p.m. Baltimore Oct. 5—7 p.m. ^Houston Oct. 10—7 p.m. New Orleans . . .Oct. ll-r—7 p.m. Mobile Oct.l2—7 p.m. t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. * Meeting held at Labor Temple, New­ port News. $ Meeting held at Galveston wharves. DIRECTORYof UNION HAULS SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shspard Lindsey Wllllami Al Tanner Robert tdatthews SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS 675 Ave., Bklyn. HY 9-6600 127 River St. EL 4-3616 BALTIMORE, MD 1216 E. Baltimore St. EA 7-4900 BOSTON, Matt 177 State St. Rl 2-0140 BUFFALO, N.Y. ...... 735 Washington St. TL 3-9259 CHICAGO, III 93B3 Ewing Ave. SA 1-0733 CLEVELAND, Ohio 1420 W. 25th St. MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mich. .. 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. VI 3-4741 DULUTH, Minn 312 W. 2nd St. RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich P.O. Box 287 415 Main St. EL 7-2441 HOUSTON, Tex 5804 Canal St. WA 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE, Fla 2608 Pearl St. EL 3-0987 JERSEY CITY, N.J 99 Montgomery St. HE 3-0104 MOBILE, Ala I South Lawrence St. JHE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS, La 630 Jackson Ave. Tel. 529-7546 NORFOLK. Va 115 3rd St. Tel. 622-1892 PHILADELPHIA, Pa 2604 S. 4th St. DE 6-3818 PORT ARTHUR, Tex 1348 Seventh St. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. 350 Freemont St. DO 2-4401 SANTURCE, P.R. ...1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 Tel. 723-8594 SEAnLE, Wash 2505 First Avenue MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo 805 Del Mar CE-l-1434 TAMPA, Fla 312 Harrison St. Tel. 229-2788 WILMINGTON, Calif. ...505 N. Marine Ave. TE 4-2523 UNfeAlS TO LABOR DO NOT BUY Seafarers and their families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) H. 1. Siegel "HIS" brand men's clothes (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) Sears, Roebuck Company Retail stores & products (Retail Clerks) Stitzel-Weller Distilleries "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin Still," W. L. Weller Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) r; 4th ALPENA, Mich PAYMENT OF MONIES. 'No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the SEIAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension bene­ fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attend­ ance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these Union meet­ ings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, in­ cluding service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union pol­ icy of allowing tiiem to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in emplojrment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic orWn. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pureue legislative and political objectives which will serve the beat interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirdy voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted tor the benefit of the membcnhip and the Union. If at any time a Seafarer feels that any of the above rights have been violatsd. sr that ho has hemi denied his constltntional right of accsss to Union rocords or in­ formation. ho shonid immediately nottfy SIU President PanI HaU at headqnarters by eertiied mail, rotnm receipt retnested. Kingsport Press "World Book," "Childcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) li' 'J H w ••T 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, Crestworth, (Boot and Shoe Workers' Union) . •4 I Di Giorgio Fruit Corp. S and W Fine Foods Treesweet (National Farm Workers Association) . Ott fO- 'JI m -i.'f I �September 30, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG Page Fourteen 33,241.72 8,610.37 2. Interest, dividends, and other investment net income 3. Gain (or loss) from disposal of assets, net 4. Dividends and experience rating refunds from insurance companies 5. Other receipts (c) Other (Specify) (a) ANNUAL REPORT For the fiscal year ended March 31, 1966 GREAT LAKES TUG AND DREDGE PENSION FUND (c) $195,996.35 6. Total lines 1 to 5, inclusive 275 20th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11215 DISBURSEMENTS to the SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE of the STATE OF NEW YORK The data contained herein is for the purpose of providing general information as to the condition and affairs of the fund. The presentation is necessarily abbreviated. For a more comprehensive treatment, refer to the Annual Statement; copies of which may be inspected at the office of the fund, or at the New York State Insurance Department, 55 John Street, New York, N. Y. 10638. 7. Insurance and annuity premiums paid to insurance companies for participants benefits . 8. Benefits provided other than through insurance carriers or other service organizations 9. Administrative expenses (a) Salaries (Schedule 1) (b) Fees and commissions (c) Interest (d) Taxes (e) Rent (f) Other administrative expenses 10. Other disbursements (a) Trustees meeting expense (b) Travel 11. Total lines 7 to 10, inclusive 12. Excess (deficiency) of receipts over disbursements (line 6, less line 11) $11,080.67 $9,288.42 5,139.09 489.61 764.85 5,270.29 20,952.26 980.15 43.38 1,023.53 33,056.46 $162,939.89 EXHIBIT B-1 RECONCILIATION OF FUND BALANCES SUMMARY STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES ^ As of March 31, 1966 (Name of plan) Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Pension Plan (Address of plan's principal office) 275 20th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11215 ASSETS2 Column (1) 1. Cash 2. Bonds and debentures (a) Government obligations (b) Nongovernment bonds (c) Total bonds and debentures . 3. Stocks (a) Preferred (b) Common 4. U. S. Treasury bills at cost 5. Heal estate loans and mortgages ..,.. 6. Operated real estate 7. Other investment assets ; 8. Accrued income receivable on invest­ ments 9. Prepaid expenses 10. Other assets (a) Exchanges (b) Accrued interest paid on bonds purchased Column (2) $ 2,716.16 Column® (3) >.;• $ 29,934.39 337,039.90 366,974.29 49,281.01 371,536.66 50,534.03 13. Fund balance at beginning of year 14. Excess (deficiency) of receipts over disbursements (line 12) 15. Other increases or decreases in funds (a) Net increase or decrease by adjustment in asset values of investments (b) Reserve for future benefits and expenses 16. Fund balance end of year NOT APPLICABLE 838,325.99 162,939.89 (162,939.89) (162,939.89) GREAT LAKES TUG AND DREDGE PENSION PLAN ATTACHMENT TO ANNUAL REPORT-FORM D-2 March 31, 1966 Page 1—Item 1 Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Pension Plan is identified with the Great Lakes Tug & Dredge Region, Inland Boatmen's Union of the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO and various signatory employers operating the Great Lakes Area. Part III—Item 12 Valuation Certificate Attached. EXHIBIT B-1—Statement of Unrecorded Assets and Liabilities ASSETS 5,859.80 7,332.64 Interest receivable Contributions receivable $13,192.44 164.27 LIABILITIES 27.08 11. Total assets 191.35 Expenses payable $ 4,279.01 $841,233.50 ANNUAL REPORT OP THE LIABILITIES AND FUNDS 12. Insurance and annuity premiums pay­ able 13. Reserve for unpaid claims (not covered by insurance) 14. Accounts payable 15. Accrued payrolls, taxes and other ex­ penses 16. Total liabilities 17. Funds and reserves (a) Reserve for future benefits and expenses (b) (c) (d) Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Pension Fund STATE OF ^ 1 ss. COUNTY OF and Trustees of the Fund and.. being duly sworn, each for himself deposes and says that this Annual Report is true to the best of his informa­ tion, lomwledge and belief. Emplivtfr trustee: 841,233.50 18. Total liabilities and funds 841,233.50 $841,233.50 ^ Indicate accounting: basis by check: Cash I 3 Accrual Plans on a cash basis should attach a statement of sianiiicant unrecorded assets and 1 abilities. attachment. "The assets listed in this statement must be valued in column (1) on the basis regularly used in valuing investments held in the fund and reported to the U. S. Treasury Department, or shall be valued at their aggregate cost or present value, whichever is lower, if such a statement is not so required to filed With the U. S. Treasury Department (Act, sec. 7 (c) and (f) (1) (B). State basis of determining the amount at which securities are carried and shown in column (1): Bonds, stocks and U. S. Treasury bills at cost. U' ^ item 13, PART III is checked "Yes," show in this column the cost or present value, whichever is lower, of investments summarized in lines 2c, 3a, and 3b, if such value differs from that reported in column (1). 7 Others (Indicate titles): Subscribed and sworn to before me this EXHIBIT B.2 SUMMARY STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS day of For year ending March 31, 1966 (Name of plan) Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Pension Plan (Address of plan's principal office) 275 20th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11216, HARWD X MAHBR Noitty AMcs Slito Bl HMV No. 34-2474150 QIMHM In KIII0I CoMNy CmmHttion Ixpirw Mvdi tW RECEIPTS 1. Contributions (a) Employer (see attachment) (b) Employees (see attachment) (c) Other (Specify) $ 90,360.42 63,783.84 ' V- b-'.i' M. 4c-,* r •». .is*,*' - '-riV i '• .- �IMWrKT,-' I September 30, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG Pttge Fifteen PORTS ®'the World L ONDON is a sailor's city. It is one of the J greatest ports of the world and offers a warm welcome to Seafarers who get a chance to stop there for a day or two. It is a big city. So big that it has been called "metropolis of the world." The city itself, oddly enough, is many miles from the sea. It is a major port because of the Thames River which runs through London and provides a safe harbor and deep-water berths for ocean-going vessels. Historians have dubbed the famous Thames "liquid history" because of the many centuries in which it has served as the gateway to the Eng­ lish-speaking world abroad. Maritime history is closely linked with London. Located there is the famous Baltic Exchange, the greatest ship broker­ age house of them all. Modern admiralty law was first derived in London from the Code of Amalfi. The center of the city is a long way from the docks and the amusement center of London at the West End is easily accessible by bus or sub­ way. A short distance from Trafalgar Square is Nelson's Column and the National Gallery. Di­ rectly behind the National Gallery is Leicester Square which has a large number of movie houses. Shaftesbury Avenue is a short distance from the square, on either side of which is Soho, London's nightclub, restaurant and legitimate theater dis­ trict. The English pubs, which have been a subjeet of story and song, are a commonplace sight throughout London. In pubs you can find a wide variety of beer and ales (usually served warm) and a sampling of the famous British pastries— meat pies. Among the many SlU-manned ships to stop at the world-famous Port of London is the Water­ man Lines freighter Wild Ranger. TTiis cargo ship is on a regular run to Northern European ports as well as London. The SlU-crewed freighter Wild Ranger is one of many SlU-contracted ships making regular runs to the famous Port of London. Pearlie queens singing together at a fund-raising for charity. Pearlies are Cockneys who sport fine clothes adorned with very ornate pearl buttons sewn on in elaborate designs. - * London's Piccadilly Circus in a rare moment of traffic calm. This famous square, familiar gathering place for allied servicemen during World War II, is famed for its winged statue of Eros, Greek God of Love. Traffic in Piccadilly Circus is normally as thick and congested as that found in New York City's Times Square. i I Albert Warren, owner of the 250-year old pub The Cricketers, shows one of the 600 antique pistols and guns in the bar to some of his customers. Spanning the River Thames is the historical Tower Bridge and in the foreground is the famed Tower of London, which still guards the epproaches to the Bridge. At the upper far right a freighter is berthed, while all along this busy stretch of river small craft work the port. The Thames is popular tourist attraction. �Vol. XXViii NO. 20 SEAFARERS.LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO AFL-CIO DELCGATFPAUL HALL AFFIRMS AMERICAN LABOR SUPPORT OF US. FOREIGN POLICY AT BRITISH LABOR CONGRESS T is a great honor for me to be here, as a repre­ sentative of the AFL-CIO, to speak to you about some world-wide problems that are of as much concern to your great organization as they are to us. I am keenly aware that the course of the United States in South East Asia is, to put it mildly, not fully supported here. To a lesser degree, there is controversy over this problem also in my own coun­ try. In one sense, the controversy is natural enough in both cases. For it is literally true that what is at stake is world peace and human freedom. Yet, it is also true that much of the controversy in both our countries is based upon insufficient under­ standing. If, in the next few minutes, I can help to bring about better understanding of our position on your part, then I will feel richly rewarded. Let me first of all tell you, most emphatically, that the AFL-CIO supports the basic foreign policy of the United States—including our commitment in Viet Nam. Let me add at once, with equal emphasis, that the AFL-CIO is absolutely dedicated to the cause of peace—peace with freedom. There are some who find trouble accommodating these positions. But I assure you, they are perfectly consistent in our eyes, and, we believe, in the light of history. The AFL-CIO—or at that time, the AFL and most of the old CIO—was ahead of the United States gov­ ernment in opposing the appeasement of Hitler that reached its climax at Munich. We were against dictatorship in any form. We were against the subjugation of free peoples, whether by subversion or by force of arms. That was our position then; that is our position now. We do not think it matters at all whether a dic­ tatorship calls itself fascist, or the "dictatorship of the proletariat." We do not think it matters at all whether the peo­ ple mark'ed for subjugation and slavery are Poles or Czechs or Dutch, on the one hand—or Koreans or Indonesians or Vietnamese, on the other. We are against subjugation and enslavement, any­ time, anywhere, of anyone. But, I repeat, we in the AFL-CIO are for peace. We are for a peaceful settlement in Viet Nam. This is the settlement which the United States government has sought to bring about through negotiations. Your government, as co-chairman with the Soviet govern­ ment, of the Geneva Conference, has made many efforts to have it reconvened for the purpose of seeking a peaceful settlement of the present conflict. But these efforts were fruitless, because Moscow would not do a thing to get the problem to the conference table. We, like you, believe in negotiated settlements. But it takes two sides to negotiate. And the alternative is a strike. The United States has been forced on strike, if you will, on the issue of refusal to bargain. This is no more an act of aggression than a strike of workers against an employer who refuses to deal with them. There are not many employers in Great Britain, I understand, against whom such a charge could be made—if, indeed, there are any at all. We still have a few of them in the United States. And unfortu­ nately, there are still governments in the world— particularly dictatorships—which are equally opposed to coming to the bargaining table. All of us in the United States most earnestly want an early end to this conflict. But it must come through I CIO at TUC an honorable settlement, under which both sides can live in peace. If I may digress for a moment, I am frankly be­ wildered by those who maintain that the Viet Cong terrorists represent the will of the people in South Viet Nam. It is the South Viet Nam leaders who are proposing an election; it is the communists who are trying to sabotage it. If the communists really be­ lieved they had a majority in South Viet Nam, they should welcome a vote, even under restrictive rules. Let none forget that nowhere have communists ever come to power through free elections. I do not pretend that a South Vietnamese election would conform to the democratic practices which pre­ vail in our two countries fully. But it would come as close as a beleaguered people, inexperienced in the democratic process, could be expected to achieve. And surely it would be better than those societies— including North Viet Nam—where no free or even semi-free elections of any kind have ever been held. Suppose the threat, from outside is eliminated. Suppose that South Viet Nam is left alone. I assure you, the United States would not neglect this needy, developing nation any more than it neglected to help the war-torn nations of Europe after World War II. With generous American assistance, as pledged by President Johnson, there could be an economic flowering in Southeast Asia which would be without precedent; and that could change the whole course of the world. This process is under way, all too slowly, among other peoples and on other continents. It is even under way, under the most difficult circumstances, in South Viet Nam. Some of you may have reservations about the policy of the United States in other respects, but I think I can say this for my country: For nearly half a century, at least as far back as the days following the first war, the American people and the American government have recognized that freedom and de­ mocracy tend to flourish best on full stomachs, on a tolerable present and a hopeful future—except, as in the case of Czechoslovakia whose democracy was subverted and destroyed by a fifth column backed by Russian military threats and pressures. The AFL-CIO is wholly in accord with that policy, and seeks to further it in many ways. Our chief function has been to assist, as best we can, the formation and growth of free, democratic trade union movements in every nation where this is possi­ ble. We have done this through the ICFTU and, on our own, where necessary. We firmly believe that a free, democratic trade union movement, not dominated by government, is essential to a free and stable society. Where such a movement exists, there can be no dictators, of the so-called left or of the right. Where such a move­ ment is forbidden, freedom is forbidden, too. We have learned that building the free institutions and the economic strength of other democracies is a practical matter—a practical weapon in the struggle of the free world against totalitarianism. We have learned that what helps other free nations, or what helps new nations to be free, is also helpful to us. We think it is. And make no apologies for it. In conclusion, let me note that we in the United States are quite aware of the economic difficulties with which you in the United Kingdom are faced. It is not my part to comment on either the difficulties or the proposed solutions. I do want to leave you with these thoughts: First, gifted by the perspective of distance, just as you are gifted by the perspective of history, I take liberty of reminding you that this is by no means your first economic crisis. You have survived the others, and you will survive this one as well. We of the American trade union movement don't go along with those who talk so much about the stagnation of Britain. God save us from the economic experts—at least from most of them. History does not show a single case in which a nation has gone down because its standard of living has been rising, because its working people have gotten a more just share of what they produced. We of American labor do not believe that rising domestic consumption ruins a nation's capacity to export. In fact, British export sales rose last year by 7 percent and today you are touching a 9 percent increase for this year. For the great mass of people, the problem is not living beyond their income, but getting an income on which they can live, in comparative comfort, in our high-priced affluent society. I know this is true even in prosperous America. We are for the health of the Pound and the Dollar, but the experts should know that, without a healthy population, the currency can't be worth much for long. Every great nation has its hour of great difficulties. It's not the hour, but the people meeting the hour, that is decisive. We both have had difficult hours and have been helpful to each other. You can count on us today, just as you did in the days of Ernest Bevin and Sir Stafford Cripps when American labor took the lead in rallying our country for their appeal for assistance in meeting difficulties. Second-—and as you quite understand, I speak as one American, I think as a typical American in view­ point, and not as an official of any kind—you can be sure that if your difficulties multiply despite all your efforts, hope is not lost. You will find the United States ready to help in this crisis, as in earlier ones. To me, the bond between our countries and our labor movements has been forged out of shared his­ tory, shared principles and shared perils. For you and for us, our ideals and vital interests are. basically the same, though we may, on occasion, differ on how to implement them. And it is in that spirit that I bring to you the warmest best wishes of the AFLCIO, its President George Meany, and its Executive Council for your historic Congress being fruitful in its deliberations and decisions. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource September 30, 1966 Description An account of the resource Headlines: AFL-CIO BACKS U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, BRITISH TRADE UNION CONGRESS HEARS MEANY HITS USE OF FILIBUSTER TO BLOCK RIGHTS, 14(b) REPEAL SLASHING OF ’67 MARITIME BUDGET SHOWS NEED FOR INDEPENDENT MA SIU CONTRACTED COMPANIES TO MAN TWELVE NEWLY-REACTIVATED VESSELS GARMATZ RAPS ’67 MARITIME BUDGET AS ‘MOST INADEQUATE’ IN MANY YEARS U.S. OCEAN TRADE POURS $15 BILLION INTO ECONOMY YEARLY, STUDY SHOWS AFL-CIO RAPS PROFIT GRAB ENDANGERING MEDICARE PLAN SIU-MANNED SEA PIONEER RESCUES FULL CREW OF SINKING GREEK SHIP SIU CREW’S GIFT TO INDIA ORPHANAGE HONORS MEMORY OF YORK’S SKIPPER PORTS OF THE WORLD – LONDON AFL-CIO AT TUC 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 09/30/1966 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXVIII, No. 20 1966 Periodicals Seafarers Log