http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/098c88c711b656436c5042c1890e8138.PDF 15edd710e7238881aecf54c2d517bf7e PDF Text Text Vol. XXIX No. 16 SEAFARERS^LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO SlU Safety Dir. Joe Algina (center left) and Capt. W. White of Isthmian look on as Biliran Sierra (left) and Vassar Szmanski of steward dept. hold award to SlU-manned Steel Maker for rescue of four Spanish seamen in 1966. (See story page 2.) iSeafarers man picket line to support SlUNA-affiliated Sugar Workers who won new contract from C&H Refinery. Shown (l-r) are Milfred Gomei, Dfean Donaldson and Art Blacker. Rati­ fication of pact ended a 43-day strike. (See story on page 3.) ¥ i• r! jt Hall during ceremonies in which ll^ayor Jolm Lndsay (center at rear) signed into law an Office of Collective Bargaining in the city l^overnment. Hall said the law gladdened the hearts" of organized labor with its recognition of publk employees needs. Labor, city and impartial representatives will administer the functions of the Office. SlU representative Joe DiGiorgio points to latest equipment used at Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship during tour N.Y. facilities with Professor C. J. Sieh, Dean of the Taiwan Maritime College in Formosa, and friend S. K. Law. (right). n Page 2 I; Seven More Seafarers Upgrade "To Deck, Engineer s Licenses Pages 2^ 3 �Page Two August 4, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Representative Downing Calls for Legislation Congressman Urges Greater Share Of Aid Cargoes for US. Ships Report of International President by Paul Hall Just about two months ago the United States Senate unequivocally scuttled Defense Secretary Robert McNamara's illogical and wasteful scheme to build a fleet of Fast Deployment Logistics ships. We all remember well what this shortsighted, enormously expensive project entailed. These FDL ships—they are more realistically de­ scribed as mammoth floating warehouses—would have cost the Ameri­ can taxpayers some $50 million each, or enough to build three fast, modern cargo vessels. And McNamara wanted 30 of them, fully loaded with military supplies and scattered around the globe. They would never touch port except in some unforeseen emergency and would contribute absolutely nothing to America's economy. For any commercial purpose in a less troubled world they would be worthless "white elephants." Opposition to the FDL program was widespread and vigorous in maritime labor and management circles from the very beginning and realistic legislators in both houses of Congress fought right along with us until it was junked. But McNamara apparently still refuses to accept even a majority decision of Congress. Following his defeat there were two alternatives open to him. He could either drop the FDL idea and turn his efforts in a more useful direction or he could go right ahead as if nothing happened and pick a design from one of the three companies that had been competing for the FDL contract. True to form, McNamara chose the latter course and has announced selection of a design submitted by Litton Systems, Inc. This is a plain indication that he plans to buck the will of Congress and waste valuable time by resubmitting his billion-dollar brainstorm again next year. It will just be a stubborn exercise in futility but it will also serve to fur­ ther impede construction of vitally-needed merchant ships unless the maritime industry and Congress combine renewed efforts early and kill this useless idea once and for all. Getting rid of projects such as the FDL program is only one of the problems faced by maritime labor and the industry as a whole, how­ ever. Under the present scheme of things we have to fight illogical proposals in several areas simultaneously. While I am quite confident that there are enough level-headed legislators to make sure that it never comes to pass, the build-abroad ideas of Transportation Secretary Boyd is another ever-present danger to our very survival until it is disposed of. As long as these federally-appointed officials, with no interest in or knowledge of the maritime industry continue to take pot shots at the American merchant marine and American shipyards with no regard whatever for the welfare of the industry, we cannot afford to relax our vigil for a moment. With every passing day, the necessity for an independent maritime agency becomes more apparent. Everybody seems to realize it but the Executive Branch of our government. Indeed, the Executive Branch doesn't yet seem aware of the need for a maritime policy, let alone an independent agency. But we must have, and we will get, both. Senators and Representatives by the dozens are convinced, as we are, that the only way to rebuild the American merchant marine is to put the industry under a strong centralized administration of its own. For too long our industry has been the haphazard domain of bu­ reaucrats with axes of their own to grind. They know nothing about maritime and care less. But they all scramble for a piece of the action with ill-conceived notions of how the maritime industry should be run or—even more disastrous—not be run at all. The only answer is a separate MARAD run by people who are thoroughly oriented in maritime's needs and unique problems—with full time to concentrate on co-ordinating and solving them. WASHINGTON—Representative Thomas N. Downing (D-Va.), has armounced plans to introduce legislation calling for an increase in the percentage of United States foreign-aid cargoes now carried on American-flag ships. Downing, a member of the ^ The Congressman's decision to House Merchant Marine and struction, would be instituted and Fisheries Committee, told a that under his legislation the per­ present the bill was apparently meeting of the Maritime Trades centage requirement for U.S.-flag based on testimony recently which Department (AFL-CIO) that he participation would increase in involved two 1965 reports pre­ needs more information before he ratio to the number of new ships dicting that the cost to the govern­ can present the bill but said that added to the American merchant ment for freight rate differentials on aid shipments could be elimi­ it would put the Cargo Preference fleet. Under the Cargo Preference nated by 1970. However, the Act on a "sliding scale" gradually increasing the requirement for Act, at least half of all govern­ reports were contingent on two U.S.-flag participation in the ment-financed cargoes must be qualifications. One is that U.S.movement of government-aid car­ shipped in American bottoms. flag ships carry all grain moved goes upward from the present 50 More than 80 per cent of cargo under Public Law 4^0, where covered by the Act is made up they now are required to carry per cent. of grain shipped abroad under 50 per cent. The other assumes The Virginia lawmaker ex­ Public Law 480. implementation of a shipbuilding plained that he was working on Downing placed no ceiling on program which would add 250 the assumption that a new the increasing scale but one of bulk carriers to the American-flag Government maritime program, his aides said there was a possi­ fleet over the next two decades. embodying expanded ship con­ bility of it going to 70 per cent. At another MTD meeting, James R. Wilson, Jr., Director of the National Security Division of the American Legion, said that "the American merchant marine bears the major burden for the logistic support of our men in Vietnam and the overwhelming Three more Seafarers have obtained a deck officer's license percentage of material to support after preparing for Coast Guard examinations at the SIU's Harry our effort in Vietnam is still waterLimdeberg School for Seamanship in the training program jointly bome." sponsored by the SIU and the Wilson assured the gathered American Marine Officer's and subsistence payments of $110 representatives of labor, industry Union. per week while in training. and government that his 2.6 This in-training assistance is the million-member organization "is Edward Achee received a third mate's license after sailing as AB. same as available to engine de­ fully cognizant of the vital rela­ He is 40 years old and a native partment Seafarers who are en­ tionship between merchant ship­ of Louisiana. Achee is a resident rolled in the union training pro­ ping and national security" and of Covington, La., and joined the gram to prepare engine depart­ pledged its full support in efforts SIU in 1947 in ment men for their licensed engi­ toward rebuilding and maintaining a modem,, efficient merchant fleet. tiig port of New neers examination. York. George Farago is a new third as­ sistant. He joined the union in New York and is a 19year veteran. Fa­ rago is 43 and NEW YORK—The maritime industry's highest award for safety Achee sailed as AB. A was presented last week to the SlU-contracted Steel Maker (Isth­ native of Michigan, he makes his mian) and her crew for the rescue in January, 1966, of four sea­ home in Levittown, Pa. men from the Spanish ship Geoge Palenca is a new third lifeline around his waist, swam to assistant and previously sailed as Monte Palomares. an AB. A native of Wilkes-Barre, Given on behalf of the Ma­ the raft, and brought the injured Pa., Palencar lives in Kingston, rine Section of the National Safety man aboard. Captain Hultin, following the Pa. He is 27 years old. Council, the award was made by incident, described it as "one in The training program, operated Capt. Wilbur S. Doe, Chief of the which every member of the crew under a reciprocal agreement be­ Merchant Marine Safety Division, worked together, jeopardizing his tween the SIU and the American Third Coast Guard District. Also own life to save the lives of Marine Officers Union, is the present during the shipboard cere­ others." monies were Frank C. Grant, first of it's type in the industry. Among Seafarers aboard the General Chairman of the Marine Steel Maker at the time of the Section, National Safety Council, rescue were Anthony Sakellis, and Isthmian Lines vice-president John Saiad and G. P. Libby of John M. Dempsey, Jr. At the time of the rescue the the deck department; Robert R. Steel Maker, enroute from Ali­ Bunch of the engine department; cante, Spain, to New York, re­ and the steward department's ceived an S.O.S. from the Monte Harry K. Long, Biliran O. Sierra Palomares, foundering in a North and V. Szmanski. The latter two Atlantic storm some 900 miles men were aboard last week when Farago east northeast of Bermuda, and the award was presented. Applicants can begin training at immediately altered course to as­ The Ship Safety Achievement any time. The period of instruc­ sist the sinking vessel. The Span­ Award is given to the dry-cargo tion is determined by each mem­ ish ship had already gone down by vessel which, during the year, per­ ber's individual ability and knowl­ the time the Steel Maker arrived forms the most outstanding dem­ edge, and the instructois' satis­ on the scene but a red flare from onstration of maritime safety. It faction of his readiness to take a liferaft was spotted and Captain consists of a "Green Cross of the examinations. Ove Hultin maneuvered his ship Safety" pennant, to be flown by The training program was in­ to bring the survivors alongside. the vessel, plus certificates to the stituted in line with the SIU's ob­ Three of the men on the raft were officers and crew members in rec­ jective of encouraging and assist­ able to scramble up the ship's ognition of their individual con­ ing unlicensed personnel to up­ cargo net to safety but a fourth tributions to the rescue operation. Biliran Sierra (left) and Vassar Szmanski of the Steel Maker's stew- _ grade themselves. was injured and unable to make Also, a large silver tray, appro­ ard department, were presented with a Ship Safety Achievement priately engraved with descriptive Award for their part in the rescue of four Spanish seamen from Seafarers can participate in the it. data on the operation, is presented freighter Monte Palomares, in the North Atlantic. The award was " course of instruction at. no cost Former Seafarer P^ul Helledisplay aboard the honored presented by Captain Wilmer Doe, Marine Inspector of the United to themselves. They will be pro­ vrand, third mate on the SteeP for States Coast Guard recently aboard the ship in port of Newt York. , vided with meals, hotel lodgings Maker, went over the side with a ship. SlU Deck Officers Upgrading Schoei Adds 3 Mare To Licensed Ranks SlU-Manned Steel Maker Wins Award for Sea Rescue �Auf^iisi 4, 1967 SEAFARERS Page Three LOG Testifies Before Merchant Marine Subcommittee Key Excerpts of Remarks At Hearings on MARAD WASHINGTON—In a continuing expression of bi-partisan unity on the urgent need for an independent Maritime Administra­ tion, more than 20 Congressmen appeared last week before the House Merchant Marine and ^ "The establishment of a free Fisheries Committee to call for and independent Maritime Admin­ quick action on pending legisla­ istration will be an important dec­ tion which would give maritime laration of purpose as far as our independent status for the first merchant marine is concerned— time since 1951. Prior to the just as our declarations in the Committee hearings, 104 separate past about the freedom of the companion bills—a record num­ seas have had so great an impact ber for any single piece of legis­ on world affairs." lation—had been introduced in • • * the House and forwarded to the Representative G. Elliott HagCommittee. en (D-Ga.)—"Hardly a day passes Following are highlights of re­ that we do not read in the news­ marks delivered by the lawmakers papers of government support to in their demand for an indepen­ the aerospace industry, whether dent MARAD: it be for the supersonic transport or some other phase of the avia­ Representative Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. (D.-Mass.)—"If one tion program. Yet how often do were to assess world-wide mari­ we read of government support time developments of recent years, of our shipping industry—even the phenomenal growth of Rus­ though over 97 percent of troops sia's merchant fleet would take top and supplies going to Vietnam go honors ... If one were to desig­ by ship, not by air? nate the greatest maritime calam­ "One can readily see how mari­ ity of the same period, the dubious time is subordinated to the aero­ award would have to go to the space industry by lookin® at the United States—in accurate recog­ appropriations for 1967. . . . nition of the steady decline of the Maritime's entire appropriation American merchant fleet. . . . was a mere one-fourteenth of maritime independence — total, what the FAA received just for complete and final independence research and development. . . . —is the only solution. We must Those who degrade the merchant have an agency that is free to plan, marine do not seem to realize that and free to act; one that has the when the merchant marine suf­ fers,, the nation does also." ear of the President and of the * * * Congress; one that has the confi­ Representative Edna F. Kelly dence of the industry and the public." (D-N.Y.)—"The U.S. is doing an Representative F. Edward Heb- increasingly effective job these ert (D-La.)—"This Committee days of stimulating foreign trade. has an unusually fine opportunity Unhappily, the maritime industry to reaffirm a great American con­ of this country has not been the cept—that this nation is com­ beneficiary of this trade increase. mitted to maintaining a strong Instead, foreign-flag vessels carry position on the seas of the world. (Continued on page 4) 4 More Seafarers Upgrade To Engineers; Total 168 Wise Garrod Faircloth Sharbntt Four additional Seafarers have been added to the list of those men qualifying for an engineer's license. The men passed Coast Guard examinations after attending the Marine Engineer's School, sponsored jointly by the SIU ^ and District 2 of the Marine pumpman and FOWT. Born in Engineer's Beneficial Associa­ Alabama, he lives in Texas. Fair­ tion. A total of 168 Seafarers cloth is 37 years old and joined have now received an engineer's the union in 1955 in the port of New York. license. Robert Sharbutt was born in Two of the men are third as­ Alabama and lives in that state. sistants and two are new second He is 42 years old and joined the assistant engineers. SIU in 1962 in the port of New Dave Garrod, a new third as­ Orleans. Before attaining the rank sistant engineer, formerly sailed as of third assistant engineer, he a FOWT. Bom in New York sailed as FOWT. City, he lives in New Jersey. Gar­ James Wise received his second rod is 33 years old and joined the assistant's license after sailing as Union in 1951 in the port of Phil­ oiler. Born in Pennsylvania, Wise adelphia. lives in the state of Illinois. He is A newly-licensed second assist­ 44 years old and joined the SIU ant engineer, John Faircloth was a in Houston in 1962. Need for TuH-Time'Maritime Body Stressed by Hall at House Hearings WASHINGTON —Declaring that "we allowed our merchant marine to deteriorate so dis­ astrously" that only a "full-time" agency can "promote its recovery," SIU President Paul Hall last week called upon Congress to establish an independent Maritime Administration. Testifying before the Mer­ chant Marine Subcommittee what 1 have observed, he is prob­ the other hand, he said, "the of the House Committee on ably the most powerful official in Boyd Report was submitted to the President and nationally ad­ Merchant Marine and Fi.sheries, Washington." vertised." Listing the U.S. Atomic Energy Hall, who is also president of Asked by Representative Commission, the Export-Import the 6 million-member Maritime Bank, the Farm Credit Adminis­ Thomas Downing (D-Va.) who Trades Department (AFL-CIO), tration, the National Aeronautics side-tracked the MAC report but said that "history, experience and Space Administration as only forwarded the Boyd Report to the and the facts prove beyond "a few of the independent agen­ White House, Hall replied he be­ doubt that the Maritime Admin­ cies which seem to have done lieved it happened somewhere istration, if included in an execu­ well in obtaining appropriations," "between the office of John S. tive department having other Hall stated "it is a little difficult Connor and the White House." duties and responsibilities, be­ to believe in the sincerity of peo­ Program of Sabotage comes submerged, is largely ple who say that the heads of such The MTD president continued: ignored and languishes from neg­ agencies are unable to get the "I have called the Boyd Report lect." ear of the President." a program of sabotage against Hall charged that Transporta­ the MAC Report. I denounce it Hall gave the subcommittee the unqualified endorsement of the tion Secretary Alan S. Boyd, now as a sabotage of the Amer­ largest segment of maritime la­ when he was Under Secretary of ican merchant marine. And it is bor to more than 100 pending Commerce, had "sabotaged" a impossible that Mr. Boyd can bills which would restore to mari­ long-range program to revitalize escape responsibility for these un­ time the independence it lost in the merchant marine proposed in wholesome results. 1951. He also stressed that the 1965 by a Maritime Advisory "Here was industrial consensus national AFL-CIO fully supported Committee appointed by President on which the Administration the concept of maritime independ­ Johnson. While serving as a gov­ could have built, promoted, and ence at its 1965 convention and ernment member of the MAC, undoubtedly enacted into law a again, through Executive Council "apparently in good faith," Hall maritime program without serious said, Boyd "assumed the leader­ dissent. And it was precisely into action, in 1966. ship" of a so-called Interagency this situation that Mr. Boyd in­ The MTD president was sharp­ Task Force which "secretly" pre­ terjected himself and sought to ly critical of Administration pro­ pared a program diametrically op­ sell a new . . . program." posals to put MARAD into the posed to the one prepared by pub­ Hall noted that Boyd contends Department of Transportation and (Continued on page 4) said the "strongest argument" he lic, industry and labor representa­ had heard in favor of such a move tives on the MAC, released it to was that "it would look very neat the press and saw to it that it in an organizational chart." But, "was given nation-wide publicity." The Task Force (Boyd) Report he pointed out, "there is more was "rejected almost unani­ to a government department than mously" by MAC the day it was an organizational chart, and these CLEVELAND — The regional neat patterns seldom correspond presented and the MAC report, office of the National Labor Re­ not completed until more than. either with the policy or the pro­ lations Board in Cleveland has a month later, "was promptly gram of the department charted." upheld a motion, filed by the and overwhelmingly adopted by Hall said "certainly the least SIU's Great Lakes District, ask­ MAC," the SIU president said. valid argument" against an inde­ ing that a special representation "I am informed that the MAC pendent MARAD "is that a Cabi­ election among the unlicensed sea­ net-level Secretary is better able Report was also approved by the men of the Pickands-Mather and to get appropriations than the Secretary of Commerce (then Company steamship fleet be post­ head of an independent agency." John S. Connor), who presided He remarked that "one of the over the committee, and by the poned, and has scheduled a hear­ most eloquent advocates of this Secretary of Labor. Nevertheless, ing on August 4 to consider the argument was the Director of the (it) was given no consideration by SIU's reasons for asking the post­ Bureau of the Budget who, before the other Government members ponement. A recent National Labor Rela­ this Committee, rather shame­ of the committee and, so far as tions Board ruling provides that facedly admitted that he heads we know, never reached nor was a company involved in a repre­ an independent agency. From considered by the President." On sentation election must supply the union involved with the names and addresses of all its employees. The SIU, from the list supplied to it, has reason to believe that more than 75 employees of the company are recently-hired col­ lege students who will be working on the ships in the PickandsMather fleet only for the summer CROCKETT, CALIF.—By a margin of 3-1, the members of p months. If the election had been held the SIUNA-affiliated Sugar Workers Local 1, have voted to p accept a new contract and end their 43-day old strike at the || as scheduled on July 31, these California and Hawaii Sugar Refinery here. ^ temporary employees could have The vote was 633 to 200 to accept a contract settlement ^ been sufficient, voting as a block, recommended by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service if to win the election for the com­ pany, hands down. and end the strike which began June 12. The SIU has reason to believe The new contract calls for a 35 cent wage increase spread these temporary employees would over a three-year period, with a 15-cent-per-hour increase retro­ vote for the company since they active to February 1st, taking effect immediately. Wages will owe friends and relatives in the also be increased by 10 cents per hour on June 1st 1968, followed company a return favor for getting by another increase of 10 cents on June 1st 1969. them the jobs in the first place. SIUNA Vice-President and West Coast representative, Frank Also, they have no real stake in Drozak, said agreement was also reached on a six-year health striving for better working condi­ and welfare plan. tions. The new contract also includes a new pension plan, revised The SIU will seek at the sched­ overtime procedure and a clause which guarantees that workers uled NLRB hearing to have the displaced by new methods or equipment installed by the C&H 75 or more temporary employees Company will be able to choose between severance pay or a on the Pickands-Mather payroll transfer to another section of the plant, with no loss in salary. declared ineligible to vote in any representation election. NLRB Postpones Election at P-M I SIU Sugar Workers Vote 3-1 | For New Putt at C&H Refinery | �Page Four SEAFARERS Hails Anti-Riot Call by Negro Leaders Meany Calls tor Prompt Artion On long-StanJing Negro Grievances WASHINGTON—AFL-CIO President George Meany wired labor's strong endorsement of a call by the nation's four top Negro leaders for an end to "mob law" and "a redoubling of efforts through legitimate means" to end "grievances of long standing." Meany said the "sober, I'thought-provoking statement" Meany's wire was sent to AFL- dent Johnson's call for Negroes CIO Vice President A. Philip and whites alike to maintain law by the four leaders "fully merits Randolph, elder statesman of the and order and demonstrate "by the support of all Americans. Let civil rights movement. The joint word and deed that riots, looting me assure you that it is the posi­ statement was signed also by Roy and public disorder will just not be tion of the AFL-CIO." Wilkins, executive director of the tolerated." The AFL-CIO, he pledged, will They pointed out that "the pri­ continue to fight "with all the National Association for the Ad­ vigor at our command" for legis­ vancement of Colored People; mary victims of the riots are Ne­ lation to wipe out "disease, slums, Whitney M. Young, Jr., executive gro citizens," of whom "the over­ unemployment, poor educational director of the National Urban whelming majority" oppose the facilities and above all else, dis­ League, and the Reverend Martin rioting. Luther King, Jr., president of the crimination." "Redoubling of Efforts" Southern Christian Leadership It will seek as a "first priority" "This does not mean, the Ne­ government aid for "the innocent Conference. Their statement endorsed Presi- gro leaders stressed, that Negroes victims of the rioters." "should submit tamely to jobless­ ness, inadequate housing, poor schooling, insult, humiliation and attack. It does require a redou­ bling of efforts through legitimate means to end these wrongs and disabilities." Both the leadership statement MIAMI BEACH—Major goals set by the International Long­ and Meany's response bitterly shoremen's Association at its 75th anniversary convention here last criticized the House of Represent­ month were full protection against job loss from pre-packaging of atives for having turned down a cargo and standardization of bill for a federal rat-control pro­ wages and working conditions gram. It showed "an incredible indif­ in all Atlantic and Gulf Coast ference to hardships of the ghetto ports. dwellers," the Negro leaders said. Thomas W. Gleason, who won And Meany denounced "the a second four-yeaF.'term as presi­ cheap humor and complete stu­ dent by unanimous vote, told the pidity" shown by the congressmen (Continued from page 3) ILA delegates he expects negoti­ that "the keynote of his present ations in 1968 to be "difficult and who voted to kill the bill. The full text of Meany's tele­ approach is consensus" but trying" but that the union will gram to Randolph follows: added: "When it is remembered strive "to eliminate any vestige of "The sober, thought-provoking that he started with consensus, competition among ports based on statement issued by you, Mr. Wil­ and wound up with loud dissent lower wages or working stand­ kins, Mr. Young and Dr. King from most of the industry and ards." fully merits the support of all tension between its segments, it is Charging that much packaging Americans. Let me assure you it difficult to reconcile his an­ is done under low-wage, non­ is the position of the AFL-CIO. nounced objective with his ob­ union conditions, Gleason de­ "We will continue to push, with vious technique." clared that the container royalty all the vigor at our command, for Boyd's technique, Hall said, is payment now received by Long­ one of "divide and conquer"—in shoremen "is not sufficient protec­ the adoption of legislation to meet the problems you outlined — to coming up with his present plan tion to our members." eliminate from the American scene to build U.S.-flag ships abroad, Representative Edward A. Gar- disease, slums, unemployment, to "tinker" in an unspecified way with the subsidy system, and to matz (D-Md.), Chairman of the poor educational facilities and House Merchant Marine and Fish­ above all else, discrimination. offer experimental construction eries Committee, praised the un­ subsidies to presently unsubsidized ions efforts in cutting down un­ lines while promising subsidized loading delays in South Vietna­ lines "they could 'monitor'" the SEAFARERSmLOG mese ports. He noted that Gleason experiments. It was also noted and a team of five ILA specialists that Boyd has said he was "philo­ August 4, 1967 • Vol. XXIX, No. 16 "worked seven days a week, from sophically" opposed to the cargoOfficial Publication of the 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.," on the assign­ preference system, on which un­ Seafarers International Union ment with the ILA paying all ex­ of North America, subsidized lines—the backbone of penses. Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes the Vietnam sealift—depend for and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO President George their livelihood in peacetime. AFL-CIO Meany told the convention dele­ In concluding his statement. gates that. "I cannot praise too Executive Board PAUL HALL, President Hall said: highly the work the ILA has done CAL TANNER EARL SHEPARD Exec. Vice-Pres. Vice-President "All proposals we have seen in the defense of the free way of AL KERR LINDSEY WILLIAM3 originating with government agen­ life ... not only in Vietnam but Sec.-Treas. Vice-President cies base our n-aritime needs at in other areas as well." ROBERT MATTHEWS Vice-President best on the present, at worst on , Paul Hall, president of the SIU HERBERT BRAND the past. An effective merchant and of the Maritime Trades De­ Director of Organizing and marine policy would be one partment of which the ILA is a Publications which paralleled the projected ex­ member organization, stressed the Managing Editor MIKE POLLACK pansion of our foreign commerce ever-increasing need for stronger ove.r the coming decades. Such a unity among unions in the mari­ Staff Writers program would require not only a time field "in the total fight for PETER WEILL PETER WEISS vast expansion of the merchant the preservation of this industry." HARRY WITTSCHEN marine but the modernization FRANK MAROIOTTA He warned "that the enemies and utilization of our shipbuilding who confront us — the manage­ Pibllihed biweekly it 810 Rhode island Avenge industry. M.E., Washington, D. C. 20018 by the Seafar­ ment and government agencies— ers international Union, Atlantic, Gaif, Lakes "These are some of the pro­ are very strong and they have at and inland Waters Oistriet, AFL-CiO, 675 Foarth Avenge, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Tel. grams which a capable and dedi­ their beck and call tremendous re­ HYaelnth 9-6600. Second class postage paid cated Maritime Administrator sources." But, Hall added, these at Washington, D. C. could formulate, and some of the enemies and their theories can be POSTMASTER'S ATTEMTiOH: Form 3579 cards shoiid be sent to Seafarers international reasons why we must emphatically successfully fought by a united un­ Union. Atlantic, Gaif, Lakes and inland Waters urge that he be an independent ion front and "we can play an in­ District, AFL-CiO, 675 Foarth Avenge, Brook­ lyn, N.Y. 11232. administrator with adequate au­ creasingly more important role in thority." the nation in which we live." ILA Winds Up Convention; Sets Goals for the Future House Hearings OnMARAD ; : August 4, 1967 LOG key Excerpts of Remarks At Hearings on MARAD (Continued from page 3) more and more of America's im­ port and export cargoes—and as the foreign-flag share of the mar­ ket rises, the American merchant marine's share goes down and down. ... I think the reason is that it has been relegated to step­ child status within the hierarchy of government." * • * Representative Burt L. Talcott (R-Calif.)—"We in Congress must share some of the blame for per­ mitting the Executive Branch of the government to allow our mer­ chant marine to deteriorate to itspresent deplorable state. We have too long ignored the warnings of the expert witnesses from both business and labor who have pleaded year after year for a realistic replacement program for our merchant fleet. "Not only must we have an independent Maritime Adminis­ tration, but it must be staffed with people who are familiar with problems peculiar to the mer­ chant marine and with people who are determined to effect a speedy solution." • * * Representative Hugh L. Carey (D-N.Y.)—"We can't continue to drift alone, doing nothing for our merchant marine, while every other major maritime power moves forward vigorously in building sleek new ships that grab more and more of the world's water-borne cargo—particularly of our water-borne cargo. "History has made it quite plain that we can't get a merchant marine program with- the Mari­ time Administration stuck off in a corner of the Commerce De­ partment ... It is equally obvious that we can't get moving on the hi"h seas if maritime is put in the Department of Transportation." * * * Representative Joe D. Waftgonner, Jr. (D-La.)—"This is more than just a battle between two opposing opinions with respect to where we're eoing to put mari­ time affairs. This is a matter of life and death to our country. . . . We've got to stop wringing our hands over the problem of the merchant marine, and start do­ ing something about it. And the place to start is to give the Mari­ time Administration complete in­ dependence." • * * Renresentative Robert N. Gia<mo (D-Conn.) — "My proposal (for an independent Maritime Ad­ ministration) reflects mv deep con­ cern for the future effectiveness of our merchant marine. The situ­ ation has become so critical that the survival of a genuinely private United States shipping industry mav be considered to be at stake. "There is an immediate need to face the problem of defining, svnthesizing. and updating public maritime polices in order to keep pace with the industry's changing economic and political environ­ ment." * • * Renresentative Robert L. Lee--eff (T)-C"lif->—"This extremelv important legislation would place our long-neglected United States merchant marine on a sound, sen­ sible footing bv creating an inde­ pendent federal Maritime Ad­ ministration. "To rehabilitate our American merchant marine and to change the trend of our time it's going to take more than 30 merchant ships per year to do the job. We must think big. If we can afford to spend $35 billion a year, or $3 billion a month for Vietnam, we can spend 1 billion a year for a ship program—for an industry employing more than half a mil­ lion men—to insure our world commerce in that area." » * * Representative Lloyd Meeds (D-Wasb.)—"I have sponsored (maritime independence) legisla­ tion because of my strong con­ cern for the nation's merchant marine and because of the everincreasing danger to the maritime industry. ... I feel convinced that necessary to such growth is legislation aimed at maritime in­ dependence." * * * Representative Lester L. Wolff (D-N.Y.)—"We need a strong and growing merchant marine to meet our defense responsibilities and our commercial needs. While our merchant marine has been losing ground, the Soviet Union has been gaining ground. "I am convinced that we are not going to stop the decline of our merchant marine or reverse the unhappy situation unless the Maritime Administration is re­ stored to its independent status." * * * Representative Charles H. Wil­ son (D-Calif.)—"Back in 1936, there was an Administration and a Congress which clearly recog­ nized the need for a strong and vital merchant marine—one that would be citizen-owned, citizenbuilt and citizen-manned. They created an independent agency to administer the affairs of our mer­ chant marine. During the lifetime of this inde­ pendent agency, the fortunes of our merchant marine prospered, and our nation profited from this investment in terms of commerce and national defense. Then in 1951 the maritime aeency lost its independent status and was put in the Department of Commerce, and the fortunes of our merchant marine went into an almost instant'^neous decline. . . . Maritime independence is the only answer." * * * Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (D-N.J.)—"The present iob our merchantmen are doing in the Vietnam effort is remark­ able—undermanned and decrepit as many of the ships are. The men who sail those ships deserve our admiration and very special thanks for the thankless tasks they are performing. But our national security demands more." * * • Renresentative John M. Muroby (D-N.Y.)—"Our Americanflag merchant marine has con­ tinued to decline in terms of num­ ber of ^ips, in percentage of our cargoes carried by these ships, pnd in terms of job opportunities for American maritime workers.. "Most of the problem can be traced to the lack of any clear maritime policy and the lack of' any strong maritime advocate in the government, .... �August 4, 1967 Jamaican Unionist Visits 5IU Hall Ivorall Davis, editor of "The Unionists," published by National Work­ ers Union of Jamaica, paid a visit to SlU's clinic in New York, recently. Getting X-rayed was Dimitrios Philippou, of deck department. X-ray Technician Richard Brigham and Mary Larsen, RN, are shown with Davis. Davis will study trade union publicity and publication techniques during his U.S. travels, which were arranged by the U.S. State Dept. The Atlantic Coast by Earl (Bull) Shepard, Vice-President, At/antic Coast Area Unrated Seafarers are continuing to take advantage of the up­ grading facilities offered by the SIU's Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. Engine room Seafarers who have recently passed QMED exam­ inations include, Robert Carr, Theodore Wolfe, Henry Connelly, Robert Trail, Robert Williamson, Ray Kayser, Thomas Henry, and Baltimore Michael Kennedy, all new Gervais Bozec is back in har­ FOWTs. ness after being UFFD a few W. Jenkins is a new electrician months. Jerry is a 21-year vet­ while Haracio Arnold is a new eran and sailed as pumpman Pireman-Watertender. William aboard the Ocean Pioneer before Kare passed his deck engineer's his illness. exam and Edward Costello is a Joe Tagliafeni told us his new reefer engineer. daughter is doing fine after an ill­ Men who recently received ness and he appreciates all that the AB's licenses include: Gary welfare plan has done in handling Dow, Joe Potzer, Frank Ungcr, the bills. Joe should be back in Charles Romano, Gerald Mc­ the engine department shortly. Laughlin, Eugene Hackney and George Rose will be back in the George Kowitz. steward department after being Puerto Rico UFFD for a year. He said he's looking for a coast-wise trip. Luis Ramirez is back in the hall after recovering from an accident Norfolk in his home. He said he's anxious Samuel Warren enjoyed a long to ship again and is waiting for a vacation and is now looking for a FWT job. good trip. Sam's last ship was the Pedro Marcial spent some time Seatrain Florida, where he was a wiper. Harry Thomas is ready to go after some rest on the beach. An electrician, Harry's last ship was the Fairport. He sails as chief electrician. Veteran bosun George Bowden is ready for a job after sailing on the Globe Progress. He told us he'd like a Far East run. Tagliafeni Bowden New York on the beach after some trips to Lany Kincer is registered and Okinawa. Pedro couldn't wait to ready to ship out as FOWT. His ship again and is now on the last journey was on the Norina to Claiborne. India. Boston BiU Dooling, just off the Viet­ Joseph Sadler, a 20-year SIU nam run with the Alcoa Trader, man, is fully recovered from his hopes to ship out again shortly. broken leg and ready for a job. His He sails in the engine department. last slot was as oiler aboard the Eugene Boussen of the deck de­ Bangor. partment is catching up on old John Hamot will grab the first friends and some union news be­ job available and hopes he enjoys fore shipping out on the first good it as much as his carpenter's slot ship. aboard the Rolnn Go^ellow. PhUadelphia Mike Gison, known to his Edwin Davis, better known as friends as "the whale," is catching "hound dog," will sail as soon as up with his family and will be the first AB's job hits the board. ready for a job shortly. He last His last ship was the Globe Car­ had an AB's post aboard the Platte. rier. SEAFARERS LOG Page Five AFL-CIO Poll of Union Membership Reveals Support for Gov't Programs WASHINGTON—Union members would vote overwhelmingly for President Johnson over any leading Republican contender and they solidly back the legislative positions of the President and the AFL-CIO, according to an in-depth poll taken earlier this year. Director Alexander E. Barkan Somewhat lower, but still sub­ of the AFL-CIO Committee on ments—draws more boos than stantial, support was expressed for Political Education discussed the cheers. . . ." Barkan said the fact is that expanded federal aid to educa­ findings of the survey in an article the Kraft poll revealed "over­ tion—67 per cent—and in favor of scheduled to be published in the whelming support" among union an increased minimum wage—71 August issue of the American members for AFL-CIO legislative per cent. Federationist. position with the single exception The feeling on the issue of re­ Barkan noted the widespread of open occupancy housing. And, pealing Section 14(b) of Taftmembership support and added: he added, social security as such Hartley was closely related to "Yet there is some uncertainty and unease among unionists, no­ was not included as a question. geography. Overall, 54 per cent tably concerning jobs and eco­ Medicare was, he noted, and mem­ favored repeal and 23 per cent dis­ nomic security, some areas of bership support for expanding the agreed, with 23 per cent not sure. civil rights and Viet Nam, though Medicare program registered 74 In states where an open shop law prevails and this has been a live the vast majority of union mem­ per cent. He said the Wall Street Journal issue, union members "overwhelm­ bers support the President's con­ also claimed that "the poll's politi­ ingly reject it and want 14(b) re­ duct of the war there." cal findings were stunning. . . ." pealed," Barkan said. He stressed the scientific ac­ The Journal quoted "one incredul­ In another major area of the curacy of the poll commissioned by COPE and conducted last ous union man" as saying the poll survey, the union members were January by professional pollster showed anyone could beat Presi- asked: "What are the big problems John Kraft. Interviews were con­ ident Lyndon Johnson in 1968, on your mind—the things that ducted with 1,700 members se­ even Senator Charles Percy (R- bother you and should be getting attention?" Barkan said the issues lected at random from 12 interna­ 111.). Barkan said the fact is that uppermost in their minds involved tional unions—industrial, craft and service. The sample reflected President Johnson was an over­ jobs and economic security, the the age, sex, geographical and whelming favorite for re-election war in Vietnam and civil rights. racial characteristics of the mem­ among union members when He said 53 per cent of all mem­ bership. Those interviewed did not pitted in the poll against the most bers listed economic problems now the poll was labor-sponsored. prominent potential Republican from the cost of living and taxes to The survey yielded a good deal candidates. the job picture and wages. FortyFor one thing, he pointed out, of information about union mem­ two per cent listed the war in Viet­ bers today as well as data on Percy's name didn't even figure nam, "with the largest percentage their attitudes toward their unions in the poll. of these supporting the President's and their government. policies there." Over 33 per cent Johnson Is Choice Barkan said this general pro­ listed civil rights as a major issue. When asked their choice for file of the union member emerged President, Barkan reported, union While most members backed civil from the survey: members picked President John­ rights progress in voting and pub­ • 32 per cent of union families son over former Vice-President lic accommodations, support for are in the $5,000 to $7,500 a year Richard Nixon by 55 to 22 per open housing was slightly below income range, a total which in­ cent. They picked President John­ 50 per cent, Barkan said. cludes all family income. son over Michigan Governor • 46 per cent are in the $7,500 George Romney by 46 to 30 per to $15,000 a year income range. cent, over California's Governor • 25 per cent of union mem­ Ronald Reagan by 60 to 16 per bers are less than 30 years old. cent and over New York's Gover­ • Nearly 50 per cent are less nor Nelson Rockefeller by 55 to than 40 years old. 20 per cent. • Nearly 50 percent of all Barkan also noted that the Kraft members now live in suburbs. poll was conducted in January, • Nearly 75 per cent of mem­ when national polls were show­ WASHINGTON — SlU-conbers under 40 live in suburbs. ing the President's popularity to tracted Hudson Waterways has • About 20 per cent of union be slipping. The Louis Harris poll entered into a five-year agreement members are women. had only 43 per cent giving the with the Military Sea Tranporta• About 13 per cent of union President a good job rating at that tion Service for the charter of two members are Negro and 4 percent time, but by June the President C-4 freighters to carry specialized are Mexican, Oriental or other had soared to 58 per cent. The rise heavy military cargoes. in popularity among the public un­ racial minority. The agreement will double • 25 per cent of present mem­ doubtedly would be accompanied MSTS' heavy lift cargo capabil­ by a similar or greater rise among bers have belonged to their un­ ity. union members, Barkan observed. ion for 5 years or less. The vessels involved are the He said the President trailed in • 54 per cent have belonged to Marine Lynx and the Marine only one group of union members. their union for 10 years or more. Adder, which were both acquired Among members under 30, Gover­ • 58 per cent identify them­ by Hudson Waterways late last selves as Democrats, 16 per cent nor Romney was favored over year under the Ship Exchange as Republicans, 17 per cent as in­ President Johnson by 47 to 42 Act. dependents and 9 per cent are not percent at the time of the Kraft poll. The World War Il-built, 523sure. foot, 14,900-ton, 16.5-knot vessels The Kraft poll also sounded out Before the findings of the Kraft are scheduled to undergo a con­ union members on a wide range poll were released, Barkan ob­ version of $6.5 million each, that of national issues, Barkan noted. served, the poll had been the sub­ From medicare to pollution con­ will include the installation of ject of a spate of newspaper stories—"most of them completely trol, union members supported heavy lift gear capable of hoisting "by huge margins" the achieve­ loads in excess of 200 tons. The distorted." He said the Wall Street Journal, ments and aims of the Adminis­ ships will be renamed before en­ on the basis only of hearsay," tration and proposed improve­ tering service. The company's agreement with ran a lengthy article on the poll ments, he reported. MSTS includes an option for an and a press service picked up this He listed the following degree additional five-year charter when version and amplified it. of membership support: 75 per the initial five-year contract ex­ In an article crowded with dis­ cent in favor of expanding medi­ pires. The initial contract totals tortions and inaccuracies, Barkan care; 94 per cent in favor of fed­ about $25 million. said, the Journal claimed the poll eral efforts to control water pollu­ Last year Seatrain entered into showed that "labor's traditional tion and 91 per cent for air pollu­ a separate $105 million contract tion control programs; 76 per cent legislative goals are far out of line with MSTS calling for the charter or strengthening workmen's com­ with union mem.bers' main inter­ ests. ... The AFL-CIO's No. 1 pensation; 91 per cent behind of 12 Seatrain vessels for a threegoal in this session of Congress— truth-in-packaging legislation and year period to perform as a multi­ purpose cargo system. boosting social security pay­ 91 per cent for truth-in-lending. S/U Co, Signs 5-Year, 2-5hip JUSTS Charter �The Great Lakes July 14 to July 27, 1967 DECK DEPARTMENT Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Totals TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B 2 2 88 42 12 3 33 18 3 9 4 1 4 10 22 8 60 51 53 31 16 20 (Not Available) 13 7 310 202 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 2 2 1 64 34 21 8 5 3 20 15 9 8 4 5 13 5 0 2 0 0 8 7 7 3 40 35 35 35 5 14 15 14 (Not Available) 6 5 9 183 167 109 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 12 2 284 95 16 5 120 47 10 24 1 3 13 12 72 17 0 2 133 108 14 0 (Not Available) 40 14 715 329 ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Totals August 4, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Page Six Class A Class B 2 1 53 45 12 2 18 21 7 10 2 0 3 6 17 11 24 55 41 35 11 7 (Not Available) 12 13 196 212 TOTAL SHIPPED Class A CUSSB' Class C 0 3 2 43 41 18 2 8 4 8 7 17 7 8 1 7 3 0 1 2 2 8 4 9 37 5 28 20 18 37 16 6 10 (Not Available) 8 12 9 153 137 121 STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups All Groups Port Class A CUssB Class A Class B Class C 0 Boston 1 2 2 2 New York 60 46 16 6 22 Philadelphia ... 4 7 6 2 6 Baltimore 17 11 24 20 7 3 Norfolk 2 6 10 4 5 Jacksonville 2 0 0 0 9 0 1 0 Tampa 2 12 11 3 Mobile 4 2 24 9 3 5 55 New Orleans 23 21 25 18 Houston 14 11 0 9 3 Wilmington 19 (Not Available) (Not Available) San Francisco .... 8 Seattle 2 9 5 4 185 97 129 68 125 Totals REGISTERED on BEACH aass A Class B 8 2 70 140 21 4 63 35 20 9 0 2 4 2 31 47 0 2 96 76 12 9 (Not Available) 24 11 421 267 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Oass A ClaasB 11 4 166 55 15 16 78 38 9 7 0 2 14 2 16 13 9 0 72 46 0 2 (Not Available) 33 12 423 197 YO U R Dp L I. A R' S WO R T H Seifiirer's Guide to Better Buying By Sidney Margolios particular, through heavy use of TV advertising, The High Cost of Aspirin spending almost $60 million a year just on this You are about to lose some of your most excit­ medium alone, out of a total of $90 million a ing, suspenseful TV commercials, like the one year on all aspirin advertising. That amounts to showing the woman who beats up her kids, hus­ 20 cents of every dollar you pay for the 30 or 40 band and neighbors because somebody slammed a billion aspirin tablets (at a rough estimate) which door. Then she swallows a brand-name aspirin Americans now eat each year. tablet and loves everybody again. Happiness is a What ran the aspirin packagers afoul of the FTC little white pill. is the lengths they have been going to in advertising You no longer even may get to see diagrams uses for aspirin. Aspirin is merely a mild painof your interior plumbing showing how a brandreliever. But the ads have suggested, or hinted name aspirin speeds through your pipes while old pretty broadly, that aspirin and related compounds slow-pokey brand crawls along. should be taken for "irritability," "jittery nerves" The Federal Tfade Commission, with due delib­ and "tension". eration, has just said what we've been telling you Other "objectionable" claims for analgesics for years. You might as well buy the 15-cent (pain relievers) noted by the Food and Drug private-brand aspirins offered by co-ops, depart­ Administration, include such conditions as in­ ment stores and many drugs stores, instead of pay­ fluenza, lumbago, migraine, neuritis, sciatica, sleep­ ing 69 cents to $1.39 and even more for advertised lessness, and tension headaches. The FDA feels brands, sometimes with a few secondary ingredients that such conditions cannot be diagnosed by a added. "It appears," the FTC said with judicial layman and are too serious to risk treatment with­ grandeur, "that each of the various analgesic pro­ out a doctor's care. ducts now offered to the consuming public is The FTC and Bristol-Meyers Co., manufacturers effective to essentially the same degree as all other of Bufferin, currently are in dispute over Bufferin's competing products supplying an equivalent quan­ claims for its possible usefulness for arthritis as tity of an analgesic ingredient or combination of shown in a medical study. ingredients." (That's what we're trying to say—all The FTC previously had complained about aspirins are pretty much the same.) Bufferin's insistent assertions that its additional Now the FTC is about to propose a rlile, if the ingredient (an antacid) prevented stomach upsets. brand-name aspirin packagers can't convince the FTC-sponsored research found that there was agency otherwise. It will bar claims of effectiveness no significant difference in frequency of stomach or safety which contradict or exceed statements upset between the two ordinary aspirin brands in on the label. Sometimes the aspirin advertisers the test and Bufferin. (All three did cause fewer make claims on TV which they don't dare make upsets than the two products with added in­ on their package labels. gredients—Excedrin and Anacin.) The brand-name aspirin promoters have a lot of All that Bufferin has over aspirin, for its much money at stake (youfs). As we previously reported, higher price, is the added antacid. If you really the five leading brands of aspirin take 75 per suffer stomach upset when taking aspirin, all you cent of the $450 million a year Americans now need do is take it with a pinch of a common spend just for aspirin. They have built up the antacid like soda bicarb or magnesium sulfate, use of aspirin in general and their brands in and presto! you're buffered. by Fred Fam«n,Secre(ary-rreasurer,OrMt Lakes Boland-Cornelius and Huron Cement Companies closed their offices recently due to the riots in Detroit. The Columbia and St. Clair (BobLO) anchored in the Detroit River overnight, due to company fears that the ships might be set afire. They discharged passengers the next day in Wyandotte, with passengers having to make their way home as best they could. The Sylvania, damaged in a col­ a good ship with no beefs., lision a few weeks ago, is still Alan Borman, shipping on the in the Lorain shipyards. TomlinJ. C. Miller, is a new fireman-wason Fleet Corporation has not no­ tertender. tified us when the crew will be Eugene Silver is a new FOW, called back to work. having attended the upgrading New vacation forms are in and program here. He's just off the all members who wish to file for Kinsman Independent. benefits can do so by contacting SlU patrolmen. All SIU depart­ - Frankfort ment delegates will receive rules and regulations covering eligibil­ The Arthur K. Atkinson and ity, amount of benefit, and how to the City of Green Bay were furapply for benefits. In addition, loughed recently, due to the re­ these instructions will be sent to cent railroad shopcraft strike. all SIU ships. Shopcraft picket lines here were respected by all SIU members. Cleveland The Union asked for and received Back with us again are Donald permission for SIU personnel to Kapela and Joe Vovko. They will operate the Viking for passengers be here until cool weather comes only. As you know. Government to the Great Lakes. action forced the strikers to go back to work, and the vessels are We have 136 ore-carrying ships now back on schedule. in operation this year, a drop of Contract negotiations with the eight from last season. Ann Arbor Railroad Company are Duluth scheduled to resume in Dearborn. Shipping is slow, but rated men Ray I.arson just left a job on the Henry Laliterte and reported can find jobs on freighters. QUESTION; What countries offer the best radio and TV? R. G. GImpaya: Perhaps the most unusual is in Djibouti, in old French Somaliland. They have what rese.mbles a juke box and for a quarter you can watch a little pic­ ture show, like oldtime movies. It resembles TV, and it's in the French and English languages. They show mostly comedy-type pictures. Olav Selm: I find England has about the best in Europe. Of s course, there's no language barrier. They have vari­ ety and quality both. Being Scan­ dinavian, I enjoy the shows in those countries. I also find that Australia has a surprisingly high quality in their radio and television. But I do think that America has easily the bert in this field. <1> Ray Bielanin: I would say that the best television shows are in Japan. They cer­ tainly have the most variety of any foreign coun­ try. Japan has many of the shows from the U.S. and Europe. If they show movies on TV, they're usually un-cut. In addi­ tion to Japanese, many of the shows are broadcast in English. Joe Mulkcrin: As a rule, I don't listen to radio and TV much. Much guys prefer the European sta­ tions. Most ports have American television shows in the native lan­ guage. I was in Thailand once, ' «, and they had an » • American western I'd seen. I was able to follow it and everyone thought I could speak the language. John L. Gibbons, Sr.; I like Ja­ pan, Okinawa and Viet Nam. Vietnam has lots of shows in Eng­ lish because of all the Americans. However they sign off pretty early. These countries have almost all of the com­ mercial programs from the U. S. and lots of good music. Batman seems to be very popular now. Orlando Hemanez: I find that Europe in general is very good. They have many American tour­ ists and there are lots of English language stations. In Asia, there aren't as many, although Viet Nam is an excep, tion. I like Ger­ many very much because they have good music, none of that rock and roll. Also lots of sports. �August 4, 1967 Page Seven SEAFARERS LOG AFL-CIO Urges Gov't Action On Unsafe Meat Products "This Side First!" The AFL-CIO today charged last month that Americans who believe all meat and meat products have been inspected by the federal govern­ ment "are being deluded into a feeling of false security." Andrew J. Biemiller, director of the AFL-CIO Department of Legis­ lation, told the subcommittee on Livestock and Grains, of the House Committee on Agriculture, that consumers "of course, are not fully protected." The AFL-CIO spokesman called for "strong, effective meat in­ spection legislation, including the coverage provisions of H.R. 1314." He said, "Because of the importance of meat in the diet of all Ameri­ cans, we consider this legislation of the greatest importance to the health and welfare of our members as it is to all consumers." Biemiller said that American families do not realize that some 15 per cent of all meat slaughtered in the nation and some 25 percent of all meat products processed are not federally inspected. "Some of this production undergoes state inspection," he added, "but even the best of the state programs, when they exist, leave some­ thing to be desired." Urging modernization of the 60-year-old law, Biemiller declared that, "Serious illness can be caused by unwholesome and unclean meat. The consumer is being bilked into paying normal prices for some meat which comes from sick animals and even from animals which died from causes other than slaughter." "Scandals, especially concerning meat which has been processed into meat products have occurred in recent years. Potentially dangerous situations concerning insecticide residues in meat have developed. New means of handling meat animals and processing meat, unforeseen 61 years ago, are creating problems which the 1906 Meat Inspection Act does not cover." He charged that proposals of the meat industry and the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture "would be a hoax on the consumer" compounding present illusions about protections. • • » WASHINGTON—Reasonable controls to "put some brakes on spiraling medical care costs were urged recently by an AFL-CIO spokes­ man in a network radio interview. Between 1956 and 1966, overall medical costs rose more than twice as fast as the combined costs of consumer price inde.x items, and over the last 18 months the pace has "doubled or tripled," said AFL-CIO Social Security Director Bert Seidman. Doctors' fees and hospital charges, he noted, are the main components of medical care prices. "Doctors' incomes have been going up even faster" than their fees, with one-third of the nation's doctors now topping $40,000 yearly, Seidman declared on Labor News Conference, an AFL-CIO produced public affairs interview broadcast Tuesdays at 7:35 p.m., EDT, on the Mutual Radio Network. Seidman agreed with the American Medical Association's charges that historically, hospitals have been insulated from discipline of the marketplace, that hospital costs now appear to be out of control, and that incentives for increased efficiency and productivity are mandatory. But, the same charges apply to doctors, he said, noting that "market­ place disciplines don't apply to doctors and their prices are getting skyhigh." "As a matter of fact, there are fewer incentives for efficiency for most physicians . . . working in their offices than there are for hos­ pitals," he asserted. Seidman said the shortcomings are most evident in "third party" payment situations like pre-paid private insurance and medicare. Fee schedules now in most plans are "virtually no restraint on what the doctors can charge," he said. They are "based on what doctors are charging, and if they increase their charges, this becomes the new prevailing rate," he noted. Without basic changes, "there is no end to this cycle," he declared. Seidman called on government and private groups, including labor, management and consumers, to develop "some real initiative and some real determination" to hold down mounting medical costs. A comprehensive collection of tape recordings by Carl Sandburg, including both public appearances and private conversations, has been presented to the labor ar­ chives of Wayne State University by the International Labor Press Association and four AFL-CIO unions. The collection includes 160 boxed tapes and two leatherbound volumes of transcripts. The tapes had been made over many years by Leo Orso of Silver Spring, Md., a friend of Sand­ burg. When ILPA learned that Orso wanted to place the collec­ tion in an appropriate institution, it secured the agreement of the four unions to share the cost with ILPA itself. The cooperating un­ ions are the Auto Workers, Inter­ national Brotherhood of Electri­ cal Workers, Meat Cutters and Steelworkers. The Arizona Bricklayers Joint Labor - Management Apprentice­ ship Committee, under a contract with the Labor Department, will start 20 jobless and disadvantaged young men in the northern part of the state on their way to jour­ neyman status. The bulk of the instruction will be given by jour­ neyman members of Bricklayers Arizona Local 3 on the job site. However, the recruits will take six weeks of pre-job elementary school instruction conducted by the State Vocational Education Department, followed by 12 weeks of on-the-job training with se­ lected employer-members of the Arizona Master Contractors' As­ sociation. The union will also give up to six hours a . week of class­ room instruction during this period. "Medical care is a privilege—not a right!" This statement set the basic theme for the first speech made to the American Medical Association by its newly-installed president, Dr. Milford O. Rouse, at the group's recent annual convention. He further set forth his contempt for those of his fellow Americans who can't afford to be sick on the grand scale—in which most of his members seem to delight—by assailing Medicare, Medicaid, what he termed "attacks" in the field of drugs, and other concepts he found "dis­ tressing" in the practice of medicine. It must be acknowledged that a few smaller, less powerful doctors' groups were quick to deplore Rouse's remarks, but we can take small comfort from that. The vast majority of physicians in the United States belong to the AMA — indeed those who might otherwise not join often find their careers somewhat limited until they do join — and the vast majority obviously share Rouse's sentiments or they wouldn't have elected him as their chief spokesman. The stand taken by Rouse could represent a giant step backward in the campaign by responsible government leaders, trade union­ ists and other citizens, to gain equality of medical care for all Americans regardless of their ability to pay. But it could also be a blessing in disguise. Under its new president, the AMA can no longer pretend co-opera­ tion and mouth sympathy for the indigent sick while quietly ignoring them. For the first time, through Rouse, the AMA has come right out into the open and admitted to the American people that it is against programs designed to ease their bur­ densome medical expenses and get them first-rate treatment. In light of this an­ nounced policy it can no longer continue to deny that it is actively attempting to sabo­ tage not only Medicare, Medicaid and other existing programs, but proposed further health legislation as well. Now that they are off the fence and have owned up to being on the side we knew they were on all along, perhaps they can be forced, at long last, to consider the welfare of their patients above their pocketbooks. It is a national disgrace that a moneyhungry power group and men like Rouse have been able thus far to hold the govern­ ment at bay and blatantly defy the will of the public. We hope this new insight into the true motives of the AMA can be used as an effective lever to gain federal support for a national health insurance program and other much needed aid in the general area of community health care. Your Friendly Druggist names in filling prescriptions for Medicaid patients. $2.50 for 1,000 tablets of the ge­ neric reserpine (for high blood pressure) in­ stead of the $38 they've been paying for the same number under the brand name Serpasol, they will not honor the prescriptions of the medically indigent at all; they can't afford to save money and pass the savings on to mere customers. Perhaps the Federal government ought to go to the source and knock down the big pharmaceutical houses a few pegs before druggists all over the country start crying that they are starving to death from too much business. Another revealing meeting which was held recently in New York City made it pain­ fully clear that the doctor's long-time side­ kick, the prescription filler, doesn't care a hang about the public—or the law—either. The nice little guy in the corner drugstore has announced he won't be so friendly any­ more if he doesn't continue to get 10 times or more what the pills he peddles are worth. Drugstore owners held a rally to announce that they will have no part of a city order that generic drugs be substituted for vastly more expensive—and no better—brand �a wyr-^r-r-^ Page Eight SEAFARERS LOG Senators Cite 'Deeper Inroads' By Foreign Ships on Ct Lakes WASHINGTON—^Noting the increasingly "deeper inroads" being made by foreign-flag lines into shipping on the Great Lakes, the Great Lakes Conference of Senators has proposed three amend­ ments to appropriations bills designed to boost America's competitive position in the Lakes area. The changes would also serve to f Lawrence Seaway. Most construc­ $7.5 million for military cargo cut transportation costs for the tion-differential subsidy money shipments out of the Great Lakes. Defense Department, the sena­ now being provided, the legisla­ "We are certain," the law­ tors contended. tors pointed out, is for ships so makers concluded, "that this Announcement of the proposed wide in design that they will never change will not only give the amendments—^which do not in­ be able to enter the present sea­ Great Lakes a fair and equitable opportunity to move military volve any additional appropria­ way system. cargo, but will . . . demonstrate tions but rather stipulate the use Hike Military Cargoes conclusively that the use of this of existing monies—was made jointly by Senator William ProxAmendment number three was great artery of commerce will re­ mire (D-Wis.), Chairman; and embodied in a similar letter sent sult in very real savings for the Senator Philip A. Hart (D-Mich.), by the senators to the chairman Department of Defense." Vice-Chairman of the Great of the Appropriations Subcom­ In addition to Proxmire and Lakes Conference. mittee on Defense, Senator Rich­ Hart, the Great Lakes Confer­ "Nowhere is competition ard B. Russell (D-Ga.). It stated ence consists of Senators Frank needed more urgently than in the that due to the lack of U.S.-flag Lausche (D-Ohio), Vance Hartke Great Lakes where the United vessel service on the Lakes, the (D-Ind.), Stephen Young (DStates is standing idly by while the area "has had no significant quan­ Ohio), Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.), foreign-flag lines make deeper in­ tity of military cargo moving Robert Griffin (R-Mich.), Everett roads in the commerce of the through Great Lakes ports or the Dirksen (R-Ill.), Eugene McCar­ heartland of our nation," the sen­ seaway. Therefore, they requested thy (D-Minn.), Birch Bayh (Dthat Defense Department appro­ Ind.), Walter Mondale (D-Minn.) ators stated. In a letter to Senator John L. priations be amended to earmark and Charles Percy (R-Ill.). McClellan (D-Ark.), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Sub­ committee on State, Justice, Com­ merce, Judiciary and related agencies, it was noted by all 12 members of the Great Lakes Con­ Oklahoma looms as the major 1967-68 battleground over the ference that "there is little or no compulsory open shop issue. American-flag vessel service" in Thwarted eveiywhere else after boastful predictions following the Great Lakes. The first amend­ the 1966 elections, the National Right to Work Committee, for ment was aimed at this problem. the immediate future, is zeroing in on Oklahoma. In 1964, an all-out campaign by the Oklahoma labor move­ "To remedy this situation," the senators said, "we propose that $8 ment turned back a so-called "right-to-work" referendum by a close margin. million of the $200 million appro­ priation be earmarked for oper­ Now, the open-shoppers are back again. The plans of the na­ ating subsidies on the Great tional committee and its cohorts and frontmen in Oklahoma were Lakes." to attempt to get a petition this summer to get the RTW proposal on the ballot on primary election day in 1968. A second amendment would However, Oklahomans for Right to Work suddenly announced assure that not less than 25 per last week that they are "postponing" their petition campaign for cent of funds for ship construc­ five weeks. They were vague about the reasons but a cool recep­ tion be used to build ships that tion from some quarters is thought to have had a dampening are physically able to use the St. effect on their enthusiasm. In the aftermath of the 1966 elections, NRTWC claimed in a headline on its newsletter: "Support for Right-to-Work Proves to Be Political Asset; Election Results Put New Steam into State RTW Campaigns." It called the 1966 election results "a sweeping elec­ tion victory for supporters of voluntary unionism" and claimed the results provided "the best climate to enact state right-to-work laws in over a decade." BAL HARBOUR, Fla. — The Subsequently, in a news release, the committee announced it Retail Clerks International Asso­ would begin drives for open shop laws in Oklahoma, California, ciation (AFL-CIO) is better pre­ New Mexico, Idaho, Missouri, Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, pared than at any time in its 80Illinois and Massachusetts. year history to meet the challenges Here is what happened in other states the Right to Work Com­ of "one of the fastest-growing, mittee keyed in on: most rapidly-changing industries" • New Mexico—^A proposal for a referendum on the issue was in the United States and Canada, defeated in the state legislature, 40-30. This is the sixth time the RCIA President James A. Suffstate legislature has defeated an open shop proposal. ridge told 1,000 convention dele­ • Massachusetts—^A bill was introduced and defeated in the gates here last month. state house of representatives 210-0. This is the fourth time Massa­ AFL-CIO President George chusetts has defeated "right-to-work." Meany told the delegates "it is • Montana—In this state, where the committee had high hopes, a fundamental truism that the un­ no bill was even introduced, despite the fact that to the satisfaction organized, low paid worker is a of the committee a conservative Republican governor is the state's menace to the high standards executive, and one house of the legislature is GOP-controlled. achieved by those who are or­ • Idaho—^An extreme conservative was elected governor in ganized" and stressed organizing 1966. Both houses of the legislature are Republican-controlled. as "still the prime responsibility" Yet no "right-to-work" legislation was even introduced. In the past of union members. open shop proposals have failed seven times in the state legis­ Also addressing the convention lature. was SIU President Paul Hall. Missouri—No sight of a "right-to-work" bill, though the state Speaking of the trade union move­ RTW^committee has hired a full-time executive assistant. The is­ ment's role in rallying support for sue was defeated in the Missouri legislature 10 years ago. Israel when it was threatened by • Pennsylvania—^There has been constant and increasing activ­ the Arab blockade, Hall, who is ity behind "right-to-work" for four years under a fuH-time em­ also president of the Maritime ployee of the Right-to-Work Committee. Yet, no bill was presented Trades Department (AFL-CIO), to the legislature. Both houses are Republican-controlled, and said the big "oil cartels" were the governor is a Republican. ready to sacrifice Israel "on an • Dllnols—^An open shop was defeated 19-8 in committee. The altar of black gold." only other time the issue came up in Illinois was 1957 when RTW Among other speakers heard was introduded in the state senate. It never got out of committee. by the RCIA delegates were SecIndividual RTW petitions have been circulating in the state for Tet&ty of State Dean Rusk, Vice years. They have no legal validity. President Hubert Humphrey. In California, New York and Delaware, there has been little Angnst 4, 1967 Seafarers Assistance Needed For Leukemia Blood Donations The loan of two pints of blood for just a few minutes can be the means of saving a child's life under a new process currently in operation at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, N. Y. The Seafarers International Union is co-operating with at a time, are drawn and placed in Maimonides in support of this a special machine to remove the unique and valuable undertaking. platelets. Blood is then immedi­ Called plasmapheresis, the ately returned to the donor's process involves the separation blood stream via the same tube. from donated blood of platelets Platelets in the blood returned to (pronounced play-tuh-lets), tiny the donor are replenished by his cells which are necessary for clot­ own body within a few hours. ting and de.sperately needed by Sufferers during the critical leukemia victims. stages of the disease require up to Maimonides is the first hospital 50 units of platelets a week. Cur­ in the eastern U.S. equipped to rent market price for the precious administer the platelets, free of cells is $35 a unit but through charge, to patients from a wide voluntary donations and grant of geographic area. However, since well over $1 million by the U.S. the little cells cannot be stored Public Health Service, Maimon­ and must be used within six hours ides can furnish them at no charge after donation, a large number of to the patient at all. daily donors is badly needed to Any SIU member who wishes continue the work and participa­ to aid in this important cause may tion by Seafarers in the New call (212) UL. 3-1614 for an ap­ York area would be much appre­ pointment or go to the Platelet ciated. Donation Center at Maimonides The procedure is painless and Medical Center, 4802 Tenth Ave., simple. Two pints of blood, one Brooklyn, N. Y. 11219. Oklahoma Next Target of RJ-W Committee Retail Clerks Hold Convention perceptible "right-to-work" activity. However, in California — where RTW was smashed 3-2 in a 1958 referendum—organization­ al meetings for a new state RTW committee have been held. In Wyoming, "right-to-workers" had their backs to the wall when the house passed a bill to repeal the state's open shop law, 34-27. Senate failure to act on the bill rescued compulsory open shop backers from a second successful repeal effort in recent years. Indiana repealed its "right-to-work" bill in 1965. So Oklahoma is left as the main area of hope for the Right-toWork Committee for the immediate future, and the proposal's fate there is far from certain. Some inferences can be made from the above facts: 1. Many moderate and conservative Republicans appear to have wearied of fighting the Right-to-Work Committee's battles. Nor­ mally, they are the committee's major source of support. Those in Congress and the state legislatures ordinarily have taken up for Right-to-Work Committee causes. Conservative Republican and right-wingers customarily are the ones who finance RTW refer­ endum efforts and who work in statewide campaigns. 2. Perhaps the committee has gone to the well too often in some states. Oklahoma went through a bitter referendum battle three years ago, and "right-to-work" lost at the polls. In California, when it was defeated 3-2 in 1958, RTW dragged down many lead­ ing Republicans. The committee has not added a state to the list in four years and—except for Indiana—has never scored in a major industrial state. Today, 19 states have such laws, most of them in the south. 3. The committee's close ties with the right wing may finally have scared off more respectable conservatives from both financ­ ing and aiding in statewide campaigns for "right-to-work." 4. The committee faces no pushover in Oklahoma. In a recent by-election in Tulsa, an avowed Republican supporter of "right-towork" went down to defeat by Democrat who opposed it. The Re­ publican lost even though both the Republican governor and the Republican state chairman came into the district to campaign on his behalf. Tulsa Republicans led a move at the subsequent state GOP con­ vention to renounce "right-to-work." They pointed out that many union members who were Republicans refused to support their Republican senatorial candidate because of his "right-to-work" views. Instead these union members with normal GOP sympathy wound up working to elect the Democrat. As a result, the GOP state platform takes a very fuzzy position on right-to-work. In addition the Democratic platform, which came out against "rightto-work" in 1964 rather reluctantly, now contains a flat disapproval of the issue. 5. The committee's claim that support of "right-to-work" is po­ tent politically does not stand scrutiny and is clearly self-serving propaganda. The committee's Nov. 25, 1966, newsletter pro­ claimed "In all, a total of 50 House incumbents who supported repeal of 14(b) will be among the missing when the 90th Congress convenes in January." The newsletter suggested that in many cases support for 14(b) repeal was a major factor in defeat of liberal incumbents. The fact is, 14(b) repeal—for or against—^failed to materialize as a com­ pelling issue in any congressional campaign. If the numbers game the committee began were pursued, it could be pointed out that 174 House incumbents who voted for 14(b) repeal were re-elected. �about Blue Monday This is part number four of a SEAFARERS LOG feature series dealing with the many expressions used in everyday American speech that had their origins in seafaring jargon. They are words and phrases we all all use but whose origin would surprise most of us simply because we have always taken them for granted and never wondered where they came from. This series will be continued in future issues of the LOG. f IIHE number and variety of seafaring words and I phrases that have made their way into everyday speech is immense. For instance: Failure to repay a loan promptly is a sure way of putting even old friends AT LOGGERHEADS. Once the debtor has failed in all attempts to BLUFF his way through the situation and BAMBOOZLE his creditor with promises of payment in full "WHEN MY SHIP COMES IN", he can do little more than tell his anxious creditor to "KEEP YOUR SHIRT ON" while he goes out to FIND AN ANGEL who will advance him sufficient money to pay off his previous debt. Should he fail to find an angel, he may have to SLIP HIS CABLE in order to get out of the unpleasant situation, even though he might regret his inability to be open and ABOVE BOARD with his friend. I These are all phrases that had their origins in the history of seafaring and seafaring men. The phrase BEING AT LOGGERHEADS is used today to indicate that two or more people or groups are seriously opposed to one another over some issue. The term originated with a tool used aboard sailing ships called a loggerhead, which was a steel imple­ ment resembling a gardener's hoe at the end of a long wooden handle. It was used for paying pitch into deck seams. Two men were usually employed at this tedious and nerve wracking job, each working on adjoining seams. No tar could be wasted and none of the sticky substance left on the deck outside the seams. Often a race began developing between the two men as they worked their way up or down the deck, and raw nerves and rivalry sometimes led to vicious battles with swinging loggerheads that gave the phrase BEING AT LOGGERHEADS its meaning. The appearance of a bluff coastline with its steep cliffs rising out of the water, and the desire of sea­ faring men to stay at a safe distance from such an area where frail sailing vessels could easily be dashed to pieces, led to the application of the word BLUFF to any attempt to deceive someone by a show of strength or assurance. In the same way that a coast­ line made up of the steep, rocky geological formations known as bluffs was enough to convince the seafarer not to venture near, the present-day poker player with a weak hand tries to BLUFF his opponent into backing down with a great show of strength and as­ surance. BAMBOOZLE is another word meaning "to de­ ceive", and although its origins are more obscure than those of bluff there is ample evidence to indicate that it is another word that first came into use on the high seas. BAMBOOZLE seems to be a word coined by pirates and applied to the pirate maneuver of con­ cealing the identity of the pirate ship from its in­ tended victims or the law my temporarily flying a legitimate flag when the need arose. After sighting a merchant vessel for instance, the pirates might deter­ mine its nationality and promptly pick the proper flag from an ample supply and run it up. The pirate ship might then be able to approach the intended victim without causing any alarm until it was too late for the victim to either flee or take significant action. This particular maneuver designed to BAM­ BOOZLE the intended victim was known as SAIL­ ING UNDER FALSE COLOH5—referring to the color of the flag they hoisted—and the phrase is used today to refer to any sort of misrepresentation designed to deceive someone. Pirate trickery brought still another phrase into our present language, ABOVE BOARD. Today we use this phrase to denote common honesty, but the phrase came into use to denote just the opposite trait. Disguised as honest merchantment by sailing under false colors, pirate crews stayed out of sight below decks while approaching a vessel destined to be at­ tacked. ABOVE BOARD, everything looked ship­ shape. But below decks pistols were being charged and cutlasses sharpened for the kill. The skippers of honest merchant vessels of course always kept their crews ABOVE BOARD, having nothing to hide. Because of the depradations of pirates, some ship­ owners never realized the dream of HAVING THEIR SHIP COME IN. Today we use this phrase to denote sudden wealth. No matter how a man invests his money—-on the stockmarket, in a business or at the racetrack—^he dreams of the day when he will strike it rich,— "WHEN MY SHIP COMES IN", he says. Even in its origin the phrase meant the same thing as it does today, sudden wealth, but it was spoken very literally and men watched the seaward horizon very closely for sign of a familiar sail. In the early days of seaborne trade, promotors often sent ships to distant lands with hopes of having them return laden with profitable cargoes either of merchandise or treasure. To finance such projects the promotor borrowed money, giving the lender a pro­ missory note to repay the debt. But since no one could possibly say when the vessel and its hqped-for cargo would return, no date was set for repayment of the loan. Instead the promoter promised to pay "WHEN MY SHIP COMES IN". When—and if— his ship came in, the venture would almost certainly pay off handsomely. It was just such an arrangement that brought Columbus to America, except that Columbus did not just wait around for his ship to come in, but went along with it. Besides the discovery of America, we are indebted to Columbus' voyage for the introduction of a much used phrase into common American usage—FIND­ ING AN ANGEL. This is a phrase used a great deal in the entertain­ ment world for the process of finding someone with the necessary money and willingness to finance a production. But it was Columbus who found the original "ANGEL" in the person of Luis Le SantAngei, who put up the necessary cash for the Pinta, Nina and Santa Maria to set sail. Somehow Queen Isabella of Spain has been associated in the popular mind with the solution of Columbus' financial diffi­ culties, but in truth it was Luis de Sant-Angel—the original "ANGEL". Because of the manner in v/hich these promissory notes were made out and signed, the financier could not hound the promoter for repayment, but had to KEEP HIS SHIRT ON and wait patiently for the ship to come in. This phrase is used today as a warn­ ing to hold your temper and not get excited or do anything rash. KEEP YOUR SHIRT ON goes back to that rugged breed of seafaring men, the Vikings, who were noted for fits of anger and towering rage in savage battle. Roving up and down seacoasts, the Vikings were marauders who pillaged the countryside for booty. In battle, the Viking warriors normally wore an armored shirt studded with flexible steel plates for protection from swords and spear thrusts. But at the height of battle, or if he really lost his temper the Viking warrior might tear off the heavy garment so as to have more freedom to swing his broad sword, take more pride in his bravery, or just show his con­ tempt for the enemy. KEEP YOUR SHIRT ON thus became a warning to hold your temper in check. The Viking armored shirt and the tempermental Viking disposition led to still another phrase we use today. We say that someone in an overpowering rage has GONE BERSERK. By this we really mean that he resembles an ancient Viking, who were called "Berserkers" because at the frenzied height of their rage, when they tore off the armored shirt, called a sark, they were bared of their sark—which was eventually shortened into BERSERK. The sight of a dragon ship full of armed Vikings was enough to make the captain of any vessel in the harbor SLIP HIS CABLE and try to get away in a hurry, leaving his anchor behind. To this very day this phrase is used to describe getting out of town fast, and hopefully unnoticed, to avoid a dangerous or merely unpleasant situation. To escape an enemy or the law by drifting silently out of a harbor with the night tide, the anchor had to be sacrificed because the clatter and noise of upping anchor traveled long distances over water and are a dead giveaway that a ship is taking a powder. By cutting the anchor line, escape could be achieved quickly and silently. A somewhat more legitimate oc­ casion for SLIPPING THE CABLE occurred when the anchor line fouled on the bottom and had to be cut so the ship could get underway. Among seafarers themselves, the phrase "he slipped his cable" had a somewhat different meaning how­ ever, meaning that "he", whoever he was, had died. This feature to be continued in a future issue of the SEAFARERS LOG. �Page Ten August 4, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Hood Attacks 'Build-Abroad' Forces US Yards Can Handle Upgrading Of Merehant Fleet, Congress Told The Gulf Coast by LIndsey Williams, Vice-President, Gulf Area Governor John J. McKeithen has called upon the eight trunkline railroads serving the Port of New Orleans to consider absorbing the increase in wharfage recently adopted by the Dock Board. The wharfage, a fee assessed by the Dock Board against cargo passing over its wharves, has been increased from 15 cents a ton to a level of 35 to 50 cents a ton,'®' : — ~ ~ dependent on the commodity advantage in rte TOittpentton for . .^ . cargo with other Gulf ports. ' In a telegram to the top exmeeting of the American ecntivea of Ihe variona railroads Waterways Operators-;Reg.on serving the Gulf Ports, Governor Three was held m Greenville, McKeithan pointed out that in the past the railroads have absorbed in total the wharfage fee assessed, and it was hoped that this would continue to be the case. Otherwise Louisiana ports will be at a dis- WASHINGTON—^Edwin M, Hood, president of the Shipbuilders Council of America, has issued a challenge to the federal government and U.S. shipping operators demanding that they discount alle­ gations that his industry cannot fulfill the American merchant marine's ship-replacement needs and "put us to the test. flag operators — of this we are a limited workload, and we will The challenge was containe< deliver the ships as required." truly confident." in identical letters to the chair­ Hood said his statements were "Let everyone know," he de­ men of the three congressional verified by findings of the ac­ clared, "Whether they wish us groups directly concerned with counting firm of Ernst and Ernst well or ill, that we will not fail in maritime affairs—Senator Warren in a comprehensive survey of the this pledge. All that is needed for Magnuson (D-Wash.) of the Senate industry, which has been filed with its fulfillment is the good faith of Commerce Committee, Senator E. Congress and is a matter of public those who to this point do not L. Bartlett (D-AIaska) of the Sen­ record, as well as by the knowl­ fully appreciate the real capabili­ ties of the U.S. shipbuilding in­ ate Subcommittee on Merchant edge of expert shipbuilders. dustry." Marine and Fisheries, and Rep­ "We therefore challenge those resentative Edward A. Garmatz Federal Government spokesmen (D-Md.) of the House Committee and shipping operators who say on Merchant Marine and Fish­ that U.S. shipyards caimot do the eries. job to put us to the test," con­ The letter was addressed to tinued the letter. "To paraphrase Magnuson, Bartlett and Garmatz President Johnson's words (in a only as a matter of protocol he- recent Baltimore speech), let's be­ cause of the committees they gin to talk about some of the head. All three have long been things that are right about U.S. individual supporters of building shipbuilding. Let's cut out all of M: the gobbledygook! Let's replace American ships in the U.S. "Lately," Hood declard, "there surmise with proof! Before there has been a spate of allegations, is any further talk of building exclusively from non-shipyard ships abroad, let our own yards sources, suggesting that U.S. ship­ demonstrate their ability to pro­ builders could not accommodate duce the ships which are so ur­ the additional volume of shipwork gently needed. There is nothing inherent in a conscientious effort so powerful as truth; and ... a to revitalize the American mer­ fair test will prove the truth of chant marine." He said the rea­ (our) convictions." son for these demurrers was an In conclusion. Hood asked that obvious attempt to justify the ex­ the industry be given "a better port of shipbuilding contracts and procurement environment than jobs abroad, thus harming this heretofore, plus an expanding, not country's balance of payments. "On behalf of the U.S. ship­ building industry," the letter went on, "let me state as simply, as clearly and as emphatically as I can — that these allegations just aren't true! Whatever self-seeking These high quality diamonds, weighing about one-half carat each, purpose these downgraders of Mere recovered from the ocean floor in a voyage of one day. There American industry and ingenuity are nearly 800 gems in the pile, with a total weight of over 300 may have in mind, there is suffi­ carats. Total value of pile is more than quarter of a million cient competent and ready capac­ dollars. WASHINGTON — Legislation ity to build as many as 50 large, With the promise of wealth and adventure, the sea has drawn ocean-going merchant ships annu­ that would require all large ships men to her for centuries. Down through the ages she has made ally. Moreover, given the oppor­ in United States navigable waters many men rich. Now, to those hearty men willing to do combat tunity ... the U.S. shipyard in­ to be equipped with bridge-towith turbulent waters and vicious undertows, she offers diamonds. dustry can meet and probably ex­ }ridge radio communication ceed the most ambitious ship re­ equipment has been introduced Commercial ocean diamond mining, is now a reality through placement requirements of U.S. into both Houses of Congress. the use of modern knowledge and a unique fleet of vessels nick­ named the "Diamond Fleet." U.S. North Atlantic port in­ terests, especially New York, are The Diamond fleet consists of eight vessels which are sweeping urging swift passage of such legisthe Diamond Coast, an area which stretches nearly 1,200 miles ation, which they feel would help along the Atlantic coast of South and Southwest Africa. reduce the danger of collisions be­ The "Diamond Fleet" is «providing a steady stream. of high tween incoming and outgoing ves­ quality diamonds for the world's markets. The vast majority of sels in the crowded and often the diamonds mined by the fleet are of gemstone quaUty, usually bg-shrouded harbor approaches. about one-half carat.* Besides New York, other parti­ Despite the dangerous offshore waters, the fleet is in operation Direct containership service to cularly congested areas of high 24 hours a day with a crew of nearly 700 men. Vietnam has been inaugurated by collision possibilities are the Dela­ Two of the fleet's ships search the seafloor for the location of SlU-contracted Sea-Land Service, ware River leading to Philadel­ the diamonds, usually found on or near bedrock in sediments up Inc., with the sailing of the Bien­ phia, the mouth of the Chesapeake to ten feet thick. The ships are equipped with unique surveyBay leading to both Hampton ville from Oakland, Calif. prospecting machinery and instruments. The vessel, a converted C-2 Roads and Baltimore, and the San After the site has been pinpointed, a 26-inch drill is lowered into carrying 226 containers laden with Francisco Bay area. the water until it touches the seafloor. Water at high pressure is dry and perishable cargo, will be The proposed legislation would then injected alongside the bit to loosen the sand while air is joined on the new run by two apply to all vessels of 300 gross pumped down a hose attached to the drill, forcing the sand and other similar ships. tons or over which are power water through the hollow stem of the drill up onto the deck. Initially, Sea-Land will provide driven, and all passenger-carrying On deck, a whirlpool device concentrates the material which sailings every 15 days from Oak­ vessels of 100 tons or over. is then carefully hand sorted to pick out the diamonds. land to Da Nang and within a few Dredges aftd other floating plants Two theories on how the diamonds came to be on the seafloor montte three additional ships will operating in or ncjar channels or are offered. birways would also be required provide a like 15-day service from One is that millions of years ago they were washed down to Seattle and Oakland to Cam Ranh to carry such equipment. the sea along African rivers, such as the Orange, then carried Bay. The legislation would apply to along the coast by currents and wave action until they settled In addition to the trans-oceanic vessels operating in all U.S. waters in the sediment on the ocean bottom. sailings, the company's two-year, except north of Baton Rouge on The other theory states that finding diamonds on the ocean $70 million contract with the Mil­ the Mississippi River and its trib­ bottom is logical since land adjacent to the shore has rock forma­ itary Sea Transportation Service utaries and on the Great Lakes. tions running through it which often contain diamonds. It is calls for another containership The Great Lakes, it is pointed out, assumed that these diamond bearing rock formations extend out which will shuttle between Cam already has a multi-channel radio into the sea. Ranh Bay, Saigon and Qui Nhcm. system in operation. Buccaneers of Old Missed Booty Beneath Their Feet Bridge-to-Bridge Radio Gear Urged For Large Vessels Sea-Lai^ Begins Oakland Service To Vietnam r' r Honey Perkins Miss. Problems of concern to ship­ ping in the Gulf ports were dis­ cussed. Grain shipments through the port of New Orleans have in­ creased considerably in the past week with the following ships calling here and loading grain: the Marore, Chllore, Santore, Penn Transporter, Penn Exporter, Yel­ lowstone, and the Rambam. Now being added to the Lower Mississippi River area—the ex­ port grain capital of the world— is a three-million bushel grain ele­ vator at Reserve, La. The South Louisiana Port Commission is building the elevator which will have an annual handling capacity of 75 million bushels. Now beached, but looking for­ ward to a regular run out of this port is Donald Beck, whose last ship was the Alcoa Voyager on the Waterman North Europe run. Joseph Savoca, who last shipped on the Del Oro on a trip to West Africa, is waiting for a Boat­ swain's slot on any ship on any run. Houston Juan Gutierrez is set for a job in the engine department now that his vacation at home is over. Juan Rodriguez is looking for a job on the Inger because she's the "best ship in the Gulf." Mobile F. E. Edmonds, who has been shipping from the Gulf area for the last twenty years in all deck ratings from AB to chief mate and makes his home here, is just off the Claiborne. He last shipped as mate on the Puerto Rico run. Andy Thompson, who also is a native of this port, has been ship­ ping from here for the last twentyfive years in all deck ratings. His last trip was to Vietnam on the Hattiesburg Victory. Andy has a son serving in Vietnam. Clarence E. Roney is back after nearly seven months on the Af­ rican run aboard the Del Monte. After a short rest, Clarence will be ready to go. John Forgette has just com­ pleted several short runs to South America aboard the Del Mar as third electrician. He is married and makes his home in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. J. C. Steele is now ready to ship out after having been unfit for duty for several months. He's look­ ing for a steward's job. �August 4, 1967 SEAFARERS by Frank Orozak, West Coast Representative The SIUNA-affiliated Sugar Workers Local 1 voted last week to accept the California and Hawaiian Sugar Refinery Company's public recommendation offer to end the 43-day strike at Crocket, California. The workers voted 633 to 200 in favor of the offer, after the new package received the endorsement of the sugar worker's ne­ ocrat and Republican Judge Mil­ gotiating committee. The agree­ ton Marks. The SIU supports ment shows a 15-10-10 across the Burton in this race, which will board increase in wages over a determine which party will con­ three-year period, with the 15 trol the State Senate. Shipping is good in this area cents retroactive to February 1, and we expect more of the same in the coming weeks. Wilmington Combs 1967, the expiration date of the old contract. Also included is a non-contrib­ utory health and welfare plan in the third year of the contract, plus a new pension plan, new sever­ ance pay and contract clauses for arbitration on new equipment and methods put into effect. Also covered are overtime procedures, grievance procedures, substitute holidays for holidays falling on Saturday, a worker's safety com­ mittee and liability coverage of employees when driving company vehicles. San Francisco In a primary election, held on July 18, San Franciscans elimi­ nated city supervisor William Blake from the race to determine the successor to the late State Senator Eugene McAteer. The race is now between State Assemblyman John Burton, Dem­ Page Eleven Railroad's Freight Rate Increase Encounters Widespread Opposition The Pacific Coast Bubar LOG Shipping is active and we ex­ pect this situation to continue for awhile. Arthur Pricks stopped by the hall to pick up overtime sheets. He serves as ship's delegate aboard the Arippa. Arthur found time to say hello to friends in the area. Jessie Puckett, who is on an SIU pension, is visiting relatives here. Jessie lives in the East, but told us he might make the West his permanent home. Seattle Thomas Bubar is looking for an Alaskan run after spending some time in dry dock. His last job was as AB on the Summit. He told us he really appreciated the mo ^ received in sick bay. Tom UiiuKs it's one of the finest benefits any maritime union ever had. L. W. Combs took an AB's job on the Kenyon Victory, which is heading for Vietnam. His last job was on the Steel Designer. W. L. Everett, a 20-year SIU man, will be ready to ship out soon. His last job was as chief steward aboard the Seattle. Sailing Ship, 1800 Years Old Salvaged From Thames River British archaeologists have proved that an ancient ship, found under layers of silt on the floor of the Thames River four years ago and believed to be 1,800 years old, is the oldest known sailing ship in northwestern Europe. According to archaeologist Peter Marsden, of London's Guild­ hall Museum, the ancient 55-footlong craft was a Roman-English Roman vessels and with high barge that was carrying a cargo stems and sterns. The hulls of of building stones up the Thames these wooden ships are described River when it was accidently as being so solid that when the sunk, probably in a storm. Romans attempted to sink the The stones which the barge vessels in battle, they found it was carrying are believed to have almost impossible to do. been destined for the wall with Below decks, the ships had which the Romans, for centuries, great oak beams that were a foot surrounded "Londinium," the an­ wide and fastened with iron bolts cient Roman capital of England as thick as a man's thumb. The and the site of present day Lon­ ships did not employ slaves at don. oars, as did the Roman ships, but Julius Caesar's legions invaded instead depended solely on sail Britain in 54 B.C. and Marsden for propulsion. Some of the believes that Caesar might have ship's timbers weighed as much been referring to the "Thames- as half a ton. ship" when commenting in his Among the interesting relics writings on how vessels built by found in the barge, when it was the Veneti, a Celtic tribe that once raised from the Thames, was a inhabited northwest Gaul (now small Roman bronze coin from France) differed from those of the the time of the Emperor Domitian, Romans. The Veneti style of ship­ minted in Rome in 88-89 A.D. It was found in the socket which building was common to Celtic received the mast of the ship and tribes that lived on both sides of was evidently placed there for the English Channel. good luck, in accord with the Caesar's writings describe the ancient sailor's superstition, a su­ Veneti ships as being built of oak perstition which is still followed with flatter bottoms than those of to this day. WASHINGTON—A proposal submitted by the nation's railroads calling for sweeping selective rail rate hikes has generated massive opposition from maritime labor, virtually every major indus­ try, regional area, trade association, industry association and port group that would be affected, including the United States ^ thority and the Virginia State ports. The southem railroads Government. Ports Authority. The ports have hr.ve generally requested fewer In making their opposition accused the railroads of trying to and smaller rate increases than clear to the Interstate Commerce upset the delicate competitive bal­ have the Northern railroads. Commission, the groups blasted ance between the northern and The U.S. Department of Agri­ the proposed rate hikes and their southern ranges of ports by pro­ culture was highly critical of rail­ selective nature. Many critics also posing smaller rate increases for road claims that higher wage costs hinted that the railroads had doc­ southern ports than for northern justify the proposed rate increases. tored their financial statistics to make it appear that rate hikes are justified when in actuality they are not. As the LOG went to press, the Interstate Commerce Commlsnon had given the railroads permission to raise their freight rates 3 per cent, or about $300 million a year. Full details on the freight rate increase will be carried in the next issue of the Seafarers Log. The proposed rail rate hikes would apply to virtually every commodity moving in interstate commerce, both bulk and general cargoes and including coal, ores, agricultural products, livestock, raw materials, manufactured goods, etc. The general overall rate boost would be about 3 per cent, but on certain selected com­ modities moving to and from cer­ tain regional areas, the increase would be either less than this fig­ ure, or of such a special nature that, it is charged, the rates would be discriminatory against certain areas, commodities or industries. For instance, the Lake Carriers Association vigorously attacked a heavier increase on the rail por­ tion of rail-water movements, which it charges is designed to squeeze the water carriers out of the market. The lake carriers pointed out that this is just an­ other phase of the long-standing railroad tactics of eliminating waterborne competition by means of selective rail rate cuts. The selective nature of the pro­ posed rail rate hikes ran into bit­ ter opposition from many northem port associations, including the North Atlantic Ports Associa­ tion, the Port of New York Au- Baby Sub Routs Rude Swordfisb Alvin, the baby submarine of the research vessel Lulu, docked at Charleston recent­ ly and its three man crew told | of a duel with a 200-pound i| swordfish in the Gulf Stream. The crewmen said the Al­ vin was settling on the Blake Plateau off the Georgia coast when the fish attacked their baby sub without so much as an "En Garde." The thrust of the swordfish was so powerful that the fish pierced the outer separator of the sub and became stuck to the ship. The Alvin .surfaced with the fish attached and was taken aboard the Lulu where the deep sea dueller was dis­ engaged from the vessel. The duel over, the sword was kept as a trophy and the vanquished loser was served to the twenty-man crew of the Lulu. Right-wing Smear Tactics Used Against Senator Church Through smear tactics and a formal Recall Petition, Radical right-wing leaders in Idaho are engaging in an all-out effort to unseat that state's liberal Democratic senator, Frank Church, because of his views on the Vietnam war and his support of the U.S.-Soviet Consular Treaty. Although John Birch Society leaders, typically, deny having any connection with the campaign, it smacks strongly of methods used by Birchers and has the open backing of a similar group, the Liberty Lobby. The attack on Church, financed by a wealthy right-wing Californian who says he might also make like attempts toward still­ ing the public voices of Senators William Fulbright of Arkansas and Wayne Morse of Oregon, involves the distribution of lieloaded literature to the public as well as the recall petition itself. In the petition, addressed to the Secretary of State for the State of Idaho, the promoters demand that Church be recalled "by the people" and a special election be called for the following reasons: "1. Senator Church has consistently opposed military meas­ ures which would help win the war in Vietnam and save the lives of hundreds of Americans dying in Vietnam each week the war continues. "2. At a time when Americans are being killed in Vietnam by Russian bullets fired from Russian guns. Senator Church, contrary to the best interests of the citizens of Idaho, has sup­ ported the Soviet Consular Treaty thereby giving aid and com­ fort to the Soviet Union." Church is by no means alone in his position on the Vietnam war and the treaty referred to has already been approved by Senate vote, so his support of it is not unique. Also, there is some doubt as to the legal possibility of recalling a U.S. Senator under the Constitution and very little chance' that the more than 25,000 signatures sought by the petition could be obtained. Obviously, the real reason behind the movement against Church is an effort on the part of right wingers to harass, smear and silence him—and perhaps damage his chances for re-election in 1968. If such is the case, and the facts indicate that it is, the recall attempt may be in the nature of a trial balloon launched by right-wing leaders with an eye to using the same technique in other areas—civil rights, civil liberties or anything else they are opposed to. Traditional Pattern Denial of involvement by Birch leaders—even though they admit that some of their individual members may be taking part—is to be expected. It is part of their pattern of operation. The Birch Society rarely involves itself but rather, in its Blue Book, encourages members to "organize fronts—little fronts, big fronts, temporary fronts, permanent fronts, all kinds of fronts" for the Society. The book advises that the most effective fronts are the temporary ones—organized to accomplish one purpose and then quit—and emphasizes that there should be "some fading out and new ones coming in all the time." The recall action against Church incorporates all of these elements. The "front" sprang up over night and is called the "Victory in Vietnam Committee." It has strong right-wing support, including Liberty Lobbists, and circulates smear-laden propaganda. It is impossible to positively establish direct connection be­ tween the recall and the Birch Society but at least two members of the Idaho Birch Society are known to be prime movers in the effort. One of the original instigators of the move withdrew his name with the charge that the Birch Society is behind it and that he had been misled about the purpose of the recall. Another indication of Birch involvement is the fact that the first announcement of the recall petition was in the pages of the weekly Yakima, Washington, "Eagle," long an expounder of the Birch line. One of the paper's contributors, rightist writer Ronald Rankin, has been hard at work in Idaho and other nearby western states for the last three years. �Page Twelve SEAFARERS LOG Six More Seafarers Join I Growing SlU Pension Ranks! Bowman Dolsen Knetchel Brewer The names of six additional Seafarers have been added to the list of those who are receiving SIU pension benefits. The latest additions to the pension roster are Charles Bowman, Alexander Dolsen, Felix Knetchel, Anson ^ Brower, Carl Hoogenwerf and bridgeman. He lives in Point Pleasant, N.J., with his wife, Lucy. William Collins. Collins was employed by the Penn­ Charles Bowman joined the SIU sylvania Railroad. He is a native in Chicago. He sailed with the of New York City. Great Lakes Towing Company for 29 years. Bowman is a resident of Chicago with his wife, Anna. Alexander Dolsen joined the Union in Detroit. He sailed as line­ man and he was employed by the Great Lakes Towing Co. Dolsen lives in Detroit with his wife, Margaret. Ralph Miller, Jr., 41: Brother Felix Knetchel sailed on Great Miller died May 27, 1967, aboard Lakes ships as deckhand and oiler. the Inger in the vi­ He joined the union in Toledo and cinity of the Canal lives in that city with his wife, Zone. Seafarer Sophia. He was employed by Miller was a Great Lakes Towing. member of the engine depart­ ment and joined the Union in the port of NewYork. Born in Denver, he lived in Houston. Miller served in the U.S. Navy for two years. Surviving is his wife, Louetta. Burial was in Houston. Final Departures • » Hoogenwerf CoDins Anson Brower sailed as a deck­ hand on railway tugs operated by the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road. He joined the union in New York. Brower lives in Staten Island with his wife, Hildegrade and has al­ ways made his home there. Carl Hoogenwerf was employed by the New York Central Rail­ road as a deckhand. Born in Hol­ land, he now lives in Fairview, N.J., with his wife, Germaine. He joined the Union in New York City. William Collins joined the Un­ ion in New York and sailed as a Hugh Dick, 79: Brother Dick died on July 5, in Jersey City, N. J., from heart disease. He was born in Kearney, N. J. and joined the Union in New Orleans. Dick sailed as a bed room steward on SlU-contracted passenger vessels since 1940. At the time of death, he was on an SIU pension. His last ship was the Maiden Creek. Sur­ viving is his wife, M*argaret Dick, of Tom's River, N. J. Isthmian Holding Gear Isthmian Lines has informed the LOG that it is currently hold­ ing gear belonging to the Seafarers listed below at Pier 39, San Francisco, Calif. Men whose names appear can contact the com­ pany at the following address: States Marine-Isthmian Agency, Inc., 100 Bush St., San Francisco, Calif. -X/ - Name James Ackerman John C. Bamett H. L. Bremlett David Caldwell Joseph Carr Ted Clay Jose Colon Connie L. Eaves Hany H. Harper C. Hudson Harry King Donald O'Brien Warren Owens Albert Schwartz Howard Wright ^ Former Ship Steel Fabricator Steel Architect No Vessel Indicated Steel Flyer Steel Worker Steel Recorder No Vessel Indicated No Vessel Indicated No Vessel Indicated No Vessel Indicated No Vessel Indicated Steel Recorder No Vessel Indicated Steel Worker Steel Maker ,r:_~ Seafarer Palenrar Makes the Climb To Top of SIU Upgrading Ladder Seafarer George Palencar, 27, is a SIU pacemaker. He was one of the first to upgrade to AB through the union's upgrading program and began attending the Harry Lundeberg School of Sea­ manship Deck Officers Training Program shortly after the course was begun. Ironically, he never thought of going to sea as a ^ youngster, and joined the SIU as an AB. His main interest today entered the upgrading school in because jjoth his older brothers is "to advance himself in the Sea­ 1964. His ship, the Steel Navi­ farers as much as possible," ac­ gator (Isthmian) stopped at many were seafarers. cording to George. "I'm trying to ports long enough to give George It all started when his eldest get him to apply to the mate's an opportunity to sample many brother, Andrew, 35, made two peoples and cultures. "Singapore school," George told the LOG. trips with the SIU during the George followed in his broth­ was great," he said of the interna­ summer of 1953. At the time he ers' footsteps, becoming a Sea­ tional port that is called the cross­ was on vacation from Pratt In­ farer in 1958, at the age of 18. roads of the Pacific. Manila was stitute in Brook­ Like Andrew, George started in another port that he enjoyed see­ lyn. Andrew went ing. Indonesia was the one coun­ the steward department, but then on to get his de­ try he really disliked. Unfortu­ gree, as well as a he followed Leonard into the deck nately, the Steel Navigator had to Master's degree department. "I didn't care for the spend a month there. from Columbia, steward department; I was too As soon as the SIU started the and now teaches young," he says, explaining that art at Coughlin working outdoors under all con­ AB upgrading program, George High School in ditions presented more of a chal­ decided that he wanted to avail himself of the opportunity to ad­ Wilkes-Barre, Pa. lenge for him than working in the Paleocar vance himself as a seaman. With­ The next eldest galley. One of the highlights of his six in a few weeks he had his AB's of the three Palencar brothers, Leonard, 32, followed in An­ years as an ordinary seaman was endorsement. "The instruction was very good," George told the drew's footsteps, sailing with the sailing on a 76-day voyage with LOG. SIU to work his way through his brother Leonard, who was also Kings College, which he attended an OS at the time. The two broth­ The highpoint of his three years for three years after his discharge ers made the intercoastal trip to­ as an AB was the seven months he from the Marine Corps. Kings gether in 1960. Though George spent aboard the Hurricane on College in Wilkes-Barre is run by and Leonard enjoyed shipping to­ the European run. He spent time the same Jesuit teaching order gether, they never managed to get in Rotterdam, Bremerhaven and that administers Notre Dame Uni­ the same ship af the same time other Northern European ports. versity, and the two schools ex­ again. The voyage originated in "The food, the night life and the change teachers and other re­ New York. people are great in those ports," sources. Although Leonard is a The trip that George considers George told the Log. He returned "genius," according to George, he the best one he made as an OS to the Steel Navigator as an AB, left school without graduating to was an around-the-world voyage sailing to Honolulu, which he en­ sail with the SIU. Today he sails that he completed just before he joyed. Another interesting trip he made was one to the Persian Gulf. Program Expanded Last December the SIU once again expanded the educational facilities for its members by in­ augurating the Harry Lundeberg Michael Swearingen, born Ross Fernandez, born March School of Seamanship Deck Offi­ March 16, 1967, to the Barney S. 22, 1967, to the Juan V. Fernan­ cers Training Program. George Palencer again took the oppor­ Swearingens, Jacksonville, Fla. dezes, Seattle, Washington. tunity his union offered to up­ ^ grade himself, applying for ad­ Louis Dewayne Cox, born Feb­ Matthew Kelly, born April 30, mission to the school as soon as 1967, to the Thomas W. Kellys, ruary 11, 1967, to the Jimmy the news was out. Coxes, Amite, Louisiana. Mobile, Alabama. He was accepted. George, like all Seafarers who attend the Candy Lee Vincent, born Robert Hoven, born April 4, school, was provided with room, 1967, to the Iver J. Hovens, Supe­ January 22, 1967, to the Hubert board and a weekly stipend. Vincents, Jr.,. Westlake, Louisiana. rior, Wisconsin. George attended the school for ^ two-and-a-half ^months and then Deborah Repsch, bom June 11, Michael Feagin, born June 28, began sitting for his mate's li­ 1967, to the Jack Repschs, Phila­ cense. The test covers navigation, 1967, to the Sam Feagins, Lynn- delphia, Pa. wood, Washington. rules of the road, aids in naviga­ <|> tion, chart navigation, instruments Ronald Ragas, Jr., bom June and accessories, tides and currents, Daniel V. Grimes, born May 1, 22, 1967, to the Donald Ragas, ocean winds and weather, radar, 1967, to the Jesse V. Grimes, Har- New Orleans, La. fire fighting, lifesaving, signaling, risburg, Illinois. rules and regulations, nautical as­ — — tronomy, flags, and many other Blanca & Elena Lawson, born Julie Diane Dolron, born April June 20, 1967, to the Arthur areas. Like most of the Seafarers prepared by the Harry Lundeberg 21, 1967, to the Rodney E. E. Lawsons, Brownsville, Texas. School, George passed the Coast Doirons, Houston, Texas. <|> Guard exam. He now holds a —— William G. Moore, born Janu­ third mate's license. Merlda Smith, born April 25, ary 19, 1967, to the William G. As for the future, George wants 1967, to the Jack M. Smiths, Belle Moores, Houston, Texas. to sail as a third mate and eventu­ Chasse, La. ally go on to get a second mate's PORiIGN PAfOm license. "I want to advance my­ ^ LEAVi CLEAN SHIR self as much as I can," he ex­ Frank Fletcher, born June 11, SeMarers are reminded that plained. 1967, to the Frank Fletchers, when they leave a ship after George Palencer was born and Laurel Springs, N.J. articles expire in a Iprei^ port, raised in Kingston, Pa., a suburb the obligation to leave a clean <|>—— of Wilkes-Barre. Single, he makes ship for the next crew is the his home in Kingston with his Janna Ellis, born June 12, 1967, same as in any Stateside port. mother and brother Leonard. His to the Thomas Ellises, Beaumont, Attention to details of house­ Texas. father passed away. Two of his keeping and effoi ts to main interests are baseball and qiwrters, messropnts a fishing. "A real gentleman" is working spaces clean Michael McGee, born May 19, how a Seafarer who sailed with 1967, to the Donald Wayne Mchim on the Hurricane described Gees, Houton, Texas. him. T 4, • August 4, 1967 �SEAFARERS LOG Page Thirteen SlU-Manned Ship on Vietnam Ran Overcomes Hardships to finish Trip "Everything went along very \vell on the Seatrain Savannah (Seatrain), according to Meeting Secretary James Prestwood. "Most of the crew is getting off, leaving old timers like Roy (Catfish) Evans, (Beach Comber) Leniz and Pete (Whip) Morris to carry on. Our best to all Brothers, wherever they may be and may ^ they have smooth sailing," The ship is on the India run and rican ports before coming home Prestwood reported. Stanley a New Orleans payoff is scheduled. to New Orleans. Ship's treasury totals $28.10. It is hoped that Lowrey, ship's delegate, was work will get started shortly on thanked for his fine job as was the Bum D. Elliott, an SIU veteran an awning aft. steward department. Seafarers of 24 years, was flown back from were reminded to , . Vietnam recently turn cots in to the and is now in Crewmembers on the Antinous steward before Norfolk Marine (Waterman) "greatly appreciated" departing the Hospital where he the moving pic­ ship. Some dis­ underwent a ma­ tures furnished in puted overtime jor operation. Quinhon by U. S. was settled to the The LOG re­ Representative crew's satisfac­ ceived the news Sturgis. Meeting tion, meeting from Brother Chairman How­ chairman Roy Douglas Reyn­ Prestwood Evans informed Elliott ard Menz said the olds, who is re­ films helped pass the LOG. The vessel had to leave tired in Baltimore. He says that many hours and two crewmembers behind due to Brother Elliott "will be hospital­ the men were very injuries. Evans wrote that replace­ ized for some time and I am sure Menz grateful for the ments were taken on overseas. he would greatly appreciate hear­ trouble he took to get them. A. J. ing from any of his SIU friends." Kubersld said the Steward Depart­ ment, all department delegates and The responsibility of Seafarers Charles Shirah, meeting secre­ the ship's delegate, performed very was explained to new crewmem-. bers on the Bea­ tary on the Robin Hood (Moore- well during the voyage. Kuberski McCormack), re­ reports that the bosun and a FWT ver Victory (Vic­ ports that "every­ were hospitalized during the voy­ tory) during their one has added a age. The payoff was in Beaumont, recent voyage. few inches around Texas. Meeting Chair­ the waist", thanks man Frank Rod­ to the efforts of riguez reports. the Steward De­ Meeting Secretary T. G. BeaRodriguez ex­ partment. C. K. trous writes that the Traifeiglobe plained to the Bowles has been (Hudson) has re­ new men the im­ Powell elected ship's dele­ ceived a new portance of co-op­ Bowles gate, according to washing machine eration. Chief Electrician C. O. Ed Johnston, meeting chairman. and is now at­ Powell, reported that the stove T. R. Danzey was hospitalized tempting to find a was repaired. in Germany and Donald Pruett suitable television left the ship in Belgium due to a set. The washing death in the family. Flowers were machine has to be A. E. Wood was elected ship's sent to the family by the crew. converted from delegate on the Platte (Platte AC to DC, ac­ — — Transport) and Morrison cording to BeaSeafarers "know "Fishing is not so good in Afri­ we have a man can waters," Meeting Chairman trous. A collection will be taken who will repre­ Roy Lee reports to reimburse ship's delegate Joe sent us". Meet­ from the Del Rio Morrison for some phone calls to ing Chairman G. (Delta). However, Yokohama. The remainder will be Trosclair reports Seafarers R. De- added to the ship's fund. The ship that Wood will franza and L. is on the Vietnam run and a pay­ back the crew's Pappas have a off is expected in Okinawa. Some interest. Meeting supply of Ameri­ disputed overtime but no beefs re­ Fulford Secretary L. Blancan shrimp and ported. are hoping that chard writes that S. Fulford was the "fish want a elected to serve as deck delegate. Meeting Chairman Hans Peter­ Defranza change of diet." sen reports from the Achilles A few hours of disputed overtime reported in the Deck Department, Meeting Secretary J. Tujague (Burbank) that crewmembers but in general, a smooth voyage. writes that the ship will visit Afvoted unanimous­ —»x*— Entry Rating Lifeboat Class No, 8 ly to take up a collection for ad­ ditional reading material. Robert Lasso was elected ship's delegate, according to Bob Porter, meeting secretary. Porter Petersen said that all hands chipped in to clean up the pantry. Please include Idents on Pictures to LOG The eighth class of the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship entry rating students to take the SlU's lifeboat course have their picture taken in front of the school's admittance office, through which they passed a short time ago. They will soon qualify for a lifeboat ticket. Seated (l-r) are: Roland Hughes, Robert L. King, Dan Callahan, Bill Pierce, Larry Morgan and Bruce Shopbell. In the second row are: Tommy Vinciguera, David McDermott, Ken Hill, Joaquin Arias, Edward Haber, Jerry Effinger and Instructor Ami Bjornsson. In the last row are: Richard Henderson, Thomas Walker, Ronald Sawer, James Marcum, Charles Roberts and Mark Reckeweg. Seafarers who send in pic­ tures to the LOG are urged to please include identifications of Seafarers and any other individuals included in the picture. In the past few weeks, the LOG has received many fine pictures of SIU crews which unfortunately did not include identifications. The LOG would like to run as many pictures of SIU crews as they receive and identifi­ cations are necessary. The LOG recently received this story from Brother Stanley Lowery of his last two trips aboard the Seatrain Savannah, which is shuttling across the Pacific to and from Vietnam. His story reflects his pride in being a Seafarer and his ability to take fust about everything in stride. Well, here we are aboard the 35-year-old greyhound of the sea, the Seatrain Savannah, running to Saigon and other ports in Viet­ nam. The name "greyhound" applies only to this trip, as last voy­ age we ran into everything in ^ the books that can happen to bang-up job and the cooks are on the ball at all times, supplying a ship. plenty of goodies. It's nothing like We left Baltimore on Dec. 6, the last trip, when we had a rough 1966, and sprung a leak in the time of it. In fact I don't even fuel oil tanks that got into the like to think about the sad case. lower hold. We had a few old-timers aboard We went on to Panama from in the steward and deck depart­ there and blew a boiler just before ments. The men in the black gang we got to the ca­ really did a good job. nal. Sailing along on a wing and a prayer, water and oil began to build up in the lower hold from leaks. We were holed up in the shipyard in Colon for six days, undergoing re­ pairs, and then we left for Cali­ fornia and the shipyard again. We were there for 11 days. While in the shipyard they got the water out of the lower holds but left the oil. Here we changed the crew al­ most completely and off we went again. While on the way to Viet­ nam we began taking on water and oil from more leaks. By the time we arrived in Saigon we had about three feet of water and oil in the lower holds. After some bickering and hell-raising the GI's started unloading us—after the big brass cooled them off. After complete discharge we went to Okinawa, where they put 150 men to cleaning the lower holds. After a hectic 43-day crossing we wound up in Savannah shipyard. After a few days there she was patched up and almost as good as new. As I said, a greyhound of the sea. We crewed up in Savannah and we set sail for' ports of call in Baltimore, Norfolk and New Orleahs, with everything going fine. We left New Orleans, the last port of call in the U.S., and after ar­ riving at the Panama Canal the first thing we did was run aground after going through the first set of locks. No damage was done, so the tug pulled us off and we set sail for Yokohama, a bunkering port. One thing that has made this trip a lot easier for us all is the chief steward, Jimmie Prestwood, and the two cooks, George Werst and E. Ritchie. Jimmie is doing a .SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn. N. v. 1.232 MARGARETT BROWN (Bloomfield), June 10 — Chairman, John Moss; Sec­ retary, Robert Outlaw. Brother Roy Guild was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Disputed OT in deck and steward department. Complaint was made about the stale cigarattes aboard. Ship should be sprayed for roaches. Vote of thanks to the steward department for doing a fine job without a steward. VANTAGE PROGRESS (Pioneer Mari­ time). June 18 — Chairman, Malcolm M. Cross: Secretary, Jimmie Bartlett. $28.50 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks for movies shown. Vote of thanks to the steward department for job well done. Vote of thanks to Captain Fryer for a job well done. Vote of thanks to wipers for keeping engine department's room clean. SACRAME^JTO (Sacramento Trans­ port). June 18 — Chairman, V. Fergusa: Secretary, D. Sacher. No beefs reported by department delegates. Request made for another air conditioner in the crews messhall. DEL MONTE (Delta). June 25 — Chairman, D. H. Gemeiner; Secretary, Albert G. Espeneda. No beefs reported DIGHST MEETINGS m by department delegates. One room in engine department needs painting. $2.00 in ship's fund.. Vote of thanks to the department delegates for a job well done. Discussion on food ; it is too salty. PECOS (Oriental Export), June 25— Chairman, W. A. Kuchta; Secretary, C. E. Turner. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. Discussion on fans and who is to order them. Everyone was asked to help keep the washing machine and dryer clean and also the library and the areas around these places. CHOCTAW VICTORY (Columbua Steamship). July 1—Chairman, F. Timmons: Secretary, F. Timmons. Brother F. Timmons was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. Suggestion made to have an electric hot water urn put in the crew pantry. Also to obtain 5 new chairs for recreation room. See patrolman about fixing chain rails on deck by #1 hatch. ,s i , ' I ' ' • I f woolcl like tq recdv^, the SEAFARERS L I name on your mailing list. fFrinf informotion) I STREcT AJJURt^ J CITY please pyt lYiy -"J -v STATE........ ZIP.. » �August 4, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Page Fourteen Let's Help the Migratory Workers Boyd's Report Fosters Decay To the Editon For a long time now the migratory workers in the West have been fighting for the right to organize and bargain col­ lectively and thus join the mainstream of American life. AFL-CIO President Meany was a witness at the recent hearings by the Senate subcom­ mittee on migratory labor, which was considering extend­ ing to farm workers the basic right under the National Labor Relations Act granting bargain­ ing rights. He made it clear that the AFL-CIO considers such a move long overdue, and that physical abuse and unconstitu­ tional arrest of striking farm workers by Texas Rangers and other Texas law officers had given new evidence of an ur­ gent need to bring our farm workers under the National La­ bor Relations Act. . It is gratifying to know that labor has powerful allies in the persons of Senators Ralph W. Yarborough of Texas, Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and Harrison A. Williams Jr. of New Jersey. The three Demo­ crats who attended the hear­ ing gave President Meany's re­ marks a warm response and made it clear that they agreed. Other allies helped the AFLCIO president in his fight on be­ half of the Western migratory workers. Many of these were part of the Texas community. President Meany submitted to the subcommittee earlier re­ ports on the situation by three Texas State Senators, the Texas advisory committee to the United States Civil Rights Com­ mission, and the Social Action Department of the Texas Catholic Bishops of Texas. President Meany said the re­ ports documented • "a dark chapter" in which the workers were being beaten and jailed for trying to organize a union, and faced with policemen who made common cause with em­ ployers against strikers lacking legal rights to demand collec­ tive bargaining. , Another great ally in the cur­ rent struggle was complimented by President Meany. It was Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz, who had moved to pro­ hibit struck farms in Texas from hiring Mexican nationals and other alien scab workers to break the strikes, only the day before Meany's testimony. Secretary Wirtz took ad­ vantage of a Federal regulation that went into effect the day he took his action. The regulation bars so-called "green card" holders from working at a struck farm unless they were employed at the farm at the time the strike began. The certification action was a great victory for the 150,000 farm workers in Starr County and for the AFL-CIO United Farm Workers organizing com­ mittee. Let's all work and pray for another victory in the form of legislation giving the farm workers the right to organize and better their lot. The United Farm Workers needs support, in word and deed, from all members of AFL-CIO unions. Michael Ansairo To the Editor: I read your article about Congressman John J. Rooney's pledge to oppose any program of building American-flag ves­ sels in foreign shipyards a cou­ ple of months ago. The article did a great service, I think, in recapitulating the report on shipping issued in 1965 by the Governmental Interagency Maritime Task Force which was headed up by Alan S. Boyd, now head of the Depart­ ment of Transportation. Representative Rooney called the report "a blueprint for maritime disaster." This pro­ gram still seems to guide the administration's policy toward the American merchant marine. I think all Seafarers should be familiar with this dangerous program, in order to know what they are up against. The report called for a re­ duction of shipboard employ­ ment from 47,140 down to 26,675 by 1985. The report also asked for a reduction of our merchant fleet by 185 ships by 1985, and called for the phasing out of all passenger ships, including combination vessels, by that time. Rooney praised the President for rejecting the report's pro­ posals and urged the Executive Department to submit to Con­ gress its own program for mari­ time growth not decay. Let's hope some support from the administration is forthcoming. Kent Thurmond i l ira To Tbe Bditor McNamara Hostile To Merchant Marine To the Editor: Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara has shown once again that he is filled with hos­ tility toward the American merchant marine. First, it was his Fast De­ ployment Logistics ship plan, which would have served no purpose but to take appropria­ tions from our merchant ma­ rine building program and to usurp a function—carrying war supplies—traditionally reserved for our merchant fleet. McNamara's latest brain­ child was to propose to open the protected coastal oil trade to foreign-flag tankers. He re­ cently granted a "secret waiver" of restrictions confining coast­ wise shipping to United Statesflag ships at the request of the Mobil Oil Company, which wanted to use foreign-flag ships because of a supposed shortage of ships to handle domestic oil traffic. The fact is that there were idle American tankers in pri­ vate hands and in the reserve fleet and that consequently there was no need for Secretary McNamara to exercise his emergency powers to grant a waiver. Fortunately, he decided to scuttle the idea. I think the SIU and the other maritime unions should keep on their guard against attempts by the administration in Wash­ ington to scuttle the American merchant marine. Oscar Grant Joan Crawford Asks SIU Steward To Accompany Her to USO Dinner A twist of fate prevented Seafarer Joe Powers from enjoying the company of veteran screen star Joan Crawford for an evening. The two are old friends, and when Brother ^wers, who lives m New Orleans, got in touch with Miss Crawford to tell her that he was m New York, she asked him to escort her to a dinner honor­ ing Martha Raye. The dinner was being given by the USO of New York City at the Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center, honoring Miss Raye as "1967 Worqan of the Year." Miss Raye had spent 14 months enter­ taining troops in Vietnam. Miss Crawford is honorary chairman of the Woman of the Year Commit­ tee and is a vice president of the USO of New York City. She is the widow of Alfred N. Steele, late president of the PepsiCola Corporation. Mr. Steele died in 1959. Miss Crawford had hurt her foot a month before the fete. She made a quick recovery, however, Seafarer Joe Powers (rear) gives a friendly greeting to comedi­ and "fully intended to go." At the enne-singer Martha Raye (left), guest of honor at a USO dinner. last minute she was prevented Seated at the same table are General Omar Bradley and his wife. from attending by a relapse the night before the occasion. So Chairman of the Bulova Watch chief steward, he has made his Brother Powers went alone. home in New Orleans for many He enjoyed the evening, meet­ Co. years, but plans to move to New Seafarer Joe Powers, 54, joined ing Martha Raye and General of York soon. the SIU in 1942. Sailing as a the Army Omar Bradley and his wife. General Bradley, former SEATBAIM SAVANNAH (Sentrnin); BCD June 2T—CheirChairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs R DKL. July 16—Chairman, Roy Evans; Secre­ I, Mike Dunn; Secretary, E. J. Hand, tary, James R. Prestwood. All disputed of Staff, takes a great interest in puted OX wM eetUed. SXverything ia OT was setUed. No beefs were reported cjiining smoothly with no beefs. Brother bv dennrtment deleflrates. Patrolman to the affairs of the USO. The 74- .gJOfA Dunn WHM tn be contacted about clarifications on sev. and Brother P. T. Turner as year-old retired general is now ^p'a treasurer. eral matters. Vote of thanks to the Vote of thanks was Robert Freeman The Seafarers on the Overseas Rose wish you a speedy recovery from your hospitalization in Viet Nam. <|> Robert Stewmrt Please contact your wife, June Stewart, 743 Best St., Buffalo, N.Y., 14211, as soon as possible. Sam Hall Manning Contact Mrs. Frances Man­ ning, c/o Mrs. Sadie Porrazzo, 4223 17th Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11204. Alfred Salem Please get in touch with your wife at 156-B-Propetarious, Pasay City, Philippine Islands. S Richard J. Davis, Jr. Please get in touch with your wife at 8043 Rutland, Detroit, Michigan 48228, as soon as possi­ ble. Robert Freeman Your fellow Seafarers on the Overseas Rose wish you a speedy recovery from your hospitalization in Vietnam. Robert J. Stewart Please contact your wife at 743 Best St., Buffalo, N.Y., 14211, as soon as possible. — Delphis Caron Please contact Newton Sch­ wartz, 500 Branard at Garrott, Houston, Texas, or phone JA 82863, in regard to an important matter. extended to outgoing officen. steward department for a Job well done. JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), July 15-~Chairman, Charles Slaiman; Secretary, Edward P. Mallon. No beefk and no deputed reported by department delegates, TRANSNORTHERN (Hudson Wslejv ways), July 2—Chairman, Rudy Mobley; Secretary, Boyd H. Amsbcrry. $18.10 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. STBSL SC3BNTIST (I»ihin»n). June 13—Chsirman, Jack Kdson, Jr.; Secre­ tary, F. S. Omega. $17.14 Jn ship's funi Ko beefs and no disputed OT reported by department delegates. LUCILLE BLOOMFiELD (States Ma-^ rincwUthmlan). June 18—Chairman, A. Arellano; Secretary, J. B. Maltas. No beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. ' STEEL FABBICATOE (Isibmiart), July 0—Chairman, M. D. Green: Secre­ tary, M. L. Forsbetter. No beefs and ao disputed OT reported by department delegates. Brother Forsbetter was. elected to serve as ship's delegate. WILMAR (Calmar). July 4—Chairman, ,1. Flaherty: SecreUry, G, Hoopes. $82.00 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck department and engine department. Long discussion regarding retirement plan and the $20.00 donaOon to the liOG. Motion was made that the $20.00 LOG donation be put in the retirement plan for those with 20 years sea time, with a $800.00 retirement. IBERVILLE (Waterman), June 24— Chairman. Harold Thomson; Secreta^, William G. Laird. No beefs and no dis­ puted OT was reported. $6.50 in ship s fund. Crew was asked to preserve fr^b water as much as possible during this trip. Question of when ship can take on fresh water supply. OCEANIC VICTOKY (Trans-World), July 11—Chairman, Charles Crossland; Secretary, Robert McNeil. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Some disputed OX in engine department. ROBIN SHERWOOD (Moore-McCormaek), July "0 — Chairman, Hmry Schwartz; Secretary, David Velandra. Ship's delegate Schwartz congratulated the crew on their cooperation during the trip. Crew still interested in having hos­ pital moved in order to make more room so that the fireman and one oiler have a room so that they may get their proper rest. New washing machine is needed for the crew. BEAVER VICTORY (Bulk Transport), June 24—-Chairman, Frank Rodriguer. Jr.: Secretary, C. O. Powell. Most of the repairs were taken care of while ship was in the shipyard. Brother Prank Rodriguez, Jr. was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs were repo:^ and everything is running smoothly. Plenty of OT. ; JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Vietory Carriers). July 16—Chairman. W. C. Sink; Secretary, K. E. Smith. $1.6<V In ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine gnd steward department. Motion was made to make it part of the contract that foreign articles be reduced to six months duration. Also to bnng the SIU contract up to the standards of other unions by asking for 20-ycar pension plan^ Patrolman to be contacted about getting an ice machine on the ship. PBNN EXPORTER (Penn Shipping), July 16—Chairman, Henry Miller; Sec­ retary, Z. Amarkris. Two men failed to join the ship in Mobile and will be re­ ported to the patrolman. No beefs and no disputed OT was reported. Crew given a vote of thanks for making this a trip. Discussion about getting omcmls of the Union to negotiate a pension plan for members that have enough sea time, regardless of age. ROSWEtiE VICTORY (Bloomfield), July 16—Chairman. H. Rucki; Secretary, G. Pinklea. Ship's delegate report^ that everything is running smoothly. Sugges­ tion made that the three departments form a safety committee. Some disputed OT in deck department. TR£NTON (Sea-Land), July 16— Chairman, S. B. DlMaggio: Sec^ry, J. Cruz. Ship's delegate reported that there were no beefs and everything Is running smoothly. No disputed OT was ireported. Discussed various mattew. M«tlons made that all new ships should have private rootna for the crew. Also, t^t ;a pantryman should be put aboard tm« itype vessel. Arrangements should be ;ma4e for a member of the steward d^ apartment to have a day off when his thirty days are up, at his conyenien<«. Crew "frould like to be notified if a raise in p^y has been negotiated in new contr«i • X' iU , 1- 'i*ty f t I I .4 i LONG BEACH (Sealand), May 28— Chairman, L. Curry; Secretary, K. Bark­ er. Few hours disputed OT in deck de­ partment, otherwise no beefs were re­ ported. Brother R. Hosato was dected to serve as ship's delegate. HALCYON PANTHER (Halcyon), May 14—Chairman, George Storkey; Secretary. James Farouae. No beefs and no disputed OX reported by departnaent- delegateSs KYSKA (Waterman), March Sl-Chairman, 0. Perdue; Secretary, K, IL Canon. One man missed ship in Mobile. Some disputed OT in steward department. BEXGICM VICTORY (Isthmian), May 28—Chairman, Ken Hayes; ®Laronda. $24.00 in ship's fund. No b^a reported by department, del^ai^. Brother Frank Coven waa elected to serve as new ship's deieMto. Crew w asked to cooperate with delegates and keep the noise down. Also help keep the messhall and recr^tton room cl^nKeep cots off the deck. Return all linens. Ship's delegate reported everything run-,, ning smoothly and a very happy shii(>| • thus' far. SEATRAIN^TEXAS (^train — June 28 — Chairman, Michael Smito;! Secretary^ Wright. No beefs reported! by department delegates. See patrolman I atKJUt getting sink in laundjy room.| Ship's d^egnte reported everytbiiMf ning smoothly. . �August 4, 1967 Page Fifteen SEAFARERS LOG UNFAIR LABOR DO NOT BUY Seafarers and their families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) <l> Sdtzel-Weller DisdDeries "Old Fitzgerald," "Old EBc" "Cabin StiU," W. L. Weller Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) \I> Klngsport Press "World Book," "Childcraft" (Printing Pre.ssmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) —<!>— Jamestown Sterling Corp. (United Furniture Workers) FINANCIAL REPORTS. The conitltutlon of the SIU AtUntic. Gulf, Lekee and Inland Waters Oistrlet makes specifle provision for safegruardinK the membership's money and Union flnancee. 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 availahle 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 that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust fun^ are made only upon approval by a majority of the trtistees. All trust fund flnancial records are available at tbe headquarters of the various tnut funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1980, New York 4, N. Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls. 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 member. 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 Ehcecutive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. O White Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) ^ Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes . . . Sentry, Cedar Chest, Statler Men's Shoes . . . Jarman, Johnson & Murphy, Crestworth, (Boot and Shoe Workers' Union) Baltimore Luggage Co. Lady Baltimore, Amelia Earhart Starlite luggage Starflite 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) v|> 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) Antonio Perelli Mlnetti & Sons Ambassador, Eleven Cdlars Red Rooster, Greystone, Gnasti, CalwB, F. I., Ikihnno Vermonth, Aristocrat, Victor Hugo, A. R. Morrow Wines and Brandies. (National Farm Workers Association) Magic Chef Pan Pacific Division (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union) SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans Aug. 15—2:30 p.m. Mobile Aug. 16—2:30 p.m. Wilmington . Aug. 21—2:00 p.m. San Francisco Aug. 23—2:00 p.m. Seattle Aug. 25—2:00 p.m. New York . .Sept. 4—2:30 p.m. Philadelphia .Sept. 5—2:30 p.m. Baltimore ... Sept 6—2:30 p.m. Detroit Aug. 11—2:30 p.m. Houston Aug. 21—2:30 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit Aug. 21—2:00 p.m. Alpena Aug. 21—^7:00 p.m. Buffalo Aug. 21—7:00 p.m. Chicago .... Aug. 21—7:00 p.m. Qeveland .. .Aug. 21—7:00 p.m. Duluth Aug. 21—7:00 p.m. Frankfort . .. Aug. 21—7:00 p.m. Great Lakes Tng and Dredge Region Chicago .... Aug. 15—7:30 p.m. tSault Ste. Marie Aug. 17—^7:30 p.m. Buffalo Aug. 16—^7:30 p.m. Duluth Aug. 18—^7:30 p.m. Cleveland .. Aug. 18—7:30 p.m. Detnrit Aug.l4—7:30 p.m. Milwaukee .. Aug. 14—^7:30 p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans Ai^ 15—5:00 p.m. Mobile Aug. 16—5:00 p.m. Philadelphia . Sept. 5—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and unlicensed) Sept. 6—5:00 p.m. Norfolk .... Sept. 7—5:00 p.m. Houston .... Aug. 21—5:00 p.m. Railway Marine Region Philadelphia Aug. 15—10 a.m. & 8 {km. Baltiniore Aug. 16—10 a.in. & 8 p.m. *Noifolk Aug. 17—10 am. & 8 p.m. Jersey City Aug. 14—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. United Industrial Workers New Oiieans Aug. 15—7:00 p.m. Mobile Aug. 16—7:00 p.m. New York .. Sept 4—7:00 p.m. Philadelphia .Sept. 5—7:00 p.m. Baltimore ...Sept 6—7:00p.m. tHouston .. .Aug. 11—^7:00 p.m. tMcctlnr held at Labor Tompio, Sanlt St. Marie, Mich. * Mectine held at Labor Temple, Newport Newi. t Meeting held at Galveeton wharves. DIRECTORYof tJNiDN RALLB SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hail EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanner Earl Shepard • VICE PRESIDENTS LIndsey Williams Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS ALPENA. Mich BALTIMORE. Md 475 4th Ave., Bklyn. HY 7-6400 127 River St. EL 4-3414 1214 E. Baltimore St. EA 7-4700 BOSTON. Mass 177 State St. Rl 2-0i40 BUFFALO, N.Y 735 Washington St. SIU TL 3-7257 IBU TL 3-7257 CHICAGO. Ill 7383 Ewinq Ave. SIU SA 1-0733 IBU ES 5-7570 CLEVELAND. Ohio 1420 W. 25th St. MA 1-5450 DETROIT. Mich 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. DULUTH. Minn 312 W. 2nd St. RA 2-41 iO FRANKFORT. Mich HOUSTON. Tex JACKSONVILLE. Fla JERSEY CITY. N.J MOBILE. Ala NEW ORLEANS. La VI 3-4741 P.O. Box 207 415 Main St. EL 7-2441 PAYMENT OF MONIES. No moniee are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the SBAFARBRS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension bene­ fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attend­ ance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these Union meet­ ings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, in­ cluding service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union pol­ icy of allowing 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 legrislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their fsmWlies and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD arc entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for tbe benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any time a Seafarer feds that any of the above rights have been vioiated. or that he has been denied his constitntional right of access to Union records or in­ formation, he should immcdisteiy notify SIU President PanI HaU at headqnartcrs by eertUed mail, return receipt requested. FLORIDIAN (South Atlantic), July 2 TRANSHARTFORD (Hudson Water­ —Chairman. A. Aronica; Secretary, ways), May 25—Chairman. John J. Charles M. Luna. Repair list to be taken Kuias; Secretary, F. J. Whitey Johnson. to the chief mate. Tiles in shower room No beefs report^ by department dele­ have not been fixed. Brother Ruiz re­ gates. Brother Constantino Antoniou was signed as ship's delegate. Crew extended elected to serve as new ship's delegate. vote of thanks to Brother Ruiz for job Steward department gave vote of thanks well done. No beefs reported by depart­ to captain. ment delegates. Vote of thanks given to steward department. Brother Charlie M. MADAKET (Waterman), June 10 — Luna was given praise for his cooking. Chairman, Harry L. Baum. $30.00 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. PENN VANGUARD (Penn Shipping), July 1—Chairman, H. Fruge; Secretary, PLATTE (Platte Transport). June 25 B. Thornton. No beefs reported by de­ —Chairman. G. Trosclair; Secretary. L. partment delegates. Brother N. Goldfinger Blanchard. Some disputed OT reported was elected to serve as new ship's dele­ by deck department delegate. Brother A. gate. Crew was asked to take better care E. Wood elected to serve as new ship's of cots and linens. Also to return glasses delegate. and cups to the pantry. ANTINOUS (Waterman). June 18— Chairman. Howard Menz; Secretary, A. J. Kuberski. Repair list has been turned in and some of the repairs have been made. Items for slop chest will be taken care of in Yokohama. $12.50 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT reported by deck delegate. Motion made by William Boiling to change present pension retire­ ment plan to a 20 year plan. Vote of thanks to the steward department. Vote of thanks given to department delegates. Many thanks for the movies shown in Quinhon. SEATRAIN PUERTO RICO (Seatrain Lines). May 27 — Chairman, George Quinones; Secretary. Thomas Navarre. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Brother George Quinones was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Ladders will be ordered for top bunks. SAGAMOR HILL (Victory Carriers). June 18—Chairman, Milton Trotman ; Clerk, Gus Skendelas. $39.50 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. Motion made to elect new ship's delegate. Brother Stanley Gelak was elected to serve as ship's delegate. DEL MUNDO (Delta). June 18 — Chairman, R. E. Stough. Jr.. Secretary. C. G. McLellen. Ship's delegate reported a very good trip. $68.00 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Water pressure in the shower and drinking systems are very slow. Vote of thanks given to the steward department for job well done. THETTIS (Rye Marine), June 11 — Chairman, Alfred Hirsch: Secretary, Donald McTernan. Some disputed OT reported by engine department delegate. Motion made to have each man put 50<f toward ship's fund on the next payoff. Lemons to be put on table at each meal. BARRE VICTORY (Delta). June 25— Chairman A. Dunne. Jr.. Secretary. T. Spiers. Ship's delegates reported every­ thing running smoothly. We have a clean ship and fine crew. Some disputed OT reported by deck delegate. Motion made to vote 100% for proposed pension plan DEL ORG (Delta), June 18 — Chair­ man, Ralph Taylor; Secretary, W. H. Simmons. Ship's delegate reported that everything is fine and running smoothly. He thanked all hands for their coopera­ tion and for making it a very fine oldtime SIU trip. $24.98 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in steward depart­ ment. Vote of- thanks was given to the entire steward department, especially to Brother Theodore Harris for his fine baking. Steward thanked all hands for making it a fine trip. All hands are really on the ball. MT. VERNON VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers). June 11—Chairman, F. Smith; Secretary. W. Stark. $34.15 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT and department policies to be turned over to boarding patrolman. Motion made to have wheel­ man not leave the bridge for other work or duties, and to remain on the bridge at the wheel only. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Discussion held on having ship fumigated. COUER D'ALENE VICTORY (Victory Carriers). April 9 — Chairman. Eddie Potts: Secretary. Duke Gardner. All pretrip beefs were settled by patrolman in San Francisco. Everything is running smoothly. LYNN VICTORY (Victory Carriers). June 16 — Chairman. John Kuchta; Secretary, Harold D. Strauss. It was suggested that the Union try to get MSTS passes for crews serving in the war zone and other military bases, in order to avoid carrying "Z" card. Crew extended a vote of thanks to all depart­ ment delegates and to the steward de­ partment. 5804 Canal St. WA 8-3207 PENNMAR (Calmar), June 12—Chair­ man. Thomas Snow ; Secretary, Allan K Dobson. Ship's delegate reported every­ thing running smoothly. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Vote of thanks to the steward department. Dis­ cussion to have TV fixed. Also to keep recreation room locked • while in foreign ports. Ask for hot water urn to make tea. 2408 Pearl St. EL 3-0787 77 Montgomery St. HE 3-0104 I South Lawrence St. HE 2-1754 430 Jackson Ave. Tel. 527-7544 NORFOLK. Va VANTAGE PROGRESS (Pioneer Mari­ time), May 6 — Chairman, Malcolm M. Cross; ^retary, Jimmie Bartlett. Brother Malcolm Cross was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. $28.50 in ship's fund. Suggestion made for all department's to keep messhall and pantry clean. 115 3rd St. Tel. 422-1872 PHILADELPHIA. Pa 2404 S. 4th St. DE 4-3818 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 1-1434 TAMPA. Fla 312 Harrison St. Tel. 227-2788 WILMINGTON. Calif. .. 505 N. Marine Ave. 834-2528 YOKOHAMA. Japan. . Iseya BIdg.. Room 801 1-2 Kaigan-Dori-Nakaku 204771 Ext. 281 sent to the ship from Mobile, also in the event spouse is deceased minor children receive benefits until eighteen years of age. Crew was reminded to take care of the washing machines. Reminder to mem­ bers leaving ship to clean their quarters. SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), June 22—Chairman, Vertis C. Smith. Have messhall air conditioner fixed in Manila. No beefs reported by department delegates. Brother Vertis C. Smith was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. BAYLOR VICTORY (Victory Carriers), June 19—Chairman, La Clair: Secretary, J. Calhoun. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. Please keep glasses out of sink. Everything running smoothly. BRIGHAM VICTORY (States Marine), July 9—Chairman, William Leighton; Secretary, Laurence Bickell. No beefs reported by department delegates. Dis­ cussion to move drinking fountain from messhall back into passageway to keep visitors from messhall. Brother Sierra was given vote of thanks for handling job. Complaint that there was no hot water while in Bangkok. Also that the menu has been poor throughout most of the trip. DUKE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), June 11—Chairman. Ted Jernigan ; Secre­ tary, Harold Du Cloux. Ship's delegate reported everything OK. $20.00 In ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks given to ship's delegate for job well done. Toilet valves are not working properly and one shower head needed in deck department. Crew is asked to turn all linens in. �Vol. XXiX No. 16 SEAFARERS^LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION . ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO 17 NGINEER ratings are being sought by an increasing number of Seafarers who take advantage of the opportunity to enroll in the engineers training school which is operated in New York under the joint auspicies of the SIU and the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, District 2. Any qualified SIU member who sails in the Engine Department and is interested in bettering himself and increasing his future income should apply for admission to the school as soon as possible. Licensed engineers who have already graduated from the school now total 168. Complete protection for all pension benefits accumulated under the SIU pension plan is guar­ anteed to all Seafarers who enroll, and their SIU pension will be supplemented in approximately the same amount by the MEBA, District 2 pension plan during the time they sail as engineers. A reciprocal agreement between the SIU and the MEBA also provides that men who sail aboard MEBA, District 2-contracted ships, after obtaining their licenses, need not pay the MEBA'S $1,000 initiation fee arid do not have to drop thei r membership in the SIU if they do not wish to. In addition, welfare benefits are completely covered. There is no cost to the student for training in the engineer's school. To qualify you must be a United States citizen, be at least 19 years old and have 18 months of watchstanding time in the Engine Department to your credit. The period of instruction varies from 30 days up to 90 days and is determined entirely by how quickly you learn. During attendance at the school, room accommodations and meals are provided free of charge and you will receive additional weekly subsistance payments of $110. You will be able to sail as an engineer as soon as you receive your license. Below is a list of the latest applicants who have been approved and accepted for upgrading training in the school. APPLY FOR ENGINEERS LICENSE Willis Addison Raymond Bowman Joe Atchison Jose Castell John Burchinal Jochim Cirrello Antonio Cruz William Conners James Cline Ezekiel Daniels Hector Durarte Melvin Eickmeiur Armond Dunn William Dyal Roy Fifthen John Gala Stanley Gondzar Leonard Higgins Vernon Keene John Lasky Francis Keeley Edmund Len Lucas Lopez George McAIpine Joseph McLaren Clifton Mainers George H. Malinowski Juan Medina John Morrison Robert O'Brien Odd Olsen Andrew Ravettini Thomas Raines Raymond Riemer James Roberts Herbert Rolen Spiridon Perdikis Robert Pionk Walter Pritchett Frank Travis Alberto Velez Walker Ward Clark Wood Robert Wroton Joseph Bekerczky Ronald Hosford Leon Canfield David Wilson Gustavo Osuna Bernard Cassada Alfred De Argo Edward Futch Louis Malta Harold Middleton Rudolph Paletti John Preston Charles Rodela James Reume Vincent Torregrose Harry Watts John Burchinal William Cachola John Cicello John Francis Paul Magner Dalton Morgan James Quinn Walker Ward Elmer Wbeller Leon Canfield Bernard Cassada Harvey Fairbum Richard Makarewicz James Andolsek Members whose names are on this list—and a ny others who may have been notified of their acceptance since the LOG went to press—are requested to get in touch with the school promptly so that schedules can be arranged. Classes will begin at your earliest convenience. For all information regarding the engineers school, write to: The Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Or telephone: (212) 499-6565. A convenient application to the school is printed on this page. If you meet the necessary requirements, clip it, fiU it in and start on your way to a promising future as a licensed engineer. y, rife •• i ryiS f/',' • •yrf'ySttifesif ~ � 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 August 4, 1967 Description An account of the resource Headlines: CONGRESSMAN URGES GREATER SHARE OF AID CARGOES FOR U.S. SHIPS NEED FOR ‘FULL-TIME’ MARITIME BODY STRESSED BY HALL AT HOUSE HEARINGS MEANY CALL FOR PROMPT ACTION ON LONG-STANDING GRIEVANCES AFL-CIO POLL OF UNION MEMBERSHIP REVEALS SUPPORT FOR GOV’T PROGRAMS OKLAHOMA NEXT TARGET OF R-T-W COMMITTEE U.S. YARDS CAN HANDLE UPGRADING OF MERCHANT FLEET, CONGRESS TOLD RAILROAD’S FREIGHT RATE INCREASE ENCOUNTERS WIDESPREAD OPPOSITION SAILING SHIP, 1800 YEARS OLD SALVAGED FROM THAMES RIVER SEAFARER PALENCER MAKES THE CLIMB TO TOP SIU UPGRADING LADDER JOAN CRAWFORD ASKS SIU STEWARD TO ACCOMPANY HER TO USO DINNER 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 08/04/1967 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. 16 1967 Periodicals Seafarers Log