http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/d795713ef4742de8ee7b0ef8861d208c.PDF 337a9a1da0986a579d053a1d0f414685 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS^LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO �Page Two January 17, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG New GOP Senator Predicts: ImomingAdministration WillSubmit Maritime Program by Early Spring WASHINGTON—A newly-elected Republican Senator forecast last week that the Nixon Admin­ istration would submit a sweeping new maritime program to Congress "early this Spring." Senator Charles Mathias of Maryland said that President-elect Richard M. Nixon was committed to "a new assertion of executive ing and uioderiiiziiig U.S. port failed to keep pace with modern leadership, a new spirit of co­ facilities to meet present and fu­ needs and modern competition. operation and creativity, and a ture needs. "Of course it is a long way from new and encouraging sense of Emphasizing the need for ac­ preliminary statements to con­ urgency—all grounded in a new tion on the maritime front, the crete authorizations and appro­ commitment to federal action to Maryland Republican said the priations—and a longer way be­ make our merchant marine once merchant fleet is "inadequate to fore those acts can be translated again worthy of a great power." respond to our day-to-day com­ into ships on the ways, jobs in Speaking at a meeting sponsored mercial needs—nor can it be relied the ports, and cargoes on the high by the nearly seven million mem­ on to meet every forseeable na­ seas. ber AFL-CIO Maritime Trades tional emergency." "I shall look forward to action Department, Mathias urged all While the United States has segments of the maritime industry been "frittering away" its mari­ by the President-elect and his to join with Administration of­ time strength, Mathias said, "other cabinet to refine an Administra­ ficials in "shaping a program nations have been moving aggres­ tion maritime program as quickly which government, labor and man­ sively to fill the sea lanes which as possible and submit definite recommendations and requests to agement can all endorse and ad­ we have abdicated." the Congress early this spring," vance." Comparing the maritime strength The Maryland Senator said the of the United States to that of the the Maryland lawmaker continued. new maritime program would be Soviet Union, the Maryland Sen­ 'Make Ideas Known' geared to the policy statement on ator declared the Russian chal­ "I would urge you and every the merchant marine made public lenge is an "especially significant by Nixon during last Fall's presi­ one which we can no longer af­ segment of the maritime industr> dential campaign. In that state­ ford to downgrade or ignore." to make your own ideas known to ment, Mathias noted, the Presi­ The Soviet fleet, he stated, has the Administration now ... On dent-elect called for: already surpassed ours in number my part, I will do everything I • A "sharp increase" in the of vessels and "is rapidly over­ can in the Senate to secure quick and sympathetic consideration of carriage of U.S. trade aboard taking us" in total tonnage. new proposals, and to obtain ap­ American-flag ships, with a goal Lowly U.S. Position proval of the authorizations and of 30 percent by the mid-70s. He also noted that the Japanese the funds required to carry them At present, the U.S.-flag fleet carries only about five percent of now carry 40 percent of their com­ out." the nation's waterbome imports merce in their own ships, and have "I would welcome membership as a goal the carriage of 60 per­ on the Senate Commerce Com­ and exports. • A building program with em­ cent of Japanese exports and 70 mittee," he said, "but if that phasis on stimulating private ship­ percent of their imports by 1975. "should not come to pass, you can building through better use of "These are striking figures," Ma­ be sure that my interest in and credit facilities and amortization thias said, "in comparison to the support of merchant marine mat­ 5.6 percent our ships presently ters will continue to grow." procedures. carry." • Exploring the use of long"If we can work together, and "The past several years," Ma­ I am confident that we can and range government cargo commit­ ments as a spur to, unsubsidized thias declared "have been discour­ will, 1969 may well turn out to private financing of construction. aging and disappointing ones for be the year in which our maritime our maritime industry. The sta­ • An immediate "reevaluation" tistics of continuing decline are industry stops sinking and begins of the entire system of operating almost too familiar to all of us. to swim. subsidies. These subsidies now go "This may well be the year in "I don't have to repeat for to only 14 of the nation's shipping your benefit the fact that, at the which we begin to meet our stra­ lines, operating only one-third of end of World War II, the United tegic and economic needs for a the U.S.-flag fleet. States enjoyed the largest, most strong fleet . . . reassert America's • Greater attention to the needs powerful merchant fleet in the commercial powers on the sea . . . of the unsubsidized sectors of the world. Since then, however—and and restore full vitality to all of the merchant fleet. particularly during the past four communities and ports which de­ • Greater emphasis on develop­ or five years—we have simply pend on a healthy and growing maritime industry for their own economic growth. "We have a tremendous job to do," Mathias concluded. It's time to get to work." 5 Vessels Added, 6 Dropped From Govt's Cuba Blacklist WASHINGTON—Five ships have been added by the Maritime Administration in the latest revision of the agency's Cuba Black­ list issued this month. Six other vessels were removed from the list which is comprised of Free World and Polish-flag vessels ators, the Gem Shipping Company ineligible to carry U.S. govern­ of Geneva, promised to keep that ment-financed cargoes because ship—as well as four others under they have called at Cuban ports. their control—out of the Cuban Added to the list were the Alda, trade as long as it remains United 7,292 gross tons, the 9,000-ton States policy to divert shipping Degedo, and the Suerte, 7,267 from Cuba. MARAD established the Cu­ tons—all Cypriot-flag ships. Also barred was the 2,449-ton Agrum, ban Blacklist on January 1, 1963. of Yugoslavian registry, and the Since then, 123 ships which had been listed have later been re­ Somali-flag Aria, 5,059 tons. Five vessels were stricken from moved after their owners — or the list as a result of being either those who controlled them — scrapped or sunk. These were the promised to keep all their vessels ^banese-flag Rio, 7,194 gross out of Cuban ports. In all, 942 tons; the Greek Nicolaos F., 7,199 vessels were kept away from Cuba tons; the Cypriot Amon, 7,227 by virtue of these pledges. MARAD's latest report runs tons; the Lebanese Vergolivada, through December 26, 1968, and 6,339 tons and the Pakistani Harincludes 187 blacklisted ships. inghata, 7,054 tons. These represent more than a dozThe sixth vessel removed from . en flags of registry and aggregate blacklist was the Somali-flag San­ doval of 14,659 tons, whose oper­ 1,325,975 gross tons of shipping. Three Additional Seafarers Earn Engineer's Licenses Three more Seafarers have received an engineer's license after attending the School of Marine Engineering sponsored by the SIU and District 2, MEBA. This brings to 305, the number of men who have passed Coast Guard ^ examinations following comple= Engineering can obtain additional information and apply for the tion of the course offered by course at any SIU hall, or they the school. All of the Seafarers in can write directly to SIU head­ the latest group are newly-licensed quarters at 675 Fourth Avenue third assistant en­ in Brooklyn, New York 11232. gineers. The telephone number is (212) Marko Petric HYacinth 9-6600. lives in Chalmette, Louisiana, with his wife, Bemis. A native of Yugoslavia, he joined the SIU in Pefric Port Arthur, Tex­ as, in 1966. The 62-year-old Seafarer previously sailed as oiler and his last vessel WASHINGTON — Certain was the Steel Surveyor. United States-flag vessels entering Clyde Hoskins formerly sailed Vietnamese ports have been as FOWT. The 37-year-old Sea­ granted exemption from port dues farer last sailed aboard the Fairand tonnage taxes levied by the port prior to earning his third as­ Government of the Republic of sistant's ticket. He joined the Vietnam, it was announced last Union in 1968 in the Port of New m.nnth. York and makes his home in San The vessels to be exempted are Francisco. Brother Hoskins is a those owned by the United States native of Texas. Herbert Gray lives in Leesburg, Government (GAA and USNS) Florida, with his wife, Agnes. A and also private merchant ships native of that state, the 54-year- chartered by the U.S. Government old Seafarer formerly sailed as in Vietnam or for aid to the Re­ FOWT, electrician and pumpman. public of Vietnam. He has also sailed briefly in the Exemption for such vessels is deck and steward departments. retroactive to October 21, 1968. Brother Gray's last vessel was the Monies presently held in escrow Sapphire Etta. He joined the SIU by the American Consul at Saigon and Danang will be refunded in piasters—as received—to Saigon agents from whom such monies were received from October 21, 1968. All ship's masters and Viet­ nam agents have been informed that any refunds received by U.S. flag agents are to be forwarded Hosldns Gray to the Commander, Military Sea in the Port of Baltimore in 1941. Transportation Service. Engine department Seafarers Port Dues and Tonnage Taxes are eligible to apply for any of the in Vietnam were instituted by the upgrading programs if they are at Vietnamese government in Janu­ least 19 years of age and have 18 ary of 1968. months of Q.M.E.D. watchstanding time in the engine department, plus six months' experience as wiper or the equivalent. SEAFABEBS^I.OC Those who qualify and wish to Jan. 17. 1969 • Vol. XXXI. No. 2 enroll in the School of Marine WASfflNGTON-r-EmpIoyees ^d employers are new paying slightly more for social security but workers an^ their fam\ilies also are getting more and better protection than ever before. The social security contribution for both employee and empioyer was increased by four-tenths of 1 percent to 4.8 percent on wages up to $7,800 a year, effective January 1. This slight increase in contributions results fr<Hn a number of improvements made in the Social Security Act in 1967, in­ cluding a 13-percent across-the-board increase in benefits. These improvements wiU also miean higher benefits and better protection in the future for workers and their families when the bread­ winner retifes, dies or becomes seriously disabled". Meanwhile, the contribution for employees and employers alike under railroad retirement also went up^ eiffective January I, from 8.90 to 9.55 percent on the first $650 of each month's earnings. ^ y The contribution inbrease under this system follows legislaition enacted in 1968 which boosted retirement benefits to levels about 10 percent hi^er than comparable beneflits under social /security,'::\y " S. Vietnam Lifts Taxes, Port Dues On U. S. Vessels Offlclal Fublication of the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO Executive Board PAUI. HALL, President EARL SHEPARD CAL TANNER Vice-President'" Exec. Vice-Prea. LINDSEY WILLIAMS Ah KERR Vice-President Sec.-Treaa. ROBERT MATTHEWS AL TANNER Vice-President Vice-President Director of Publications MIKE POLLACK Editor HARRY WITTSCHEN Assistant Editors WILL KARP PETER WEISS BILL MOORE Staff Photoo ANTHONY ANSALDI nuiihid kiwnlily at 810 Rhodi lilind Awnu N.E., Waihlnftsn, D. C. 20018 ky thi Stafartn Intirnatlonal Union, Atlantic, Golf, Lakci and Inland Watcn Dlitrlet, AFL-CIO, 675 Foartb Accnic, Brooklyn, N.V. 11232. Tol. HVaelnth 9-6600. Second clan poitaic paid at Wathlnploni, D. C. POSTMASTER'S ATTENTION: Forai 3579 cardi ihoold ko Mnt to Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gall. Lakes and Inland Waters DIstrlet, AFL-CIO, 675 Foartb Annaa, Brooklyn, N.V. 11232. IT �January 17, 1969 An SlU Upgrading Milestone Page Three SEAFARERS LOG As New Session Convenes Renewed Congressional Drive Begins To Establish Independent MARAD Congressman Jacob H. Gilbert (D-N.Y.) presents the 300th original third assistant engineer's license earned at the SlU-MEBA District 2 Engineering School in,New York to Seafarer Jerry Vinson (center) who accepted on behalf of Charles Sexton, who was at sea. Vinson is also a new third assistant engineer. At right is Ronald Spencer, director of the engineer's training program. Also present at the recent ceremony was Representative Hugh L. Carey (D-N.Y.). Party Leaders Offer Program WASHINGTON—A bill calling for the creation of an independent Federal Maritime Adminis­ tration was introduced last week during the opening days of the first session of the 91st Congress by Representative Edward A. Garmatz (D., Md.), Chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. Following the defeat of H.R. which would have jurisdiction The Garmatz bill, H.R. 213, over loan and mortgage insurance 159, several legislators from both which is identical to the meas­ under provisions of the Merchant sides of the aisle immediately ure which he introduced during Marine Act of 1936, would op­ promised a renewed fight for an the last (90th) Congress, was erate within the agency. It would independent MARAD when Con­ quickly followed by companion be composed of the Federal Mari­ gress reconvened for the present measures from over 40 legislators, time Administrator, as chairman, session. The prompt introduction both Democrats and Republicans. plus two additional members also of H.R. 213, and the 40-odd Entitled the Federal Maritime appointed by the President. The companion bills presented thus Act of 1969, the new bill would bill stipulates that the three mem­ far, are a clear indication that divorce MARAD from the De­ bers of the board not all be from sympathy on Capitol Hill for this partment of Commerce, where it the same political party. prime maritime objective remains has been languishing since 1950. strong. The Act would become effec­ In the view of the vast majority tive 60 days after enactment. The AFL-CIO Offers Plan of maritime industry—labor and measure will be assigned for con­ management alike—this has been sideration to the Merchant Ma­ The continuing battle had its a principal reason for the decline rine and Fisheries Committee beginning back in 1965, when the of the U.S.-flag merchant marine where it may be subject to new Sixth Constitutional Convention since that time. hearings. As is true in the case of the AFL-CIO, in the first om­ The new agency would be of all committees at the start of nibus maritime resolution in lahor headed by a Federal Maritime a new session, the group will have hsitory, called for a long list of Administrator — devoted exclu­ new members assigned to it and remedial actions to rescue the sively to the nation's maritime will have to undergo a reorgani­ U.S.-flag fleet from the doldrums. problems — appointed by the zation before it can begin to func­ Re-establishment of an inde­ President for a term of four years. tion. pendent Maritime Administration A Deputy Maritime Administra­ was a key element in that pro­ Passed Both Houses tor is also provided for. gram, adopted unanimously by The bill's predecessor, as H.R. A Federal Maritime Board, the convention.. This recommen­ 159, was passed by both houses dation was reaffirmed by the during the 90th Congress, clear­ AFL-CIO Executive Council the ing the Senate in the closing hours following year. of the session. Strongly backed In 1966, however, the situa­ by the SIU, the AFL-CIO Mari­ time Trades Department, and the tion was complicated by Adminis­ overwhelming majority of the tration efforts to pull together a maritime industry, it was piloted score or more agencies into a sin­ through the legislative channels gle new Cabinet-level Depart­ by Garmatz, Senator Warren G. ment—the Department of Trans­ Magnuson (D-Wash.), chairman portation. Although the AFL-CIO of the Senate Commerce Com­ supported the concept of a new Party has been issued by three mittee; the late Senator E. L. Department for domestic modes Muskie and Lawrence O'Brien, Bartlett (D-Alaska), then chair­ of transportation, it flatly opposed man of the Merchant Marine inclusion of maritime because of Subcommittee and former Sena­ the industry's dual roles in both from the past and a willingness tor Daniel B. Brewster (D-Md.). commerce and defense. to adapt our programs and our Reaching President Johnson's As a result of labor's efforts. institutions to meet challenging desk after the Congress had ad­ Congress in 1966 created the new conditions." journed, the bill was subsequently Department, but specifically ex­ He said that as a national po­ allowed to die at the White House cluded the Maritime Administra­ litical party, the Democrats "have through use of the so-called tion, leaving the agency within the Depaitment of Commerce. an obligation to develop and offer pocket veto. constructive alternatives to poli­ cies and programs of the new Administration." Muskie also asked that the base of the party be broadened and that it engage in a "constant process of reform in its selection of leadership and in the ways in JACKSONVILLE—A new $3.5-million marine terminal is which it involves party members in its decision-making on issues the latest addition to Jacksonville's steadily expanding ocean and operations." shipping industry. The new facility, the Blount Island Pier, located some eight He said that the reform must miles below the old city limits on the St. John's River, was dedi­ take place at all levels of the party cated recently and has been leased to the St. Regis Paper Com­ to be meaningful, that state and pany on a long-term basis. It is one of three separate waterfront local organizations must match installations now being expanded and modernized by the Jackson­ the steps taken by the national ville Port Authority. The other two are the 8th Street Terminal, party. further up the river, and the Talleyrand Docks. O'Brien expressed the view that Last year Jacksonville handled about 11 million tons of waterthe Democratic Party emerged borne cargo, about a million tons of which went through Port from the 1968 elections "stron?, Authority facilities. Construction of the new terminal was started robust and ready for victory in early in 1967. The 1,600-acre tract is only seven miles from the the 1970's." open sea. He said high priority should be St. Regis has reached an agreement with the Port authority given to voter registration and which will enable the company to handle and store some 200,000 campaign financing and asked that tons of paper products per year in the facilities. a top goal be "future election to These presently contain nearly three miles of paved highways, regain control of state houses and a vehicular bridge and a railroad bridge. The outlook for the port legislatures, particularly in the cru­ is believed considerably enhanced by a new Cross-Florida barge cial, big-vote states." canal which should be completed during the mid-1970s and will tie-in with the Intra-Coastal Canal. Jacksonville will be the O'Brien said that "the man who eastern terminus for the new inland barge route. did the most to revive the strength Also scheduled for completion in 1970 is the dredging of the apd vitality of the Democratic St. Johns River to a channel depth of 38 feet; this work is already Party is Vice President Hum­ under way. phrey. He refused to believe that defeat was inevitable." Democratic Party Must be Rebuilt Into Vigorous Nationai Organization WASHINGTON A call for the rebuilding of the Democratic of its top leaders—Vice President Humphrey, Senator Edmund S. outgoing chairniaii of the Democratic National Committee. The three, in separate articles —Z 7Z Z, , • 1 Kr states for a permanent franchise in the party's official publica­ which qualifies a voter anywhere tion, The Democrat, set forth a in the nation or overseas for every program for electoral reform, national election." broad grass-roots participation and • Assure that the party is ade­ a vigorous national organization. quately financed and staffed to Humphrey declared that the serve as a center of Democratic party "must start building and leadership. working now for victory" in the Despite its 1968 campaign def­ congressional contests in 1970 as icit, Humphrey said the national well as in the presidential election committee should "allocate a sub­ in 1972. "It is now or never for the stantial budget to support expand­ Democratic Party," he stressed, ed research, and candidate sup­ and asked that three steps be port operations as well as efforts at fund-raising to help pay off taken: • Open the party to the fullest the debt." public participation "because the The Vice President said that people are the ultimate source of "the next great test for the Dem­ political strength in our democ­ ocratic Party — the decisive test racy." —will corne in 1970" when 25 Humphrey noted that "impor­ Democratic senators will be up tant strides" in this direction were for re-election along with the en­ taken at the 1968 Democratic tire House of Representatives, National Convention which "de­ and many of the large states will spite the turmoil and tragedy be choosing a governor. which accompanied it was one of "Tiiese elections are a great the most open in history." challenge and a great opportunity He called for new steps includ­ for Democrats," Humphrey said. ing "perhaps even a party-wide "We must start building and conference prior to the 1970 elec­ working now for vitcory. We tions." must be ready to offer meaningful • Take the lead in pressing for support to all Democratic candi­ electoral reform. dates, at all levels. . . ." The Vice President urged a conIn his article in The Democrat, stiutional amendment to prevent Muskie asked for full implemen­ recurrence of a "serious danger" tation of all the party reform that the will of the majority would steps approved by the Chicago be thwarted in the election of the convention. President, either in the Electoral "The Democratic Party has al­ College or in the House of Rep­ resentatives, He would eliminate ways been the party of the fu­ obstacles to voter registration and ture," the Maine senator wrote. proposed "a system among the "That involves a capacity to leam Jacksonville Adds Modern Marine Terminal �SEAFARERS LOG Page Four January 17, 1969 Labor Gives Aid to Ghetto Renewal; South St. Seaport Buys Provides Financing and Employment Last Known Square-Rigger ST. LOUIS—Labor, management, a neighborhood group and government have joined in a ghettorebuilding program financed in part by the AFL-CIO and designed to be a pace-setter for cities across the nation. The goal is IS to rehabilitate set up the program and indicated trainees or trainees, according to 300 dilapidated houses in a 200 their close ties with the neighbor­ previous experience. square block area over a two hood were instrumental in making Qualified workers will receive year period at a cost of about $4 the project possible. the current negotiated pay rate million, with area residents doing Evans also praised the St. Louis for their particular crafts. Ad­ most of the rebuilding. Many of Building Trades Council and the vanced trainees will receive from them now are unemployed. contractors' associations for their 60 to 90 percent of journeyman Under contracts involving 14 work and cooperation in helping pay, depending upon degrees of building trades organizations and to plan the project. skill. The starting rate for train­ five contractors' associations, the ees will be $3 per hour. He reported that building residents will be trained to the Trainees will be allowed to trades unions and contractors' extent necessary and given an op­ associations in Boston have also work across jurisdictional lines as portunity to become members of signed agreements to train ghetto •helpers for six months after which the unions. residents in rebuilding slum they will be assigned to a trade as Director John E. Evans of the houses, and are expected to an advanced trainee. Union mem­ AFL-CIO Department of Urban launch specific projects here soon. bership will be made available not Affairs was among the represent­ Similar agreements are under later than the completion of the atives of government, labor and discussion in Baltimore, Chicago advanced trainee training period. management on hand to an­ and Gary, Ind., Evans said. Area Ratio nounce the project at a press con­ The principal enabling con­ The craft selection commi'tee ference here. tracts in the project involve locals He reported that the AFL-CIO of the Operafing Engineers, Plas­ will determine the ratio of non­ Mortgage Investment Trust Fund terers, Cement Masons, Carpen­ residents to residents of the area has agreed to furnish interim con­ ters, Stone Workers, Sheet Metal to be hired, except that in no case struction morteaee financing to Workers, Plumbers, Painters, will the ratio in the advanced the amount of $650,000 to Jeff- Bricklayers, International Broth­ trainee or trainee classifications Vander Lou, Inc., a neighbor­ erhood of Electrical Workers, La­ be less than one resident to three hood non-profit organization that borers and Teamsters, and district skilled journeymen. Michael L. Galli, director of initi-^ted the project. councils of the Laborers and Car­ the St. Louis Federal Housing The Department of Urban Af­ penters. Administration office, described fairs oversees the operations of Labor Grant the project as one that "we hope the fund, which was created by will be adopted in other neighbor­ The training of at least 150 the AFL-CIO in 1964 to help hoods and urban areas throughout workers is covered by a $176 500 finance the construction of neces­ sary and socially desirable hous­ erant from the Labor Department the nation." to Construction Job Opportuni­ ing. He said rehabilitated homes Jeff-Vander Lou sets its name ties, Inc., formed bv general con­ will be sold to residents of the from the fact that the area in­ tractors in the St. Louis area. area, using FHA below-marketA craft selection committee rate interest programs. Most com­ volved is bounded bv Jefferson, Vandeventer, St. Louis and Del- with equal representation from pleted homes will be of the threemT streets. Most'of the resideiits labor and management will re­ or four-bedroom size, selling at an view job applications and classify average price of $13,000, with of the area are Negroes. down payments as low as $200 Evans said his office has been workers for the project. working with Jeff-Vander Lou and Workers hired will be classified and monthly payments as low as other agencies here since June to as qualified workmen, advanced $60. Talking Over Old Times NEW YORK—The Charles Cooper, last of the American merchant square-riggers, has found a new home after 102 years as a floating warehouse in the Falkland Islands. The hull of the Cooper, only known surviving square-rigged vessel, has been acquired by the South Street Seaport, New York's maritime museum, which is engaged in a program to restore the famed "Street of Ships" to its original state in the old shipping days of the 19th century. The vessel was built in 1856 at the William Hall yard in what is now Fairfield, Connecticut, for the Layton and Hurlburt Line as an ocean liner for service in North Atlantic cross­ ings to Antwerp. She measured 165 feet with a beam of 35 and one-half feet, and was designed to carry 1,463 tons. Because steamers at that time were rapidly displacing sail vessels, the Charles Cooper was soon taken off its liner runs and put into general trading service in the Pacific. In September, 1866, when she was barely ten years old, the vessel ran into trouble off Cape Horn while carrying a cargo of coal bound for San Francisco. Springing leaks, the square-rigger limped to the nearby Falkland Islands to take shelter and has remained there ever since as a storeship. Although her masts are gone, the hull, of Connecticut oak and chestnut, is still sturdy and well-preserved. The South Street Seaport, a creation of the New York State legislature in conjunction with the City Planning Commission, is intended to recreate the days of New York maritime history when scores of square-riggers lined up along the South Street piers was a common sight. Funds to acquire the Cooper were donated by the Journal of Commerce. Still to be raised is the cost of lowing the ship to its new home. 5IUNA Rshermen's Union Achieves Seiid Cains in Three-Year Contract GLOUCESTER, Mass.—Following ten weeks of continuous negotiations with the boatowners, the SIUNA-afiiliated Atlantic Fishermen's Union hammered out a new three-year agreement last month which covers 52 fishing • negotiations that fishermen pay the vessels' operating out of this full cost of the gloves. port. "Its a good contract,"' said Or­ The new contract, which was lando, following its acceptance by overwhelmingly approved by the the membership. New Bedford AFU membership here, contains attorney Patrick Harrington, who 85 percent of what the Union was part of the AFU's negotiating originally asked for, according to team during the bargaining talks AFU Acting President Michael concurred with Orlando's com­ P. Orlando. ment. "We bargained well," he One of the most significant said. provisions of the new agreement is the doubling of the flat rate pay­ ment received by AFU members who sail as engineers, cooks, and mates—from $15 per trip to $30 per trip. This increased rate will be paid in addition to the regular full share of the catch. $25 'Broker Trip' Also each fisherman now will NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — be paid a flat fee of $25 for a Work will soon begin on a new "broker trip"—one during which four-million pound gantry crane too few fish are caught to meet which will tower 19 stories in expenses. height, and span two shipways for Another important gain is a a distance of 440 feet, at the New­ one-half percent increase in the port News Shipbuilding and Dry gross stock deduction made for Dock Company shipyards. the welfare-pension fund. The largest crane of its type Concessions from the boat ever to be built in this country, owners in the methods used to it will span the shipyard's No. 10 purchase supplies for a trip were and ^o. 11 ways and will easily also won. The new pact provides clear the island structure of that the vessel owner is to purchase broad-decked carriers, or the all supplies at the "best competi­ soaring funnels of the largest sutive price." Rags, dishes, watch­ perliners. man fees, and the cost of light Designed to lift the heaviest of bulbs will be paid by the vessel assemblies and machinery, the owner. crane will roll back and forth over Only lubricants "actually the shipways on rails that will be burned" will now be part of the extended 150 feet into the James gross stock. In the past, all lub­ River to permit the unloading of ricants, whether actually used dur­ heavy materials directly from ing a trip or not, were partially barges or vessels. These materials paid for by the fishermen. can then be transferred directly to The AFU fought for, and won, ships under construction. the right to continue the arrange­ Component parts of the crane ment whereby part of the cost of will be built at the main Ohio plant work gloves used by fishermen is of the Alliance Machine Com­ paid by the vessel owner. The boat pany, which will engineer and owners had demanded early in the build the structure. Shipyard Orders Giant New Crane 19 Stories High •k- ii ! Three additions to SiU pension roster are welcomed by Welfare Director A! Bernstein (far left) and two already retired Seafarers in New York hall. From left are: Domingo Jartin, Recardo Barcelona, Louis Almeida, Fred Harvey and Alexander L.einer. Harvey joined the pension list in 1965, Leiner in 1968. �January 17, 1969 Page Five SEAFARERS LOG In Annual New Year's Message Gas Station Card Gimmicks Give Player Fast Shuffle If you're looking for odds, don't expect any from the service station so-called giveaway methods of attracting customers—the cards you match or scrape. Your chance of getting a dollar is about 4.S in a thousand. That's .45 in a hundred, or about half of one percent. Putting your faith in something substantial, like horse betting, is smarter. ^The Oil, Chemical and Atomic Union News, official paper of the union that is closest to the industry, collected a few figures that evolved from some experiences with the cards the man gives you when you pay for your gas. An Ohio station operator had an extra-special customer to whom he gave a box of 1,000 cards. The customer—or probably his wife—matched up the cards and won $4. Another operator took 1,500 of them home to his wife. Many hours of scrubbing netted her $3 and a bad temper. A South Carolina civic club asked its members to donate all the cards they got to a charity project. Bursting with altruism, they came through with 6,000 tickets to instant wealth. The charity benefitted by a grand total of only $21. A reporter from a Cleveland newspaper was a big winner, though. On the black market—^you can buy these cards if you know how—he got 1,000 of them from each of two companies. One bundle returned $7, the other $8. But do the companies lose? Hah! They charge the station operators $15 for each 1,000, and they pay out from $3 to $8. Meany Outlines Labor's Objectives For National Progress, World Peace WASHINGTON—Organized labor faces the year ahead with "a spirit of determination to push for progress at home and honorable peace in the world." AFL-CIO President George Meany de­ clared in a New Year's statement this month. Noting that 1969 finds a neat ^,|,e homeless, ted the hungry, suc­ modernized job-safety laws and Administration and a Congress cor the sick," protect the con­ elimination of procedures that bf a different political viewpoint sumer, educate the young and pro­ deny the ballot to some citizens. being called upon to work to­ vide the aged with a life free from TTie international scene—"The gether, Meany pointed out that fear. AFL-CIO will continue its support only time will tell how well this Further, he stated, the AFL- of this nation's pursuit of peace "division of power" works out. CIO will seek legislation to "con­ with honor and its defense of free­ "But all Americans, no matter tinue the march toward full dom." what their political beliefs, owe it equality and improve the lot of In this area, Meany also said to their country to support re­ the nation's workers and their that the federation will continue sponsible efforts of the New Ad­ unions." its role of helping to strengthen ministration and the 91st Congress Meany reaffirmed labor's deter­ free unions in the developing na­ to meet the problems of our mination to support "with all our tions "secure in the belief that by times," Meany added. strength" the efforts of exploited helping build strong, free demo­ And as far as the labor move­ farm workers "to achieve the pro­ cratic institutions we are simultan­ ment is concerned, he emphasized tections and benefits that workers eously helping build democracy "we will do our utmost to help have a right to enjoy in a free so­ and freedom for all." solve the tremendous problems ciety." Meany concluded his statement which face America's people, her "The farm workers and the by expressing labor's high regard cities and her future." AFL-CIO will not rest until this for and gratitude to "a great Amer­ In Congress, Meany said, labor goal has been won," he said. ican who is about to lay down the will work for measures to "house burdens of office. President Lyn­ Summarizes Aims don B. Johnson." In summary, labor's objectives "No President," Meany de­ in Congress will call for new pro­ clared, "has ever done more for grams where necessary, broaden­ the poor, the homeless, the elder­ ing of programs that now are too ly; no President has achieved more narrow to be effective and "ad­ in the fields of education, civil equate and proper financing" of rights or health care; no President all programs, Meany stressed. has suffered so many unfair, un­ He then centered on three other justified attacks. on illegal, unethical activities the areas that will receive major at­ "The American labor movement tention from labor in the year owes President Johnson a deep program as preferable to slashing ahead: debt of gratitude and, on behalf Collective bargaining — AFL- of the AFL-CIO. 1 am honored to This commitment, he said, CIO unions will strive for new acknowledge it." "must be fulfilled. Therefore, we contracts "that guarantee to work­ urge that while every effort be ers their fair share of the fruits of made to reduce unnecessary costs, enterprise." there must be no restriction on the State legislature—Unions will right of low-income Americans to seek adequate unemployment and obtain comprehensive health workmen's compensation bene­ care." fits, consumer-protection laws. AFL'CIO Seeking Fffectlve Control Over Illegal Uedkaid Profiteering WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO has called effective controls answer to high Medicaid expenses. Federation Social Security Director Bert Seidman urged such a needed health services for the ^ duplicate payments or submitting poor. He declared that certain claims for services rendered to pa­ professionals are now bilking tients who had died or been dis­ millions annually from Medicaid charged before the period covered and he said an effective cost con­ in the billing, the investigation re­ trol system could stop this. vealed. Seidman made his remarks in a It also showed that a great statement submitted to Secretary number of druggists violate reg­ of Health, Education and Wel­ ulations by charging the state fare Wilbur J. Cohen, who has higher prices than those charged been conducting hearings on the public for the same drugs. Medicaid around the nation. "These abuses clearly indicate Medicaid is the program through the need for cost control in the which the federal government helps finance state plans for pro­ form of federally regulated fees viding comprehensive health care and charges," Seidman said. He cited California only be­ for the poor and low-income or cause that state's investigation had "medically indigent" families. "It would be the height of in­ been the most detailed. "We have no doubt," he added, justice," Seidman wrote, "to pe­ nalize the poor by barring them "that similar investigations in oth­ from needed health care while er states would reveal equally continuing to line the pockets of shocking abuses which have added greedy providers who view the untold millions of dollars to the program as a get-rich scheme for cost of the program." doctors, nursing homes and phar­ Seidman said the AFL-CIO macists." considers particularly sound a number of recommendations Program Drained made by the Advisory Commis­ Seidman's statement noted that sion on Intergovernmental Rela­ there is clear evidence that the tions. These proposals for in­ present lack of cost controls has creasing the efficiency and reduc­ enabled unethical persons in those professions to drain the program ing the unduly high costs of Medicaid services deserve to be of huge amounts of money. implemented as rapidly as pos­ He recalled an investigation by sible, he suggested. the California attorney-general The AFL-CIO, he said, specifi­ which revealed that false claims, cally supports the commission's kickbacks, over-servicing and oth­ proposals for reimbursing hospi­ er abuses in that state are siphon­ tals contingent upon their operat­ ing from $6 to $8 million an­ ing under an acceptable standard nually from the California pro­ of management efficiency, pay­ gram alone. ment for physicians' services on a The probe showed that some physicians are guilty of overserv- basis other than usual and custom­ icing, submitting claims for pa­ ary charges and improved tech­ tients they did not treat or for niques of utilization review. Seidman described Medicaid as treatment not actually given, overprescribing drugs and laboratory "an epoch-making commitment examinations, and charging fees. that needed health care would be Many California nursing homes the right of all Americans regard­ abuse the program by accepting less of income." Austin P. Skinner Re-elected By SlUNA Fishermen's Union NEW BEDFORD, Mass.—Members of the SIUNA-affiliated New Bedford Fishermen's Union last month elected Austin P. Skinner to a fourth term as secretary-treasurer of the Union. Skinner, who defeated Edward ^ velopment of NBFU health, wel­ P. Patenaude by an almost twofare and pension plans. Skinner to-one margin—341 to 171— noted that an extensive investment will serve in the Union's top post program has been launched by the for another two years. NBFU to insure maximum return on monies paid into the pension fund, so that benefit payments to members may be ultimately in­ creased. Austin P. Skinner Thanking the membership for their expression of confidence in him. Skinner pledged that the Un­ ion will not rest on past perform­ ance, but will step up its efforts to gain increased benefits for its fish­ ermen, and continue to play a vital role in the fishing industry. Citing progress made in the de­ SIUNA Vice President A vice president of the SIUNA, Skinner is also secretary of the SIUNA Fish and Cannery Con­ ference. Representing thousands of SIUNA members in the domes­ tic fishing industry, the Confer­ ence serves to foster unity in pre­ senting the hopes and aspirations of the membership to government and management. With the severe problems presently confronting the U.S. fishing industry, the Con­ ference also surveys legislation— local, state and federal—and anal­ yzes the affect upon labor in the fishing industry. Skinner has been secretary of the Conference since 1962. In other election results, Jacob Ostensen was re-elected New Bed­ ford port agent and John Burt was re-elected as union delegate. Calif. Legislator introduces Bills Vital to Labor WASHINGTON—Three bills aimed at rheeting organized labor's high priority legislative goals were introduced by Congressman Phil­ lip Burton (D-Calif.) during the first week of the 91st Congress. The proposed measures would: Give farm workers the right to organize and bargain collectively under provisions and protections of the National Labor Relations Act; Repeal Section 14B of the Taft-Hartley Act; and Relax re­ strictions against construction site picketing in labor disputes. "Just because we have a change in administration is no reason to let up in our battle for good and necessary legislation," Burton said. "The right of working men and women to organize and enter into union shop agreements with their employers is basic, regard­ less of vocation or occupation." Burton noted that the farm workers and the situs picketing measures were passed out of the House Education and Labor Com­ mittee, of which he is a member, in the 90th Congress, but never reached the House floor. Organized labor has urged the repeal of 14B which permits in­ dividual states to pass laws out­ lawing union shop agreements. At present 19 states have such laws. The situs picketing bill is aimed at another section of the law which prohibits union picxeting at a con­ struction site if more than one employer is involved. �Page Six SEAFARERS LOC To Help Hard-Core Unemployed AFL'CIOs 'Human Resounes' Plan Gets Underway in Nine Major Cities WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO's campaign to get union members more involved in manpower programs for the hard-core unemployed is now under way • in nine cities—Atlanta, Boston, Cincin­ nati, Houston, Pittsburgh, New York, Los Angeles, New Orleans and St. Louis. TTiese are the first of 50 met- ^ r~ T I 7 Rothman, associate director of York, R. J. Butler in Atlanta, ropolitan areas in which orga­ AFL-CIO's new Department of Eddie Campbell in Cincinnati^ nized labor will have a full-time Urban Affairs, is president. Mrs. Minona J. Clinton in Pitts­ manpower representative operat­ The institute was set up with burgh, Paul J. Flynn in Boston ing under the direction of the new the aid of a Labor Department and George M. Garland in Los Human Resources Development grant of $1.5 million. Angeles. Institute in Washington. All HRDI staff members have a "The AFL-CIO has consistently HRDI is a non-profit corpora­ said that the road out of poverty background in the labor move­ tion set up by the AFL-CIO to is a good job at decent wages," ment, Taylor noted, plus a variety mobilize the resources of the labor Rothman pointed out. "We feel of experience in civil rights, antimovement in a nationwide pro­ that the proper role for labor un­ poverty programs, political action gram to recruit, train, employ and ions in helping to achieve this and other civic involvement. The upgrade the unemployed and the goal is to get involved in the staff will be thoroughly integrated, underemployed. Federation Pres­ actual training of the disadvan­ says Taylor, and already includes ident George Meany is chairman taged unemployed worker for a two women and six minority group of the HRDI board and Julius place in our economic system." members. HRDI recently concluded a Already on board with HRDI, Rothman reported, are a fulltime one week training session in Wash­ director and four staff representa­ ington at which top representa­ tives in the national office plus tives from the AFL-CIO, the fulltime representatives in the nine Labor Department and the Na­ tional Alliance of Businessmen pilot cities. HRDI's executive director is briefed the staff on manpower Merlin L. Taylor of New Orleans. and related problems. A second A former bricklayer and stone conference will be held in Feb­ NEW YORK —The Clothing mason, Taylor was president and ruary for new field representatives Workers have called upon Presi­ business manager of his local un­ in the next cities to be staffed. At the Washington conference, dent Johnson to seek ways of re­ ion for three years, during which straining the increasing runaway he developed and taught an ex­ Taylor emphasized the key role of U.S. companies to low-wage tension course for journeymen for that HRDI was expected to play areas just across the Mexican the State Department of Voca­ in the AFL-CIO's total effort to tional Education. He also attended help resolve what he called "the border. an AFL-CIO Community Services single most critical domestic prob­ ACWA President Jacob S. Potcourse and studied at Loyola lem facing the United States to­ ofsky, in a letter to Johnson, said that if the flight continues un­ University's Institute of Industrial day—helping the hard core to abated it will "seriously undermine Relations. Taylor, 39, comes to acquire full economic citizenship." "Unless we begin to success­ much of what this nation has so HRDI from the Labor Depart­ laboriously achieved in building ment, where he had major re­ fully recruit the disadvantaged the highest standard of living in sponsibilities in developing man­ men and women in our ghettos, power programs. train them and place them in good the world." Also in HRDI's Washington jobs at decent wages," said Tay­ Potofsky's letter was triggered by a recent report that Oxford In­ office are James D. Boyle, Olga lor, "we cannot begin to solve dustries, Incorporated, is planning Corey, C. R. Hollowell and Al­ the crisis that is plaguing our to start making boys shirts in Mex­ fred P. Love. The field staff in­ cities. Organized labor can play ico. The move, Potofsky warned, cludes Peter Babin III in New a major role in creating a realistic, could touch off a chain of run­ Orleans, Charles E. Bradford in creative climate for developing aways by other clothing manufac­ St. Louis, Donald W. Bridges in training and placement pro­ turers. Houston, John T. Bumell in New grams." ClothingWorkers Score Runaways South of Border Plans for a 50-cities drive to recruit, train and find jobs for the hard-core unemployed were de­ veloped at a conference held in Washington. The program is being carried out by the Human Re­ sources Development Institute (HRDI), the AFL-CIO and the Department of Labor. From left are: Otto Pragan, assistant director, AFL-CIO Department of Education: Orieanna Syphax of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare: Julius Rothman, associate director of the AFL-CIO Department of Ur­ ban Affairs and president of HRDI: Robert McCorinin, of the Department of Labor; Merlin Taylor, ex­ ecutive director of HRDI, and Thomas F. Royals, of the Department of Labor. This is a pilot program. Jannarr 17, 1969 Roy Fleischer Dies at 66; Verse Appeared in LOG NEW YORK — Roy Fleischer, 66, whose poetry appeared from time to time in the LOG and was familiar to Seafarers, died October 23, 1968, at his home in Tottenville, Staten Is­ land, N. Y. A native of New Britain, Connecticut, Fleischer was a licensed attorney but practiced law for only a few years before turning to journalism as a reporter on the East Hartford (Conn.) Gazette. His later career as author and poet developed from this experi­ ence. Fleischer published a book of verse in 1964, titled "New York—Port of Dreams." The book took its title from one of his numerous poems published in the LOG. Released to coincide with the opening of the New York World's Fair, the work was widely distributed to colleges and libraries. Typical of Fleischer's verse was this short poem, "Jealousy," which appeared in the September 18, 1964, issue of the LOG: I've seen them in Hong Kong, Bridgeport, Galilee—And women on waterfronts Sit. with their backs to seas. I never could understand it. Don't they want to be free? Or perhaps the answer is: They are jealous of the sea. Labor Cites Grim Alternative To Federal Safety Controls WASHINGTON—A labor safety expert offered an alternative recently to federal occupational safety and health standards iii a debate with management and state officials who saw no need if^or a federal law. The states have had years to act Alan Burch, safety director to improve job safety, Burch of the Operating Engineers, said pointed out, "and only a few have even better results in reducing on- done anything effective." the-job accidents might be obtain­ As for management, he said, it ed if the head of each company seems "caught in a bind between were required to personally notify the necessity for making a profit the family of each worker killed on the one hand, and competitive on the job. costs on the other." Burch sug­ If this were done, Burch sug­ gested that "uniform regulations gested, next year there might not would help to remove industrial be 14,200 Americans "killed by price-cost competition from the crushing, slicing, burning, stran­ safety picture." gling or smothering" as the result of work hazards. The debate took place during the 50th anniversary meeting of the USA Standards Institute, a private organization set up to en­ courage voluntary standard-setting by industries. Joining Burch in urging passage of federal legislation was David A. Swankin, director of the Labor ROANOKE, Va. — Striking Department, Bureau of Labor Meat Cutters from four states Standards. picketed the palatial home of Lorenz Neuhoff here during the Varies With States Swankin noted the sharp differ­ recent holidays to call public at­ ences in work accident statistics tention to their struggle for union among states with varying safety contract benefits at Neuhoff meat programs—or with no programs at packing plants. The strikers braved heavy rain all. "A worker in a high accident and near-freezing temperatures to state," he said, "is only about a remind Neuhoff of his refusal to third as safe as he is in a low acci­ bargain with their union. Led by Earl Grant, executive assistant to dent state." union President Thomas J. Lloyd, After reporting that state expen­ the group included local union ditures on safety range from 2 cents per worker per year to $2.11, members along with strikers from Swankin asked his audience, Neuhoff Packing Company plants "Which state would you rather in Montgomery, Ala., and Clarksville, Tenn., and employees work in?" The safety manager of E. I. du from Kinston, N. C. Pont de Nemours and Co., J. S. Parading before NeuhofTs col­ Queener, argued that "federalized" umned southern mansion, the industrial safety and health pro­ strikers carried signs relating their grams would destroy the "partner­ requests for union contracts and ship" between private industry and better conditions. The demonstra­ state regulatory agencies. tion was part of a year-long union And Commissioner Edmond M. effort to bring Neuhoff and his Boggs of the Virginia State Dept. family to the bargaining table. of Labor & Industry termed the AFL-CIO President George proposal for a federal law "a Meany recently called on all un­ power play" by the U.S. Labor ion members to support a con­ Dept. which states should resist. sumer boycott against Neuhoff Burch accused management and state opponents of "setting up Packing Company meats—includ­ straw men and knocking them ing Frosty Mom, Valleydale and down" in their arguments against Reelfoot products that labor calls a federal law. unfair. NeuhoffMansion Gets Picket Line From 4 States �r JanuaiT 17, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Drive to Curtail Filibuster Launched Anew in Senate WASHINGTON—A new rules reform drive got under way in the Senate with bipartisan sponsorship and labor support as the 91st Con­ gress convened this month. Its goal is to curtail filibusters by changing the Senate's Rule 22 to impose "realistic limitations on debate." The present rule requires a two-thirds vote to limit debate. It allows 34 of the 100 senators to talk a hill to death. That has been the fate, in recent years, of the bill to repeal the open shop Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act, important civil rights legislation, and the confirma­ tion of a Chief Justice of the United States. Senators Philip A. Hart (D-Mich.) and Jacob K. Javits (R-N.Y.), co-leaders of the rules reform drive, said in a letter to their colleagues that the mere threat of a filibuster has been used to weaken as well as defeat bills and the inability to bring legislation to a vote has subjected the Senate to "ridicule." The fight for rules reform, they said, must be made at the start of a new Congress because that is the one time that a majority of the Senate can act on a rules change without being frustrated by a minority filibuster. Senators supporting rules reform face an uphill fight to convince a majority of the Senate to use its power to act or, alternatively, to con­ vince two-thirds to use the cloture procedure of the old rules to break a filibuster and bring rule change proposals to a vote. Both courses were tried unsuccessfully in 1967, at the start of the 90th Congress. The background of the dispute goes back even further. Rules reform leaders have argued over the years that at the start of a new Congress a majority of the Senate has a constitutional right to adopt new rules and close debate by majority vote. Richard M. Nixon, when he was Vice President in the 1950s, sup­ ported this argument in advisory opinions given in his role as presiding officer of the Senate. But at that time reform advocates were unable to muster, a majority to take advantage of the opportunity. When Lyndon B. Johnson was Vice President in 1963, he held that the question of constitutional interpretation could only be decided by the &nate—but the Senate was prevented by a filibuster from decid­ ing the issue. Two years ago, Vice President Humphrey came up with a formula which would have permitted a majority to act—if it wished. A supporter of rules reform moved to close debate and Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen promptly raised a point of order. Following Johnson's precedent, Humphrey said the point of order would have to be decided by the Senate. But he indicated that a motion to table the point of order would be proper—and not subject to debate. If the point of order were tabled, Humphrey said, the effect would be to uphold the claim that a majority of senators can halt debate on a rules change proposal. But the Senate establishment—the Democratic as well as the Repub­ lican leadership—opposed this parliamentary shortcut and the tabling motion was badly beaten, 61-37. The Senate then went on to uphold Dirksen's point of order. A final effort to bring about a rules change vote through cloture won 53-46 approval, but failed because it fell short of a two-thirds margin. Theoretically, the rules change battle would block any other legisla­ tion from being considered by the Senate until the matter is disposed of. But in the clublike Senate, the debate is expected to be interrupted to take up other matters from time to time by unanimous consent. Thomas R. Donahue, assistant secretary of labor, will return to the Service Employees Union as executive secretary, a new post. Donahue had been executive asistant to the president of the SEIU before he was named to the Labor Department position by President Johnson in 1967. * « * Thomas R. Owens, former miner who helped build the Rub­ ber Workers and served as its Washington legislative representa*tive until his retirement in 1956, died recently after a lengthy ill­ ness. He was a brother of Secre­ tary-Treasurer John Owens of the Mine Workers. The union's 1956 convention said of T. R. Owens in a resolution adopted by unan­ imous vote that "his advice, guidance and counsel during the infancy of the URW was of great value because of his experiences in the struggle of the Miners Union to establish unionism." cil in memory of the late George M. Harrison, long-time member of the council. Harrison was an AFL-CIO vice president and pres­ ident emeritus of the Railway and Airline Clerks when he died last month. In a resolution of tribute, the council said Harrison "served as an outstanding member of this Executive Council" since 1955, when he "helped forge the bonds of unity" between the AFL and CIO. The Cincinnati hospital was one of his many civic and char­ itable interests. * * * Members of the Ladies' Gar­ ment Workers will be getting pre­ scription drugs by mid-1969 at a fraction of the cost they now pay. Their medicine bills will be cut by the mail order drug plan insti­ tuted by union and employer trust­ ees. Each order—limited to a 30day supply of medicine—will cost members $1. The union's new Health Services Plan will pay the * « * rest, including the cost of mailing. A donation of $2,500 to Chil­ It's estimated that the average cost dren's Hospital, recently was voted to members will be 25 percent of by the AFL-CIO Executive Coun- | normal retail drugstore prices. Page Seven "They Can't Follow This Act"! "We would misuse the trust and confidence manufacturers have placed in us if the infor­ mation were publicized ... we do not want manufacturers to look at us with an attitude of fear." This statement was recently made by the chairman the National Commission on Product Safety, a government regulatory agency set up to protect the public from household products which endanger health or safety. In the light of such comments, one might well wonder what is uppermost in the mind of such public administrators—the welfare of the citizens they were appointed to protect, or the corporate corns they might step on if they were to attack their jobs with zeal and enthusiasm? The recent disaster which snuffed out the lives of 78 miners in Farmington, W. Va.— a tragedy which Senator Gaylord Nelson (DWisc.) says could have been prevented by proper enforcement of even the present inad­ equate regulations of another government agency, the Bureau of Mines, is an even more graphic example. This Bureau has, in the past, opposed action on a mine safety bill. Is this so-called regulatory body concerned primarily with the lives of miners or are they "hung-up" on the effect that assiduous en­ forcement of safety measures would have on profits of the mine owners? There are other less dramatic, but nonethe-less irksome areas involving the public good which are administered with similar laxity. Television, for example, probably the great­ est communications medium so far devised, has been allowed to become a vehicle of mediocrity packed with inferior commercial fare dedicated to the most base impulses of the community and laced with largely taste­ less and offensive sales pitches—often three or four of them in a row—crammed down one's throat. Yet the Federal Communications Commission is charged with the responsibility of policing TV—both its program content and the number 'and quality of commercial messages to which the viewer is exposed. It can withhold a license, enforce compliance with good taste, and contribute to the eleva­ tion of program standards. Rather than offend the big advertisers, however, many departures from common decency are conveniently overlooked. In the case of the Federal Trade Commis­ sion, a group of young lawyers led by crusader Ralph Nader has made a study of that agency and come up with the declared conclusion that the "shockingly poor" performance of the FTC is attributable to enforcement tactics carefully calculated not to offend poltical or economic "friends" whose pressure they fear. Similarly, the Food and Drug Administra-. tion, charged with guarding the quality, purity and safety of the things we eat and the drugs we swallow, has failed to eliminate many long-standing consumer abuses because of poorly disguised industry pressure. The FDA seeks compliance not by stern direction but by "consent agreements" which allow vio­ lators to escape virtually untouched. Any excuse that the public doesn't have to buy shoddy, dangerous or overpriced mer­ chandise, that no one has to view TV if it doesn't meet his standards, etc., is unaccept­ able in a society so complex that specialists are required to properly analyze and evaluate the goods and services—and the claims made for them—which are thrust upon us in such profusion. The public must be adequately protected and Congress shouid take a long, hard look at regulatory agencies now, while the incom­ ing Administration is making its appointments. �A welcome guest at Detroit Hall was Charles Prather, assistant to Congressman John Dingell (D-Mich.), seated, left, behind first child, with SlU families. iow:':fhe'SIU.;qi^^ ris ooy seems to agree whole-htwrtedl^ with the menu. An empty plate means a f^H fumiriy/SeBfarer George . Rivera tells daughter Gladys. All this and the goodies i fiihat idifewed Typical of the Christmas spirit and the holiday glee is this scene of the children of Seafarers and their guests lined up at Wilmington party. A hearty laugh is enjoyed at Seattle Hall by Sea­ farers Frank Warren, Bob Cossiboin 6nd Dick Schaeffer. good a Pferf of New Yods^M At Mobile Hall, Seafarer and Mrs. F. Blankenberg and his family are pleased with the Tiospitality and the good eating. Even kiddies agreed everything was OK. Enjoying Christmas at Mobile are (l-r): Seafarer and Mrs. Raymond Ried, Jimmy Kilpatrick, Joseph Maye, _ Seafarer and Mrs. Bernard Maye and son, Bernard, Jr. !.'• • 1 Wilmington festivities were held in Hacienda Hotel in San Pedro. Seen here are, (l-r): Seafarer and Mrs. James Fitzgerald and pensioners Sam Drury and Sidney Day. U ii;-' S ill' I!I The Nicholson children, around the table from left to right, Myra, Robin and Joy show best smile of sheer good humor at Seafarer James Whitfield in Wilmington. �SEAFARERS LOC Page Ten Growing SlU Pension Roster Adds Eight Additional Veteran Seafarers The names of eight more Seafarers have been added to the SIU's pension roster. The latest addi­ tions to the ever-growing retirement list include: Recardo Barcelona, Isaac McCants, Horace Curry, Atilano Malavet, Qaude West, Charles Brinton, Henry Bramer and Frank Cannella. Recardo Barcelona sailed as ^ AB and joined the Union in the Port of New York. A Seafarer for 30 years, he lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Josephine. Bom in the Philippine Islands, Brother Barcelona last sailed on the Jack­ % sonville. Brinton West Malavet Curry Isaac McCants held a steward's rating. Joining the SIU in Mobile, of Baltimore and his last ship was Arbor Towing Company. He he also sailed 30 years. A native the Del Norte. joined the Union in Elberta, of Alabama, he makes his home An FOWT and deck engineer, Mich, A native of that state, he in East Orange, N.J. Brother Atilano Malavet had sailed since makes his home in Frankfort, 1939. He joined the SIU in New Mich., with his wife, Laura. York ai 1 makes his home in that Frank Cannella was a steward city. Brother Atilano was born in and last shipped aboard the Jack­ Puerto Rico and last shipped sonville. A native of Pennsylvania, aboard the Robin Goodfellow. Claude West held a steward's rating and joined the Union in Tampa. Brother West lives in Jacksonville with his wife, Mable. He is a native of Missouri and McCants Barcelona last sailed on the Keva Ideal. Charles Brinton lives in New McCants last shipped on the Jef­ Orleans. He shipped as AB and ferson City Victory. his last vessel was the Alcoa Cannella Bramer Horace Curry was a member Voyager. Brother Brinton is a na­ of the steward department. Born tive of that state, he resides in he lives in Pittston, Pa. He joined in Ohio, he now lives in Mobile Frankfort with his wife, Laura. the Union in Tampa. During with his wife, Louise. Brother Henry Bramer sailed as oiler World War II, he served in the Curry joined the SIU in the Port and was last employed by the Ann Army. m DISPATCHERS REPORT December 27, 1968, to January 9, 1969 DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL SHIPPED TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals Class A Class B 5 1 66 34 10 7 18 14 16 13 12 9 5 4 21 19 39 31 30 27 14 24 70 49 31 24 337 256 Class A Class B Class C 7 2 2 16 23 3 7 2 2 5 2 1 5 10 3 6 4 4 4 5 3 9 13 1 27 20 6 JO 11 7 18 27 12 46 45 38 23 18 20 183 182 102 ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL SHIPPED TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups All Groups Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals Class A Class B 3 2 45 45 7 7 . 13 14 5 13 7 10 2 6 20 31 39 37 7 33 12 18 53 51 25 18 238 285 Class A Class B Class C 10 2 11 30 9 8 3 1 4 4 0 1 10 3 5 8 7 2 5 0 9 10 1 18 21 10 11 9 4 6 17 23 37 46 44 7 19 14 120 182 118 STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals Class A Class B 5 2 50 20 8 7 20 8 5 12 15 5 3 5 23 18 33 21 16 14 18 13 42 56 18 14 256 195 Class A Class B Class C 0 1 1 . 20 7 17 6 4 1 0 1 1 3 6 5 3 3 5 3 4 0 4 5 1 17 17 8 4 1 3 10 8 10 61 28 36 C 13 11 109 130 96 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 2 11 111 217 19 11 57 120 14 23 17 20 25 24 44 98 70 109 103 82 2 55 27 72 12 47 495 897 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 2 4 131 145 6 16 64 12 19 27 12 17 18 12 61 57 89 92 91 79 4 22 12 59 7 41 516 643 REGISTERED on BEACH Class A Class B 1 5 145 51 16 5 52 67 18 24 10 18 23 11 76 46 113 43 86 50 26 2 . 60 23 10 7 693 325 January 17, 1969 YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH Se a f a r e r * s G u i jd e t o B e 11e r B u y i n g HIGH COST OF DYING THE LIVING END By Sidney Margollus Despite all the criticisms of expensive funerals in recent years, the high cost of dying is still higher. A funeral nowadays often will take most of a typical $1000 welfare-plan death benefit and sometimes more. That's just for the funeral director's services. When you add the cost of a cemetery lot, grave opening, foundations and miscellaneous fees, the total often will be $1500 and more, depending on the cost of a marker for the grave. There was a small dip in funeral charges early in the 1960's as the result of the various published exposures on the subject at that time. But then prices started to march right back up again, report union welfare experts such as Harry Haskel, Ladies Garment Workers Union, and Donald Rubin, Pocketbook Workers Retirement Fund, who follow funeral costs closely. These high prices eat up funds the bereaved family itself urgently ^ needs at this critical time, to help rearrange its affairs and pay remaining medical bills of the last illness. While costs have not receded, there have, however, been at least some useful developments. Several court decisions and increasing legislative efforts in various states may finally help families to at least know what they are paying for. In New York, for example, a determined effort by Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz has resulted in a decision that funeral directors must, > I itemize their bills. Some funeral directors—preferring to quote a "package price"—have fought hard against itemizing, not only in the courts but through" pressure in state capitols. There they have what Lefkowitz called "highly organized" lobbies. Hidden Charges The judge who ruled that undertakers must itemize bills found that • funeral homes would quote a package price initially and then charge separately for other items which the families thought was included. In Wisconsin, the National Funeral Directors Association and its local affiliate were ordered by the courts to discontinue a ban on price advertising. The funeral directors claimed they did not consider price advertising ethical. But the state charged that the NEDA's ban against posting or' advertising prices was for the purpose of fixing and maintaining high prices. The state further asserted that a funeral home could make a' profit even if it charged as little as $200 for a funeral. The U. S. Justice Department also is seeking—through court action^ —to facilitate price advertising in all states. In California, legislation has been proposed to require funeral homes to give customers a price list of funeral and casket charges. Funeral directors would also be forced to give customers printed notice that expressed disposal wishes of the deceased must be observed, and that embalming is not legally required. Another hopeful development against rising prices is the continued expansion of memorial societies. There are now over 100 such societieswith a total of more than 300,000 members, reports Ernest Morgan, author of A Manual of Simple Burial. Memorial societies or associations try to encourage simple, dignified funerals at moderate cost. Often they make arrangements with funeralhomes to provide funerals at reasonable charges for their members. When the need arises, the society also helps with arrangements and, advice. Pre-planning Important These memorial societies also encourage "pre-planning" so that your family knows beforehand what kind of burial and service you want,^ and what to do when the time comes. The member and his family' decide among themselves in advance whether they want earth burial or cremation, and a simple memorial or more-elaborate funeral. A Manual of Simple Burial has a complete directory of memorial societies in the U. S. and Canada, and their minimum costs (usually for cremation). Most of these societies are members of The Continental Association of Funeral and Memorial Societies, with headquarters at 59 East Van Buren Street, Chicago, 111. 60605. The manual also lists co-operative burial associations which are. found mostly in the Midwest and North Central states—especially Iowa and Minnesota. Also provided are lists of eye and temporal bone banks, and of medical schools, complete with instructions for those who maywish to bequeath their remains to such institutions. One of the most useful siqgle suggestions offered in the manual is. how the cost of burial can be held down through a combination of memorial society and credit union membership. Many credit unions^ have an insurance arrangement under which deposits made before age. 55 are doubled in case of death. For any deposits made after age 55, the insurance pays proportionately less. Thus, a credit union member who wants to provide for his own burial expenses can deposit, say, $250. If he dies his family will then get $500 plus accumulated dividends. This would be enough to pay for the kind of simple funeral available through a memorial society. A Manual of Simple Burial is available for $1 from Celo Press', Burnsville, N. C. 28714, ^ f �January 17, 1969 Seafarer Thanks SlU Welfare Plan To the Editor: This is a note of congratula­ tions to the best Welfare Plan in our industry. I am now collecting a dis­ ability pension and have always been well treated by the Union in everything that I have ever asked. T,ately my wife had a serious attack of illness and, once again, the SIU Welfare Plan took care of everything, as al­ ways. Wishing you and all the offi­ cials and members of the Union the best of everything in the New Year. Steven Boides Book No. 783 Widow Thanks Delta Crew for Courtesy To the Editon I would like to thank all the members of the New Orleans SIU for being so nice to me and my children' during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. They have all been extreme­ ly kind after the death of my late husband. Sincerely, Mrs. Ida May Folse New Orleans Appointments Clue New Administration To the Editor: President-elect Nixon's "new look" may or may not extend to his Administration. Even now many are wondering what the "pitch" of the new deal, square deal, diamond deal—or whatever his regime will be known as—will be. However, people will be able to draw their own conclusions to a large de­ gree from his appointments. So far, Nixon's appointees do not seem to be "great movers." Certainly, if they don't stamp the new government as being terribly slanted in favor of "business above everything" they also don't impress anybody as being in labor's corner, or in the comer of the little man. Take, for example, the nam­ ing of George P. Shultz as Sec­ retary of Labor. Shultz seems like a nice enoueh person. He has a fine academic background and is very knowledgeable in the field of industrial-labor re­ lations. There is also the appointment of Alaska's Governor Walter J. Hinkel as Secretary of the In­ terior. Everything known thus far about this man's attitude toward conservation is negative. He has come out for exploita­ tion of Alaska's resources to the hilt—and damn what comes next. On the other hand, S'ewart L. Udall, the Democrat's man in that office, has consist­ ently pointed out how the na­ tion's natural resources are be­ ing misused and has attempted to do something about it. SEAFARERS LOG We must hope that Nixon's appointments to the lesser posi­ tions—such as his choice for the consumer advisory post now capably filled by Betty Furness —will be better ones. Sincerely, Dick Mohanis \3> Blood Donors Seen as Heroes To the Editor: My hat is off to those Sea­ farers who have contributed to the SIU Blood Bank. I don't mean only the gallon club do­ nors—these are a special case, deserving of all the recognition we can give them. But even the guy who has given only one pint—he's a hero, too, as far as I'm concerned. He may have saved somebody's life. Now, at a time when every­ body and his uncle has had bouts with the flu, we read that blood supplies are running very low. That's when able-bodied people can make their most valuable contribution. It is truly cratifying to read that SIU has been able to deliver 50 oints of blood to the New York City Board of Health. Just another example of how our unions can, and do. perform valuable serv­ ice to the communities in which we live. It makes me proud to be a member of the labor move­ ment. Many of my friends have given blood from time to time as I, myself, have also done. It takes very little time, doesn't hurt a bit, and leaves no after effects whatever. I urge everyone who can do so to make it his business to give just one pint of blood. It is quite likely to be the one that changes a dreadful emergency into a life-saver. Only those who have taken the few minutes required to donate just a little of their own blood can really know what a grand and glori­ ous feeling this is. Sincerely, Pete Sandakls Much to Be Done, By Labor in 1969 To the Editor: In spite of the accomplish­ ments of the past, 1969 will be a challenge to organized labor and its friends in Congress, es­ pecially with a Republican Ad­ ministration, which in the past has always meant less sympathy for labor's needs. The elimination of existing right-to-work laws, a fair con­ tract for the farm workers, ade­ quate unemployment insurance protection, workmen's compen­ sation, consumer safeguards, job-safety and the problems fac­ ing the cities are just a few of the goals the labor movement must continue to work for. Of course, the maritime in­ dustry must also continue its hard, uphill battle to achieve its goal of a strong, modern merchant marine capable of competing wi'h the rest of the world's expanding fleets. Sincerely, Philip Bryant Page Eleven Sport of Kings Had Many Knaves, Retired Seafarer Ray Flynn Recalls Seafarers who frequent the race track are familiar with such devices as photo finish cameras and automatic starting gates, but when Seafarer Ray Flynn was active in racing prior to his sailing career, such equipment was unheard of. In fact, the so-called Sport of Kings was then dominated by men who possessed less than Kingly honesty, Flynn recalled to a LOG reporter in the New Orleans hall. Brother Flynn remembers one horse named Black Dear, a twoyear-old with bright promise, back around 1923. He was a good mudder and had real ability so his owners decided to keep him "off the boards" for a year. The trainer was a man who had the reputation of being a shady char­ acter. He finally entered the horse in a race that turned out to be fixed. Flynn was instructed to "give him an easy ride." A horse called She Devil expected to win Veteran Seafarer Phil O'Connor points to himself in an old photo­ the race. In those days, bookmakers graph held by Tom Garrity, at the New Orleans hall, recently. hung around the track and so­ The pictures belong to Ray Flynn (center) who recalled career as licited bets. The jockey on She a jockey to LOG reporter. Flynn recently retired after 30 years Devil was a chap whom Flynn re­ in Union. Garrity and O'Connor are on SIU balloting committee. members as a "cocky kid." He five to seven times a day. "I never horses. Zouave. In spite of his reminded Flynn: "you know what did get that car either," he joked. early bouts with illness, Flynn was you have to do." The trainer, and Racing was not governed by "stronger than most of the other those in the know, bet on She jockeys and I was not permitted Devil, and the trainer promised any hard strict rules at the time to ride a race less than a mile in and jockeys frequently had to the young jockey a car for his distance." part in the deal. Flynn, however, keep moving or get thrown off the At that time, he said, there was track if they made enemies, as decided against throwing the race, no such thing as an automatic Flynn had done with the trainer. he said, and in the back stretch Flynn was able to do some free­ starting gate and horses were "I gave my horse the whip and lance riding in places like Ti­ walked up to the starting line. we pulled away." juana, Mexico. The track made it Frequently, one horse would be Threw A Fit possible for a bettor who picked slightly over the line while an­ I beat She Devil by a nose and five winners in a row to win as other would be further back as the the trainer threw a fit over at the much as $60,000 or $80,000, race began. judges stand, explained Flynn. In­ making it a favorite of gamblers. One particular horse Flynn re­ stead of congratulating his jockey, calls vividly was named Mock Flynn also put in a stint at the the trainer said he double-crossed Orange. "All you had to do with him. Because there was so much Black River Jockey Club in Mon­ this horse was hold his head up money bet on She Devil—and treal, where he became one of and click your tongue. Some Black Dear won—the 'rainer was the club's leading jockeys. He horses like this one would run accused of crossing the bookmak­ remembers one hot spell where he against the bit and you just held ers. In retribution, Flynn was "set had nine winners in seven days. his head up. If you loosened the down for incompetence" and un­ He rode primarily for a man bit and let the head drop, the able to compete on many tracks. named Ross and proudly recalls horse would stop," Flynn said. At the time, he had been racing that one of his competitors was the late Earl Sande—one of the Turned To Sea all-time great jockeys. Although at one time he "In those days, owners used to weighed only 84 pounds, he even­ enter two or three horses from tually began to put on weight and the same stable in the same race. turned to rubbing down horses, A handful of jockeys, like Sande and later left the sport on a fulland Clarence Cummer, had the time basis altogether. James Stroud pick of the better horses," Flynn "I started sailing in 1928, re­ recalled. Flynn had a brother, turned to the stables on occasion Please contact your mother, Mrs. Edna Stroud, Box 200, Joe, who also became a jockey as a groom, and then left for Chloride Star Street, Kingman, and rode frequently in Cuba and good," he said. "My first ship was Arizona 86401, as soon as pos­ California. the Leviathan, a vessel the U.S. sible. took from Germany after World Few Wealthy Jockeys When Brother Flynn was ac­ War I, and I worked as a waiter. R. L. Cooke tive, there were few rich jockeys Great Britain took her sister ship, A package is being held for in the class that Eddie Arcaro and the Majestic. The Leviathan was you from the Maritime Overseas Willie Shoemaker are in today. later sold for some $70,000 and Corporation. You can claim it at "You could count the rich ones turned into scrap." "At that time, there was no SIU Headquarters in New York. one one hand," he said. "Most of them wound up working in the Union hall, so the seamen went stables as grooms, or similar down to the dock and read a J. W. Buggs board that had a list of jobs," jobs." Please contact your wife at Flynn recalled. "Sometimes, it A native of New Jersey, Flynn 2900 General Patton, Lake always loved horses and as a boy, was possible to get a job only by Charles,* Louisiana, as soon as had to be taken out of school slipping the steward $5." Brother you possibly can. when he was around 12 years old Flynn had sailed with the SIU for because of scarlet fever. He was 30 years—mostly on Delta Ships advised to live on a farm for his since 1946—prior to going on Edward Achee pension recently. He joined the Please write to your mother, health, he said. His parents ran Union in New Orleans and still Mrs. Lydia Harvey, at Rt. 2, Box a rooming house and horsemen makes his home there. 84, Covington, La. 70433, in re­ frequently stayed there. One of The 62-year-old Seafarer has them, Mike Hackett, knew the gard to a very important matter. youth liked horses and got him fond memories of the Delta ves­ sels and has an interesting collec­ interested in riding. Stephen Begeria Flynn started his jockey career tion of old photos of the crew­ Please contact Joseph Lieber- around 1921, working for the men who sailed them out of New man. Counsellor at Law, 60 East stable of J. A. Widencr, a famous Orleans for so long. Some of 42nd Street, New York, N.Y. enoueh racing name. The trainer these are of a baseball team the 10017, as soon as you can. The was Tom Walsh. Flynn rode at Del Norte had in the late 1940's telephone number is (212) MO. Bowie, in Maryland, among other which played against local teams tracks, and recalls one of his first in Rio, Santos and Buenos Aires. 1-6145. i �Seafarer Miranda Relaxes Ashore By Stalking Legal Quota of Deer Man has long engaged in the sport of pitting his skill against that of the four-legged animal— looking for tracks, stalking, trying to figure out where the animal will be and when. Seafarer Carlos Miranda is typical of those who enjoy this challenge and spends much of his spare time deer hunt. ing in New York State when 'For instance," instance. Miranda ex- putting salt on the ground. Deer he's not sailing aboard SIU)lained, "you have to show the have sometimes been known to contracted vessels. nstructor that you know how to pick up the scent of soap and "I'm a member of a hunting hold the gun so the muzzle is toothpaste if the hunter washed or club called the Plaza Rod and turned away from other people. brushed his teeth recently." Gun Club here in You must know how to keep the "When shooting," he continued, New York City," gun in front of you if you are "make sure there is no one oppo­ Miranda told a crawling along the ground while site the animal because the bullet LOG reporter last stalking. If the hunter hears a could penetrate and strike another week while wait­ sudden noise behind him, he must hunter. If a wind is blowing, the ing to ship in the be careful not to turn suddenly hunter should walk into the wind New York hall. and perhaps fire without first so the deer will not pick up his The Seafarer re­ checking carefully to see if it is scent." Because a Seafarer is pro­ called that he had another man behind him. A trig­ hibited from carrying any firearms first become fond ger-happy hunter is ten times aboard ship. Brother Miranda has Miranda of hunting in his more dangerous than any animal not done any hunting overseas. native • Puerto Rico when, as a in the forest in the opinion of Miranda is also an ardent ama­ child of nine or ten, he would go most serious sportsmen." teur fisherman, however, and car­ hunting with his father. Miranda owns three guns—two ries a fishing pole with him when­ "We have mostly small game in shotguns and a 35 calibre rifle. ever he sails. "I've caught fish Puerto Rico, such as game birds," In the four years he's been hunt­ on several ships and once hooked Miranda said. "Puerto Rico lacks ing deer, he has always managed a shark while sailing on the West­ the wide variety of big game of­ to bag his quota. The biggest deer ern Hunter," he remembered. fered by the United States." Deer he ever got, he said, weighed 175 "But it was so big we couldn't get hunting in New York state com­ pounds. "Venison is good meat him aboard the vessel." prises the majority of Miranda's and I always share it with friends Brother Miranda worked in a hunting. Belonging to a gun club and relatives," he said. "Most factory before starting his sailing offers a man certain advantages people consider it a very welcome career. He had a friend who over hunting alone. The club can delicacy." sailed and he interested Miranda keen dogs, lease land, etc. In ad­ in the merchant marine. He got Silence a Must dition to the hunt itself, the club his seaman's papers and joined "When hunting one can use the affords the members an oppor­ tunity to attend meetings where he waiting or stalking method," Mi­ the SIU in New York in 1967. can learn the experiences of other randa explained. "You have to He likes the life and says it will hunters and pick up any new tech­ move or sit very quietly. You be his career from now on. A niques that might come along, etc. cannot smoke or the deer will see member of the deck department, it. If you break a twig, he will Miranda resides in Brooklyn. He Early Start hear. Experienced hunters will most recently shipped out on the The land on which Brother sometimes try to attract a deer by Madaket. Miranda hunts has a hotel for the visiting hunter on the premises. The cost is $10 a day. "I set up about 5:30 in the morning, have breakfast and go out for the deer," he said. "Hunt­ ers must begin stalking their game no later than 7 a. m. You've got Charles Michael Trosclair, born Cheryl Crenshaw, born August to start out that early in the morn­ October 20, 1968, to Seafarer and 30, 1967, to Seafarer and Mrs. ing, or the deer will already be Mrs. Joseph Trosclair, Westwego, Howard C. Crenshaw, Balboa, gone by the time you get out." La. Canal Zone. The bullets "really fly," Mi­ randa pointed out, "and all hunt­ Virginia Thomas, bom October ers are urged to constantly watch Mario Henry, born December 25, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. out for other hunters. In order 8, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ed Jamie G. Thomas, Warrington, to qualify for his license, the D. Henry, Seaside, California. Florida. would-be hunter must prove he is ^ well experienced in the handling <|> of a rifle—not just his ability to Sindy Davis, born October 17, shoot accurately, but also that he Carmen Delia Luna, born No­ 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. James is capable of watching out for vember 3, 1968, to Seafarer and Davis, Jacksonville, Florida. other men and maintaining safety Mrs. Carlos M. Luna, Kenner, standards. Louisiana. Dawn Ann McMichael, born November 24, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Roy McMichael, Jr., Editor, Jersey City, N. J. <1> <I> <1> SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232 I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list, (fnnt information) Christopher Hill, born Decem­ ber 7, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Russell S. Hill, Jr., San Rafael, California. vtf NAME Juan Rivera, born November 25, 1968, Jo Seafarer and Mrs. Jose A. Rivera, Houston, Texas. STREET ADDRESS CITY STATE. ZIP. TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old tubtcribar and have a change of address, please give your former address below: an Januarr 17, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Twelve fTAlE ZIP. ^ Francis Anthony Keeley,"born December 31, 1967, to Seafarer and Mrs. Francis W. Keeley, Tujunga, California. ^ Debra Lynn Miehike, born July 5, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Raymond Miehike, Elberta, Mich­ igan. FINAL DEPARTURES Carl Feaiy, 53: Brother Feary died at the USPHS Hospital in New Orleans, No­ vember 23, 1968. A native of Knowlesville, New York, he had made his home in New Orleans. Brother Feary joined the SIU in the Port of New Orleans in 1960 and sailed as an AB. His last vessel was the North­ western Victory. Seafarer Feary is survived by his widow. Iris. Bur­ ial services were held at the Riverview Cemetery, St. Paul, Minne­ sota. Henry Willoughby, 59: Brother Willoughby died November 17, 1 968, at the USPHS Hospital in Baltimore. A native of Mary­ land, he had long made his home in Baltimore. He joined the SIU in 1943 in Balti­ more. Sailing in the engine department. Seafarer Willoughby held FOWT and elec­ trician's ratings. Brother Willoughby's last vessel was the York. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Grace Jones, of Baltimore. Services were held in Moreland Memorial Park, Baltimore. 4^ John Grimes, 51: Brother Grimes died on October 17, 1968, as a result of an accident while working on a tug boat on the Mis­ sissippi Sound, near Jackson. • Seafarer Grimes joined the SIU in 1938 in the Port of Mobile. He held an AB's rating and sailed as bosun and had previously worked on the Del Norte. Brother Grimes lived in Chickasaw, Alabama, and was born in Bigbee, Ala. The bur­ ial services were held in Spring Bank Cemetery, Washington County, Ala. Surviving is a sis­ ter, Hessie Grimes, of Theodore, Ala. John Malviclnl, 68: Brother Malvicini died in Newark, New , Jersey, June 4, 1968. At the time of his death, he was collecting his SIU pension. Brother Malvicini joined the Union in the Port of New York and held the rating of mate. He was last employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad. A na­ tive of Newark, he had lived most .of his life in that city. Seafarer Malvicini served in the Navy from 1917 to 1918. He is survived by a friend, Eugene Hickey of New­ ark. The burial services were held in suburban New Jersey. 4f Mwco Calgaro, 56: Brother Calgaro passed away on July 16, 1 9 6 8, at the USPHS Hospital in Baltimore. A native of Colo­ rado, he had made his home . in San Francisco. Seafarer Calgaro had sailed with ' the Union since 1955 when he joined the SIU in the Port of Seattle. A member of the steward department, his last vessel was the Baylor Victory. Brother Calgaro is survived by a brother, Peter Calgaro, of Colma, California. The burial services were held in Holy Cross Ceme­ tery, Colma. •I ^— Edward Cromwell, 62: A heart attack claimed the life of Brother Cromwell at the USPHS Hospital in Boston, December 13, 1968. He was a native of Nova Scotia, Canada, but had made his home in East Lynn, Mas­ sachusetts, for many years. He held the rating of cook and baker and last shipped aboard the Cabins. Seafarer Cromwell joined the SIU in the Port of Boston and had sailed with the Union for 30 years. Surviving is his widow, Agnes. The burial services were held in Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Mass. 4f ^1> John Farmer, 68: Brother Farmer died on November 10, 1968, at Placid Memorial Hospi­ tal, Lake Placid, N. Y. Death was caused by a car­ diac condition. A native of Jersey City, N. J., he made his home in that city. Sea­ farer Farmer joined the Union in the Port of New York and was employed by the Pennsylvania Central Railroad as a deckhand. He ser ed in the Army from 1917 to 1919 and from 1942 to 1943. Surviving is a sister,.Mrs. Sarah Mulderrie, of South Ozone Park, N. Y. The burial was in Jersey City. Albert Bailey, 54: A coronary attack claimed the life of Seafarer Bailey, December '2 0, 1 968, at Frankfort, Michi­ gan. He lived in Crystal Lake Township, Mich., and was a native of that state. Bailey sailed in the deck depart­ ment, most frequently as wheels­ man, and was last employed by the Ann Arbor Towing Company. He joined the Union in the Port of Frankfort and had sailed 15 years. He served in the Army during World War II. Seafarer Bailey is survived by his widow, Mildred. Burial was in Pilgrim Home Cemetery, Arcadia, Mich. , • • , �*• , January 17, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Thirteen «lohn «l. Boland- \ AU TIED UP JOHN *J' The steamer John J. Boland (BolandCornelius) Is tied-up at the lay-up dock in Nicholson's Shipyard, Detroit, Patrolmen went aboard the vessel to file vacation forms and handle minor beefs before crew departed. SIU Patrolmen George Telegadas and Dom Cubic {seated center) check vacation forms for Seafarers. Left to right: Findlay Lumpkins, Chester Cochran, Herman Baiisger. Seafarers were well-fed, thanks in part to these men, (l-r) Kenny Roberts, porter, Marty Salisbury, steward, and Paoil Werynski, second cook. All agreed they did excellent job. While fireman Mohammed Malahie looks on,- patrolmen Telegadas and Cubic check his overtime sheet. Born in Arabia, Brother Malahie has sailed with SIU since 1965. Ship's delegate Frank Scoiirkeas reported from the Missouri (Meadowbrook Transport) that the only complaint the crew has is the fact that water in the showers is too hot. According to Meeting Clerk John D. Pennell, there is one hour of disputed overtime in the deck department. Louis Pickhart, engine delegate, reports ^ 'A good clean pay-off coming gates elected were J. M. Alden, that one man was hospitalized in up," Meeting Chairman Jack Craft deck; John Murrey, engine; Art Trinidad. Paul Smith, meeting reported. There Nelson, steward. chairman, said that LOGs and were no beefs and mail is arriving regularly as the there is no dis­ vessel heads for puted overtime to a Houston pay­ be brought up, he off, after calling said. Ship's dele­ on Madras, India. gate John Carey Brother Pennell informed the accepted a vote LOG that the 4of thanks for his Craft watch entire department was thanked by for the extra-fine the steward department for the ex­ job they did on Seafarers aboard the Oberlin Pennell ceptionally-clean messhall and the Christmas Victory (MSTS) recently aided the meal, Smith informed. New pantry they leave in the morning. Coast Guard in removing the ves­ chairs are needed for the mess- The steward department in turn, sel's radio operator from the ship room and an order has been was praised by the Seafarers for by lift-basket, after he became the excellent meals and service. sick en route to placed for them. Meeting Secretary H. Ulrich wrote Honolulu, John that repair lists have been turned (Saki Jack) Dolin and many of the repairs have an, chief steward, Meeting Chairman Frank Go­ already been completed. All mail reported to the mez reports from the Transpan- and LOGS are arriving on time as LOG. ama (Hudson the ship heads for Beaumont, "It was about Waterways) that Texas. 10:40 a.m., Jan­ the job of clean­ uary 9," Saki ing the washroom writes, "when has been split be­ Welsh John Bullock was tween the engine placed in a lift-basket and a Coast Meeting Chairman Arthur Nel­ and deck depart­ ments. No beefs son reports from the Tucson 'Vic­ Guard helicopter hoisted him tory (Hudson) aboard. The chopper swooped or disputed over­ that the steward over the poopdeck while Chief time were report­ Gomez and his entire Mate W. Clark, second Mate Jim ed by department department were Morgan (a former Seafarer), W. delegates, John Routson, meeting commende d by C. .Scott, bosun and dayman L. C. secretary informed the LOG. A the whole crew Suchacki placed Bullock safely in point was raised by the baker to for a job well the lift." the effect that it should be veri­ done on the fied whether or not he must "com­ Bullock fell ill on January 7. Thanksgiving din­ ply with the ship's menu in re­ ner. Ship's dele­ while the ship was in transit to Nelson gard to the preparation of coflFee gate Bob Davis Quinhon, South Vietnam, Dolan time food." A motion was made offered his congratulations to reported. "He became worse and duly recorded that the stew­ steward Kil Alvaro for his hard hourly and could not eat and be­ ard department should be given a work in seeing to it that the Sea­ gan hemorrhaging badly. Captain vote of thanks for the excellent farers had a meal "fit for a king." John O. Hooper immediately de­ menu. Gomez was elected ship Meeting Secretary Stevt Maersch cided to put into Honolulu for and engine delegate, Routson, said that department delegates medical help." steward delegate, Carl Lineberry, have no beefs to report as the While Bullock was incapaci­ delegate from the deck depart­ vessel heads for the West Coast tated, Seafarer Dan Welsh, an AB ment. after calling at Subic Bay. Dele- who is a former Air Force radio operator, stood watch at the Ober­ lin Victory's radio continuously. Greetings From The Hastings AB Frank Liotta, who formerly worked as a laboratory technician, extended invaluable emergency aid to Bullock. Brother Dolan prepared some food for the strick­ en radio operator, but he was barely able to eat anything. The ship will remain in Hono­ lulu until another radio officer can be brought aboard. Due to the ammunition cargo, the Seafarers did not expect the vessel to be allowed "anywhere near land." The vessel left Long Beach, Cali­ fornia, on January 3. The Calmar Lines ship has been running smoothly except for the illness to Bullock. OberHn Victory's Seafarers Rally For Ailing Sparks <t> WRITE in-. It was a busy day for the patrolmen as Seafarers discussed' trip. From left: C. Skowronek, asst. conveyorman, Cort-p^^ Wd .Hprbottonv;Lester Greenfeldt, bosuri.J| When the Hastings came into Yokohama recently, some of the Sea­ farers posed for a photographer on deck. From left are: Ken Bischof, AB; Robert E. Lee, OS; Joe Kearnes, third cook; A. Fulton, AB; John Deitsch, messman and Sasiano Jose, chief cook. The ship is in the Waterman fleet and the Seafarers reported a good trip. �January 17, 1969^ SEAFARER'S LOG Page Fourteen PENN SAILOR (Penn Shipping), De­ cember 1 — Chairman, Rafael Padilla; Secretary, L. A. Behm. Ship's delegate reported that everything seems to be ninning fairly good, except for some OT beefs in the engine department. OVERSEAS EVELYN (Maritime Over­ seas), December 14 — Chairman, C. R. Stack; Secretary, C. R. Stack. Every thing is running smoothly except for some disputed OT in the engine depart­ ment. CHATHAM (Waterman), December 8 —Chairman, N. Larson; Secretary, Peter D. Sheldrake. Some disputed OT in deck and steward departments. Few minor beefs regarding shortage of stores and money to be taken up with patrolman. OAKLAND (Sea-Land), December 3— Chairman, M. E. Sanchez; Secretary, R. O. Masters. Beef regarding insufficient lighting in bunks to be taken up with patrolman. Discussion held regarding limited variety of food. Discussion held regarding pension plan, and a raise in wages for Group 3 men. DEL MAR (Delta), December 8—Chair­ man, James L. Tucker; Secretary, Darrell G. Chafin. Brother Juan A. G. Cruz was elected to serve as new ship's dele­ gate. Vote of thanks was extended to former ship's delegate. Brother James L. Tucker, for a job well done. No beefs were reported by department delegates. TAMARA GUILDEN (Transport Com­ mercial), December 31—Chairman, G. L. Kersey; Secretary, Charles W. Peien. Brother E. F. Garrett was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $11.10 in ship's fund and $326.30 in movie fund. A vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for the excellent Thanksgiv­ ing Day Dinner. FREE AMERICA (A. L. Burbank), December 21—Chairman, None; Secre­ tary, W. Lovett. Brother James Jcdinson was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. No beefs and no disputed OT was reported by department delegates. HOTIPY DIRECTOKr UNION HALLS SlU A-Hantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Wafers Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanner Earl Shepard Al Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Llndiey Wllliami Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEAD9UARTERS iTS 4th Ave., Iklyn. (212) HY %UM ALPENA. Mich •ALTIMORE, Md 121$ E. iaitlmore St. (301) EA 7-4700 BOSTON, Mail $$3 Atlantic Avenue BUFFALO, N.Y 735 Waihlnqten St. SlU (71$) TL 3-7257 IBU (71$) TL 3-7257 73a Ewing Ave. SlU (312) SA 1-0733 IBU (312) ES 5.fS?0 1420 W. 2Sth St. CHICACO, III CLEVELAND, Ohio DETROIT, Mich 312 W. 2nd St. FRANKFORT, Mich JERSEY CITY, N.J MOBILE, Ala NATIONAL DEFENDER (Western Tankers), December 30—Chairman, B. G. Nolan ; Secretary, B. G. Nolan. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Discussion held regarding safety pro­ cedures. Patrolman to be contacted re­ garding aft awning. Vote of thanks to the steward department for the excep­ tionally fine holiday meals. TRANSHUDSON (Hudson Waterways), December 24—Chairman, E. M. Ellis; Secretary, James R. Abrams. Some dis­ puted OT in steward department. Dis­ cussion held regarding various items that were requested but have not yet been put aboard. Slop chest is inade­ quately supplied. TUCSON VICTORY (Hudson Water­ ways), December 18—Chairman, Arthur Nelson; Secretary, Stephen Maersch. No beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. Discussion held regarding the progress of the pension plan. Vote of thanks was extended to the entire steward department for a job well done on the Thanksgiving Day dinner. Brother Bob Davis, ship's delegate, salutes the steward. Brother Bill Alvaro, for his per­ formance in seeing to it that the men had a meal fit for a king. COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), December 28—Chairman, C. J. Robuck; Secretary, None. Brother Albert R. Wills was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $12.00 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. MISSOURI (Meadowbrook Transporta­ tion), December 29—Chairman, Paul T.. Smith; Secretary, John Penwell. No beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. A vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for the extras put out during the Christmas season and for the excellent Christmas dinner. (21$) MA 1-5450 ID225 W. Jefferson Ave. (313) VI 3-4741 (218) RA 2-4110 P.O. Bex 287 415 Mein St. ($1$) EL 7-2441 JACKSONVILLE. Fla COEUR D'ALENE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), December 29—Chairman, J. Craft; Secretary, H. Ulrich. Everything is running fine with no disputed OT and no beefs. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for the ex­ cellent meals and service during entire voyage. Discussion was held regarding the quality of stores. . ($17) Rl 2-0140 DULUTH, Minn HOUSTON, Tex SEATRAIN OHIO (Hudson Water­ ways), December 22—Chairman, T. E. Yablonski; Secretary, Sidney A. Gamer. Brother T. ei. Yablonski was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks extended to outgoing ship's delegate. 127 Elver St. (517) EL 4-3ili NEW ORLEANS. La NORFOLK, Ve 5804 Canel St. (713) WA 8-3207 2IM Poerl St. (704) EL 3-0787 77 Montqomer; St. (201) HE 5-7424 I South Lawrenca St. (205) HE 2-1754 $30 Jackson Ava. (504) 527-754$ 115 3rd St. (703) $22-1872 PHILADELPHIA, Pa 2$04 S. 4th St. (215) DE $-3818 PORT ARTHUR, Tex 1348 Seventh St. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., 350 Freemont St. (415) DO 2-4401 SANTURCE, P.R 1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 724-2848 SEAHLE, Wesh 250E First Avenue (20$) MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo 80S Del Mar (314) CE 1-1434 TAMPA, Fla 312 Harrison St. (813) 227-2788 WILMINGTON, Catif^ 450 Seaside Ave. Terminal Island, Calif. (813) 832-7285 YOKOHAMA, Japan. .Iseya BIdq., Room Ml 1-2 Kaiqan-Dori-Nakaku 2014771 Ext. 281 SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans Feb. 11—2:30 p.m. Mobile Feb. 12—2:30 p.m. Wilmington .. Feb. 17—2:00 p.m. San Francisco Feb. 19—2:00 p.m. Seattle Feb. 21—2:00 p.m. New York .. . Feb. 3—2:30 p.m. Phil-rdelphia. .Feb. 4—2:30 p.m. Baltimore .. .Feb. 5—2:30 p.m. Detroit Feb. 14—2:30 p.m. Houston .... Feb. 10—2:30 p.m. United Industrial Workers New Orleans.Feb. 11—7:00 p.m. Mobile Feb. 12—7:00 p.m. New York .. .Feb. 3—7:00 p.m. Philadelphia.. Feb. 4—7:00 p.m. Baltimore . . . Feb. 5—7:00 p.m. ^Houston ... Feb. 10—7:00 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit Feb. 3—7:00 p.m. Alpena Feb. 3—7:00 p.m. Buffalo Feb. 3—7:00 p.m. Chicago .... Feb. 3—7:00 p.m. Duluth Feb. 3—^7:00 p.m. Frankfort ...Feb. 3—^7:00p.m. Great Lakes Tog and Dredge Section Chicago Feb. 11—^7:30 p.m. tSault St Marie Feb. 13—7:30 p.m. Buffalo Feb. 12—7:30 p.m. Duluth Feh. 14—7:30 p.m. Cleveland .. .Feb. 14—7:30 p.m. Toledo Feb. 14—7:30 p.m. Detroit .... .Feb. 10—7:30 p.m. Milwaukee . . Feb. 10—7:30 p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans.Feb. 11—5:00 p.m. Mobile Feb. 12—5:00 p.m. Philadelphia..Feb. 4—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and un­ licensed) ..Feb. 5—5:00p.m. Norfolk ... .Feb. 6—5:00 p.m. Houston Feb. 10—5:00 p.m. Seafarers and their families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) Stltzcl-Weller Distinerics "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin Stiff," W. L. Weller Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) Klngsport Press "World Book," "Chffdcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) vt' Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes ... Sentry, Cedar Chest, Staffer Men's Shoes . . . Jarmsn, Johnson & Murphy, Crestworth, (Boot and Shoe Workers' Union) ^ White Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) ^ Gypsum Wallboard, American Gypsum Co. (United Cement Lime and Gypsum Workers International) i R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Itelem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) Comet Rice Mills Co. prodocis (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 1$/ ^ Boren Clay Products Co. (United Brick and Clay Workers) "HIS" brand men's clothes Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond hlouse.s, Hanes Knitwear, Randa Ties, Boss Gloves, Richman (Aiiiulgamaieu Clothing Workers of America) vl> Railway Marine Region Philadelphia Feh. 11—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore Feb. 12—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. •Norfolk Feb. 13—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Jersey City Feb. 10—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Brothers and Seweff Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. » Meeting held at Labor Temple, New­ port News, t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. Baltimore Luggage Co. Lady Baltimore, Amelia Earhart FINANCIAL REPORTS. The conBtitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU AUantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. All exi>enditurc3 and diBburscments of trust fun^ are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union 'and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals 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 ^e proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any tinse, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to profit your contract rights prop­ erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membenship action at the September, 1960, meetings in all ronstitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists^of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, fYom among Hs ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. Starllte luggage Starflite luggage (International Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers Union) Jamestown Sterling Corp. (United Furniture Workers) 4/ Glumarra Grapes (United Farm Workers) —— Magic Chef Pan Pacific Division (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers ^ International Union) ^J> Tennessee Packers Reelfoot Packing Frosty Morn Valleydale Packers (Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America) Fisher Price Toys (Doll and Toy Workers) <1> Atlantic Products Sports Goods Owned by Cluett Peabody (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies arc 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 members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member' or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension bene­ fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attend­ ance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these Union meet­ ings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, in­ cluding service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union pol­ icy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafaren are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These e ights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and tn the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achisve thme objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any time a Seafarer feds that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his constitntional rigbt of accoss to Union records or in­ formation, he shonld immsdiately notify SIU Presidsat PanI Hall nt hcadqaartcrs by esrtiflcd mail, retnm receipt requested. �SEAFARERS LOG HE WAS THE GRANDEST of a dying breed. She Inspired a poet, and threatened a city with destruction. She was the largest clipper ship ever built: the incomparable Great Republic. Her iron-hooped hard pine mast—44 inches in di­ ameter at its base—towered 20 stories above the threeinch planking of her main deck. Fifty-six tons of copper bolts held her 325-foot hull to its white oak frame, cross-braced with iron. Rigged with rope stays over a foot in circumference, she carried 15,653 square yards of sail at full spread. The Great Republic was twice the size of any other clipper then in existence. "She's unseaworthy," the doubters had said. "Too big to handle. A storm will break her up. Her rigging won't hold under gale winds." But Donald McKay, the great shipwright whose dream she was, laid the keel in his East Boston shipyard and financed the vessel himself. McKay's grandiose project partially inspired Henrv Wadsworth Longfellow's poem_, The Building of the Ship, which ends with the lines: S "Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O Union, strong and great!" At noon on October 4, 1853, the Great Republic— christened in the spirit of Longfellow's poem—^was launched in Boston harbor to the strains of Hail Co­ lumbia! Donald McKay's brother, Lauchlan, was her captain. A shakedown cruise from Boston to New York proved the vessel's merits. The captain and his 130man crew found her easy to handle. On her arrival in New York thousands lined the East River to wel­ come her, and thousands more later came to admire the world's largest merchant vessel which was moored at the foot of Dover Street. Corn, wheat, flour, - tobacco, tea and cotton were stowed in the ship's vast holds which had a capacity of 6,000 tons. Donald McKay expected his clipper ship to set new records on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic to Liverpool—both for speed and amount of carpo carried. December 27 was set as the date of her departure. However, shortly after midnight on the bitter cold morning of the 27th, a chain of events began which was to shatter McKay's dream and endanger the city of New York. The night watch aboard the Republic, hearing shouts of "Fire!" close at hand, ran out on the bowsprit and saw smoke rising from a building— the Novelty Bakery—a block away on Front Street. •Soon flames were breaking through the roof. Facilities Primitive The fire tocsin in City Hall pealed the alarm. But fire-fighting a century ago was primitive. The city had only 50-odd pumping machines. Men, not horses, drew them to the fire, and men, not steam, worked the pumps. Worse yet, the firemen were volunteers— not regulars on duty around the clock—and much precious time was lost before they arrived. The bakery fire rapidly spread to neighboring build­ ings. Soon a dozen structures between Front and Water Streets were in flames. Borne on a brisk north­ west wind, sparks and firebrands began to drift toward the docks. The library of marine archives kept by the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company includes newspaper ac­ counts of the holocaust. "Sparks were so thick ... as to assume the appearance of a shower of fire," wrote one reporter. "The streets and docks along the East River were literally alive with burning coals." Alerted by the watch. Captain McKay called all hands to stations and sent men aloft with water buckets to protect the ship's rigging and sails. Also moored at dockside—^just south of the Great Republic—were the Liverpool packet Joseph Walker, the California clipper White Squall, and two other vessels. "The riggings and masts . . . were completely enveloped in flying sparks," the newspaper accounts continue. Three ships were towed into mid-river despite the flames in their rigging, by Fulton Street ferry boats. One ferry, and a tug tried to move the Great Republic but her cargo was so heavy that she could only be moved at high .lide. Her moorings cut, the White Squall, driven by the implacable northwest wind to­ ward the Brooklyn shore, threatened to spread the flames to still another section of the city. Toward 1:30 P.M. the Joseph Walker caught fire, and soon burned down to the water line. Shortly afterward the main top-gallant of the Great Republic began to smolder and then burst into flame. The fire chief, Alfred Carson, had three engine companies at dockside but they were helpless: no hand pump could send a stream of water high enough to reach the Great Republic's masts. Pieces of flaming rigging began to fall to the deck, setting new fires. The McKay brothers offered $1,000 to anyone who would cut the fore and mainmasts above the masthead, but no man could be found who would accept the risk. The McKays agreed that by cutting the rigging to bring down the masts—fire damage had already snapped the foremast—hull and cargo might be saved. The spanker, mizzen, and the mainmasts had also been demolished. At last the firemen—eight or nine companies by this Time—could bring their hoses to bear on the burning tangle of wood, rope, and sail on the badly damaged deck.. A driving snow fell intermittently. To quote again from accounts of the disaster: "The streets in the vicinity were crowded with spectators . . . and the night so cold that the water froze as it fell even on the side of the burning vessel. So violent was the wind that it threatened destruction to some of the buildings along the docks." Meanwhile, the drifting course of the White Squall toward Brooklyn was causing great concern, especially in the Third District, where the engine companies were busy with fires of another origin. Toward 3:30 A.M. she came broadside into a wooden pier near the latterday site of the now defunct Brooklyn Navy Yard, where she was made fast to avoid spreading the fire further. Every available firefighter worked to extin­ guish the flames but by 9 o'clock that morning nothing remained of the clipper "except her shaking and creak­ ing hull, which was being . . . levelled to the water's edge." Danger Seemed Past About 4:00 P.M., the worst seemed over for the Great Republic. Despite extensive damage to deck, masts, and rigging, the hull and cargo appeared safe. Only two companies of firemen remained, washing down the deck while the crew raked the last live em­ bers overboard. Then, amidships, a telltale curl of brown smoke appeared. Fire down below! They knew that the giant mainmast had pierced the main deck's planking when it snapped. But they had not known that the butt of the splintered mast had Pace Fifteen gone through two decks below and buried itself deep in the stocks of wheat—more than 23,000 bushels of it— in the hold. They also had not known that with the butt of the mast had gone live coals. The firemen did what could be done with their handdriven pumps. They took their hoses between decks, and summoned more engine companies, but the con­ centration of heat in the hold was too great for them. There was no way in which the cargo could be saved. Lauchlan McKay, realizing the bitter truth, felt that the mighty hull of the Great Republic might still be saved if the ship were scuttled. The fire below could possibly be drowned in the water of the East River. His brother Donald agreed. Last Ditch Attempt Three holes were then opened below the waterline. All hands went ashore. As the sun rose, the Great Republic began to settle. The fire in the cargo com­ partments hissed and went out. But even with her keel on the bottom, two of the great ship's upper decks remained above water. It took another two days to extinguish the fire which continued to smolder in the vessel's timbers. The ordeal of the Great Republic was not yet over, however. Although the fire itself did end on New Year's Day, 1854, when Donald and Lauchlan McKay undertook to raise her scuttled hull they found it warped and twisted from the swelling of the watersoaked grain in the hold. Still salvageable to the McKay brothers it was no longer their Great Republic —no longer the dream on which Donald McKay had spent a fortune to turn into reality. The battered hull of the vessel was finally sold. Raised and rebuilt—minus her top deck—she was rerigged with shorter masts. By virtue of the size of her giant hull, the reconstructed ship was still the biggest in the world. When she eventually sailed to England, she had to anchor in the Thames—no dock was big enough to accommodate her. Visitors were heard to ask her captain "whether he had left any lumber for shipbuilding in the United States, or brought it all with him." The French later chartered her as a troop ship dur­ ing the Crimean War, and the Great Republic also lived up to her name—and Longfellow's poem—by carrying Union troops in the American Civil War. Finally, off Bermuda in 1872, she began to ship water during a violent hurricane and her crew were forced to abandon ship. The Great Republic was never seen again, but a few old sailors like to believe she's still afloat—somewhere. �SEAFARERSWLOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO One final opportunity remains for Sea­ to qualify for one of the five annual college scholarships being award­ Applicants should also obtain their SlU College Scholarship applica-. tion forms without delay. They must be received on or before April 1, 1969. To obtain these forms, write to: SlU Scholarships, 675 Fourth' Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232. They ore also available at any SlU ^ ed by the SiU for 1969, Hall. farers or sons and daughters of Seofcters, who hove not yet done so, Eligible for these scholarships are all Seafarers who hove com­ pleted at least three years accumulated seatime on SlU-controcted ves­ sels and the children of Seafarers who meet the seatime require­ ments. To compete, on eligible candidate must take the College Entrance Examination Board test on March 1, 1969, if they have not already taken the tests previously. This is the lost dote the CEEB test will be given for this year so don't delay. Seafarers, or the children of Seafarers who meet the eligibility re­ quirements and wish to apply siiould arrange promptly to take this final test by writing to: College Entrance Examination Board at Box 592, Princeton, N. J., or at Box 1025, Berkeley, California. I ^ Scholarship winners will be chosen by a distinguished panel of lead-^ ing university educators and administrators on the basis of their high, school records and their scores on the CEEB test. Five scholarships are awarded each year. Thb winners may pursue whatever courses they wish at any ac-^ credited college or university in the United States or its possessions. The study grants under the program are wo/th $6,000 each over a four-, year period. Winning candidates for 1969 will be selected by the Seafarers > Scholarship Award Committee on May 12, 1969. The SlU Scholarship program is considered one of the most liberal ^ of its kind in the country. Since the beginning of the grants in 1952, it has been the open door to a college education for 25 Seafarers and 53 children of Seafarers—a total of 78. � 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 January 17, 1969 Description An account of the resource Headlines: INCOMING ADMINISTRATION WILL SUBMIT MARITIME PROGRAM BY EARLY SPRING RENEWED CONGRESSIONAL DRIVE BEGINS TO ESTABLISH INDEPENDENT MARAD DEMOCRATIC PARTY MUST BE REBUILT INTO VIGOROUS NATIONAL ORGANIZATION LABOR GIVES AID TO GHETTO RENEWAL; PROVIDES FINANCING AND EMPLOYMENT MEANY OUTLINES LABOR’S OBJECTIVES FOR NATIONAL PROGRESS, WORLD PEACE AFL-CIO SEEKING EFFECTIVE CONTROL OVER OLLEGAL MEDICAID PROFITEERING AFL-CIO’S HUMAN RESOURCES PLAN GETS UNDERWAY IN NINE MAJOR CITIES ROY FLEISCHER DIES AT 66; VERSE APPEARED IN LOG YULETIDE WITH THE SIU 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 01/17/1969 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. XXXI, No. 2 1969 Periodicals Seafarers Log