http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/973d70c131442279e82b82ce7554d184.PDF f02f654d2e9a778cd89ed39374c46901 PDF Text Text Vol. XXX No. 10 SEAFARERS • LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO �Page Two May 10, 1968 SEAFARERS- LOG Maritime, Govt. Leaders Back To Ease Rates on Shipbuilding Loans WASHINGTON—^The AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, other representatives of maritime labor and management, and government officials have gone on record as solidly endorsing a Senate bill which would provide for an increase in maximum interest rates permitted on loans and mortg^es granted te the Mding the measure to the full House of new ships and insured under XI of the Merchant Marine Act Committee on Merchant Marine Tide XI of the 1936 Merchant "now provides that to be eligible and Fisheries. His own support of Marine Act Such an increase is for mortgage insurance a ship the bill was promised by the chair­ seen vital to construction of mortgage may not secure a loan man when it is recommended to badly-needed merchant vessels. bearing interest at a rate exceeding the full Senate Committee. The measure would substitute five per cent, except when sper Carl C. Davis, general counsel for the five and six-percent maxi­ cial circumstances justify six per for the Maritime Administration, mums currently in effect a provi­ cent, nor may a construction loan explained why the government sion that the interest rate shall not be insured if the rate of interest backed the bill. exceed a rate "determined by the exceeds six percent." "At the present time we have Secretary of Commerce to be applications for mortgage and loan House Hearings Hdd reasonable in the light of rate insurance totaling $314,075,100 Bartlett noted that a Subcom­ prevailing in the private market." (of which financing of $35,500,At hearings on the Senate pro­ mittee of the House Merchant 000 has already been arranged) posal (S. 3017) Senator E. L. Marine Committee had already for 70 ships and 691 barges with Bartlett (D-Alaska), chairman of held hearings on H.R. 14796—a privately-generated funds to up­ the Subcommittee on Merchant companion measure to the Senate grade the merchant marine," he Marine and Fisheries conducting bill—and had favorably reported said. "Under existing law, since the market requires a rate of in­ terest higher than six percent, the Department cannot insure these loans and mortgages and the ves­ sels therefore cannot be built." Davis said that if the present law is amended, there could be WASHINGTON—^Hearings on a Congressionally-sponsored circumstances under which the program to revitalize the rapidly-deteriorating U.S.-flag merchant rate determined by the Secretary marine continued during the last two weeks before the House of Commerce to be reasonable Merchant Marine and Fisheries with foreign competitors and in would exceed six per cent. He said that Title XI bonds must Committee. addition, also getting U.S. Gov­ compete in the money market Among witnesses testifying at ernment cargo rates on govern­ with Triple A-rated corporate the non-consecutive sessions con­ ment cargo on the basis of U.S. bonds, which yield about 6.50 ducted by the Committee chair­ cost. On the other hand, Maskin per cent. man, Representative Edward A. continued, the non-subsidized Before adjourning the hearings, Garmatz (D-Md.), were spokes­ lines receive only the rates fixed Bartlett ^said that the Department men for the American Maritime by the Government for govern­ of Conunerce and the Treasury Association, the Lake Carriers ment cargo and no subsidies. Department have also endorsed Association and various shipping Downing asked if the witness the bill. company representatives. felt this was discriminating against Among other industry and labor The legislation being considered unsubsidized lines. The witness groups joining the MTD in sup­ (H.R. 13940), introduced in the said it was subversion of the orig­ port of the bill were the American House by Garmatz last November, inal intent of the law and that as Maritime Association, the Ameri­ long as it continued, it would be calls generally for a five-year, can Tramp Ship Owners Associa­ $300-million-a-year program to an unfair competiticm vehicle be­ tion, the Shipbuilding Workers, subsidize construction of 35 to 40 tween the subsidized and unsub­ the Boilermakers and the Ship­ ships annually in U.S. shipyards, sidized lines because they were builders Council of America. tax-free construction reserve funds both competing for the same gov­ fw all U.S.-flag operators and ex- ernment cargo. Vice Admiral James A. Hirshtention of operating subsidies to field (USCG retired). President of presently unsubsidized bulk car­ the Lake Carriers' Association, riers. pointed out to the Committee that Appearing briefly at one of the members of his group <^erate ex­ sessions, Senator Warren G. Magclusively on the Great Lakes in nuson (D-Wash.), chairman of the the bulk conimodity trades. Senate Commerce Committee, Assuming 50 years as the max­ said that hearings on a companion imum economic operating life for HONOLULU—Emil Lee, port bill to the House measure (S. a Lakes vessel, he said, "we had agent for the SIUNA-affiliated 2650) will begin before a Senate merchant marine subcommittee need in 1965" for immediate con­ Marine Cooks and Stewards here, struction of 52 large ships to re­ has been named to the Executive on May 20. place 117 existing ships averaging Board of the Hawaii State Federa­ Effective Framework 60 years old, but now, three years tion of Labor, the organization "I hope the pending bill will later, not a single ship has been has announced. provide the framework for an built. Lee will serve on the Oahu "Considering the anticipated in­ effective revitalization program Division of the State Executive for the United States Merchant dustrial growth and expansion of Board. Marine," Magnuson said. "Surely the Great Lakes region . . . some His appointment was part of there must be a realization that optimism" should be evident in the desperate necessity for revital­ the Great Lakes shipping indus­ several changes in the Hawaii izing our fleet provides sufficient try, Hirshfield noted, but there is AFL-CIO as a result of the with­ common ground upon which we none. A main reason for this is drawal from that body of the can move forward to regain our competition from low-cost foreign- AFL-CIO-affiliated Hotel and flag ships—even in the purely do­ Culinary Workers. rightful place upon the seas." Arthur A. Rutledge, long-time Alfred Maskin, legislative direc­ mestic trades. AFL-CIO representative in Hono­ WeUcle* Needed tor of the American Maritime lulu from the Culinary Workers Association, emphasized—through While noting that most provi­ two days of testimony—^the need sions of H.R. 13940 would not was replaced by 1. B. "Buddy" for ending "double subsidies" to affect the Great Lakes directly, Peterson, Musicians Local No. the subsidized segment of the Hirshfield said that the portion of 677, as vice-president of the Ha­ U.S.-flag fleet. the bill which would provide for waii Federation. Asked by Representative the creation of tax-deferred con­ Since he was elected to the Hon­ Thomas N. Downing (D-Va.) struction reserve funds could be olulu MCS post 16 months ago, about this "double subsidy" Mas- the "vehicle" by which "new effi­ Lee has been extremely active in kin responded that it referred to cient vessels, capable of meeting the labor movement in Hawaii those lines receiving direct operat­ the modem-day needs of Great outside his regular duties as Port ing and construction subsidies in Lakes trade and commerce," could Agent and has earned the praise order to provide for equalization be built. of many in the Islands. House Continues Hearings On Maritime Upgrading Bill Ihwaii AFL-CIO Names Caul Lee To Exes, BoarJ Report of International President by Paul Hall The upward spiral of medical costs in the United States is becoming a matter of increasing concern to the trade union movement, as it is estimated that the costs for a days' care in a U.S. hospital will zoom to $100 by the year I97I. Unfortunately, not all of the people in this country have the benefit of a Union health and welfare program to pay for their hospital costs and they must protect themselves against bankruptcy by enrolling in one of the major medical plans that are currently available. The cost of major medical plans will, of course, rise in proportion to the cost of medical care and those with medical insurance may someday be confronted with an insurance program that carries a pro­ hibitive price tag. Not only is the cost of medical care becoming prohibitive, it is simply unavailable for many of our citizens. Residents of poor rural areas have nowhere near the same life ex­ pectancy as urban residents. Many of them never even have the ser­ vices of a dentist during their entire lifetime. Many hospital administrators have singled out rising labor costs as the reason for the increase in the cost of medical care. Prior to the growth of public service employee unionism, hospital employees were among the most abused and exploited workers in the American work force. As a result of unionization, many of these workers are now earning a decent wage. Their working conditions are written into the union con­ tract and are not subject to the whims of hospital administrators. Of course, as in the case of rising hospital costs, or rising steel prices for that matter, or rising copper prices, or rising telephone rates, man­ agement must always designate a culprit. Hospital administrators are now following in 'this tradition. The truth is that medical care in this country now falls into the category of big business and labor costs account for only a small part of the total picture of rising hospital costs. The manufacturers of hospital equipment are posting enormous profits. Drug manufacturers recently reported a 16.5-percent gain in profits over the first quarter period of 1967. In addition, doctors fees are on the upswing and medical specialists such as radiologists and anesthetists are taking a big cut from the patient's medical dollar. Another problem is in the administration of the hospitals themselves. Many hospitals vie with each other to obtain the most modem equip­ ment available and this has resulted in a costly duplication of services when the competing hospitals are located in close proximity to one another. ^at has happened j^ quitq..clear. Medical service in this country bias become a purchasable commodity with the best service going to the highest bidder. Many hospitals, instead of concentrating on providing the best medical service possible at the lowest cost, have taken on some of the trappings of a corporation—mass producing medical care with the best service restricted to those who are best prepared to pay the bill. The poor, in far too many instances, are tucked away in overcrowded hospital wards, while the affluent are accorded all the advantages of private accommodations and their treatment is the best that the medical profession can provide. The time has come for a complete re£q)praisal on the cost and quality of medical care in this country. We are fast approaching a medical system where the right to live is based on the ability to pay. There must be a greater regard for human life—regardless of the size of the pocketbook—^and both gov­ ernment officials and those directly concerned with the administration of health care must act quickly to stem the rising cost of medical treatment. New Pilot's License Seafarer David Johnson (center) of Reiss S.S. Co., recently earned his Original Pilot's License at Duluth SlU-AMO School of Naviga­ tion. At presentation were (l-r) Jackie Hall, Duluth Port Agent, Johnson, and Harley Ditsel an instructor of the upgrading school. �Mar 10, 1968 SEAFARERS LOG Page Three Increased Exports 'Self-Defeating' Unless Shipped American, Hall Says < PORT NEWARK, NJ.—In a prepared statement released to a hearing here of the Senate Com­ mittee on Small Business, which is seeking to determine how the maritime industry can improve the nation's balance of payments position, SIU President Paul Hall said last week it would be largely "self-defeating if our ly" since they come "when the improved. And, obviously, if the government were to develop an Congress has embarked on his­ goods are carried on foreign-flag expanded export program, only toric hearings designed to estab­ vessels, manned by foreign crews, to have the increased flow of lish a new maritime program for our balance-of-payments position goods channeled into foreign-flag the United States" and "in a is further eroded," Hall declared. ships." The U.S. merchant marine con­ moment when we have recently "At the very least, the use of learned from the Department of tributed $1 billion to the plus side anything but U.S.-flag vessels Commerce that in March we ex­ of the balance-of-payments ledger would seriously dilute the efforts perienced our first monthly trade last year, despite the fact that we being made to correct the balance- deficit in five years." carried only seven percent of this of-payments deficit," Hall's state­ "1 am sure this Committee is country's import-export cargoes. ment told the committee session well aware of the potential prob­ Hall's statement said. AFL-CIO Farm Workers boycott campaigns met with success as seven conducted by Senator Harrison A. lems which we face in interna­ Larger Share Needed co-op supermarkets in New York stopped selling California table Williams (D-N.J.). tional trade," Hall said. "During "Quite obviously, we cannot grapes produced by struck Giumarra Vineyard Corp., and distributed Hall, who is also president of March, we imported $158 million long sustain our merchant marine under labels of other growers. Above, manager of one Co-op views the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades more in goods than we exported. unless it carries a substantially sign being given out by Union Industries Information Center. Department, said he felt the Com­ Government statisticians have es­ larger share of our import-export timated that if we continue at this cargoes than that. This is among UFWOC has been conducting boycott from SIU headquarters in N.Y. mittee's hearings were "most timerate we could end up with an the several pressing reasons why annual deficit of $1.9 billion." Congress is now holding hearings on a new maritime program—one A 'Serious Problem' While noting that even with the that will give us more ships, newer March deficit, the overall figures ships, faster ships that can com­ for the first quarter of this year pete for the cargoes moving to still show that the country had "a and from our shores. "And let me emphasize this: neat export surplus," the SIU The key to our maritime expan­ WASHINGTON—The Senate Commerce Committee last week approved without change a President pointed to the fact "that sion is cargoes. If the cargo is we are faced with a serious prob­ sharply-increased maritime authorization bill which matches the measure passed earlier by the lem when we experience any slack­ there, then the incentive exists to invest private capital in badly House of Representatives in raising the Administration's maritime budget request by $122 million ening of our foreign trade." needed new vessels. There must for fiscal 1969. Along with its ^ "Last year, our balance-ofamount to $340,770,000, which tor Philip S. Hughes an opinion be some reasonably long-range recommendation, the Senate provides for building of at least on what the Administration would payments deficit soared to $4 bil­ prospect of the employment of group included a measure de- 30 ships. This figure includes an do if Congress voted for higher lion, and had it not been for the vessels before -a shipowner will man^ng that the Administration unspent $103 million available maritime financial outlays but favorable trade balance that we put his hard-earned capital into to come up within 60 days with a from fiscal 1968. Hughes said he was unable to pre­ built up, this figure would have the replacement of the old rustprogram "to strengthen and mod­ Along with the maritime indus­ dict what the Administration been far higher," said Hall. "Even buckets that now comprise nearly at that, it was critical enough to ernize" the merchant fleet. try, both the Senate and House would do in "face of a clear re­ 80 percent of our fleet. It has The action on the authorization have waited three years for a flection of Congressional intent." trigger some wide-ranging efforts been my experience that there is by the Administration to bring bill backs up the House—and the promised message from the Ad­ in the American shipping commu­ ' Hughes maintained that the na­ our payments balance into line. views of its Merchant Marine and ministration on a proposed mer­ nity sufficient initiative, intelli­ tion's present fiscal dilemma made "Unfortunately, the govern­ Fisheries Committee, led by Chairr„ chant' marine program. Because, gence and ingenuity to develop it necessary to hold the line on the man Edward A. Garmatz (Dment's program for reducing the of the continued lack of action. maritime budget funds. and expand an adequate Ameri­ balance-of-payments deficit did Md.)—which opposed the Ad­ Congress proposed its own pro­ can shipping industry . . . but it not include any plan for increased In answer Bartlett said: ministration's policy of limit­ gram last November. Current and has to have cargo. ing the Maritime Administration "The members of the subcom- utilization of our American-flag pending hearings are the result of "So even though the question budget to a bare minimum, and mitee realize the dangers affecting fleet. This strikes us as exceed­ of a shipbuilding program is not this action. ingly odd, because the ocean upped Administration budget rec­ During hearings on the mari­ the budget, but we have another transportation account is an in­ within the direct jurisdiction of ommendations to $467 million for time authorization bill by the duty too. That is not only to build tegral part of our balance of pay­ this committee, certainly the quesfiscal 1969. up the U.S. Merchant Marine so ton of the cargoes that might be The Senate Committee's unus­ Senate Merchant Marine subcom­ that commercial interests are bet­ ments, the statement continued. "Each time a ship engaged in available to any new ships must ual directive to the Administra­ mittee, the chairman. Senator E. L. Bartlett (D-Alaska) tried to tered, but so that there will be foreign trade sails into an Ameri­ be a matter of considerable con­ tion read as follows: can port, several complicated cern to you." "It is the sense of Congress draw from Deputy Budget Direc­ ships to aid the military." Hall urged the members of the transactions take place. Whether that not later than 60 days after committee to exercise their influ­ the ship is carrying export or im­ the date of enactment of this act ence as the Congress considers a port cargo, dollars in payment for maritime program, and added: the President should submit to transportation services flow either "Your help will be vital in the Congress proposals to strengthen into or out of the U.S. If the development of the merchant ma­ and modernize the American mer­ chant marine." goods are carried in American rine as an effective and interre­ There was no formal explana­ ships, manned by American crews, lated part of our international tion of why the directive was PORT NEWARK, NJ.—For their action in rescuing 10 then our balance of payments is trading efforts." added but it was evident the com­ crewmembers from the sinking Chinese vessel Kwong Shun mittee hoped to obtain some idea last year, the Seafarers and officers of the SlU-contracted Presi­ MTD Meets In Dulufh of what the Administration will dent Johnson (American Presi­ November at MARAD headquar­ accept in the way of legislation dent Lines) have been presented ters in Washington. aimed at revitalizing the merchant with the maritime industry's fleet. The ship had responded to an highest award for safety—the Sent to Full Senate early morning SOS on January 7, 1967 Ship Safety Achievement The full Senate now must act Award. The Award, is made an­ 1967, from the Kwong Shun, on the recommendations of the nually by the Merchant Marine which was adrift in 50-knot winds Commerce Committee, whose Section of the National Safety and heavy seas off the Philippines. The McKinley, bound at the time chairman, Warren G. Magnuson Council. for Kobe, Japan, diverted its (D-Wash.) has also introduced in In addition, each Seafarer in­ course and headed to the aid of the Senate a companion measure volved with the rescue was pre­ the sinking vessel. Two initial at­ (S. 2650) to Representative Gar­ matz' bill (H.R. 13940), calling sented with a certificate of merit. tempts to rescue the men who had for a program to modernize the Seafarer Frank Hokomura, the abandoned their doomed ship only crewman able to attend the were unsuccessful. Finally, the merchant fleets. ceremony, had leaped into the McKinley's master. Captain John House hearings on this program storm-whipped waters to swim out F. Bohle, was able to bring the are now in progress and Magnu­ and rescue a Kwong Shun seaman. ship close enough to the struggling son has announced that Senate Certificates for the other Seafarers survivors so that Seafarers were subcommittee hdSrings will begin were accepted on their behalf by able to go over the side with a on May 20. Edward McClafferty, operations ladder and pull the men aboard. Originally, the Administration Peter McGavIn, Exec. Sec.-Treas. of MTD, addresses recent MTD superintendent of American Pres­ The safety award was presented slashed MARAD's requested ident Lines. organizational session in Duluth. Seated (l-r) are: H. McKinnon of to Bohle by Captain W. S. Doe of budget so that only $119.8 mil­ Formerly known as the Presi­ the Merchant Marine Safety Di­ Canadian Officers Union, pres. of Canadian Lakehead Port Council lion was available for vessel con­ dent McKinley, the freighter also vision, Third District, U.S. Coast of Port Arthur, Ont.: H. Bloomquist, Grainmillers, Local 217, pres. struction—enough for eight or received the Maritime Adminis­ Guard, in ceremonies here aboard of MTD Duluth-Superior Port Council; and J. Hall, Sec.-Treas. of nine ships during fiscal 1969. The tration's Gallant Ship Award last the President Johnson last month. Duluth Port Council of Maritime Trades Dept. and SIU Port Agent. House committee upped that Senate Group Demands Govt Art On Fleet Program Within 60 Days ;V If Crew of President Johnson Receives Ship Safety Award �Page Four SEAFARERS LOG At recent Louisiana AFL-CIO Convention in Baton Rouge, SiU President Paul Hall talked with Vic Bussie, President of the La. APL-CIO (right) after close of session at which Hall spoke. Among others at Convention were (see photo below, l-r): Buck Stephens, SIU New Orleans Port Agent, Charlie Richardson of Dis­ trict No. 2, MEBA, SIU Vice Pres. Lindsey Williams and Del Aleman, of Barbers Local No. 496. Soviets Defying Fishing Agreements, Congressmen, SlUNA Officials Warn WASHINGTON—^The Soviet Union is fast outpacing the United States in fishing, two members of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee told a meeting of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department here last month, and the situation is being aggravated by systematic Russian "stripping" of U.S. spawnmg beds in defiance of negotiated est capacity of earnings in the in­ time management and labor were challenged to "improve and per­ agreements. SIUNA officials dustry. fect" pending legislation to estab­ Representative Keith noted agreed. lish a new merchant marine pro­ that since 1955, Russian fishing Representatives Hastings Keith gram for the United States. (R-Mass.) and Joseph Karth (D- tonnage has increased by 150 per­ The invitation came from Rep­ Minn.) warned, at a day-long cent, going from one million gross tons to 2.5 million gross tons. U.S. resentative Joshua Eilberg (Dseminar, sponsored by the seventonnage increased less Pa.), one of more than 70 House fishing million-member MTD, that a than five percent during the same sponsors of the measure which more intensive federal effort period, and currently stands at calls for investing $300 million a aimed at rescuing the sinking U.S. only 750,000 gross tons, he noted. year for five years in new ship fleet should be undertaken and construction; extension of build­ Comparing the amount of fish urged that the program be coupled ing and operating subsidies to with more "realistic" international being harvested, Keith went on, presently unsubsidized operators; agreements to protect this nation's the annual Soviet catch has in­ creased 250 percent while the U.S. and the granting of tax-deferred off-shore fishing grounds. status on construction reserve The top officers of two SIUNA- catch has been declining. "To­ funds established by all American day," Keith declared, "the Rus­ affiliated unions directly threat­ ship operators. sians are taking almost twice as ened by violations of existing Eilberg conceded that the bill treaties emphasized the alarm reg­ much fish tonnage from the sea as we are—and they're taking a in its present form was not "per­ istered by the Congressmen. lot of it off our American banks fect," adding that hearings now James D. Ackert, president of and from our American spawning being conducted by the House the Atlantic Fisherman's Union, grounds." Merchant Marine and Fisheries told the assembled gathering of Committee' should be considered St(^ 'Foreign Incursion' representatives from maritime la­ a "perfecting mechanism." bor, industry, and Congress, that Karth said that the "foreign In calling for "constructive al­ "the charter of the International incursion" on American spawn­ ternatives" to the proposals now Commission for North Atlantic ing grounds can be stopped only under consideration, the Pennsyl­ Fisheries should be revised to re­ through mutual agreements that vania Congressman made it plain strict, over-exploitation of fishery prevent over-fishing and that con­ that the draft legislation was not stocks or to give preference to the tain "effective policing machin­ an "ultimatum" to the industry. nation off whose coast the fishery ery." stock is found." Otherwise, the Minnesota Con­ Instead, the pending legislation' Ackert, a vice president of the gressman pointed out, "we'll just calls for a three-year study by a SIUNA who originally brought be kidding ourselves. We will be national commission "on the ex­ Russian violations of existing closing the door on our own fish­ tent to which federal assistance treaties to the attention of Con­ ing vessels while doing nothing to might be needed to preserve and gress, further urged that any ac­ halt the activities of the fishing protect" America's shipbuilding tion taken "should be accompa­ fleets of other nations and, par­ capabilities. nied by an efficient policing pro­ ticularly, those of Soviet Russia." Eilberg said that the bill that gram." "We are the biggest fish im­ finally emerges from the commit­ Secretary-Treasurer Austin P. porter in the world," he said, tee should adhere to the concept Skinner of the New Bedford "and the value of these products of the Merchant Marine Act of Fisherman's Union also an exceeds three-quarters of a billion 1936 which, he said, was "based SIUNA vice president agreed and, dollars. In reducing the critical on the principle of an Americanin addition, urged the inaugura­ balance of payments deficit prob­ built, American-owned and Amer­ tion of a program "to improve the lem, reversal of this figure would, ican-manned fleet to carry a sub­ efficiency" of the U.S. fishing in­ alone make a worthwhile contri­ stantial share of our foreign waterborne commerce and to serve as dustry and encourage the best bution to our national interest." At another MTD session, mari­ our fourth arm of defense." suited trainees to reach their high­ Max 10, 1968' The Atlantic Coast by Earl (Bull) Shepard, Vice-President, Atlantic Coast Area| In addition to its challenge of the United States as a great oceangoing power, Soviet Russia now threatens the economy of America's fishing fleet by blatant violation of existing treaties in stripping fish spawning beds off our shores. As usual in maritime matters, the Administration has done nothing to correct the situa­ tion. Once again, it appears to be ^ Alvoie Green spent some time up to Congress, and we hope with the family and is now ready prompt action will be taken to to sail. His last job was BR on curb the Russian abuses of our off­ shore waters which are seriously the Transerie. curtailing the catch of U.S. fisher­ John Minnahan had a wiper's men. job on the Western Comet. He Philadelphia was sorry to see this ship lay-up Peter Blanchard will take the and will take it on the slow bell first chief cook's job that hits the before going out again. board. Pete is a 20 year man with Baltimore the Union. Antonio Dos Santos took a va­ Any ship taking coal to Holland cation after his FWT's job on the can have a good oiler, now that Portmar. A Seafarer since 1951, Bob Kwiatowski is available. Antonio is ready to ship again Alexander Tuum would like a any time. carpenter's job. Alex recently Bienvenido Ledo is waiting for sailed on the Steel Executive. a nice short run. "Ben" has been Recently on the Ema Eliza­ in the SIU for 26 years and ships beth, Simplico Mansen is regis­ tered for a cook's berth. He's got 22 years with the SIU. Norfolk Cicero King made a trip to Vietnam on the Santa Emelia, sail­ ing as oiler. Cicero will be going out again, shortly. Themistocle Zitouniadis was on the beach for awhile and is now Tuum Story looking for a new ship. A 17-year in the deck department. His last man, he sails as oiler. vessel was the Bethflor. Robert Porter had a short trip Crowder Story is the opposite on the Penn Transporter. He'll go anytim^ anywhere, now that of Ben, waiting for a good long he's fully relaxed after a week's trip. He last sailed on the Robin Trent Crowder told us he thinks vacation. •the SIU vacation and welfare plan Boston , is the best in the industry. Thomas Snow just got out of Puerto Rico drydock with a FFD slip and will take the first good AB's job to Evaristo Rosa spent eight come along. Tom was last aboard months on the Gateway City and the Western Clipper. is back here for another oiler's job. An.-CIO Unions Urged to Assist In 'Sununer Jobs for Youth' Drive WASHINGTON—^The urgency of opening up opportunities to disadvantaged youths makes it imperative that labor give active support to the government's "Summer Jobs for Youth" program, AFL-CIO President George ^ Meany emphasized in a letter of every one will be needed to fill to presidents of afiffiiated na­ their desire for work." In an earlier letter, he urged tional and international unions. AFL-CIO state and central bod­ Meany urged the unions to ies to develop summer programs hire young people directly and for hiring "young people from to encourage locals and "employ­ poverty areas in the 16-to-21 age ers with whom you have con­ category" and to cooperate with tracts" to do likewise. the second aspect of the summer He called for full labor cooper­ ation with local Mayors' Commit­ youth program—making recrea­ tees on Youth Opportunity that tional and cultural facilities avail­ have been established in cities able to disadvantaged youngsters. Humphrey, in a letter to Meany, across the nation. Meany noted that the AFL- thanked labor for its past support CIO convention last December of the government's summer youth "heartily endorsed" President programs, amLsaitTexpanded par­ Johnson's Council on Youth Op­ ticipation in this summer's cam­ portunity which involves the paign by individual unions and "highly important" summer em­ central labor bodies "can be the ployment program headed by Vice difference between success and a good try." President Humphrey. A convention resolution stressed The federal government is do­ the high rate of joblessness among ing much to provide new oppor­ youth, particularly in urban ghet­ tunities for youths, but success of tos, and instructed all unions to its efforts depends upon help from "make useful contributions in the private sector of tociety, meeting the recognized needs of Humphrey emphasized. youth." "I urge the labor movement Meany pointed out that some not only to continue to support two million youngsters will be these efforts, but also—in the light looking for income from jobs this of the enormity of the need—to summer and "the full cooperation expand its activities," he added. ^ �May 10, 1968 SEAFARERS Receives SlU Death Benefit i. . LOG Page Five Hall Urges Tax Free Reserve Funds Aimed at New Vessel Construitien NEW ORLEANS—One of the best ways in which the United States government could help the ailing American merchant marine would be to permit shipowners to accumulate tax-free reserve funds fpr the purpose of building new vessels, SIU President Paul Hall said here recently. Hall who is also president of ^ Authorization of tax-free re­ was sponsored by Tulane Uni­ the seven-million-member AFL- serve funds for construction would versity's Graduate School of Busi­ CIO Maritime Trades Depart­ encourage people to invest more ness Administration. She cited the ment spoke at the 19th annual money in an American merchant decrepit state of many U.S.-fiag Institute on Foreign Transporta­ marine geared for competition, he merchant vessels. tion and Port Operations at Tu- said. Fleet Largely 'Rustbuckefs^ lane University here. Might Curh Runaways "Of the 975 privately-owned "This would, without a doubt, Such a program might also ships now operating, nearly 600 bring about a total change in the horrible situation our maritime in­ help bring back into the U.S. of them are of World War II dustry faces," Hall declared. "If economy American interests who vintage," she said. "Many of them such a tax-free reserve program now operate foreign-flag vessels are nothing more than worn-out were put into effect, we would see as a cost and tax shelter, the SIU rustbuckets." Mrs. Bentley pointed out that the greatest industry boom ever president said. If these runaway ships were brought under the U.S. even when this year's ship con­ to happen in peacetime." Government ship construction flag, it would result in $1 billion struction in the United States is subsidies. Hall pointed out, benefit more in tax collections, and sharp­ operating, America will have only Mrs. Donald Willis receives an SlU death benefit check from West only a handful of U.S. shipping ly reduce this country's balance of 155 dry cargo ships that are less Coast Representative Pat Marinelli in San Francisco. Her husband companies who "have not been payments deficit. Hall noted. than 10 years old. By contrast, died March 2. Mrs. Willis expressed her thanks to the SlU for its help Wayne L. Horvitz, vice presi­ she noted that her findings, dur­ really competitive" in the fight for dent of the SIU Pacific District ing a recent survey of the vigorous in her hour of need. Brother Willis sailed in engine department. a larger share of world trade. Matson Navigation Company, also maritime industry in Norway, criticized the government's con­ showed the average age of all that struction subsidy program. country's merchant vessels is only "Only seven companies in the 6V2 years and "they carry 40 per­ United States can really use con­ cent of Norway's cargoes." struction subsidies at the present Vice Admiral L. P. Ramage, time," said Horvitz, "and funds USN, Commander of the Military for the construction differential Sea Transport Service, discussed Seven additional Seafarers have received an engineer's license after completing the course of study subsidy are no longer commen­ some problems facing the mer­ at the school of marine engineering sponsored jointly by the SIU and District 2, MEBA. Four of surate with the operator's needs chant marine today, as they are re­ the men are new second assistants, while three received a third assistant's license. This brings to or plans—even those presently lated to his agency and stressed 241, the number of Seafarers ® : able to take advantage of it." the importance of the merchant Horvitz said his unsubsidized fleet in times of emergency. who have obtained licenses "Tramp ships, designed for gen­ company has been able to afford through the school. contracting for American-built eral trading to all parts of the George Kosch formerly sailed ships only because they will oper­ world, self-sustaining as to cargo as FOWT. A third new assistant, ate in protected U.S. trade from handling, and with cargo spaces he was bom in Cleveland and lives the West Coast to Hawaii. adaptable to the varied stowage in Flushing, N, Y. "Meanwhile," he observed, requirements of modern military The 41-year-old "foreign carriers ... are carrying equipment, are irreplaceable," he Seafarer joined 94 per cent of all non-military said. the SIU in 1945 cargo shipped from the United "It is easy to understand why in New York. States to overseas ports." the present state of the American Buck Middleton Kugler Chandler A new second Mrs. Helen D. Bentley, mari­ tramp fleet is of serious concern assistant engineer, SIU in that port in 1964. Brother the upgrading programs if they time editor of the Baltimore Sun, to all echelons of the military David Fischer Kugler is 34 years old. are 19 years of age or older and also spoke at the institute, which services," said Ramage. also sailed as John Buck, Jr., was born in have 18 months of Q.M.E.D. Kosch FOWT. A native Blounts Creek, N. C., and lives in watch standing time in the engine of Wisconsin, he that town. He joined the SIU in department, plus six months' ex­ lives in Union City, N. J. The 1955 in Baltimore. A second as­ perience as a wiper or equivalent. 51-year-old Seafarer joined the sistant, the 41-year-old Seafarer Those who qualify and wish to SIU in 1955 in New York City. formerly sailed as FOWT. enroll in the school can obtain A new second assistant engi­ Engine department Seafarers additional information and apply WASHINGTON—Although the security of the nation is likely neer, Melvin Chandler joined the are eligible to apply for any of for the course at any SIU hall. to be "severely endangered" by 1970 when U.S. maritime capabil­ SIU in Seattle in 1963. A resident ities drop to a critical low point. Government agencies continue of Reno, Nevada, he was born in Louisiana. Chandler is 43 years to treat this "potential peril with f dences of procrastination are not old and formerly sailed as an disdain," President Edwin M. difficult to discern." FOWT. Hood of the Shipbuilders Coun­ Hood went on to say that the Francis Keeley has sailed as cil of America declared recently American-ffag merchant marine in his annual report to council carried only 4.5 percent of all members. United States foreign commerce TOKYO—Somewhat higher wages, gradually won by the longHood said these same agencies in 1967, the lowest level of par­ underpaid Japanese worker, have prompted Japan's shipbuilders also continue to discount the sea­ ticipation since 1921, but only in to seek a no-competition pact with West European shipbuilders going threat of Russian fleets of Congress has there been any sign in order to preserve their profits. A halt in the construction of merchant, fishing, oceanographic of official concern over this fastnew mammoth ship docks also is proposed. and naval ships now sailing or growing obsolesence of the fleet. The Japanese shipping industry hopes to seal the deal at the under construction. He was referring to the conthird annual meeting of Japanese and West European shipbuilders The SCA president's report em­ gressionally-sponsored bill for a in Rome, starting May 11. phasized that the seapower arsenal new maritime program now the Reports here indicated that the reasoning behind the Japanese of the United States "is largely Fischer Keeley subject of hearings being con­ move is the fact that costs have risen by three percent a year composed of vessels 20 years of deck engineer, FWT and oiler. ducted by the House Merchant because of rising labor and production demands. age and older, and it needs only He is 40 years old and joined the This increase, it was said, results mainly in better salaries for to be stressed that there comes Marine and Fisheries Committee Union in 1948 in New York. the working man. a time with such ships that physi­ under the chairmanship of Rep­ Bom in California, he now lives The Japanese shipbuilders have said for some time that this cal exhaustion, material fatigue resentative Edward A. Garmatz in Tujunga, Calif. He received a has brought about "prosperity without profit," because they and economic impracticability dic­ (D-Md.). Similar hearings are second assistant engineer's license. scheduled later this month on a have been unable to increase export ship prices in the face of tate replacement." companion bill, pending in the A third assistant engineer, Har­ keen competition with Western European shipyards. "To delay," Hood continued, Senate, by the Senate Merchant old Middleton joined the SIU in This is why the Japanese shipbuilders are urging European "is merely trifling with the inev­ Marine subcommittee. 1963 in San Francisco. He was rivals to agree not to bid for ship orders at "unreasonably itable. To procrastinate is merely low prices," and not to build any more docks of more than a born in Hawthorne, Ala., and "Legislation that could restore to increase the ultimate cost in 150,000 deadweight-ton capacity. lives in Jacksonville, Fla. The 40dollars and requirements. To do the American merchant marine to Last year, Japan obtained export orders for 153 ships, totaling year-old Seafarer formerly sailed nothing is to abandon the essential strength and vitality has been 5,930,000 gross tons, and worth $960 million. Although the as FWT, oiler, deck engineer and objective of keeping the sea lanes proposed in Congress," Hood con­ figure was below the 1966 figure of $1,456 million, Japanese pumpman. open to serve our own national in­ tinued. "If enacted, this legisla­ yards are reported to have backlog orders totalling some 13 mil­ tion, among other things, would terests. A third assistant engineer, Hen­ lion tons which will fill their shipbuilding capacity for at least a call for the construction of 35 to "To accuse the Administration ry Kugler formerly held an FOWT couple of years. of doing nothing" may not be 40 merchant ships annually in rating. Born in Honduras, he lives proper, he noted, "but the evi­ U.S. yards for five years." in New York City. He joined the SIU Engineers Upgrading Prepares Seven More Seafarers for Licenses )• k I. • I 'Potential Peril' of Weak fleet Shunned by Govt, Hood Charges increase In Wage Affects Japan's Ship-Shape �I'M Page Six SEAFARERS LOG May 10, 1968 Receives Interracial Council Award Govt Funds to Fuse Urban Crisis CaiiedSound investment'byMeuny NEW YORK—The massive government effort needed to help resolve the nation's urban crisis should be considered, "an investment in America" rather than mere federal spending, AFL-CIO President George Meany emphasized here recently as he addressed a dinner of the Catholiclfnterracial Council after accepting its • John LaFarge Memorial Award. like $25 billion a year," he ob­ tions media which are fascinated He pointed out that the entire served, whereas the gross nati(Hial by the screams of a Carmichael, history of social progress shows product—^the total of goods and by sensationalism which it falsely that money spent for programs services—is running at $800 bil­ calls news." to enhance the general welfare is lion a year. "On the other side, but nearly "self-liquidating, through the dol­ "Take away $25 billion for identical," he continued, "are the lars returned in taxes to the pub­ Vietnam and you still have $775 white vigilantes, some of them, to lic treasury." billion or so to use for other the nation's shame, holding re­ The "general prosperity" of re­ needs," he declared. spected positions in government cent years, he said, is the result and community life." Renounces Extremists of "social investments" proposed They blame disorders "on the by Presidents John F. Kennedy Meany hit out at the extremists progress they tried to prevent" and Lyndon B. Johnson, and en­ on both sides of the civil rights and their "prescription for disor­ acted by Congress—"especially picture who "weaken the vital ders is the gun," Meany stated. the 89th Congress." center, now made up of the over­ "Incredible as it seems, they Now, he continued, new "in­ whelming majority who have faith have been politically strong vestments" are required to create in democracy, faith in America enough to block gun control leg­ jobs, educational opportunities and and faith in the future." islation—even a bill to control the new housing for those who are On the one side, he said, are mail order sale of rifles like the crowded into big-city slums. the "so-called black militants" one that killed John F. Kennedy." Meany agreed that the Vietnam who base their case on riots, re­ The AFL-CIO has long under­ war is expensive—"protecting ject American society and preach stood, Meany declared, "that the freedom is always expensive." hatred and violence. only answer to both the extremists But he attacked those in Congress Although they have little fol­ and the well-meaning falterers is who use the war as an excuse for lowing among Negroes, Meany action—bold, positive action to not funding the critically-needed said, they often weaken the good­ convert paper rights into tangible urban programs. will of the timid and "are all too progress." The war is costing "something well served by the communicaNo one can condone riots, he observed, "but we must under­ stand them. We should under­ stand that a law which at last rati­ fies the Declaration of Indepen­ dence—that 'all men are created equal'—is of little comfort to whom the fruits of equality are a WASHINGTON—An expanded schedule of 50-50 guideline long time coming." rates for American ships carrying full shiploads of governmentToo Litde Acdmi sponsored heavy grains in bulk from the United States to India has There has been "too much talk been issued by the Maritime Administration. It has been designated and too little action" on a number as Voyage Charter Rate Schedule No. lA. of subjects, Meany said: Previously, following vigorous <s>On housing, "where the mini­ protests by the SIU and officials St. Lawrence it is $39.60. mum need is for a half a million For East coast ports of India, low-rent units a year." of unsubsidized shipping compa­ the Category 1 rate from the nies, MARAD adopted a higher On job creation, "because North Atlantic ports is $41.24; America needs a million new, use­ guideline ceiling based on rates for ships carrying grains from from California, $39.12; from ful jobs right now." U. S. Gulf ports to Bombay- North Pacific, $37.92; from St. On education, "not just to con­ Kandla (India). The various ships Lawrence, $43.31 and from Gulf tinue but to expand the present ports, $44.55. structure, including Head Start were listed in five categories. Also, the new schedule pro­ and Catch-Ups . . . not tokens or MARAD agreed at the time that the rates for all other ports in vides an allowance of $6.50 per experiments, but meaningful, on­ India would be computed in con­ ton for ships in Categories 4 and going undertakings." He told the dinner audience formity with the guidelines set for 5 (see schedule below) that must the Bombay-Kandla run, via the lighten entire cargoes for ultimate that the cause of interracial jus­ delivery to Calcutta. _Jn addition, tice "lost a great leader" in the Suez Canal. In schedule lA, MARAD has during the closure of the Suez assassination of Dr. Martin Luther listed the rate for each type of Canal—where it is necessary to King, Jr. Dr. King, he said, sought the ship from U. S. North Atlantic, deviate around the Cape of Good brotherhood of man "in a spirit Hope—$5.00 may be added to California, North Pacific and St. of love for his neighbor, of love the base rates per long ton for Lawrence, as well as Gulf ports, to the East and West coast ports ships in categories 1, 2, and 3, among all neighbors, here and and $3.50 per ton for vessels in throughout the world." of India. This doctrine of "universal Schedule lA now replaces the categories 4 and 5. brotherhood," Meany said, is a "interim rates" for these ports es­ Following are the basic guide­ goal brighter than any other and tablished in December, 1967 by line rates, announced by MARAD "it lights a path to the future" MARAD and will continue in ef­ on March 21 and March 27, from that the nation and all of its citi­ fect until January 1, 1969. U. S. Gulf ports to Bombayzens must follow. The "interim rates" drew pro­ Kandla, India, in each of the five The award presented to Meany, tests from the SIU and manage­ categories: a scroll made by Carmelite nuns, ment officials of the unsubsidized 1. $40.57 for Liberty ships, honors the late Father LaFarge, sector of the U. S. Merchant Ma­ C-l's, C-2's, Victorys or equiv­ who founded the council in 1934 rine because they discriminated alent. and fought most of his life against against the more efficient inter­ 2. $38.53 for jumboized Libmediate sized vessels—^those be­ ertys, small jumboized tankers, racial bigotry and discrimination. It cited Meany's "important tween 15,500 tons and 39,999 C-3's or equivalent. contributions in the field of inter­ tons—and catered to higher-cost 3. $45.04 for converted C*4's, racial justice," including efforts smaller ships. jumboized Victorys, AP2-J's or to bring minority youths into ap­ A check of Schedule lA shows equivalent. prentice programs and remove ra­ how MARAD arrived at the rates 4. $30.88 per ton for BXT's cial barriers in housing and jobs. for each port in India, using the (L), T-2J's (S) and T2's. In accepting the award, Meany formula set down on the Bombay5. $27.01 for Sabines, C-5 Sea­ stressed he did so in the belief that Kandla run from U. Si Gulf ports. farers, T-2J's (L), Aldinas, or it recognized the achievements of For example. In Category 1 the equivalent through 39,999 dwt. the entire American labor move­ base rate is $40.57 per ton. So For ships over 40 thousand ment — its unions, leaders and the rate from a California port to deadweight tons, special rate de­ rank-and-file members. Bombay is $41.84: from the North terminations will be required by "They are doing the job; they Pacific it is $40.53 and from the MARAD. have earned the credit," he said. MARAD Expands Schedule On 50-50 Guideline Rates The Great Lakes bt Fnd Famtn,S»er0tary'Trea$unr,Onat Lakaa Shipping is good in Detroit, but entry-rated jobs have slowed down somewhat. A few old-timers are on the beach and ready to ship, including Herb Tipton, one of the best cooks around, who is now FFD after a spell in drydock. Some lucky crew will see him shortly. The Mackinaw Transportation ^ Company has laid-up the Car- season progresses. ferry Chief Wawatam. The tug We are moving our clinic from Muskegon and the barge Manis­ Superior, Wise., to Duluth, which tee have taken over the transport­ is ideally located. We expect to ing of railroad cars across the move our office within the next Straits of Mackinaw. There is six months to a location only three some thought that the tug and blocks from the Duluth clinic. barge will not be able to cross the straits during the winter months, Buffalo - 1-N especially in January and FebShipping is holding a steady pace with four vessels still waiting to fit-out. We are filling jobs every day in all entry ratings. A Norwegian vessel, Diala, was the first ocean ship to arrive in this port. She came in from Corn­ wall, England, and carried a cargo of English clay. The Captain, who - i received a certificate and a replica Hawkins Martin of a buffalo to mark the occasion, ruary when the ice really builds reported that he encountered no up. The old Chief Wawatam oper­ serious delays until he reached the ated for 57 years without mishap. ice fields near this port. The ice She was also used as an icebreaker is still some 20 miles out of the before the U.S. Coast Guard took harbour. over this function. Cleveland We have a meeting scheduled The season is in full swing as in St. Ignace, to discuss severance pay and work rules with the far as this port is concerned. All Mackinaw Transportation Com­ ships in the fleet are off and run­ - ,1 pany. ning after the winter lay-up. The Another company, Penn-Dixie board is as empty as Mother Hub­ Cement Corporation, is planning bard's cupboard. a tug and barge operation, haul­ • We are building up a reserve ing cement across Lake Michigan of men for the coming month to from Petoskey to Milwaukee. The take care of the calls for replace­ barge is the SlU-contracted John ments, and entrymen are plenti­ A. Galster. The company bought the tug from McAllister Towing ful. Oilers, AB's and firemen are Company of Philadelphia and it scarce right now. Joe Ventressa is around the hall will arrive on the Lakes in May. these days and Joe Vovko has also We told Penn-Dixie Cement that they must honor our present con­ been in. Still holding down the tract as we still have jurisdiction. barn boss's job at the hall is oldWe have filed unfair labor prac- timer Pat Sheeran. Pat is thinking tive charges against the Checker of using his AB ticket again after Cab Company in Detroit. From not sailing for a few years. Smooth all indications, it looks like we sailing Pat. will have to strike this company in order to reach an agreement. Chicago -i The Automobile Salesmen's As­ Shipping in this port has been sociation held a special meeting good so far and we have filled all *, at the Wolverine Hotel in Detroit requested jobs for rated men. The . <1 with more than 300 members in recruiting program has been an attendance. asset in filling those jobs not After a long winter aboard the thrown in for by the membership. John J. Boland, Joe Salisbury is David Romanelli is fit for duty -i ready for the golfing season. and waiting for a good job. Joe Toledo Yukes still runs a fruit and veg­ This port is quiet, with all ships etable farm between ships. He fitted-out and sailing. Floyd Haw­ suffered a hand injury while fixing kins and Ralph Keen are sailing a tractor flat but is in good shape on the Ben Calvin and glad to be now. Lloyd Klzer applied for his back on the job. We said hello to pension and will spend his retire­ Charles Murphy, sailing as porter ment soaking up Florida sunshine. on the Diamond AlkalL Greg Burke, oiler, is back from the West Lloyd will not be idle all the time, Coast. Oiler Bob Kleman is on the as he's fixing to go into the res­ Harris N. Snyder. Julian Martin taurant business. The only vessel left to fit-out is also sailing on that vessel. in this area is the Milwaukee Clip­ Diduth per, expected to begin calling for We've had some bad weather men early next month. recently, including a snow storm which marred our no-storm record for this winter. The weather however, has not stopped the men from filling the V hall. Most are unrated, but every I now and then, a rated man drops by. So far, shipping is slow, but we expect it to get bettn* as the WRITE �May 10, 1968 SEAFARERS AFL-CIO Bids Congress Act On Pending Social Legislation 1 I I WASHINGTON—"rich, affluent America" can afford the pro­ grams needed to improve education, enf<wce the minimum wage and protect the safety and health of workers, the AFL-CIO told Congress. The federation urged a House Appropriations subcommittee to vote more money—not less—for key programs administered by the Labor Department and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. AFL-CIO Legislative Director Andrew J. Biemiller asked Congress to appropriate the full amount it previously authorized for aid to edu­ cation, even though a lesser amount is requested in the President's budget. To do less, he warned, would mean either "spreading the funds too thin to be helpful or concentrating the fimds on so few pupils that only a fraction of the need could be met." Biemiller reiterated labor's "grave concern" at the proposals for fur­ ther cuts in the federal budget, "virtually all of which would make their deepest slashes in the programs we consider of most urgent need." AFL-CIO Legislative Representative Ray Denison, who presented Biemiller's testimony, submitted a detailed 38-page statement on the budget for the two departments and related agencies covered in the same appropriations bill—the National Labor Relations Board, the Fed­ eral Mediation and Conciliation Service, and the National Mediation Board, which administers the Railway Labor Act. In oral testimony, the AFL-CIO spokesman stressed these key areas: • The 50 additional wage-hour investigators provided in the budget request are urgently needed and, in fact, an additional 325 more inves­ tigators would be required "to adequately "protect the 42 million work­ ing Americans" covered by the wage-hour law. • Only 10 safety inspectors are employed to enforce federal safety standards for 27 million workers in firms covered by the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act. "The fact that 13 additional positions are sought in the budget is encouraging, but, realistically, it is totally inadequate to meet the need." • The occupational health budget of the Department of Health, Ed­ ucation and Welfare should be increased to $4.5 million above the Ad­ ministration's request. "If Americans are to be safeguarded from illness and death caused by occupational health hazards, we must move ahead with a concerted program to find out more about their cause and effect and how to reduce them." • The aid to education laws enacted in recent years marked "an impressive beginning" even though they fell short of the support needed "to provide quality education for every child wherever he may live, whatever his family income, and whatever his race or nationality back-ground." The "most tragic" budget proposal would provide only $1.2 billion— less than half of the $2.5 billion which Congress has authorized—for aid to elementary and secondary education. Other needed programs, including the Teacher Corps and the Bilingual Education Act, intended to help children from Spanish-speaking homes overcome language bar­ riers, are also underfunded. Biemiller reiterated labor's willingness "to pay our fair share of the costs" of meeting America's needs at home as well as its commitments abroad. "America's domestic crisis will not be met by across-the-board budget cuts or wholesale jettisoning of programs that we all know are necessary to improve the quality of American life," he declared. The Post Office Motor Vehicle Employees have won a year-long effort to prevent the contracting of postal trucking service to con­ tractors paying substandard wages. The Labor Department announced' that it will go ahead with plans which had been de­ ferred last year to determine pre­ vailing area wages and fringe benefits for truck drivers carry­ ing mail under federal contracts. The union had contended that a number of private firms had been used for mail hauling, in place of federal employees, because of a lower wage scale. The AFL-CIO Department of Research had as­ sisted the union in pressing for the wage-setting procedures under the, Service Contracts Act. * * • Jersey City, N.J. employees of the Trust Co. of New Jersey voted by a 40-1 margin for the Office and Professional Employees to represent them in collective bar­ gaining. OPEIU President How­ ard Coughlin said the National Labor Relations Board reported that of 280 eligible employees, 243 voted for the union and six for no union, with four ballots challenged. The bank was the sec­ ond organized by the same union in New Jersey. First was the Hud­ son Trust Co. in Union City late last year. Coughlin said the "over­ whelming" pro-union vote here reflects a profound change in the traditional attitude of bank em­ ployees toward unions. He said that unionization of the banking business is "inevitable not only because of low bank wages, but also because of the double-bar­ reled threat to job security posed by mergers and automation." * * * The Rhode Island legislature voted unanimously to charter a comprehensive group health pro­ gram sponsored by the State's AFL-CIO, with both Democratic and Republican leaders joining in praise. The legislation establishes the Rhode Island Group Health Association as a nonprofit, taxexempt corporation to provide prepaid health services for its sub­ scribers. Labor Day of 1969 has been set as the target date for opening of a modem medical cen­ ter stressing preventive health care. The measure cuts through cumbersome red tape and permits the program to be directed to an all-consumer board, including rep­ resentatives of unions and the public. Page Seven LOG Paper Tiger! In accordance with a 35-year-old act of Congress, the Administration has once again called upon the nation to celebrate "National Maritime Day"—May 22—as a tribute to the American Merchant Marine. As we read the text of the official procla­ mation, however, it is clearly evident that there is no cause for celebration in this year of 1968. Respect is the better word—^for the men who keep aged vessels afloat with skill and spirit to maintain the vital role that our merchant marine plays in the econ­ omy and defense of our nation. When Congress originally established an annual Maritime Day in 1933, its purpose was to honor the first Atlantic crossing by a U.S.-flag steamship—^the S.S. Savannah— in 1819 and, in the words of this year's Administration proclamation, "to remind Americans of the importance of the mer­ chant fleet to our national life." Reminding the people is an empty gesture when the government, itself, consistently chooses to overlook that importance. In the face of the glaring maritime crisis in which the nation finds itself today, the Administration's message—paradoxically— began as follows: "To sustain our nation's strength through trade and to fulfill our international com­ mitments throughout the world, we rely heavily on the men and ships of the merchant marine. "Our merchant ships are an essential part of the transportation bridges that extend from communities in America to those in Europe and Asia—and to our servicemen and women wherever they stand in free­ dom's defense." These are glowing sentiments—but from an Administration which has proven itself thus far insistent on a do-nothing attitude toward the shocking deterioration of the U.S.-flag fleet, they are meaningless, indeed. While mentioning that our merchant ships "have carried more than 20 million tons of food, weapons and supplies to our fighting men in Vietnam," the Administration omits the fact that some 75 percent of the vessels performing this task—transporting 98 per­ cent of the U.S. men and materiel required in Southeast Asia—are ships of World War II vintage which originally did similar ser­ vice decades ago and are strained to the utmost by the tasks demanded of them today. Despite repeated warnings from maritime labor and industrial experts—together with congressional concern over our growing struggle to maintain an independent mari­ time fleet—the Administration has stalled for three long years on a promised program for the revitalization of the American mer­ chant marine. Under the guise of economy, funds re­ quested for maritime needs were slashed this year and at the same time the govern­ ment continued to condone increasing activ­ ity by runaway-flag fleet operators and watched America's import-export, trade fall during 1967 to a low of less than five percent carried in U.S.-flag bottoms. "America's present position as the world's greatest trading power," this year's procla­ mation of National Maritime Day declares, "grows from its early tradition, when a strong merchant fleet carried the commerce of a young nation to the seaports of the old world." How ironic it is that this fine tradition is systematically being given away—largely to the flag ships of the "old world"—by the same Administration which proclaims such noble pride in it. If current congressional efforts to turn the tide for the rapidly-diminishing U.S.-Flag fleet are not successful, future observances of National Maritime Day may well become memorial services. �•fcirw iiiiifii»PirirwinirT'~n"iTi~n T-wv- Page Eifht I' !>' I I y 3 9 •s i SEAFARERS Nam* Adams, J. J. Adams, L. N. Adams, L. N. Akars, W. 0. Akin, H. L. Akin, H. L. Albright, R. H. Albright, R. H. Alfred, L. Eldness Allan, Jamas L. Allan, J. D. Alsobrook, J. R. Alsobrook, J. R. Altamuro, A. N. Alton, R. Booth Altschafll, Gaorga Am, H. Simmons Anaarega, F. T. Annis, e. E. Annis, G. E. Anthony, W. Antoina, Chrlstophe Arcanaux, H. J. Ardoin, S. J. Ardoina, W. J. Argis, C. Armando, Michael Armstead, M., Jr. Arnard, t Arnold, Charles B. Arthur, Botelho Assicio, Perez August, C. Jackson August, F. Thompson Ayala, R. Baldwin, B. W. Bales, J. H. Bales, J. H. Ballard, James F. Ballard, Jerry C. Bartielo, Vernon L. Barklns, C. M. Barnett, John D. Baxter, B. A. Beavers, N. F. Beavers, Norman F. Belanger, H. F. Bell, James E. Bennett, C. B. Bentley, L. L Bentley, L. L. Berlier, M. M. Bernard, Jackson Berthiaume, P. Berthiaume, P. L. Berthiaume, P. Bice, J. Binemanis, K. K. Binemanis, K. K. Birch, Gary S. Blair, Ralph M. Blalack, Charles O. Blanchette, A. H. Blaylock, C. Blizzard, A. L. M. Bocchetta, R. Bohme, R. Boles, Richard J. Boiling, W. O. Boiling, W. O. Boiling, Wm. O. Bonner, T. H. Bonner, I. tH., Jr. Boteler, L. J. Boyce, E. F., Jr. Boyetta, 0. H. Boyette, D. H. Boytt, R. U. Bradley, A. Baxter Brady, Robert L. Braggs, Willie Briant, Louis P. Briant, L. P., Jr. Brink, John R. Brooks, E. Broussard, W. J. Brown, Alcus Brown, G. P. Browning, Harvey G. Browning, J. F. Bryant, G. J. Buffham, E. Burns, G. R. Burns, J. T. Busby, T. W. Butler, Robert Call, V. J. Callahan, R. Callaway, J. D. Cancela, R. Cardona, Felix Carl S. Canty Carlos M. Colon Carter, Larry I. Case, R. Case, R. L. Catalanotto J. Cates, H. B. Ceron, Louis Chaisson, R. Chaisson, R. Chaisson, R. Chaisson, R. J. Chaisson, R. J. Chandler, B. Cheshire, Jamas M. Ching, Z. Y. Chrlrtophar, J. Amount 3.6( 3.73 3.73 f.SS ?.83 40.M 2.24 3.15 4.33 3.57 2.15 250.78 9,23 12.34 2.51 2.32 1.45 4.99 10.00 9.43 4.95 10.09 8.57 8.07 4.93 4.50 9.83 15.77 4.45 4.93 19.89 10.04 1.43 7.33 14.98 14.04 4.41 4.41 4.04 4.93 2.94 8.53 11.20 5.01 4.91 1.87 39.32 18.84 15.40 11.43 2.85 2.85 4.04 3.74 4.35 1.94 2.85 1.98 4.93 8.78 15.84 4.92 13.27 3.94 4.18 4. IB 4.93 4.92 3.74 4.99 1.97 4.04 1428 9.23 1.05 4.95 10.40 405 31.08 24 85 14.45 3.73 4.50 15.95 4.93 39.32 1.21 1.39 3.73 2.15 3.73 15.84 4.94 4.29 9.23 1.83 4.93 4.05 4.93 11.89 3.94 2.85 - 8.37 14.22 2.85 2.85 3.07 3.74 7.45 24.07 1.94 1.83 3.44 457 11.21 3.11 21.81 12.81 Mama Clarke, E., Jr. Claussan, 0. E. Clausson Douglas G. Clay, Thomas Clay, Thomas Clements, Thomas J. Claophas, Bonoir, Jr. Clifton, Fruga Clifton, G. McLalla Cobb. C. W. Cola, H. D. Coleman, R. P. Conley, Walter Connall, E. A., Jr. Connall, Emmitt, A. Connelly, H. Cook, Philip G. Corey, J. 6. Cospito, A. Costellat, Victor G. Costallatos, V. G. Courtaaux, Henry J. Covert. E. P. Cox, t E. Craddock, Ed Craft, J. W. Crain, Michael O. Craw^rd, S. V. Creel, R. C.. II Cribbs, William J. Croswell, John Cruso, G. A. Cuelles, J. R. Cuelles, J. R. Cumberland, R. E. Daniel G. Harrison Danne, A. L. David A. Wright David Collins Davidson, L. H. Davidson, Leonard Davis, M. B. Debautte, E. C. Defore, J. J. Dehring, J. Di Giovanni, D. Di Grazia, J. Dickens, ^lenn E. Dickerson, J. E. Dickey, Wm. P. DiFuIco, L. H. Dillard, Arlie Dominque, Douglas Doty, Girard E. Douglas, E. E. Dubon, A. Ducote, A. R. Dufour, Peter A. Dugas, A. J. Duhon, Ernest J. Duncan, M. F. Dunkins, L. Dunn, C. Durapau, W. A., Jr. Durden, R. B. Durning, I. A. Easter, T. Eddie A. Patingo Eddie L. Jackson Eddleman, B. G. Edwards, A. L. Edwards. Otis N. Ellis, Malrie W. Elmer T. Grove Engel, F. P., Jr. Engle, F. P., Jr. Ernest Sauls Escanelle, G. P. Espina, J. Esquerie, J. Malcon Fain, Earl H., Sr. Feritta, Salvatore Fisher, 8. E. Fisher, E. Fisher, Lawrence G. Fletchinger, F. J. Flippo, J. C. Fontenot, R. Forgette, J. P. Fox, J. H. Fralsse, Owen W., Jr. Frayie, Marcel Fredericks, R. A. Friemanis, Edgars Frindt, F. Fuglsang, G. G. Gall, V. J. Garcia, J. L. Garrett, Charles S. Gassard, C. H. Gates, John L. George, J. J. Georger, Chester A. Gierczic, G. C. Gilbert, E., Jr. Gilliken, N. D. Gonzales, P. Gonzales, P. Gonzales, P. Gonzales, Ralph Goodwin, H. F. Gorden, L. L. Gordon, Davis Gordon I. Gordon, Davis L. Grajales E. Granados, J. Gray, O. R. Amount 18.44 5.93 2.02 3.94 4.04 1.74 1.84 12.84 4.92 1.18 3.02 7.48 3 44 15.71 15.95 .98 5.20 4.93 4.93 22.84 50.48 5.52 9.35 4.93 1.44 4.93 2.85 4.93 2.24 7.31 12.00 2.85 1.98 5.94 2.90 12.77 9,83 4.92 12.04 4.29 2.85 14.74 1.83 12.57 3.74 7.91 13.49 15.95 9.15 201.02 2.85 4.93 4.91 15.95 4.38 4.23 4.05 7.33 7.47 14.22 4.30 2.85 5.73 1.34 1.43 4.93 3.73 2.18 5.07 11.09 1.98 8.54 33.57 12.11 4.93 9.15 12.44 4.93 3.09 3.94 15.95 39.32 13.92 8.37 8.44 4.93 9.83 4.32 4.93 4.93 8.35 4.23 9.95 4.17 40.27 1.84 24.49 39.32 4.29 2.84 4.92 15.71 4.94 7.54 4.93 3.02 154.71 4.73 ASA 4.04 4.93 4.05 1.94 13.44 1.81 14.15 5.51 1.47 Name Green, H. J. Green, Jessee Green, J. L. Gregarlo, Orozeo Griffith, J. C. Griggers, Ira W. Grimes, R. C. Grimes, Reamer C. Grofts, R. G. Guest. Virgil Q. Guest, V. Q. Guidry, A. R. Guillory, R. R. Gutierrez, Tomes Hacker, J. T. Halem, Frank Halem, Frank Hallocl(, James L. Halverson, S. Halvorsen, S. Halvorsen, S. Hammett, F. L. Hammock, George Harlsen, Harold M. Harman, D. C. Harman, E. Harrell, Wade B. Harrell, W. B. Harris, William S. Harris, Wm. S. Hassell, D. Amount 14.54 14.24 5.34 4.04 9.83 1.81 3.05 15.95 19.50 4.57 14.48 7.31 4.50 9.40 1.98 3.09 4.29 4.92 3.94 3.44 4.41 4.05 9.29 15.95 4.04 3.44 20.85 12.43 37.02 5.49 2.85 Mmr 10, 1968 LOG Name Jones, H., Jr. Jones, K. W. Kane, V. E. Karaia, H. Karns, R. L. Kelly, Floyd Kelly, L. 8. Kelly, John T., Jr. Kelly, Martin Kelly, Martin Kendrick, Frank J. Kennedy, P. W. Kennedy, P. W. Kennedy, Robert V. Kennedy, Ronald A. Kennedy, V. A. Kidd, T., Jr. King, F. H., Jr. Kirton, Robert W., Jr. Klauber, Perry M. Klause, W., Jr. Koch, R., Jr. Kyle, H. L. Labiganq, F. W. Lachapell, L. Lacy, James C. Lagleur, George Laiche, Robert J. Lambert, Arnold D. Lambert, C. M. Land, Dorsy D. Amount 8.53 4.22 15.84 9.34 3.44 22.93 17.42 4.09 1.80 197.15 2.02 3.94 10.40 1.44 22.84 14.82 4.93 12.43 21.94 1.34 4.93 1.39 1.98 7.83 5.20 7.74 8.35 12.77 1.09 7.54 23.35 The Delta Steamship Lines has notified the SIU that it is holding checks for un­ claimed wages due crewmen as of February 29, 1968. The following Seafarers may col­ lect their checks by writing to the Pay­ master, Delta Steamship Lines, Inc., No. 2 Canal Street, International Trade Mart, Room 1700, New Orleans, La. 70130. DELTA LINE MONEY DUE Hatfield, Nathaniel Hebert, C. W. Heidelberg, James H. Henton, Melton B. Hernandes, Isabel Herrera, R. Hill, James Blair Hillien, Henri Hodges, R. Hoffman, George C. Holder, M. J. Hood, Tommv H. Hoover, D. E., Jr, Howington, M. L. Hubbs, Robert Huddleston, M. J. Hughes, O. L. Hunt, D. Huseby, P. S. Hyde, v. R. Ictech, Ghoodhooth Icteck, R. Icteck, R. Ivy, Jimmie L. Jack, U. Jack, U. Jack, U. Jackson, Bobby James, J. P. James, J. P. Jane, A. E. Jane, A. E. Janek, G. Jarosek, George Jetten, Orville A. Johnson, C. P. Johnson, E. Johnson, H. A. Johnston, Lloyd Jones, B. C. New Addition To Fleet The 522-foot Delta Paraquay slides down the ways during launching ceremonies in Pascagoula, Miss. The cargoliner was constructed for Delta by the Ingalls Shipbuilding division of the Litton Industries. 11.77 5.14 4.^ 5.49 3.44 11.44 8.78 3.21 4.12 15.95 14.54 2.85 15.31 2.85 7.04 3.27 2.84 15.51 12.77 4.39 8.35 4.93 3.09 780.44 2.85 2.85 44.82 39.32 5.80 1.98 7.87 4.44 8.35 97.72 4.44 13.95 4.23 2J5 1.83 272.05 Laquere, J. Latorre, F. P. Latorr, Francisco P. Latour, Charles Laulrrson, C. L. Lavaughn, May Lawson, Randall E. Lawton, E. W. Lawrence, R. N. Leblanc, J. W. Lendry, R. Lewis, J. F. Lewjs, J. F. Lewis, J. F. Lewis, J. T. Lewis, Wm. H. Libby, M. F. Little, M. Liuzza, D. J. Loeber, Glen R. Lofton, R. L. Lonergan, Michael P. Long, Robert G. Loston, S. Loston, S. Lozes, Charles Lucas, Charles S. Lyngstad, K. O. MacGregor, William Mach, J. W. Mack, Morris J. Maire, F. C. Mannette, J. 5. Marino, William E. Mark, R. C. Martin, D. M. Mathis, T. MaHhair, G. W. McAvoy, A. J. McAvoy, K. R. Barge Traffic Up 5.1 Percent In First Quarter WASHINGTON—Barge lines moved 5.1 per cent more traffic on the nations waterways during the first quarter of 1968 than they did in 1967, according to Army Corps of Engineers figures on tonnage moving through selected locks on 12 major systems, American Wa­ terways Operators, Inc. has re­ ported. Traffic increases included: Warrior-Tombigbee System, up 14.7; Upper Mississippi River, up 11.5; Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, up 10.1; Atlantic IntracoastA Wa­ terway, up 8.4; Ohio River, up 7.0; Tennessee River, up 6.2; Wil­ lamette River, up 3.9; Kanawha River, up 3.6 and Illinois Wa­ terway up 0.3. 14.82 14.44 10.04 4.92 32.30 9.83 14.43 10.72 38.33 8.45 2.45 3.44 7.31 2.74 8.07 10.44 15.84 8.84 3.09 3.44 10.40 1.24 20.85 4.93 8.05 22.84 4.35 4.50 8.84 5.20 13.11 2.85 1.83 3.87 4.23 9.85 4.93 1.87 4.93 5.72 Name McAvoy, K. R. McBrlde, John McCann, O. J. McCloskey, Andrew McCormIck, S. L. McDonald, E. McGarry, F. J. McGregor, Kenneth C. McKinney, Henry C. McKinney, K. A. McLean, Jimmy C. McLemore, John D. McLoughlin, R. F. McMullin, d. McMullin, C. D. McNatt, Robert E. McNay, Robert W. McPhillips, R. McSpadden, J. C. Meehan, W. J. Menendez, G., Jr. Many, H. Merkel, John Messer, Carl Mllazo, G. M. Milazzo, G. M. Milazzo, G. M. Miller, M. R. Mitchell, C. L. Moll, Joseph J., Jr. Monnier, Jean L. Montgomery, B. J. Moody, James F. Mooney, R. Moran, G. Moreno, P. Morgan, Paul Morris, Richard, Jr. Morse, J. E. Moye, B. M. Mullett, Heard R. Murr, M. G. Murrell, W. T. Nagy, J. A. Napier, Wayne Nellie, Harold H. Nette, J. P. Newcomb, R. H. Nicholas, R. W. O'Brien, G. E. Olsen, D. H. Orion, Wheeier Orso, R. H. Pancost, H. L. Pancost, Harold J. Panepinto, A. J. Parker, J. W. Parker, J. W. Parker, J. W. Parker, J. W. Parker, M. V. R. Parker, M. V. R. Parker, W. Parris, J. L. Pedraza, F. M. Pell, W. A. Pennino, J. Penny, William B., Jr. Perez, Acsicio Perez, Acsido Pierce, C. Pierre, G. R. Pinchook, Anthony Pittman, W. A. Polkinghorn, J. T. Ponson, John Pontiff, Jerry F. Post, Jack W. Potorski. R. Prater, T. W. Praytor, James F. Puras, E. "^e, Thomas W. uesada, R. N. . adich, T. J. Radish, Tony J. Ralph, J. J. Ransome, R. Ransome, R. F. Raynal, R. Raynol, R. Raynor, O. M. Reed, Mitchell T. Reed, P. Revette, J. D. Revill, J. C. Rhew, Lawrence Richardson, Maurice Richie, Thomas Richoux, J. D. Richoux, J. D. Richoux, J. D. Ricord, F. M., Jr. Rihn, E. A. Rivill, J. C. Roberson, L. Roberson, L. M. Roberts, H. W. Robertson, L. D. Robinson, John Robinson, J. T. Robinson, P. L. Rourke, ft. G. Rousseau, W. A., Jr. Rowell, F. B. Ruiz, Genaro Rush, G. J. Russell, J. Amount 2.85 25.44 1.02 2.49 2.74 4.93 2.97 12.00 4.84 l43 15.95 23.74 11.45 7.31 3.44 4.59 143.95 15.71 14.50 4.84 2.00 5.20 15.84 50.00 4.57 2.98 7.31 14.48 5.04 4.09 12.11 2.31 12.00 2.85 8.35 17.09 3.94 4.41 2.15 1.87 22.04 10.98 1.98 3.73 3.34 1.95 3.44 3.92 5.72 4.93 44.82 15.13 12.00 15.84 3.47 4.93 1.88 3.73 1.87 3.74 4.50 8.45 4.12 1.58 4.04 9.83 14.44 1.43 9.83 4.55 4.04 15.80 1.00 2.74 5.01 9.44 8.47 1.84 4.22 7.15 5.47 2.27 1.43 > 2.85 49.70 4.92 3.09 3.74 5.22 4.73 3.43 2.04 4.92 1.28 9.83 4.50 4.05 10.09 14.44 7.54 4.05 4.81 19.44 I.n 9.83 14.45 1.98 19.79 14.00 14.15 4.04 2.15 10.30 9.32 21.48 4.92 4.44 8.53 Name Sanchez, J. N. Sanchez, Jay Sanders, U., Jr. Sansone, J. Santo, N. De Las Sargent, O. E. Server, J. R. Sasa Sasa, Julio C. SaHerthwalte, A. Satterthwalte, Amel Savage, J. C. Savow, J. Sawyer, Charles R. Scaramutz, J. Scaramutz, Joseph Schaefer, Wm. C. T. Scheidel, J. W. Schrade, M. L. Selico, A. A. Selico, Alvin A. Serlo, S. Seymour, A. Shartzer, C. L. Shell, B. R. Short, A. Silva, M. Simmons, F. H. Smith, Austin O. Smith, Charles Smith, C. J. Smith, C. J. Smith, C. R. Smith, Eugene Smith, L. Smith, O. D. Snodgrass, L. W. Solano, Jose R. Sosa, J. C. Spencer, R. O. Spencer, R. O. Sporich, Michael St. Germain, G. J. Stanford, J. P. Steadman, H. O. Steele, M. C. Steele, M. G. Steele, R. Steller, Mitchell E. Stockman, W. Stockman, W. W. Stockman, W. W. Stokke, Sverre M. Suarez, J., Jr. Suyms, Jack M. Sveum, L. O. Swilley, W. H. Syms, J. Syms, J. M. Talbert, N. R. Talley, C. A. Thomas, J. H. Thomas, S. R. Thomas, Wm. N. Tompkins, R. L. Tompkins, Robert Le Thompson, C. Thompson, C. P. Thompson, Wm. H. Thorn, A. Thorne, Alfred Tillman, W. Timm, O. Todd, B. G. Travis, A. J. Travis, W. R. Trevino, Aiberto Troxclair, C. J. Trust, J. P. Tulp, J., Jr. Tulp, J., Jr. Turner, M. A. Tyler, Robert E. Tyron, James Vaccaro, G. Valentine, Peter B. Vasquez, T. Vieira, b. Villanueva, A. Vincent, F. Vouge, L. Wails, Bever Walker, J. Walker, Wm. D. Warren, V. C. Watson, James C. Weaver, Lloyd L. Webb, E. Weems, C. Weir. Earl Welch, E. M.*, Wetzel, L. J. Wheeler, O. Will, Harold C. Williams, Bobble G. Williams, Kenneth D. Willingham. Edell Willis, T. i. Wilson, D. M. Wilson, 5. Witska, Ronald Wolf, Leo A. Wolverton, Frank D. Workman, H. D. Wright, W. O. Wynn, C. Young, Charles B. Zetch, A. Amount 77.53 4.91 3.73 4.93 1.24 12.05 3.44 8.57 8.45 3.09 4.04 11.24 12.34 4.93 4.22 1.43 1.83 7.31 13.32 8.49 3.73 9.05 5.51 2.15 27.33 11.43 39.32 4.74 12.39 13.10 4.93 2.85 8.22 9.58 2.85 4.04 11.37 11.43 5.07 7.54 1.34 4.93 4.93 18.21 2.85 4.93 2.97 3.14 3.74 3.03 4.50 5.51 11.97 1.98 8.23 15.92 24.70 4.95 2.85 4.50 3.44 4.99 5.72 45.92 12.43 3.74 5.82 1.20 4.04 12.80 4.91 1.43 4.29 4.29 9.23 3.09 2.85 43.02 3.73 3.73 10.09 14.47 3.58 4.93 5.05 2.74 3.73 8.93 3.94 3.87 5.32 3.54 12.94 4.04 9.90 9.40 5.32 5.40 4.38 3.73 12.43 3.73 3.24 7.23 4.92 3.09 4.23 4.93 4.93 5.05 25.82 2.85 1.98 4.93 27.49 49.80 8.57 $7,325.08 Talking It Over At a recent shipping call at N.Y. SIU headquarters, Brother C. Clark (left) and Chief Dispatcher Ted Babkowski took a few minutes off to chat. Clark put in for a night cook-baker job on Burbank Victory. i �BUy 10, 1968 Phantoms of the Sea u I'!. rri HERE may be more to the heritage of the famed X frigate U.S.S. Constellation than heroic sea bat­ tles. This vessel, soon to be put on display at Pier 4 in the port of Baltimore, not only carries an aura of an adventurous past, but also may now be carrying a living—or dead—remnant of her days at sea. A ghost may be walking her deck. The old Constellation is only one of many ships— some in recent years—which are reported to have re­ ceived visits from the unknown. Some of these ghostly apparitions have been benevolent and rescued ships from disaster. Others have been shocking but harmless. Some have been deadly. Whether they were actual visitors from the realm of the supernat­ ural is not known, but evidence exists at least some of them are more than just superstition or the prod­ uct of a vivid imagination. In the case of the Constellation, this evidence in­ cludes more than just eyewitness testimony. The ghost was photographed. According to an article in the December 31, 1955, issue of the Baltimore Sun, Lieutenant Commander Allen Ross Brougham—^who captured the thing on film, explains: "The first hint that something unusual might be going on was observed last September. Firemen said they heard strange noises and saw strange shapes aboard ... the same phenomena were reported by the gangway watch of the nearby submarine Pike.... "I regarded the whole affair with a certain amount of scepticism, but I told it to a friend who makes a hobby of psychic research. He did not seem sur­ prised, but told me that the best time of the year to observe such apparitions is at midnight between Christmas and the new year. We selected Thursday night and mounted a camera in place overlooking the quarterdeck. It happened at midnight, almost to the second. "An instant before its appearance, I believe I de­ tected a faint whiff in the air, not unlike gunsmoke . . . there was a sort of muffled scurrying sound . . . I was aware that he was motivated by a great sense of urgency." Then the phantom appeared, "a blueish-white ra­ diancy, partly translucent, wearing a definitely dated uniform, gold-striped trousers, cocked hat, heavy gold epaulets, and a sword. It—or he—was—or seemed to be, a captain." Donald Stewart, secretary of the Constellation Commission which is preserving the warship as a part of the nation's heritage, told the LOG that the vision was first seen shortly after February 7, 1799, when a cowardly crewman by the name of Neal Harvey was ^ through by an officer. Since then, he added, there SEAFARERS LOG have been numerous sightings reported over the years. Over 500 oldtimers who sailed aboard American and British ships claim to have seen another legend­ ary ghost of the seas said to haunt the Pacific and appear only during severe storms. There is no mis­ taking him, they say. He stands in the midst of swirling waves where no living person could survive, has the repugnant odor of dead fish, a corpse-white face, and is minus his lower jaw. This phantom, according to the tale, is the ghost of a sailor known as Ladylips, who died brutally in 1783. However, it was only as late as 1928 that the circumstances of his death came to light, helping to explain who—or what—this phantom was. It was in that year that a crewmember from the tramp steamer Waulea discovered the musty logbook of the gunboat Ville de Paris on one of the Duke of Gloucester islands. The Ville de Paris, the book re­ vealed, was defeated in a naval battle off the island of Dominica in 1728 and taken over by a British crew under the command of a sailor nicknamed "Ladylips." During an attempt to sail to England, a hurricane damaged the vessel and sent it drifting to the Straits of Magellan, where the crew, their sup­ plies gone, boarded a longboat and rowed to shore, leaving the Ville de Paris to sink. After several days rest, they resupplied the long­ boat, hoisted a makeshift sail, and set out northward along the Pacific coast of South America. Again a storm lashed out and the crew found them­ selves stranded far at sea. Time passed, food ran out, and gradual starvation set in. Desperate, they grabbed grappling hooks, "baited" them with pieces of flannel, and fished for anything that might come along. Then Ladylips was forced to commit suicide. A large shark had suddenly yanked at one of the hooks, the handle slipped from a weakened crewman's hands, and slammed into Ladylips' chin tearing his jaw away. In agony, and knowing nothing could save him, Lady­ lips frantically slashed his wrists with his knife, and died. Five men lived to reach the island in the Gloucester group. The last entry in the log says: "Sighting the island by the month of June, 1783, all the survivors of the longboat, excepting only the sailing master Ladylips who was eaten at sea, landed and hoisted the English colors." So it seems that what is said to be the ghost of a man who died violently at sea has remained to keep the tale alive. Percy B. Prior, a U. S. Navy veteran who retired in 1931, collected much information about this spectre of the Pacific, whom he claimed to have seen personally from the deck of the destroyer U. S. S. Stoddart during a storm off Puget Sound in 1929. This is a long way from the South Pacific, but Prior stuck to his convictions and noted that Ladylips' appearances have been recorded in the logs of many other American and British warships. In his book. Mysteries and Adventures Along the Atlantic Coast, Edward R. Snow chronicles another story of an alleged spirit—female, this time—who ap­ peared only once but is claimed to have been respon­ sible for saving a ship and its crew from disaster. The year was 1863. The merchant ship Usk was nearing Cape Horn, on the way to Peru from Wales. The sea was calm and the weather was fair. One evening, as Captain Richard Brown stood on the quarterdeck, he was astonished to see a glowing in­ tangible shape materialize from nowhere in the form of a beautiful woman in flowing white veils. As he stood transfixed, she 'walked to him, and firmly Page Nine warned him: "Go back to the pOrt from which you came. If you continue, you will lose your life. It is so ordained." Then she faded away. When the vessel later ran into fog, the puzzled captain decided that the fog was a warning, and he ordered the ship's course reversed. The first mate angrily protested. Browir had him locked in irons, and the ship headed for home. Amid rumors that a phantom had ordered the vessel back, the captain kept silent until six weeks later when the Usk pulled into her home port at Cardiff, Wales. Then Brown ex­ plained what had happened. The angered ship owners brought suit, claiming that the captain was mad and had caused them great expense and time in running the ship to no avail— all because he thought he saw a ghost. The court agreed. Brown was declared unfit to command a ship and his papers were taken from him. Another cap­ tain was hired to command the Usk, but because the tale of the "White Lady" had spread, he had a hard time finding a crew. Finally, the Usk again pulled out of port and headed for Peru. A few months later, the owners received a message from Coquimbo, Chile, that the Usk had been de­ stroyed at sea by fire. Whether this was mere coincidence or whether Captain Brown actually did save the vessel after see­ ing the ghostly woman will never be known for sure. The amazed accounts of seamen aboard the gaso­ line tanker S. S. Watertown in the late 1920's how­ ever, were not hallucinations. Their tale of two huge ghostly faces, which followed their ship for three long voyages, is also backed up by a photograph. During a trip from San Pedro, California, to the Panama Canal, gasoline fumes asphyxiated two crew­ men—James T. "Sunny Jim" Courtney and Michael Meehan. They were buried at sea off the Mexican coast at sunset. At sunset the following day, the first mate looked in the direction of the ships' spars where the bodies of the men had been slipped into the sea. There, among the waves, and much larger than in life, were the images of the faces of the two dead men, staring at him. The apparitions were seen by every man aboard ship by the time the tanker reached the canal. There was no mistaking the faces, witnesses said. Their features were very distinct. The apparitions con­ tinued to be seen daily, usually towards evening. They consistently appeared together and remained ten feet apart and about forty feet from the ship. They would appear for periods up to ten seconds, fade away, and reappear. They always seemed to be floating on the crests of waves. Equally strange, if they were indeed images of Courtney and Meehan, was the fact that they had no bodies. As soon as the tanker left the Pacific, the faces vanished. It was suggested that the vessel's command­ ing officer. Captain Tracy, take a camera aboard and try to photograph the things when the Watertown pulled back into the Pacific. The heads reappeared. Tracy took six shots, locked the film in his cabin safe for the rest of the voyage until he reached New Orleans, where the film was developed by a private commercial photographer and carefully examined for fraud by photographic experts of the Burns Detective Agency. The film, they declared, was authentic. The first five shots showed only the sea. The sixth was a shocker. Two blurry but huge faces, side by side, were seen staring toward the ship. On the third voyage, the faces were seen only in­ frequently and, after that trip, were never seen again. �Page Ten SEAFARERS Mar 10, 1968 LOG Growth in Community Services Seen By AFL'CIO Conference Delegates The Gulf Coast by Undsey Williams, Vice-President, Gulf Area WASHINGTON—Community service activities are an integral and growing force in all areas of AFL-CIO activities, an estimated 500 delegates to the 13th annual AFL-CIO National Conference We are supporting Representative James Qark for re-election on Commimity Services found. Participants included 175 full-time AFL-CIO community service to the Texas State Legislature and the West Gulf Ports Council of staffers from 125 urban centers only way they were taught," he cial welfare, forged on the firing the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department recently sponsored a across the nation. asserted. "Now we find our cities lines of human need, has made dinner-dance in Houston for Clark which drew a capacity turnout. The audience was lauded for in flames, our nation being torn notable contributions to a hu­ Among those attending were State Senator Chet Brooks, Con­ its past performance by local, state up inside." mane American democratic so­ gressman Bob Eckhardt, U. S. and national union leaders, who Representatives Curtis Graves, Traba, Francisco Rodriguez, He challenged the delegates to ciety." spurred them to do still more. "see to it your interaati<H)al presi­ Among its accomplishments, he Tom Bass and Arthur Vance, Harry Peeler, Anton Evensen, SIU President Paul Hall, who dents—including Joe Beime—are said, has been to free those with Houston Councilman Frank Man- Amul Mitchke, Ernest Ohlssoa is also a vice president of the gigged, are pushed, are reminded, basic needs for employment, re­ cuso, Don Horn, vice-president of and PbiUp O'Connor. All pen­ .. AFL-CIO, had high praise for the are harrassed" into answering the lief, food, shelter and medical care the West Gulf Ports Council, Roy sioners are urged to take part in group's continuing efforts and cries from the slums. from the domination, as in the Evans, secretary-treasurer of the Union activities. called community service activ­ Houston Texas AFL-CIO and Houston past, of "political warlords." Changes Needed ities "the most active and effective Port Agent Paul Drozak. Shipping has remained good New Services "The whole area of mass appeal in the federation." Also present was Clyde Doyal, here in the Texas area and looks "Now," he said, "these and Mayor of Pasadena, who has our During the conference. Hall is changing," said Beirne, who is also presided over a panel discus­ president of the Communicatitms many more new services—^such as endorsement for Congress and as if it will continue to remain good for awhile. sion on the public relations value Workers and an AFL-CIO vice consumer counselling, family Don Yarborough, Gubernatorial Jnnior Moncrief has registered of AFL-CIO Community Services president. 'Today we have to say counselling, strike relief, disaster candidate, who received a stand­ and is waiting for the first Coast­ Department With him on the loud and clear where we stand. services and even riot relief—are ing ovation. wise AB job to hit the boards. panel were Albert J. Zack, public- We have not been doing that effec­ being made available as a matter Brother Moncrief has sailed with New Orleans enough. of right to all in need by organized relations director of the AFL- tively us for 18 years. L. S. "Johnny'* Jtrfinston was "TTiose who are trapped in the CIO; Gordon Cole of the Interna­ social welfare and organized labor T. L. Snstaire is on the beach tional Association of Machinists, ghetto want to tell us what they through its community services on the Yorii as AB for about five and registered in group two, deck and editor of The Machinist; and need, but they aren't being heard," activities." department. Brother Sustaire has Rex Clifford, president of Retail he added. "All they hear is others He said trade unions are devel­ been a member for 24 years and telling them 'this is good for you'." oping from purely economicallyStore Employees Local 400. is waiting for a Coast-wise ship He called upon the delegates to oriented organizations into broad AFL-CIO Community Services to India. Committee Chairman Joseph A. go to the slums, to find the causes community service organizations Beime put strong emphasis on the of disenchantment and to work "based, of course, on their col­ W. L. Kilgore is at the top of need to act on—and to understand toward a solution with those in­ lective bargaining relationships, the list for a steward's job. Broth­ -the problems of those trapped volved. but concerned more and more with er Kilgore has been a good SIU "Our unions of tomorrow are the health and welfare of mem­ in America's boiling ghettoes. man for 25 years. "The plight and the agony of going to be strong or non-existent bers and their families as whole MobUe those in need are not being based upon what we do in our human beings and complete citi­ months. The vessel took on a full James Edmonds registered in communities," he added. heard," Beime said. zens beyond the plant gates." 'crew after a spell in drydock here. group two, deck department. He "People who are in need, people AFL-CIO Community Services He predicted that this develop­ Walter Harris was chief cook was on a Coast-wise oil run aboard who are destitute—these people Director Leo Perlis told the audi­ ment will accelerate over the next on the City of Alma. After a long the York, sailing as AB. James are expressing their dissatisfaction ence that the "coalition between 20 years as a result of the shorter tour of duty on the Viet Nam run, lives in Mobile with his wife and in the only way they know, the organized labor and organized so­ workweek; increased longevity. Walter got off for a needed vaca­ has been in the SIU some 25 tion. He's looking forward to years. more sailing on that run. John Lamb shipped as chief Trussell Beatrons was officer's electrician on the West Coast and April 18 to May I, 1968 BR en the Transglobe. He told us is back in the Gulf area. DECK DEPARTMENT he thought that ship was very William Tatum had a job in the TOTAL REGISTERED REGISTERED on BEACH good, with a fine crew and Cap­ engine department aboard the Al­ TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups _^__AnGronp8^___^ tain. The Transglobe also called coa Commander. Bill has shipped Port Class A Class B Class A Class B QasaA Class B Class C on Vietnam and like Walter, Trus­ from the Gulf for 20 years. Boston 5 17 9 2 2 0 0 sell is looking forward to re­ New York 79 J. P. Lomax was chief cook on 50 183 103 38 37 14 turning. Philadelphia 5 10 16 5 0 12 1 the Fenn Victory. He intends to At the last union meeting we Baltimore 31 18 19 6 84 44 9 do some fresh water fishing before saw quite a few pensioners taking Norfolk 48 22 20 5 5 42 6 Jacksonville 11 8 6 7 8 9 17 part in the affairs of the Union. going out again. Tampa 5 10 4 4 1 0 11 Shipping is medium here, with Among those attending were AnMobUe 18 14 58 34 4 10 1 no vessels laid-up. thtmy ContI, John Ward, Manual New Orleans .... 20 87 29 26 22 1 141 Houston Wflmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals 53 17 76 22 364 42 18 45 17 231 40 16 98 11 327 23 16 47 12 191 13 23 37 20 130 128 28 117 38 876 73 0 80 5 509 '« m - /I Keeping in Trim ENGINE DB>ARTMENT Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans .... Houston Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED OassA Class B 3 1 44 67 15 10 20 22 12 13 8 6 6 4 10 18 34 30 37 40 12 7 66 62 10 9 277 289 Class A (InassB Class C 1 1 1 37 46 14 10 0 13 15 14 2 3 10 6 3 8 11 0 4 6 11 8 4 14 30 11 28 31 11 8 16 • 9 42 39 14 9 11 9 175 115 220 REGISTERED on BEACH CUSBA Class B 7 1 88 90 14 12 50 56 14 22 7 10 10 6 28 45 93 89 43 80 22 1 45 93 6 23 405 550 STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jaeksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans .... Houston Wilmington San Francisco .. Ssattie jSar.:::: All Groups ClassA ClassB 3 4 39 22 7 10 25 11 12 15 10 13 3 2 14 15 40 16 26 32 8 9 65 95 10 12 217 801 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A ClaasB Class C 0 0 1 9 27 12 20 7 1 9 2 9 10 4 4 10 5 4 0 2 1 6 9 2 , 9 1 19 13 14 12 8 12 14 47 11 62 8 18 7 100 146 163 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups aass A Class B 6 2 31 124 8 9 32 65 17 10 7 6 4 8 27 51 71 162 58 91 3 17 58 100 10 29 328 677 Seafarer Walter J. Spinelli of engine dept. relaxes with a mag­ azine in the SIU barbershop in the Brooklyn hall, as barber James Gaetahi takes special care and gives Spinelli o neat, clean trim. • I �Mar 10, 1968 The Pacific Coast by Frank Drozak, West Coast Representative |« - •^ I • iI* I4 - A bi-partisan program aimed at revitalizing state efforts to find work for California's unemployed has been announced by Demo­ cratic and Republican lawmakers. The bill is co-authored by Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh (D-Inglewood), Robert Monagan (R-Tracy), Leon D. Ralph (D-Los Angles) and William Campbell (R-Los Angeles). critical need for action in this The measures, which will not field." require large appr<^riations of Seattle state money, include the creation Tom *Trenchy" Martineau has of a State Department of Human been bosun on the Steel Ai^enResources through which job and tice for seven months. Tom anti-poverty agencies would work joined the SIU in 1944 in Balti­ to provide training and jobs, as more. well as "the entire range of needed Another veteran bosun is Jack services" to unemployed persons Stougb, back in town after a voy­ on an individual basis. age to India on the Transoileans. Also provided would be assist­ Amos Jaramilo has registered ance loans from a non-profit cor­ after putting in a year as a shoreporation plus tax Incentives to side electrician for Sea-Land. small businessmen in ghetto neigh­ Shipping has been real good borhoods—and to those anywhere and all indications point to con­ —who hire workers from the tinued good shipping. Wflmington Jesse Puckett and Ira Willoughby, came by the hall to visit old friends. The two Seafarers, now on pension, were recently in Seattle, on the East Coast and in Mexico. After seeing the world while at sea,they have decided to Puckett Martineau visit as much of the United States as they can. ranks of hard-core unemployed. We have paid-off the Cosmos In addition, the measure calls for tightening of state regulations Mariner and the Free America against racial discrimination in signed-on. There are six ships in employer-apprenticeship training transit. During the last period, 96 men shipped out. The outlook is programs. Backers of the measure stated good with two payoffs set. A rated that "the bi-partisan nature of man can get a job without any these bills indicates the serious­ trouble here as we have several ness with which we all view the on the board. High Federal Interest Rates Termed 'Dangerously Wrong' WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO's chief economist has termed the Federal Reserve Board's high-interest policy "dangerously wrong." It could plunge home-building and related industries into "a sharp recession," Research ^ borrowers is usually one percent Director Nathaniel Goldfinger above the discount rate. Most warned. business borrowers pay higher He urged that Congress act rates—and individuals pay the "without delay" to pass a "fair highest rates of all. and equitable" temporary war­ "Tight money and record high time tax increase. interest rates" could have an im­ This, Goldfinger said, would mediate effect on home-building, reduce the size of the federal gov­ "stalling the drive for more and ernment's deficit that has to be better housing^nd affecting such financed in the money markets related industries as commercial and ease the pressure on interest construction, lumber and building rates. materials," Goldfinger said. Goldfinger was sharply critical He warned that "the American of the Federal Reserve Board's people, as a whole, will eventually third boost in its discount rate in pay the price. Since interest rates five months. The discount rate are part of the cost of everything, is the interest the nation's central high and rising interest rates will bank's charge to commercial mean price boosts to home-buyers, banks. When it goes up, the in­ consumers, small business, farm­ terest banks charge to their pri­ ers, state and local governments, vate customers also rises. and the federal government, it­ self." Levd Already Highest Thus, he indicated, an action Before the latest increase, Gold­ the reserve board claims is an finger noted, interest rates were "anti-inflation" measure would ac­ already at close to the highest tually push prices up. level reached in this century. The Goldfinger said the nation needs real rate for FHA home mortgages "with increasing urgency," not —taking into account "points" tighter money and the highest in­ charged by lenders to evade FHA terest rates in this century, but "a ceilings—^was already close to fair and equitable tax increase." seven percent, he said. "Congressional action is needed, The federal reserve discount without delay, to ease pressures rate in the nation's biggest money in the money markets and to make market areas was raised from five it possible to reduce interest rates to S.S. percent, and the rate that from their soaring highs," he de­ banks charge their best, risk-free clared. SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven Six More SIU Men Join the Ranks Of Seafarers on Union Pension The names of six Seafarers have been added to the growing list of men collecting an SIU pension benefit. The new men are: Tommy Jrakins, Frank James, Roosevelt Waller, Edward Crelan, Leon Dugas, Louis Nelson. Tommy Jenkins shipped in New Britain, Conn. He last sailed the steward department. A stew­ on the Coe Victory. ard, he joined the SIU in 1939 Leon Dugas was bom in Louis­ iana and lives in Gretna, Louisi­ ana. A member of the engine department, he joined the Union in New Orleans. From 1926 to 1929, he served in the Army. Brother Dugas was last employed by the Whiteman Towing Com­ Neison Dugas pany. Louis Nelson sailed as a cook York. He makes his home in Au­ and joined the Union in New gusta, Ga., with his wife, Dorothy. James A native of Virginia, Brother Nel­ son last sailed on the Mount Ver­ in the port of Mobile. Brother non Victory. Jenkins was born in Alabama and lives in Mobile with his wife, Roosevelt Waller joined the Taletha. His last ship was the Union in Mobile and is a native of Wild Ranger. Spanish Honduras, Central Amer­ ica. He resides in Mobile with his Frank James sailed as AB and wife, Lolavee. An AB and bosun, bosun. Born in Alabama, he lives he was employed by the Mobile in Mobile. Brother James joined Towing Company. Waller Crelan the SIU in New York in 1948. His last ship was the Claiborne. Edward Crelan sailed as AB. He joined the Union in 1944 in New York. Brother Crelan was born in New York and lives in Cuba Blacklist Adds 1, Drops 4 WASHINGTON—One addi­ tional ship—the Polish vessel Narwik—^has been added to the list of vessels prohibited by the Maritime Administration . from carrying U.S. Government-gener­ ated cargoes for having called at Cuba. The blacklist actually de­ creased through the elimination of four ships which were either sunk, broken up, or wrecked. According to the latest MARAD report, including the pe­ riod through April 16, this lowers the total number of banned ves­ sels from 204 to 201 and reduces their combined gross tonnage from 1,482,302 to 1,460,399. Included in this figure is the 7,065-ton Nar­ wik. No Ships Reinstated The vessels eliminated from the list were the British-flag Santa Granda, Cypriot Artemida, Leba­ nese Granikos, and Yugoslav Cetinje. No ships were reinstated. Records are kept on foreignflag ships of the free world and Poland. The only requirement for removal of a vessel from the blacklist is a promise by its owner that it will not call at Cuban ports. Of the 201 vessels on the MARAD list, 53 ships—totaling 419,937 gross tons—fly the Brit­ ish flag; 33 (240,953 tons) are Cypriot; 22 (155,485 tons) are Lebanese; 21 (150,590 tons) are Polish; 13 (85,669 tons) are Greek; 12 (107,428 tons) are Ital­ ian; and nine vessels totalling 59,249 tons are Panamanian. Also, there are eight Finnish ships (54,350 tons); seven French ships (33,975 tons); seven Yugo­ slav ships (50,843 tons); four Mal­ tese vessels (27,097 tons); four Moroccan vessels (32,746 tons); two Dutch ships (1,615 tons); two from Pakistan ships (15,762 tons); two Somali ships (14,400 tons); and one 852-ton Guinean vessel from Guinea, and one Liberian ship of 9,268 tons. Sharp Rise In Rail Accidents Spurs Call for Safety Laws WASHINGTON—A letter from a government safety official to the Federal Railroad Administration citing the sharp rise in train accidents "proves anew the crying public need for a strong railroad safety law," a railroad " .. . conditions, higher tram speeds. labor spokesman declared re­ longer trains and the growing cently. carriage of hazardous materials is The letter was written by Jo­ likely to Increase accidents and seph J. O'Connell, Jr., chairman their consequences. of the National Transportation "O'Connell's letter proves anew Safety Board. The comment came the crying public need for a from Executive Secretary Donald strong railroad safety law," BeatBeattie of the Railway Labor Ex­ tie said. "At present there is no ecutives' Association. federal authority at all over the The Safety Board is charged chief causes of train accidents." with investigating accidents and He observed that safety saves making recommendations in all both lives and money, but added, areas of transport safety, while "experience shows that many rail­ ERA is responsible for railroad road managements won't act on safety. Both units are under the this truth unless the government Department of Transportation. forces them to." O'Connell cited statistics over a six-year period to show that "the railroad accident picture is extremely serious" and is certain to continue its deterioration un­ SEAFARERS^LOG less FRA acts "to reverse the May 1^, 1968 • Vol. XXX, No. 10 accident trend." Official Publication of the Up 63.7 Percent Seafaren International Union of North America. Total train accidents, he noted, Atlantic, Gulf, takes increased from 4,149 in 1961 to and Inland Waters District, 6,793 in 1966, a rise of 63.7 per­ AFL-CIO cent. He cited preliminary re­ Executive Board PAUL HALL, Preitdent ports showing a further increase EARL SBEPARD CAL TANNER to 7,089 in 1967, up 71 percent Vice-President Exec. Vice-Free. from 1961. LINDSEY WILLIAMS AL KERR Vice-President Sec.-Treae. Deaths in train accidents went ROBERT MATTHEWS from 158 to 214 over the six-year Vice-President period, up 35.4 percent. Track Director of Publications and equipment damage reported MIKE POLLACK in train accidents rose from $50.4 million to $99 million, nearly 100 llfanairini; Editor HARRY WITTSCHEN percent. Derailments, the single most Staff Writers TOM FINNEOAN important cause of train acci­ PETER WEISS dents, increased from 2,671 in STEVE STEiNBSRa 1961 to 4,447 in 1966, up 66.5 Staff Photographer ANTHONY ANSALDI percent. Derailments attributed to em­ Pibllihit kiwifkly at 810 Ihste Itlint Annas N.E., Wathlnitsn, 0. C. 20018 ky the Ssafarployee negligence as a percent of an Intsrnatlsnal Union, Atlantis, Galf, Lakss ani Inlant Watsn Dlitrist, AFL-CIO, 675 total derailments remained stable Fsarth Annas. Brssklyn, N.V. 11232. Tsl. from 1961 through 1966, O'Con­ HYaslntk 9-6600. Ssssnt slau pastais pall at Washlnitsn, D. C. nell said, while the proportion of POSTHASTER'S ATTERTIIR: Fsnn 3579 derailments caused by neglected sarti ikosit ks nnt ta Ssafarsn Intsrnatlaoal Union, Atlantis, Golf, . akn ant Inlant Watsia or improper maintenance went up Dlstrist. AFL-CIO, 673 Faartk Assnss, Brssk­ lyn, R.Y. 11232. 44 percent. TTie letter warned that "pro­ gressively deteriorating" track �Page Twelve SEAFARERS Guitar Lessons and Musis Sessions Tuneful Pastime on Cuba Vistory Young Seafarer Ken Kuhn, while pursuing his vocation during a recent voyage of the Cuba Victory (Alcoa), also managed to start learning an avocation while aboard. Brother Kuhn took guitar lessons from veteran steward Dalton Barnes and, along with several other crewmen, helped entertain fe'low crew members with some shipboard musical sessions. "I originally learned how to play from my sister Penny," Kuhn, who lives in Vermont when ashore, said recently in the New York hall. He was practicing his guitar while scanning the shipping boards. Although he has sailed as steward utility, he would like to switch to the engine depart­ ment and was waiting for a wiper's job when spotted by the LOG re­ porter and photographer. "I don't play too well right now," he said. "Mr. Barnes, the steward, can really play the guitar. He used to play with Hank Wil­ liams and he plays about five in­ struments. Right now, I still have to pick carefully at the guitar." Brother Kuhn played in his spare Seafarer Ken Kuhn practices his guitar in the New York hall while time on the Cuba Victory's trip waiting for a job to hit the board. Young Kuhn learned how to to Vietnam. "I played mostly in play from his sister and fellow Seafarer on the Cuba Victory. the evening and I drove some of my shipmates almost nuts," he "The Cuba Victory was kind could really play that harmonica," smiled. of a musical ship. We'd have little Kuhn said. shipboard parties and some of the The guitar he was strununing in Prefers Country Mnac guys would play. I've noticed the New York hall was given to Very much in the early stages there are a number of guys who him by his father. "I had bought of his new pursuit, he stated that can play instruments," he said. one, but it was stolen in the New "right now, I only really know Brother Kuhn said that the men York Port Authority Bus Termi­ four songs." Those would be would play a lot of the songs nal, so my father gave me his. "Ghost Riders In The Sky," the Hank Williams used to sing. "Mr. I find the guitar kind of hard— old Vaughn Monroe hit, and Barnes sang some of his own you really have to stick with it— "Tom Dooley." Probably influ­ songs also," he recalled. Brother and I have spent hours trying to enced by Brother Barnes, he likes Barnes' son, John, was also in on leam how to play," he said. "Mr. the cowboy and country-style mu­ the group, as was Bill Wilson, Bames can tune it perfectly, but sic best. who'd play the harmonica. "He right now, I don't tune it too well," he explained. Brother Kuhn comes from a musically inclined family. In ad­ dition to his sister and father's talent with the guitar, two of his sisters play the piano. Music isn't the only interest Marsha Long, born December Jay Alan Hamaty, bom January Ken has acquired from his family. 31, 1967, to Seafarer and Mrs. 16, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. "My mother paints and does illus­ Edgar Long, Jr., Newport News, Elton J. Hamaty, No. Quincy, trations for children's publica­ Va. Mass. tions," he said. Through her, he —— has acquired an interest in paint­ Stacy Lyn Lehaye, bom Febr­ Marquis Schultz, bom Novem­ ing. uary 10, 1968, to Seafarer and ber 21,1967, to Seafarer and Mrs. Likes Art Too Mrs. Lew N. Lehaye, Nederland, Donald J. Schultz, Sturgeon Bay, "I've done some painting with Texas. Wise. charcoal and pencil and colored ^ chalk—mostly farm scenes, flow­ Charles Devlin, born January Linda Sue Babcock, bom No­ ers and fruit. My mother also 21, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. vember 28, 1967, to Seafarer and draws and does sketches with Charles Devlin, Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Richard Babcock, Northport, paint and charcoal. She's got ev­ Mich. ery kind of paint you can think of," he said. He has also done John Tel Punio, born June 1, some work with clay and pottery. 1967, to Seafarer and Mrs. TelesStephanie Jean Benedict, born Brother Kuhn became interest­ foro Punio, Seattle, Washington. February 24, 1968, to Seafarer ed in a sailing career through his and Mrs. Francis Benedict, Long ^ uncle, Alfred Osias, who is "14 Margaret Mwgan, bom Octo­ Beach, Miss. days older than I am." He ex­ ber 26,1967, to Seafarer and Mrs. plained that Brother Osias and a Melvin E. Morgan, Jacksonville, Tracy Bianca Oliver, born De­ friend, both of whom sail in the Fla. cember 25, 1967, to Seafarer and SIU, sold him on the virtues of a Mrs. William E. Oliver, Mobile, sailing career. In addition, he has John Shaw, born March 10, Ala. a grandfather who sails as a chief 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. John engineer. R. Shaw, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. Having made up his mind to go Ernest Foster, bom September to sea, he enrolled in the SIU's 14, 1967, to Seafarer and Mrs. ^ Harry Lundeberg School of Sea­ Ernest F. Foster, Belhaven, N. C. Donald George Epp, born manship. After graduating, he March 23, 1968, to Seafarer and caught the Cuba Victory. Mrs. Donald G. Epp, Bellmour, Gerald Patrick Weinert, born "We sailed on December 20 N. J. December 12, 1967, to Seafarer and came back to the States and Mrs. Thomas L. Weinert, March 26," he said. Although we Susan Lynette Henley, born Benicia, Calif. encountered "a lot of rough weath­ March 14, 1968, to Seafarer and er, I really loved the trip," he Mrs. Robert C. Henley, Stockton, Cristy Bowman, born March 2, said. "We went to the Philippines Calif. 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Rob­ and Danang, Vietnam. It's funny, ert E. Bowman, Orange, Texas. we thought at first that we were Kenneth Lee HIggs, bom De­ going to Japan and I had written cember 19, 1967, to Seafarer and Judith Rice, born March 27, about 20 letters to my family and Mrs. Carroll L. Higgs, Compton, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Elmer friends, telling them that was B. Rice, Mobile, Alabama. Md. where I was going," he said. <1> \I> <I> Mar 10, 1968 LOG FINAL DEPARTURES Robert Prideaux, 50: Brother Prideaux died on December 31 at the USPHS Hospital, Staten Island. He sailed in the deck de­ partment and was qualified to sail as bosun. Brother Prideaux joined the Union in New York. A native of that city, he made his home in Brooklyn. His last ship was the Steel Surveyor. Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Patricia Murray, of Brooklyn. The burial was held in the Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn. George Lawson, 64: Brother Lawson died on March 11 at his home in New Or­ leans. Death was due to heart di­ sease. He was a member of the deck department and joined the Union in New Or­ leans. Brother Lawson was born in Illinois. His last vessel was the Cornell Victory. Surviving is his wife, Catherine. The burial was held in the Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans. . Donald Willis, 42: A heart ail­ ment claimed the life of Brother Willis in San Francisco, March 2. He was a na­ tive of California and made his home in San Francisco. Broth­ er Willis sailed as FWT. He joined the Union in the port of Wilmington in 1961. His last vessel was the Los Angeles. Surviving is his wife, Mrs. Chong Ja Willis, of San Francisco. Burial was in Olivet Cemetery, Colma, California. Floyd Nolan, 45: Brother NoIan was accidentaly drowned in the ship channel at Highway 134, near Houston, March 2. He was bom in Indiana­ polis, Indiana and resided in Houston. A ste­ ward, he previ­ ously shipped as night cook and b^er. Brother Nolan joined the union in Balti­ more in 1943. His last ship was The Cabins. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Valeria Nolan Heck, of Kerrville, Texas. Burial was in Glen Rest Cemetery, Kerrville. John Tillman, 30: Brother Till­ man died on March 20 in Beau­ mont, Texas. He , lived in Pasadena, Texas, and joined the SIU in the port of Houston. Brother Tillman sailed in the stew­ ard department. A native of Mo­ bile, he last sailed on the Halcyon Panther. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Frances Tillman, of Sea Brook, Texas. He was buried in San Jacinto Memorial Cemetery, Houston. Eiroy Roddy, 40: A heart at­ tack claimed the life of Seafarer Roddy while he was sailing on the Steel SurveyorThe vessel was at anchor in Madras Harbor, India, at the time of death. A member of the deck department, ^ he joined the Un­ ion in New Orleans. Brother Roddy lived in that city and was a native of South Carolina. He was a member of the Navy from 1944 to 1950. Surviving is his wife, Betty Ann. The body was buried at sea. Charles Volk, 41: Brother Volk died in the West Seattle Hospital, Seattle, Washing­ ton, March 26. He was a resident of that city and a native of Dela­ ware. Brother Volk sailed in the deck department and was qualified to ship as bosun. He joined the SIU in Houston. His last ship was the Hastings. During World War II, he served in the Navy. He is survived by his wife, Patricia. The burial was held in Seattle. 'if Richard Kinney, 34: An auto­ mobile accident claimed the life of Brother Kin­ ney, March 16, in Independence, La. A resident of that town, he was born in Whiteville, Tenn. He was a member of the IBU, joining the Union in New Orleans. He sailed as deck hand and was last employed by Gulf Canal Lines. Brother Kinney served in the Navy from 1952 to 1954. Surviving is his wife, Betty. The burial was held in Little River Cemetery, Independance. -H Money Due Texas City Refining Inc., has advised headquarters that they are holding unclaimed wages for the following Sea­ farers: Darrell W. Bamett, Wil­ liam R. Corry, Edward G. Gorman, Marchel V. Howton, Anthony T. Prescott, H. W. Kennedy, Donald E. Mackey, James W. McFarlin, Robert R. Miley, Phillip .. Serpas. Seafarers listed above are urged to forward to the com­ pany a written request, giv­ ing social security number, Z number, and instructions re­ garding payment to: Mr. H. R. Dowdy, Marine Account­ ing Supervisor, Texas City Refining Inc.—Marine Divi­ sion, P. O. Box 1271, Texas City, Texas 77591. This should be done as soon as possible. ^<3 *•*-1 f'l �Mar 10, 1968 SEAFARERS Thanks Union For Scholarship Plan To The Editor: You might be interested to learn that I have been accepted as a graduate student in mathe­ matics at Michigan State Uni­ versity and I'm to start classes this summer, immediately after receiving my B.S. degree in the same subject. This scholarship has made possible the scholastic record I've put together. If I'd had to work for the necessary in­ come, my grades would have been lower, and I might not have made it at all. I certainly wouldn't have gotten into grad school. Thank you then, to the Seafarers International Union, for supporting this scholarship plan. Sincerely, Larry R. Carleton ^ Engineer Praises Upgrading School iy .V ll J |i ' To The Editor: I would like to express my gratitude to the SIU and Dis­ trict 2, MEBA for their excel­ lent engineer's school, which enabled me to receive a third assistant's license. Without this school I am sure I, and many others, would not have had this opportunity. I am grateful to the fine instruc­ tors who helped prepare me for my Coast Guard examination. I would also like to thank the office personnel for their help. I intend to keep up my SIU book. Thank you again. Sincerely, George Kosch K-253 Flushli«, N.Y. Thanks Shipmates For Life^Saving Efforts h To The Editor: Kindly accept our sincere gratitude for life-saving efforts by his shipmates in behalf of our son Larry, who died sud­ denly while serving on the Transoneida, and for the con­ sideration shown by the SIU. God bless you all. Mr. and Mrs. Charles LaPorte, Tidedo, Ohio ^ Sees Unions Vital In All Industries To the Editor: The experience of workers at Puerto Rico's Crambar In­ dustries recently reemphasizes once again the need for union­ ization in all industry to guard individual workers from harass­ ment and high-handed tactics by management. When Crambar laid off 150 workers two weeks before rep­ resentation elections, and when it then challenged 48 votes cast in favor of the SIU of Puerto Rico, Crambar made use of the typical aiiti-Iabor tactics that have become part of the overall strategies of keeping the work­ ers down. Such dirty dealings only point up the vital importance of unions, because without them, management can, and does, consistently exploit workers without meaningful opposition. The results of the "right-towork" laws in the United States demonstrate this fact amply: In all but one RTW state in the U.S., per capita income has either remained lower than in non-RTW states, or has actually shrunk since RTW laws went into effect. And why? Because the workers are prevented from organizing and effectively fight­ ing for their rights. In these RTW states, management has virtually free rein because the state legislatures involved have condoned anti-union activity by law. There are many of us who now have pretty good jobs, fair wages and decent benefits, and so we tend to relax and con­ sider the battle won. This couldn't be further from the truth. The fieht still is going on. As the Crambar incident illustrates, management every­ where is still as interested in ex­ ploiting workers to whatever extent they can get away with. If we relax now and allow our unions to be weakened to any degree whatever, we are only inviting hard drives by business to pull us back to restrictive, low-standard working condi­ tions. Management never gives up and we must never lose sight of that fact. Sincerely, Ned Marks One Man, One Vote Seen as Good Rule To the Editon There has been, and still is, much opposition to the Su­ preme Court's decisions on "one' man, one vote." The Court is sure to come under attack even more now that it has extended that ruling to the make-up of city councils and county governments. There are still those who in­ sist that a government official, elected by the citizens of his constituency, should then rep­ resent "the land" or the "inter­ ests" established in his district, and that he therefore should not be restricted to representing the same number of people as his fellow legislator whose district has an entirely different phys­ ical or geographical make-up. These people argue that legis­ lators must, of necessity have different size constituencies but should carry equal voting power in their respective legislatures. What the high Court has done, and its action is to be applauded is to establish that an "interest" cannot exist with­ out a person or persons behind it. An "interest," having been created by a person or group, is nothing but an extension of that person or group, no more and no less. For example, to say that a legislator can repre­ sent an "interest" which is a million-dollar corporation, and carry more voting weight than another legislator whose "inter­ est" is a crowded slum distorts the foundation behind equal representation and equal pro­ tection of the laws. If an elected representative is to fulfill those provisions of the U.S. Constitution calling for such equality, I don't believe he can do so on the theory that one person's vote should carry more weight than another's. Sincerely, James Wister LOG Page Thirteen Seafarers Aboard New Yorker Have Elephants As Passengers A Seafarer on the New Yorker (Sea-Land) taking a peek last month into one of the cargo con­ tainers, might well have been surprised at what hi saw. The vessel was carrying four elephants to San Juan, Puerto Rico to appear in the Pan American Circus. The New Yorker, which shuttles between New Orleans and San Juan, later took the elephants on back to New Orleans, ar­ riving there April 18. The elephants are 25, 24, 23 and 13 years old, Mrs. Oscar Cristiani, wife of their owner explained. They have been used in movies, TV, circus and promotional deals. In fact, the largest of the four was a co-star in the Jimmy DuranteDoris Day film, "Jumbo". Top Republican office-seekers have also employed them for campaign stunts. Mrs. Cristiani said that, prior to shipping the elephants, "we had to find an area where we could tem­ porarily chain and stake out the animals. We finally found a spot not too far from our truck and the Sea-Land company sent a van to transport them to the ship when W. G. Hamilton, cook on the New Yorker, uses stepladder to feed elephants. The elephants were taken to San Juan, where fliey ap­ it was ready to sail. One female elephant, Carrie, is peared in the Pan American Circus. They have also been used by the leader of the group. Although notable Republicans as mascots and appeared in movies. From the Cristianis believed she would the looks of things, Brother Hamilton has made some new friends. be first in line, "she just would not set foot into that van," Mrs. the van with Carrie, they were low­ port. They had had no time to Cristiani said. Carrie came down ered onto a barge and then hoisted order additional haiy. This was on her front knees and pulled back up onto the New Yorker. The finally accomplished in Houston, her weight, swaying her huge head trip to San Juan would last four where they stopped prior to reach­ from side to side and looked days and a good deal of hay and ing New Orleans. Oscar was wor­ ried about the time they spent in ready to push anyone who got in grain was ordered. her way. "Elephants eat all the time, so the van, Mrs. Cristiani said, but you can imagine the number of "they managed to move enough Persuasion Useless bales we needed," she said. Their for some exercise so when Oscar "Oscar was right there beside water was supplied by putting a came to load them on our truck, her, talking to her, but it was to hose into a tub in the van. They all was well." no avail," Mrs. Christiani con­ got all the air they needed since The Cristianis transported ele­ tinued. "They tried closing the there was no top on the van, but phants by ship once before. On side doors, thinking this would moving space was at a minimum. that occasion, it was done by a help, but it didn't. In fact, she There was a trap door at one end strap fastened around their bellies. wanted to push it open again as to provide for waste disposal. Then they were hoisted into the air we closed it. We believed she The Cristianis flew to Puerto and lowered into specially-con­ smelled water beneath her and Rico from New Orleans and met connected this with some past the van at the dock. After being structed wooden crates—two to a association—perhaps fear. It is lowered over the vessel's side and crate. This procedure was "defitrue elephants have a vivid mem- onto a truck cab, it was off to nately not liked by the elephants and they put up a terrible fuss." ory. Hiram Bishorn Stadium in San An elephant named Babe was the Having failed to load Carrie, the Juan. Knowing they would have most trouble as she tugged and Cristiani's turned their attention to go through the same routine shied away from the apparatus be­ to the others, who were no trouble again for the return trip, Oscar fore it was secured around her. at all. The three were brought decided to rehearse the elephants. On this trip, Carrie was very co­ close to Carrie, in an effort to en­ After San Juan, they played Ponce operative. tice her, but she still would not and Mayaguez, then drove to San On the return trip, the elephants budge. In fact, the elephant started Juan for the return voyage to New were "able to walk right into the to run into the dock building Orleans. "and we didn't know what would This time, there was no trouble hull of the ship, no reluctance at happen." loading them, but other problems all." While out at sea, a huge "Needless to say," Mrs. Cristiani came up. Instead of a four-day plastic covering was used to keep said, "it caused quite a com­ trip it took seven days to reach the harsh cold out of the crates. motion. If the elephant had rampaged, she would have knock Pay-off on the Fred Morris down anything that got in her way. And I mean anything," she emphasized. "Mr. Cristiani went in after her and thank goodness, she paid heed." Carrie was brought back, but the effort to load her into the van was finished for the day. In fact, the Cristianis "wor­ ried if it could be done." The next day, Carrie had to be loaded one way or another. Again, she rampaged and Cristiani had to get directly in front of her to try and stop her. A number of boxes had already been felled by the huge animal. For awhile, it looked like Carrie would bowl her trainer over, but he pleaded with her to behave. Carrie "listened and backed away," Mrs. Cristiani said. Elephants are generally well behaved and dutiful, "until some­ thing really bugs them." Patrolman Pat Marinelli (right) explains a point in the SIU conFinally, after much effort, Carrie was finally coaxed onto the van. With Oscar and a groom in to oiler Joe Flynn aboard the Fred Morris while that ship paid-off in Todd Shipyard, Alameda, Calif. The vessel completed a year-long trip, shuttling between Far East ports and Vietnam. �Page Fourteen SEAFARERS LOG Bill Kaiser, treasurer on the Del Norte (Delta), reports that the steward department has voted to keep $101 as a separate fund for their department. Brother Kaiser spent $120 for six movies, shown during this voyage. John Ward asked if the swimming pool "will be filled for the crew as it used to be?" Newly-elected ^ 'There is no fun when someone Morrison reports. Some disputed ship's delegate William Ekins keeps turning off the heat. For overtime in the engine depart­ inquire. Meeting Chair­ eight days, this ship was known as ment will be taken up with the man Justin Wolff 'frozen Lucy Bloomers,' but all is patrolman in New Orleans when writes that the well now." the ship pays-off. crew was remind­ ed by Nicholas Plzzuto to keep Meeting Chairman Burton Meeting Chairman Karl Helltheir rooms clean Parker on the Cortez (Cortez), sug­ man reports from the Manhattan and make their gested that LOGS (Hudson Water­ bunks daily. The should be made ways) that Jim ^ men have private available to the Colson has been rooms "and would Seamen's Club in elected ship's Wolff like it to stay this Manila. The pa­ treasurer. Brother way." Each department will elect trolmen on the Colson said that a safety director. Leroy RInker has West Coast have a collection will been elected new movie director. been "doing an be taken in Singa­ John Bamett reports the engine excellent job set­ pore for the ship's department will turn over $100 tling beefs during fund. Tom B<rfEverett Hellman from it's fund to the movie fund. the payoffs," Par­ ton, meeting sec­ Stanley Wright said a vote of ker wrote. Meeting Secretary Lee retary, reports that a motion was thanks should be given to Brother Everett reports that there are no made by Brother Hellman to Kaiser "for getting us the movies beefs or disputed overtime re­ establish standard money draws in and keeping the money intact. If ported by department delegates. foreign ports. Right now, Hellman we have a few arrival pools and Ship's delegate B. Dawson of the pointed out, you can draw on everyone gives to the movie fund, steward department, reports that weekend overtime on one ship we should be able to have a nice a motion was made by H. Rosen- and on another, you can't. All number of movies for the next grans, that the city sanitation de­ hands are in favor of getting trip," he said. The ship's officers partment in each port should re­ draws on weekend and holiday put up their fair share to the fund, move garbage from the vessel at overtime. Ship's delegate Hans too. Purser Bill Sistrunk gave least once each day. B^ reports that there is no dis­ Kaiser $55, collected from the puted overtime and LOGS and ^ officers so t^t they may view the mail are coming in regularly. The movies also. "This ship has been on a four- steward department has done a month voyage to India, Pakistan fine job keeping the Seafarers welland Ceylon," fed on their run to Singapore and "After serving with skill and w r 11 e s W. Bur- Pakistan. unselfishness. Brother A1 ADiaii > keen, meeting resigned as ship's I chairman on the delegate," reports Meeting Chairman A. L. Daw­ 1 Steel Fd>ricator Meeting Secretary Gsthmian). "We son reports that Seafarers on the Ken Hayes from Seatrain Texas had a good crew the Lrucfle Blomn(Seatrain) are and a smooth field (Bloomfield). planning on lock­ trip. A vote of He was replaced ing up their valu­ thanks to the Morrison by Richard Hunt. ables in the ship's steward depart­ According to ment for the good menus and safe while the Meeting Chair­ ship is in Viet­ good cooking and serving." The Hunt man Edward Pal- steward and chief cook were both nam. George ley, movies will be shown every hospitalized during the voyage, Quinones was second night. So everyone can but their replacements and the e 1 e ct e d ship's Dawson get a seat, there will be two rest of the department turned in delegate. His first showings—one at 6 and another excellent work. J. Morrison, act was discussing the use of at 8 p.m. The film library in­ meeting secretary, reports that American money for draws in cludes 24 cartoons and 15 full- crewmen would like "draws put Danang. R. O. Masters, meeting length features. The vessel's last out in American dollars instead secretary, reports that the treas­ port is Bremerhaven, prior to pay­ of travellers checks." It was sug­ ury contains $5.52. Brother Mas­ off on the East Coast. Brother Pal- gested that "oil drums aft of the ters writes that the Seafarers were ley writes that the heating system wheelhouse be removed, so that told that "anyone missing his broke down for eight days and the crew can have more room to watch will be logged." Most of move about when the ship is the repair list has been taken care carrying deck cargo," Brother of, he writes. May 10, 1968 ''-.J 4^ • V-P Pay-off in Brooklyn The Oberlin Victory recently arrived in Brooklyn for payoff after a trip to Vietnam. On hand to greet the returning Seafarers was a LOG the voyage was a smooth one. While the Seafarrs were getting paid, the vessel was already in drydock in preparation for the next voyage. ^1. fsidro Galeas sailed as messman on the Oberlin Victory. Patrolman Milce Sacco checks his papers In messrpom while waiting-for-payoff, i V- M. Thomas sailed as fire­ man. Brother Thomas is catch­ ing up on the latest ship­ ping news in the LOG. Things were pretty busy for patrolman Mike Sacco (right). Here, he is discussing the trip with G. W. Owen, deck maintenance. Seafarers look­ ing on are: Walter Pulliam, wiperr W. Welting, cook; Berry Volght, pantryman: and the third cook, All Nagi fea. Off Vietnam Run CbestMr L. Anderstm The secretary-treasurer's office at SIU Headquarters in New York is holding checks for you from the Eldorado. ^ Elmer Clark, Jr., of deck depart­ ment, dons helmet and flak jack­ et, prior to tending the anchor on the Fairport. Ship is heading up the Saigon River in Vietnam. Randy Lynn Modey Please contact Mrs. Bessie Fletcher at 14 Linwood St., Hous­ ton, Texas 77011, as soon as possi­ ble, in regard to a very important matter. —^i>— Adolph DeMarco Your brother Pasquale, is anx­ ious to get in touch with you. Please contact him at Station H, Central Islip, New York 11722. <|> George Owen, Jr. Certain personal papers are be­ ing held for you in Headquarter;. Qem Starck and Joe Anthony Please get in touch with Bob Ingram at the following address: C/0 Harbor Light Center, 809 E. 5th St., Los Angeles, Calif. Thomas King Your aunt, Mrs. Edith S. Marks, would like to hear from you at your earliest opportunity. Her address is 921 8th St, Hunt­ ington, W.Va. 25701. ^ Barry Voight watches attentively as Patrolman Jack Caffey. takes care of the paperwork. On^Brother Voight's left| W'alter Pulliam of engiriei department complete ly. ft , . �May 10, 1968 SEAFARERS LOG Page Fifteen ALBANY (River Transport), April 21 Chairman, James Coscarelli; Secretary, Joseph R. Delise. Some disputed OT in engine and steward department. Motion was <iade that an additional man be addeu to the deck and steward depart­ ments. I I L.. ^ SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orkans June 11—2:30 p.m. Mobik ....June 12—2:30p.m. Wilmington June 17—2:00 p.m. San Francisco June 19—2:00 p.m. Seattle June 21—2:00 p.m. New York June 3—2:30 p.m. Philadeipbia June 4—2:30 p.m. Baltimore ..June 5—^2:30p.m. Detroit ... .June 14—2:30 p.m. Houston ...June 10—2:30 p.m. United Industrial Workers New Orleans June 11—7:00 p.m. Mobile .... .June 12—7:00 p.m. New York. .June 3—7:00 p.m. Philadelphia June 4—7:00 p.m. Baltimore .. June 5—7:00 p.m. tHouston .. .June 10—^7:00 p.m. Great Lakes SlU Meetings Detroit June 3—2:00 p.m. Alpena Jime 3—7:00 p.m. Buffalo June 3—7:00 p.m. Chicago . .. .June 3—7:00 p.m. Oeveland . . .June 3—7:00 p.m. Duluth . . . .June 3—7:00 p.m. Frankfort ..June 3—7:00p.m. Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region Chicago .. .June 11—7:30 p.m. tSault St. Marie June 13—7:30 p.m. Buffalo June 12—7:30 p.m. Duluth June 14—^7:30 p.m. Cleveland .. .June 14—7:30 p.m. Toledo June 14—7:30 p.m. Detroit ... .June 10—^7:30 p.m. Milvraukee ..June 10—7:30p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans June 11—5:0O p.m. Mobile June 12—5:00 p.m. Phlladelpliia June 4—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and unIkensed ..June 5—5:00p.m. Norfolk June 6—5:00 p.m. Houstcm June 10—5:00 p.m. Railway Marine Region Phlladelpliia June 11—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore June 12—10 a.ni. & 8 p.m. "Norfolk June 13—10 a.m. & 8 p,|n. Jersey City June 10—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. fMeetina held >t Labor Temple, Saalt SU. Marie. Mich. * Meeting held at Labor Temple, New­ port News, t Meetliw held at Galveiton wharves. DIRECTORToC SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters 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.) Inland Boatmen's Union Brothers and SeweD Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) White Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanner Earl Shapard VICE PRESIDENTS Lindsay Williams Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS 475 4th Ave., BWyn. HY ».4M0 ALPENA. Mich 117 River St. EL 4-3414 BALTIMORE, Md 1214 E. Baltimore St. EA 7-4700 BOSTON. Mass 177 State St. Rl 2-0140 BUFFALO. N.Y 735 Washington St. SIU TL 3-92Sf IBU TL 3-f25f CHICAGO. Ill »3B3 Ewtng Ave. SIU SA 1-0733 IBU ES S-fS70 CLEVELAND. Ohio 1420 W. 2Sth St. MA I-54S0 DETROIT, Mich 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. VI 3-4741. DULUTH. Minn 312 W. 2nd St. RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich P.O. Box 207 415 Main St. EL 7-2441 HOUSTON. Tex.. SUM Canal St. WA B-3207 JACKSONVILLE. Fla. 2400 Pearl St. EL 3-0W7 JERSEY CITY, NJ tf Montgomery St. HE 5-7424 MOBILE, Ala I South Lawrence St. HE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS. La 430 Jackson Ava. Tel. 527-7544 NORFOLK. Va 115 3rd St. Tel. 422-IB72 PHILADELPHIA, Pa 2404 S. 4th St. DE 4-3118 PORT ARTHUR, Tex 134B Seventh St. SAN FRANCISCO. Calif., 350 Freemont St. DO 2-4401 SANTURCE, P.R 1313 Fernandex Juncos Stop 20 Tel. 724-2648 SEATTLE. Wash 2505 First Avenue MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo 80S Dal Mar CE 1-1434 TAMPA. Fla 312 Harrison St. Tel. 227-2788 WILMINGTON. Calif. .. 505 N. Marine Ave. 834-2528 YOKOHAMA, Japan..Iseya BIdg., Room 801 1-2 Kalgan-Dorl-Nakaku 2014771 Ext. 281 Stitzel-Welkr Dlstfllerics "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin Still," W. L. Weller Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) Gypsum Wallboard, American Gypsum Co. (United Cement Lime and Gypsum Workers International) KIngsport Press "World Book," "CbUdcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Salem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes . . . Sentry, Cedar Chest, Statler Men's Shoes . . . Jarman, Johnson & Murphy, Crestworth, (Boot and Shoe Workers' Union) Boren Clay Products Co. (United Brick and Clay Workers) "HIS" brand men's clothes Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond blouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa Ties, Boss Gloves, Rlchman Jamestown Sterling Corp. (United Furniture Workers) trm anMBg its ranks, one individual to earry out this rssponsihility. STEEL APPRENTICE (Isthmian), April 14—Chairman, Ralph W.'Duffell; Secretary, Paul P. Lopez. $90.00 In ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. PEARY (Marine Traders), April 7— Chairman, E. LaSoya: Secretary, T. M. Denham. Some disputed OT in each de­ partment. FAIRPORT (Waterman), April 7— Chairman, Elmer Clark, Jr.: Secretary, Herbert L. Skyles. Some disputed OT in the steward department. Vote of thanks was extended to the entire steward de­ partment for the good feeding and serv­ ice. MARYMAR (Calmar), April 16— Chairman, J. Long; Secretary, N. Kondylas. Brother E. W. "Bouncy" Carter was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. ANTINOUS (Waterman). February 25 —Chairman, Ed Morris, Jr.; Secretary, Richard D. Runkle. Brother George Triplett was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $12.00 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck department. Comet Rice Mills Co. products (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) ^1, Pioneer Flour Mill (United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers Local 110, San Antonio, Texas <1,— Glumarra Grapes (United Farm Workers) ,1, Peavy Paper Mill Products (United Papermakers and Paperworkers Union) Baltimore Luggage Co. Lady Baltimore, Amelia Earhart Stailite luggage Starflite luggage (International Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers Union). Magic Chef Pan Pacific Division (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union) I'1* i-. FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specifle provision for safeguardinir the membmhip's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detaiied CPA audit every three months by a rank and flie auditing committee elected by the membership. AH Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU AUantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered In accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust fun^ are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the eontracta between the Union and ,nd the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available In all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seaf^rs Appeals Board by certified mall, return receipt requested. The proper address for this Is: Ekirl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1980, New York 4, N. Y. Full copTes of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by vrritlng directly to the Union or to the Seafarm Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the vrages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as_ffiing for OT " • and• in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman on tlie proper sheets n jrour opinion, fails to protect jrour contract rl^ts propor other Union official, in erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOO has tradltionaUy refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrain^ publishing ar^es deemed STEEL FABRICATOR (Isthmian), April 19—Chairman, W. Burkeen; Sec­ retary, J. Morrison. Some disputed OT in engine department to be taken up with patrolman at payoff. Motion was made that a TV set be placed on all SlU-contracted ships whether running coastwise or foreign. It was suggested that the* Union contact the Company and request that draws be put out in Ameri­ can money instead of travellers checks. Ship's delegate to see the patrolman about having the ship fumigated. Good crew on board. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without suppljring a receipt, or if a meml>er is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels tfiat 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 SBAFAREIRS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should (ditain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with Its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer Is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension bene­ fits have always fieen encouraged to continue their union activities, including attend­ ance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these Union meet­ ings, they are encouraged to take an active role In all rank-and-file functions, in­ cluding service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimera cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-atandlng Union pol­ icy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights In employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, cxdor, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that be is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he slmuld notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic ri^iits of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will I the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any time a Seafarer feeU that any of the above tights have been vietoted. er that he haa been denied hie censtitatienal right ef accesa to Union recards or infermatien. he ahenid immediataly natifF SIU Praaidant Panl HaE at haadqnartara by cartiiad maU, fotnm receigt raqnaatad. ROBIN SHERWOOD (Robin). April 16—Chairman, C. Myrick; Secretary, M. Northrop. Some disputed OT in engine and steward department. Motion was made that the company be contacted by headquarters to see about putting one watch to a foc'sle instead of three engine room watches in one foc'sle. SS JAMES (Oriental Exporters), April 6—Chairman, C. L. White; Secretary, F. A. Stephen. Brother Bill Eoflowitcb was elected to serve as ship's delegate. The chief steward extended a vote of thanks to the entire crew for their co­ operation. No beefs were reported by de­ partment delegates. LONGVIEW VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), March 31—Chairman, F. Maciolak; Secretary, G. Erlinger. Ship's dele­ gate reported that there were no bee& and everything is running smoothly. COSMOS TRADER (Admanthos), March 17—Chairman, W. R. Jones; Sec­ retary, James P. Killean. Brother Ralph Fitzpatrick was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs were reported by de­ partment delegates. BELOIT VICTORY (Admanthos), April 7—Chairman, Pete Christopher; Secretary, Robert D'Ferrafiet. Disputed OT in deck and steward department. Patrolman will be contacted regarding restriction to the ship in Vaug Tau, Viet­ nam. Discussion regarding the shortage of stores. It was suggested that an ade­ quate slop chest be put aboard before next trip. CORTEZ (Cortez), April 14—Chair­ man, Burton Parker; Secretary, Lee Everett. No beefs and no disputed OT. Motion was made to have city sanitation in all ports remove garbage from ships at least once a day. Motion was made to install canvas hoppers near mid-ship house so that while loading cargo, men will not risk injury in disposing of garbage. LUCILE BLOOMFIELD (Bloomfield), March 17—Chairman, Edward Palley; Secretary, Ken Hayes. Brother Al Allian resigned as ship's delegate after serving with skill and unselfishness. Brother Rich­ ard Hunt was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. No beefs were reported by department delegates. BURBANK VICTORY (A. L. Burbank), March 24—Chairman, Eugene A. Stanton; Secretary, Herbert E. Atkinson. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments to be taken up with patrol­ man. Crew would like to have the patrol­ man check the slop chest and the hos­ pital for supplies. Vote of thanks was extended to Brother Edward M. Ellis, ship's delegate, and to the steward de­ partment, for a job well done. ENID VICTORY (Columbia) March 2— Chairman, Anthony Durino; Secretary, John C. Babb. Brother Salazar was v elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. MONTICELLO VICTORY (Victory Carriers), March SO—Chairman Albert J. Van Dyke; SecreUry, George A. O'Berry. Brother Herman Frugee was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Some disputed OT In deck department. ] V <•» _ • •'isy �SEAFARERS#LOG May 10, 1968 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION . ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT . AFL-CIO . JM- -»J"' -X ^ V.-. i : •• A -'fi. Making its final call at St. Ignace clocks, is icebreaking carferry, Chief Wawatam. Residents once set their clocks by the big, colorful vessel's departure whistles. ''M: Among the Seafarers making final voyage are, left to right: Joe Sales, Ed Sheber, Leonard Siren. The men were coal passers. Capt. Bob Tamlyn (r) was Master on final run. Bob Jr. (I) is a SlU member and holds oiler's seniority. Young Bob served as second assistant engineer. After leaving the carferry in Mackinaw, freightcars rumble through the yard after last trip on old friend. Chief Wawatam once had a crew of fifty-six. As smoke billows from stack, local residents can catch a final view of the ship's spar deck. The vessel made as many as 9 round trips in 24 hours to Mackinaw City. An Era Ends For Veteran Lakes Warrior *HE SIU Great Lakes District*coiitracted carferry Chief Wawafhin^ which traiuiiorfed rail­ road care across ^ Straits of Mackinac hi Michi­ gan, for 57 years, la^ month made hs final run. Captain Bob Tamlyn, master of the 338-foof ferry, took the Chief on its farewell trip, tying it np at the State Bock in St. Ignace, to end a color­ ful era in rail and water transportation, dnrtng back 87 years. The carferry has been replaced by the Tug Muskegon and the Barge Manistee in the (opera­ tions of the SlU-contracted Mackinac Transporta­ tion Company. Oi^ally, when the transportation of rail care, between Mackinac City and St Ignace began in 1881, a four-car barg^ the Betsy, and file breakbulk steamer, Algomab were used. In 1888 the company switched to carferries, the first being the wooden St Ignace. In 1893, the Salnte Marie I was ordered and these two vessels did such a noble job of breaking the ice that the Russians Jim Bishop sailed as deckhand on the ship. "There's nothing like it left,',' he said of Wawatam. Bishop joined Union in Frankfort. Stanley Bauers (I) was wheelsman on Wawa-' tam, 48 years. At right is retired Captain Mike Bishop. Bauers is on an SIU pension. 'ir: .X;v, the lines of the Sainte Marie I. In 1910, it was decided to replace the oakh^ed wooden vessels and the Chief Wawatam, with its all-steel hull, was launched in 1911. Now the demise of file sturdy veteran as a carferry has come as a shock to residents of St. Ignace. The Chief will be reduced to a stone barge to serve out its remaining sailing days. In its heyday, the Chief Wawatam made as many as nine round trips a day across the Straits and carried a crew of 56. The Chief, with 4,500 horsepower, was long one of the most powerful sb^ on the lakes and, Itefore the Coast Guard began ice-breaking oper­ ations,^ was often called upon for fiib purpose. lOnce it was called to break ice as far away as Buffalo. In its years of service, the Chief made in excess pen without a sin^e serious mid^. A 4 4^\ When the ship called at Mackinaw City, after cross­ ing Straits of Mackinac, she unloaded trains for the last time. An era in Michigan's history is finished. mI d A :T v.-ntAl-rl,,- � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource May 10, 1968 Description An account of the resource Headlines: MARITIME, GOVT LEADERS BACK BILL TO EASE RATES ON SHIPBUILDING LOANS INCREASED EXPORTS SELF DEFEATING UNLESS SHIPPED AMERICAN SENATE GROUP DEMANDS GOVT ACT ON FLEET PROGRAM WITHIN 60 DAYS SOVIETS DEFYING FISHING AGREEMENTS, CONGRESSMEN, SIUNA OFFICIALS WARN HALL URGES TAX FREE RESERVE AIMED AT NEW VESSEL CONSTRUCTION GOVT FUNDS TO EASE URBAN CRISIS CALLED SOUND INVESTMENT BY MEANY AFL-CIO BIDS CONGRESS ACT ON PENDING SOCIAL LEGISLATION PHANTOMS OF THE SEA GROWTH IN COMMUNITY SERVICES SEEN BY AFL-CIO CONFERENCE DELEGATES AN ERA ENDS FOR VETERAN LAKES WARRIOR Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 05/10/1968 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. XXX, No. 10 1968 Periodicals Seafarers Log