http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/ab2419b44be19ebb0e940f55a09a20b7.PDF 183d629009004e5b5897d07b37045b29 PDF Text Text II ' 1) SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION . ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO a'i CONVENING OF THE 90t CONGRESS I i ¥ii¥i Deck Officers School Upgrades First Seafarer 'f Page 3 _ HOUSING i^vcnr \ % AFL CIO Urges Congress Support War on Poverty Page 2 �Jmnumry 6, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Pa»e Two AFL-CIO President Meany^s New Year*s Statement Labor Pledges Continued Support For War on Poverty During 1967 Report of International President by Paul Hall Representatives of maritime labor and management joined with Government representatives at the recent Maritime Trades Depart­ ment conference in Washington to pledge a continuing campaign to make the Maritime Administration a separate and independent federal agency. The most effective way to begin the job is to give MARAD the power to initiate policies designed to strengthen maritime—policies that are designed with the special needs of maritime in mind and -which have sufficient continuity not only to get the ball rolling but to keep it rolling in the future. This has, in the past, been the basic difficulty faced by the American maritime industry. Planning, where it existed at all in the past, consisted of shortsighted crisis-coverups at best, while at its worst it amounted to nothing but total neglect. Maritime has been a poor relation, whose interests were segmented between the Commerce De­ partment, the Agriculture Department, the Defense Department, or some other bureaucratic enclave which cared nothing for how the maritime industry fared—at least until they needed maritime to pull them out of some difficulty. Then they took a frenzied interest until the crisis was passed—at which point they settled back into their pre-crisis complacency to await the next crisis. The bill which would establish an independent MARAD will be introduced before the 90th Congress and the issue will be kept con­ stantly before the nation's legislators and the American people until favorable action is taken on the measure. WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO will "exert every force" at its command in 1967 to prevent a retreat in the war to abolish poverty and create equal opportunity or to weaken the effort in Viet Nam to secure peace and freedom. These were the twin themes Communist aggression. And by those millions of Americans who sounded by AFL-CIO President so doing it is helping to assure its have yet to rise from poverty, George Meanv in his New Year's own freedom, security and chances who are still denied full and equal statement declaring that in 1967 for true peace as well." opportunity. This America must the trade union movement's ob­ To paraphrase a motto out of not do." jectives of peace, freedom and Meany pledged that "we in the labor history, Meany said, "a loss progress are unchanged as is the AFL-CIO intend to exert every "blend of hope and determination of freedom for one is the concern force at our command to prevent of all." that typifies America." such a retreat. We are confident On the domestic front, he that the great majority of Ameri­ "Imoortant as the war in Viet Nam is to the United States," stressed that "a retreat now," a cans share our objectives and our Meanv said, "it is not and cannot failure to appropriate the funds determination that the struggle to be the only war we wage. We needed to implement the new leg­ reach them must continue with must as well wage war against islation "would dash the hopes of undiminished force." povertv and injustice, ignorance and discrimination." In the last six years substantial victories have been scored in the war for nrogress at home "but it is far from won," Meany noted, addino; "In truth there is great SAN FRANCISCO—The SIU nal. Inc., Sealand, Alaska Steam­ danger now that America will United Industrial Workers Union, ship Company and the city of move backward." He cited the attacks on the Pacific District, recently com­ Kodiak, Alaska. The new pact Most people think of the American labor movement strictly in terms fi"ht to overcome the nation's pleted contract negotiations win­ includes basic wage increases, of collective bargaining for the improvement of workers' wages, hours, ning wage gains and other benefits rate time boosts of over 50 cents social "nd economic problems and and conditions of employment—and rightly so. These have been, the calls for susncnsion of that for SIU-UIW members covered an hour, a 6-hour day and a big and still remain, the prime concern of American labor unions. increase in skilled differential. fight becaii.se of the war in Viet under two separate contracts, and But, while wages, hours and working conditions remain the basic Nam, and declared that those who has won representation rights for In another contract negotiation concern, American labor unions are also performing many other employees of another firm in a advocate this approach are "abthe SIU-UIW won new basic National Labor Relations Board wage increases and other benefits important functions—dealing mainly with the health, welfare and soliitelv wrong." The United States is not faced, election. for employees of the Alaska education of their membership. Recently completed negotia­ Steamship Company covering em­ Meanv stressed, with a "guns or In many other ways as well, the labor movement goes about Us butter" choice. The country h^s tions on one of the contracts ployees at Bethel, St. Michael, many important jobs quietly and efficiently without fanfare or pub­ ample resources "to prosecute the covers SIU-UIW members at the Unalakleet, Nome, Kotzebue and licity and far from the bargaining table. The children of striking .shooting war and still combat the North Star Terminal and Steve­ adjacent Alaskan areas. Since the employees of Kingsport Press in Tennessee had a merrier Christmas shortcomings of our own .society." doring Company, Arness Termi- UIW first won bargaining rights this year because of the Christmas party, complete with turkey and On the fighting in Viet Nam, in 1961, the basic wage rate has toys, made possible by generous donations from the organized labor the AFL-CTQ president strongly movement. Many American servicemen spending Christmas far away increased about 90 percent. reaffirmed the "heartfelt support" in Vietnam were able to talk to the folks back home because of a The SIU-UIW also won new of the federation to President program organized by the Communications Workers Union in coopera­ bargaining rights for non-fisher­ tion with the USO and the Defense Department. Johnson in his efforts to achieve men employees of the Mountain peace and freedom. Through such varied activities, it becomes clear that the important Village Fish Company, Inc., of Meany stressed that "the stakes role played by the labor movement in American society is not limited Mountain Village, Alaska, which are far greater than South Viet BALTIMORE — The SIU In­ Nam. Bv demonstrating its con­ is located in the lower Yukon to what happens around the bargaining table. The labor movement cern for freedom at so painful a land Boatmen's Union strike area. The one-sided vote in favor is a part of the American tradition, and the entire nation enjoys price, the U.S. is preserving the against three tugboat companies of the SIU-UIW was 47-2. the benefits of its service to the American people. peace, freedom and opportunity here is entering its third month for progress, of scores of other and no immediate settlement is in small nations which otherwise sight. The Union's major demand is Congresswoman VMt§ SIU Ship could have become victims of for a contract that is equivalent to the one enjoyed by the IBU in Philadelphia which provides for a 24 hour notice before layoff and SEAEARER&jgXOG the placement of one cook aboard each tugboat. Jan. 6, 1967 • Vol. XXIX, No. I In addition to the 24 hour lay­ Official Publication of the off notice, the Union is also seek­ Seafarera International Union ing triple time after 12 hours; time of North America, Atlantic. Gulf, Lakes and a half between 4 PM and 6 and Inland Waters District, AM and the placement of one AFL-CIO cook aboard each tugboat. Executive Board According to SIU vice-president PAUL HALL, President Robert Mathews, morale among GAL TANNEH EARL SHEPARD Exec. \tee-Pree. Viee-Preeident the 148 strikers is very high. Com­ AL KKRR LINDSET WILLIAMS pany strike tactics have included See.-Treae. Viee-Preeident ROBERT MATTHEWS sending a letter to all striking tugVice-President boatmen in which the union nego­ HERBERT BRAND tiating committee is downgraded. Director of Organiting and Publicatione Mathews said that Union members Managing Editor mailed the letter right back to the MIKE POLLACK companies with angry notations Assistant Editor NATHAN SKYER staff Writers attached. PETER WEILL With tugboat personnel idle, PETHI WBBS no tugboats in the Port of Balti­ ED RUBENSTHIN more region are assisting in any docking or undocking procedures Piklliliid kiEMkly at 810 Iksdt iilind Annss H.E., WaikisftsB, D. C. 20018 ky tks Sssfarexcept for SIU-IBU members m% IstirsstlsssI UsisR, Atlantis, Gslf, Last who continue to dock and undock, ud Inlasd Watsn Dlstrlst, AFL-CIA, 675 Fnrtk Ansss, BrtsklyR, 8.Y. 11232. Til. without pay, MARAD-certified 9-®®00"IkM »sita» psM at WaiklRftM, D. C. vessels bound for Viet Nam. PaSTMAtlER'S ATTERTIOR: Fsra 3579 The three struck tugboat com­ When Congresswoman Leonor Sullivan (0-Mo.), a member of the House Merchant Marine Committee, If?' '*.1!'." Seafsfsn Istsmatlonal panies are the Baker-Whitely Tow­ paid a visit recently to the SlU-contracted Delta Lines ship Del Norte, SIU vice-president Lindsey UsIw. Atlytil. Gilt, laii and inland Watsn ing Co., the Baltimore Towage Williams, SIU New Orleans port agent Buck Stevens and Delta Lines president J. W. Clark were on hand S!MI y 11M2. and Literage Co., and the Curtis to show her around. Left to right above are: Stevens, Congresswoman Sullivan, Williams and Clark. For the complete story of the Missouri Congresswoman's visit to the SiU-manned vessel see page 11. Bay Towing Co. SlU Industrial Workers Union Wins New West Coast Pacts SIU Tugboatmen Continue Strike In Baltimore �it* January 6, 1967 SEAFARERS Page Three LOG First New U.S.-Flag Tankers Since Suez Crisis SlU'Contracted Company Orders Three New 37,000'ton Tankers SIU President Paul Hall congratulates Seafarer James Byrnes (right), first graduate of the joint SlU-AMO Deck Officer Training School. Byrnes, who sailed with the SIU as carpenter, won his second mate's license with the aid of training received at the upgrading school. James Byrnes First to Upgrade SIU Training School Graduate Wins Second Mate's License NEW YORK—SlU-contracted Maritime Overseas Corporation has placed a $34 million order with the Bethlehem Steel Corp. for the construction of three brand new 37,000-ton tankers. Still subject to Maritime Administration approval of construction and mortgage insurance appli­ cations, the contract represents ^ the provisions of Title XI of the and have a beam of 90 feet. They the first major order for Ameri­ Merchant Marine Act of 1936. are to be powered by 15,000 can-flag tankers for an inde­ The purpose of this section of the horsepower steam turbine engines pendent (non-oil company Act was to spur new American- designed to give the vessels a serv­ controlled) shipowner since the flag ship construction by providing ice speed of about 16'/2 knots. Suez crisis of 1956. guarantees for the investment. In addition, the ships are slated The keel for the first of the Maritime Overseas and its af­ to be fully air conditioned tankers is scheduled to be laid at filiates are seeking $8,512,500 in throughout. Bethlehem's Sparrows Point, Federal construction loan guar­ The order for the three tankers Maryland yard next fall. Deliver­ antees for each ship and $9,931,has given the Sparrows Point ship­ ies are expected to begin late in 250 for mortgage insurance guar­ yard a shot in the arm at a time 1968. antees. Construction loan insurance when there is no major ship con­ Before construction work can usually covers 75 percent of the struction work going on for a pri­ begin, however, the Maritime Ad­ total cost of the vessel and mort­ vate account. The last large com­ ministration must approve appli­ gage insurance 87'/2 percent of a mercial vessel to be built there cations for construction loan .ship's total cost. MARAD has not was delivered in October, 1966. insurance and for mortgage insur­ yet acted on the request. The Maritime Overseas order is ance on the three vessels under Intended for coa.stwise service, expected to provide employment the tankers are to be single screw for many regular shipyard workers vessels, with all tanks fullv coated in the area. to prevent corrosion—which will The tankers are to be of Beth­ enable the vessels to cariy either lehem design, with tanks to be crude oil or refined products. coated with zinc or plastic to re­ The ships will be 660 feet long duce bulkhead corrosion. SIU, MEBA District 2 Issue UpgraiBng School Achievement Report NEW YORK—A special yearend report issued today by the Seafarers International Union and NEW YORK—Seafarer James Byrnes became the first man to District 2 Marine Engineers Bene­ obtain his deck officer's license after preparing for his examina­ ficial Association, reveals that 188 tions at the SIU's Harry Lundeberg School for Seamanship in a seamen obtained original licenses NEW YORK—The SIUNA-aflfiliated Staff Officers Association training program jointly-spon- ^ or upgraded existing engineers' were lauded by SIU President Paul Hall recently for their pioneer Seafarers can participate in the licenses in 1966 after preparing efforts in bringing about a medical training program for ship's sored by the Seafarers Interna­ course of instruction at no cost to tional Union and the American them.selves. They will be pro­ in a joint license training program pursers. achieved by the SOA, Hall paid Maritime Officers Union. vided with meals, hotel lodgings operated by the two unions. Addressing the membership tribute to SOA Secretary-Treas­ Byrnes received his original and subsistence payments of $110 In a special "Achievement Re­ meeting of the SOA at New urer Burt E. Lanpher as "one of port," the unions noted that their Second Mate license after com­ per week while in training. York's Manhattan Hotel on Dec. the out.standing officers and ad­ pleting the intensive course of This in-training assistance is the jointly operated School of Marine 14, Hall told the more than 100 ministrators in maritime labor," study offered at the joint SIU- same as available to engine de­ Engineering prepared 113 un­ assembled members that SOA He pointed to Lanpher's ability to AMO school, and passing the partment Seafarers who are en­ licensed seamen from the SIU's Pharmacist Mate Traning School enli.st the support of other mari­ Coast Guard examinations with rolled in the union training pro­ Atlantic and Gulf Districts for at the U.S. Public Health Service time organizations and to success­ flying colors. gram to prepare engine depart­ original licenses as marine engi­ Ho.spital at Stapleton. Staten Is­ fully work on joint efforts with A member of the SIU since ment men for their licensed engi­ neers. At the same time, 75 engi­ land, was the beginning of a new the other maritime segments. He neers, members of District 2 1958, Byrnes, who is 42 years old, neers examination. MEBA, raised their licenses after era in medical care for American stressed the need for such coop­ had been shipping in the deck de­ seamen. In order to qualify for the train­ studying at the union school. eration among maritime unions, partment as carpenter. When the ing course. Seafarers must: The SOA launched its training and cited the SOA and its leader­ joint program for training deck (The "Achievement Report" ap­ program on October 10, 1966, ship as an example of this type of • Be nineteen years of age or department Seafarers to sit for pears as a 16-page special supple­ on an experimental basis with a cooperation. their deck officer's licenses was an­ over; ment in this issue of the Seafarers starting class of 30 SOA pursers. "Your fine organization has • Have 24 months of watch Log. See centerfold.) nounced, Byrnes made application The nine-month course is expected shown steady growth and has and was among the first group to standing time in the deck depart­ to graduate its first class next made remarkable progress in the With its 113 new licenses in begin the course of study and ment and an AB endorsement June. In all, it is hoped that attainment of better economic 1966, the joint union license train­ training when the classes were on their seamen's papers. ing program is one of the principal about 100 pursers will be trained and social benefits," Hall told the begun. In addition to achieving its ob­ sources of newly licensed engi­ in the medical program. The year-end meeting. "We are proud Byrnes is shipping out on an jective of assisting qualified deck neers available to man the ships school is being conducted jointly of our association with you in the department men to obtain their AMO-contracted vessel. of the American merchant fleet, by the Staff Officers Association SIUNA, and we are confident that Byrnes was also one of the first deck officers licenses, the SIU which has been facing a shortage and the government. your leadership will go a long way Seafarers to obtain his AB ticket deck training program will help of licensed engineer officers ag­ Citing the fact that the pharma­ toward helping to revitalize our as a result of the training he re­ alleviate the shortage of deck offi­ gravated by the demands of the cist training program was only nation's maritime industry," Hall ceived at the SIU Lifeboat School. cers arising out of demands made Viet Nam sealift. i one of many accomplishments concluded. In addition, he has obtained fire- on the American merchant ma­ rine in the Viet Nam conflict. fighting and radar licenses. The reciprocal program between "The Deck Officers' Training School is fabulous," Byrnes said. the SIU and AMO gives deck men "Without the training available at obtaining their licenses credits for the Union school it would be al­ their pension and welfare benefits most impossible to upgrade your built up as unlicensed seamen and skills enough to get a mate's li­ is similar to the arrangement be­ tween the SIU and MEBA District cense." The training program, iterated 2 for the upgrading of engine de­ under a reciprocal agreement be­ partment members. tween SIU and the American Mar­ Seafarers interested in the pro­ itime Officers, is the first of its gram can begin their course of type in the maritime industry. study at any time. Full details for Applicants can begin receiving applications for the deck officers instruction at any time. The pe­ training program can be obtained riod of instruction will be deter­ at any SIU hall. mined by each member's individ­ Deck department men interest­ ual ability and knowledge, and ed in preparing for their licenses the instructors' satisfaction of his should make application at once readiness to take the examinations. at any SIU hall or by writing di­ The training program was in­ rectly to SIU headquarters at stituted in line with the SIU's objective of encouraging and as­ 675 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Members of the SlU-affiliated Staff Officers Association, assembled at their regular membership sisting unlicensed personnel to up­ 11232. The telephone number is meeting at the Manhattan Hotel In New York City, heard SIU President Paul Hall praise the new SOA Pharmacist Mate Training School as the beginning of a new era In medical care for U.S. seamen. grade themselves. HY. 9-6600. Staff Officers Association Lauded For New Pharmacist fi/iate's School 1 �Page FOOT January SEAFARERS LOG Five Additional Seafarer Veterans Added to Growing Pension Roster 6, 1967 The Atlantic Coast by Earl (Bull) Shepard, Vice-President, Atlantic Coast Area j The names of five additional Seafarers have been added to the list of those collecting a pen­ sion from the SIU. The new additions to the growing list includes, Joaquin Maldonado, Stanley This year's Christmas dinner celebrations held at SIU halls through­ Leiand, Harry Peeler, James Walker and Leslie Dean. out the country were well attended by Seafarers and their families. and also sailed in the engine Not only was it a chance for all to enjoy Christmas dinner with their •s room under various ratings. Born union brothers; in many cases it was also an opportuntiy for old friends in Puerto Rico, he resides in Ca- to renew their acquaintanceship in the true tradition of the brother­ tano, P. R., with his wife, Maria. hood of the sea. Reunited again look is bright. PhiUp Erch, 20were many Seafarers with their Leiand joined years SIU, was by the hall lately loved ones, making the event an to register. Phil enjoyed his last the SIU in the port of Chicago, occasion that, in a profession such run aboard the Long Beach. Frank as seafaring, proved to be an espe­ Pasaluk has, been helping out with and was employ­ ed by the Great cially joyful one. the Viet Nam sealift operation. Lakes Towing Co. He's back Stateside for a rest fol­ Boston A native of Chi­ lowing three trips to the combat cago, Leiand re­ Walker Dean Leiand Feeler area aboard the Ames Victory. The union recently received a sides in that city. He'll be ready to go again soon. letter of appreciation and thanks James Walker joined the union Texas, Walker lives in Dallas. His A member of Maldonado David Backovitz, who sails stew­ from Leroy Amero of Gloucester, in the port of Galveston and was last vessel was the Alcoa Explorer. the Steward deard department, has registered and Mass., who is a member of the Maldonado joined the union nartment. Peeler joined the SIU in a member of the Deck department, is ready also to ship, as is Ray Atlantic Fishermen's Union, an sailing as bosun and AB. Born in in New York and was an AB New York. Born in Georgia, he Obidos, 20-years SIU, who's seek­ SlU-affiliate. Mr. Amero's wife, is a resident of Mereaux, La. Maude, was gravely ill and an ap­ ing the first steward's job that Leslie Dean sailed as a FWT in peal was made to the SIU mem­ comes along following his voyage the Engine department. Born in bership for 10 pints of blood. aboard the Seamar. Texas, he resides in Pasadena, Brothers quickly stepped forward Texas. Dean joined the SIU in and the required amount was Baltimore New Orleans. His last ship was rushed to the hospital for Mrs. The SlU-lnland Boatmen the San Emilia. Amero. She is, fortunately, now Union's tugboat strike may prove "Caution: Cigarette Smoking May Be Hazardous to Your Retired Seafarers are now re­ on the road to recovery. Both she to be the longest in SIU history. ceiving monthly pension benefits Health." It's printed on every pack of cigarettes produced in and her husband thanked the SIU Despite certain hardships created of $175 as a result of recent ac­ for its "kindness and cooperation" the United States, and that phrase, "May Be," was a com­ by the strike, the men have been tion by the Seafarers Pension Plan in displaying the kind of spirit promise which the tobacco in­ at a high peak of morale because dustry managed to have in­ inhale the cigarette—that is, to Board of Trustees. The increase that is one of the great offshoots of solid feeling on the part of all duplicate the behavior of the in monthly pension benefits from of union brotherhood. cluded in the warning. $150 to $175 became effective on smoking human being." A number of oldtimers have in the just cause of their demands One big reason the industry The Tobacco Institute did not Oct. 1, 1966. heen about the Beantown hall as well as faith in the men who could push "May Be" was that represent them at the negotiating Since the inception of the plan, lately. Fred Rashid was by, bun­ evidence pointing to a link be­ take the news lightly, reports Mr. table. The main contract provision tween cigarette smoking and lung, Girsdansky. On the very day that approximately 1,400 Seafarers dled up in winter gear. Now that sought by the union provides for disease was largely "statistical." Dr. Auerbach's paper was cited have retired on SIU pensions. the first snow has fallen, Fred is a 24-hour notice before layoff. At in the press, the industry distrib­ Since its establishment, the pen­ anxious to ship out on the first But no more! uted a press release aimed at re­ sion plan has paid out a total of opportunity that arises. He last present, the hiring system is a New direct evidence that smok­ futing the findings of the study. sailed as AB on Seatrain's Louisi­ cruel one, requiring each man to almost $7 million. ing causes lung disease—in this The Institute pointed out that ana and has been sailing SIU for report for work daily yet not guar­ case emphysema (a disease in people do not normally smoke 25 solid years. Another quarter- anteeing him a day's work. which lung tissue hemorrhages, through holes in their throats. of-a-century man stopped in, Ray­ making it difficult to breathe)— Which is true. But from this, they Pueno Rico mond Davis. Ray last shipped on was presently recently to the conr'uded that the smoke the the Aldina as FWT. Since then, With the anticipated establish­ American Medical Association's beagles had inhaled was more con­ he's spent some time at home with ment of 820 new factories in annual meeting by Dr. Oscar centrated and, therefore, more his family and is now sufficiently Puerto Rico during the next four Auerbach of the East Orange. dangerous. Which does not neces­ rested for shipping on a long run. years, more than 38,000 new jobs New Jersey VA hospital, a veteran sarily follow. Frank Bums also .spent some time will be created, according to a lung disease researcher. with his family during the holi­ forecast by the Puerto Rican gov­ Dr. Auerbach and his associates Using beagles in an experiment were careful in their experiment NORFOLK — To attract the days. Frank, 10 years sailing SIU, ernment. The new factories will designed to force the animals to to adjust the number of cigarettes burgeoning containership business, last shipped as oiler on the Chilore represent an investment of about inhale cigarette smoke. Dr. Auer­ consumed by the dogs for their the Port of Norfolk plans con­ and plans to grab another job $714 million. bach observed in the paper he de­ smaller body weight and size as when the holidays are concluded. struction of some $5 million worth A new $500,000 sea-going tug, livered (co-authored hy Dr. E. compared with man. For example, of container terminals to begin the Borinquen, recently docked in Cuyler Hammond and Lawrence no dog every smoked more than Norfolk San Juan to conclude its maiden Garfinkel of the American Cancer 12 cigarettes per day, far less than within the coming weeks. One of the two berths is sched­ Shipping has been very good voyage from New Orleans. The Society and the VA's David Kir- the number consumed by a large uled to open in September '67, out of Norfolk and the outlook tug will work in San Juan harbor man) that the dogs, like humans, percentage of .smoking humans. and in ocean towing throughout according to James N. Crumbley, very quickly became accustomed The Tobacco Institute also ob­ general manager of the Norfolk for the future is much of the same. the Caribbean and the Gulf of A number of Seafarers of long­ to the smoke. served that beagles are not people. standing have been by to take ad­ Mexico. The 95-foot-long twin The authors reported that "In­ However, as Mr. Gersdansky Port and Industrial Authority. vantage of the activity. Cecil A. diesel engine tugboat is owned by Studies prepared at the request itially, the dogs showed high ex­ pointed out, beagles were used in Jennette, 22-years SIU, enjoyed a the Porto Rico Lighterage Co., of the Authority revealed that citability . . . coughing . . . red­ the experiment only because of two-month vacation at home fol­ which now has six tugs of this type within the next couple of years ness and tearing of the eyes, and the similarity between their lung lowing his jaunt as bos'n on the currently plowing the waves. more than one million tons of con­ sometimes nausea, vomiting and tissue and that of man. By the dizziness. . . . After a week or Institute's logic, it would have tainer freight will be moving Alcoa Trader. He's now ready to two, some showed evidence of lik­ been silly to send a monkey into through Norfolk annually. The shake hands with the first job to ing cigarette smoking as indicated space because monkeys are not new facility will be an aid as well hit the boards. Ezekiel Daniels, U.S. Viet Blacklist 19-years SIU, has had a run of by wagging of tail and jumping people and therefore, they would as a stimulus to such traffic. into the smoking box voluntarily." not have similar reactions to con­ Meanwhile, the SlU-contracted bad luck, having had to drop off Increases to 29 Ships Which wouldn't be so bad, ex­ ditions of weightlessness! Sea-Land Service, Inc., is having a the CS Baltimore as unfit for duty WASHINGTON — The U.S. cept that most of the ten beagles But the Institute, not satisfied, container facility erected for it after serving her six. months as oiler. He's ehtered the USPH but Government blacklist of ships that undergoing the test developed lung went on: "Meanwhile, it is appar­ by the Canton Company in Balti­ as soon as he's FFD once more are trading with North Vietnam changes that closely paralleled the ent that the vast majority of more. he'll be ready to ship again. John human disease, emphysema. Five smokers, including those who Some maritime observers be­ D. Brown also got smacked by has grown to 29 with the recent of the animals died before the 14- smoke heavily, go through life lieve that a rivalry is shaping up month experiment was completed. without developing emphysema. between the ports of Norfolk and Lady Luck, having had to leave addition of another Polish vessel, However, dogs in the control Also emphysema occurs in people Baltimore in regard to container "the CS Baltimore (as FWT) in the freighter Wieniawski. Aruba where he was taken off, ill. group — untouched by cigarette who have never smoked." Polish-flag ships lead the list of traffic. Companies that become After the holidays and a rest, John smoke — showed no changes in They forgot to mention the fact committed to one port, these ob­ vessels which are ineligible to their lungs. that the U.S. death rate from the servers hold, will be doing so at says he'll be ready to go again. carry cargoes financed by the U.S. In an article reporting the study, disease rose 5 times in ten years the expense of the other. Sea- Edward F. RIges is beginning his Michael Girsandsky, science (1953-63). ,and that widespread Land Lines and SlU-contracted 14th year with the SIU. Ed last from American ports because of writer for the American Cancer smoking in this country is only a Seatrain Lines carry the major shinped on the Alcoa Mariner as continued trade with North Viet­ Society, reported that "There were little over 50 vears old. And no portion of the United States con­ AB, was unfit for duty following nam. There are presently 15 two important plus values to this one suggested that cigarette smok­ tainer trade. Both companies have an auto accident, but is now FFD Polish vessels on the list. studv: (1) the beagle has air-tubes ing was the sole cause of em- a thriving coastal trade in the and raring to go. The blacklist also includes 7 and lung tissue which are highly phvsema. United States and SeaLand recent­ Philadelpliia British ships, 4 Cypriot, 2 Greek similar to those of human beings; Meanwhile, "light up," cigar­ ly began trans-Atlantic trade be­ and (2) tracheostomies made it ettes mav be hazardous to your tween American ports and Eu­ Shipping has been very decent and 1 Maltese, according to the necessary for the dogs actually to health! rope. out of Philly of late and the out­ Maritime Administration. More Evidence Found Linking Cigarettes With Lung Disease Port of Norfolk Plans to BuiU Container Facility �J«naai7 6, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Page Five IMCG Report Cites New Fire^ Loadiine Rules by Fred Farnen,Secretery-Treesurer,Great Lakes Another sailing season came to an end here on the Great Lakes. Except for a few vessels that operate year round, all major lakes ship­ ping is now laid up and moored in their winter berths. 1966 was an exceptional year for shipping and many of our contracted vessels recorded new tonnage records. Total vessel passages recorded by the Westcott Company in Detroit ^ during 1966 were 17,180. In 1965 Brother Ferris will not be fit for the figure was 16,041 for an in­ duty until he gets a little more crease of 1,139 passages. Ton­ rest. Harold Haugen was also dis­ nage is up again this year al­ charged from USPHS Hospital in though the size of the Great Lakes Detroit for the holidays. fleet keeps dwindling each season. John Swanson, one of our pen­ Some Great- Lakes shipping au­ thorities envision the day when sioners, was admitted to the Paul there will be no more fit-out and Oliver Memorial Hospital in lay up periods. Instead, ships of Frankfort on December 17 and the future will leave the lakes is still confined there with a heart before the freeze and return in the ailment. Contract negotiations for the spring of tne year. If any new Ann Arbor Railroad Company vessels are built for the lakes will begin on January 6 in Detroit. trade, they will be 700 footers capable of both lakes and ocean Cleveland travel. The last ship to hit the port of Detroit Cleveland for lay up was the The McArthur Lock is near Henry Platte, Jr., a ship that never completion and will be able to hit this port during the regular handle ships 700 feet long. With sailing season. ever increasing talk of extending Of the nine ships laying up in the sailing season, it may be possi­ this area, five have storage car­ ble some day to keep the lakes goes, thus assuring the men who open year round. A half million spend the winter in this port of dollars is presently being spent shifting and unloading work if this year alone on the seaway they want it. locks in Montreal in order to ex­ As soon as the lay off came, tend the seaway season by a cou­ some of the boys grabbed the first ple of days. The improvements bus or plane to their homes in all are designed to hasten the flow of parts of the country. Some have newly formed ice around the locks, gone to the coast for a quick trip and also to speed the flow of before the 1967 season opens on water, which is more susceptible the Great Lakes again, which, ac­ to freezing, when it moves at a cording to word around the ship­ sluggish pace. The Canadian gov­ ping companies in this port, will ernment will consider the possibil­ be as early as weather permits. ity of an all new canal, with four Some of the regulars who call super-size locks 1200 feet long and this area home are starting to about 110 feet wide. The new check in. They include Jim canal would accommodate new Thompson, Clyde Raines, Paul super-lakers designed for the McMahon and quite a few others. future. The last ship out of the Hope they keep coming in. The Welland Canal was the Canadian more the merrier. flag vessel SS Leadale, which left on Wednesday, December 14. Buffalo I would like to remind all of A total of twelve ships makes our brothers that they must get up the smallest storage winter clinic cards prior to fitout in 1967. fleet in the port of Buffalo for As you know, the SIU now has as far back as we can recall. This clinics located in Duluth, Alpena, was a good part of the reason for Chicago, Detroit, Toledo, Cleve­ the small turnout for the Christ­ land and Buffalo. All SIU halls mas dinner. However, those that on the Great Lakes will be kept did attend were very pleased with open diming the off season and it and complimented the Hotel appointments can be made with no Lenox for its fine food and excel­ trouble. If you get your clinic lent service. card now, you will avoid the big The last vessel to lay up here is rush at spring fitout. the Henry Steinbrenner which will Frankfort be finished on December 28. The crews off all the other ships were The annual SIU Christmas din­ ner was held in Frankfort on De­ able to get home to be with their cember 19 and we had a large families and loved ones for the holiday season. turnout. The office staff in the port of Layup in Sturgeon Bay and Manitowoc was completed on De­ Buffalo wishes to extend best cember 12. wishes to all for a happy and Due to the Christmas holiday, prosperous New Year. the Ann Arbor fleet operated one boat. They also paid the crew FOREIGN PAYOFF? off on the other two vessels, and LEAVE CLEAN SHIP made up for the holiday by pay­ Seafarers are reminded that ing the crew off the MV Viking when tbey leave a ship after from midnight the 25th to mid­ articles expire in a foreign port, night the 26th. This is to be ex­ the obligation to leave a clean pected for the New Year holiday ship for the neftt crew is the too. same as in any Stateside port. Teresa Davis, cabinmaid on the Attention to (tethils of houseMV Arthur K. Atkinson, was dis­ keepitig and '^orts to leave charged from the USPHS Hospi­ quarters, mesarootns end other tal in Detroit and will be fit Tor duty the 31st of December. Mdvin Ferris, carhandler, was discharged from the USPHS Hos­ pital to be home for Christmas. United Nations' Ship Safety Unit Marks Noteworthy Cains in 1966 NEW YORK—The 1966 year-end report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization reflects the intensified efforts made during the year to protect shipboard passengers against the danger of fire at sea. In addition, the report deals ^ bination of measures for general mainly at relaxing present restric­ with other important regula­ use in future new ship construc­ tions to take into account the tory actions taken during the tion. greater margin of safety made year, most notably changes in reg­ The worldwide adoption of possible by modern ship construc­ ulations governing loadiine re­ more stringent fireproof standards tion techniques. strictions on cargo vessels. for ships was given additional im­ Often called the Plimsoll line, Worldwide concern over the petus by action taken in 1966 by after Samuel Plimsoll, the English­ danger of fire at sea, especially the U.S. Congress to bar from man who first fought for its adop­ aboard passenger vessels built be­ U.S. ports those passenger ships tion as a safety measure for sea­ fore the enactment of current reg­ which do not meet U.S. ship men, the loadiine is the mark on ulations in 1948 governing fire­ safety standards. The proposed the hull above which the waterline proof construction techniques, was new worldwide regulations would cannot come when the ship is spurred mainly by two disastrous meet those standards. loaded. Many seamen's lives were fires—the burning of the cruise lost before the adoption of loadLeadline Revisions liner Lakonia in the North At­ line restrictions because greedy New loadiine regulations, which lantic in 1963 with a loss of 155 shipowners loaded vessels so lives and the Yarmouth Castle will come into effect one year heavily that they were no longer after being accepted by 15 major last year with 89 deaths, many of shipping nations, are aimed seaworthy. them Americans. A meeting of the IMCO Safetv Committee in November, 1966 adopted many amendments to the 1960 Safety of Life at Sea Con­ vention which were recommended in May of 1966 at a special meet­ ing in London. Representatives to the May meeting in London in­ by Frank Orozak, West Coast Representative cluded the SIU, which gave its full support to the proposed new The National Right-to-Work Committee is making a renewed at­ regulations. tempt to impose compulsory open shop conditions on California work­ ers as well as on workers in nine other states. TTie announcement to Extensive Changes The new rules call for extensive this effect comes from Reed Larson, the committee's executive viceimprovements in passenger ships president, and comes hard on the heels of conservative victories at built before 1948 and for minor the polls last November. It conmodifications in many ships built stitutes a threat to the job security some easy shore time relaxing in of every worker in this and in Southern California. after that date. Seattle The changes, which will go into other states. San Francisco Shipping out of the Seattle area force when they are accepted by the 64 member nations of the Shipping out of 'Fri.sco remains remains excellent and the pros­ organization, call for improve­ very, very active. There's plenty pects are good for the future. ments in structural protection of jobs available for AO's, oilers Payoffs this past period included the Lucille Bloomfield, Margaret against fire, in fire-detection and and bakers. fire-fiehting equipment and in re­ Paying off and signing on crews Brown, and the Steel Rover, while strictions on the use of combus­ were the Steel Trader, Pecos, Fair- signing on was the Cosmos Marin­ tible material in the living spaces port, Long Beach, Barre Victory, er. In transit were the Anchorage, of ships. Other suggested improve­ Ames Victory, Fortmar, Los An­ Fortmar, Inger, Seattle, Seamar, ments apply to wiring and venti­ geles, Elizabethport, Norberto and the San Francisco. lation systems to reduce the dan­ Capay and the Antinous. Oldtimers on the beach include ger of electrical fires and the We're happy to report that Albert Van Dyke, SIU 23 years, spread of fires through ventilating Chief Cook F. Cerrano, who suf­ who's waiting for the right Group duct.s. fered from a serious hand infection No. 2 job after having shipped as In addition, a special subcom­ and was laid up in the USPHSH hosun aboard the Western Planet. mittee is presently studying vari­ for three weeks, is going to be Adolph Kubacki piled off the ous systems of fire protection and FED shortly. J. J. Houlihan, a 14- Overseas Rose in order to spend firefiehting in passenger ships to year SIU man, just received his the holidays ashore. Dolph has decide on the best possible com­ vacation check and plans to pass been SIU for 15 years and plans to take on another chief steward's spot after the holidays. John J. Seafarer Arthur Smith Retires Quinter is waiting for the Manhat­ tan, which is due in shortly. John, a member of the SIU for a dozen years, last shipped aboard the Fenn Sailor as pumpman and is on the beach for the holidays. Wilmington Shipping activity has been booming here for the past couple of weeks and there are plenty of jobs for rated men in all depart­ ments. The Steel Architect and the American Victory paid off this past period while nine ships were through in transit. We were glad to see John Russel, an SIU oldtimer and pensioner from Houston, out here for the holidays and enjoying the warm Christmas weather. After the first of the year, he's returning to the Gulf area. Seafarer Arthur A. Smith picked up his first regular monthly Some well-known faces have $175 pension check recently from SIU Vice President Lindsey been back on the beach for short Williams at the New Orleans hall. Smith, who makes his home Christmas vacations, after which with his family in Gretna, La., last sailed aboard the M/V they plan to ship almost imme­ Pensacola, operated by New Orleans-based Coyle Lines, Inc. diately. The Pacific Coast �Page Six Jmnmmry 6, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Conservation Group Notes Decline Pollution, Land Fill Threaten Fish Catch Along U.S. Coast A drop of nearly 50 percent in the commercial-catch of 18 species of Atlantic Coast food, sport and bait fish in the past five years may be due in large measure to man's destruction of coastal marshes and pollution of coastal The "babies" of most coastal rivers, bays and harbors, accord­ species of fish get their start-in ing to the American Littoral Society. The society, a national aquatic conservation group with head­ quarters at the federal Sandy Hook Marine Laboratory in New Jersey, bases its conclusion on catch statistics of the U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. The sta­ tistics show a decline from 1,400 million pounds of fish in 1960 to 700 million pounds in 1965. The greatest drop was in the catch of menhaden. This fish is never eaten by man but is used ex­ tensively in the manufacture of poultry feed and commercial oils and has long been considered a prime bait for many food and game fish, ranging from striped bass and bluefish, to tuna. Other prime species showing a downward trend from Maine to Florida included fluke (summer flounder), croaker, spot and porgy (scup). Together they dropped from an index level of 86 million to 58 mililon pounds in the five years. Like the menhaden, these im­ portant sport fish may be suffering from a reduction in good breeding grounds, the report said. life in marshes or shallow bays and inlets which provide them with both protective shelter and rich food. The society emphasizes that these are the areas which have been most subject to destruction in the last decade by wholesale draining and filling for housing, industrial and waste dumping sites. The increasing load of all forms of pollution emptying into coastal bays and harbors is thought to be another factor in some fish-stock declines, although some species of anadromous fish, which leave the sea to spawn in the fresh or brack­ ish waters of ocean tributaries, appear to be on the over-all in­ crease. The report noted that coastal fish abundance has always fluctu­ ated, some species increasing and others decreasing in any given period. However, during the 1960-65 span the losses outnum­ bered gains for what the society branded "a net loss of fish stocks of critical proportions, some of which may be natural, but much of which is thought to be caused by man's activities." THE IKQUlRDSfG SEAFARER QUESTION: What do you con­ sider the advantages of going to sea as opposed to a job on the beach? (Asked in the New Orleans Hail.) Vic Miorana: I've raised five children while going to sea, so I • can .say there is a financial value. I get a chance to go to South Amer­ ica. Not many landlubbers can .f do that whenever they want. Travel is part of the sea­ man's job, while people tied to an office or a desk don't have the same advantage. ^ Eldea Araot: I like going to sea. I have the ability to travel to wherever 1 may want to go and 1 find myself always meeting different and interesting people. You meet them on ships and in foreign ports. A lot of people think seaman just go to foreign ports. But seamen also get to know a lot more about the U.S. ^ Howard Menz: Going to sea gives you a ch'ance to get away from it all and be by yourself to re­ lax and think. Shoreside work­ ers seldom have this opportunity unless they take a vacation and then they usually don't get entirely away. The seafaring environment has unique advantages: fresh, salt ' t. air and well-balanced meals, to name just a few. James Bell: Travel,Travel, Trav­ el! Travel overseas to strange lands; travel all over the United States; and travel off by yourself at sea where you get to know yourself. A seaman also has the advantage of having his meals and bunk sup­ plied. Seamen probably develop closer friendships than the average shoresider. Also I get a chance to read more and the pay is good. ^ lohfl. Hrolciiok: The pace of work at sea is easier and more relaxing than the rat race pace of shoreside jobs. There is no con­ fusion about who is supposed to do what. Most sea­ men say that trav­ el is the big ad­ vantage of going to sea. t agree. I especially like South America. <|> Willie Walker: For me person­ ally it allows me to make a decent living. Seafaring is also education­ al, especially through travel. I recently made a •voyage to Viet Nam. Most peo­ ple see Viet Nam only through newspaper or TV reports. But there are many Sea­ farers who have seen the Viet Nam situation first batid. December 16 to December 30, 1966 DKK DIPARTMrni TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED REGISTERED on BEACH ui a Port Boston' New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans ...... Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Totals Class A • Class B Class C 0 1 0 38 30 53 2 6 21 8 6 4 6 0 2 7 5 7 0 2 2 7 8 10 6 20 22 9 18 17 10 6 4 20 32 25 24 16 8 155 177 126 Class A Class B 6 1 50 83 2 11 36 13 8 11 7 11 7 1 35 10 58 17 17 31 7 16 42 23 30 7 163 377 Class A Class B 1 17 78 287 15 33 33 126 40 25 8 19 6 24 106 26 86 173 106 187 36 0 62 6 68 3 393 1,178 VIGINE DVARTMINT Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Totals TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B 5 1 63 36 10 2 7 16 7 2 7 2 0 5 17 14 50 30 29 18 7 12 14 47 3 21 270 155 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 2 2 0 35 43 22 0 0 3 8 10 7 6 2 2 8 3 5 4 0 4 8 10 8 5 21 28 8 16 5 7 9 7 43 15 29 7 21 14 155 168 114 SnWARD DfPARTMmr TOTAL SHIPPED TOTAL REGISTERED Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco .... Seattle Totals All Groups Class A Class B 1 1 8 65 5 1 12 12 3 8 12 5 5 0 7 35 26 49 25 17 7 3 17 31 18 10 273 110 All Groups Class A Class B Class C 0 1 1 30 37 6 0 4 2 10 8 9 8 1 1 4 6 1 0 1 2 5 7 11 6 16 21 22 12 7 0 4 11 55 18 14 5 16 21 143 70 170 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 7 1 87 204 22 1 92 31 10 18 6 7 14 1 27 58 117 69 133 133 22 1 31 1 26 7 750 376 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A CJIassB 7 2 152 34 20 7 70 33 19 27 11 7 10 2 75 15 144 72 108 58 23 0 35 1 27 5 701 263 Japan Leads World in Shipbailding, Widens Gap tor lUh Straight Year With statistics available for only the first 11 months of 1966, Japan has again emerged as the world's largest shipbuilding nation for the 11th consecutive year. For more than a decade now, while the United States has dropped steadily down the list of major shipbuilding nations to its present Present plans call for a 6,950 position in llth place, Japan has count for 47 percent of the en­ tire world's launchings this year. gross ton vessel powered by a 10,year by year widened her margin Last year Japan's percentage was 000 horsepower nuclear engine of leadership. 44 percent. which is expected to be ready for Figures recently released by Meanwhile, Japan has changed service around 1971-72. the Shipbuilders' Association of plans concerning construction of The Japanese Government, Japan, covering the first II its first nuclear powered ship. In­ which will subsidize about half months of 1966, show that Jap­ stead of building a pure- research of the contruction costs of the anese shipbuilders had booked vessel with nuclear powered en­ nuclear vessel, as it does for much orders for over 9 million gross gines, a combination vessel is now of the Japanese merchant fleet, tons. Of this, over 7 million tons being planned that can be used for hopes the atomic powered ship are for delivery to foreign nations either oceanographic survey work will be a prototyj>e of future mer­ and nearly 2 million tons are for or for commercial cargo carrying. chant ships. Japanese shipowners. In addition, it appears that Japan will continue to lead the SlU WELFARE, VACATION PLANS world in shipbuilding for some November 1 - November 30, 1966 time to come, because she is also the world feeder in such categor­ Number of Amount ies as orders received, the laying leneflts Paid of keels, launching of vessels, completions, tonnage, and the Hospital Reneflts . .. 6,095 $ 63,254.76 backlog of work. Death leneflts 39 98,737.30 If contracts being concluded in Disability leneflts 936 140,700.00 December are included in the 43 8,566.80 figures released, Japan will almost Maternity leneflts certainly surpass the 10 million Dependent leneflts 484 97,870.69 gross ton yearly construction Optical leneflts 551 8,246.80 mark for the fint time in her his­ ... 3,774 28,896.00 tory. . . . 1,454 614,748.07 Orders in calendar year 1965 Vacation leneflts totaled slightly over 8 million TOTAL VWARi, VACATION gross tons. Japan's 1966 launchings will ac­ MNiPITS PAID THIS PifllOO 19,87l $1,061,020.42 �Janaary 6, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG American Indian Needs More Govt. Aid To Improve His Lot Chronic unemployment and poverty are still the lot of most Ameri­ can Indians despite considerable progress in recent years, Commissioner of Indian Affairs Robert L. Bennett reports in an article appearing in the American Federationist. Bennett, the first Indian to head the Bureau of Indian Affairs, writes in the December issue of the AFL-CIO magazine of the special prob­ lems faced by the nation's 550,000 Indians, especially the 380,000 living on reservations. Over the years, Bennett notes, the American Indian has been treated by the federal government in turn "as a conquered enemy, dangerous insurgent, childlike incompetent and laggard partner." In Bennett's view: "The government has the same oLligation to the Indians of this country that it has to the rest of its citizens; namely, that there be no families living in destitution, no children deprived of the fullest educa­ tional opportunity, no social or political discrimination and no fear and mistrust left to mar the relationships between Indian citizens and non-Indian citizens." He suggests that the task ahead is to hasten the day of self-sufficiency for America's Indians. In this endeavor, Bennett says, employment assistance, industrial development and improved educational opportunities all play important parts. As better schooling opportunities have been made available. "Indian children rushed in like air into a vacuum," Bennett notes. Almost 95 percent of school-age children now are in school, a sharp contrast with the situation a generation or two ago. Tribes have developed tourist facilities to provide job opportunities, new plants paying prevailing wages have been located on or near reservations and public housing authorities have been established on reservations, including 23 "do it together" projects where Indians have built modem homes for themselves. Vocational and on-the-job training have been greatly expanded in recent years and some Indians have made the difficult transition from reservation life to an urban society. For those who cannot make the jump to a totally different environ­ ment successfully, Bennett suggests, "both tribal and federal authorities must seek ways to expand opportunities nearer at hand." Bennett sees "no magic solutions to long-standing problems" but he is convinced that "there are solutions." In addition to the work of his own agency, he says, "there will be closer liaison with other governmental agencies whose activities benefit the Indians. . . . There will also be closer involvement with state and local governments in areas with large Indian populations." From the Indians themselves, Bennett writes, "leadership of the highest order" is required to replace generations of federal paternalism and Indian dependency. The Clothing Workers have launched a nationwide drive against men's and boys' clothing made in Hong Kong. Informa­ tional picket lines and pamphlet distribution have been established in front of the Bamberger store in Newark, N.J. and the May Com­ pany store in downtown Los An­ geles. The drive will be carried to additional stores in other cities which have either started to sell clothing made in Hong Kong or have increased their volume. ACWA Vice President Howard Samuel, head of the Union Label Department, said a study showed that imports have increased sharp­ ly this year. ^ Same-day major election vic­ tories were scored by the State, County and Municipal Employees among Department of Public Works Employees in Detroit and non-professional personnel of Rut­ gers University, New Brunswick, N.J. The Detroit election was won by a 1,200 rqargin over a coalition led by the Teamsters and gave the AFL-CIO affiliate repre­ sentation rights for a unit of 2,300 workers. TTie SCME had sought one city-wide bargaining unit for the department. But the Michigan Labor Mediation Board overruled a staff recommendation and carved out a separate unit for 1,040 truck drivers and equipment operators for which the Teamsters won represoitation rights, 581344, in a second election. A "catch-up" ranging up to merely 30 cents an hour was won by Local 1-128 of the Oil, Chem­ ical and Atomic Workers for some 100 operating employees of the Powerine Oil Company, Santa Fe Springs, Calif., largest independ­ ent refiner in the West, the union has announced. Chairman Robert M. Dempsey of the OCAW nego­ tiating committee said that the un­ ion had presented proposals re­ flecting the average wages of eight major oil companies in the area. The first strike against the Ray­ theon Company by members of Local 1505, International Brother­ hood of Electrical Workers, ended when the strikers ratified a threeyear agreement providing wage in­ creases of 11 to 16 cents an hour now, another 12 cents across the board in the third year, and a raise in company payments into the pension fund. Raytheon man­ agement also agreed to make lan­ guage changes involving working conditions, job classification, sen­ iority and grievance procedure. A|> Some 17,000 plant, traffic and accounting employees of the Mich­ igan Bell Company have voted by a 7-2 margin to ratify a new con­ tract negotiated by the Communi­ cations Workers after they had re­ jected an earlier proposal. More than 220,000 Bell System emoloyees represented by the CWA have now ratified settlements reached during the current series of negotiations, the CWA said. Page Seven "Try This For Size!" Oceans Away Japan is winding up 1966 as the world's greatest shipbuilding nation for the 11th consecutive year. She leads the world in almost every category of shipbuilding activ­ ity, with enough backlog of work to make her a pretty good bet to retain the ship­ building crown next year. When the final tally for 1966 is completed, it is estimated that Japan will have passed the 10 million gross ton yearly construction mark for the first time. Meanwhile, on this side of the Pacific, ship construction is virtually at a standstill. The United States stands in 11th place in worldwide shipbuilding, behind such nations as France, Poland and the Netherlands. These figures ar« astounding considering it is just over 20 years since the end of World War II when the U.S. led the world in shipbuilding and maritime activity. Only 10 years after the war's end, Japan was already leading the world in shipbuilding while the U.S. was rapidly fading out of the maritime picture. The reasons for this startling reversal are many and varied. The primary reason, however, is that the Japanese Government has realized the importance of a strong marifirae industry to a manufacturing and trad­ ing nation and did all in its power to foster the growth of a strong, vital maritime indus­ try. The United States Government, on the other hand, abandoned its maritime industry almost immediately after the war and ex­ cept for brief periods such as the Korean War, the Suez Crisis and the present Viet­ nam situation, has shown no interest in the industry. U.S. maritime policy has been a patchwork affair of expedient solutions. The precepts of the 1936 Merchant Marine Act, which was designed to assure the United States a strong merchant marine adequate to meet the nation's needs, have been ig­ nored. The SIU and other maritime unions have been fighting to end U.S. maritime's decline and to put us back in the worldwide maritime 'picture. We have met with some success, but much more must be done before this 20-year trend can be reversed. The strug­ gle must continue until worldwide maritime statistics, which are presently badly out of balance, begin to right themselves. The 90th Congress? With the 90th Congress getting ready to convene, conservative, big-business and antilabor lobbyists are heading for Washington in record numbers. Their aim is to seek legislation handcuffing the labor movement, rolling back and undermining the Great Society and anti-poverty programs and thwarting the liberal legislation which has already been passed and yet remains to be acted upon to alleviate many of the nation's most pressing social needs. Many bitter legislative battles will be fought during the upcoming session of Con­ gress. As it has always been in the past, the labor movement will be in the forefront of the struggle, upholding the best interests of all of the American people against the many special-interest groups who will be on hand to serve nobody's interest but their own. The American labor movement does not intend to fight merely a holding action in Washington during the 90th session of Con­ gress. Certainly it will fight to prevent any rollbacks of the progress made by the 89th Congress. In addition, however, it will wage a determined and constructive campaign for new and expanded legislation. �SEAFARERS LOG Page Eig^t SlU Representative Frank Boyne keeps In close contact with union brothers who are here shown on fantail of the SS Wild Ranger. The men are (I. to r.): Boyne: Glenn Doug­ las, A.B.: Randy Cox, O.S.: and Vernon Adkison, also O.S. A.B. James Watson puffs his pipe on deck while SS Wild Ranger docks in Yokohama and union brother Randy Cox, O.S., does some thinking while surveying port scene. SlU-contracted Coe Victory Is tied to her moorings at North Pier, Port of Yokohama, on De­ cember 8, 1966. Port is pictur­ esque, docks are kept spotless. A sunny day on the deck of the SS Coe Victory brought together (I. to r.) R. C. Thomas, Steward; Frank Boyne; Don Bowtell, 3rd Assistant Engineer and former SlU man. Kneeling are Red Wahl, 2nd Assistant Engineer, along with Ken Mart, an electrician. All agreed ship was a good one. JannarjT 6, Broadside view of Waterman's SS Wild Ranger, December 9th, 1966, as she docked at the North Pier in the Port of Yokohama, completing one end of voyage out of New York City, home port for Seafarers manning the vessel. Behind Ordinary Seaman Herbert "Frenchy" DeBoissiere is Waterman's SS Andrew Jackson. She frequently vis­ its Japan and plies often through Oriental waterways on one of the world's most colorful seaway routes. rr Seafarers chat in Andrew Jackson messroom. They are (I. to r.) Robert Lane, messman; Bob Mehrbrodt, O.S. Dayman; Paul Dew, A.B.; and C. Kent, also an A.B. SlU Representative Frank Boyne pays a visit to Alvern Kelso, an oiler off the SS Choctaw, at Bluff Hospital, Yokohama, to discuss ship's voyage. A very busy man is SlU Representative Boyne. Here is Frank pictured with three crewmembers off the Steel Traveler in Yokohama. The crew, (from I. to r.) includes Riversly Brown, wiper; Ken Rose, A.B.: and Roy Mitchell, a crew messman who expressed a strong liking and admi­ ration for Yokohama and the Oriental way of life. These two' crewmen shown during their stay at Bluff Hospital are on the road back to FFD, They are, from left to right, R. C. Blair, 2nd pump off the SS Connecticut, along with SlU Brother Alvern Kelso, oiler off the SS Choctaw. Both had high praise for Japanese hospitality as well fts their comfort and care during a stay at Bluff Hospital. Oiler Peter Oyer was interested in shopping for a new {acket when he bunr^ped into these two Japanese vendors who boa.rded ship in order to sell their wares. Here they are haggling over price inside a passageway ab^rd SS Andrew Jackson during second week of Decediber. 1967 �January 6 1967 SEAFARERS LOG SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO Ucense Trammg and Upgrading Program Jointly Operated by the Seafarers International Union, AGLIW District and V-,' District 2* Marine Engineers Beneficial Association This report on the joint license training and upgrading program operated by SlU and District 2 MEBA appears simultaneously in the SEAFARERS LOG and DISTRICT 2 AAARINE ENGINEER, official organs of the two sponsoring unions. nee again, this is an occasion to be proud of the determination and performance of SIU members. In less than one year's time, 113 Seafarers have obtained licenses as ships' engineers after preparing for their examinations at the School of Marine Engineeering jointly sponsored by the SIU and District 2 MEBA. Many more SIU engine department men are presently enrolled in the School, receiving instruc­ tion that will enable them to sit for their licenses and to sail as engi­ neering officers. This unique school and what it is accomplishing is important to the men themselves, to the SIU and to the nation. From the standpoint of the Seafarers themselves, the manner in which they have upgraded themselves is a convincing demonstration that the foc'sle is still a major source of potential licensed officers. Provided with the protec­ tion of the benefits they have earned as unlicensed seamen, the record shows that men from the foc'sle can and will obtain their licenses and perform creditably on the job. The benefit to the union as a whole derives from the fact that by helping to fill the need for licensed engineers aboard American-flag vessels, these men have enabled SIU-MEBA District 2 jointly con­ tracted ships to continue to sail on time. And the national interest is served by the continued sailing on time of these ships, particularly those engaged in the vital Viet Nam sealift. The response to the license training program, first of its kind to be offered anywhere, is most gratifying. We take special pride in the manner in which these SIU engine department men have per­ formed in school and subsequently in their new shipboard duties. The example of those who have successfully completed the course should inspire their union brothers to also take advantage of the opportunity that this union training program affords to SIU members, their fam­ ilies and the nation. Finally, the jointly operated union school is an example of what trade union cooperation can accomplish and contribute in the in­ terests of the workers involved, and to the security of the industry and the nation. PAUL HALL, President Seafarers International Union little over a year ago, the shortage of licensed marine engineers became more acute as a result of the impending breakout of ships for the Viet Nam sealift. District 2 MEBA, like other unions, faced the possilulity of delayed sailings, which posed a threat to the national security and to the security of every District MEBA member and all other ships' personnel. Now, in January 1967, the picture has changed remarkably for District 2. Because of the success of our joint training and upgrading program—and our ability to provide opportunities for the graduates of the maritime academies—our contracted ships have been able to sail throughout the year without delays, and the Union has met its contractual commitments. In the relatively short period since the School of Marine Engi­ neering was established. 75 District 2 members have raised their licenses, and the flow of men taking advantage of the upgrading pro­ gram continues. At the same time, 113 SIU members have obtained original licenses under the program and have sailed as engineers on District 2 ships. District 2 is proud that we have been able to provide a means through which our members can raise their licenses without hard­ ship to themselves and their families. We have also been able to draw qualified unlicensed men from the SIU into our ranks as engineers, enabling us to cope with the Viet Nam crisis and to prepare for our future peacetime requirements for new engineers. The success of this program has been made possible by the outstanding cooperation and support of the union's deep-sea member­ ship. A great deal of credit also belongs to the quality of instruction offered by the School of Marine Engineering and its exceptionally qualified staff, many of whom are District 2 members. We cannot stop now. The need for qualified engineers in all ratings will continue well into the future. Our license upgrading program has proved its worth. Every District 2 member is urged to make use of this unusual opportunity to raise his license. RAYMOND T. McKAY, President District 2, Marine Engineers Beneficial Association �Edward Adunson Age 21, 2nd Eng. SS Trans Hartford WilUam S. Allen Age 34, 2nd Eng. SS Rambam Carl Anderson Age 58, Chief Eng. SS Manhattan Robert V. Anderson Age 37, 3rd Eng. SS Steel Designer Michael Aversano Age 32, 2nd Eng. SS Connecticut The individual photos on this and the following pages are of the SlU and District 2 MEBA members who got either original licenses or upgraded licenses at the jointly operated training school. Captions give name, age, steam license obtained and first vessel shipped on after obtaining license. Joint Program Meets Need for Licensed Engineers Otis C. Bailey Jr. Age 41, 2nd Eng. SS Panoceanic Faith Thomas W. Barnes Age 31, 3rd Eng. SS Mt. Vernon Victory James Bamette Age 43, 3rd Eng. SS Lynn Victory J- he highly successful engineers' training program by means of which the SIU and District 2, MEBA have been meeting the needs of contracted vessels for licensed engi­ neers points up the effectiveness of inter-union cooperation in handling common maritime problems. In late 1965, when the shortage of licensed engineers became aggravated by the increasing demands of the Viet Nam sealift, the SIU and District 2, MEBA began inten­ sive discussions aimed at establishing a training program through which unlicensed personnel could obtain engi­ neers' licenses and licensed engineers could be trained for raising their grade. On January 3, the two unions signed an agreement establishing the jointly-sponsored training program. The program included the operation of a School of Marine En­ gineering and other provisions^ for assisting both licensed and unlicensed applicants to obtain and-upgrade licenses. The agreement set a precedent in the maritime industry because it not only provided for a program of study under a staff of professional instructors, but also set up a pro­ gram of subsistence payments for members of both organi­ zations while they were attending the school. Another of the precedent-setting features of the joint union venture was a provision to give unlicensed SIU members who obtained licenses under the program full credit for all the pension benefits they had built up while sailing unlicensed. Alexander Becker Age 37, 2nd Eng. SS Sea Pioneer This protection of pension credits had been one of the principal obstacles to the development of joint union up­ grading programs in the past. The success of the SIU and District 2 MEBA in resolving this problem was widelyhailed throughout the industry as a pattern for licensing and upgrading programs to help ease the chronic shortage of licensed engineers in the American Merchant Marine. Over a period of time, discussions had been held with other unions to develop similar programs, but without suc­ cess. As a result, the SIU-District 2 program became the first, and so far the only, joifit union training program of its kind. Immediately after announcement of the program, appli­ cations to attend the school began pouring in from the members of both unions. Classes at the newly-established School of Marine Engineering, located in Brooklyn, New York, began on February 1, 1966. The program's effectiveness in producing new licenses and upgrading existing ones was soon demonstrated. On March 4, two MEBA District 2 members, Charles Polsen and Charles Mollard, upgraded their licenses to Second Assistant Engineer after preparing for their examinations at the school. The first SIU member to obtain a license under the new program was Robert Anderson, 37, who had been shipping as fireman, oiler and watertender. An­ derson got his license on April 14 and almost immediately obtained a Third Assistant Engineer's berth on the Steel Edward Bender Age 51, 1st Eng. SS Steel Traveler George W. Bertbold Age 56, 2nd Eng. SS Rio Grande Raymond Btlle Age 40, Chief Eng. SS Yellowstone Cfaristopber A. Bobbe Age 41, 3rd Eng. SS Geneva GB Bone Age 45, 2nd Eng. SS Potmnac Donald N. BowteO Age 34, 2nd Eng. SS Duke Victory r- Willfam C. Biskas Age 49, 3nd Eng. SS Albion Victory James F. Black Age 33, 3rd Eng. SS TYanserie �Sverre Breima Age 52, 2nd Asst. SS Ames Victory Ira C. Bridges Age 43, 2nd Eng. SS U.S. Navigator Roger Burke Age 22, 2nd Eng. SS Ema Elizabeth Steve Brunstrom. Age 23, 2nd Eng. SS Cosmos Trader David Buikes Age 24, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Designer Union School Produces 188 Licenses in 1966 Designer (Isthmian), for a voyage which began on April 21. From that point on, the jointly sponsored school has continued to produce licensed engineers from among the unlicensed SIU personnel and to upgrade District 2 engi­ neers to higher licenses. By the end of 1966, less than 9 months after Anderson got his license, the school had pro­ duced a total of 188 licenses, 113 new licenses for SIU members and 75 for District 2 members. Of the SIU members, 72 had 3rd assistant's licenses, and 41 had obtained original licenses as Second Assistants. Also by the end of 1966, 75 District 2 engineers had upgraded their licenses, 22 to Chief Engineer, 11 to First Assistant, and 42 to Second Assistant. These were all steam licenses but a number of the men also obtained diesel licenses in addition to their steam licenses. As a result of the joint license program, plus the output of the Merchant Marine Academies, ships manned by the SIU and District 2 contracted companies were able to sail without a single delay during the year, a highly significant achievement in view of the heavy break-out of ships for the Viet Nam Sealift. Thus, the unions were able to meet their contractual committments. All their contracted vessels sailed on time and the needs created by the Viet Nam con­ flict were being satisfied in so far as these two organizations were involved. At this time, the STU-District 2 program and the merchant marine academies are the only major sources of new licenses for marine engineers. For example, for the period of its operation in 1966, the STU-District 2 program produced 113 new licenses. The United States Merchant Marine Academy, the largest of the maritime colleges, graduated 111 licensed engineers in 1966. The SIU-District 2 program will soon be augmented by the recentlyinstituted license training program of the SIU of North America-affiliated Marine Firemen's Union on the West Coast. The SIU-District 2 program supplements the new engi­ neers graduated by the Federal and state maritime academies. A good many academy graduates are District 2 members and sail aboard the Union's contracted vessels in all license categories. More graduates are expected to ship with the union in 1967 and in future years. Both the academies and the District 2-SIU joint train­ ing program are vital sources of the new engineers who, as the estimates indicate, are necessary to fill the demands of American shipping, now and in the years ahead. District 2 MEBA is on record that the best way to answer the problem of the shortage of engineers is "by keeping the academies, and expanding the type of up­ grading program we have developed with the SIU." (Continued on next page) Douglas J. Burnett Jr. Age 37, 2nd Eng. SS Albion Victory •r 1 Raoul Cabrera Age 49, 3rd Eng. SS Merrimac Thomas W. Cmtcr Age 44, 3rd Eng. SS Mankato Victory PbU Choi Age 51, Chief Eng. SS Baylor Victory Robcit ChronowBid Age 24, 2nd Eng. Instructor at School EUB W. Cottien Age 39, 3rd Eng. SS Jefferson City Victory Charles Cunning^ram Age 43, 2nd Eng. SS Delaware Age 24, 2nd Eng. SS Long Linee HOB^ D. Cnmn Age 29, 3rd Eng. SS Cosmos Trader Walter Czemy Age 22, 2nd Eng. SS Asbury \icboiy Leif K. Drien Age 42, 3rd Eng. SS St Christopher Affircd O. Davis Age 36, 3rd Eng. SS Ocean Pioneet �(Continued from previous page) Howard B. Davis Age 43, 2nd Eng. SS Northwestern Victory Walter F. Dawson Age 39, 3rd Eng. SS Steel Artisan Frederick Dieterle Age 23, 2nd Eng. SS Manhattan Rkhard Dixon Age 44, Chief Eng. SS Cosmos Trader Dennis D<dierty Age 27, Chief Eng. SS Long Lines Lonnie B. Dooley Age 42, 3rd Eng. SS Bessemer Victory George A. Ebberwein Jr. Age 32, 3rd Eng. SS Transyork James Egbert Age 23, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Scientist Charles W. Eschenbach Age 39, 3rd Eng. SS Hercules Victory James M. Faust Age 54, 2nd Eng. SS Fairisle Fred O. Fleiscbmann Age 40, 2nd Eng. SS Mankato Victory Against the background of the Viet Nam conflict, the great strength of the SIU-District 2 training, program is the fact that it is producing newly-licensed men when and as they are needed. This is a continuing source of new licenses as ships are being bfoken out. Its results are evident every day. The benefits of the SIU-District 2 program for the nation as a whole were apparent in the remarks of former Maritime Administrator Nicholas Johnson, made before a special subcommittee of the House Merchant Marine Committee on May 2. 1966 in which he said: "Since upgrading is the only type of program which of­ fers rapid results in the time frame which is established by the Viet Nam sealift build-up, the Maritime Administra­ tion prefers that the example given by District 2 MEBA, in conjunction with the Atlantic and Gulf District of the SIU, be followed by District 1 and the Pacific Coast District of the MEBA." The joint training program is not aimed exclusively at meeting the needs of the Viet Nam conflict, however. It is expected to help to satisfy the normal peacetime require­ ments of the unions as well. Jobs as engineers for both the newly-licensed men coming through the joint program as well as for the present District 2 membership should be ' plentiful well into the future, even aside from those jobs created by the Viet Nam crisis. First off, there is the normal attrition resulting from men leaving the industry, deaths and retirements on District 2 MEBA pensions. The new provisions of the District 2 pension program, which become effective in June 1968, are expected to result in additional retirement applications among senior licensed engineers, thus creating a demand for additional replace­ ments. New jobs are also expected to result from additions to the fleets under contract to District 2 MEBA and SIU. The experience of 1966 has proved that the SIU and District 2 MEBA were correct in reasoning that a large number of new licenses could be produced from among the unlicensed personnel if an attractive program was estab­ lished. Protecting pension credits, providing the men at­ tending the school with adequate subsistence allowances, and tailoring the program to fit the needs of the students have proved to be the essential elements of the program. The unions were also correct in assuming that a large number of District 2 members would upgrade their licenses if a good school was established and provisions were made to ease the financial burden of men attending the school. As a result of these provisions, 75 engineers have upgraded their licenses at the School of Marine tngineeringThe school has functioned so well that it rapidly began to outgrow its facilities. Within a matter of months after the program had started, plans were developed for ac­ quiring larger and more adequate classroom and other instruction facilities. r- > Bobby Etbridge Age 41, 2nd Asst. SS U.S. Defender Robert Gcddinci Age 39, 2nd Eng. SS Hudson Robert GUIs Age 43, Chief Eng. SS Fortaleza EmO J. Ghfer Age 43, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Architect Walter Flcishnuui Age 44, 2nd Eng. SS Bangor Fired Goff Age 52, 2nd Eng. Waiting To Ship George C. Foley Jr. Age 42, 3rd Eng. SS Rio Grande Eneat Goidnlth Age 51, Chief Eng. SS Steel NavigatOT �Robert Anderson (right), first SlU man to get license at joint Union school, is congratulated by shipmate as he takes over Third Engineer's job on SS Steel Designer. Job performances by men who have .obtained original and upgraded licenses through joint Union program have been acclaimed. Students' attentiveness to studies, as evidenced in class here, coupled with practical engine room experience, has produced competent engineers. School's Graduates Doing First-Rate on Job he success of the program in producing 113 new engineers in 1966 is only part of the story. Equally gratifying is the per­ formance of the men who have obtained their original licenses through the program. Testimony to the professional skills and competence shown by these new engineers is coming in from the companies in which they're working. Ronald Spencer, director of the School of Marine Engineering, has received letters from Marine Superintendents, Port Engineers and Chief Engineers lauding the newly-licensed engineers for their know-how and interest in their duties. Typical of the comments which the school has received from supervisory personnel in the industry who have evaluated the performance of the new engineers are these: "Mr. Charles Michaels has proven himself a most capable en­ gineer and it is my pleasure to have him as an engineering officer." * * * "Mr. Alfred O. Davis, who graduated from your school in June, has shown and proven his ability as Tlurd Assistant Engineer. In "'M addition to being a damned good engineer, he is also a fine ship­ mate. "This has been my first opportunity to sail with a School of Marine Engineering graduate. All I can say is if all are as well trained as Mr. Davis, this is one of the finest things to have hap­ pened. Keep up the good work. We need good, trained engineers." * » » "I would like to commend you for the fine job you are doing in training unlicensed men for their original license. "We have had Mr. Robert E. Poore as Third Assistant Engineer since June 12th. He has performed ail of Ids assigned duties to our complete satisfaction. He has shown an interest in his job and is not afraid to ask questkms. "I am looking forward to nMre of your graduates in the near future." (The originals of these and other letters testifying to the per­ formance of the newly-licensed engineers are on file at the School of Marine Enpneering.) 'J . - Waiting To Ship Ray Jakubowicz Age 26, 1st Eng. Waiting To Ship Partha E. Jemigan Age 42, 3rd Eng. SS U.S. Builder Lawrence Kenekcr Jr. Age 43, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Designer Brendan Kennedy Age 23, 2nd Eng. Waiting To l%ip Jq^ J. Kennedy A^ 40, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Vendor Donald Hay Finn Greddedt Age 47, 1st Eng. SS Monticello Victory Patrick J. Grennan Age 51, 3rd Eng. SS Battle Creek Age 38, Chief Eng. Donald Keddy Age 38, Chief Eng. SS Steel Rover John W. Keler Jr. Age 38, 3rd Eng. SS U.S. Adventurer v'^ �John Kimble Age 22, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Seafarer John Langus Age 52, 1st Eng. SS U.S. Mate Michael J. Kindya Age 26, 3rd Eng. SS Steel Vendor Ellle H. Larrimore Age 46, 3rd Eng. ^ Sea Pioneer Cyril King Age 50, 2nd Eng. SS Montpelier Victory Nlk<riaos Kostantas Age 34, 2nd Eng. SS Hans Isbrandtscn Edward J. Krcha Age 41, 3rd Eng. SS Duke Victory Kenneth G. Laughlin Age 25, 3rd Eng. SS Bangor John Leydon Age 23, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Navigator WilKam P. Logan Age 34, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Advocate Union Training Program Is Keyed To Needs of individual Student Records of SlU engine men are run through data processing machines to determine availability of qualified candidates for license training. Nicholas Loizos Age 51, Ist Eng. Waiting To Ship Endei Loosaar Age 43, 3rd Eng. SS St. Christopher V>4lassroom work at the School of Marine Engi­ neering is tailored to ht the needs of the students. The classes are taught by the School's director and by five instructors. The courses run from 15 to 90 days, depend­ ing on the background and needs of the individual student. If a student has had relatively little formal education and needs more time to prepare for his license, he can remain at the school for a longer period. There are generally about 60 SIU unlicensed men and 20 District 2 engineers attending the school at all times. Engineers can prepare for raises in grade to Second, First or Chief Engineer, steam and/or diesel. Unlicensed men can study for their orig­ inal Second or Third's license, steam and/or diesel. Subjects offered include first aid, reciprocating engines, fire tube boilers, auxiliary steam and diesel, DC electricity, gas masks, mathematics, Ai Maidondo r\git 50, Chief Eng. SS Sted Recorder turbines, water tube boilers and steam generators, AC electricity, refrigeration and air conditioning, fire detection and protection systems, equipment sketching and mechanical drafting. Class hours are from 0930 to 1200 and from 1300 to 1530 Monday through Friday. Confer­ ences with the director can be arranged. The courses consist of lectures and demon­ strations of shipboard equipment. Visual aids are used extensively. Books are issued to the students which they use in classroom study and homework. Engine department equipment and machinery are UB4^ in the course of classroom work. The original books used at the school were a set of 13 training manuals published by the District 2 MEBA Safety and Education Plan. New books have also been prepared by the staff at the School of Marine Engineering and are now being used, hfeao J. hfelOBte Age 46, 3rd Eng. SS Steel Admiral Age 57, 3fd Eng. SS U.S. Pilot �1 Edward A. McConnick Age 48, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Worker Richwd Mesaris Age 23, 2nd Eng. Waiting To Ship Jim McCue Age 34, Chief Eng. SS Achilles Charles E. Michaels Age 49, 3rd Eng. SS Tucson Victory Francis X. McGlone Age 40, 3rd Eng. SS Albion Victory David S. McGrath Age 26, 3rd Eng. SS Delaware Hector Mendez Age 34, 3rd Eng. SS Ocean Pioneer Harry R. MitcheU Jr. Age 26, 3rd Eng. SS Steel King Walter MitcheU Age 40, 2nd Eng. SS Rice Victory Charles C. MoUard Age 24, 2nd Eng. Instructor at School How to Apply for Training, Upgrading To qualify for the training program, an SIU unlicensed engine department man: • Must be 19 years of age or older. • Must have 18 months as a fireman, watertender, oiler, deck engine mechanic, engine man or junior engineer, together with six months as a wiper. (In many cases, credit will be given across the board for non-watchstanding ratings above wiper, and for serv­ ice in the US Navy and Coast Guard). * School Director Ronald R. Spencer explains formula for solving pump capacity prob­ lems. Teaching techniques used by instructors has enabled even those men with little background I" math to master its practical shipboard application. Newton Mount Age 47, Chief Eng. SS Bangor James Mrozick Age 30, 2nd Eng. SS Thetis Ernest E. MuBeii Age 48, 3rd Eng. SS Transyork * * To qualify for license upgrading, a District 2 MEBA engineer must: • Have twelve months of seatime on his existing license. Complete information about the training program and any of its features may be obtained from any SIU and District 2 MEBA hall, or at headquarters of either union: SIU headquarters: 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Telephone: (Area Code 212) HYacinth 9-6600. District 2 MEBA headquarters: 650 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Telephone. (Area Code 212) STerling 8-0209. Raymond Murpio' Age 46, Caiief Eng. SS Ames Victory Nathaniel Muse Age 44, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Admiral �A Major Soune Of New Licenses ^he SIU-District 2 MEBA license training program and the merchant marine academies are the major sources of new licenses for marine engineers. Following is the breakdown of the number of new licenses issued in 1966 to graduates of the SIU-District 2 MEBA School of Marine Engineering, the US Merchant Ma rine Academy at Kings Point, and the five state maritime colleges: SCHOOL NUMBER OF ORIGINAL LICENSES-1966 SIU-District 2 MEBA school 113* US Merchant Marine Academy 111 Maine Maritime Academy 79 NY State Maritime College 67 California Maritime Academy 31 Massachusetts AAaritime Academy 22 5 Texas Maritime Academy * This figure does not include the 72 engineers who raised their licenses otter prepar­ ing at the SlU-MEBA School of Marine Engineering. Robert Roedel, 100th SlU man to receive engineers license after preparing at Union Training School, shows his certificate to SlU President Paul Hall (right) and Ronald Spencer (left), Director of jointly sponsored SlU-MEBA District 2 school. MEBA District 2 President Raymond T. McKay is shown at his Union's Headquarters during discussion of unique licensed training and upgrading program jointly operated by District 2 and SlU. Increase in Ucenses Seen LS the jointly-sponsored licensed engineers' training program approaches the completion of its first year of operation, plans are being mapped to turn out an increased number of engineers in 1967. The first year of operation of the School of Marine Engineering was largely experimental in character, with emphasis on perfecting the training techniques and establishing a well rounded program that would function on a continuing basis. Based on the overwhelming success achieved in 1966, coupled with perfecting the training techniques and the addition of expanded classroom and subsistence facilities, the total output of new licensed engineers is expected to increase substantially in the coming year. Added to the output of the SIU-District 2 training school program will be that of the newly-instituted program established by the SlU-affiliated Marine Firemen's Union and the Pacific Maritime Association, which has already begun to train unlicensed engine room personnel for their licenses. Although the MFOW program actually only got underway in the last months of 1966, it has already produced four new licenses, and there are approximately twenty more MFOW members who are jvesently train­ ing to sit for their licenses. Response during the first year of operation by SlU unlicensed Engine Department men and MEBA District 2 members to the opportunity for license training and up­ grading has necessitated plans for expanded school facilities. �MJT ,, — •:<. .ii, Students pursue studies seriously and diligently. Class in photo works out ship board engineering problem. Among the many government and indust,-y repre­ sentatives who have visited School was former Mari. time Administrator Nicholas Johnson, shown addressing class. Students Aided by Liberal Cash, Subsistence Benefits significant and unique aspect of the joint union training program is that it places no burden upon the taxpayer, because it is self-sustaining and does not involve any governmental funds. Nor are there any costs or charges to the SIU and MEBA District 2 members attending the school. Members of both unions receive a wide range of benefits throughout the period of their training. Subsistence Provisions for SIU Members: SIU members who are enrolled in the license training program are provided with meals, lodging and subsistence payments of $110 a week while in training. Tuition and books are provided at no cost to the man. In addition: • Pension benefits built up by Seafarers under the Seafarers Pension Plan will be fully credited and protected and SIU pensions will be sup­ plemented by the District 2, MEBA Pension Plan in approximately the same amount. • All welfare benefits will be covered and protected. • Seafarers qualifying for their engineer's licenses and sailing aboard District 2 MEBA contracted ships will not be required to pay the Dis­ trict 2 MEBA $1,000 initiation fee so long as the Viet Nam conflict continues. It shall be waived in its entirety. • Seafarers will not be required to drop their SIU membership if they do not wish to do so. • SIU men who possess engineers' licenses in any rating and who have not been sailing on their licenses because they have wished to protect their SIU pension and welfare credits, are eligible for immedi­ Visitors from US Merchant Marine Academy are shown with instruc­ tors and District 2 MEBA repre­ sentatives during visit' to School. From Ipft: Bob Chronowski, Robert Lindmaric, instructors: Gerald Pennisi, District 2: Commander Charles Reniclc. USMMA; Leon Berlage, District 2; Jack Tiernan, President, USMMA alumni; School Director Ronald Spencer; Charles Mollard, Chuck Polsen, instructors. 'I f ate shipping on their licenses with full protection of their pension and welfare benefits, as well as protection of all other benefits and security provided in the program. * * * Subsistence Provisions for MEBA members: District 2 engineers attending the school receive the following benefits: Free tuition (tuition at commercial upgrading schools for comparable programs average $150 for engineers going for Second's and First's licenses and $250 for engineers studying for Chief's licenses); Qass B wages at their present license grade (roughly from $600 to $800 a month); full welfare, pension and vacation coverage; and one-way trans­ portation, subject to the approval of the Director of the District 2 Safety & Education Plan. Wages are based on a 30-day month and are paid weekly. The check comes-to 7 times the computed daily wage rate. Pension and welfare contributions are also made for every day the engineer is at school. If the engineer is on vacation when he attends the school, he does not get vacation credits. If he is not on vacation, however, he gets vacation credits. In that case, the vacation he earns while at school is payable after he returns to sea. The benefits paid to engineers attending the school come from funds that used to be divided among the engineers on ships that were shorthanded. Since February 1, the operators have also been making wel­ fare and pension contributions to the Plans for the missing engineers when a ship sails short. In the past, no contributions were made to the Plan in such circumstances. % �Vaughn J. Nelson Age 39, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Architect Sigwart G. Nielsen Age 60, 3rd Eng. SS Rice Victory Joe Nosamar Age 45, 3rd Eng. SS Steel Seafarer Stanley Novak Age 35, 2nd Eng. Waiting To Ship Eilert Oben Age 51, 1st Eng. SS Sea Pioneer William F. Oi^>enIiorst Jr. Age 40, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Recorder John L. O'Rourke Age 41, 3rd Eng. SS Northwestern Victory John J. (FSuUivan Age 46, Chief Eng. SS Steel Director Gordon J. Owen Age 42, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Navigator Thomas D. Owen \ge 39, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Maker District 2 Engineers Joe Pronack (left) and Don Keddy examine flame safety lamp at Union school. Pronack got First Assistant's license and Keddy Chief's license after preparing at School. John F. Owens Age 41, 2nd &ig. SS Horidian Chwles W. Palmer Age 44, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Ai^rentice Students at School follow instructor's lectures by taking notes, as shown in photo above. Men sit for their license examinations when instructors consider that they are adequately prepared. Dkfc Age 33, 2ttd Eng. SS Sefana Vktoiy HBMr K Age 48, 3id ^ SSSkdrimrikr Georgt Age 39, Chief Eng. SS lyfoii^ieliei' �lb A. Pedersen Age 38, 2nd Eng. SS U.S. Pilot Wallace Perdue Jr. Age 40, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Advocate Robert W. Perry Age 34, 3rd Eng. SS Steel Age Beyri Peterson Age 50, 3rd Eng. SS Bessemer Victory James Pope Age 40, 1st Eng. SS U.S. Tourist William H. Powell Age 32, 3rd Eng. SS Hudson Harry Pilalis Age 22, 3rd Eng-. SS Beaver Victory Jf I Charles C. Pdsen Age 24, 2nd Eng. Instructor at School Robert E. Poore Age 27, 3rd Eng. SS Achilles •• Joe Pronack Age 24, 1st Eng. SS Steel Rover Men of All Ages Successful in License Program O ne of the most notable features of the joint union operated license training and upgrading program is the fact that it has enabled men of virtually all ages to participate successfully in the course of instruction and to obtain original and upgraded licenses. As the record points up, the age of a man presents no obstacle if he is interested in taking advantage of the opportunity offered by the program. And, as the record shows, the older men are having as much success in the program as their inger shipmates. This is true of both unlicensed SIU members sitting for original licenses and of District 2 MEBA engineers raising their licenses. The point is that if a man is interested in upgrading, all he needs is the willingness to try. The program provides him with the necessary financial assistance so that he can concentrate on his training. Men attend the school with shipmates and fellow union members in an atmosphere designed to help them with their studies. The entire program is geared to the man. At all time he is under the instruction and guidance of highly competent and qualified instructors who themselves are licensed engineers. Similarly, there's no fixed limit on the amopnt of time a man may spend at the school preparing for his examination. Most of those who have par­ ticipated in the program take about 90 days to get their licenses, but a man may stay longer if he needs the time. The joint program boasts suc­ cessful candidates of all ages ranging from those in their early 20s to those in their 60s. WnUMn W. Quin Age 45, 3rd Eng. SS Steel King Rkhafd C. Ranly Age 43, 3rd Eng. SS Steel Artisan The youngest SIU member to obtain a license after preparing at the school is Harry Pilalis, 23 years old, who is now sailing as a Third Assist­ ant Engineer. Pilalis shipped as a fireman, oiler, watertender on SIU con­ tracted ships before attending the school. He also had received instruc­ tion in lifeboat training, for which he holds an endorsement, and in firefighting. The last ship he sailed on before attending the school was the SS Penn Vanguard. At the other end of the age scale is SIU member Siguard George Niel­ sen, who obtained his Third Assistant Engineer's license at the age of 61. Nielsen, who is an -SIU oldtimer, lives in Hoboken. N.J. He is married and has four children. He sailed in all unlicensed engine department ratings and had most recently been sailing as Chief Electrician. His last vessel before going into the school was the SS Colorado. The youngest District 2 MEBA member to upgrade after attending the school is Edward Adamson, 21, who has just obtained his 2nd assistant's license. Adamson graduated from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in 1965 and sailed later as Third Assistant on the SS Transarctic. He also holds a fire-fighting certificate. Adamson. who got his new license in Decembe cing a short vacation before going back to work. The oluesi ...strict 2 engineer to raise his license after attending the School of Marine Engineering is Carl Anderson, who got his license as Chief Engineer at the age of 58. Anderson is now sailing on the SS Man­ hattan. Franklin F. Reid Jr. Age 52, 2nd Eng. SS Ema Elizabeth Thomas J. Rejevich Age 39, 3rd Eng. SS Merrimac Kemiefli R. Rentz Age 27, 3rd Eng. SS Steel Director & �iiii Fritz Rethemeyer Age 41, 3rd Eng. SS Steel King Clyde Ricker Age 23, 2nd Eng. SS Manhattan Robert E. Roedel Age 27, 3rd Eng. SS Sagamore Hill George Rogers Age 23, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Scientist Robert Riser Age 40, Chief Eng. SS Transwestern Eugene V. Rockwell Age 26, 3rd Eng. SS Monticello Victorj Adolpii J. Rodriquez Age 37, 2nd Eng. SS Yellowstone Evenings find students busy studying and reviewing at quarters provided for SlU members enrolled in training progam. Hitting the books (in photo here) are Seafarers Louis Hopkins (seated) and Norm Wroten. Lawrence B. Rowan Age 38, 3rd Eng. SS Cosmos Trader Kenneth Sabd Age 26, 2nd Eng. Waiting To Ship Federico Sanchez Age 51, 2nd Eng. SS East Point Victory Thomas J. Scanlon Age 33, 3rd Eng. SS Steel Flyer Martin Scbnitzier Age 42, Chief Eng. SS Belgium Victory Wlibert Scboepfer Age 42, 2nd Eng. SS Transerie SlU member James Terry, who is preparing to sit for his Third Engineer's license, is shown here in classroom working out a problem assigned by instructors. Kano G. Schopfcr Age 50, 3rd Eng. SS Cosmos Trader Robert L. Scotti Age 33, 3rd Eng. SS Connecticut Gcndd F. Shaffer Age 40, 2nd Eng. SS Platte �William Sherwell Age 24, 2nd Eng. SS Hans Isbrandtsen Robert W. Simmons Age 31, 3rd Eng. SS JeflFerson City Victory Kenneth S. Singh Age 39, 2nd Eng. SS U.S. Explorer Harry R. Singleton Age 49, 2nd Eng. SS Monticello Victory Brian Skeels Age 23, 2nd Eng. Waiting To Ship • iJ-v Ed Skorupski Age 36. 2nd Eng. Waiting To Ship John T. Skuba Age 41, 3rd Eng. SS Puerto Rico Capt. William F. Rea, chief Coast Guard Marine Inspection Officers tor Port of New York, swears in Robert Roedel as Third Engineer. Roedel was 100th gradu­ ate of Union school to win original engineer's license. r The Foc'sle—A Gooil Background! T,he SIU-District 2 license training program is based on the well-estab­ Walter H. Skulski Age 38, 3rd Eng. ^ SS Coeur D'Alene Victory Albert Smith Age 22, 2nd Eng. Waiting To Ship James Smith Age 47, 3rd Eng. SS Belgium Victory Keitber Smith Age 46, 2nd Eng. Waiting To Ship Rudolph Sura Age 38, 1st Eng. SS Connecticut Antonio Tarquinio Jr. Age 38, Chief Eng. SS U.S. Builder lished fact that men coming up from the foc'sle can develop the skills to turn in a first-rate shipboard performance as marine engineers. The School of Marine Engineering is designed to provide them with an opportunity to obtain the training they need. It also prepares men from both foc'sle and maritime academy backgrounds to sit for higher licenses. Men who have upgraded from the foc'sle hold down jobs as Chief Engi­ neers on all types of ships, including those with the most complex power plants and machinery. While these men generally start with less formal theo­ retical knowledge than the academy graduate, they can, with proper training and serious study, move up in the key ratings, as the record of their ship­ board job performances so well shows. Men who came up from the foc'sle have been able to turn in excellent performances on every type of ship, including the retrofits and the new auto­ mated vessels. Joseph Sojak Age 43, 3rd Eng. SS Rio Grande Udo Strickmann Age 38, 2nd Eng. SS Hudson Tim Sullivan Age 38, Chief Eng. SS Steel Chemist �Sam Telech Age 43, 3rd Eng. SS Battle Creek Evis Thibodeaux Age 38, 2nd Eng. SS Baylor Victory Jesse TiUman Age 50, Chief Eng. Waiting To Ship Eugene E. Thomas Age 43, Chief Eng. SS Henry Terri Thompson Age 23, 2nd Eng. SS Puerto Rico Herbert Valdson Age 53, 3rd Eng. SS Steel Chemist William Vance Age 29, 2nd Eng. SS U.S. Builder Miquel Veiez Age 56, 3rd Eng. SS Steel Director Rocns Yeilinga Age 58, 2nd Eng. SS Thetis a Longjn Tybur Age 36, 3rd Eng. SS Beatrice Victory Training and Upgrading at • i. Allan Mat+son (right) applies for training in entry ratings at SlU's Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. 3. Having successfully completed training for entry rating, Mattson shipped as Wiper, at which job he is shown here aboard an SlU vessel. 2. Determined to have a seafaring career. Mattson studies SlU manual as part of preparation for entry rating. SlU Trains Replacements For Men Who Get Licenses he joint license training progi^ has per­ mitted the SIU and District 2 to sail their jointly contracted ships without delays because of man­ power shortages, despite the breakouts for the Viet Nam sealift. It has also permitted the two unions to man a munber of new ships over and above die breakout vessels. Obviously, however, a program which depends on unlicensed manpower as Ae pool frtnn which to produce licensed en^eers cannot function as an isolated operaticm. The unlicensed men who qualify for licenses have to be replaced. And that is what is being done by the SIU through its Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, which trains men for both shipboard entry ratings and for upgrading to QMTO ratings. The SIU has also stepped up its recruiting pro­ -am for entry ratings. In addition, the union has circulated a large number ot training and upgrad­ ing manuals to members interested in advancing to QMED ratings. Copies the engineer training manuals prepared by District 2 MEBA have also been widely circulated among SIU members who are preparing to go on to license training By die beginnmg of 1967, 113 Seafarers had left the rapks oi the unlicensed and sailed on dieir �Richard Vincent Age 34, 3rd Eng. SS Steel Architect Robert Vinneau Age 24, 2nd Eng. Waiting To Ship Jerry Vlachos Age 34. 2nd Eng. SS Steel Recorder Bjom Wagones Age 54, 1st Eng. SS Achilles Bartholomew Walsh Age 24, 2nd Eng. SS Cape Catoche f -At •aJ Ji • • 'I'I •J 11 11 I'll John Ward Age 22, 2nd Eng.. SS U.S. Touri.st William Weaver Age 41, 2nd Eng. SS Cottonwood Creek Clinton Webb Age 40, 2nd Eng. SS Fairisle William Weise Age 43, 3rd Eng. SS Potomac / V Charles Welch Age 45, 3rd Eng. SS U.S. Victory iif.rii—WMiiw Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship W ith joint SIU-District 2 MEBA license training and upgrading program drawing men from ranks of qualified Seafarers, long-time SIU upgrading pro­ grams continue to make available trained engine department per­ sonnel to fill the gap left by those who have gone on for their li­ censes. Training program at SIU's Harry Lundeberg School of Sea­ manship begins with preparation of men for entry ratings, and con­ tinues with upgrading courses for engine room endorsements after the man has acquired experience at sea. Photo sequence here shows Seafarer Allan Mattson from time he applied for entry training at Lundeberg School to present job as FWT on SS Robin Goodfellow, 4. After Mattson got enough seatlme to qualify for endorse­ ment, SIU representative encourages him to take upgrading course at Lundeberg school. 5. At Lundeberg School, Mattson was taught functions of engine room machinery. Here instructor explains workings of centrifugal pump. 6. After completing course and obtaining his FWT endorsement Mattson registers at Union hall In New York to ship in his new rating. new licenses, and another 60 are presently en­ rolled in the School of Marine Engineering pre­ paring for their licensing examination. Despite * the loss of these men as FOW's, the number of qtialified SIU members who were on the beach w and available to ship on December 31, 1966 showed an increase over this classification of men who were available at the beginning of 1966. This increase in available manpower is all the more significant in view of the additional drain on - manpower created by the acquisition df 35 addi­ tion^ ships by SIU contracted operators over the number that have been reactivated because of Viet Nam. The SIU's ability to build its manpower reserve can be traced to a number of factors—principally an increase in the number of men in entry ratings and changes in the shipping rules. The SIU has established and maintained a replacement ratio of 5 to 1 to offset the drainage on its qualified licensed personnel and to increase the supply of available qualified manpower to cope with normal attrition and to meet the demands of vessel break­ outs. This program and approach to manpower needs for maritime was developed by the SIU at the timft of the Korean war and has been main­ tained by the SIU since. 7. In first job as FWT aboard SS Robin Goodfellow, Mattson is shown here putting oil burner into register in ship's fire room. �m BSH Gary Wbeaton Age 25, 2nd Eng. SS Fortaleza Donald White Age 44, 3rd Eng. SS Steel King Lewis Williainson Age 55, 2rd Eng. SS Steel Surveyor Patrick Wilson Age 34, Chief Eng. Waiting To Ship Joe Wing Age 34, 1st Eng. SS Pecos Photos.of the following school graduates were not available at press time: Frederick Barton Age 23, 2nd Eng. SS Cosmos Trader WHUam Fisher Age 23, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Flyer Douglas StuteviUe Age 22, 2nd Eng. SS Ocean Pioneer Kenneth Winters Age 39, 2nd Eng. SS Lynn Victory James Young Age 31, 3rd Eng. SS Beaver Victory The Staff of Instructors Courses at the School of Marine Engineering are tougftf by a faculty of professional engineers with mari­ time experience. The teaching staff of the School is as foUoim: Ronald R. Spcaccr, flhrrler of the School of Marine Fngmrrring and Chief Instructor, Spencer is a licensed professional engineer who also holds a stationary engineer's Charles C. MoUard, Senior Insdvctor. Mollard is a graduate of the US Merchant Marine Acad­ emy, Kings Point, with a Bachelor of Marine Engineering degree. He holds two marine licenses, 2nd steam and 3rd diesel. A District 2 MEBA member, he has sailed with Isthmian Lines Inc. and Oriental Exporters. license. He is licensed to teach in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and California. His experience includes 14 years of teaching at the Strauss School of Marine En­ gineering and the Atlantic Merchant Marine Academy, where he taught licensed and unlicensed personnel both steam and diesel operations. Prior to becoming director of the union license training and upgrading school. Spencer was for six years a senior engineer with the Interna­ tional Telephone and Telegraph Company, where he worked as a power plant specialist. He has studied at the Newark College of Engineering, the Univer­ sity of the State of New York and Cooper Union. Joseph Zeschitz Age 50, 3rd Eng. Waiting To Ship Dennis Zwkker Age 47, 2nd Eng. SS Steel Maker Charies Wandand Age 36, Chief Eng. Waiting To Ship Union Training Programs-Wiper to Chief Engineer imong the SIU and District 2 MEBA members who have attended the School of Marine Engineering are many who over the years have taken advantage of all the train­ ing and upgrading programs that are offered by the two unions. Typical of the SIU members who have benefitted from the various Seafarer training programs is Robert Roedel, age 26, who also had the distinction of being the 100th SIU member to obtain his original license under the joint union training program, Roedel received his training in the entry ratings at the SIU's Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, which he completed in Feb­ ruary 1962. After sailing as a wiper he returned to the Harry Lundeberg School in February 1964 for upgrading studies, upon completing which he obtained endorsements as fireman, oiler and watertender. Subse­ quently, he took the lifeboat training course Charles Polsen, Senior Instructor: Robert ChronowskI, Senior InPolsen holds a Bachelor of Science stnictoR Chronowski is a graduate degree in Marine Engineering from of the US Merchant Marine Acad­ the. US Merchant Marine Academy, emy at Kings Point. He holds a de­ at Kings Point. He holds a Second gree as a Bachelor of Science in Assistant Engineer's license. Steam Marine Engineering. He also holds a and Third diesel. A District 2 Second Assistant Engineer's license MEBA member, he came ashore Steam and a Third Diesel. Chro­ in 1966 to prepare and sit for his nowski. had been sailing as a 3rd 2nd's license. After receiving his assistant engineer until early last license, he joined the staff at the year when he came ashore to raise School of Marine Engineering. his license and later joined the Staff of the School of Marine Engineer­ ing. He also as a member of Dis­ trict 2 MEBA conducted by the Harry Lundeberg School and obtained a lifeboatman's ticket. He then returned to sea and sailed in unlicensed watchstanding ratings until he entered the School of Marine Engineering. On October 17, he obtained his Third Assistant Engi­ neer's license and subsequently shipped as Third Assistant on the SS Sagamore Hill. Among the District 2 MEBA members who have taken advantage of other District 2 training programs is Don Keddy, who got his Chief Engineer's license in June 1966 after attending the School of Marine Engi­ neering. Keddy is now Chief on the SS Steel Rover, Keddy had obtained his Second's license in 1963 and his First's license in 1964 under provisions of an earlier District 2 MEBA program for upgrading which paid the tuition costs of District 2 members up­ grading their licenses at commercial marine schools. Robert F. Lindmark, Senior Instructon Lindmark's experience in­ cludes sailing as an engineer aboard District 2 contracted vessels oper­ ated by Isthmian Lines Inc., Hud­ son Waterways Corp. and St. Law­ rence Carriers, Inc. A graduate, of the US Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, Lindmark holds a Second Assistant Engineer's license for steam vessels and a Third As­ sistant engineer's license for diesel. John Coffey, Junior Instmcton Coffey teaches mechanical drafting at the School of Marine Engineer­ ing. A veteran of the US Navy, be foimerly was employed by Todd Shipyard Corporation. �January 6, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Page Twenty-Five A ,„•# ,,^r rJ!^'- ; 5=' Seafarer Joe Paris! (I) of deck department relaxes during stay at hospital by lighting up a cigarette and listening to some music. Brother Nevin Ellis (r), also deck, last ihipped on Penn Explorer. He keeps up-to-date on seafaring by following the Log. / y !.> ;; • •i'*' ••: .• • SlU Reps. Al Bernstein and Luigi lovino visited USPHS Hospital, Staten Island, New York City, to -check on welfare of union brothers and bring them holiday greetings. Left to right are Bernstein, L. Cetriano, M. Battle, & SlU Rep. lovino. Each year, just before the Christmas holiday, SIU representatives visit Seafarers drydocked in USPHS hospitals. They bring Yuletide greetings from all their Union Brothers and distribute cigarettes, cigars as well as a Christmas bonus for each hospitalized Sea­ farer. SlU Representative Bernstein chats with Red G. Ward, member of steward's department of Inland Boatmen's Union, an SlU affiliate. Bro. Ward looks forward to a fast recovery so he may return to sea. Seafarer Max Fingerhut of the steward department swaps stories with Ed Krantz of the Railroad Marine Region, an SIU affiliate. The two men enjoyed being visited by SIU Reps. Bernstein and lovino, who distributed a Christmas bonus to all union members in dry dock during the holiday season. Deck department member Wilhelm Larsen chats with SlU Rep. Bernstein and an unidentified Seafarer about shipping conditions and union benefits: Seafarer Larsen expects to be FED very soon. Seafarer Victor Sanablia of the steward department: Nevin Ellis; SIU Rep. lovino; and Ed Krantz, along with an USPHS hospital employee, enjoy the distribution of a holiday bonus that comes the way of drydocked seafarer members every Christmas. SIU Representative lovino gives holiday bonus to Seafarer Manuel Rial, who last sailed on a Sea Land ship and is here shown lighting up a cigarette. Looking on are SIU Rep. Bernstein and Chris Polichronakis, an oiler whose last ship was Sapphire Gladys. J �Jannary 6, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Page Twenty-Six Bureau of Labor Statistics Cites Future Needs U.S. Economy Must Grow 47o Yearly To Halt Jobless Rise, Study Reveals The Gulf Coast by Lindsey Williams, Vice-President, Gulf Area Eddie Sapir, state representative, is making a bid for the New Orleans City Council seat recently vacated by the election of the The nation's economy will have to grow by at least 4 percent a year through 1970 in order to incumbent to a judgeship. Sapir was unanimously endorsed for election by the AFL-CIO of Greater New Orleans and Vicinity keep the unemployment rate from rising, according to a Labor Dept. study. Economists from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and" other federal agencies take an educated when he ran for that office. In Baton Rouge, Eddie Sapir has been one hundred percent for labor. guess at the employment pat­ Bosun Thomas Garrity is also If the study's assumptions are dicted, contrasting with a postwar Sapir has been favorable to the tern four years from now in accurate—and some have been home for the holidays and will average increase of 1.3 percent. aims of labor and can be truly the ELS study, "Projections questioned by union economists .spend them with his wife Annie A controversial estimate in the labelled a friend of labor. Mem­ 1970." —the economy's course will be report places the annual produc­ bers should bear this in mind in at their home at the top of the channel. Garrity was on the Del It takes into account anticipated somewhere between the low the coming election for Council­ Sol as bosun on her run to South tivity increase for the total private growth in the work force, the ex­ growth rate of the late 1950's and man "District B" oh January 28, America. pected increase in worker produc­ the more rapid expansion of re­ economy at 3.2 percent, made up 1967. of a 5.5 productivity gain in agri­ Steward Bemie Guarino piled tivity, possible changes in hours cent years. culture and 2.9 percent in the nonNew Orleans off the Del Mar to take a wellof work and the consumer de­ The high birth rate of the late Seafarer Claude H. Fowler, an earned rest. Bernie served as mand generated by an economy 1940's will be reflected in a rise farm sector. This is the average for the 1957- AB with the Union for many Chief Steward on the Del Mar on with an unemployment rate of in. the number of new workers between 3 and 4 percent. entering the labor market, the re­ 65 period, the study's authors years, is ready to ship on anything his last trip. He intends to stay AFL-CIO Research Director port indicates, and the number note, and they qualify the esti­ that comes down the Mississippi. with the wife and kids through the Nathaniel Goldfinger says union of new jobs that must be created mate with the comment that "the Fowler was recently riding the holiday season. The holidays have kept the hall economists consider the Labor to accommodate them. trend of output per man-hour is Globe Traveler until he decided to fairly quiet. Dept. estimates of the economy's A rise in the labor force of the most difficult element to pro­ stay in New Orleans for the holi­ growth potential and rate of pro­ nearly 2 percent a year is pre­ ject." day. Mobile ductivity increase "on the con­ Seafarer Clarence J. Nail has servative side." been on the Gulf Area shipping Goldfinger's view is that "the scene for the last twenty-five years. rate of productivity advance will His last billet was as chief steward probably be greater than 3.2 per­ on the trailership Panama. He'll cent a year if the economy main­ be board-watching after the holi­ tains high levels of employment." days. Chief Cook Stavros PeThe study forecasts a small rise trantes just left the Beaver Victory By Sidney Margolius in the number of manufacturing after making a few runs on her to jobs, but a decline in the percent­ U.S. Senator William Proxmire (D., Wis.) has retired from the Senate in 1966, he told us that Viet Nam. Petrantes will stay on age of factory jobs in relation announced that he will reintroduce the "truth-in- almost all elements of the finance industry except the beach for a while with his to the entire economy. lending" bill which Paul Douglas of Illinois sought credit unions and mutual savings banks joined in family to celebrate the holidays. In the blue collar fields, the for six years before he was defeated for re-election resistance; that while there had been some selfThen, to sea and salt air again. largest job gain is anticipated in last November. improvement in industries where other consumerthe construction industry, with "a This proposed law has become more urgent than protection bills have been proposed, the only reaction very substantial increase in con­ ever now that banks, as well as retailers, are actively of the finance industry was intensified opposition. struction employment by 1970." The bill has been opposed with special bitterness promoting revolving credit plans that charge unknow­ Basis for this prediction is "ris­ ing users V/i per cent a month on the declining by finance companies, car dealers and retailers. Some ing state and local government balance. This is a true annual interest rate of 18 of their arguments are incredible. needs, increased housing require­ per cent a year. J. Gordon Dakins, Executive Vice President of ments and expanding business in­ the National Retail Merchants Association, called The new bank credit card plans let you charge vestment in plants," plus a lower the proposal "unrealistic, misleading and dangerous." productivity increase than for the anything at participating stores, even small items He declared that at best it would be meaningless to you ordinarily pay cash for or wait to buy until you economy as a whole. do have the cash. If you don't realize how much the the average credit customer; at worst it would exag­ Job Growth Varies "service charge" amounts to, you will take on a gerate his idea of the cost of credit and tend to dis­ Employment in mining is ex­ permanent new expense, as well as being led into courage its "informed use." pected to continue its decline, impulse buying. That already is happening in Chi­ Few laymen can accept the fact that interest rates Nail Fowler though at a slower rate. Trans­ cago and other cities where banks and retailers are in excess of 6 per cent per year are the rule rather portation, primarily air and truck­ pushing such "charge" plans. than the exception," he advised his fellow merchants. A steady in the Gulf area for ing, may rise numerically, but The chief feature of the truth-in-lending bill, "It would seem unwise to educate them at the cost of the last twenty years, Nicholas decline as a percentage of the which retailers and lenders have been resisting to a serious set-back to the economy." Mallette, is now relaxing with his work force. Another bitter opponent is the .National Consumer wife and family at home in the death, is the proposed requirement that they tell The biggest increases are an­ you the true annual interest rate they charge on Finance Association, a loan-company organization. Bayou La Batre. He was last on ticipated in trade, in .state and installment plans and loans. If they did, you would Its executive vice-president, Carl Hawver, has de­ the Panama which plies the interlocal governments, and in services, know what rate you were paying, and could easily clared that the public needs no help from the Gov­ coastal run. Nick sails in the deck a broad category which includes compare rates among different lenders and dealers. ernment in handling its money. "The average Ameri­ department. Back from bauxite business, professional, private ed­ The main defense of lenders against disclosing can is a solid. God-fearing, bill-paving citizen who country and off the Alcoa Ranger, ucational, medical and personal handles his financial affairs much better than most deck man B. D. Thompson is activities. About three-fourths of annual rates is that this would be "cumbersome," state governments and certainly better than the Fed­ home for the Holidays. Thompson the projected employment gain and for revolving charge accounts, even impossible. eral government." (God-fearing and bill-paying he got off the Alcoa Ranger when she But at the original hearings, Edward Gudemaii, a would be in these categories. may be. But since the national debt increased 10 was laid up for regularly scheduled former Commerce Department official and a long­ Predicting continued high pro­ per cent in the first half of this decade, while total ductivity increases in communica­ time Sears executive, pointed out that credit ex­ consumer debts increased 40 per cent, a better man­ repairs. Electrician Earl H. Fain has re­ tions and public utilities, the tenders first determine on an annual basis what they ager he is not.) cently returned from Viet Nam. want to charge. From there (hey work backwards Labor Dept. projection is that, Dr. Hawver denies that consumers want credit He was there on the Noberfo to break down their annual rate, and tell it to con­ "although services provided by costs stated in percentages: "Lots of Americans these industries are expected to sumers in the form of a monthly percentage or dollar haven't figured 'simple annual interest' since they Capay during her last voyage. Earl increase sharply, employment charge on the original balance. Thus, they should were in high school. They deal in hard cash. They makes his home in Louisville, Ala­ would remain at about the 1965 be able to use predetermined charts providing a rea­ want to know how many dollars it's going to cost bama. Mobilian Herman T. Willevel and decline as a proportion sonable estimate of the annual rate for specific trans­ them to borrow dollars, that's what they get paid in." kerson was pumpman on the Penn actions. Challenger until illness forced him of total employment." According to him. the reason why some lenders to leave her. He has shipped out They can do it in Canada. The province of Al­ Agricultural employment, the state their interest fees as a monthly rather than as an study anticipates, will continue its berta enacted a law requiring that all credit trans­ annual rate is that families handle their finances on a of the Gulf for over twenty years. Houston long-term decline. But the study actions state the annual interest rate. Officials then monthly basis; "they get paid once or twice i month predicts that most of the drop will discussed with mathematicians and financial pub­ and their bills come in on a monthly basis." Ray Threatt is ready to take the be "among the self-emploved and lishers which math formula should be used by all The way to help consumers is by more education, first long trip that hits the boards. unpaid family workers, with the creditors so that rates would be comparable, and not more legislation, argues Dr. Hawver, pointing Threatt sails in the deck depart­ numbers of wage and salary retail and loan clerks would not be required to make out that his association of loan companies has an ment. Seafarer Ernest Berwald employees remaining relatively difficult computations. Recently, J. E. Mason, Al­ education program for developing better adult and has been on the beach for a cou­ berta Supervisor of Consumer Credit, wrote me, student understanding of sound money management stable." ple of weeks and is in no hurry "We find the actuarial formula as recommended by and the wise use of credit." The study bases its projections to get back to sea. Ernie may on "the assumption that there will mathematicians is most accurate, and publishers as­ This, obviously, is much like the bartender insisting ship again now that Santa Claus be no military engagements in sure us that this can be applied to produce rate charts that he be put in charge of curing alcoholics. has come and gone. Chief Stew­ Viet Nam or elsewhere in 1970." in much the same format as those presently in use by Until we get a "truth-in-lending" law, your best ard L. P. Hagmann has shipped in A continued slow decline in creditor employers." j}olicy is to (1) reserve the use of credit to major the steward department out of the In fact, Mr. Mason reports that credit associations )urchases for which you can't pay cash; (2) when Gulf area for many years. Hag­ the workweek of three-tenths of 1 percent a year is projected to and grantors have cooperated in working out this you do need financing, borrow the cash yourself mann is now on the beach but is continue, with most of it in the method. from low-cost sources such as credit unions or local looking to the board waiting for non-manufacturing sector of the But the antagonisms of U.S. businessmen to "truth- banks; (3) borrow as little as you really need, and a chief steward's job heading for economy. Saigon. in-lending" startled even Mr. Douglas. Before he (4) pay back as soon as you can. YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH Seafarer's Guide to Better Buying �mm Jmnumty 6, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG :> V ^^1^ t>riiili to tte Cnisieef acid^ ^ M^ in wcy peoNon, retroactive pay ^iJay.' It 'la appreci^, a v«ry nioef: ' I tdaet wh^ far iteHpiag out: loed^ this pm ToThtRmm : Thanla to the BkU fca- the Inawaseip my pemloa check. , I apjptoei^ what the SIU tmd dto 9iU wtlfat^ staff have done and doing for me. Cliuriitmas to Seafarers •i^eyerywherC- • ; Pat Driacon 1 Agii^ 1^^ alt, and a Joatyh R. 1^ BeosieP.iKI^ InKmmm iiliw Up WHh IO0 Editor: -'Btode; send the Log to my #»dd i^preciate it veiy if you would do th» for Illii^ aia it is the only way duit ;i |^ Iceep up on the Union ^•':i|(wa.: |r ; l liawsliecn in Korea for two fHMtfis. I'm here on a 14lyilliiw^ as a radio4ctetype | j<|llrator, and I plan on shipping w^ the Uhkw as soon i^^tny' tour is up..' |iilr<fl1uttil[ you very tmich. JotoiA.CiMnh LETTERS To The Editor li^isolyieil Secrfdrer' tt^TheWmn We are indeed very grateful and appreciative of the many coiirtesits and benefits we have received from mir tinion, the SiMdarer&'Inie pension plan has been a real bemfit and enable us to live more comfortably, and strengthens our fahh. Both my wife Edith and myto^ Wjcae union members for many years and are very proud of it. We both are now dis­ abled and diis pension is surely a great benefit. I just received notice of our penaion rahe. Again, many tiiaalts. Best <-?ialM») to all, and a Meiry Christmas and a H^py Niwv Year* Edmand H. JdtaMon .* SodfordH- 6r«rf#ltfl f0rmPm»lhn . iro^^Edtait ^ I would like to thanfc every dAclal smd my Brother memare doing for j«|almi^ Who would ever auch a thhig 60 years the.best of" .fiiiHittokil tidii c£. any nnfbn. ft. s^ cdo^ since I was iconidy rdieased from the hoai^afftosn Now i»-hiwitoaf* •I.''.iiave • nothing to fbnM ym dabvery olLdto: Work To Do Horo, $oy$ Soafaror to "Ihe Editor: L wish I had been asked the ipiestion by the Inquiring Sea­ farer, "Do you think it is im­ portant for man to get to the moon?" I feel very strongly about this. I wish everyone in this coun­ try could see what I saw when I went ashore in Calcutta, India. I saw men starving in the street. Many of them were sitting propped up on the sidewalk, barely able to move. I will never forget this sight as long as I live. Is it moral for us and Russia to spend billions to get to the moon when people are starving to death in Calcutta? To be fair, our country's rec­ ord of supplying food to hunery countries, mainly to India, is wonderful. We have given India wheat to the point that our own stockpile is almost gone. I think this is wonder­ ful. I read in the paper last week that now Russia is begin­ ning to send her surplus wheat to India, and will send half of whatever we send. I think Russia and the United States should stop the stupid race to see who can get a man on the moon first, and spend the money on helping India with her agriculture, her manu­ facturing and birth control measures. If Russia insists on carrying (HI the race to the moon, I think we should have the guts to say "we have had it," and abandon it unilaterally. I would also like to point out something very important. Brother Sam Hurst, Brother Cbarles Bums and Brother Lanny Lebet all said that we have to get to the moon "in the interest of national defense." Well, from what I have read lately, military experts are pretty much agreed that possmion of the moon would not be a miUtary asset, and that earffi-launched ICBM's are more accurate than those that c<mld be launched from the moon, and that they are cheap­ er and easier to launch. The rac« to the moon is mainly for propaganda value. Really, who needs it? Space exploration may yield some sci­ entific advances, but I d<H)'t think we earthlings are in a position to take on the task at this point. Brother Walter Dunn summed the udhole thing much better than I could: "I really don't see any reascm for -man going to tito moon. All ffiat money tpeta trying could be mwd bettor attempting to get aoitoe: platoro^ earth,"' - - Page Twenty-Seven Congresswoman Stresses Importante Of Maritime at Shipboard Meeting "On Sunday afternoon at 3:00 p.m., December 4, 1966, before a Special General Meeting we had the unusual pleasure of having a lady address the membership—an extraordinary and very special lady and a friend of the United Merchant Marine—the Honorable Congresswoman Leonor K. Sullivan of the Third District of Missouri and a member of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee." So wrote W. P. Kaiser, Meeting Secretary aboard the Del Norte (Delta), reporting to the Log a truly extraordinary meeting at sea. The crew was ad­ dressed by the Honorable Leonor K. Sullivan, a long-time member of the House of Representatives and a staunch champion of the American Merchant Marine. Fol­ lowing is Brother Kaiser's official account of this very special meet­ ing at sea: "Mrs. Sullivan was escorted be­ low and introduced to us by the ship's Captain, James L. Cox. Captain Cox, in introducing the ^ Honorable Congresswoman, told Congresswoman Leonor K. Sullivan is shaking hands with Peter Gon­ us that for the past 14 years Mrs. zalez, Ship's Delegate. Included in the photo are (l-r): Peter Sullivan has represented the Third Gonzalez: Harry B. Donnelley, Galley Delegate: Congresswoman Congressional District of Missouri Sullivan; Leonard Bailey, Deck Delegate: Reuben Belletty, Topside and had won her nomination in Steward Delegate: William Meehan, Waiters' and Messmen's Dele­ 1952 in a primary with seven rival gate, and, on the extreme right. Bob Callahan of deck department. candidates. She was then elected in November with a 50,(X)0 ma­ Congresswoman Sullivan closed jority over her opponent who had passengers aboard SlU-contracted her fine talk by asking for ques­ ships by our conduct and work been elected to fill the seat left tions from the membership. that we are comparable to and vacant when her husband, Con­ Among the questions asked was better than the best in our field. gressman John B. Sullivan, died a query about American ships un­ in office during his fourth term 'People who know us will fight for our merchant fleet,' she said. der foreign flags, a question on in the House. "Mrs. Sullivan also reminded why we allow foreign ships to "Captain Cox added that Mrs. the men that rates for shipping carry more than 50 per cent of our Sullivan is and has alwavs been a most cargo are the same under Aid Cargo when the law says half steadfast friend of our Merchant U.S. flag and foreign flags, and is to he shipped by American Marine. that if exporters demand "Shipping ve.ssels, and a question about the "Congresswoman Sullivan gave American," the brokers would reason for those collecting Social a very informative and entertain­ comply. More work must he done Security not being allowed to earn ing talk on the importance of en­ by the salesmen of the U. S. flag more than $ 1.200 a year tax free. larging our United States merchant lines in selling the brokers; at the Mrs. Sullivan's answers to all ques­ fleet; how vital the Merchant Ma­ same time they must not neglect tions were more than adequate. rine is to our great country; how to contact constantly the producers We thanked Congresswoman our American ships play such an of export goods. If this is not Sullivan for her wonderful talk important role in the economy of done, we will lose more merchant and felt honored in having such the entire nation, not just influenc­ ships and will have to rely on a friend in Congress on our side ing the population of the coastal foreign flag lines. Mrs. Sullivan sections, or of only those who said that we cannot allow this to for a greater United States mer­ work in the maritime industries. happen and promised to do all she chant fleet. We sincerely wish that Very few people in the inland sec­ could to promote a faster replace­ all Congressmen in Washington tions of the country. Mrs. Sullivan ment program of our own fleet. felt as our friend Honorable Con­ said, realize or know what "deep Russia, Mrs. Sullivan warned, ex­ gresswoman Leonor K. Sullivan sea" ships are, much less recognize pects to double her merchant fleet with regard to our American Mer­ their worth to all the nation. The within the next few years. chant Marine. Congresswoman pointed out that very few citizens care what flag flies over the ships that carry our Lifeboat Class No. 166 Casts Off products to ports throughout the world. She said they really show little interest because it is not brought to their attention. She said further that the exporters of products made in our country rely too much on brokers consigning cargo and do not insist that the brokers give the export business to U. S. flagships whenever possible. "Congresswoman Sullivan said that complaints are made about how much in subsidy it takes to support American shipping, hut no thought is given to the fact that the men who sail them should have the same standard of living that is enjoyed throughout our nation. "The present law states, she said, that our Government Aid Cargo should he carried on a 'fifty-fifty' basis, hut this usually ends up as seventy five or more per cent to a foreign ship and The latest group of Seafarer graduates of the two week course in twenty five per cent for our ships lifeboatmanship pose for their class picture. They now have their —most of the time less than seven­ lifeboatmen endorsements, necessary to qualify as an A.B. The course is given at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, in Brooklyn, teen per cent. N. Y. The graduates include (seated, l-r): James Hurst, Tronisio Marti­ "Mrs. Sullivan urged that we nez, Pedro Castro and Jim Aguilar. Standing (l-r) are: John Carr, John talk about our Merchant Marine Atkinson, Phil Legg, Wayne Kilough and Instructor Ami Bjornsson. to all people and that we show �Page Twenty-Eight Jannary SEAFARERS LOG 6, 1967 •KID VICW>« (<^8^4^ her 4—OnrirmM. W- W. tyw^. ~ tty; Meeting Chairman J. Lewis, aboard the Vantage Progress (Vantage), explained to the crew recently the importance of ships' meetings, and the responsibility of members to accept officers jobs at these meetings. He also explained the duties of elected department delegates, writes Meeting Secretary W. Todd. Ship's Dele­ puted overtime reported, and a doors in passageways and to cut gate Ben Weinberg requested smooth payoff is expected in San down on unnecessary noises at all that all books be returned to Prancisco. The ship made Yoko­ times. A vote of thanks went to the ship library. During a later hama, Nagoya, Kobe andTusan. all department delegates and to portion of the meeting, the ques­ the Steward Department "for a job ^^> tion of missing books was well done." discussed by the New officers were elected by — — crew. The crew the crew of the James Davidson Meeting Chairman V. S. Alford, also discussed (Buckeye), reports Jr. reports that the Seafarers on how to celebrate Joseph Pierce, the Del Mar voted the Captain's up­ Meeting S e c r etheir thanks to the coming birthday. tary. John MacChief Electrician That old bugaboo, \ ^ Iver was elected for a job well done the laundry room, J- D e c k Delegate. during the recent also came under The new Engine voyage. Depart­ discussion. The Delegate is Joseph Todd ment delegates re­ crew considered Pierce, and the port a few hours the placement of the new washing Randan Steward D.elegate disputed overtime, machine, as well as the removal of is Bin Randall. A otherwise, a very sinks because of their obsolete and beef was brought up about the Alford good trip. Meet­ malfunctioning condition, A vote consideration being extended to of thanks went to Brother Pal Se-'farers sleeping in the Deck­ ing Secretary J. N. McLaren re­ Conlev as Deck Department Dele­ hands' fo'c'les. when the deck­ ports $476.51 in the movie fund, gate for a job well done last trip. hands are called out. A motion •"hich will be raided in Houston to concerning the same problem was buy new movies. — — brought up. Sanitary conditions A crew member of the Del in the Fireman's quarters were Brother G. C. Hoffman, ship's Santos (Delta) was hospitalized in also discussed. The Engine Deledelegate aboard the Del Monte Rio de Janeiro, "ate then reported that the Fire­ (Delta) reports reports Meeting men's Rooms have been cleaned that everything is Secretary J. R. up. running smoothly, Mina. The crew ^ Y with no beefs rewishes Brother Tn* ported by depart­ The John B. Waterman (Water­ John H. Skinner a ment delegates. rtSiijL speedy recovery. man) will set a new ship's record He proposed a for crossing the ^ request^ vote of thanks to Atlantic, "if Old ill repairs was turn­ all the brothers Man Weather ed in to the ship's Mina for making it stays on our side," master. A vote of Hoffman a smooth trip. I reports Meeting thanks was extended to the Stew­ Secretary Dick Brother Hoffman will see the Pa­ ard Department by the rest of Birmingham. trolman about getting extra room the crew for a job well done. <1 They expect to for three Oilers in the Engine De­ make the trip partment, writes Meeting Secre­ from Le Havre to tary Albert G. Espeneda. The Meeting Chairman E. Morris, New York in crew requested a better grade of aboard the Jefferson City Victory (Victory Carriers) eight days. The crew is upset be­ meat from the ship's food com­ reported to the cause someone is stealing the soap mittee. A vote of thanks was ex­ Log that the ship's from the laundry room. In addi­ tended to the ship's department rudder post sud­ tion. "the usual complaints were delegates and to the Steward De­ denly started leak­ heard regarding the laundry room partment. ing, with the aft and washing machine," reports steering taking Birmingham. The midnight deck Clifton G. McLellean was water. The crew watch had a complaint regarding elected ship's delegate aboard the bailed for about the condition of the crew's pantry Beatrice Victory seven hours until when they came on watch. Kells (Victory Carriers), the drains were writes Meeting cleared. The crew recommended Secretary John Sam W, McDonald was elected that SIU ships carry de-watering Dunne. He was pumps and that all drains be ship's delegate at a special meet­ asked by the crew ing held aboard checked before each trip to see if to check with the tbe Enid Victory they are clear. G. Kells was elect­ Captain about re­ (Columbia), writes ed Secretary. He has promised to ceiving all mail Meeting Secretary send the Log pictures and story of upon arrival in Louis W. Pepper. the trip. The Jefferson City Vic­ port. The Stew­ The Enid Vic­ tory is bound for Saigon, and has tory's Captain is ard Department reported that called at many Far Eastern ports. very cooperative there will be more than enough The crew requested that an ice with the crew ice for the crew, if they do not machine be acquired for the Viet Nam run. in all respects, give it away to anyone else. The Pepper Brother Pepper crew voted that all hands will keep reported. Some repairs from the the Messroom and the Recreation The television set on the Steel last voyage were taken care of, Room clean. ^ Vendor (Isthmian) is in good while others are still pending. A "round of applause" was ex­ shape. Meeting There has been difficulty in the Chairman Fred past of having cold water for the tended to the bosun and deck de­ Shaia reports. The crew while in port due to foreign partment on the TV was checked laborers using the ship's supply. Vantage Progress (Pioneer) for the in Long Beach, The Engine Department and the vessel's ship-shape Calif., Shaia Steward Department exchanged look. Meeting writes. Meeting quarters as requested by the Secretary M. La- Master. The laundry room has Chairman J. Lewis writes. A Borte reports ev­ been cleaned up as agreed, and misuse of the washing machine is vote of thanks to erything has been LaBorte running smooth­ being investigated. The crew is the crew messman ly, The ship's fund totals $15.33. placing cups, dishes and other for an outstand­ Delaney LaBorte reports that a discussion kitchenware in the sink after ing job preparing was held about the possibility of meals. It was decided that all men and serving meals was also ex­ all future draws being made in standing watch will be served first tended, Lewis reports. B. Wein­ "American green" instead of trav­ at meal times. Futhermore, coffee berg was elected ship's delegate, eler's checks. All Logs and mail is will be made for all watchers. The meeting secretary J. Reed report­ arriving regularly, no beefs or dis- crew voted to cease slamming ed. <1, — iti StKMtanr. ia tttai. OWfir- awM «w *» thank Brothar Bar] (or hto w niea latter In eonnaetion with tha withholdinc of trtm'n pay tor tranaportatkm. Captain is now pnttins ont draws for tha limit. BBATRICK VICTOBT (Victory lien), November 26—Chairman, Jota S. Hanseor; Secretary, John Dnnne. No beefs reported by department delesrato. Brother Clifton G. McLellen was elected to serve as ship's delcKsta. STBBL ROVER (States Marine). No­ vember 6—Chairman, Frank Van DUB«> ; Secretary, F. Durham. $44.81 in ships fund. Motion made that 16 years i»time be required for retirement, resrardless of mge. Brother D. L. Corvey was riected to serve as ship's deleyate. STEEL' ROVER (States Marine). eembdr 17—Chairman, Staphan R. Manringer; Secretary, Frank Van I>ns^ $44.81 in ship's fund. Some dispuM OT in deck department. Motion made thrt Ameriimn money be given instead of traveler's checks for draws. DiscuMlpn to have patrolman check sign-on articles before sign on. EAGLE TRAVELER (Sea Transport), December 10—Chairman, -W. A. Braler; Secretary, None. Brother Lewis Hertzog •was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $14.00 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. Motion made to advise headquarters of the foreign seamen aboard making donations in lieu of dues, 'to a, qualified ramnber. Dfaei^ sion on this motion, and the water prob­ lem. TAKA (Waterman). December »8— Chairman, W. Velasoves; Secretary. J. Petrusewlcs. No beefs reported by departmrat delegates. STEE!L CBDBMIST (Isthmian), Decem­ ber 18—Chairman, S. Segree; Secretary, B. Brinn. $1.60 left in ship's fund. No beefs -were reported by department delegates. Motion made to have a new ice box and new ice-cube machine installed aboard ship. DEL MAM (Delta), DecemW 24— Chairman, Jweph V. Whalen, Jr.; Sec­ retary, None. $16.00 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department detegates. Brother Whalen was elected to s^e as new ship's delegate. DIGEST of SIU MEETINGS MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), November 20—Chairman, William Davey; Secretary, Werner M. Pedersen. Ship's delegate reported that there are no major beefs and ship is running smoothly. $10.60 In ship's fund. Crew request^ to ken> all people ont of pass­ ageways while ship is in port. Vote of thanks to crew for keeping messroom and recreation room clean. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. OUR LADY OF PEACHC (Liberty Navigation 4k Trading), November 21— Chairman, A. E. Moore; Secretarjv H. CarmidiaeL Few hours diluted OT In deck department to be taken up with boarding patrolman at payoS. Everyr thing seems to be shaping up fine -with no beefs. STEEL ARTISAN (Isthmian), Novem­ ber 87—Chairman, Robert J. Morgan; Secretary, Donald E. Shattuek. $8.31 in rill's fund. No beefs reported by depart­ ment dri<^tes. Vote of t^nks egtmded to the- steward department for the good wretary, O. Farara. Ship's delegate's was refused and he was reeteeted. Mo heeta reported by depart­ ment dehmtes. Fine eoopemtion /rem XaptaiBMmdea. $$6.00 in ship's fund. Present blothes allowsnee not enough. Motion taitim to either dmibke or triple amount. Vote H tbnnka to the i-S watrik for. eleanihg neswroom in momings- pending. Motion nmdn to hnw pantryman and gnlleymnn al shipe as per old mnnnlng sMtK Vvtm of thanks to aU detsgntw and stoward department for n iob well donn. ROBIN 8HBRWOOD (Moore-MeCo^ mack), December Brook; Secretary, W. T. LimgforA CM>tain informed the ships ddegnte t^ crew was the beet he hss ever with. Some dieputed OT in eteward depsrtmeot to he taken up with patrolman. Vote of thanks extended to the eteward department for a Job weU done. HARTMAR (Calmar), Deeembm t— Chairman. J. Slaven; Secretary, H. K. Berg. Shipyard lodging allowanM beef to 'K i^eJrVJ^hOT iWp is "in Baltimore. Few houra disputed 4>T in deek ment. Discussion about better utiUsa* UUetllM A^SDwuomavras msewsaw J tion of rooms on C-4t In order to have two men to a foe'sle. CANTIGNY (Citim Service), Decem­ ber 4—Chairmkn, 3. S. MeRaa; Secre­ tary. 3. M. Dalton. $10.00 in ship's fund. Disputed OT in engine department. Mo­ tion made to buy or rent voting maehinee for use in all Union eieetions. Motion made that headquarters notify the mem­ bership of the progress made on tae retirement plan. Discussed repairs for next voyage. VANTAGE PROGRB8S (Vantage), November 20—Chairman, 3. Lewis; Sec­ retary. W. Todd. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by department dele­ gates. Motion made that A. B. ^k maintenance be put on. the shipe. This motion was discoMsd aiid it was agreed that O. S. deck maintenance are unable to carry out the responsibility that the job entails. It was suggested that a voluntary donation be made to the ship s fund to take care of future eotpenses. Vote of thanks to Brother Fat Conley, deck delegate, for a job well done. ALCOA MARINER (Alcoa), Decem­ ber 11—Chairman, Walter Wallace; Secretary, Bryan Hines. No beefb re­ ported by department delegatee Each crewraember agreed to donate $1.00 for repairs to TV. General discussion hrid about keeping raessruom ilean, and to have table tops refinished. BANGOR (Bermuda}. December 17— Chairman, William Robinson; Secretary, Ernest Harris. No beefs and no dis­ puted OT reported by department dele­ gates. New washing machine needed for crew. Need new reefer box in crew mess. DEL SANTOS (Delta). December 4Chsirman. W. H. Newsom; Secretary, J. R. Mina. No beefs reported by d*. partment ddegates. Vote of thanks ex­ tended to the steward department for a job wdl drnie. JEFFERSON CITT VICTORY (Vietory Carriers), December 12—Chairman, JS. Morris; Secretary, G. Kdls. $7.60 In ship's fund. Motion made that each man donate $1.00 to ship's fund. Mo beefs reported by dmmrtment driegatee. Motion made ^t ' SIU pension plan be the same as other maritime unions. SEA SCOPE (Alpine), December 18 —Chsinnan, Geoige Smith; Secretary, Arthur Shorten. No beets repmrted by department delegates. • DEL MONTE (Delta), December S— Chairman, Albmt G. Espeneda; Secre­ tary, Albert G. Ihpeneda. Ship's dele­ gate reported that everything ia runnihg smoothly, and no beefs were reported by department delegatee. Vote of thanks to all brothers for making this a smooth trip. Vote of thanks to the steward de­ partment and ship's delegate. . $2.00 in ship's fond. Discussion held about bet­ ter grade of meats. PBTBOCHEM (Valentine Chemieal), November 27r-Chairmatt, Charles Gailagbar; Secretary, Chorlsu BeddL Beef •with the Captain regarding coffee hrsek for nsan on wateh. Best' about Captain knocking gangway watriMs off la deep water. Beef la deric deparimeat on room allowance in Beaamimt Fayoff will ha hdd up until patrolamn OMnaa ahoaad in Beaumont and aaillta haafs, diaeuaaion about much neadad rapatra. STEEL VENDOR (Isthmian). Novam-. ber 27—Cbalrman, Fred ffltaia; Seeietanu M. LaBorte. I16.SS ia ririp'a fund. Shipl delegate reported ritat everything U running imOottly with no beefs. Metfam made to tho taauanee of travelers ehscks and make all draws in Ammkmn money. Vote of thanks to tite aidwatd dap^rtmant for. a job wril dona. Mary Louise Warhola, bom No­ vember 29, 1966, to the Paul Warholas. Middle Village, New York. ^ Rhonda Kay Ezeil, born De­ cember 5, 1966, to the Aden Ezells, Jr., Mobile, Ala. ^ Junia Ann Buxton, bom No­ vember 18, 1966, to the V. W. Buxtons, Orange, Texas. Peter John Conrad, bora De­ cember 15, 1966, to the G. H. Conrads, Chicago, 111. Tina Vikeli, bom November 28, 1966, to the Chester Vikells, Balti­ more, Maryland. Kristina ScUOcr, bom Novemt>cr 29, 1966, to the Addph Schillers, Alpena, Mich. Danny Sfacey, bom September 30, 1966, to the Floyd Staceys, Perdido, Ala. Stephanie Noble, bom Novem­ ber 22, 1966, to the George E. Nobles, Virginia Beach, Va. i <I> Michelle Boudreaux, born No­ vember 11, 1966, to the Lemley Boudreauxs, Texas City, Tex. Marc & Michael German, born November 28, 1966, to the John E. Germans, Chesapeake, Va. —i— i �Jmnnmry 6, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Seafarer Beams Radio Broadrast At SlU Men Sailing the lakes Page Twenty-Nine FINAL DEPARTURES Joseph Blank, 48: Brother Blank succumbed to lung disease and acute and chronic bronchitis. Bom in Baltimore, he resided in Prichard, Ala., with his wife and six chil-"T* A Jren. An Army veteran, he saw service during H « World War 11. Blank sailed in the Engine Depart­ ment, as a Wiper. dent of Mamou and is survived by his wife and two daughters. Seafarer Guillory shipped out of the port of Houston. Burial was in Mamou. TOLEDO—Seafarers sailing on Lake Erie or living near Toledo have an opportunity to tune in to radio station WPOS-FM, at 102.3 on the dial, and hear nightly Seafarer Paul Gosda's radio show, "The Mariner." Brother Gosda's one hour ^ igan can hear WPOS-FM in Tem­ Jerome H. Jaskolsid, 62: Broth­ program runs Monday through news in general. WPOS-FM is a member of the perance. Monroe. EKindee. Blisser Jaskolski suffered a sudden fatal Friday from 11 p.m. to midnite. Maumee Valley Broadcasting As­ field, Morenci, Hudson, Adrian, heart attack "The Mariner" is dedicated to the sociation of 7112 Angola Rd., Tecumseh, and Milan. Ohio can ^MR)lW abroad the tug tastes and interests of Great Lakes Holland, Ohio. Members of the pick up Brother Gosda in Archdr. ^ Manta, which was sailors. Brother Gosda is right at Association agree not to carry ad­ bold. Stryker. Wauseon. Swanton, tied up to the home with his material, having vertising for alcoholic beverages, Holland, Whitehouse, Liberty wharf of the Re­ been an SIU member in the Great tobacco, and worldly affairs. In Center, Grand Rapids. Waterville. finery of Arbol Lakes District for the past ten addition, they refuse to make spot Genoa. Oregon, and Elmore. Grande, Tampico. Leon D. Carlton, 38: A sudden years. Also in Luckey, Bowling Green, heart attack claimed the life of advertisements during Sunday Mexico. He sailed During this last year. Brother broadcasts. Deshler, Hclgate, McComb, Fosas a Steward. He Brother Carlton. Gosda sailed as wheelsman aboard resided with his WPOS-FM reaches towns in toria. Fremont, and North Balti­ A tug boat cap­ the Alpena. On "The Mariner" Michigan as well as in Ohio. Mich­ more. wife, Helen, in Galveston, Tex. In tain. Carlton rehe reports on news of interest to addition to his wife, he is survived sided in New seafarers, especially pertaining to by a daughter, Mrs. Betty Jean Castle. Del., with the SIU, and plays a variety of Shields. his wife and three music, as well. young children. WPOS-FM, situated right in the Born in Chesa­ heart of the Toledo area, has Manuel Rodriguez, 73: Brother peake City. Md.. many listeners other than seafar­ Rodriguez passed away, in St. Vin­ he joined the ers who are interested in Great cent's hospital, union in 1960. in the port of Phil­ aire Drive. West Palm Beach, Pascual E. Sim Lakes ships. Great Lakes ports, ^ ' New York City, adelphia. life aboard vessels, and maritime Please contact the SUP, in per­ Florida 33-.J6, at your first op­ ? because of com­ son or by mail, in order to get portunity. plications brought your income tax refund check. Carl Biscup, 52: Brother Biscup on by heart dis­ The address is: Jack Lynch, Room ease and chronic died suddenly of a heart attack Adrian Soto 201, SUP Building, 450 Harrison while in port in bronchitis. Born Street, San Francisco, Calif. Please contact your sister-inRas Tanuara. Sau­ in Coruna, Spain. 94105. law, Carmen Goday. Box 679, di A r a b i a. He Brother Rod­ Bayamon, Puerto Rico or tele­ sailed in the En­ riguez resided in ^—— phone 785-2260. gine Department, New York City. Sailing in the Charles Switzer as a Deck Engi- Engine Department before his re­ Please get your income tax re­ «— / neer. A resident tirement. Brother Rodriguez's rat­ fund check from the SUP in San Martin M. Sanchez, Jr. ^ of Chester. Pa.. ing was FWT. Brother "Skip" Wilcox learned Francisco. Contact Jack Lynch, Pleanse contact your father at f he lived there a lesson about human behavior Room 201, SUP Building, 450 1250-34th Ave.. Oakland, Calif. with his mother. during a hurricane.at sea. Brother Harrison Street, San Francisco. He joined the Union in 1941. in WilUam W. Van Dyke, 45: Wilcox, A.B., shipped out on the Calif. 94105. the port of Boston. Brother Van Dyke died of a heart Alcoa Planter (Alcoa), for a sixCharles A. Bishop attack in a Seattle week trip to Venezuela in 1965. hospital. Born in Please contact your wife. Mar­ Franklin H. Mcintosh In the Gulf of Justin J. Bonnie, 61: Brother Oklahoma, he regaret, at once about a very im­ Mexico, the ship Your papers from the Veteran's Bonnie, who had sailed for over r € sided with his portant matter. Her address is hit a hurricane, Administration have been found 40 years, died of l* family in Salt 1125 Marshell, Port Arthur. "one of the worst on the Choctaw Victory. The heart disease in a ^ Lake City. Utah. I've ever seen," Ship's Delegate has forwarded Texas 77640. The phone number Michigan hospi­ Brother Van is YU 5-7896. according to them to Route 11, Box 109, Bratal. after a brief Dyke sailed in the ham, Minn. Brother Wilcox. illness. A member Engine Depart­ He had just of the Engine DeThomas G. Lyons ment. as an FWT come off duty at p a r t m e n t. he Engineer. His last Please write to your sister. Ve­ Tom Harris Wilcox the ship's wheel, sailed as a FWT. Connecticut (Con­ Please contact your former ronica. at 2100 Deer Lake Ave., and was passing Bonnie joined the necticut Transport. Inc.) Ishpeming, Mich. 49849. as soon shipmate on the Western Clipper, the officers' mess on the way to Union in Detroit. the foc'sle, when he saw a digni­ Ed Niemi, 10554 Fergus Road, as possible. A widower, he lived in Wayne. fied lady of about 60 trying to St. Charles, Mich., as soon as pos­ Mich., near his brother. Clarence. Stanley Buzalewski, 46: Broth­ get a cup of coffee. "Tables, sible. Abraham G. Murillo ^ er Buzalewski succumbed to liver dishes and chairs were flying all ^ Please contact your lawyers, I. disease. He resid­ Joseph K. Guillory, 53: Seafarer over the place" relates Wilcox, Henry Lee Baker Duke Avnet and Lee Vogelstein in Guillory. a member of the Stew­ ed in San Francisbut the woman seemed not at all Please contact your mother, Baltimore, immediately. Phone co, where he ard department, concerned. "How are you weath­ Mrs. Mary Baker, at 5327 Mobil- number is SA 7-8454. passed away. He died on August ering the storm?" he asked her. is survived by his 29. in Mamou. "Just fine," she replied, adding sister. Mrs. Flor­ La. Death was that she rather enjoyed it. Mixing It Up On The Del Norte ence Quinter of fi due to emphy­ They began talking of other Reading, Pa. He sema. Brother things. After five or ten minutes sailed in the EnGuillory was born of conversation between passenger gine Department, in Louisiana and and seaman they both suddenly as a Wiper. An Army veteran, he joined the union realized that they were next-door saw combat service during World in the port of neighbors in Edgewater, N.J., a War II. Lake Charles. La. He was a resi­ suburb of New York City. Incredible as it may seem, this 1 is exactly the way it happened. I Seafarer Wilcox suddenly realized Editor, I he was talking to his familiar SEAFARERS LOG, neighbor, Mrs. Bolger, principal I 675 Fourth Ave., I Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232 of Edgewater's George Washing­ I ton Grammar School. She was I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my I vacationing, and had been aboard name on your mailing list, (pririt information) I for a week. Both Mrs. Bolger and I Seaman Wilcox had been totally NAME •• I unaware of each other's presence I STREET ADDRESS • aboard the Alcoa Planter, in rather I different capacities. She had never CITY .........,..^i.;;..V..... STATE...... .. ZIP 1 seen hifn in his active role as a TO AVOID DUPHCATIONJ If you are an old *gbscribor and have a change I seaman, and he had never seen her The Steward Department of the Dei Norte (Delta) received a vote of addrMs. pteaM give your former address telowi I aboard ship. "It was incredible, of thanks recently from a crew grateful for the well prepared I . ACMIMfSS ^ ........ - 'A • I our not recognizing each other," chow it served up. Shown here are steward dept. members (l-r) Wilcox commented. Incredible, Harold Crane, Chief Steward, and Carl C. Jordan. Night Cook/Baker. 9 tJrtY ^^ ^^ ^ ^^^ ^ They are removing a pot of stew from an automatic mixing machine. but true. <1/ PERSONALS SIU Man Fights Hurricane And Meets Neighbor <I> <1> —<i>— —-i/— ^I> �Scheduteof Membership Meeting SIU-AGLIWD Meeth^ New Oileans Jan. 10—2:30 p.m. Mobile Jan. 11—2:30 p.m. Wilmington -Jan. 16—2:00 p;m. San Francisco Jan. 18—2:00 p.m. Seattle Jan. 20—2:00 p.m. New York . . Feb. 6—2:30 p.m. Philadelphia Feb. 7—2:30 p.m. Baltimore . . .Feb. 8—2:30 p.m. Detroit Jan. 13—2:30 p.m. Houston . . . .Feb. 13—2:30 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit Jan. 16—2:00 p.m. Alpena Jan. 16—7:00 p.m. Buffalo Jan. 16—7:00 p.m. Chicago ... .Jan. 16—7:00 p.m. Cleveland .. .Jan. 16—7:00 p.m. Duluth Jan. 16—7:00 p.m. Frankfort ...Jan. 16—^7:00p.m. Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region Chicago .... Jan. 10—7:30 p.m. tSault Ste. Marie Jan. 12—7:30 p.m. Buffalo Jan. 11—7:30 p.m. Duluth Jan. 13—7:30 p.m. Oevdand ...Jan. 13—7:30p.m. Toledo Jan. 13—7:30 p.m. Detroit Jan. 9—7:30 p.m. Milwaukee .. Feb. 13—7:30 p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans Jan. 10—5:00 p.m. Mobile Jan. 11—5:00 p.m. Philadelplua Feb. 7—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (h'censed and unlicensed) Feb. 8—5:00 p.m. Norfolk .... Feb. 9—5:00 p.m. Houston .... Feb. 13—5:00 p.m. RaOway Marine Region Fhiladelpliia Jan. 10—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore Jan. 11—10a.m.&8p.m. •Norfolk Jan. 12—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Jersey City Feb. 13—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. JmnuMTT SEAFARERS LOC Page Tliirly United Industrie Workers New Orleans Jan. 10—7:00 p.m. Mobile ... .Jan. 11—7:00 p.m. New York . . Feb. 6—7:00 p.m. Philadelphia Feb. 7—7:00 p.m. Baltimore . . . Feb. 8—7:00 p.m. ^Houston . . . Feb. 13—7:00 p.m. tHeetinx held >t Labor Temple, Smalt Ste. Marie. Mich. • Mectinc held at Labor Temple. Newport New. t Meeting held at Galreaton wharrea. DIRECTORTof UNION HALLS SIU A+lantic, Gulf, Lalces & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tannor Earl Shepard Al Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Lindsay Williams Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Bklyn. HY 9-6600 127 River St. ALPENA, Mich. .. EL 4 3616 1216 E. Ballrmore St. BALTIMORE, MD. EA 7-4900 177 State St. BOSTON, Mass. Rl 2-0140 735 Washington St. BUFFALO, N.Y. . TL 3-9259 CHICAGO, III 9383 Ewing Ave. SA I 0733 1420 W. 25th St. CLEVELAND. Ohio MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mich. .. 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. VI 3.4741 312 W. 2nd St. DULUTH, Minn RA 2-4110 P.O. Bo* 287 FRANKFORT, Mich. 415 Main St. EL 7-2441 5804 Canal St. HOUSTON. Te*. .. WA 8-3207 2608 Pearl St. JACKSONVILLE, Fla EL 3-0987 .. .99 Montgomery St. JERSEY CITY. N.J. HE 3-0104 I South Lawrence St. MOBILE, Ala HE 2-1754 630 Jackson Ave. NEW ORLEANS, La. Tel. 529 7546 NORFOLK, Va 115 3rd St. Tel. 622-1892 PHILADELPHIA. Pa. 2604 S. 4th St. DE 6-3818 PORT ARTHUR. Te*. 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 805 Del Mar ST. LOUIS, Mo. CE-l-1434 ..312 Harrison St. TAMPA, Fla. . Tel. 229-2788 WILMINGTON, Calif. . . .505 N. Marine Ave. 834-2528 High Sthogi Tmxtg Distort Nogro Imago TifTbeEaton I found yom- article on how high school texAooks distort the role of the -American Igbor movement very interesting. I wonder how many Log readers realize that the American Negro has received evai worse treat­ ment at the hands of the "edu­ cators" who write our school history books than has the labor movement. The 'Negro in American his­ tory is largely ignmed, and when he is discussed at all, it is in a way that a usually distorted and oftm downright untrue. The Negro in the (Md South is almost always pictured as happy in his slavery, childishly LETTERS To The Editor dependent his master, care­ free and, of course, loyal to the system. Hie texts ignore the many Moody slave uprisings, the thousands of riavrs who fled their "kind" masters and tried to get away through the Under­ ground Railroad and other means, and even suicides. The Negro is pictured as standing by passively during the Civil War when in actual fact over 200,000 served in the Un­ ion Army. Many o( them at­ tained the hi^est military honors. In fact, Negroes served even in the Confederate Army during the final months of the War. After the Civil War, tl» Negro is ignored in most teids. His fight to take his rightful l^ce as a woriring in a free society, a iight fhat > rtllt going on, is glossed if inenibyMied at aO. The cdnfrtbution <Kf tl» National Associai^ Ley tbe A^ncemen of Coh^ Pec^ and otMn chffi cussed;^ in.it discussed at alt, /. The cause oi the Americaa working man and the cause of the American Negro are irre­ vocably intertwined. All tmion men should realize this, and act it. Getting back to the subject of boMcs,' ^Seafarers with children in school should take the time and troubte to lodk at them. If they are inadequate, and distorted the history of either the American labor movement or the American Ne­ gro, his dissatisfriction should be voiced throu^ the schooTs PTA or the local school board, IS. PiftjL'Jkv Afc Anti'Oo^Oify fight Must CpntiOao lb Ihe Edllort The Ammrican Lsdxm-Movdmeat bafl a nmjor {»rt in iopfluehcii^t the 89^ Congress to pass the wortterfrfi ^iM leghh latkm that it did I live in, a working claw hdighborhood, and 1 kimw from tkai hand ex­ perience wfuu: «^y t>f the Great Sodbiy dcme. • • My wifelsB^!i|;t^^ few mothers whofrjl^i^rM^ thcfr tofe m OpdrniiOili HeadstaH nursery schoe^; ^IIB tells mo that tife teadMdg# great and dtat the kidii kids from pootm^i-lsin^ (tM? fathers <rf nig^. f^f- diese faien* flies, by the |ae wm-king men. wfacaie' >ary low because betong to unions) great and would at hmnd In youir said that"flie weiiBi initbMi of stag^ became tnci»a.siii^ within tmrntioBedi in paM^ end of ftecc^huyba, fr^ hi file 18^ apl^tiwa^. "R«d: Sumnier'^ •iBt'a!tjtte]df!al«^^ someti^: 6, 1967 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.) Sears, Roebuck Company Retail stores & products (Retail Clerks) —4^— Stitzei-Weiier Distilleries "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin Still," W. L. Weller Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) —4/— Kingsport Press "World Book," "Cbildcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) —4^— Jamestown Sterling Corp. (United Furniture Workers) 4/ — Wbite Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes . . . Sentry, Cedar Chest, Statier Men's Shoes . . . Jarraan,, Johnson & Murphy, Crestworth, (Boot and Shoe Workers' Union) r — 4^ — Di Giorgio Fruit Corp. S and W Fine Foods Treesweet (National Farm Workers Association) — Baltimore Luggage Co. Lady Baltimore, Amelia Earhart Starlite luggage Starfllte luggage (International Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers Union) "HIS" brand men's clothes Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond Mouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa Tics, Boss Gloves, Richman Brothers and Sewefi Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) —4^— FINANCIAL REPORTS. The conotitutlon of the SIU Atlmntfe. Gulf. Lakei and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safesuardinK the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditinK committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU AUantic. Gulf. Lakes and Inland Watera District are administered in accordance with the proviaiona of varioiu trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of union and management representatives and' their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Ekirl Shepard. Chairman. Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Batteir 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 avaDable In all SIU holla. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If. at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract righu prop­ erly. eonUct the nearest SIU port'agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—BBAFABERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained from pnUiahing any article serving the prfiUcal purpoees ^ any In^idual Jn the Union, officer or member. It has also rrfraln^ from imblishing sr^es dawmd hsrmfid to the Union or its coUeetlve memtersh^ 'T^est^hed pon«v has ^ reaffirmed by membenhip aetkm at the Sq»teinber. i9<0. meadnin in >11 tional ports. The responsibility for LOO polW ixiMj which consists of the Bxeentive Board of the Union. The.BxeentiTS Bomd may dtlsgato. fit« amoor ita ranks, on# indiWdnal to carry oat tUa • laspoaaiUlitro PAYMENT OP 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. TJnder no circumetances should any member pay any money for any reason nnless be 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 raqnired to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to beadquartem. CONSTITUTIONAL EIGHTS AND OBUGATIONS. The SIU publishw everr sU months in the SSIAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of ita constitution. In addition, copies ore available in all Union faalio. All menibeis should obtain eopies of this constitution so as to familiariie themselvea with ita contents. Any time you fed any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any eonstitutkmal right or obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with ehargcs. trials, etc.. as well as oil other details, then the member so affeeted shoold immediately notify beadquartero. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disabUity-psnsion bene­ fits have always been eneouraged to continue their unhm aetiTities, including attend­ ance at membership meetings. Am) like all other SIU members at these Union meet­ ings. they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file funethms. in­ cluding service on rank-and-file eommltteeo. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the naembership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union pol­ icy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dueo. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafaren are gnaranteed equal rlgfata in employment and as members of the SIU. These rii^ are eleorly set forth in the SIU eonstitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently. no Seafarer may be diaerlminated against beesuse of nee. creed, edor, national or gsographic origin. If any membsr fads that he is denied the eqnal rii^to to which he is entitl^ be sbonld notify hasdqnartcrs. SEAPARBRS POLITICAL ACTIVITT DONATIONS. One of the basic ^^Ifata of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objeetivas which ' , their fomilias and their Union. To aehim Saw the best Intereots al tbei^lves, objectives, the Seafarers PolHieal Activity Donatten was estshlisbed. Donations to 8PAD are entlreiy voluntary and eoostUntc the funds through which legislative and pditieal aetlvitias are eondneted for the benefit of the msnbssaUp and the Union. Seafarer fesis that amy al Ika shove righia have If at any timo •itngllMal right ef aceeos te Unieg tr that he ha ~ SIU Ptisiiint Pad BoB at h fermtlMo. ha R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Salem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) ^ Peavy Paper Mill Products (United Papermakers and Paperworkers Union) . i 4/ — Comet Rice Mills Co. products (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) —4/— Antonio Perelli MInetti & Sons Ambansndor, Eleven Cellars Red Rooster, Greystone, Gnasti, Cdwn, F. I., Irtinmo VeraKNidi, Aristocrat, Victor Hngo, A. RMonow Wines and Bnndks. (National Farm Workers Association) 4 * . A �January 6, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG f: If:*' awB ^ i':-''.-r ••>• 14.^., •; > r ,.•', vi ,._,.itt. ' ''l 1 • J:; "''•'' .;- ••••..* Page Thirty-One 1«« "•' - . i\ >- . .I.U. ',k Playing Santa Claus to a group of Seafarer children is SlU Representative Phil Re/er, on hand at the Houston hall where Seafarers, their families, and guests gathered in the spirit of one united family to celebrate the Yuletide season. Santa Claus Reyer had pleasure of giving gift to each and every child. m 4.1- Smiling Santa Claus must be having at least as good a time as 15 jovial children caught in a happy moment together at SlU New Orleans hall Christmas celebration which featured an unforget­ table banquet for Seafarers, their families, and those guests lucky enough to join the festivities. i* I tfit i1 ?1 Leroy Nicholas and his family enjoyed participating in the party at the New Orleans union hall. Pictured along with Leroy and his wife, Anna, are children: Dora, Roberta, Jackie, Steven and Johnny. Three and two make a full house. Christmas celebrants at- New Orleans union hall also enjoyed the company of Seafarer Marco T. Mora and family, which includes his wife, Alexis, and their children, Rosa, Yalile, Zaida, and Vernor. Guests at the Norfolk union hall in Virginia also had a wonderful holiday party. Enjoying themselves are Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Riggs with their son, Jessie, along with family friend, Mrs. Singleton. Two oldtimers and SlU pensioners (left) "Popeye" Cronin and Guy Whitehurst swap stories at NA/ilmington union hall. Above, in New Orleans, Broth­ er Derak Lamb parties with wife and daughter. Seafarer Robert Farrugia joined celebrants at New York hall, along with wife, Grace, and their tiny tot daughter sitting pretty. Miss Roberta Far­ rugia, who enjoyed the Christmas decorations. A picture of enjoyment at the Norfolk holiday celebrations were Mrs. Ronald Wilkins, her children, and guests of family, all of whom enjoyed the spirit of the occasion. The Norfolk hall was fully decorated for the Christmas season with tinsel, holly wreaths, a Christmas tree, and, of course, lots of good cheer which made the day complete for all.' Tony Sambino of Sailor's Union of the Pacific entertains a lovely group of children at the New York City hall. The kids include Jim Conlon, Jim Croney, Tony Pelliccio, Barbara ConJon, and Marie ConIon. The spirit of Christmas is shown on the smiles on all their faces. Whether or not these kids look like devils or angels is hard to decide! •UMi—iiiiilMli—iWi ii III I III—II mill » ii >1 �Vol. XXiX No. NO. 1 1 .M.t .. SEAFARERS^)A:I.OG ""•I i -w»,. January 6 1967 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO * I FOJt SEAFARERS IN ENGINE DEPARTMENT I N the first year of the jointly-'operated SIUMEBA District 2 engineers training pro­ gram, a total of 113 Seafarers have obtained their licenses and greatly increased their earn­ ing capabilities. If you are 19 years of age or over and have 18 months of engine department watch stand­ ing time as well as six months experience as wiper or equivalent, you qualify to train for an engineer's license, at no cost. You'll be pro­ vided with meals, hotel lodging and subsistence payments of $110 per week and you'll be able to ship as engineer immediately upon obtaining the license. Period of instruction, ranging from 30 to 90 days, is determined by your own ability and knowledge. A reciprocal agreement with Marine Engi­ neers Beneficial Association, District 2, pro­ vides for your receiving full credit and com­ plete protection for all pension benefits you have built up under the SIU pension plan. In addition, your SIU pension will be supplement­ ed by the MEBA, District 2 pension plan in approximately an equal amount while you're sailing as engineer. Welfare benefits are also completely covered. In addition. Seafarers who sail aboard MEBA District 2-contracted ships, upon obtaining their licenses, will not be required to pay the MEBA $1,000 initiation fee, and they will not be re­ quired to drop their SIU membership if they do not wish to do so. Training at the School of Marine Engineering operated by MEBA, EMstrict 2 and the SIU is for qualified unlicensed personnel as well as for licensed engineers seeking to upgrade. Get details and applications at any SIU hall or by writing to SIU headquarters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11232. Act now! Upgrade Engineer's License in '67 7 'i •/ i fi SCHOOi of SiAKfAlfS'"' fOR I blame: ! Year* it Date Joined Watch Standing Tim Ratings: .Time as i Day in Engine D«P*- •i * H WorVer, fcx^ep* "v .V � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource January 6, 1967 Description An account of the resource Headlines: LABOR PLEDGES CONTINUES SUPPORT FOR WAR ON POVERTY DURING 1967 SIU-CONTRACTED COMPANY ORDERS THREE NEW 37,000-TON TANKERS UNITED NATIONS’ SHIP SAFETY UNI MARKS NOTEWORTHY GAINS IN 1966 POLLUTION, LAND FILL THREATEN FISH CATCH ALONG U.S. COAST JAPAN LEADS WORLD IN SHIPBUILDING, WIDENS GAP FOR 11TH STRAIGHT YEAR AMERICAN INDIAN NEEDS MORE GOVT. AID TO IMPROVE HOS LOT SEAFARERS IN THE ORIENT JOINT PROGRAM MEETS NEED FOR LICENSED ENGINEERS A VISIT TO USPHS HOSPITALS U.S. ECONOMY MUST GROW 4% YEARLY TO HALT JOBLESS RISE, STUDY REVEALS CONGRESSWOMEAN STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF MARITIME AT SHIPBOARD MEETING SEAFARER BEAMS RADIO BROADCAST AT SIU MEN SAILING THE LAKES UPGRADE TO ENGINEER’S LICENSE IN ‘67 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 01/06/1967 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXIX, No. 1 1967 Periodicals Seafarers Log