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Atkinson, in its September issue. in furtherance of its new ocean strategy, which involves a threepronged military-diplomatic eco­ nomic penetration of this vital region, Atkinson reveals Russia has provided Iraq with Styx mis­ siles, is providing India with escorts and PT-boats—as well as submarines—and is also negoti­ ating with New Delhi for a base in the Andaman Islands. Soviet aims in moving into the Indian Ocean are described by Atkinson as a major part of a Moscow drive to achieve strategic superiority over the United States, to a considerable extent through a "total effort at sea." ' In pursuing this effort, the So­ viet Union is "acquiring base fa­ cilities in Hodeida in Yemen, is using Port Sudan on the Red Sea," he reveals, noting that the base sought in the Andaman Islands off the Indian mainland would be very advantageous for the new Soviet aircraft carriers and land-based Soviet naval air­ craft. Atkinson—a Georgetown Uni­ versity professor and writer on foreign affairs—stresses the im­ pact of these moves on all coun­ tries bordering the overall Indian Ocean, including Australia, and poses the question as to whether the United States will move naval forces into the areas or permit Russia to fill the power vacuum by default. The pressure of Soviet naval build-up has its counterpart in the growing impact of its mer­ chant fleet on the world's sealanes, as illustrated by figures recently published by the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Trade. Ac­ cording to these statistics, Soviet e.\ports to developing nations in­ creased 17 times between 1955 and 1967 and imports from these same countries rose six times in the same period. The fact that the Kremlin is making ever-increasing use of its merchant fleet as an economic and political tool is apparent in the drastic upswing in Soviet im­ port and export totals to newlyemergent nations. Soviet merchant ships presently transport all of that nation's ex­ port cargoes as well as half of its estimated 92 million tons of foreign import trade. In addition, the Soviets charter free world shipping to meet the balance of their foreign trade needs. However, the accelerated pace of construction in Russian shipyar'^s—if it continues to live up to Kremlin expectations—in­ dicates that the necessity for char­ tering out any cargoes at all will he cut by 50 to 60 percent in the near future Another growing aspect of the full utilization by the Soviet Union of its merchant fleet for outside foreign charter is the earning of foreign exchange which helps pay for programs at home as well as in their satel­ lite countries. Congressman Tells MTD Meeting 14 Lines Enjoy 'Quadruple' Subsidies While Two-Thirds of Fleet Starves J WASHINGTON—A member of Congress charged last week that one-third of the U.S. merchant marine has reaped "quadruple" subsidies, while the remaining two-thirds of the fleet "has been left to wallow in seas of neglect, obsolescence eqid bankruptcy." Representative Edward J. and a special tax break on funds the failure" of the Merchant Ma­ Patten (D-N.J.) said that 14 set aside for ship replacement. rine Act of 1936 to stimulate the "privileged" shipping lines re­ The Congressman told a meet­ growth of the U.S. merchant ceive up to 55 percent -of the ing sponsored by the nearly seven- marine. The 14 subsidized companies cost of building their ships; pay­ million-member AFL-CIO Mari­ ments of some $2,100 a day to­ time Trades Department that "this operate 300 ships in world trade. ward the cost of operating their discrimination in favor of a small, Patten said, while the unsubsidized ships; preferential treatment in the select group" of shipping com­ segment of the fleet consists of carriage of government cargoes; panies has been "at the root of more than 600 ships. He noted that, in 1962, the Anti-Trust Subcommittee of the Preparing for Engineers License House Judiciary Committee was sharply critical of the manner in which the subsidy system operates. He quoted from the subcommit­ tee's report, which included this language: "The subsidy program has clearly improved the welfare of a highly privileged coterie of lines which have been able to reap its benefits . . . clearly the intent of Congress in providing for subsidies was not to foster the welfare of a few dominant lines at the expense of the rest of the American mer­ chant marine, both tramp and liner alike. "To the extent that this has been done, subsidies have pro­ moted economic concentration and discouraged legitimate com­ petition, and in many respects have failed to achieve their ob, jective of advancing the combined welfare of all segments of the American fleet." Fasten noted that the unsubsi­ dized lines have put forward nu­ merous suggestions for moderniz­ ing the fleet with the emphasis on the use of government-generated military and foreign aid cargoes, plus long-term charters, to stimu­ late new ship construcMon entirely with private capital. He said that ''"W. J. Powers examines diesel engine used at SlU-MEBA, Dist. 2 as much as half a billion d'>llars "engineering school across the street from the New York hall. He in private funds would be com­ '''sdils as electrician, reefer and pumpman and is studying for his mitted to new ship construction engineer's license. Powers joined the SlU in Baltimore in 1957. under such an arrangement. In contrast to the United States government—which continues to give low priority to the promo­ tion of a strong merchant marine —the U.S.S.R. clearly considers its commercial fleet one of that nation's greatest national assets. Over half of the more than 1,400 oceangoing merchant vessels it boasts today are only five years old or younger and can carry over 10 million deadweight tons. Projected increases for the cur­ rent five-year plan ending in 1970 is an additional one million dead­ weight tons annually. It is clear from their own figi.ies that the Soviets are straining to develop a fleet larger and newer than that of this or any other country. Well-designed and technically advanced, the Russian merchant marine enjoys full gov­ ernment support as an essential element of the national economy and national defense. What this means to that Communist na­ tion's national interests— de­ fense as well as commercial— has yet to make its seemingly ob­ vious impact on the Executive Branch of the United States Gov­ ernment. Warnings by many Con­ gressmen of the Russian threat on the high seas have been under­ rated thus far. That the Soviet maritime push is making its impact on various areas of the globe—although this is not yet seen as a clearly de­ fined picture—is evidenced by the bitter political storm now brewing in Australia over an ocean freight rate war inaugurated' by the Russians. Homebound Soviet-bloc ships returning after discharging mili­ tary supplies in North Vietnam have been making strong attemps to bid for cargoes of other nations rather than returning to their home ports in ballast. Last August, the Russians offered a 15 to 20-percent reduction on carriage of all cargoes from Au­ stralia to Europe. This precipi­ tated a rate war which resulted in an intense effort to close Au­ stralian ports to all Communistbloc ships. Reminding their nation that it, too has soldiers fighting in South Vietnam, some prominent Austra­ lians are calling for legislation to prevent the Russian, Polish, and Bulgarian ships from invading the traditional Australian-United Kingdom-European trade routes. The U.S. State Department is reported to be watching the situa­ tion closely, concerned that it could break into a full-fledged maritime conflict in international world trade. With the Soviet fleet consist­ ently growing, with Russian ap­ plications to world shipping con­ ferences pending or already ac­ cepted—and with the Kremlin's stated intention to seek world commerce whether its applica­ tions are accepted or not—such conflicts are bound to occur. Con­ cern alone on the part of the U.S. government will not suffice. Action is needed. Engineer Total As Four Seafarers Upgrade Boegly Gerrish Green Preston Four additional Seafarers have graduated from the school of marine engineering sponsored jointly by the SIU and MEBA, District 2. Three of the men are new third assistant engineers while one received a second ^ that city. assistant engineer's license after Clifford Green also received a completing the course of in­ third assistant's license. An oiler, struction offered at the school fireman and electrician since join­ and then passing Coast Guard- ing the Union in 1968, Green is a conducted examinations. A total native of Waitman, Nebraska. He of 279 Seafarers now have grad­ is 43 years old and served in the uated from the school. Army from 1949 to 1951. Brother Eugene Boegly is a third as­ Green joined the SIU in Seattle sistant who formerly sailed as and lives in Vancouver, Washing­ FWT. A native of Philadelphia, ton. he makes his home in that city.. . - Engine department Seafarers The 25-year-old Seafarer joined are eligible to apply for any of the the Union in Philadelphia in upgrading programs if they are at 1961. least 19 years of age and have 18 A new second assistant engi­ months of Q.M.E.D. watchstandneer, Stanley Gerrish joined the ing time in the engine department, SIU in 1967 in the port of Port plus six months experience as Arthur, Texas. He lives in Nederr wiper or the equivalent. land, Texas, and formerly sailed Those who qualify and wish to as FOWT. The 43-year-old sea­ enroll in the School of Marine man is a native of Maine. Engineering can obtain additional Before receiving his third as­ information and apply for the sistant's license, John Preston course at any SIU hall, or they sailed as a deck engineer and can write directly to SIU head­ FOWT, The 44-year-old native quarters at 675 Fourth Avenue in of Dundee, Scotland, joined the Brooklyn, New York 11232. The SIU in the port of New Orlesliis telephone number is 212-Hyacinth in 1961 and makes his home'in 9-6600. . �Oetbb^ 11, 196a SEAFARERS LOG U.S.-Flag Tanker Fleet Slips To 12th in World Figures Page Three New Support Rallies for Humphrey As Cumpuign Picks Up Momentum WASHINGTON—A new, buoyant mood marked the campaign of Vice President Hubert H. PHILADELPHIA—The United States slipped into twelfth Humphrey amid growing signs last week that his drive for the presidency was beginning to gather place as a tanker-owning nation in 1967. Just one year ago, it momentum. occupied fifth place, thus indicating the serious and unwarranted Humphrey himself exuded further deterioration that has ^ To a crowd of more than 20,- and criticized the Administration's confidence as he capped one of taken place in this country's is directly attributable to the his best weeks since winning the 000 at the Charlotte, N. C., sports conduct of the war. large number of "runaway flag" In addition to the bombing halt, arena—three to four times more position as a leading maritime ships: vessels owned by United Democratic nomination with a than Nixon and Wallace had Humphrey proposed a "de-Ameri­ power. States companies which have three-day swing through the According to the Sun Oil Com­ transferred to Liberian registry South, declaring that his campaign drawn in previous appearances— canization" of the war by shifting pany's twenty-sixth annual tanker to escape U.S. manning and had "turned the corner." And ob­ the Vice President charged that the military responsibility to the study, released last month, Japan safety standards as well as to servers agreed that the crowds Nixon is trying to "out-Wallace South Vietnamese, an internation­ outpaced the other maritime na­ avoid paying taxes to the U.S. that greeted him at stc^s from the Wallace." He called the GOP ally supervised cease-fire and su­ pervised withdrawal of all foreign tions in tanker construction in Pacific Northwest to Jacksonville, candidate "a man who deliberately troops, and free elections among government. courted the most radical extremist 1967 as it had the previous year, The second flag-carrier was Fla., were picking up steadily, element in his own party, who the people of South Vietnam. showing the greatest growth in both in size and enthusiasm. Earlier, the Vice President had continues this appeal in his speech­ both total and average deadweight Norway, which increased its reg­ This week also included a major es, and who will be fully in their delivered slashing attacks on his tonnage under construction. As istered tonnage by 2,282,200 dur­ foreign policy address to the na­ debt should he win the presi­ opponents in addresses to two state of the beginning of this year Ja­ ing the year. tion over network television. The dency." The United Kingdom, with 5,AFL-CIO conventions. pan had 44.5 percent of the Vice President announced in the 584,000 deadweight tons under Appearing before more than world's total tanker tonnage on Humphrey continued to press construction at the beginning of broadcast that if elected he would Nixon to break his silence on key 1,500 delegates to the California order. With 18,436,000 deadweight this year, is increasing its present seek to shorten the war in Vietnam issues in the campaign and to AFL-CIO convention in Sacra­ by risking a halt in the bombing tons of tankers under construc­ fleet by 44.9 percent. avree to nationally-televised de­ mento, Humphrey assailed Nixon tion at the end of last year, this The survey showed world tank­ of the North if Hanoi showed gen­ bate, referring to his opponent as for failing to do his "homework" represents an increase of 35.9 er fleet carrying capacity at the uine interest in peace. "the shadow" and "Brand X." on the Farm Workers' grape strike Humphrey continued to ham­ and boycott. He challenged Nixon percent for Japan over the previ­ end of 1967 was equal to 7,275 Foreign Policy to join him in urging growers and ous year. This compares with 16 tank ships of the T-2 variety rep­ mer away at the conservative eco­ The Vice President's foreign nomic record of Richard M. Nix­ the union to negotiate an end to tankers totalling 694,000 dead­ resenting a gain of 634 T-2 equiv­ weight tons under contract at the alents—or 9.5 percent above on, his Republican opponent, and policy address was taped in Salt the dispute. the "strategy of organized hate" Lake City and televised nationally. "The alternative is clear," he same time in the United States— 1966. The key paragraphs said: adopted by George C. Wallace, told his cheering, table-pounding a little over one-third of the Jap­ The U.S., meanwhile takes more the third-party candidate. audience: "Bargain or boycott." "As President, I would stop the anese orders. and more of a back seat. bombing of the North as an ac­ In second place, the study Nixon Anti-Labor Recalls 'Dismal' GOP Years ceptable risk for peace because I found, was France, with 3,914,A day earlier, at the Minnesota In Portland, Ore., he recalled believe it could lead to success in 000 tons under construction. Two AFL-CIO convention in Minne­ the "dismal, disheartening years of the negotiations and thereby short­ nations declining in actual con­ apolis, the Vice President told Republican economic mismanage­ en the war. This would be the struction volume were the Soviet 1,000 delegates from unions in his ment" and contrasted them with best protection for our troops. Union and Spain. The U.S.S.R., home state that Nixon as a con­ "the 90 months of sensa'ional eco­ however, had an impressive 1,"In weighing that risk—and be­ gressman and senator had never nomic prowth and uninterrupted 260,000 deadweight tons on order fore taking action—I would place voted with working people "on a prosperity" since 1961. WASHINGTON — AFLin the world's yards. key importance on evidence—di­ "The American worker," he rect or indirect—by deed or word single issue." CIO President George Meany The world total for 1967 was Humphrey's Sacramento speech will make a series of four 1 suggested "will remember when he —of Communist willingness to re­ focused on statements by Nixon 469 tank ships—representing 41,opened each pay check with 'he store the demilitarized zone be­ five-minute, nationwide radio 444,000 deadweight tons—either dread that he might find a layoff tween North and South Vietnam. backing the big corporate growers broadcasts on the issues in the : under construction or on order. against efforts of the Farm Work­ notice in his envelope." 1968 political campaign. "If the government of North ers to win recognition and bargain Also shown by the survey was In the South, Humphrey took Vietnam were to show bad faith, collectively and labeling the un­ The series, directed to a trend to larger ships. The 1967 out af'er Wallace on the latter's 1 would reserve the right to resume ion boycott of California table AFL-CIO members and their | figures show a net increase of home grounds. Addressing a noon the bombing." families, will be on the Nai| only 28 vessels world-wide, but grapes "illegal." I tional Broadcasting Company | rally of nearly 12,000 in down­ the increase in total tonnage was Nixon should have known, The speech drew warm praise I radio network. The programs | town Jacksonville, he charged that from a number of supporters of Humphrey said, that "the strike 14,959,000. The average vessel will be aired Friday evenings | despite the former Alabama gov­ Senator Eugene J. McCarthy and and the boycott arise from the under construction at the end of at 7:45 p.m. (EST) starting | ernor's claims, he is actually an last year was 88,400 tons, com­ the late Senator Robert F. Ken­ simple fact that there is no cover­ "enemy of the working man." October 11. pared with 62,100 tons at the end nedy, who had opposed Humphrey age for farm workers under the As some stations may carry Wallace's "strategv of oreanized for the Democratic nomination National Labor Relations Act." of 1966. the broadcasts at a different hate," Humphrey declared, can, if As leading flag of registry, Li­ hour, local stations should be left unanswered, "lead America to beria continued to top the list i checked for exact broadcast disaster just as surely as the rad­ with 22.7 percent of the world's times. ical tac'ics of the shouters and carrying capacity—up from 22.2 disrupters." percent the previous year. This IAFL-CIOPres.Meanyi To Make Broadcasts On Election Issues Hearings on ^Mldbody' Bill Scheduled by Senate Unit Home State Labor gave Vice President Humphrey a roaring welcome at the Minnesota AFL-CIO convention attended by 1,000 delegates. There and at California AFL-CIO convention he charged Richard Nixon, as a congressman and senator, never voted with working people on a single issue. WASHINGTON—Hearings were scheduled to get underway this week on the "Midbody" bill starting October 9 before a sub­ committee of the Senate Commerce Committee. The measure, H.R. 163, was ^ passed by the House on July built outside of the country or 15 and the Senate Commerce documented under foreign regis­ Committee later voted the bill out try after June 12 of this year favorably but, following protests would be eligible to carry mili­ tary cargoes or government-spon­ from opponents, recalled it for the sored cargoes until such a vessel hearings. Stressed by many legislators as had been documented under the one of the two bills on maritime laws of the United States for a that could and should be passed term of three years. An exception before adjournment, the proposed would be made for any vessel legislation would prevent vessels caught in the process of compet­ built or rebuilt outside the United ing arrangements for such carriage States or documented under for­ at the time of passage. The other measure which had eign registry from carrying car­ reached the point where passage goes restricted to ships of the in this session is considered pos­ United States. Spelled out is a definition of the sible is H.R. 159, the Independent term "built or rebuilt outside of MARAD bill. This was passed by the United States" so that it in­ the House in October, 1967 by an cludes the construction or altera­ overwhelming vote of 324 to 44, tion abroad of any major compo­ and has been favorably reported nent of the hull or superstructure out by a I7-to-I vote of the Sen­ of a vessel. Under the language ate Commerce Committee. Full of the bill, no vessel built or re­ Senate action is pending. �lE^'our 01 1SEAFARE!^S^ Ldfc Boycott Makes Grape Sales Tumble As Country-Wide Support Snowballs BALTIMORE—Grape sales in this area dropped 48 percent in the first two months of a unionorganized boycott against California table grapes, the Baltimore Sun reported this month. The same paper quoted the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture and the California State Department of Agriculture as saying that table- ^ grape shipments to the nation's ceeded in winning more than a California grapes for city institu­ 20 largest metropolitan areas dozen collective bargaining agree­ tions "for the duration." have declined an average of 15 ments from the wine grape indus­ • Lawrence Cardinal Shehan of percent below last year, though try but none from the united table Baltimore declared "our refusal to this year's crop is 13 percent grape growers. buy table grapes at this time is a It launched its nationwide boy­ small deprivation for the sake of larger. The Los Angeles Times noted cott this year after the growers the human rights of a most ne­ that "behind the boycott of Cal­ had rejected all attempts to get glected segment" of society. ifornia's table grapes is the dec­ them to start contract talks, or to • Bishop John Wright, Pitts­ ades-long, bitter and unsuccessful recognize the right of employees burgh, announced he has stopped effort to organize farm workers to select a bargaining agent. The eating grapes and hopes people who are among the lowest paid farm workers called 7,500 grape will follow his example. He said pickers to their cause in the San workers in the nation." "I like grapes but I like people Its news service reported re­ Joaquin Valley of California and more." cently that small bands of farm won widespread public backing • The general board of the workers have visited every major for the pickers who are not pro­ National Council of the Churches city in the United States, and sev­ tected by any labor laws. eral in Canada, in the "most mas­ Last May the AFL-CIO Execu­ of Christ in America called on sive boycott of its kind in history" tive Council endorsed the boycott members to refr?in from eating —an effort that has become a new and called on all labor to support California grapes until union reccause for organized labor, in co­ the struggling union. It noted that o~nition or good-faith bargaining operation with churches and other farm workers do not enjoy the is assured. groups. legal protections of the law in • The Minnesota Rabbinical The AFL-CIO's United Farm organizing, and charged Califor­ Association and other church Workers Oreanizing Committee, nia growers with entering into a groups also backed the boycott chartered three years ago with conspiracy to destroy the union. and ur^ed their congregations to Cesar Chavez as director, has sueThe growers have since issued do likewise. statements belittling the boycott UFWOC headquarters in De­ as a minor irritation. Presidential lano, Calif., estimated its boycott candidate Hubert H. Humphrey has cost the growers $3.7 million and Edmund S. Muskie, his run­ so far this year in lost wholesale ning mate on the Democratic sales. ticket, stronelv backed the prape The area of larpest decline, ac­ pickers. GOP Candidate Richard cording to Agriculture Department M. Nixon called the boycott "il­ reports, is New York City where The SlU-contracted Columbia legal." shipments declined 58 percent be­ Trader (Columbia Steamship Other developments; low last year's figure. In Boston Company) was stuck on the rocks • The mayors of several major as well as Baltimore, the decline at Waglan Island near Hong Kong recently, but after five days, ef­ cities banned the buying of all was 48 percent. forts to drag her off proved suc­ cessful. Following repairs, she completed her voyage and is re­ turning to the West Coast, a com­ pany spokesman told the LOG from Portland, Oregon. Checks are being held at SIU Headquarters, 675 Fourth Ave­ The 7,600-ton freighter had nue, Brooklyn, N. Y., for the Seafarers listed below for money bunkered in Hong Kong on Au­ due them on the vessels shown. Men whose names are listed gust 6 and was proceeding to Viet­ should get in touch with Union headquarters as soon as possible. nam from that port when she ran Name aground. Five days of maneuver­ Ship Claim ing were required before tugs from Alvin Jayne Mt. Petrochem Disputed Overtime the Taikoo Dockyard in Hong Donald Domenlcl Petrochem Disputed Overtime Kong were able to drag the ship Generosa Espada Petrochem Disputed Overtime free with the use of chains and Leandro Correa Petrochem Disputed Overtime anchors. The vessel then returned Kerry Choi Petrochem Disputed Overtime to Hong Kong for repairs. Walter Kublak Petrochem Disputed Overtime Eail H. Be^mer Penn Carrier Disputed Overtime Sails for Vietnam Calvin R. Smith Transwestern Disputed Overtime Following these minor repairs, Daniel J. McLaren Transwestern Disputed Overtime the Columbia Trader then sailed Thomas E. Hanson Hope Valiant Transportation for DaNang, Vietnam, on Sep­ Donald Kershaw Valiant Hope Transportation tember 14. The crew is scheduled Warren Weiss Niagara Lodging to pay-off in California later this James Gleason Seatrain New YorkDisputed Lodging month. Damage to the .ship was Fred Patterson Seatrain New YorkDisputed Lodging slight and there were no injuries Joseph L. Chapeau Kent Lodging reported. Some cargo in the No. Cyril Gauthier Kent Lodging 2 lower hold was damaged how­ J. Walsh Midlake Standby Wages ever. The cargo, which included D. Shattuck Midlake Standby Wages beverages and food stuffs, had to Bohhy V. Carter Alcoa Master Transportation be removed to lighten the ship be­ David J. Flynn Alcoa Master Transportation fore rescuing operations could be J. Rose Rambam Retroactive Wages sucessfully completed. C. Cummings Rambam Retroactive Wages Marine, Urban Services and A. Samawi Rambam Retroactive Wages Public Works Department person­ J. Saunders Rambam Retroactive Wages nel effectively kept Big Wave and Roy L. Frank Seatrain San. Juan Unclaimed W?ges Shek O beaches in Hong Kong Albion Victory Emil H. Kjono One Day's Wages clear of unavoidable oil slick John B.- Gardner, Jr. Norberto C?pay Refund which seeped from the ship. Norberto Capay Refund Onofre F. Rando Beaches in the area were closed to Marore Jose R. Rodriguez Disputed Overtime the public briefly, while an esti­ Haralamhos C. Menicou Wilmar Lodging mated ten tons of oil—^brought in C. Hemandes Summit Wages by the tide— were sprayed with S. Hommen Summit Wages detergent. A fireboat, Alexander D. Mangual Afoundria Wages Grantham, used highspeed air jets F. San^ana Afoundria Wages •|" to minimize pollution, of the wa­ Robert Miller Del Mar Refund ters around Waglan. Beaches were R. South Refund Isthmian Lines ' qiiickly reopened—unharmed— tothepiblic. Columbia Trader Safely Refloated Hear Hong Koug Money ')! : 11,'i^fcs United Farm workers picket outside the offices of Nation's Business at 7! I Third Avenue, New York, last week. They were protesting a full page advertisement the magazine bought in the N.Y. Times attacking their three-year-old strike against California grape growers. Farm workers denounced ad as technique to break boycott of table grapes. Hew Satellite Havigation System Hailed as Boon to World's Shipph^ SAN FERNANDO, Calif.—A new navigation technique, en­ abling any vessel at sea to determine its position to within one-tenth of a nautical mile in all kinds of weather through the use of manmade satellites, has been hailed » On board ship the ITT equip­ as a coming boon for the ship- ment determines the position of ing industry. the vessel with respect to the satel­ Tests of the equipment used in lite's known location at the instant the operation indicate that the of the broadcast. It does this by vessel will be able to accurately automatically measuring varia­ forecast the time it will arrive in tions in broadcast frequency— a port so that arrangements can produced by the natural phe­ be made in advance for dockage, nomenon known as the Doppler the unloading and loading of Effect—as the satellite goes by. cargo, and other time-consuming Since the received frequency details. varies from the known frequency Practical tests of the equipment broadcast by the satellite in ex­ have proven highly successful. It actly predictable amounts, de­ makes use of U.S. Navy polar pending on the satellite's distance orbiting satellites first launched in from the ship, the computer on 1964 and now available to most the vessel can determine the nations. Specially trained person­ exact position and then print out nel is not required to operate the results on the teleprinter. the largely automatic equipment which consists of a navigation re­ ceiver, a small general-purpose shipboard data processor, a con­ ventional teleprinter and an an­ tenna preamplifier assembly. Aids Fishing Vessels The new system was developed by the Federal Laboratories Divi­ MIAMI BEACH—Andrew A. sion of International Telephone Pettis was unanimously voted pres­ and Telegraph Corporation, which ident of the Marine & Shipbuild­ has its headquarters here. Accord­ ing to Dr. Arnold Levine, vice- ing Workers here by delegates to nresident, the satellite guide sys­ the 24th biennial convention. A pall of deep mourning over­ tem will be especially beneficial shadowed the opening of the fouras a navigation aid to fishing boats day session as delegates voiced and vessels engaged in oil ex­ their sorrow for deceased Presi­ ploration or oceanographic stud­ dent John J. Grogan, 54, who died ies, as well as general commercial Sept. 16 in Jers^ City, suddenly shipping. N.J. Grogan had occupied the Levine outlined operation of presidency for the past 18 years. the system as follows: Pettis, 62, had been vice presi­ Navy satellites circle the earth dent and legislative head since continually, crossing over the 1951, after serving as New Eng­ North and Sou^h Poles. Each land regional director. fomoletes an orbit every 108 min­ For the past 17 years Pettis has utes and broadcasts its position been the Shipbuilders chief conregularly throughout each lap. 'tact man on federal legislation Pettis got his start in union af­ There are four satellites in orbit and the average time between fairs during World War II when passes at, for example, 30 degrees he was active in Local 505, the latitude, would be 60 minutes for CIO union at the South Portland, a precision navigation fix—de­ Me., shipyard. pending on the relative position He was local union president of the satellites and the location in 1944 and 1945 until he resigned of the vessel. The exact orbit of to become the union's New Eng­ each satellite is determined by land regional director. In 1946 he U.S. Navy radar measurements, was elected to the national execu­ processed by computers on the tive board of the union and in oround. Twice daily the infonna- 1951, when Grogan moved into tion is fed back into the electronic the or«*si4pncy, he was named to "memories" of the satellites so succeed him as vice president. He fhev can broadcast 'heir exact Tb- was subsequently re-elected seven times. cation every two minutes. ! Shipbuilders Vote Pettis President, Mourn Grogan �October 11,J96S Page Fiee SEAFARERS LOG At The Baltimore Hall Humphrey Seen Clear Labor Choice In editorialhyAFL-CIO President a-S;:-, i^cv- P. Losado, who sailed in engine department, waits for a haircut in the barber shop at the SlU hall in Baltimore. Brother Losado is on an SlU pension and still proudly displays his Union book. 3 More Seafarers Upgraded By SlU Deck Officers School Three more Seafarers have received a deck officer's license after passing examinations conducted by the Coast Guard following their completion of the course of study offered at the Deck Officers school sponsored by the SIU f Rudolph Loizzi, a newly-li­ and the Associated Maritime censed third mate, previously Officer's Union. sailed as AB. The 31-year-old Two men are new Seafarer joined the Union in the third mates and Port of New York in 1960. He the other earned lives in New York City, where he his second niate's was born. ticket. A total of 40 Seafarers have thus far received licenses through the school. Maytum John Maytum is a new second mate after having previously sailed as AB and bosun. A native of Providence, Rhode Is­ land, he continues to make his home in that city. Brother Maytum Lewallen Loizzi joined the SIU in 1957 in the Port of New York. He is 36 years old. Joseph Lewallen is a third mate who formerly sailed as bosun and AB. The 50-year-old native of North Carolina joined the SIU in New York in 1947. He makes his home in Ashboro, North Car­ olina. The training program, operated under a reciprocal agreement be­ tween the SIU and the Associated WASHINGTON—Two more Maritime Officers Union, is the ships, the Cypriot-flag Akmeon, a first of its type in the industry. tanker, and the Italian-flag freigh­ Applicants can begin training ter Somalia, have been added to at any time. The period of in­ the Cuba blacklist, it was an­ struction is determined by each nounced this month by the Mari­ member's individual ability and time Administration, and will knowledge, and his preparation to henceforth be barred from carry­ take the examination. ing U.S. Government-generated The training program was in­ cargoes. stituted in line with the SIU's The total number of vessels on objective of encouraging and as­ the blacklist as of September 1 of sisting unlicensed personnel to this year stands at 191, two less upgrade themselves. than the previous report's total, Seafarers can participate in the despite the addition of the new course of instruction at no cost ships, MARAD said. to themselves. They will be pro­ This stems from the fact that vided with meals, hotel lodgings four vessels listed on the earlier and subsistence payments of $110 report have been removed. Three per week while in training. of these were deleted because they This in-training assistance is have been broken up and the fourth, the Greek-flag Calliopi the same as that available to Michallos, was dropped after its engine department Seafarers who owners pledged that this vessel— are enrolled in the union training and two others they own—will not program to prepare engine depart­ ment men for their licensed engi­ be used again to trade with Cuba. neer's examination. In all, 120 ships have been SIU deck department men in­ stricken from the list since it was first established on January 1, terested in the program should apply at any SIU hall. 1963, MARAD noted. MARAD Places Two More Ships On Cuba Blacklist (The following editorial, entitled 'Humphrey: A Clear Choice,' and signed by AFL-CIO Presi­ dent George Meany, is reproduced from this month's issue of the official AFL-CIO magazine AMERICAN FEDERATIONIST.) On November 5, the American people will choose their President for the next four years. They can vote for either— HUBERT H. HUMPHREY, a staunch friend of the worker throughout his public life and a supporter of unions in good times and bad; or RICHARD M. NIXON, friend of corpora­ tions and the wealthy and a co-author of the Taft-Hartley Act; or GEORGE C. WALLACE, a racist and dem­ agogue, once governor of a state known for low wages, poor working conditions and weak unions. Their campaigns are as different as the men themselves and as different as their records. Humphrey has run on his record as a proven liberal, talking to the country of his plans and programs, and his party's platform—one that is sound, sensible and achievable. Nixon has failed to discuss any major issues; refused to debate; placed an embargo on ques­ tions about key problems; adopted the Dewey technique of pretending he is above political discussions. His party's platform is one of reactionary generalities designed to appease the Strom Thurmonds in the party. Wallace has offered no programs or pro­ posals except racism; has attacked every liberal law and sought to arouse fear and prejudice. He has no platform, but is attempting to divide America at a time when division aids only the enemies of the United States. Humphrey's campaign has been hampered by a concerted, well-planned and well-financed at­ tempt to drown out his voice and his reasoned discussion. In state after state, the same groups of loud-mouthed disrupters—calling themselves liberals—have attempted to keep their fellow citizens from even hearing Humphrey's words. Nixon's campaign has been marked by the most expensive, well-planned blanket of political advertisements on television, radio and in the press in the nation's history. He has substituted glamour and razzle-dazzle for discussion. Wallace's campaign has been confined to a single speech—repeated endlessly—which can only be characterized as a litany of fear. How should workers judge these three men? The AFL-CIO believes they should be judged on their records. Humphrey's appeal has been honest and forth­ right. He has asked for labor's support on the basis of his 100 percent record of support for labor. He has been the worker's friend and he deserves the worker's support now. Nixon has attempted to conceal his record and avoid the issues. He has promised to sup­ port tax gimmicks to make America's profitswollen corporations even more profitable. The Wallace record is the record of Alabama —naked race discrimination, low wage rates, high crime rates, poor compensation for work­ ers when they are unemployed or injured on the job, poor schools, little help for the poverty stricken and high taxes for workers and low taxes for corporations. What would be the result if each were elected? Wallace would undertake to smash America's unions—for they stand as a firm bulwark against dictatorship and the only way Wallace could redeem his promises would be as a dictator. Nixon would seem to pass the anti-union bills now pending in the Congress—many authored by Strom Thurmond, the man who engineered Nixon's nomination. Humphrey would be a liberal, as he has been during all his public life, dedicated to improving and extending the legislative victories workers have won in the eight years of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Unions would grow, union-won benefits would be improved and America would continue to move forward. To American workers, the choice must be clear. Humphrey deserves, should have and will have our enthusiastic support. One more point must be added: Wallace has no chance of victory. Every vote he receives outside the South is really a vote for Nixon. Few self-respecting trade union members would ever vote for Nixon, but any union mem­ ber who allows his fears to outweigh his judg­ ment and casts his vote for Wallace is only aiding Nixon. I am confident the workers will weigh all the facts. They will realize that everything they have won because they were united in their unions can be taken away by an anti-union President. They will realize that medicare, social security, aid to education, decent housing legislation, a good minimum wage bill—all of their legis­ lative victories—will be in danger. I am confident that when workers consider the alternatives they will vote for their friends —Hubert H. Humphrey for President and Ed­ mund S. Muskie for Vice President. That is the way to victory—for workers, for America, and for the free world. Turkish Labor Team Visits SIU A Turkish labor team visited Union headquarters recently. Among the highlights was a tour of the engineering school the SIU operates with District 2, MEBA. SIU Rep. Frank Pecquex describes a diesel engine used in instruction. At far left are interpreter Aydogan Hakman and Frank Margiotta of the SIU's editorial department. Team manager Anthony Ambrosi is in back. Other members of the visiting union group looking on are: Mehmet Aksoy, Ali Albayrak, Yakup Kayabasi, Emir Postaci. Altan Sonmez, Hasan Tanabas and Salhattin Tankutay. They also paid visit to union hall, clinic and gym. �^iige Six SEAFARERS LOC U.S. Reliance on Foreign-Flag Ships Seen 'Enormous Danger' by Hathaway ffciobfel- n;* 1^68 Supporting Hump/irey-Aluskie WASHINGTON—This country's reliance on foreign-flag vessels in the carriage of import-export cargoes and particularly those containing strategic materials was declared an "enormous dan­ ger" recently by Representative William D. Hathaway (D-Me.). The Maine congressman also hit hard at the loss to the U.S. ^ ; 7-; r—77 our imports and less than !0 per­ • Conversely, the levy of extra international trade balance in­ cent of our exports.' duty on all imports arriving in curred by the use of such ships. Another danger deplored by this country aboard foreign-flag "These are the 'runaway-flag' Hathaway was the U.S. balance vessels. ships—the ones which have fled of payments deterioration. • Closing of loopholes in pres­ U.S. registry in order to avoid "Every dollar we pay to a for­ ent laws governing shipment of U.S. taxes, U.S. wages and U.S. eign-flag ship represents a dol­ foreign-aid cargoes, food-forsafety standards," he said. "This lar's loss in the balance of pay­ peace cargoes and military car­ fleet of American-owned but for­ ments. Every dollar we pay to goes, so that these shipments are eign-registered vessels is now have an American-flag vessel carried exclusively on Americanlarger than the entire American- carry our imports and exports flag ships. The SlU helped rally support for the Humphrey-Muskie ticket on flag fleet." means a dollar added to the plus• Enactment of new legisla­ Fulton Street in downtown Brooklyn and elsewhere in the city on Hathaway noted that 28 per­ side of the balance-of-payments cent of our trade was carried larg­ ledger," he noted. "Even though tion requiring that a fixed por­ HHH day in New York last week. The union is supporting the ely by the runaway Liberian-flag American ships are carrying only tion of goods arriving in the Democratic nominees all the way in this very crucial election. fleet alone, and that this was more about six percent of our goods, U.S. under licenses or quotas be than four times what the entire they are earning or conserving $1 carried on American-flag ships. American-flag fleet carries. billion a year in international pay­ Such cargoes would include petro­ "This reliance on foreign-flag ments. So the serious problem we leum products, sugar and mo­ ships is more pronounced when face in the balance of payments lasses. you look at the subject of stra­ could be overcome by expanding Such a program, Hathaway tegic materials—the raw materials the merchant marine." said, should be followed by other which are vital to our national TOLEDO—Maryland Governor Spiro T. Agnew managed to actions to strengthen our fleet— Four-Point Program defense and our industrial output. do it again—and again—during a one-day visit here. building new ships to replace the Hathaway urged a program to There are 77 of these strategic The Republican vice presidential candidate added to his list old and providing adequate sub­ materials which either entirely or plug the dollar drain which would sidies to help all U.S.-flag vessels of "foot-in-the-mouth" bloopers "a labor lawyer by trade" and substantially are imported from include the following points: compete on a day-to-day basis during an outdoor rally in down­ denounced the boycott of struck • Incentives to American firms abroad," Hathaway told a meet­ against the low-wage shipping of town Toledo. shipping their goods abroad in California grapes as an "unfair ing sponsored by the nearly sevenforeign countries. First he described himself as tactic," million member AFL-CIO Mari­ ships flying the American flag. Instead of a boycott, Agnew time Trades Department. said, the union's representatives U.S. Carriage 'imperative' should be "sitting across the bar­ "The very nature of strategic gaining table" and trying to settle materials makes their carriage on their dispute "in the traditional American-flag vessels imperative," American fashion." he stated. Just a few weeks earlier, Rich­ Hathaway charged that the neg­ ard M. Nixon likewise denounced By Sidney MargoUns lect of the Merchant Marine con­ the grape boycott as "illegal" and tinues at a time when our inter­ said the issue should be settled culated but not by management. The individual The Case of the Fake Social national trade has been growing by the National Labor Relations worker may remember only that he found it on at a fantastic rate, with the bulk Board. Security Scare his machine or desk or that another employee of the increase being in waterHe was promptly reminded by handed it to him. It would take a Perry Mason to track down borne carriage. Airlines carry the AFL-CIO Executive Council You might suspect a conspiracy, but a conspir­ whoever is responsible for passing out the leaflets only a fraction of one percent of and the United Farm Workers Or­ claiming "There is a bill before Congress that acy couldn't work as well. More possibly, the our imnort-export cargo, he ganizing Committee that farm would destroy the Social Security Act." persistence of the leaflets and the anxious reaction pointed out. workers are not covered by fed­ indicates that people still have some of the fears Some people who have read the leaflet have "In 1950," the congressman eral labor law and, since the grape become very agitated. They have written to their that social security will change or be abolished stated, "44 percent of all U.S. growers refuse to recognize the Congressmen and phoned union offices express­ hanging over from the Goldwater election cam­ imoorts and 33 percent of all union or bargain, the workers paign in 1964. This climate of anxiety over so­ ing fear that Social Security will be destroyed. U.S. exports traveled aboard must strike and boycott. Since most people have to depend on Social cial security apparently has been extended by American-flag ships. By last year, A Lawyer Should Know Security for their basic old-age income, the leaf­ magazine and newspaper stories since then, such our own vessels were reduced to as the one in Readers Digest last year. It alleged As a lawyer as well as a presi­ lets are enough to scare anyone. They say that carrying a mere five percent of that social security funds were going to finance dential candidate, the union sug­ a bill pending before Congress would "channel "foreign aid, the moon race . . .," etc. gested, Nixon should know that. the money you have paid, and will pay in the But Agnew, as a self-styled "la­ Some well-meaning but thoughtless people have future, into welfare programs with the Adminis­ S]EAFARERS^LOG bor lawyer," apparently didn't pyramided the rumor without first checking on it. tration empowered to determine what retirement know it ei'her—even though ex­ benefit, if any, you would receive . . ." The leaf­ During an American Legion meeting in one East­ tension of the National Labor Re­ Oct. II, 1968 • Vol. XXX, No. 21 let goes on to say: "Aside from the fact that this ern city, the commander read the flyer. There Official Publication of the lations Act to farm workers has would be outright confiscation of the money you was a murmur of outrage from the audience. He Seafarers International Union been blocked by a Republicanhave paid into the Social Security Fund over the suggested they write their Congressman. Later it of North America, Dixie coalition in Congress. years, no man should have this power. There are turned out that the commander had picked up the Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes Then Agnew sharply criticized and Inland Waters District, a lot of power-mad people in our country who flyer at the place where he worked. AFL-CIO Toledo's Mayor William Ensien, would like to get their hands on the billions in the Never pay any attention to any anonymous leaf­ Executive Board a Democrat, for not meeting him Social Security program in order to dole it out let like this one. Also, here are the true facts to PAUI. HALL, President at the airport. He had to get the to their political supporters . . . Let your Con­ help you quiet any rumors that may float around CAL TANNER EARL SHEPARD traditional "key to the city" from Exec. Vice-Pres. Vice-President gressman and Senator know how you feel about your own place of employment or town: a Republican member of the city AL KERB LINDSEY WILLIAMS House Bill 5710," • There is no House Bill 5710 now before Sec.-Treas. Vice-President council, Agnew complained. The Social Security Administration tells us that Congress. AL TANNER ROBERT MATTHEWS The next morning, the Toledo Vice-President Vice-President these flyers first turned up last summer in the • Social Security Commissioner Robert M, Blade run a front paee picture Memphis area. They were traced to a local busi­ Director of Publications Ball states that there are no other bills that would MIKE POLLACK of Mayor Ensign presenting the nessman who first bragged about calling the leaf­ Editor citv's traditional "lass key to Ag­ let to the attention of his employees by posting it "channel the money into welfare programs" or HARRY WITTSCHEN "provide for a test of need" for social security, new at the airport. The mayor was on the bulletin board. Then he said he had been Assistant Editors or "give discretion to administrators in determin­ ouoted as spying that he had "a PETER WEISS misled by something he had read. WILL KABP ing the amount of benefits." large tag" on his lapel identifying BILL MOORE A little later the same leaflets appeared in himself. Staff Photographer • There was a House Bill 5710 last year. It Georgia under windshields in supermarket park­ ANTHONY ANSALDI An aide to Agnew said there ing lots around Atlanta, in faculty mailboxes at never would have done any of the things de­ would be no apology. The Repub­ the University of Georgia at Athens, and in other scribed. After some changes it became House PiMlifctd kIwMkly at 810 Bhoilt liland Annn lican candidate, he said, was apH.E., WaihlnftOR, D. C, 20018 ky the Seafarplaces. Then there was a flurry in Chicago, Cali­ Bill 12080. It was enacted into law early this en Interaatlanal Ualan, Atlantic, Gilt, Lakat oarenMy "misinformed as to who year; increased social security benefits; made more fornia and Florida. and Inland Watan Oiitrlet, AFL-CIO, 675 Foirth Annaa, Brooklyn, H.Y. 11232. Tel. the guy was" who presented the people eligible, and made some improvements in Investigators have had a devil of a time track­ Hyacinth 9-6600. Second claw yoaUia yald Medicare, key. at Waihiniteni, D. C. ing down the source. By the time the social se­ POSTMASTEB'S ATTEHTIOH: Form 3579 curity district offices went out to trace the origin, There was no change in the regulations regard­ cardc choald he cant ta Saafarara Inlarnatlanil These were just the latest of a Union, Atlantic, Golf, Lakat and Inland the track was cold. Even central office investiga­ ing your right to benefits, or the way they are growing list of incidents in which .Waken Olctrlct, AFL-CIO, 675 Foirth Annn. Bmklyn, N.Y. 11232. tors have hit the same dead end. They go to the figured. As before, benefits are paid as a matter Agnew has shown himself to be factory where the flyer was given out; manage­ of earned right with no requirement that you have misinformed since his nomination ment knows nothing about it, or knows it was cir­ to show financial need. by the GOP, Agaew Contimiiag Well Off Course— HHanages Two Bloopers la One Doy YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH Seafarer's, Guide to Better Buying �October 11* 1968 Pmge Seven SEAFARERS LOG Nixon's 'Juggling' of Facts Aimed at Confusing Workers WASHINGTON—Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon is ignoring facts and resorting to "statistical juggling designed to con­ fuse the American worker," AFL-CIO President George Meany de­ clared recently in refuting a Nixon statement contending that workers have been "marking time for the last three years because of the eco­ nomic policies that my opponent applauds." Meany recalled that Nixon had opened his campaign on Labor Day "with a falsehood," claiming that the average worker has lost $1,000 in income through inflation since the last presidential election. "The AFL-CIO promptly nailed that claim," Meany said, "pointing out that since the last presidential election the average worker with a wife and two children had gained more than $400 in real wages after deductions for price increases and taxes." Turning to Nixon's latest charges, Meany said the facts show that pay envelopes over the past three years "have kept pace with, and exceeded, price increases brought on by the profit and pricing policies of giant corporation." "During this same period," he continued, "the American worker has won substantially higher minimum wages, a vastly improved social security system including medicare, badly needed housing legislation and a federal education program that was long overdue." Meany also noted that during the past three years the nation "has been engaged in a massive war effort to preserve the freedom of South Vietnam and it has met this economic challenge without wage or price controls." This preservation of a free economy, he added, represents "an ex­ traordinary and unparalled achievement of Administration policy, under the most difficult circumstances." 'Hard and Clear' Nixon, he said, ienores these facts, but "no amount of statistical juggling" by the candidate can obscure the "hard and clear" truth: "The American worker has been better off during the eight years of Kennedy, Johnson and Humphrey than at any other eight-year period in history. "During that time, the worker engaged in manufacturing, married and supporting two children, has had a total increase in real wages of $14.30 a week. During the Eisenhower-Nixon years, the comparable figure was $6.84. "During the eight years of Kennedy, Johnson and Humphrey there has been no recession; the Eisenhower-Nixon record was three reces­ sions in. eight years. "During the past eight years, 10 million more people have become employed and unemployment has dropped by one million, a decline of almost 26 percent." These are truths, Meany concluded, "and campaign oratory won't change them." The presidency of the Fire Fighters changed hands last month as officers elected at the union's Washington convention in August began their terms. W. H. McClennan, who has been vice presi­ dent for the New England area, began his two-year term as presi­ dent. William D. Buck, president of the Fire Fighters since 1957, became the union's first president emeritus, with advisory duties and status as a delegate-at-large to the union's convention. Albert E. Albertoni continues as the union's secretary-treasurer. • * * International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers President Gor­ don M. Freeman, who has headed the IBEW for the past 13 years, retired October 1. The union's ex­ ecutive council, in accepting the resignation with "deep regreat/' named 49-year-old Charles H. Pillard, a member of the council since May 1961, to succeed Free­ man. Freeman, 71, was chosen to head the IBEW in 1955, as suc­ cessor to the late J. Scott Milne. He was unanimously re-elected at all subsequent union conventions. Pillard, who was initiated into the IBEW in 1940, has been business manager of the union's Local 41 in Buffalo, N.Y. since 1952. iK * m Affiliates of the Clothing Work­ ers in New York have made a grant of $40,000 to the New York Urban Coalition to construct a mini-park in a poverty area. The park, part of a rehabilitation pro­ gram being undertaken by an East Harlem community group, will be the first of 100 mini-parks which the coalition has pledged to build in the city's poverty sections. The ACWA grant is part of the union's $250,000 commitment to urban coalitions around the nation. » » >K The AFL-CIO's Internal Dis­ putes Plan has maintained its suc­ cessful use of mediation with the percentage of cases settled on this level running at 60 percent so far this year. Since the plan was ini­ tiated in 1962, 810 complaints have been received and 481 have been settled at the first-stage me­ diation level. Of the 292 deter­ minations by impartial umpires, violations of the plan set up under Article XX of the federation's con­ stitution were found in 97 cases. The Executive Council subcom­ mittee set up under the plan has received 53 complaints of non­ compliance with the determina­ tions of the impartial umpires and achieved compliance in 27 cases. Non-compliance was found in 13 cases, six were withdrawn and seven cases are pending. ^j|| They've done it again. A minority of vicious labor-haters and ultra-reactionaries, by conducting an outrageous and vile fili­ buster-attack on the United States Supreme Court and on the President's nomination of Abe Fortas as Chief Justice, have caused the nominee to withdraw his name from con­ sideration. And this despite the 11-6 rec­ ommendation of the Senate Judiciary Com­ mittee that the Senate "advise and consent" to the nomination. In withdrawing, the distinguished Asso­ ciate Justice issued a statement which must strike any fair-minded citizen with a sense of shame and concern. "Continued efforts to secure confirmation . . . even if ultimately successful, would re­ sult in a continuation of the attacks upon the Court which have characterized the filibuster —attacks which have been sometimes ex­ treme and entirely unrelated to responsible criticism," Justice Fortas noted. He went on to state: "I pray that we shall see, in all of our nation, renewed dedication to the principles of fairness and justice and moderation, with­ out which our democracy cannot continue." It is a sad day which sees the American people robbed of the services of a most ca­ pable and superbly qualified man in the highest judicial position this country has to offer by the efforts of a notorious crew of old-line Dixiecrats and anti-labor Republi­ cans. These hate mongers have been waging war. not only directly on the Supreme Court, but fundamentally on the extension of civil liberties which has been the hallmark of the "Warren" court. Make no mistake about it. Strom Thur­ mond, Sam J. Ervin Jr., Robert P. Griffin (that prolific writer of anti-labor legislation) and the entire coterie have been working overtime not only to try to push the clock backwards but mainly to create a climate wherein progress is belittled and champions of progress are intimidated. This bully-rag approach to the highest court in the land was powerful enough to produce a vote of 43 against cloture to 45 in favor—just 14 votes shy of the two-thirds needed to put an end to the shameful fili­ buster which prevented the Senate from voting. President Johnson is now left with two choices. He can drop all plans for placing before the Senate the name of a distinguished jurist. This would leave the choice of a successor to Chief Justice Warren for the next President to deal with in 1969. Or he can send up for nomination the name of a nonentity whom even the know-nothings would accept. It is small wonder that the President, in reluctantly accepting Fortas' withdrawal, characterized the Senate's action as "histor- . ically and constitutionally tragic." It would take a Harry Truman to do verbal justice to the situation. So it can happen here. But the American people will, we sincerely hope, recognize the . action as a racist and campaign of senseless villification to assault the Supreme Court in an effort to destroy its fine record of ex-r tending the scope of individual liberty. Th^ , American people can show their revulsion s at these tactics when they go to the polls next j month. �P<^e Eight SEAFARERS ANNUAL REPORT For the fiscal period ended April 30, 1968 UNITED INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA PENSION FUND 275 20th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11215 to the SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE of the STATE OF NEW YORK The data contained herein is for the purpose of providing general information as to the condition and affairs of the fund. The presentation is necessarily abbreviated. For more comprehensive treatment, refer to the Annual Statement, copies of which may be inspected at the office of the fund, or at the New York State Insurance De­ partment, 55 John Street, New York, New York 10038. CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE (RESERVE FOR FUTURE BENEFITS) ADDITIONS TO FUND BALANCE Item 1. Contributions: (a) Employer (b) Employee (c) other (Specify) (d) Total Contributions 2. Dividends and Experience Rating Refunds from Insurance Companies 3. Investment Income: (a) Interest (b) Dividends (c) Rents (d) Other (Specify) (e) Total Income from Investments 4. Profit on disposal of investments 5. Increase by adjustment in asset values of investments 6. Other Additions: (Itemize) (a) (b) (c) Total Other Additions 7. Total Additions $ 1,530.73 —o— —o— 1,530.73 —o— 3. Investments: (Other than Real Estate) (a) Bank Deposits At Interest and Deposits or Shares in Savings and Loan Associations (b) Stocks: (1) Preferred (2) Common (c) Bonds and Debentures: (1) Government Obligations: (a) Federal (b) State and Municipal (2) Foreign Government Obligations (3) Non-Govemment Obligations (d) Common Trusts: (1) (Identify) (2) (Identify) (e) Subsidiary Organizations (Identify and Indicate Percentage of Ownership by this Plan in the subsidiary) (1) % (2) % 4. Real Estate Loans and Mortgages 5. Loans and Notes Receivable :(Other than Real Estate) (a) Secured (b) Unsecured 6. Real Estate: (a) Operated (b) Other Real Estate 7. Other Assets: (a) Accrued Income (b) Prepaid Expenses (c) Other (Specify) 8. Total Assets LIABILITIES 9. Insurance and Annuity Premiums Payable . 10 Unpaid Claims (Not Covered by Insurance) , 11. Accounts Payable 12. Accrued Expenses 13. Other Liabilites (Specify) Due to other plan . 14. Reserve for Future Benefits (Fund Balance) . 15. Total Liabilities and Reserves 1,.530,73 DEDUCTIONS FROM FUND BALANCE 8. Insurance and Annuity Premiums to Insurance Carriers and to Service Organizations (Includii^ Prepaid Medical Plans) 9. Benefits Provided Directly by the Trust or Separately Maintained Fund 10. Pajrments to an Organization Maintained by the Plan for the Purpose of Providing Benefits to Participants 11. Payments or Contract Fees Paid to Independent Organizations or Individuals Providing Plan Benefits (Clinics, Hospitals, Doctors, etc.) ... 12. Administrative Expenses: (a) Salaries (b) Allowances, Expenses, etc (c) Taxes (d) Pees and Commissions (e) Rent (f) Insurance Premiums (g) Fidelity Bond Premiums (h) Other Administrative Expenses (Specify) See attachment (i) Total Administrative Expenses 13. Loss on disposal of investments 14. Decrease by adjustment in asset values of investments 15. Other Deductions (Itemize) (a) (b) (c) Total Other Deductions 16. Total Deductions : October 11, 1968 LOG ' —o— —o— —o— —o— For the Period April 30, 1968 Deductions from Fund Balance Item 12(h)—Other Administrative Expenses Stationery, supplies and printing Miscellaneous expense Miscellaneous trustees' meetings expense 259.33 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE OP . New York COUNTY OP 31.66 290.99 —o— —o— ss. Kings Frederik B. Paulsen .and. affirm, under the penalties of perjury that the contents of this Annual Report are true and hereby subscribe thereto. 290.99 (TLUJIA —o— 1,530.73 290.99 1,239.74 Enployee 'ee Oustee: 1,239.74 Others (Indicate titles): 1,530.73 A1 Kerr Trustees of the Fund and STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES li $18.48 2.20 10.98 $31.66 United Industrial Workers of North America Pension Fund Enployer ASSETS Item 1. Cash 2. Beceivahles: (a) Contributions: (1) Employer (2) Other (Specify (b) Dividends or Experience Bating Refunds ^c) Other (Specify) 290.99 1,239.74 1,530.73 UNITED INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA PENSION FUND ATTACHMENT TO THE ANNUAL REPORT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK RECONCILEMENT OF FUND BALANCE 17. Fund Balance (Reserve for Future Benefits) at Beginning of Year 18. Total Additions During Year (Item 7) 19. Total Deductions'During Year (Item 16) 20. Total Net Increase (Decrease) 21. Fund Balance (Reserve for Future Benefits) at end of Year (Item 14, Statement of -Assets and Liabilities) 1,530.73 /f �««>P! ,!t j'-ifo-tO H. •!! :i ? TEXT OF sir m cmniTii lOfl For SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes And Inland Waters District SEAFARERS LOG October 11, 1968 vr.'-,' , !-A Y �! f Page Ten ^dciob^r II, 1%8 FAkERS ^LOG in addition to exercising any and all rights it may have pur­ suant to any applicable agreements or understandings. Section 3. This Union shall also have the power, acting through its Executive Board, and after a fair hearing, to impose a trusteeship upon any subordinate body or divisions chartered by and affibated with it, for the reasons and to the extent provided by law. Article III CONSTITUTION THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICAATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT Affiliated with American Federation of Labor — Congress of Industrial Organizations (As Amended Feb. 3, 1967) PREAMBLE II As maritime and allied workers and realizing the value and necessity of a thorough organization, we are dedicated to the forming of one Union for our people, the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, based upon the following principles: All members shall be entitled to all the rights, privileges and guarantees as set forth in this Constitution, and such rights, privileges and guarantees shall be preserved in accordance with its terms. We declare that American seamen are entitled to receive their employment without interference of crimps, shipowners, fink halls or any shipping bureaus maintained by tbe Government. We affirm that every worker has the right to receive fair and just remuneration for his labor, and to gain sufficient leisure for mental cultivation and physical recreation. We proclaim the right of all seamen to receive healthful and sufficient food, and proper forecastles in which to rest. We defend the right of all seamen to be treated in a decent and respectful manner by those in command, and, We hold that the above rights belong to all woHcers alike, irrespective of nationality or creed. Recognizing the foregoing as our inalienable rights, we are conscious of corresponding duties to those in command, our employers, our craft and our country. We will, therefore, try by all just means to promote har­ monious relations with those in command by exercising due care and diligence in the performance of the duties of our profession, and by giving all possible assistance to our employ­ ers in caring for their gear and property. Based upon these principles, it is among our objects: To use our influence individually and collectively for the purpose of maintaining and developing skill in seamanship and effecting a change in the maritime law of the United States, so as to render it more equitable and to make it an aid instead of a hindrance to the development of a merchant marine and a body of Amer­ ican seamen. To support a journal which shall voice the sentiments of maritime workers and through its columns seek to maintain their knowledge of, and interest in, maritime affairs. To assist the seamen of other countries in the work of organ­ ization and federation, to the end of establishing the Brother­ hood of the Sea. To form and to assist by legal means other bona fide labor organizations whenever possible in the attainment of their just demands. To regulate our conduct as a Union and as individuals so as to make seamanship what it rightly is—an honorable and use­ ful calling. And bearing in mind that we are migratory, that our work takes us away in different directions from any place where the majority might otherwise meet to act, that meetings can be attended by only a fraction of the membership, that the absent members, who cannot he present, must have their inter­ ests guarded from what might be the results of excitement and passions aroused by persons or conditions, and that those who are present may act for and in the interest of all, we have adopted this Constitution. Every qualified member shall have the right to nominate him­ self for, and, if elected or appointed, to hold office in this Union. Statement off Prinefpies and Declaration off Rights j •i i. ii I |i i•I '' I In order to form a more perfect Union, we workers in the maritime and allied industries, realizing the value and necessity of uniting in pursuit of our improved economic and social wel­ fare, have determined to hind ourselves together in the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, GulJ, Lakes and Inland Waters District, and hereby dedicate ourselves to the following principles: In promoting our economic and social welfare, we shall ever be mindful, not only of our rights, but also of our duties and obligations as members of the community, our duties as citizens, and our duty to combat the menace of communism and any other enemies of freedom and the democratic principles to which we seafaring men dedicate ourselves in this Union. We shall affiliate and work with other free labor organiza­ tions ; we shall support a journal to give additional voice to our views; we shall assist our brothers of the sea and other workers of all countries in these obligations to the fullest extent con­ sistent with our duties, obligations, and law. We shall seek to exert our individual and collective influence in the fight for the enactment of labor and other legislation and policies which look to the attainment of a free and happy society, without distinc­ tion based on race, creed or color. To govern our conduct as a Union and bearing in mind that most of our members are migratory, that their duties carry them all over the world, that their rights must and shall be protected, we hereby declare these rights as members of the Union to be inalienable. I No member shall be deprived of any of the rights or privileges guaranteed him under the Constitution of the Union. III No member shall be deprived of his membership without due process of the law of this Union. No member shall be com­ pelled to be a witness against himself in the trial of any pro­ ceeding in which he may be charged with failure to observe the law of this Union. Every official and job bolder shall be bound to uphold and protect the rights of every member in accordance with the principles set forth in the Constitution of the Union. IV Every member shall have the right to be confronted by his accuser whenever he is charged with violating the law of this Union. In all such cases, the accused shall be guaranteed a fair and speedy trial by an impartial committee of his brother Union members. No member shall he denied the right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. VI A militant mmhership being necessary to the security of a free union, the members shall at times stand ready to defend this Union and the principles set forth in the Constitution of the Union. VII The powers not delegated to the officers, job holders, and Executive Board by the Constitution of the Union shall be reserved to the members. CONSTITUTION Article I Name and General Powers This Union shall be known as the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. Its powers shall be legislative, judicial, and executive, and shall include the formation of, and/or issuance of charters to, subordinate bodies and divisions, corporate or otherwise, the formation of funds and participation in funds, the establishment of enterprises for the benefit of the Union, and similar ventures. This Union shall exercise all of its powers in aid of subordinate bodies and divisions created or chartered by it. For convenience of administration and in furtherance of its policies of aid and assistance, the Union may make its prop­ erty, facilities and personnel available for the use and behalf of such subordinate bodies and divisions. A majority vote of the membership shall be authorization for any Union action, unless otherwise specified in the Constitution or by law. This Union shall at all times protect and maintain its jimisdiction. ' Article II Affiliation Section 1. This Union shall he affiliated with the .Seafarers International Union of North America and the American Fed­ eration of Lahor—Congress of Industrial Organizations. All other affiliations by the Union or its subordinate bodies or divisions shall he made or withdrawn as determined by a majority vote of the Executive Board. Section 2. In addition to such other provisions as are con­ tained herein, all subordinate bodies and divisions seeking a charter from and/or affiliation with this Union, shall be re­ quired to adopt, within a time period set by the Executive Board, a constitution containing provisions as set forth in Exhibit A, annexed to this Constitution and made a part hereof. All other provisions adopted by such subordinate bodies and divisions as part of their constitutions shall not be inconsistent therewith. No such constitution or amendments thereto shall be deemed to be effective without the approval of the Executive Board or this Union, which shall be executed in writing, on its behalf, by the President or, in his absence, by any other officer designated by it. Such approval shall be deemed to be recog­ nition of compliance herewith by such subordinate body or division. Where a subordinate body or division violates any of the foregoing, and, in particular, seeks to effectuate any constitu­ tional provision not so authorized and approved, or commits acts in violation of its approved constitution, or fails to act in accordance therewith, this Union, through its Executive Board, may withdraw its charter and/or sever its affiliation forthwith, or on such terms as it may impose not inconsistent with law, Membership Section 1. Candidates for membership shall be admitted to membership in accordance with such rules as are adopted from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. Member­ ship classifications shall correspond to and depend upon senior­ ity classifications established in accordance with the standard collective bargaining agreement of this Union. In addition to meeting the other requirements duly promulgated pursuant hereto, no persons shall become a full book member unless and until he has attained the highest seniority rating set out in the said collective bargaining agreement. Only full book members shall be entitled to vote and to hold any office or elective job, except as otherwise specified herein. All members shall have a voice in Union proceedings and shall be entitled to vote on Union contracts. Section 2. No candidate shall be granted membership who is a member of any dual organization hostile to the aims, prin­ ciples, and policies of this Union. Section 3. Members more than one quarter in arrears in dues shall be automatically suspended, and shall forfeit all benefits and all other rights and privileges in the Union. They shall be automatically dismissed if they are more than two quarters in arrears in dues. An arrearage in dues shall be computed from the first day of the applicable quarter, but this time shall not run: (a) While a member is actuaUy participating in a strike or lockout. (b) While a member is an in-patient in a USPHS or other accredited hospital. (c) While a member is under an incapacity due to activity in behalf of the Union. (d) While a member is in the armed services of the United States, provided the member was in good standing at the time of entry into the armed forces, and further provided he applies for reinstatement within ninety (90) days after discharge from the armed forces. (e) While a member has no opportunity to pay dues, because of employment aboard an American flag merchant vessel Section 4. A majority vote of the membership shall be suf­ ficient to designate additional circumstances during which the time specified in Section 3 shall not run. It shall he the right of any member to present, in writing, to any Port at any regu­ lar meting, any question with regard to the application of Section 3, in accordance with procedures established by a majority vote of the mernbersip. A majority vote of the mem­ bership shall be necessary to decide such questions. Section 5. The membership shall be empowered to establish, from time to time, by majority vote, rules under which dues and assessments may be execused where a member has been unable to pay dues and assessments for the reasons provided in Sections 3 and 4. Section 6. To pri,oerve unity, and to promote the common welfare of the membership, all members of the Union shall uphold and defend this Constitution and shall be governed by the provisions of this Constitution and all policies, rulings, orders and decisions duly made. Section 7. Any member who gives aid to the principles and policies of any hostile or dual organization shall be denied further membership in this Union to the full extent permitted by law. A majority vote of the membership shall decide which organizations are dual or hostile. Section 8. Evidence of membership or other affiliation with the Union shall at all times remain the property of the Union. Members may be required to show their evidence of member­ ship in order to be admitted to Union meetings, or into, or on Union property. Article IV Reinstatement Members dismissed from the Union may be reinstated in accordance with such rules and under such conditions as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority vote of the member­ ship. Article V Dues and Initiation Fee Section 1. All members shall pay dues quarterly, on a calen­ dar year basis, no later than the first business day of each quarter, except as herein otherwise provided. The dues shall be those payable as of tlie date of adoption of this Constitution as amended and may be changed only by Constitutional amend­ ment. Section 2. No candidate for membership shall be admitted into membership without having paid an initiation fee of three hundred ($300.00) dollars, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. Section 3. Payment of dues and initiation fees may be waived for organizational purposes in accordance with such rules as are adopted by a majority vote of the Executive Board. Article VI Retirement ffrom Membership Section 1. Members may retire from membership by sur­ rendering their Union books or other evidence of affiliation and paying all unpaid dues for the quarter in which they retire, assessments, fines and other monies due and owing the Union. When the member surrenders his book or other evidence of affiliation in connection with his application for retirement he shall be given a receipt therefor. An official retirement card shall he issued by Headquarters, upon request, dated as of the day that such member accomplishes these payments, and shaU be given to the member upon his presenting the aforesaid receipt. Saction 2. All the rights, privileges, duties and obligations of •f �5;0|clober Uy 19^8 SEAFARERS, ^LOG membership shall be suspended during the period of retirement, except that a retired member shall not be disloyal to the Union nor join or remain in any dual or hostile organization, upon penalty of forfeiture of his right to reinstatement. Sactien 3. Any person in retirement for a period of two quarters or more shall be restored to membership, except as herein indicated, by paying dues for the current quarter, as well as all assessments accruing and newly levied during the period of retirement. If the period of retirement is less than two quarters, the required payments shall consist of all dues accruing during the said period of retirement, including those for the current quarter, and all assessments accrued and newly levied during that period. Upon such payment, the person in retirement shall be restored to membership, and his member­ ship book, appropriately stamped, shall he returned to him. Section 4. A member in retirement may be restored to mem­ bership after a two-year period of retirement consisting of eight full quarters only hy majority vote of the membership. Section 5. The period of retirement shall be computed from the first day of the quarter following the one in which the retirement card was issued. Article Vli Systems of Organization Section 1. This Union, and all officers, headquarter's repre­ sentatives, port agents, patrolmen, and members shall be gov­ erned in tbis order by: (a) Tbe Constitution. (b) The Executive Board. (c) Majority vote of the membership. Section 2. The headquarters of the Union shall be located in New York and the headquarters officers shall consist of a President, and Executive Vice-President, one Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement, a SecretaryTreasurer, one Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast, one Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast, and one VicePresident in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters. Section 3. The staff of each port shall consist of such per­ sonnel as is provided for herein, and the port shall bear the name of the city in which the Union's port offices are located. Section 4. Every member of the Union shall be registered in one of three departments; namely, deck, engine and stewards department. The definition of these departments shall be in accordance with custom and usage. This definition may be modified by a majority vote of the membership. No member may transfer from one department to another except by ap­ proval as evidenced by a majority vote of the membership. Article VIII Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents and Patrolmen Section 1. The officers of the Union shall be elected as other­ wise provided in this Constitution. These officers shall be the President, an Executive Vice-President, one Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement, a SecretaryTreasurer, one Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast, one Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast, and one VicePresident in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters. Section 2. Port Agents, Headquarters Representatives, and Patrolmen shall be elected, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. Article iX Other Elective Jobs Section 1. In addition to the elective johs provided for in Article VIII, the following jobs in the Union shall be voted upon in the manner prescribed by this Constitution: A. Delegates to the convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America. B. Committee members of: (1) Trial Committees (2) Quarterly Financial Committees (3) Appeals Committees (4) Strike Committees (5) Credentials Committees (6) Polls Committees (7) Union Tallying Committees (8) Constitutional Committees Section 2. Additional committees may be formed as provided by a majority vote of the membership. Committees may also be appointed as permitted by this Constitution. Article X Duties of Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents, Other Elected Job Holders and Miscellaneous Personnel Section 1. The President. (a) The President shall be the executive officer of the Union and shall represent, and act for and in behalf of, the Union in all matters except as otherwise specifically provided for in the Constitution. (b) He shall be a member ex-officio of all committees, except as otherwise herein expressly provided. (c) The President shall he in charge of, and responsible for, all Union property, and shall be in charge of headquarters and port offices. Wherever there are time restrictions or other con­ siderations affecting Union action, the President shall take appropriate action to insure observance thereof. (d) In order that he may properly execute his responsibil­ ities, he is hereby instructed and authorized to employ any help he deems necessary, be it legal, accounting or otherwise. (e) Subject to approval by a majority vote of the member­ ship, the President shall designate the number and location of ports, the jurisdiction, status, and activities thereof, and may close or open such ports, and may re-assign Vice-Presidents and the Secretary-Treasurer, without reduction in wages. He may ako re-assign Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents, and Patrolmen, to other duties, without reduction in wages. The Ports of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Or­ leans, Houston and Detroit may not be closed except by Con­ stitutional amendment. Where ports are opened between elections, the President shall designate the Union personnel thereof. The President shall designate, in the event of the incapacity of any Hadquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, or any officer other than the President, a replacement to act as such during the period of incapacity, provided such replace­ ment is qualified under Article XII of the Constitution to fill such job. At the regular meeting in July of every election year, the President shall submit to the membership a pre-balloting report. In his report he shall recommend the number and loca­ tion of ports, the number of Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents and Patrolmen wbich are to be elected. He shall also recommend a bank, a bonded warehouse, a regular officer thereof, or any other similar depository, to which the ballots are to lie mailed or delivered at the close of each day's voting, except that the President may, in his discretion, postpone the recommendation as to the depository until no later than the first regular meeting in October. This recommendation may also specify, whether any Patrol­ man and/or Headquarters Representative, shall be designated as departmental or otherwise. The report shall be subject to approval or modification by a majority vote of the membership. (f) The President shall be chairman of the Executive Board and may cast one vote in that body. (g) He shall be responsible, within the limits of his powers, for the enforcement of this Constitution, the policies of the Union, and all rules and rulings duly adopted by the Executive Board, and those duly adopted by a majority vote of the mem­ bership. Within these limits, he shall strive to enhance the strength, position, and prestige of the Union. (h) The foregoing duties shall be in addition to those other duties lawfully imposed upon him. (i) The responsibility of the President may not he delegated, but the President may delegate to a person or persons the execution of such of his duties as he may in his discretion decide, subject to the limitations set forth in this Constitution. (j) Any vacancy in any office or the job "of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent, or Patrolman shall be fi led by the President by temporary appointment of a member quali­ fied for the office or job under Article XII of this Constitution, except in those cases where the filling of such vacancy is other­ wise provided for by tbis Constitution. (k) The President is directed to take any and aU measures and employ such means which he deems necessary or advisable, to protect the interests, and further the welfare of the Union and its members, in all matters involving national, state or local legislation issues, and public affairs. ( I) The President shall have authority to require any officer or Union representative to attend any regular or special meet­ ing if, in his opinion, it is deemed necessary. Section 2. Executive Vice-President. The Executive Vice-President shall perform any and all duties assigned him or delegated to him by the President. In the event the President shall be unable to carry out any of his duties by reason of incapacity or unavailability, the Executive Vice-President shall take over such duties during the period of such incapacity or unavailability. Upon the death, resignation, or removal from office for any reason of the President, the Executive Vice-President shall immediately assume the office, duties and responsibilities of the President until the next general election. The Executive Vice-President shall be a member of the Executive Board and may cast one vote in that body. Section 3. Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement. The Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract En­ forcement shall perform any and all duties assigned him or delegated to him by the President. In addition, he shall be responsible for all contract negotiations, the formulation of bargaining demands, and the submission of proposed collective bargaining agreements to the membership for ratification. He shall also be responsible, except as otherwise provided in Article X, Section 14(d)(1), for strike authorization, signing of new contracts, and contract enforcement. He shall also act for headquarters in executing the administrative functions as­ signed to headquarters by this Constitution with respect to trials and appeals except if he is a witness or party thereto, in which event the Secretary-Treasurer shall act in his place. In order that he may properly execute these responsibilities he is hereby instructed and authorized to employ such help as he deems necessary, be it legal, or otherwise, subject to approval of the Executive Board. The Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement shall be a member of the Executive Board and may cast one vote in that body. SectioR 4. Secretary-Treasurer. The Secretary-Treasurer .shall perform any and all duties assigned him or delegated to him by the President. He shall be responsible for the organization and maintenance of the correspondence, files, and records of the Union; setting up, and maintenance of, sound accounting and bookkeeping sys­ tems; the setting up, and maintenance of, proper office and other administrative Union procedures; the proper collection, safeguarding, and expenditure of all Union funds, port or otherwise. He shall submit to the membership, for each quar­ terly period, a detailed report of the entire Union's financial operations and shall submit simultaneously therewith, the Quarterly Financial Committee report for the same period. The Secretary-Treasurer's report shall be prepared by an inde­ pendent Certified Public Accountant. He shall also work with all duly elected finance committees. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be responsible for the timely filing of any and all reports on the operations of the Union, financial or otherwise, that may be required by any Federal or state laws. In order that he may properly execute his responsibilities, he is hereby instructed and authorized to employ any help he deems necessary, be it legal, accounting, or otherwise, subject to approval of the Executive Board. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be a member of tbe Executive Board and may cast one vote in tbat body. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be a member ex-officio of the Credentials and Ballot Tallying Committees. In addition he shall make himself and the records of his office available to the Quarterly Financial Committee. Page Eleven Section 5. Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast. The Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast shall be a member of the Executive Board and shall be entitled to cast one vote in that body. He shall supervise and be responsible for the activities of all the ports, and the personnel thereof on the Atlantic Coast, including their organizing activities. The Atlantic Coast area is deemed to mean that area from and including Georgia through Maine and shall also include the Islands in the Carib­ bean. In order that he may properly execute his responsibilities he is empowered and authorized to retain any technical or professional assistance he deems necessary, subject to approval of the Executive Board. Section 6. Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast. The Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast shall be a member of the Executive Board and shall be entitled to cast one vote in that body. He shall supervise and be responsible for the activities of all the Ports, and the personnel thereof on the Gulf Coast including their organizing activities. The Gulf Coast area is deemed to mean the State of Florida, all through the Gulf, ^including Texas. In order that he may properly execute his responsibilities he is empowered and authorized to retain any technical or pro­ fessional assistance he deems necessary, subject to approval of the Executive Board. Section 7. Vice-President in Charge of the lakes and inland Waters. The Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters shall be a member of the Executive Board and shall be entitled to cast one vote in that body. He shall supervise and be responsible for the activities of aU the ports, and the personnel thereof on the Lakes and Inland Waters, including their organizing activities. In order that he may properly execute his responsibilities he is empowered and authorized to retain any technical or pro­ fessional assistance he deems necessary, subject to approval of the Executive Board. Section 8. Director of Organizing and Publications. The Director of Organizing and Publications sball be ap­ pointed and may be removed at will by the Executive Board of the Union. He shall be responsible for and supervise all pub­ lications and public relations of the Union and shall serve as co-ordinator of all organizational activities of the Union. In addition, he shall perform any and all duties assigned him or delegated to him by the Executive Board, Section 9. Headquarters Representatives. The Headquarters Representatives shall perform any and all duties assigned them or delegated to them by the President, Executive Vice-President or the Executive Board. Section 10. Port Agents. (a) The Port Agent shall be in direct charge of the admin­ istration of Union affairs in the port of his jurisdiction subject to the direction of the area Vice-President. (b) He shall, within the jurisdiction of his port, be respon­ sible for the enforcement and execution of the (Constitution, the policies of the Union, and the rules adopted by the Executive Board, and by a majority vote of the membership. Wherever there are time restrictions or other considerations affecting port acton, the Port Agent shall take appropriate action to insure observance thereof. (c) He shall be prepared to account, financially or other­ wise, for the activities of his port, whenever demanded by the President, the Vice-President of the area in which his port is located, or by the Secretary-Treasurer. (d) In any event, he shall prepare and forward to the Sec­ retary-Treasurer, a weekly financial report showing, in detail, weekly income and expenses, and complying with all other accounting directions issued by the Secretary-Treasurer, (e) 'The Port Agent may assign each port Patrolman to such duties as fall within the jurisdiction of the port, regardless of the departmental designation, if any, under which the Patrol­ man was elected. (f) The Port Agent shall designate which members at that port may serve as representatives to other organizations, affilia­ tion with which has been properly authorized. Section II. Patrolmen. Patrolmen shall perform any duties assigned them by the Agent of the Port to which they are assigned. Section 12. Executive Board. The Executive Board shall consist of the President, the Executive Vice-President, the Vice-President in Charge of Con­ tracts and Contract Enforcement, the Secretary-Treasurer, the Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Area, the Vice-Presi­ dent in Charge of the Gulf Area, the Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters, and the National Director (or chief executive officer) of each subordinate body or division created or chartered by the Union whenever such subordinate body or division has attained a membership of 3,200 members and has maintained that membership for not less than three (3) months. Such National Director (or chief executive officer) shall be a member of the respective subordinate body or divi­ sion and must be qualified to hold office under the terms of the Constitution of such division or subordinate body. The Executive Board shall meet in headquarters no less than once each quarter and at such other times as the President or, in his absence, the Executive Vice-President may direct. The President shall be the chairman of all Executive Board meetings unless absent, in which case the Executive Vice-President sh^ assume the chairman's duties. Each member of the Executive Board shall be entitled to cast one vote in that body. Its decision shall be determined by majority vote of those voting, providing a quorum of three is present. It shall be the duty of the Executive Board to develop policies, strategies and rides which will advance and protect the interests and welfare of the Union and the Members. It sball be the duty of the Sec­ retary-Treasurer, or in his absence, an appointee of the Execu­ tive Board, to keep accurate minutes of all Executive Board meetings. The Executive Board shall appoint one person •who shall be designated Director of Organizing and Publications. The Executive Board shall determine per capita tax to be levied and other terms and conditions of affiliation for any group of workers desiring affiliation. The Executive Board direct the administration of all Union affairs, pro^rties, imRcies and personnel in any and all areas not otherwise specifically �provided for in this Constitution. Notwithstanding the fore­ going, the Executive Board may act without holding a formal meeting provided all members of the Board are sent notice of the proposed action or actions and the decision thereon is reduced to writing and signed by a majority of the Executive Board. In the event that death, resignation or removal from office for any reason should occur simultaneously to the President and Executive Vice-President, the Executive Board by majority vote shall name successors from its own membership who shall fill those vacancies until the next general election. If the Executive Vice-President duly assumes the office of the President and dies, resigns, is removed from office, or is incapacitated for more than 30 days during the remainder of the term, the Executive Board shall elect a successor for the balance of the term from its own membership. Section 13. Delegates. (a) The term "delegates" shall mean those members of the Union and its subordinate bodies or divisions who are elected in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution, to attend the convention of the Seafarers International Union of North .America. The following officers upon their election to office shall, during the term of their office, be delegates to all Con­ ventions of the Seafarers International Union of North America in the following order of priority: President; Executive VicePresident; Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement; Secretary-Treasurer; Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast; Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast; Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters; Headquarters Representatives, with priority to those most senior in full book Union membership; Port Agents, with priority to those most senior in full book Union membership; and Patrolmen, with priority to those most senior in full book Union membership. (b) Each delegate shall attend the convention for which elected and fully participate therein. (c) Each delegate shall, by his vote and otherwise, support those policies agreed upon by the majority of the delegates to the Convention. (d) The President shall assign to each subordinate body or division that number of delegates to which this Union would have been entitled, if its membership had been increased by the number of members of the subordinate body or division, in accordance with the formula set forth in the Constitution of the Seafarers International Union of North America, except that this provision shall not be applied so as to reduce the number of delegates to which this Union would otherwise have been entitled. Section 14. Committees. (a) Trial Committee. The Trial Committee shall conduct the trials of a person charged, and shall submit findings and recommendations as prescribed in this Constitution. It shall be the special obliga­ tion of the Trial Committee to observe all the requirements of this Constitution with regard to charges and trials, and their findings and recommendations must specifically state whether or not, in the opinion of the Trial Committee, the rights of any accused, under this Constitution, were properly safeguarded. (b) Appeals-Committee. 1. The Appeals Committee shall hear all appeals from trial judgments, in accordance with such procedures as are set forth in this Constitution and such rules as may be adopted by a majority vote of the membership not inconsistent therewith. 2. The Appeals Committee shall, within not later than one week after the close of the said hearing, make and submit findings and recommendations in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and such rules as may be adopted by a majority vote of the membership not inconsistent therewith. (c) Quarterly Financial Committee. 1. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall make an exami­ nation for each quarterly period of the finances of the Union and shall report fully on their findings and recommendations. Members of this committee may make dissenting reports, sepa­ rate recommendations and separate findings. 2. The findings and recommendations of this committee shall be completed within a reasonable time after the election of the members thereof, and shall be submitted to the SecretaryTreasurer who shall cause the same to be read in all ports, as set forth herein. 3. All officers. Union personnel and members are responsible for complying with all demands made for records, bills, vouchers, receipts, etc., by the said Quarterly Financial Com­ mittee. The committee shall also have available to it, the serv­ ices of the independent certified public accountants retained by the Union. 4. Any action on the said report shall be as determined by a majority vote of the membership. 5. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall consist of seven (7) members in good standing to be elected as follows: One member from each of the following ports: New York, Philadel­ phia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston and Detroit. No officer. Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrol­ man, shall be eligible for election to this Committee. Committee members shall be elected at the regular meeting designated by the Secretary-Treasurer. In the event a regular meeting can­ not be held in any port for lack of a quorum, the Agent" shall call a special meeting as early as possible for the purpose of electing a member to serve on the Quarterly Financial Com­ mittee. Such committee members shall be furnished trans­ portation to New York and back to their respective ports and they shall be furnished room and board during the period they are performing their duties in New York. Commencing on the day following their election and continuing until they have been returned to their respective ports each committee mem­ ber shall be paid for hours worked at the standby rate of pay but in no event shall they be paid for less than eight (8) hours per day. (d) Strike Cemmlttae. i ( 1. In no event shall a general strike take place unless ap­ proved by a majority vote of the membership. 2. In the event a general strike has been approved by the membership the Port Agents in all affected ports shall call a timely special meeting for the purpose of electing a strike com­ mittee. This committee shall be composed of three full book members and their duties shall consist of assisting the Port Agent to effectuate all strike policies and strategies. V.'ftr '..j-'i't-jJ>.''V' OctoB^r 11, 1968 SEAFAREKS' LOG Page T^Velve" ' tu'. lih irii s.' if'' I M' A m Article Xi Wages and Terms of Office of Officers and Other Elective Job Holders, Union Employees, and Others Section 1. The following elected offices and jobs shall be held for a term of four years: President Vice-Presidents Secretary-Treasurer Headquarters Representatives Port Agents Patrolmen The term of four years set forth here is expressly subject to the provisions for assumption of office as contained in Article Xlll, Section 6(b) of this Constitution. Section 2. The term of any elective jobs other than those in­ dicated in Section 1 of this Article shall continue for so long as is necessary to complete the functions thereof, unless sooner terminated by a majority vote of the membership or segment of the Union, whichever applies, whose vote was originally necessary to elect the one or ones serving. Section 3. The compensation to be paid the holder of any office or other elective job shall be determined from time to time by the Executive Board subject to approval of the mem­ bership. Section 4. The foregoing provisions of this Article do not apply to any corporation, business, or other venture in which this Union participates; or which it organizes or creates. In such situations, instructions conveyed by the Executive Board shall be followed. Article XII Qualifications for Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents, Patrolmen and Other Elective Jobs Section 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be a can­ didate for, and hold, any office or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman provided: (a) He has at least three (3) years of seatime in an un­ licensed capacity aboard an American-flag merchant vessel or vessels. In computing time, time spent in the employ of the Union, its subsidiaries and its affiliates, or in any employment at the Union's direction, shall count the same as sea time. Union records. Welfare Plan records and/or company records can be used to determine eligibility; and (b) He has been a full book member in continuous good standing in the Union for at least three (3) years immediately prior to his nomination; and (c) He has at least four (4) months of sea time, in an un­ licensed capacity, aboard an American-flag merchant vessel or vessels, covered by contract with this Union, or four (4) months of employment with, or in any office or job of, the Union, its sub­ sidiaries and its affiliates, or in any employment at the Union's direction, or a combination of these, between January 1st and the time of nomination in the election year; and (d) He is a citizen of the United States of America; and (e) He is not disqualified by law. (f) He has at least one (1) year of seatime aboard an American-flag merchant vessel or vessels in a rated unlicensed capacity other than an entry rating. Section 2. All candidates for, and holders of, other elective jobs not specified in the preceding sections shall be full book members of the Union. Section 3. All candidates for and holders of elective offices and jobs, whether elected or appointed in accordance with this Constitution, shall maintain full book membership in good standing. Article Xlll Elections for Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents and Patrolmen Section 1. Nominations. Except as provided in Section 2(b) of this Article, any fuU book member may submit his name for nomination for any office, or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, by delivering or causing to be delivered in per­ son, to the office of the Secretary-Treasurer at headquarters, or sending, a letter addressed to the Credentials Committee, in care of the Secretary-Treasurer, at the address of headquarters. This letter shall be dated and shall contain the following: (a) The name of the candidate. (b) His home address and mailing address. (c) His book number. (d) The title of the office or other job for which he is a candidate, including the name of the Port in the event the position sought is that of Agent or Patrolman. (e) Proof of citizenship. (f) Proof of seatime and/or employment as required for candidates. (g) In the event the member is on a ship he shall notify the Credentials Committee what ship he is on. This shall be done also if he ships subsequent to forwarding his credentials. (h) Annexing a certificate in the following form, signed and dated by the proposed nominee; "I hereby certify that I am not now, nor, for the five (5) years last past, have I been either a member of the Communist Party or convicted of, or served any part of a prison term resulting from conviction of robbery, bribery, extortion, embezzlement, grand larceny, burglary, arson, violation of narcotics laws, murder, rape, assault with intent to kill, assault which inflicts grievous bodily injury, or violation of Title II or III of the Landrum-Griffin Act, or conspiracy to commit any such crimes." Dated Signature of member Book No. Printed forms of the certificate shall he made available to nominees. Where a nominee cannot truthfully execute such a certificate, hut is, in fact, legally eligible for an office or job by reason of llie restoration of civil rights originally revoked by such conviction or a favorable determination by the Board of Parole of the United States Department of Justice, he shall, in lieu of the foregoing certificate, furnish a complete signed state­ ment of the facts of his case together with true copies of the documents supporting his statement. All documents required herein must reach headquarters no earlier than July 15th and no later than August 15th of the election year. The Secretary-Treasurer is charged with the safekeeping of these letters and shall turn them over to the Credentials Com­ mittee upon the latter's request. Section 2. Credentials Committee. (a) A Credentials Committee shall be elected at the regu­ lar meeting in August of the election year, at the port where headquarters is located. It shall consist of six full book mem­ bers in attendance at the meeting, with two members to be elected from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards Depart­ ments. No Officer, Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, or candidate for office or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this Committee, except as provided for in Article X, Section 4. In the event any committee member is unable to serve, the committee shall suspend until the President or Excutive Vice President, or the Secretary-Treasurer, in that order, calls a special meeting at the port where Headquarters is lo­ cated in order to elect a replacement. The Committe's results shall be by majority vote, with any tie vote being resolved by a majority vote of the membership at a special meeting called for that purpose at that Port. (b) After, its election, the Committee shall immediately go into session. It shall determine whether the person has sub­ mitted his application correctly and possesses the necessary qualifications. The Committee shall prepare a report listing each applicant and his book number under the office or job he is seeking. Each applicant shall be marked "qualified" or "dis­ qualified" according to the findings of the Committee. Where an applicant has heen marked "disqualified," the reason therefor must be stated in the report. Where a tie vote has been resolved by a special meeting of the membership, that fact shall also be noted, with sufficient detail. The report shall be signed by all of the Committee members, and be completed and submitted to the Ports in time for the next regular meeting after their election. At this meeting, it shall be read and incorporated in the minutes, and then posted on the bulletin board in each port. On the last day of nominations, one member of the Commit­ tee shall stand by in Headquarters to accept delivery of creden­ tials. All credentials must be in headquarters by midnight of closing day. (c) When an applicant has been disqualified by the commit­ tee, he shall be notified immediately by telegram at the ad­ dresses listed by him pursuant to Section 1 of this Article. He shall also be sent a letter containing the reasons for such dis­ qualification by air mail, special delivery, registered, to the mailing address designed pursuant to Section Kb) of this Arti­ cle. A disqualified applicant shall have the right to take an appeal to the membership from the decision of the committee. He shall forward copies of such appeal to each port, where the appeal shall be presented and voted upon at a regular meeting : no later than the second meeting after the committee's election. It is the responsibility of the applicant to insure timely delivery of his appeal. In any event, without prejudice to his written appeal, the applicant may appear in person before the commit­ tee within two days after the day on which the telegram is sent, to correct his application or argue for his qualification. The committee's report shall be prepared early enough to allow the applicant to appear before it within the time set forth in his Constitution and still reach the ports in time for the first regular meeting after its election. (d) A majority vote of the membership shall, in the case of such appeals, be sufficient to over-rule any disqualification classification by the Credentials Committee, in which event the one so previously classified shall then be deemed qualified. (e) The Credentials Committee, in passing upon the quali­ fications of candidates, shall have the right to conclusively pre­ sume that anyone nominated and qualified in previous elections for candidacy for any office, or the job of Headquarters Repre­ sentative, Port Agent or Patrolman, has met all the requirements of Section 1(a) of Article XII. Section 3. Balloting Procedures. (a) The Secretary-Treasurer shall insure the proper •and timely preparation of ballots, without partiality as to candidates or ports. The ballots may contain general information and in­ structive comments not inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution. All qualified candidates shall be listed thereon alphabetically within each category. The listing of the ports shall follow a geographical pattern, commencing with the most northerly port on the Atlantic coast, following the Atlantic coast, following the Atlantic coast down to the most southerly port on that coast, then westerly along the Gulf of Mexico and •so on, until the list of ports is exhausted. Any port outside the Continental United States shall then be added. There shall be allotted write-in space, on each ballot, sufficient to permit .each member voting to write in as many names as there are offices and jobs to be voted upon. Each ballot shall be so prepared as to have the number thereon placed at the top thereof and shall be so perforated as to enable that portion containing the said number to be easily removed to insure secrecy of the ballot. On this removable portion shall also be placed a short statement indicating the nature of the ballot and the voting date thereof. (b) The ballots so prepared at the direction of the SecretaryTreasurer shall be the only official ballots. No others may be used. Each ballot shall be numbered as indicated in the pre­ ceding paragraph and shall be numbered consecutively, com­ mencing with number 1. A sufficient amount shall be printed and distributed to each Port. A record of the ballots, both by serial numbers and amount, sent thereto shaU be maintained by the SecretaryTreasurer, who shall also send each Port Agent a verification list indicating the amount and serial numbers of the ballots sent. Each Port Agent shall maintain separate rec­ ords of the ballots sent hiih and shall inspect and count the ballots, when received, to insure that the amount sent, as well as the numbers thereon, conform to the amount and numbers listed by the Secretary-Treasurer as having been sent to that port. The Port Agent shall immediately execute and return to the Secretary-Treasurer a receipt acknowledging the correctness of the amount and numbers of the ballots sent, or shall notify the Secretary-Treasurer of any discrepancy. Discrepancies sh^ be �OeldlNir 11, 1968> corrected as soon as possible prior to the voting period. In any event, receipts shall he forwarded for ballots actually received. The Secretary-Treasurer shall prepare a file in which shall he kept memoranda and correspondence dealing with the election. This file shall at all times be available to any member asking for inspectiop of the same at the oflfice of the Secretary-Treasurer. (c) Balloting shall take place in person, at port offices, and shall he secret. No signatures of any voter, or other distinguish­ ing mark, shall appear on the ballot, except that any m, mber may write in the name or names of any member or m mhers, as appropriate, for any office, or the job of Headquarters Repre­ sentative, Port .\gent or Patrolman. (d) Only full book members may vote. However, immediately prior thereto they must present their hooks to the Polls Com­ mittee of the port in which they are voting. The voter's hook number shall he placed upon the roster sheet (which shall he kept in duplicate) in the space opposite the proper ballot num­ ber, and the member shall sign his name. The portion of the ballot on which the ballot number is printed shall then he re­ moved, placed near the roster sheet, and the member shall pro­ ceed to the voting site with the ballot. An appropriate notation of the date and of the fact of voting shall he placed in the member's Union hook. (e) Each Port Agent shall he responsible for the establish­ ment of a booth or other voting site where each member may vote in privacy. (f) Upon completion of voting the member shall fold the ballot so that no part of the printed or written portion is visible. He shall then drop the ballot into a narrow-slotted ballot box, which shall he provided for that purpose by the Port Agent and kept locked and sealed except as hereinafter set forth. (g) Voting shall commence on November 1st of the election year and shall continue through December 31st, exclusive of Sundays and (for each individual Port) holidays legally recog­ nized in the city in which the port affected is located. If No­ vember 1st or December 31st falls on a holiday legally recog­ nized in a port in the city in which that port is located, the bal­ loting period in such port shall commence or terminate, as the case may he, on the next succeeding business day. Subject to the foregoing, voting in all ports shall commence at 9:00 A.M., and continue until 5:00 P.M. except that, on Saturdays, voting shall commence at 9:00 A.M. and continue until 12 noon. SEAFARERS LOG mitlee .shall check the rosters, and any other records they deem appropriate, to insure the foregoing. At the discretion of the Executive Board official envelopes may he prepared for the purpose of enclosing the ballots and the making of the aforesaid certification, with wording embodying the foregoing inscribed thereon, in which event ihe.sc envelopes shall be used by the Polls Commitee for the aforesaid purpose. Nothing contained herein shall prevent any member of a Polls Committee from adding such comments to the certificate as are appropriate, provided the comments are signed and dated by the member making them. The envelope or envelopes shall then he placed in a wrapper or envelope, whxh. at the discretion of the Ex­ ecutive Board, may he furnished for that purpose. The wrapper or envelope shall then he securely sealed and either delivered, or sent by certified or registered mail, by the said Polls Com­ mittee, to the depository named in the pre-election report adopted by the membership. The Polls Committee shall not he discharged from its duties until this mailing is accomplished and evidence of mailing or delivery is furnished the Port Agent, which evidence shall be noted and kept in the Port Agent's election records or files. The Polls Committee shall also insure that the ballot box or boxes are locked and sealed before handing them back to the Port Agent, and shall place the key or keys to the boxes in an envelope, across the flap of which the members of the committee shall sign their names, hook numbers, and the date, after seal­ ing the envelope securely. In addition to delivering the key and ballot box or boxes as aforesaid, the Polls Committee shall deliver to the Port Agent one copy of each of the roster sheets for the day, the unused ballots, any reports called for by this Section 4, any files that they may have received, and all the stubs collected both for the day and those turned over to it. The Port .Agent shall he responsible for the proper safeguarding of all the aforesaid material, shall not release any of it until duly called for, and shall insure that no one illegally tampers with the material placed in his custody. The remaining copy of each roster sheet used for the day shall he mailed by the Polls Committee to the Secretary-Treasurer, by certified or registered mail or delivered in person. (f) Members of the Polls Committee shall serve without com­ pensation, except that the Port Agent shall compensate each Polls Committee member with a reasonable sum for meals while serving or provide meals in lieu of cash. Section 4. Polls Committees. (a) Each port shall elect, prior to the beginning of the voting on each voting day, a Polls Committee, consisting of three full hook members none of whom shall he a candidate, officer or an elected or appointed job holder. For the purpose of holding a meeting for the election of a Polls Committee only, and not­ withstanding the provisions of Article XXIII, Section 2, or any other provision of this Constitution, five (5) members shall con­ stitute a quorum for each port, with the said meeting to he held between 8:00 A.M. and 9:00 A.M. with no notice there­ of required. It shall he the obligation of each member wish­ ing to serve on a Polls Committee, or to observe the election thereof, to he present during this time period. It shall he the responsibility of the Port Agent to see that the meeting for the pu^ose of electing the said Polls Committee is called, and that the minutes of the said meeting are sent daily to the SecretaryTreasu-er. In no case shall voting take place unless a duly elected'Polls' Committee is functioning. (h) The duly elected Polls Committee shall collect all un­ used ballots, the voting rosters, the numbered stubs of those ballots already used, the ballot box or boxes and the ballot records and files kept by the Port Agent. It shall then proceed to compare the serial numbers and amounts of stubs with the number of names and corresponding serial numbers on the roster, and then compare the serial number and amounts of ballots used with the verification list, as corrected, and ascer­ tain whether the unused ballots, both serial numbers and amount, represent the difference between what appears on the verification list, as corrected, and the ballots used. If any discrepancies are found, a detailed report thereon shall he drawn by the Polls Committee finding such discrepancies, which report shall he in duplicate, and signed by aU the members of such Polls Committee. Each member of the CommTtee may make what separate comments thereon he desires, provided they are signed and dated by him. A copy of this report shall he given the Port Agent, to he presented at the next regular meet­ ing. A copy shall also he simultaneously sent to the SecretaryTreasurer, who shall cause an investigation to he made forth­ with. The results of such investigation shall be reported to the membership as soon as completed, with recommendations by the Secretary-Treasurer. A majority vote of the membership shall determine what action, if any, shall he taken thereon. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Con­ stitution, the Executive Board shall not make any determina­ tion in these matters. (c) The Polls Committee shall also insure that the ballot box is locked and sealed, which lock and seal shall not be opened except in the manner hereinafter set forth. The same procedure as is set forth in the preceding paragraph with regard to dis­ crepancies shall he utilized in the event the Polls Committee has reason to believe the lock and seal have been illegally tampered with. (d) The Polls Committee shall permit full hook members only to vote. Prior thereto, it shall stamp their hook with the word "voted" and the date, issue ballots to voters, insure that proper registration on the roster takes place, collect stubs, and keep them in numerical order. It shall preserve good order and decorum at the voting site and vicinity thereof. All members and others affiliated with the Union are charged with the duty of assisting the Polls Committee, when called upon, in the preservation of order and decorum. (e) In order to maintain the secrecy and accuracy of the ballot, and to eliminate the possibility of errors or irregularities in any one day's balloting affecting all the balloting in any port, the following procedure shall be observed: At the end of each day's voting, the Polls Committee, in the presence of any member desiring to attend, provided he ob­ serves proper decorum, shall open the ballot box or boxes, and place all of that day's ballots therein in an envelope, as required, which shall then be sealed. The members of the Polls Commit­ tee shall thereupon sign their names across the flap of the said envelope or envelopes, with their book, numbers next to their signatures. The committee shall also place the date and name of the Port on the said envelopes, and shall certify, on the enve­ lope or envelopes, that the ballot box pr boxes were opened publicly, that all ballots for that day o^ly were removed, and that all of those ballots are enclosed in) the envelope or enve­ lopes dated for that day and voted in that Port. The Polls Com- Section 5. Ballot Collection, Toilying Procedure, Protests, and Special Votes. (a) On the day the balloting in each port is to terminate, the Polls Committee elected for that day shall, in addition to their other duties hereinbefore set forth, deliver to headquarters, or mail to headquarters (by certified or registered mail), all the unused ballots, together with a certification, signed and dated by all members of the Committee that all ballots sent to the port and not used are enclosed therewith, subject to the right of each member of the Committee to make separate comments under his signature and date. The certification shall specifically identify, by serial number and amount, the unused ballots so forwarded. In the same package, hut hound separately, the committee shall forward to headquarters all stubs collected dur­ ing the period of voting, together with a certification, signed by all members of the committee, that all the stubs collected by the committee are enclosed therewith subject to the right of each member of the committee to make separate comments under his signature and date. The said Polls Committee members shall not he discharged from their duties until the forwarding called for hereunder is accomplished and evidence of mailing or de­ livery is furnished the Port Agent, which evidence shall be noted and kept in the Port Agent's election records or files. (h) All forwarding to headquarters called for under this Section 5, shall he to the Union Tallying Committee, at the address of headquarters. In the event a Polls Committee cannot he elected or cannot act on the day the balloting in each Port is to terminate, the Port Agent shall have the duty to forward the material specifically set forth in Section 5(a) (unused ballots and stubs) to the Union Tallying Committee, which will then carry out the functions in regard thereto of the said Polls Committee. In such event, the Port Agent shall also forward all other material deemed necessary by the Union Tallying Com­ mittee to execute those functions. All certifications called for under this Article XIII shall he deemed made according to the best knowledge, and belief of those required to make such certification. (c) The Union Tallying Committee shall consist of 14 full hook members. Two shall he elected from each of the seven ports of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston, and Detroit. The election shall he held at the regular meeting in December of the election year, or if the Ex­ ecutive Board otherwise determines prior thereto, at a special meeting held in the aforesaid ports on the first business day of the last week of said month. No Officer, Headquarters Repre­ sentative, Port Agent, Patrolman, or candidate for office, or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this Committee, except as pro­ vided for in Article X, Section 4. In addition to its duties here­ inbefore set forth, the Union Tallying Committee shall he charged with the tallying of all the ballots and the preparation of a closing report setting forth, in complete detail, the results of the election, including a complete accounting of all ballots and stubs, and reconciliation of the same with the rosters, verification lists, and receipts of the Port Agents, all with de­ tailed reference to serial numbers and amounts and with each total broken down into port totals. The Tallying Committee shall be permitted access to the election records and files of all ports, which they may require to he forwarded for inspection at its discretion. The report shall clearly detail all discre­ pancies discovered, and shall contain recommendations for the treatment of these discrepancies. All members of the Committee shall sign the report, without prejudice, however, to the right of any member thereof to submit a dissenting report as to the accuracy of the count and the validity of the ballots, with pertinent details. The Tallying Committee is also charged with the receipt and evaluation of written protests by any member who claims an illegal denial of the right to vote. If it finds the protests in­ valid, it shall dismiss the protest and so inform the protesting member, by wire, on the day of dismissal. If it finds the protest valid, the committee shall order a special vote, to be had no later than within the period of its proceedings, on such terms as are practical, effective, and jusl, hut which terms, in any event, shall include the provisions of Section 3(c) of this Article and the designation of the voting site of the port most convenient to the protesting member. Where a special vote is ordered in Page Thirteen accordance with this Section 5(c), these terms shall apply, not­ withstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Article. Protests may he made only in writing and must be received by the Un-on Tallying Committee during the period of its proceedings. The reports of this committee shall include a brief summary of each protest received, the name and hook number of the protesting member, and a summary of the dis­ position of the said protest. The committee shall take all rea­ sonable measures to adjust the course of its proceedings so as to enable the special vote set forth in this Section 5(c) to he completed within the time herein specified. No closing report shall be made by it unless and until the special votes referred to in this Section 5(c) shall have been duly completed and tallied. (d) The members of the Union Tallying Committee shall proceed to the port in which headquarters is located, as soon as possible after their election hut, in any event, shall arrive at that port prior to the first business day after December 31 of the election year. Each member of the committee not elected from the port in which headquarters is located shall he reim­ bursed for transportation, meals, and lodging expenses occa­ sioned by their traveling to and returning from that Port. All members of the committee shall also he paid at the prevailing standby rate of pay from the day subsequent to their election to the day they return, in normal course, to the Port from which they were elected. The Union Tallying Committee shall elect a chairman from among themselves and, subject to the express terms of this Con­ stitution, adopt its own procedures. Decision as to special votes, protests, and the contents of the final report shall he valid if made by a majority vote, provided there he a quorum in attend­ ance, which quorum is hereby fixed at nine (9). The Union Tallying Committee, hut not less than a quorum thereof, shall have the sole right and duty to obtain the ballots from the depository immediately after the termination of balloting and to insure their safe custody during the course of the commit­ tee's proceedings. The proceedings of this committee, except for the actual preparation of the closing report and dissents there­ from, if any, shall he open to any member, provided he observes decorum. In no event, shall the issuance of the hereinbefore referred to closing report of the Tallying Committee he delayed beyond the January 15th immediately subsequent to the close of voting. The Union Tallying Committee shall he discharged upon the completion of the issuance and dispatch of its reports as required in this .Article. In the event a recheck and recount is ordered pursuant to Section 5(g) of this .Article, the com­ mittee shall he reconstituted except that if any member thereof is not available, a substitute therefore shall be elected from the appropriate port, at a special meeting held for that purpose as soon as possible. (e) The report of the Committee shall he made up in suffi­ cient copies to comply with the following requirements: two copies shall he sent by the committee to each Port Agent and the Secretary-Treasurer prior to the first regular meeting sched­ uled to take place subsequent to the close of the committee's proceedings or, in the event such meeting is scheduled to take place four days or less from the close of this committee's pro­ ceedings, then at least five days prior to the next regular meet­ ing. Whichever meeting applies shall he designated, by date, in the report and shall he referred to as the "Election Report Meeting." As soon as these copies are received, each Port Agent shall post one copy of the report on the bulletin board, in a conspicuous manner. This copy shall he kept posted for a period of two months. At the Election Report Meeting, the other copy of the report shall be read verbatim. (f) At the Election Report meeting, there shall he taken up the discrepancies, if any, referred to in Section 5(c) of this Article and the recommendations of the Tallying Committee submitted therewith. A majority vote of the membership shaR decide what action, if any, in accordance with the Constitution, shall he taken thereon, which action, however, shall not include the ordering of a special vote unless the reported discrepancies affect the results of the vote for any office or job, in which event, the special vote shall he restricted thereto. A majority of the membership, at the Election Report Meeting, may order a recheck and a recount when a dissent to the closing report has been issued by three or more members of the Union Tallying Committee. Except for the contingencies provided for in this Section 5(f) the closing report shall he accepted as final. (g) A special vote ordered pursuant to Section 5(f) must take place and he completed within seven (7) dap after the Election Report Meeting, at each port where the discrepancies so acted upon took place. Subject to the foregoing, and to the limits of the vote set by the membership, as aforesaid, the Port Agents in each such port shall have the functions of the Tally­ ing Committee as set forth in Section 5(c), insofar as that Section deals with the terms of such special vote. The Secre­ tary-Treasurer shall make a sufficient amount of the usual balloting material immediately available to Port Agents, for the purpose of such special vote. Immediately after the close thereof, the Port Agent shall summarize the results and com­ municate them to the Secretary-Treasurer. The ballots, stubs, roster sheets, and unused ballots pertaining to the special vote shall he forwarded to the Secretary-Treasurer, all in the same package, hut hound separately, by the most rapid means prac­ ticable, but, in any case, so as to reach the Secretary-Treasurer in time to enable him to prepare his report as required by this Section 5(g). An accounting and certification, made by the Port Agent, similar to those required of Polls Committees, shall he enclosed therewith. The Secretary-Treasurer shall then prepare a report containing a combined summary of the results, together with a schedule indicating in detail bow they affect tbe Union Tallying Committee's results, as set forth in its clos­ ing report. The form of the letter's report shall he followed as closely as possible. Two (2) copies shall he sent to each port, one copy of which shall he posted. The other copy shall be presented at the next regular meeting after the Election Report Meeting. If a majority vote of the membership decides to accept the Secretary-Treasurer's report, the numerical results set forth in the pertinent segments of tbe Tallying Committee's closing report shall he deemed accepted and final without modi­ fication. If ordered, a recheck and recount, and the report thereon by the Union Tallying Committee, shall be similarly disposed of and deemed accepted and final, by majority vote of the mem­ bership at the regular meeting following the EUection Report Meeting. If such recheck and recoimt is ordered, the Union Tallying Committer shall be required to continue its proceed­ ings correspondingly. Soctlon 6. Installation into office and the Job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman. �SEAFARERS LOG Page Fourteen I' .h J. (a) The person elected shall be that person having the largest number of votes cast for the particular office or job involved. Where more than one person is to be elected for a particular office or job, the proper number of candidates receiving the successively highest number of votes shall be declared elected. These determinations shall be made only from the results deemed final and accepted as provided in this Article. It shall be the duty of the President to notify each individual elected. (b) TTie duly elected officers and other job holders shall take over their respective offices and jobs, and assume the duties thereof, at midnight of the night of the Election Report Meet­ ing, or the next regular meeting, depending upon which meet­ ing the results as to each of the foregoing are deemed final and accepted, as provided in this Article. The term of their predecessors shall continue up to, and expire at, that time, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Article XI, Section 1. This shall not apply where the successful candi­ date cannot assume his office because he is at sea. In such event, a majority vote of the membership may grant additional time for the assumption of the office or job. In the event of the failure of the newly-elected President to assume office the provisions of Article X, Section 2, as to succession shall apply until the expiration of the term. All other cases of failure to assume office shall be dealt with as decided by a majority vote of the membership. Section 7. The Secretary-Treasurer is specifically charged with the preservation and retention of all election records, including the ballots, as required by law, and is directed and authorized to issue such other and further directives as to the election procedures as are required by law, which directives shall be part of the election procedures of this Union. Article XiV Other Electigns Section 1. Trial Committee. A Trial Committee shall be elected at a special meeting held at 10:00 A.M., the next business day fol owing the regular meeting of the Port where the Trial is to take place. It shall consist of five full book members, of which three shall consti­ tute a quorum. No officer. Headquarters Representative, Port Agent, Port Patrolman, or other Union personnel may be elected to serve on a Trial Committee. No member who intends to be a witness in the pending trial may serve, nor may any member who cannot for any reason, render an honest decision. It shall be the duty of every member to decline nomination if he knows, or has reason to believe, any of the foregoing dis­ qualifications apply to him. The members of this committee shall be elected under such generally applicable rules as are adopted by a majority vote of the membership. Section 2. Appeals Committee. The Appeals Committee shall consist of seven full book members, five of whom shall constitute a quorum, elected at the port where headquarters is located. TTie same disquali­ fications and duties of members shall apply with regard to this committee as apply to the Trial Committee. In addition, no member may serve on an Appeals Committee in the hearing of an appeal from a Trial Committee decision, if the said member was a member of the Trial Committee. 4'- •! ; i. ' Section 3. Delegates. As soon as the President is advised as to the date and duly authorized number of delegates to the convention of the Sea­ farers International Union of North America, he shall commu­ nicate such facts to the Port Agent of each Port, together with recommendations as to generally applicable rules for the elec­ tion of delegates for those delegates that may be required in addition to those provided for in Article X, Section 13. These facts and recommendations shall be announced and read at the first regular meeting thereafter. Unless changed by a majority vote of the membership during that meeting, the election rules shall apply. These rules shall not prohibit any full book mem­ ber from nominating himself. The results of the election sball be communicated to each Port Agent, posted on the bulletin board, and announced at the next regular meeting of the Port. Rules of election hereunder may include provisions for auto­ matic election of all qualified nominees, in the event the num­ ber of such nominees does not exceed the number of delegates to be elected. Article XV Trials and Appeals Section 1. Any member may bring charges against any other member for the commission of an offense as set forth in this Constitution. These charges shall be in writing and signed by the accuser, who shall also include his book number. The accuser shall deliver these charges to the Port Agent of the port nearest the place of the offense, or the port of pay-off, if the offense took place aboard ship. He shall also request the Port Agent to present these charges at the next regular meeting The accuser may withdraw his charges before the meeting takes place. i Section 2. After presentation of the charges and the request to the Port Agent, the Port Agent shall cause those charges to be read at the said meeting. If the charges are rejected by a majority vote of the port, no further action may be taken thereon, unless ruled otherwise by a majority vote of the membership of the Union within 90 days thereafter. If the charges are accepted, and the accused is_ present, he shall be automatically on notice that he will be tried the following morning. At his request, the trial shall be postponed until the morning following the next regular meeting, at which time the Trial Committee will then be elected. He shall also be handed a written copy of the charges made against him. If the accused is not present, the Port Agent shall immedi­ ately cause to be sent to him, by registered mail addressed to his last known mailing address on file with the Union a copy of the charges, the names and book numbers of the accusers, and a notification, that he must appear with his witnesses, ready for trial the morning after the next regular meeting, at which meeting the Trial Committee will be elected. In the event a majority of the membership of the Union shall vote to accept charges after their rejection by a port, the trial shall take place in the Port where Headquarters is located. Due notice thereof shall be given to the accused, who shall be informed of the name of his accusers, and who shall receive a written statement of the charges. At tbe request of the accused, transportation and subsistence shall be provided the accused and his witnesses. Section 3. The Trial Committee shall hear all pertinent evidence and shall not be bound by the rules of evidence required by courts of law but may receive all relevant testi­ mony. The T^rial Committee may grant adjournments, at the request of the accused, to enable him to make a proper defense. In the event the Trial Committee falls beneath a quorum, it shall adjourn until a quorum does exist. Section 4. No trial shall be conducted unless all the accusers are present. The Trial Committee shall conduct the trial except that the accused shall have the right to cross-examine the accuser, or accusers, and the witnesses, as well as to conduct his own defense. The accused may select any member to assist him in his defense at the trial, provided, (a) the said member is available at the time of the trial and (b) the said member agrees to render such assistance. If the accused challenges the qualifications of the members of the Trial Committee, or states that the charges do not adequately inform him of what wrong he allegedly committed, or the time and place of such commis­ sion, such matters shall be ruled upon and disposed of, prior to proceeding on the merits of the defense, llie guilt of an accused shall be found only if proven by the weight of the evidence, and the burden of such proof shall be upon the accuser. Every finding shall be based on the quality of the evidence and not solely on the number of witnesses produced. Section 5. The Trial Committee shall make findings as to guilt or innocence, and recommendations as to punishment and/or other Union action deemed desirable in the light of the proceedings. These findings and recommendations shall be those of a majority of the committee, and shall be in writing, as shall be any dissent. The committee shall forward its find­ ings and recommendations, along with any dissent to the Port Agent of the port where the trial took place, while a copy thereof shall be forwarded to the accused and the accusers, either in person or by mail addressed to their last known addresses. The findings shall include a statement that the rights of the accused under this Constitution, were properly safeguarded. The findings also must contain the charges made, the date of the trial, the name and address of the accused, the accuser, and each witness; shall describe each document used at the trial; shall contain a fair summary of the proceedings, and shall state the findings as to guilt or innocence. If possible, all documents used at the trial shall be kept. All findings and recommendations shall he made a part of the regular files. Section 6. The Port Agent of the Port of Trial shall, upon receipt of the findings and recommendations of the Trial Com­ mittee, cause the findings and recommendations to be presented, and entered into the minutes, at the next regular meeting. Section 7. The Port Agent shall send the record of the entire proceedings to headquarters, which shall cause sufficient copies thereof to be made and sent to each Port in time for the next regularly scheduled meeting. Section 8. At the latter meeting, the proceedings shall be dis­ cussed. The meeting shall then vote. A majority vote of the membership of the Union shall: (a) Accept the findings and recommendations, or (b) Reject the findings and recommendations, or (c) Accept the findings, but modify the recommendations, or (d) Order a new trial after finding that substantial justice has not been done with regard to the charges. In this event, a new trial shall take place at the port where headquarters is located and upon application, the accused, the accusers, and their witnesses shall be furnished transportation and subsist­ ence. Section 9. After the vote set forth in Section 8, any punish­ ment so decided upon shall become effective. Headquarters shall cause notice of the results thereof to be sent to each accused and accuser. Section 10. An accused who has been found guilty, or who is under effective punishment may appeal in the following manner: He may send or deliver a notice of appeal to Headquarters within 30 days after receipt of the notice of the decision of the membership. Section 11. At the next regular meeting of the port where Headquarters is located, after receipt of the notice of appeal, the notice shall be presented and shall then become part of the minutes. An Appeals Committee shall then be elected. The Vice-President in charge of contracts is charged with the duty of presenting the before-mentioned proceedings and all avail­ able documents used as evidence at the trial to the Appeals Committee, as well as any written statement or argument sub­ mitted by the accused. The accused may argue his appeal in person, if he so desires. Tbe appeal shall be heard at Union Headquarters on the night the committee is elected. It shall be the responsibility of the accused to insure that his written statement or argument arrives at headquarters in time for such presentation. Section 12. The Appeals Committee shall decide the appeal as soon as possible, consistent with fair consideration of the evidence and arguments before it. It may grant adjournments and may request tbe accused or accusers to present arguments, whenever necessary for such fair consideration. Section 13. The decision of the Appeals Committee shall be by majority vote, and shall be in the form of findings and recommendations. Dissents will be allowed. Decisions and dissents shall be in writing and si^ed by those participating in such decision or dissent. In making its findings and recom­ mendations, the committee shall be governed by the following: (a) No finding of guilt shall be reversed if there is sub­ stantial evidence to support such a finding and, in such case, the Appeals Committee shall not make its own findings as to the weight of evidence. (b) In no event shall increased punishment be recommended. (c) A new trial shall be recommended if the Appeals Com­ mittee finds—(a) that any member of the Trial Committee should have been disqualified, or (b) that the accused was not adequately informed of the details of the charged offense, which resulted in his not having been given a fair trial, or (c) that for any other reason, the accused was not given a fair trial. (d) If there is not substantial evidence to support a finding Ocloberdl, 1968 of guilt, the Appeals Committee shall recommend that the charge on which the finding was boSed be dismissed. (e) The Appeals Committee may recommend lesser punish­ ment. Saction 14. The Appeals Committee shall deliver its decision and dissent, if any, to headquarters, which shall cause sufficient copies to be published and shall have them sent to each port in time to reach there before the next regular scheduled meeting. Headquarters shall also send a copy to each accused and accuser at their last known ;iddress, or notify them in person. Section 15. At the meeting indicated in Section 14 of this Article, the membership, by a majority vote, shall accept the decision of the Appeals Committee, or the dissent therein. If there is no dissent, the decision of the Appeals Committee shall stand. If a new trial is ordered, that trial shall be held in the port where headquarters is located, in the manner provided for in Section 2 of this Article. Any decision so providing for a new trial shall contain such directions as will insure a fair hearing to the accused. Section 16. Headquarters shall notify the accused and each accuser, either in person or in writing addressed to their last known address, of the results of the appeal. A further appeal shall be allowed as set forth in Section 17 of this Article. Section 17. Each member is charged with knowledge of the provisions of the Constitution of the Seafarers International Union of North America, and the rights of, and procedure as to, further appeal as provided for therein. Decisions reached thereunder shall be binding on all members of the Union. Section 18. It shall be the duty of all members of the Union to take all steps within their constitutional power to carry out the terms of any effective decisions. Section 19. Every accused shall receive a written copy of the charges preferred against him and shall be given a reasonable time to prepare his defense, but he may thereafter plead guilty and waive any or all of the other rights and privileges granted to him by this Article. If an accused has been properly notified of his trial and fails to attend without properly requesting a postponement, the Trial Committee may hold its trial without his presence. Article XVI Offenses and Penalties Section 1. Upon proof the commission of the following offenses, the member shall be expelled from membership: (a) Proof of membership in any organization advocating the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force; (b) Acting as an informer against the interest of the Union or the membership in any organizational campaign; (c) Acting as an informer for, or agent of, the company against the interests of the membership or the Union; (d) The commission of any act as part of a conspiracy to destroy the Union. Section 2. Upon proof of the commission of any of the fol­ lowing offenses, the member shall be penalized up to and including a penalty of expulsion from the Union. In the event the penalty of expulsion is not invoked or recommeded, the jenalty shall not exceed suspension from the rights and privieges of membership for more than two (2) years, or a fine of 150.00 or both: (a) Willfully misappropriating or misusing Union property of the value in excess of fSO.OO. (b) Unauthorized use of Union property, records, stanaps, seals, etc., for the purpose of personal gain; (c) Willful misuse of any office or job, elective or not, within the Union for the purpose of personal gain, financial or other­ wise, or the willful refusal or failure to execute the duties or functions of the said office or job, or gross neglect or abuse in executing such duties or functions or other serious misconduct or breach of trust. The President may, during the pendency of disciplinary proceedings under this subsection, suspend the officer or jobholder from exercising the functions of the office or job, with or without pay, and designate his temporary re­ placement. (d) Unauthorized voting, or unauthorized handling of bal­ lots, stubs, rosters, verification lists, ballot boxes, or election files, or election material of any sort; (e) Preferring charges with knowledge that such charges are false; (f) Making or transmitting, with intent to deceive, false reports or communications which fall within the scope of Union business; (g) Deliberate failure or refusal to join one's ship, or mis­ conduct or neglect of duty aboard ship, to the detriment of the Union or its agreements; (h) Deliberate and unauthorized interference, or deliberate and malicious villification, with regard to the execution of the duties of any office or joh; (i) Paying for, or receiving money for, employment aboard a vessel, exclusive of proper earnings and Union payments; (j) Willful refusal to submit veidence of affiliation for the purpose of avoiding or delaying money payments to the Union, or unauthorizedly transferring or receiving evidence of Union affiliation, with intent to deceive; (k) Willful failure or refusal to carry out the order of those duly authorized to make such orders during time of strike. (1) Failure or refusal to pay a fine or assessment within the time limit set therefor either hy the Constitution or by action taken in accordance with the Constitution. Section 3. Upon proof of the commission of any of the fol­ lowing offenses, members shall be penalized up to and including a susnension from tbe rights and privileges of membership for two(2) years, or a fine of $50.00 or both: (a) Willfully misappropriating or misusing Union property of the value under $50.00; (b) Assuming any office or job, whether elective or not with knowledge of the lack-of possession of the qualifications re­ quired therefor; (c) Misconduct during any meeting or other official Union proceeding, or bringing the Union into disrepute hy conduct not provided for elsewhere in this Article; (d) Refusal or negligent failure to carry out orders of those duly authorized to make such orders at any time. Sactlon 4. Upon proof of the commission of any of the fol­ lowing offenses, members shall be penalized up to and including a fine of $50.00; ; �tdc bilolMsr (a) Refusal or willful failure to be present at sign-ons or pay-ofFs; (b) Willful failure to submit Union book to Union repre­ sentatives at pay-off; (c) Disorderly conduct at pay-off or sign-on; (d) Refusal to cooperate with Union representatives in dis­ charging their duties; (e) Disorderly conduct in the Union hall; (f) Gambling in the Union hall; (g) Negligent failure to join ship. Section 5. Any member who has committed an offense penal­ ized by no more than a fine of $50.00 may elect to waive his rights under this Constitution subject to the provisions of Article XV, Section 19 and to pay the maximum fine of $50.00 to the duly authorized representative of the Union. Section 6. This Union, and its members, shall not be deemed to waive any claim, of pers ..al or property rights to which it or its members are entitled, by bringing the member to trial or enforcing a penalty as provided in this Constitution. Section 7. Any member under suspension for an offense under this Artiele shall continue to pay all dues and assessments and must observe his duties to the Union, members, officials, and job holders. Article XVii Publications This Union may publish such pamphlets, journals, news­ papers, magazines, periodicals and general literature, in such manner as may be determined, from time to time, by the Executive Board. Article XVili Bonds Officers and job holders, whether elected or appointed as well as all other employees handling monies of the Union shall be bonded as required by law. Article XiX Expenditures Section 1. In the event no contrary policies or instructions are in existence, the President may authorize, make, or incur such expenditures and expenses as are normally encompassed within the authority conferred upon him by Article X of this Constitution. Section 2. The provisions of Section 1 shall similarly apply to the routine accounting and administrative procedures of the Union except those primarily concerned with trials, appeals, negotiations, strikes, and elections. Section 3. The provisions of this Article shall supersede to the extent applicable, the provisions of Article X of this Constitution. Article XX income Section 1. The income of this Union shall include dues, initiation fees, fines, assassments, contributions, loans, interest, dividends, as well as income derived from any other legitimate business operation or other legitimate source. Section 2. An official Union receipt, properly filled out, shall be given to anyone paying money to the Union or to any person authorized by the Union to receive money. It shall be the duty of every person affiliated with the Union who makes such payments to demand such receipt. Section 3. No assessments shall be levied except after a ballot conducted under such general rules as may be decided upon by a majority vote of the membership, provided that: (a) The ballot must be secret. (b) The assessment must be approved by a majority of the valid ballots cast. Section 4. Except as otherwise provided by law, all payments by members or other affiliates of this Union shall be applied successively to the monetary obligations owed the Union com­ mencing with the oldest in point of time, as measured from the date of accrual of such obligation. The period of arrears shall be calculated accordingly. Article XXI Other Types of Union Affiliotion To the extent permitted by law, this Union, by majority vote of the membership, may provide for affiliation with it by individuals in a lesser capacity than membership, or in a capacity other than membership. By majority vote of the mem­ bership, the Union may provide for the rights and obligations incident to such capacities or affiliations. These rights and obligations may include, but are not limited to (a) the applic­ ability or non-applicability of all or any part of the Consti­ tution; (b) the terms, of such affiliation; (c) the right of the Union to peremptory termination of such affiliation and, (d) the fees required for such affiliation. In no event may anyone not a member receive evidence of affiliation equivalent to that of members, reeeive priority or rights over members, or be termed a member. Article XXII Quorums Section 1. Unless elsewhere herein otherwise specifically pro­ vided, the quorum for a special meeting of a port shall be six full book members. ; Section 2. The quorum for a regular meeting of a Port shall be fifty (50) members. Section 3. Unless otherwise specifieally set forth herein, the decisions, reports, recommendations, or other functions of any segment of the Union requiring a quorum to act officially, shall be a majority of those voting, and shall not be official or effective unless the quorum requirements are met. Soctlon 4. Unless otherwise indicated herein, where the requli'sments for a quorum are not specifically set forth, a quorum shall be deemed a majority of those composing the ap­ plicable segment of the Union. Article XXIII Meetings Section 1. Regular membership meetings shall be held monthly only in the following major ports at the following times: During the week following the first Sunday of every month a meeting shall he-held on Monday—at New York; on Tuesday —at Philadelphia; on Wednesday—at Baltimore; and on Friday—at Detroit. During the next week, meetings shall be held on Monday—at Houston; on Tuesday—at New Orleans; and on Wednesday—at Mobile. All regular membership meet­ ings shall commence at 2:30 P.M. local time. Where a meeting day falls on a Holiday officially designated as such by the authorities of the state or municipality in which a port is located, the port meeting shall take place on the following business day. Saturday and Sunday shall not be deemed busi­ ness days. The Area Vice Presidents shall be the chairmen of all regular meetings in ports in their respective areas. In the event the Area Vice Presidents are unable to attend a regular meeting of a port, they shall instruct the Port Agents, or other elected job holders, to act as chairmen of the meetings. In the event a quorum is not present at 2:30 P.M. the chairman of the meeting at the pertinent port shall postpone the opening of the meeting but in no event later than 3:00 P.M. Section 2. A special meeting at a port may be called only at the direction of the Port Agent or Area Vice President. No special meeting may be held, except between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Notice of such meeting shall be posted at least two hours in advance, on the port bulletin board. The Area Vice Presidents shall be the chairmen of all special meetings in ports in their respective areas. In the event the Area Vice Presidents are unable to attend a special meet­ ing of a port, they shall instruct the Port Agents, or other elected job holders, to act as chairmen of the meetings. The contents of this Section 2 are subject to the provisions of Article XIII, Section 4(a). Section 3. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, all reg­ ular meetings shall be governed by the following: 1. The Union Constitution. 2. Majority vote of the members assembled. Article XXIV DeHnitions ond Miscelloneous Provisions Reloting Thereto Section 1. Incapacity. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein, the term "incapacity," shall mean any illness or situation preventing the affected person from carrying out his duties for more than 30 days, provided that this does not result in a vacancy. However, nothing contained in this Article shall be deemed to prohibit the execution of the functions of more than one job and/or office in which event no incapacity shall be deemed to exist with regard to the regular job or office of the one taking over the duties and functions of the one incapacitated. The period of incapacity shall be the time during which the circumstances exist. Section 2. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein, the term "vacancy" shall include failure to perform the func­ tions of any office or job by reason of death, or resignation, or suspension from membership or expulsion from the Union with no further right to appeal in accordance with the pro­ visions of Article XV of this Constitution. Page Fifteen have ^quired the highest seniority rating set forth in the standafu couective bargaining agreement. Section 12. The term, "full book member", shall mean a member to whom a full book has been duly issued and who is entitled to retain it in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution. Article XXV Amendments This Constitution shall be amended in the following manner: Section 1. Any full book member may submit at any regular meeting of any Port proposed amendments to this Constitu­ tion in resolution form. If a majority vote of the membership of the Port approves it, the proposed amendment shall be for­ warded to all Ports for further action. Section 2. When a proposed amendment is accepted by a ma­ jority vote of the membership, it shall be referred to a Con­ stitutional Committee in the Port where Headquarters is located. This Committee shall be composed of six full book members, two from each department and shall be elected in accordance with such rules as are established by a majority vote of that Port. The Committee will act on all proposed amendments referred to it. The Committee may receive whatever advice and assistance, legal or otherwise, it deems necessary. It shall prepare a report on the amendment together with any proposed changes or substitutions or recommendations and the reasons for such recommendations. The latter shall then be submitted to the membership by the President. If a majority vote of the membership approves the amendment as recommended, it shall then be voted upon, in a yes or no vote by the memhership of the Union by secret ballot in accordance with the procedure outlined in Article XIII, Section 3(b) through Section 5, ex­ cept that, unless otherwise required by a majority vote of the iiieinbership al the time it gives the approval necessary to put the referendum to a vote, the Union Tallying Committee shall consist of six (6) full book members, two from each of the three (3) departments of the Union, elected from Head­ quarters Port. The amendment shall either be printed on the ballot, or if too lengthy, shall be referred to on the ballot. Copies of the amendment shall be posted on the bulletin boards of all ports and made available at the voting site in all ports. Section 3. If approved by a majority of the valid ballots cast, the amendment shall become effective immediately upon noti­ fication by the Heaiquarters Tallying Committee to the Presi­ dent that the amendment has been so approved, unless other­ wise specified in the amendment. The President shaU immedi­ ately notify all ports of the results of the vote on the amendment. EXHIBIT A Minimol requirements to be contoined in Constitution of subordinote bodies ond divisions chortered by or offilioted with the Seoforers Internotionol Union of North Americo — Atlontic. Gulf, Lokes ond Inlond Woters District. I All members shall have equal rights and privileges, subject to reasonable rules and regulations, contained in this Consti­ tution, including secret election, freedom of speech, the right to hold office and the right of secret votes on assessment and dues increases, all in accordance with the law. II No member may be automaticaly suspended from member­ ship except for non-payment of dues, and all mernbers shall be afforded a fair hearing upon written charges, with a reas­ onable time to prepare defense, when accused of an offense under the Constitution. Section 3. When applicable to the Union as a whole the term, "majority vote of the membership," shall mean the majority of all the valid votes cast by full book members at an official meeting of those ports holding a meeting. This definition shall prevail notwithstanding that one or more ports cannot hold III meetings because of no quorum. For the purpose of this Sec­ This Union is chartered by (and/or affiliated with), the tion, the term "meeting" shall refer to those meetings to be Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, held during the time period within which a vote must be taken Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, and this Constitution in accordance with the Constitution and the custom and usage and any amendments thereto, shall not take effect unless and of the Union in the indicated priority. until approved as set forth in the Constitution of that Union. Section 4. When applicable solely to port action and not con­ cerned with, or related to, the Union as a whole, and not IV forming part of a Union-wide vote, the term "majority vote An object of this Union is, within its reasonable capacity, of the membership," shall refer to the majority of the valid to promote the welfare of, and assist, the Seafarers Interna­ votes cast by the full book members at any meeting of the tional Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and In­ Port, regular or special. land Waters District. Section 5. The term, "membership action", or reference thereto, shall mean the same as the term "majority vote of the membership." The charter (and/or affiliation) relationship between this Union and the Seafarers International Union of North America Section 6. Where the title of any office or job, or the holder —Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District shall not thereof, is set forth in this Constitution, all references thereto be dissolved so long as at least ten members of this Union, and the provisions concerned therewith shall be deemed to be equally applicable to whomever is duly acting in such office • and the Seafarers International Union of North America— Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District acting through or job. its Executive Board wish to continue such relationship. Section 7. The term "Election Year" shall be deemed to mean that calendar year,prior to the calendar year in which elected VI officials and other elected job-holders are required to asume No amendment to this Constitution shall be effective unless office. The first election year hereunder shall be deemed to be and until approved by at least a two-thirds vote of the member­ 1960. ship in a secret referendum conducted for that purpose. In Section 8. The terms, "this Constitution", and "this amended any event, the adoption of this Constitution and any ainendConstitution," shall be deemed to have the same meaning and ments thereto, will not be effective unless and until compliance shall refer to the Constitution which takes the place of the with Article H of the Constitution of the Seafarers Interna­ one adopted by the Union in 1939, as amended up through tional Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and August, 1956. Inland Waters District is first made. Section 9. The term, "member in good standing", shall meaii a member whose monetary obligations to the Union are not VII in arrears for thirty days or more, or who is not under suspen­ The Seafarers International Union of North America—At­ sion or expulsion effective in accordance with this Constitution. lantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District shall have the Unless otherwise expressly indicated, the term, "member," right to check, inspect and make copies of all the books and shall mean a member in good standing. records of this Union upon demand. Soction 10. Unless plainly otherwise required by the context of their use, the terms "Union book," "membership book," and VIII "book," shall mean official evidence of Union membership. This Union shall not take any action which will have the effect of reducing its net assets, calculated through recognized Section 11. The term "full book" or "fuU Union book" shall accounting procedures, below the amount of its indebtedness mean only an official certificate issued as evidence of Union to the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlanmembership which can be attained only by those members who �Page Sixteen October 11, 1968 SEAFARERS LOG SIt tic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Water District, unless approved b" that Union through its Executive Board. IX So long as there exists any indebtedness by this Union to the Seafarers, International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, that Union shall have the right to appoint a representative or representatives to this Union who shall have the power to attend all meetings of this Union, or its sub-divisions, or governing boards, if any; and who shall have access to all books and records of this Union on demand. This representative, or these representatives, shall be charged with the duty of assisting this Union and its mem­ bership, and acting as a liaison between the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District and this Union. XII So long as any unpaid per capita tax, or any other indebted­ ness of any sort is owed by this Union to the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, such indebtedness shall constitute a first lien on the assets of this Union, which lien shall not be impaired without the written approval of the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf Lakes and Inland Waters District acting through its Executive Board. XI The per capita tax payable by this Union to the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District shall be that which is fixed in ac­ cordance with the terms of the Constitution of that Union. This Constitution and actions by this Union pursuant thereto are subject to those provisions of the Constitution of the Sea­ farers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District pertaining to afhliation, dis­ affiliation, trusteeships, and the granting and removd of charters. XIII This Union shall be affiliated with the Seafarers International Union of North America through the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. It shall share in, and participate as part of, the delegation of that District to the Convention of the Sea­ farers International Union of North America in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. I- f: EVERY SEAFARER IS GUARANTEED f". Protection of the rights and privileges guaranteed him under the Constitution of the Union. The right to vote. The right to nominate himself for, and to hold, any office in the Union. That every official of the Union shall be bound to uphold and protect the rights of every member and that in no case shall any member be deprived of his rights and privileges as a member without due process of the law of the Union. The right to be confronted by his accuser and to be given a fair trial by an impartial committee of his brother Union members if he should be charged with conduct detrimental to the welfare of Seafarers banded together in this Union. The right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. The assurance that his brother Seafarers will stand with him in defense of the democratic principles set forth in the Constitution of the Union. I I �i =^ t UM 55 .S 'A ^ '-5 5- ;'i y.-rAA." •••i i. (V : The Do Pauw Victory is in dry dock in Hoboken, N.J.,after a long trip to the Far Fast, The Seafarers paid off after call' ing at 14 different ports, including stops in Keelung, Guam, Pearl Harl^or, Japan and Okinawa, Few beefs were reported. I i Baker "Tiny" Richardson (I) and cook Fred Whitfield, helped keep Seafarers well-fed during the 14-month voyage. From left are: Henry Duhadaway. Kermit Green and J. W. Boyd. Duhadaway and Boyd are ready for shore leave and Green will join them soon. They reported a good voyage. (. While waiting for the pay-off, AB Ed Matthews looks at the New York City skyline. Matthews joined SlU in 1967. :k. ,V._ .,4. --1-. Birthday party was held for John Morris (center) and (I to r): Fred Whitfield, J. Boyd, Jack O'Steen, Ed Matthews, Seated is John's son George, who sailed in deck department. . rj ^ �Page Eighteen Speeding Up The SlU Benefits SEAFARERS October 11, IMS LOG MSf^CHERS September 20 to October 3 1968 DECK DEPARTMENT 1 Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals SlU Welfare Director Al Bernstein (left) explains workings of a special IBM computer to Fernando Recio, Chief Administrator for Merchant Marine Social Security Fund in Chile. The computer will expedite Social Security and Welfare benefits for Seafarers. Outlets will be established in each port for computer, to give instant information and eliminate delays of phoning and mailing. Striking Upholsterers Backed In Dispute With Family Firms WASHINGTON—Members of the Upholsterers have been on strike against Hillenbrand Industries since June 2 over basic trade union issues and should have the "complete support of the united labor movement," AFL-CIO ^ President George Meany said in most of them lived right in the a recent message to all union town. Now, the majority live out­ side the town. presidents. The final company offer was a More than 700 union members have been picketing Batesville, wage increase of 50 cents an hour Ind., plants of the Batesville Cas­ in three steps—22 cents, 15 cents, ket Company and the Hill-Rom and 13 cents—over three years. Hospital Equipment Company Local 1525 members turned it down because they felt the time without much public attention. had come to fight for things more Meany said one major problem important than wages. facing the strikers is the "complete Their demands included the management domination of Bates­ ville, including ownership of the right to question company-set pro­ town bank and newspaper" and duction standards, seniority, job bidding, a real health and welfare subservience of city officials. program, an improved pension "It is a company town in the complete sense," Meany reported. plan, return of strikers without Noting that the union has launched seniority loss, the right to have a union representative come into the a nationwide consumer boycott plant to handle grievances, and a against the Batesville "Monoseal" union shop. casket and Hill-Rom hospital fur­ "Our biggest demand," says niture, he urged "your complete support of this boycott, including James Stephenson, president and business agent of the local, "is publicity in labor publications." simply for better working condi­ Batesville is one of the nation's tions." last remaining company towns. The present pension plan, ac­ Descendants of John Hillenbrand, who founded it more than a cen­ cording to Charles Baker, strike tury ago, have their fingers in captain and a worker in the Doll every aspect of community life— (another Hillenbrand "family politics, publishing, banking or in­ name") plant of the casket com­ dustry. pany calls for $1 a mon'h pension Members of UIU Local 1525 for each year of work. "In other went on strike to break the fam­ words," he says, "if you work 40 ily's paternalistic hold on their years you get $40 a month—^but lives and, despite the usual forms if you quit or are laid off and come of intimidation, still walk the back, you start all over from picket line firmly determined to scratch." gain 20th Century working condi­ Since the strike be«?an, the un­ tions from the Hillenbrand em­ ion reports, not a word about it has appeared in the local news­ pire. paper, pickets have been shoved , The strike started when a threeyear contract expired on June 1. around by police, teenagers (too Althoueh there has been a history young to operate machinery under of unionism in the plants for the Indiana law) have been hired as pust two (X three decades, the strikebreakers, and private police cdmpanies were in a position to have been brought in to harass dominate union members because strikers. TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B 6 3 66 51 8 5 29 21 16 15 10 11 6 13 33 16 39 43 61 33 20 23 31 53 20 14 334 301 Class A Class B Class C 2 5 4 8 37 54 4 2 7 4 8 14 6 11 16 11 8 7 1 3 4 2 14 29 1 12 32 12 27 30 12 20 17 35 24 37 16 23 17 261 114 201 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 12 4 190 90 16 12 101 38 34 21 11 3 19 16 23 27 113 98 93 89 34 11 74 16 9 6 729 431 ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups All Groups Port 1 ClacB A Class B Class C Class A Class B Boston 4 3 3 1 5 New York 37 47 38 31 5 Philadelphia 6 3 2 5 S Baltimore 15 21 17 13 3 Norfolk 8 14 9 10 10 Jacksonville 6 6 2 3 1 Tampa 4 5 0 5 2 Mobile 16 22 18 17 9 New Orleans 25 38 16 32 1 Houston 24 30 20 23 17 Wilmington 9 16 7 11 18 San Francisco ... 41 33 40 27 30 Seattle 17 15 18 17 10 Totals 212 253 181 206 112 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 5 2 107 111 18 10 59 52 18 11 9 5 8 11 39 28 61 98 98 87 10 2 43 18 8 7 467 458 STEWARD TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B Port 3 2 Boston 26 27 New York 7 7 Philadelphia 19 10 Baltimore 8 12 Norfolk Jacksonville 3 1 3 Tampa 2 Mobile 17 21 New Orleans 29 27 Houston 27 21 Wilmington 5 5 San Francisco ... 33 47 Seattle 13 10 Totals 198 187 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 3 7 113 51 20 11 81 38 20 16 8 2 12 9 30 23 96 72 80 54 10 0 37 59 14 8 324 550 DEPARTMENT TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 4 1 2 20 16 14 3 3 2 4 4 11 10 9 9 9 4 5 1 2 1 13 17 8 0 25 12 20 7 9 3 7 8 43 40 26 19 11 4 98 181 127 Refuses Ban on Strikers House Rejetts RepuUitan Attempts To Cut Buck Food Stump Progrum WASHINGTON—^The House qualify strikers, persons involved program. It then went on to give 24598 approval to a House-Senate conference agreement extending the food stamp program through 1970 and raising the amount of money available for the program. The AFL-CIO had strongly urged the House to approve the conference report and reject a mo­ tion by California Republican Charles Teague to insist on the striker ban. The original House-passed bill had included the prohibition on food stamps for families needing help because their incomes and savings had been depleted by long strikes. The Senate bill contained no such provision and it was dropped by the House-Senate conference committee. When Teague proposed to send the bill back to conference with instructions to restore the anti­ union measure. Representative Leonor K. Sullivan (D-Mo.), told the House how Teague and his allies had sought to gut the food stamp program. The striker ban motion, she said "is sponsored by enemies, not friends of the food stamp pro­ gram. It was originally adopted in has voted down, 187-158, a new Republican attempt to disin any "labor dispute," and needy students from the food stamp committee by the votes of mem­ bers who then voted against the bill, even as so amended." Defeat of the Teague motion was accomplished with the help of a bit of congressional log-roll­ ing. A number of liberal Demo­ crats served notice on conservative farm area colleagues, that they were getting a bit tired of provid­ ing the votes needed for farm aid legislation without some reciproc­ ity on bills to help people in cities. It was no coincidence that a bill extending the basic farm program for another year was brought up on the same day and passed. SlU WELFARE, VACATION PLANS August 1-August 31, 1968 Number of Benefits 3,709 29 1,204 30 443 Hospital Benefits (Welfare) . .. Death Benefits (Welfare) Disability Benefits (Welfare) . . Maternity Benefits (Welfare) . . Dependent Benefits (Welfare) . (Average: $202.78) Optical Benefits (Welfare) i .. 525 Out-Patient Benefits (Welfore) 4,304 SUMMARY (Welfare) 10,244 Vacation Benefits 1,650 (Average: $428.53) Total Welfare, Vacation Benefits Paid This Period 11,894 Amount Paid $ 41,074.04 66,951.68 265,975.00 5,959.65 89,888.38 7,932.98 34,591.88 512,373.61 707,071.60 $1,219,445.21 �OdM>6«r Union Thanked For Assistance To The Editor: I received a death benefit check from the SIU welfare fund and I wish to thank the Union very much. Also, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Union for their kindness and prompt offers of assistance fol­ lowing my husband's death. Sincerely, Mrs. Eunice F. Jones Spout Springs, Va. Danger to Labor In Wallace Push To the Editor: I like to read a lot of news­ papers and I have been very disturbed over the support a man like Wallace seems to be getting. What is most sad, I think, are the reports that some people who belong to labor unions are cheering him on. It seems to me that working people are forgetting some im­ portant facts. Wallace is the governor of a "right-to-work" state. He is interested in keeping labor un­ ions down. This is reflected in the fact that Alabama has one of the nation's lowest wage averaees. Does anyone think he would change his stripes if he ever got to Washington? Wallace himself doesn't say so. Do we want an Alabama in all ."iO states? In his campaign he is plug­ ging every fear that could ex­ cite a lot of people, and every prejudice that could be ap­ pealed to and strengthened, in order to gather support for himself. The biggest fear he has been playing on is the fear of a Ne­ gro revolution which has been brought into being and is being reinforced by Wallace's kind of thinking. Does Wallace want to put down this revolution by force of arms? If he does, how could he except by bloody civil war? Doesn't talk of this kind bring on just the thing he claims he doesn't want? Isn't it more sens­ ible to try to negotiate and meet the aspirations of a people who have been held down too long? Support for Wallace is sup­ port for repression of labor and minority groups and can lead to a blood bath in this country. Sincerely, Frank Zdanczewiecz Seafarer Praises Welfare Plan To The Editor: After a recent illness I re­ ceived a discharge from the hos­ pital on August 23, FED. I went to the hall the next day and caught the Bethtex. When I returned from that trip, I returned to the hospital for a checkup as recommended by the doctor and have now SEAFARERS LOG started my second trip with a clean bill of health. I won't be needing any more assistance but it was sure a wonderful thing to have that check coming in when I did need it. I would have been in sorry straits without it. I wish to thank the SIU for this won­ derful plan. Sincerely, Glendyn L, Brooks Baltimore Humphrey Is Choice Of American Worker To The Editor: It seems to me the election choices are not too complicated, if you can look through the confusion thrown up by all the speech-making, lots of which is just plain double-talk and doesn't say anything. If you're a big industrialist or business owner you're going to like Nixon—^he's your man. I read where Wall Street is hav­ ing a bull session—stock prices are going up, up, up because they like Nixon's chances. They know this means more profits. This obviously means that costs —and our wages are one of them—will have to be kept down, if Nixon gets in. Wallace can only fool people who are taken in by his peddling of hate and fear. Anybody who looks further knows that he has an anti-labor record from way back. The Humphrey-Muskie tick­ et is the only one for the worker and his family. There just is no question about it. Humphrey is the only one who has a pro­ gram for peace. He has the backing of labor and the full support of the national AFLCIO. Working people know in their hearts that they have al­ ways done better in the climate of a Democratic administration. Peace and prosperity depend on the kind of platform that Hubert Humphrey brings to the American people. I urge all working people to go to the polls and vote in November. We can't just talk about it. We must act on it. A large labor vote will defeat the anti-labor people and the hate-and-fear peddlers and show that we are not fooled by double-talk. Sincerely, Albert Cartwell Seafarer's Wife Thanks Welfare Plan To The Editor: I wish to thank the Seafarers Welfare Plan for the fast and efficient way in which my re­ cent claim for hospital and sur­ gical expenses was handled. Where is there another orga­ nization which takes care of their members and their de­ pendents like the Seafarers? I have always been proud to say my husband is a member of the organization and always will continue to be proud of it. Sincerely, Mrs. Walter F. Mueller Tampa, Florida Page Nineteen Seafarer Holmes Recalls Early Days As Budding Semi-Pro Hockey Player If Seafarer Richard Holmes is ever on a ship caught in a hurricane, chances are the violent pitching of the vessel will be nothing compared to the hard knocks he went through while play­ ing semi-pro hockey in his native Canada. Brother Holmes recalled some of his experiences for a LOG reporter in the Balti­ The league played a 40-game more hall recently while waiting schedule and as an example of to ship out. the Canadians' fondness for the "I played hockey in the Rich­ sport, "we played outdoors from elieu League," he said. "This was •ii i November to February, then went in the Montreal area and was in indoors for the playoffs. It gets the intermediate division. They pretty cold up there and only a were a semi-pro league and one great love of hockey enabled them needed some prior experience, to do it," Holmes said. Now, the such as playing in grade school towns contributing teams to the and high school, to make the league are chipping in to build team. We also had little leagues more indoor rinks, Holmes said. for youngsters, similar to little Brother Holmes, who has been league baseball in America. They skating since he was six years old, weren't strict about age, however, also played in what they called with players ranging between 18 an "oldtimers league." It was a and 28 years old." four-team league in town and the Taller than most hockey play­ players contributed $60 per man ers, Holmes stands 6 feet, 6 inches for insurance and the use of the and weighs about 230 pounds, rink. Players could be as young some ten pounds over his playing as 18 or as old as 48. weight. Most big men lack the Holmes still stays in shape by balance on ice skates required of Seafarer Richard Holmes relaxes hockey players, but having been in Baltimore hall. Holmes recalled swimming a great deal. "It's great "raised on skates" like so many his experience as a semi-pro exercise since swimming helps Canadians, his height was no bar­ hockey player to a LOG reporter. every muscle." rier. In fact, as a defenseman, A great fan of the Montreal his weight enabled him to more to National Hockey League, but Canadians, Holmes described than hold his own in the tough World War II broke that up. In their fans as very rabid. "You sDort—so famous for its frequent my younger days, 1 was the have to give them a winner, or fastest skater in town, but after they'll burn down Montreal brawls. the war I lost some of my speed. Forum. They will boo you out Lots (rf Fights I played for one full year before "In hockey, the game is so fast the war, then four more years of the rink on a bad night." The and the body contact so furious, afterward, but by then my French-Canadian player used to tempers naturally flare up," chances of making it big as a pro dominate the game and, to a large extent, still does. Montreal of Holmes said. "Also, there is a lot had gone." course, has a large share of this of action in the corners of the "As a defenseman and due to talent. "They stress speed and rink that many fans never see. my height and weight, I had sort For instance, there is what play­ of a bad man reputation," he skating, but they have a number ers call a six-incher which means recalled. "I guess you could say of big players. French-Canadians one player will use the last six I got enough penalties." The tend to be small, but some, like inches of his hockey stick to hit Richelieu League was "a pretty Jean Beliveau are pretty big," an opponent in the stomach. And good scoring league" but Holmes Beliveau, Gordie Howe, Camille of course, there is a lot of elbow­ believes that heavy scoring "is an Henry and Terry and Ken Reardon are players Holmes has most ing. indication that the defense and enjoyed watching. Brother Holmes said he "was goalie are doing a poor job and never seriously injured although the forwards are not back check­ Expansion Helps I got hit by the puck a few times." ing the way they should." Expansion has been a big thing Although he believes a figure for hockey. Holmes believes, Hit 'Em Hard .skater may be smoother and more since with only six teams, "there graceful than a hockey player. "A defenseman's job is to get was no room for many players. Holmes declared that the latter the puck out and over to his for­ That is why the minors had so needs far more than average skat­ wards," Holmes said. "We had many older players and why you ing ability. "Since an ice skate a coach named MacLachlan who saw rookies between 30 and 35 has only one blade, good ankles used to say the defense should hit last year. The love of the game are a must, or the player will flop 'em hard so the offensive player kept them going and they finally over," he pointed out. would be scared to come to your got their chance." "I never played professional side of the ice. He said the de­ "Amateur hockey is on the hockey. I thought I may have fense should go for the man and downgrade in Canada, because had a chance to go all the way never mind the puck." youngsters now join pro organi­ zations as young as 12 years old," he said. "When a player signs a nro contract, he remains with that organization until they release him—even if he spends many The following Seafarers have money due them from their vears in the minor leagues. Al­ service on the final voyage of the Oceanic Wave. though a player can get a threeArlinghaus, H. E. Mathews, W. J. aame trial and remain an am­ Asuncion, Aurelio McNorton, C. ateur, the pros have cut into Balderston, J. W. Miller, C. E. Canadian talent too deeply to Barnes, R. O. Mojica, Juan enable the country to compete Camley, D. J. Ohejo, R. Q. with Russia, Sweden and Czech­ Cathey, G. R. Osterhorg, R. oslovakia in amateur hockey. Cochenour, C. A. Pritchett, S. W. "In Russia, thev plav together Coverdale, B. C. Quoy, Quop, D. C. for years. Canada's Olympic team Doyle, Philip Rosson, J. H. has had former professionals like Elsmore, R. W. Sagadraca, I. A. Tod Sloan and Carl Brewer re­ England, F. R. Sihler, D. D. instated as amateurs in order to Hagen, K. D. Sweeney, E. P. have a good team. Canada just Hartman, D. M. Whitman, H. O. doesn't have so-called simon-pure Jordon, K. J. Wijemarl^ L. G. amateurs any more." Korsak, A. WItzoi, O. S. Holmes, who speaks French Lenz, R. W. Wooten, W. fluently, worked in construction Matheson, J. Young, Barton, L. and was a seaman in Canada in All men listed above are requested to get in touch with Seattle addition to serving in the Navy, Port Agent Steve Troy for further information as promptly as prior to joining the SIU. He ex­ possible. pects to sail mostly out of Balti­ more. Money Due from Oceanic Wave �'f f Pat^ber.ll, ,1968 SEAFARERS LOG Page Twenty Seafarer Succumbs in Iran Despite All Revival Attempts Seafarer James Tucker of the deck department was named ship's delegate, Meeting Secretary Darrell Chafin reported from the Del Mar (Delta). No beefs were brought to Tucker's attention and the ship is running along smoothly and in good condition. Some repairs were made on the television set in Houston, Chafin wrote. Jeane A motion was made and adop­ "The crew is working very har­ Latapie is movie director for the ted for' each Seafarer to donate moniously and there are no beefs," present voyage. He reported that $1 to the ship's fund, the newlyship's delegate J movies were purelected treasurer, Rodger Swanson chased for Thomas Smith re­ reports from the $301.20. Since Western Hunter ported from the ihe movie fund Cape Catoche (Colonial Tank­ I had contained (South Atlantic ers). All members only $167, there and Caribbean voted to contrib­ is a deficit of Steamship Lines). ute $2 to a ship's $134.20. Each Juan Fernandez fund. Most of the [ crewmember will was elected new money will be donate $4 to at­ Myrick Robinson ship's delegate by used to have the Chameco tend movies un­ acclamation, ac­ television set repaired, Swanson til this amount is made up. In cording to Meeting Chairman F. writes. A discussion was held re­ addition, the Seafarers were asked R. Chameco. Everything is going to contribute one dollar each to garding the possibility of getting start a ship's fund. John Robinson movies for the crew and a new ice smoothly with no beefs or dis­ puted overtime reported. Brother asked the men to think about the machine. Painting has been done Charneco writes. F. J. Johnson, possibility of making coastwise in the crew mess and recreation meeting secretary, reports that trips without a port pay-off. He room. A new water cooler has a unanimous vote of thanks was thinks that, due to the two-weeks been in.stalled. A motion "was extended to the steward depart­ made by C. R. Myrick that tanker spent on coastwise trips, there ment for the good chow. The ves­ should be a pay-off before leaving unlicensed personnel signing for­ sel is on the Vietnam run. eign articles be granted the same a foreign port. The ship called at Rio, Buenos Aires, Curacao and time off privileges that unlicensed men eet when they sign interwill pay-off in New Orleans. coastal or coastal articles. DICEST of sm .1. Deck department Seafarers on the Citadel Victory (Waterman) are being kept extra busy due to plenty of over­ time, writes dele­ gate Riley Carey, f A motion was ^%ss made by Pat Fox / ' and seconded by > John Ross, that "cargo time be Fox equally divided between engine room watches." Meeting Chairman Harry Smith reports that door fans will be taken out before the vessel arrives for the pay-off in Beaumont, Tex­ as. Seafarer D. Berger left the vessel in Manila, due to illness, while J. Japper had to get off the ship due to a death in the family. Frank Costango, meeting secre­ tary, wrote that all departments were complimented for "their ef­ forts to keep the ship in a neat and orderly condition during the entire trip. A unanimous vote of thanks was given the steward de­ partment for their excellent food and the never-ending service." Meeting Chairman F. S. Sellman reports from the Spitfire (American Bulk Carriers) that a vote of thanks was given to the steward depart­ ment for the good food and service. The steward, in turn, thanked the men for the co­ Sellman operation in heloing to make their job easier. He commended the crew for the fine job and the way they worked with each other. Meeting Secretary Phil Reyes reports that the new Seafarers in the crew did a fine job. This crew "is above the aver­ age and a credit to our Union and to the industry," Reyes wrote the LOG. 'Department deleeates re­ ported they had no beefs as the ship headed for a Houston pay­ off. Meeting Chairman Albert Doty reported from the Steel Age (Isth­ mian) that Bob Stearman was elected ship's delegate and Ken Hayes was named ship's treasurer. New Seafarers were welcomed aboard. Doty wrote and a sug­ Stearman gestion was made to start a ship's fund. A total of $25 was spent on a phone call to San Francisco. One man from the deck department left the ves­ sel in Honolulu because of illness. A new steward joined in the same port. Some" disputed overtime in the engine department will be dealt with at the pay-off in San Francisco. The vessel was on the Vietnam run. Ship's delegate Henry Don­ nelly reports from the Del Norte (Delta) that the Seafarers aboard are enjoying "a very nice, smooth trip in all three departments and there are no logs." Steward de­ partment delegate Horace Curry Donnelly said that his de­ partment has voted to donate $101 from the department fund to the movie fund. This was after movie director Leroy Rinker had reported that "the new movie cata­ logue prices have gone up, so to have more and better movies, we must have more money." Brother Rinker's suggestion raising the movie donation to $5 for each crewmember was seconded by William Ekins. A motion by J. D. "Red" Bamett to raise the dona­ tion to $10 was defeated. The ship will call at Rio and Buenos Aires and then head for New Or­ leans and a pay-off in late No­ vember. MEETINGS PENN VICTORY (Waterman), Sep­ tember 16—Chairman, Cliff Bellamy; Secretary, Henry J. Piszatowski. Brother William J. Meehan was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs were re­ ported by department delegates. No dis­ puted OT reported. DEL VALLE (Delta), September 22, Chairman, G. Annis; Secretary, A. W. Morales. Discussion held on MSTS over­ time. One man hospitalized Cam Ranh Bay. Minor beef reported in deck depart­ ment. Motion made and seconded that vote of thanks be given for good menus provided by the steward department. DEL NORTE (Delta), September 22. Chairman, H. Donnelly; Secretary, Bill Kaiser. Ship's delegate reports a very nice smooth trip in all three depart­ ments. No major beefs or disputed over­ time reported. A vote of thanks was given to the steward department for a job well done. TUCSON VICTORY (Hudson Water­ way), September 17, Chairman, Brother Harrington: Secretary, Brother Derby. Motion made that new drinking fountain be installed in the engine room and also that new mattresses be provided. Discus­ sion made with regard to pension plan. A vote of thanks to steward department for a job well done. STEEL WORKER (Isthmian), August 25—Chairman, Rov Theiss; Secretary, D. Munsterman. $29.00 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT reported. Brother Doucette was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. HOUSTON (Sea-Land), September 19 —Chairman, Edward Mastriani; Secre­ tary, Guy Walter. Ship's delegate re­ ported that everything is running smoothly. Some disputed OT reported in engine department. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department. Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232 Despite all efforts to save him by Seafarers and officers aboard the Penn Carrier, FWT Edward L. O'Brien died of heat pros­ tration at Kharg Island Hospital in Iran, July 31. Engine depart­ ment delegate F. R. Clarke re-« and that we would cently informed the LOG on sail with him again. But, on Au­ details of the previously re­ gust 1, we received the sad news ported sad loss of Brother O'­ that he passed away at 10.30 p.m., Brien. July 31. All hands were stunned "The Penn Carrier was in the by the information." Clark wrote Persian Gulf," Clarke wrote. that "we wanted all of O'Bee's friends and union Brothers to know of his passing. We have lost a fine shipmate. He was well liked by everyone on this vessel." Brother Clarke also wanted "to give a special vote of thanks to Captain Ougheltree. George and Adams, and Seafarers Herring, Lewis, Palmer, James Williams, crew messman, and Leroy Henry, O'Brien Herring officer's BR. To the entire un­ "when O'Brien was stricken July licensed personnel, I give my 30 within a few hours after the thanks and to all those others who ship had left Kharg Island." Gren- freely gave their time and energy ville Herring, an FWT on the in trying to help Brother O'Brien 12-to-4 watch informed Brother pull through. The men of this Clarke that O'Brien had collapsed ship have truly lived up to the in the wiper's foc'sle after com­ SIU's motto, "Brotherhood of the Sea." I am proud to have sailed pleting his work in the fireroom. Clarke went to the room and with this crew." In conclusion, he writes, "all "saw that O'Bee (as he was known to the crew) was in a state of ex­ we can say is: rest ouietly O'Bee, the long watch is over." treme heat exhaustion." The engine delegate promptly reported to the Chief Engineer who called the Captain and Chief Mate. Brother Herring, mean­ while, went below to take over the watch for Brother O'Brien. Edward P. Achee Clarke was trying in vain to re­ vive the stricken Seafarer when Please write you"- mother, Mrs. he was joined by Captain Oughel- Lydia Harvey, in Covington, La., tree. Chief Engineer L. S. George, in regard to an urgent matter.." the first assistant engineer and chief mate. Edward P. Terrazzi "The wipers, Herman Lewis Please contact Leonard Camer­ and George Palmer, were asked on at 288-Ninth Street, Apt. 10, to bring a stretcher so Brother San Franscisco, Calif. The tele­ O'Brien could be removed to the phone number is (415) 861-4359. room of Third Assistant Engineer — Franklin P. Adams, which was Friends of Eric Johan Berg air conditioned. Further unsuc­ Anyone having information cessful efforts were made to re­ concerning the whereabouts of vive him there," wrote Clarke. In the meantime, the Penn Car­ any relatives of the late Seafarer, rier was turned around and head­ Eric Johan Berg, who died August ed at full speed back to Kharg 18, 1968, in Seattle, Washington, Island "where there was a hospi­ please contact the law firm of tal to which Brother O'Brien Vance, Davies, Roberts and Bettis, could be taken for expert medical Room 815, 1411 Fourth Avenue treatment. When the ship arrived Building, Seattle, Washington. The in port, O'Brien, still in a coma, telephone number is (206) MU 2was placed aboard a launch and 7784. t^ken to Kharg Island Hospital. The cantain and third mate, along Lonnle M. Jones with O'Brien's gear, accomnanied Please contact Mrs. Lillian M. him. Unon their return, the ship Miller at 221 Webb Street, Ham­ resumed its voyage to the Cape mond, Indiana 46320. Ve^de Islands. "We all felt that O'Bee had a Jack Chattin fighting chance to pull through," Please contact your sister, Mrs. Flora Schorr, at P. O. Box 397, Jacksonville Beach, Florida. The telephone number is 249-2163. PERSONALS — 4^— <1> I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) NAME STREET ADDRESS OTY STATE. ZIP. TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you ara an old subKriber and have a change of address, pleese give your fenner address below: Timothy F. Griffin Please contact your brother, John, about a very important mat­ ter. Telephone IV 4-5830. Marcns Dean Nixon James R. Johnson would like to hear from you. The address is 3929 Aurora Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98103. Or telephone (206) ME 3-2671. —— AODKCIS cmr.... STAIE Leoncio Calderon Please contact your daughter, Mirta, in Villa Carolina. �Ocibbe'r 11, FINAL DEPARTURES , Erik Berg, 58: A coronary occulsion claimed the life of Broth• er Berg on August 18, in Seatf I tie, Wash. A naSweden, he made his home in Seattle. Broth­ er Berg sailed in the steward de­ partment and held ' a steward's rat­ ing. His last ship was the Topa Topa. He joined the union in New Orleans. Brother Berg was buried in the Holyrood Cemetery in Seattle. James Higgins, 55: Brother Higgins passed away on July 19, while sailing as AB aboard the Rachel V. A na­ tive of Ireland, he had sailed with the SIU for 20 years. Seafarer ^* 4 Higgins joined the - union in the Port of New York, where he made his home. His last previous vessel was the Coun­ cil Grove. He is survived by an aunt, Kitty O'Neill, of County Sligo, Ireland. The burial services were held in Christian Cemetery, Calcutta, India. William Miller, 22: Brother Miller, .died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Balti­ more, on Septem­ ber 14. He joined • the Union in the Port of New York and sailed in the ^ engine depart­ ment. Seafarer Miller was born in West Virginia and lived in Baltimore. His last vessel was the Alcoa Marketer. He had also sailed on the Globe Explorer and the Baltimore. Buri­ al services were held in the Mount Carmel Cemetery in Baltimore. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Alma Miller, of Baltimore. Ebem Raines, 52: Brother Raines died on August 24, at the USPHS Hospital in Norfolk. A na­ tive of Goldsboro, N. C., he made his home in Supply, N. C. Brother Raines held a mechanic's rating and was employed by the Gulf Atlantic Towing Corpora­ tion. Surviving is his widow, Lillian. The burial was held in the Greenlawn Memorial Ceme­ tery, Wilmington, N. C, WRITE J.O-T.W.E Page Twenty One ^I^AFARERS L6G Bernard Buster, 50: Brother Buster died at Good Samaritan Hospital, Port­ land, Oregon, on S&ptiember 3. Death was due to heart disease. He was born in Kimberley. West Vir­ ginia, and lived in Portland. A Seafarer since 1945, Buster joined the Union in the Port of Philadelphia. He held a chief cook's rating and last sailed aboard the Lucile Bloomfield. From 1935 to 1945, he served in the Army. Surviving is his widow, Diane. The burial was held in Riverview Abbey Ceme­ tery, Portland. vl> Matheas Oswald, 64: A coro­ nary thrombosis claimed the life of Brother Os­ wald, September 2, at Mobile In­ firmary. He was a resident of Mo­ bile and a native of Austria. Broth­ er Oswald sailed as FOWT and ITT V deck engineer. His last ship was the Claiborne. A Seafarer since 1939, Oswald joined the Union in the Port of Mobile. Surviving is his widow, Susie, of Mobile. Burial services were held in the Pine Crest Ceme­ tery, Mobile. ^ Frank Rediker, 41: Brother Rediker died on Sept. 14, at Saint Agnes Hos­ pital in Philadel­ phia. He was a native of New York City and made his home there. An AB, he joined the Union in the port of New York. His last vessel was the Kent. Brother Rediker served in the Navy from 1942 to 1946. Surviving is his widow, Mary. The burial was held in the Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, L.I. Tammy Johnson, born August 7, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Harry Johnson, Jersey City, N.J. ^ Melissa Marie Merritt, born July 30, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Robert R. Merritt, Ferndale, Fla. ^ Charlotte Ware, born August 6, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. James Earl Ware, Jonesboro, La. <I> Darrell McGivens, born August 4, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Lynn J. McGivens, Gretna, La. ^ Howard S. Daniels, Jr., bom June 10, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Howard S. Daniels, Wash­ ington, N. C. ^ John Charette, born August 27, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Carleton Charette, Providence, Ri-I. Three SIU Father and Son Teams Sail Together on De Pauw Vktory Seafaring families are common and fathers sometimes get to travel with their sons, brothers with brother, etc., but the De Pauw Victory must have set a new record recently with three father and son teams on one voyage—one in each department. John Henry Morris, deck maintenance, and his son George, OS, were joined by oiler Walter Fitzgerald, Sr., and Walter, Jr., who sailed as wiper and chief cook Ernest "Bud" Bry­ ant and his son John, who sailed on this trip as a galleyman. Brother Morris is used to travel­ ling with a son. "I have a bunch of sons sailing in the Union," he told the LOG from Jackson­ ville. Unfortu­ nately, the Mor­ Morris rises had to leave the vessel in Norfolk, prior to the New York pay-off, due to a death in the family. "My son Sheppard is an AB on the Cuba Victory and John just left the Northwestern Victory," Morris reported. "I also sailed with George on the Bessemer Victory and Seatrain Savannah. I Two of the three father-son teams sailing aboard De Pauw Victory enjoy having my sons with me on gather on deck during pay-off. From left: Ernest and John Bryant a voyage." and Walter Fitzgerald, Sr. and W. Fitzgerald, Jr. John H. Morris A seaman since 1930, Morris and son George left ship in Norfolk due to death in the family. joined the SIU at its inception in Jacksonville. A resident of that city, he originally comes from route from Vietnam to New York, school in Jacksonville, before Panama City, Florida. "I went to the steward department presented shipping out. sea in the old days, lied about my him with a surprise birthday party "I always wanted to see the age and signed my mother's name —complete with cake and ice world and I found sailing very to the shipping papers," he re­ cream. interesting," young Bryant said. called. "I was 14 years old at the "You can hardly believe all the Chief cook Ernest Bryant has time and in the years since, I've turned out many meals during his things you see. At times, you been on a lot of ships." 28 years at sea, 25 of them with really know how well-off you are the SIU. He joined the Union in living in the U. S." Memorable Trip Savannah. A native of Georgia, The De Pauw Victory called at Perhaps the most memorable of he also ships as steward and, like no less than 14 ports during this these was the Scholarie. "I was most of the De Pauw's crew, sails Far East run, affording the Sea­ an AB on that ship and we had mainly out of Jacksonville. Bryant farers a chance to see countless the honor of burying the ashes of and baker "Tiny" Richardson have interesting and varied sights. the great Andrew Furuseth at sea. The year was 1938." Possessed of shown John, who is making his Among the ports visited during a fine memory. Brother Morris first trip, the ropes around the the four months and three days, can remember the names of many steward department. "Cooking were Subic Bay, Cat Lai, Manila, of the officers and crewmen he has isn't hard," Bryant said, "you just Keelung, Okinawa, Yokosuka, sailed with, including those on his have to pay attention and take an Yokohama, Guam and Pearl first SIU vessel, the Shipshinny, interest in the job." "I guess," he Harbor. Japan made a particular im­ owned by the South Atlantic Mail said, "I've been to just about every possible port." pression on Bud, "especially the Line. way they drive their cars so wildly. For young Bud, of course, the Morris sails both as AB and bosun. He was ship's delegate on experience was all new, but he It seems to me they must have the De Pauw Victory before hav­ came prepared. "I've been inter­ had a minor wreck every few ing to leave the vessel. While en ested in the sea and around sea­ minutes." Young Bryant, who men all my life," he said. In fact hopes to sail as third cook on his he got his nickname from oiler next trip finds it "an interesting Charley Thompson, a fellow Sea­ challenge to cook and enjoyable farer on the De Pauw, who "has work—even though we must have known me all my life." The 19- peeled 2,500 pounds of potatoes year-old Seafarer went to high during the voyage." t -7. Shelly Gautier, born May 2, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Charles Gautier, Chesapeake, Va. Payoff In Bahrain —4,— Subrina Allen, born April 16, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Her­ bert Allen, New Orleans, La. • 0^ Michael Aspinall, born January 20, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Michael E. Aspinall, Staten Is­ land, N. Y. —— James Allen Daniels, born July 19, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jammie M. Daniels, Batville, New Jersey. ^ Donna Davis, born September 5, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. William Davis, Sr., Alpena, Mich. Frank C. Jensen, born August 23, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Frank O. Jensen, Philadelphia, Pa. After a long voyage aboard the Jasmina, Seafarers were taking it easy while waiting for pay-off in Bahrain. From left are Bill Rudd, the ship's delegate, James Stoper, Bib Gilliland, Justin Farrow. All sail in deck department, except Stoper, who ships as a messman. �Page Twenty INro SEAFARERS LOG OcWbe^ illy,1968 SPITFIRE (American Bulk Carriersl S; ptcmber 16—Chairman, F. S. Sclmann • Secretary. Phil Reyes. Everything is nnVn dis­ puted OT in engine department Dis­ cussion held regarding retirement plan. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for the good food and service during the voyage. In turn the steward thanked the entire crew for their cooperation with the steward de­ partment and making their tasks easier. He commended the crew for their exctllcnt performance and spirit of brotherhood. Li" ii \u SIU-AGLIWD Meerings New Orleans Oct. 15—2:30 p.m. Mobile Oct. 16—2:30 p.m. Wilmington . Oct. 21—2:00 p.m. San Francisco Oct. 23—2:00 p.m. Seattle Oct. 25—2:00 p.m. New York .. Oct. 7—2:30 p.m. Philadelphia Oct. 8—2:30 p.m. Baltimore .Oct. 9—^2:30 p.m. Detroit Oct. 11—2:30 p.m. Houston ... .Oct. 14—2:30 p.m. United Industrial Workers New Orleans Oct. 15—7:00 p.m. Mobile Oct. 16—7:00 p.m. New York .. Oct. 7—7:00 p.m. Philadelphia Oct. 8—7:00 p.m. Baltimore ... Oct. 9—7:00 p.m. ^Houston ...Oct. 14—7:00p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit Alpena Buffalo Chicago Oct Oct. Oct. Oct. 7—2:00 p.m. 7—7:00 p.m. 7—7:00 p.m. 7—^7:00 p.m. Duhith Oct 7—7:00 p.m. Frankfort ... Oct. 7—^7:00 p.m. Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region Chicago Oct. 15—7:30 p.m. tSault St. Marie Oct. Buffalo Oct Duluth Oct. Oeveland ..Oct. Toledo Oct. Detroit Oct. Milwaukee .. Oct. 17—7:30 p.m. 16—^7:30 p.m. 18—7:30 p.m. 18—7:30 p.m. 18—7:30 p.m. 14—7:30 p.m. 14—7:30 p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans Oct. 15—5:00 p.m. Mobile Oct. 16—5:00 p.m. Philadelphia Oct. 8—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and un­ licensed) Oct. 9—5:00 p.m. Norfolk . .. .Oct. 10—5:00 p.m. Houston .... Oct. 14—5:00 p.m. Railway Marine Region Philadelphia Oct 15—10 a.m. Baltimore Oct 16—10 a.m. •Norfolk Oct 17—10 a.m. Jersey City Oct 14—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. & 8 p.m. & 8 p.m. & 8 p.m. t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. •Meeting held at Labor Temple, New­ port News. t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanner Earl Shcpard Al Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS LIndisy Williams Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS 475 4th Ave., Ilclyn. (212) HY ALPENA. Mich lALTIMORE, Md. lOSTON, Mass Kayser-Roth Hosiery Co. Inc. Women's Hosiery Schiapareli, Kayser, Phoenix, Mojud, Supp-hose, Sapphire, Bachelor Girl, Fascination. Men's Hosiery & Underwear Esquire Socks, Bachelors' Friends, Supp-hose, Supp-hose Underwear, Slendo Children's Products Kayser, Fruit of the Loom Mojud. Slippers Jiffies, Mercury tTextiie Workers Union of America) Stitzei-Wcncr DlsttDcries "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cahin Smi," W. L. Weller Bourhon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) 127 River St. (517) EL 4-3ili 1214 E. Raltlmere St. . (301) EA 7-4900 177 State St. (417) Rl 2-0140 lUFFALD, N.Y. 735 Washington St. SIU [714 TL 3-9259 IBU 714 TL 3-9259 CHICAGO, III 9311 Ewing Ave. SIU (312) SA 1-0733 IBU (312) ES 5-9570 CLEVELAND. Ohio 1420 W. 25th St. (216) MA 1-5450 DETROIT. Mich 10225 W. Jefterion Ave. (313) VI 3-4741 DULUTH. Minn 312 W. 2nd St. (2IS) RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT. Mich P.O. Boi 217 415 Main St. (416) EL 7-2441 HOUSTON. Tex 5B04 Cenal St. (713) WA 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE. Fla 2608 Pearl St. (904) EL 3-09B7 JERSEY CITY. N.J 99 Montgomery St. (201) HE 5-9424 MOBILE. Ala I South Lawrence St. (205) HE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS. La 430 Jackson Ave. Kingsport Press "World Book," "ChUdcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) <1, Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes . . . Sentry, Cedar Chest, Statler Men's Shoes ... Jarman, Johnson & Murphy, Crestworth, (Root and Shoe Workers' Union) 115 3rd St. (703) 622-1892 PHIUDELPHIA. Pa 2404 S. 4th St. (215) DE 6-3BIB PORT ARTHUR. Tex 1348 Seventh St. SAN FRANCISCO. Celif.. 350 Freemont St. (415) DO 2-4401 SANTURCE. P.R 1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 724-2848 SEATTLE. Wash 2505 First Avenue (206) MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS. Mo 805 Del Mar (314) CE 1-1434 TAMPA. Fla 312 Harrison St. (BI3) 229-2788 WILMINGTON. Calif.. 450 Seaside Ave. Terminal Island. Calif. (813) 832-7285 YOKOHAMA. Japan..Iseya BIdg.. Room 801 1-2 Kaigan-Dori-Nakaku 2014971 Ext. 281 FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU AtUintic, 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. All 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 trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. AU expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various tnut funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1980, New York 4, N. Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights prop­ erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained frpm publishing any article serving the jwlitical purposes of any individual in the Uiildn, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, I960, meetings in all constitu­ tional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which cohsisU of the ExecutiTe Board of the Union. The EkeentiTe Board may delegate, ftom smoog its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. ^1, Gypsum WaOboard, American Gypsum Co. (United Cement Lime and Gypsum Workers International) R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Cameb, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Salem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) Comet Rice Mills Co. products (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) Pioneer Flour Mill (United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers Local 110, San Antonio, Texas ^ Glumarra Grapes (United Farm Workers) — Boren Clay Products Co. (United Brick and Clay Workers) (504) 529-7546 NORFOLK. Va Baltimore Luggage Co. Lady Baltimore, Amclfai Earfaart Starlite luggage Starfflte luggage (International Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers Union) ^— White Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) "HIS" hrand men's clothes Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond blouses, Hanes Knitwear, Kanda Ties, Boss Gloves, Rlchman (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) v|> Jamestown Sterling Corp. (United Furniture Workers) Brothers and SeweD Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) Hfllenbrand Industries of Batesville, Ind. Batesville "Monoseal" Casket Hill-Rom Hospital Furniture (Upholsterers' International Union) Magic Chef Pan Pacific Division (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union) Tennessee Packers Reelfoot Packing Frosty Mom Valleydale Packers (Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America) PAYMENT OP MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All noembers should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension bene­ fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attend­ ance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these Union meet­ ings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, in­ cluding service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing llnion pol­ icy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union haa 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 be is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which wUi serve the best interests of themselves, their famOies and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donction was established. Dmutions to SPAD are entirdy 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 Ssafatar feels that any of the above rights have hesa vlslatsd, sr that he has been dsaisd Us tuiiaiHalisaal rlgU ef acesss to Uaisa rscords sr iiiiforMtien, he shoaM tasaisdtataly aatuy 8IU PrssMsat PaU HaO at hsadgaartsta hy ctetiisd mail, rotaia lacsigt ysgasiitsfi. CITIES SERVICE BALTIMORE (Cities Service), September 10—Chairman, J. W. Parker; SecreUry, W. C. T. Schaefer. Ship's delegate reported that there were a few beefs that had to be settled with patrolman. One man missed ship in Hawaii and one man paid off in Panama. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departmente. 111.80 in ship's fund. JAMES (Oriental Exporters), Septem­ ber 16—Chairman, Salvatore Seviglio; Secretary, C. M. Gray. Some disputed OT in deck department. Motion was made to have air-conditioning repaired. Vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment for a joh well done. DEL SOL (Delta), September 2S— Chairman, C. Parker; Secretary, R. E. Stougb, Jr. $4.66 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck and engine depmrtments. No beefs. ALCOA MASTER (Alcoa), September 21—Chariman, Richard Chiasson; Sec­ retary, C. Wright. No beefs were re­ ported by department delegates. Dis­ cussion held on retirement plan. CHOCTAW (Waterman), September 23—Chairman, W. Uschuk; Secretary, J. O'Dea. Brother R. Pinkham was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Brother J. Krebser was elected to serve as ship's secretary. $6.60 in ship's fund. COMMANDER (Marine Carriers), Septeiiiber 22—Chairman, L. B. Bryant, Jr.; Secretary, R. Borlase. Some disputed OT and minor beefs in deck department to be taken up with patrolman. Discus­ sion held regarding retirement plan. WALTER RICE (Reynolds Metals), September 22—Chairman, Pete Scroggins; Secretary, Joe Bennett. Ship's delegate reported that this has been an excep­ tionally good trip. No beefs and no dis­ puted OT. All repairs have been taken care of. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for the good food and fine service. JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Vic­ tory Carriers), September 22—Chairman, J. J. Connors; Secretary, R. K. Peter­ son. Ship's delegate reported that every­ thing is running smoothly, with no beefs. DIGEST of SIU MEETINGS LINFIELD VICTORY (Alcoa), Sep­ tember 8—Chairman, R. Johnson ; Secre­ tary, R. Wood. Brother S. Woodell was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Discussion held regarding SIU retire­ ment plan. ROBIN GOODFELLOW (Moore-MeCormack), August 22—Chairman, W. De Francisco; Secretary, W. M. Hand. $61.00 in ship's fund. Brother W. T. De Francisco was elected to serve as ship's delegate. There were no beefs and no disputed OT reported. SEAFARER (Marine Carriers), Sep­ tember 16—Chairman, George A. Logan ; Secretary, Pete Triantafillos. A few hours disputed OT reported in deck and engine departments. ITiere were no beefs reported. Three men missed the ship in Durban, South Africa; two returned at Bombay. STEEL KING (Isthmian), July IBChairman, Albert J. Doty; Secretary, Ken Hayes. Brother Hayes was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Some dis­ puted OT in the engine department to be clarified. BELOIT VICTORY (Admanthos), Sep­ tember 8—Chairman, Willard Lajrton; Secretary, Don Mason. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Every­ thing is running smoothly. Vote of thanks was extended to Ihe Steward and the entire steward department for a job well done. DEL MAR (Delta), September 22— Chairman, James L. Tucker; Seeretur, Darrell G. Chafin. Brother Jimmy Tucker was elected to serve as new ship's dele­ gate. No beefs were reported by depart­ ment delegates. Everything is running smoothly. Vote of thanks was extended to the movie director. JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Vietory Carriers), July 29—Chairman, Nick Funkan; Secretary, J. J. Connors. Brother Robert Broadus was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. No beefs and no disputed OT. DEL ORO (Delta), September 8— Chairman, Charles W. Hebert; Secre­ Ury, Ralph Taylor. Brother John Fedeso^ vich was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. Some disputed OT reported in all three departments. Al^INOUS (Waterman), September 18—Ghalnnan, Eddie S. uame; Secre* tary* Vernon Taylor. $20.00 In ahlp'a fund. No beefs were reported by depart­ ment delegates. , f . r . C �0<klober 11, 196S iilVrORTH-WESTERLY WINDS at five miies an i1 hour ... barometer 30.1 and steady .. . precipita­ tion probability only about 40 percent." This sounds like a fair-weather forecast. But the Sea­ farer knows it ain't necessarily so—and he isn't too much surprised when the heavens open up and it rains cats and dogs—often right on the heels of the prediction. Aboard ship or on shore, the man who goes to sea has a keen eye for nature's quick change of face. And he doesn't blame the weather man, because he knows that no one can nail the fickle elements down with any certainty. Predicting the weather—with all of our modern tech­ nological advances—is still a very inexact science. If we understand the nature of the constantly shifting factors involved in weather forecasting, it helps to understand why it cannot yet be foolproof. Our weather is made by forces which act and react in the deep blanket which we call the atmosphere, and which completely covers the earth upon which we live. This blanket consists of four layers. Immediately above the earth's surface is the tropo­ sphere. It accounts for three-fourths of the entire weight of air and contains almost all its water vapor and carbon dioxide. The next layer is the stratosphere, the upper portion of which absorbs the bulk of the sun's deadly cosmic radiation. Above this is a thin, soundless layer called the iono­ sphere. Contained here are a large number of posi­ tively charged atoms which cause radio interference. At the very top is the exosphere which varies be­ tween 300 and 600 miles above the earth. It is very thin and its temperature remains constant at about 4000 degrees. Above these atmospheric levels the cold of the outer space is near absolute zero. Solar radiation comes to us in short waves which can easily penetrate the atmosphere. Upon striking the earth, these short rays are transformed into long heat waves. The longer waves can not so easily penetrate the atmosphere and th'^n heat collects in the air—and upon the earth's surface—to supply the warmth neces­ sary to support life and the energy which motivates storms. Another function of the atmosphere is the transportation of water vapor. The air around the earth contains an average total of 17 trillion tons of water vapor. If this gigantic load were suddenly dumped upon the surface of the United States it would flood the country with a layer of water seven feet deep. Fortunately, nature has a more orderly wav of dis­ tributing its water in the form of rain and snow. This precipitation is part of a cycle by which water is evapo­ rated from our seas and comes back to irrigate our land and replenish our rivers. The sun is not only the earth's enerey source; the powerful eflFeets of its radiance—unevenlv distributed and absorbed by our planet—^topether with the rotation of the earth, produce the great basic circulation pat­ terns upon which all of our weather is founded. As the earth rotates, the atmosphere keeps pace. At the equator, the movement of the earth is equal to its circumference—about 25,000 miles each day. There is little or no surface wind at the equator. The tropical air, heated by the sun, rises and moves northward to the pole. As it moves north, the earth's circumference becomes graduallv more narrow and the equatorial air moves faster and faster than the surface it passes over—producing the winds. The earth is ringed with wind bands, flowing alternatelv east and west. Beyond these bands, the oceans absorb and s*ore the sun's radiation, acting as a giant thermostat and keeping down temperature changes. Sea currents bathe coastal land areas with tropical heat, warming them and producing mild climate. Half our world owes its mild climate to the warm Gulf Stream. The coastal areas, the mountains, the valleys, the plains, each absorb the sun's energy at a different rate, helping to create the climate for these areas. The world-wide weather observations of today have established the fact that the air over us is divided into huge air masses—continents of air drifting with the winds of earth. As they wander they cover us with alternate umbrellas of rain, snow or sunshine. There are two basic sources of weather air: the polar region, with its dry air masses and the equator, bringing tropical air masses which are warm, wet and heavily cloud-laden. The points at which air masses meet are called fronts. Air masses interact with the surface areas they cover, affecting the weather below and, in turn, being changed in the process themselves. Bevond varying the weather, the air masses act as the earth's thermostats, regulating its temperature by dis­ tributing its heat. Water reflects about 60 percent of the solar radiation absorbing 40 percent. Land reflects only about 10. percent and absorbs 90. So the oceans have become the gteat moderators, acting to narrow the extremes of temperatures in the SEAFARERS LOG A 50,000,000-volt discharge lights up the heavens as lightning streaks to earth. Thunder will follow. Altocumulus clouds are startling in their grandeur. Rain is shown precipitating out in distance at left. air masses as they travel over them. Fog may be produced by cooling air masses, con­ densing all the moisture present. It also happens in warm weather when more moisture is added to already moisture-laden air. Most cloud formations occur when air masses of different temperatures collide. Sometimes the results of these collisions are spectacular. Large-scale mixing of air masses often occurs very rapidly. When this happens, the atmosphere somersaults and thunderstorms are born. These storms begin to form when huge quantities of water vapor are lifted into clouds which blot out the sun. When overloaded, the water precipitates out as rain, drenching the land. Static electricity is produced by the friction of the raindrops falling through the air. This friction builds up and when the total charge is high enough, a leap of electricity discharges into the ground below. Lightning causes a temporary vacuum in the atmosphere. The surrounding air, swirling in to fill the space, creates the thunderclap. Thunder used to frighten the ancients, just as it frightens many people today. The Norsemen said it was caused by the chariot wheels of Thor, god of thunder, Page Twenty Three who also threw lightning bolts. An easterly wave is a bend in a tropical front. As the northeast-southwest line moves irregularly westward, thunderclouds build along the line, resulting in showers. They are common around the tropical islands of the Caribbean and the sudden showers follow clear skies. Unstable easterly waves give birth to tropical cyclones. Fronts between shifting air masses are weak or strong, depending on the differences in temperature and the moisture content of the two bodies. Most of our rain, almost all of the vast blankets of covering clouds, and a large percentage of our turbulent winds are gen­ erated in strong fronts. A cold front develops at the juncture of a cold-air with a warm-air mass. The heavier cold air runs under the warm air, forming turbid mixtures of hot and cold air, gusty winds and vertically developed clouds which look dark and foreboding. These are cumulonimbus and are characterized by anvil-like tops. Violent rain, thun­ der and lightning result. Accompanying winds gener­ ally blow from the south or southwest. A warm front develops when a mass of warm air follows a mass of cold air. The lighter warm air rides up above the cold, producing a wedge similar to that of the cold front but covering a much wider area. The moisture of the rising warm air- condenses to form clouds and produce rain. But the clouds are lower and less marked and ominous-looking. The resulting rain falls in a monotonous drizzle which may last for days. There is little thunder and lightning and the winds are light instead of gusty. When accompanied by temperature changes, the sud­ den shifting of rain-laden winds is the surest indication of a frontal passage—better weather is on the way. In the Northern Hemisphere, fronts move from west to east. When d^nse air rises to great heights a highpressure zone is produced. Air masses containing dips and valleys have low-pressure zones. High-pressure air flows toward a low-pressure area and gradually over­ takes the low-pressure air mass. The body of air caught between high and low pressure svstems is slowly saueezed upward until its forward and rear fronts meet, this is called an occlusion and the line of contact is an occluded front. These occluded fronts bring cold weather. A squall often occurs together with a cold front when the winds aloft are stmnoer than those at the surface. They are of brief duration., but can be extremely vio­ lent. smashing roofs, uprooting trees and capsizing sailing craft. Hailstones form when the moisture content of the air is high and the upper air is unusuallv cool. The cumulus clouds build up. changing from fluffv white to black. Water droplets form and are carried hfavenward by the un-sweeping air. When thev rise above the freezing level thev harden. The hailstones become larger—often as big as golf befls—^when they are joined bv water droolets from below. When the air can no longer sup­ port its burden, rain and hail be"in to fall. Hail can be verv destructive; fortunatelv it is short-lived. Smo" is a relatively new phenomenon. In industrial areas many smokestacks belch tremendous loads of chemicals and combustion products into the already overburdened atmosphere. Much of this air-borne debris is too heavv and falls as crime to smear our citv streets. Lighter particles and waste gases remain airborne until water-laden air combines with it to form smog. This m'xture han^s over many of our cities and is a real killer, especially to older or ailing persons and new­ born infants. Tropical hurricanes produce the most extreme weather conditions at sea. The interaction of wind, storm and sea is so violent that the horizon disannears and the Seafarers' world becomes an inseparable mixture of .swirhnc air and water. Hurricanes a^e the most dreaded of all nature's as­ saults. Thev can level cities and have killed countless oeonl". Thev are most common in the Atlantic and in the Gulf of Mexico. In the Pacific they are called ty­ phoons. Such storms form in the hot. humid atmosnhere of the inter-tropical front. Thev develop hour bv hour, build­ ing up a counter-clockwise circulation until the force breaks it awav from the parent front. Heavv clouds lie 300-400 feet over the surging water while the winds beat the sea with terrific force, raising waves of 100 feet or more. Tornadoes usuallv develop as a result of the meeting of two air masses having different temperatures and flowing in different directions A shearing or rotating force develops around a low-pressure center. The tor­ nado cone descends from under a heavy, black, very turbulent cumulonimbus cloud which is accompanied bv violent gustv winds, rotating with a counter-clockwise motion at enormous speed. TTiese twisters cause trem«*ndous damage. Waterspouts begin as downward-projecting bulges from cumulus clouds which reach the sea. forming a tube of water connecting sea and sky. Due to their relativelv slow sne«*d th»se .sea twistTs can easily be cir­ cumnavigated by today's power-driven vessels. �Vol. XXX No. 21 SEAFARERSKXOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO t*. Application time is here again for the five annual SIU College Scholarships, each worth $6,000 over a four-year study period, to be awarded in 1969 to Seafarers or their children. To qualify. Seafarers must have accumulated at least three years seatime on ships contracted to the SIU. Seafarers must, meet the necessary seatime requirements in order for their children to qualify for the scholarship grants. A distinguished panel of leading university educators and administrators selects these scholarship winners on the basis of their high school records and scores attained on College Entrance Examination Board tests. The first of these CEEB tests will be given throughout the country on November 2, 1968. Later tests are scheduled for December 7, 1968 and January 11, 1969, with a final opportunity available March 1, 1969. However, the earlier you arrange for your test the better, so don't put it off. Eligible Seafarers and their children who are interested in applying should arrange for these tests as soon as possible by writing to: College Entrance Examination Board, Box 592 at Princeton, New Jersey, or at Box 1025, Berkeley, Cali­ fornia. Applicants are also urged to obtain their SIU College Schol­ arship application forms as soon as possible. All applications must be received on or before April 1,1969. These forms can be obtained by writing to: SIU Scholarships, Administrator, 275 20th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215. They are also available at any SIU Hall. The SIU Scholarship Plan is widely recognized as one of the most liberal, no-strings-attached programs of its kind anywhere in the country. Recipients of these awards may pursue any course of study they choose and attend any accredited college. The 1969 win­ ners will be selected by the Seafarers Scholarship Award Com­ mittee on May 12,1969. Seventy-eight SIU Scholarship Awards have been made to 25 Seafarers and 53 children of Seafarers since the inception of the program, now beginning its sixteenth year. � 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. 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Title A name given to the resource October 11, 1968 Description An account of the resource Headlines: NEW SOVIET MARITIME MOVE UNDERLINES WORLDWIDE THREAT NEW SUPPORT RALLIES FOR HUMPHREY AS CAMPAIGN PICKS UP MOMENTUM BOYCOTT MAKES GRAPE SALES TUMBLR AS COUNTRY WIDE SUPPORT SNOWBALLS US RELIANCE ON FOREIGN FLAG SHIPS SEEN ENORMOUS DANGER BY HATHAWAY TECT OF SIU CONSTITUTION DE PAUW PAYS OFF HOUSE REJECTS REPUBLICAN ATTEMPTS TO CUT BACK FOOD STAMP PROGRAM THREE SIU FATHER AND SON TEANS SAIL TOGETHER ON DE PAUW VICTORY Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/11/1968 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. 21 1968 Periodicals Seafarers Log