http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/7adbe283df07475b9d850295303c1284.PDF 99307e1bd2198c56f7fa0ee156425f88 PDF Text Text Vol. XXX No. 15 SEAFARERS.LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO ., , St-" "t \ f Senate-House Panel OKs $200 Million for Ships il- 11. ' Kf . I- Iw f't . ; 1 i: ai;!g ^. • .J-.JV w ... ••' .t,: �; • Kgg" Pase Two SEAFARERS Jnlr 19, 1968 LOG Gamati Committee Battles to Save ModHied Maritime Upgrading Biil WASHINGTON—^Despite numerous setbacks, the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Com­ mittee has launched a last-ditch effort to have its modified maritime upgrading bill passed by Con­ gress. As both houses were working toward adjoununent before the presidential conventions next month, special consideration of ting new measures for a vote and areas in which action is desirable, the measure was being sought "deferred" the biU. it would be best to defer their con­ from the House leadership. Garmatz then appealed directly sideration at this time. . . ." The bill (H.R. 13940) had been to the Democratic leadership in Besides the tax-deferred reserve stripped of a proposal to allot the House, and to the Speaker, to funds, H.R 13940 also would: $300 million annually for the con­ have H.R. 13940 placed on the • Amend the constructionstruction of additional ships be­ "consent" calendar so that it could differential provisions of existing cause of government demands that be brought up for a vote. law with a view of reducing the all programs requiring an outlay There was no immediate indi­ Government's slow-moving han­ of new funds be sidetracked in cation whether Garmatz's appeal dling of plans and specifications the interest of federal economy. would succeed since normally only in the construction of new ships. However, one major original non-controversial legislation is • Eliminate the requirement provision, approved unanimously placed on this calendar. that construction-differential sub­ by the committee, remains in the sidy be determined on a ship-bySummarizes PositkMi biU and places unsubsidized oper­ ship or contract-by-contract basis In his report to the full House, ators—including fishing vessel op­ and substitute a requirement that erators—on an approximately Garmatz recalled the background construction-differential subsidy equal basis with subsidized opera­ of the bill stating: be determined according to types tors as to tax-deferred deposits of "H.R. 13940 as hereby revised of vessels. eaminss which would be used for is based upon the 17 days of com­ • Provide that an operator the construction of new ships. prehensive hearings held by your may elect to contract directly with Committee Chairman Edward committee during April and May, a shipyard after obtaining com­ A. Garmatz (D-Md.) said he felt during which extensive testimony petitive bids and have the Govern­ this proposal, along with five other was received from, and sugges­ ment pay the shipbuilding subsidy recommendations, is important tions made by, all segments oif the directly to the shipyard. enoudi to merit adoption of the maritime industry, both labor and • Authorize trade-in of ves­ management. A number of im­ bill by Congress. sels whenever the Secretary of portant provisions in the original HaD Testifies bill and suggestions made by wit­ Commerce determines such to be SIU President Paul Hall, during nesses were considered. However, in the national interest, except testimony at the committee's re­ in view of the current fiscal strains that in tlie next five years such cent hearings on H.R. 13940, affecting the operations of all Gov­ vessels should be 12 years old, stressed the importance of grant­ ernment programs and the na­ rather than the present 17-year ing unsubsidiz^ operators the tional economy generally, it was minimum. same privilege subsidized lines felt that recommendations for leg­ • Allow capital reserve funds possess, regarding tax-deferred re­ islation in the remainder of this of subsidized operators to be used serve funds for the building of session should be limited to those for purchase of ship-systems new vessels, if a "fair and equi­ items which would have the least barges as is presently allowed for table" merchant marine program financial impact on the Govern­ ship-systems containers. was to be adopted. ment under current conditions Originally, the bill called gen­ Garmatz in his. report to the and yet would result in construc­ erally for a five-year $300-millionfull House urged passage of the tive steps toward correcting exist­ a-year program to subsidize con­ measure which seeks to amend ing deficiencies in the merchant struction of 35 to 40 ships anthe Merchant Marine Act of 1936 marine. Accordingly, it was felt nualy in U.S. shipyards, among with a view to modernizing cer­ that while there are a number of other proposals. tain provisions of the act apd thereby provide incentives for up­ grading the American-flag mer­ chant marine. However, the House Rules Committee declined—^in the in­ terest of feeding adjournment— to clear the amended bill for con­ WASHINGTON—A bill to continue for two more years the sideration by the full House. The present 55 percent ceiling on construction-differential subsidy, committee stated that the dead­ line had been passed for submit- paid by the U.S. Government for the building of new ships in American shipyards, has been Boyd's plan has been bitterfy passed by the House to help attacked by leaders in Congress keep American-flag operators and officials of maritime, labor on a parity with foreign competi­ and management who point out tors. that it would bring ruin to the Sent to the Senate by voice U.S. Merchant Marine. One of its vote, the bill extends the subsidy provisions calls for the construc­ until June 30, 1970. It also in­ tion of U.S.-flag vessels in foreign cludes a 60 percent subsidy for shipyards. In his report to the House on NEW YORK — The nation's reconditioning and reconstruct­ the bill (H.R. 17524) Garmatz largest city has joined labor's boy­ ing passenger ships. cott of California grapes. Since 1960 Congress has been had indicated his committee's dis­ New York's Deputy Mayor passing bills to raise the subsidy, satisfaction with Boyd's program Timothy W. Cbstello announced set at 50 percent by the Merchant and said it "involves a number of that the city's purchasing depart­ Marine Act of 1936, to 55 per­ untried concepts which are in the ment won't buy California grapes cent because of increasing U.S. opinion of your committee unreal­ for the duration of the strike by costs in comparison with prices istic and, in fact, destructive of the the AFL-CIO Ignited Farm Work­ abroad. But this year for the first objectives of our national mari­ ers Organizing Committee. time, the Department of Com­ time policy." The city buys about 15 tons of merce failed to endorse the bill. "The enactment of this l^sgrapes a year for hospitals aod lation is essential to the considera­ Representative Edward A. Gar­ prisons and Costello ^id he hoped tion of the current long-range ship the decisi(H> to support the boycott matz, (D-Md.) chairman of replacement program of Ameri­ will encourage all New Yorkers the House Merchant Marine and can-flag operators," Garmatz to do likewise. He said about one- Fisheries Committee, who spon­ continued. "Lacking adequate fifth of all California grapes are sored the bill said the Commerce Government support in this pro­ Department, in its report on the gram to keep the American (^erasold in the New York area. proposed legislation, implied that tor on a parity with his foreign Commissioner of Piu-chase Congress should act instead on a competitor could seriously impair Marvin Gersten said New York draft bill, submitted May 20, the orderly replacement of aging will cmitinue to buy grapes elsewhere and he suggested that shop- 1968, containing proposals by American-flag vessels. According­ pets urge tiieir grocers to drop Transportation Secretary Alan S. ly, your committee unanimously California grapes and substitute Boyd for a new maritime pro­ reports this bill and urges its grapes from other states. gram. prompt enactment." House Extends 55^ Ceiling On Ship Constrnction Subsidy Report of International President by Paul Hall The danger of relying on 'effective control' and foreign flag ships as a substitute for U.S. flag ships in time of emergency was illustrate once again when a foreign crew recently held up the delivery of MSTS cargoes to our troops in South Korea. The incident involved the Greek-owned, but British-registered, ves­ sel Avis Omis which was delayed for more than 24 hours last month when the 32 members of its Pakistani crew refused to sail to South Korea with the explanation that they were sailing into dan­ gerous waters and that in any case, their country enjoyed friendly relations with Communist China. This is not the first time that a foreign crew carrying MSTS cargoes has balked at carrying vitally needed supplies to our troops in Southeast Asia. The American public would be greatly shocked if they discovered that vital materials needed for our defense effort in South Vietnam were, for instance, being produced by other than U.S. companies. Of course, this is not so, but I am certain that they would be equally shocked if they found out that the day may not be far off when the fate of our fighting men may depend on the whims of a foreign-flag crew who just may decide not to sail a vessel loaded with vital military supplies. It is hard to reconcile the policy of a government which would never allow itself to be dependent on foreign companies for its de­ fense production, and at the same time would allow itself to become dependent on foreign flag ships for their transportation. This policy of maritime neglect, becomes increasingly ominous as our active merchant. fleet continues on the road to complete obsolescence. In addition, the U.S. reserve fleet will in a short time be a subject for historians and will no longer serve the purposes of government bureaucrats who cite reserve fleet tonnage statistics as proof of the healthy state of the U.S. fleet However, the unf^ortunate truth is that if the storm warnings Miich signal the decline of the U.S. fleet are not heeded, we will become completely reliant on foreign-flag ships and 'effective control' vessels to carry our commercial and defense cargoes. In the case of 'effective control' the Defense Department appears to believe that they can readily call on these vessels in time of need. However, it is significant that the Panamanian Government issued a decree last month which allows all ships sailing under that nation's flag to call at all Communist countries including Cuba, North Viet­ nam, North Korea and Red China. Panama serves as one of the largest runaway-flag havens for U.S. shipowners. This new decree may put the Defense Department in the position of depending on vessels docked in North Vietnam for instant recall in case of a national emergency. We need not cite again the tremendous contribution that the U.S. fleet has made in both World Wars and in the Korean and Vietnam conflicts. It is a matter of record. We can recall no incident where a U.S. seamen refused to sail to any area because he found it to be a 'dangerous area.' He has continued to do his part during times of peace and war. It is a slap in the face to the American seaman for his Government to now tell him that they are entrusting the security of om* nation to foreign seamen who have no allegiance to this country and who are controlled by the fluctuating foreign policies of their own homelands. A Visit to SIU Headquarters Mew Yo/ic Gty Bay Purchase OfCah'f. Grapes '^1 s •4 ii i It hX (w . / /'J b Jn •J "II ir f: .m •:» Seafarer and Mrs. Rosario S. Presto and their daughter, Barbara Ann, visited the New York hall recently while a LOG photographer was on hand. Brother Presto is a member of the deck department. •".IS �Jnlr 19, 1968 SEAFARERS LOG On th» Way Up Page "nN# Senate-House Conferees Authorize $200 Million to BuiU New Ships WASHINGTON—Agreement was reached last week by a Senate-House conference committee to authorize $200 million for the construction of new merchant ships jn fiscal 1969, plus an addition­ al sum of $10.9 million for maritime research and development, in the hope that sufficient funds will be made available next year ^ later reduced to $6.7 million by prove the Administration's muchto begin the long overdue re- the Senate—^much less than the sought 10 percent income tax sur­ vitalization of the American $10,960,000 worked out in the charge bill unless $6 billion was Merchant Marine. sliced from the federal budget. conference. Senator Warren G. Magnuson In the final vote on the Results of the conference have (D-Wash.), Commerce Commit­ revived the hopes of supporters amended authorization bill. Sen­ tee chairman and leader of the in Congress and leaders of mari­ ator Magnuson, along with Sen­ Senate conferees, was expected to time labor and management that ator Daniel B. Brewster (D-Md.), make an early plea to the full a substantial financial allotment cast a negative vote to register Senate—which must act first on will finally be approved as a disappointment OVCT the stripping Seafarer Bob Thoreson (left), after talcing advantage of SiU up­ the joint recommendation—^urging means of upgrading the fast- of maritime funds. grading program, recently received oiler's endorsement from Jaclcie acceptance of the compromise depreciating U.S.-flag merchant Both Magnuson and Represent­ fleet. A month ago, the outlook ative Garmatz have been waging Hall, SIU Duluth Port Agent. Bob was anxious to ship in new rating. figure. Actual Congressional appropri­ was anything but bright after the a continuous fight throughout this ations for maritime have been Senate, bowiftg to extreme pres­ congressional session to obtain held up thus far because of the sure exerted upon all legislators sufficient funds from Congress to divergent views on the amount of for budget cuts, slashed the rec­ begin replacing the aging vessels money to be allocated for ship ommendation of its own Com­ of the merchant fleet with mod­ construction subsidies. However, merce Committee from $237 mil­ em, efficient ships. Their respective merchant ma­ since compromise reports usually lion for new vessels to $119.8 take priority it is expected that million, with the knowledge that rine committees have persistently GENEVA—George L. P. Weaver, Assistant U. S. Secretary of consideration of the re-worked the Administration intended to fought back every attempt to re­ Labor for International Affairs, has been elected chairman of the measure will be expedited by both spend only $19 million of this duce the budget recommendations for MARAD until the demands International Labor Organization's Governing Body for a one- the Senate and the House. Rep­ amount in fiscal 1969. The pressure for economy came for overall budget cuts followed resentative Edward A. Garmatz year term. nounced what he called the "glar­ (D-Md.), chairman of the House after leaders of the tax commit­ pressure for the passage of the Weaver, one-time special as­ ing gap" to be found throughout Merchant Marine and Fisheries tees in both houses refused to ap­ tax surcharge bill. sistant to the president of the the world between promises to Electrical, Radio and Machine protect these rights and actual Committee, was leader of the House conferees during the delib­ Workers, won the unanimous vote practices. erations. of the executive council's 48 gov­ In the final days of the threeAcceptance by the conferees of ernment, worker and employer week session the conference ap­ the $200 million figure for sub­ delegates. proved preliminary drafts of. new His'election was hailed by Jean international standards on sickness sidized construction of new ships Moeri, veteran Swiss spokesman insurance and labor inspection in was close to the higher amount of $237 million originally author­ of thfe council's worker members, agriculture. ized by the House. The Senate as proof that a trade unionist During the brief session that approved only $119.8 million— could become a "government offi­ traditionally follows the major an­ NEW YORK—^Nominations for a total of 45 elective post§, cial, a statesman and a chairman nual meeting the Goyerning Body the same sum requested by the one of the largest number of positions ever to be placed on an Sitj Administration. of the ILO Governing Body." elected U. S. Worker Delegate ballot, opened July 15 and will continue through August 15. Pierre Waline, French leader of Rudolph Faupl as the working Research Figure Higher In the last election, 64 Sea­ the employer delegates, said that member of its delegation at the On the questiortof research and farers competed for the 45 posts sent to the credentials committee Weaver, a 56-year-old Negro, ILO European Regional Confer­ in care.qf the secretary-treasurer development funds, the House had on the ballot. symbolized the "ability of the ence in Geneva next December. dt headquarters, ho * earlier than sought $11 million which was The number of posts to be filled July 15 and'hbf'later than Au­ great American nation to assure and their distribution was ap­ gust 15. equal opportunity for its citizens proved by the membership at irrespective of their racial origin." A rank-and-file credentials com­ meetings in headquarters and in mittee will be elected at the head­ Before handing over the gavel, all ports during June following quarters meeting on August 5 to Robert Ago of Italv, the outgoing presentation of the president's pre- check the qualifications of all chairman, praised Weaver for the balloting report and recommenda­ nominees. Voting will commence confidence he had inspired in tions. America's ability to solve success­ November 4 and will continue WASHINGTON—The House Armed Services Committee has This report was presented at all through December 31. fully its racial and other problems voted to scrap plans by the Defense E^epartment to construct four July meetings along with a sepa­ when addressing the just-conduct­ Fast Deployment Logistic ships at a cost of $183.6 million during rate report to the membership on ed annual conference of the 118fiscal 1969. ^ voting procedures by the secretarynation ILO. In spite of McNamara's per­ treasurer. It was the second successive sonal campaign to have the legis­ Faith Shared, Both these reports were also year that the FDL program, lation enacted, Senator Richard By electing Weaver chairman. carried previously in the May 24, Ago said, "we want to show that strongly opposed by the SIU and B. Russell (D-Ga.) chairman of 1968, issue of the LOG. we share your faith and ideals." other representatives of maritime the Senate Armed Services Com­ Under the SIU constitution, At its one-day session here the labor and management, failed to mittee, killed the bill in 1967. candidates will be elected to posts clear Congress. But this year when McNamara council responded promptly to a A pet project of former De­ renewed his campaign for the in the seven constitutional ports WASHINGTON—A bill that call from the conference by de­ and headquarters. Other ports would prohibit fishing by foreign FDL project Russell was ill, and fense Secretary Robert S. Mcciding to address an appeal to gov­ ernments to free "all trade union­ Namara, the FDL program had Senator John C. Stennis (D-Miss.) maintained by the SIU, which are vessels in the 12-mile zone off the not specified in the constitution, United States, instead of the pres­ ists under arrest or sentence be­ been criticized as a "wasteful acted as chairman. He pushed will continue to operate but will ent three-mile-limit, has been re­ boondoggle," due to fact that a approval of a bill, providing for cause of trade union activities." be serviced by joint patrolmen as­ ported favorably by the House enough funds to build four of the The call was in a resolution on strong U.S. merchant fleet could signed from a constitutional port. Merchant Marine and Fisheries new-type vessels on an experi­ fulfill their purpose as defense human rights that had been sub­ Under the constitution, any Committee for House passage. mitted to the conference by mem­ supply ships, in addition to carry­ mental basis. The bill then was member may submit his name or approved by the full Senate. ing commercial cargoes. Introduced by Representative bers of International Confedera-. Although McNamara resigned be nominated by others as a can­ Thomas M. Felly (R-Wash.), the These vessels, costing almost tion of Free Trade Unions affili­ didate for office provided he has bill would also bar such foreign ates. The resolution requested all $50 million each, are designed to earlier this year as Secretary of at least three years of seatime in fishing operations on the Conti­ Defense, his FDL proposal was ILO member states to "cooperate serve as floating military supply an unlicensed capacity, at least nental Shelf. It had earlier been being pushed by the Military Sea depots and would be moored at fully" in strengthening the orga­ four months of which must be be­ reported out by the House Subnization on activities in regard to various stations throughout the Transportation Service and the tween January 1 and the time of conunittee on Fisheries and Wild­ "human-rights and to freedom of world, ready to move in and sup­ U.S. Navy on the basis that there his nomination; has been a full life Conservation with strong rec­ was an insufficient number of port American troops wherever association." member of the Union in good ommendation for passage. merchant ships to meet future Concluding the conference's they might be sent. emergency availability conditions standing for three years prior to Felly's measure also would ban general debate, ILO Director Gen­ Wanted 30 to 40 FDLs his nomination; is a U.S. citizen, any support activity for forei^ in defense situations. eral David A. Morse promised McNamara insisted they would Opponents of the deployment and has completed a certificate that he would soon propose a provide an important line of sup­ defense theory maintained that if that he is not now, or has not been fishing fleets inside the 12-mile comprehensive program designed ply in the event there were new the same amount of money as for the last five years a member zone—including transferring fish to "injept into every field of the Vietnam-type engagements and he that earmarked for FDLs was of the Communist Party or con­ or fuel. "This is a conservation matter, ILO's activity an ever greater waged a strenuous battle to have spent on modem merchant ves­ victed of a felony. vital to protect our coastal fish­ awareness of the need to promote the FDL program adopted by sels, both the commercial and The necessary documents set­ eries and afford our American human rights." Congress. McNamara eventually defense purposes of the nation ting forth each candidate's qualifi­ fishermen some protection against When urging further action by hoped to have at least 30 to 40 would be served by the revitali- cations should be delivered to the the invasion of foreign fishing governments, the ILO official de­ of the vessels built. zation of the U.S. merchant fleet. oflBce of the secretary-treasurer or vessels," Felly said. U.S. Delegate George Weaver Head of ILO Governmg Body Nominations Open for 45 SIU Elective Offices House Armed Services Unit Vetoes Plan to Build FDLs House Unit OK's 12-Mile lone OnFishily Rights �Pace Fov Jolr 19. 1968 SEAFARERS LOG Upgraded Engineers' TotalHits 262 As Six Seafarers Obtain Licenses Six additional Seaf^ers have received their engineer's licenses after passing Coast Guard exam­ inations following the course of study at the SIU-MEBA District 2 School of Marine Engineering. This brings the total of men who have upgraded and become licensed engineers through the school to 262. engine department. He just fin­ Brother Georgoussis makes his Three of the graduates ished a voyage this January on the home in New York City. George Rival, Lawrence Gel- SlU-contracted Steel Vendor Engine department Seafarers dart, and Frank Keller—are new Having completed his training at are eligible to apply for any of the second assistant engineers, and the the engineering school, Roberts is upgrading programs if they are at other three—Dennis Roberts, now a temporary third assistant least 19 years of age and have 18 engineer. Donn C. Gordon, a native of Panora, Iowa, joined the SIU in 1964 and has been shipping out as fireman and oiler in the engine department. Twenty-nine years old. Brother Gordon is a new temporary third assistant engineer. George Georgoussis, also a new temporary third assistant engineer. Rmri Geldart Georgoussis Gordon Donn Gordon, and George Georgoussis—are new temporary third assistant engineers. Seafarer Rival, who just passed his 48th birthday, is a native of New Jersey and makes his home in Philadelphia. He join^ the SIU in 1958 and has been sailing as FOWT. He last sailed on the. Western Hunter* in the latter part of 1967. A veteran of the Navy, he sailed in that branch for five years before being discharged. Bom in 1935, Lawrence Geldart is a nati've of Roxbury, Mas­ sachusetts, and makes his home in New Hampshire. He last smled in late 1967. Brother Geldart served with the Navy for fom* years until his discharge in 1959. After join­ ing the SIU in 1960, he completed • the course of trainine at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. Brother Frank JCeller, who has been sailing in the engine depart­ ment with the rating of machinist, FWT, and oUej,Ji?_ a native of Newark, New Jersey. He joined the SIU in 1944. A veteran, he served with the U. S. military forces from 1948 to 1950. Brother Keller last shipped as machinist. Seafarer IDennis Roberts, a 27year-old native of Baltimore, joined the SIU in 1962 and has sailed with a wiper rating in the SEAFARER&^lXKt July 19, 1968 • Vol. XXX No. IS Official Publication of the Seafarera International Union of North America, Atiantic, Gulf, Lakea and Inland Watera Diatrict, AFL-CIOExecutive Board PAUI, HAU,, Preeident CAL TANNBR EAKL SHBPARD Exec. Viee-Pree. V»ee-Pre»»dent AL KBU LINDBEY WnjUAMS Sec.-Treae. Viev-Preeident RoBBrr HATTHBwa Vtea-Preaident Director of PublieatioHO HIKE POUACK Editor HABKT WmSCHEN AeeietaiU Editor Tox FINNEOAN Staff Writere PETER WEISS STEVE STEINBERO Staff Photographer ANTHONY ANBAUH PakfhM MMCtlv at UO ttada Itlaad hnee* •.E.. WaUilBttM, D. C. 200U fev tba Saatw•fi latanwHiMl aalaa. Attaatia. CaH. Lakaa eat liM Watm OMikt, AFL-CIt, CTS Faxlli Avaaaa. •raaklva. M.V. 11232. TH. •TMIalii 9-«600. iMaai atan gedm paM at Waffilaataa, D. C. mnUSTErS ATTENTIM: Fam 3979 aanli ffiaaM ha aaat tc laatMifi latanatlaaal Maa. Atlaatia. Gair. Lakaa aa« talaal Vaian . AFL-Cit. CTS Faartt Avaaaa, traah•.T. 11292. Keller Roberts joined the Union two years ago at the age of 34, and sailed as a FOWT in the engine department. A native of Athens, Greece, months of Q.M.E.D. watchstanding time in the engine department, plus six months experience as wiper or (he equivxrient. Those who qualify and wish to enroll in the School of Marine Engineering can obtain additional information and apply for the course at any SIU hall, or they can write directly to SIU head­ quarters at 675 Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn, New York 11232. The telephone number is 212-Hyacinth 9-6600. Pay $50,000 Owed to Bn^hyees; Lower Rents, Judge Orders G-ower CLARKSDALE, Miss.—A federal judge recently ordered a wealthy Mississippi plantation owner to pay 200 Negro laborers a total of $50,000 in back wages and stop overcharging them for the shacks in which they once ord keeping or child-labor provi­ lived rent-free. sions. The Labor Department suit About 15 of Flowers' non-agri­ to recover back wages was the cultural workers were found to be first brought on behalf of farm covered by the general wage-hour workers since they came under the law and must be paid at least Fair Labor Standards Act a year $1.60 an hour with overtime rates and a half ago. after 40 hours. It .was filed against Joseph Roy Flowers, owner of 16,000 acres of Mississippi delta land. About 12,000 ^res are planted in cotton and soybeans. For the acres he does not plant. Flowers receives ihore than $210,000 a year in fed; eral payments. The Labor Department suit— which was not contested—charged Work on the conversion of the that Flowers sought to nullify the Newark from a troopship into a raises he had to give his field trailership has been completed at workers when the $l-an-hour the Galveston, Texas, Division of minimum wage went into effect in 1967 by imposing exorbitant rent Todd Shipyards Corporation and the vessel has sailed to Elizabeth, charges and other fees. The farm worker minimum, N. J., for delivery to the SIUwhich applies only to farms using contracted Sea-Land Service, Inc. The ship is the fifth trailership large numbers of workers, moved up to $1.15 an hoiir last February conversion done by Todd's Gal­ and will reach a hnal step of $1.30 veston yard for Sea-Land in three years. Another vessel, the Boston, in February 1969. presently is undergoing a similar Flowers imposed charges of up transformation and will be ready to $70 a month for wooden shacks for delivery shortly. after the minimum wage took Originally built in 1945 for mil­ effect, and required payments of itary service as a C-4 troopship more than $150 a year for wood and named the Gen. H. B. Free­ for heating and $3 for sacks used man, the vessel served during in picking cotton. World War II as well as in post­ With the help of Federal Hous­ war operations for the Military ing Authority appraisers, the Sea Transport Service. Labor Department and Flowers Deactivated in 1957, the ves­ agreed on a $5-a-month rental, in­ sel was placed in lay-up status in cluding fuel wood, as a reasonable the Olympia Reserve Fleet in the charge for the shacks. U. S. District Judge William C. State of Washington. Sea-Land Keady also permapently enjoined received authorization to purchase Flowers from violating the law's het from the government the ship minimum wage, overtime pay, rec­ in December, 1967. Converted C-4 Addal to Ueet By Sen-Lmd The Atlantic Coast by Earl (Bull) Shepard, Wca-Presldant, Atlantic Coast Area It is discouraging to note that the House of Representatives has taken a different view from the Senate on the urgency for a strong law to put an end to the increasing number of tragic gas pipeline explosions over recent years. The House—passed gas pipeline safety bill, much weaker than the one adopted by the Senate last November, cuts the enforcement f ship. A member of the SIU since powers of the federal government and creates a loophole that would 1947, Brother Pontes thinks the Union is great. enable states to claim exemption William Crawford has been from the law on the grounds its sailing as chief cook and was last own laws meets federal standards. on the Penmar. At the moment This bill offers no guarantee that he is waiting to get FFD but may the necessary protection for work­ have to have a heart operation. ers, as sought in labor-supported The SIU, says Brother Crawford, amendments, will be assured. It is "the best across the board." He is up to all of us to continue the drive for stronger safety legisla­ has been' with the Union since tion on all safety problems, af­ 1953. Puerto Rico fecting workers ^nd all citizens. The strike by members of the PhUadelphia SIU Puerto Rico Division at San Louis Barch is registered and Juan Gas Company ended in June looking for an AB's job on a ship with substantial wage increases for heading coastwise. the employees. Roy McCannon, a 20-year man, Resident Commissioner Santia­ is registered for any good job in go Polanco Abreu has stated that the steward department. he favors public employees Chailes Fritz will be shipping "forming or joining unions and shortly. He recently sailed on the Wingless Victory where he had an engine utility slot. Boston Joseph Di Santo, 26 years a member of the SIU, reports that he is happy to be home with his family for a visit before shipping out again. He just recently got off the Batde Creek on which he DiSanto Pontes sailed as chief electrician. Remigias McDonald, whose federations, or any other type of last ship was the Sabine as bos'n, organization that will improve is planning to spend a few weeks working conditions." . ..^ ; at home with his family 'at the Bills providing salary increases beaches, and then will be ready for some 30,000 Commonwealth to ship out. "Midge" is a 20- government employees were year SIU man. signed into law last month by Edward Wright, messman, is Governor Sanchez. spending a little vacation up in Oldtimer R<rfierto Prindpe, Maine with his children before just off the Faliland returning shipping out. Twenty-seven years from Vietnam, had some harrow­ in the Union, Brother Wright's ing stories for the boys around last ship was the Halycon Pan­ the hall about the various attacks ther. made on his ship by the Viet Baltimore Cong. Principe had high praise Oldtimer R. Roqiedowsld, for the small river craft, manned Oiler, a member of the SIU since by American and Vietnamese the Beaver Street days, just paid troops, who never failed to show off a Waterman ship on the West up when needed. Coast. Brother Rozpedowski has Any ship looking for good sailed with Waterman ships on the cooks and .bakers will find Angel coast for the last six or seven Pedrosa and Beniie Baa on the months but decided he needed a beach, ready to ship. rest and came on here to take it. It was a pleasure to see He says that he thinks the SIU "FVenchy" Michelet on board the is the best union in the industry. Portland as it stopped for a few David Pontes sails as AB. His hours in San Juan en route to last ship was the Calmar, and he New York and the Northern is now looking for a Sea-Land Europe run. Cooling Off Seafarers aboard the Monticello Victory have a splashing good time in the ship's pool. Seen enjoying themselves here are J. W. Scoggins and Dwight Sitta (forefront, left to right), and J. C. Weigel III and J. Harbert (rear, right to left). All are in steward department. i; P• ,1 0^ . Jt. I �July 19, 1968 SEAFARERS Delta Uruguay Joins Fleet <t FmgB Win LOG Propeller Club Head Raps Govt. Aides Who Promote Marltlme'DlvIsiveness' WASHINGTON—A charge that "some Administration forces have appeared to promote divisiv^ ness" within the maritime industry in recent years in order to gain leverage for administration mari­ time policies, has been made by Floyd Blaske, national president of the Propeller Qub. 'r 1 .I The 522-foot cargollner, Delta Uruguay, is the newest addition to the Delta Line Fleet. The vessel was built at the Ingalls Ship­ building division of Litton Industries in Pascagoula, Mississippi. She is the fourth of five cargoliners Litton is building for Delta. The Delta Mexico will be launched later in the year. DOT Would Overhaul Laws On Ship Sign-On Procedure f t B'. WASHINGTON—^The Department of Transportation, which now embraces the Coast Guard, has come out with a proposal which seeks to facilitate the documentation of seamen. The SIU has been in contact Articles form alone is a 12-part with the Coast Guard and other document that is 14 inches wide Government agencies, in con­ and 28 inches long. nection with the DOT proposal, New forms, if the proposed and has stressed the importance system is adopted, would be filled of the fact that any procedure in­ out automatically through the use volved "in a possible new law of embossed photo-identification should not infringe on the tradi­ cards. tional rights of seamen. In asking Congress for the new legislation on documentation pro­ cedures, Alan S. Boyd, Secretary of Transportation, declared that the several laws enacted between 1827 and 1940 should be replaced because they are outdated. The new bills would permit the Coast Guard to use modern techniques NEW YORK—President Wil­ to maintain its records on seamen, liam Pollock of the Textile Work­ he added. ers Union of America assailed for­ In letters to the President of the mer Vice President Richard M. Senate and the Speaker of the Nixon's appointment of Roger Miiiiken and Robert T. Stevens House, Boyd claimed: "The primary source of infor­ to a group of 51 "economic ad­ mation on American maritime visers" in his campaign for the manpower is gathered through the presidency. "If Mr. Nixon does indeed ac­ Coast Guard's issuance of identi­ cept 'economic advice' from these fication documents to seamen, supplemented and updated by the men, it will be a sad day not only shipboard and enlargement proc­ for textile workers but for all un­ ess. Accurate data capable of ion workers in America," he said. He noted that Miiiiken heads rapid retrieval and evaluation is vital to proper planning for na­ the Deering Miiiiken textile em­ tional defense and for a healthy pire in the South which closed its peacetime merchant marine. Un­ Darlington, S.C., mill rather than fortunately, the present statutory tolerate unionism in the plant. scheme, especially the form of That action was found illegal by 'Shipping Articles' prescribed for the National Labor Relations use on foreign voyages, does not Board in a ruling upheld by the lend itself to modem, efficient pa­ 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. perwork and record keeping " Pollock pointed out that Stev­ Current "signing-on and- sign- ens heads J. P. Stevens & Co., ing-off" procedures, Boyd stated, another textile giant, which has "are a cumbersome process which been found guilty by the NLRB often requires several hours to on five separate occasions of il­ complete." He said the Shipping legal firings to keep unions out. Nixm Assailed For Roks Given Miiiiken,Stevens try is essential in finding the way to maximize these ben^ts. Sneaking of the lack of suffi­ cient research and development in the industry, Blaske said: 'To me, this is an area where the government can be truly and constructively helpful, but in my opinion it has not moved suffi­ ciently in this area. "If our government is going to take credit for this country's pros­ perity and advances, then it must share in some of the shtMlcomings including its own. There are im­ portant measures now before the Congress to strengthen our mer­ chant marine. These are threat­ ened with failure due to lack of Executive support and approval. I trust the Cbngress will find a way to overcome this shortcoming in our current national maritime situation." Blaske, in an address before the annual meeting of the Wash­ ington, D.C., Propeller Qub, added that when these Adminis­ tration goals fall short of achieve­ ment, "they have tried to place the blame on the shipping indus­ try itself for being divisive. "As a result," Blaske declared, "I submit that some segments of management, labor and Congress now feel that they have been 'used'." Blaske's remarks came after some Administration officials tried to minimize the importance of re­ cent hearings of the House Mer­ chant Marine and Fisheries Cmnmittee on proposed legislation to revitalize the American Merchant Marine. These officials said testi­ mony of hearing witnesses showed the split in the maritime industry and pointed up the near impossi­ bility of adopting a program to please all segments. The national president of the Propeller Club conceded the fact that there are "differences" within the industry and added: the answer to these questions would seem to be "Yes" but you and I know the ultimate answer must be "No." He said that inadequate Gov­ ernment programs to implement the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 have been partly responsible for our merchant fleet sinking to its present unenviable status. He added that U.S. Government pro­ grams of support continue to be a vital need to give the industry the chance to advance and empha­ sized that the Congress and the Executive Branch of Government must enact a fleet upgrading pro­ gram if we are to remain an im­ portant maritime power. ' Blaske further stated that our shipyards and ships must reap the full benefits of America's techno­ logical capabilities and that Gov­ ernment co-operation with indus­ Differences Prmnote Ideas "The answer is that differing and competitive points of view are vital because from them spring progressive ideas. It would seem the better course for government, agencies to try to harness progres­ sive values arising out of such divergent opinions for the good of the country, the industry itself and to its various segments— rather than to lodge excessive criticism. "You are all well aware of the inadequate overall status of our American merchant marine and even worse—its prognosis for the future. We are actually approach­ ing—if not already in—an emer­ gency situation which could lead to potential disaster, militarily and economically! To provide suffi­ cient supplies for a limited con­ flict such as Vietnam, we even now must rely to some extent on politically unreliable foreivn-flag vessels and crews." The value of American shipping in reducing our international payments deficit and maintaining the value of our dol­ lar is apparently underestimated." Blaske also wondered if the Government gives due recognition to the country's dependence on the import of 60 to 100 vital strategic materials from foreign countries and the necessity of hav­ ing them tran^orted to the U.S. every day in peace and war. CHICAGO—New and improved contracts with Anaconda Wire and Cable Co. have been ratified by members of four local unions of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers to wind up strikes of 60,000 copper workers nearly one year after they ment and workmen's compensa­ tion payments. started. Serious Questions "Are we prepared to forfeit our obligation to support our allies through ocean shipping in time of emergency when foreign shipping may not be available?" asked Blaske. "Will our merchant ma­ rine be able to support and trans­ port supplies,for another Vietnam type of conflict? If not^ are we prepared to write off m&ritime and military support of our allies around the world? Are we pre­ pared to face the tremendous build up of the Soviet navy and mer­ chant fleet?" Blaske said in terms of current support for our merchant fleet, ikw Poet Inked Vikth Anmomh S^nais End to Ct^r Sbikes Picket lines were disbanded and 1,700 IBEW members reported for work July 8 at wire plants in Marion, Ind., Muskegon, Mich., and Sycamore, 111., and Watkinsville, Ga. The Marion walkout started July 15, 1967. The other plants were struck when their contracts expired on subsequent dates. All were involved in a nationwide strike of 26 unions coordinated by the AFL-CIO and its Industrial Union Department against 11 copper firms. Chairmap Michael D. Lucas of IBEW's joint negotiating commit­ tee credited worker solidarity for winning major strike objectives in 48-month agreements at the four plants. These included wage in­ creases of 45-90 cents an hour; double pension benefit payments; uniform starting rates for male and female employees, and con­ tract expiration dates with a spread of no more than 90 days. Lucas said Anaconda agreed to reimburse the locals for employee insurance premiums they paid dur­ ing the long strike—a total of more than $300,000. He listed these other improvements:. Pensions Up Pension payments for future re­ tirees will be raised from $2.50 a month per year of service, with a top of $87.50 a month to $5 a month times years of service— with no limitation on length of service, formerly 35 years. Benefits for past retirees will be raised $1 per month for each year of em-» ployment. Disability pensioners will get the full $5 benefit with a mini­ mum of $100 a month, and no offset for social security benefits formerly deducted from retire­ The spouse of an employee who dies before retirement will get a 50 percent pension benefit for life if the employee had 10 years of service and was 55 years old or older. For the Muskegon plant, the employer agreed to a "75-80" pen­ sion in the event of permanent plant closing in the future. The plan provides a full $5 benefit if age and service total 75 at age 55, or 80 at any age. Management agreed to triple company contributions for hospi­ tal and surgical benefits—^formerly 8 to 15 cents an hour—and as­ sumed all payments formerly made by employees. All those on strike during their normal vacation period will get full vacation pay for 1967-68. Future vacations will be increased by up to 80 hours' pay. The settlement includes inunediate wage hikes ranging from 15 to 50 cents an hour, retroactive to contract expiration, plus increases of 15 to 25 cents a year effective now—and a final hike of 15 cents in the third contract year. Ana­ conda also agreed to withdraw a $1 million lawsuit against the local unions and to drop all charges against strike leaders, the IBEW said. The nationwide strike against the nonferrous metals industry be­ gan last July 15 after four big firms made one inadequate "take it or leave it" offer to the unions. It ended when each of the partici­ pating unions ratified offers from all the struck companies—made after President Johnson inter­ vened. �Page Six Viie President Humphrey Urges Urban 'Marshall Plan for Cities CLEVELAND—Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey renewed his call for a "Marshall Plan for the cities" to help meet the critical and growing needs of the nation's decaying urban areas. In a speech to the City Club of Qeveland, Humphrey urged that the task of rebuilding the cities be undertaken with the same an honorable settlement of the "aspirations and ideals." approach that helped the dev­ Vietnam war. O'Brien recalled his long asso­ astated nations of Europe re­ The Vice President's Cleveland ciation with Humphrey in both the build themselves with Marshall speech was one of a series of cam­ Johnson Administration and that Plan aid following World War II. paign addresses outlining his ap­ of the late President John F. Ken­ Acknowledging that he was proach to domestic issues as he nedy. The Vice President, he said, talking "about billions of dollars," pressed his drive to win the Demo­ "has been a fighter in the causes the Vice President proposed the cratic nomination for President. of peace and justice and a leader creation of a "National Urban De­ Earlier, in Denver, he set forth in the halls of government velopment Bank" to be launched his views on educational needs, throughout his public career." with federal funds but financed urging guaranteed schooling O'Brien said he would be avail­ largely through private subscrip­ through college to the extent of able to Humphrey "for whatever tion. Unusual "risk" elenients each student's abilities. advice, counsel and assistance I would be underwritten by the fed­ In Bismarck, N. D., he pledged can render to his campaign ef­ eral government. "a new and complete look" into forts." Under the plan, a system of re­ the costs and quality of hospital In another development. United gional banks would finance devel­ service and medical treatment." Democrats for Humphrey an­ opment in specific urban areas, The most advanced nation in the nounced the formation of task making and guaranteeing loans for world in science and medicine, he forces composed of more than 60 inner-city and metropolitan-wide said, should also be "the most ad­ scholars and experts to advise the vanced in caring for the health Vice President on key domestic development. and lives of its own citizens." and international issues. Such a system, providing an as­ While Humphrey was on the sured source of funds, Humphrey Experts from the labor field insuggested, "would facilitate and campaign trail, he picked up sig­ • elude AFL-CIO Research Direc­ encourage long-range planning for nificant new support for his can­ tor Nat Goldfinger; AFL-CIO As­ metropolitan area development— didacy from one of the key aides sociate General Counsel Thomas planning now inhibited by the un­ to the late Senator Robert F. E. Harris; Marvin Friedman, as­ certainties of the annual appro­ Kennedy. sistant AFL-CIO research direc­ priation process." Former Postmaster General tor; Woodrow Ginsburg, research He declared that the cost of the Lawrence F. O'Brien, who had director for the AFL-CIO Indus­ program could be met from rising left his Cabinet post to work with trial Union Department; Nelson revenues produced by an ever- the Kennedy campaign organiza­ Cruikshank, former AFL-CIO so­ expanding economy and from a tion, announced his endorsement cial security director; and Hyman "fair share of the 'peace dividend' of the Vice President as the can­ H. Bookbinder, formerly an AFLwhich can be ours" in negotiating didate best serving the Kennedy CIO legislative representative. iGwIf & Inland Waters District June 28 to Jul/ 11, 1968 DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All All Groni Port Boston New York Phila'delphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Honston Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle ToUls Class A Class B 7 5 77 58 11 5 27 18 16 21 13 4 4 6 30 15 31 33 52 29 20 15 83 71 14 18 385 298 REGISTERED Class A Class B blasst? 0 2 0 42 30 22 5 2 7 12 12 9 7 13 4 6 7 4 5 4 1 15 13 2 28 29 19 16 14 8 13 15 10 50 52 36 16 . 14 15 205 217 137 W REGISTERED on BEACH 'ajik A'CI;;SB cusTT 2 13 5 15 9 8 3 22 26 31 11 66 8 219 000 25 12 22 3 2 4 11 6 0 5 10 16 4 6 6 2 3 1 11 13 0 30 22 4 10 10 2 8 6 6 48 44 17 15 4 4 172 138 82/ • REGISTERED <m BEACH All Groups Class A ClassB 7 8 112 103 15 11 50 46 30 12 7 10 6 13 57 34 90 127 117 101 14 1 99 47 33 7 STEWARD DiPARTMBfT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups AD Greei Class A ClM B ' 2 31 3 11 11 6 3 23 31 30 13 112 13 289 BEACH aassA ClassB 16 9 176 133 21 16 68 12 55 56 16 6 11 13 74 14 149 113 159 97 27 0 105 90 40 9 917 568 ENGINE D9ARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Gronps All GrouiIS Port Class A Class B Class A Class? Class C Boston 0 5 1 1 4 New York 17 36 68 22 15 Philadelphia 7 7 2 6 14 Baltimore 29 6 16 2 27 Norfolk 13 8 5 12 4 Jacksonville 5 6 11 11 2 Tampa 6 3 4 0 4 MobUe 19 9 17 21 18 New Orleans .... 34 58 37 9 31 Honston 43 30 13 5 21 Wilmington 8 10 8 15 3 San Francisco ... 74 70 44 19 57 Seattle 19 12 23 9 11 Totals 293 339 200 182 111 Pert Boston New York . PUlMlelphis Bsltimore .. Norfolk .... JaeksonTUle •«•••••••• MobUe New Orlesns .... Honstoii THlmincton . . San Francisco Seattle J11I7 19, 1968 SEAFARERS LOG . , qassAflJag— 6 3 148 69 13 10. 32 34 14 11 7 5 8 10 77 60 117 85 120 68 . r 17 0 119 58 36 6 714 414 V I « I The Great Lakes by Fred Famen,Soef«taiy-rrMSurer,Oreaf Lakes Shipping in the Port of Detroit has for the first time in a couple of years, actually slowed down somewhat but we don't expect this slack period to last very long. ' Your secretary-treasurer recently attended the executive board meeting of the Wayne County AFL-CIO and was elected to serve on a committee to' assist the We have been advised that United Farm Workers. Sister John Nidsen, a fireman off the Lupe Anguiano, representative of R. E. Webster, and an oldtima-, die UFWOC, .was also at the was taken off the ship in Roger meeting and gave a report on City because of illness. We have the grape workers and their threeno report at this time as to his year strike. We ask all unions progress but we hope he wiU be and their members to help sup­ FFD again soon. port the United Farm Workers by putting the word out not to Chicago buy Guimarra Farm Products of At a recent meeting with the California. We are also asking the Wisconsin & Michigan SS Cmngeneral public, large supermarkets, pany, which owns and operates managerial employees not to sell the passenger ship Milwaukee or purchase Guimara's products Clipper, a keen interest in the or grapes. Union's recruiting program was The Detroit-Wayne County expressed by the operational man­ MTD Port'Council last month ager in charge of crew personnel. endorsed several candidates in the He asked that he be allowed to forthcoming elections. Those en­ participate in the program in order dorsed were William Cahalan, to be assured of summer em­ prosecuting attorney, Wayne ployees for the three months that County; Vincent Brennan, Judge, the clipper sails. Court of Appeals, 1st District; Philip Gillis, Probate Judge, Wayne County. The SlU-affiliated Automotive Salesmen's Association is still maintaining several picket lines at dealerships located throughout the Detroit area. Pickets are be­ ing supplied daily from this hall to all locations on strike. Dulutfa Bob Erickson, AB, has been on the beach for about two weeks and reports he has been doing some fishing in Lake Superior. He recently shipped aboard the Piatt, Jr., and the Homer Stilson. Bob Thoreson has just received his oiler's endorsement with the help of the Duluth upgrading program. He should have no trouble in acquiring a job, as jobs for rated men. are plentiful. A1 Smith, an oldtimer originally from Duluth, who is now on an SIU pension, stopped by to say hello. He lives in l^attle and sailed in the deck department. This is good fishing country, and Brother Smith hopies to go back with some "big ones." Frankfort Since the last report, the City of Green Bay has resumed a 20 & 8 schedule, which required 33 jobs, or job changes, in two days, making shipping good in this port. With additional summer help being placed on the vessels in the galley departments and members taking vacations, we have been keeping the Ann Arbor Company employees busy. ^ There was no progress in our talks with the Ann Arbm* Com­ pany officials and we have asked for mediation. Shipping on Lake freighters has been somewhat slow. However, book members do not have to wait long fm jobs. •» ' .• • e I * 4 y r ii> » wy h » « *• • « * . «' •I.J • y . 4. y •» . w li.;r ••'r. Elder On the local level, the IBEW Local 134, affiliated with the Greater Chicago and Vicinity Port Council of the Maritime Trades Department, is still on strike against the phone company. Despite the many requests of Mayor Daley and other city offi­ cials, the company still refuses to sit with the Union for further discussions. The SlU-affiliated DUOC Local 777 of the Chicago Cab Drivers are also in tough negotiations. Both Yellow and Checker Cab Companies walked out of recent discussions. Should negotiations fail, DUOC 777 has unanimously voted to strike on August 16th. Toledo Activity has been slow in the port of Toledo with only a few members stopping by. Lany Wred is home on medical leave off the steamer Joseph Yoong, and Clarence Elder is now back aboard the J. F. Scbodkopf after his trip by helipcopter to the Chi­ cago hospital. Brother Eldo* is now known as "Flying Qarence." Agiun, we urge SfiU members and their families to use the facil­ ities of the Union clinic. Alpena . Shipping has picked up some­ what here this period. The E. M. Ford (Hurrni Port­ Bnffald land Cement Co.) departed July 8 Shipping in this port is slow be­ after a two-week layup. The T. cause of the lack of grain being Crapo, another .Huron Cement shipped in. However, several ships are now enroute to Buffalo vessel, is now temporarily laid 19,; We have ^rters Otto Zanfec with grain cargoes or are loading and Gerard Bums stopping by the grain which will be frahsported here, imd tl^ shouldme sir-' hall periodically, waiting for thaif uafitm.' • special ship.' " *• % %• li4i' I ^ • 't - '• . ' V jp 14. ;i/ « ^ • 1 •y tt ' * • * Sv. Hi »* ft '# �•: & Jolj 19, 1968 SEAFARERS LOG wmm State Employees' Pay Rights Upheld hy Supreme Court WASHINGTON—^The U. S. Supreme Court has upheld the exten­ sion of federal wj^ge-hour standards to 1.7 million employees of stateoperated schools and hospitals as a valid exercise of the government's power to regulate interstate commerce. The high court, in a 6-to-2 decision, affirmed the ruling of a special three-judge federal court which rejected a challenge to the constitu­ tionality of the 1966 amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act. The State of Maryland, joined by 27 other states and one school dis­ trict, had urged the federal panel to declare the amendments unconsti­ tutional as they applied to state employees and enjoin Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz from enforcing them. Both the AFL-CIO and the State, County and Municipal Employees filed briefs with the Supreme Court and earlier with the special District Court in Baltimore supporting the government's position that the amendments are constitutional. lie 1966 amendments to the wage-hour law, among other things, extended protection to 9.1 million more workers including employees of schools, hospitals and bus lines, whether publicly or privately oper­ ated. Nearly 1.7 million workers at publicly owned schools and hos­ pitals were covered. The amendments set the minimum wage for the newly-covered work­ ers initially at $1 an hour effective February 1, 1967. This went to $1.15 on February 1, 1968, and is scheduled to increase by steps to $1.60 in 1971. Overtime pay of time and one-half would be payable to the newly covered employees after 44 hours a week in the &st year, 42 hours this year, and 40 hours next year. The states made clear that their main concern was the requirement for payihent of overtime. Maryland said this section of the law would cost it $4.4 million in the first year alone. It had agreed with the Labor Department to keep complete records of pay and J5vertime pending resolution of its suit, however. The Labor Department said there was an understanding that if the amendments were upheld, state workers would be paid retroactively any money due them under the FLSA formula. The states first attacked the "ente^rise" concept of the FLSA under which all employees of "an enterprise engaged in commerce OT in the production of goods for commerce" are protected by the Act. The Supreme Court's majority opinion, delivered by Justice John M. Harlan, said that the constitutionality of the "enterprise concept" was settled in 1941 in £/.•$. v. Darby and that the ruling "is as rational now" as it was then. Maryland and the other states also argued that Congress had no right, even acting under its commerce power, to interfere with "sover­ eign state functions." It is clear, Harlan's opinion declared, "that the federal government, when acting within a delegated power, may override countervailing state interests whether these be described as 'governmental or pro­ prietary' in character." The court cited specific exemptions of classroom teachers and otner professionals and. said the states' claim that Congress was trying to tell them how to perform medical and educational functions "is not factually accurate." The high court observed that "it is clear that labor conditions in schools and hospitals can affect commerce" and cited Maryland's admission that 87 percent of the $8 million it spent on school supplies and equipment in 1965 went for direct interstate purchases. John J. Pilch led the Progres­ sive Party to a clean sweep of the top elective ofBces in the Typo­ graphical Union. Pilch was elected president by almost a 2-to-l ma­ jority over Independent Party candidate C. Robert Powers of Los Angeles. Pilch, from Chicago, collected 50,087 votes to Powers' 26,868. The newly elected presi­ dent had been serving as the ITU head since the death of former President Elmer Brown in Febru­ ary and was first vice president of the tmion almost 10 years. William R. Cloud was re-elected secretary-treasurer with a vote of 66,885. He was unopposed. * * * Agreements have been signed for Apprenticeship Outreach pro­ grams with local building and con­ struction trades councils in Oak­ land, Calif., and Salt Lake City. The California program will pre­ pare 200 minority-group youths for apprentice openings in San Mateo, Santa Clara, Contra Costa and Marin Counties. A total of $226,024 has been provided by the Labor Department for the pro­ gram. The Utah program, with a federal grant of $41,856, will pre­ pare 30 minority-group youths for apprentice openings through­ out the state. « * 4t The Retail Clerks announced Some 275,000 {q>prentices—the that James T. Housewright has largest number in 19 years—^were been elected president of RCIA in in training at th$/^Urt of this year. balloting conducted among the Programs registered with the La- union's locals to choose a succes­ boV Department or state agencies sor to President James A. Suffaccounted for 215,000 of the ap­ ridge who is retiring. prentices. Another 60,000 were Housewright defeated John T. in unregistered programs. Appren- Haletsky. Housewright, who had ^tice training programs have grown the endorsement of Suffridge, and in six consecutive years since 1961 Haletsky are both currently RCIA when there was a 15-year low of vice presidents. RCIA Secretary155,600 registered with the Labor Treasurer WUliam W. Mag^ was re-elected without opposition. Department and state agencies. Serca Wm "mk m ill 11 J' W'A- life Once again, the Defense Departmentsponsored Fast Deployment Logistic Ship Plan, which would establish floating military warehouses at various points around the world, has been dealt a solid rebuff by members of Congress. The current turndown, this time by the House Armed Services Committee, would appear to serve notice on the advocates of the plan that the FDL's are not considered by Confess as an alternative to a strong, active U.S. merchant fleet. This marks the second consecutive year that the Defense Department's proposd to build FDL's has failed to win Congressional approval. The FDL program has also been strongly opposed by tihe SIU and other rep­ resentatives of maritime labor. The FDL concept, which was a pet project of former Defense Secretary Rob­ ert F. McNamara, contains about the same degree of illogical reasoning as his pre­ viously-conceived vision of having mammoth aircraff displace the U.S. merchant marine as the transporters of men and material to hot spots around the globe. The FDL and mammoth airborne trans­ port concepts are a good indication of the type of thinking that many of our govern­ ment officials are addicted to today. The mammoth transport airlift concept was first broached by McNamara several years ago, and the intervening period has made it apparent that we still need a strong merchant marine to carry the goods. This is made obvious by the fact that the U.S. government has depended on the U.S. merchant fleet for the carriage of 98 percent of Vietnam-bound cargoes, in addi­ tion to 66 percent of military personnel. In addition to the physical limitations involved in loading thousands of trucks and tanks aboard aircraft, no one has yet fig­ ured out how to build a landing strip in an area solidly entrenched by the enemy, i As the Vietnam war progressed, less and less was heard from Ihe Defense De­ partment on the mammoth airborne trans­ port concept, and more and more was heard on the need for breaking out over­ age U.S. reserve fleet vessels to help bolster the dwindling ranks of the active U.S. mer­ chant fleet. After the enthusiasm for the mammoth transport supply concept died down, the Defense Department then introduced the Fast Deployment Logistic ship concept. The function of the FDL's as described by the Defense Department, would be to serve as floating military supply depots, which would be anchored at various spots around the globe, and would move only when a defense situation warranted their use. In view of the fact that the U.S. mer­ chant marine has been fulfilling this defense function through two world wars, the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, and at the same time pumps dollars into the economy through its carriage of commercial carries, it is hard to understand why the Defense Department heralds the FDL's as a new and revolutionary concept in protecting our military flank. In addition, it is hard to understand why anyone would be anxious to spend 50 mil­ lion dollars apiece for vessels that would be permanently stationed for defense purposes, when a strong U.S. merchant fleet could supply both the nation's commercial and defense needs. The great pity is that so much time is wasted in the debate of these useless pro­ grams. Nothing can be gained and the IT.S. merchant marine and the nation will con­ tinue to suffer, if ill-advised programs such as the FDL continue to appear on Congres­ sional agendas as substitutes' for the U.S. merchant marine. It should be clear by now that there is no substitute for the real thing. �Page SEAFARERS AFL-CIO Seeks Sweeping New Plan To Check Escalating Medical Costs WASHINGTON—^Bold, new programs—including a National Health Insurance system—are needed for \mericans to attain adequate health care at a reasonable cost, the AFL-CIO told Con­ gress recendy. Detailed proposals for halting • Extension of medicare cov­ He cited a study by the National 'the runaway escalation of med­ erage to additional health needs Advisory Commission on Health ical costs" were set forth by and services; elimination of its de­ Manpower that found pre-paid AFL-CIO Social Security Direc­ ductibles and coinsurance; merg­ tor Bertrand Seidman tefore a group practice plans have proved ing of its hospitalization—ex­ "to be the most effective system Senate Government Operations tended' care and physicians serv­ of providing savings over the pre­ subcommittee. vailing fee-for-service solo prac­ ices parts; improvement of its ad­ The subcommittee is holding ministration; and steps to control hearings to spotlight the nation's tice." fees paid to doctors under federal Seidman recommended that: health needs and how they can programs. • At least 10 percent of all fed­ best be financed. Seidman's testi-. • Control of hospital costs by mony raneed over three areas— eral expenditures for hospitals and requiring ho^itals under federal the financing of health services, other health facilities under the programs to be staffed by physi­ payment of physicians and hos­ Hill-Burton law be earmarked for cians subject to the director of pitals and the organization of inpatient and outpatient facilities the hospitals, as well as reimburs­ for new GPPPs. health service. ing them on a per capita basis. Soaring medical costs are a • At least 10 percent of fed­ • Restoration of medicaid to matter of great concern to unions, eral funds directed toward in­ its original purpose of providing Seidman pointed out, because they creasing the number of physicians across-the-board health care for have neeotiated "more and more be utilized to provide initial staff­ the needy and medically needy. money" in the form of heahh in­ ing for GPPPs. • Expansion of neighborhood surance coveraee for their mem­ • At least 10 percent of funds health centers "to the maximum bers and their families. allocated for state and local health While the aim is to improve planning under the Partnership extent possible" so they will be and extend health benefits, he said, for Health program be earmarked "integrated into the mainstream of the unions are finding that medi- for technical services related to health care in the area." • An end to "exploitation" of . cal costs rise so rapidlv "the addi­ actual planning and development consumers by drug manufacturers tional funds barelv maintain exist­ of GPPPs. by requiring them to be licensed ing benefit levels." While pursuing the two "long- by the Food & Drug Administra­ Enriches Doctors range" objectives—development tion, giving FDA "adequate funds Thus, he said, while union of an NHIS and expansion of and staff" to police the law and members "sacrifice" other issues group practice prepayment plans, test drugs and compelling generic to win improved health care serv­ Seidman urged the following prescription of all drugs. Seidman concluded by appeal­ ices, they and employers are "short-range" actions to "mitigate watching the additional money go the worst features of our present ing to the subcommittee "not to follow'the usual path of compro­ to "simply enriching physicians non-system" of health care: and other providers of health • Application of medicare to mise, piece-meal and inadequate care." the disabled and as rapidly as pos­ measures . . . when we already In calling for "early considera­ sible to all social security bene­ know so much of what must be done." tion by Congress" of a National ficiaries. Health Insurance system, Seidman said the AFL-OO recommends that it be placed under social se­ curity and financed on a triparite basis—^workers, employer and government. He stressed that such a system is the most important "lone range" WASHINGTON—The House of Representatives has passed a solution to the problem of assur­ drastically weakened version of the Senate's gas pipeline safety ing every citizen adequate health bill, rejecting a series of labor-supported amendments to strengthen services—"a rieht that he should the legislation. not be denied for any lack of power and permit&d a state to funds." The Senate bill, passed last exempt itself by certifying that it The system, he said, "wouldn't November, gave the Secretary met federal standards. cost us any more than we now of Transportation power to set 'Giuutiy Toll' pay for an inadequate, cos'ly dis- and enfOTce safety standards ftH* oroanized system, or non-system all pipelines carrying natural gas Urging the House to strengthen (of health care) with its many —from the wells to the big trans­ the committee bill, AiPL-CIO Leg­ gaps." mission lines, from the transmis­ islative Director Andrew J. Bie"Under such a program all citi­ sion lines to the distribution points miller had written every congress­ zens would have equal access to and the distribution lines running man: health services and the 'one door' under city streets. "Surely the ghastly toll of of entry into the health system It would, in the Senate version, deaths and injuries from recent for rich and poor alike would be­ be the secretary's decision whether gas pipeline explosions is evidence come a reality instead of a still a state's program—including en­ enough that the Congress should distant goal." forcement as well as standards— take every step to enact meaning­ Pending approval of a National was good enough to justify an ful legislation to protect workers Health Insurance System, the fed­ agreement ceding jurisdiction to a and the public health and safety." eral government should allocate State regulatory agency. The Oil, Chemical and Atomic "sizable resources for the devel­ The House bill widened exemp­ Workers had circulated a dra­ opment of comprehensive, group tion in the legislation, reduced matic scrapbook of newspaper practice, prepayment plans penalties for violation, ciit the stories and pictures of pipeline ex­ (GPPPs)," Seidman testified. federal government's enforcement plosions killing and maiming hun­ dreds of people and destroying schools and homes. On the key rollcall vote, the House insisted by a 247-125 mar­ gin on substituting its weaker committee bill for the Senatepassed version. The one victory for supporters of a stronger bill was agreement in the debate that language in the committee bill left the Secretary of Transportation with power to order correction of potentially hazardous condition^ in existing pipelines as well as in new in­ stallations. Weak Gas Pipeline Safety Bill OK'd by House; Labor Objects Sufjport AFL-CIO Sg; Farm Workers^ J«Iy 19, 1968 LOG A Baffle of Aces Seafarers Barry Fadem (left) and Bob Alba, both members of the steward department who sail as messmen, challenge each other in a good game of cards at the New York hall while waiting for a ship. The Pacific Coast by Frank Drozak, West Coast Representative An intensive union voter registration effort is clearly essential to block the attempt by "a combine of conservative and reaction­ ary forces" to sweep California in the general election this year. Thomas L. Pitt, Secretary-Treasurer of the California Labor Coun­ cil for Political Education, and myself, have issued that warning to all central labor councils and His last ship was the Lucille COPE. The days are rapidly dwindling Bioomfidd, on which he served as between now and the Thursday, chief steward. J. Crage last was on the MidSeptember 12, 1968, voter regis­ tration deadline. The issues before lake as AB. Brother Crage plans us are clear: Right-wing reaction­ on resting for awhile before going ary forces versus the liberally- out again. Shipping remained good during oriented friends of labor. the last period. We expect a little Our first job is to forge the slackening for the next two weeks, strongest and most effective regis­ but ABs and FOWTs will have no tration and education drive ever created in the ranks of labor. The trouble getting out. labor movement is the only large, liberally-oriented organization in the state capable of turning back the reactionary tide. A combine of conservative and reactionary forces has spenf at least ten years preparing for a sweep of the state, which they hqpe to effect in this election year. We have called on all labor Dofan Hayes officials at the community level to WloleDBglOO unite and work as never before to register the unregistered member­ We had the Steel Apprentice, ship of the trade union movement Afonndria and Oberiin Victory in California. As of nowv there pay off. There were three signare only about 50 days left to do ons and five ships in transit. this job, including Saturdays and Shipping activity has been very Sundays. good for all ratings in all de­ San Francisco partments. The outlook is for Shipping here continues to be continued good shipping with several ships due in transit and at very good. least three pay-offs scheduled. Brother J. V. Doian, who is cer­ Ed Parsl^, a 22-year member tified as chief electrician and chief who generally ships out of Hous^ steward, has registered this time as chief electrician. He said he ton, is in the Wilmington area has "forsaken the galley for now and waiting for a good tanker job as AB. awhile." Brother Martin Prisament made Biu Todd, a 12-year SIU man, the Anniston Victory as chief elec­ was last aboard the Azalea City trician. and is presently looking for a good steward's job. Seattle We have paid off two ships, signed on two, and had four in transit since our last report. Among several oldtimers with us is Mike Dikun who last sailed on the Topa Topn as oiler. Though he has been in drydock for awhile after he got off that ship, he's now ready to go. Mike is a 25-year member. K. Hayes is taking a short va­ cation b^oro shipping out again. WRITE TJXJIH.E �Jnlr 19, 1968 Wafer pollution from industrial wast^ is an ever-increasing threat to the existence of the Great Lakes. I F PRESENT trends are not reversed the ramrod pace of man's technologies will soon have spoiled several of the huge iftland "seas" lying along the U.S.-Canadian border. Twelve-thousand years of natural development will be pushed aside as three of the five Great Lakes become the Great Dead Seas. Relentless in his pursuit of progress, man has begun to erase all traces of a progress far more intricate and vital to him than he believes. As it has been with many of America's major waterways and beaches—and even the air which keeps us alive—the Great Lakes, too, now are con­ fronted with ugly pollution that will wipe out what nature has so painstakingly created. And man will suffer. Lake Erie has already been polluted and mistreated so badly that most of its valuable gamefish have been replaced by masses of dead fish that float along its 9,910-square-mile surface and wash up on shore. A malodorous, two-foot-thick layer of algae sometimes covers as much as 800 square miles of the lake. High bacterial counts have made swimming for pleasure an invitation to disease and have caused many beaches to close. Boating enthusiasts are re­ luctant to take their vessels out where industrial chemicals will cling to their hulls. Experts agree that man's industrial abuse .of the Great Lakes is choking them. Lake Erie—^being close­ ly followed by Lake Michigan and Lake Ontario— may soon become America's Dead Sea. Unlike the famed Dead Sea in the Mediterranean area, however, America's unique version will be total­ ly unproductive. Not even minerals will be pre-seiit in them for mining. They will have only one dis­ tinctive characteristic, that of being a huge monument to a nation's neglect for nature's hard-wrought gifts. Industries in the Great Lakes area have found it more expedient to dump their waste into the lakes rather than invest their efforts in proper disposal of these materials to preserve the wealth of the waters. Lake Erie gets its full share of disregard. Detroit dumps in wastes from automotive, chemical, paper, and steel plants, as well as from petroleum refineries. Toledo throws in wastes from glass industries and more automotive, steel, and petroleum plants. Cleveland pours in acids, oils, cyanides, and phenols from automotive, chemical, and steel industries. Erie, Pa., adds pulp and paper wastes. Buffalo donates its portion of wastes from flour mills, chemical, piortland cement, and more steel plants. Agricultural areas, too, are guilty. They contribute rpfuse in the form of treated and untreated human sewage, fertilizers, insecticides, and weedkillers. Even the increasingly foul air which many citydwellers breathe threatens the water. Carbon monox­ ide, sulphur and other industrial air pollutants find their way to our waterways and help strangle them. SEAFARERS LOG The unchecked deterioration of these Great Lakes is symbolic of the devastation that negligence is wreaking on most of America's waters. A report is­ sued in July 1967 by the Interior Department's Fed­ eral Water Pollution Control Administration notes that by 1980, the amount of water required in the U.S. for municipal supplies, manufacturing, and agriculture will soar to 600 billion gallons daily. By the end of the century, the need will climb to one trillion gallons of water daily. Unless water is treated effectively for re-use on an ever increasing scale as the years go by, we are likely to find a dire shortage of fresh, clean water. By indction, we will be setting before ourselves the ugly spectacle of polluted, malo­ dorous, off-limits streams, rivers, lakes and bays, forbidden to swimmers and deadly to marine life. And we will have to pay for it—through thirst, hunger, in family budgeting, and in anti-pollution expenditures measured in the billions of dollars. These latter are already costing the nation an esti­ mated $12 billion per year, and estimates for sec­ ondary anti-pollution water treatment for 80 percent of the fwpulation would place the cost at a minimum of $20 billion annually by 1975. Dr. Mary F. Arnold, of the School of Public Health of the University of California, recently pointed out: "We will have to at least double the domestic requirements for water by 1984. For industrial use, at least 150 percent of current needs will be required and at least double the current requirements for agricultural use. In the near future the supply is not the problem. We are already seeing large-scale, long-term regional, interstate, intercountry, and even continental-wide planning getting under way. Water in the next few years will no longer be so freely used, and it will become increasingly costly. We may find that, within our lifetime, we ourselves will have separate distribution systems—separating our drink­ ing water and waste disposal water. Just as milk is bought, our drinking and cooking water will probably be bought." Evolution: Not So Simple It took the mountainous glaciers and earth-splitting chill of the Ice Age to gouge out the holes that eventually filled with water and became known as the Great Lakes. Some of the waters began to nurture microscopic life, such as algae, when minerals began seeping in from the soil along the shores to nourish these crude forms of life. They sucked in hydrogen from the water, nitrogen and phosphorous from nitrate and phosphate salts, and carbon from carbon dioxide in the air. Fish appeared in the area there sometime during the last 12,000 years. They thrived on the microscopic life which, in turn, developed on the decomposing re­ mains of fish that would die. And a cycle of growth had. begun. Then, at the beginning of the 20th century things began to change. Up until 1900, valuable fish species in Lake Erie—sturgeon, whitefish, cisco, northern pike, walleye and blue pike—yielded crops of at Once this quiet stream ran peacefully through the countryside and emptied into a pure lake. Today it carries with it the harmful wastes poured into it by industrial plants like the one shown here on its bank. Page Nine least one million pounds annually. But after that time, neglect and abuse of the waters caused a spiralling decline of these fish crops. The cisco catch, for example, had been averaging a huge 25 million pounds annually between 1885 and 1925. The very next year, it plunged to six million pounds, and has declined continually to the point where, in 1965, it totalled a mere 1,000 pounds. Today, the size of the Lake Erie catch is about the same as it was in 1900, except that the valuable fish have been replaced by "rough fish," such as sheepshead, catfish, smelt, and carp, which are much less saleable or desirable. Consequently, the financial value of the catch has declined sharply. Lake Michigan, also being stifled by pollution, is going the same way as Lake Erie. Valuable fish are dying and being crowded out by hardier but less desirable types of fish, so that the Lake Michigan fish crop that brought $15,600,000 in the last decade brought only $9,300,000 in 1963, and threatens to drop still further. Lake Ontario is undergoing a similarly disastrous transition. Sewage: A Major Pcfflutant Oxygen is vital to fish and other marine life. When untreated organic sewage is dumped into the waters, decay bacteria which decompose it absorb great quantities of oxygen and thereby cut down on the oxygen available to the marine life. In the case of Lake Erie, untreated organic waste pulls aside 180million pounds of vital oxygen per year. However, this alone does not account for the total oxygen deficit of the lake. In 1964, it was found that the oxygen deficit in the bottom region of the central basin alone was 270 million pounds. This pile of dead fish is typical of scenes along lakes and rivers as chemical wastes and debris dumped in the water from factories take their toll. Sewage—treated or untreated—is a major cause of this added deficit. Even though an effective sewage treatment plant can convert 90 percent of sewage into inorganic waste which should require no oxygen, and would—it was once incorrectly thought—41ow out of the lakes into the oceans, the opposite is true. When the treated sewage enters the Great Lakes, much of it stays there and algae reconverts it all back into oxygen-hungry organic material, ready to suf­ focate valuable marine life and add further to pollu­ tion. Rich farmland surrounding the Great Lakes is also inadvertently a danger. Between 10 and 25 per­ cent of the chemical fertilizer applied on it runs off into the water and nourishes unwanted algae. Nitro­ gen that flows into Lake Erie from farmland accounts for an estimated 33 to 50 percent of the lakes nitrogen pollution. Farmland pollution does not stop there. The nitrogen and phosphate run-off also ac­ cumulates in dead algae which sinks to the bottom and remains there—forming a huge underwater cess­ pool. As Lake Erie dies, and Lakes Ontario and Michi­ gan gasp for breath, the U.S. Government's National Research Council notes in a 1966 report that in two decades the anticipated oxygen-demand of the na­ tion's municipal wastes will become equal to the entire summertime flow of America's rivers. Thereby hangs the crisis. With waste matter and other pollu­ tants stealing all the available oxygen from these rivers, how can valuable marine life survive there? What must be done to stop this dangerous chain of events? A lot of pollution is due to foot-dragging on the part of mimicipal and state authorities. Unless these conditions are corrected on a local level it will be necessary for the federal govermnent to act in en­ forcing standards as it has in other areas. �imwi'W'JTiiiJi Page Ten Jnlr 19, 1968 SEAFARERS LOG Get Out and Compeie for Cargoes, Congressman Tolls Sabsidizod Linos WASHINGTON—The nation's 14 subsidized ship lines today were warned that they might lose $200 million a year in federal assistance unless they "get into the open market and fight for the commercial cargo that moves to and from our shores." Representative Thomas P. ^ e Earmarking $8 million of be reserved for the independent O'Neill, Jr. (D-Mass.) reminded operators—^the ones who have no each year's operating subsidies "to the subsidized companies that construction subsidies, and no op­ enable American-flag shipping to they had been receiving financial erating subsidies, and who cannot compete with foreign vessels in help from the government for 32 compete with foreign ships for Great Lakes commerce." years in order to keep them com­ commercial cargoes," the Massa­ e Allocating 25 percent of petitive with foreign-flag operators chusetts Congressman said. "These construction subsidy funds to whose construction and operating are the operators who should be build vessels "that will be physic­ costs are far helow U.S. levels. carrying foreign aid cargoes and ally able to use the St. Lawrence Instead of competing for com­ military cargoes." Seaway." He said most of the mercial cargo, O'Neill said, the In addition to giving independ­ construction subsidy funds now go subsidized lines are turning more ent operators first crack at govern­ "for ships which are too wide to and more to the carriage of gov­ ment cargoes, O'Neill recommend­ enter the Seaway." ernment-generated cargoes—for­ ed that they receive long-term • Allocating $7.5 million of eign aid and military shipments. charters from federal agencies, the Defense Department budget "If the liners aren't going to giving them the "added assurance compete for commercial cargo," of business" that will make possi­ for the carriage of military cargo the Congressman said at a meeting ble expansion of their fleets en­ on the Great Lakes. "None of these three proposals sponsored by the AFL-CIO Mari­ tirely with private capital. would involve any further appro­ time Trades Department, "then At another MTD meeting. Sen­ priation of funds," the Senator why do we continue to subsidize ator Stephen M. Young (D- Ohio) said. "They would merely stip­ them? spoke along similar lines. ulate how existing monies should "If they are so insistent on car­ Used Unwisely be used to help bring about the rying government cargoes, why revival of our Great Lakes fleet, The Senator charged that fed­ don't we just take away the op­ which has a potential for contrib­ eral subsidies "have not been used erating subsidies, and let the liners exist solely on government cargo, wisely or well," noting that the 14 uting much to our national and the wav the independent oper­ shipping lines which receive as­ international economy." sistance "so that they can compete ators do?" (^qioses TJser Tax' with foreign-flag ships" are, in­ Cites'Double Subady' Young expressed opposition to stead, using the subsides "to com­ proposals to levy a "user tax" on Giving the 14 liner companies pete with other American ships towboats, and tugs using the na­ subsidies to aid in the construc­ for the carriage of government tion's inland waterways, declar­ tion and operation of their ves­ cargoes." ing that a proposed two-cents-asels, and then allowing them to The Ohio Democrat said that carry government cargoes "at "if the subsidized lines would con­ gallon fuel tax would "violate the preferential rates," amounts to the centrate on commercial cargoes, basic principles (of) free use of payment of a "double subsidy," as they are supposed to do, and if these waterways (and) would im­ O'Neill said. government cargoes were reserved pair the usefulness of the water­ "This government cargo should for the independent operators," ways system." He also called for Congres­ this would stimulate greater U. S. carriage of imports and exports sional action to forestall a pro­ and would bring about an "up­ posed Interstate Commerce Com­ surge of new ship construction ... mission ruling, scheduled to go into effect in 1969, which would entirely with private capital." Along with an end to the double "seriously restrict the mixing of subsidy. Young urged that inde­ cargoes on barge operations." WASHINGTON — Senator pendent operators be given longWalter F. Mondale (D-Minn.) has term charters to carry govern­ been named to the l^nate's Labor ment cargo, and that they be and Public Welfare Committee to granted the same right now en­ fill the vacancy left by the death joyed by the subsidized lines to of Senator Robert F. Kennedy put profits in*o tax-deferred funds for new ship construction. "This," (D-N.Y.). Mondale's selection by the he said, "would encourage private Democratic leadership maintains investment and would make it less WASHINGTON—A low-cost, a firm liberal majority on the com­ necessary to consider the appro­ lightweight undersea craft—^to be mittee which handles legislation priation of huge federal sums for called the Guppy—that will be dealing with education and job shipbuilding." used primarily for offshore oil ex­ Turning to the problems of the ploration and oceanography re­ programs as well as direct labor Great Lakes fleet. Young said search may make its first dive next laws. Both Mondale and Kennedy three steps were "essential to the March, officials of the Sun Ship­ had perfect voting records on the restoration of American-flag ship­ building and Dry Dock Company AFL-CIO tabulation for the first ping on the Lakes." He recom­ of Chester, Pa., told the Marine mended: session of the 90th Congress. Technology Society Conference meeting here. The new, highly maneuverable SlU WELFARE, VACATION PLANS vehicle, which will be spherical June 1—June 30, 1968 and made of glass fiber and steel, would be tethered to a surface Number of Amount ship by an electric cable that sup­ Benefits Paid plies power to drive the motors. It Hospital Benefits (Welfare) ... 3,943 $ . 43,612.60 would carry two men to depths of Death Benefits (Welfare) ..... 30 56,262.37 2,000 feet for up to 48 hours. Disability Benefits (Welfare) .. 1,160 255,300.00 Present submersible research Maternity Benefits (Welfare) .. 27 5,206.50 craft are driven by battery power rather than by electricity supplied Dependent Benefits (W«dfare) . 422 by a surface ship. In some in­ (Average: $202.76) 85,611.20 stances, the weight of the bat­ Optical Benefits (Welfare) ... 544 8,220.66 teries is almost 4,000 pounds, Out-Patlent Benefits (Welfare) 5,367 39,976.00 which is expected to be the com­ plete weight of the Guppy. 11,493 494,189.33 In announcing detailed plans Vaccrtlon Benefits . 1,865 772,253.63 for the craft, William Watson, the (Average: $414.08) project manager for Sun l%ipbuilding said: Total Welfare/ Vacation "A company today pays $6,000 BonofltsWld This Period ... 1^58 $1,266,442.96 to $10,000 to rent a submersible for just one day. Domotrats Choose Mondalo to Fill Senate Labor Post New, Low-Cost Research Craft Due Next March The Gulf Coast by UndseyWilliams, Wce-Pres/dent, Quit Area Hale Boggs, the Majority Whip of the House, will be honored at labor's annual Labor Day Celebration to be held this year on September 5th. Labor feels he should be honored at this functimi as he has sponsored and helped pass more beneficial legislation than any Louisiana Congressman presently in ofiSce. Boggs, who faces Democratic Jack Chemmle Was last out on opposition in the primary and a the Del Alba as bosun on a trip Republican opponent in the No­ to Vietnam. Brother Cheramie is vember election, is one of the greatest supporters of our mari­ looking forward to a deck job, time industry, which means so preferably to South America on much to the nation. After Hurri­ another Delta Line ship. cane Betsy, which brought so MohOe much damage in this area, Boggs Horace S. Sikes, currently regis­ led the fight for up to $1,800 for­ tered for a deck department job, giveness on Small Business Ad­ has been ashore since December ministration loans for individual 1966 due to a leg injury but is rebuilding. While some were say­ ing the Government would not now FED and ready to go. He help the people, he acted. At his lives in Mobile with his family insistence, SBA lowered or by­ and has shipped from the Gulf passed much red tape so that indi­ viduals, small business and indus­ try could move fast in recovering from devastation caused by Hurri­ cane Betsy. In a sudden, surprise move. Representative Benny G. Chris­ tian, of Rayville, asked for a hear­ ing on the so-called "Right-toWork" bill, which he has spon­ Sikes Oventreet sored. In the past, when controversial area for most of the last 20 years. bills are heard in any committee John Turk is in after a good of either the House or Senate, spell aboard the Maiden Credc on proper advance notice is given to the ship's Puerto Rico run. He all parties concerned that a hear­ ing will be held on the bill in has shipped from this area for the last 20 years in all deck ratings. Question. Bernard F. Overstreet, currently After brief testimony, and in registered in Group Two engine the absence of news media be­ cause of the suddenness of Chris­ department, is here after a few tian's move, the Labor and Indus- trips to Puerto Rico aboard the trv Committee, by a 13-3 vote, Claiborne. Married, Brother Overkilled this Right-to-Work measure. street will be ready to ship again This vote is certainly indicative shortly after he gets in a little of the value of Organized Labor's fishing. He has been shipping concerted efforts to make, our from the Gulf area for the last legislators aware of just how prej­ 20 years. udicial and detrimental legislation Frank Chavms last was out on of this type is to all of us! the Del Sol as chief electrician. On that trip, which took the vessel . New Orleans to Vietnam, the Del Sol was hit Floyd Smith of the engine de­ by two Communist rockets while partment was last out on the going up the river in Saigon. Alcoa Mariner for a six-month Married, Brother Chavers lives in trip to East Pakistan and Vietnam. Mobile with his wife and family. Brother Smith will square away Ellis B. "Coffee Joe" Gaines, as some personal business and then can be seen by his nickname "^grab another job—any ship, any alone, did a top job as chief cook run. on his recent trip to Vietnam Joe Kemp made a round-the- aboard the Seatndn Lonlsiana. world trip on the Transliartfmrd Currently registered Group One as AB, and is now taking it easy Steward Department, he has been camping, fishing, etc., up home in with the SIU since its inception. the Slidell area. He is looking Clarence J. NaB last shipped forward to another Hudson out as steward aboard the Maiden Waterways ship and a good long Creek. Married, he makes his trip. home in Mobile. Brother Nail has J. L. Diosco last sailed on the shipped from the Gulf area as a Steel Scientist as Electrician on Steward since 1938, and has been the Middle East run, and reports a member of the Union since its he had a good trip with plenty of inception. overtime. It was a good ship and In general, shipping is fair. a good crew. There are no laid-up ships, and Last out on the Choctaw for no one is in the hospital. Coming about four months, Huheil Smith prospects are fair, with the RoUn tells us that it was a good ship Lori^ey scheduled to pay off with a good crew. Now he is shortly. waiting for a Far East run. Houston Fred Duchman, hoping to take Shipping still, remains good here any steward department job on a in all departments and from all Far East run after his vacation, indications it will remain good. last sailed on the Spitfire as night On the beach, we have Roy cook and baker. CortisB, who showed up at the hall Back on the beach after being for a 3rd cook's fob. H. B. Jeffseven and one-half months on the coat, registered in Group One DnvaL Seafarer Irhy KeOer says Deck Department, is looking tor she was a good ship with a go^ a deck maintenance job on a voy­ crew. An FWT, he is now waiting age to India. Brother J^coat ii for another liberty ship. a 22-year man. a rfrt •T 4 r 1? « s V >1 *^ ' . 'V WS �July 19, 1968 SEAFARERS Looking Over SlU Library Union Was Automatically Suspended: AFL-CIO President Meany Confirms 'Formal' Disaffiliation of UAW •A' i' Puge Eleven LOG Jim McDermott picks out a good book to pass the time while wait­ ing for the morning shipping call in New York hall recently. A member of the engine department, he joined the Union this year. Action on 'Foreign MidbotBes' Biii Deferred by House Ruies Penel WASHINGTON—^The House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee has favorably reported a bill to prevent vessels, built or rebuilt outside the United States, or documented under foreign registry, from carrying military In urging the House to pass the cargoes, but the House Rules measure, Garmatz stated: Committee subsequently voted "Your committee believes that "to defer action" on the measure. In an effort to save the bill this is very desirable legislation (H.R. 163) so the full House can and when enacted, by giving as­ vote on it before the projected surance to American-flag opera­ early August adjournment, Repre­ tors of American-built and rebuilt sentative Edward A. Garmatz (D- ships that they will not be faced Md.) chairman of the committee, with competition from vessels em­ sought permission from the House bodying lower, foreign capital Speaker and the Democratic mem­ costs, will encourage new con­ bership to have the measure placed struction and modernization in on the "consent" calendar. U. S. shipyards to augment the Garmatz had said earlier in his American-flag unsubsidized fleet. report on the bill that it had be­ Your committee urges prompt en­ come necessary as a result of in­ actment of this important meas­ terpretation by the Military Sea ure." Transportation Service that ships which had been built, rebuilt, or formerly documented abroad would be eligible to carry mili­ tary cargo, and by interpreta­ tions of the Federal. Maritime Administration that existing ves­ sels rebuilt in - the U.S.—but with major components of hull or superstructure which were built abroad—are eligible to carry pref­ NEW YORK—Arthur J. GoltK erence cargoes. berg has returned to private prac­ The bill states specifically that tice as a lawyer after seven years all vessels, with foreign mid- in three of the nation's highest bodies, shall be barred from carry­ public offices. But he won't be ing military cargoes until they far from the labor field in which have been documented under the laws of the United States for a he first made his reputation. Goldberg has accepted the post period of three years. However, of impartial chairman for the New under an amendment added since York coat and suit industry, ad­ the committee held hearings last April, any U.S. citizen who enter­ judicating any disputes that arise ed into a contract before June 12, under the cloak industry's con­ 1968, to Ivave a ship built or re­ tract with the Ladies' Garment built abroad under existing law has Workers. The first impartial chairman— until June 30, 1971, to redocument it jn order that it wUl not be in ithe pioneering agreement 58 foreclosed by the proposed new years ago^was Louis D. Brandeis, who later served with dis­ law. tinction on the Supreme Court. Garmatz said the cut-off date Goldberg was a noted labor was included in the bill because there was general agreement lawyer and special counsel for the among all witnesses at his commit­ AFL-CIO before becoming Secre­ tee's hearings that the proposed tary of Labor, then a U. S. Su­ legislation should not be retroac­ preme Court justice, and for the tive—and thus unfairly and ad­ past three years the U. S. ambas­ versely affect operators v«dio had sador to the United Nations. acted in good faith upon reliance He.has joined a prominent New of administrative interpretations., York law firm as a senior paitner. of tihe law prior to &e commit­ Uie firm is now known as Paul, tee'^ action to close the loopholes Weiss, Goldberg; Rifkind, Wharin the U. S. Code, r- v ": . • ton & Garrison. Arthur Goldberg To Ungiire Cloak Disputes WASHINGTON—AFL-CIO President George Meany has acknowledged the "formal" disaflSliation of the United Auto Workers from the AFL-CIO, declaring that the union's "predetermined objective of withdrawal" stems from its "apparent unwillingness to live in constructive harmony" with the federation and its affilicoercing a decision of this fed­ certain decision can only be met ates. the affiliate. eration by a threat, an ultimatum, by suspension Meany's comments came in or by that favorite ploy of the Meany declared that the UAW a letter dated July 10, 1968, re­ banker's mentality: raw financial letter inferred that the union has plying to a. July 1, 1968, letter pressure." been refused an opportunity to air from the top officers of the UAW its views. Noting that this was No New Precedent which said that "to avoid any con­ "ironic," the federation president The federation president em­ fusion or.misunderstanding as to said: the status of the UAW with the phasized, "I do not propose to "In the face of the clear and AFL-CIO, you are hereby advised preside over any departure from open channels for discussion and that the UAW formally disaffili­ that precedent, so vital to the action presented to you by the equal rights of all affiliates." ates from the AFL-CIO." AFL-CIO, the officers of the The letter noted that there are UAW have, by various subter­ The federation president said he had no "sense of confusion or no precedents in the trade union fuges and pretexts, consistently misunderstanding" as to the status movement for one affiliate engag­ evaded the opportunity and the of the UAW, in light of the "auto­ ing in a "running, long-distance obligation to bring their case be­ matic, mandatory provision of the barrage of criticism and demands fore the democratic forums of the AFL-CIO Constitution" requiring upon its national center" while trade union movement." the suspension of the UAW for refusing to appear to' press its The AFL-CIO Executive Coun­ complaints and justify its charges; nonpayment of per capita tax. cil, on May 13, 1968, called for Ihe officers of the UAW, for refusing for two years to ap­ suspension of the UAW under the Meany wrote, "can not have been pear at convention, General Board automatic provisions of the AFLin any real doubt as to the in­ and Executive Council meetings CIO Constitution in light of the and then suddenly demanding a evitable response of the AFL-CIO union's decision to default on its special convention coupled with to the threats and ultimatums" per capita payments, termed by a threat to disaffiliate. that represented "a transparent at­ the council "an act tantamount tempt to set up the grounds and Meany's letter reviewed the excuses to justify to your mem­ various opportunities made avail­ to withdrawal." bers" the objective of withdraw­ able to the UAW to state its case, Deadline Passed ing from the federation. noting that the letter of "formal" When the deadline for the pay­ "That objective," Meany added, disaffiliation was "sadly incom­ ments passed a few days later, "stemmed in turn from a condi­ plete." Meany suspended the union in tion for which the AFL-CIO has He cited Reuther's own re­ terms of the council's action, and no remedy—your apparent un­ corded comments on abiding by notification was sent to all depart­ willingness to live in constructive majority rule in the trade union ments, state and local central harmony within an organization movement, and documented the bodies that the UAW was no in which the rights, the interests long-held position of the trade longer permitted to continue and the views of other unions and union movement that threats to membership in these bodies be­ other personalities are given equal withhold per capita to secure a cause of its suspension. consideration with those of the UAW and its president." UAW Leaders Sign Letter The UAW letter, signed by Walter P. Reuther, president; Emil Mazey, secretary-treasurer; Leonard Woodcock and Pat NEW YORK—A truck loaded with clothes, fresh from the Greathouse, vice presidents; said cleaners and donated to striking California grape workers by the that instead of convening a special Cleaners and Dyers Joint Board of the Clothing Workers, recently convention of the AFL-CIO, as requested by the May 1968 UAW pulled up to the SIU hall in The UFWOC staff, which has convention, "you chose to suspend Brooklyn where the farm work­ been in the New York area since the UAW under a provision of ers have been makipg their New early this year to enlist consumer the Constitution never invoked and retailer support for the na­ York headquarters. previously in the more than 60 tionwide boycott against the Soon, staff people and volun­ years history of the American labor movement." The letter fur- teers of the United Farm Workers struck California-grown grapes, is handling the sorting and packing ther termed the action of the Organizing Committee were cheer­ of the clothes. AFL-CIO Executive Council 'un- fully sorting the massive pile of The clothing drive was kicked precedented." garments for packing and ship­ off after an appeal by Dolores The UAW convention had ment to striking grape pickers in Huerta of the UFWOC at the adopted a resolution declaring that California. ACWA convention in Miami it would not pay per capita to the "This will cause some real ex­ Beach. AFL-CIO unless the federation citement in Delano," smiled Candy ACWA convention delegates would call a special convention to Clark, chief UFWOC organizer in voted to contribute about $11,000 discuss changes in programs and the New York office. to the grape workers' strike fund. policies and that the per capita The clothes were part of the funds would be set aside in a spe­ 12,000 high-quality used garments The union also has participated cial escrow account until Decem-' that have been shipped to the in extending the • grape boycott ber 1968 unless a special conven­ farm workers by the Clothing and in other clothing and food campaigns for the strikers. tion was called. Workers. The New York UFWOC mem­ Meany pointed out that the More clothes are on the way. bers—who are paid $5 a week like UAW letter failed to mention that the UAW convention resolution A campaign is on to collect near­ the rest of the union's staff people on a special convention "also con­ ly 40,000 garments for the grape —^wete particularly pleased by tained a threat to withhold per pickers, said Jack Cohen, man­ the ACWA clothes campaign. capita tax unless your demands ager of the joint board. They explained that the strikers The clothing, which includes all in Delano and other California were granted," and that the con­ vention request was tied to a types of apparel for men, women vineyards earned as little as 50 "threat of withdrawal" from the and children, is coming from dry cents an hour before union orga­ cleaning plants and small shops in nization. The strikers are in des­ federation. As to the suspension for non­ New York and New Jersey who perate qeed after three years of payment of per capita, Meany are under contract with the union. attempting to gain decent wages declared: By law, the firms can dispose and working conditions under a "Within my memory, no affili­ of clothing that goes unclaimed union contract. ^ ated organization, no matter how after six months. Members of "This clothing will be .a real Itirge and boastful of its financial ACWA Locals 239 and 279 are boost for them," declared one of resources, has evd* succeeded in handling, the collections.. . - the UFWOC workers happily. .:u: Oetbii^ Drive for Crape Strikers' Gaining Rlementam in New York �SEAFARERS LOG Page Twelve Seafarers Mingle With Celebrities At SIUBrothers New Orleans Clah \ Seafarers and fellow-seamen from around the world in search of an enjoyable evening in New Orleans frequent the La Marina night club in the French Quarter, owned by Seafarer Felix Valdes. Brother Valdes, known throughout the world as a friend of all seamen, also numbers many famous entertainers among his friends. In fact, it's not uncommon that entrance. As one bar gets crowd­ play the bongos at one end of a visiting Seafarer will find him­ ed, the second opens up, then the bar, while another will answer self sitting next to some celebrity when that fills up, the third is him from the other end. One of the big problems he who frequents La Marina, such as opened. On weekends, there is noted, is in finding the right kind usually an overflow crowd. jazz clarinetist Pete Fountain. of people to employ, especially Valdes, who first went to sea in Sinatra Is Patron those who serve the public. You 1928, from his native Florida, was Among the celebrities who have have to be nice to people, yet re­ shipping on the Florida out of frequented the establishment are spectable, Valdes saidi >^^en a Miami in 1942, such notables as Frank Sinatra, customer has one drink too many. when he "saw this corner and Tennessee Williams, the late Linda Brother Valdes philosophy is that bought it." He Darnell, and actor Steve Mc­ it's "better to talk to them than originally had a Queen and the aforementioned get tough." partner, but the Fountain. The late Ward Bond Gets Youthful Crowd latter sold out was also a regular when in New "A lot of younger people are and Valdes is Orleans. Brother Valdes has fished coming into my place now," he now the sole for trout and redfish at Shell says. "College kids and Seafarers owner'of the Beach in the New Orleans area mingle together and everyone gets club. Well-liked with trumpet player A1 Hirt. along fine." New Orleans has Valdes remembers playwright changed since Brother Valdes by all seamen, Brother ValdeS goes out of his way to provide a Williams as one of his most en­ started to sail, but "the seamen honie-away-from home for them. thusiastic customers. Once, the still come in because they know Upstairs, Brother Valdes pro­ Pulitzer Prize-winning writer me all over the world." vides rooms for some local Sea­ "came in three or four nights in a Located near Jackson Square, farers who are retired on SIU pen­ row," Valdes recalls. "At the end the St. Louis Cathedral, the out­ sions. Many seamen use the club of his stay, he described the place door art displays and hippies, the to pick up their mail. In addition as the greatest he ever saw." Felix La Marina is in a colorful area. to Seafarers, other seamen from remembers the playwright as "a Valdes has had a number of arti­ South and . Central America, very nice, happy-go-lucky fellow cles written about him, especially Spain, Norway, Greece and a and a good spender." in the South. number of other countries are Perhaps the most unique aspect A native of Key West, Florida, steady visitors. "I like to talk to of the place is the fact that no he has sailed in the steward de­ seamen and do favors for them," professional entertainment is pro­ partment and also in the engine Brother Valdes told the LOG. vided. Instead, the guests make department for awhile. He joined The La Marina was originally their own. "We have bongos and the SIU in the port of Miami in three bars. After buying the first, maracas and the customers make 1940. The 55-year-dld Seafarer Valdes eventually acquired the their own music," Valdes says, told the LOG: other two, closed in the front, and "and it's always kept the place "Sailing is a wonderful life and combined all three with one main lively. A patron will sometimes the Union is great." Eight Additional Seafarers Added To Growing List of SIU Pensioners St»idHil Garcia Waas Talbot Schoenbom Vista The names of eight Seafarers have been added to the growing list of men collecting an SIU pen­ sion. The newcomers to the roster are Charles Stambul, James Talbot, Julian Vista, George Waas, Wilfred Schoenbom, Antonio Garcia, Harold Pan cost and John Devine. Charles Stambul sailed as Wilfred Schoenbom joined the York City, he joined the Union chief electrician. A Seafarer for Union in 1946 in the Port of New in that port. Brother Devine sailed 21 years, he joined the Union York. A native of Germany, he. for 22 years and his last vessel in New York. Brother Stambul resides in Flushing, N. Y. He was bom in that city and lives in sailed as bosun and carpenter. Brooklyn with his wife, Ruth. His Brother Schoenbom's last ship last vessel was the Rachel V. was the Fort Aleza. James Talbot lives in ManisAntonio Garcia joined the Un­ tique, Michigan., with his wife, Rachel. He was bom in Wiscon­ ion in 1938 in New Orleans. A sin and sailed as oiler. Brother cook and baker, his last ship was Talbot joined the Union in Mich­ the Transyork. He was bom in igan in 1941. His last ship was the Philippine Islands and lives with his wife, Eula, in Brooklyn. the James Ferris. Pancost Devine George Waas lives in East Or­ Julian Vista joined the Union in 1939 in San Pedro, Calif. A na­ ange, N. J. A native of New was the Hastings. He makes his tive of the Philippines, he makes York, he sailed as chief electrician home in Bellerose, Long Island, his home in Brookljm. He served and was a Seafarer since 1946. N. Y. in the Army from 1911 to 1924. He joined the SIU in New York. Harold Pancost lives in Hous­ His last ship was the Steel Fab­ He has sailed as cook, fireman, ton. He joined the Union in New oiler, deck engineer and pump­ ricator. York and sailed ^s FOWT. Broth­ man. Brother Vista's last ship was John Devine sailed as oiler and er Pancost is a native of Ohio and the Steel Artisan. deck engineer. A native of New his last ve^l was the Cantigny. Jair 19, 1968 Truth in Lendini^ Seen A Blessing To the Editon Congressional passage of the labor-backed "Truth in Lend­ ing" bill will do much to help the person seeking a loan be sure of exactly how much he will have to pay, and without being a financial Sherlock Holmes. At last it eliminates, by law, the opportunity for an unscrupulous money-lender to rattle off a mass of percents, figures, and ratios which leaves the borrower bewildered when he walks out with his loan and makes him feel as though he's been swindled when he comes around to realizing how much he really has to pay. Efforts by concemed con­ gressmen, administration offi­ cials and the AFL-CIO to get this consumer-protection law on the books has been long and arduous, but they have finally paid off. With this bill's passage, 1 believe we have taken a solid step forward toward more hon­ est sales and lending practices which will once again give sub­ stantial assurance to the con­ sumer that "you get what you pay for." SIncerdy, Bart Qnfatcr Don't Stop Now On Grape Boycott To the Editor: The official support of the boycott against Giumarra-produced Califomia grapes—an­ nounced this month by the New York City govemment— is a welcome sign. It shows that the farm workers and private citizens are not alone in their fight to obtain decent"* working conditions and wages for the grape pickers, and that Giumarra's high-handed tactics in attempting to keep the workers down has no place in today's world. The New York boycott of California table grapes will af­ fect most of those products, and that is why the issue has been pressed so strongly by the UFWOC -in New York. But isn't it ironic that while the New York City govemment has con­ demned Giumarra's actions, the City of Delano, having ju-. risdiction over Giumarra, has taken no such stand? All of us in organized labor must continue to support the boycott to the hilt if our fellow workers are to finally receive the rights for which they have fought so long and so hard. Sincerely, XacksMi Brown Back Poverty War, Workers Are Urged To the Editm-: I think that all union mem­ bers should make it known that they siq)port the war on pov­ erty and die poor people's cam­ paign for better living condi­ tions by writing their congress­ man and senators. The AFL-CIO has long been in the forefront of this battle for equal opportunity and indi­ vidual working people should do all they can to help. Many unions represent peo­ ple who have known, and still remember what it is like not to have enough in the land of plenty. Coal miners are a good example and too many of them still live in abject poverty be­ cause their mines -have run out. It wasn't long ago that most seamen couldn't afford to live decently. When we travel to­ day to certain other countries and see what poverty has done to them, we must make up our minds to make certain that the day comes when no American has to live that way. Joe Tucker » >• 'if — Sees Laws Needed For Ail Foodstuffs To the Editor: The House passage of the Clean Poultry Bill is strong evi­ dence that the Congress is fur­ ther on the way toward waking up to the health needs of Amer­ icans and that the Federal Gov­ ernment will no longer tolerate the sale of diseased, filthy, and adulterated foods. This action is indeed welcome. Admittedly, America remains one of the few nations in the world today in which a trav­ eler need not beware of unsani­ tary water and find himself obliged to purchase purified, bottled drinking water in order to remain comfortably well. Also in America—^for the;, most part — vegetables, fruits, etc., can be purchased at any super­ market with little worry about unhealthy conditions in the foods. Even the meats and^ poultry, for the most part, have \ been of better quality thpn in many areas of the world. However, the fact remains that too large a^pMseentage of American foods are less than healthy. The recently-passed Clean Meat Act was designed to prohibit the sale of meat products unfit for human con­ sumption, and the Clean Poul­ try Act now seems well on the way to passage as well. Along with these long-over­ due actions in the interest of public health. Congress and state legislatures would also be wise to enact strong "fit-forconsumption" regulations to curb the pollution ot our wa­ ters and to maintain a continu­ ing check on the condition of all foods sold in the United States—once and for all—and maintain sound protection of the health of all Americans from unsanitary, adulterated, or below-par foods and beverages. Slnecrcty; Ronald Hoag ^• . ' ''4 . ^ I,' >.« - .r 4 ^ i 9 »-• - *4 J mi f" I' •'4 ^ Urges Close Watch On Meat Packers To die Editon Closing of 40 meat packing plants in the first six months of operation since the Clean Meat Act became effective is a timely reminder that the law was long overdue. Most of these plants shut down voluntarily when they were unable or unwilling to meet the new federal stand­ ards for meat inspection. Now inspectors should make certain that all reluctant meat packers live up to the letter of the law or be forced out of business. V Tom Egan ' • i': d' 3*; r. <« 'A �SEAFARERS LOG Jnlr 19« 1968 FINAL DEPARTURES David BiackweD, 60: A coro­ nary claimed the life of Seafarer , _ Blackwell in Mo­ bile General Hos­ pital, Mobile, Ala. Brother Blackwell was a native of Collins, Mississip­ pi and resided in Mobile. He sailed / as FOWT and joined the Union in Boston. A Seafarer for IS years, he last sailed on the Del' Monte. Brother Blackwell is sur­ vived by a brother, Virpl Blackwell, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The burial was held at Leaf River Cemetery in Hattiesburg. I Wflllam Webber, 55: Brother Webber died on June 16, in CSies• ter. Pa. Death was caused by a coronary occlu­ sion. Brother Webber last sailed for the ChesterBridgeport Ferry Co. A native of ' Bridgeport, New Jersey, he had made his home in Chester. He joined the Union in Philadelphia. Surviving is his wife, Helen. — ^— V William Reynolds, Jr., 24: Brother Reynolds di6<f ai" the re­ sult of injuries sustained in an automobile acci­ dent on Jan. 14 He died in Win­ chester Memorial Hospital, Win­ chester, Va. J Brother Reynolds bom in that town and resided in Maplewood, La. A member of the deck de­ partment, he joined the SIU in Aouston. Brother Reynolds last sailed on the Penmar. The burial was in the Gravel Spring Ceme­ tery, Frederick County, Virginia. I' Waiter Koyn, 66: Brother Koyn died on June 8, at St. Joseph Hos­ pital, Houston. A native of Sidnaw, Mich., he lived in Trout Creek, Mich. Brother Koyn joined the SIU in the port of Hous­ ton- and sailed in the steward deparbnent. His last vessel was the Bradford Isle. He served in the Army from 1920 to 1921. Sur­ viving is a sister, Mrs. Gertrude Sliger of Trout Creek. The burial was held in Trout Creek Ceme­ tery. ^ Casper Markle, 71: Brother Markle passed gway on February 12, in St. Vincent Hospital, Toledo, Ohio. He had been ill several years. Death was due to a coronary attack. Brother Markle was em­ ployed by the Bolen - Cornelius Company, sailing in the engine department. A native of Toledo, he also made his home in that city. Markle joined the SIU in the port of Detroit. He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Joyce Odil. The burial was held in the Calvary Cemetery, Lucas-Toledo. Danlei Moylan, 66: Seafarer Moylan died of a heart attack on June 6, in Hous­ ton. Brother Moy­ lan had joined the Union in the port of Baltimore in 1949. A member of the steward de­ partment, his last ship was the Fairisle. Bora in Lawrence, Mass., he had made his home in .Baltimore. Brother Moy­ lan served in the Army from 1919 to 1921. Surviving is his daugh­ ter-in-law, Mrs. Shirley Hardman. Funeral services were held in the South Park Cemetery in Houston. Michael Rldu>, 67: Brother Risko died on June 26, at the Port Huron Ho^ital, Port Huron, Mich. A native of Pennsylvania, he had resided in Ore­ gon, Ohio. Broth­ er Risko sailed as a conveyor man and was last em­ ployed by the American Steamship Co. He joined the Union in the port of Detroit; Seafarer Risko is sur­ vived by his wife, Dorothy. The burial was held in the Toledo Me­ morial Park, Sylvania, Ohio. Pace Thirteen Sted Apprentice Has Close Cdl When VC Rocket Tears Into Hull "It would have been a direct hit into our en^ne room if it had been back two hundred feet," said Seafarer Harold Hess, describing the Viet Cong rocket shell that tore into the No. 1 Hold of the SlU-contracted Steel Apprentice as it was tied up to Pier 5 in Saigon Harbor last June 3. "No one was hurt on our ship and we were very, very lucky. The second shell smash­ ed into the Victory ship tied up in front of us and landed in a hold where Vietnamese longshoremen were working. Two of the poor fellows were killed and seven were injured." Hess, an O.S., told about Jiis experiences on tte Steel Appren­ tice (Isthmian) when he visited the LOG office with his wife. Rose, and described the damage inflicted by the 122 mm. rocket shell. Hess was paid oflf in Long Beach, Cal­ ifornia, when the ship reached that j)ort June 24, and flew to New York. The vessel had been in Saigon for 12 days during the heaviest Seafarer Harold Hess and his wife, Rose, examine pictures of damage periods of terror shelling aimed to Steel Apprentice, hit by VC rocket in Saigon, on visit to LOG at the oouth Vietnamese capital by office recently. One of photos was printed in June 21 issue of LOG. the Viet Cong and was due to sail on the morning she came under terman, when the United States fun staying around the Appren­ direct enemy fire. first began assisting the South tice than going downtown," said Shook Whole Sidp Vietnam nation, and it was a com­ Hess, who is going to take a two "I had been standing watch on paratively quiet city since most of month vacation before looking for deck and after I was relieved by the fighting then was a guerrilla- another ship. Seafarer Hess had worked as AB Leroy Temple of Toledo, type warfare confined to the Ohio, I went below at 1:30 A.M. mountainous areas and outlying a pipefitter's helper before going to sea. And he said if he had been I had just hit the. bunk when the villages. any taller and heavier he would shell hit and shook the entire ship. Sees Big Change Then I heard the second shell "It was like any quiet little port have gone in for football, one of smack the Victory, and right after you might visit on a routine voy­ his favorite spectator sports. Hess that, a third round splashed into age," recalled Hess. "You could is much interested in the Uruverthe bay," said Hess, a member of walk around the streets and buy sity of West Virginia's team, the the SIU since 1959. when he souvenirs or stop in one of the Mountaineers, which annually joined in the Port of Philadelphia. quaint bars. There was little dif­ turns out fine prospects for the "Temple did a wonderful thing. ference in 1963 when I returned ranks of pro football. He ran all over the ship to make to Saigon on the S, S. Kyska. But Harold now lives in the home certain none of his shipmates had this last trip was like sailing into town of his wife. Rose. It's a been wounded. Next, the Army a battlefield." small cmnmunity, called Concord, boys came up on the double and The Seafarer, whose hometown and is located on Staten Island, confirmed we had been hit by a is Elkins, West Virginia, said none within sight of the Verrazano rocket shell."" of the crew ventured downtown Bridge which stretches over the Hess explained that the Army on this trip because of the 9 P.M. entrance to New York Harbor. ordnance men, within minutes, curfew and the risk of not being had located the rocket fragments able to get back to the Appren­ Harold says that when he sees in the Number one hold. The tice when needed. those ships passing in the night he hold had been emptied of all cargo "We had a good crew aboard may well be back at sea before and there was no ensuing fire. The and we were able to have more his vacation ends. main damage was the hole in the side of the vessel, where the shell A Double Header entered. The Steel Apprentice, a C-3, was able to sail a day later after a steel plate was installed. Hess made his first trip to Sai­ gon in 1959 on the John C. Wa- Robert Scott RoweU Your father, W. G. Rowell, would like to hear from you as soon as possible. His adckess is 914 Scriven Avenue, Florence, South Carolina 29501. Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232 I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG-please put my name on your mailing list, ffnet tt^rmoHen) NAME STROr AOORBS STATE. CITY ZIP. George Carl Morrison Brother William Tillman would appreciate it if you would contact him or Mrs. Tillman at 505 N. Island View, Long Beach, Miss. 39560. TO AVOID DUntCATION: If you an an old tubtcribar and have a ehanga Aaa^a^a onr A f . • pWWa Y^nalfnT ^^adaea^Knn I^VtwWr• Vincent Coscardll Please get in touch with Mrs. Victoria Montesanti, at 42 Sanford Street, Mattapan, Massachu­ setts 02126, as soon as possible. SIU patrolman Mike Sacco presents pension checks to two veteran Seafarers in the New York hall. At left is Julian Vista, a Seafarer for 30 years. He sailed as cook and his last ship was the Steel Artisan. At right is .Edward Tonission who sailed as oiler. He joined the SIU in 1943 in Port of New York and last sailed on the Alcoa Voyager. �July 19, 1968 SEAFARERS LOG Page Fonrteen STEEL FLTER (Isthmian Lin^ June 23—Chairman, none; Secretary, W. Karpiak. Brother W. Balch was nomi­ nated ship's delegate for this voyage. No disputed overtime or major beefs re­ ported by all three Departments. JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman Lines) June 29—Chairman T. Treddin; Secretary, Charles Slanina. Ship's dele­ gate reports payoff and loading on East Coast. Next voyage will be to Rotterdam, Bremerhaven and Southhampton and back to Gulf. A good crew on board. Many thanks to crew for their coopera­ tion. No disputed overtime reported. SANTORE (Venore) June 80—Chair­ man, S. P. Wilson; Secretary, T. A. 'Jackson. Ship's delegate reports a- few hours disputell overtime, but no beefs. Also, everything running smoothly. Dis­ cussion held on cleanliness aboard ship. A vote of thanks to stewards department for a job well done. PENN EXPORTER (Pennshipping Co.) June 9—Chairman, C. P. Moore; Secre­ tary, Z. A. Markris. Ship's delegate re­ ports all repairs have been made. A vote of thanks to the crew for making the last trip a smooth one. Hope to make this one the same. Charles P. Moore will resign as ship's delegate and Brother F. Anderegg will accept the job for the coming voyage. No beefs or disputed overtime reported. Everything running smoothly. PENN CHALLENGER (Penn Ship­ ping), June 16—Chairman, J. Sumpter; Secretary, Joseph Edwards. Ship's dele­ gate reports no beefs or disputed over­ time. FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. AU trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the truatecs-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 contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Bmu-d by certified maO, return receipt requesM. The proper address for this isEarl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1980, New York 4, N. Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls. These coiitracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live >l>o^ ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolnun or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights prop­ erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrain^ from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or monber. It has also refrained from publishing articles deraed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membenhip action at the September, 1960, meetings in all constiti^ tional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is -vested in an editorial board which consists of t|>e Executive Bimrd of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. ^ PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monlaa 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 V acquire any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member u required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every sU months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obli­ gation by any methods sudi as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other deUiis, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension bene­ fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attend­ ance at membership meetings. And like ali other SIU members at these Union meet­ ings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, in­ cluding service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union pol­ icy of allowing them to retein their good sUnding through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitle^ he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was esUblished. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any time a Seafarer feels that any of the above righu have been violated, or that he has been denied his eonstltntlonal right of access to Union records or in­ formation, he should Immediately notify SIU President Panl HaU at headqnartcrs by certified mail, return receipt requestsd. VI 4' r • • ts. 0 VJ IBERVILLE (Waterman), June — Chairman, J. Cisiecki; Secretary, A. H. Reasko. Brother Mike Curry was elected unanimously as ship's delegate. $4.26 was reported in ship's fund. No major issues or disputed overtime reported. Ship's del­ egate reports Iberville has one of the best SIU crews on board, all members working together. A vote of thanks to Steward Department, T"- a PUERTO "jllCO (Motorship Steam­ ship), June 24—Chairman, A. Mariani, Jr.; Secretary, A. Aragones. Ship's dele­ gate reports one man miSsed the ship at Ponce. No major issues. Some disputed overtime reported. Vote of thanks to all delegates for their cooperation. BEAVER VICTORY (Bulk Transport), April 30—Chairman Patrick White; Sec­ retary, Joseph Dejessa. Ship's delegate reports repair list turned in. No beefs or disputed ov^ime. HENRY (Progressive), May 26— Chairman, W. Joyner; Secretary, J. R. Abrams. Elected a new ship's delegate Brother Charles Barkins. Night cook and' baker elected unanimously. Ship's dele­ gate reports no major issues or dis­ puted overtime. OVERSEAS ANNA (Maritime Over­ seas), June 16—Chairman, M. Farsbetter; Secretary, J. F. Austin. Ship's dele­ gate reports some disputed overtime re­ ported in Deck and Engine Departments to be taken up with patrolman. Brother J. F. Austin was elected Treasurer. CHOCTAW iWaterman), June' 16— Chairman, J. W. Griggera; Secretary, W. H. Deskins. No beefs or dispute overtime, fine trip with a nice crew. $16.00 reported in Ship's Treasury. Re­ pair list turned in to Captain.- ENID VICTORY (Columbia), June 22 —Chairman, Kenneth L. Roberts; Secre­ tary, Lloyd M. Leppo. Discussed urgency of fixing domestic tanks as soon as cargo is disposed of. Need new toilet' for deck department head. No beefs reported. Ship running smoothly, and the chow was very good. SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), June 26—Chairman, Joseph Ebbole; S^ retary, Jim Caffrey. Crew decided that it's about time to get the steward de­ partment rooms and showers and the gal­ ley painted so that things are 8hip-shai>e. Everything else is going okay. It's a smooth voyage with no beefs and good chow, as usual. DAGAHA (Management Shipping A Trading), June 20—Chairman, Richard A. Morgan; Secretary, Tom Hughes. Com­ plaints aired on defective washing ma­ chine. Chairman explained new-washerdryer will be installed before start of next trip, and that a new TV had been re­ vived aboard and wUl be installed before hitting the next port DO NOT BUY Seafarers and their families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ volved, and will be amended from ' time to time.) Stftzel-Weiler Distilleries "Old Fitzgerald," "OTd Elk" "Cabin StiU," W. L. Weller Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) Kingsport Press "World Book," "Childcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes . . . Sentry, Cedar Chest, Statler Men's Shoes . . . Jarman, Johnson & Murphy, Crestworth, (Boot and Shoe Workers' Union) vl> 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, Rlchnum Jamestown Sterling Corp. (United Furniture Workers) Baltimore Luggage Co. Lady Baltimore, Amelia Earhart Staiiite luggage StarlHte luggage (International Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers Union) Brothers and SeweD Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) White Fumitnre Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) • I ff Gypsum Wallboard, Amnican Gypsum Co. (United Cement Lime and GjTsutn Workers ^International) R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co, Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Salem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) ,1, Comet Rice Mills Co. products (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) Pioneer Floor MiD (United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers Local 110, San Antonio, Texas Ginmarra Grapes (United Farm Workers) Peavy Paper Mill Products (United Papermakers and Paperworkers Union) 4> Magic Chef Pan Pacific Division (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union) SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans Ang. 13—^2:30 p.in. MobOe Aug. 14—^2:30 p.ni. Wilmington Aug. 19—^2:00 p.m. San Francisco Aug. 21—^2:00 p.in. Seattle Aug. 23—^2:00 p.m. New Ymrfc . .Aug. 5—^2:30 p.in. Philadelphia Ang. 6—^2:30 p.m. Baltimore ... Aug. 7—^2:30 p.ni. Detr<fit .... Aug. 9—2:30 p.in. Houston .... Aug. 12—^2:30 p.m. United Industrial Woricffirs New Orleans Aug. 13-—7:00 p.m. Mobile Ang. 14—^7:00 p.m. New York .. Aug. 5—^7:00 p.m. Philadelphia Aug. 6—7:00 p.in. Baltimore .. Aug. 7—^7:00 p.m. ^Houston ... Aug. 12—^7:00 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit Aug. 5—2:00 p.m. Alpena Aug. 5—^7:00 p.m. Buffalo .... .Aug. 5—^7:00 p.m. Chicago Aug. 5—7:00 p.m. Cleveland ... Aug. 5—^7:00 p.m. Dulnth Aug. 5—^7:00 p.m. Frankfort... Aug.' 5—^7:00 p.in. Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region Chicago Ang. 13—^7:30 p.m. tSanIt St. Marie Aug. 15—7:30 p.in. Buffalo Aug. 14—^7:30 p.in. Dulnth Aug. 16—^7:30 p.m. Cleveland .. .Aug. 16—^7:30 p.in. Tidedo Aug. 16—^7:30 p.in. Detroit Aug. 12—^7:30 p.ni. Milwaukee .. Aug. 12—^7:30 p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans Aug. 13—5:00 p.m. Mobile Ang. 14—5:00 p.m. Phfladelphia Ang. 6—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and un- * licensed) Aug. 7—^5:00 p.m. Nfnffdk . . .Aug. 8—5:00p.m. Honston Aug. 12—5:00 p.m. Railway Marine Region Philadelphia Aug. 13—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore Ang. 14—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. ^Norfolk Aug. 15—10 a.m. ft 8 p.iii.' Jersey City Aug. 12—^10 ^m. ft 8 p.m. tnteetins Iwlfi at Labor Temple, Sault Bbi. Marie, Mich. •Meetliw held at Labor Temple, New­ port Mews. fUMitiat held at Galveston wharves. SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union , United Industrial Workers • i-, PRESIDENT Paul Hell EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Csl Tanner Earl Shepard VICE PRESIDENTS Llndiey Wllllsmt Robert MsHhawi « •V ] SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS i7S 4th Ave., iklyn. (212) HY 127 River St. (517) EL 4-3ili •ALTIMORE, Md I2U E. iaitimore St. (301) EA 7-4700 iOSTON, Mau 177 State St. (il7) Rl 2-0140 iUFFALO, N.Y 731 Waihlnqton St. SIU (71$) TL 3.t25? IBU (71$) TL 3-72St CHICAOO, III f3fil Ewtnq Ave. . SIU (312) SA 1-0733 IBU (312) ES 5-K70 CLEVELAND, Ohio 1420 W. 2Sth St. (21$) MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mich I022E W. JefferMn 'Ave. (313) VI 3-4741 DULUTH, Minn '. 312 W. 3nd St. (2IB) RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich P.O. Boi 2B7 415 Main St. ($1$) EL 7-2441 HOUSTON, Tez 5804 Canal St. (713) WA S-3207 JACKSONVILLE, Fla 2i00 Pesri St. (704) EL 3-0707 JERSEY CITY, N J 79 Mentqcmery St. (201) HE 5-7424 MOBILE, Ala I South Lawrence St. (205) HE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS, U $10 Jackten Ave.' (504) 527-754$ NORFOLK, Vs 115 3rd St. (703) $22-1072 PHILADELPHIA, Pa 2404 S. 4lh St. (215) DE $-3810 PORT ARTHUR, Tex. ... .. 1148 Seventh St. SAN FRANCISCO, Csllf., ISO Freemont St. (415) DO 2-4401 SANTURCE, P.R 1313 Fernsndei Junces Stop 20 724-2840 SEATTLE, Wsih 2105 First Avenue (20$) MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo, 805 Dal Mar (314) CE 1-1434 TAMPA, Fla 312 Harrison St. (813) 229-2780 WILMIN6TON. Calif. .. 805 N. Marine Ave. (213) 034-2510 YOKOHAMA, Japan. .1^.^ .^ ALPENA, Mich •S8l4f7l^iSS,W •r ^ > i ' fi -"I 'J • , if*- . ."-if • -"it -1 t • m •1 �Jnlr 19, 1968 SEAFARERS LOG Page Fifteen n >> l-f • Brother Clem Slater was elected Ship's Delegate by acclamation aboard the Monticello Victory (Victory Carriers, Inc.), at the last ship's meeting. The meeting, chaired by John Crews, with Gemrge A. O'Berry as Secretary, covered "the extreme danger of the cargo this tanker is carrying, and it was stressed that to the vessel in the port of Kara­ and seconded for electric water common sense must be observed chi, Pakistan, will be taken up at fountains to be installed in the in smoking. Seafarers were re­ the pay-off. Brother Bolton says. crew messhall and crew passage­ minded not to go on the open ways below. It was suggested if a deck with lighted cigarettes. In­ crewmember signs on in Hawaii structions were also given to new Meeting Chairman James Fos­ after he has been entitled to trans­ men on the oper­ ter reports from the Colombia portation, he should be paid ation of the autoTrader (Columbia) transportation to Hawaii instead matic washing that a "discussion of San Francisco. It was also sug­ machine. was held on the gested that the company alter its Brother Slater, pros and cons of transportation-pay plan. in his new capac­ buying or renting ity as Ship's Delethe movie projec­ gate, reported tor." The ship's A vote of thanks for a fine job that there were fund contains $35 went to Brother Ewing Rihn, act­ no beefs or dis­ and a suggestion ing Ship's Dele­ Slater puted overtime as was made that gate aboard the Buckley of the latest meeting. Del Mar (Delta). each man contri­ "We have a very good crew bute $5 toward the purchase of a During the meet­ and everyone seems very happy, projector and films for each voy­ ing he told his even though we are on twelve age. The ship has a movie projec­ fellow crew mem­ The SlU'C^Mractedl Alcoa Master month's articles," Slater writes. bers that a new tor and films aboard for the cur­ (Alcoa) tied'up recently in Erie Basin, delegate would be "The steward department is rent trip, Foster informs. J. Kacdoing a very good job. The chief kor, meeting secretary, wrote that elected under new Brooklyn, to pay-off after a voyage He cook, Charley WaM, Jr., said he J. L. Buckley was elected to serve business. Latapie to Northern European ports with gen" never had it so good, what with as the new ship's delegate when asked that Sea­ a large galley to work in, and a Brother Foster resigned from that farers help keep the pantry and oral cargo. nice big room with a private bath, job. The ship is presently on the mess-hall clean during the voyage, air-conditioning to cool him Vietnam run. as well as the lounge on movie nights. He informed new crewmen after working over a hot range. of the times and places that the He regularly prepares such items From the Walter Rice, (Reyn­ movies will be shown during the as southern fried chicken, fried shrimp, etc., for a crew who likes olds Metals) Ship's Delegate John trip. Ship's Treasurer Jean LafaWhite said that pie noted that the movie fund con­ to be—but can't stay—on a diet. Seafarer Pat tained $98.00 at the moment The entire crew has nothing but Towns had to be He reported that $300 was spent praise for his culinary abilities. hospitalized in on movies for this voyage and "The cook and baker, Charley Honolulu. White that they were bought outright Locke, is preparing plenty of also noted the re­ and are now owned by the ship's goodies for coffee time. ported time of ar­ crew. All delegates reported that J "Brother T. L. Lanlgjham, who rival and payoff, all was running smoothly with no regularly ships as oiler, paid off disputes. Isidore "Curly" Weisbrot and commented this vessel last May in Portland. on water condi­ was elected to serve as the new White When the ship arrived in Houston, Ship's Delegate. All members tions for the trip. there was no oiler's job open but were asked to cooperate in bring­ Louis Greaux (le'ft) sailed as •Rreman. Checking over his papers Other delegates reported that he was , so eager to get back ing back coffee-cups and to use is SlU Headquarters Rep. Pete Drewes. Everything was in order. there were no major beefs or dis­ aboard to get more chow Montiash trays for cigarette butts. It puted overtime, and that all was cello style, he took a fireman's running smoothly. Stewards Dele­ was also pointed out that as long slot. gate Faustino H. Capado ex­ as everyone worked together, it plained that a motion was made would be a smooth voyage. Meeting Chairman Karl Hdlman reports from the Manhattan (Hudson Water­ ways), that a do­ nation was taken by crewmembers for the family of Preston Smith, who passed away Linda Fay Potter, bom May 21, Bmn Schmidt, bora April 17, on the ship as it 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Mel1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Con­ entered tl^e port vin R. Potter, Belhaven, North rad Schmidt, Sturgeon Bay, Wis­ of Singapore. Bolton Carolina. consin. Meeting Secretary Thomas Bolton wrote that "every­ Paul Latorre (le'ft) and Carlos Caraballo of the deck department, body is thanking one another. discuss the voyage with Pete Drewes and patrolman Luigi lovino. Deborah G. and Darrdl G. Melissa Renee DegriDado, born The steward thanked the crew for Wales, born May 6, 1968, to Sea­ the cooperation in keeping the farer and Mrs. William E. Wales, May 7, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Margarito Degollado, Houston, messroom clean and the crew re­ Port Arthur, Texas. Texas. sponded with a vote of thanks for the good food. It was well-pre­ ^ pared and served, Bolton wrote. Jeannine Pflug, bora May 27, Luz Flllppetti, born March 8, "Some disputed overtime in re­ 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. John 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Al­ gard to the crew being restricted berto Filippetti, Baltimore, Mary­ E. Pflug, Jr., Wood Ridge, New Jersey. land. Pay-off on Alcod Master ' i:.- <1> Money Due fV Fv Checks are being held, from the settlement of the Pacific Thunder, for the fol­ lowing Seafarers: Joseph Rohwedder, Ed­ ward D. Leger, Edv^ E. Ecbfds, RafaH Venasse and Rudfd]^ GaUlls. The men listed are request­ ed to contact the Law OfiSces of Newton B. Schwartz, 500 Branard at Oarrott, Houston, Texas 77006. ^ Daniel Andrews and J<rfui Wayne Culpepper, bora May 12, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. George W. Culpepper, Stowell, Texas. Enrique Torres, born May 18, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ivan Torres, Playa Ponce, Puerto Rico. Roy Atizado, Jr,, born May 18, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Roy Atizado, Seattle, Washington. Rohart Austin Jarvis, born April 30, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Billy Ray Jarvis, Morris, Alabama. > 5 L to R; R. Green, H. Mathes,® H. White and E. Rosario saitsd in stewar^^iBaritnent. ^1> Edward Signer, born December 25, 1967, to Seafarer and Mrs. Arthur G. Sigler, Bell Gardens, California. William and Lisa Honehrink, bora May 18, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. William Honebrink, Brooklyn, New York. a •final chock lip proparos to cast ' �Vol. XXX No. 15 •h: V SEAFARERS.LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO SlU Blood Bonk I i''; 15 . A mi ^ PROTECT YOUR LOVED ONES ever-increasing numbers, Seafarers are making appointments SIU headquarters in New York to visit the Union's clinic IandNatdonate a pint of blood to the SIU Blood Bank. All of these men are aware that in the event of an emergency their regular donations insure a ready supply of blood if they, or any member of their families in any A&G port, become ill or are injured and blood transfusions are required. Some of these Seafarers contribute enough blood to qualify as Gallon men; having donated 16 pints to the bank. Two are work­ ing toward a second gallon, feeling that if they don't need the blood themselves, it may save the life of a fellow Seafarer or one of his kin. As an example of this vital supply in time of need, a Seafarer underwent emergency major surgery in New Orleans last May and a "life-or-death" message was relayed to the SIU Blood Bank in New York. Immediately, the 30 pints called for by the surgeon were shipped to the hospital where the patient was in the recovery room. Last month another Seafarer was stricken in Chicago with bleeding ulcers and 12 pints were rushed there in time to save his life. Emergencies develop at the oddest times without warning, Vei7 few people have the financial means to purchase this large amount of blood much less be able to obtain it so quickly and without any red tape or delay. Seafarers always have the assurance that a ready supply of blood is available to them at all times and without any cost whatsoever. Prompt delivery of the vital lifesaving fluid is guaranteed. Any Seafarer, or member of a Seafarer's family who requires blood transfusions, can draw against the blood credits built up in the Union's blood bank through his local hospital. Since the SIU Blood Bank was inaugurated on January 6, 1959, a total of 6,916 pints of blood have been used to help save lives. Only through donations can this constant supply of blood be retained in the SIU Blood Bank to meet emergency calls. Any Seafarers or members of their families who wish to donate blood in New York are asked to arrange an appointment with the SIU Brooklyn clinic at their convenience. In other SIU ports, arrange­ ments for donations can be made through port agents. The life a Seafarer may save through a blood donation may well be his own or that of a loved one. V I • M,! •- '"3 � 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. 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Title A name given to the resource July 19, 1968 Description An account of the resource Headlines: GARMATZ COMMITTEE BATTLES TO SAVE MODIFIED MARITIME UPGRADING BILL SENATE-HOUSE CONFEREES AUTHORIZE $200 MILLION TO BUILD NEW SHIPS PROPELLER CLUB HEAD RAPS GOVT AIDES WHO PROMOTE MARITIME ‘DIVISIVENESS’ VICE PRESIDENT HUMPHREY URGES URBAN MARSHALL PLAN FOR CITIES AFL-CIO SEEKS SWEEPING NEW PLAN TO CHECK ESCALATING MEDICAL COSTS THE GREAT LAKES DISASTER GET OUT COMPETE FOR CARGOES, CONGRESSMAN TELSS SUBSIDIZED LINES AFL-CIO PRESIDENT MEANY CONFIRMS FORMAL DISAFFILIATION OF UAW STEEL APPRENTICE HAS CLOSED CALL WHEN VC ROCKET TEARS INTO HULL 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 07/19/1968 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. 15 1968 Periodicals Seafarers Log