http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/36da26de8fca59881702fb212107f5ed.PDF 2ed29e0576e99c2045c8b44d7de1eb01 PDF Text Text SEAFARERSaLOG Vol XXIX No. 22 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO V1 ^T^HE SllJ-contracted Panocermic Faith scmk in the North Pacific Ocean early this month at the height of a violent Storm, Only five Seafarers survived the trag­ edy, Three are known to be dead and at least 14 more are missing and pre­ sumed dead by the Coast Guard, Ships of four nations conducted a sixday search of the disaster area (indUmted by an X on bottom of map at right) but failed to find any sign of more survivors. A Coast Guard investigation into the cause of the vessel's sinking was sched­ uled to get under way in San Francisco this week. For complete details and pictures, see back page. Pacific Ocean House Ok's Separate MARAD By Margtn of 324 to 44 Story Page 3 r'' '*'• �October 27, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Page Two [nfone U.S. Cargo Preference laws To Upgrade Maritime, Hail Urges Report of International President by Paul Hall The recent passage by the House of Representatives of a bill calling WASHINGTON—^Any new U.S. maritime program that calls for increased ship construction but fails to provide for adequate cargoes to be carried aboard American-flag vessels will be mean­ for establishment of an independent Federal Maritime Administration ingless, Paul Hall, president of the six-million-member AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, can be of great and far-reaching significance. stated in a signed editorial ap­ As the first official legislative step toward placing the maritime industry on an equal footing with other industries, H.R. 159 may well pearing in the October issue of ment in the domestic economy." fishing fleet. Charging that the U.S. is "los­ be the key to saving the American merchant marine from ultimate the MTD's monthly publication, It is "an integral part of the world­ wide prestige of America," he ing the race for the resources of disaster at the hands of an apathetic Administration. Maritime. added. the sea," he noted that Russia "There's no point to building The great majority of us, both in the maritime industry and in "We grant federal aid, almost is far ahead in the expansion of new ships just to see them go without question, to public high­ the organized labor movement generally, have long been united behind its fishing fleet and has in­ directly from the shipyards to the ways and airports," Hall con­ creased its catch by 250 percent those in the Congress who realize as we do that no great nation can boneyards," said Hall, who is also tinued. "We used public sums to since 1953 while that of the U. S. remain great without a strong and competitive commercial fleet. president of the SIU. get the railroads started and we're has fallen sharply from its post­ During the long years of neglect since MARAD was absorbed by "We have to begin to enforce still using tax dollars to keep our war peak. the Department of Commerce, the U.S. merchant marine has declined the cargo-preference laws," he airlines in business. McGavin pointed up the neces­ steadily in all areas while the merchant fleets of other nations have said, and "make sure that Ameri­ "We must now be prepared to sity of a "firm national policy" been on government-subsidized programs of consistent growth. can-flag ships are receiving what make the same kind of invest­ designed to "improve the condi­ the law says they should receive: ment in our merchant fleet—in Our gross tonnage has gone down in most categories and some tions of U. S. fishermen and the A minimum of 50 percent of all shipping and in shipbuilding, and 80 per cent of what remains is 20 years old or more. Our shipyards U. S. fishing industry." To be in­ government-generated cargoes, not for all segments of the industry, and shipyard workers no longer work at capacity and many of the cluded in this policy he recom­ a maximum of 50 percent. not just a favored few." yards have closed down entirely. Cargo preference laws, designed for mended tax incentives for vessel In short. Hall concluded, "We construction and modernization, the protection of American-flag shipping, have been circumvented "In addition, we must provide sufficient operating subsidies so must invest in our merchant mar­ more technological research, large- or loosely interpreted. that our ships can compete in the ine .. . because it is good for the scale production of fish protein The evidence has been almost endless that the interests of American world market against the low-wage nation." concentrates and stepped up con­ maritime has been constantly pushed aside to further the pet schemes shipping of foreign countries." U. S. Lags in Fishing servation efforts. or international arrangements of bureaucrats in various departments U. S. Prestige affected "If we fail to act," he warned, of the Executive branch of government. If the White House has not In a related article in the same Declaring the real need for gov­ issue of the magazine, Peter M. "We'll be conceding the race for encouraged this practice, it certainly has done nothing whatever to ernment investment in the mer­ McGavin, executive secretary- the ocean's resources to the Rus­ stop it. chant marine, the MTD president treasurer of the MTD, called for sians and they will be one step For almost three years we have waited for the Administration to pointed out that U.S.-flag shipping a "heavy government commit­ closer to their avowed goal of make good on its promise to come forth with a reasonable policy not only "is an indespensible aux­ ment" to America's "outmoded" 'burying' this country." for the U.S. merchant marine and for three years the Administration iliary to the military in time of has kept both Congress* and the maritime industry waiting in vain. emergency" and a "major factor Progress cannot be achieved with empty promises, and continued in our international economic evasive doubletalk by Cabinet.-members, now in the Administration, relations," but also "a vital elewho know nothing—and care less—-"about maritime needs can only lead to further chaos and decay. Uyes US Bar Vessds SaUing To N. Vietnam WASHINGTON — All ships and ship's captains who deal with Cuba or North Vietnam would be barred from U.S. ports imder an amendment to this year's foreign aid bill proposed by Representa­ tive Qaude Pepper (D-Fla.) and already approved by the House. The bill is currently before Senate and House members for confer­ ences on certain issues that remain unresolved. Urging retention of his amend­ ment, Pepper sent letters to the chairman and members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Senate Foreign Relations Committee comprising the foreign aid conference group. Clear SSgn of Intent Pepper wrote that approval given by the House "is a clear sign of their determined intent to put a stop to such traffic by ships flying the flag of countries that profess friendship with the United States." He continued: "The House left no doubt that it feels these countries should be helping us in our effort in behalf of freedom, rather than carrying on a brisk trade with the active enemies of freedom in Southeast Asia and in the Western Hemi­ sphere." Under Pepper's amendment, ships which have transported go^s or personnel to or from North Vietnam or Cuba, would be denied accfess to all U.S. Ports. In addition, it would also pro­ hibit such access to any vessel commander who at any time had taken a ship to either of these countries while they were under Communist regimes. SlU-UIW Wins Bargaining Rights On Fish Processing Ship Northgate SAN DIEGO—^The SIUNA-affiliated United Industrial Work­ ers of North America, Pacific District, have successfully conclude negotiations with Westgate-Califomia Foods, Inc., operators of the floating crab processing plant ^ One of the important features Northgate. of the Northgate is this outrigger George Issel, Director of the rail system. It allows live storage UlW-Pacific District, announced of a large quantity of king crab. the conclusion of negrtiations and As fast as the smaller fishing ves­ welcomed the 50-man crew of the sels come alongside, their catch Northgate into the UIW. can be unloaded and stored alive. The Northgate is a self-pro­ Thus, backlogs in processing do pelled seafood processing vessel. not delay the fishermen. It is equipped with its own en­ Qnick Cooking gines to take it to the fishing area When the processing line is where it will operate, in Alaskan waters, between Kodiak Island ready for another load of king and Dutch Harbor in the Aleu­ crab, the net which has been held the longest is hoisted aboard the tians. Northgate. Continuous conveyor belts take the crabs through auto­ matic machinery where they are SEAFARER&^LOG cleaned and the -heads are re­ moved. After thorough washing in a tank, the crabs are trans­ Oct. 27, 1967 • Vol. XXIX, No. 22 Official Publication of the ported by belt to the cooker. Seafarers International Union Here, in a continuous belt process, of North America, they are exposed to a temperature Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes of 203° for 22 minutes. and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO After cooking, the crabs are Executive Board transported by belt to a processing PAUL HALL, President line below deck. Here, workers CAL TANNER EARL SHEPARD Exec. Vice-Free. Vice-President inspect the crabs, shuck the legs AL KERR LINDSEY WILLIAMS off the bodies, break them in the Sec.-Treat. Vico-President ROBERT MATTHEWS right places and sort them. The Vice-President crab parts are then put through QERBERT BRAND rollers which squeeze the meat out Director of Organizing and Publications of the shell. The shell is discarded Managing Editor overboard, while the meat is pack­ MIKE POLLACK aged in five pound polyethylene Staff Writers bags. PETER WEISS HARRY WITTSCHEN FRANK MARQIOTTA STEVE STEINBERG Pikllihed bIwMkly it 810 Rhodi iilind Avenis N.E., Wuhinaton, D. C. 20018 ky thi Seifirerj International Union, Atlantle, Gilf, Lakta and Inland Waten Dlitriei, AFL-CIO, 675 Foirth Avinae, Brooklyn, B.Y. 11232. Tel. HVaelnth 9-6600. Second elate poitaie paid at Waihlnaton, D. e. POSTMASTER'S ATTENTION: Porn 3579 eardi ihoild ke tent to Seafarert International Union, Atlantle, Gait, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Foartk Avenae, Brook­ lyn, N.Y. 11232. Fast Freezing Pure water is then added and the crab is placed on fast freeze plates. Here, at thirty below zero, the meat is flash frozen to protect quality and flavor. The freezing capacity of the Northgate is 75 tons a day. After freezing, the crab is transported by fork-lift truck to storage rooms which are maintained at a temperature zero degrees fahrenheit. Recent actions of Congress, in banning the construction of-any U.S. naval or merchant vessels in foreign shipyards and in reserving to itself the right to authorize funds for maritime programs, were a clear indication of"growing Legislative impatience with the Ad­ ministration's haphazard handling of America's merchant marine affairs. The latest House action in passing H.R. 159 by such a large majority is obvious proof that tolerance of Administration stalling on maritime is all but exhausted. There can be little doubt that the White House announcement some weeks ago that a "great new maritime program" would be proposed within "a week or 10 days" was hardly more than an Administration hoax carefully calculated as a delaying action to any formal vote on an independent MARAD. When this became apparent, the House of Representatives acted swiftly for passage and sound reasoning dictates that the Senate grant its approval with similar speed. The next step is for Congress to follow through, without delay, with a U.S. maritime program of its own for the Federal Maritime Administration to administer. As a great world power whose entire national and economic future could very well hang in the balance, we cannot afford to wait any longer. The Administration has shirked its responsibility long enough. The crew of the world's largest and most diversified seafood proc­ essing vessel, the Northgate, are now represented by the SlUNAafRliated United Industrial Workers of North America. The Northgate will operate in Alaskan waters, between Kodiak Island and Dutch Harbor in*,'the Aleutians. Its primary product will be Alaska King Crab, but.,..the plant can also process other types of seafood as well. �October 27, 1967 Page Three SEAFARERS LOG Measure Passes by 324 to 44 Vote 324 Coi^ressmen Favw Bill For Mependeot MARAD The House of Representatives passed on October 17, 1967, a bill which would create an independent Maritime Adminis­ tration. The tally was 324 to 44. Below is a complete list of House members showing how they voted on the measure. Votes in Favor—324 Watklns H. Abbitt (D-Va.) Thomas G. Abernethr (D.>MlS8.) E. Ross Adair (R.-Ind.) Brock Adams (D.-Wash.) Joseph P. Addabbo (D.-N.Y.) John B. Anderson (R.-III.) William R. Anderson (D-Tenn.) Georgre W. Andrews (D.-AIa.) Mark Andrews (R.-N.Dak.) Frank Annnnzio (D.-III.) Leslie C. Arends (R.-III.) John M. Ashbrook (R.-Ohio) Robert T. Ashmore (D.-S.C.) William H. Ayres (R.-Ohio) Walter S. Barind (D.-Nev.) William A. Barrett (D.-Fa.) William H. Bates (R.-Ma8s.) James F. Battin (R.-Mont.) Paste Belcher (R.-Okla.) AIphonzoBell (R.-Calif.) Charles E. Bennett (D.-FIa.) E. Y. Berry (R.-S.Dak.) Jackson E. Betts (R.-Ohio) Edward G. Blester. Jr. (R,-Pa.) Benjamin B. Blackburn (R.-Ga.) Leonard R. Blanton (D.-Tenn.) John A. Blatnik (D.-Minn.) Eklward P. Roland (D.-Mass.) Frank T. Bow (R.-Ohio) Frank J. Brasco (D.-N.Y.) Donald G. Brotzman (R.-Colo.) George E. Brown, Jr. (D.-Calif.) Garry Brown (R.-Mich.) Clarence J. Brown, Jr. (R.-Ohio) James T. Broyhili (R.-N.C.) Joel T. Broyhili (R.-Va.) John H. Buchanan, Jr. (R.-Ala.) J. Herbert Burke (R.-FIa.) James A. Burke (D.-Mass.) Phillip Burton (D.-Calif.) Laurence J. Burton (R.-Utah) George H. W. Bush (R.-Tex.) James A. Byrne (D.-Pa.) John W. Byrnes (R.-Wis.) William T. Cahill (R.-N.J.) Hugh L. Carey (D.-N.Y.) Tim Lee Carter (R.-Ky.) . Robert R. Casey (D.-Tex.) Elford A. Cederberg (R.-Mich.) Emanuel Celler (D.-N.Y.) Charles El. Chamberlain (R.-Mich.) Donald D. Clancy (R.-Ohio) Frank M. Clark (D.-Pa.) Don H. Clausen (B;-Calif.) Deiwin M. Clawson (R.-Calif.) James C. Cleveland (R.-N.H.) Jeffery Cohelan (D.-Calif.) Harold R. Collier (R.-Ill.) William Meyers Colmer (D.-Miss.) Barber B. Conable, Jr. (]^-N.Y.) Silvio O. Conte (R.-Mass.) Robert J. Corbett (R.-Pa.) James C. Corman (D.-Calif.) William G. Cowster (R..Ky.) Glenn C. Cunningham (R.-Nebr.) Thomas B. Curtis (R.-Mo.) iBmilio Q. Daddaiio (D.-Conn.) Dominick V. Daniels (D.-N.J.) John W. Davis (D.-Ga.) Glenn R. Davis (R.-Wis.) Eligio de la Garza (D.-Tex. 1 James J. l)elaney (D.-N.Y.) Robert V. Denney (R.-Nebr.) John H. Dent (D.-Pa.) Edward J. Derwinski (R.-lll.) Samuel L. Devine (R.-Ohio) William L. Dickinson (R.-Ala.) John E. Dingell (D.-Mich.) Robert J. Dole (R.-Kana.) Harold D. Donohne (D.-Mass.) William J. B. Dom (D.-S.C.) John Dowdy (D.-Tex.) Thomas N. Downing (D.-Va.) Thaddeus J. Dulski (D.-N.Y.) John James Duncan (R.-Tenn.) Florence P. Dwyer (R.-N.J.) Robert C. Eckhardt (D.-Tex.) Ed Edmondson (D.-Okla.) Jack Edwards (R.-Ala.) Edwin W. Edwards (D.-La.) Joshua Eiiberg (D.-Pa.) Marvin L. Elsch (R.-Micb.) Edwin D. lEIshelman (R.-Pa.) Leonard Farbstein (D.-N.Y.) Michael A. Feighan (D.-Ohio) Paul A. Fino (R.-N.Y.) Daniel J. Flood (D.-Pa.) John J. Flynt, Jr. (D.-Ga.) Gerald R. Ford (R.-Mich.) William D. Ford (D.-Mich.) Donald M. Fraser (D.-Minn.) Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen (R.-N.J.) Samuel N. Friedel (D.-Md.) James G. Fulton (R.-Pa.) Don Fuqua (D.-Fla.) Nick Galifianakis (D.-N.C.) Cornelius E. Gallagher (D.-N.J.) James C. Gardner (R.-N.C.) Edward A. Garmatz (D.-Md.) Ezekiel C. Gathings (D.-Ark.) Thomas S. Gettys (D.-S.C.) Robert N. Giamo (D.-Conn.) Sam M. Gibbons (D.-Fla.) Jacob H. Gilbert (D.-N.Y.) Henry B. Gonzalez (D.-Tex.) George A. Goodling (R.-Pa.) Kenneth J. Gray (D.-lll.) Eldith Green (D.-Ore.) William J. Green (D.-Pa.) Martha W. Griffiths (D.-Hieh.) H. R. Gross (R.-Ioiwa) James R. Grover (R.-N.Y.) Charles S. Gnbster (R.-Calif.) Edward J. Gnmey (R.-FIa.) G. Elliott Hagan (D.-Ga.) James A. Haley (D.-Fla.) Durward G. Hall (R.-Mo.) Charles A. Halleck (R.-lnd.) Seymour Halpern (R.-N.Y.) John Paul Hammerschmidt (R.-Ark.) James M. Hanley (D.-N.Y.) Richard T. Hanna (D.-Calif.) George V. Hansen (R.-ldaho) Julia B. Hansen (D.-Wash.) CliFord P. Hansen (R.-Wyo.) William H. Harsha (R.-Ohio) James Harvey (R.-Mich.) William D. Hathaway (D.-Maine) Augustus F. Hawkins (D.-Calif.) Margaret M. Heckler (R.-Mass.) Henry Helstoski (D.-N.J.) David N. Henderson (D.-N.C.) Floyd V. Hicks (D.-Wash.) Frank Horton (R.-N.Y.) Craig Hosmer (R.^alif.) James J. Howard (D.-N.J.) W. R. Hull, Jr. (D.-Mo.) William L. Hungate (D.-Mo.) John E. Hunt (R.-N.J.) Edward Hutchinson (R.-Mich.) Richard H. Ichord (D.-Mo.) Charles S. Joelson (D.-N.J.) Harold T. Johnson (D.-CaliL) Albert W. Johnson (R.-Pa.) Robert E. Jones (D.-Ala.) Walter B. Jones (D.-N.C.) Frank M. Karsten (D.-Mo.) Joseph lE. Karth (R.-Minn.) James Kee (R.-W.Va.) Hastings Keith (R.-Mass.) Edna F. Kelly (D.-N.Y.) Cecil R. King (D.-Calif.) Carieton J. King (R.-N.Y.) Michael J. Kirwan (D.-Ohio) Thomas S. Kleppe (R.-N.Dak.) Horace R. Kornegay (D.-N.C.) Theodore R. Kupferman (R.-N.Y.) Dan H. Kuykendaii (R.-Tenn.) Peter N. Kyros (D.-Maine) Robert L. Leggett (D.-Calif.) Alton Lennon (D.-N.C.) Glenard P. Lipscomb (R..-Calif.) Sherman P. Lloyd (R.-Utah) Speedy O. Long (D.-La.) Clarence D. Long (D.-Md.) Donald E. Lnkens (R.-Ohio) Richard D. McCarthy (D.-N.Y.) James A. McClure (R.-ldaho) William M. McCulloch (R.-Ohio) Joseph M. McDade (R.-Pa.) Jack H. McDonald (R.-Mfch.) Robert C. McEwen (R.-N.Y.) Torbert H. Macdonald (D.-Mass.) Clark MacGregor (R.-Minn.) Hervey G. Machen (D.-Md.) William S. Hailliard (R.-Calif.) John O. Marsh, Jr. (D.-Va.) David T. Martin (R.-Nebr.) Robert B. Mathias (R.-Ca]if.) Charles M. Mathias (R.-Md.) Spart M. Matsunaga (D.-Hawaii) Loyd Meeds (D.-Wash.) Thomas J. Meskill (R.-Con.) Robert H. Michel (R.-111.) George P. Miller (D.-Calif.) Clarence E. Miller (R.-Ohio) Wilbur D. Mills (D.-Ark.) Joseph G. Minish (D.-N.J.) Patsy T. Mink (D.-Hawaii) William E. Minshall (R.-Ohio) Chester L. Mize (R.-Kans.) John S. Monagan (D.-Conn.) Arch A. Moore, Jr. (R.-W.Va.) Thomas E. Morgan (D.-Pa.) Thomas G. Morris (D.-N.Mex.) F. Bradford Morse (R.-Ma8s.) Rogers C. B. Morton (R.-Md.) Charles A. Mosher (R.-Ohio) WUIiam T. Murphy (D.-lll.) John M. Mnyihy (D.-N.Y.) John T. Myers (R.-lnd.) William H. Natcher (D.-Ky.) Ancher Helsen (R.-Minn.) William Nichols (D.-Ala.) Barratt O'Hara (D.-lll.) James G. O'Hara (D.-Mich.) Alvin E. O'Konski (R.-Wis.) Maston O'Neal (D.-Ga.) Thomas P. O'Neill (D.-Mass.) Richard L. Ottinger (D.-N.Y.) Otto Passman (D.-La.) Edward J. Patten (D.-N.J.) Thomas M. Pelly (R.-Wash.) Claude Pepper (D.-Fla.) Carl D. Perkins (D.-Ky.) Jerry L. Pettis (R.-Calif.) Philip J. Philbin (D.-Mass.) Otis G. Pike (D.-N.Y.) Alexander Pirnie (R.-N.Y.) W. R. Poage (D.-Tex.) Richard H. Polf (R.-Va.) Howard W. Pollock (R.-Alaska) Joe Pool (D.-Tex.) Melvin Price (D.-HI.) Robert D. Price (R.-Tex.) David H. Pryor (D.-Ark.) Roman C. Pucinskl (D.-lll.) Albert H. Quie (R.-Minn.) James H. Quillen (R.-Tenn.) Thomas F.Railsback (R.-I11.) William J. Randan (D.-Mo.) Charlotte T. Reid (R.-I11.) Ben Rcifel (R.-S.Dak.) Ed Reinecke (R.-Calif.) John J. Rhodes (R..Ariz.) George M. Rhodes (D.-Pa.) Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (R.-Mich.) L. Mendel Rivers (D.-S.C.) (Continued on page 70) House OK's Separate MARAD Bill; Passage Hinges on Senate Action WASHINGTON—An independent Maritime Administration last week moved a big step closer to realization when the House of Representatives passed a bill calling for its creation by a vote of 324 to 44. The bill, H.R. 159, now will be referred to the Senate Commerce Committee for consideration. The overwhelming House apHouse passage of H.R. 159 was MARAD in the Department of proval of the bill—by a majority a partial culmination of a cam­ Transportation, opposition has re­ of more than seven to one—was paign begun last year by the SIU, mained vigorous. In hearings held hailed by the AFL-CIO Maritime the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades on the establishment of an in­ Trades Department which also Department and most other seg­ dependent agency last summer by predicted swift passage of similar ments of maritime labor and the House Merchant Marine and legislation by the Senate. management. Fisheries Committee, dozens of A joint statement issued by Legislative support for an in­ witnesses displayed strong unity MTD President Paul Hall and dependent MARAD had increased jn the view that the merchant mar­ Peter M. McGavin, the Depart­ steadily to the point where some ine would sink to even lower ment's executive secretary-treasur­ 104 separate bills similar to Gar- depths under Boyd's control than er, declared that the House action matz's were introduced to the 90th it has from years of neglect in the was "compelling evidence that Congress—27 of them at its open­ Commerce Department. Congress is fed up with Adminis­ ing session last January. Under the Merchant Marine tration stalling on a maritime A major victory was scored Act of 1936, the Maritime Admin­ program." last year when the Congress de­ istration was independent and the "Since January 1965," the state­ feated by a two-to-one vote— U.S. Merchant Marine flourished ment said, "we have waited for largely through the efforts of the as second to none in the world. the Administration to make good same legislators who supported an However, the -Reorganization its promise to come forward with independent agency this year— Plans of 1950 and 1961 placed a new maritime program. We are an Administration bid to take MARAD under the jurisdiction still waiting. MARAD out of the Department of the Department of Commerce. "The House vote on an inde­ of Commerce and turn it over to Since that time, U.S. maritime has pendent agency is proof that Con­ Secretary Alan S. Boyd's new been in a steady decline—starved gress will not wait any longer. Transportation Department. and ignored by a succession of Ad­ Creation of a new Maritime Ad­ Although the White House is ministrations—toward the critical ministration, free of the restraints still said to favor inclusion of state it is in today. of being under a Cabinet-level Sec­ retary and capable of going direcently to the President and Congress, will be in a position to move forward with a program to restore our shipping, shipbuilding and maritime research and de­ velopment." Congress Holds Solutions MEBA District 2 has advised the Pacific Maritime Associ­ Hall, who is also president of ation and its member companies on the West Coast that it now the SIU, and "McGavin called has licensed marine engineers available for employment, which upon the Senate to "move forward eliminates the necessity of hav- ^ for some time a licensed engineer with all possible speed to approve the independent agency bill, so ing PMA vessels sail with non­ training program. "As a direct result of this pro­ that the Administration will realize professional unlicensed person­ the Mnse of urgency that prevails nel in lieu of professional licensed gram, we now have available licensed engineers in all licensed on Capitol Hill for revitalizing our marine engineers. Raymond T. McKay, presi­ ratings who are seeking employ­ merchant marine." "We hope the House will now dent of District 2, said that ment. We have been informed follow up this vote for maritime he had sent a letter to Rocco that you intend shortly to place independence by devising and Siciliano, president of PMA, stat­ an unlicensed 'apprentice engi­ passing its own program for en­ ing that he wanted it to be "clear­ neer' aboard each ship under con­ larging and modernizing our mer­ ly understood that we are not tract to PMA which lacks a chant fleet," the statement con­ offering to replace any licensed licensed engineer as called for by engineers. We are only seeking the contract. tinued. "This is to inform you that "Obviously," Hall and McGavin to protect the professional calling concluded, "the only source of of the licensed marine engineers District 2, MEBA now has help for this industry is the Con­ by making available to PMA licensed marine engineers avail­ gress, for the Administration has qualified licensed marine engineer­ able for employment, which elimi­ made it clear, during nearly three ing officers whose jobs would nates the necessity of having PMA years of delaying tactics, that it is otherwise be filled by unlicensed, vessels sail with non-professional, unlicensed personnel in lieu of either unwilling or unable to pro­ unqualified apprentices." professional licensed marine engi­ For some time. District 2, vide solutions for the problems neers. MEBA has operated a licensed which plague us on the high seas." "We would like it to be clearly Leading off a brisk debate on engineering training program H.R. 159 prior to the vote of jointly with the Seafarers Inter­ understood that we are not offer­ approval was its author. Repre­ national Union and its affiliates. ing to replace any licensed engi­ sentative Edward A. Garmatz As a result of this program Dis­ neers. We are only seeking to (D-Md.), Chairman of the House trict 2 advised PMA that it protect the professional calling of Merchant Marine and Fisheries now has available licensed engi­ the licensed marine engineers by Committee. He declared that what neers in all licensed ratings who making available to PMA quali­ fied licensed marine engineering is needed is an administrator who are seeking employment. officers whose jobs would other­ McKay informed PMA and will think exclusively of maritime wise be filled by unlicensed, un­ its member companies that be­ and called the bill "vital to the future health and welfare of the fore any so-called apprentice qualified apprentices. "You are hereby advised that engineers are shipped, the com­ merchant marine." Representative Leonor K. Sul­ panies can obtain licensed engi­ before you ship any so-called ap­ livan (D-Mo.) emphasized that to neers who are MEBA members prentice engineers, you can obtain agree as independent MARAD "is by contacting his union represent­ licensed engineers who are MEBA the only solution" to maritime's ative in the West Coast area. Mr. members by contacting our Dis­ problems. "There is no hope if it McKay said his union's offer was trict 2 Representative for the (maritime) continues to be buried "in the best interests of U.S.-flag West Coast area: John P. Hay, in a department primarily con­ shipping and the membership of Jr., 450 Harrison Street, Room cerned with other matters," Mrs. the Marine Engineers Beneficial 300, San Francisco, Calif. Tele­ phone: Area Code: 415-989-5699. Association, AFL-CIO." Sullivan said. "We firmly believe that this The text of McKay's letter to Of the more than 25 House offer is in the best interests of members who spoke on the bill Siciliano follows: "The Marine Engineers Benefi­ U.S. flag shipping and the mem­ during the debate, only two, Thomas L. Ashley (D.-Ohio) and cial Association, District 2 and bership of the Marine Engineer John D. Dow (D-N.Y.), opposed the Seafarers International Union Beneficial Association, AFLand its affiliates have had in effect CIO." it. MEBA District 2 Program To Protect Engineers' Jobs �Page Four SEAFARERS Half-Year Shipbuildmg Totals Reveal Only 8 Ships Launched LOG October 27, 1967 House Minority Leader Gerald Ford Cites Maritime as '68 Hettion Issue Only eight merchant vessels were launched in the United States WASHINGTON—The failure of the Johnson Administration to take steps to rebuild the American between January and June, 1967, according to the latest report on "commercial" vessel construction by the Shipbuilders Council merchant marine is "not only disgraceful" but "downright dangerous," Representative Gerald R. Ford (R-Mieh.) told a national maritime conference meeting in Honolulu recently. of America. Declaring that Administration The report shows that as of the Bureau of Labor Statistics minimum countermeasures, the September 1, 1967, a total of 48 which showed an increase of 15 neglect of maritime will definite­ of the United States. United States should permit the "Very shortly, it is expected large seagoing or inland merchant percent in employment at govern­ ly become a partisan issue in the that the Communist shipping fleet Russians to gain complete control ships were under construction and ment-owned naval shipyards. In upcoming election year, the House will be larger than ours," the of the shipping lanes of the world on order. Of these, 24 were being July there were 96,700 at work minority leader said that Russia speech continued, "The United by default. This is only one as­ built in East Coast yards, three in the naval yards—12,300 more is building ships "at a maddening States and other trading nations pect of the destructive neglect in West Coast yards, and 21 in than in July of last year. At rate . . . moving rapidly ahead of the world could well be at which has marked the past few Gulf Coast yards. Tonnages for private yards, on the other hand, to control the sealanes to the det­ years." the three coasts were: East, the total employed was 131,000, riment of free people everywhere." their mercy." Despite mounting proof of Rus­ Ford contended that Boyd and 401,600 gross and 554,397 dead­ Ford's speech was read for him sia's growing strength and Con­ the Defense Secretary, Robert S. down from 143,800 a year ago. weight; West, 11,100 gross and With recent Congressional bans by Edwin M. Hood, president of gressional reports warning of the McNamara, were unable to grasp 2,400 deadweight; Gulf, 269,900 the Shipbuilders Council of Amer­ on the building of any U.S. ships ica, when pressing Congressional dangers, the Johnson Administra­ the seriousness of the nation's gross and 296,608 deadweight. —either commercial or naval—^in business here forced him to can­ tion has downgraded the impor­ shipping peril and criticized Pres­ Of the 48 vessels under con­ tance of the United States in the ident Johnson for not coming up struction, 37 are cargo ships, foreign shipyards, greater employ­ cel his scheduled appearance at supremacy of the seas, the Michi­ with the "new maritime policy" ment for workers in American the annual joint convention of the gan legislator declared. eight are tankers, and three are he promised more than three years yards can be expected as new American Merchant Marine Con­ ferries. ago. No Effort Made ference and the Propeller Club vessels are authorized. The report further notes that Ford's speech was prepared be­ "The evidences are available 16 merchant ships were delivered fore it became known that the for all to see," Ford continued. White House apparently will not in 1964, 16 in 1965, and 13 in "In fact, the Undersecretary of 1966. Eleven remain to be deliv­ Commerce for transportation (now be sending a maritime program Transportation Secretary, Alan S. to Capitol Hill this year. The de­ ered this year, 21 are scheduled Boyd) two years ago made this cision not to proce^ with mari­ for 1968, and 16 for 1969. amazing statement: 'We do not time was not officially confirmed Three more Seafarers have passed U. S. Coast Guard examina­ Employment Drops believe that our concept of the but the Administration's program, tions qualifying them for an engineer's license after attending the The shipbuilders Council also merchant marine should neces­ which some leading Congressmen Marine Engineer's School sponsored by the SIU in cooperation with found that employment in pri­ sarily be one of keeping up with had been led to believe would be coming down "almost any day" District 2 of the Marine Engi^ the U.S.S.R.' vately-owned shipyards in the The three men are new second "In other words, through neg­ for weeks, has failed to material­ U.S. had dropped by about 10,000 neer's Beneficial Association. A assistant engi­ lect and a complete lack of even ize. workers between May and July of total of 182 Seafarers have now neers. this year. This was in sharp successfully upgraded themselves Edward Clifton contrast to figures released by to the rank of engineer. is 41 years old and was bom in Lakeland, Fla. He resides in that city and joined the SIU in 1944 in -New Orleans. He Clifton has previously Fred A. Hartley, Jr., co-author with the late Senator Robert sailed as an FOWT. A. Taft of the anti-labor Taft-Hartley Act, may no longer be by Earl (Bull) Shepard, Vice-President, Atlantic Coast Area in the Congress but he is still as active as ever in the unionA former FOWT, Charles busting business. It is encouraging to see the House pass the bill for an independ­ Hooper is a native of Baltimore A former Seafarer who now has his own business in Phila­ ent MARAD by sUch ^n overwhelming margin. I think that this and still lives there. He joined delphia recently received a form letter over the signature of gives us all a good opportunity to see exactly who our friends are the union in that port in 1960. Hartley as co-chairman of the Conference of American Small in Congress. A complete voting breakdowm is being carried in this Hooper is 48 years old. Business Organizations, a right-wing group dedicated—at the Kenneth Olsen is a native of issue of the Seafarers LOG. It is of the utmost importance that we moment—to crippling any gains organized labor might derive Norway and a resident of Brook­ study this record closely and take ^ from actions of the U.S. Supreme Court, the National Labor notice of whether or not our local After enjoying the summer with lyn. He formerly sailed as FOWT Relations Board and the Wage and Hour Division of the Labor Congressman voted for the bill. his family, John Duffy is ready for and reefer. Olsen is 49 years old Department. If he did not, we have a good the first good job to hit the and joined the union in 1959 in The letter, directed to the presidents of small business con­ opportunity to show our displeas­ boards. His last ship was the New York City. cerns, warns that these three "public bodies are literally taking Establishment of the engineer ure at the polls. Robin Kirk. A 25-year man, he the law into their own hands" and must be checked by act of training program was spurred by Congress before their decisions "choke out" some businesses sails in the engine department. Norfolk the growing shortage of licensed and "half strangle many more." Aubrey Parsons will be ready marine engineers aboard Ameri­ William Meehan, Jr. is on the It is an excellent illustration of the forces constantly at work beach waiting for a good bosun's for a BR's job as soon as he gets can-flag ships, particularly as a to kill the effectiveness of unions and keep workers under the job to come along. Bill is a 20- his FED. His last ship was the result of the demands placed on arbitrary thumb of employers. It also specifically mentions four Vantage Venture and he'd like American shipping by the conflict year veteran of the Union. legislators who organized labor should make every effort to in Vietnam. remove from office ^t the polls. Earl Javins would like a trip a coast hugger when he sails again. to Northern Europe or the Persian Puerto Rico Attacks NLRB Gulf. Louis Rodriguez is ready for Hartley attacks the NLRB as stretching and defying the Herbert Fentres, a 10-year SIU anything that hits the boards in law "worse than any Federal agency in my lifetime" and man, is happy over receiving his A the deck department. asks support for a bill by Representative John Ashbrook (Rbook. He'd like a bulk carrier Ohio) to investigate the board. Also, Senator Paul Fannin Our old friend Luis Ramirez to Northern Europe for his first wrote from Vietnam that every­ (R-Ariz.) has introduced a bill to abolish the NLRB's card voyage with the new card. check elections for employees seeking to organize. thing is fine with him and to say An investigation of "the whole field of collective bargaining Shipping is very good and the hello to all his friends. in the trucking industry" is the aim of a bill by Representative outlook the same. Eddie Bonefont recently shipped Hooper Olsen John Erlenborn (R-Ill.) and Senator Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) out on the West Coast Vietnam PhOadelplna has come up with a bill which is designed to hamstring unions Engine ' department Seafarers run. through the anti-trust and restraint of trade laws. Felix Cordero is registered and are eligible to apply for the Baltimore Other anti-union measures in preparation, Hartley continues, will be ready to go in a few upgrading program if they are include making picketing and boycotts illegal, damage recovery Bobby Pope shipped as bosun 19 years of age or older and weeks. His last ship was the Co­ in the courts for business men "injured" by "illegal union acts" on the Marore and is now wait­ have 18 months of Q.M.E.D. lumbia. and investigation of the Wage and Hour Division which he Frank Barone would like an ing for a Calmar intercoastal run. watch standing time in the engine claims "regularly stretches a cloudy law against the business He told us he really appreciates department, plus six months' ex­ AB's job on a Steel ship. man, harassing .him and disturbing employee relations." perience as a wiper or equivalent. WilUam Millison is registered the new contract. While soliciting contributions of $25 to $100 as association Those who qualify and wish to Charles Rondo would like a and waiting for a bosun's job. "dues" in the political fight against "the danger of union long trip to the Far East, prefer­ enroll in the school can obtain Bill's last ship was the Potomac. power," Hartley goes right on to call for an investigation of the ably on an Alcoa ship. A FWT, his additional information and apply use of i^ion funds to fight for fair labor legislation. for the course at any SIU hall or Boston last ship was the Alcoa Marketer. write directly to SIU headquarters As always, organizations such as Hartley's have one contin­ John Sullivan is ready to go He told us he's seen many im- at 675 Fourth Avenue in Brook­ uing basic goal: to relegate the working man to the status of after quite a spell in drydock. His prpvements in welfare and wkges lyn, New York, 11232. The tele­ a secotid-class citizen. Only a strong and unified labor union last ship was the Couer D'Alene since he joined the union 25 years phone number is Hyacinth movenient can insure the defeat of this undepiocratic purpose. Victory as an AB. ago. " 9-6600. SlU Engineers Upgrnding Program Adds Three More to Licensed Ranks The Atlantic Coast • I if i Taft-Hartley Act Co-Author Still Using Anti-Union Pitch �October 27, 1967 From Oct. 6 to Oct. 19, 1967 DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore .; Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals Class A ciass B 4 2 78 55 19 5 27 20 11 6 9 12 4 2 23 8 68 33 41 31 10 12 20 41 26 18 361 224 Class A Class B Class C 6 3 2 57 35 14 1 0 3 23 11 11 11 7 13 6 4 10 2 3 0 8 5 2 23 28 16 31 26 4 5 10 6 42 16 21 20 17 17 164 120 235 ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL SHIPPED TOTAL REGISTERED Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals Page Five SEAFARERS LOG All Groups Class A Class B Class C 2 2 4 68 51 15 2 5 0 13 19 2 10 5 12 9 4 2 1 2 3 10 6 2 18 29 7 20 24 4 4 10 12 42 16 21 9 11 18 207 178 109 All Groups Class A Class B 1 3 64 69 10 8 21 24 7 6 3 2 1 3 12 7 40 44 25 26 10 16 46 12 8 14 252 230 STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups All Groups Port Class A Class B Class A Class B Class C Boston .......... 1 1 1 1 0 New York 63 18 40 15 12 Philadelphia 8 7 2 2 2 Baltimore 18 10 8 14 15 Norfolk 6 8 4 22 7 Jacksonville 3 6 4 7 1 Tampa 2 45 4 3 Mobile 13 4 10 7 8 New Orleans 66 42 33 16 5 Houston 18 22 21 7 3 Wilmington 3 4 3 3 4 San Francisco .. 31 12 32 16 57 Seattle 24 11 13 17 4 Totals 256 144 184 178 151 REGISTERED on BEACH Class A 13 218 27 103 19 10 7 96 150 156 21 54 64 938 Class B 14 102 13 84 8 5 8 20 57 84 1 17 14 417 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 6 1 126 100 12 10 72 45 20 10 7 5 4 4 33 18 101 81 100 74 22 2 54 17 24 17 581 384 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A 9 146 13 72 11 4 11 47 142 66 10 29 31 . vv591 Class B 3 34 11 47 15 3 2 6 97 65 0 21 16 320 1^ SesdEarer^ Guide to Bett^ Buying By Sidney MargoUus Detergents Are The 'Same Old Soap/ If there is anything that American housewives seem desperately not to need, it is more washday miracles. Yet the large manufacturers continue to bring out "new" products, advertise them heavily on TV, and housewives rush to buy them. Procter & Gamble, for example, already had eight different brands of detergents and soap powders. But it spent an estimated $24 million in 1965 to introduce yet a hew one—Bold. It im­ mediately became a big seller, taking sales not only from competitors but from P«&G's own Tide and other detergents. Still not satisfied with these contributions to the Confused Society, P&G now has introduced Bonus —: "The Complete Deter­ gent." Incidentally, the $24 million spent to introduce Bold—^just one new detergent—is almost twice as much as the $13 million the Government spends a year to operate the Federal Trade Commission —the main ad-policing agency. P&G also has brought out a new liquid cleaner called Top Job, promoting it so heavily on TV that it soon outsold not only the competitive Ajax but P&G's own venerable Mr. Clean. In dishwash­ ing liquids, another specialized tjqje of detergent, we recently counted in one store 14 different brands offered by six companies, not including different sizes or even dishwasher types. The real question is, can a housewife find hap­ piness without running into the supermarker when "new" brands of products are introduced on tele­ vision, screaming "give me this and give me that," as one large retailer recently said housewives do. The first thing we need to know is that most of the "new" cleaning products are not really new. Virtually all detergents or cleaners brought on the market nowadays are advertised as "new, improved." Since there are almost no new ingre­ dients available, advertisers are forced to make such pathetic boasts as that Top Job has ammonia. Ammonia is one of the oldest and cheapest clean­ ing standbys. This makes no difference to modern consumers. Top Job already is the biggest seller of this type of cleaner. . Besides ammonia, two other inexpensive old standbys often used by "new" brand-name products to claim additional effectiveness, are borax and chlorine bleach. In some cases all you need do is read the labels to see what the ingredients really are. The main active ingredient in Spic and Span, Soilax and other heavy-duty powder cleaners is trisodium phosphate. You can pay 30 to 35 cents a pound box for such brand-name cleaners which may be approximately 80 per cent inert ingredients. In contrast, some of the consumer co-ops sell plain TSP in five pound package at a cost of 14 cents a pound, or it can be be bought in hardware stores at slightly higher prices. With little difference among liquid detergents, the advertisers have chosen to fight it out on the basis of color, pink versus Palmolive's "clear, clean, emerald green—a beautiful new invention." The difference in cost between the private and advertised brands, even for the same color, is startling. The private brands offered by some large retailers are almost half the price of Lux Pink,' and are just a pink. Even lesser-known national brands like Octagon liquid are much cheaper. The public favors one brand of steel wool pads noticeably—S.O.S. It costs more than No. 2, Brillo, which tries harder by being a little cheaper. In ordering General Foods to dispose of the S.O.S. Co., the FTC said the the various household steel wool products, like the liquid bleaches, are func­ tionally identical. What makes the difference in consumer preference is "extensive advertising." The Ann Arbor ''5 Spot" Was Lakes Pacesetter FRANKFORT, Mich.—The fabled old Ann Arbor No. 5, carferry which brought numerous unique innovations to Great Lakes shipping during the early decades of this centry, has been towed from its familiar berth here to an uncertain future. She had spent most of her distinguished life in the service of the SIU Great Lakes District-contracted Ann Arbor Railroad Company. The "5-spot," as the 360-foot vessel was affectionately known to many oldtime carferry sailors, was built in Toledo, Ohio, in 1910 and served in the Ann Arbor fleet until it was retired a few years ago. Once the largest and most powerful carferry on Lake Michi­ gan, the Ann Arbor No. 5 was the first vessel of its kind to have two smokestacks and the last to have straight, unraked stacks. It also paved the way for future boats of its class by being the first ship on the Lakes to have a seagate at the stem which was raised to admit railroad cars and then lowered to protect them from the water. Seagates now are standard on all such boats. Also Broke Ice Another task performed by the No. 5 during its 50-odd years with the Ann Arbor was that of unofficial ice breaker for the company's fleet. This continued until one propellor was lost and both her wheels had to be changed, rendering the vessel less effective in pack ice. The ferry's ownership has changed hands several times in the last few years and most recently was acquired from the U.S. Maritime Commission by the Bultema Dock and Dredge Co., of Muskegon, Mich. Bultema has moved her to its yards at Manistee but no inunediate plans for her use have been announced. Originally sold by Ann Arbor to a west coast combine some time ago, the vessel was soon resold to a third owner and finally went to the Maritime Commission in a subsidy trade. Since that time it has been tied up back at Ann Arbor's pier here awaiting the final disposition brought about by the Bultema purchase. Anqther former Ann Arbor vessel is presently part of the Bultema fleet. The old Ann Arbor No. 3, which was a onestacker, has been converted into a stone barge. QUESTION: Cm you remem­ ber your first SIU ship and what stands out in your mind about the voyage? Jerome Lacy: My first SIU ship was the Steel Vendor. I was a wiper and it was the first time I'd ever gone to sea. We went to India and I remember that it was a smooth trip with a good bunch of guys. I'd like to sail on that ship again, sometime. John Pennis: I sailed for the first time aboard the Calmar. I had sailed previ­ ously with the SUP during the Second World War. The thing I remember is that shipping wasn't too good at the time and I thought I was very lucky to get a job on a good ship. Leon Webb: My first SIU ship was the Del Norte. I sailed stew­ ard utility and went to Brazil and Argentina. I remember that trip because a passenger passed away from heart trouble. I also lost some money playing poker. I believe the year was 1956. Dick Slnqison: My first union ship was a Waterman Liberty ship in 1947. I had been on non-un­ ion ships and I could see right away what the difference was. The treatment of ynH crew, food and the whole opm mm eration was much better. The trip on that ship was coast-wise. AI Carpenter; The SIU ship I first sailed on is no longer active. It was the Mis­ sion Purisma, a tanker. This was my first trip out of the United States and we went to ports in the South Pacific. I learned a great I deal about my job, cooking, during that voyage. <I> Richard DeGraaf: I started sailing when I was 14 years old on'a Dutch ship, so when I took my first SIU ship, the Liberty vessel Joseph Bartlett, I was a pretty old hand. We took a cargo of food to Belgium and the sailing was very smooth. I shipped as wiper and when I look at the conditions we have today, it seems hard to be­ lieve that a seaman's lot was once so miserable. �SEAFARERS LOG Page Six AFL-CIO Raps Digest Article On Social Security as False J Oetoiwr 27, 1967 fi'/et/ for Future Reference WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO's social security insurance expert branded as "completely unfounded" charges made in an October Reader's Digest article that the social security system is in danger of going broke. Actually, the Social Security Trust Fund "is in such good condition that we could finance, right now, a seven percent increase in benefits" without raising contributions, said AFL-CIO Social Security Director Bert Seidman. He made the statements on the network radio inter­ view, Labor News Conference, aired Tuesdays at 7:35 p.m., EDT, over the Mutual Broadcasting System. The allegation that social security is in shaky condition is "an old chestnut that keeps coming up from time to time," Seidman said. But, he declared, "there isn't the slightest danger that people who pay into the fund will not be able to get benefits out of it. He pointed out that House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Wilbur D. Mills (D-Ark.), "who probably knows as much about the social security system as any man in America," took issue with the Reader's Digest article, noting that the committee's recently-completed "exhaustive re-examination" of social security found the program "actuarially and financially sound." Seidman noted that there is little likelihood that the Reader's Digest will give anyone an opportunity to answer the "unfounded charges" against social security made in the article. The Digest has never per­ mitted anyone to reply to an article that states only one side of an issue, he said, pointing out that the magazine doesn't even have a letters-to-the-editor column. • * » The AFL-CIO has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to find that Fleet­ wood Trailer Co., Riverside, Calif., violated the National Labor Rela­ tions Act in ignoring reinstatement applications from employees who had been on strike. The question, the AFL-CIO said in a "friend of the court" brief, is whether an employer violates the law "when he refuses to honor continuing applications for reinstatement as jobs open up and at the first available opportunity." It pointed out that the Supreme Court in a case involving Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co., h^ previously decided that an-employer violates the law when he refuses reinstatement to workers who apply for jobs that are available. The same principle is involved in the Fleetwood case, federation attorneys declared. In August, 1964, the Carpenters struck Fleetwood in a contract dispute. The strike lasted only two weeks. Some workers got their jobs back when it was ended. However, others submitted job appli­ cations that were passed over during a period in which the firm hired new employees. AFL-CIO Vice-President David Sullivan has been appointed by President Johnson to a newlyestabfished National Advisory Commission on Health Facili­ ties. The 14-member group, will undertake a year-long stud]^ of the changing needs for hospital construction and modernization, and the financing of health facil­ ities. » * of-living clause, and improvements in sick leave, health and welfare, holiday, vacation, and pension benefits. White Front employees had struck the company after a one-month extension of the pre­ vious contract. The new agree­ ment, said the union, is compar­ able to pacts previously negoti­ ated with other major California discount stores. • By a vote of 604 to 378, engi­ neers at five NBC radio and'^tele­ vision stations have voted for an improved version of a threeyear contract, after having turned down an earlier version. Through a firm stand, their union, NABET, has brought about a pact that pro­ vides wage increases of $42 a week for experienced technicians over a three-year t€rm, a work-week re­ duction from the present 40 hours to "ilVz on November 1, 1968, and other gains. The current top rate for engineers is $218 per week. >•> « * A six-week strike against White Front Stores, Inc., in Southern California has come to an end. The members of five Re­ tail Clerks' locals have ratified a new five-year contract which pro­ vides for a graduated wage in­ crease of 62.5 cents per hour over the five-year period, a costr Miss Theo Glenn, long-time personal secretary to the late AFL president William Green, passed away'in Washington recently after an extended illness. She was buried in Coshocton, Ohio. Miss Glenn, a graduate of the Colum­ bus School of Law (part of the Catholic University of America) in 1937, had been with Green from the time he was secretarytreasurer of the Mine Workers and up until his death in 1952, when she retired. J. Timothy McGinley, 27, has been appointed as a special as­ sistant to Labor Stecretary W. Willard Wirtz. McGinley had been serving on the Secretary's staff for the past year as a White House Fellow, and was previously admin­ istrative assistant to the dean of Harvard's Graduate School of Business Administration. The days of the current session of the 90th Congress are rapidly diminishing in number and still there is no sign of the "great new merchant marine program" most recent­ ly trumpeted by the Administration as being imminent. Apparently this was more empty talk and no real program was even seriously contemplated. Perhaps Representative Thomas M. Felly of Washington best described the Adminis­ tration's national maritime policy when he called it "a giant firecracker that fizzled." There have been more than enough fizzled firecrackers—beginning with the State of the Union message in 1965, which contained similar assurances by the President that firm steps would be taken to correct the disgrace­ ful condition of the American merchant ma­ rine. Men around the President, such as Transportation Secretary Alan S. Boyd and Robert S. McNamara, the Secretary of De­ fense, seem still to be able to cloud the issue of maritime and block any realistic action by the White House. Felly's reaction to reports that there would be no new program after all, were apparently shared by his colleagues in the House. With their overwhelming passage of a bill to estab­ lish an independent Federal Maritime Ad­ ministration, they formally recognized the need for a firm hand to guide the rebuilding of the U.S. maritime industry before it is too late. We hope the Senate will move for an independent MARAD with equal speed. One has only to consider a five-year ship­ building plan currently under way in Japan, by which that nation hopes to advance from her present fifth-place status on the seas by 1971, and the eyen more alarming sevenyear plan with which the Soviet Union seeks to gain absolute supremacy among the mari­ time nations of the world to realize how seri­ ous the situation is. At the end of 1966, Russia had 585 ships in construction or on-order. We had only 40. As a result of deplorable Administra­ tion neglect since 1948, this country has fallen from first to sixth place in total gross tonnage among world maritime nations and all the way to 16th in shipbuilding. Unless this downtrend is reversed, the U. S. will, in a few short years, become dependent on other nations for ships to carry her imports and exports. As of right now, only seven percent of America's foreign commerce is carried in U. S.-flag bottoms while the remaining 93 percent moves in vessels flying foreign flags. Of necessity, U. S.-flag ships supply 98 per­ cent of the troops and material to fill this country's requirements in Vietnam. Were we suddenly faced with an international crisis elsewhere in the world, we simply would not have the merchant fleet necessary to meet the needs of such a crisis. Despite the need for additional tonnage, only eight new commer­ cial ships were launched by American yards during the first six months of this year. Common sense and the dictates of national self-preservation call for urgent measures to revitalize the U. S. merchant marine and put it once again at the top of the list in world­ wide strength and capability. House action on an independent MARAD was a crucial step in the right direction and if the Senate agrees, such an agency can be­ come a'reality. The next step, and quickly, must be a comprehensive maritime program with which to rebuild and expand at an ac­ celerated pace. �SEAFARERS LOG October 27, 1967 Page Seven The Gold Mine Beneath New York Harbor T bday, the coastal and inland waters of North America, from New York Harbor to San Fran­ cisco Bay, from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, are providing a new source of excitement for the adventure-seeker—^the fascinating lure of "Sunken Treasure." Down through the years, adventurous souls have been drawn to the four comers of the earth, on expenditions in search of untold wealth in gold, silver, and precious jewels, by the magical, almost hypnotic sound of the word "Treasure." Without hesitation men have risked their lives on countless occasions to locate some of the wealth that was once carried on ships whose luck ran out, and whose final anchorage was a watery grave on the ocean floor. The legendary sunken wealth in the Caribbean, made up mostly of countless wrecks of Spanish galleons, has long been a treasure-hunter's paradise. The coast of Florida has also kept generations of freasure-seekers busy and will no doubt continue to do so. Now, however, a fantastic new surge of interest is building up over the almost totally unexploited sunken wealth that was carried by numerous ships to the bottom of some of the major inland and coastal waters of the United States. The existence of sunken treasure-laden vessels is known at sites within some of this country's busiest harbors, and beneath the waters adjacent to some of our most populated cities. In most cases, the sailing careers of these ships ended in times long before the onrush of population lined thjBjAmerican continent. Their stories, however, are well documented in history and in most instances are far less fanciful than the tales of treasure that have persuaded men over the centuries to travel to other, more remote parts of the world. For instance, right at this moment, ,J»lew York's towering skyscrapers overlook $4,800,000 worth of gold and silver bullion that has lain at the bottom of the world's busiest harbor, and been passed over by thousands of seafarers on thousands of ships, since the days of the American Revolution. No doubt not many seafarers have paused for even a moment to reflect upon the fate of the once proud British frigates. Hussar and Lexington, as they have sailed within a few hundred yards of the Bronx shoreline, between North Brother Island and 138th St. At this site, deep beneath the mud and .^refusestrewn bottom of New York's East River, lies the rotting skeleton of HMS Hussar, a 28-gun man o' war, that served the British crown during the Amer­ ican Revolution as a payship. Whatever is left of her hand-hewn, oak hull, still guards $3,000,000 in gold and silver. On the cool, brisk morning of September 13, 1780, HMS Hussar arrived at the entrance to New York Harbor with a cargo of bullion, which was supposed to serve as wages for the British forces occupying New York City. Slowly, she began her passage through the dangerous current of Hell Gate, an aptly named area of the harbor, whose tricky winds and currents cut short the Ijjfe of many a proud ship. Her Captain, Sir Charles M. Pole, unfamiliar with the waters, valiantly strove, as the winds, grew stronger, to keep his ship away from the rock en­ crusted shoreline. The Hussar's sister ship, HMS Lexington, also a payship carrying wages in gold and silver for British troops, was but a few minutes sailing time further down the East River from the Hussar. At a point just off Randall's Island, the Hussar's Captain Pole shouted the order, "Hard to starboard." But it was too late, the ship struck what is today known as Pot Rock, tearing a huge hole in her hull. Within a few minutes she floundered and went to the bottom, taking with her scores of silver and gold ingots that had been stacked in the Captain's cabin in neat rows, along with hundreds of leather pouches filled with shiny, newly-struck coins from the Royal British Mint. - i. The HMS Lexington, arriving at almost the exact spot at which the Hussar foundered, reenacted the death of her sistership in an uncanny way. She too became caught-up in the treacherous current, and her Captain, as did Captain Pole, tried to keep his ship off the rocks. But he also failed and the Lexington, her hull shattered by a glancing blow off the reefs, joined the Hussar at the bottom of the river, taking with her, $1,800,000 in gold, silver and coin, to add to the $3,000,000 lost aboard the Hussar. Today, the two British payships rest nearly side by side in only twelve fathoms of water, their treasure yet unclaimed. Further north on the Atlantic coast, twenty miles southwest of Nantucket South Shoals Lightship, Massachusetts, rests the rusting remains of the British White Star liner Republic, in 38 fathoms of water. Within her rusting hull are $3,000,000 worth of American gold eagles ($10 gold pieces) that the Re­ public had aboard when she sank after a collision with the Italian liner Florida, on January 23, 1909. An attempt was made in 1919 to bring the Repub­ lic's cargo to the surface, but it failed because of the depth to which she sank. Equipment now available could make the next salvage attempt a success. The Great Lakes is another fertile hunting ground for modern-day treasure hunters. Unbelievable as it may sound, more than 10,000 vessels of almost every description have been lost on the Lakes over the last three centuries. Although not all these ships were treasure-laden, enough were carrying valuable car­ goes to make the area inviting for salvage attempts. One of the first vessels to sink beneath the waters of the Great Lakes was the French frigate La Jean Florin, on February 7, 1721. Traveling northward on Lake Erie, she had stowed in her hold a cargo of $500,000 in gold and silver bars. She went down 10-15 miles northeast of Erie, Pa., in less than 12 fathoms of water. When the French first attempted to raise the frigate their base camp was attacked by hostile Indians, and they gave up the effort. In Lake Ontario, 4Vi miles northeast of Oswego, New York, also in only 12 fathoms of water, are the rotting remains of the British sloop o' war HMS Ontario; $500,000 in gold and silver coin is still locked in her master's strongboxes. The Ontario was a stout warship that had seen service against the American colonials in upper New York State, during the days of the American Revolution. On November 23, 1783, she was on a secret mission attempting to get gold and silver to British soldiers who were in the remote Great Lakes area, and had not been paid for more than a year. The exact cause of her sinking remains a mystery, as does what British soldiers in this remote area would have spent their money on. Soon after she sank, the British tried to salvage the HMS Ontario but they could not get the job done before they lost the war. The Pewabic was a well known American Great Lake Steamer that had seen service with the Union Navy during the last year of the Civil War. She sank to the mud floor of Lake Huron on August 12, 1865, two miles off Thunder Bay Island near present day Alpena, Michigan, when her boiler exploded. With her went $250,000 worth of gold bars, gold dust, silver bars and 300 tons of copper ingot. The Gulf coast of the United States—^near such ports as Houston, Galveston, Corpus Christi and Brownsville—has more than its share of sunken treasure sites. One unique and vitally important aspect of treasure hunting off Texas is that treasure in the area is usually located in waters no deeper than 50 feet. The hurricanes that have ravaged the Texas Gulf, over the last 200 years, have sent more than two thousand vessels to a watery grave, including schoon­ ers, brigs, barques, frigates, and a score of ocean liners. On June 25, 1875 during the height of the Galves­ ton flood, the trim schooner Texas Ranger was round­ ing Brazos Island, Texas, when she floundered in high seas. She was carrying $2,000,000 in gold and silver coin, which now rests in only three fathoms of water. On June 14, 1880 the swift French Barque Maria Teresa sank with more than $210,000 in French and American gold coin off Padre Island, Texas. Padre Island has long been a particular favorite of Gulf coast treasure seekers. Just last month, after hurricane Beulah left the Corpus Christi area, a 26-year old treasure hunter noticed a metal spike sticking out of the sand on the island's shore. Digging with his hands in the sand, he uncovered fragments of wood. He has since learned that the fragments were once part of a Spanish galleon that dates from the 15th century and that traces of silver oxide in the wood, show that she was carrying silver. A few yards further down the beach are signs of five other ships, believed to have been treasure ships that left Vera Cruz headed for Spain in 1553 with a cargo of gold and silver. The Pacific coast of the United States, most espe­ cially the Baja, California, area, is particularly rich in unexploited sunken treasure sites. The Spanish, dur­ ing the 16th and 17th centuries, lost entire fleets of gold and silver carrying galleons all along the Pacific, from Oregon to IOWM- Mexico. On January 7, 1754, one of the largest of Spain's galleons, the 60-ton San Sebastian, was attacked by pirates off the coast of California. In her desperate attempt to flee from her attackers she hit a reef and sank to 36 fathoms of water, two miles north of San Clemente Island, California. The $2,000,000 in gold and silver that the pirates wanted so badly may yet wind up in the hands of some modem-day treasure hunter. �Page Eight SEAFARERS LOG Five-Year US Crash Program For Maritime Urged by Tiernan WASHINGTON—Representative Robert O. Tiernan (D-R.I.) has called for a five-year pro­ gram of direct federal investment in modernization of U. S. shipyards, and urged the development of a high-level federal department to coordinate and administer maritime affairs. Speaking to a seminar spon­ sored by the six-million-member demands of foreign workers for to ship abroad the economic bene­ AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ higher wages and a better standard fits of American shipyard jobs, partment, Tiernan said that for the of living close the gap between materials and production." Murphy said that Congress ap­ last two years less than 10 percent foreign and American shipyard peared to be getting tried of the costs. of the ships for which Congress Administration's contradictory In addition, Mack-Forlist said, voted funds had been built, simply words and actions about maritime. government action must create the because the Federal Government essential domestic shipbuilding "The hour is rapidly approach­ refused to spend the money avail­ market which will enable Ameri­ ing when Congress will act on its able. can shipbuilders to take full ad­ own to return the American flag "If we put money into stream­ vantage of this competitive edge. to its proper position on the oceans lining our shipyards now, it can The governments of other ship­ of the world," Murphy declared. payoff in the future in terms of building countries are giving their Other speakers at the MTD lower construction costs for both domestic yards such aid, he em­ seminar included Anthony Scotto, government and industry," he said. phasized. chairman of the MTD Legislative Tiernan also called for expan­ "There is every reason to be­ Committee and President of Local sion of cargo-preference for U. S.lieve that the only reliable source 1814 of the International Long­ flag ships. He declared: of the type of ship which the shoremen's Association; Charles "Once we build the ships, we U. S. owners and the U. S. govern­ have to be sure that they have ment want is the American ship­ F. Nisi, Vice President of Sperling" cargoes to carry, and the way to yard. The opportunities for mov­ Steamship & Trading Corpora­ do that is to expand our operating ing forward are in our hands— tion; Joseph N. Paola of the Jour­ subsidy program, and to increase let's not waste them," Mack- neymen Barbers International Union; Thomas F. Murphy, In­ the amount of government-gener­ Forlist said. ternational President of the Brick­ ated cargoes that are reserved for Scores Govt Neglect layers, Masons and Plasterers In­ American-flag ships." ternational Union; Alexander Thomas Murphy, president of Tiernan said that the United Barkan, National Director of the the Bricklayers, told the 200 gov­ States could achieve an adequate ernment, labor and industry repre­ AFL-CIO Committee on Political level of maritime activity with a "relatively modest federal invest­ sentatives at the seminar that Con­ Education (COPE); and John W. ment" of about $500 million a gress was "getting tired" of wait­ Landis, Manager of Operations ing for the Johnson Administra­ for the Washington, D.C., office of year. tion to come up with its long- the Babcock & Wilcox Company. Ckar Mandate promised maritime program. Scotto, who acted as seminar He said that last week's over­ Murphy said that he could not chairman and moderator, told the whelming House passage of a understand why the government audience that the House passage bill to create an independent continues to neglect and ignore of the bill to create an independ­ federal Maritime Administration the maritime industry. ent MARAD (H.R. 159) was an gave a "clear" indication of how He said it was beyond under­ "even bigger victory than last Congress feels about the vital im­ standing "why the Administration year" when it was decided to pre­ portance of rebuilding the U. S. continues to press for foreign con­ clude the new Department of merchant fleet and the need for a struction of American merchant Transportation from controlling general program for maritime and naval vessels; why it is willing MARAD. development. Tiernan predicted that Congress would enact such a program. Daniel M. Mack-Forlist, general manager of Bethlehem Steel's Sparrows Point Shipyard, who also spoke at the seminar, said that the solution to the problems of foreign by Frank Drozak, West Coast Representative competition faced by American Matthew C. Carberry, incumbent county sheriff, was the only shipyards will come about as the candidate to be endorsed by the recent San Francisco AFL-CIO COPE Labor Convention, which met to consider endorsing various San Francisco city and county candidates. The machine-voting was operated under the auspices of the San Francisco city and county regisSeatfle trars' offices, and was conducted by an election committee consist­ Carl Hellman last shipped as a ing of delegates from several bosun on the Cape Saunders. The BOSTON •The nation should unions including the Seafarers trip was seven months for the 21take a closer look at imposing International Union of North year veteran. a tariff on the importation of America, represented by SIUNA Claude Pritcbett would like a foreign-caught fish. Senator Vice-President William Jordan. cook's job on a Sea-land ship to Only delegates from AFL-CIO Alaska. His last job was chief Warren G. Magnuson (D-Wash), chairman of the Commerce Com­ unions were entitled to participate, cook on the Marore. mittee, said at the first American including the SIU. After sailing as baker on the Out of a possible 548 votes, Rebecca, Cbarles Foster would Commercial Fishing Exposition at only 322 were actually cast. With like to take a long tripper. He's a Suffolk Downs here. "We have no tariff to meet the the requirement that a minimum 25-year SIU man. flow of foreign fish products into of % of the ballots cast would Wilmington the country, a factor which hurts be necessary for endorsement, Sam Drury just returned after the growth and development of only one candidate—Carberry— a two-month trip on the Colombia the American fishing industry," was endorsed. Victory. He will be on the beach San Francisco asserted Magnuson, noting that here for a while before shipping Canada, Iceland and Japan are Shipping remains good here. now among leading competitors The following ships paid off and again. with American vessels and fishing signed on during the last period: Henry HeiUnheins recently re­ operations. Blenvlile, Falrwood, Barre Ylc- covered from a broken leg and Magnuson called attention to toiy, Los Angeles, Seatrain Maine, would like to ship immediately as the World Fishery Conference for Sonthwestem Victmy, Longllnes, bosun on the Seatrain Carolina. the Atlantic area to be held in WUd Ranger, National Defendw, He was beached for over three Moscow in a few weeks. "I hope," Columbia Victory, American months. he said, "that forward steps will Pride, Rice Victory, Lougvlew Shipping is still very good with be taken in the area of conserving ^ctory, Otsem Dinny, Amerigo lots of jobs for rated men. The fish resources, a food supply that 'transpacific. Ships in transit are Sagamore Hills is coming in for looms very important to the future the Hattiesbnrg Victory and the a pay-off and we have several of the world:" Columbia. ships in-transit. The Pacific Coast Magmison Urges Tariff On ffsh Ingiorts OeKrfier 27, 1967 Joins SIU Pension Roster SIU Brother Angelo Montemarano (right) receives his pension check from New York Port Agent Leon Hall, after many year of service. Montemarano was among eight new Seafarers who recently retired. New Ship Reporting System Inaugurated on Great Lakes CLEVELAND—new system of keeping track of ships cross­ ing open waters on the Great Lakes has been inaugurated by the Ninth District of the U.S. Coast Guard, headquartered here. The Lake Vessel Reporting ^ System, to be known as LAY­ doubly important At the time of ERS, is designed to minimize the Morrell disaster, the SIU the time a vessel may be in dis­ Great Lakes District and the tress without anyone being aware AFL-CIO Maritime Trades de­ partment expressed concern to a of it. Under the system, seven Coast Coast Guard Board of Inquiry Guard stations serve as "check over inspection procedure of these points." An immediate commu­ old vessels, and pointed out that nications search by the LAYERS some ships operating on the Lakes center here would be launched for should not be sailing because they any ship four hours overdue in are not really adequately inspected reporting by radio to its next for fatigue. The check point stations of the check point. If the vessel con­ system start at Alexandria Bay, tinues unreported one hour later, N. Y., as ships enter the Lakes Coast Guard ships and aircraft from the St. Lawrence Seaway. will begin searching its intended Others are at Belle Isle, Sault Ste. route through the lakes. Each of Marie, Port Huron, Ludington the check points is connected by and Hancock—all in Michigan— a teletype network to the Ninth District's search and rescue head­ and one is at Two Rivers, Wiscon­ sin. quarters. A Coast Guard spokesman said In announcing the start of the there were no other check points new voluntary system, the Ninth in New York or Ohio because District commander, Rear Ad­ Lake Erie and Lake Ontario miral Charles Tighe, said that all "rarely get a big blow." ships of more than 100 gross tons were being encouraged to take part in LAYERS. A vessel can participate by filing her destina­ tion, estimated time of arrival and intended route before departing port and by updating this infor­ mation periodically throughout the voyage. Recalls Morrell Sinking SAN DBEGO—Through the Tighe stated that LAYERS united efforts of the SIUNA-afshould "materially aid in the pres­ filiated Transportation and Allied ervation of life and property on Workers of California, San Diego the lakes" and recalled the sinking cab drivers will receive rate in­ of the Daniel J. Morrell in Lake creases from 30-40 cents per mile, Huron, during a storm on Novem­ effective November 1, 1967, and ber 29, 1966, which resulted in as a result of the fare increase, the death of 28 crewmembers. the take home pay of the drivers "Because of the sudden storms will be raised by 20-25 percent associated with the lake and the a month. low air and water temperatures Prior to the fare-increase, grant­ that' considerably reduce the- ed in a unanimous decision by the chances of survival in the water, City Council, taxi rates here were every minute counts when a ship is the« lowest of any major Western endangered," the admiral pointed city. There has been no raise in the basic mileage rate in the last out. In view of the advanced age 15 years. SIUNA representative Tom of many of the ships plying the Great Lakes trade—the Morrell Meyer participated in the negotia­ was 60 years old when it split in tions and is currently participating two and sank off Harbor Beach in similar negotiations in Oceansystem such as LAYERS is side, California. S/U IVest Coast Taxi Drivers ViStt Fare Mke �October 27, 1967 Page Nlre SEAFARERS LOG ' Anti-Labor Campaign 1968 Election Results . C ONGRESSIONAL conservatives and major ele­ ments of the business community have launched a twin thrust at labor's throat. It involves: 1. A softening-up process in Congress by way of a gradual build-up of sentiment for a series of antilabor proposals; and 2. A massive grass-roots propaganda effort among memberships of powerful business groups to line up support for the big push in Congress. The conservatives* jugular instinct was whetted by election success in 1966. Their hopes for the kill rest on the outcome of the elections in 1968. Their campaign, thus, is entirely political in nature. It relies wholly on election of a Congress willing to enact anti-union legislation. Deny the conservatives a political victory in 1968 and their whole strategy crumbles. Give them a political victory in 1968, and their success is assured. Outside of Congress, the drive is spearheaded by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufactmers. Each mildly refers to its campaign as one for "labor law reform." But there is nothing mild about the specifics of their pian. Aimed at joint bargaining by unions, this bill has •been introduced by Dixie Senator Strom Thurmond (S.C.) Its aim has strong backing from the Chamber and NAM. Its aim Is to prevent unions from coordinating their bargaining with any employer. three of a projected five-part series on "Labor Law Reform" in its major publication NAM Reports. One article in the NAM series was penned by How­ ard Jensen, vice president and general counsel of Lone Star Steel Co. The firm has been described by the Texas AFL-CIO as "probably the leading unionbusting company in Texas." It is headed by E. B. Germany, a leader in right wing circles. Jensen himself has been on the speakers bureau of the National Right-to-Work Committee and on the Southern States Industrial Council, a rightist outfit that adopts the John Birch line on UNICEF, wants the U.S. out of the United Nations and wants to abolish REA and TVA. The thrust of Jensen's article is that oppressed union members are unhappy with union leaders but unions shrewdly "deflect" members' resentment to employers in the form of strikes. The propaganda barrage picking up tempo in the NAM and Chamber coincides with conservative effort in Congress to build support gradually f6r specific legislation tailored to the programs of the giant and powerful business associations. This year, on the heels of conservative election vic­ tories in 1966, trial balloons were laimched in Con­ gress for a spate of anti-union proposals. Any one of these would be damaging to the trade union move­ ment. Taken together, they are dynamite. Here are just some of the bills that have been proposed: • H.R. 333, introduced by Representative Dave Martin (R-Neb.)—^This would destroy industry-wide bargaining by clamping anti-trust laws on unions. It would revive the discredited "conspiracy" theory that dogged unions a century ago. It would leave local unions completely at the mercy of industrial giants. • S. 1353, introduced by Senator Robert Griffin (R-Mich.), co-sponsored by a cluster of conservative GOP senators and one Democrat, Senator Frank Lausche (Ohio) — This would abolish the National Labor Relations Board and replace it with a so-called "Labor Court" comprised of 15 judges serving 20year terms. Nominations for the "Labor Court" would be passed on by the Senate Judiciary Com­ mittee, which now is, and for the foreseeable future will remain, under Dixiecrat-conservative GOP lead­ ership. The legislation already has received strong backing not just from the Chamber and NAM but ' from individual businesses, among them the unionbusting J. P. Stevens textile firm angered over recent NLRB decisions protecting union efforts at the firm's plants. Here's what they are prf^osmg either outright or by inference: * Antitrust law coverage for trade unions. * Dismantling of the National Labor Relations Board and establishment of a so-called "Labor Court" in its stead. * A prohibition against coordinated, multi-union bargaining. The Chamber already has sent out its road show to 12 cities where "Labor Law Reform Workshops" have been conducted by teams of management labor relations men. Purpose of the workshops, according to one Chamber publication, was "to alert the bus­ iness community to the long-overdue need for (labor) reform legislation." The NAM is following up with a series of 11 work­ shops scheduled for October and November. The clinics will be conducted by Charles A. Koethe, author of an NAM-distributed book. "Industrial Freedom in the Non-Union. Plaat." Lengthy articles boosting the campaign for "labor law reform" have blossomed in recent months in the publications of both the NAM and Chamber. The Chamber has run three of a continuing series of articles on "Roots of Union Power" in its prestige publication. Nation's Business; The NAM has carried ® S. 1744, introduced by Senator Strom Thur­ mond (R-S.C.)—^This would outlaw multi-union bar•gaining by a group of unions with the same employer at the same time, such as occurred with Westinghouse last year. Joint bargaining arose in the first place as a necessary union response to the growth of con­ glomerate industrial giants. ® S. 1880, introduced by Senator John J. Williams (R-Del.)—This would undermine labor's political efforts by preventing National COPE or any inter­ national union from collecting voluntary contribu­ tions from union members to give financial aid to endorsed candidates. It was proposed as an amend­ ment to the campaign financial reform bill and was defeated in the Senate in September. It will come up again if the climate changes as a result of 1968 elec­ tions. @ S. 22, introduced by Senator Paul Fannin (RAriz.) and co-sponsored by four conservative Repub­ licans and southern Democrat Senator Sam Ervin (N.C.)—^This would prohibit "card diecks" and other informal methods of determining whether a union is die choice of a majority of employees in a bargaining f, unit. >' Not yet introduced in the 9()th Congress, but a lead-pipe cinch for a big push if 1968 goes right for conservadves, is a federal open shop law, banning union security nationdly. This would certainly be 90rH CONGRESS 1ST SESSIOR S. 1744 A BILL 'To limit and prevent certain concerted activities by labor organizations which interfere with or obstruct or impede the free production of goods for commerce or the free flow thereof in commerce, and for other purposes. By Mr. liHCRMOND MAY 10. 1967 Bead twice and referred to tlie Committee on the Jndlclary •' t ; welcome to the NAM and Chamber, though their publications as yet have not embraced the proposal. "Right-to-work" promoters have a draft bill ready to promote in the 91st Congress. Many conservative legislators have blessed it. The proposal would reverse the situation under present law. To legalize union se­ curity provisions in labor-management contracts, state labor movements would be forced to go the referendum route or to prevail on state legislatures to enact laws permitting the union shop. Where does the joint anti-union drive of business interests and conservative legislators stand today? In one sense, it is standing still. There is little prospect that the present 90th Congress—despite its more conservative nature than the 89th—will enact legislation to stifle trade unions. Yet, in another sense the campaign is moving ahead. Conservatives in Congress and the Chamber and NAM are using time to build support. Congress­ men are sounding out and softening up their con­ stituents. The NAM and Chamber are beating the Amdt. No. 283 nOTH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION Calendar No. 500 S. 1880 AMENDMENTS Intended to be proposed by Mr. WILLIAMS of Delaware to S. 1880, a bill to revise the Fed­ eral election laws, and for other purposes. AUOUST 23,1967 Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed Sure-fire bet to come up again if conservatives win in 1968 is this proposal—defeated last month in the Senate—^to prohibit COPE or international unions even from collecting voluntary dollars to contribute support to their endorsed candidates. propaganda drums, rallying their own memberships behind the thrust for anti-labor legislation. The congressional conservatives and the Chamber and NAM don't deceive themselves. They know their campaign will rise or fall on the basis of 1968 elec­ tion results. Take away a few liberals from the present shaky House majority and subtract a few senators from the liberal ranks in 1968, and parts or all of the antiimion package bectnne sure bets for passage. So the answer is political. If they win at the polls, they win their goals in Congress. If they lose at the polls, if we add to liberal strength in Congress, it's a different ball game. Going for the anti-labor forces are all the weapons, all the money and all the political savvy they can muster. The NAM's Business-Industry Political Ac­ tion Committee (BIPAC) already is cruising in high gear. Now six years old, it has developed into a sophisticated, weU-organized political force. Lined up with it will be right wing political action groups. Anti-union by nature, smd with plenty of other axes to grind, the rightists unquestionably will be backing most of the candidates BIPAC supports. In 1968, the best bet to. preserve your union and your security against the attack is COPE. Give to COPE. Work with COPE in your union and your conununity. Make 1968 a "COPE year." Only an all-out effort will do the job. �I Pmge Ten i II 3' I'i- Eight Additional Seafarer Oldtimers Join Growing SlU Pension Roster The names of eight Seafarers have been added to the list of those men now collecting an SIU pension. The latest group of men includes; Angelo Montcmarano, Placido Diaz, John Oteri, Nath­ aniel Newsome, John Mahoney, Cland Home, Herbert Muncie, Philemondus Matthys. Angelo Montemarano was John Mahoney joined the Un­ bora in Italy and lives in Brook­ on the Floridian. A member of the engine depart­ ion in the port of New York. He lyn, with his wife, Helga. He lives in Jersey City, N. J., with his ment, John Oteri joined the SIU in sailed in the deck department and wife, Helen. Mahoney was bom Port Arthur. Texas and sailed with was qualified to sail as bosun. He in Jersey City, N. J., and sailed as joined the Union in New York deck hand for the Erie-Lacka­ City and sailed for over 20 years. wanna Railroad. Brother Montemarano's last ship was the Western Comet. Cland Home joined the SIU in Port Arthur, Texas. He was Oteri Montemarano Diaz Placido Diaz, a native of Spain, sailed in-the Steward Department. He has been a member of the SIU for 18 years. Diaz lives in Miami and joined the Union in Tampa. Brother Diaz last shipped Newsome D. M. Picton Co. Oteri was bom in New Orleans and lives in Port Arthur with his wife. Beryl. Nathaniel Newsome was bom in Georgia and now lives in Swoyersville, Pa., with his wife, Alice. He joined the Union in New York and sailed as an AB. His last ship was the Wacosta. The Gulf Coast Mahoney Home born in Douglasville, Ga., and resides in Kirbyville, Texas with his wife, Lillian. Home was em­ ployed by the G and H Towing Co. Philemondus Matthys is a na­ tive of Belgium and now makes his home in New York City.. A by Lindsay Williams, Vice-President, Gulf Area •ii October 27, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG The Louisiana AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education has made the following endorsements of statewide candidates running in the Democratic primary on November 4: Governor, John J. McKeithen; Treasurer, Mrs. Mary Evelyn Parker; Custodian bf Voting Machines, Douglas Fowler; Superintendent of Education, Bill Dodd; Insurance CommissionMuncie Matfliys deck department. er, Dudley Gugliemo. New Orleans Houston FWT, he last sailed on the La William Hussey paid off the We congratulate James Sam- Salle. He joined the SIU in New Venore in Portland, Ore., after a mon for his fine work in con­ York. grain run to India. He sails as stantly ungrading himself. He has Herbert Muncie sailed in the chief cook and would like a ship received all endorsements, the engine department since joining heading towards his home in latest being first assistant engineer, Texas. 1,000 horsepower. We are wait­ the Union in New Orleans. A na­ George Wolf, chief cook, re­ ing for his next achievement, tive of Kentucky, Muncie makes turned from Madras, India, on the which we are sure will come very his home in Baltimore and last Yellowstone. He would like a shortly. shipped aboard the Wilmar. Far East trip to Asia where he has relatives in the Air Force. AU Hands Safe Aboard SIU Lakes Ship Joe Acy just left the Del Mar where he sailed as laundryman. The ship ran aground on the way North, after leaving Paranague, Brazil. The ship started to take water and is now in drydock in Galveston. Acy said he would like to wait for the ship and will enjoy some time on the beach. Third cook Ray Taylor made some trips to Africa on the Del Monte. A native of New Orleans, he is lounging around the hall, taking advantage of Indian sum­ mer. MobOe O. W. Trawick registered after spending some time ashore. He has been a member of the Union 20 years and sails in the deck de­ partment. William CogsweU, who last sail­ ed as FWT on the Antinous, is ready to sail again. Jcdm Leys made some trips to Vietnam aboard the Cwtez. He's a FWT and lives in Mobile. Joe Hannoa was steward on the Cortex and has been a mender of the SIU since its inception. I. W. A reported, faulty steering mechanism aboard the SIU Lakes Harper, cook and steward on the Manhattan, had to come home due District limestone-hauier J. F. Schoelkopf sent the ship into the abut­ ments of the Milwaukee Bridge, on Michigan's Saginaw River, With to illneiss. one of the two major bridge supports broken, the bridge is largely WUUmn Roche spent some time on Delta Line passenger ships and resting on the deck plates of the freighter's bow. The ship will remain is now registered in group two. put until authorities can rig a temporary new abutment for the bridge. 324 Co^essmen Favor Bill For Imlepemlent MARAD (Continued from page 3) Howttfd W. Rnblmn (II..N.Y.) Peter W. Rodino, Jr. (D.-N.J.) Brron G. Rogers (D.-Colo.) Daniel J. Ronan (D.-IIl.) John J. Rooney (D.-N.Y.) Fred B. Rooney (D.-Pa.) Benjamin S. Roeenthal (D.-N.Y.) Dan RoatenkowakI (D.-IU.) WUIlara V. Roth, Jr. (D.-Del.) Richard L. Roadebnah (R.-Ind.) EUward R. Roybal (D.-Callf.) Philip lEL Rnppe (B.-Mlch.) William F. Ryan (D.-N.Y.) Charleo W. Sandman, Jr. (R.-N.J. ' David E. Sattrrlield (D.-Va.) Fernand J. St. Germain (D.-R.I.) John P. Saylor (R.-Pa.) Henry C. Schadebers (R.-Wi8.) William J. Scherle (R..Iowa) Herman T. Schneebeli (R.-Pa.) Richard S. Schwelker (R.-Pa.) Fred Schwenpel (R.-Iowa) William L. Scott (R.-Va.) Armlatead I. Selden, Jr. (D.-AIa.) George E. Shipley (D.-IIl.) Garner E. Shrlver (R.-Kana.) B. F. Slak (D.-Calif.) Joe Skablti (R.-Kana.) John J. Slack, Jr. (D.-W.Va.) H. Allen Smith (R.-Calif.) Henry P. Smith (R.-N.Y.) Jamea V. Smith (R.-Okla.) William L. Springer (R.-III.) Robert T. SUfford (R.-Vt.) Harley O. Staggera (D.-W.Va.) J. William Stanton (R.-Ohlo) Sam Stelger (R.-Ariz.) WUIIam A. Stelger (R.-Wia.) Frank A. Stnbblefleld (D.-Ky.) Leonor K. Snlllvan (D.-Uo.) Robert Talt, Jr. (R.-Ohlo) Bart L. Talcott (R.-Callf.) Roy A. Taylor (D.-N.C.) Charlea M. Teagae (R.-Ca]|f.) Herbert Tenier (D.-N.Y.) • Fletcher Thompaon (R.-Ga.) Frank Thompaon, Jr. (D.-N.J.) Vernon W. Thomaon (R.-Wls.) Robert 0, TIernan (D.-R.I.) William M. Tnck (D.-Va.) Al Ullman (D.-Ore.) Lionel Van Deerlln (D.-Callf.) Gay Vander Jagt (R.-Mich.) Joe D. Waggoner, Jr. (D.-La.) Jerome R. Waldle (D.-Callf.) E. S. Johnny Walker (D.-N.Mex.) William C. Wampler (R.-Va.) G. Robert Watkina (R.-Pa.) Albert W. Watoon (R.-S.C.) John C. Watta (D.-Ky.) Charlea W. Whalen (R-Ohio) J. Irving Whalley (R.-Pa.) Baall L. Whitener (D.-N.C.) William B. WIdnall (R.-N.J.) Charlea E. WIgglna (R.-Callf.) Lawrence G. Wllllama (R.-Pa.) Charlea H. Wllaon (D.-Callf.) Larry Winn, Jr. (IL-Kana.) Leater L. Wolff (D.-N.Y.) Jamea C. Wright, Jr. (D.-Tex.) Wendell Wyatt (R.-Ore.) John W. Wydler (R.-N.Y.) Chalmera P. Wylle (R-Ohio) Loala C. Wyman (R.-N.H.) Clement J. Zablockl (D.-Wla.) Roger H. ZIon (R.-Ind.) John M. Zwach (R.-Minn.) Votes Against—44 Thomaa Aahley (D.-Ohio) Tom BevlII (D.-AIa.) Jonathan Bingham (D.-N.Y.) Richard Boiling (D.-Mo.) John Brademaa (D.-Ind.) Jack Brinkley (D.-Ga.) Jack Brooka (D.-Tex.) Omar Bnrleaon (D.-Tex.) Earle Cabell (D.-Tex.) John J. Conyera (D.-Mich.) John G. Dow (D.-N.Y.) Dante B. Faacell (D.-Fla.) O. C. Flaher (D.-Tex.) Lee H. Hamilton (D.-Ind.) Porter Hardy, Jr, (D.-Va.) Ken Hechler (D.-W.Va.) Chet Hollfield (D.-Callf.) Andrew Jacoba. Jr. (D.-Ind.) John Jarman (D.-Okla.) Robert Kaatenmeler (D'.-Wia.) John H. Kyl (R.-Iowa) Odin Langen (R.-Minn.) Robert McClory (R.-I11.) John J. McFall (D.-Callf.) Wiley Mayne (R.-Iowa) G. V. Montgomery (D.-Miaa.) John E. Moaa (D.-Calif.) Laden N. Nedil (D.-Mich.) J. J. Pickle (D.-Tex.) Henry S, Reaaa (D.-Wla.) Ray Roberta (D.-Tcx. Paal G. Rogera (D.i-Fla.) J. Edward Roaah (D.-Ind.) Donald Ramafeld (R-Ill.) Jamea H. Scheaer (D.-N.Y. Robert L. F. SIkea (D.-Fla.) Neal Smith (D.-Iowa) Tom Steed (D.-Okla.) Samael S. Stratton (D.-N.Y.) W. S. Stackey (D.-Ga.) Charlea A. Vanik (D.-OhIo) Richard C. White (D.-Tex.) . Jamie L. Whitten (D.-Hlaa.) Sidney R. Yatea (D.-Ill.) Not Votii^—64 Carl Albert (D.-Okla.) Wajrne N. Aaplnall (D.-Colo.) Hale Bogga (D.-La.) Francea P. Bolton (R.-Ohld) William G. Bray (R.-Ind.) William E. Brock (R.-Tenn.) William Broomlleld (R.-Mleh.) Daniel E. Batton (R.-N.Y.) Jamea A. Byrne (D.-Fa.) William C, Cramer (R.-Fla.) John O. Calver (D.-Iowa) William L. Dawaon (D.-Ill.) John R. Dellcnback (R.-Ore.) Charlea C. Digga, Jr. (D.-Mlch.) Don Edwarda (D.-Callf.) John N. lErlenbom (R.-I11.) Frank E. Evana (D.-Colo.) Robert A. Everett (D.-Tenn.) Joe L. Evina (D.-Tenn.) George H. Fallon (D.-Md.) Paal FIndley (R.-IU.) ThoM* S, Foley (D.-Waah.) L, H, FoanUin (D.-N.C.) Richard Falton (D.-Tenn.) Charlea E. Goodell (R.-N.Y.) Gilbert Gade (R.-Md.) Wayne L. Haya (D.-Ohio) F. Edward Hdbert (D.-La.) A. Sydney Herlong, Jr. (D.-Fla.) Elmer J. Holland (D.-Fa.) Donald J. Irwin (D.-Conn.) Charlea Raper Jonaa (R.-N.C.) Paal C. Jonea (D.-Mo.) Abraham Kazan, Jr. (D.-'Tex.) John C. Klaczynakl (D.-Ill.) Melvin R, Laird (R.-Wls.) Phil H. Landram (D.-Ga.) Delbert L. Latta (R.-Ohlo) > John L. McMillan (D.-S.C.) Ray J. Madden (D.-Ind.) George H. Mahon (D.-Tex.) Catherine May (IL-Waah.) William S. Moorehead (D.-Pa.) Abraham J, Malter (D.-N.Y.) Robert N. C, NU (D.-Pa.) Arnold Olzcn (D.-Mont.) Wright Patman (D.-Tex.) Graham Parcell, Jr. (D.-Tex.) John R. Rarick (D.-Im.) Thomaa M. Recs (D.-Callf.) Ogden R. Raid (R.-N.Y.) Joieph Y. Reenick (D.-N.Y.) WlllUra L. St. Onge (D.-Conn.) M. G. Snyder (R.-Ky.) Robert Stephene, Jr. (D.-Ga.) Olln E. Teagae (D.-Tex.) John V. Tanney (D.-Callf.) Morria K. Udall (D.-Ariz.) Jamea B. Utt (R.-Calif.) Joaeph P. VIgorlto (D.-Pa.) John Bell WUllama (D.-Mlaa.) Edwin E. WlUla (D.-La.) Bob Wllaon (R.-Calif.) John Yoang (D.-Tex.) New Port of Kashima, Japan Scheduled for 75 Completion TOKYO—Fifty miles northwest of here a 10-square-mile har­ bor-industrial complex is rising on old farmland, dredged swamps, and the remnants of crumbling World War II hangars. By comple­ tion in 1975, the complex is ex­ pected to be able to handle up be able to anchor immediately off­ to 30-million tons of cargo an­ shore in a channel varying in width nually and employ 20,000 people. from 1,155 feet at its entrance and The town of Kashima's econ­ exit, to 2,970 feet near its mid­ omy is expected tp boom from in­ point; depth will vary from 69 to creased commerce that the facili­ 76 feet. The entire port facility will ties will bring, which will include oil refineries, power generating sta­ cover 1,9 square miles. The dred­ tions, chemical plants and steel ging of the harbor alone is cost­ ing $75-million. While it is ex­ mills. Port facilities will line three pected to receive its first ship in channcds forming the letter "Y" 1969, the harbor should be in full and 2(*),000-ton-class tankers will operation by 1975. ' ' �' '.CTSJSBroEWOTT.'Wr')-:; October 27, 1967 Seafarer Mazet Goes on Pension Pmge Eleren SEAFARERS LOG Senate Expected to Block Cutbacks ffoffse GOP'Led Coalition Cuts Funds For Key Sodul WeUure Programs WASHINGTON—House Republicans and Southern Democrats won a new battle to force drastic slashes in the federal budget as the House voted to order President Johnson to cut non-military ex­ penditures to last year's level. The directive, proposed by f The immediate issue behind the Representative Jamie L. Whit- responsibility for control over the fight over funds is the President's purse." ten (D-Miss.), would compel Prior to the House action on request for a tax increase to pay agency-by-agency cutbacks of the 'Whitten-Bow proposal, he had for the costs of the Vietnam war. $7 billion to $10 billion from the sought unsuccessfully to head off House Republicans and conserva­ amounts budgeted for such Great deep cutbacks in Administration tive Southern Democrats have Society programs as Model Cities, programs through a milder plan. served notice they will not even rent supplements, the Teacher This was calculated to achieve re­ consider a tax hike unless Johnson Corps and school aid. ductions of $1 billion to $1.5 bil­ agrees to major reductions in do­ Tony Goncalves, Administrator of the Harry Lundeberg Seamanship To nail down the cuts. Repub­ lion, largely through payroll attri­ mestic programs. School, presents a pension check to long-time SlU man Frank Mazet. licans succeeded in attaching an In other actions in Congress: Belgian-born Seafarer Mazet has been with the SlU since 1952. amendment by Representative tion and cuts in government re­ search and development projects. • The House Armed Services Frank T. Bow (R-O.) setting an Debate over the Mahon plan and overall spending ceiling of $131.5 amendments to it brought on a Committee approved a $2.7 billion billion as against the latest Admin­ five-hour wrangle that finally end­ pay increase amounting to 22 istration estimate of $144.2 bil­ ed with adoption of the Whitten- percent in three stages for mem­ bers of the armed forces. The lion. Bow spending ceiling. measure parallels the pay raise Included in the measure are spe­ Whitten's amendment would recently voted by the House for cific limitations of $1.2 billion for limit expenditures to last year's by Fred Farnen,Secretery-Treasurer,6reat Lakes the war on poverty and $2 billion $125.7 billion, but the exemptions government employes in the civil service. In addition, it specifies for foreign aid. it permits would bring the total Seafarers here are saddened by the last voyage from Detroit of The 238-to-164 vote on the close to the $l3l.5 billion limit that henceforth servicemen will automatically receive the same in­ the South American, referred to as "south" by the oldtimers. She Whitten-Bow proposal found 171 specified in the Bow rider. creases given civil servants unless was built in 1914 at the Scb^e Yard of Great Lakes Engineering Republicans and 67 Democrats Among the exemptions spelled Congress decides otherwise. Works and carried more thaii half-a-million passengers during her voting for the budget slash, with out are the cost of the debt, social • House and Senate conferees half-century on the Lakes. The ship ran from" Duluth to Chicago 155 Democrats and nine Republi­ security, expenditures related to broke a three-month deadlock to cans voting against it. and Buffalo and in 1967 she car- ^ the Vietnam war, the postal ser­ come up with a bill to allow states AFL-CIO Legislative Director vice, veterans' benefits, the In­ ried more than 10,000 passengers this port's first Great Lakes vaca­ to postpone congressional reto Expo 67 in Montreal. tion check. He was very pleased Andrew J. Biemiller called the ternal Revenue Service and a districting under court orders imHouse action "a demonstration We were sorry to learn of the with the prompt reply to his appli­ pending pay raise for servicemen. til after the 1970 census. The ef­ of absolute irresponsibility." death of Yem Raftering aboard cation. Undermines Programs fect would be to delay compliance "The members of the conserva­ the Pan Oceanic Faith. He started Cleveland with the Supreme Court's "one The plan, if allowed to stand, tive coalition think they have his sailing career on the South The Sylvania has crewed up and man, one vote" districting man­ would mean starvation or death gained a partisan advantage," Bie­ American in 1954. Vern served gone back into service after a stay on all elected committees and in the Lorain shipyard. The Paul miller said. "They are completely for many of the labor-supported date except in states holding a participated in many beefs in­ Tietjen, also in the yard, will crew wrong. The American people Great Society programs that were special census before 1970. The cluding the New York Railway up soon apd we hope we, can find want their representatives to just getting under way last year measure also would prohibit atdemonstrate leadership'and states­ under appropriations that amount­ large congressional contests, ex­ Marine Strike in 1961. He helped enough men for her. manship—not to engage in cheap ed to little more than "seed" cept in New Mexico and Hawaii organize on non-union ships. Vern politicking. That the people will money. The Model Cities pro- where they have been traditional. Alpena was 39 years old. • The House Labor Committee .pram, for example, got almost prove in the next election." Shipping is slowing down now Chicago worked overtime in an effort to nothing in fiscal 1967. But this Earlier, Biemiller had labeled that the end of the season is get­ Our friends in labor, politics ting near. The J. B. Ford has fit the budget-cutting effort "uncon­ year the House voted $237 mil­ reach agreement on legislation and the maritime industry are ex­ out and will probably run until scionable," declaring that is was lion of the $662 million sought continuing the government's antipected to be on hand when we the first week in November. "aimed at gutting the very domes­ by the Administration and the poverty program, which has been open our new Chicago hall on Senate upped this by $300 mil­ under heavy fire from the con­ Good luck to Floyd Hammer tic legislation the nation needs to lion. servative coalition. Oct. 23. It is possible that the meet the urban crisis." P-M election might prevent some now collecting a pension in the Senate Holds Key Role of us from attending the function. port of Frankfort. Administration forces looked to Chicago is expected to have the Frankfort the Senate to block the tight majority of the P-M vessels in The City of Green Bay is out spending limit. Chairman George for the voting. of the shipyard and on a 20 and 8 Our clinic is already in full schedule. Shipping is very good H. Mahon (D-Tex.) of the House swing and our first patient was and we are searching for rated Appropriations Committee said he Harold Hulbert, one of the old- men to fill out the vacancies on would recommend that the bill be WASHINGTON—Senator Harrison Williams (D-N.J.) is calling allowed to die in the Senate, even for a White House Conference on Aging, to begin in 1970. In timers here. the Lakers. though it was attached to a" soThe first SIU Lakes Vacation Buffalo called continuing resolution pro­ noting the urgency of research into problems of the elderly, he Plan application was fiilled out by Shipping is very good for all viding interim funds to keep a pointed out that 5.3 million old- ^ ference would be submitted to Richard Peterson, who sails as AB on the Nicolet, a Gartland self un- ratings due to the increase of number of federal agencies from er Americans have sub-poverty- the President within 90 days of level incomes, that nearly two loader. He filed for 142 days. Our grain shipments into the port of running out of money Oct 23. its conclusion. million are on welfare, and that Buffalo. Indications are that it "We'll just let the continuing condolences to Jim Kirhy, fireman Urges Prompt Action on the Milwaukee Clipper, on the will continue. No SIU ship with resolution die," Mahon» said. nearly 40 percent of single older citizens have assets of less than "If Congress acts promptly on storage grain is scheduled for layWe'll try instead to get the death of his wife. $1,000. the bill . . .," Williams said, "it regular appropriations bill finished The strike of Local 418 of the up until early December. would follow approximately the Senator Williams, who is a ILA Grain Elevator Workers has The C. L. Austin is laid-up and up and enacted. The Senate never same timetable required for the member of the Senate's Special ended and the membership has the A. E. Nettleton is due in the would buy it anyway." 1961 White House Conference ratified the contract. Union Pres­ near future. Rumors have it that Mahon charged that the budget- Committee on Aging, is circulat­ which was preceded by almost ident John McQuade has thanked it will be a small storage fleet slashing directive to the President ing a bill calling for a conference two years of preparation and the SIU and the Chicago Port again this year, somewhere be­ amounted to "passing the buck" to other members of the Senate, teamwork by federal agencies, Council for their support during tween 12 and 14 ships. and was "an abdication of our in order to gain co-sponsors. state officials, leaders in private the strike. Williams said that "job discrim­ organizations, and others." Shipping here is steady and as ination because of age still threat­ He added that a partial result SIU WELFARE, VACATION PLANS usual we have plenty of jobs for ens any worker who must change of the "historic" 1961 Conference the rated men. September 1 - September 30/ 1967 employment status, even people was the enactment of the Older Duluth in their thirties and forties. Americans Act, the establishment Number of Amount Bob Feiguson and Ron Steven­ The bill provides that (A) the of the Administration on Aging, Paid Benefits son, who ship as oilers on the Secretary of Health, Education and the passage of Medicare and 4,591 $ 47,643.49 and Welfare would be responsible Medicaid. However, even with the James Ferris, just received oilers Hospital Benefits ...... 23 49,840.25 for planning and conducting the "substantial progress" made in endorsements with the help of the Death Benefits Disability Benefits . 1,027 179,625.00 conference, (B) each state would the housing and health fields in Duluth upgrading school. 28 5,600.00 be allocated $25,000 for pre­ recent years, he said, the "magni­ Skip Pcnrter, FOW, has returned Maternity Benefits /... . 79,391.52 liminary studies and planning for tude" of problems still facing the 392 from a five-month trip on the Dependent Benefits ^3..,. . . . . .^ 7,829.87 the conference and for expenses elderly requires "an organized dis­ 519 Trans Superior as second pump­ Optical Benefits . ..[.... Out-Patient Benefits . . . 4,653 36,199.75 man. of the delegates, (C) the HEW cussion of what the 1970's might 675,153.13 Secretary would establish an Ad­ bring. In short, we should work Fred Leske took another oilers Vacation Benefits ...... .... 1,539 job on the Raymond Reiss, while Total Welfare, Vacatibn visory Committee to the Confer­ now for a White House Confer­ fireman Duane Huhner received Benefits Paid This Period .... 12,772 $1,081,283.01 ence, and (D) a report of the con­ ence in 1970." The Great Lakes Senator Urges Govt. Action On Senior Citizen Problems �Page Twelve Reagan Bad Choice For President To The Editor: It was bad enough that Barry Goldwater was a candidate for President, and refused to con­ demn the insidious activities of the John Birch Society. It was bad enough that he chose as a ninning-mate an unheard-of Congressman whose vitupera­ tion couldn't save him from los­ ing out in his own constituency. It was bad enough that rightwing extremists booed so much at the Republican national con­ vention that Rockefeller could not give his speech. And it is bad enough that the extremists still have a strong grip on the Republican party. But it is going too far when they consider sponsoring a man who circumvents government labor laws by forcing convicts to harvest crops (while workers are striking those farms for better working conditions), and refers to the representatives of organized labor as stupid dogs. In short, how can a person be considered for the Presi­ dency, especially if he has no real government experience and apparently does not understand what "check and balance" or meaningful discussion" means? Alex Latrobe What a Difference 60 Years Make To The Editor: I would like to thank you for sending me the Log and I would also like to thank the officials of the SIU. It's really imbelievable that I am sitting here thinking back 60 years to when I first shipped out. It was from St. Andrews in what was then the Danish West Indies and the ship was a three masted full rigged main skysail ship named the Rhine. I was an ordinary seaman and I earned $10 a month. I never dreamed it could come to this. I thank you one and all for what you are doing for us. Sincerely, Evald Olson Brockton, Mass. Build Abroad Threat to Security To The Editor: In reply to Peter Roomy's letter to you (Seafarers Log, Oct. 13), the reason that the Administration had planned to construct naval ships in foreign shipyards is simple: The cost would be about one-half as much as here in America. If the bulk of U.S. vessels were built overseas, the U.S. Govern­ ment would not be so hardpressed to lay out huge subsi­ dies for the continuation of the American merchant marine, and costs of construction for naval and marine vessels would also be sliced in half. Million of dollars could apparently be saved. However, that is so only at first glance. Though the Ad­ ministration seems to have con­ sidered overseas ship construc­ tion to be a money-saving SEAFARERS LOG prospect, it forgot to look ahead to the far-reaching results of that program: A merchant marine, and a military seapower, entirely dependent on the unpredictable allegiances of a foreign power. Laurence Palmer SIU Pension Plan 'Is One of Depth' To The Editor: Again, I would like to ex­ press my appreciation and thanks to our union for the most recent increase in the pen­ sion payment. I suppose, having knowledge of a similar increase in payment to the unlicened personnel of other maritime unions, we were expecting such a raise because of the SIU's constant policy of being ahead of all other unions in this and other benefits. I would like to emphasize that while the basic payments of other unions are on a par, the SIU's pension plan is one of depth and offers far more as­ sistance in every respect to the oldtime seaman and his family. In thanking the SIU for this increase that has benefitted me personally, I am also aware of the splended gains made by the membership as a whole. I am particularly interested in the upgrading programs that offers the inducement for a working stiff to get a little of that richer gravy. For a member who wishes to promote himself and further his career, it is possibly one of our finest programs for the betterment of the member­ ship. Art Lomas, SIU Pensioner Yonkers, N.Y. Welfare Plan Comes in Handy To The Editon I would like to express my appreciation for what the SIU welfare benefits have done for me. I have been a member of this union for 23 years and. never thought too much about using the welfare plan. But when I got hurt six months ago and saw all the plan does, I realized how important the plan is. Without it, we would lose what we have worked all these years for. My wife feels the same way I do. We wish you much luck. Sincerely, James Oliver Pasadena, Texas ^ Union Helpful In Time of Need To The Editor: It is with extreme gratitude that I write this letter. The kind, considerate and speedy way that I received the benefits after the death of my husband will always be remembered. I want to thank everyone for making the visit of my daugh­ ter and myself to the SIU hall as pleasant as possible. I would also like to thank the officials of the Union who expressed their friendship to me and my family. The SIU is a truly great orga­ nization. Thanks again. Sincerely, Mrs. Margaret WilHamn (widow James E. WflUams) New York City October 27, 1967 Retired Seafarer Retalk the Days Of Rationed Water andNo Overtnne From schooners to missile ships, former Seafarer Abram Goldsmit has sailed on almost every kind of vessel during a 50-year career at sea. A spry 82-year old pensioner, he recalled some of his experiences when he came into the New York hall recently to visit old friends and keep up on Union news. Servicemen Well Fed for us and was an unassuming He could have retired before man. He and Senator LaFollette "I worked on Eastman'SS Com­ 1960, he said, but "I wanted my did a lot to change the conditions pany ships for awhile. I made a 50 years at sea." Brother Gold­ that existed when I started." number of Far East trips with smit first started sailing on the He well remembers a young them. During the Second World Pacific Coast in 1910. chap he encountered many years War, I was in the Mediterranean He was a galley boy during that ago. "The man was shanghied a lot." first trip. "The vessel carried aboard a whaler. He was on the By now, he was sailing as a lumber from Cas­ ship three years and they never steward and recalls bringing 2,000 per, Calif., to San touched land, except for some men home on one ship. "It was Francisco. The remote islands, where escape was hard feeding them all, but we had voyage lasted six improbable. After three years, the a big department and with a con­ weeks." He Captain gave the fellow $10, tinuously moving line, we got the learned how to kicked him off the ship and didn't job done in about two hours." cook from watch­ care what happened to him. I gave Seafarer Goldsmit last sailed on ing the ship's him a galley boy's job on the ship the missile ships Beachnut and cook. I was on." Century. "We sailed around Bra­ Goldsmit 'The steward After some years on the Pacific zil and Trinidad tracking the showed me how Coast, he started to ship out missiles," he said. "They were to bake on that trip. I remember from the port of New York on good ships, nice and clean and I he taught me how to make yeast, the South America run or voyages enjoyed them." something you don't have to do that took about six months. It "Today a seaman is respected, now. The men liked my cooking sometimes took up to three weeks with standing in the community," and on some of my ships, they to dock in those ports, he re­ Seafarer Goldsmit said. "When I would leave the ship when I did." called. "I sailed on Oceanic Line started, it was a disgrace to go to In thdse days. Brother Gold­ ships to Tahiti, made some runs sea. People thought we were all smit recalled, there wasn't much on mail ships, then joined tankers bums." competition from the railroad. in the Cities Service fleet. The Now a widower, the Lithuan­ Ships would carry passengers from mail ships would add square sails ian-born Seafarer lives in Jackson­ San Francisco to Eureka, Calif. for added speed. ville, Fla. He finally got to the Panama Canal when the San Francisco World Fair was held in 1915. Ships would carry visitors to the fair from New York, via the canal. SIU Veterans Receive Pensions Recalls Tongh Days 'It was tough jn those days," Brother Goldsmit remembers. A man had to bring his own mat­ tresses, blankets, plates and eat­ ing utensils when he boarded a ship. "If he had no mattress, he slept on the floor. Ships were small; we worked lots of overtime and if we were lucky, we might get 50 cents overtime pay. And the company squawked plenty when they had to pay it." All the men were in one foc'sle, Goldsmit said. "The black gang was on the port side and the deck gang stayed on the starboard side. There was no running water and we had to pump it from a tank. Water was" kept locked so we wouldn't use more than a certain amount. We usually got fresh water twice a day." "The crews were mostly Scan­ Donald Gardner (L) receives, his first pension check from George dinavians in those days. Ameri­ McCartney, SIU Representative, at the New York hall recently. A cans didn't start to sail in great 28-year veteran of the SIU, Brother Gardner was a chief steward. numbers until after World War One." Seafarer Goldsmit said that he had met Andrew Furuseth on sev­ eral occasions. "He fought hard Please include Idents on Pictures to LOG 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. Seafarer Ale o Cruz receives his pension check from SIU Rep. John Contaldo in New York. A member' of the deck department, Brother Cruz last sailed on the Long Beach. He lives in the Bronx. �October 27, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG FINAL DEPARTURES Page Thirteen W'romi^0 SliipiiL at Sea Alfred Thomas, 51: Brother William Dadds, 51: Brother Thomas died May 21, while, sail­ Dadds died on Sept. 6, at Naz­ ing aboard the areth Hospital, Fairisle. The ship Philadelphia, Pa. was docked in Dadds joined the Trinidad at t h e SIU in Philadel­ time of death. A phia, where he member of the —. . made his home. engine depart­ He was born in ment, Brother \ ^ * Wye Mills, Md. Thomas sailed Brother Dadds with the SIU for served in the 20 years, joining in the port of Army for ten years. He was a New York. Born in Bellville, N.J., spray painter employed by Repco he lived in Garwood, N.J. He Products Corp. Surviving is his served in. the Army during World wife, Margaret Dadds. War II. Brother Thomas is sur­ vived by a sister, Mrs. Mary Spray William Gardner, 65: A heart of Bayside, L. I., New York. ailment claimed the life of Broth­ er ' Gardner on Sept. 18, in New Arthur Langevin, 86: Brother York City. A Langevin died of a heart ailment member of the on Sept. 22, in steward depart­ Mobile, Ala. At ment, he had the time of death, joined the Union he was on an SIU in New York and pension. Brother was a resident of Langevin was that city. A 20born in Hastings, year man. Brother Gardner was Neb. H e joined the Union in Mo­ born in Pinners Point, Va. bile in 1939. His last ship was the Wild Ranger. Brother Langevin sailed as cook and steward. Surviving is his wife Sarah, of Eight Mile, Ala. He was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, (Continued from page 16) Mobile. of Seafarers and New York Head­ ^ quarters throughout the search Carl Jensen, 38: Brother Jensen operations. was lost at sea off the Penn Van­ At LOG press time, other veri­ guard on or about fied SIU brothers lost and pre­ April 11. He was sumed dead by the Coast Guard a native of Mas­ were; sachusetts and Kenneth (Scotty) Collins, 44, made his home in Chief Steward San Francisco. Morris W. Shubin, 42, OS Brother Jensen Edward McGee, age un­ joined the Union known, FWT in the port of Teodoro E. Rabaria, 48, Boston. An AB, Chief Cook he had sailed as bosun. He spent Alex A. Andreshak, 59, Deck two years in the Army. Surviving M. is his mother-in-law, Mrs. Juanita Julius A. Batill, 44, Wiper Walker of Decatur, Ga. Charles R. Hood, 23, Mess^ man Robert C. Russ, 44, AB Jerome Dl Facia, 62: Brother Donald Joyce, 45, Second Di Paola died on October 1, in Electrician Kinigs County Larry G. Howard, 22, Oiler Hospital, Brook­ Armas W.. Lehtonen, 17, lyn, :N. Y., of Messman natural causes. Vernon A. Battering, 39, He was a mem­ Messman ber of the SIU James A. Dhein, 41, AB United Industrial Earl M. Richardson, Jr., (age workers and joinunknown) Wiper. ed the Union in There were nine officers aboard New York City. Brother Di Paola was a machine the ill-fated vessel—including its operator for Morsan Tents, Inc. skipper, John F. Ogles, who was He was bom in Brooklyn and mistakenly reported saved by lived in that borough with his some news media following the wife, Madeline. The body was sinking—and other unlicensed per­ buried in Evergreen Cemetery, sonnel. At press-time, they had not been positively identified. Brooklyn, N. Y. The crew of the Barre Victory (Delta) paid their last respects to Louis Prieto, who was buried at sea during a voyage from South Vietnam to San Francisco, ship's delegate C. E. Roney reported. Prieto, who was not an SIU man, met with an accidental death in South Vietnam, Brother Roney reported. His body was ^ brought aboard the Barre Vic­ turned in an outstanding job. prepared daily and never left to tory for burial at sea in accord­ Meeting Secretary D. McTeman sit overnight. Frank Prendergast, ance with "the wishes of his next writes. Some disputed overtime meeting secretary, writes that the of kin," Roney told the LOG. in the engine department, Mc­ ship's fund has $16 and the crew promised to chip in extra money The deceased seaman, who came Teman reported. as soon as possible. Some disputed ^ from New York City, had been in the steward depart­ overtime aboard the Santa Inez. J. R. Sumpter, meeting chair­ Anthony Perrotta a member of man on the Fenn Victory (Water­ ment, but delegate R. Reyna said the SIUNA-affiliman), writes that it would be squared away before ated Staff Officers the men were ful­ the payoff. Association, was ly informed as to delegated Chap­ the new increases lain for the burial in the wages and Riley Carey wished to thank by t h e Captain. overtime rates. Thomas Constantino and his staff The officers and Meeting Secretary for putting out the crew gathered F. MitcheU Jr., daily newspaper around the flagsaid that most re­ "Seafarers Chron­ draped bier and pairs have been icle." It helped Roney Abel recited a prayer taken care of and make the voyage as the body was committed to the painting is still going on in the of the Steel Voydeep,,Brother Roney reported. quarters. Ship's delegate Hemy ^er (Isthmian) a The eulogy was delivered by Abel said that restricted overtime pleasant one. Captain Dean Bari. was collected by all crewmembers. Meeting Chair­ Abel was given a vote of thanks man Ulysses Weems for his "smooth job" as delegate. Weems wrote that Joe Brovrn, meeting secretary The galley gang was also praised the crewmembers offered their on the Steel Surveyor (Isthmian) for their fine work. L. A. Smith prayers for the men lost aboard wrote that a spe­ will next assume the job of ship's the PanOceanic Faith. The engine department thanked delegate Don cial meeting was delegate. Pierce "for all his fine work." held to elect a — Bosun Donald Wagner was con­ ship's delegate. Brother B. Gam asked fellow Tobe Beams, shipmates on the Del Sud (Delta) gratulated by his department for night cook and to help set up doing a fine job and being "a baker was elected. a committee to truly fine guy." Ship's delegate Henry Gaines, make two amend­ Weems was reimbursed for the 41 meeting chairman ments to the ship's letters he mailed and paid for while Gaines reports that Sea­ by-laws, meeting in India. The ship's fund was left farers aboard the vessel requested chai(rman A. with $8.26. a telqyision set. Painting has been Glass reports. A completed in the deck depart­ committee con­ ment rooms and will begin on sisting of a man Kazmirz Lynch requested ter­ steward department rooms, Gaines from each depart­ mination of his tenure as ship's reports. The ship just arrived in ment was set up. delegate so an­ Saudi Arabia and will be in New Meeting clerk D. Owen writes that other man could York for a payoff, shortly after the movie fund totals $308.04 and have a crack at the new year. the ship's fund has $128.20. Sea­ it, meeting chair­ farers who had to sleep on the man Ronald Law­ ship while docked in New Orleans rence writes from T. E. Yablonsky, ships delegate will be receiving two days lodg­ the Transontario on the Steel Advocate (Isthmian), ings. F. Pereone was elected as (Hudson Water­ explained the new ship's delegate. No beefs or dis­ ways). William gains made by the puted overtime reported and a Lawrence B e a u d r y was SIU to the men smooth payoff is expected. elected to take in the meeting, over the duties by a unanimous secretary R. N. Meeting secretary R. L. Morris vote, Lawrence reported. Richard Ketley reported. Runkle, meeting secretary, writes Yablonsky re­ reports from the Robin Trent that the ship's treasury totals $12. (Robin Lines) that ported on the new elections were Virgil Riggoti has taken over as contract provi­ held to elect de­ deck delegate, replacing Jiay sions covering Yablonsky partment dele­ French. Leon Dziesinski, engine pay, overtime and gates. Elbert Win- delegate, reported that two men pension benefits. Everything in slow will repre­ were ill and had to be hospitalized. all departments is running sent the deck de­ The ship is heading for Singapore smoothly, delegates reported. partment, L. Wln- after visits to Vietnam and Korea. Meeting Chairman Angelo Seda bome will be was elected treasurer and set up steward delegate plans to establish a ships fund. WInslow and E. WUIiams No Fish Story The steward department has done will represent the engine room. a fine job and all mail and LOGs are arriving regularly. It was sug­ Vertis Smith is the new ship's gested that the steward order a delegate. The repair list will be new washing machine for un­ checked to see what has to be licensed personnel. The payoff done. W. F. Contant, meeting chairman, writes that a motion 5 Editor, will be in (Newark, N. J. was made to see about the paint­ • SEAFARERS LOG, ing of the crew mess room. • 675 Fourth Ave., i Brooklyn, N. Y.* 11232 ., • • ' S Hemy Simmons, cook and bak­ • .. . • H er, is the new ships delegate on Any repair lists are to be 5 I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my • the Thetis (Ryan). turned in early so the work can be •j 'heme on your mailing list. (Print iMrmationf • He told his fellow finished before the Seafarers that the payoff, depart­ Captain is a good ment delegates one who "believes on the Trans5, STREET ADDRESS ... .. j fy " •' in the union". • york (Commodity • GITY STATE...... y • "It's a good ship Chartering) told and crew", Sim­ the crew in a ship­ Roliand Skinner of Great Lakes • TO AVQIP DUPLICATION: if you are an old wjbtcribfr"and i board meeting. District, caught this IS-pound your former addreM balpw! ' McTeman mons reported. J. M. Davis, meet­ Meeting Chair­ echo salmon in Piatt Bay, north ing chairman writes that the ship's man Paid Whit­ of Frankfort, Mich. The fish is 30 5 ADDRESS •4 Whitlow treasury has $9.72 on tap. The 1: low said that it inches in length and popular with • dTY.....,-..! STAIE ap,......... new steward and baker have was suggested that all foods be Great Lakes fishermen this year. —4,— —<i>— 17SeafarersDead On SIU Freighter ••a <1> m . - • �Pag» Foarteen SEAFARERS LOG SlU Lifeboat Class No. 187 Weighs Anchor The latest graduates of the SlU's Harry Lundeberg School of Sea­ manship pose for photographer after they passed Coast Guard exam for their lifeboat tickets. Kneeling, left to right, are Jose Torres and Gilberto Holguin. In first row: Ruben Somarriba, Ken Smith, Joe Scimio, John Conner, and Nathaniel Hatfield. Standing at the back: Ivar Anderson, Mike Krasko, Stanislaw Guzi, John Spuehler, Victor Carbone, Jr. and the class instructor Paul McGaharn. Curtis Bamett, born April 5, 1967, to the Floyd G. Bametts, Baltimore, Md. Richard Colbert, bom Septem­ ber 2, 1967, to the Thomas Col­ berts, Chalmette, La. Rodney Earl McGee, born September 26, 1967, to the Earl McGees, Newark, N.J. Angela Buterakos, bom Sep­ tember 12, 1967, to the Thomas G. Buterakos, Winchester, Va. ^ Karen Marie Zolnlerek, born August 14, 1967, to the Joseph Zolniereks, Alpena, Mich. <I> , Elizabeth Rntowdd, born Sep­ tember 19, 1967, to the William Rutowskis, New York. ^ Michael Lee Baldwin, born June 29, 1967, to the Kenneth Bald­ wins, La Porte, Texas. Sharon Renee Barnes, bom Au­ gust 30, 1967, to the R. W. Barnes, Opp, Ala. WllUam Clifford, bom August 24, 1967, to the Robert Cliffords, Southgate, Mich. —— Cassandra Pool, born Septem­ ber 22, 1967, to the Donald E. Pools, Gretna, La. U.S. Currency Forbidden In Vietnam » Seafarers are cautioned not to use U.S. money while in Vietnam, in keeping with a recent Vietnamese Govern­ ment statement. » Any further currency draws in Vietnamese ports can only be given in Piasters by U. S. Captains. Anyone with U.S. ciurency will be subject to prosecution by the Vietna­ mese Government Vessel agents, ship Captains and all crewmembers will be subject to severe penalties if they at­ tempt to use U.S. currency. Crewmen are urged to draw sufficient funds to cover them during their anticipated stay in the coimtry. However, they are urged to avoid overdrawing due to the exchanging of piasters back to American currency. This is extremely involv^ and requires at least dgjlt days. Robert Blanchiield, born Sep­ tember IB, 1967, to the Robert John Blanchfields, Glen Burnie, Kevin James Machllnskl, bc^'n September 9, 1967, to the Robert H. Machlinskis, Baltimore, Md. Dehra Falco, born September 18, 1967, to the Francis Falcos, Bayonne, N. J. Joseph John Sclntio Please contact your wife, at 409 Beaver St., Leetsdale, Pa., in re­ gard to a very important matter. ^ Bobby Gene McMlchad Your parents new address is 328, South 11th Ave., Telephone: JU 4-8898. vt> Robert A. McLeod Please write Cassie Matheson, 1658 Sacramento St., San Fran­ cisco, Calif., as soon as possible. Malcolm Taggart Write your father at the USA Marine Fleet Activity, c/o South­ ampton TML, U. K. APO, New York 09218. There is mail at the Rincon Annex in San Francisco for you. ^ OcuJier 27, 1967 Presses Roll Aboard Steel Voyager As Crew Publishes Daily Newspaper "Thought for the day . . . Yet more is to be found in me." This is the slogan for an issue of the Seafarers Chronicle, a unique newspaper which was published aboard the Steel Voyager. It appears also to be the watchword of its enterprising young editor -and creator, Seafarer Tom Constantino. Constantino had joined the CITIES SERVICE NORFOLK (Cities Steel Voyager as a saloon pan­ Service), October 1—Ohairman, Lambert Waldrop; Secretary, Albert Masee. Broth­ tryman for what was expected er E. A. Doumet was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Few hours disputed to be a two-month voyage to OT in deck department. Motion was made to have supper served from 4:80 India and back. However, when to 6 ;30 in Japan. the tensions of the Middle East finally burst into war, the Steel DEL RIO (DelU), October 1—Chair­ Voyager was forced to divert its man, B. Lee; Secretary, R. A. Hamlett. $27.10 in ship's fund. No beefs were recourse and head around the Cape ported by department delegates. of Good Hope at South Africa's tip, unable to traverse the sud­ BARRE VICTORY (Delta), October 1 —Chairman, C. E. Rooney; Secretary, denly-closed Suez Canal. This W. E. Morse. Few hours disputed OT in maneuver added 24 days of travel engine department, otherwise everything is running smoothly. time for the Voyager. It not only unexpectedly stretched the voyage but it also left the crew a bit in Seafarer Tom Constantino, crew­ LYNN VICTORY (Victory Carriers), October 1—Chairman, U. A. McDougall; the dark as to what further events Secretary, C. Davis. Brother E. Newhall might erupt as a result of the war. man aboard SlU-manned Steel was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs were reported by department With radio communications bring­ Voyager, originated a unique delegates. shipboard newspaper, the Sea­ ing world news generally limited to a few short-wave stations, .the farers Chronicle, on a U.S.-toonly effective way for the crew India voyage. News from "around to learn what was really going the world, came off ship's radio. on was to hear reports of what the shortwave operators on ship might "voices" of the governments, so receive. that they are reliable in that sense. Constantino felt that this was For instance, the Seafarers Chron­ not enough. He gathered a staff icle of October 3rd accurately of writers and reporters composed noted that "Federal Nigerian of crew members and on Septem­ Radio at Lagos has reported fight­ ber 18 they issued the first copy ing on the outskirts of Enugu, the of the Seafarers Chronicle—^total capital of Eastern Nigeria, the YELLOWSTONE (Oriental Exporters), September 30—Chairman, Clayton L. circulation, 39, and several pages self-proclaimed Republic of Engelund; Secretary, Samuel L. Martin. long. The mimeographed daily Biafra. . . ." Some disputed OT was reported by deck delegate. Vote of thanks was extended was distributed throughout the to the ship's delegate and to the entire steward department. vessel and was enthusiastically Special Lingo welcomed. It briefed the men on The Chronicle also had a spe­ the latest of international and U.S. STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), Sep­ cial category, "Steel Voyager," tember 10—Chairman, Henry Gaines ; news in addition to sports events. Secretary, Brown. Brother Tobe S. devoted to activities o£ the ship's Beams wasJoeelected to serve as ship's crew. Often the column was writ­ delegate. No beefs were reported by de­ Shortwave Mmiitored partment delegates. Crew made request ten in a style of good-natured Getting information for the humor, in a lingo exclusive to the for TV. Chronicle was a time-consuming Voyager. but interesting job. The paper's JOPLIN VICTORY (Marine Carriers), September 30—Chairman, B. Mitchell; The paper ended publication Secretary, staff — editor Constantino, Pat R. Barker. Brother Red Gibbs was elected to serve again as ship's dele­ O'Neal, Nickey Emmite—^with as the ship reached Trinidad on gate. Beefs in deck department to be the help of other crew members, the-way home and by now Brother brought to attention of the patrolman. Everything is running smoothly in engine took turns scanning the short­ Constantino is on the final lap and steward departments. wave bands for news reports from of the voyage. Which ends in New the Armed Forces Radio, the Orleans. TRANSYORK (Commodity Chartering), September 3—Chairman, Paul L. Whit­ Seafarer Constantino is compil- low Voice of America, the British ; Secretary, Frank Prendergast. $16.00 Broadcasting system. Radio Mos­ ing a record of his experiences in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in steward department but it will be squared cow, and Radio Peking (the latter on the.Steel Voyager and hopes to away before payoff. Patrolman to be con­ tact^ regarding the condition of the two especially, were helpful in write a book about them soon. steward's storeroom and stores on hoard. clarifying their respective govern­ ments' viewpoints). In this way the Chronicle staff was able to SlU Entry Rating Lifeboat Class No. 14 develop a well-balanced view of the world in perspective, and ob­ tained a fairly complete compila­ tion of all the major news. If, on the other hand, they had to rely solely on news reports from the few African radio sta­ tions on the way around the Cape, they would have been receiving news that was largely government propaganda as well as incomplete. (For example, during and after the overthrow of Ghwa's Kwame Nkrumah, the Ghana radio sta­ tions barely delivered any news; when they did, the news was out­ dated, and only by listening to the international shortwave broad­ casts from the BBC, or from some other Western stations, could a resident of Ghana leam what was happening in Ghana.) B. Whlsenant Please get in touch with your sister as soon as possible. She has Local radio reports were util­ some very important information . ized, but only in conjunction with for you. ^ more reliable reports from other radio stations in a position to Harvey Travfai Get in touch with your parents confirm the reported event. Of as soon as possible. They are very course, most government radio anxious to hear from you. stations are considered to be the •r 4 4^ I*V AX , V-1 ¥ rt -..•4 I' The August 10, 1967 graduates of the Entry Rating program of the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship are seen here at the school's Mill Basin facility. In Class No. 14 are (left to right, front row) R. O'Leary, K. Wood, A. Poulin, B. Robinson, S. Becker, N. Jakowiw; (center row) SlU Instructor Paul McGaharn, G. DePetris, M. Sil­ verman, T. Fallon, T. Barger, G. Banga, W. Sawyer, A. Riggs, M. DiPadova, and SlU Instructor Ami Bjornsson; (last row) R. Locklin, J. Richburg, H. Hernandez, J. Colalillo, L. Barco, R. Brickhouse, R. Arnold, J. Francoviglia, H. Samples, and W. Meyer. 'A-r <9 I 4 �October 27, 1961 Sc^diile of Membership Meetli^s SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans Nov. 14^—2530 p.m. Mobile Nov. 15—2:30 p.m. Wilmington .Nov. 20—2:00 p.m. \ San Francisco Nov. 22—2:00 p.m. Seattle Nov. 24—2:00 p.m. New York ..Nov. 6—2:30 p.m. Philadelphia .Nov. 7—2:30 p.m. Baltimwe ... Nov. 8"~~2:30 p.m. Detroit Nov. 10—2:30 p.m. Houston ... .Nov. 13—2:30 p.m. 'f'. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit .. .. Nov. 6—2:00 p.m. Alpena .. .. Nov. 6—^7:00 p.m. Buffalo .. .. Nov. 6—7:00 p.m. Chkego . .. Nov. 6—7:00 p.m. Oeveland .. Nov. 6—^7:00 p.m. Duluth .. .. Nov. 6—7:00 p.m. Frankfort .. Nov. 6—^7:00 p.m. Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region Chicago ... .Nov. 14—7:30 p.m. tSault Ste. Marie Nov. 16—^7:30 p.m. Buffalo Nov. 15—7:30 p.m. Duluth Nov. 17—7:30 p.m. Cleveland ... Nov. 17—^7:30 p.m. Ttdedo Nov. 17—7:30 p.m. Detroit Nov. 13—7:30 p.m. Milwaukee . .Nov. 13—7:30 p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans Nov. 14—5:00 p.m. MobBe Nov. 15—5:00 p.m. Philadelphia .Nov. 7—5:00 p.m. Baltimore Gicensed and mdicensed) Nov. 8—5:00 p.m. Nmrfolk Nov. ^5:00 p.m. Houston ... .Nov. 13—5:00 p.m. Railway Marine Region Philadelphia Nov. 14—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore Nov. 15—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. "Norfolk Nov. 16—10 a-m. & 8 p.m. Jersey City Nov. 13—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. United Industrial Workers New Orleans Nov. 14—7:00 p.m. Mobile Nov. 15—7:00 p.m. New York ..Nov. 6—^7:00 p.m. PhUad«lphiB .Nov. 7—7:00 p.m. Baltimore ...Nov. 8—7:00p.m. ^Houston ... Nov. 13—7:00 p.m. tHeetinr held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. • MeetInK held at Labor Temple, New­ port News. tMeetinK held at Galveston wharves. SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters ' ' .OCEAN EVELYN (Maritime Overseas). Sqttcmber 17—Chairman, Herb Knowles; Secretary, Tony NottaKe. Brother Ruel Lawrence was elected to servo as ship's delegate. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Everything Is run­ ning smoothly. PENN VICTORY (Waterman), October 7—Chairman, J. M. Sumptcr; Secretary, F. Mitciicli. Jr. No beefs and no dlspulcd OT reported. Mention was made that all SI'U brothers with' 20 years as a full botdc member, with 90 days each year sea time, and in good standing, be retired if they so desire, with no reductions as being able-bodi^ and no restrictions on wages earned if earned without the seaman's document or Z card. Brother L. A. Smith was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Vote of thanks was ex­ tended to the retiring ship's delegate. Vote of thanks was given to the galley force for a job well done. Motion was made to see if the steward could purchase fresh milk In Japan. Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanner Earl Shepard CARROLL VICTORY (Delta), October 8—Chairman, L. Hopkins; Secretary, R. O. King. Ship's delegate reported Oiat everything is running smpothly, with a good crew on board. VICE PRESIDENTS Lindsay Williams Robert Matthews REBECCA (MaHtime Overseas), Octo­ ber 1—Chairman, Stanley A. Freeman; ecretary, Richard J. Sherman. Some isputed OT in deck and engine depart­ ments. Brother Elmer C. Barnhlll was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Vote of thanks was extendi to the steward department for a job well done. Motion was made that all STU-contracted ships he air-conditioned. f ST. CHRISTOPHER (Victory Carriera), October 12—Chairman. D. 0. Gay; Secretary, Ralph Collier. Ship's Delegate reported tfiat everything is running smoothly and thanked the crew for their cooperation and making his job easy. $2.80 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks was given to the steward department for a Job well done. SBATRAIN MAmB (Hudson Water­ ways)—Chairman, Stanley Kraweagmslri; Secretary, Arloe flilL Brother William L. Long was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. No beefs were reported by d^rtment delegates. $1.00 will be collected from each man to establish a ship's fund. Vote of thanks was extended to the cooks, steward department and to the cheerful and efficient bosun. SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS 475 4th Ave^ BHjgL ALPENA. Mich BALTIMORE, Md 177 River St. EL 4*3BIO 1214 E. Baltimora St. EA 7-4700 BOSTON. Mass 177 State St. Rl 2-0140 BUFFALO. N.Y 735 Washinqton St. SIU TL 3-»259 IBU TL 3-92S9 CHICAGO. Ill 9383 Ewinq Ave. SIU SA 1-0733 IBU ^ 5-9S70 CLEVELAND. Ohio DETROIT. Mich DIGEST of SIU MA 1-5450 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. VI 3-4741 DULUTH. Minn 312 W. 2nd St. RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT. Mich P.O. Box 287 415 Main St. EL 7-2441 HOUSTON. Tex SEA PIONEER (^nictrmy SteaiasWl)), 5804 Canal St. WA 8-3207 MOBILE. Ala 99 Montqomery St. HE 3-0104 I South Lawrence St. HE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS. La 430 Jackson Ave. Tel. 529-7544 NORFOLK. Va RICHWOOD (Richmond), September 20 —Chairman, Doiph Holm Secretary, Ger­ ald M. Lopez. Ship's delegate reported that everything is running smoothly. No beefs and no disputed OT. October 1—Chairman, Virjgie Swanson; Secretary, Thomas A. Walsh,; Jr. Ship's delegate reported that there were no beefs and everything is running smoothly, $19.0<) in ship's fund. Motion was made to have patrolman check hospital sup­ plies. JACKSONVILLE. Tla.'?.*. .:::: 2408 Pearl St. EL 3-0987 JERSEY CITY. N.J PLORIDIAN (South Atlantic), October 6—Chairman, Bob Lasso; Secretary, A. C. Aronica. Ship's delegate reported that there were no beefs and everything is running smoothly. The crew strongly urges headquarters to change the present pension plan to 20 years membership in the Union along with 12 years seatime which should be suiBeient time to retire. MEETINGS 1420 W. 2Sth St. ROBIN TRENT (Moore-McCormack), September 17—Chairman, W. F. Contant; Secretary, JS- L-, Morris. Brother Vet^ C., Smith' Was elected to stSve a8"8hip s delegatew No beefs were reported by de­ partment delegates. Motion made to eontact the chief mate about painting '(he : crew's messroom. DEL SU0 (Delta), October 2—Chair­ man, A. Glass; Secrrtary, D. Owen. Brother F. Pwebue waa..dected to serve, as ship's delegate. $128.20 in ship's funds' and $308.04 in movie fund. One brother asked that a committee be set up tof DEt^e two amendm^ts to the ship's by*W8. One with a member from each lent, was , set,,,pp. 115 3rd St. Tel. 422-1892 PHILADELPHIA. Pa 2404 S. 4th St. DE 4-3818 PORT ARTHUR. Tex. ...... 1348 Seventh St. SAN FRANCISCO. Calif.. 350 Freamonf St. DO 2-4401 SANTURCE. P.R 1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 Tel. 724-2848 SEAHLE. Wash 2505 First Avenue' MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS. Mo PRINCETON VICTORY (Columbia), October 8—Chairman, Raymond Souza; Secretary, Albert Precious. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a Job well done. ACHnXBS (A. L. Burbank), Sep­ tember 17—Chairman, Billy Brewer; Sec­ retary, Bob Porter. No beefs and no disputed OT reported. Excellent crew On board. Brother Boy Fitta was elected to serve as ship's delegate. CE 1-1434 TAMPA. Fla 312 Harrison St. Tel. 229-2788 WILMINGTON. Calif. .. 505 N. Marine Ave. 834-2528 YOKOHAMA. Japan..Iseya BIdq., Room 801 1-2 Kaigan-Dori-Nakaku 204971 Ext. 281 ra from amoag it* ranks, one Individual to carry out this responalblHtjr. I boerd which TRANSHUDSON (Hudson Water­ ways), October 14—Chairman, Robert G. Mason; Secretary, Earl Abick. Disputed OT in deck and engine departments to be' taken up with boarding patrolman.' UNFAIR TO LABOR DO NOT BUY Seafarers and their families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) Stitzel-Weller Distfllerics "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin SHU," W. L. Weller Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) Kingsport Press "World Book," "Cluldcnift" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) Jamestown Sterling Corp. (United Furniture Workers) White Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes . . . Sentry, Cedar Chest, Statler Men's Shoes . * . Jarman, Johnson & Murphy, Crestworth, (Boot and Shoe Workers' Union) Baltfanore Luggage Co. Lady Baldmore, Amelia Earhart Steflite lu^^ Starflite luggage (International Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers Union) ^l> 805 Del Mar FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic. Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makre specific provision for safeguarding the memberships money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Wateia District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreemento. Ail these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of three funds shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. Ail expenditures and dUbursements of trust funds are made only uimn approval by a majority of the trusty. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING BIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipown^. ^ to f rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violatira of your shipping or seniority V the contracts between the Union and the shipowMrs, notify Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper addreu for thU is. Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Ap^ls Board 17 Batteiy Place, Suite 1930, NOw York 4, N. Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are avaiUble to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTBACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU lulls. contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such on toe nroner sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU i^trolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights prop­ erly, conUct the nearest SIU port agent. ^ EDITORIAL POLICY—SBAFAEEBS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained K'Si.tTb.'s.irsriu Page Fifteen SEAFARER!^ LOG ALCOA VOYAGER (Alcoa), October 1 —Chairman, H. Boron; Secretary, M. P. Cox. $34.00 in ship's fund. No beefs report^ by department delegates. Broth­ er F. Picczykoln was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Vote of thanks was extended to Brother H. Boron, retirmg ship's delegate. PAYMENT OP MONIES. No monire are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumetancre should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the SEIAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union balls. AH members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obli­ gation by any methoda such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as aU other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED BBAPARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension ben^ 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 mretings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, in­ cluding service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimm cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-stonding Union pol­ icy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dure. EQUAL RIGHTS. AH Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in raployment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitotion and in the contracto which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer nmy be dUcriminsted sgainet bereure of ra<^ creed, relor, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entiUed, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the b«ic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objecUvre which wUl serve the beat intemta of themselves, their familiea and their Unton. To ^'*7® tl>ej® objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation wu retablfaW. Dpnationa to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legtelative and political activities are conducted for the benefit of the memberahlp and the Union. If at any time a Seafarer feeb that any of toe above righte have been vioUt^, or that he haa been denied Ma conatitntieiial rteht of acceas to Union r^rda or taformation, ho ohonld immediatoly notify SIU Prooldent PnnI Hall at hcadqnarters by cartlMod maU, ratnm rocoipt raqi "HIS" brand men's clothes Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond blouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa Ties, Boss Gloves, Richman Brothers and Sewell Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated ClothingJVorkers of America) R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Salem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International. Union) 'J/ 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) ^ Magic Chef Pan Pacific Division (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union) 1-7 ff �I! Vol XXIX No. 22 K 1 SEAFARERSMOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAK€S AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO Five Seafarers are Only Survivors 17 Seafarers Listed Dead or Missing In Disaster Aboard Panoceanic Faith 1 ! ! SAN FRANQSCO—All but five of 22 Seafarers aboard the freighter Panoceanic Faith were lost when the 495-foot vessel sank October 9 in the icy storm-swept waters of the North Pacific 870 miles southwest of Kodiak, Alaska. Navy and Coast Guard planes reached the area soon after the maining bodies, all recovered by in the cold water of the area with­ tanker sank and dropped a total the Russian ship Orekhov. They out special clothing because body of seven life rafts—plus flares and were the Bosun, Antonio Apolito, temperature is sapped by the cold survival packs of food and water 37, of New York; and Henry O. within minutes. In spite of this, it was an­ —to the ^timated "30 or 40" men Limbaugh, 39, an AB from Bir­ nounced by the Coast Guard that mingham, Ala. Glad to be back home and thankful that they are alive, Pan- they saw bobbing in the 20 to 25for the next six weeks ships of Other vessels which answered oceanic survivors Lewis Gray, O.S. (right), and Gordon Campbell, foot-high waves whipped by 40 the Panoceanic Faith's first call all nations sailing in the immedi­ to 50 knot winds. However, by Oiler (center), arrived at San Francisco International Airport recently the time five ships in the general for help were the Japanese fishing ate area of the Panoceanic Faith from Yokohama, the destination of their rescue-ship, the Igaharu vicinity were able to alter course vessel Keisho Maru and the SIU- disaster would patrol the seas encontracted Steel Seafarer. An­ route, in criss-cross fashion, to Maru. At left is Mrs. Campbell, who gave Seafarer Campbell a and reach the scene, only five "hearty kiss" on his arrival. They were married this September. survivors were found and 12 other Japanese ship, the Rocky look for possible survivors. Maru, joined the search later and An investigation by the Coast The Pan Oceanic sank in icy, high seas off Alaska on October 9. bodies recovered. Guard into the tragedy of the one on its crew died in the effort. The first vessel to arrive, the Panoceanic Faith was scheduled It was the Steel Seafarer which Japanese freighter Igaharu Maru, first relayed the Faith's SOS that here this week and officials of the alerted the Coast Guard and Seafarers International Union will others of the stricken ship's be in attendance. trouble. The 8,157-ton Panoceanic Faith, built in 1944, was operated Received in Juneau, Alaska, by by the Panoceanic Tankers Corpo­ radio at 1:55 p.m.. Pacific Stand­ ration of New York. Enroute ard Time, the message said: "Re­ When a ship is in trouble and the lives of its crew in peril, quire' immediate assistance from from San Francisco to India with men of all countries who sail the seas for their livelihood set all ships in the vicinity of Latitude fertilizer under a U.S. aid pro­ aside thoughts of nationalism and rush to the aid of their own 44 degrees, 45 minutes north; 164 gram, she was scheduled to refuel kind. degrees, 35 minutes west. Taking at Yokohama, Japan. Johnson Gray On October 9, the American freighter Panoceanic Faith sent Following their rescue by the water in hold. Full cargo aboard." out an urgent SOS that she was listing badly to starboard and rescued two of the Seafarers— Two hours later a second urgent Igaharu Maru, the Japanese ves­ in danger of sinking. Gordon. L. Campbell, 46, an message said the ship, with her sel carried Campbell and Gray on Three Japanese vessels, one Russian, a Norwegian and an­ oiler from Oakland, Calif.; and load of 10,200 tons of fertilizer, to its destination at Yokohama. other American merchant vessel quickly altered course and Lewis E. Gray, Jr., 28, an ordi­ was listing precariously in the On arrical there, the two found steamed at top speed to the rescue of the foundering Faith. nary seaman froih Houston, Tex. choppy water. According to sur­ SIU representative, Frank Boyne, But the captain of the Orekhov, Leonid Zhezherenko, paid A Norwegian ' freighter, the vivors' reports she went down waiting to greet them. a tribute to the dead of the Panoceanic Faith with a dignity Equally welcome to survivors Visund, picked up the remaining minutes later. that perhaps best typifies the feeling of international brother­ three survivors. They were: John Search operations were con­ Kirk, Wiley and Johnson—after hood which is shared by seafaring men everywhere. O. L. Kirk, 36, oiler, of Modesto, tinued by Coast Guard and Navy the Visund's crew had outdone When derricks were hoisted to transfer the eight bodies ashore Calif.; Oscar C. Wiley, 28, OS, planes and the Coast Guard cut­ itself with hospitality en route to at the Vancouver, B. C. dock, Zhezherenko forbade their use. of Oakland, Calif., and Edwin D. ters Storis and Dexter, as well as San Pedro, Calif. — was the Instead, he and his crew solemnly lined the way, at attention, Johnson, 43, AB, of Marine City, other national and international prompt appearance of the SIU's while the bodies of the American seamen were carried ashore Mich. ships in the area, for six days Walter Minett, who had come on stretchers—each draped with a United States flag. The Visund also picked up four without further success beyond from nearby Wilmington to meet Asked by an onlooker if there was any political implication of the bodies retrieved, only one picking up several empty rafts. them. in this honor demanded by Zhezherenko, the captain answered SIUNA Vice-President Frank of whom. Seafarer Czeslaw Kwiat- On Sunday, October 15, the Coast with a firm "Nyet!" kowski — 59-year-old AB from Guard callexl off the official search. Drozak and West Coast Repre­ "They were all seamen," he replied. "They were human Detroit—was officially identified. Navy and Coast Guard spokes­ sentative Steve Troy coordinated beings." Two other Seafarers were men estimated that a person rarely communications with the families identified among the eight re­ survives for more than an hour (Continued on page 13) Common Bond of Seamen Unaffected by Cold War /*«»-, t,*:. i ^ » : Seafarers Known Dead or Reported Lost on Sunken Freighter ii i^ i. Ii C. Kwiadcowski (Deceased) A. ApoUto (Deceased) H. Limbaagh (Deceased) K. CoUlns (Missing) M. Sbobin (Missing) T. Rabaria (Missing) — A. Andresbak (Missing) Photos Not Available T) ! J. BadU (Missing) 1 E. McGee (Missing) E. Richardstm (Missing) C. Hood (Missing) 'f R. Ross (Missing) D. Joyce (Missing) L. Howard (Missing) A. Lehtonen (Missing) V. Rattering (Missing) J. 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Title A name given to the resource October 27, 1967 Description An account of the resource Headlines: ENFORCE U.S. CARGO PREFERENCE LAWS TO UPGRADE MARITIME, HALL URGES HOUSE OK’S SEPARATE MARAD BILL; PASSAGE HINGES ON SENATE ACTION MEBA DISTRICT 2 PROGRAM TO PROTECT ENGINEERS’ JOBS HOUSE MINORITY LEADER GERALD FORM CITES MARITIME AS ’68 ELECTION ISSUE AFL-CIO RAPS DIGEST ARTICLE ON SOCIAL SECURITY AS FALSE THE GOLD MINE BENEATH NEW YORK HARBOR FIVE-YEAR U.S. CRASH PROGRAM FOR MARITIME URGED BY TIERNAN NEW PORT OF KASHIMA, JAPAN SCHEDULED FOR ’75 COMPLETION HOUSE GOP-LED COALITION CUTS FUNDS FOR KEY SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMS PRESSES ROLL ABOARD STEEL VOYAGER AS CREW PUBLISHES DAILY NEWSPAPER 17 SEAFARERS LISTED DEAD OR MISSING IN DISASTER ABOARD PAN-OCEANIC FAITH 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 10/27/1967 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. 22 1967 Periodicals Seafarers Log