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SIU men are keeping union-contracted ships manned and sailing on time by throwing in for the jobs on Viet and other runs, as shown in photo below. (For stories of Seafarers' ex­ periences in Viet Nam see pages 19, 20 and 21.) Nine More SIU Men *€et Cnsfine, Deck iicenses; Total ISO es 3, 5' �Mar 12, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Page Two Replies to Claim of ^Support* Maritime Trades Voires Opposition To Boyd's Build Abroad' Proposal WASHINGTON, D. C.—^The 5.5-million-member AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department today sharply challenged testimony by Transportation Secretary Alan S. Boyd concerning the extent of support within the maritime industry for proposals to build U.S.-flag ships in foreign yards. The MTD position was enun­ In the letter to Bartlett, the ciated by SIU President Paul any "build-abroad" philosophy' MTD president said that only with respect to the merchant ma­ Hall, who is also president of three unions had given any suprine, and which endorsed the move the MTD, in a letter to Senator jxirt whatsoever for the Boyd for complete independence for E. L. Bartlett (D-Alaska), chair­ plan, and that "AFL-CIO unions man of a Senate Merchant Marine the Maritime Administration. overwhelmingly oppose the Boyd "This remains the policy of the Subcommittee before which Boyd proposals." AFL-CIO." had appeared earlier last week. In the course of the testimony, Boyd conceded that he had not Gov't, Industry Reps Speak Out been able to secure a "consensus" of maritime labor and manage­ ment for his build-abroad plan and for his proposal to incorpor­ ate the Maritime Administration in the Department of Transporta­ tion. WASHINGTON—Administration proposals to allow the con­ Despite this lack of "consensus," struction of American-flag merchant ships in foreign shipyards Boyd went on, he had been able to would deprive American industry of nearly $1 billion worth of obtain what he called "support in business each year and would ^ ~ ^ all segments except in the ship­ complained to the State Depart­ mean the loss of thousands of building . . . industry, including ment, and as a result the Defense jobs for American workers. both management and labor." Speaking at a meeting of Department agreed to ease up on Halbsaid this statement by Boyd could lead to the conclusion that legislative representatives, spon­ its standards the second time. "virtually all of the industry— sored by the AFL-CIO Mari­ When the bids were open, the labor and management, alike— time Trades Department, Page British were only 4.5 per cent be­ was behind the program." The Groton, administration director of low the U.S. price—and that's a MTD official added bluntly; the Boilermakers Iron Shipbuild­ long way from the 50 per cent "Nothing could be further from ers Marine Council noted that figure the shipowners like to the truth." these monetary and job losses quote," he said. Another speaker at the legisla­ Hall said that "The AFL-CIO would not be confined to Ameri­ tive meeting of the MTD, was Maritime Trades Department, and can shipyards and shipyard work­ Representative Paul Fino (Rits 36 affiliated unions with mem­ ers, but would hit many diverse N.Y.). He called the maritime bership totaling 5.5 million union areas in the economy as well. program finally brought before men and women, is vigorously op­ "Building cargo ships and tank­ posed to the Secretary's plan to ers abroad would mean a loss of the Senate last week by Transpor­ permit foreign building of Ameri­ $490 million a year for American tation Secretary Alan Boyd a can-flag ships. Further, we are steel mills, electrical manufactur­ "non-program." After such a long vigorously: opposed to the Secre­ ers and machinery makers alone," delay and in view of President tary's insistence on putting the he pointed out. "This would be Johnson's promise for "a new mar­ Maritime Administration in the in addition to the losses that would itime prograiri" way back in his State of the Union Message of Department of Transportation. be sustained by the shipyards 1965, Fino called Boyd's latest "This position by the Maritime themselves." proposals a poor kick-off. Trades Department and its 36 af­ Balance of Pt^ments The New York Congressman filiates is ffi'e same one taken by In addition to bringing about pointed out that the Administra­ the 15-million-member AFL-CIO which, at its Sixth Constitutional a drastic further deterioration of tion's silence barrier had been Convention in San Francisco in the U.S. balance-of-payments broken last year by the Congress December 1965, unanimously problem, Groton predicted that when it prevented Boyd's depart­ adopted a resolution which, building abroad would be a crip­ ment from swallowing up the among other things, called on the pling blow to the American Maritime Administration, and re­ ferred to the 90 bills already in­ President and Congress 'to reject economy. "It would mean a loss of busi­ troduced before the new 90th ness for a variety of allied indus­ Congress to grant total and com­ tries which produce the material plete independence to MARAD. SEAFARERS^iLOG and equipment that go into Independence for Maritime American-built ships. It would makes sense, Fino said, because May 12, I9&7 • Vol. XXIX, No. 10 mean the loss of thousands of it will never get its proper atten­ Official Publication of the jobs for American workers—rang­ tion in a department that has to Seafarera International TTnion ing all the way from the ones deal with the multi-billion dollar of North America, who mine the iron ore to the ones domestic industries of airlines and Atlantic, Gulf, Lakea and Inland Waters District, who build the ships." railroads and trucking. AFL-CIO Edward J. Carlough, Organiza­ Groton based his figures on Exeeutive Board tion Director of the Sheet Metal plans by American ship operators PAUI, HALL, Preiident to build about 40 cargo ships in Workers International Associa­ CAL TANNBR EARL SUEPARD Exec. Viee-Pret. Vice-President foreign yards if the Administra­ tion, discussed the current railroad AL Knut LINOSBT WILUAHS tion is successful in getting Con­ disputes and said that "present Ste.-Treat. Vice-President ROBIRT MATTHBWS gressional approval for repeal of stalling by the Administration to Vice-President the build-American clause of the extend the arbitration period to HBIBIBT BRAND Merchant Marine Act of 1936. June 19" does nothing to resolve Director o/ Ortronixina and Atblicotione Groton also launched a bitter the issue but only serves to further Managing Editor attack on claims made by some delay the issue. Hixi POLLACK Representative Thomas P. shipping industry officials that it AooUtant Editor NATBAN SKTIR Stag Writere costs more than twice as much to O'-Neill, Jr. (D-Mass.), speaker Pim WEILL build ships in American yards as at the MTD's regular weekly P™ WWBR in foreign yards. "When foreign meeting, emphasized the import­ HARRY WITTSCHEN FIIANK MARCIOTTA shipbuilders have to adhere to ance of Congressional authoriza­ American quality standards, the tion of maritime funds, an inde­ PiMliM MsMkly at SIO RMs lilaal AMRSS •.C.. WMURHN. 0. C. 20018 fey tfe* SMtardifferential is narrowed consider­ pendent Maritime Administration, «i iRtWNtlMMl Oatfo, Atlairtis, fialf, Ukss ably," he noted, and cited a recent and a strong maritime policy to tat laiaad Watws BirttM. AFL-eit, £75 PMitt AsMia, iniuy*. «.y. msa. TSI. example in which British ship­ the future of the American mari­ RVMRttMiW. ' i. c. builders bid against American time industry. fMnraOSTfrS Few 5579 firms for the construction of sal­ O'Neill predicted that passage airtt aiaiM Is SMt ts Seafms latinutleoal vage barges for the U.S. Navy. of legislation to authorize Con­ dWw. illlMllfc Ban, UkMsad latadVWm BMrfit tPVrtn, <75 Fawtl Awns, irsik"The first time around, an gress to review maritime funds na, R-r. lUM. American firm underbid the Brit­ would remove maritime from the ish by 19 per cent. The British "bureaucratic whims" of the Bud- Buitd Abroad Proposals Threaten U.S. Economy, MTD Delegates ToM Report of International President by Paul Hall Last month I had the privilege of attending the AFL-CIO's National Conference on Community Services at which the health problems of the nation were examined in depth and efforts were formulated toward the improvement of medical care available to our citizens. Right from the outset it was obvious to all present at the gathering that adequate medical care for the average person in the United States may be available in theory but continues to be beyond the reach of countless Americans in actual fact. Medicare is now the law of the land but the American Medical Asso­ ciation has not ceased its efforts to sabotage the program. The AMA continues to advocate direct payment of fees by the patient to the doc­ tors. More often than not, when the patient applies to the government for reimbursement of the money he has laid out, he finds the rate es­ tablished as fair compensation for treatment received is far short of the amount he has already paid his physicians. Also, not until the average working man or his family is faced with sickness or accident in his own home does he learn first hand how fees charged by doctors and hospitals have soared to such heights as to make cost assistance provided by medicare or medicaid much less of a help than anticipated. Just last year alone the average doctor's bill went up 7.8 per cent—twice as much as in 1965 and more than in any single year since before the depression—and continues to rise. The average daily cost of a hospital room last year was $45 or a staggering 16.5 per cent higher than the year before. Even so, charges for these accommo­ dations show no present sign of leveling off. It is difficult for any person to believe that skyrocketing fee hikes like these, following so closely on the heels of medicare legislation, can be merely coincidental. There is no question that the gap between adequate medical care for all the people and the care which is available to them—at prices they can afford to pay—is still enormous. In the interests of the entire population, a comprehensive national health insurance program must be enacted. Organized labor has always been in the vanguard when it came to the vital needs of society and great advances have been made through its efforts, not only for union members but for all Americans. Until such a national program can be realized, union-sponsored health programs must be expanded on all levels, mental as well as physical. With half the hospital beds in the country occupied by the mentally ill, and with mental health cited by many as the No. 1 health problem in the nation today, this often neglected phase of medical care requires particular attention. Mental health plans should be incorporated by union negotiators into their own general welfare programs. Adequate diagnosis, and care of minor mental disturbances before they have a chance to get out of hand has for too long been the private preserve of the affluent. There must also be an immediate improvement in the quality of all medical care available to charity patients. The treatment they receive very often is not only callous but haphazard. The claim that rich and poor are provided medical care of equal quality is a myth and any med­ ical authority who says otherwise is closing one eye. Maritime Defense League Reports Favorable Response NEW YORK—^The Maritime Defense League has reported that it's campaign and program to assure maritime workers of their fundamental rights to counsel in the event of legal problems or charges threatening their personal liberties is meeting with favorable response. Program Launched The League was established last January as a private organiza­ tion to make available legal and other assistance to maritime workers from a fund sustained by voluntary contributions. A campaign for funds to enable the organization to carry out its program was launched several weeks ago. The objective of the League, which has been endorsed and voted support at SIU membership meetings, is to assure maritime workers are protected in situations where they lack the necessary funds to provide their own defense when their union cannot assist them because of legal restrictions and various court interpretations. League's OflBces The officers of the Maritime Defense League, whose chairman is Robert A. Matthews, a SIU vice-president, are located at one Hanson Plase, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11217; the telephone number is (212)-638-1681. Any SIU member who may require assistance, which under the legal restrictions cdnnot be provided by his union, can get in touch with the Maritime Defense League at its Hanson Place office in Brooklyn. �May 12, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Page Three Cites Danger of Present Course Six Seafarers Licensed As Engineers—Total 141 Six more Seafarers have been added to the growing ranks of those who have passed Coast Guard examinations for an engineer's license. The six completed the course of study offered by the jointly sponsored SIU-Marine Engi- ^ neer's Beneficial Association, in Massachusetts. He is 63 years District 2—School for Marine old. Engineers. The school has now Frank Gustav was born in enabled 141 Seafarers to obtain Pennsylvania and now makes his their engineer's licenses. home in Brooklyn. An oiler be­ Four of the men upgraded to fore obtaining a Third Engineer's 2nd Assistant Engineer's Licenses license, Gustav has been with the and two achieved the rank of 3rd SIU for 15 years. He joined in New York and is 42 years old. Assistant Engineer. A newly licensed Third Assist­ Woodrow McDaniel was born ant Engineer, Evaristo Jiminez and still resides in West Virginia. previously sailed a FOWT. He joined the SIU in New York. A native of Puerto Rico, he lives in Brooklyn. Jiminez is 41 years old and a 15-year SIU veteran. Establishment of the engineer training program was spurred by McDaniel Gustav Jbninez ond assistant's license. He resides in Lost Creek, Pa. Boxter joined the union in New York in 1965 He is 29 years old. Thomas Bohr sailed as oiler since he joined the union in New York. A newly licensed Third Assistant Engineer, he was bom and resides in Pittsburgh. Bohr is 29 years old. WASHINGTON—The Republican Policy Committee of the House of Representatives has for­ mally rejected the proposal by the Administration to build some American merchant vessels in foreign shipyards and has further stated it will not support any attempt to place the Maritime Ad­ ministration in the Department ^ . TTT" Tr-or. J- Rhodes (R.-Ariz.), presented the merchant ships America does of Transportation. GOP policy statement. have, 70 per cent will be due for In releasing a two-page pol­ The statement said the Adminis­ layup within five years because icy Committee statement, the tration has allowed America's they are already 20 years, and GOP representatives indicated maritime industry "to drift into that the "scuttling" by the Ad­ a major crisis" through its "ne­ more, old. This only serves to ministration of the nation's ship­ glect, confusion and general in­ underline the "national disgrace," ping potential, and its failure to ability to meet the mounting they said, of America's 14th-place position among world shipbuilders fulfill a promise made by the problem." and her present fifth place in the President two years ago for "a It added that the U.S. has fewer new policy for our merchant ma­ privately-owned merchant vessels size of her active merchant fleet. rine," had made the deplorable than when the Merchant Marine "This country needs and must state of our maritime industry a Act was passed in 1936 and that have a modem merchant marine," political issue. the percentage of our ships in the the statement said. Representatives Gerald R. Ford world's conunercial fleet is only The complete text of the Repub­ (R.-Mich.), House minority leader, half what it was three decades ago. The Republican lawmakers lican Policy Statement appears and the chairman of the Policy Committee, Representative John pointed out the fact that of what below. House GOP Policy Statement on Maritime Bozter A member of the SIU since 1958, he sailed as FOWT before earn­ ing his second assistant engineer's license. He is 54 years old and joined the SIU in Seattle. George Boxter sailed as an FWT-oiler before getting his sec- House Republiean Polky Committee Calls tor US Maritime Upgrading Bohr Brien the growing shortage of licensed marine engineers aboard Ameri­ can-flag ships, particularly as result of the demands placed on American shipping by the^ conflict in Vietnam. The SIU-MEBA District 2 train­ ing program is the first of its kind in maritime history. It assists en­ gine department seafarers to ob­ tain instruction in preparation for their Third Assistant Engineer's license. Temporary Third Assist­ ant Engineer's license, or Original Second Assistant Engineer's li­ cense in either steam or motor vessel classifications. In addition, MEBA District 2 members who already possess engineer's licenses may upgrade themselves to higher ratings. The training school is operated under a reciprocal agreement be­ Seafarers Boxter and Bohr have tween the SIU and District 2 of taken advantage of the wide range MEBA. SIU men who enroll in of opportunities offered by the the program are provided with Harry Lundeberg School of Sea­ meals, hotel lodging and subsist­ manship throughout their seafar­ ence payments of $110 per week ing careers. Boxter started entry while in training. training in February of 1963 and As a result of the reciprocal graduated in April. He came back agreement between MEBA" Dis­ in October of 1964 to qualify for trict 2 and the SIU, unlicensed a lifeboat ticket which he received SIU men receive full credit and in November. complete protection for all of their Boxter then started seniority up­ accumulated pension and welfare grading in July of 1965 and in credits. While sailing as engineers, August, was upgraded from a B to they will also receive pension and an A book. Last December, he welfare credits. As a result, upon enrolled in the engineering school reaching retirement eligibility their and graduated as second assistant. pension will be paid based on Bohr took his entry trai ling in combined time. the summer of 1962. In July of MEBA District 2 has waived 1964, Bohr returned to the school its $1,000 initiation fee for all for seniority upgrading and his men who begin sailing as licensed lifeboat ticket. He graduated life­ engineers under the joint program boat training, July 29, and on Au­ during the period of the Vietnam gust 17, he received his A book. crisis. In October, 1966, he signed on for Engine department Seafarers engineers upgrading and graduated are eligible to apply for any of the with a third assistant's license. i-fgrading programs if they are 19 A 15-year SIU veteran, Paul years of age or older and have 18 Brien joined the SIU in New York months of Q.M.E.D. watch stand­ and shipped as FOWT. A newly- ing time in the engine department, licensed Third Assistant Engineer, plus six months' experience as a Brien lives in Texas and was born wiper or equivalent. Due to neglect, confusion and a general in­ ability to meet the mounting problem, the John­ son-Humphrey Administration has permitted the American Maritime Industry to drift into a major crisis. Today, the United States has fewer privately owned seagoing merchant ships than in 1936. The percentage of United States flagships in the world's merchant fleet is one-half of what it was three decades ago. The percentage of American goods moving overseas on American ships is now the lowest in modern history. The United States has dropped to fifth among the nations in the size of our active merchant fleet and presently ranks fourteenth in shipbuilding. This national disgrace is heightened by the fact that 70% of our ships are twenty years or older and will be due for layup within the next five years. More than two years have passed since the State of the Union Message in 1965 when the President promised ". . .a new policy for our merchant marine." To date, that promise remains unfilled. Moreover, in recent testimony, the Sec­ retary of Transportation noted that he "would not seek (the President's) concurrence in the new pro­ gram until I could assure him that it had general support within the maritime field. . . . However, I must now report that we do not have the kind of agreement which will make such a program a reality." Thus, rather than decision, we have experienced indecision. In place of action, there has been near paralysis in federal leadership. While we are in a continued state of decline, the other maritime nations of the world have been building up their merchant fleets. Last year marked the third successive annual record for world merchant shipping launched. The seriousness of this situation is graphically reflected by comparing the American maritime industry with that of Soviet Russia. "A 1966 Survey of Russian Merchant Shipping" prepared by the University of Washington, discloses that: "In 1963 the Russians constructed 115 ships while America launched 31. Between 1959 and 1963 the American fleet increased by 20 fewer ships than the Russians produced in the single year 1963. Moreover, the amount of Ameri­ can seaborne commerce carried in American ships has declined from an already low of 11 per cent in 1960 to around 7 per cent today. The Russians, in contrast, have increased the amount of freight carried in their own bottoms from 33 per cent in 1955 and 45 per cent in 1962 to around 85 per cent in 1965." There are indications that this country's sea transportation forces have been stretched to the limit to support the massive military operations in Vietnam. In order to meet our obligations there, a large number of old ships have been pulled out of the mothball fleet. These vessels, from 20 to 27 years old, have had a breakdown rate more than double the privately owned com­ mercial fleet under charter for Vietnam service. Although faced with these dismal statistics, the Administration now proposes to modernize more of our aging reserve fleet while only increasing the new merchant ship construction in American yards from 13 to 15 ships a year. Last year, the Administration attempted to transfer the Maritime Administration into the new Department of Transportation. Under Re­ publican Leadership, this move was defeated and a plan was advanced that would establish an independent Maritime Administration. The pro­ posed transfer would have done little more than shift the maritime problem to a new department. There was no sense of urgency or a call for a redirection of effort. Rather than meeting and solving the problems of the maritime industry, they would have been swept under a bureaucratic rug. In this session of Congress, the Johnson-Hum­ phrey Administration is continuing to display a dangerous disregard for the very serious problems of our maritime industry. The present situation has been described by the Journal of Commerce as follows: "It is one thing to attempt enticing the ship­ ping industry into the new Department of Transportation with vague promises of a totally new policy. It is quite another to display by current actions a curious indifference to the problems of merchant shipping and to indicate —when discussing the subject at all—not what ought to be done, but what the administration is unwilling to do or keep on doing." In addition to its failure to develop a meaning­ ful maritime policy, the Johnson-Humphrey Ad­ ministration has undercut, if not scrapped, the forward-looking ship replacement program that was implemented during the Eisenhower Admin­ istration. At that time, it was clearly apparent that unless a program of this type was carried forward, the United States would face, in the foreseeable future, a maritime crisis of major proportions. The Administration's abandonment of the Eisenhower program has triggered just such a crisis. Its current indecisiveness and failure to mount anything more than a minimal program, have escalated the crisis to a point where it is bordering on a national catastrophe. This country needs and must have a modem merchant marine. We must revitalize and mod­ ernize our shipbuilding industry if the demands of the future are to be met. The need to develop a reasonable and defensible maritime program presents a challenge and an opportunity. 1967 is a year of decision for the American Maritime Industry. Unless our shipbuilding effort is in­ creased our defense commitments throughout the world will be in jeopardy. Indeed, our national survival may depend upon the shipping that should now be under construction but which the Johnson-Humphrey Administration has scuttled. �Page Fonr Six Additional Seafarer Oldtimers Join Growing Union Pension Roster Messner Butts Engelhardt Eisenbach Espino Six new Seafarers have been added to the SIU's growing pension ranks. Those newly eligible Seafarers who are now collecting their SIU pensions include Frank Messner, Ralph Butts, Eugene Engelhardt, Herman Eisenbach, Atanasio Espino, and Homer Dowell. Frank Messner joined the un­ ion in Detroit and sailed as AB. the port of Baltimore. A native of of San Francisco. His last ship A native of Michigan, he lives Kentucky, Dowell is a resident was the Nor.berto Capay. in Trenton, New Jersey, with his wife, Dorothy. Messner was last employed by the Great Lakes Towing Company. Ralph Butts is a native of Can­ ada and sailed as fireman in the SIU's Great Lakes division. He The Cabo Rojo, a 95-foot tug, operated by the SlU-contracted joined the SIU in Detroit and lives Porto Rico Lighterage Co., recently towed a 14,000 ton Italian in River Rouge, Mich. He last cargo ship, the Napoli, across 800 miles of open ocean, to bring sailed on the Buckeye. her into the shelter of San Juan Eugene Engelhardt sailed as harbor and safety. journey back to the safety of San FWT, oiler, and later in the Stew­ Juan harbor. The ship, five times the size ard Department. Born in New The Cabo Rojo tugged the Orleans, he joined the SIU in that of the tug, had been adrift for Napoli to port at a rate of 7.5 five days 800 miles Northeast of port. He resides in Meraux, La., knots an hour, or three quarters with his wife, Ruth. He last sailed San Juan with her engines dis­ of the vessel's normal speed of abled. on the Del Valle. The Napoli was bringing gen­ ten knots. Herman Eisenbach joined the eral cargo from Genoa, Italy, to Bucking strong winds and the SIU in the port of New York. San Juan when she became dis­ channel current, dangerous with He sailed as a deckhand and was abled. the powerless Napoli in tow; the last employed by the Brooklyn Sent out to aid the Napoli, the Cabo Rojo appeared off El Morro Eastern District Terminal. A na­ Cabo Rojo sped to the ship's last in the harbor of San Juan. tive of Brooklyn, he resides there reported position. However the A second tug, coming out to with his wife, Stella. Napoli, her engines dead, had meet the Cabo Rojo, attached a Atanasio Espino sailed in the begun to drift and the Cabo Rojo hawser line to .the Napoli's stern Steward Dept. on SIU ships since was having trouble locating her. and helped steer her to safe an­ joining the union in New York. Luckily, before she had drifted chorage. A native of the Philippines,'Es­ too far out from her original pino resides in San Francisco with position, the Napoli sighted the his wife, Rosalina. His last ship tug's searchlight flashing in the was the Lady of Peace. early morning mist. The Cabo Homer Dowell sailed as FWT Rojo's crew fastened a line to the and oiler. He joined the SIU in disabled ship and began the long Difficult Long-Distance Tow Job No Problem for SlU-Manned Tug Rap Defease Dept. ttd to DM Navy SUps Abroad Toledo MTD Spiws Drive to Wiii Jobless Pay for Lakes Seamea V,. May 12, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG TOLEDO—The Toledo Port Council of the AFL-CIO Mari­ time Trades Department has begun a campaign among Great Lakes seamen that seeks to end the exclusion of seamen from unemployment compensation under Ohio law. The Council charged that the discrimination allowed by the laws of the State of Ohio in the matter of unemployment com­ pensation is "one of the greatest injustices" to seamen on the Great Lakes. No other state excludes seamen from unemployment benefits during the winter months. Early this week the union started circulating petitions to all Great Lakes seamen urging support of House Bill No. 427 which was introduced in the Ohio House of Representatives by Representative James Weldishofer (Republican - 77th District) on March 9, 1967. The measure is not part of any other labor bill and is awaiting action in the Reference Committee. Petitions circulated by the Port Council urge seamen to sign and forward them to members of the Standing Committee on Industry and Labor in the Ohio House of Representatives. In urging amendment of the present Ohio law, the Port Council cited large labor savings passed on to Ohio shipping companies without consideration for the needs of the seamen. Those who cannot find other jobs during the winter layoff have no means of earning a livelihood for themselves and their families. Under present law, seamen are only eligible to apply for unemployment compensation during the 40 weeks following the 4th Sunday in March. However, other maritime workers and all other Ohio workers are not restricted in any manner. The Port Council has 40 affiliates representing 20,000 members in the Greater Toledo area, and is one of 32 councils affiliated with the AFL-CIO, Maritime Trades Elepartment in Washington D.C. WASHINGTON—The Depart­ ment of Defense has denied a re­ quest that Secretary Robert S. McNamara's decision to allow British shipyards to bid on a con­ tract for new U.S. minesweepers be reversed. Representative John W. Byrnes (R-Wis.) said his letter to McNamara, "in the national interest so there may be retained in the U.S. the capability of meeting our fu­ ture needs for this vessel," has been answered by Assistant Sec­ retary John T. McNaughton and his request turned down. Stating that the decision "may well mean the loss of $100 tnillion in government work . . . over the next several years," Byrnes add­ ed that McNaughton's reply had made no mention of his proposal contained in the same request that at least half the minesweepers be reserved for construction in U.S. yards. He said he has asked for a "specific reply" to the latter suggestion. The Wisconsin Congressman has also urged the chairmen of the House Armed Services Com­ mittee and the Defense Appropri­ ations Subcommittee to "look into the effect upon the national se­ curity" of relying on foreign ship­ yards as a sole source of supply for "an important combat vessel." The^ vessels concerned are a new class of wooden-hulled ocean minesweepers.. The Atlantic Coast by Earl (Bull) Shepard, Vice-President, Atlantic Coast Area] The 1966 Annual Report of the Maritime Administration, out­ lining the tremendous contributions made by the American-flag merchant marine to the Viet Nam sealift makes very interesting reading when you consider the charges that have been made by Defense Secretary McNamara that the merchant fleet is not doing its part in the Viet Nam conflict. ^ ' Not only is the American mer­ peeled for a ship that strikes his chant marine doing a tremendous fancy. Joe sails in the Engine De­ job, but it is doing so at great partment. Pat Devine, who sails in cost to itself in terms of canceled the Steward Department, is wait­ commercial sailings and lost busi­ ing for a slot that will put his con­ ness through cancellation of com­ siderable talents to work again. mercial and government-non-mili­ Pat's last ship was the Merrimac. tary cargoes. Norfolk The true situation is now very Shipping has been very good clear. When McNamara needs a scapegoat, his first choice for a during the last period and the out­ patsy is invariably the American look for the future also looks merchant marine. Because of this, good. During the last period we every statement the Defense Sec­ had four payoffs, two sign-ons, and retary makes regarding the mer­ serviced nine ships in transit. chant marine, every proposal he After spending a year in Greece puts forth that regards the mer­ visiting his family there. Seafarer chant marine in any way—no Isadore Topal is registered here matter how obliquely—must be and looking for a ship on which treated as suspect from the start. he can get in plenty of seatime This is true with regard to his Fast in the immediate future. Seafarer Deployment Logistic Ship con­ Clarence Crowder just got his fitcept, his build-abroad proposals for-duty again after completing and his ideas on airlift potential his recovery from injuries he suf­ as well as many others of his per­ fered in an accident. Oowder is sonal pet projects. raring to go and is watching the board closely for a pumpman's New York job. Joe Sullivan and Peter ChoplinBoston ski have both completed their vacations and are at the hall here John "Catfish" Flaherty is just standing watch in front of the big off the Eagle Voyager and reports board. Sullivan, a 22-year SIU he is very sorry veteran, last sailed aboard the Seato see the ship train San Juan in the Steward De­ lay up because it partment and is now looking for is one of his any cook's job that comes along. favorites. Edward Choplinski, who has been an SIU JVright, who last member for 15 years now, is look­ sailed aboard the ing for a tanker slated for a long Bradford Island voyage that has an OS slot op6n. as messman is His last trip was aboard the Robin „. planning a visit Kirk. to his children Edward (Andy) Anderson wants and a short spell at home in the a ship going on the Viet Nam run. Florida sunshine. Eddie has been Andy, who sails as chief electri­ a Seafarer for 26 years now. An­ cian, was last aboard the Oceanic other oldtimer, Timothy McCar­ Tide, which he had to leave to thy, got off the Montpeller Vic­ take care of some family busi­ tory recently to spend some time ness. Andy has been a Seafarer with his family and renew his friendships with some old pals. A or about 23 years. A real oldtimer of 27 years with 25-year SIU veteran, McCarthy the Union, Alvaro Vega is sitting sails in the deck department or his electrician's ticket and then as AB. expects to take any ship going any­ Baltimore where in the world. His last ship Woodrow Reid has his eye was the Seafrain Savannah. Pedro peeled for a ship going to the Mid­ Pinoub, a relative newcomer to dle East or Europe that needs a the Union compared to Vega, is good cook or Chief Steward. Reid, off the Albion Victory and is look­ a Seafarer for over 20 years, last ing for a fireman's job that will sailed as Chief Steward aboard the take him to Viet Nam. Bethtex. A long trip to the Far A coastwise run as electrician East is what Seafarer James Laswould be just the ticket for 23- siter is planning on. An SIU mem­ year SIU veteran Herbert Rolen, ber for 22 years, he last shipped lolen's last ship was the Steel aboard the Steel King as oiler. Maker, which he got off to take Clarence Brockett has different a short vacation. ideas however, and wants his next trip aboard a coaster. Brother PbUadelpbia Brockett, who has been sailing During the last period here we with the SIU since 1946, says he's landled five payoffs, one sign-on sailed to the Far East, the Middle and 14 ships in transit. East, Europe and just about every­ Seafarer Ed Colon is registered where else in the world since he again and ready to go at any time. went to sea and now wants to stay Ed says he "will take the first Chief close to home on a nice, peaceful Cook's job that hits the board and coastwise run. doesn't care where the ship takes Puerto Rko him. Bennie Crawford, who also The port of Fajardo is supply­ sails as Chief Cook, feels about the ing a good share of the old timers same way. He's jegistered and shipping out here these days. ready to go at any time. Ben's last Among them are Victor Aviles on ship was the Cape San Diego. the Seatrain New York, Faustino After spending some time on Alejandro on the New Yoriter, the beach, Joseph Brennan is Zenon Rivera on the Wanior and again keeping his weather eye Pedro del Yaffle on the Bienville. �Mmr 12, 1967 Page Five SEAFARERS LOG Hall Urges Similar Senate Action No injuries to SIU Crewmembers House Passes Bill to Give Congress Voice In Ship Funds Sea-Land Sammit, Minus Rudder, Weathers Pierre Atlantir Storm WASHINGTON—SIU President Paul Hall, who is also presi­ dent of the Maritime Trades Department (AFL-CIO), had high praise for action by the House of Representatives last week on maritime legislation which, he f said, "takes control over the merchant fleet. We hope that the nation's vital merchant marine Senate will follow the House lead, budget out of the hands of and give prompt approval to this bureaucrats and puts it in the legislation. "The annual authorization bill hands of lawmakers." Hall was referring to a bill, takes control over the nation's passed May 4 by the House on a vital merchant marine budget out voice vote, which requires Con­ of the hands of bureaucrats and gress to vote annual authorizations puts it in the hands of lawmakers. of funds for such Maritime Ad­ Thus it is an important step to­ ministration programs as con­ ward restoring the American flag struction subsidies, operating sub­ to a position of importance on the sidies, research and development. high seas. "But it should be emphasized The partial text of Hall's state­ that this legislation is just one step ment follows; "The AFL - CIO Maritime on the road we must travel. The Trades Department and its 36 House and Senate should now affiliated unions representing more move promptly to approve legis­ than 5.5 million American workers lation that will reconstitute the are pleased that Congress has Maritime Administration as an recognized the dire plight of our independent agency—as it was 30 merchant marine and has moved years ago, when we were pursuing to correct this situation through an intelligent course for expand­ House passage of the measure on ing our merchant fleet. annual authorizations for the "Independence for maritime is Maritime Administration. indispensible to this country's eco­ "This legislation will give the nomic growth and its military se­ House and Senate Merchant curity. This agency must not be Marine Committees an opportun­ allowed to continue as a step­ ity to review maritime programs child of any Cabinet-level De­ annually, to measure their effec­ partment where its programs and tiveness and to authorize the policies are overshadowed by con­ amount of money that is required siderations having nothing what­ to carry out a vigorous, forward- soever to do with the carriage looking program to revitalize our of our waterborne cargo". S/U Upgrading School Craduhtes Another 3 Licensed Deck Officers The effects of the battering from 60-mile-an-hour winds could be seen as the Summit (Sea-Land) sailed into Port Elizabeth, N.J., after her encounter with a severe storm off Cape Hatteras early this month. Some containers a^ard the vessel were bashed in at the sides, while others were caved in from the top, clear proof of ^—the fierceness of the storm. keep everything as secure as pos­ Sunday afternoon that they were "We lost our mdder about sible. "Oil barrels were flying able to arrive. 9:30 p.m.," Seafarer Louis Es- around and we worked to keep Most of the Seafarers, who have carra of the Deck Department them lashed down,", he said. been through many storms, took noted. "We were some 400 miles Security lines snapped and had out of New York, returning from to be resecured. "Tlie ship really the storm in stride. "If the ship didn't have containers, she would a run to Puerto Rico." "The ves­ took a beating," Lambert said. Tugboats were sent for Friday have lost other cargo," one of sel was rolling at 50 degrees and she drifted with the propeller afternoon, but it wasn't until late them stated. astern," Escarra explained. New SIU Medical Center Inaugurated in Puerto Rico SAN JUAN—The SIU of Puerto Rico inaugurated the opening of its third medical treatment center on the Island in ceremonies held on April 29. Many dignitaries from gov-*®" ernment, labor and community from the new dispensary through services from both the Island the new availability of the latest and the mainland were on hand in modern medical technology. for the inauguration ceremonies, The SIU clinics practice preven­ tive medicine by providing regu­ which included the official rib­ lar medical checkups and early bon-cutting ceremonies that treatment that enables Union opened the new Caguas Dispen­ members and their families to re­ sary, and a tour of the brand-new main healthy by detecting illness Bosun John Beye points to spot on facility. SIUNA President Paul and receiving treatment before it Hall and SIUNA Vice-President Summit's stern where fierce galebecomes serious. force winds carried away awning. Morris Weisberger were among The first SIU of Puerto Rico the mainland guests in attendance. medical center on the Island was Other guests included: the Hon­ The loss of the ship's rudder opened in 1961 at Stop 26, 1256 helped keep the Summit in a state orable Felisa Rincon de Gautier, Fernandez Juncos Avenue, Sanof helplessness she > might other­ Mayoress, of San Juan; Alfred turce. The second center was wise have avoided, crew members Nazario, Puerto Rico Sec.stary opened in 1964 in Ponce, Calle pointed out. "There was a very of Labor; and Augustin Benitez, Luna-Esquina Concordia. The heavy swell," said Bosun John AFL-CIO Regional Director. newest center is at BaldoriotySIU of Puerto Rico President Esquina Celis Aguilera, one block Beye. "The ship met the full force of the water and something had Keith Terpe noted that the open­ from the Caguas Plaza. to give," he said. In this case, it ing of the Caguas Dispensary rep­ The SIU of Puerto Rico Wel­ was the Summit's rudder, leaving resents the first instance in which fare Plan has been recognized by the vessel to take the full force Union Welfare Plan services of the Puerto Rico Medical Associa­ of the winds with much of her a wholly-owned and operated tion and the American Hospital nature are provided in three key Association as one of the outstand­ maneuverability gone. locations so situated as to make ing plans for workers in Puerto Beye said that he was both these services readily available to Rico. No other union-operated grateful and surprised that no the total membership of a union medical plan to date has received crewmen were injured. "Usually no matter where they may live these certifications in Puerto Rico there are at least minor injuries," and work in Puerto Rico. he said, "but in case the ship or the Caribbean. got by without a casualty, amaz­ The new modern medical cen­ The system of SIU clinics was ing under the circumstances. I re­ ter has three doctors' offices, begun in 1957 with the opening member one fellow opened his examination rooms, an electro­ of the first facility in New York. focsle door and the wind caused cardiogram and special treatment Other union clinics are located a split right down the door," Beye room, a pharmacy and laboratory. in Boston; Philadelphia; Balti­ said. The awning at the stem Large and comfortable waiting more; Norfolk; Tampa; New Or­ and reception areas are also pro­ leans; San Francisco; Seattle; Sao of the ship was blown away. vided, as well as efficient admin­ Pedro, Calif.; Buffalo; Duluth; Ship Took Beating istrative offices. Saulte Ste. Marie; Toledo; Su­ Charles Lambert, who sailed as perior, Wis.; Alpina and MelvinThousands of SIU members as OS, remembers working to help well as their families will benefit dale, Mich.; and Cleveland. Three additional Seafarers have been added to the ranks of those who have upgraded themselves to Deck Officers licenses through training received in the SIU's Harry Lundeberg School for Sea­ manship in a program jointly operated by the SIU and the was born in Pennsylvania and re­ American Maritime Officers sides in Chicago. He is 38 years old. The training program, operated under a reciprocal agreement be­ tween SIU and the American Mar­ itime Officers, is the first of its type in the maritime industry. Applicants can begin receiving instruction at any time. The pe­ riod of instruction will be deter­ mined by each member's individ­ Rdnvdt Le Berre ual ability and knowledge, and Union. A total of nine Seafarers the instructors' satisfaction of his have now upgraded themselves to readiness to take the examinations. Deck Officers licenses. Kalju Reinvelt shipped as AB and bosun be­ fore earning the rank of Third Mate. Bom in Estonia, he lives in Jericho, L. I. and joined the SIU in New York in 1952. Fartjica Reinvelt is 41 years old. Desire Le Berre is a 14-year veteran of the SIU, joining in New York. Bom in France, Sea­ farer Le Berre now lives in Edgewater, N. J. Le Berre shipped as bosun before eaming his license as Second Mate. He is 47 years On hand for the official ceremonies marking inauguration of the new SIU of Puerto Rico Caguas Dispensary, third such facility on the old. Stanley Partyka joined the SIU Island, were (l-r): Honorable Felisa Rincon de Gautier, Mayoress of in 1952 in New York. He sailed San Juan; Nathan Voloshen; Agustin Benitez, AFL-CIO Regional as AB and bosun before receiving Director; Seafarers International Union President Paul Hall, and a Third Mate's license Par^ka Morris Weisberger, Vice-President, Seafarers International Union. Guests at opening of new SIU clinic included (l-r): Mr. Lamella, Hill-Rom International: F. de Jesus, SIU of Puerto Rico Exec. Sec.; D. Shatzow, Chairman, SIU of Puerto Rico Board of Trustees; SIU Pres. Hall: SIU of Puerto Rico Pres. Keith Terpe: Dr. G. P. Luisi, Medical Director, Caguas Dispensary: L. Juminex, SIU of Puerto Rico Welfare Plan Administrator; J. Castro, ILA-UTM Treasurer. �'"1 Page Six Mmr 12, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG DISPATCHERS REPORT The Pacific Coast April 22 to May 5, 1967 DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED by Frank Orozak, West Coast Representative The Gallo Winery, the nation's largest wine producer, won a court order recently against picketing by Teamsters Union members who are demanding the right to represent Gallo's field workers. The AFL-CIO United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, which is also seeking to represent field workers, wants an election in Union since 1938, also reports which the workers would decide having a good trip aboard the whether to be represented by the Beatrice Victory. Fowler plans AFL-CIO or the Teamsters. to ship again as soon as possible Gallo has agreed to such an however, and is looking for a election and has asked the State blackgang job on a ship going Conciliation Service to set it up. to the Far East-^with Japan and But the Teamsters, a Gallo spokes­ Korea as his first choices. R. D. man charges, have "adamantly Stough doesn't care where his refused" to agree to a vote and next ship is going, as long as continue to insist on unilateral there's a bosun's job aboard for recognition by the company. him. An SIU member for the last 20 years, Stough's last ship was San Francisco the Anchorage. Shipping in the Bay Area has Shipping continues to boom been very active this period and here in Seattle, and promises to is likely to remain so, especially remain extremely for electricians, oilers, FWT's good for the im­ and AB's. mediate future. There will be a real brother's During the last act going on aboard the Overseas period we paid off Dinny soon, because Seafarers M. Cuba Vic­ the C. Herring and O. H. Herring tory, Robin Sher­ have both signed on as AB's for wood, Northwestthe ship's next run. ern Victory, Transhuron, Seattle Stough Seafarer Frederick Cohen just Choctaw Victory got off the Beatrice Victory after and WhitehalL Sign-ons during a five-month trip to Europe and that period included the Joplin plans to take a couple of months Victory, Cuba Victory and NtMrthoff for a good vacation before westem Victory. In transit we had shipping out again. SIU oldtimer the Portmar, Pennniar, ElizabethH. E. Fowler, a member of the port, and the Anchorage. QUESTION: What are the qualities that make a good skip­ per? James Stover: I find that a man who came up,through the ranks usually makes the best Captain. He is in a position to understand the problems of the Seafarers. Acade­ my graduates don't always un­ derstand the crewmembers' point of view. A good Captain should know the answer to any problem that arises at sea. with the crew. Richard Feddem: Fairness and the ability to judge his crew impartially are very important quali­ ties in a Captain in my opinion. I sailed for a skip­ per on the Citadel Victory who was tops. He would do anything he could for his crew and would fight for them. He was an outstanding seaman and there was never a bad report on him from any Seafarer. —— Douglas Cox: Seafarers should Robert Estrada: I like a skip­ be able to respect their Captain. per who is willing to sit down and He has to be _ talk things over honest with his ^^|||fe|k with a man if he crew and under­ has problems. A stand how they Captain should think, as well as be willing to be being an excep­ friendly with the tional seaman. A crew and take an good Captain interest in them. should be able to Of course, good enforce discipline seamanship and so the crew has respect for author­ experience are very important for ity, yet be able to maintain a a Captain. friendly relationship with the ^ crewmembers. Ronald Kolodziej: Experience as a seaman is the single most Fazfl All: The last Captain I important quality sailed with really knew his job a Captain can and the crew have. He should liked him. He be able to get was an exception­ along with men. al seaman and the If he came up crew knew he had from the ranks, command of his that is good also, job. A top Cap­ since it gives him tain will combine a more rounded an outstanding knowledge of the problems of the knowledge of the crew, having worked his way upMa with die ability to get along from the bottom. vl> Atlantic, Gulf A Inland Watars District Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco .... Seattle )'otals Port Boston New York .. Philadelphia Baltimore .. Norfolk .... Jacksonville . Tampa Mohile New Orleans Honston .... Wilmington . San Francisco Seattle_^_j_j_^ Totals Class A Class B 7 1 40 61 6 5 18 23 7 8 11 12 3 1 8 23 53 33 35 43 19 4 20 41 16 24 323 199 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B ClassC 4 2 2 20 24 40 6 1 2 11 11 23 4 7 4 6 7 4 1 2 1 5 2 8 11 2 34 11 21 25 2 14 12 51 25 29 24 17 11 156 129 201 ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL SHIPPED TOTAL REGISTERED AU Groups All Groups Class A Class B ClassC Class A Class B 1 1 1 3 2 30 30 32 50 24 6 2 1 2 1 13 19 2 21 24 4 3 3 7 4 3 3 6 8 8 10 1 1 2 10 6 2 7 12 26 21 6 36 31 17 21 26 42 32 5 5 12 7 7 42 16 21 46 12 23 15 11 23 15 173 138 136 259 168 STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL SHIPPED TOTAL REGISTERED Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston ... /v,.... Wilmington i;.... San Francisco .... Seattle Totals All Groups QassA CUssB 2 0 40 17 6 1 18 10 7 2 8 4 7 1 13 4 30 20 31 19 5 4 31 9 23 8 216 104 All Groups Class A Class B Class C 0 0 0 9 23 36 1 4 4 8 15 14 3 8 4 5 2 6 0 0 1 8 7 10 26 18 1 21 11 9 3 2 6 57 32 16 10 6 24 160 89 161 AU Groups Class A Class B 19 3 230 83 23 8 103 84 20 17 23 11 14 6 96 20 156 77 180 106 34 0 42 24 7 41 981 446 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 7 1 158 151 12 8 72 45 24 17 10 8 7 4 33 18 97 64 106 91 24 2 54 17 16 23 620 449 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 4 2 45 79 23 4 72 47 8 25 1 11 10 4 6 47 70 116 79 120 24 7 29 21 7 3 550 314 AFL-CIO Voices Strong Opposition To Forced Mediation in RR Beef WASHINGTON—^The AFL-CIO will "vigorously oppose" President Johnson's latest proposal for forced mediation of the railroad shopcraft dispute under a two-year no-strike law, Federation Presi­ dent George Meany said recently. The President asked Congress <S>to prohibit a strike or a lockout and freedoms of the workers em­ to encourage settlement. Begin­ while a five-member special ployed by these private corpora­ ning on the 31st day, if no agree­ board tries to settle the wage dis­ tions, then the railroads should ment has been reached, the board pute over a 90-day period. If a be operated for the public inter­ would hold hearings to determine settlement is not achieved volun­ est and not for private profit. We whether the proposals made April tarily in that period, mandatory would therefore regard seizure 21 by a special presidential panel terms would then be imposed for legislation, pending the negotia­ are "in the public interest" and tion of a settlement, as the fairest a "fair and equitable extension" at least two years. and least oppressive alternative. of collective bargaining. By the In the final analysis, Meany "We are convinced that the only 60th day, if there is still no agree­ said, the legislative proposal con­ tained in the President's message thing now standing in the way ment, the board would give the "terminates in compulsory arbi­ of an early negotiated settlement President and Congress its findings of this dispute is the belief of on the special panel proposals and tration." He added: "The AFL-CIO is steadfastly the railroad lobby that compul­ whether any modifications were deemed necessary. If by the 91st opposed to the denial of the right sory arbitration legislation will be day there is still no agreement, forthcoming to relieve them of to strike through the imposition the obligation to bargain in good the special panel proposals plus of terms and conditions of em­ faith." any modifications would take ployment otherwise unacceptable At a news conference the day effect and remain in effect until to the parties. We shall therefore before he submitted his no-strike the parties reach agreement or vigorously oppose this as well as proposal, the President sketched until Jan. 1, 1969 at the latest. any other legislative proposal the broad outlines of the plan and For the period after that, John­ which calls for compulsory arbi­ said he did not plan to recommend son said, and until final agree­ tration of the issues in dispute. either compulsory arbitration or ment is reached or the time speci­ "The workers involved in this seizure. fied by the board expires, the dispute are simply seeking to exer­ Johnson asked Congress to pass board's determination would have cise the rights assured them under a joint resolution authorizing him the same effect, including the present law. If there is a para­ to appoint a five-mmiber special "preclusion of resort to strike or mount public interest in the con- board for a 90-day period. For lockout," as though arrived at by iinued operation of the railroads, the first 30 days, the board would agreement of the parties under sufficient to override the rights engage in "intensive mediaticm" the rail labor act. �M«jr 12, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Citizens Petitioning Congress For Social Security increase WASHINGTON—"We, the undersigned, support President John­ son's request to the Congress of the United States to raise social secxirity benefits to a level that will more nearly equal needs. . . The "undersigned" were more than 150,000 men and women from all parts of the nation, whose petitions were presented to the House Ways & Means Committee as a "first installment," with assurances of more to come. AFL-CIO President George Meany and a delegation of city central body leaders brought the stacks of signatures to Ways & Means Com­ mittee Chairman Wilbur D. Mills (D-Ark.). He acknowledge them in a ceremony in the committee hearing room, where the 15 Democratic and 10 Republican members have been meeting in closed session considering the legislation. The nationwide campaign to demonstrate public support for the Administration's social security bill was mounted earlier this spring by the AFL-CIO and senior citizen organizations. Mass rallies in principal cities opened the drive. And even as the presentation cere­ mony was being held, additional bundles of signed petitions were arriving at federation headquarters. After being shown to Mills, the petitions were brought to the Con­ gressmen from the home districts of the signers. They will later be deposited with the Ways & Means Committee. The legislation the petitioners were supporting would provide—in the words used by President Johnson in his filmed address to the AFLCIO rallies—these major benefits: • "A 20 per cent overall increase in social security payments. • "An increase of 59 per cent for the 2.5 million citizens now receiving minimum benefits. • "An increase of at least 15 per cent for the remaining 20.5 million beneficiaries. • "A monthly payment of at least $150 for couples and $100 for individuals with 25 years of coverage. • "A series of amendments to broaden and improve the protection of social security." The higher braefits would be financed through gradual increases in the social security tax paid by employers and workers and an increase in the taxable wage base. Meany told the Ways & Means Conunittee at earlier public hearings that the President's proposals represent "a long step toward the kind of social security system the American people should have." He said the 20 per cent average increase would be "a substantial down pay­ ment" towards a needed 50 per cent rise in benefits, which in the long run should be paid for in part out of general tax revenue. Republicans on the Ways & Means Committee have proposed an 8 per cent increase in benefits. Commenting on the GOP plan, Meany said: "Its inadequacy is appalling." Mills met with each of the city delegations and in accepting the petitions from Meany said the AFL-CIO president has "never done or said anything that's not in the best interests of the working people." He told the group that the committee will soon be reaching the stage of decisions on various portions of the social security legislation. lUE members in Canada have okayed a new three-year contract with Canadian GE. Some 1,700 workers here and in other parts of Ontario voted 72 per cent in favor of the contract. About 67.5 per cent of 1,400 Montreal GE workers voted to accept. lUE spokesmen said that generally speaking the increases represent a 24 per cent gain over the life of the contract. Quebec and Ontario rates were brought closer together. ^ Robert M. McGlotten, national labor specialist for Opportunities Industrialization Center, a job training program located in 12 major cities, has joined the AFLCIO Dept. of Civil Rights as a staff representative. A vice presi­ dent of the Negro Trade Union Leadership Council and a former public relations representative of Transport Workers Local 234 in Philadelphia, McGlotten has had wide experience in building a positive relationship between or­ ganized labor and minority groups. He has been active in civil rights and conununity work in Philadel­ phia and in bringing about co­ operation between the minority groups and the Philadelphia Cen­ tral Lahm* Council. Those movies that cross-coun­ try airplane passengers see are now projected by union men. Projection technicians with In­ flight Motion Pictures and Bell & Howell have won 12 per cent wage increases in a new three-year contract. A separate contract with similar terms was signed with Intransit Motion Pictures that shows films to railroad passengers. <|> Striking faculty and students at Catholic University won their point when Archbishop Patrick O'Boyle announced that Father Charles E. Curran would be re­ hired to his post at the School of Theology and would receive a promotion to associate profes­ sor as of September 1. "The issue has been clear and simple," said Curran. "A contract was not re­ newed without charges or a hear­ ing." Representative Frank Horton (R-N.Y.) will receive the annual "Union Label Award of Merit" at the June 13 banquet of the N.Y. State Union Label and Serv­ ice Trades Department here. The award will honor Horton for his outstanding record in the 89th Congress on legislation affecting the welfare of the nation and organized labor. Page Seven "The New Morality!" It wasn't too long ago when the Public was bemoaning the lack of involvement dis­ played by college students in the affairs of the nation. The pundits went so far as to dub them the "apathetic generation". Now, to a large extent, the nation's college students are redeeming themselves from such charges. Instead of apathy, many are dis­ playing a vital interest in the affairs of the nation and the world. More important, they are concentrating much of their efforts on aiding the less fortunate segments of society —the poor, the exploited, the helpless. The Peace Corps, the Domestic Peace Corps (VISTA), local community services and chaijties, etc., are all receiving strong sup­ port and aid from college students all over the country. Many of these students are reaffirming a long-standing committment to the American labor movement and the right of American. workers to organize to improve their con­ ditions. From coast to coast, college stu­ dents are on the march to reaffirm this basic American right. In California, college students were promi­ nent on the picket lines of the AFL-CIO United Farm Workers Organizing Commit- tee, and were instrumental in bringing about acceptance of the farm workers' union by the giant California growers. In Texas, local college students took part in a "Caravan for Justice" during Easter, collecting money, food and medicine in support of striking farm workers in South Texas. On the East Coast, college students have become active in aiding textile workers to defeat the anti-labor policies of giant textile mills. College students took an active role in helping TWUA members in North Carolina defeat a union-busting attempt by Burlington Industries. Local college stu-* dents have also joined the fight against the most anti-labor textile company of them all —J. P. Stevens in South Carolina. They are walking picket lines, working to develop public opinion for the workers, and are engaged in other important pursuits. In the not too distant past, representatives of Big Business were among those who were most critical of the nation's college students for their "apathy". We wonder how they feel now. Perhaps they would like to bring back those "good old days". They can't though, and more and more of them are learning that. The 'lazy" Ones For a long time, the Public has been sub­ jected to a barrage of propaganda about the "freeloaders" in our midst, the "lazy, shiftless" millions who are Uving it up on welfare because they are too lazy to work, while you and I pay the bill. Attacks on the nation's social welfare programs by con­ servative, right-wing groups or Big-Busi­ ness-Chamber <rf Commerce-type speakers invariably got around to implying this sooner or later. Well, now the truth is out about these "lazy fakers", who should be out d<mg a hard day's work like the rest of us. • 2.1 million are women over 65, with a median age of 72. -•> ^ • 700,000 are blind, crippled, or severely handicapped. • 3.5 million are children whose parents are too poor to support them. • The remaining 1 million are the parents of those children—900,000 mothers and 150,000 fathers. Of the fathers, 100,000 are too disabled to work. This leaves a total of 50,000 welfare clients in the entire United States who can work—^provided they receive the necessary job skills and training that will make them self-sufficient. The figures above are from a recent U.S. Government study. We think they speak for themselves. - e �Page Eight SEAFARERS LOG Mar 12. 1967 Joseph Kahn of Seafrain Lines Speaks Out US Ship Operator Outlines Plan To Restore U.S. Merchant Fleet NEW YORK—workable shipping program for the United States, under which federal policy planners could put aside talk of building abroad and solve their problems at home, has been offered by a leading official of the unsubsidized shipping industry in America. Joseph Kahn, Chairman of ^ the SlU-contracted Seatrain called on the government to allow policy proposals suggesting that Lines and the Hudson Water­ unsubsidized American merchant foreign-built ships be permitted ways Corp., told a meeting of ship operators to make tax-de­ to come under American registry the U.S. Merchant Marine Acad­ ferred deposits of earnings in and share in domestic and other emy Alumni Association that the construction reserve funds as sub­ reserved trade would have only first step should be firm retention sidized lines are permitted to do. negative results. Such plans would Kahn said his program was only substitute foreign vessels for of the cabotage laws which re­ strict domestic ocean trade to offered to stimulate the building American, not save the taxpayer vessels owned, built and manned of a strong American merchant any appreciable amount, and pre­ by Americans. Partial opening of marine and suggested that on a vent an increase in the number this trade has been suggested in pay-as-you-go basis it would pro- of U.S. ships. policy debate. ,vide some relief for the taxpayer, He also deplored proposals for He also proposed that all putting the bulk of the burden building abroad, stating that no American foreign aid cargoes be of supporting the shipping indus­ owner can afford to pay $12 mil­ reserved for U.S. ships—instead try on the general economy, lion for an American vessel if, of the 50 per cent currently guar­ "where it belongs." by the time it is launched, a anteed—and that -at least half of foreign-flag ship of equal capacity Minimum Lost all foreign^oil cargoes licensed for He said "a large and viable and capabilities can be brought import to Ihis country be brought American-flag fleet can be devel­ in to compete against her for only here by American sldps. $5,500,000. "If the cargoes are available oped and maintained with a mini­ What is needed, Kahn con­ for American ships, they will sail mum cost to our government" by strong enforcement and some ex­ cluded, is to abandon "this buga­ and prosper," Kahn said. "Con­ pansion of existing cargo prefer­ boo of foreign building" for a versely, if such cargoes are not ence laws. practical building program in available, no matter how much Kahn pointed out that federal American yards. subsidy is paid, we will have a weak and sick industry." In addition, Kahn said that the Navy's Military Sea Transporta­ tion Service should be required by the government to fulfill all its needs with U.S.-built vessels and be authorized to enter into long-term charters for new vessels. To further implement his pro­ I" gram, the shipping executive Dolphins, long the friends and helpers of searfaring men, now art doing undersea recovery work for the United ^tes Navy. The Navy's Marine Bioscience Facility at Point Malibu, Calif., has trained bottle-nosed dolphins to attach wires to torpedoes and missiles lying on the ocean's floor—an accomplishment which could greatly simplify a variety of underwater recovery opera­ tions. Speaking on the problems of finding and raising such objects as lost hydrogen bombs, sunken submarines or airliners that have crashed at sea. Dr. Alan Herman, director of the Hudson Labora­ tories at Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., said recently that "one of the most ANN ARBOR. Mich. —Two effective recovery tools is a trained porpoise." The laboratories University of Michigan scientists are run jointly by Columbia University and the Navy and do a have developed new bulbous bow wide range of research cm submarine detection and similar problems. which could enable cargo ships to cross the Atlantic in about half .Although the Navy seems to prefer the term "porpoise," these the time now required. animals are actually common dolphins and are generally referred to as such. Both are correct. Designed by Finn C. MichelIn describing the procedure, the Navy said the dolphins were sen and James L. Moss, the device taught to home in on acoustical beacons inside practice missiles, is almost three times larger than any previously tested and involves torpedoes or instrument capsules. Around the honey tip of his elongated, bottle-like snout, the dolphin carries a metal hoop attaching an underwater snout in until he locates the source of the beacon signals. bulbous form to the bow of a Once the signal is found, the dolphin tosses the hoop in the ship to reduce wave resistance. air and it breaks apart releasing a wire that was coiled around Equipped with their hull-form it. Resembling a large pulley that has been sawed in two lengthbow, Michelsen said, cargo ships Wise, the hoops consist of one heavy half which sinks to the bot­ could travel up to 30 knots—com­ tom alongside the missile, and a lij^ter half at the other end of parable to the fastest passenger the wire which remains on the surface as a buoy. Often the ships. Most freighters now can heavier half is magnetized. make only 18 to 20 knots. Thus the most difficult problem of recovery—^finding a sunken The scientists pointed out that object and marking its location—4ias been solved. with increased freight rates for some cargoes, higher speeds are economically sound. With this new design, they said, cargo ships could cross the Atlantic within a week—they usually take twice as long now—and reduce fuel consumption by nine per cent as well. Even though the bulb used in their design is two or three times the size of any previously tested on similar vessels, the two scien­ tists claim it still takes up only one per cent of the ship's dis­ placement. They now plan to ex­ periment further by lengthening „Porppisesi-, |il{e .^'Kellci^'Aaboye, .arft trained for o . varfi the model and shifting the center ety of undersea jobs both by ihjB= UiS. Navy and by civilianof buoyancy to see if even higher researchers. The intelligent creatures make good students. speed can be achieved while main­ taining maximum cargo space. Navy Trains Porpoises For %cowry Work New Bow Shape May Add Speed To Cargo Ships The Great Lakes by Fred Famen, Secretary-Treasurer,Great Lake* With the sailing season only a couple of weeks old, shipping is really booming in Detroit and there are plenty of jobs available— especially rated jobs. Our teletypes are buzzing all day long report­ ing vessel movements and jobs open on these vessels. The SIU and the Maritime Trades Department Toledo Port Council has begun a campaign among Great Lakes seamen that up in Congress soon. Write, and seeks to end the exclusion of sea­ get your friends to write, for pas­ men from unemployment compen­ sage of this important legislation. sation under Ohio law. No other Frankfort state excludes seamen from unem­ ployment benefits during the win­ After completing her annual ter months. marine inspection, the MV Arthur In urging amendment (House K. Atkinson left the Manitowoc Bill #427) of the present Ohio shipyard in early May, to be re­ law, the SIU and the Toledo Port placed by the MV Viking which Council cited large savings passed will get its annual inspection on to Ohio shipping companies there. without consideration for the We are still crewing the Ann needs of the seamen. Under pres­ Arbor carferries, but the jobs will ent law, seamen are only eligible to apply for unemployment com­ last for only a month or so be­ pensation during the 40 weeks fol­ cause the Grand Rapids will be lowing the 4th Sunday in March. returned to Grand Trunk as soon However, other maritime workers as the MV Viking has completed and all other Ohio workers are not its inspection. restricted in any manner. We expect to resume contract All seamen working for Ohio negotiations with the Ann Arbor companies are urged to write to their Representatives urging sup­ Railroad Company within the next week or so, depending on the port of House Bill #427. status of the possible strike by We have reached an impasse in the Railroad Unions. our negotiations with Checker Cab Company. The company refuses to agree on the Union shop pro­ posal. The SIU has filed unfair labor practices charges with the NLRB and the possibilities of reaching an agreement do not look bright at this time. Meanwhile, we are still meeting with the company. It looks like negotiations with Ann Arbor Railroad and Macki­ SAN FRANCISCO—The first nac Transit Company will again of five new containerships being be postponed because of the pos­ planned by SIU Pacific Districtsibility of a railroad strike'in the contracted Matson Navigation near future. Ann Arbor operates should be operating in service be­ the SIU carferries out of Frank­ tween the U.S. West Lbast and fort, Michigan and Mackinac Transit Company's Chief Wawa- Hawaii sometime in 1970, accord­ fam runs out of St. Ignace across ing to company projections. the Straits of Mackinac. The rail­ Although bids have not yet been road unions are facing the possi­ asked, the five new ships are ex­ bility of compulsory arbitration, pected to be completed over a which is always a danger to Amer­ period of several years and would ican labor's right of free collec­ double Matson's container capa­ tive bargaining. bility. Installation of shore facil­ ities will go along with vessel con­ Buffalo struction. Shipping in the port of Buffalo The proposed ships will be 722 is very good in all departments, feet long with a sp^d of 24 knots. as it was last season. Although Each vessel will carry more than rated men continue to be in short 900 containers. supply, all the ships sailed from fitMatson is planning to extend out with full crews. The last vessel its container service to Japan and to finish her fit-out was the R. E. other Far Eastern countries in Webster, which completed inspec­ tion on April 27. This left just September with two vessels, the two ships without definite dates for Hawaiian Planter and Hawaiian fit-out—the James Davidson and Craftsman, which are presently undergoing conversion to contain­ the J. B. Ford. er carriers. Oeveland The Craftsman and Planter are All ships in the winter lay-up eventually slated for another as­ fleet in this area are out now and signment, however. Two of the going strong, with the Buckeye proposed brand new containerMonitor being the last ship to ships will take over the West leave. As of this time the ship­ Coast-to-Japan run when they are ping board is empty. completed and the two vessels All seamen who live in Ohio presently undergoing conversion are urged to write to their Sen­ will be used in a feeder-distribu­ ators and Representatives and tion service between the Japanese urge them to support our bill to ports of Kobe and Tokyo, and give Great Lakes seamen full un­ ports in Korea, Taiwan,'Okinawa, employment compensation year- the Philippines, Hong Kong and round. The bill will be coming Vietnam. Matson Plans Adding Five New Boxshipsbyl970 �TEXT OF sir (OSSTITIJTIII For SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes And Inland Waters District Supplement SEAFARERS LOG May 12, 1967 �M May 12, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Sapplement—Page Two in addition to exercising any and all rights it may have pur­ suant to any applicable agreements or understandings. Section 3. This Union shall also have the power, acting through its Executive Board, and after a fair hearing, to impose a trusteeship upon any subordinate body or divisions chartered by and affiliated with it, for the reasons and to the extent provided by law. Article III CONSTITUTION THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICAATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT Affiliated with American Federation of Labor — Congress of Industrial Organizations (As Amended May 12, 1960) PREAMBLE II As maritime and allied workers and realizing the value and necessity of a thorough organization, we are dedicated to the forming of one Union for our people, the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, hased upon the following principles: All members shall be entitled to all the rights, privileges and guarantees as set forth in this Constitution, and such rights, privileges and guarantees shall be preserved in accordance with its terms. We declare that American seamen are entitled to receive their employment without interference of crimps, shipowners, fink halls or any shipping bureaus maintained by the Government. We affirm that every worker has the right to receive fair and just remuneration for his labor, and to gain sufficient leisure for mental cultivation and physical recreation. We proclaim the right of all seamen to receive healthful and sufficient food, and proper forecastles in which to rest. We defend the right of all seamen to he treated in a decent and respectful manner by those in command, and. We hold that the above rights belong to all workers alike, irrespective of nationality or creed. Recognizing the foregoing as our inalienable rights, we are conscious of corresponding duties to those in command, our employers, our craft and our country. We will, therefore, try by all just means to promote har­ monious relations with those in command by exercising due care and diligence in the performance of the duties of our profession, and by giving all possible assistance to our employ­ ers in caring for their gear and property. Based upon these principles, it is among our objects: To use our influence individually and collectively for the purpose of maintaining and developing skill in seamanship and effecting a change in the maritime law of the United States, so as to render it more equitable and to make it an aid instead of a hindrance to the development of a merchant marine and a body of Amer­ ican seamen. To support a journal which shall voice the sentiments of maritime workers and through its columns seek to maintain their knowledge of, and interest in, maritime affairs. To assist the seamen of other countries in the work of org<-nization and federation, to the end of establishing the Brother­ hood of the Sea. To form and to assist by legal means other bona fide labor organizations whenever possible in the attainment of their just demands. To regulate our conduct as a Union and as individuals so as to make seamanship what it rightly is—an honorable and use­ ful calling. And hearing in mind that we are migratory, that our work takes us away in different directions from any place where the majority might otherwise meet to act, that meetings can be attended by only a fraction of the membership, that the absent members, who cannot he present, must have their inter­ ests guarded from what might be the results of excitement and passions aroused by persons or conditions, and that those who are present may act for and in the interest of all, we have adopted this Constitution. Every qualified member shall have the right to nominate him­ self for, and, if elected or appointed, to hold office in this Union. Statement of Principles and Declaration of Rights In order to form a more perfect Union, we workers in the maritime and allied industries, realizing the value and necessity of uniting in pursuit of our improved economic and social wel­ fare, have determined to bind ourselves together in the l^afarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, and hereby dedicate ourselves to the following principles: In promoting our economic and social welfare, we shall ever be mindful, not only of our rights, but also of our duties and obligations as members of the community, our duties as citizens, and our duty to combat the menace of communism and any other enemies of freedom and the democratic principles to which we seafaring men dedicate ourselves in this Union. We shall affiliate and work with other free labor organiza­ tions; we shall support a journal to give additional voice to our views; we shall assist our brothers of the sea and other workers of all countries in these obligations to the fullest extent con­ sistent with our duties, obligations, and law. We shall seek to exert our individual and col ective influence in the fight for the enactment of labor and other legislation and policies which look to the attainment of a free and happy society, without distinc­ tion based on race, creed or color. To govern our conduct as a Union and bearing in mind that most of our members are migratory, that their duties carry them aM over the world, that their rights must and shall be protected, we hereby declare these rights as members of thb Union to be inalienable. I No member shall be deprived of any of the rights or privileges guaranteed him under the Constitution of the Union. III No member shall he deprived of his membership without due process of the law of this Union. No member shall he com­ pelled to he a witness against himself in the trial of any pro­ ceeding in which he may be charged with failure to observe the law of this Union. Every official and job holder shall be bound to uphold and protect the rights of every member in accordance with the principles set forth in the Constitution of the Union. IV Every member shall have the right to be confronted by his accuser whenever he is charged with violating the law of this Union. In all such cases, the accused shall he guaranteed a fair and speedy trial by an impartial committee of his brother Union members. No member shall be denied the right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. VI A militant mmhership being necessary to the security of ,a free union, the members shall at times stand ready to defend this Union and the principles set forth in the Constitution of the Union. VII The powers not delegated to the officers, job holders, and Executive Board by the Constitution of the Union shall be reserved to the members. CONSTITUTION Article I Name and General Powers This Union shall be known as the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. Its powers shall be legislative, judicial, and executive, and shall include the formation of, and/or issuance of charters to, subordinate bodies and divisions, corporate or otherwise, the formation of funds and participation in funds, the establishment of enterprises for the benefit of the Union, and similar ventures. This Union shall exercise all of its powers in aid of subordinate bodies and divisions created or chartered by it. For convenience of administration and in furtherance of its policies of aid and assistance, the Union may make its prop­ erty, facilities and personnel available for the use and behalf of such subordinate bodies and divisions. A majority vote of the membership shall he authorization for any Union action, unless otherwise specified in the Constitution or by law. This Union shall at all times protect and maintain its jurisdiction. Article II AfRliation Section 1. This Union shall he affiliated with the Seafarers International Union of North America and the American Fed­ eration of Labor—Congress of Industrial Organizations. All other affiliations by the Union or its subordinate bodies or divisions shall be made or withdrawn as determined by a majority vote of the Executive Board. Section 2. In addition to such other provisions as are con­ tained herein, all subordinate bodies and divisions seeking a charter from and/or affiliaticn with this Union, shall he re­ quired to adopt, within a time period set by the Executive Board, a constitution containing provisions as set forth in Exhibit A, annexed to this Constitution and made a part hereof. All other provisions adopted by such subordinate bodies and divisions as part of their constitutions shall not be inconsistent therewith. No such constitution or amendments thereto shall he deemed to be effective without the approval of the Executive Board or this Union, which shall he executed in writing, on its behalf, by the President or, in his absence, by any other officer designated by it. Such approval shall be deemed to be recog­ nition of compliance herewith by such subordinate body or division. Where a subordinate body or division violates any of the foregoing, and, in particular, seeks to effectuate any constitu­ tional provision not so authorized and approved, or commits acts in violation of its approved constitution, or fails to act in accordance therewith, this Union, through its Executive Board, may withdraw its charter and/or sever its affiliation forthwith, or on such terms as it may impose not inconsistent with law, Membership Section 1. Candidates for membership shall be admitted to membership in accordance with such rules as are adopted from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. Member­ ship classifications shall correspond to and depend upon senior­ ity classifications established in accordance with the standard collective bargaining agreement of this Union. In addition to meeting the other requirements duly promulgated pursuant hereto, no persons shall become a full book member unless and until he has attained the highest seniority rating set out in the said collective bargaining agreement. Only full book members shall be entitled to vote and to hold any office or elective job, except as otherwise specified herein. All members shall have a voice in Union proceedings and shall he entitled to vote on Union contracts. Section 2. No candidate shall he granted membership who is a member of any dual organization hostile to the aims, prin­ ciples, and policies of this Union. Section 3. Members more than one quarter in arrears in dues shall he automatically suspended, and shall forfeit all benefits and all other rights and privileges in the Union. They shall be automatically dismissed if they are more than two quarters in arrears in dues. An arrearage in dues shall he computed from the first day of the applicable quarter, but this time shall not run: (a) While a member is actually participating in a strike or lockout. (b) While a member is an in-patient in a USPHS or other accredited hospital. (c) While a member is under an incapacity due to activity in behalf of the Union. (d) While a member is in the armed'services of the United States, provided the member was in good standing at the time of entry into the armed forces, and further provided he applies for reinstatement within ninety (90) days after discharge from the armed forces. (e) While a member has no opportunity to pay dues, because of employment aboard an American flag merchant vessel Section 4. A majority vote of the membership shall he suf­ ficient to designate additional circumstances during which the time specified in Section 3 shall not run. It shall he the right of any member to present, in writing, to any Port at any regu­ lar meting, any question with regard to the application of Section 3, in accordance with procedures established by a majority vote of the memhersip. A majority vote of the mem­ bership shall be necessary to decide such questions. Section 5. The membership shall be empowered to establish, from time to time, by majority vote, rules under which dues and assessments may he execused where a member has been unable to pay dues and assessments for the reasons provided in Sections 3 and 4. Section 6. To preserve unity, and to promote the common welfare of the membership, all members of the Union shall uphold and defend this Constitution and shall he governed by the provisions of this Constitution and all policies, rulings, orders and decisions duly made. Section 7. Any member who gives aid to the principles and policies of any hostile or dual organization shall he denied further membership in this Union to the full extent permitted by law. A majority vote of the membership shall decide which organizations are dual or hostile. Section 8. Evidence of membership or other affiliation with the Union shall at all times remain the property of the Union. Members may be required to show their evidence of member­ ship in order to he admitted to Union meetings, or into, or on Union property. Article IV Reinstatement Members dismissed from the Union may be reinstated in accordance with such rules and under such conditions as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority vote of the member­ ship. Article V Dues and Initiation Fee Section 1. All members shall pay dues quarterly, on a calen­ dar year basis, no later than the first business day of each ,quarter, except as herein otherwise provided. The dues shall be those payable as of the date of adoption of this Constitution as amended and may be changed only by Constitutional amend­ ment. Section 2. No candidate for membership shall be admitted into membership without having paid an initiation fee of three hundred ($300.00) dollars, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. Section 3. Payment of dues and initiation fees may be waived for organizational purposes in accordance with such rules as are adopted by a majority vote of the Executive Board. Article VI Retirement from Membership Section 1. Members may retire from membership by sur­ rendering their Union books or other evidence of affiliation and paying all unpaid dues for the quarter in which they re^e, assessments, fines and other monies due and owing the Union. When the member surrenders his book or other evidence of affiliation in connection with his application for retirement he shall be given a receipt therefor. An official retirement card shall be issued by Headquarters, upon request, dated as of the day that such member accomplishes these payments, and sht^ be given to the member upon his presenting the aforesaid receipt. Section 2. All the rights, privileges, duties and obligations of �May 12, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG membership shall be suspended during the period of retirement, except that a retired member shall not be disloyal to the Union nor join or remain in any dual or hostile organization, upon penalty of forfeiture of his right to reinstatement. Saction 3. Any person in retirement for a period of two quarters or more shall be restored to membership, except as herein indicated, by paying dues for tbe current quarter, as well as all assessments accruing and newly levied during the period of retirement. If the period of retirement is less than two quarters, the required payments shall consist of all dues accruing during the said period of retirement, including those for the current quarter, and all assessments accrued and newly levied during that period. Upon such payment, the person in retirement shall be restored to membership, and his member­ ship book, appropriately stamped, shall be returned to him. Section 4. A member in retirement may be restored to mem­ bership after a two-year period of retirement consisting of eight full quarters only by majority vote of the membership. Section S. The period of retirement shall be computed from tbe first day of the quarter following the one in which the retirement card was issued. Article Vii Systems of Organization Section 1. This Union, and all officers, headquarter's repre­ sentatives, port agents, patrolmen, and members sball be gov­ erned in this order by: (a) The Constitution. (b) The Executive Board. (c) Majority vote of the membership. Section 2. The headquarters of the Union shall be located in New York and the headquarters officers shall consist of a President, and Executive Vice-President, one Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement, a SecretaryTreasurer, one Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast, one Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast, and one VicePresident in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters. Section 3. The staff of each port shall consist of such per­ sonnel as is provided for herein, and the port shall bear the name of the city in which the Union's port offices are located. Section 4. Every member of the Union shall be registered in one of three departments; namely, deck, engine and stewards department. The definition of these departments shall be in accordance with custom and usage. This definition may be modified by a majority vote of the membership. No member may transfer from one department to another except by ap­ proval as evidenced by a majority vote of the membership. Article Vill Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents and Patrolmen Section 1. The officers of the Union shall be elected as other­ wise provided in this Constitution. These officers shall be the President, an Executive Vice-President, one Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement, a SecretaryTreasurer, one Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast, one Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast, and one VicePresident in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters. Section 2. Port Agents, Headquarters Representatives, and Patrolmen shall be elected, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. Article IX Other Elective Jobs Section 1. In addition to the elective jobs provided for in Article VIII, the following jobs in the Union shall be voted upon in the manner prescribed by this Constitution: A. Delegates to the convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America. B. Committee members of; (1) Trial Committees (2) Quarterly Financial Committees (3) Appeals Committees (4) Strike Committees (5) Credentials Committees (6) Polls Committees (7) Union Tallying Committees (8) Constitutional Committees Section 2. Additional committees may be formed as provided by a majority vote of the membership. Committees may also be appointed as permitted by this Constitution. Article X Duties of Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents, Other Elected Job Holders and Miscellaneous Personnel Soction 1. Tho Presidont. (a) The President shall be the executive officer of the Union and shall represent, and act for and in behalf of, the Union in all matters except as otherwise specifically provided for in the Constitution. (b) He sball be a member ex-officio of all committees, except as otherwise herein expressly provided. (c) The President shall be in charge of, and responsible for, all Union property, and shall be in charge of headquarters and port offices. Wherever there are time restrictions or other con­ siderations affecting Union action, the President .shall take appropriate action to insure observance thereof. (d) In order that he may properly execute his responsibil­ ities, he is hereby instructed and authorized to employ any help he deems necessary, be it legal, accounting or otherwise. (e) Subject to approval by a majority vote of the member­ ship, the President shall designate the number and location of ports, the jurisdiction, status, and activities thereof, and may close or open such ports, and may re-assign Vice-Presidents and the Secretary-Treasurer, without reduction in wages. He may also re-assign Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents, and Patrolmen, to other duties, without reduction in wages. The Ports of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Or­ leans, Houston and Detroit may not be closed except by Con­ stitutional amendment. Where ports are opened between elections, the President shall designate the Union personnel thereof. The President shall designate, in the event of the incapacity of any Hadquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, or any officer other than the President, a replacement to act as such during the period of incapacity, provided such replace­ ment is qualified under Article Xll of the Constitution to fill such job. At the regular meeting in July of every election year, the President shall submit to the membership a pre-balloting report. In his report he shall recommend the number and loca­ tion of ports, the number of Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents and Patrolmen which are to be elected. He shall also recommend a bank, a bonded warehouse, a regular officer thereof, or any other similar depository, to which the ballots are to be mailed or delivered at the close of each day's voting, except that the President may, in his discretion, postpone the recommendation as to the depository until no later than the first regular meeting in October. This recommendation may also specify, whether any Patrol­ man and/or Headquarters Representative, shall be designated as departmental or otherwise. The report shall be subject to approval or modification by a majority vote of the membership. (f) The President shall be chairman of the Executive Board and may cast one vote in that body. (g) He shall be responsible, within the limits of his powers, for the enforcement of this Constitution, the policies of the Union, and all rules and rulings duly adopted by the Executive Board, and those duly adopted by a majority vote of the mem­ bership. Within these limits, he shall strive to enhance the strength, position, and prestige of the Union. (h) The foregoing duties shall be in addition to those other duties lawfully imposed upon him. (i) The responsibility of the President may not be delegated, but the President may delegate to a person or persons the execution of such of his duties as he may in his discretion decide, subject to the limitations set forth in this Constitution. (j) Any vacancy in any office or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent, or Patrolman shall be filled by the President by temporary appointment of a member quali­ fied for the office or job under Article Xll of this Constitution, except in those cases where the filling of such vacancy is other­ wise provided for by this Constitution. (k) The President is direcfed to take any and all measures and employ such means which he deems necessary or advisable, to protect the interests, and further the welfare of the Union and its members, in all matters involving national, state or local legislation issues, and public affairs. (1) The President shall have authority to require any officer or Union representative to attend any regular or special meet­ ing if, in his opinion, it is deemed necessary. Section 2. Executive Vice-President. The Executive Vice-President shall perform any and all duties assigned him or delegated to him by the President. In the event the President shall be unable to carry out any of his duties by reason of incapacity or unavailability, the Executive Vice-President shall take over such duties during the period of such incapacity or unavailability. Upon the death, resignation, or removal from office for any reason of the President, the Executive Vice-President shall immediately assume the office, duties and responsibilities of the President until the next general election. The Executive Vice-President shall be a member of the Executive Board and may cast one vote in that body. Section 3. Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement. The Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract En­ forcement shall perform any and all duties assigned him or delegated to him by the President. In addition, he shall be responsible for all contract negotiations, the formulation of bargaining demands, and the submission of proposed collective bargaining agreements to the membership for ratification. He shall also be responsible, except as otherwise provided in Article X, Section 14(d)(1), for strike authorization, signing of new contracts, and contract enforcement. He shall also act for headquarters in executing the administrative functions as­ signed to headquarters by this Constitution with respect to trials and appeals except if he is a witness or party thereto, in which event the Secretary-Treasurer shall act in his place. In order that he may properly execute these responsibilities he is hereby instructed and authorized to employ such help as he deems necessary, be it legal, or otherwise, subject to approval of the Executive Board. The Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement shall be a member of the Executive Board and may cast one vote in that body. Section 4. Secretary-Treasurer. The Secretary-Treasurer shall perform any and all duties assigned him or delegated to him by the President. He shall be responsible for the organization and maintenance of the correspondence, files, and records of the Union; setting up, and maintenance of, sound accounting and bookkeeping sys­ tems; the setting up, and maintenance of, proper office and other administrative Union procedures; the proper collection, safeguarding, and expenditure of all Union funds, port or otherwise. He shall submit to the membership, for each quar­ terly period, a detailed report of the entire Union's financial operations and shall submit simultaneously therewith, the Quarterly Financial Committee report for the same period. The Secretary-Treasurer's report shall be prepared by an inde­ pendent Certified Public Accountant. He shall also work with all duly elected finance committees. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be responsible for the timely filing of any and all reports on the operations of the Union, financial or otherwise, that may be required by any Federal or state laws. In order that he may properly execute his responsibilities, he is hereby instructed and authorized to employ any help he deems necessary, be it legal, accounting, or otherwise, subject to approval of the Executive Board. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be a member of the Executive Board and may cast one vote in that body. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be a member ex-officio of the Credentials and Ballot Tallying Committees. In addition he shall make himself and the records of his office available to the Quarterly Financial Committee. Sapplement—Page Three Section 5. Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast. The Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast shall be a member of the Executive Board and shall be entitled to cast one vote in that body. He shall supervise and be responsible for the activities of all the ports, and the personnel thereof on the Atlantic Coast, including their organizing activities. The Atlantic Coast area is deemed to mean that area from and including Georgia through Maine and shall also include the Islands in the Carib­ bean. In order that he may properly execute his responsibilities he is empowered and authorized to retain any technical or professional assistance he deems necessary, subject to approval of the Executive Board. Section 6. Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast. The Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast shall be a member of the Executive Board and shall be entitled to cast one vote in that body. He shall supervise and be responsible for the activities of aU the Ports, and the personnel thereof on the Gulf Coast including their organizing activities. The Gulf Coast area is deemed to mean the State of Florida, all through the Gulf, including Texas. In order that he may properly execute his responsibilities he is empowered and authorized to retain any technical or pro­ fessional assistance he deems necessary, subject to approval of the Executive Board. Section 7. Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters. The Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters shall be a member of the Executive Board and shall be entitled to cast one vote in that body. He shall supervise and be responsible for the activities of all the ports, and the personnel thereof on the Lakes and Inland Waters, including their organizing activities. In order that he may properly execute his responsibilities he is empowered and authorized to retain any technical or pro­ fessional assistance he deems necessary, subject to approval of the Executive Board. Section 8. Director of Organizing and Publications. The Director of Organizing and Publications shall be ap­ pointed and may be removed at will by the Executive Board of the Union. He shall be responsible for and supervise all pub­ lications and public relations of the Union and shall serve as co-ordinator of all organizational activities of the Union. In addition, he shall perform any and all duties assigned him or delegated to him by the Executive Board. Section 9. Headquarters Representatives. The Headquarters Representatives shall perform any and all duties assigned them or delegated to them by the President, Executive Vice-President or the Executive Board. Section 10. Port Agents. (a) The .Port Agent shall be in direct charge of the admin­ istration of Union affairs in the port of his jurisdiction subject to the direction of the area Vice-President. , (b) He shall, within the jurisdiction of his port, be respon­ sible for the enforcement and execution of the Constitution, the policies of the Union, and the rules adopted by the Executive Board, and by a majority vote of the membership. Wherever there are time restrictions or other considerations affecting port acton, the Port Agent shall take appropriate action to insure observance thereof. (c) He shall be prepared to account, financially or other­ wise, for the activities of his port, whenever demanded by the President, the Vice-President of the area in which his port is located, or by the Secretary-Treasurer. (d) In any event, he shall prepare and forward to the Sec­ retary-Treasurer, a weekly financial report showing, in detail, weekly income and expenses, and complying with all other accounting directions issued by the Secretary-Treasurer. (e) The Port Agent may assign each port Patrolman to such duties as fall within the jurisdiction of the port, regardless of the departmental designation, if any, under which the Patrol­ man was elected. (f) The Port Agent shall designate which members at that port may serve as representatives to other organizations, affilia­ tion with which has been properly authorized. Section 11. Patrolmen. Patrolmen shall perform any duties assigned them by the Agent of the Port to which they are assigned. Section 12. Executive Board. The Executive Board shall consist of the President, the Executive Vice-President, the Vice-President in Charge of Con­ tracts and Contract Enforcement, the Secretary-Treasurer, the Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Area, the Vice-Presi­ dent in Charge of the Gulf Area, the Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters, and the National Director (or chief executive officer) of each subordinate body or division created or chartered by the Union whenever such subordinate body or division has attained a membership of 3,200 members and has maintained that membership for not less than three (3) months. Such National Director (or chief executive officer) shall be a member of the respective subordinate body or divi­ sion and must be qualified to hold office under the terms of the Constitution of such division or subordinate body. The Executive Board shall meet in headquarters no less than once each quarter and at such other times as the President or, in his absence, the Executive Vice-President may direct. The President shall be the chairman of all Executive Board meetings unless absent, in which case the Executive Vice-President shall assume the chairman's duties. Each member of the Executive Board shall be entitled to cast one vote in that body. Its decision shall be determined by majority vote of those voting, providing a quorum of three is present. It shall be the duty of the Executive Board to develop policies, strategies and rules which will advance and protect the interests and welfare of the Union and the Members. It sball be the duty of the Sec­ retary-Treasurer, or in his absence, an appointee of the Execu­ tive Board, to keep accurate minutes of all Executive Board meetings. The Executive Board shall appoint one person who shall be designated Director of Organizing and Publications. The Executive Board shall determine per capita tax to be levied and other terms and conditions of affiliation for any group of workers desiring affiliation. The Executive Board may direct the administration of all Union affairs, properties, policiw and personnel in any and all areas not otherwise specifically �provided for in this Constitution. Notwithstanding the fore­ going, the Executive Board may act without holding a formal meeting provided all members of the Board are sent notice of the proposed action or actions and the decision thereon is reduced to writing and signed by a majority of the Executive Board. In the event that death, resignation or removal from office for any reason should occiu- simultaneously to the President and Elxecutive Vice-President, the Executive Board by majority vote shall name successors from its own membership who shall fill those vacancies until the next general election. If the Executive Vice-President duly assumes the office of the President and dies, resigns, is removed from office, or is incapacitated for more than 30 days during the remainder of the term, the Executive Board shall elect a successor for the balance of the term from its own membership. Section 13. Delegates. (a) The term "delegates" shall mean those members of the Union and its subordinate bodies or divisions who are elected in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution, to attend the convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America. The following officers upon their election to office shall, during the term of their office, be delegates to all Con­ ventions of the Seafarers International Union of North America in the following order of priority: President; Executive VicePresident; Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement; Secretary-Treasurer; Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast; Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast; Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters; Headquarters Representatives, with priority to those most senior in full book Union membership; Port Agents, with priority to those most senior in full hook Union membership; and Patrolmen, with priority to those most senior in full book Union membership. (b) Each delegate shall attend the convention for which elected and fully participate therein. (c) Each delegate shall, by his vote and otherwise, support those policies agreed upon by the majority of the delegates to the Convention. (d) The President shall assign to each subordinate body or division that number of delegates to which this Union would have been entitled, if its membership had been increased by the number of members of the subordinate body or division, in accordance with the formula set forth in the Constitution of the Seafarers International Union of North America, except that this provision shall not be applied so as to reduce the number of delegates to which this Union would otherwise have been entitled. Section 14. Committees. (a) Trial Committee. The Trial Committee shall conduct the trials of a person charged, and shall submit findings and recommendations as prescribed in this Constitution. It shall be the special obliga­ tion of the Trial Committee to observe all the requirements of this Constitution with regard to charges and trials, and their findings and recommendations must specifically state whether or not, in the opinion of the Trial Committee, the rights of any accused, under this Constitution, were properly safeguarded. (b) Appeals Committee. 1. The Appeals Committee shall hear aU appeals from trial judgments, in accordance with such procedures as are set forth in this Constitution and such rules as may be adopted by a majority vote of the membership not inconsistent therewith. 2. The Appeals Committee shall, within not later than one week after the close of the said hearing, make and submit findings and recommendations in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and such rules as may be adopted by a majority vote of the membership not inconsistent therewith. (c) Quarterly Financial Committee. 1. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall make an exami­ nation for each quarterly period of the finances of the Union and shall report fully on their findings and recommendations. Members of this committee may make dissenting reports, sepa­ rate recommendations and separate findings. 2. The findings and recommendations of this committee shall be completed within a reasonable time after the election of the members thereof, and shall be submitted to the SecretaryTreasurer who shall cause the same to be read in all ports, as set forth herein. 3. All officers. Union personnel and members are responsible for complying with all demands made for records, bUls, vouchers, receipts, etc., by the said Quarterly Financial Com­ mittee. The committee shall also have available to it, the serv­ ices of the independent certified public accountants retained by the Union. 4. Any action on the said report shall be as determined by a majority vote of the membership. 5. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall consist of seven (7) members in good standing to be elected as follows: One member from each of the following ports: New York, Philadel­ phia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston and Detroit. No officer. Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrol­ man, shall be eligible for election to this Committee. Gommittee members shall be elected at the regular meeting designated by the Secretary-Treasurer. In the event a regular meeting can­ not be held in any port for lack of a quorum, the Agent shall call a special meeting as early as possible for the purpose of electing a member to serve on the Quarterly Financial Com­ mittee. Such committee members shall be furnished trans­ portation to New York and back to their respective ports and they shall be furnished room and board during the period they are performing their duties in New York. Commencing on the day following their election and continuing until they have been returned to their respective ports each committee mem­ ber shall be paid for hours worked at the standby rate of pay but in no event shall they be paid for less than ei^t (8) hours per day. (d) Strike Committee. 1. In no event shall a general strike take place unless ap­ proved by a majority vote of the membership. 2. In the event a general strike has heen approved by the membership the Port Agents in all affected ports shall call a timely special meeting for the purpose of electing a strike com­ mittee. This committee shaU be composed of three full book members and their duties shall consist of assisting the Port Agent to effectuate all strike policies and strategies. May 12, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Supplement—Page Four Article Xi Wages and Terms of Office of Officers and Other Elective Job Holders, Union Employees, and Others Saction I. The following elected offices and jobs shall be held for a term of four years: President Vice-Presidents Secretary-Treasurer Headquarters Representatives Port Agents Patrolmen The term of four years set forth here is expressly subject to the provisions for assumption of office as contained in Article XHI, Section 6(b) of this Constitution. Section 2. The term of any elective jobs other than those in­ dicated in Section 1 of this Article shall continue for so long as is necessary to complete the functions thereof, unless sooner terminated by a majority vote of the membership or se^ent of the Union, whichever applies, whose vote was originally necessary to elect the one or ones serving. Section 3. The compensation to be paid the holder of any office or other elective job shall be determined from time to time by the Executive ^ard subject to approval of the mem­ bership. Section 4. The foregoing provisions of this Article do not apply to any corporation, business, or other venture in which this Union participates; or which it organizes or creates. In such situations, instructions conveyed by the Executive Board shall be followed. Article XII Qualifications for Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents, Patrolmen and Other Elective Jobs Section I. Any member of the Union is eligible to be a can­ didate for, and hold, any office or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman provided: (a) He has at least three (3) years of seatime in an un­ licensed capacity aboard an American-flag merchant vessel or vessels. In computing time, time spent in the employ of the Union, its subsidiaries and its affiliates, or in any employment at the Union's direction, shall count the same as sea time. Union records, Welfare Plan records and/or company records can be used to determine eligibility; and (b) He has heen a full book member in continuous good standing in the Union for at least three (3) years immediately prior to his nomination; and (c) He has at least four (4) months of sea time, in an un­ licensed capacity, aboard an American-flag merchant vessel or vessels, covered by contract with this Union, or four (4) months of employment with, or in any office or job of, the Union, its sub­ sidiaries and its affiliates,'or in any employment at the Union's direction, or a combination of these, between January 1st and the time of nomination in the election year; and (d) He is a citizen of the United States of America; and (e) He is not disqualified by law. (f) He has at least one (1) year of seatime aboard an American-flag merchant vessel or vessels in a rated unlicensed capacity other than an entry rating. Section 2. All candidates for, and holders of, other elective jobs not specified in the preceding sections shall be full book members of the Union. Section 3. All candidates for and holders of elective offices and jobs, whether elected or appointed in accordance with this Constitution, shall maintain full hook membership in good standing. Article XIII Elections for Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents and Patrolmen Section 1. Nominations. Except as provided in Section 2(b) of this Article, any full book member may submit his name for nomination for any office, or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, by delivering or causing to be delivered in per­ son, to the office of the Secretary-Treasurer at headquarters, or sending, a letter addressed to the Credentials Committee, in care of the Secretary-Treasurer, at the address of headquarters. This letter shall be dated and shall contain the following: (a) The name of the candidate. (b) His home address and mailing address. (c) His book number. (d) The title of the office or other job for which he is a candidate, including the name of the Port in the event the position sought is that of Agent or Patrolman. (e) Proof of citizenship. (f) Proof of seatime and/or employment as required for candidates. (g) In the event the member is on a ship he shaU notify the Credentials Committee what ship he is on. This shaU be done also if he ships subsequent to forwarding his credentials. (h) Annexing a certificate in the following form, signed and dated by the proposed nominee: "I hereby certify that I am not now, nor, for the five (5) years last past, have I been either a member of the Communist Party or convicted of, or served any part of a prison term resulting from conviction of robbery, bribery, extortion, embezzlement, grand larceny, burglary, arson, violation of narcotics laws, murder, rape, assault with intent to kill, assault which infficts grievous bodily injury, or violation of Title II or III of the Landrum-Grifiin Act, or conspiracy to commit any such crimes." Dated Signature of member Book No. Printed forms of the certificate shall be made available to nodiinees. Where a nominee cannot truthfuUy execute such a certificate, but is, in fact, legally eligible for an office or job by reason of the restoration of civil rights originally revoked by such conviction or a favorable determination by the Board of Parole of the United States Department of Justice, he shall, in lieu of the foregoing certificate, furnish a complete signed state­ ment of the facts of his case together with true copies of the documents supporting his statement. All documents required herein must reach headquarters no earlier than July I5th and no later than August I5th of the election year. The Secretary-Treasurer is charged with the safekeeping of these letters and shall turn them over to the Credentials Com­ mittee upon the letter's request. Section 2. Credentials Committee. (a) A Credentials Committee shall he elected at the regu­ lar meeting in August of the election year, at the port where headquarters is located. It shall consist of six full book mem­ bers in attendance at the meeting, with two members to be elected from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards Depart­ ments. No Officer, Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, or candidate for office or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this Committee, except as provided for in Article X, Section 4. In the event any committee member is unable to serve, the committee shall suspend until the President or Excutive Vice President, or the Secretary-Treasurer, in that order, calls a special meeting at the port where Headquarters is lo­ cated in order to elect a replacement. The Committe's results shaU be by majority vote, with any tie vote being resolved by a majority vote of the membership at a special meeting called for that purpose at that Port. (b) After, its election, the Committee shall immediately go into session. It shall determine whether the person has sub­ mitted his application correctly and possesses the necessary qualifications. The Committee shall prepare a report listing each applicant and his book number under the office or job he is seeking. Each applicant shall be marked "qualified" or "dis­ qualified" according to the findings of the Committee. Where an applicant has been marked "disqualified," the reason therefor must be stated in the report. Where a tie vote has been resolved by a special meeting of the membership, that fact shall also be noted, with sufficient detail. The report shall be signed by all of the Committee members, and be completed and submitted to the Ports in time for the next regular meeting after their election. At this meeting, it shall be read and incorporated in the minutes, and then posted on the bulletin board in each port. On the last day of nominations, one member of the Conunittee shall stand by in Headquarters to accept delivery of creden­ tials. All credentials must be in headquarters by midnight of closing day. (c) When an applicant has been disqualified by the commit­ tee, he shall be notified immediately by telegram at the ad­ dresses listed by him pursuant to Section 1 of this Article. He shall also be sent a letter containing the reasons for such dis­ qualification by air mail, special deliveiy, registered, to the mailing address designed pursuant to Section Kb) of this Arti­ cle. A disqualified applicant shall have the right to take an appeal to the membership from the decision of the committee. He shall forward copies of such appeal to each port, where the appeal shall be presented and voted upon at a regular meeting no later than the second meeting after the committee's election. It is the responsibility of the applicant to insure timely delivery of his appeal. In any event, without prejudice to his written appeal, the applicant may appear in person before the commit­ tee within two days after the day on which the telegram is sent, to correct his application or argue for his qualification. The committee's report shall be prepared early enough to allow the applicant to appear before it within the time set forth in his Constitution and still reach the ports in time for the first regular meeting after its election. (d) A majority vote of the membership shall, in the case of such appeals, be sufficient to over-rule any disqualification classification by the Credentials Committee, in which event the one so previously classified shall then be deemed qualified. (e) The Credentials Committee, in passing upon the quali­ fications of candidates, shall have the right to conclusively pre­ sume that anyone nominated and qualified in previous elections for candidacy for any office, or the job of Headquarters Repre­ sentative, Port Agent or Patrolman, has met all the requirements of Section 1(a) of Article XII. Section 3. Balloting Procedures. (a) The Secretary-Treasurer shall insure the proper and timely preparation of ballots, without partiality as to candidates or ports. The ballots may contain general information and in­ structive comments not inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution. All qualified candidates shall be listed thereon alphabetically within each category. The listing of the ports shall follow a geographical pattern, commencing with the most northerly port on the Atlantic coast, following the Atlantic coast, following the Atlantic coast down to the most southerly port on that coast, then westerly along the Gulf of Mexico and so on, until the list of ports is exhausted. Any port outside the Continental United States shall then be added. There shall be allotted write-in space, on each ballot, sufficient to permit each member voting to write in as many names as there are offices and jobs to be voted upon. Each ballot shall he so prepared as to have the number thereon placed at the top thereof and shall be so perforated as to enable that portion containing the said number to be easily removed to insure secrecy of the ballot. On this removable portion shall also be placed a short statement indicating the nature of the ballot and the voting date thereof. (b) The ballots so prepared at the direcion of the SecretaryTreasurer shall be the only official ballots. No others may be used. Each ballot shall be numbered as indicated in the pre­ ceding paragraph and shall be numbered consecutively, com­ mencing with number 1. A sufficient amount shall be printed and distributed to each Port. A record of the ballots, both by serial numbers and amount, sent thereto shall be maintained by the SecretaryTreasurer, who shall also send each Port Agent a verification list indicating the amount and serial numbers of the baUots sent. Each Port Agent shall maintain separate rec­ oras ords 01 of tne the ballots sent him and shall inspect and count ..... the baUots, when received, to insure that the amount sent, as well as the numbers thereon, conform to the amount and numbers listed by the Secretary-Treasurer as having been sent to that port. The Port Agent shall immediately execute and return to the Secretary-Treasurer a receipt acknowledging the correctness of me amount and numbers of the ballots sent, or shall notify the Secretary-Treasurer of any descrepancy. Discrepancies shaU be �Mar 12, 1967 corrected as soon as possible prior to the voting period. In any event, receipts shall he forwarded for ballots actually received. The Secretary-Treasurer shall prepare a file in which shall he kept memoranda and correspondence dealing with the elction. This file shall at all times he available to any member asking for inspection of the same at the office of the Secretary-Treasurer. (c) Balloting shall take place in person, at port offices, and shall he secret. No signatures of any voter, or other distinguish­ ing mark, shall appear on the ballot, except that any member may write in the name or names of any member or members, as appropriate, for any office, or the job of Headquarters Repre­ sentative, Port Agent or Patrolman. (d) Only full book members may vote. However, immediately prior thereto they must present their books to the Polls Com­ mittee of the port in which they are voting. The voter's book number shall be placed upon the roster sheet (which shall be kept in duplicate) in the space opposite the proper ballot numher, and' the the member shall sign his name, the portion of the ballot on which the ballot number is printed shall then he re­ moved, placed near the roster sheet, and the member shall pro­ ceed to the voting site with the ballot. An appropriate notation of the date and of the fact of voting shall be placed in the member's Union book. (e) Each Port Agent shall be responsible for the establish­ ment of a booth or other voting site where each member may vote in privacy. (f) Upon completion of voting the member shall fold the ballot so that no part of the printed or written portion is visible. He shall then drop the ballot into a narrow-slotted ballot box, which shall be provided for that purpose by the Port Agent and kept locked and sealed except as hereinafter set forth. (g) 'Voting shall commence on November 1st of the election year and shall continue through December 31st, exclusive of Sundays and (for each individual Port) holidays legally recog­ nized in the city in which the port affected is located. If No­ vember 1st or December 31st falls on a holiday legally recog­ nized in a port in the city in which that port is located, the bal­ loting period in such port shall commence or terminate, as the case may be, on the next succeeding business day. Subject to the foregoing, voting in all ports shall commence at 9:00 A.M., and continue until 5:00 P.M. except that, on Saturdays, voting shall commence at 9:00 A.M. and continue until 12 noon. Section 4. Poll* Committees. (a) Each port shall elect, prior to the beginning of the voting on each voting day, a Polls Committee, consisting of three full book members none of whom shall be a candidate, officer or an elected or appointed job holder. For the purpose of holding a meeting for the election of a Polls Committee only, and not­ withstanding the provisions of Article XXIII, Section 2, or any other provision of this Constitution, five (5) members shall con­ stitute a quorum for each port, with the said meeting to be held between 8:00 A.M. and 9:00 A.M. with no notice there­ of required. It shall he the obligation of each member wish­ ing to serve on a Polls Committee, or to observe the election threof, to be present during this time period. It shall be the responsibility of the Port Agent to see that the meeting for the purpose of electing the said Polls Committee is called, and that the minutes of the said meeting are sent daily to the SecretaryTreasurer. In no case shall voting take place unless a duly elected Polls Committee is functioning. (b) The duly elected Polls Committee shall collect all un­ used ballots, the voting rosters, the numbered stubs of those ballots already used, the ballot box or boxes and the ballot records and files kept by the Port Agent. It shall then proceed to compare the serial numbers and amounts of stubs with the number of names and corresponding serial numbers on the roster, and then compare the serial number and amounts of ballots used with the verification list, as corrected, and ascer­ tain whether the unused ballots, both serial numbers and amount, represent the difference between what appears on the verification list, as corrected, and the ballots used. If any discrepancies are found, a detailed report thereon shall be drawn by the Polls Committee finding such discrepancies, which report shall be in duplicate, and signed by all the members of such Polls Committee. Each member of the Committee may make what separate comments thereon he desires, provided they are signed and dated by him. A copy of this report shall be given the Port Agent, to be presented at the next regular meet­ ing. A copy shall also be simultaneously sent to the SecretaryTreasurer, who shall cause an investigation to be made forth­ with. The results of such investigation shall be reported to the membership as soon as completed, with recommendations by the Secretary-Treasurer. A majority vote of the membership shall determine what action, if any, shall be taken thereon. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Con­ stitution, the Executive Board shall not make any determina­ tion in these matters. (c) The Polls Committee shall also insure that the ballot box is locked and sealed, which lock and seal shall not be opened except in the manner hereinafter set forth. The same procedure as is set forth in the preceding paragraph with regard to dis­ crepancies shall be utilized in the event the Polls Committee has reason to believe the lock and seal have been illegally tampered with. (d) The Polls Committee shall permit full book members only to vote. Prior thereto, it shall stamp their book with the word "voted" and the date, issue ballots to'voters, insure that proper registration on the roster takes place, collect stubs, and keep them in numerical order. It shall preserve good order and decorum at the voting site and vicinity thereof. All members and others affiliated with the Union are charged with the duty of assisting the Polls Committee, when called upon, in the preservation of order and decorum. (e) In order to maintain the secrecy and accuracy of the ballot, and to eliminate the possibility of errors or irregularities in any one day's balloting affecting all the balloting in any port, the following procedure shall be observed: At the end nd of each" day's ' voting, the Polk Committee, in the presence of any member desiring to attend, provided he ob­ serves proper decorum, sball open the ballot box or boxes, and place all of that day's ballots therein in an envelope, as required, which shall then be sealed. The members of the Polls Commit­ tee shall thereupon sign their names across the flap of the said envelope or envelopes, with their book numbers next to their signatures. The committee shall also place the date and name of the Port on the said envelopes, and shall certify, on the enve­ lope or envelopes, that the ballot box or boxes were opened publicly, that all ballots for that day only were removed, and that all of those ballots are enclosed in the envelope or enve­ lopes dated for that day and voted in that Port. The Polls Com­ SEAFARERS LOG mittee shall check the rosters, and any other records they deem appropriate, to insure the foregoing. At the discretion of the Executive Board official envelopes may he prepared for the purpose of enclosing the ballots and the making of the aforesaid certification, with wording embodying the foregoing inscribed thereon, in which event these envelopes shall be used by the Polls Commitee for the aforesaid purpose. Nothing contained herein shall prevent any member of a Polls Committee from adding such comments to the certificate as are appropriate, provided the comments are signed and dated by the member making them. The envelope or envelopes shall then be placed in a wrapper or envelope, which, at the discretion of the Ex­ ecutive Board, may be furnished for that purpose. The wrapper or envelope shall then be securely sealed and either delivered, or sent by certified or registered mail, by the said Polls Com­ mittee, to the depository named in the pre-election report adopted by the membership. The Polls Committes shall not he discharged from its duties until this mailing is accomplished and evidence of mailing or delivery is furnished the Port Agent, which evidence shall be noted and kept in the Port Agent's election records or files. The Polls Committee shall also insure that the ballot box or boxes are locked and sealed before handing them back to the Port Agent, and shall place the key or keys to the boxes in an envelope, across the flap of which the members of the committee shall sign their names, book numbers, and the date, after seal­ ing the envelope .securely. In addition to delivering the key and ballot box or boxes as aforesaid, the Polls Committee shall deliver to the Port Agent one copy of each of the roster sheets for the day, the unused ballots, any reports called for by this Section 4, any files that they may have received, and all the stubs collected both for the day and those turned over to it. The Port Agent shall be responsible for the proper safeguarding of all the aforesaid material, shall not release any of it until duly called for, and shall insure that no one illegally tampers with the material placed in his custody. The remaining copy of each roster sheet used for the day shall be mailed by the Polls Committee to the Secretary-Treasurer, by certified or registered mail or delivered in person. (f) Members of the Polls Committee shall serve without com­ pensation, except that the Port Agent shall compensate each Polls Committee member with a reasonable sum for meals while serving or provide meals in lieu o£ cash. Section 5. Ballet Collection, Taliying Procedure, Protests, and Special Votes. (a) On the day the balloting in each port is to terminate, the Polls Committee elected for that day shall, in addition to their other duties hereinbefore set forth, deliver to headquarters, or mail to headquarters (by certified or registered mail), all the unused ballots, together with a certification, signed and dated by all members of the Committee that all ballots sent to the port and not used are enclosed therewith, subject to the right of each member of the Committee to make separate comments under his signature and date. The certification shall specifically identify, by serial number and amount, the unused ballots so forwarded. In the same package, but bound separately, the committee shall forward to headquarters all stubs collected dur­ ing the period of voting, together with a certification, signed by all members of the committee, that kll the stubs collected by the committee are enclosed therewith subject to the right of each member of the committee to make separate comments under his signature and date. The said Polk Committee members shall not be discharged from their duties until the forwarding called for hereunder is accomplished and evidence of mailing or de­ livery is furnished the Port Agent, which evidence shall be noted and kept in the Port Agent's election records or files. (b) All forwarding to headquarters called for under this Section 5, shall be to the Union Tallying Committee, at the address of headquarters. In the event a Polls Committee cannot be elected or cannot act on the day the balloting in each Port is to terminate, the Port Agent shall have the duty to forward " j(a: (unused the material specifically set forth in Section 5(a) ballots and stubs) to the Union Tallying Committee, which will then carry out the functions in regard thereto of the said Polls Committee. In such event, the Port Agent shall also forward all other material deemed necessary by the Union Tallying Com­ mittee to execute those functions. All certifications called for under this Article XIII shdl be deemed made according to the best knowledge, and belief of those required to make such certification. (c) The Union Tallying Committee shall consist of 14 full book members. Two shall be elected from each of the seven ports of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston, and Detroit. "The election shall be held at the regular meeting in December of the election year, or if the Ex­ ecutive Board otherwise determines prior thereto, at a special meeting held in the aforesaid ports on the first business day of the last week of said month. No Officer, Headquarters Repre­ sentative, Port Agent, Patrolman, or candidate for office, or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this Committee, except as pro­ vided for in Article X, Section 4. In addition to its duties here­ inbefore set forth, the Union Tallying Committee shall be charged with the tallying of all the ballots and the preparation of a closing report setting forth, in complete detail, the results of the election, including a complete accounting of all ballots and stubs, and reconciliation of the same with the rosters, verification lists, and receipts of the Port Agents, all with de­ tailed reference to serial numbers and amounts and with each total broken down into port totals. The Tallying Committee shall be permitted access to the election records and files of all ports, which they may require to be forwarded for inspection at its discretion. The report shall clearly detail all discre­ pancies discovered, and shall contain recommendations for the treatment of these discrepancies. All members of the Committee shall sign the report, without prejudice, however, to the right of any member thereof to submit a dissenting report as to the accuracy of the count and the validity ot the ballots, with pertinent details. The Tallying Committee is also charged with the receipt and evaluation of written protests by any member who claims an illegal denial of the right to vote. If it finds the protests in­ valid, it shall dismiss the protest and so inform the protesting member, by wire, on the day of dismissal. If it finds the protest valid, the committee shall order a special vote, to be had no later than within the period of its proceedings, on such terms as are practical, effective, and just, but which terms, in any event, shall include the provisions of Section 3(c) of this Aiticle and the designation of the voting site of the port most convenient to the protesting member. Where a special vote is ordered in Supplement—Page Five accordance with this Section 5(c), these terms shall apply, not­ withstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Article. Protests may he made only in writing and must be received by the Un'on Tallying Committee during the period of its proceedings. The reports of this committee shall include a brief summary of each protest received, the name and book number of the protesting member, and a summary of the dis­ position of the said protest. The committee shall take all rea­ sonable measures to adjust the course of its proceedings so as to enable the special vote set forth in this Section 5(c) to be completed within the time herein specified. No closing report shall be made by it unless and until the special votes referred to in this Section 5(c) shall have been duly completed and tallied. (d) The members of the Union Tallying Committee shall proceed to the port in which headquarters is located, as soon as possible after their election but, in any event, shall arrive at that port prior to the first business day after December 31 of the election year. Each member of the committee not elected from the port in which headquarters is located shall be reim­ bursed for transportation, meals, and lodging expenses occa­ sioned by their traveling to and returning from that Port. All members of the committee shall also be paid at the prevailiing standby rate of pay from the day subsequent to their election to the day they return, in normal course, to the Port from which they were elected. The Union Tallying Committee shall elect a chairman from among themselves and, subject to the express terms of this Con­ stitution, adopt its own procedures. Decision as to special votes, protests, and the contents of the final report shall be valid if made by a majority vote, provided there be a quorum in attend­ ance, which quorum is hereby fixed at nine (9). The Union Tallying Committee, but not less than a quorum thereof, shall have the sole right and duty to obtain the ballots from the depository immediately after the termination of balloting aiid to insure their safe custody during the course of the commit­ tee's proceedings. The proceedings of this committee, except for the actual preparation of the closing report and dissents there­ from, if any, shall be open to any member, provided he observes decorum. In no event, shall the issuance of the hereinbefore referred to closing report of the Tallying Committee be delayed beyond the January I5th immediately subsequent to the close of voting. The Union Tallying Committee shall be discharged upon the completion of the issuance and dispatch of its reports as required in this Article. In the event a recheck and recount is ordered pursuant to Section 5(g) of this Article, the com­ mittee shall be reconstituted except that if any member thereof is not available, a substitute therefore shall be elected from the appropriate port, at a special meeting held for that purpose as soon as possible. (e) The report of the Committee shall be made up in suffi­ cient copies to comply with the following requirements: two copies shall be sent by the committee to each Port Agent and the Secretary-Treasurer prior to the first regular meeting sched­ uled to take place subsequent to the close of the committee's proceedings or, in the event such meeting is scheduled to take place four days or less from the close of this committee's pro­ ceedings, then at least five days prior to the next regular meet­ ing. Whichever meeting applies shall be designated, by date, in the report and shall be referred to as the "Election Report Meeting." As soon as these copies are received, each Port Agent shall post one copy of the report on the bulletin board, in a conspicuous manner. This copy shall be kept posted for a period of two months. At the Election Report Meeting, the other copy of the report shall be read verbatim. (f) At the Election Report meeting, there shall be taken up the discrepancies, if any, referred to in Section 5(c) of this Article and the recommendations of the Tallying Committee submitted therewith. A majority vote of the membership shall decide what action, if any, in accordance with the Constitution, shall be taken thereon, which action, however, shall not include the ordering of a special vote unless the reported discrepancies affect the results of the vote for any office or job, in which event, the special vote shall be restricted thereto. A majority of the membership, at the Election Report Meeting, may order a recheck and a recount when a dissent to the closing report has been issued by three or more members of the Union Tallying Committee. Except for the contingencies provided for in this Section 5(f) the closing report shall be accepted as final. (g) A special vote ordered pursuant to Section 5(f) must take place and be completed within seven (7) days after the Election Report Meeting, at each port where the discrepancies SO acted upon took place. Subject to the foregoing, and to the limits of the vote set by the membership, as aforesaid, the Port Agents in each such port shall have the functions of the Tally­ ing Committee as set forth in Section 5(c), insofar as that Section deals with the terms of such special vote. The Secre­ tary-Treasurer shall make a sufficient amount of the usiml balloting material immediately available to Port Agents, for the purpose of such special vote. Immediately after the close thereof, the Port Agent shall summarize the results of com­ municate them to the Secretary-Treasurer. The balots, stubs, roster sheets, and unused ballots pertaining to the special vote shall be forwarded to the Secretary-Treasurer, all in the same package, but bound separately, by the most rapid means prac­ ticable, but, in any case, so as to reach the Secretary-Treasurer in time to enable him to prepare his report as required by this Section 5(g). An accounting and certification, made by the Port Agent, similar to those required of Polls Committees, shall be enclosed therewith. The Secretary-Treasurer shall then prepare a report containing a combined summary of the results, together with a schedule indicating in detail how they affect the Union Tallying Committee's results, as set forth in its clos­ ing report. The form of the latter's report shall be followed as closely as possible. Two (2) copies shall be sent to each port, one copy of which shall be posted. The other copy sMl be presented at the next regular meeting after the Election Report Meeting. If a majority vote of the membership decides to accept the Secretary-Treasurer's report, the numercial resulu set forth in the pertinent segments of the Tallying Committees closing report shall be deemed accepted and final without modi­ fication. , If ordered, a recheck and recount, and the report thereon by the Union Tallying Committee, shall be similarly disposed of and deemed accepted and final, by majority vote of the mem­ bership at the regular meeting following the Election Report Meeting. If such recheck and recount is ordered, the Union Tallying Committee shall be required to continue its proceed­ ings correspondingly. Section 6. InstaUation into office and the Job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Pattolman. .iT«c �I' i. Supplement—^Page Six (a) The person elected shall be that person having the largest number of votes cast for the particular office or job involved. Where more than one person is to he elected for a particular office or job, the proper number of candidates receiving the successively highest number of votes shall be declared elected. These determinations shall be made only from the results deemed final and accepted as provided in this Article. It shall be the duty of the President to notify each individual elected. (b) The duly elected officers and other job holders shall take over their respective offices and jobs, and assume the duties thereof, at midnight of the night of the Election Report Meet­ ing, or the next regular meeting, depending upon which meet­ ing the results as to each of the foregoing are deemed final and accepted, as provided in this Article. The term of their predecessors shall continue up to, and expire at, that time, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Article XI, Section 1. This shall not apply where the successful candi­ date cannot assume his office because he is at sea. In such event, a majority vote of the membership may grant additional time for the assumption of the office or job. In the event of the failure of the newly-elected President to assume office the provisions of Article X, Section 2, as to succession shall apply until the expiration of the term. All other cases of failure to assume office shall be dealt with as decided by a majority vote of the membership. Section 7. The Secretary-Treasurer is specifically charged with the preservation and retention of all election records, including the ballots, as required by law, and is directed and authorized to issue such other and further directives as to the election procedures as are required by law, which directives shall be part of the election procedures of this Union. Article XIV Other Elections Section 1. Trial Committee. A Trial Committee shall be elected at a special meeting held at 10:00 A.M., the next business day fol owing the regular meeting of the Port where the Trial is to take place. It shall consist of five full book members, of which three shall consti­ tute a quorum. No officer. Headquarters Representative, Port Agent, Port Patrolman, or other Union personnel may be elected to serve on a Trial Committee. No member who intends to be a witness in the pending trial may serve, nor may any member who cannot for any reason, render an honest decision. It shall be the duty of every member to decline nomination if he knows, or has reason to believe, any of the foregoing dis­ qualifications apply to him. The members of this committee shall be elected under such generally applicable rules as are adopted by a majority vote of the membership. Section 2. Appeals Committee. The Appeals Committee shall consist of seven full book members, five of whom shall constitute a quorum, elected at the port where headquarters is located. The same, disquali­ fications and duties of members shall apply with regard to this committee as apply to the Trial Committee. In addition, no member may serve on an Appeals Committee in the hearing of an appeal from a Trial Committee decision, if the said member was a member of the Trial Committee. Section 3. Delegates. f: As soon as the President is advised as to the date and duly authorized number of delegates to the convention of the Sea­ farers International Union of North America, he shall commu­ nicate such facts to the Port Agent of each Port, together with recommendations as to generally applicable rules for the elec­ tion of delegates for those delegates that may be required in addition to those provided for in Article X, Section 13. These facts and recommendations shall be annoifltced and read at the first regular meeting thereafter. Unless changed by a majority vote of the membership during that meeting, the election rules shall apply. These rules shall not prohibit any full book mem­ ber from nominating himself. The results of the election shall be communicated to each Port Agent, posted on the bulletin board, and announced at the next regular meeting of the Port. Rules of election hereunder may include provisions for auto­ matic election of all qualified nominees, in the event the num­ ber of such nominees does not exceed the number of delegates to be elected. Article XV Trials and Appeals Section I. Any member may bring charges against any other member for the commission of an offense as set forth in this Constitution. These charges shall be in writing and signed by the accuser, who shall also include his book number. The accuser shall deliver these charges to the Port Agent of the port nearest the place of the offense, or the port of pay-off, if the offense took place aboard ship. He shall also request the l^rt Agent to present these charges at the next regular meeting The accuser may withdraw his charges before the meeting takes place. Section 2. After presentation of the charges and the request to the Port Agent, the Port Agent shall cause those charges to be read at the said meeting. If the charges are rejected by a majority vote of the port, no further action may be taken thereon, unless ruled otherwise by a majority vote of the membership of the Union within 90 days thereafter. If the charges are accepted, and the accused is present, he shall be automatically on notice that he will be tried the following morning. At his request, the trial sh^l he postponed until the morning foUowing the next regular meeting, at which time the Trial Committee wiU then he elected. He shaD also he handed a written copy of the charges made against him. If the accused is not present, the Port Agent shall immedi< ately cause to he sent to him, by registered mail addressed to his last known mailing address on file with the Union a copy of the charges, the names and hook numbers of the accusers, and a notification, that he must appear with his witnesses, ready for trial the morning after the next regular meeting, at which meeting the Trial Committee wiU be elected. In the event a majority of the membership of the Union shaU vote to accept charges after their rejection by a port, the trial shall take place in the Port where Headquarters is located. Due May 12, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG notice thereof shall he given to the accused, who shall he informed of the name of his accusers, and who shall receive a written statement of the charges. At the request of the accused, transportation and subsistence shall be provided the accused and his witnesses. Section 3. The Trial Committee shall hear all pertinent evidence and shall not be bound by the rules of evidence required by courts of law but may receive all relevant testi­ mony. The Trial Committee may grant adjournments, at the request of the accused, to enable him to make a proper defense. In the event the Trial Committee falls beneath a quorum, it shall adjourn until a quorum does exist. Section 4. No trial shall be conducted unless all the accusers are present. The Trial Committee shall conduct the trial except that the accused shall have the right to cross-examine the accuser, or accusers, and the witnesses, as well as to conduct his own defense. The accused may select any member to assist him in his defense at the trial, provided, (a) the said member is available at the time of the trial and (b) the said member agrees to render such assistance. If the accused challenges the qualifications of the members of the Trial Committee, or states that the charges do not adequately inform him of what wrong he allegedly committed, or the time and place of such commis­ sion, such matters shall be ruled upon and disposed of, prior to proceeding on the merits of the defense. The guilt of an accused shall be found only if proven by the weight of the evidence, and the burden of such proof shall be upon the accuser. Every finding shall be based on the quality of the evidence and not solely on the number of witnesses produced. Section 5. The Trial Committee shall make findings as to guilt or innocence, and recommendations as to punishment and/or other Uniofc action deemed desirable in the light of the proceedings. 'Oiese findings and recommendations shall be those of a majority of the committee, and shall he in writing, as shall he any dissent. The committee shall forward its find­ ings and recommendations, along with any dissent to the Port Agent of the port where the trial took place, while a copy thereof shall be forwarded to the accused and the accusers, either in person or by mail addressed to their last known addresses. The findings shall include a statement that the rights of the accused under this Constitution, were properly safeguarded. The findings also must contain the charges made, the date of the trial, the name and address of the accused, the accuser, and each witness; shall describe each document used at the trial; shall contain a fair summary of the proceedings, and shall state the findings as to guilt or innocence. If possible, all documents used at the trial shall be kept. All findings and recommendations shall be made a part of the regular files. Section 6. The Port Agent of the Port of Trial shall, upon receipt of the findings and recommendations of the Trial Com­ mittee, cause the findings and recommendations to he presented, and entered into the minutes, at the next regular meeting. Section 7. The Port Agent shall send the record of the entire proceedings to headquarters, which shall cause sufficient copies thereof to be made and sent to each Port in time for the next regularly scheduled meeting. Section 8. At the latter meeting, the proceedings shall be dis­ cussed. The meeting shaU then vote. A majority vote of the membership of the Union shall: Ca) Accept the findings and recommendations, or (b) Reject the findings and recommendations, or (c) Accept the findings, but modify the recommendations, or (d) Order a new trial after finding that substantial justice has not been done with regard to the charges. In this event, a new trial shall take place at the port where headquarters is located and upon application, the accused, the accusers, and their witnesses shall be furnished transportation and subsist­ ence. Section 9. After the vote set forth in Section 8, any punish­ ment so decided upon shall become effective. Headquarters shall cause notice of the results thereof to be sent to each accused and accuser. Section 10. An accused who has been found guilty, or who is under effective punishment may appeal in the following manner: He may send or deliver a notice of appeal to Headquarters within 30 days after receipt of the notice of the decision of the membership. Section 11. At the next regular meeting of the port where Headquarters is located, after receipt of the notice of appeal, the notice shall be presented and shall then become part of the minutes. An Appeals Committee shall then be elected. The Vice-President in charge of contracts is charged with the duty of presenting the before-mentioned proceedings and all avail­ able documents used as evidence at the trial to the Appeals Committee, as well as any written statement or argument sub­ mitted by the accused. The accused may argue his appeal in person, if he so desires. The appeal shall be heard at Union Headquarters on the night the committee is elected. It shall be the responsibility of the accused to insure that his written statement or argument arrives at headquarters in time for such presentation. Section 12. The Appeals Committee shall decide the appeal as soon as possible, consistent with fair consideration of the evidence and arguments before it. It may grant adjournments and may request the accused or accusers to present arguments, whenever necessary for such fair consideration. Section 13. The decision of the Appeals Committee shall be by majority vote, and shall he in the form of findings and recommendations. Dissents will he allowed. Decisions and dissents shall be in writing and si^ed by those participating in such decision or dissent. In making its findings and recom­ mendations, the commiiice shall be governed by the following: (a) No finding of guilt shall be reversed if there is sub­ stantial evidence to support such a finding and, in such case, the Appeals Committee shall not make its own findings as to the weight of evidence. (h) In no event shaU increased punishment be recommended. (c) A new trial shall be recommended if the Appeals Com­ mittee finds-^(a) that any member of the Trial Committee should have been disqualified, or (h) that the accused was not adequately informed of the details of the charged offense, which resulted in his not having been given a fair trial, or (c) that for any other reason, the accused was not given a fair trial. (d) If there is not substantial evidence to support a finding of guilt, the Appeals Committee shall recommend that the charge on which the finding was based be dismissed. (e) The Appeals Committee may recommend lesser punish­ ment. Section 14. The Appeals Committee shall deliver its decision and dissent, if any, to headquarters, which shall cause sufficient copies to be published and shall have them sent to each port in time to reach there before the next regular scheduled meeting. Headquarters shall also send a copy to each accused and accuser at their last known address, or notify them in person. Section 15. At the meeting indicated in Section 14 of this Article, the membership, by a majority vote, shall accept the decision of the Appeals Committee, or the dissent therein. If there is no dissent, the decision of the Appeals Committee shaU stand. If a new trial is ordered, that trial shall be held in the port where headquarters is located, in the manner provided for in Section 2 of this Article. Any decision so providing for a new trial shall contain such directions as will insure a fair hearing to the accused. Section 16. Headquarters shall notify the accused and each accuser, either in person or in writing addressed to their last known address, of the results of the appeal. A further appeal shall be allowed as set forth in Section 17 of this Article. Section 17. Each member is charged with knowledge of the provisions of the Constitution of the Seafarers International Union of North America, and the rights of, and procedure as to, further appeal as provided for therein. Decisions reached thereunder shall he binding on all members of the Union. Section 18. It shall he the duty of all members of the Union to take all steps within their constitutional power to carry out the terms of any effective decisions. Section 19. Every accused shall receive a written copy of the charges preferred against him and shall be given a reasonable time to prepare his defense, but he may thereafter plead guilty and waive any or all of the other rights and privileges granted to him by this Article. If an accused has been properly notified of his trial and fails to attend without properly requesting a postponement, the Trial Committee may hold its trial without his presence. Article XVI Offenses and Penalties Section 1. Upon proof the commission of the following offenses, the member shall be expelled from membership: (a) Proof of membership in any organization advocating the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force; (b) Acting as an informer against the interest of the Union or the membership in any organizational campaign; (c) Acting as an informer for, or agent of, the company against the interests of the membership or the Union; (d) The commission of any act as part of a conspiracy to destroy the Union. Section 2. Upon proof of the commission of any of the fol­ lowing offenses, the member shall be penalized up to and including a penalty of expulsion from the Union. In the event the penalty of expulsion is not invoked or recommeded, the penalty shall not exceed suspension from the rights and privi­ leges of membership for more than two (2) years, or a fine of $50.00 or both: (a) Willfully misappropriating or misusing Union property of the value in excess of $50.00. (b) Unauthorized use of Union property, records, stamps, seals, etc., for the purpose of personal gain; (c) Willful misuse of any office or job, elective or not, within the Union for the purpose of personal gain, financial or other­ wise, or the willful refusal or failure to execute the duties or functions of the said office or job, of gross neglect or abuse in executing such duties or functions or other serious misconduct or breach of trust. The President may, during the pendency of disciplinary proceedings under this subsection, suspend the officer or jobholder from exercising the functions of the office or job, with or without pay, and designate his temporary re­ placement. (d) Unauthorized voting, or unauthorized handling of bal­ lots, stubs, rosters, verification lists, ballot boxes, or election files, or election material of any sort; (e) Preferring charges with knowledge that such charges are false; (f) Making or transmitting, with intent to deceive, false reports or communications which fall within the scope of Union business; (g) Deliberate failure or refusal to join one's ship, or mis­ conduct or neglect of duty aboard ship, to the detriment of the Union or its agreements; (h) Deliberate and unauthorized interference, or deliberate and malicious villification, with regard to the execution of the duties of any office or job; (i) Paying for, or receiving money for, employment aboard a vessel, exclusive of proper earnings and Union payments; (j) Willful refusal to submit veidence of affiliation for the purpose of avoiding or delaying money payments to the Union, or unauthorizedly transferring or receiving evidence of Union affiliation, with intent to deceive; (k) Willful failure or refusal to carry out the order of those duly authorized to make such orders during time of strike. (1) Failure or refusal to pay a fine or assessment within the time limit set therefor either by the Constitution or by action taken in accordance with the Constitution. Sactlon 3. Upon proof of the commission of any of the fol­ lowing offenses, members shall he penalized up to and including a suspension from the rights and privileges of membership for two(2) years, or a fine of $50.00 or both: (a) Willfully misappropriating or misusing Union properly of the value under $50.00; (b) Assuming any office or job, whether elective or not with knowledge of the lack of possession of the qualifications re-*' quired therefor; (c) Misconduct during any meeting or other official Union proceeding, or bringing the Union into disrepute by conduct not provided for elsewhere in this Article; (d) Refusal or negligent failure to carry out orders of those duly authorized to make such orders at any time. Section 4. Upon proof of the commission of any of the fol­ lowing offenses, members shall be penalized up to and including a fine of $50.00; �May 12, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG (a) Refusal or willful failure to be present at sign-ons or pay-offs; (b) Willful failure to submit Union book to Union repre­ sentatives at pay-off; (c) Disorderly conduct at pay-off or sign-on; (d) Refusal to cooperate with Union representatives in dis­ charging their duties; (e) Disorderly conduct in the Union hall; (f) Gambling in the Union hall; (g) Negligent failure to join ship. Section 5. Any member who has committed an offense penal­ ized by no more than a fine of $50.00 may elect to waive his rights under this Constitution subject to the provisions of Article XV, Section 19 and to pay the maximum fine of $50.00 to the duly authorized representative of the Union. Section 6. This Union, and its members, shall not be deemed to waive any claim, of personal or property rights to which it or its members are entitled, by bringing the member to trial or enforcing a penalty as provided in this Constitution. Section 7. Any member under suspension for an offense under this Article shall continue to pay all dues and assessments and must observe his duties to the Union, members, officials, and job holders. Articte XVII Publications This Union may publish such pamphlets, journals, news­ papers, magazines, periodicals and general literature, in such manner as may be determined, from time to time, by the Executive Board. Article XVIII Bonds Officers and job holders, whether elected or appointed as well as all other employees handling monies of the Union shall be bonded as required by law. Article XIX Expenditures Section 1. In the event no contrary policies or instructions are in existence, the President may authorize, make, or incur such expenditures and expenses as are normally encompassed within the authority conferred upon him by Article X of this Constitution. Section 2. The provisions of Section I shall similarly apply to the routine accounting and administrative procedures of the Union except those primarily concerned with trials, appeals, negotiations, strikes, and elections. Section 3. The provisions of this Article shall supersede to the extent applicable, the provisions of Article X of this Constitution. Article XX Income Section 1. The income of this Union shall include dues, initiation fees, fines, assessments, contributions, loans, interest, dividends, as well as income derived from any other legitimate business operation or other legitimate source. Section 2. An official Union receipt, properly filled out, shall be given to anyone paying money to the Union or to any person authorized by the Union to receive money. It shall be the duty of every person affiliated with the Union who makes such payments to demand such receipt. shall be deemed to be a majority of those composing the ap­ plicable segment of the Union. Article XXIII Meetings Section 1. Regular membership meetings shall be held monthly only in the following major ports at the following times: During the week following the first Sunday of every month a meeting shall be held on Monday—at New York; on Tuesday —at Philadelphia; on Wednesday—at Baltimore; and on Friday—at Detroit. During the next week, meetings shall be held on Monday—at Houston; on Tuesday—at New Orleans; and on Wednesday—at Mobile. All regular membership meet­ ings shall commence at 2:30 P.M. local time. Where a meeting day falls on a Holiday officially designated as such by the authorities of the state or municipality in which a port is located, the port meeting shall take place on the following business day. Saturday and Sunday shall not be deemed busi­ ness days. The Area Vice Presidents shall be the chairmen of all regular meetings in ports in their respective areas. In the event the Area Vice Presidents are unable to attend a regular meeting of a port, they shall instruct the Port Agents, or other elected job holders, to act as chairmen of the meetings. In the event a quorum is not present at 2:30 P.M. the chairman of the meeting at the pertinent port shall postpone the opening of the meeting but in no event later than 3:00 P.M. Section 2. A special meeting at a port may be called only at the direction of the Port Agent or Area Vice President. No special meeting may be held, except between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Notice of sucfi meeting shall be posted at least two hours in advance, on the port bulletin board. The Area Vice Presidents shall be the chairmen of all special meetings in ports in their respective areas. In the event the Area Vice Presidents are unable to attend a special meet­ ing of a port, they shall instruct the Port Agents, or other elected job holders, to act as chairmen of the meetings. The contents of this Section 2 are subject to the provisions of Article XIII, Section 4(a). Section 3. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, all reg­ ular meetings shall be governed by the following: 1. The Union Constitution. 2. Majority vote of the members assembled. Article XXIV Definitions and Miscellaneous Provisions Relating Thereto Section 1. Incapacity. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein, the term "incapacity," shall mean any illness or situation preventing the affected person from carrying out his duties for more than 30 days, provided that this does not result in a vacancy. However, nothing contained in this Article shall be deemed to prohibit the execution of the functions of more than one job and/or office in which event no incapacity shall be deemed to exist with regard to the regular job or office of the one taking over the duties and functions of the one incapacitated. The period of incapacity shall be the time during which the circumstances exist. Section 2. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein, the term "vacancy" shall include failure to perform the func­ tions of any office or job by reason of death, or resignation, or suspension from membership or expulsion from the Union with no further right to appeal in accordance with the pro­ visions of Article XV of this Constitution. Section 3. When applicable to the Union as a whole the term, "majority vote of the membership," shall mean the majority of all the valid votes cast by full book members at an official meeting of those ports holding a meeting. This definition shall prevail notwithstanding that one or more ports cannot hold meetings because of no quorum. For the purpose of this Sec­ tion, the term "meeting" shall refer to those meetings to be held during the time period within which a vote must be taken Section 4. Except as otherwise provided by law, all payments in accordance with the Constitution and the custom and usage by members or other affiliates of this Union shall be applied of the Union in the indicated priority. successively to the monetary obligations owed the Union com­ Section 4. When applicable solely to port action and not con­ mencing with the oldest in point of time, as measured from cerned with, or related to, the Union as a whole, and not the date of accrual of such obligation. The period of arrears forming part of a Union-wide vote, the term "majority vote shall be calculated accordingly. of the membership," shall refer to the majority of the valid votes cast by the full book members at any meeting of the Article XXI Port, regular or special. Other Types of Union Affiliation Section 5. The term, "membership action", or reference thereto, shall mean the same as the term "majority vote of To the extent permitted by law, this Union, by majority the membership." vote of the membership, may provide for affiliation with it by individuals in a lesser capacity than membership, or in a Section 6. Where the title of any office or job, or the holder capacity other than membership. By majority vote of the mem­ thereof, is set forth in this Constitution, all references thereto bership, the Union may provide for the rights and obligations and the provisions concerned therewith shall be deemed to be incident to such capacities or affiliations. These rights and equally applicable to whomever is duly acting in such office obligations may include, but are not limited to (a) the applic­ or job. ability or non-applicability of all or any part of the Consti­ Section 7. The term "Election Year" shall be deemed to mean tution; (b) the terms of such affiliation; (c) the right of the that calendar year prior to the calendar year in which elected Union to peremptory termination of such affiliation and, (d) officials and other elected job-holders are required to asume the fees required for such affiliation. In no event may anyone office. The first election year hereunder shall be deemed to be not a member receive evidence of affiliation equivalent to 1960. that of members, receive priority or rights over members, or be termed a member. Section 8. The terms, "this Constitution", and "this amended Constitution," shall be deemed to have the same meaning and shall refer to the Constitution which takes the place of the Article XXII one adopted by the Union in 1939, as amended up through Quorums August, 1956. Section 1. Unless elsewhere herein otherwise specifically pro­ Section 9. The term, "member in good standing", shall mean vided, the quorum for a special meeting of a port shall be six a member whose monetary obligations to the Union are not full book members. in arrears for thirty days or more, or who is not under suspen­ sion or expulsion effective in accordance with this Constitution. Section 2. The quorum for a regular meeting of a Port shall Unless otherwise expressly indicated, the term, "member," be fifty (50) members. shall mean a member in good standing. Section 3. Unless otherwise specifically set forth herein, the Section 10. Unless plainly otherwise required by the context decisions, reports, recommendations, or other functions of any of their use, the terms "Union book," "membership book," and segment of the Union requiring a quorum to act officially, "book," shall mean official evidence of Union membership. shall be a majority of those voting, and shall not be official or effective unless the quorum requirements are met. ' Section 11. The term "full book" or "full Union book" shall mean only an official certificate issued as evidence of Union Soction 4. Unless otherwise indicated herein, where the re­ membership which can be attained only by those members who quirements for a quorum are not specifically set forth, a quorum Section 3. No assessments shall be levied except after a ballot conducted under such general rules as may be decided upon by a majority vote of the membership, provided that: (a) The ballot must be secret. (b) The assessment must be approved by a majority of the valid ballots cast. Supplement—Page Seven have first acquired the highest seniority rating set forth in the standard collective bargaining agreement. Section 12. The term, "full book member", shall mean a member to whom a full book has been duly issued and who is entitled to retain it in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution. Article XXV Amendments This Constitution shall be amended in the following manner: Section 1. Any full book member may submit at any regular meeting of any Port proposed amendments to this Constitu­ tion in resolution form. If a majority vote of the membership of the Port approves it, the proposed amendment shall be for­ warded to all Ports for further action. Section 2. When a proposed amendment is accepted by a ma­ jority vote of the membership, it shall be referred to a Con­ stitutional Committee in the Port where Headquarters is located. This Committee shall be composed of six full book members, two from each department and shall be elected in accordance with such rules as are established by a majority vote of that Port. The Committee will act on all propose°d amendments referred to it. The Committee may receive whatever advice and assistance, legal or otherwise, it deems necessary. It shall prepare a report on the amendment together with any proposed changes or substitutions or recommendations and the reasons for such recommendations. The latter shall then be submitted to tbe membership by the President. If a majority vote of the membership approves the amendment as recommended, it shall then be voted upon, in a yes or no vote by the membership of the Union by secret ballot in accordance with the procedure outlined in Article XIII, Section 3(b) through Section 5, ex­ cept that, unless otherwise required by a majority vote of the membership at the time it gives the approval necessary to put the referendum to a vote, the Union Tallying Committee shall consist of six (6) full book members, two from each of the three (3) departments of the Union, elected from Head­ quarters Port. The amendment shall either be printed on the ballot, or if too lengthy, shall be referred to on the ballot. Copies of tbe amendment shall be posted on the bulletin boards of all ports and made available at the voting site in all ports. Section 3. If approved by a majority of the valid ballots cast, the amendment shall become effective immediately upon noti­ fication by the Hearquarters Tallying Committee to the Presi­ dent that the amendment has been so approved, unless other­ wise specified in the amendment. The President shall immedi­ ately notify all ports of the results of the vote on the amendment. EXHIBIT A Minimal requirements to be contained in Constitution of subordinate bodies and divisions chartered by or affiliated with the Seafarers International Union of North America — At­ lantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. All members shall have equal rights and privileges, subject to reasonable rules and regulations, contained in this Consti­ tution, including secret election, freedom of speech, the right to hold office and the right of secret votes on assessment and dues increases, all in accordance with the law. II No member may be automaticaly suspended from member­ ship except for non-payment of dues, and all members sball be afforded a fair hearing upon written charges, with a reas­ onable time to prepare defense, when accused of an offense under the Constitution. III This Union is chartered by (and/or affiliated with), the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, and this Constitution and any amendments thereto, shall not take effect unless and until approved as set forth in the Constitution of that Union. IV An object of this Union is, within its reasonable capacity, to promote the welfare of, and assist, the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and In­ land Waters District. The charter (and/or affiliation) relationship between this Union and the Seafarers International Union of North America —Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District shall not be dissolved so long as at least ten members of this Union, and the Seafarers International Union of North America— Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District acting through its Executive Board wish to continue such relationship. VI No amendment to this Constitution shall be effective unless and until approved by at least a two-thirds vote of the member­ ship in a secret referendum conducted for that purpose. In any event, the adoption of this Constitution and any amend­ ments thereto, will not be effective unless and until compliance with Article II of the Constitution of the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District is first made. VII The Seafarers International Union of North America—^At­ lantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District shall have the right to check, inspect and make copies of all the books and records of this Union upon demand. VIII This Union shall not take any action which will have the effect of reducing its net assets, calculated through recognized accounting procedures, below the amount of its indebtedness to the Seafarers International Union of North America—Allan- �•.! r-i tic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Water District, unless approved by that Union through its Executive Board. IX I •I 1 i. •if May 12, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Supplement—^Paf^ Eight So long as there exists any indebtedness by this Union to the Seafarers, International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, that Union shall have the right to appoint a representative or representatives to this Union who shall have the power to attend all meetings of this Union, or its sub-divisions, or governing boards, if any; and who shall have access to all books and records of this Union on demand. This representative, or these representatives, shall be charged with the duty of assisting this Union and its mem­ bership, and acting as a liaison between the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District and this Union. XII So long as any unpaid per capita tax, or any other indebted­ ness of any sort is owed by this Union to the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, such indebtedness shall constitute a first lien on the assets of this Union, which lien shall not be impaired -without the written approval of the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf Lakes and Inland Waters District acting through its Executive Board. XI The per capita tax payable by this Union to the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District shall be that which is fixed in ac­ cordance with the terms of the Constitution of that Union. This Constitution and actions by this Union pursuant thereto are subject to those provisions of the Constitution of the Sea­ farers Internationa! Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District pertaining to affiliation, dis­ affiliation, trusteeships, and the granting and removal of charters. XIII This Union shall be affiliated with the Seafarers International Union of North America through the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. It shall share in, and participate as part of, the delegation of that District to the Convention of the Sea­ farers International Union of North America in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. EFERY SEAFARER IS GUARANTEED • Protection of the rights and privileges guaranteed him under the Constitution of the Union. • The right to vote. o The right to nominate himself for, and to hold, any office in the Union. • That every official of the Union shall be bound to uphold and protect the rights of every member and that in no case shall any member be deprived of his rights and privileges as a member without due process of the law of the Union. • The right to be confronted by his accuser and to be given a fair trial by an impartial committee of his brother Union members if he should be charged with conduct detrimental to the welfare of Seafarers banded together in this Union. • The right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. • The assurance that his brother Seafarers will stand with him in defense of the democratic principles set forth in the Constitution of the Union. ): . 'r 17 �Mar 12, 1967 Page Seyenteen SEAFARERS LOG AFL-CIO Backs Administration Bill Protection Under U.S. Labor Laws Urged for American Farm Workers PJUR DOLLAR'S WORT Seafarer's Guide to Better Buy in State Laws Aid Credit Deception by Sidney Margolius Hundreds of thousands of working families are gouged each year WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO and the Admistration joined in supporting legislation to give by sellers who take advantage of various state credit laws which are farm workers the right to organize and bargain with their employers—in the same manner as other not merely ineffective in protecting consumers, but actually make possi­ ble the many deceptions that take place nowadays. workers. These laws were written for a time when relatively few people used Farm workers, excluded from ^ — consumer credit, and what regulations were developed, usually favored the National Labor Relations Yet this is what has been done, table "was most influential in ex­ the seller, as Persia Campbell, former New York State Consumer Act, face "firings, blacklists, yel­ he declared. cluding farm workers from the Counsel, has pointed out. When credit was little used by working "The men, women and children legal protections that were being families, laws which took for granted the seller's right to repossess, to low-dog contracts, even arrest on trumped-up charges" when they who work for wages on American won by other workers." hold the debtor liable for any deficiency, and to garnishee his wages, try to organize, AFL-CIO Presi­ farms have been excluded from If there still are any such farms, did not create as much havoc as they do now. dent George Meany told a House the whole range of social reforms Meany said, they wouldn't be af­ But high-pressure sellers and lenders have learned how to use these achieved in this country over two fected by the legislation anyway laws to conduct some of the most heartless money raids on moderateLabor subcommittee. under NLRB standards. The facts income families that you'd ever care to hear about. Meany stressed that the bitter generations." are, he added, "half of all the farm worker strikes of the past No Coverage These tools of exploitation, written into the law in various states, farms in the United States employ are: year have been primarily "for the He pointed out that farm work­ no farm labor at all. A mere 2.7 fundamental right to bargain col­ ers "suffer more than any group • The "cognovit" or "confession of judgment" installment contract per cent pay half the farm wages; lectively." from recurring unemployment," and six per cent of the farms ac­ in some states by which a buyer signs away his rights to any court de­ fense or even court notice. No other group of workers in but are eligible for jobless bene­ • Harsh garnishment laws which creditors can use to coerce delin­ interstate commerce has had to fits only in Hawaii and Puerto count for 76 per cent of the wage bill." quent and even deceived buyers into unfair payments for fear of losing strike for that right since 1935, he Rico. They work in one of "the And the "benevolent farm- their jobs if their wages are attached. said, and "simple justice" calls for most hazardous occupations," but owner" of yesteryear has been re­ • Wage-assignment clauses giving the creditor the right to go to a its extension to farm workers. are not covered by workmen's placed as an employer by large Labor Secretary W. Willard compensation in most states. Their corporate factory farms, many of debtor's employer to collect, if he falls behind in payments, without Wirtz testified that the nation has wages are "the lowest of any them controlled by powerful first getting a court judgment. • Fantastic repossession laws which can compel a buyer to keep on "paid a high price" for excluding eroup," but fewer than 30 per banks. paying even after his purchase has been seized. farm labor from collective bar­ cent are included under the wageThe small farmer, Meany • "Add-on" installment contracts in most states which make previ­ hour law and their wage floor will stressed, "is threatened, not by gaining laws. ous purchases security for new purchases even though the earlier pur­ "It has meant the consignment be 30 cents an hour lower than higher wages and better condi­ chases have been paid for. of millions of people to poverty," that of non-farm workers. They tions for farm labor, but by the • Blank contracts, which the buyer signs and the seller fills in Wirtz charged. He called on Con­ are largely outside the scope of perpetuation of low wages and later, even used sometimes in states where they are illegal on the sales­ social security, even though "they gress to take the "proud step" of miserable conditions." man's pretext that the bookkeeper is not on hand to fill out the contract. have no other means to provide giving the right of union repre­ Meany noted* that "the AFLNot all states permit all these devices for entrapping buyers. But against old age." sentation through NLRB proce­ CIO has supported every major every state permits some. The result, for many installment buyers, is All these abuses, Meany de­ dures to "those who need it most." bill designed to help farmers— that they pay excessive prices for purchases. For some, the result is clared, "cry out for correction." even when its opponents argued Meany and Wirtz endorsed leg­ financial ruin. islation by Representative James But "not only are farm workers that farm subsidies were against In just one medium-size city like Akron, the Better Business Bureau G. O'Hara (D-Mich.) which would denied the help of all the other our interests because they raised there reports, a handful of high-pressure credit stores and auto dealers make the Taft-Hartley Act ap­ laws enacted to benefit workers; prices. We supported these farm advertising "no money down," "had credit problems?" and similar ap­ plicable to agriculture and au­ they are even denied the effective bills because we have never looked peals, "drive several thousands of people deeper into debt, some into thorize the same form of pre-hire right to help themselves" through for bargains at the expense of bankruptcy, and cause hundreds to be discharged." some other group, or against the agreements presently permitted in collective bargaining. In Washington, D. C., the Federal Trade Commission charged the He urged Congress to look at national interest." the construction industry. New York Jewelry Company, a credit store, with selling low-income the agricultural industry "the way Meany told the subcommittee, it is today, not the way it was buyers merchandise on purported "easy credit terms" at prices "that headed by Representative Frank yesterday." greatly exceed" those charged for similar merchandise by other re­ Thompson, Jr. (D-N.J.), that it is tailers; for example, charging $59.50 for transistor radios which cost Pretty Picture "just as un-American" to discrimi­ the company $3.45. He suggested that the "pretty nate against workers because of The FTC also complained that a D. C. furniture store which adver­ their occupation as it is to dis­ picture" of the family farmer with tised "no money down and payments of only $2 a week," got customers a hired hand who ate at the family criminate because of race. to sign blank contracts and later filled in prices and terms greater than BOSTON — Charges by the those the customer had agreed to. SIUNA-affiliated Atlantic Fisher­ This store also got customers to sign contracts on the pretext that men's Union, accusing Canadians these were receipts. This trick often also is used by canvassers who of "dumping" fish on the U.S. call at home and factories. There seems no way to stop it under the market at prices lower than the present laws in most states. It's usually the seller's word against the going rate in Canada, resulted in customer's. Another version of the "receipt" which turns out to be a contract prompt action after being filed by the Union President, Capt. James is the purported "delivery slip." We have warned about this before. In The Lake Carrier's Association has again petitioned the Inter­ Ackert with the office of Senator a recently-reported example, a salesman sold a ten-inch painted plaster state Commerce Commission to prevent water carriage of coal on Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.). statue of a saint to a low-income worker in Brooklyn, telling him to the Great Lakes from being undercut ,by the railroads. The U.S. National Fisheries In­ pay nothing down, just to sign a "delivery slip." But the slip obligated James A. Hirshfield, presi­ stitute announced it was putting the buyer to pay $69. a The devices which give high-pressure credit sellers the greatest dent of the Association, said port and Sunnyfield rates will di­ additional funds into promoting "The program to drive lake vert at least two million tons of this country's fish industry. At the leverage for deception, are wage assignments and garnishees, and re­ cargo coal off the lakes is now in coal which heretofore have eff- same time, the U.S. Bureau of possession laws which allow creditors to get a deficiency judgment in Commercial Fisheries said it was addition to repossessing. ciently moved rail-lake." full swing." ^ About three-fourths of the states permit installment contracts to The Association president said stepping up its marketing program This latest move in the Associa­ tion's fight for survival against his group had no quarrel with the to assist the embattled American include a wage assignment clause. When you sign such a contract you have voluntarily authorized your employer to turn over part of your preferential all-rail rates for coal B«&0's right to set competitive industry. pay to your creditor if you default. Denying the "dumping" allega­ rates with other railroads but shipment involves the movement Almost all states permit garnishment. In contrast to a wage assign­ tions, the Canadians in turn sent stressed that "in the public in­ of 2 million tons of it over 360 ment, a garnishee is involuntary. It is a court order directing an em­ delegations to Europe and behind terest the B&O should make com­ miles of rail from southern Ohio ployer to turn over a part of your pay to a creditor. The amount that the Iron Curtain in a new effort to parable rate reductions to its own to Essexvllle, Mich. The Chesa­ can be taken varies in different states. vessel-loading facilities at Lorain sell fish overseas. peake & Ohio and the Baltimore In states that permit cognovit or confession of judgment contracts The Atlantic Fishermen's Un­ and Toledo, Ohio." & Ohio railroads have filed a rate In its petition to the ICC to ion charged that the Canadians in addition to garnishees and deficiency judgments, installment buyers with the ICC of $2.65 a ton for the through service. The shipping suspend the all-rail rate, the as­ were shipping their fish into the are especially subject to exploitation. The "free and easy" use of group complains that this is in sociation said the railroad could U.S. in huge quantities in an effort cognovit notes is a main reason for the over 17,000 bankruptcies a sharp contrast to the proportion­ meet competition more effective­ to unload at cheaper prices stock­ year in Ohio, legal experts and the Better Business Bureau there have ately higher rate of $2.18 a ton ly with co-ordinated rail-lake serv­ piles resulting from an overpro­ indicated. In Rhode Island, creditors can attach pay on an original writ of attachment, resulting in many bankruptcies, and especially charged by the B & O for a ice that would be better for the duction last year in Canada. among families who borrowed from small-loan companies to pay receiver and more profitable for Ackert said fresh fish caught by 114-mile haul from Freeport, hospital and medical bills, Anthony Susi, Legal Aid Society Counsel, U.S. fishermen is once again sell­ B&O than its joint rate with the Ohio, to the Lake Erie port of reports. ing very well. There's been some C&O. Lorain, Ohio. Schur found many arithmetic and other errors in the contracts; even Refusal by the railroads to post lag in frozen fish sales, but Ackert "The proposed rate is designed to finish the job which started rates from mines to ports which said it was hoped that the new pro­ tell-tale signs such as the use of different-color inks, sometimes pencil, with publication of a similar rate are equitable with those from motional campaigns would help to sometimes instances of contracts signed in blank. These are clues that later entries or alterations may have been made. But no debtors ap­ from Sunnyhill, Ohio, by the New mines to destination is a "clear rectify the situation. The demand for fresh fish in pealed the judgments; obviously because of the legal expense. In con­ York Central on Aug. 26, 1966," indication of their intentions to restaurants, hotels and other pub­ trast, the creditors' attorneys worked cheaply on a assembly-line basis, Hirshfield said, adding that "if the eliminate the movement of coal lic places is still as strong as with even rubber stamps sometimes used for attorney signatures, Schur Freeport rate becomes effective, via existing rail-lake routes," the reports. (Continued In A Future Issue) ever, it was also noted. the combined impact of the Free- Lake Carriers contended. SiU Fishermen Blast Canadian Fish ^Dumping' Great Lakes Carriers Blast Railroad Rate Cuttlna on Coal �Page EightMB May 12, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Only 1 in 145 Able to Work if Refrained The Gulf Coast by Lindsey Williams, Vice-President, Gulf Area US Gov't Study Explodes Myth That Welfare Rolls Harbor Fakers Republican Governor Harold LeVander of Minnesota addressed the 22nd Mississippi Valley World Trade Conference in New Or­ WASHINGTON—recent government study has exploded the myth that large numbers of leans last month. He stressed the importance of increasing world able-bodied men and women are on the welfare rolls enjoying a free ride at the taxpayers' expense trade and discussed the growing -fwhen they could be working. need for more food to feed the is looking for the first Steward's The study completely de- ^ The big majority are the elder­ with the issue of whether it is world's starving masses. He also job to come along. Joe ships in stroys the charges which Amer­ desirable to take mothers away pointed out that the new emerging various Steward ratings and makes ican right-wing conservative ly, disabled and children. from small children. A. C^lifano, Jr., a spe­ countries will be increasingly anx­ his home in Baltimore. groups have been making for cialJoseph "Perhaps most important," he assistant to President Johnson, ious to become high-level eco­ years in their repeated attacks on disclosed these findings in a speech said, "we must determine whether Houston nomic consumers and that the in­ During the last two weeks ship­ U.S. social welfare programs and to a journalism honor fraternity. past mistakes put almost 1 million dustrial nations will have to serv­ the nation's poor, whom these The purpose of the study, he mothers and 3.5 million children ice their needs until they develop ping has picked up nicely and programs are designed to aid. many old timers are passing said, was "to answer a very simple on welfare—and correct these their own industries. The study shows these often- question: through and shipping out. Among How many persons ca­ mistakes." LeVander emphasized his sup­ them are J. R Roberts, W. G. repeated right wing charges to be With the problems defined, pable of working are on Welfare?" port for the proposition that the McCHnton, Joe Lewis, A. F. what they really are—a total dis­ Califano added, alternative means Some, he noted, have claimed regard for the needs of the poor, "many millions." But the analysis of overcoming increasing amount of cargo gen­ Knauff and A. G. Alexander. them must be de­ the sick, the helpless—and vicious erated by this demand should be veloped and evaluated so that the actually showed that of the 7.3 Six ships paid off and signed attacks on the poor simply be­ million welfare beneficiaries: carried on American vessels. He President can choose the solution on during the period. They were: cause they are poor. also expressed the view that the which will bring the greatest bene­ the Kent, The Cabins, Spitfire, • "2.1 million, mostly women, American Merchant Marine is in The fact is that only 50,000 of are 65 or over, with a median fits in relation to costs. Aldina, Choctaw and Marore. dire need of expansion and should the 7.3 million persons receiving In developing a "total ap­ Just recently paid off the Trans- federal welfare benefits — about aje of 72. be fully supported to obtain this proach" to the nation's problems, • "700,000 are either blind or orleans, John Moore is taking a one out of 145—are able to work objective. Califano said, "we cannot content so severely handicapped that their A new sub-zone of the New brief rest before signing up for or capable of being trained for work potential, if any, is extreme­ ourselves with putting new legis­ work. Orleans Foreign Trade Zone has his next trip. lation on the books. We must ly limited. been designated at Taft, La., 25 • "3.5 million are children constantly ask what we are trying miles upriver from New Orleans. whose parents cannot support to do and whether we are doing Located on a 79-acre site, it will it well enough." them. be known as Sub-Zone 2A. Con­ The test of government, Cali­ • "The remaining 1 million siderable industry is already lo­ are the parents of those children: fano suggested, "is its capacity cated in the area and more is about 900,000 mothers and 150,- to respond to the needs of the expected to follow the designa­ people it serves." 000 fathers. tion announcement. New Orleans 'Two-thirds of the 150,000 was the second Foreign Trade Any physician wdio really thinks that anyone in the United fathers on welfare are incapaci­ Zone to be established after an States can get good medical care was challenged by AFL-CIO tated. Only some 50,000 are ca­ act of Congress provided for such Social Security Director Bert Seidman to put himself into the pable of being given job skills zones in 1934. shoes of the less affluent the next time he becomes ill. and training that will make them selfsufficient." New (Means "You might try going down to your nearest hospital out­ patient clinic and evaluate for yourself the kind of care you James (Bat) Noonan is once First Step will rwive" Seidman told the State Officers Conference of the again eyeing the shipping board Califano cited the analysis as American Academy of ^General Practice. after spending a couple of months the first step in a four-stage proce­ on the beach. Bat, a native of The SlU-contracted Seatrain dure in identifying problems and "Hard benches, long waits, almost incredible indifference charNew Orleans, has been shipping Line is now employing a new developing solutions. aiterize the charity medicine you will find there. Any sense of from this port for many years. The study, he said, raises the scientific method of detecting ship continuity or management of the patient's problem is totally His last ship was the Del Mar. problem of how to reach and deterioration by use of an ultra­ lacking in the great majwity of our hospital out-patient clinics." He hopes for a South American motivate this small group of 50,- sonic keel inspecting system. Seidman emphasized points of mutual interest "which, if we run, preferably on the Del Mar Ultrasonics involves the use of 000 employable fathers to make both recognize them, can lead to better Understanding and better again. Seafarer Sam Crosby, who very high frequency sound waves, them self-sufficient. It also raises cot^ration." But he also said he felt that the medical profeslast sailed aboard the Kysita, and the equipment being used was the question of whether special siMi's dignity "has scarcely been enhanced" by the "uncritical" has sailed as AB from Gulf ports developed by the H. M. Tiederchild-care centers and training use of slogans such as "free choice of doctor," "the sanctity of for a couple of years. Sam wants man Co. of New Orleans. programs would help mothers the doctor-patient relationship" and "socialized medicine." Through the use of diving en­ a trip to Viet Nam. move off the welfare rolls, along "We consumers are increasing recognizing the empty mean­ gineers who are experts in the use Two Delta Line steadies busy ing and even the deceptiveness of these idogans," he said. of this unique testing equipment, comparing notes about their last the Tiederman C^. measures the Seidman cited the recent action of the Montgomery County trip were John Pennino and Mike thickness of the flat keel of a ship (Md.) Medical Society, in the Washington, D.C., suburban area, LIuzza. Both were recently on to see if any deterioration has oc­ in denying membership to any doctor who received less than the Dei Snd and were waiting for curred and thus determines if re­ half his inccMne from fees for service. This action, he raid, denies her to crew up again after coming pairs are needed. both membership and hospital privileges to Group Health Asso­ out of the yard. John and Mike One of the first ships to undergo ciation physicians practicing in the county. sail in the Steward Dept. the new ultrasonic keel testing was "In other words," raid Seidman, "the consumer who freely Florida has won out over rival the Seatrain New York, while she Quartermaster William Man'enchooses to join a pr^ayment plan or a group of doctors who states in New England as the site was docked at Seatrain's Isla boff, last aboard the Del Mar, is freely choose to participate in such a plan are ostracized by the for a proposed multi-million dol­ Grande pier in Puerto Rico. vacationing for a while but says medical society on other than professional grounds. Is this 'free lar oceanographic laboratory to "It's like a doctor using a steth­ that if something looks good on choice,' or does it simply mean 'you do it our way or not at alir " be built by the Environmental oscope on a patient," said Henry the Del Sud he may be tempted Sciences and Services Administra­ Tiederman, of thte sounding device. He expressed concern over the "apparent increase in the to leave the easy life. Old timer tion on Virginia Key in the Miami "We make underwater observa­ marketplace orientation" of many physicians, charging flatly that Phil (Pappy) O'Connor still looks area. "too many doctm-s are cutting too many professional comers in tions by means of charts to see pretty spry. Many seafarers re­ The ESSA has selected an eight- what damage, if any, has been Ae interests of volume operation." The result, he raid, is that member Pappy from his days acre tract on the key after study­ done to the ship's keel." "the care they give their patients is suffering and sooner or later ing 115 sites along the Atlantic aboard the old Alcoa passenger the patients find it out." The H. M. Tiederman Ck>. first coast. The laboratory will have ships on which he sailed as Chief urad their ultrasonic equipment in "Is there really a professional reason for qpposing a system about 500 employees and an ex­ Steward. 1963 to check deterioration of off­ of prepayment by ^ich the cmisumer pays the doctor so much pected $3-million annual payroll. shore towers located near Argus money per month to keep him well in lieu of a fee-for-service MobOe The announcement was a dis­ Island in the Bahamas. payment when he becmnes sick?" he asked. Shipping has been slow here appointment to New Englanders While working on the towers the last couple of weeks and we who had hoped the lab would be The challenge f^ing organized labor in future bargaining on they were asked to check the hull have no ships laid up. built somewhere in the Maine, health benefits, Seidman raid, is "to broaden our concern so of a ship that was believed to be Rhode Island, Massachusetts area. that we have assurance that we are getting the right medical care W. A. WaDacc is watching the damaged. Their equipment worked Estimates of the cost of the and the best possible medical care and are receiving it as efficient­ board for any Deck Dept. job. His so well in examining the ship that new lab, which will match the ly as feasible." last trip was a -month voyage West Coast's oceanographic lab it was decided to offer such a test­ "For this security, we LMA to thie medical profession," he said, to India on the Battle Creek. Also at Seattle, have been as high as ing service to other shipowners. "That is why I think you will find that more and more of out looking for a berth in the Deck $20-million. Explaining further how his com­ unions will be asking you for assurance that you have adopted ' Dept. is Jfrfm W. Logan. John, Among the reasons cited for pany's equipment works, Tieder­ procedures to enforce your own professional standards. who makes his home in Mobile picking the Miami site were: a man raid; "A lot of rust and scale favorable climate in the area, good builds up under the keel of these "We know that when you aa physicians can do the best you with his wife and children. Was communicatitms and transporta­ ships and our equipment emits a are enable of and we as consumers are able to pay for it, the last on the Mcpllceilo Victory fot tion facilities. American people will at last be assured of the high medical caro signal that enables us to determine a coastal run. they need and deserve." The lab will conduct research the exact spot in need of rq)airs After a trip to Viet Nam on in geophysics, ocranografdiics, and even the extent of the dam­ the Seatrafn Georgia, Joe Dntko and sea-air interaction. age." AFl-^ ttyes Ihetws S^ipart Quality Care for Natiea's Poor Seatrain Uses Sound Waves To Inspect Keek FiwUa is Site For Now Oroan Statiy Coator �Mmr 12, 1967 SEAFARERS LOC Page Nineteen Engineer Killed in Aiorgareff Brown Explosion Quick Work by Seafarer Dave Tuck Saves Ship from 'Blowing Sky-High' SAIGON—Credited with saving not only one ship but perhaps other nearby vessels and a Viet Nam pier loaded with vital military supplies as well, Seafarer Dave Tuck and three other seamen rushed into the steaming engine room of the Margarett Brown recently to prevent further damage following the explosion of one As swift as their action was, by Roy Boyett and E. Keelson, of the freighter's boilers. the men were too late to save Chief and First Engineers of the Dave Tuck, the Fireman, was First Engineer Charles Sandino Hoosier State which was moored in the mess hall when the blast who was killed instantly by the alongside the Margarett Brown at rocked the vessel and was right impact. However, SIU member the Qui Nhon pier 100 miles north on the heels of Chief Engineer Ed Dunsmoor, 68, the oiler on of Saigon. Ambrose White as the two scram­ watch at the time of the explosion, The potential danger to the bled through an escape hatch into was carried to safety stunned and nearby ships and the U.S. mili­ Erik R. Johansen (left) looks over a bound volume of the old Coast the smoke and fumes to shut off in a state of shock. tary supplies they were unloading Seaman's Journal from SIU library while at headquarters renewing the fuel pump and turbine gen­ Tuck and White were joined was evident in a statement made old acquaintances. With him is SIU Representative Johnny Yarmola. erator before a second boiler almost immediately in the feverish by the Margarett Brown's skipper, could blow. task of securing the engine room Harold Small. "There was enough steam down there to blow up the whole engine room if the oil had kept pumping," Small said. "An­ other five minutes and the whole ship would have blown." Erik R. Johansen, 72, one of the men who was instrumental in Commander Frank Oliver, U.S. the founding of the SIU, retired last March after a lifetime of The SIU's Great Lakes District is launching a full-scale campaign Coast Guard marine inspection service to the American labor movement. At the time of his to organize unlicensed seamen of the Pickands Mather and Com­ head of the area, had high praise retirement he was the SUP Port for the prompt and selfless action pany steamship fleet during the 1967 shipping season. year was 1911 when Johansen by the four men, saying: "The Agent in Honolulu. The Company is the only «>instant response and bravery of Johansen was one of the SUP first sailed with the Norwegian completely non-union Ameri­ operates four additional vessels the men from another ship as group that founded the SIU, and merchant fleet. can steamship operation on the through a Canadian subsidiary, well as the valor of the crew of was the SIU's first agent in Phil­ Though his first years at sea Great Lakes. Pickands Mather the Labrador Steamship Company, the Margarett Brown should not adelphia. That was in 1938, the were spent before the mast on sailing ships, Johansen began and employs approximately 350 sea­ Ltd., wjiich is under contract to be passed unnoticed." year the SIU was founded. ended his seagoing career as a men on its 15 American vessels, the SIU of Canada. "It made a sound like throw­ Johansen stopped by at the Fred Famen, secretary-treas­ ing bricks on a tin roof, with SIU's New York headquarters re­ deckhand. He served as Bosun which includes 14 bulk freighters and one self-unloader. It also urer of the SIU Great Lakes Dis­ marbles following," is the way cently to chat with President Paul during his last trip, aboard the trict and a vice president of the Tuck, a 39-year-old native of Hall and renew other old ac­ Matson Line's Mariposa. SIU, said discussions already are Baltimore, described the sound of quaintances. He joined the old International underway with the SIU of Canada the explosion which moved him Johansen, who worked together Seamen's Union in 1915, in Phila­ regarding the situation involving to risk his life. with pioneer maritime organizers delphia. He was an early active Pickands Mather steamship oper­ "Sandino and I had been com­ Andrew Furuseth and Harry member of the SUP and served ations on the American side of paring valentines from home that Lundeberg, was on his way from that union in every West Coast the Lakes. morning," Tuck said. "And now his West Coast home to Norway Port. Farnen said ihat a canvass of he was dead. I don't think he turn to his native Norway, for that P-M's American vessels, which knew what hit him. is where he first went to sea. The began sailing this season between LONDON—^The United States April 8 and April 15, reveals still ranks only ninth among the strong support for the Union nations of the world in the con­ among unlicensed crewmembers. struction of merchant vessels, says The Union expects to petition the The SIU Scholarship Col­ Lloyd's Register of Shipping in National Labor Relations Board lege Advisory Committee will its latest report. meet on May 17 to select the for an election on vessels of the winners of the five annual Figures for the quarter ended company in the near future. BOSTON—Two fishing vessels manned by SIU fishermen bare­ $6,000 scholarships for 1967. March 31 show a mere 490,946 The American fleet of Pickands Winners will be announced gross tons being built in the U.S. Mather had been operated until ly escaped sinking as their crews struggled desperately with the in the LOG. While this is some 72,000 tons 1966 as the Interlake Steamship churning seas and violent winds of a wild Northeast storm in the ^ The SIU Scholarship plan more than in the previous quarter, Company, which the partners of Atlantic last month. has been operated on an an­ it is dwarfed by the leading Japa­ P-M were instrumental in organ­ Listed as missing and just severe damage but all hands in nual basis for the past thirteen nese total of 3,811,046 tons and izing and which had been man­ about given up for lost by the good shape, was the SIU-Atlantic years and 68 awards have second-place Britain's 1,496,801 aged by P-M throughout its Coast Guard after an intensive Fishermen's Union contracted been given out since the pro­ tons. existence. two-day search, the 94-foot trawl­ Plymouth out of Glouster, Mass. gram began in 1953. Of Last year, Interlake was con­ er Deep Water was finally spotted The 102-foot trawler had run The over-all total reported by these, 44 have gone to the Lloyd's for the first quarter of solidated into P-M and, in its 1966 by a search plane 190 miles east into trouble 80 miles off Nan­ children of SIU members and 1967 set a new record with 1,922 Annual Report to Employees, of the entrance to Delaware Bay. tucket Island. Although he re­ Seafarers have received 24 of ships of 12,608,129 gross tons P-M reported that 1966 was "the Reached by the Coast Guard cut­ ported she was taking on water the college scholarships. best year for the consolidated ter Tamaroa, the crew of five and and the situation was "very seri­ building. That is 744,428 tons Winners of the SIU Schol­ companies since 1960." Capt. George Edwards were found ous," Capt. William Hallan said over the previous three months. arships are chosen by a group exhausted by their ordeal but in it was not critical. The balance of leading university educa­ good condition. The search for of the Plymouth's five-man crew tors and administrators on the Deep Water, under contract was made up of Engineer William the basis of high school rec­ to the SlU-affiliated New Bedford Schramm and Seafarers Richard ords and College Entrance Fishermen's Union, was started Silva, William Orion and Lavem Examination Board tests. when the vessel radioed she was Sherman. Members of the SIU Scholar­ taking on water and "in immediate A spokesman for the Plymouth's ship College Advisory Com­ danger." The message said the owner said the vessel lost power mittee^ include: Edna M. wheelhouse had also been smashed due to winds of up to 105 knots Newby, Assistant Dean, and the engines were malfunc­ which continued almost uninter­ Douglas College for Women tioning. rupted for 49 hours. He said the of Rutgers University; ElEdwards' father, John, was in intake pipe was broken, oil tanks wood C. Kastner, Dean of command of the Elizabeth N. an­ filled with salt water and the pump Registration, New York Uni­ other trawler caught at sea when was out of commission. Because versity; Bernard Ireland, Col­ the storm hit, but the crew was of this and additional damage to lege Entrance Examination able to make port without damage the pilot house and electronic Board; Charles E. O'Connell, or serious incident. equipment, the spokesman esti­ director of Admissions, Uni­ The elder Edwards described mated that it will be many months versity of Chicago; Rich­ the storm as being "as bad as any before the Plymouth is again sea­ ard Keefe, Director of Ad­ hurricane I've been throu^ but Crewmen of the lobster-dragger Deep Water, members of the SIUmissions, St. Louis University, it lasted a lot longer than a hurri­ worthy. affiliated New Bedford Fishermen's Union, were haggard and ex­ He had high praise for the crew and Dr. Charles Lyons, Dean cane blow. I've never seen the hausted but still able to smile after arriving in port under tow fol­ who "did a terrific job in saving I of Admissions, Howard Uni­ wind and sea so bad for such a lowing severe pounding by high seas and wind during northeast long time." The storm produced the vessel and their own lives" and versity, who replaced Dr. storm. Shown above are (l-r): Adolph Silins, owner, with crewman 40-mile winds and seas 10 to 15 added that the men will be ship­ F. D. Wilkinson of Howard, ping out on other boats until the who passed away last year. Alan Cournoyer; mate Lew Lowther: and Capt. George Edwards. feet high. Also safely back in port with Plymouth is repaired. Word HELP was painted by crew to attract attention during blow. S/ffCt Lakes Organizing Campaign UnJerway at PickanJs-Mather Co. Johansen, Retired SUP Veteran Croats Old Friends At SIU Haii Lloyds Registry Has America's fleet Still In Lowly Ninth Spot Wild Northeaster Mts SlU-Manned Fishing Boats—AH Retarn Safely SIU Scholarships To Be Awarded �Page Twenty Viet Nam Trip Made by Seafarer Armed With Camera and a Smile i^i ' TI- May 12, 1967 $iEAFARER$ L6G Although Viet Nam is a war-tom land. Seafarer Edmund Garbin went ashore the same way he has gone ashore in ports throughout the world—with a camera and a smile. Brother Garbin, who is 25 and has been sailing with the SIU for two years, has two consuming passions in life—marine engi; T"" , I ; n,.er;ne and and photography, nhotnm-anhv. He Las^ Vear. in Madras, India, Ed tures I wanted, but Aat nothing neering became an unwitting participant would come out." Ed shot off pursues both his vocation and in a battle between Western tech­ an entire roll. When the film was his avocation with relentless vigor. nology and Oriental mysticism. developed, every frame was com­ Ed's first impression of Viet "On this particular day," he re­ pletely blank! Before he began sailing with Nam was a noisy one. He hap­ lated, "I came across a man who pened to arrive in looked so bad off—he was just the SIU two years ago. Brother Qui Nhon during skin and bones—that I offered to Garbin was in the Navy. He the Chinese New buy him a meal." He continued: joined the Naval Reserve in order Year celebration, "I used the universal sign lan­ to launch his seagoing career. and long sti4ngs guage. After we finished eating, More than anything, he wanted to o f firecrackers he thanked me in perfect English. learn the marine electrician's were being set off. He was obviously an educated trade. He found he couldn't get an Next he noticed man, and I felt like a fool. He Electrician's rating in the reserves, how small the told me he was a member of one so after eight months he joined the of the oldest religious sects in regular navy, serving for four Garbin People were. Ed has a great southern India, dating back to years. He came out of the Navy fondness for children and, as this the Pallavan Dynasty. I asked if I with three engine room ratings: article's accompanying pictures could take some pictures of him. Electrician, Boiler Tender, and show, he relates to them quite He said I could take all the pic- Machinist's Mate. well. Brother Garbin makes friends with adults as well as children. During his second trip to Viet Nam he met a professional pho­ tographer named Kwon, when he took some film he had shot to Kwon's studio in Qui Nhon to be processed. Quon was fascinated with Ed's equipment, which is quite elaborate and of the best quality, and they soon were com­ paring notes. "He does great work," Ed says of Kwon's profes­ sional ability. Two years' older than Ed, Quon supports a wife and two children on about 30 dol­ lars a month. The two men found they had a lot in common, and still correspond. Many of the kids in Viet Nam will steal the shirt off your back The essence of today's Viet Nam was captured in this photo by if given the chance," he says Brother Garbin of Qui Nhon's main street. Army trucks are rum­ candidly. It's not that they're bling by on the right, carrying American soldiers to fight the Viet trained thieves," he reiterated, Cong in their mountain strongholds, plainly visible in the background. "but that there is a constant need Yet, life goes on, even in Qui Nhon. Coming toward the camera is for food; there's so little food, so a bicycle rickshaw; Brother Garbin rode in one. The buildings in little money." the left foreground are a Catholic convent and religious school. 'Ten per cent of the kids are trained hoodlums and will give you trouble," he said about the children of Viet Nam. "The steal­ ing and rolling are much worse than anything in New York." He related that many are expert watch snatchers. Their usual technique^ -as to dart out of a hiding place, rip a man's watch from his wrist, and disappear. Game Of Chance The Vietnamese children have devised many ingenious ways to somehow make ends meet. Ed ran across one boy who had be­ come a professional gambler, run­ ning a Vietnamese game of chance played with three dice faced with pictures and a board displaying Children in the picture above matching symbols. Not many play in front of the largest church people were playing, and the boy in Qui Nhon. On the main street, was buying soda and cigarettes— near the waterfront, the landmark which are often purchased one at serves as a bearing marker for a time by the impoverished Viet­ namese—for those that were. Ed seamen. Looming over the tran­ felt sorry for him, so he joined in quil church are the Viet Cong the game. Trying to lose delib­ infested mountains. From here erately, he won five dollars. He one can see and hear fightermanaged to lose it back, however, bombers pounding away at the and then some. enemy. The girl in the picture on the right is My. Sixteen, and Making friends and taking very shy, she wouldn't speak to pictures pre-occupy Ed wherever Ed for a long time. He finally he goes—and he has been in Okinawa, Korea, Formosa, Iran, broke the ice by giving her a sil­ Aden, Spanish Mc^-occo, East ver fish, a traditional Vietnamese Pakistan, and India, among other good luck charm, after which they had many conversations. places. A Vote of Thanks To the SIU ToTbeEeton Being a seaman most of my life, plus having a seaman for a father, I've seen the progress the Union has made in upgrading the life of the Seafarer and his family. When I started going to sea I was a fireman and oiler for $65, and then $72.50, a month. You were given one blue bed sheet per trip and a lumpy mat' tress. If you got to the night lunch before the roaches you were lucky. A 16-hour working day was a short day, and there was no overtime. Being ill now 1 have time to backtrack on life and realize just what the Union and Union officials have done for seamen. We all shoiild remember where it all came from—and support it as it does us. Being ill, it is easier knowing we are under our fine welfare plan. A vote of thanks to our great SIU. Theodore Mamllo . •— Daughter Thanks SIU For Help to Father To The Edfton I want to thank the SIU for everything it had done for my father during his final illness. All benefits were received promptly. The prompt atten­ tion in these matters is greatly appreciated. Thanking you, I remain Mrs. Muriel Chiaravaile Lh Town Pioneers Ocean Conservation ToTheEdit<MR Three years ago the Town of Hempstead, on Long Island, near New York Gity, became the first municipality in the na­ tion to establish its own Depart­ ment of Conservation and Wa­ terways. The imique action taken by the citizen^ of Hampstead, which is the largest township in the world, should be of interest to everyone who has grown to love the sea. To the local residents of the Atlantic coast town, their local , government's action meant that their 10,000 acres of wetlands— meadows, marshes, islands and waterways—would continue in marine-related use.; Tbwn residents knew that creation of the department would guarantee the continued protection of their priceless nat; oral resource. ^ Among the department's re­ sponsibilities are the encovuragement of the natural growth of native marine synd vrild life, the utnaintenanee and: ittanagement of thP wateiivays- and '^tlands for sirie and other recreation, protection against pol^ lutioo,'' iitiHiiatlon of; re-,, fearch eonsisicnl with sound conservation practices. The department is also re­ sponsible < for establishing local reguladom governing structures |iyeteityaysr dred^tiie^^^^ jheBfiriiing^ beahh > erosion controls and bulkheading; placement of channel mark­ ers, budys and ottm naviga­ tional aids, bay constable law enforcement aj^'assistance to boatmen; - - Legislation providing for fed­ eral involvement in the protec­ tion and development of the wetlands has been under discus­ sion in Washington for over a year. As originally proposed, the bills would have been injuri--ous to the best interests of local boaters, fishermen and all resi­ dents who have any interest in this resource. For this reason, Hempstead Town Presiding Supervisor Ralph G. Case appeared in Washington last summer before the House Subcommittee on Fish and Wildlife Conservation with a lengthy statement that in­ cluded the following: "We are pioneers in the voluntary dedi­ cation of land, worth millions, to conservation. We are midway in a conservation program that no municipality across the coun­ try can match." Caso went on to review the conservation program and the projects planned or completed: Establishment of a 760-acre wildlife refuge; a nearly com­ pleted 52-acre marine study area; a continuing channel re- LETTERS To The Editor construction program; construc­ tion of a marine basin to harbor a fleet of eight town boats for policing, rescue and research purposes; and a new adminis­ tration and laboratory building, fully equipped and profession­ ally str^ed to conduct water testing programs and biological studies. In addition, a compre­ hensive shellflsh cultivation pro-' gram and a law regulating the taking of shellfish have been put into operation. Plans for estab­ lishment of Long Island's first oceanography center for scien­ tific research and public edifica­ tion were recently announced. ; After the strong Caso state­ ment in Con^s, the proposed^ bills were revised. Some people might shrug their shoulders at the town's pioneer­ ing' efforts. But Hempstead resi- | dents recognize the program's lasting benefit and they sup­ port it Wayne It Hortpn ForMI Arbitratim Is Np Solutieif ; To The Editmrt . The nation's labor ex^i^ have been predicting for months that the greatest threat of new anti-strike legislation in 1967 would accompany the contract negotiations between the rail­ roads and six shop cr^t unions. The prediction is coming true; and it is the duty of every mem­ ber of an AFL-CIO union to i^t behind the against a federal compulsoiy arbitration: law. Resident Toltoson, after getTing'Congrssa. to delay a; rail-, road strike deadline twice; has sent to Capitol Hill his pro;posals for settling the dilute. His bill calls;forT90 of mediation, with a bo^d^f^^ ment terms on any issues that iCmain unfest^ved at the end •••'pf/thai.til«e.''. v:v Vy-; Qhibntz^ hsjbarga^ �Mmr 12, 1967 SEAFARERS FINAL DEPARTURES Norman Aysien, 48; A coro­ nary condition caused the death of Seafarer Ay­ sien, Jan. 29, at the New Orleans USPHS Hospital. A native of Lou­ isiana, he was a resident of La i 1 ! Porte, Texas. Ay­ sien joined the SIU in the port of New Orleans, and sailed with Coyle Lines. He is survived by his wife, Hester. Burial was in Grandview Memorial Park, La Porte, Texas. E. W. Henderson, 42: Brother Henderson died in Duval Med­ ical Center, Jack­ sonville, Fla., Nov. 12, 1966. A native of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Hender­ son was a resident of Baltimore and joined the SIU in that port. He sailed as a cook and baker. His last ship was the St. Christopher, on which he was a crew member at the time of death. Burial was in National Cemetery, Baltimore. 4> John Pedrosa, 70: E>eath claimed Brother Pedrosa, January ^ 26, in Union Me' morial Hospital, Baltimore. A member of the en­ gine department, he joined the un­ ion in the port of Baltimore in 1939. A native of Portugal, Sea­ farer Pedrosa lived in Baltimore. His last vessel was the Massmar. He is survived by his sister, Maria Carlota Lima Pedrosa of Lisbon, Portugal. Burial was in Pikesville, Md. Anthony Zaich, 62: Brother Zaich died from a coronary on October 4, 1966 in New Orleans. He was stricken on the deck of the Del Monte, on which he sailed as a mem­ ber of the deck department. Zaich was certi­ fied to ship as a bosun. He joined the SIU in New Orleans. Surviv­ ing is his brother, Chester, of Pittsburgh. Brother Zaich was buried in St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Millvale, Pa. Patrick Lynch 74: A heart disease claimed the life of Sea­ farer Lynch in Baltimore on March 13. A na­ tive of Ireland, Lynch resided in Baltimore. He sailed in the En­ gine department as FOWT. He is survived by his sister, Nellie McClay of Glasgow, Scotland. His last ship was the Texmar. Brother Lynch was on SIU pension at the time of death. Burial was in Sacred Heart Ceme­ tery, Baltimore. August Steinmann, 84: Brother Steinmann died in St. Joseph's Hospital, Tampa, Florida, on March 24. Born in Germany, he joined the SIU in New York and was a resident of Thmpa. He sailed as a machinist in the engine depart­ ment. At the time of death, he was on an SIU pension. He last shipped on the Nicholas. The body was cremated at the West Coast Crematory, St. Petersburg, Florida. Lifeboat Class No. 176 Casts Anchor Page Twenty-one LOG Seafarer Sees His Marine Cousin After Four Tries On Viet Nam Run "Things are real bad over here." This is what Corporal Edward Juan of the First Marine Divi­ sion told his cousin. Seafarer Freddie Di Joles when the two were reunited recently in Saigon. Two of Corporal Juan's buddies were killed only a week before, when his squad was on night patrol. He said he was deter- ^ mined to fight on as long as crew member was mugged at drive from New York City. necessary, however. He felt night in Saigon and lost his sea­ Brother EH Joles, 28, sails in the America's presence in Viet Nam man's papers, money and most of Steward Department as a Messwas vital, and that our marines his clothes. Another shipmate was man. Originally from Ponce, and soldiers were doing a superb beaten and robbed in Okinawa. Puerto Rico, he came to the main­ job. Brother Fred­ "I don't think anyone should go land when he was 14. He is mar­ die Di Joles is ashore in any Southeast Asian ried and has a son. closer to the war port, especially Saigon," say Di Di Joles says he would like to in Viet Nam than Joles. He recommended that all return to Puerto Rico and sail most Seafarers. SIU men ashore in Asian ports from there with the SIU. He says He chose Viet make it a rule to travel in groups, conditions have improved tremen­ Nam as the des­ especially at night. dously on the island in recent tination of his Con Men Abound years. He credits the improvement first four trips Another gripe Brother EH Joles to the vision and dynamic leader­ with the SIU be­ has about Viet Nam is that "once Di Joles cause he wanted they know you're an American, ship of the Commonwealth's for­ to see his cousin "Eddie," with they want to take you for your mer long-time governor, Munoz whom he is very close. Corporal money." Many Vietnamese, he Marin. Brother EH Joles' wife, Juan is only 18, but he is a sea­ says, will cheat Americans at however, does not want to return soned combat veteran. He saw every opportunity. "First-timers to her native island. "She was only three weeks of action in Santo don't know this," he says, and seven when she came here," he Domingo in the Dominican Re­ consequently are easy marks for explains, and adds that she re­ public, and has been fighting in the unscrupulous merchant and members nothing of her home­ Viet Nam for eight months. con man. The best way to avoid land. The language barrier is Di Joles tried to see Eddie dur­ getting cheated. Brother Di Joles another difficulty. Mrs. Di Joles ing his three previous trips to advises, is to stick to the regula­ speaks very little Spanish. Viet Nam, but they couldn't seem tion that requires seamen to use to get together. This time, as soon Vietnamese currency, not Ameri­ as Brother Di Joles found out can money. "You give them a five COLtJMBIA VICTORY (Waterman). March 26—Chairman, Sdward Mooney: when his ship would proceed to dollar bill," he says, "and, you'll Secretary,' EUward HcZ3roy. $30.00 in ship'a fund. Motion was made to request Saigon, he sent a post card from never get your change back." that OS dayman be r^aced by an AB Okinawa. Corporal Juan re­ Brother Di Joles' voyages to dayman. Motion made to send lettw to the Union resarding beef with 1st Aaquested and got a special leave. Viet Nam were the culmination of sistant and Chief Engineer. It was sug­ He left the border country in a life-long dream. "All my life I gested that crew hold safety meetings. It was requested that an inspection be Northern South Viet Nam where wanted to be a sailor," he told made for the purpose of replacing all de­ deck lights and ladders espedaily he had been in combat for months, the LOG. "Even when I was a fective foc'sle head ladders. It waa suggested and went to Saigon, where the two kid, I wanted to go to sea and see that a request be made tor a TV in the crew recreation room and U>at old ciga­ cousins spent a day together. the world." Prior to joining the rettes in slop chest be r«>laeed with new ones. Except for the day he spent SIU, Brother Di Joles was in the with his cousin. Brother Di Joles Army. "The farthest I got," says had mixed feelings about his trips Di Joles, who is a resident of to Viet Nam. "Saigon is a dan­ New York City's borough of gerous place to be," he told the Brooklyn, "was Fort Dix." Fort LOG, "especially at night." One Dix is an Army Base only a short Rafael Reyes Maldonado Please contact your relative, Mrs. Jane LeBourneau, 23123 Marigold Ave., Torrance, Calif. 90502. John Thorlief Olafsen Contact your mother at your very earliest opportunity. She is very ill and is quite anxious to hear from you. CtHiway Beard Please contact your mother, Mrs. Jeannette Boyer at 216 Somerset St., Ocean City, Md. 21842, as soon as possible in re­ gard to an important matter. Y. R. Tallberg Contact your wife at once in­ forming her of your present whereabouts. She is ill and may have to enter the hospital. Barry Mahoney Contact your father at your earliest opportunity. WHITEHAhl, (WhitchsH Navigation). March 18—Chairman, David Sikes; Sec­ retary, Sara V. Lund. No be^ and no disputed or was rworted. DEL AlBBS (Delta). March 26-Caishsman. Nils EHc Ghonfaerg ; SeeretaTy A. Ttolentlno. Everything running snmothly in each department. (Hie man shart in engine and steward departments. Patndman will see to it that Company will put a good grade of beef idioard en this iship. Vote thtmka to the ship'a dde:gato for a job well donsv XyJ Viet Nam Rendezvous 1 Ls" i , • * r' - 'i Clayton E. Sams Please contact yoin- mother, Mrs. Ruth E. Sams, 808 Duarte Road, Monrovia, Calif., as soon as possible, in regard, to an impor­ tant matter. These young graduates of the SlU's one-week lifeboat course look all business as they prepare to take their Coast Guard tests. In the front row (l-r) are: Walter Mosley, Douglas Johnson, Paul Handlen and Jack Faribee, Standing in the top row are: Instructor K. C. Mc­ Gregor, Mike Madden, Jan Hitchcock and Instructor Ami Bjornsson. Mailt T. Klnto Please contact Mary Jones, 420Vi Orange Ave,, Port Arthur, Texas 77640. Seafarer Ted Densmore (left), who sails as a Bosun and has been an SIU man for 12 years, was recently reunited with his twin brother in Saigon. His brother, Sgt. Fred Densmore, has been in the Army 19 years- The pair hail from Birmingham, Ala. Their Viet Nam rendezvous was the first time they saw each other in three years. �Page Twenty-two May 12, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG <$6Mng to the futvre tlxe Sliips at The flag of the Vantage Progress (Pioneer Maritime) was flown at half mast recently out of "respect for a union brother," Herbert Keraiedy, Chief Steward on the City of Alma (Waterman), drowned in Yokahoma, Japan when he fell while climbing from the motor launch to the pUot ladder of his ship. His body <^many complaints, because imme­ for the post this trip. The Steward was shipped back to the United diately after the Steaward's an­ asked all crew members to return States al^ard the Vantage Prog­ nouncement the crew gave his de­ coffee mugs to the crew pantry ress. The flag was flown half partment a vote of thanks "for the after use and thanked the men for mast in tribute to Kennedy during all-around good job done." their cooperation. the ship's coastwise run off Cali­ ^ fornia. Rupert R. Sheppard, Meeting Chair­ Mathews, Chief John R. Johnson, new ship's man on the R. V. Sea Scope (Al­ Mate aboard the delegate on the Elizahethport (Seapine) reports that ship passed away. I Land), should everything is run­ Meeting Secretary have an easy job, ning smoothly. A H. G. Werns re­ with no beefs, dis­ few hours of dis­ ported. A plaque puted overtime, puted overtime will be placed or other serious were reported in aboard the ship problems, accord­ the deck depart­ in his memory ing to Meeting Werns ment. Meeting and Seafarers do­ Chairman James Secretary Joseph nated $65 toward the memorial. L. Siniard. SiniDier writes that Dier Mathews died while the ship was ard reported the the ship has very Siniard in Viet Nam. Seafarer J. P. Condepartment heads good officers aboard. The Steward ley proposed a vote of thanks to drew up a repair list. A new an­ the Deck Department for the great department has been doing a fine tenna has been ordered for the job, and mail has been arriving job they did. Messman J. W. TV. R. Mills, treasurer, said that Martin also accepted congratu­ regularly. the ship's fund totals $72.05. The lations for his work in keeping payoff will be in Oakland. M. E. Sanchez, Meeting Sec­ the messroom looking shipshape. retary on the Los Angeles (SeaThe ship's treasury contains Land), reports $29.50 after donaticms. The Steward Department of the that it was moved Brigham Victory (Isthmian) got a and seconded by Selma Victoiy (South Atlantic heartfelt vote of the crew that "a Caribbean) Ship's Delegate Elmer thanks from a special vote of Schroeder reports grateful crew for thanks should go that "all beefs are carrying on after to Seafarer Del squared away." the galley blower Craig for the re­ In his report, broke down. sponsible and de­ given during a Meeting Secre­ pendable job" he shipboard meet­ Craig tary W. T. Langperformed as ing presided over ford reported that by meeting Chair­ ships delegate. John O'Hann* _* J the temperature man Allen Bell, asian, meeting chairman, reported Langford that the ship's fund totals $12.70. _. . Brother SchroeSchroeder announced The payoff is in San Francisco. upwards of 130 degrees while the blower was out of commission. that the Captain will give draws During the good and welfare por­ John Fedesovich, treasurer on every five days. He also said that tion of a meeting presided over by the Del Oro (Delta) reported that he would see the Chief Mate the ship's fund Meeting Chairman W. R. Layton, about getting the Steward Depart­ has $68.78. Meet­ the Baker was asked to put out ment's rooms painted. Meeting ing Secretary W. hot bread or rolls, doughnuts and Secretary Anthony Nottnmo re­ H. Simmons re­ pastries every day while the ship ports that during the good and ports no beefs is at sea for coffee time. welfare portion of the meeting a with everything suggestion was made to get a timer going smoothly. for the washing machine. The crew was asked not to slam doors Meeting Chair­ in order to preserve the nerves of man Stan Grice those who must sleep during the Fedesovich writes that Ralph Seafarers whose names are day. The Chief Steward requested Taylor, Third listed below have checks being that all beefs concerning food or Cook, was elected Ship's Delegate. held for them at headquarters. service be brought directly to him. The job is held on a rotating basis, These checks are refunds for log­ Apparently there weren't too with the Steward Department due gings whieh were deducted in error at the Norberto Capay pay­ off. If your name appears, con­ Lifeboat Class No. 175 Sets Sail tact the SIU at 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Name Amount James Eugene Callan $54.34 Donald F. (yLeary 40.56 John B. Gardner, Jr. 13.09 Onofre Felix Rando 52.34 Kenneth Edward Stevens 61.25 ^l> MONEY DUE W' i ^FARERS LOG; .fS75 Fourth Ave., Il^ooklyn, N. Y. 11232 Irofher JefF Davis (right) gToWs'^w^TWHstaction as he collects his first pension check from New York Port Agent Leon Hall. Davis, W, retired on an SIU disability pension. Sailing since Shirley Ann Poe, bom August 2, 1965, to the Earl H. Foes, San Pablo, California. Jerry Michael Kirchair, bom January 24, 1967, to the Jerry Kircharrs, Atmore, Ala. Gerald Louttit, bom November 27, 1966, to the Charles B. Louttits, Monroe, Michigan. Rhonda Bums, bom March 7, 1967, to the Robert William Bums, New Orleans, La. Donna Marie Noiles, bom February 22, 1967, to the Ken­ neth Noiles, Alpena, Michigan. Patricia Noel, bom February 14, 1967, to the Leonce M. Noels, Orange, Texas. ^ —4f— i John Chambers, born February 19, 1967, to the William J. Cham­ bers, Lakewood, Ohio. — 4^ — Joseph Doyle, born March 8, 1967, to the Joseph Doyles, Phil­ adelphia, Pa. Roger HuD, bom February 13, 1967, to the Daniel R. Hulls, Al­ pena, Michigan. Stacy Lynn Libby, bom March 12, 1967, to the Herbert L. Libbys, Lincolnville, Maine. ^ Alfredy Day, bom February 21, 1967, to the Alfredy Days, Mo­ bile, Alabama. Rafael Santana, bom March 10, 1967, to the Angel A. Santanas, Brooklyn, New York. —4/— Mark Hawkins, bom November 2, 1966, to the Stanley E. Haw­ kins, Kentwood, Louisiana. 4/ James Samuel Cooper, born February 28, 1967, to the Fred C. Coopers, Mobile, Ala. —4f— Anna Poulsen, born February 26, 1967, to the Vemer Poulsens, Seattle, Washington. Una Renee Simonds, bom March 19, 1967, to the Paul Simonds, Orlando, Florida. Janis Renee Blair, bom Febru­ ary 20, 1967, to the Robert C. Blairs, Houston, Texas. Cheryl Deneen Gibbons, bom November 24, 1965, to the John Gibbons, Brooklyn, N.Y. ^ Allen Douglas Graham, bom March 1, 1967, to the Richard A. Grahams, Reading, Mass. \1> <1> —4,— Kevin Englentan, born Febmary 23, 1967, to the John R. Englemans, Detroit, Mich. —4^— Shineda Ussin, born January 4, 1967, to the Charles Ussins, Sr., New Orleans, La. <1> - • "I ET ADDRESS ... I. •-33-«- I — 4^ — Mark Edward Jasinski, born April 1, 1967, to the Edward Jasinskis, Carbondale, 111. — 4^ — I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOGl#ime on your m list. (t>rM li^hrmotlon) This recent crop of graduates of the union's Lifeboat School pose proudly for their class picture. They have just completed the weeklong course that enabled them to qualify for lifeboat tickets. Seated (l-r) are: Bruce Daly, Roger Swonson, James W. Arnett and David LaFrance. Standing in the back row (l-r) are: Instructor K. C. Mc­ Gregor, Ewald Fachle,. Christopher Kear and Instructor Ami Bjornsson. —4f— Karla Ann Humstad, bom Feb­ ruary 27, 1967, to the Karl J. Humstads, Beulah, Michigan. "Ot0 DUFltCATION; If you are «n old.«u&scril>»r and r«u, pioato 9iv« your former addreia below; Meiina Benoit, bom March 10, 1967, to the Louis Benoits, Lake Arthur, Louisiana. — 4f — Diane Taylor, bora March 9, 1967, to the William Taylors, Al­ pena, Michigan. — Charles Joseph Brennlck, bora November 14, 1966, to the Charles J. Brennicks, Lowell, Mass. — 4^ — . Wayne Nicholas, bom Septem­ ber 1, 1966, to the Wayne D. Nicholas, Mobile, Alabama. �Mar 12, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Page Twenty-three UNFAI TOLABO^ 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) StItzel-WeUer DIstnieries "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Eik" "Cabin Stin," W. L. Weiier Bourbon wbidceys (Distillery Workers) FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes 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 auditing 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 Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify tlut 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 Battery Place, Suite 1980, New York 4, N. Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either hy writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper, manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights prop­ erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or membw. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings in all constitu­ tional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be i)«id to anyone in any official capsu;ity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is sriven 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 tbat he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the SBAFARESIS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union balls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension bene­ fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attend­ ance at ihembership meetings. And like all other SIU members at tbese Union meet­ ings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, in­ cluding service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimera cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union pol­ icy of iJlowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their fanrilies and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any time a Seafarer feels that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his constitutional right of access to Union records or in­ formation, he should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. WACOSTA (Sea-Land) March 20— Chairman, John Nash; Siecretary, James Galloway. One znan mimed ship in Puerto Rico. Ship short one wiper. { Motion made that idl permits get paid off when their time is up, and then reship only through the Union hall. Motion made tip hire the entire ship air-condUtioned. Vote of thanks to the steward department for good service, a job welt done, especially the galley force. Kingsport Press "World Book," "Chiidcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) A Jamestown Sterling Corp. (United Furniture Workers) Whlt6 Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes ... Sentry, Cedar Chest, Statler Men's Shoes . . . Jarman, Johnson & Murphy, Crestworth, (Boot and Shoe Workers' Union) — — Baltimore Luggage Co. Lady Baltimore, Amelia Earbart Starilte luggage Starflfte luggage (International Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers Union) — "HIS" brand men's clothes Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond blouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa Ties, Boss Gloves, Richman Brothers and Sewell Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) ^— 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) Comet Rice Mills Co. products (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) vt> Antonio Perelli MInettI & Sons Ambaasador, EJeven Cellars Red Rooster, Greystone, Guasti, CalwB, F. I., Tribuno Vefmoutli, Aiistocnt, ^nkstor Hugo, A. R. Morrow Wines and BranOes. (National Farm Workers Association) SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans June 13—2;30 p.m. Mobile June 14—2:30 p.m. Wilmington .June 19—2:00 p.m. San Francisco June 21—2:00 p.m. Seattle June 23—2:00 p.m. New York . .June 5—2:30 p.m. Philadelphia June 6—2:30 p.m. Baltimore .. .June' 7—2:30 p.m. Detroit .... June 9—2:30 p.m. Houston ... .June 19—2:30 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit June 5—^2:00 p.m. Alpena .... June 5—7:00 p.m. Buffalo June 5—7:00 p.m. Chicago June 5—7:00 p.m. Cleveland .. June 5—7:00 p.m. Duluth June 5—^7:00 p.m. Frankfort . .June 5—7:00 p.m. Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region Chicago June 13—7:30 p.m. tSault Ste. Marie June 15—7:30 p.m. Buffalo June 14—7:30 p.m. Duluth ....June 16—7:30p.m. Cleveland .. .June 16—7:30 p.m. Detroit ... .June 12—7:30 p.m. Milwaukee ...June 12—7:30p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans June 13—5:00 p.m. Mobile June 14—5:00 p.m. Philadelphia June 6—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and unlicensed) June 7—5:00 p.m. Norfolk ... .June 8—5:00 p.m. Houston June 19—^5:00 p.m. Railway Marine Region ' PhUadeiphia June 13—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baitiraore June 14—10 a.m:. & 8 p.m. •Norfolk June 15—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Jersey City June 12—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. United Industrial Workers New Orleans June 13—7:00 p.m. UIW Mobile June 14—^7:00 p.m. New York . .June 5-7-7:00 p.m. Philadelphia June 6-^7:00 p.m. LYNN VICTORY (Victory Carriers), March 6—-Chairman, Mattb^ D. Guidera; Eleeretary, Harold Strauss. Two men were repatriated from Okinawa for medical reasons. Few hours disputed OT in each department. Discussion about Fleet Post Office not forwarding mail. This matter will be taken up with boarding patrcdman. Also .discus^ ^ drinking water which is transferred di­ rectly from evaporator to portable water tank. • . Baltimore .. .June 7—7:00 p.m. ^Houston . . .June 19—^7:00 p.m. t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault St. Marie, Mich. • Meeting held at Labor Temple, Newport News. 8 Meeting held at Galveston wharves. rai^cTbiiYof UNION KAIJLS SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanner Earl Shepard VICE PRESIDENTS Lindiey Williams Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Bklyn. HY 9-6600 ALPENA. Mich 127 River St. EL 4-3616 BALTIMORE, MD 1216 E. Baltimore St. EA 7-4900 BOSTON. Mass 177 State St. Rl 2-0140 BUFFALO. N.Y. ...... 735 Washington St. TL 3-9259 CHICASO, III 9383 Ewing Ave. SA 1-0733 CLEVELAND. Ohio 1420 W. 25th St. MA 1-5450 DETROIT. Mich. .. 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. VI 3-4741 DULUTH. Minn 312 W. 2nd St. RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT. Mich P.O. Box 287 415 Main St. EL 7-2441 HOUSTON. Te* 5B04 Canal St. WA 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE. Fla 2606 Pearl St. EL 3-0987 JERSEY CITY. N.J 99 Montgomery St. HE 3-0104 MOBILE. Ala I South Lawrence St. HE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS. La 630 Jackson Ave. Tel. 529-7546 NORFOLK. Va. .; 115 3rd St. Tel. 622-1892 PHIUDELPHIA. Pa 2604 S. 4th St. DE 6-3818 PORT ARTHUR. Tex 1348 Seventh St. SAN FRANCISCO. Calif. 350 Freemont St. DO 2-4401 SANTURCE. P.R. ...1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 Tel. 724-2848 SEATTLE. Wash. 2505 First Avenue MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS. Mo 805 Del Mar CE-l-1434 TAMPA. Ha 312 Harrison St. Tel. 229-2788 WILMIN6TON. Calif. ...505 N. Marine Ave. 834-2528 YOKOHAMA. Japan..Iseya BIdg., Room 801 1-2 Kaigan-Dori-Nakaku 204971 Exit. 281 HBRMINA (Hudson Marine), March 11 •—Chairman,. J., Kennedy; Secretary, J. Marshall. Ship is in bad shape, with no porthole screens, no working tools and badly in need of painting. It was sug­ gested that a wire be sent to Union to have a representative meet the ship in Yokosuka. Three men were hospitalized in Honolulu. Some disputed OT in engine department. Motion was mad© that all members with '20 years full membership with limited sea time be allowed volun­ tary retirement with full pension. And that all members in the Union take an active part in bringing this to speedy action. PENN CARRIER (Penn Shipping). February 26—Chairman, P. Fernandez; Secretary, Judson P. tAmb^ $3.80 in ship's fund. Hverybhing is running • smoothly with no be^. MANHATTAN (Hudson Watmwaya), February 18—Chairman, William Padg­ ett; Secretary, Clyde Kent. Ship's driegate reported tbat there was some dis­ puted OT concerning restriction to the ship,, which will be settled by the boarding patrolman at payoff. He also reported that the Captain praised the crew for a smooth-running ship. Vote of thanks was extended to the st^ard dm>artroent for the exerilent preparation of food. Captain states that this is the beet steward depart­ ment that he has ever sailed with. A donation was collected and presented to Brother Fred Willsmj, movie manager, for a; job well done. JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Victory Carriers) February 28—ChalnnaUi -Ed­ ward Morris; Secretary, G. D. K^ls. $5.00 in ship's fund. Motion was made to bring the SIU retirement plan up to I»r wiib that of otho maritime unions. OCEANIC TIDE (Trans-World Marine), March 8—Chairman, Wilburn Dodd; Sec­ retary, ESmer E. Graff. Ship was fumi­ gated in Japan. Disputed OT in deck de­ partment to be taken up with patrolman. One man failed to jedn shto in Yokohama and one man hoepitalizeM in Midway.Crcw agreed to donate fifty cents each to build up ship's fund. Something should be done about rusty drinking water. Vote of thanks to chief cook for a job well done as temporary stewnrd. : ELIZABETBPORT (Sea-Land). MarA 4—Chairman, James L. Siniard; Secre­ tary, J<An R. Jrfmson, $72.06 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. Motion made to have retire­ ment pension with fifteen yean sea time, lees of age. I ANDREW JACKSON (Waterman); March 16—Chairman, W. C. Srilers; Secretary, H. G. l^^eway. $12.00 in ship's fund. Most of the repairs have been completed. Communication read about the $20.00 donation and crew would /like the patixdman to explain more about iit at pasndf. Motion ma^ tibat headquar­ ters let the members know if they are; making any hmtdway on a new early retirement plan. "I/Yould like something put in the LOG. Vote of thanks was extended to all -delates, j TU8C0N VICTORY (Hudson Water­ ways), March 5—Chairman, Charles T. Scott: Secretary, Charles T. Scott. No beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. Brotfaar Charles T. Scott was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Food is very good on this ship. FANWOOD (Waterman), March 28-Chalrnun, Robert Kyle; Secretary. J<dm R. "nilcy. Ship's Delegate H. Smith reported that there were no beefs and no disputed OT in the departments. A vote of thanks was extended to the crew pantryman and messman for the prompt and courteous service. MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), March 28—Chairman, D. Kaziutkewics;: Secretary, R. V; Mehlhorn. $10.25 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department driegates. Brother E Lane resigned as ship's del^tnte. and Brother A. Alford was elected . to serve in his place. lace. 'V Vote of thanks 'was extended to Brother Ed.Lane'-'' . SANTA (Ub«tr'Navig«ttea); March 18-Mlhairmaa, None ; Secretary, Nox, . Vo beefs were •reports! by-4^ gartment driegates. One man mimed SIMP< ;i|^'.Chicago. DEL ORO (Delto). March 12-^-^lrman, Stanlon t. Grlce : Secretary; W. H. Sipmoiut. $8t.t$ _ln ahip^s fund. EJverything Is going aioug imioothly i he^s. Brother Ralph Taylor wis eiecied I to-' serve . as 'ship's .d^dsgate. Stoward |.Jtl«hked: '.#11 ;,hand»': fer- ;$helr .oobplieibN^ • I ALCOA KASTBH (Alcoa). Misrch 18— f:QhairB'SB,VE'''H<dlSss::. Sscrstesy.' Viassat: I J. Fltii^;yrridii'.''--ttvetyth • • is-. srahnlngi: smoothly with no beefk. OCEAN PIONEER (Plene^ IVmkers); hltorch 26—Chairman, Ted Jones; Sec­ retary Robert Goldy. One man was boopitalimd in Panama. No beefs and nO disputed OT reported. Vote of thanks to : the :steward dopartinent. ' . . a ST^L VENDOR (bsthmlan), Mw# 19—Chairman, Fred Shaia; Secretary;: Elliott Gorum. Ship's delegate reported that everything has been running smcK^hly. $30.85 in ship's fund. No beefe r^ ported hy department delegates. DEL MAR (Delta), March 19—Chairs man, Joseph McLaren; Secretary, A- AJ-ford. $479.60 in movie fnnd. Few hourf dtsputed OT In deck and engine depart<f= ments. Vote of thanks was mctended tOi the ship's delegate. Brother J. N. Me| ;Larmi. -• .'.'•..'r.;:! :;.;;MT. . WASHlNCT6N^:(Yici»*y^:^^^ riers). Maridt 12—Cbsirnmn, Garrath A| Secretary, Alcmxo Bryant. Sbnig •Mjl^ited OT in .deck' and'engine dwairbi^ . .jaient. Diseuision held ebiqxjt 'alr«88nd$ i tpMng ahd having movie or TV ah) :ahh^"-Eri3xm {faoat service .needed: Arabia. .Vote' 'bf tbanSaf -wath tended to the steward deportment. --:rt|MJKB VKirOBY'-tVlctorT-'^tau^^ . .Marrii:' 87—camlrmanj- .Frairtt-' ..Wranft:! Seeratary, Harifid DuCtoux. Ship's de :'ga^. rimorted .that, .al! .{previous .voyage wime ti^K eire.Of.-^ pahf. ihrtr-fer tito prea(mt-y<ihn^';iN| .:-i»ade.- and .turned.. .fto'/'liSAh'-ia" fund, ho bmw and no oumuted OT .-'wmofted. - ' -x - SEN "(Fito-AmesWWh-' ... „ :iSH«halrma)a;'-;:-Ma»"SsmiRasy.-' ' One 'iSik' mhisedyehl«/lfr\HemOlu!u.- :'0T be«fff'«(»t»i. earning-' ' tNts'secoad etectririan. - '.Ifew . wwhing machine needed. Vote of iftshfcs a to.;the .steward •dewwrtment .for''a - W(R1 that he wotM eontlnne "".(toiie. v..:.. • ./ HOWUNC �SEAFARER&MOG Vol. XXiX No. 10 May 12, 1967 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO I If? •J] \.•' •'''•Am '^'•i m&M-.•:-•• ':v.r • A.c'J ^ fk ^ 1, ' * ^ A " • • ;• • ^ ^ /i '% ,li*- .a h.i r I iHE SIU'S continually expanding program to provi^ J[ health and welfare protection for Seafarers and their families has now paid out over $80 million since the inception of the Welfare and Vacation plans. The total as of March 31 was $80,749,922.98. With the rising costs of hospital and medical care al­ ready clearly apparent, and the realization that the future trend would surely be higher, the SIU Welfare plan was organized in 1950. Since that time, more than $33.1 million has been paid out for hospital, death, disability, maternity, dependent, optical and out-patient benefits. r-l" 'V. The SIU Vacation Plan, which went into operation in February of 1952, has provided Seafmers with more than •I'::, :•£ • $47.5 million in vacation benefits in the past 15 years. - -A - ' . • J Since the Union Welfare Flan was organized, a tofal of $5.7 million has been paid out to SIU members and their dependents for hospital expenses, and $1.4 million for maternity costs. The welfare plan has also paid out more than $2.6 million in out-patient benefits and $7.5 mUlion in.disability benefits. In addition, over $7.4 million in dependents benefits has been paid out since the Welfare Plan was established. Death benefits to the survivors of departed Seafarers have amounted to more than $7.7 million. Among the tj^ical medical services covered by the Welfare Plan are hospital expenses—including room, board and extras—^blood transfusions, surgical and maternity benefits. The almost $81 million paid out in benefits under Welfare and Vacation Plans since 1950 does not refMresent the^total assistance which Seafarers and their families have received from these plans. The tot^ value of Welfare benefits is Considerably higher, since the cost of scholar­ ship payments, meals, books, training facilities and medical examinations for SIU members and their dependents have hot been included In the figure. < The Seafarers Welfare Plan is. maintained entirely by employer contributions, based on man-days worked. > The Plan is administered by a Board of Trustees consisting of mi equal number of Union and employer representatives. - J., J 0 iO l« il'" < ' Wi ' L.., W.I •». • • "-[AAA At'y - ' t -A *• mmiM - r � 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 May 12, 1967 Description An account of the resource Headlines: MARITIME TRADES VOICES OPPOSITION TO BOYD’S ‘BUILD ABROAD’ PROPOSAL HOUSE REPUBLICAN POLICY COMMITTEE CALLS FOR U.S. MARITIME UPGRADING SEA-LAND SUMMIT, MINUS RUDDER, WEATHERS FIERCE ATLANTIC STORM NEW SIU MEDICAL CENTER INAUGURATED IN PUERTO RICO CITIZENS PETITIONING CONGRESS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY INCREASE U.S. SHIP OPERATOR OUTLINES PLAN TO RESTORE U.S. MERCHANT FLEET TEXT OF SIU CONSTITUTION PROTECTION UNDER U.S. LABOR LAWS URGED FOR AMERICAN FARM WORKERS U.S. GOV’T STUDY EXPLODES MYTH THAT WELFARE ROLLS HARBOR FAKERS QUICK WORK BY SEAFARER DAVE TUCK SAVES SHIP FROM ‘BLOWING SKY-HIGH’ VIETNAM TRIP MADE BY SEAFARER ARMED WITH CAMERA AND A SMILE SEAFARER SEES HIS MARINE COUSIN AFTER FOUR TRIES ON VIETNAM RUN SIU WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS HIT $80 MILLION 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 05/12/1967 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. 10 1967 Periodicals Seafarers Log