http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/da4039dd9589ba46cd45be2ce7c48c94.PDF ec7c4294100d7d28e9988e9431a1aae4 PDF Text Text ?SG»ieWeiR»y.ffi«55T-/B SEAFARB»SA«)C OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION . ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT . AFL-CIO v. - • ' ^in VETERAN TRADE UNIONIST HONORED. Charles S. Zim­ merman, ILGWU Vice President, and SlU Harry Lundeberg School's new ship named after him in tribute to his efforts as trade unionist and humanitarian. Story Page 7 �Page Two 'RunawayShips'Called Tax Dodgers; MTD Demands Limit to Exemption WASHINGTON—The AFLCIO Maritime Trades Depart­ ment has asked Congress to plug a major tax loophole exploited by "runaway" shipowners to de­ prive the United States of large amounts of tax revenues and at the same time injure the U.S. merchant ma^e. O. William Moody Jr., Ad­ ministrator of the Department which represents nearly seven million union members in the maritime and related fields, made the request in testimony presented to the House Ways and Means Committee, Moody assailed the tax ex­ emption allowed to runaway ship operators, U.S. corpora­ tions which organize foreign subsidiaries—chiefly in Liberia and Panama—to engage in in­ ternational trade involving the United States. The practice has become a matter of "great con­ cern" to the AFL-CIO maritime group. Moody said, "because of the detrimental impact it has had upon the national economy, the maritime industry and the workers who must depend upon it for a livelihood. "The operation of foreign flag ships to carry cargoes from a foreign subsidiary of a U.S. corporation to the U.S. parent company has become a maior tax avoidance problem," Moody told the House Committee. He cited the following advantages enjoyed by runaway flag vessels and their owners: • "The earnings of the run­ away flag ships are wholly ex­ empt from taxation in the U.S. and, in fact, are excluded in computing the gross income of the foreign corporation. • "The runaway avoids pay­ ment of wages to American sea­ men at the high U.S. scale and dodges U.S. safety and other maritime regulations, along with taxes. • "The runaway is enabled to use the money he has made at the expense of the American taxpayer and American wage earner to build ships abroad where wages are substandard. Then he operates more ships un­ der foreign flags while we watch our own merchant fleet evapo­ rate," Moody asked the Committee members to take note that at the present time major U.S. oil companies alone operate 314 tankers under foreign flags and 63 other runaway ships cur­ rently operate in the bulk ore trade with the U.S. steel, alumi­ num and gypsum industries owning most of them. "These runaways," Moody testified, "not only represent a net tax loss to the U.S.; they then turn around and act as modem-day 'commerce raiders' by undercutting the Americanflag fleet in the carriage of U.S. export-import trade. "At the end of 1968," the union maritime official empha­ sized, "foreign-flag vessels were carrying some 93 percent of our exports and imports. Many of the foreigners were Americanowned runaway vessels." MFOW's Ymcent J. Malone Dies In San Francisco at 62 SAN FHANaSCO — Vin­ cent J. Malone, past president of the SIUNA-aflWiated Marine Firemen's Union—from 1938 through 1956—died February Vincent J. Malone 26 at his home in San Francisco of an apparent heart attack. He was 62. Malone joined the MFOW in 1934 while he was shipping in the engine department. Prior to his election as president, he had served the union as secre­ tary. Malone was president of the Marine Firemen's Union at April, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG the time MFOW became aflfiliated with SIUNA in 1953. At the time of his death, Malone was representative of the SIUNA and SlU-Pacific District. Malone played an active role in helping to organize the Mili­ tary Sea Transport Union. He also conducted upgrading classes at the MSTU haU, helping many wipers to qualify as fireman, oiler and watertender. Funeral services were held at the Apostleship of the Sea. In­ terment was at Holy Cross Cemetery. Pallbearers were MFOW President Harry Jorgensen; Wil­ liam W. Jordan, past president; H. Disley, C. A. Peterson, Jack Hutton and Duke Wellington. Honorary pallbearers were SIU Representative John Hawk; Morris Weisberger, SUP; Ed Turner, MC&S; Joe Leal, MSTU; George Issel, IWU; and J'^hn Lewis an MFOW pen­ sioner. Malone is suivived by a son. Merle, and a daughter, Con­ stance Starr, of Redondo Beach, California. For practical reasons Moody did not propose outright repeal of the exemption. However, he told the Congressmen: "There is no reason why the exemption could not be limited so as not to exempt the earn­ ings of ships or aircraft under foreign registry which are di­ rectly or indirectly owned by U.S. citizens or U.S. corpora­ tions. This would eliminate the runaway flag and limit the ex­ emption strictly to foxeignowned ships and aircraft." The Union hos boon Invoivod in a foch> finding study on pension pions. During the regular monthly membership meetings to be held in ail ports In May, a full and contprehensive presentation will be made on the sub|M of propoiOd AGLiWD pension plans. In order to foster a complete under­ standing of the merit of each of the pro­ posed plans, forthcoming issues of the Seafarers LOG will contain full details of each plan. This is to be done as a prelude to the membership voting on the matter. Six More Seafarers Earn Licenses; Upgraded Engineers Now Total 318 Six more Seafarers have qual­ nette's last ship was the Portified for their engineer's licenses mar. James Smith was born in after successfully completing Michigan and resides there in training at the School of Marine Lincoln Park with his mother. Engineering sponsored jointly by the SIU and District 2, In addition to serving in the MEBA. The latest graduates engine department, he has also bring to 318 the total number sailed on deck as AB. Brother of men who have passed Coast Smith joined the Union in 1961 Guard licensing examinations in Miami. His last ship was the after taking the comprehensive Geneva. John Shaffer has been sailing course of study offered by the school. The new graduates in­ as a member of the engine de­ clude Steven West, upgraded to partment since 1942, the same chief engineer; Thomas Stin- year he joined the SIU in the nette, second engineer; James V. Port of New York. Bom in Philadelphia, he now lives with his wife, Qarice, in Beverly, New Jersey. Brother Shaffer, newly-licensed as temporary 3rd assistant engineer, last sailed on the Potomac. Harry Payne has been sailing for eight years, and joined the SIU at the Port of Baltimore in West 1960. Following completion of the course and passing the Coast Smith, upgraded to third assist­ Guard exam, he is now rated ant; Harry Payne, third assist­ temporary 3rd assistant engiant; Bland Lewis, temporary third, and John Shaffer, tem­ porary third. Steven West is a native of Poland who now lives with his wife, Masae, in Osaka, Japan. After more than 20 years of sea time aboard Polish-registry ships, he joined the SIU in the Lewis Port of New York in 1964. His last ship before entering the en­ gineering school was the San neer. A native of Baltimore, he lives there with his mother, Georgia. Mrs. Wilhelmina Payne. Brother Thomas Stinnette was bom in Payne's last ship was the Penn Carrier. Bland Lewis holds a license as temporary 3rd assistant engi­ neer. Bom in Jacksonville, Flor­ ida, he now resides there with his wife, Wilma. Brother Lewis has served as a member of the Marine Corps Reserve. He joined the Union in Jacksonville Smidi Shaffer in 1967. Brother Lewis' last Virginia and now makes his vessel was the Newark. home with his wife, Grace, in All engineer department Sea­ Baltimore. He began his sailing farers are eligible for any of the career in 1948 and joined the upgrading programs at the Un­ SIU in the Port'of New York ion-sponsored School of Marine that same year. Brother Stin- Engineering providing they are at least 19 years of age and have a minimum of 18 months of Q.M.E.D. watchstanding time in the engine department, in addi­ tion to six months experience as wiper or the equivalent. Any Seafarer who qualifies and wishes to enroll in the school may obtain additional in­ formation and make application for enrollment at any SIU hall. Information can also be ob­ tained by writing to SIU head­ quarters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11232, or by telephoning the school at (212) 499-6600. Ptm! at Trime Cdls for Re^ Of Taft-ffartfey NEW ORLEANS—Abolish­ ment of the Taft-Hartley law and more realistic contract bar­ gaining between management and labor were cited as neces­ sary for the future health of the U.S. maritime industry here last month at the 20th annual Insdtute (m Foreign Transportation and Port Operations at Tulane University. SIU President Paul Hall par­ ticipated in a panel discussion on "Our Maritime Status—^To­ day and Tomorrow" during the final day of the five-day institute sessions. The Taft-Hartley act was scored as having caused more strikes in the maritime in­ dustry than it prevented because it had been used as a crutch to lean on rather than as an incen­ tive toward realistic bargaining. Joining Hall on the panel— which was moderated by Exec­ utive Director Ray Murdock of the Washington-based Trans­ portation Institute—were An­ thony Scotto, vice president of the International Longshoremans' Association, and the mar­ itime editor of the Baltimore Sun, Mrs. Helen Delich Bentley. ' ' l|L �April. 1969 SEAFARERS Page Three LOG M7D Seminar Speakers Agree: All-Out Maritime Program Needed to Meet Soviet Threat L' WASHINGTON—^Members of Congress, the Maritime industry and labor joined forces in a call here last month for an intensified merchant marine program to meet the growing Soviet menace on the commercial sealanes of the world. Speaking at a day-long seminar sponsored by thp nearly-seven-million-member AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department were Senator Charles E. Goodell (R-N.Y.), newly assigned to the Senate Commerce Committee which oversees maritime affairs and Rep­ resentative Robert L. Leggett (D-Calif.), a member of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Com­ mittee. The group also heard Judson L. Smith, president of the Fifth Region of the Navy League of the U.S., as well as Captain Richard W. Stone, director of agency relations for the Washington-based Trans­ portation Institute and Jay Lovestone, director of the International Affairs Department of the national AFL-CIO. Goodell warned of "the dangers of Russia out­ stripping us in the maritime field," adding that "what is at stake is the free enterprise system in the mari­ time industry." The New York senator called for "a comprehen­ sive long-range program to restore our merchant ma­ rine, its trade routes and its markets," and said the "first step" must be to reconstitute the Maritime Administration as "an independent and autonomous federal agency." Similar legislation was overwhelm­ ingly approved by both houses of Congress last year, he noted, but was pocket vetoed by former President Johnson. Goodell noted that it is difficult to obtain "reli­ able" estimates on the Soviet fleet because the USSR does not submit fleet data to Lloyd's Register of Ships, as do the countries of the free world. "But," he said, "experts have estimated that the USSR is now in sixth place in the world and its mer­ chant marine will this year replace the U.S. in fifth place. Launchings and deliveries of new ships to the Soviet Union run more than 8-to-l- ahead of the U.S. For every ship the U.S. has on order, Russia has 12." "It is essential that we revive our merchant ma­ rine, create thousands of jobs in our shipbuilding and shipping industry and preserve the maritime pros­ perity of the U.S. and its allies," the Senator added. Leggett echoed the call for action, declaring that while the Soviets are aware of the "multi-purpose role of a merchant marine"—^to serve economic, military and political goals—^the American attitude has been to think of its merchant marine solely as "private enterprise." Where, in fact, the U.S. fleet is vital to "the whole mUitary-industrial complex." The California congressman pointed out that U.S. military and industrial might depends on 77 stra­ tegic materials, 66 of which must be imported. "At this moment," he went on, "more than 96 percent of the tonnage involved in the importation of these strategic materials is brought to our shores by the ships of other nations." Could Blodc Stqpply line If the Soviets gain control of the world sealanes, he said, they could "effectively deny these strategic materials to United States industry." • "We all know what would happen then. We'd have to bank the fires of our industrial empire. We'd be able to produce neither weapons of defense nor consumer goods. We would quickly be reduced to an agrarian economy, the Russians would have made good their boast to 'bury' us economically, and we would be under the thumb of the Soviet Union with­ out a missile having been fired," he added. Stone, a former skipper of American-flag mer­ chant vessels, urged a broad action program to meet the threat of "all foreign ships—^not just the Russians but all of them." If the U.S. loses out in the race for maritime supremacy, he said, "it really doesn't matter whether it's the Russians who win, or the Liberians, or the Greeks, or the Japanese, or some­ one else." Today's maritime problems. Stone declared, stem from the fact that the nation still is operating under "a merchant marine law that's just as outdated as the ships we're sending to sea." He noted that the present law provides benefits for only one-third of the fleet, and added: "With the Russians and every­ one else developing 100-percent maritime programs. Seafarer Hilton Woolsey Killed by YC Booby Trap On October 30, 1967, Sea­ farer Hilton Woolsey signed off the Rosewell Victory to report to the U.S. Army induction cen­ ter in Mobile, Alabama. One year later, while on patrol a few miles north of Saigon, he was killed when a booby trap ex­ ploded. Brother ' Woolsey, who was 25 at the time of his death, was born in Mobile and lived there with his wife, Nancy. He began his sail­ ing career in 1961 and joined the SIU in the Port of Mobile the same year. He completed the course for messman at the Andrew Furuseth Training School in Mobile in November, 1961 and his instructor noted on his certificate: "This man has been a very good student." Following his basic training at Ft. Benning, Georgia, Sea­ farer Woolsey went on to infan­ try -training at Ft. Polk, Lou­ isiana. He arrived in Vietnam in May, 1968, and was assigned to a rifle company. "Hilton wrote often—every day when he had time," his wife said. "He was very concemed about the way the Vietnamese people had to live, and often expressed the hope that the war would soon be over. Hilton was very proud of the way our fight­ ing men conducted themselves over there, and was proud to be one of them. He was very well liked." Brother Woolsey was award­ ed the Bronze Star, the National Defense Service Medal and the Vietnam Service Medal. He also wore the Infantryman Badge, the Expert Badge with machine gun bar, and the Marksman Badge with rifle and automatic rifle bar. Seafarer Woolsey was buried with full military honors Novem­ ber 5, 1968, in Pine Crest Cem­ etery in Mobile. Besides his wife, he is survived by his mother, Mrs. Rosie Woolsey. we can't hope to compete" at 33 percent. Stone called for legislation that would give unsubsidized ship operators "first crack" at government AID, surplus food and military shipments, declaring that subsidized operators, who have been receiving construction and operating assistance so that they could compete with foreign-flag ships for commer­ cial cargoes, have moved into the carriage of gov­ ernment cargoes at preferential rates, thus reaping a "double subsidy." The Transportation Institute official also called for the extension of ship construction subsidies to the entire fleet, declaring that "the only way that con­ struction subsidies make sense at all is if they are available to the entire maritime industry." At pres­ ent, he said, only 14 companies receive such assist­ ance. Stone also urged that tax-deferred construction reserve fund privileges, now available to the same 14 companies, be extended to all American ship operators. "If it's right for the subsidized operator to get this kind of incentive," he said, "it has to be right to give the same incentive to the unsubsidized operator. "After all, the unsubsidized operator has to put away 100 cents on the dollar to build new ships; the subsidized operator gets them at a discount, because the government pays 55 percent of the cost." Speaking for the Navy League, Smith said that Kremlin leaders launched "the most massive ship­ building effort the world has ever observed" only after learning that "this investment was sound eco­ nomically." He added that the "competitive global ambitions" of the Soviets "are conveyed by their sleek, streamlined merchant ships; their modem mer­ chant marine carries the message." He called for a massive educational program to make the American people aware of the value of a modern merchant fleet. "We should know," he said, "that each of the 50 states gain economically every time we build a ship in U.S. yards. But far too few citizens relate shipbuilding to their own hide and pocketbook. But they must leam this." Proposed Coast Guard Regulations Threaten Domestic Fishing Industry NEW YORK—If the mount­ ing jumble of new regulations proposed by the U.S. Coast Guard are put into effect, the American fishing industry may find itself regulated to death and the victim of a military-like take over of its operations, ac­ cording to SIUNA-Safety Di­ rector Joe Algina. The number of new rules and regulations proposed by the Coast Guard has steadily grown since the first announcement late last year that the Coast Guard would soon require that the captain, mate, engineer and radio operator aboard all com­ mercial fishing vessels be li­ censed and certified by it. Another proposed regulation would require all fishing vessels to secure official Coast Guard clearance before leaving port. Also under consideration are innumerable fishing vessel mod­ ifications which would have to be made on existing boats, and legislation which would put the Coast Guard in the business of overseeing the planning and construction stages of boat­ building. The pressure being exerted by the Coast Guard for more and more control over commercial fishing vessel operations stems from that agency's belief that in the name o( safety, all activ­ ities on water come under its jurisdiction. Commenting on the Coast Guard's actions, Algina pointed out that commercial fishermen have great respect for Coast Guard activities in many areas, such as search and rescue oper­ ations, but he emphasized that the proposed regulations and restrictions cannot be justified simply as a matter of safety. "These proposed rules, re­ quirements and inspection pro­ cedures are so extensive and far-reaching that they will put the American fishing industry and fisherman in the hip pocket of the Coast Guard, and the cost may very well put our in­ dustry out of business." Algina also pointed out that fishing vessels and their opera­ tions are in a class by them­ selves and that the Coast Guard's attempts to lump them together with merchant vessels are unwarranted and unwork­ able. "Rules and procedures that are now applied by the Coast Guard to merchant vessels should not be applied to fishing vessels—they just don't fit," said Algina. "The problems faced by the domestic fishing industry are like those faced by no other industry, and the Coast Guard should recognize this." Seatrain Converts Two T-2 Tankers NEWPORT NEWS, Va.— Seatrain Lines, an SlU-contracted operator, is presently converting two T-2 tankers into containerships at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company's yards here. The vessels, to be named the Transoneida and the Transchamplain, will each have a maximum capacity of 303 forty-foot containers or 435 twenty - seven - foot containers. They are scheduled to enter Seatrain's new West CoastHawaii container service. �SEAFARERS Pace Few April, 1969 LOG Formal Bill Proposed in Senate Magnuson Launches Separate MARAD Fight WASHINGTON—The battle has been oflBcially renewed in the Senate for an independent Federal Maritime Administra­ tion with the formal introduction of a bill before the first session of the 91st Congress by Senator Warren G. Magnuson (DWash.), chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee. Independence for MARAD is regarded by the SIU, the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ partment, and a majority of those in the maritime industry and Congress as a key objective in any program geared to re­ building the rapidly declining American merchant fleet. Although Magnuson's bill (S. 1400) is the first of its kind on the ^nate side this year, the House had earlier started the ball rolling with some two dozen similar measures already on rec­ ord. These include H.R. 336 by Representative John J Rooney (D-N.Y.), introduced on the first day of the session, and H.R. 213, by the chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, Represent­ ative Edward A. Garmatz (DMd.). Provisioiis of B3I Provided for in Magnuson's bill—which would be cited the "Federal Maritime Act of 1969" —are the following elements: • It would establish an in­ dependent Federal Maritime Administration headed by a Federal Maritime Administrator who would be appointed by the President for a four-year term. • A Maritime Board, com­ posed of three members, would be set up within MARAD. It would be chaired by the Federal Maritime Administrator, with the other two members to be presidential appointees. Not more than two members could be from the same political party. • All functions, powers and duties of the Secretary of Com­ merce, delegated to him by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, would be transferred to the Mar­ itime Administrator and the Maritime Board. A Deputy Ad­ ministrator, who would be em­ powered to serve as Acting Ad­ ministrator during the absence or disability of the Administra­ tor, would not, however, sit at any time as a member of the Maritime Board. • No member, officer, or em­ ployee of either the Administra­ tion or the board could have any business relationship which may have an interest in, or bear­ ing on, his maritime functions. • The provisions of the bill would take effect on the 60th day following enactment. With­ in one year after enactment, the Maritime Board would be re­ quired to submit to the President and to the Congress a report on the current condition of the American merchant marine, evaluating the effectiveness of existing law, and making appro­ priate recommendations. Magnuson's Stateiiient In submitting the bill. Senator Magnuson made the following remarks to the Senate: "This bill is identical to a measure enacted by Congress last year but vetoed by Presi­ dent Johnson. The previous Ad­ ministration maintained that the proper administrative location of the Maritime Administration was within the Department of Transportation. However, in the previous Congress the Senate Commerce Committee held hearings over a period of some five months on the issue of an independent maritime agency and other issues concerning the present state and future of the U.S. merchant marine. We found that the U.S. merchant fleet was in critical condition, its future in doubt, and remedial action of a major nature essential if the United States were to re­ main a leading seafaring nation. Late in the second session of the previous Congress the Senate Commerce Committee favorably reported without dissent legis­ lation to create an independent Maritime Administration. In large measure our action stemmed from the conviction that the Department of Trans­ portation could not provide the 20-Year SIU Goal Realized OA/o Unemployment Laws Amended To Include Great Lakes Seafarers TOLEDO- -Seafarers on the Great Lakes who make their homes in Ohio are, for the first time, eligible for unemployment benefits during the winter months. . This brings to a successful climax a campaign for such pay­ ments waged by the SIU for almost 20 years. With the formation of the Toledo Port Council of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ partment some 10 years ago, this became a joint battle which finally succeeded in passage by the last session of the Ohio State Le^slature an amendment to Ohio law which had previously barred such payments to sea­ men. A recent interpretation of the amendment by the Ohio Unemployment Bureau clearly makes the benefits valid. Two Ohio state legislators, who worked diligently along with the SIU and the MTD Port Council in this long-neglected matter were Senator Marigene Valiquette and Representative Barney Quilter. In part, the amendment states that "an individual whose base period employment consists both of seasonal employment. .. and non-seasonal employment . . . credit towards next year. The and who in such combined em­ most recent nonseasonal period ployment has a total of 20 or ran from December 29, 1968 more credit weeks" may be cred­ through March 22, 1969. ited with benefit rights during Seafarers should file claims the off-season months. for unemployment compensa­ Great Lakes piorts are nor­ tion for this winter if they re­ mally closed beginning with the ceived company vacation bene­ last Sunday in December and fits last year or if they worked continuing until the fourth Sun­ on any job between the fourth day in March. Sunday of December, 1967, and the fourth Sunday of March, Vacation Pay Counts 1968. Credit for non-seasonal em­ During its campaign for the ployment is established for the amendment, the Toledo MTD Ohio Seafarer when he receives Port Council charged that the company vacation pay during discrimination which the Ohio the winter period which is nor­ laws permitted in the matter of mally 12 weeks. Such a Sea­ unemployment compensation farer working during the winter for seamen on the Great Lakes lay-off is also eligible for non- was "one of the greatest injus­ seasonal employment credits— tices" in the state. Ohio seamen whether he is employed as a were previously eligible to apply seaman on the lakes, rivers or for unemployment compensa­ offshore—or at some other job. tion only during the 40 weeks For each week of accrued following the fourth Sunday in company vacation time, or each March. However, other mari­ week of work during the last time workers—and all other winter's off season, a Seafarer Ohio workers—were not so re­ is entitled to credit towards un­ stricted. employment insurance benefits Also pointed out, strongly for the past winter. In the same and convincingly, was the fact manner, if he collected company that no other state excludes sea­ vacation pay or worked during men from unemployment bene­ the past winter, he has earned fits during the winter months. necessary leadership in devel­ oping the revitalization program that our fleet so desperately re­ quired. "There is no question that the merchant marine requires spe­ cial attention. It cannot at this juncture be viewed merely as another mode of transportation subject to the general problems we face in the field of transpor­ tation, but rather it must be viewed as an essential industry in serious trouble requiring spe­ cial remedial action. It is my present belief that the necessary attention is more apt to be re­ ceived if an independent Mari­ time Administration is created." Should the bill become law, it would remove MARAD from the Department of Commerce where it has languished since 1950—the year which marked the gradual decline for the United States-flag merchant fleet. Sen. Long Named Merchant Marine Committee Head WASHINGTON — Sen­ ator Russell B. Long (DLa.) has been named chair­ man of the Senate Subcom­ mittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. The late Senator E. L. (Bob) Bartlett (D-Alaska), who died on December 11, 1968, was previously at the helm of this important sub­ committee. The Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee now includes the following senators: John O. Pastore (D-R.I.); Ernest F. Hollings (D-S.C.); Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii); Joseph D. Tydings (D-Md.); William Spong, Jr. (D-Va.); Robert P. Griffin (R-Mich.); Hugh Scott (R-Pa.); Winston L. Prouty (R-Vt.) and Charles E. Goodell (R-N.Y.). MTD Names Feinstein to Co-ordinate Intensive 1969 Legislative Program WASHINGTON—The AFLCIO Maritime Trades Depart­ ment is intensifying its 1969 legislative activities under the direction of a newly-appointed committee headed by Charles Feinstein, a vice president of the International Leather Goods, Plastic & Novelty Workers Union, AFL-CIO. Feinstein was named chair­ man of the Legislative Com­ mittee for the 39-union Depart­ ment at the MTD's recent Ex­ ecutive Board meeting. Serv­ ing with him are Bernard Puchalski, president of the Greater Chicago Port Council of the MTD, and Louis Vignola, pres­ ident of the Delaware Valley and Vicinity Port Maritime Council in Philadelphia. Feinstein and his Comminee associates are co-ordinating the legislative efforts of the various Port Councils with that of the national MTD. Putting stress on person-to-person contact, Feinstein has been visiting key members of the House of Rep­ resentatives and the U.S. Sen­ ate to acquaint them with the legislative objectives and prob­ lems of the Department and its various affiliates. The Committee is calling at­ tention not only to problems of a direct maritime nature but to those of interest to the trade union movement generally and specifically of MTD affiliates. Feinstein will submit a report to the Department on the com­ mittee's activities at the next meeting of the MTD Executive Board. '/rd: Charles Feinstein (left), recently elected chairman of the Legislative Committe of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, explains to Senator Thomas F. Eagleton (D.-Mo.) details of the MTD's 1969 legis­ lative program. Feinstein, a Vice-President of the Internatinal Leather Goods, Plastic and Novelty Workers Union AFL-CIO, will coordinate the legislative program sought in this session of the Congress by the seven-million-member Department of 39 unions during 1969. �April, 1969 SEAFARERS Output of Workers Highest In Transportation Industry WASHINGTON—Productivity of workers in the transporta­ tion industry continues to run well ahead of the national average, the nation's leading industrial engineers were told here. Bertram Gottlieb, director of research for the Transportation Institute, a Washington-based research organization, said that be­ tween 1957 and 1967, the average output per manhour for all transportation workers was 4.5 percent, as compared to the na­ tional average of 3.4 percent. Speaking at the Second National Conference of the Transporta­ tion Division of the American Institute of Industrial Engineers, Gottlieb said the productivity rise was even more pronounced in the railroad industry, where the average output per manhour was 6.5 percent. In the maritime field, he went on, productivity increased "440 percent between 1945 and 1968, while wages increased only about one-third. "This is ironic," Gottlieb declared, "in view of the industry's continued general decline." The American merchant marine has skidded from first among the nations of the world to sixth in the past two decades. Gottlieb offered the productivity figures to refute the concept that unions frustrate efficiency by insisting on wage gains in ex­ cess of productivity and by opposing technological progress. Development of an improved network of transportation facili­ ties, the Transportation Institute official went on, can be achieved more easily in the future through development of a "partnership" between labor and management. "Sharing the common interest which their industry gives them," Gottlieb said, "is one of the surest ways that exist for reducing the tensions that inevitably build up between the worker on the one side and the employer on the other." He pointed out that 32 of the nation's transportation unions recently joined forces in a new alliance which has, as its goal, achieving a "partnership with management in the development of an improved transportation system that would better serve the needs of an America on the move." Gottlieb told the AIIE session that the move by the unions in this direction poses for management a "challenge to co-operate" in developing effective transportation for the nation. Hood Sees Renewed Interest In Massive U.S. Shipbuilding WASHINGTON —A view that "reawakened" national in­ terest in the "sufficiency" of United States seapower could lead to the largest peacetime shipbuilding effort the nation has ever undertaken was ex­ pressed last month by Edwin M. Hood, president of the Ship­ builders Council of America. Hood, who was re-elected to head the council for the coming year, expressed confidence that the industry could well be "on the brink of unprecedented growth" in his report to the 48th annual meeting of the national trade association here. President Nixon can be ex­ pected to adopt "a more for­ ward stance" with respect to sea power, maritime and shipbuild­ ing matters "than has taken place during the last eight years," Hood declared, particu­ larly in view of the "expanding presence of the Soviet Union on the oceans." Hood noted that the Presi­ dent had—^prior to his election — pledged the efforts of his Administration to maintain a United States Navy "second to none" and to the prompt res­ toration of the nation as a "first rate" maritime power. The SCA president expressed his conviction that a great deal of optimism and support were drawn around the seapower goals defined by President Nix­ on. Moreover, he stated, if the expressed goals met with even partial success, the results would be "a greater magnitude of naval and merchant shipbuilding" than has been evident for many years. Page Five LOG Seafarers Aboard Overseas Alice Pluck Downed Flier from High Seas WILMINGTON — Seafarers aboard the SlU-contracted tank­ er Overseas Alice distinguished themselves recently in the dar­ ing rescue of a downed aircraft pilot in storm-tossed seas 85 miles off the California coast. The De Havilland Dove which pilot Warren Bullock had been ferrying from Hawaii to southern California suddenly developed fuel pump trouble and had to be ditched in the sea. Fortunately, the Overseas Alice —which had sailed from Long Beach two days previously to clean out her tanks prior to re­ turning for repairs at a San Pedro shipyard—was close at hand. "It is not often that one is rushed out of the bunk with the general alarm at 3:15 A.M.; knowing something is wrong, rushing about putting on gear, life jackets, etc.," Captain J. P. Osnes, master of the tanker, writes. Volunteers Man Boat Ascertaining that the small plane had ditched alongside, the master asked for volunteers to man the starboard lifeboat. Re­ action to the call was so spon­ taneous, the Captain said later, that some of the Seafarers had to be taken out in case it was necessary to launch the port boat, too. "The seas were rough and it was raining," Osnes stated. "In my opinion, this SIU crew knew they were endangering their own safety by manning the lifeboat. From the time the alarm sound­ ed until the boat was in the water, only five minutes had elapsed. I have been sailing for 25 years and this was the fastest time on getting a lifeboat over the side I have ever witnessed. The efficiency of the entire op­ eration was a show in skilled seamanship." To Pilot Bullock, the rescue was near-miraculous. "I was in the water for close to two hours while six men in a small boat from the ship tried to get to me," he relates. "They really did a terrific job. I'm sur­ prised they could even launch the boat in those seas. The only thing I could do was to turn on a flashlight every time I hit the top of a wave." Bullock had just time to put on a life jacket after the plane submerged and bobbed back to the surface. Standing on a wing, he attempted to inflate a life raft, but the high winds blew it out of his hands and knocked him into the seas. Lifeboat Engine Goes He said he was foundering at one point, blinded by the spray and gagging on the salt water, when his hand struck a life jacket thrown by the men in the lifeboat—^fortunately with good aim. With this additional jacket, he managed to keep his head above water most of the time, until pulled aboard the small boat, which had burned out its engine during the search. Final­ ly, he was hauled aboard the Overseas Alice, from which he was picked up at daylight by a Coast Guard helicopter dis­ patched from Long Beach. Taken to Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc, Bul­ lock was treated for exposure and minor injuries. It was there he vowed he would "stick to flying over land" after his ex­ perience in battling 15-foot swells and a 40-knot gale in the dark. Bullock, 47, is a veteran pilot who has logged four years ferrying light planes to Vietnam. Captain Osnes put it this way: "I would like to take this oppor­ tunity to say that I have never sailed with a better unlicensed crew. This rescue operation was smooth and team work so evi­ dent that truly I saw the broth­ erhood of the sea and commend the SIU and its members." Andrew E. Gibson Sworn In As MARAD Chief WASHINGTON — Andrew E. Gibson has been sworn in to head the Maritime Administra­ tion, still within the U.S. Depart­ ment of Commerce. The oath was administered by Commerce Sec­ retary Maurice H. Stans, who said that Gibson was taking on "probably the toughest job of Gibson all" in the de­ partment. Stans declared that Gibson was offered the post after an extensive screening process indicated that he had the "approval of all segments of the maritime industry, subsi­ dized, unsubsidized, shipbuild­ ers, labor and management." Before coming to his present post, the 47-year-old Gibson had been a vice-president with the management consulting firm of Diebold in New York. He previously has been vice presi­ dent of the New York Shipping Association, a member of the advisory board of the U.S. Mer­ chant. Marine Academy, a gov­ ernor of the Propeller Club of New York, and a director of the National Cargo Bureau. Gibson's nomination as Mari­ time Administrator by President Nixon was confirmed by the Senate last month on March 13. ••: . -i .'-IJV The Overseas Alice (Maritime Overseas) which picked up downed pilot Warren Bullock after he was forced to ditch plane in storm. �Page Six SEAFARERS LOG April, 1969 'Hypocriticar Tax Laws Responsible For 'Runaway Ships/ Legislators Say WASHINGTON—^Two con­ gressmen who spoke at recent meetings at the AFL-CIO Mari­ time Trades Department both highlighted the necessity of countering the growing menace of "runaway-flag" shipping by closing present tax loopholes which encourage foreign regis­ try of American-owned vessels. Representative Frank Thomp­ son, Jr. (D-N.J.) told the union leaders representing nearly sev­ en million members that "as a minimum we ought to set a high price on 'runaway' shipping; as a maximum we ought to work to have these vessels restored to American registry." Thompson said this goal could be at least partially ac­ complished by closing present tax loopholes which allow American companies which reg­ ister their ships abroad to escape paying U.S. income taxes. "Perhaps in this way—^by raising the ante on these 'run­ away' operators, we can take some of the 'convenience' out of this scheme of building, regis­ tering and crewing their ships abroad. "At least we will force them to pay some of the cost of run­ ning the government—and the tax revenue which results could all be ear-marked for the re­ building of the American fleet which they have helped to destroy." Thompson called for a stepup in American ship construc­ tion, declaring: "If we can find the endless billions of dollars that are needed for other programs like space exploration, then we can find the dollars that are neces­ sary to save our fleet from total destruction." He urged that prompt atten­ tion be given to a new maritime program that would concentrate on development of vessels "built in this country, registered in this country, and crewed by Sea­ farers from this country," and stressed that it be "fair and equitable to all segments of this industry," instead of serv­ ing just "a few selected com­ panies." U.S. Slipping Badly At a similar meeting, Repre­ sentative Jacob Gilbert (DN.Y.) pointed out that the United States, once the world's leading maritime power, is now slipping badly in the maritime race due to a continuous decline in shipbuilding and to an in'crease in the registration of American-owned vessels in such countries as Liberia and Leb­ anon. Last year the U.S. ranked 10th in shipbuilding, Gilbert said, with the Japanese launch­ ing 17 million tons of shipping compared with a total of 441,000 for the U.S. At present the U.S. ranks fifth in size of its merchant fleet but it is expected to drop to sixth place behind the Soviet Union this year. The problem of the runaway ships has become so acute, he said, that for the first time American-owned and Ameri­ can-operated ships flying foreign flags now have a greater car­ rying capacity than our do­ mestic fleet. "A total of 434 Americanowned ships now sail the seas under 17 foreign flags," Gilbert noted, "and their cargo capacity exceeds the total capacity of the 976 merchant vessels remaining in our domestic fleet." Last June the U.S.-owned foreign flag fleet had a capacity of 16.5 million tons while the U.S. domestic fleet had a capac­ ity of 15.3 million tons. This represented an increase in the U.S. foreign-flag tonnage of Upholsterers Morale Still Mgh After five-Months on Strike AUSTIN, Tex. —- A strike against the Economy Furniture Company by Local 456 of the Upholsterers' International Un­ ion, an affiliate of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, is now in its fifth month. Despite a certified victory in an NLRB-conducted election by the Upholsterers in May, 1968, by a vote of 252 to 83, the union reports continued refusal on the part of Milton T. Smith, the company's president, to comply with an NLRB order to bargain in good faith. Management here has ob­ structed all efforts to organize the workers, more than 85 per­ cent of whom are MexicanAmericans. Two previous at­ tempts to unionize the shop were unsuccessful, until the break­ through last year, which the un­ ion has been unable to consum­ mate in terms of a contract. Despite this, however, and the added fact that management has resorted to bias towards its employees in the form of ethnic name-calling, the union reports that morale among the workers "has never been higher." Two recent resolutions adopt­ ed by MTD and its affiliates pledged the full support of la­ bor in opposing and publicizing the company's "unfair, unjust and biased" attitude. Contribu­ tions may be sent to the Texas AFL-CIO in Austin, Texas, ear­ marked for the UIU Local 456 Strike Fund. The Economy Furniture Company makes products mar­ keted under the Bilt-Rite, West­ ern Provincial and Smithtown Maple names. 800,000 tons, said Gilbert, add­ ing, "There is every indication that this trend will continue— foreign flag capacities increasing at the expense of our domestic fleet." U.S. vessels sailing under foreign flags are called "run­ away ships," Congressman Gil­ bert explained, "because their owners deliberately run away from American registry in order to escape American taxes, American seafarers' pay scales, and American safety standards. "There is not, in my opinion, any excuse for the moral and ethical perversity that impels a shipping company to register its vessels in another country, thus depriving American sea­ farers of jobs and paychecks that should belong to them, and of course depriving the U.S. Treasury of needed revenue." Tax Laws Hypocritiad However, he continued, U.S. tax iaws "hypocritically encour­ age this tax swindle and jobstealing practice by permitting the runaways to enjoy huge tax exemptions." He said that U.S. shipping firms will probably continue to register their vessels in Liberia and Lebanon as long as the U.S. government makes it profitable for them through large tax windfalls. Gilbert recalled that the fed­ eral Maritime Administration had also advocated repeal of the tax exemptions bestowed on foreign-flag ships "but that agency's advice — like labor's has b^n ignored by Congress." "Abolishing the tax exemp­ tions would end for once and for all the runaway ship prac­ tice and return to our country thousands of jobs for American Seafarers and millions of dol­ lars in American tax revenues." SEAFARERS^LOG April 1969 • Vol. XXXI. No. 6 Offlelkl Publication of the Seafarer* International Union of North America. Atlantic, Gulf, X,akcs and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO Executive Board PAin, HALL, Preeident CAL TANNER EARL SHEPARD Exec. Vice-Free. Vice-President AL KERR LINDSET WlLUAlfS See.-Treae. Viee-President AL TANNER ROBERT HATTHEWE Viee-Preeident Vice-President Editor HARRY WRTSCHEN Aesietant Editors WILL KABP . CHARI.ES SVENSON staff Photographer ANTHONY ANBALDI PikllilMt •SRthly at no MMIS lilani AMRH I.E., WsiktRitSR, 0. C. 2001t ky tki Suftren iRtirRStlsaal URISR, Attaslh, tilf, Lakn ssi IslsRt Watsn ObtrM, AFL-CIO, 675 Fswtk ASNM, irssUya, R.T. 11232. Tel. NYMlatk 9-6600. OsssaO SISM ysitaia KM at Watklaitsai, D. C. NOTHAOTEO'O ATTERTIill: Far* 3579 •anh ikaaM ks nat ts Isatartn latsraatlsaai OalM, Atlsaiit, 6811, Uka sat laiaat Watsn Bbtrtst, AFL-CIO, 675 Fsartk AnaM, OrsMlya, R.T. 11232. Las Vegas showgirls gleefully dump their picket signs as news ar­ rives of a 50 percent increase in wages and benefits negotiated by the Guild of Variety Artists AFL-CIO just prior to strike deadline. Solidarity on the Chorus Line Wins Top Pact at Las Vegas LAS VEGAS, Nev.,—^High-kicking chorus girls here have a new production number all their own—entitled "How to Succeed in Bargaining Without Even Striking". Here in this desert oasis, where highly-sophisticated entertain­ ment and high-stakes gambling go hand in hand, 600 members of the American Guild of Variety Artists "broke the bank" at the casinos when they negotiated wage and fringe benefits amounting to a 50-percent hike over the three-year life of the agreement. Even more significant than the money package was the fact that the entertainers won their first six-day week in a business which runs around the clock and around the calendar. For years the singers, dancers and specialty entertainers had trod the boards seven nights a week, providing the lure to bring millions of visitors annually to the gambling tables. The sweeping victory was hammered out in a marathon, 18-hour bargaining session under the threat of a total blackout of the multibillion-dollar Strip hotels, with the three-year pact being ratified unanimously at a pre-dawn meeting which drew more than 450 tired but elated entertainers. Arrayed against them had been the money and muscle of the Nevada Resort Association, which represented such billionaire owners as Howard Hughes and Del Webb. But standing shoulderto-shoulder in support of AGVA was the entire Las Vegas labor movement. The Southern Nevada Trades and Labor Council and others had served warning on management that all of their mem­ bers would honor AGVA's picket lines—meaning that culinary workers, bartenders, musicians, stagehands, stationary engineers and other hotel employees would be unavailable for work in the event of an entertainers' strike. Faced with the impossible task of trying to operate their hotels without the 18,000 unionized employees, the hotel owners finally capitulated. For the showgirls and boys, the new contract provides a firstyear basic minimum of $228 a week for up to 13 shows in six days, as contrasted to the previous minimum of $193 for 15 shows in seven days. On top of this 36 percent first-year hike, AGVA members won four percent wage increases in each of the next two years, boosting the second-year minimum to $237 and the thirdye^ base to $246. The agreement set a six-hour day for five days and an eight-hour day on the sixth day. Entertainers will be paid an additional $17.54 per show for all shows over the basic 13-show-a-week con­ cept provided the extra shows fall within the regular work week; they will be compensated at time-and-one-half for all time beyond the regular six or eight-hour daily limit; and they will receive a double premium of $36.48 per show for all shows on the seventh day. These per-show rates will rise correspondingly in the second and third years of the contract. In addition to the wage package, the contract contains the first vacation and sick pay provisions for AGVA members here. In the second year of the contract, an amount equal to one percent of wages will be set aside for each of these funds, with the contribu­ tion increasing to two percent each for vacations and sick benefits in the third year. The union bargaining team, composed of rank-and-file members from both the big production extravaganzas and the more intimate lounge shows at each of the hotels, was headed by second Vice President Penny Singleton (the former "Blondie" of motion pic­ tures) and Howard Schulman, AGVA's general counsel. it-' �April, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Seven LOG Sm Sihoolship, Xharles S. Zimmerman,' is Christened Mrs. Rose Zimmerman christens ship with traditional bottle of champaigne. Looking on are Pres. William Pollock of Textile Workers: ILGWU First Vice Pres. Howard Molisani; Robert Matthews, President of Harry Lundeberg School and Rear Adm. H. L. Miller, commander of Naval Air Station, Patuxent, Md. Guest of honor Charles S. Zimmerman (at dais left) addresses assembled crowd attending cere­ monies. Seated on speakers' platform are (l-r): Matthews; Father Joseph O'Shey of St. Michael s Church, Ridge, Md.: ILGWU Honorary President David Dubinsky: SlU President Paul Hall: Linda Fearns, an em­ ployee of the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship: and Kenneth Conklin, Director of the school. Representative Hugh L. Carey (D-N.Y.j, left, and Representa­ tive Jacob H. Gilbert (D-N.Y.) were among guests attending. Highly qualified instructors at the Lundeberg School train future Seafarers in all phases of seamanship. Indoor lessons are conducted in classrooms such as this aboard the ship. MARAD Adds Two Cyprus Ships To Cuba Blacklist WASHINGTON—Added to the Cuban blacklist by the Mari­ time Administration last month were two Cypriot-flag ships, the 2,867-gross-ton Coolady and the 7,237-ton Glee. These vessels will henceforth be barred from carrying U.S. government-generated cargoes because they called at Cuba, MARAD announced. Reinoved from the list were two vessels — the 7,256-ton Cypriot-flag Aiolos II which was scrapped, and the Tania, a for­ mer Lebanese-flag ship which was sold outright to Cuba by its owners. As of March 20, the Cuban blacklist totalled 177 ships ag­ gregating 1,264,886 gross tons. These vessels will not again be permitted to carry U.S.-generated cargoes until such time as their owners pledge that they— as well as any other ships Aey ovm or control—^will not engage further in the Cuban Trade. PINEY POINT, Md.—The Charles S. Zimmer­ man, a modem floating schoolship named in honor of the vice president of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, was christened at the SIU's Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship here last month. Attending the ceremonies—at which Zimmer­ man's wife. Rose, wielded the bottle to oflBcially christen the vessel—were many labor leaders, members of congress, civic and church leaders and ranking representatives of the military. In introducing Zimmerman to the assembled well-wishers, SIU President Paul Hall described the veteran trade unionist as a longstanding friend of the SIU—"one of the very few" who came to its assistance in the days when it was small and weak. "Because of the efforts of a Zimmerman," Hall declared, "the lives of many people, including our Seafarers, are much better today." Zimmerman replied that he was both "proud and humble" to be the recipient of such a tribute. He praised the efforts of the SIU in helping young men learn a meaningful trade and hailed the readi­ ness of Seafarers to assist other unions, regardless of size, that needed help—especially in organizing campaigns, where the "appearance of whitecapped Seafarers symbolized effective labor soli­ darity." The SIU named the vessel after Zimmerman in a salute to him as "the personification of man's concern for his fellow man" and as a "longtime fighter for human and civil rights and economic justice." The Charles S. Zimmerman is 230 feet long with four decks, fully equipped classrooms, a the­ atre and lecture hall which seats 300, and spa­ cious lounges. Future Seafarers attending the Harry Lundeberg School will also have full access to the ship's library which is devoted to maritime and labor history, political science and govern­ ment. Formerly the excursion ship Mt. Vernon, the vessel has carried thousands of tourists up and down the Potomac from Washington to the na­ tional shrine at Mt. Vernon. Other speakers at the christening ceremonies in­ cluded Representatives Jacob H. Gilbert and Hugh L. Carey, both New York Democrats; E. Howard Molisani, first vice president of the ILGWU; and the ILGWU's honorary president, David Dubinsky. Construction Unions Urge Passage Of New Job Safety Bill in Senate WASHINGTON — More workers were killed in the con­ struction industry last year than in any other industry in the United States, the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department has pointed out in urging Congress to enact a proposed construction safety bill. Since 1959, there has been no year in which fewer than 2,300 construction workers were killed on the job, nor less than 209,000 such workers dis­ abled, Department President C. J. Haggerty told the Senate Labor subcommittee in a state­ ment presented by Department Legislative Director Walter J. Mason. Noting that 2,800 additional workers have died since Hagerty testified last year before the House Labor Committee, his statement asked "how many construction workers must be killed ... to see safety legisla­ tion enacted?" Haggerty cited a Bureau of Labor Statistics report that 42 million man-days of work were lost in 1967 because of work stoppages. But construction workers alone had almost as many days lost—33.5 million— because of disabling injuries, he observed. A bill introduced by Subcom­ mittee Chairman Harrison Wil­ liams (D-N. J.) provides that on federal construction work no laborer or mechanic would be required to work in surround­ ings "or under working condi­ tions which are unsanitary, haz­ ardous, or dangerous" to health or safety. Williams opened hearings on the bill with a declaration that "the men who risk their lives erecting the buildings that house the government, who build our roads and bridges, our state uni­ versities and hospitals, do not have the benefits of protective legislation. There are no re­ quirements that safe and health­ ful working conditions prevail for them." He said the bill "breaks no new ground" but does provide remedies for years of oversight for workers who are "subjected to very high work injury and death rates." Introduced at the hearing were National Safety Council reports of an accident frequency rate of 12.24 per million manhours worked by the building trades in 1966-^ rate almost twice the all-industry rate of 6.91. Also presented were Labor Department reports showing rates of 20.7 per million manhours in electrical work, 24 in heavy construction, 28.8 in gen­ eral building and 43.9 in roofing and sheet metal work. Safety Director Alan F. Burch of the Operating Engi­ neers testified for the B&CTD Standing Committee on Safety. He said safety is a greater prob­ lem in construction than in in­ dustry generally because in a plant, safety me^asures can be economically justified more of­ ten than under the "ever-chang­ ing conditions" of a construc­ tion site. Japan Shipyards Set 1968 Record; U.S. Ranks Tenth World shipbuilding figures for 1968 found the United States bringing up the rear in a list of 10 nations, while Japan lead the parade with an all-time glo­ bal record. Japan launched 8,592,970 gross tons during the past year, topping all other nations by a vast margin. West Germany ranked second with just 1,351,828 tons. Only 441,125 tons of new shipping was produced by the United States—a poor showing eclipsed only by the poorer one registered in 1967, when the U.S. ranked 14th. Tankers and bulk carriers headed the list of new ships built during 1968. Tankers account­ ed for 39 percent of the new launchings while bulk carriers contributed some 33 percent. An outstanding increase was shown in the category of gen­ eral cargo vessels—3,146,238 tons in 1968 as compared with the previous year's total of 378,117 tons. �Page Eight SEAFARERS April, 1969 LOG RooneySeesMerchant Fleet Revival Cape San Diego Seafarers Urged to Protect Claims Prime Cure for Payments Defiiit WASHINGTON — Repre­ sentative Fred B, Rooney CDPa.) believes that immediate re­ vival of the disintegrating Amer­ ican merchant marine could be the nation's most effective weap­ on in lighting the economic threat posed by a balance-ofpayments deficit. The Pennsylvania Democrat, a member of the House Inter­ state and Foreign Commerce Committee, told a meeting of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department here that "Every American cargo—either an ex­ port or import cargo—shipped in a foreign-flag vessel contrib­ utes toward a balance-of-payments deficit." "In 1966, for example, the Department of Commerce found that freight payments for im­ ports in foreign-flag vessels amounted to $1.3 billion," he said. "Our freight payments for exports carried in foreign-flag vessels cost another $2.4 bil­ lion. Here was a total of $3.7 billion paid in one year to trans­ port U.S. imports and exports in ships flying foreign flags, compared with the 1967 balance-of-payments deficit of $3.5 billion." Rooney declared that if American-flag merchant ships were carrying the same percent­ age of the nation's importexport trade in the 1960s that they were carrying in the 1930s —between 30 percent and 40 percent—the U.S. would have an assured balance-of-payments surplus. The congressman pointed out that in every year since 1893 the United States has sold more goods abroad than it has bought from foreign nations. In many of the years since World War H, however, our trade surplus has been wiped out by the huge American foreign aid programs and overseas military spending. "The result," he said, "has been substantial balance-of-payments deficits—with a total deficit of $23 billion for the 10-year pe­ riod of 1957 through 1966. We can no longer, unfortunately, depend on our export surplus to dissolve a large part of our pay­ ments deficit. Our export sur­ plus dropped from $3.5 billion in 1967 to $500 million last year, the lowest point in 18 years." Rooney proposed revival of the American merchant marine as a solution after citing other proposed remedies "some of them realistic and some of them illusory." He continued: "Some of the panaceas could be extremely risky. For exam­ ple, several schemes would, in varying degrees, reverse our rerciprocal trade policies which have been continued and im­ proved by Republican and Dem­ ocratic administrations alike Publicity Specialists Enlisted By Desperate Grape Growers SAN FRANCISCO — Cali­ fornia grape growers have been forced to hire the public rela­ tions firm of Whitaker and Bax­ ter in an attempt to counter the worldwide boycott of table grapes. The selection of the highpowered PR firm for an undis­ closed fee indicates the growers feel the time has come to make a massive counter-move to the growingly effective boycott led by the AFL-CIO Farm Work­ ers Organizing Committee. Whitaker and Baxter first at­ tracted national attention wh^ the firm received a reported $1 million back in 1948 to block former President Truman's push for national health insurance. That nationwide campaign was so successful that it wasn't until 1965 that Congress finally got around to passing Medicare. More recently and less suc­ cessfully, W and B was hired to mastermind the nationwide lob­ by campaign for a constitutional convention to circumvent the Supreme Court's one-man, onevote ruling. W and B was accused by sev­ eral senators of deceptive and misleading practices and of fail­ since World War II. A rever­ sion to protectionism could alienate many of our most valued allies in Europe and Asia. Worse than that, it could force those allies into the com­ mercial embrace of the Soviet Union and other Iron Curtain countries. At the very least, quotas or higher tariffs would inevitably provoke retaliatory quotas and tariffs against Amer­ ican products." Rooney outlined a second method of using a resuscitated American merchant marine to increase the U.S. balance-ofpayments surplus. "Each year we ship to needy nations around the globe nearly 16 million tons of foreign aid and Food-For-Peace cargoes," he pointed out. "More than 60 percent of these shipments are carried iii foreign bottoms. The Merchant Marine Act of 1936 specifies that at least 50 percent of such cargoes must be carried in U.S. ships. In fact, it was understood when the law was approved by Congress and signed by President Roosevelt that almost all government car­ go should be moved in U.S.-flag ships when they are available." "Maladaministration of the Cargo Preference provisions of the law," Rooney declared, "has actually injured our merchant fleet, because when the U.S. has to pay foreign shipowners and foreign crews to transport our cargoes we are literally shipping our dollars overseas. Food-ForPeace shipments should be car­ ried in American merchant ves­ sels not only to relieve hunger and starvation around the world but also to protect America's balance-of-payments. We must keep in mind, and so must our friends in Europe and Asia, that it is only a healthy American economy that enables us to af­ ford the enormous foreign aid program and the Food-ForPeace cargoes." The six Seafarers, mentioned below, who were crewmembers aboard the Cape San Diego (Penn Shipping) during the towing of the British tanker Lucellum in October of 1967, are urgently requested to get in touch with J. M. Fenton, Insurance Manager, Penn Shipping Company, Inc., 405 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022, or SIU Headquarters 675 Fourth Avenue Brooklyn, N.Y., immediately. Failure to do so may result in the loss of a possible share due in the salvage of the Lucellum. In order to be represent­ ed in the salvage negotiations, each crew member must sign letters—available as indicated above— before October of this year or any claim they may have will be time barred, and therefore relinquished, according to law. The majority of the crewmembers aboard the Cape San Diego at the time of the salvage operation have already signed forms assuring their representation in the case. Urged to protect their interests in this matter promptly are: James Wailer Carl P. Gantz Josq»h Galardi Harry A. Smilfa Kennth Kinanger Joachim F. CScirello Any efforts by fellow Seafarers acquainted with the abovenamed men—^and aware of their present whereabouts—^will be appreciated in bringing this important matter to their at­ tention. Michigan Joins States Lines' Fleet of Modern Cargoliners NEW ORLEANS—Another new advanced-design cargoliner, the Michigan, has been launched at the Avondale Shipyard here for the SIU Pacific District-con­ tracted States Steamship Com­ pany. Last of a five-ship building program begun in 1967, the Michigan will join her sisterships, the Colorado, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming in service for the San Francisco based line in the trans-Pacific trade. The 23-knot, 579-foot vessel has seven hatches with a cubic bale capacity of 855,000 feet. The ship's new design will per­ mit handling of break-bulk, con­ tainerized or unitized cargoes with equal eflSciency. Modem design facilities will enable her to be self-sustaining in the handling of both dry and reefer cargo containers up to 20 feet in length and 20 tons in wei^t. A 60-ton Stulken type heavy lift boom will serve two hatches. All decks are equipped with modem hydraulically controlled hatch covers, and weather deck integrity is assured by a patent­ ed sealing device developed by States Lines. Also included is equipment to control temperature and humid­ ity in all cargo compartments and stainless steel deep tanks. Both built-in compartments and portable reefer vans are refrig­ erated. The Michigan operates with a crew of 45 and can carry, in addition, 12 passengers in eight luxurious staterooms and an ele­ gant lounge. The new class vessels are the only cargoliners in Pacific serv­ ice equipped with gyro-controlled flume stabilizers to minimize the rolling of the ship at sea. The free water tank stabilizers will dampen the roll up to 75 percent in regular seas, provid­ ing a smooth voyage. ing to comply with federal lob­ bying laws. The charges were denied by Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen (R111.) who was pushing the cam­ paign in the Senate to get around the Supreme Court ruling. The first public effort of W and B on behalf of the grape growers was to publicize a chal­ lenge to the integrity of Look magazine's recent interview with Cesar Chavez, head of UFWOC. E. L. "Ted" Barr, Jr., presi­ liti'" dent of the California Grape and Tree Fruit League, was quoted by the PR firm in news releases sent around the country as say­ ing: "It is a frightening and shock­ ing thing when in face of the record a responsible national magazine such as Look gives the credibility it does to the false 'non-violent' preachments of Ce­ sar Chavez [who] has been hack­ ing away with his phony cam­ paign for so long now that thousands of people have come to believe him. . .." The AFL-CIO union official had called for continuation of non-violence as a vital part of Riding the waters of the Mississippi after launching at New Orleans, the Michigan is last of a fleet of the union effort to organize farm five freighters built for the SIU Pacific District-cgntracted States Steamship Company. Freighter and sisworkers. terships—^the Colorado, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming—feature unique gyro-controlled flume stabilizers. • ._ —'I "• . i'-' 1 ••••-a i �AprU, 1969 SEAFARERS Fresh from the Oven LOG Page Nine 50% Increase Prime Goal: AFL-CIO Seeks Major Revamping To Upgrade Social Security Benefits Steward Ralph Mills (left) admires fresh batch of Danish prepared by John Knudsen, baker on the Western Planet. Seafarers enjoyed the coffee break as the vessel headed for Subic Bay, Philippines. Major changes in the Social program as the only means of The statement advocated that Security Act to make it "a fully guaranteeing all Americans— additional benefits be financed adequate law, realistically tai­ rich and poor alike—"their from general revenue, employ­ lored to meet the needs of all right to health." er-employee contributions and the beneficiaries" have been And until that goal is an updating of the earnings base called for by the AFL-CIO reached, the statement stressed, on which contributions and Executive Council. the AFL-CIO will press for im­ benefits are based. It urged that The council's statement em­ provements and expansion of the improvements be followed phasized the need for increases Medicare—a program that labor by periodic adjustments linked in social security benefits "to helped bring to birth. to increases in active workers' make the goal of a 50 percent earnings so that retired citizens Gaps Need Filling increase a reality as soon as can participate in rising living The AFL-CIO "cannot be standards. possible." It reaffirmed labor's call for content with the pace of prog­ Drugs Coverage Urged a National Health Insurance ress in any of these areas," the On Medicare, the council council said, because "too many overwhelming gaps remain. urged Congress to eliminate "a These gaps must be filled by im­ major shortcoming" in the pro­ gram by including prescription mediate legislative action." The council noted that the drugs in its coverage. Eighty percent of persons 1967 AFL-CIO convention called for a 50 percent increase over 65 suffer from at least one in benefits in several steps and or more chronic ailments and Congress enacted a 13 percent "they purchase drugs nearly ship of congressional commit­ three times more often than do boost that same year. tees and subcommittees is deter­ persons under 65," the council "We joined with the aged in mined by seniority—and some of the most senior House Demo­ hailing that increase as a down noted. It also endorsed the recom­ crats come from "safe" southern payment toward our goal," the council said. "We also shared mendation of the Advisory districts. The eight full committee their disappointment as the in­ Council on Health Insurance for chairmen with more votes crease was quickly eroded by the Disabled that Medicare be extended to the disabled and against than for their party's price increases." The statement cited harsh thatThe hospitalization and sup­ position were listed as: William M. Colmer (Miss.), Rules Com­ statistics underscoring the need plementary medical insurance programs be combined into one mittee; John L. McMillan (S.C.), for improved benefits: system. Eight million social security District of Columbia Commit­ Pointing out that the average tee; L. Mendel Rivers (S.C.), beneficiaries remain below the monthly social security benefit level of poverty. Without their Armed Services; Richard H. for the disabled now is $112, Ichord (Mo.), Un-American social security checks, only 5 the council said it is impossible Activities; W. R. Poage (Tex.), percent would be above the Agriculture; Wilbur D. Mills $3,900 annual income the La­ for them "to meet their high medical costs from such meager (Ark.), Ways & Means; Olin E. bor Department says is needed payments." to maintain "even a moderate Teague (Tex.), Veterans' Affairs, "The disabled, like the aged," standard of living for an elderly and George H Mahon (Tex.), couple." The average social it observed, "are a high cost, Appropriations. security check for a retired high risk group who frequently Of this group, all but Mahon worker is $98 a month, about need extensive health services at and Teague had worse voting $166 for aged couples. Mil­ a time they can least afford records than the Republican lions receive less including near­ them." Further, the council called average. Colmer, in fact, voted ly 3 million who get the $55 a for enactment of a greatly ex­ against his party's position on month minimum. panded child health program as The ultimate answer to ero­ every one of the 30 issues. an extension of Medicare "to The study showed that the sion of benefits by increased liv­ assure readily accessible com­ ing costs "will continue to be a 145 members of the DSG voted serious problem until an auto­ prehensive health services for for the Democratic position on matic adjustment of benefits is all mothers and their children, 91 percent of the key issues, included in the system," the including pre- and post-natal while the 102 non-DSG Demo­ council said. care." crats supported their party only 31 percent of the time, only Between Sailings slightly better than the 24 per­ cent support from Republicans on the key issues. The DSG study also cited an analysis by Congressional Quar­ terly, an authoritative non-parti­ san publication, which showed that the number of Democrats voting more in opposition than in support of Democratic posi­ tions has been steadily increas­ ing over the past 16 years. The 90th Congress had a record high of 53 Democratic House members who voted with Republicans more frequently than with the majority of their Democratic colleagues on 171 roll call votes. Of this group, Seafarers enjoying a game of dominoes in the New York hall while 30 were committee or subcom­ waiting to ship out are (left to right): Isidoro Valles, reeferman; Guill Castro, AS; Camilo Rojas, wiper, with pensioner John Hernandez. mittee chairmen. Voting Records of Committee Heads Show Many Opposed Party in House Washing^ —^Some of the most inffuential Democrats in Congress — the chairmen of House Committees and subcom­ mittees — might as well have been Republicans, a recent vot­ ing study shows. ^ Eight of the 21 chairmen of full committees and 34 of 93 subcommittee chairmen voted against their party's national position more than they voted with their party. In fact six conunittee chair­ men and 34 subcommittee chair­ men were more opposed to Democratic programs than the average Republican. As a group, they opposed their party's posi­ tion 92 percent of the time on key votes, while Republicans averaged only 76 percent op­ position. The documented charge was made by the Democratic Study Group, an organization of liberal House Democrats. The DSG measured the record of 247 House Democrats on 30 key votes during the 90th Congress. The votes included such issues as housing, educational appro­ priations, civil rights and con­ sumer protection. The study found that 75 Democrats voted against their party more than they supported it—and that this group included a disproportionate number of committee chairmen. Chairman- Labor Mobilizes to Preserve One Man-One Vote in States American labor has mobilized for a state-by-state drive to pre­ serve one man, one vote appor­ tionment of state legislatures. The campaign was launched by the AP^-CIO Executive Council and the front line troops will be the federation's state central bodies. The goal is to block the move to call a constitutional conven­ tion to initiate an amendment which would nullify the Supreme Court rulings which ended mi­ nority, rural domination of most of the state legislatures. Under a never-used provision of the Constitution, legislatures of two-thirds of the states can cause such a convention to be held. There is considerable con­ troversy over the number of states which have passed valid resolutions to convene a con­ vention but the Executive Coun­ cil termed the threat "critical." Must FigM ReactkHiaries "We intend to fight to uphold the landmark Supreme Court decision now under attack by reactionary forces," the AFLCIO statement said. Warning that both represent­ ative government and effective state action to meet the urban crisis are endangered by the move to amend the Constitu­ tion, the council declared: "We call on all AFL-QG state central bodies to fight in their respective legislatures against those who would con­ vene a constitutional conven­ tion. "We urge state central bodies to work to rescind resolutions calling for such a convention in those states where such regres­ sive action has been taken. "In those critical states where no action has been taken, state central bodies should fight the attempts by reactionary forces to adopt such resolutions." Tlie AFL-CIO warned that "this state-to-state battle will de­ termine whether the nation re­ tains or discards democracy's most basic precept." �Page Ten SEAFARERS April, 1969 LOG SlU Lifeboat Class No. 221 Plugging Imome Tax Loopholes Cited As Vital to Renew Pablit ConRdente BAL HARBOUR, Fla.—The incomes are now preferentially double standard in the nation's taxed or totally tax exempt. income tax system that allows • Removal of the impov­ the wealthiest to escape all taxes erished from the federal income while forcing those in poverty tax rolls. to pay must be corrected, the • Reduction, in the relative AFL-CIO declared. tax burden for low and moder­ To allow the situation to go ate income families. unchecked will further sap pub­ lic confidence in the tax system • Rqection of proposals for as it places an unfairly great new tax loopholes which would part of the burden of running create even more inequities in the federal government on the the federal tax structure. shoulders of America's middle • Dismissal of all proposals income families, the Executive for a federal retail sales tax Council said. whether called "value-added" Top Priority Asked taxes or offered clearly as a tax on consumers. The need for tax reform is overriding and Congress and the • Repeal of the provision for Administration "must assign top double depreciation on all new legislative priority" to substan­ construction, except low and tial and thoroughgoing reform, moderate-rental housing, and the council added, noting its the 7 percent tax credit for busi­ approval of the tax reform in­ ness investment in machines and vestigation being conducted by equipment. the House Ways and Means The dimensions of the tax in­ Committee. equities were sketched in by the To achieve a standard of tax council which pointed out that fairness the council called for: in 1967 there were 21 indi­ • Elimination of the loop­ viduals who reported incomes holes of special tax privileges above $1 million and 155 who for wealthy families and corpo­ reported incomes of $200,000 or over who "paid not a dollar rations. of federal income tax." • A minimum tax on all in­ In contrast, some 2.5 million come over a total which would persons whose incomes fell be­ provide protection for legitimate small investors but which would low the government's "poverty require at least some tax pay­ line" paid $100 million in fed­ ment from those whose huge eral income taxes. The council statement stressed that three major loopholes— capital gains, exemption of state and local bond interest and tax windfalls on oil, gas and other mineral operations cost the Treasury about $7 billion in 1968. The 7 percent tax credit on investment in machinery and equipment produced over $2 billion for corporations. Imbalance Scored It pointed out that there, are now tax forgiveness proposals to provide incentives to industry for on-the-job training and in­ ner-city industrial development, proposals that "would further reward those who already more than adequately share in AMerica's affluence, and use as their excuse the plight of those who are today in trouble because they do not have their fair share." Neither will "no strings" fed­ eral aid plans that are not sub­ ject to congressional scrutiny of specific programs be in the na­ tional interest, the council de­ clared. It singled out specifically "talk of adding new tax gim­ micks for real estate operators, many of whom are now more accurately considered in the business of constructing tax shelters rather than shelters for people." Graduates of the March 12 SlU Lifeboat Class are (seated l-r) Jeorge Depetris, Ralph Trotman, Francis Munoz and Arthur Tobias. Standing are, (I. to r.): Robert Staplin, John Davis, Bob Kirk and Tom Pettway. This latest lifeboat group included 19 more graduates. Seated (l-r) are Scot Timothy, David Epier, Richard Benton, Joe Pazos and Richard Daisley. Standing (l-r) are James Davis, John Russell, John Gaskins, Robert Bousson, Daniel Maitland and Sam Luko. The lifeboat classes are led by SlU Instructor Paul McGarin. A Step Backward New Taylor Law Amendments Hit Public Employees Hard rl. ALBANY, N. Y. — Governor Nelson Rockefeller has signed into law harsh new penalties voted by the Republican-controlled New York Legislature against public workers and their unions. The Republican governor and the legislature acted despite sharp warnings from many quarters that the move would be self-defeating. Under the amendments to the Taylor law govern­ ing public employee labor relations, effective April 1, for any day of absence during a strike a worker will lose two days' pay and must serve a year's probation with loss of job tenure. Fines against unions, formerly a maximum of $10,000 a day, were made possibly co­ extensive with the union's treasury and assets. Dues checkoff rights now may be suspended without limit instead of an 18-month maximum period under the original Taylor law. The 1967 law had in it no prohibitions against un­ fair employer practices. The new amendments pro­ hibit some new practices, effective September 1, but fail to list others and provide no penalties for em­ ployer violations. Law Favors Employers State AFL-CIO President Raymond R. Corbett had opposed the new law, noting that penalties in the law as enacted in 1967 had tipped the balance in bargain­ ing power in favor of government employers and that the changes would mean a further imbalance with still greater inducement for some agency heads to take ad­ vantage of public workers in contract bargaining. In a statement issued following passage, Corbett as­ serted that the action "deals a devastating new blow to fair and full worker-employer relations in govern­ ment." He added that "this punishment binge on which the legislature's leadership and the state admin­ istration has embarked, is not only illogical and unrea­ sonable, but will in the final analysis prove selfdefeating." "Mort Recessive Ever" "This is the most repressive labor legislation ever passed in the free world," President Jerry Wurf of the State, County and Municipal Employees asserted. "And like all repressive laws, it will create chaos in labor-management relations." President David Selden of the Teachers labeled it "out and out class legislation" that will force "teachers and other public employees ... to enter in politics on a much more extensive and far wider scale than in the past." Theodere W. Kheel, who has mediated numerous public employee disputes, said that the revisions "will do more harm than good." He added that they were rushed through the legislature "without an opportunity -for deliberation, debate or public comment." Twice in the week the bill was slated for action, the New York Times sharply criticized the measure, warn­ ing that the Taylor law's predecessor, the CondonWadlin law, had been a failure for the 20 years of its existence because penalties oh individuals were so se­ vere they were unenforceable. To reinstate such pen­ alties, it said, "may give legislators an outlet for their frustrations but it will never bring civil service peace." It called the measure "a legislative monstrosity" and the penalties "so punitive that they may prove selfdefeating." The New York Post tagged the bill "ill conceived" and a "mindless regression" deserving a "blunt guber­ natorial veto." Idle Hope That was an idle hope, however, since the terms of the bill had been hammered out during weeks of con­ ferences that included Rockefeller, members of his staff and Republican legislative leaders. However, calling up the bill March 7 was delayed more than five hours as the leadership worked franti­ cally to round up the required 76 Republican votes necessary for passage in the Assembly. In the final 76 to 71 tally, two GOP members voted with the Demo­ crats in the negative. With a comfortable party ma­ jority, no problem was met with passage in the Senate, though one Republican joined the Democrats in the 32-to-25 vote. Debate on the bUl took more than three hours in each house, with proponents belatedly revealing that to meet specific inconsistencies readily seen in the bill, additional bills were to be introduced, passed and sent to the governor. Normally a bill requiring amendment is changed in committee or from the floor. This requires, however, a delay of several days before a vote. But the em­ phasis was so much on speedy passage that it was an­ nounced that "chapter amendments"—bills to correct the basic bill—would be scheduled for action shortly. 'Threat' VanSsiies The speed had initially been invoked because of a threat of a strike by an unaffiliated organization of state employees set for March 13. The strike had been called off days before the bill was to be acted on, however. Since the Taylor law enactment, there had been two strikes by New York City union teachers and one by sanitation workers. Last November the first work stop­ page by state employees, involving non-professional personnel in mental hospitals, occurred as the workers insisted on the right—until then not given them—to choose their own union to bargain for them rather than an organization designated by the governor. �April, 1969 SEAFARERS Good Check Seafarer Fred Schlffelbine, left, shown receiving check from Jackie R. Hall, Duluth port agent, for overtime on the John P. Reiss. Transit Union Leader Urges Look at Free Transportation PITTSBURGH^Total elim­ ination of fares on transit sys­ tems may be an ultimate need in helping cities solve "intense social problems," President John M. Elliott of the Amalgamated Transit Union declared here re­ cently. "Certainly the free transpor­ tation concept is worthy of a fair try," Elliott told an inter­ national conference on urban transportation attended by trans­ portation, government, educa­ tion, labor, and management officials. Elliott called attention to a conclusion of the National Ad­ visory Commission on Civil Dis­ orders that urban disturbances have in part resulted from the frustration of ghetto dwellers who are unable to reach places where jobs are. Free transportation, he said, would make public transporta­ tion "an instrument for eco­ nomic and social equality" available to the poor, the elder­ ly, the handicapped and "other members of our non-motorized population." The loss of fare boxes, he suggested, could be made up for in taxes levied on a per capita basis among the residents of a metropolitan area served by a transit system. Noting that the tax in most cases would not exceed $2 to $4 a month, he said that "in terms of the true benefits that such free transportation might provide, this additional tax burden might well be worth the price." In his address, Elliott also said that his union takes "par­ ticular pride" in pioneering the "exact fare collection system" to relieve bus drivers and other transit operators from carrying change. The system was first sought by the union in Washington, fol­ lowing the fatal shooting of a bus driver in a robbery. The idea has since been adopted in Oakland, Calif., Baltimore, Pittsburgh, and other cities. Requiring passengers to have the exact fare and not seek change, has reduced holdups of transit systems and provided the public with safer and faster serv­ ice, Elliott said. He noted that the program, first greeted by management in Washington as a "harebrained scheme," has since won nearly unanimous approval in the cities where it has been tried. Page Eleven LOG flO Commission Will Investigate Greeks'Repression of Union Rights GENEVA—^The Internation­ al Labor Organization's Gov­ erning Body has appointed a three-man commission to inves­ tigate charges that the Greek government has been repressing trade union rights. The 48 worker, government and employer delegates to the Governing Body, the ILO's executive board, set up the commission during a three-day meeting here over the objections of the military dictatorship now in power in Athens. In a note to the ILO, the Greek government attempted to sidestep the charges made by western worker delegates at the last ILO conference that it had dissolved trade unions and jailed their leaders in defiance of its ILO obligations. "We are not aware of the ar­ rest of any trade unionists," Greek authorities asserted. "In any case," the note continued, "anyone arrested and held in detention has been carrying on Communist and not trade union activities." Objections Rejected But Jean Moeri, chairman of the worker delegates, brushed aside on behalf of the workers' group the Greek objections to the appointment of the commis­ sion. He said that Athens "shouldiiave no fear of any im­ partial investigation if it has a clear conscience." The proposal to hold the in­ vestigation was adopted without a vote after Moeri had reminded the board that "human rights are worth defending." The com­ mission is to be headed by Lord Devlin, a long-time British jur­ ist. Worker delegates again led the defense of human rights when they challenged the inclu­ sion of Morocco among the countries invited to send worker, government and labor represent­ atives to an ILO meeting in Oc­ tober on the leather and foot­ wear industry. »Rudolph Faupl of the Ma­ chinists, the U.S. worker dele­ gate, speaking for all the work­ ers, denounced the sending of an invitation to a country "where free trade unions do not exist." This was an allusion to the sentencing to a year's imprison­ ment of the Moroccan worker delegate to last year's ILO con­ ference because of a speech criticizing the government. Announcing that the workers would not vote for the invitation to Morocco, Moeri told the board that it was "inadmissible" that a worker delegate should be arrested for a speech made at an ILO conference. The Governing Body ap­ proved for submission to the June assembly a budget of $60,999,200 for the years 1970 and 1971. New Cigarette Study Finds; Nicotine Content Up in Some Brands WASHINGTON — If you're smoking more and enjoying it less these days, it could be due to the fact that you're getting more nicotine out of that puff than you used to get. An updated report by the Federal Trade Commission indicates that 78 brands of ciga­ rettes showed a higher nicotine content than in the agency's previous testing. The FTC's data stems from smoking machine results which scientifically measure such factors as tar and nicotine in the cigarette smoke. Latest tests, conducted in February, com­ pare the nicotine content of the various brands with similar testing last October. It was the first time the Commission had issued individual comparative data on successive test results. The FTC's announcement has already drawn both smoke and fire from Capitol Hill, where Senator Frank E. Moss (D-Utah), a leading critic of the cigarette industry in Congress, saw the implications in the findings as "at best dis­ couraging and, at worst, sinister." Moss expressed the hope that the reasons for the FTC's disturbing findings could be found either in variations of testing methods or in the tobacco crop itself because of inconstant weath­ er conditions during the growing period. "If not," the Utah lawmaker declared, "it would be hard to escape the conclusion that the companies that produce these brands are deliberately stepping up the nicotine yield." Bid for More Addidion? "To what purpose?" the Senator asked. "We know that nicotine is closely related to the ad­ dictive or habituating quality of cigarette smok­ ing. If the change proves to be deliberate, we can only assume that it reflects a conscious tactic to stem the trend toward giving up smok­ ing which is now making significant inroads on cigarette sales." Moss, newly named chairman of the con­ sumer subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee, declared that he intends to pursue his crusade against smoking. He believes that data developed by various groups both within and outside of government show a clear corre­ lation between smoking and such diseases as lung cancer, emphysema and heart disease. Rallying to the defense of the cigarette manu­ facturers, the Tobacco Institute, the industry's propaganda arm, brushed the whole issue off as "absurd." Rather, it assailed the govern­ ment agency for "recognized deficiencies in FTC testing and reporting." The institute insists there is no proven relationship between health and the amount of tar and nicotine in cigarettes. Spokesmen for the FTC point out that the increase in nicotine content revealed by its testing did hot result from any changes in test­ ing methods. "We are using a uniform pro­ cedure," they noted. Involved in the changes in nicotine content disclosed by the FTC are some of the leading sellers on the cigarette market. For example, king-sized Winston filters contained 1.4 milli­ grams of nicotine per cigarette in February, up from 1.3 milligrams in October. Similarly, kingsized Chesterfield filters increased from 1.3 milligrams to 1.5 milligrams. It is the first time that the ILO has budgeted for a twoyear period. The new practice was adopted to enable better planning of the ILO efforts to promote higher living and work­ ing standards the world over. The new budget represents an annual increase over that for the current year of 7.1 percent. Worker members of the Gov­ erning Body also launched a drive to have their chairman elected president of the ILO's 50th anniversary conference in June. The election of Moeri, the Swiss head of the ILO's work­ ers group since 1961, would be just recognition of the contri­ bution of trade unionists to the first 50 years of ILO activities, the group said. Scientists Find Plastic Seaweed Can Fool Nature BRIGHTON, England—Just as the planting of trees stops land erosion so, scientists have discovered, does seaweed re­ duce coastal erosion. Now they have decided to play "one-upmanship" with na­ ture. Since seaweed doesn't al­ ways occur naturally in the places and in the quantity where it is most needed, English and Danish scientists here have de­ veloped polypropylene tufts which float upright when they are anchored at one end. Such plastic seaweed tufts have already been successfully tested off the English cOast and have proved their worth, the scientists claim. A similar experimental use of artificial seaweed has been tak­ ing place in this country at the Wallops Island, Virginia, station of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA has been attaching orange-colored plastic fronds to frames "planted" on the sea floor. Its scientists claim that the frames will create an under­ water drag that will cause sand particles suspended in shallow water to fall to the bottom and remain there. The buildup of sand offshore is supposed to buf­ fer the shoreline and help to minimize erosion. An extra "bonus" noted in the NASA experiment was the attraction of fish and other ma­ rine life to the area. Beach erosion has received a great deal of attention over the years but various attempts to halt it—^by the use of such items as auto wrecks, old Christmas trees, etc.—have not met with any noticeable success. �SEAFARERS Page Twelve Two States Hit on Violations Of Voting Rights Procedures WASHINGTON —The Su­ preme Court handed down a broad interpretation of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, declaring that two southern states had violated the law by changing lo­ cal election procedures without getting the consent of the Jus­ tice Department or the federal courts. But the court refused never­ theless, to order new elections sought by Negro petitioners in Mississippi and Virginia. Whether the challenged local laws must be given a federal review before the next elections is, in effect, up to Congress. The Voting Rights Act will ex­ pire in 1970 unless Congress extends it. Two of the Mississippi laws point up the issues which were before the court. One authorized two counties to elect members of the Board of Supervisors at-large instead of by election districts as in the past. The effect was tliat all Negro candidates were defeated, while several might have been elected under the district sys­ tem. Elective Post Abolished Another law abolished elec­ tion of school superintendent in 11 counties with large Negro populations and made the job appointive. The majority decision, by Chief Justice Earl Warren, held that the Voting Rights Act ap­ plied because it "was aimed at the subtle, as well as the ob­ vious, state regulations which have the effect of denying citi­ zens their right to vote because of race." The Voting Rights Act im­ posed special restrictions on those states where the low per­ centage of the Negro voting age population participating in the 1964 presidential election was considered a presumption of racial discrimination. In those areas, literacy tests were voided and new restric­ tions on the right to vote were banned unless either the Justice Department or a three-judge federal court in the District of Columbia ruled they were not discriminatory. The Supreme Court's ruling was based on failure to follow this procedure. Justice Hugo L. Black dissented from the deci­ sion. Justice John Marshall Harlan dissented in one case, involving the at-large election. And three justices William O. Douglas, Thurgood Marshall and Harlan—argued that hav­ ing found that the states had violated the law, the Supreme Court should have ordered new elections. Harlan complained that "the decision pays lip service to the Voting Rights Act but gives it no effect." •M \ < 'J About 360 hardcore jobless workers will be trained for building and construction jobs under a contract signed between the U.S. Department of Labor and the Builders' Association of Kansas City. Nearly $1.5 mil­ lion in federal funds has been allotted for the two-year train­ ing project under the Job Op­ portunities in the Business Sec­ tor (JOBS) program, being car­ ried out in cities across the U.S. by the National Alliance of Busi­ nessmen. Cooperating in the program are six AFL-CIO building trades unions—Carpen­ ters, Painters, Bricklayers, Lath­ ers, Plasterers and Cement Ma­ sons and Laborers. * « * James H. Rademacher, presi­ dent of the Letter Carriers, has been elected chairman of the AFL-CIO Government Employ­ ees Council, whose 34 affiliates bargain for federal workers in nearly every branch of govern­ ment. Rademacher, who had been council vice chairman, will fill out the 1969 term of the late E. C. Hallbeck, who had headed the GEC since 1961. Hallbeck's successor as president of the Postal Clerks, Francis S. Filbey, was elected vice president of the GEC. President Frank W. King of the Ohio AFL-CIO was saluted by the Ohio Senate for "effec­ tive service" on behalf of Ohio workers when he resigned re­ cently to devote full attention to his state central body duties. He had served 16 years in the Sen­ ate after two years in the Ohio House. Miss Marigene Valiquette (D-Toledo) was named to take King's Senate seat after serving in the House from the 79th district for eight years with a perfect Ohio COPE voting record. * • • The number of union mem­ bers in California rose to a rec­ ord 2.03 million in 1968, the state's Department of Industrial Relations reported. A 39,000 increase continued a steady rise since 1962. The state survey showed the biggest growth in the public employee field. Members of the Meat Cutters employed in the New York City fur industry have approved a new three-year agreement pro­ viding a wage and benefit pack­ age valued at $1.47 an hour. The agreement was negotiated by the union's Furrier's Joint Council. April, 1969 LOG The First Step? f: .'.>p J If one should get the impression—after studying the recently released typical budgets for a family of four figured out by the Department of La­ bor's Bureau of Labor Statistics—that workers don't smoke, borrow money, buy things on the installment plan or educate their children, it's only because the agency just didn't see fit to make any allowances for such items. Another thing they didn't allow for is savings—^but maybe here theyjre right. The cost of living these days certainly doesn't leave much of a cushion. Calculated for living costs as they were in the spring of 1967, the budg­ ets are laid out in three levels. The lowest level bears a price tag of $5,915 a year, a "moderate" budget takes $9,076 to achieve and the "above moder­ ate" one requires $13,050 a year. A table of costs provided—city by city— shows that living levels in most of the major cities require more than these figures allow. In addition to this, most expenses—including those for food, housing, transportation, clothing, personal care and medical care—^have increased con­ siderably since the spring of 1967. This alone knocks the figures somewhat out of whack. Even so, how do they stack up to what U.S. workers earn? Half of U.S. industrial workers today earn less than $6,000 a year— most of them less than the ELS minimum budget for living at the lowest level. The millions now receiving the legal minimum wage—$1.60 an hour— earn a magnificent $3,828 a year, if they work all year without any layoff. The government says $3,200 a year is the "poverty level." The picture is clear —millions of American workers live at the poverty level or close to it, few achieve a "moderate" living level, and only a comparative handful get beyond that. No wonder so many wives are forced to work and so many husbands must moonlight to make ends meet. As a result, their children are often brought up with less than desirable care and guidance. And compare the workers' dilemma with the constant upward spiral in corporation profits. Land of plenty? For whom? It begins to look like the ELS is trying to kid the public. Maybe that ex­ plains why its latest cost of living figures are two years behind and arranged —for the first time—in three budget levels. For the millions who find it im­ possible to live at a "moderate" level, let alone the one above the "moderate," there is always the race to rise above the government's definition of poverty. "1 :j • �April, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Thirteen Labor Department figures—for Spring of 1967—Show: City Family Needed $9,076 a Year for ^Moderate' Living Three Budget Standards For Metropolitan Areas The annual cost of living in 39 cities for a four-person family on three economic levels in the spring of 1967: Lower Moderate Higher Budget Budget Budget Honolulu $7,246 $10,902 $16,076 New York 6,021 9,977 14,868 Boston 6,251 9,973 14,568 Hartford •••••••••••••••••••««•» 6,422 9,833 13,814 San Francisco-Oakland 6,571 9,774 14,079 Buffalo 9,624 13,679 6,083 Milwaukee 6,104 9,544 13,636 Seattle 6,520 9,550 13,486 Minneapolis-St. Paul 9,399 13,348 6,058 Cedar Rapids, Iowa 9,358 13,307 6,223 Chicago ........................ 9,334 13,325 6,104 Los Angeles 9,326 13,645 6,305 Champaign-Urbana, HI 9,257 13,199 6,257 Cleveland 5,915 9,262 12,997 Indianapolis 6,124 9,232 13,111 Washington 9,273 13,419 6,133 9,195 12,660 Portland, Me 5,951 St. Louis 9,140 12,813 6,002 San Diego 6,002 9,209 13,461 5,905 Denver , 9,080 13,011 Philadelphia 9,079 13,131 5,898 8,981 12,911 Detroit 5,873 Green Bay, Wis 8,955 12,944 5,714 8,965 12,732 Kansas City, Mo. 5,957 8,960 12,610 Lancaster, Pa 5,833 Wichita, Kan 5,978 8,907 12,595 Bakersfield, Calif 5,779 8,882 12,765 Cincinnati 5,702 8,826 12,283 Pittsburgh 5,841 8,764 12.551 Baltimore . >•••••< 5,820 8.685 12,728 5,570 8,688 12.431 Durham, N. C. 8.636 12.392 5,796 Davton, Ohio 5,597 8,328 11,846 Atlanta 8,348 12,375 5,402 Baton Rouge 8,345 12.157 5.607 Dallas 8.388 12.055 5.677 Nashville 5,542 Houston ..... 8,301 11.897 5.419 Orlando, Fla. . 8.227 12,024 7,952 11,299 5,237 Austin, Tex. . The Labor Department has reported that an annual income of $9,076 was needed by a fourmember city worker's family to maintain a "moderate" standard of living in the spring of 1967. To maintain an "austere" standard at that time such a family required income of $5,915 annually. For a fuller, more expansive life, income of $13,050 was needed. These income requirements, representing national urban av­ erages, and breakdowns of what they will buy in this era of ris­ ing living costs, were developed in a study just released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics: "Three Standards of Living for an Urban Family of Four, Spring, 1967." It covered 39 metropolitan areas, plus nonmetropolitan areas representa­ tive of the country as a whole. First 3-Levd Study Since 1946, BLS has periodi­ cally issued a "City Worker's Family Budget" to show costs of a moderate living standard, but this marks the first time that costs of goods and services have been developed at three levels. The common size family used to measure living needs and pat­ terns is made up of a 38-yearold full-time worker, a wife not employed outside the household, a tray of 13, and an eight-year old girl. Arnold Chase, assistant BLS commissioner, emphasized at a press briefing that the family chosen as a yardstick was "not typical" but "meaningful." Since the budgets were estab­ lished, BLS noted, there have been increases in what the fam­ ily must pay for food, housing, transportation, clothing and per­ sonal care, medical care and other consumer items. In addition, taxes have since increased as a result of the fed­ eral income tax surcharge, high­ er state and local income taxes. Government officials qould not say how much more .the budgets would be raised if up­ dated to take into account these increases, but Labor Depart­ ment records show that consum­ er prices have risen by about 7.5 percent since spring 1967. Even without precise com­ parisons, other BLS studies show that earnings of the aver­ age worker fall considerably short of the moderate budget's income requirements, and in many cases even below the low budget's needs. In March 1967—a month corresponding to the study pe­ riod—average earnings for rank and file workers on private nonfarm payrolls were $99.41 a week. On an annual basis, this amounted to $5,169, or $3,907 short of the moderate budget and $746 short of the low budget. Area Costs Vary The Labor Deparbnent em­ phasized that costs in each of the budgets vary widely depend­ ing on geographic location and size of the city. BLS supplied a breakdown of costs and sep­ arate budgets for each of the areas surveyed. Chase defined the low budget as an "austere" one, but did not characterize the others. In the past, BLS has described a mod­ erate budget 9S providing "a modest but adequate standard of living." All three budgets assume "that maintenance of health and social well-being, the nurture of children, and participation in community activities are desir­ able and necessary goals." In keeping with the govern­ ment's position that cigarette smoking is "hazardous" to health, the budgets did not al­ low expenditures for cigarettes. There are allowances, however, for pipe tobacco, cigars and al­ cohol. The department said that its studies show that "the lower the budget the larger the proportion of costs devoted to the necessi­ ties of life." Basic Needs Listed Consumption expenditures — food, housing, transportation, clothing, medical care, gifts, education and recreation — ac­ count for 82 percent of the low budget, 79 percent of the mod­ erate budget and 76 percent of the higher budget. When food and medical care costs are combined, they make up 35.9 percent of the low budget, 28.5 percent of the mod­ erate budget and 23.6 percent of the higher budget. The low budget provides less variety in food, more potatoes and dried beans, less fruit, less expensive cuts of meat, and few­ er and cheaper restaurant meals than allowed in the moderate URBAN FAMILY LIVING STANDARDS Spring 1967 and higher budgets. All three budgets provide for group hospital and surgical in­ surance, but only the high budg­ et specified major medical in­ surance, which supplements bas­ ic hospital-surgical coverage. Food costs, averaged $1,644 in the low and $2,105 and $2,586 in the moderate and higher budgets. Medical care costs were set at $474, $477 and $497 respectively. The budgets differ in other major categories as follows: Housing—Housing costs were $1,303 in the lower budget, which allowed for rental only without air conditioning, $2,230 in the moderate budget and $3,340 in the higher budget. Home ownership was assumed for a majority of families in the mod­ erate and higher budgets. Transportation—Costs aver­ aged $446 in the low budget, $872 in the moderate budget and $1,127 in the higher budget. The differences resulted lju-gely from the proportion of automo­ bile ownership specified for each budget, the age of cars and how often they are replaced. In addition, the low budget permits no out-of-town travel on planes, trains or other pub­ lic vehicles, and no comprehen­ sive insurance. Clothing—Costs were $538 in the lower budget, and $767 and $1,139 in the moderate and higher budgets respectively. Clothing allowances varied slightly in quantity but consider­ ably in quality. Social security, taxes—Social security payments averaged $265 in the low budget and $303 in both of the other budg­ ets. Taxes were $474 in the lower budget, $1,062 and $1,969 in the moderate and higher budgets. The most expensive of the 39 areas covered in the study was Honolulu, priced at $7,246, $10,902 and $16,076 for the three budgets. The most eco­ nomical was Austin, Tex. with budgets of $5,237, $7,952 and $11,299. For a moderate budget, the most expensive ^eas, following Honolulu, were Boston; New York-Northeastern New Jersey; Hartford, Conn.; San FranciscoOakland and Buffalo. If Fair­ banks, Alaska, had been in­ cluded in the survey it "undoubt­ edly" would have topped Hono­ lulu, Chase said. WHERE THE DOLLAR GOES Urban United States 27.9c FOOD 23.2e 19.8c > 22.0c HOUSING 24.6c c icr: 25.6c I 7.5c 9.6c TRANSPORTATION a.6c M11.8c 10.8c 11.1c CLOTHING AND PERSONAL CARE I 8.0c •" 5.3c 3.8c MEDICAL CARE 5.0C — e.oe OTHER FAMILY CONSUMPTION 7.4c GIFTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS PERSONAL LIFE INSURANCE OCCUPATIONAL EXPENSES SOCIAL SECURITY & DISABILITY PAYMENTS 2.5e ' 2.8C !•••••••• 3t8c 2.0c "" 1.8C l.8e i0.8C 0.9c 0.7c I4.9e 3.3c Lower Standard! LEGEND Moderate StandardHigher Standards mtmam 2.Sc >8.0C PERSONAL TAXES It.TC -$5,915 •$9,076 .$13,050 �I SEAFARERS Page Fourteen April, 1969 LOG Attempt to Sneak 'Right-to-Work' Through Civil Rights Tie-in Defeated SANTE FE—A backdoor at­ ence professor at St. John's Col­ House turned down the consti­ tempt to put over a "right-to- lege here, said, "I think it is a tutional amendment, its Appro­ work" law in New Mexico by proposal to keep the lousy low priations and Finance Commit­ tee reported out a human rights attaching it to a civil ri^ts bill wages we have in this state." has been soundly beaten in the Roland Kool, an Albuquer­ bill with a recommendation for state House of Representatives. que attorney, said the law's chief passage. By a 9-6 vote the com­ Earlier, by an identical 41-29 aim "is to weaken organized la­ mittee adopted an amendment to make the union shop illegal vote, the House rejected a move bor." When the measure came to under the law. to bring the union shop ban be­ fore the electorate in either a the floor, debate followed sim­ When the legislation reached general or special election as a ilar lines. Proponents claimed the floor, the amendment was it would prevent unions from the immediate center of attack constitutional amendment. Although "right-to-work" getting too strong and bring in­ in debate, and it was stripped may still come up in the Senate, dustry to the state. Opponents from the rights bill before the the twin House actions seemed said it was plainly designed to House went on to approve the to spell doom for it in this ses­ hold down wages and weaken balance of the measure. union organizing drives. The bill as it went to the Sen­ sion of the legislature. Meanwhile, just before the ate prohibits discrimination in A "right-to-work" proposal employment because of sex, to outlaw union shop agree­ race, religion, color or national ments in the state previously ap­ origin. It also bars discrimina­ peared on the state ballot as a tion in housing and public ac­ constitutional amendment in The booming-voiced Sen­ commodations. A five-member 1948 and was defeated by a sub­ ator Everett Dirksen (R-Hl.), commission would administer it. stantial margin. in a mighty burst of praise The New Mexico legislature The measure has been pushed for the new Republican ad­ is under Democratic control and unsuccessfully in the legislature ministration, recently orated of the votes that defeated most in nine of the last 10 sessions on the confidence he felt be­ "right-to-work" in both in­ by New Mexicans for Right to cause of President Nixon's stances came from Democrats. Work with assistance from the "firm hand on the rudder." In Pennsylvania, a "right-toNational Right to Work Com­ He didn't get away with it. work" bill has been introduced mittee and the Farm Bureau. A letter writer in the Wash­ but has not moved. In Idaho The proposed constitutional ington Post, Karl G. Sorg, and California open shop forces amendment on "right-to-work" observed wryly: have organized drives, but no came to the House floor this "When I am on the high bills have been introduced. year with a 7-3 "do not pass" seas, I would like my skip­ recommendation from the Labor In Kansas, "right-to-work" per to keep a firm hand on Committee. The committee act­ was adopted by a constitutional the tiller, and to leave that ed after holding a three-hour amendment in 1958 but the rudder alone. Any skipper hearing attended by more than state has never passed necessary with a firm hand on the rud­ 50 persons. enabling legislation. This year der is likely to be in water ftoponents at the hearing labor is fighting against an en­ way over his head." were led by President W. A. abling bill in the legislature. Langanegger of the New Mexico Farm Bureau and representa­ tives of oil drilling campanies. Langanegger said he feared un­ ions in agriculture. The oil drill­ ers attacked organizing efforts of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers. By SMbey Margtriius A key opponent. Brother The case of the millions of General Motors cars now being re­ Raymond Ogden, political scicalled for repair of possible carburetor and exhaust-system defects is another in a growing list of car and household-product hazards coming increasingly into public view. Not that these problems are all new. Auto-safety defects have been criticized by various auto clubs, consumer organizations and legislators for some 20 years now. But the problem has become further complicated by modern design which sometimes sacrifices ORANGEBURG, S. C. safety for appearance. —The importance of "one Also adding to safety problems is the obviously inadequate test­ little vote" was underscored ing of both cars and household products even as they are becoming as the Communications more complicated. Another problem is that products today are de­ Workers won a union repre- 1 signed for easy assembling on an assembly line, but sometimes with sentatlon election at the inadequate attention to potential safety problems. Smith-Corona March ant One such example is a steam iron with a plastic switch on two plant here. The final tally: pivots. The switch is easy to insert on the assembly line but it can CWA 531, no union 530. come out in use, leaving the user holding a hot iron, and forced The narrow victory came | to go to the outlet to pull the plug. after the National Labor The car manufacturers especially have long acted as a law unto Relations Board ruled that themselves, with even the auto-insurance industry afraid to tangle four challenged votes with them and inclined to keep quiet about safety defects. The car should be counted. makers never learn. They added some safety features by Govern­ Of the challenged votes, ment regulation. But, at the same time, more 1969 models have three went to no union, but | fast-back design—making it difficult to see who you're backing the fourth, for CWA, was into—blind comers which hide part of your view when engaged in enough for the union—^just 1 a tricky passing maneuver, and bumpers that are more ornamental enough. than protective. In the campaign that pre­ The biggest recent callback involved General Motors cars with ceded the election, CWA the Quadra-Jet carburetor, and 1965-68 Biscayne, Bel Air, Impala leaders and local union of-1 and Caprice Chevrolets and some 1969 Chevys with 350-cubic fleers fought against a bar-1 inch engines, which may have a potential exhaust-system defect. rage of company-inspired This partcular carburetor problem is that a small plastic arm anti-union propaganda di-i called a cam has broken on a few cars, causing the throttle to re­ rected at employees. main partly open. The exhaust-system defect was caused by the use of rubber plugs to seal openings in a rear panel of the car. But SlU Lifeboat Class No. 220 Kneeling (l-r) are ick. Seated are Jack Milano and Joseph Fedornak, John Adams, George Lindquist and Les BroderRamond Gorsu, Ronnie Henderson, Terry Prater, Pat Phillips. Standing are graduates Lloyd Ayres, Randolph Lumley, George Silfast and Gene Brewer. A Stern Rebuke SlU Instructor Paul McGarin (top left) and Coast Guard Examiner BM No. I N. L. Harvell pose with this group of graduates. Kneeling (l-r) are Otiliano Morales, Ake Ryden and Russell Carruthers, Seated are Louis Machicote, Michael Chewning, James Camp, Vasco Worrell and K. Svoboda. Standing are John Tilli, Robert Hefter, Thomas Walker and Art Braud. The class had 25 new graduates. YOUR DOLI^'S WORTH Seafarer's Guide tp jBetter Buying \Proofls Clean 1 Vote Counts! the rubber plugs could deteriorate and allow carbon monoxide to enter the car if the exhaust pipe becomes damaged. Similar problems could occur with other cars, and have. A car­ buretor can become stuck if a small part breaks, or the gas pedal linkage can become stuck or damaged. Either way you could find that when you take your foot off the gas pedal the engine keeps racing. What would you yourself do if that happened to you? According to John Eck, emergency service manager of the AAA, the recom­ mended action is to put the gear selector into neutral right away, or on clutch cars, to drop the gear lever into neutral. This is preferable to turning off the ignition altogether because you have quicker access to power if you need to get out of the way of other traffic after you have slowed down. Carbon monoxide is always a danger in cold months especially when car windows are closed. Exhaust systems can become rusted, or damaged or misaligned by a bump, and can leak monoxide into the car through the floor. Eck says he never drives without a window open, and that the AAA always urges that car owners have their exhaust system in= spected for possible damage every time a car is up on a servicestation lift for lubrication or a tire change. Or if the car bottom has hit a bump, as can happen even coming out of some driveways, see if the tailpipe has been knocked out of alignment or otherwise damaged. The irony of some of these safety problems is that they are caused by the saving of dimes on household products that may cost hundreds of dollars, and cars that cost thousands. The plastic part that broke on some carburetors cost about 50 cents, and was used on expensive Cadillacs, Oldsmobiles, Buicks, etc. Now General Motors is making this part of heavier plastic reinforced by a ring. Manufacturers of various products often plead that improving their safety would add to costs. As in the instances mentioned above, the extra cost really would be minor. But at the same time the manufacturers cry cost, they often add other very expensive but not as cs .ential features for convenience or just sales appeal. •gBBW �April. 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Fifteen v'M ^HE SHIP HAD JUST RETURNED from Da more clearly and acting more precisely than he usu­ * Nang and was tied up at a shipyard in New ally is. A seaman who "is high" on marijuana—and York. After payoff, a crewmember started down the the effects can last for many hours—is a potential gangway heading for home. Waiting for him on the threat to the safety of every man aboard his ship. pier were two agents of the United States Justice De­ The increasing use of marijuana apparently stems partment. They asked him to open his suitcases. In­ from the belief that it is not addictive, and therefore side one of them, concealed in a rolled up sweater,, not as harmful, as heroin, cocain or opium. But even they found 200 marijuana cigarettes. this belief is false as thousands of medical case his­ This young merchant seaman was not a dope ad­ tories have proven. Dr. Donald B. Louria, chairman dict, nor was he smuggling the stuff in to sell it. Be­ of the New York State Council on Drug Addiction, cause it was his first narcotics offense he got off in cites several examples of the effects of smoking pot: "One subject smoked one cigarette and became the courts with a suspended sentence following con­ viction. But, he will never again be able to sail on a restless, agitated, dizzy, fearful of his surroundings and afraid of death. He had three short periods of U.S.-flag merchant vessel. Is this hypothetical case an isolated one? Unfor­ unconsciousness. Another, a 19-year-old man, be­ tunately, no. The files of the Marine Inspection Of­ came depressed, used marijuana and- experienced fice include many such cases of seamen whose cer­ 'black despair.' He then got some tranquilizers from a tificates have been permanently revoked by the Coast friend and took them in an attempt at suicide." Dr. Louria's long study of the use of marijuana Guard for violation of narcotics laws. Coast Guard leads him to the firm conviction that, in spite of all officials are understandably reluctant to reveal their methods of detecting these violations, but the in­ the talk about the so-called happy feelings that result creasing number of revocations recorded each year from smoking pot, the effects are not always pleas­ clearly shows that violators sooner or later will be ant. Too often, he says, depression becomes despera­ tion, and anxiety turns to panic. caught. TTien there is the question of addiction. While it Marijuana is the most commonly used—and may be true that pot is not physically addicting like abused—drug among young people. The use of marijuana on college campuses and among service­ hard narcotics such as heroin, it can still produce an men is spreading at an alarming rate. And, because emotional dependency in many users. Whether we of its ready availability in foreign ports, many young call it an addiction or a dependency, the result is the P ieamen have given in to the temptation to try a same—one can become hooked and will try to stay "high" as long and as often as possible. The real dan­ pil'reefer" just for kicks, i Despite the statements of some so-called authori­ ger is that the "pothead"—the person who becomes ties that marijuana is just an iimocuous weed which is dependent on marijuana—^very often becomes the no more harmful than alcohol, the fact is that it is tragic victim of hard narcotics. A recent survey by the New York State Narcotic ; dangerous as well as illegal. In addition to the physical dhngers, the young sea­ Addiction Control Commission resulted in a shock­ man just starting his career—or the seagoing veteran ing prediction: About 40 percent of the young peo­ nearing retirement—share an added danger; one nar- ple using marijuana today will move on to heroin i; i cotics violation, even if it is nothing more than pos- within a few years. These findings, together with the i session of a single marijuana cigarette, means the end results of similar studies in other major cities, con­ |of sailing for the rest of his life. This can mean a firm the opinion of medical experts that there can be ij career never really begun for the youngster or a ca­ a progression from marijuana to the hard drugs. It reer of many years lost, wasted for the seasoned old- is practically impossible for the young person taking his first marijuana smoke to predict whether he will I timer. A severe penalty? Yes, but for very good reasons. be an occasional user or will become a pothead and The use of marijuana can produce severe mental move on to the hard stuff. confusion, including loss of judgment and memory. In addition to permanent loss of his seaman's doc­ Heavy use can result in visual distortions, hallucina­ uments for the slightest infraction of narcotics laws, tion and impaired judgment of space and time. A there is something else that the young seaman who minute may seem like an hour. Something nearby might be tempted to try marijuana ought to know |may seem far away. Any task or decision requiring about the deceptive nature of the drug itself. While fegood reflexes, co-ordination and clear thinking is it is toie that the variety of marijuana usually avail­ shaded by the drug. The danger is intensified by a able in the United States does not appear to cause false feeling in the user that he is actually thinking any lasting physical or mental damage, reefers made from weeds found in the Middle East, Africa and the Far East are far more powerful, far more dangerous —and far more readily available to the sailor. Hashish, bhang and khat, all closely related to marijuana, can easily be purchased in many jjorts regularly visited by American-flag merchant ships. These varieties of marijuana are cheap and they are potent. In one area in Southern Arabia, the entire male population is in an almost constant state of intoxication because of the regular chewing of khat leaves. Studies made by the World Health Organiza­ tion in several areas in the Middle and Far East over a number of years have shown that serious and permanent physical and emotional disturbances do result from continued use of these drugs. The habit­ ual use of hashish, for example, has definitely been associated with criminal behavior, violence and in­ sanity. The seaman who stops in at any cigarette stand on Tu Do Street in Saigon or in any bar in Cam Rahn Bay can pick up a bag of ten ready-rolled reefers for anywhere from $1 to $2.50.,In one area of Saigon a carton of marijuana cigarettes—neatly packed in what used to be regular American cigarette wrappers —sells for $20. One soldier stationed there observed: "There's so much marijuana stored in that section of Saigon that if it ever caught fire the whole city would get stoned." That may seem funny, but the sad fact is that any serviceman or seaman who buys the stuff can never be sure if it is marijuana, which is dangerous enough, or some more potent compound processed from hashish. The true seriousness of the marijuana problem is clearly evidenced by the fact that it is the subject of a worldwide prohibition as expressed in the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. On the advice of a special committee or the World Health Organi­ zation, marijuana was placed in a special category with heroin as being a drug "particularly liable to abuse and to produce ill effects." The United States has controlled the possession, sale and use of marijuana since 1937 under the Mari­ juana Tax Act. The criminal penalties for violations of that act are severe. A person found guilty of pos­ session of the drug can be sentenced to a probation­ ary term of not less than two years or to a prison term of up to ten years. The illegal sale or transfer of marijuana can bring a sentence of from five to 20 years in a federal prison—for the first offense. And, of course, for the merchant seaman who is caught using or even possessing marijuana or any other nar­ cotic—^whether he goes to jail or not—it means the end of his sailing career! �SEAFARERS Page Sixteen Opposes Ruling for Networks AFL'CIO Urges High Court Barking For Robuttal to Broadrast Attarks WASHINGTON—Hie AFU CIO has asked the Supreme Court to uphold a Federal Com­ munications Commission rule requiring radio and television stations which broadcast per­ sonal attacks on individuals to give the victims a chance to reply. Two broadcasting networks and an association of radio and television news directors chal­ lenged the rule, claiming it in­ terfered with their freedom of speech and would be burden­ some. A federal appellate court in Chicago agreed with them and held the rule unconstitu­ tional. On the contrary, the AFLCIO argued in its brief to the Supreme Court, meaningful freedom of speech requires that the public have access to the publicly-owned airwaves. Un­ like other forms of communica­ tion, the number of channels available for broadcasting are limited. In licensing a station, the AFL-CIO said, the govern­ ment has both the right and duty to insist that basic rules of fair play be followed. While the AFL-CIO is not directly involved in the liti­ gation, the federation filed a friend-of-the-court brief in sup­ port of the FCC. Labor has a stake in the broad issue involved, the fed­ eration smd in explaining its in­ terest in the case. It cited ex­ amples of unions being denied air time to present their views during organizing drives, strikes and legislative campaigns. Necessary Protection If anything, the AFL-CIO said, the government has been "overly cautious" in acting to assure public access to the air­ waves. The specific rule that is being challenged is not only reasonable but also a necessary protection of the public's rights, the federation said. The rule in question assures the right of reply "when, during the presentation of views on a controversial issue of public im­ portance, an attack is made upon the honesty, character, in­ tegrity or like personal qualities of an identified person or group." It exempts a broad range of programs, including newscasts and news commentary. The FCC brief warned that a Supreme Court decision invali­ dating its personal attack rule would also act to undermine the long-standing "fairness doc­ trine" which requires that more than one side of controversial issues be presented by broad­ casting stations. Its brief dealt also with a companion case before the Su­ preme Court, involving the re­ fusal of Station WGCB in Red Lion, Pa., to provide free time to author Fred J. Cook after he was viciously attacked on the right-wing Christian Crusade First SlU Pension Check I End of sailing career and beginning of retirement is heralded by Chris S, Cipriano, right, receiving first pension check from New York Patrolman Liiige lovino. Cipriano, who makes his home in the Philippines, sailed as FWT. His last ihip was the Steel Voyager. April, 1969 LOG program of Reverend Billy James Hargis. Specific Example In effect, this case is a specific example of the personal attack rule even though the FCC order to the Red Lion station preced­ ed the rule. Actually the general rule was an outgrowth of the controversy over the Red Lion case. In the Red Lion case, a dif­ ferent federal appellate court upheld the authority of the FCC to insist on the right of reply to a personal attack. Thus the Su­ preme Court has two conflicting appellate court decisions involv­ ing the same basic principle. In arguing for the right of reply, the AFL-CIO brief stress­ ed that "radio and television stations are not the private pre­ serve of the licensees.... The airwaves cannot, consistent with the Constitution, be made the exclusive domain of those in the business of broadcasting." Justice Dept. Time Study' Chasing Lawyers Clockwise Management sometimes works in wondrous ways, as nearly 1,200 Justice Department attorneys in Washington are dis­ covering. The government lawyers have been ordered to keep a run­ ning record of how they spend each H^ninute segment of the day. Then, before wash-up time, they are supposed to con­ sult a code book and summarize their day's work in com­ puter language on another sheet. A 10-page memo from the new deputy attorney general, Richard G. Kleindienst, broke the news to the lawyers. They were then called in groups to a 90-minute "no-questionsallowed" briefing session for further explanation of the com­ plexities of the new program. The reason for it all, as given at one of the briefing sessions, "is to develop a body of data to prove to Congress that the department is understaffed." This, of course, gave rise to speculation that the thousands of man-hours involved in devising, explaining, record-keeping, tabulating and computerizing might suggest just the opposite to congressional budget-watchers. Representative Charles S. Joelson (D-N.J.), who is a mem­ ber of the House Appropriations subcommittee that handles the Justice Department money bill, seemed to be of this opinion. He described the time study program as "nonsense." The department's lawyers aren't organized, but a federal workers' union spoke up for them anyway. President John F. Griner of the American Federation of Government Employees denounced the time sheet program as "an undignified nuisance imposed upon a group of hard­ working federal employees." ffrapo Croivors Sot up Bogus Union In EHort to Confuse Farm Workers Two top officers of an orga­ nization set up to undermine the AFL-CIO United Farm Workers Organizing Committee have admitted that their outfit was formed and financed by grape growers who have op­ posed union rights for their workers. Facts on the founding and activities of the Agriculture Workers Freedom to Work As­ sociation came to light in a re­ port filed with the Labor Department to comply with re­ porting requirements of the Landrum-Griffin Act. The document—^filed by AWFWA President Gilbert Rubio and Secretary-Treasurer Shirley Fetalvero — revealed that the organization was con­ ceived at a meeting attended by Ru'oio, Jose Mendoza and a group of about ten grape grow­ ers. Mendoza, general secretary of AWFWA, recently made a national tour to denounce UFWOC and its president, Cesar Chavez—a tour he said was financed by the National Right to Work Committee, Glnmanras Present Rubio and Miss Fetalvero said that among those attending AWFWA's founding meeting in a Bakersfield, Calif., restaurant last May were John Giumarra, Sr., and John Giumarra, Jr., treasurer and general counsel respectively of Giumarra Vine­ yards, which has led grower op­ position to farm workers' un­ ionization. Others attending the meeting, according to the statement, in­ cluded Jack Pandol, another grower, and representatives of the Di Giorgio Corp., which had previously signed a contract with UFWOC. The document made it clear that AWFWA was founded by growers, not workers, to coun­ teract efforts to organize farm workers and the UFWOC boy­ cott of grape growers who re­ fused to hold union representa­ tion elections. "We were to tell workers not to be afraid of Chavez, to be united, and we would support and protect workers and oppose efforts to organize and boycott," Rubio and Miss Fetalvero said. The document brought out that Rubio and Mendoza were offered $120 a week. That money, along with other sums, it added, was paid to AWFWA through another organization called Mexican-American Dem­ ocrats for Republican Action (MADRA). The AWFWA officers listed dozens of checks ranging up to $500 which were allegedly used by AWFWA after they came through MADRA. Records of AWFWA's activ­ ities, according to the state­ ment, were kept by Donald Gazzaniga, head of Public Research Institute, part of a firm known as California Edi­ tors Publishing Company. Authored R-T-W Tract Gazzaniga has published a booklet, "California's Number One Industry Under Attack," a denunciation of unionizing of grape workers. It has been dis­ tributed by the National Right to Work Committee. Gazzaniga gave money to Ru­ bio and Mendoza "under the cover that they were research­ ers" for the publication, Rubio said. He charged that Mendoza is now trying to dissolve AWFWA, presumably because it is no longer useful. John Giumarra, Jr., denied the charges "that we gave money to Mendoza" and said "we will fight them in court." He contended that Rubio had once supported UFWOC, then joined AWFWA to fight the union, "and now he seems to have switched again." Cambodia In ILO As 119th Member Geneva—Cambodia has be­ come a member of the Interna­ tional Labor Organization, bringing the membership of the United Nations agency to 119 countries, DLO Director-Gen. David A. Morse announced. The new membership be­ came effective when Cambodia accepted obligations of the ILO constitution. �April, 1969 UHF Radio Used For Port 'Paging' In San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO—Ultra high frequency radio contact is being used for the first time by the Marine Exchange here to facilitate harbor communica­ tions. Put into operation on April 1, the new system utilizes pock­ et sized, self-contained receivers which are carried by staff mem­ bers of steamship companies, port service and other personnel on the move in and around San Francisco and San Pablo bays. The communications service can be extended, whenever required, to include Suisun Bay and the inland Delta navigation system. Permission was first granted by the Federal Communications Commission in January for the Marine Exchange to use 462.85 megacycles for this mobile pag­ ing service. A 24-hour San Francisco waterfront communi­ cations center receives messages by telephone. The center then relays these messages by UHF voice radio. Each receiver, or combination of receivers, can be selectively paged so that messages will be received only by those for whom they are intended. Although originally engineer­ ed at the request of members of the maritime industry to meet the problems of immediately contacting their staff members in the field, the system is soon ex­ pected to be used not only by vessel owners and agents but also by pilots, government per­ sonnel and suppliers of services and provisions for ships. The Golden Gate maritime service and developmental agen­ cy is reported to be the first li­ censee by the FCC for the new­ ly-designated UHF frequency. SEAFARERS LOG Page Seventeen No ^Pgfch-Work' Changes Dircit Presidential election by the People Urged WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO has urged Congress to in­ itiate a constitutional amendment providing for election of the President by popular vote rather than seek a mere "patchwork" change in the present Electoral College system. Federation President George Meany presented labor's views to the House Judiciary Committee which is considering a smor­ gasbord of proposals for electoral reform. Meany took issue with President Nixon who suggested a "proportional" system of dividing a state's electoral votes be­ cause he didn't think a direct election amendment would be ratified by the required three-fourths of the states. On the contrary, Meany insisted, direct election is the one proposal that has broad public approval—demonstrated by big majorities in public opinion polls and in endorsements by a wide range of organizations, including the American Bar Asso­ ciation and Chamber of Commerce. "None of the other proposals has any comparably broad sup­ port," Meany noted. And all suffer from a common weakness— they could result in the election of a President who received fewer votes than an opponent. Meany told the committee that the AFL-CIO supports a con­ stitutional amendment which would: • Provide for the election of the President and Vice Presi­ dent by direct, nationwide popular vote. • Require a runoff between the two top candidates if no candidate receives at least 40 percent of the popular vote. • Establish a single constitutional standard guaranteeing that all persons 18 or above have the right to vote in presidential elections. « Authorize Congress to pass legislation governing the con­ duct of presidential elections and the requirements for being listed on the ballot. Meany rejected the argument that direct election of the Pres­ ident would be a departure from the federal system of govern­ ment. He pointed out that the Electoral College system, as initially conceived in the Constitution, quickly proved unworkable and remains an "anachronism" in the American political process. Three times, he noted, it has resulted in election of a Presi­ dent who trailed in the voting. Worst of all, Meany stressed, is the procedure for throwing the election into the House of Representatives if no candidate has a majority in the Electoral College—under a procedure giving each state one vote. Some of the proposals for electoral reform would correct some of the potential dangers in the present system, Meany noted. Thus a proposal to abolish the Electoral College and cast all of a state's votes for the winning candidate would eliminate the problem of "faithless" electors who disregard the voters' choice to cast their ballots for a different candidate. And a proposal to have a joint session of Congress choose the President if no candidate wins an electoral majority would be on Workers Urge Boycott of Shell To Counter Firm's Stalling Tactics DENVER—President A. F. Lima; Continental Oil Co. at "We are asking them not to Grospiron of the Oil, Chemical Wrenshall, Minn., and smaller buy Shell products. We are re­ & Atomic Workers announced firms employing about 1,000 questing them to return their that the OCAW executive board workers. Shell credit cards to the com­ has voted unanimously for , a Shell is owned by the Royal pany." worldwide consumer boycott of Dutch Petroleum Co. of the Grospiron said world assist­ Shell Oil and Shell Chemical Netherlands and Shell Trans­ ance would be sought through Company products. port and Trading Company of the International Federation of Grospiron said "we have tried Great Britain. Grospiron cited Petroleum and Chemical Work­ for months to negotiate a Shell these Shell tactics: ers, a federation of more than contract equivalent to those "The company seeks to pe­ 100 unions with two million granted by virtually all other oil nalize our members for striking. members in more than 70 coun­ It seeks to fire 10 of them and tries. companies." to suspend 15 others. It wants While agreement was reached In this hemisphere, the "don't at some locations. Shell "refuses to deny 1969 vacations to more buy" drive will be co-ordinated to be fair and reasonable in con­ than 200 of them because of with the AFL-CIO and the tracts covering more than 2,000 their strike action." Canadian Labour Congress and Shell employees who were their affiliated unions. workers" in California facilities still on strike voted March 15 of Shell, he declared. In February the AFL-CIO Shell employees went on to return to work unconditional­ Executive Council voted at its strike January 4 with about 56,- ly, without a contract, pending Florida meeting to call on all 000 other oil workers in the further negotiations. Of this ac­ affiliated international unions, United States. Strike ietilements tion Grospiron said: "We removed picket lines and and state and local central were reached beginning January 11 with all firms except Shell the men began returning to their bodies, to "render every possi­ on the West Coast; Standard Oil jobs. Now we are turning to our ble assistance to those oil work­ Co. of Ohio at Toledo and friends and the public for help. ers who remain on strike." Chairman Emanuel Cellar (D-N.Y.), right, welcomes AFL-CIO Pres­ ident George Meany prior to his testimony at committee hearings. preferable to the present system, since each congressman and senator would cast a vote. But despite some improvements, Meany declared, the AFLCIO cannot endorse such an amendment "since it still would permit the popular will as demonstrated by the votes of the people to be disregarded. At the present time, and under pres­ ent-day political, economic and social conditions, we do not be­ lieve this is any longer tolerable." The same objection applies to proposals for selection of elec­ tors from each congressional district instead of a "winner take all" statewide contest or to the proportional division of a state's electoral votes, Meany said. Under the most-touted "district" system, Meany told the com­ mittee, Nixon would have been elected President in 1960 with 278 electoral votes to 245 for John F. Kennedy—even though Kennedy polled more popular votes. Meany noted that Nixon said his "personal preference" would be for direct popular election. There would be a better chance for its ratification, Meany suggested, if the President would give "unequivocal support" to popular election. "If the proposal for direct popular election cannot be adopt­ ed," Meany said, "there is little reason to believe that any other plan can." In response to questions Meany reiterated that the common weakness of all alternatives to direct popular election is that they don't assure majority rule, "the essence of democracy." He was asked whether a requirement for a runoff election if no candidate received 40 percent of the popular vote would in­ vite a "deal" by which the candidate who was eliminated would throw his support to one of the runoff candidates. To this, Meany replied that the present system involving the Electoral College and the House of Representatives invites un­ dercover deals. Any "deal" under a popular vote runoff, Meany noted, "would have to be made on the front pages of the news­ papers, not behind a kitchen sink." And most important, he added, the final decision would be with the voters. SlU WELFARE, VACATION PLANS February 1-February 28, 1969 Number of Benefits Hospital Benefits (Welfare) ... Death Benefits (Welfare) Disability Benefits (Welfare) . . Maternity Benefits (Welfare) . . Dependent Benefits (Welfare) . (Average: $393.36) Optical Benefits (Welfare) . . . Out-Patient Benefits (Welfare) SUMMARY (Welfare) Vacation Benefits (Average: $427.19) Total Welfare, Vocation Benefits Paid This Period . . . 1,437 30 1,014 23 1,689 $ Amount Paid 19,645.56 74,943.08 231,925.00 4,653.25 66,437.87 272 4,051 8,516 1,361 2,094.32 32,522.80 432,221.88 581,400.56 9,877 $1,013,622.44 �SEAFARERS Page Eighteen April, 1969 LOG Hailed as Significant Life-Saver Labor Praises New Govt Radiation Standards WASHINGTON—The AFLCIO and affiliated unions repre­ senting the nation's uranium miners have told Congress that the federal government's new radiation safety standards will save the lives of a significant number of miners. George Taylor, secretary of the AFL-CIO Staff Committee on Atomic Energy and National Resources, said industry' has the technological ability to make uranium mines safe for workers. The cost of complying with the new regulations would not be prohibitive, he said. And in any event, he stressed, the over­ riding factor in deciding the level of radiation concentration al­ lowed in mines must be the health and lives of the miners. Taylor testified before the congressional Joint Committee on Atomic Energy on behalf of the AFL-CIO, the Oil, Chemi­ cal & Atomic Workers, the Steelworkers and the AFL-CIO Metal Trades Department. The committee does not have any legislation before it. But it is looking into the diversity of government standards applying to uranium mine safety and in­ dustry claims that the added costs of new ventilating equip­ ment would be burdensome and unnecessary. Three Agencies Involved Three federal agencies have a role in setting standards. The Labor Department has statutory authority under the Walsh-Healey Act because all uranium mines sell their entire production to the Atomic En­ ergy Commission — and under federal law must continue to do so until 1971. All government departments with any interest at all in radia­ tion or atomic energy are repre­ sented on the inter-ag..ncy Fed­ eral Radiation Council. The council recommends safety standards to protect both work­ ers and the public. In addition, the Interior De­ partment issues its own stand­ ards under the Metal and NonMetalic Mine Safety Act. When the government ceases to be the sole buyer of uranium concen­ trates, the Interior Department regulations would apply to mines selling to private industry. After several years of contro­ versy over what the standards should be, all three federal bod­ ies acted in January, shortly be­ fore the change of administra­ tion. The Labor Department adopted the standard which had been strongly urged by the AFL-CIO. The technical term describing it is 4 Working Level Months (WLM). That is a means of measuring both the concentra­ tion of radiation and the period of exposure, based on a 40-hour week for a one-year period. The previous standard was 12 WLM, allowing mines to be exposed to three times as much radiation. Defending the new standard, Taylor told the committee that a study of some 25,000 persons with an average of eight years employment at this concentra­ tion of radiation exposure showed no more cases of cancer than could be expected among the population at large. By contrast, he said, miners working at higher concentra­ tions have been found to have a much higher percentage of lung cancer than would be expected from the general population. The Federal Radiation Coun­ cil and the Interior Department also adopted a 4 WLM stand­ ard. Allows Delay However, their standards would allow mines until January 1, 1971, to reach that level. Until then, they could continue at the higher 12 WLM rate. The Labor Department Walsh-Healey standards are im­ mediately effective. However, a mine may be given an exemp­ tion until 1971 if it comes up with a plan to bring the expo­ sure down to the 4 WLM stand­ ard by that date. Taylor noted that the differ­ ences among the standards "are more apparent than real" and the adoption of the 4 WLM standard has been "long over­ due." The industry, he suggested, should have no difficulty in meeting the new standard well before the 1971 deadline. Taylor recalled that other in­ dustries have been required to go to some expense to meet fed­ eral, state and local regulations governing pollution. Thus the uranium mining industry, he suggested, has no cause to feel "unjustly singled out" because it is required to spend money to protect the lives and health of its workers. Job Downgrading Of Civil Servants Charged in South NEW ORLEANS — The American Federation of Gov­ ernment Employees has charged that the federal government is shortchanging many of its em­ ployees in the South. AFGE President John F. Griner said this is being done by assigning southern workers to lower salary grades than em­ ployees doing the same work in other areas of the country. He charged that this is a di­ rect defiance of civil service classification rules which are supposed to ensure "equal pay for equal work." Griner told a news conference that a number of federal agen­ cies are apparently following "the law of supply and demand" rather than the civil service law. "In the large metropolitan areas, where there is competi­ tion for the skills of the employ­ ees, the government is willing to pay the price," Griner said. But when it can get people to work for less, as in parts of the South, he added, it hires them at lower civil service grades than their jobs should carry. The union's executive coun­ cil, meeting here, protested the practice. 300,000-Member Union Formed March 1, 1969 fo March 31, 1969 DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Totals Class A Class B 9 9 93 149 18 24 73 37 36 45 36 49 20 19 51 45 89 127 71 77 47 47 91 115 62 36 696 779 Class A Class B Class C 6 5 3 74 84 24 16 14 7 80 40 17 30 29 13 24 32 30 12 14 3 35 35 2 110 66 0 71 83 20 46 39 24 70 107 38 49 28 22 203 623 576 ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups All Groups Class A Class B Class A Class B Class C 7 8 0 6 3 68 143 63 109 35 20 23 9 16 12 43 55 52 47 14 12 36 28 25 10 15 49 9 30 27 14 11 9 7 1 29 56 26 30 2 63 147 76 64 0 30 84 48 74 21 21 44 19 31 25 79 121 96 73 42 43 33 30 34 28 i 441 810 457 567 218 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmin^on San Francisco ,. .. Seattle Totals TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED Class A Class B 3 2 8 56 6 8 43 26 13 23 18 23 7 5 29 26 91 61 43 75 15 25 63 118 26 18 365 466 Class A Class B Class C 3 0 6 50 43 51 10 12 9 35 20 18 12 18 25 10 25 44 2 7 0 26 14 1 76 49 .1 46 65 9 20 16 19 62 103 30 30 15 14 382 387 227 REGISTERED on BEACH Class A Class B 8 7 216 237 24 24 99 60 29 31 30 26 19 19 74 48 165 123 150 143 41 8 63 11 54 11 972 748 Railway Clerks Union Merges With Communication Workers WASHINGTON—A longplanned merger that brings the Transportation -Communication Employees into the Railway and Airline Qerks as an autono­ mous division has taken place. Details of the merger were announced jointly by BRAG President C. L. Dennis and TCU President A. R. Lowry, with both acclaiming its advantages. Under the merger, TCU will REGISTERED on BEACH become the TransportationAll Groups Communications Division of the Class A Class B BRAC, with about 40,000 6 3 members. Since BRAC's previ­ 162 236 18 13 ous membership was 270,000, 69 66 the merger puts the union over 18 27 14 23 the 300,000 mark. 14 14 Lowry will serve as president 45 73 of the new division. In addi­ 115 183 97 127 tion, he becomes a member of 20 5 BRAC's executive council. Oth­ 48 17 er officers of the TCU continue 19 7 794 in similar posts in the new divi­ 645 sion. Merger negotiations between REGISTERED on BEACH officers of the TCU and BRAC All Groups Class A Class B opened early in 1967 and con­ tinued into 1968. 3 2 96 149 Last July, delegates to the 11 12 TCU convention, by more than 49 91 24 21 a two-thirds margin, authorized 13 3 the union's grand lodge and gen­ 20 18 eral officers to consider the 69 43 93 182 TCU-BRAC plar? along with 55 116 any other merger possibilities. 11 21 The convention decided fur­ .39 18 38 2 ther that any plan approved by 776 420 a majority of the officers would then be submitted to the mem­ bership which would ratify it by a majority vote. After determining that no merger jjossibilities with other unions could be worked out, TCU officers further discussed and debated the TCU-BRAC plan, approved it and submitted it to the members. The plan was ratified by a substantial margin of the union's members in the United States and Canada in a mail referen­ dum held during October 1968. In their joint statetment, Den­ nis and Lowry said the merger means "that the members of our two organizations will be able to enjoy the many benefits of belonging to one stronger un­ ion." "Both the BRAC and the TCU have played important roles in winning higher pay and improved benefits for transpor­ tation employes in the United States and Canada," they said. "Now, under one union roof, we anticipate continued prog­ ress through the use of modem collective bargaining." In another development, BRAC announced that it is in negotiations on a merger with the Railway, Transport and General Workers of Canada, an independent union representing some 35,000 workers. ' 1 �April, 1969 iM to Preserve SEAFARERS LOG Page Nineteen To Avoid Collapse of School System: mmHe Barked AFL-CIO Urges Expanded Govt Aid to Education By Fur Wmdrers WASHINGTON —A union representing fur workers joined with conservation groups in support of legislation, proposed by Representative Edward A. Garmatz (D-Md.), to protect species of animals threatened with extinction. The Meat Cutters and Butch­ er Workmen testified before a House subcommittee on a bill to prevent rare animals from being slaughtered for fur or skin and to ban importation of pro­ hibited products. The designa­ tion of species threatened with extinction would be made by the Secretary of the Interior. At the same time, the union urged a House Merchant Ma­ rine and Fisheries subcommit­ tee to amend the bill to instruct the government to seek an in­ ternational treaty dealing with threatened wildlife. "Obviously," the union said, "the goal of conserving species will not be met if the United States bans the importation, but others do not. Also, we greatly fear that unless other nations provide a similar ban, U.S. fur and leather jobs may be ex­ ported." The Meat Cutters took the initiative in working with con­ servation groups on a legislative approach which would protect threatened wildlife without the risk of job losses seen in legis­ lation introduced, but not acted on, in the last Congress. Representative John D. Dingell (D-Mich.) is chairman of the subcommittee considering the bill, which was introduced by Garmatz, chairman of the full committee. The legislation was endorsed by both the John­ son and Nixon Administrations. WASHINGTON — Federal aid to education has saved America's school system from total collapse and must be con­ tinued and expanded, the AFLCIO has told Congress. Walter G. Davis, the federa­ tion's education director, warned that city school systems "face disaster" if Congress abandons the federal grant pro­ gram which has helped elemen­ tary and secondary schools meet the educational needs of chil­ dren from the poorest families. The landmark Elementary and Secondary Education Act was launched four years ago by the 89th Congress and Davis urged the House Education and Labor Committee to extend it another five years. It hasn't solved all of the na­ tion's educational problems and "no one ever supposed that it would do so," Davis noted. But, he stressed, without this massive federal aid "many of the major school systems in America would have collapsed alto­ gether." Joining Davis in presenting the AFL-CIO position were Legislative Representative Ken­ neth Young and Jack Sessions of the federation's education staff. They supported the five-year extension bill which has been introduced by Committee Chair­ man Carl D. Perkins (D-Ky.). Davis warned that "the en­ tire structure of federal support for education" could be de­ stroyed if the existing program were scrapped and Congress substituted "block grants" that states could spend for any edu- Textile Contract Awards Hit As Whitewashing Racial Bias WASHINGTON—The Lead­ ership Conference on Civil Rights has urged the Defense Department to hold up any new contracts to three textile firms with past records of race dis­ crimination—^until it has actual evidence that the job discrimina­ tion has been corrected. The firms involved are J. P. Stevens and Co., whose name has become synonymous with union-busting, Burlington Mills and Dan River Mills. Despite findings that the firms had failed to take "affirmative action" to remedy job discrimi­ nation, Deputy Defense Secre­ tary David Packard authorized multi-million dollar supply con- FTC Offers Prescription For Drug Advertising Ills WASHINGTON—^Those who have grown tired of drug commercials which tout a product as being the ideal cure for everything from chilblains to sleeplessness may take some comfort from a set of proposed guides newly issued by the Federal Trade Commission. Geared to regulate the advertising of over-the-counter drugs—defined by the agency as all those that can be bought without a doctor's prescription—the guides state that the companies shouldn't misrepresent their benefits, effectiveness or safety. They provide that ads must be consistent with labeling and that advertisers are not to represent their products as being superior to their competitors—unless this happens to be true. Not only are the manufacturers enjoined from care­ less handling of the truth in their claims, but advertising agencies as well are held responsible for any excesses they dream up. The rules go into such matters as the use of corporate names and trademarks in advertising, of drug guarantees and warranties, and of representations concerning the extent of product testing. Written comments on the proposals may be submitted until May 19, at which time the commission expects to adopt final guides. These will be merely advisory and are intended to encourage voluntary compliance. The Federal Trade Com­ mission Act bars deceptive advertising as well as unfair methods of competition. cation programs they wished. Blocked Many Years He reminded the committee of the many years that federal aid legislation was blocked in Congress until a way was finally found to maintain separation of church and state and at the same time "meet the under­ standable concern of parents of children in non-public schools that their children share in the benefits of federal aid." The solution, Davis noted, was to allocate the bulk of fed­ eral funds "on the basis of child needs rather than school needs." The allocation is based on the number of school-age children from poverty-level families in a school district, whether or not they are attending public schools. Another drawback of block grants, Davis said, is that "polit­ ical pressures" on state boards of education might result in shortchanging the city schools where the needs are greatest. Several congressmen have suggested adding a general aid to education program to the existing legislation and Davis told the committee there is some merit in the concept. not actually provide money for the program; that requires sep­ arate legislation, handled by the Appropriations Committee. Davis stressed that the AFLCIO has repeatedly "testified strongly for full appropria­ tions." It has also, he noted, criti­ cized the Johnson Administra­ tion for not seeking as much money as Congress authorized for aid to education. Adequate funding of the basic program, Davis said, "is a national—not a partisan—issue." He said the AFL-CIO be­ lieves "that the present em­ phasis should be on obtaining the full appropriations which are presently authorized and upon increasing the authoriza­ tions to more realistic levels, rather than upon developing still new programs." Extension of the present law, Davis, said, should be accom­ panied by "forward funding" of the program—advance appro­ priations commitments which make it possible for school dis­ tricts to know what federal funds are available when they draw up their budgets and plan their programs. Improved Performance In separate testimony, spokesmen for the American Federation of Teachers en­ dorsed extension and expansion of the federal aid program. Carl J. Megel, the union's legislative representative, said improvement in student per­ formance has resulted from special programs financed by the federal grants. A panel of AFT leaders from big city locals testified to the urgency of the need and en­ dorsed the legislation. The dele­ gation included the presidents of AFT locals in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Boston and Minneapolis. tracts in February after receiving "personal assurances" from the heads of the firms that discrimi­ nation would be corrected. More recently. Labor Secre­ tary George P. Shultz, whose Starved for Funds department is charged with en­ But he said it wouldn't make forcement of a presidential order any sense to try to add on new against discrimination in firms dealing with the government, aid programs when the basic announced that the government program is still starved for will follow through to see that funds. Congress last year appropri­ the companies live up to their ated less than $1.5 billion of promises. He said the Labor Depart­ the $3.25 billion authorized ment and Defense Department under the Elementary and Sec­ are working on a questionnaire ondary Education Act. that the firms will have to fill "As a result," Davis said, out quarterly. "the available funds have been It will require, he said, "de­ spread too thin to accomplish tailed information in writing re­ their purpose." It has been, he garding actions taken and results suggested, "a case of too little achieved in recruitment, hiring, money and too many poor chil­ placement, upgrading and treat­ dren." ment of employees, including the The pending legislation does use of company facilities." The Defense Department Receiving First 5IU Pension Check went ahead with the contracts, with the concurrence of Shultz, after Senator Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) had sharply protested the threatened disqualification of the firms. Officials of the civil rights leadership group wrote Packard their concern that the leniency shown the three textile firms may weaken enforcement of the government's policy. Other fed­ eral departments, the letter said, might follow the Defense De­ partment example. There should be no contracts, the civil rights group said, un­ til both the Defense Department and the Labor Department determine that the requirements of the executive order are being fully met. The letter was signed by Clarence M. Mitchell, legisla­ tive chairman, and James Hamilton, compliance and en­ Rolland Skinner (right), who sailed in the deck department, reforcement chairman of the lead­ ceives his first SlU pension check from Frankfort Port Agent Harold Rathbun at the hall, recently. Skinner was born in Kansas. ership conference. �SEAFARERS Page Twenty April, 1969 LOG Free Worid Backing Mounb I AR^IOU^aUA.-llliexitattCumk For Calif. Grape Boycott | To CurtOll Exploitotion of wwOtkotS Free world labor is responding to an appeal for help from U.S. farm workers by refusing to handle struck California grapes. First to join the international boycott was the Swedish Landworkers' Union, one of the largest European importers of California table grapes for its consumer, cooperatives, fol­ lowed by transport unions in the other Scandinavian coun­ tries. The International Transport Workers' Federation, trade secretariat for 315 unions representing seven million trans­ port workers in 84 countries of the free, world called on all affiliates to support the boycott of the AFL-CIO Farm Work­ ers Organizing Committee by refusing to buy, sell or unload grapes picked by non-union employes of struck growers. Similar action was taken a few days later by unions affil­ iated with the International Federation of Plantation, Agri­ cultural and Allied Workers. ITF reported to its affiliates that the UFWOC's "Don't Buy California Grapes" campaign had been "tremendously successful" since UFWOC members struck in 1967 for rec­ ognition of their union and the right to bargain for better working conditions. The appeal to buyers has been so successful, ITF related, that "the growers are now trying desperately to export to other countries grapes which they are unable to sell on the home market." For that reason UFWOC has enlisted the "sympathetic support of unions and the public in Europe, Latin America and Asia," and has sent a special representative to Europe to enlist such aid, according to ITF. Back-door Methods Its letter warned that the grape growers may try to hold down their losses "by increasing exports to other countries or by using back-door methods to get grape consignments into countries where transport unions have pledged not to handle" such cargoes. "This may be done by switching cargoes to ports in other countries and then attempting to transport them by road, rail or air to their original destination," it said. Such switching was tried in Sweden when the Landwork­ ers refused to handle grape shipments from the U.S., ITF stressed. The Don't Buy movement was launched in the U.S. to draw public attention to the refusal of California grape grow­ ers to recognize the field hands' union or to allow a repre­ sentation election. Farm workers are not covered.by the labor act as industrial workers are. The AFL-CIO has appealed for "immediate" government actions to curb "greedy busi­ nessmen" who are increasingly running away to Mexico to ex­ ploit low wages for greater profits. The so-called Mexico border development program, sup­ posed to improve U.S.-Mexican relations and cut joblessness in a high unemployment area, "is a complete failure on both counts," the federation's Execu­ tive Council declared in a statement. These failures, the statement said, are compounded by "an­ other and interrelated problem" —the widespread hiring of "green carders" by U.S. em­ ployers. The "green carders"— so designated for the color of the alien permits issued to them —are admitted under immigra­ tion laws that allow them per­ manent resident status. The "green card" holders and other border crossers "are used as pawns in strikebreaking and other anti-labor activities by ruthless employers in the border areas," tlie council said. System Affects Thousands It charged that the combina­ tion of the mounting runaway pattern and the "green card" abuses has resulted in "a sys­ tem of exploitation on both sides of the border affecting tens of thousands" of already poor Mexican and U.S. workers. The runaway lure is based on a "twin plant" scheme under which a firm makes parts in a U.S. plant, ships them to a Mexican plant for assembly, and re-imports the finished product. The U.S. tariff is based not on the cost of the product, but on the "value added" in the Mexico plant—essentially the low wages of Mexican border workers. The council charged that the term "border program" is mis­ leading because its abuses now "extend far north and south of the United States-Mexican bor­ der." The program, it said, has provided an ever-increasing number of big U.S. corpora­ tions "with soaring income and the opportunity to evade both Mexican and U.S. laws." In the process, the statement continued, it has "victimized" thousands of unskilled Mexican job-seekers who have moved northward into an already glutted job market and has thrown thousands of U.S. work­ ers out of jobs. It has also led to industrial strife in Mexico, including at least one strike by 1,400 Mexican workers, the council noted. Although the runaways are hiring Mexican workers for wages as low as 29 cents an hour, the council observed, neither workers nor consumers in the two countries "share in the vast savings to the border companies" because prices of products are not lowered. Since the program began in 1965, the council reported, ap­ parel imports from Mexico have jumped from $174,000 to $9 million a year and imports of electrical equipment have soared from $350,000 to nearly $34 million annually. Court Upholds Union Rights to Self-Government PHILADELPHIA—A stem warning against courts invading the area of union self-govern­ ment to set themselves up as types of "super internationals" was issued by the 3rd U.S. Cir­ cuit Court of Appeals here. Such action, the appeals court emphasized in reversing the Philadelphia District Court, threatens the whole concept of "union self-determination" which Congress recognized in establishing labor policy. A three-judge appeals panel upheld the State, County & Mu­ nicipal Employees' expulsion from membership of Frederick E. Lewis, a former business manager and president of Local 403, representing Philadelphia street employees. Caused Stoppages The union acted in June 1967, under its disciplinary machinery, after the city charged Lewis with violating the local's no-strike contract by causing two work stoppages at the city's street department yard, and further threatening to "shut down" the department. The union pointed out that Lewis violated the contract which made SCME vulnerable to damage suits from the city and threatened the loss of jobs for members of the local. After participating in the union's hearing that led to his expulsion, Lewis challenged the decision in court, claiming his rights.were violated under the Landrum-Griffin Act. In April 1968, the District Court ruled in his favor, holding that the expulsion was not justi­ fied because there wasn't suf­ ficient evidence against him. It also exonerated him of causing the work stoppages. In its appe^, the union said that Lewis did not specify the manner in which his rights were violated, as the law requires, and the court "totally usurped" the international's trial function under its constitution. "The courts have consistently held that the requirement of a fair hearing" under the law's section protecting rights "does not authorize" the court to weigh the evidence at a union trial or judge its merits, a union brief said. The brief submitted for the SCME pointed out that Lewis received 15 days advance notice of the union's trial, the hearing ran for 16 hours, Lewis "ex­ tensively" cross-examined all parties who testified against him and was given the right to testi­ fy and present witnesses. Facts Undisputed The findings that Lewis had not caused the walkout "ran contrary to undisputed and ir­ refutable facts," the union de­ clared. It noted that Lewis' lawyer hadn't even argued that point before the lower court. The appeals court panel agreed that there was "sufficient evidence" for the union's find­ ing that Lewis played a "signifi­ cant" role in calling and direct­ ing work stoppages on May 4 and May 18, 1967. Although the panel decided the evidence before the union's trial was sufficient to expel Lewis, the decision voiced greater concern over the lower court substituting "its own judg­ ment for that of the union's tribunal." Once the court determines that the findings were "not without any foundation of evi­ dence," that the proof related to the charges and due process was observed, "the action of the union tribunal must be upheld," it added. "The court has no authority to enter into any evidenceweighing process and it may not substitute its judgment for that of the union tribunal," the rul­ ing emphasized. Such a limitation, it con­ cluded, is vital "if we are to prevent the federal courts from becoming a super-international trial board appeals tribunal" in direct conflict to "the concept of union determination as re­ flected in the spirit of our na­ tional labor poliey." To end "this festering source of inter-governmental anxiety" and terminate "widespread abuses at both countries' ex­ pense," the council called for: • Repeal of the section of the U.S. Tariff Code that al­ lows firms to duck adequate tariffs on imported products. • Laws requiring adequate labeling of the country in which products are partially made or assembled by foreign workers but sold under U.S. brand names. • An end to cooperation by government ageneies with firms that "increase the nation's un­ employment by crossing the border into Mexico" and a re­ quest by the U.S. government to the Mexican government to keep U.S. firms from locating in Mexico "under these circum­ stances." • Broadening of an import plan governing cotton textiles to include wool and man-made fibers and enforcement of the cotton import agreement with Mexico to prevent abuses of its provisions. • Action by the U.S. govek Lament to halt importation of strikebreakers from Mexieo which undermines nonfarm workers' standards and adds "to the troubles of such exploited groups as the California grape workers." • Administrative action by the Defense and Labor Depts. to plug loopholes in the use of government funds to export jobs and undercut minimum wage and other laws. "These concerted actions," the council concluded, "can eliminate both the 'green card' myth and a program which greedy men have degraded into a cruel hoax on the very people it was designed to help." if ,f -V, 'i-i Vietnam Visitor '^0 When the Topa Topa touched at Vung Tau, Vietnam, recently Sea­ farer Martin Pyke had a special visitor come aboard. It was his son, Martin Jr., who is stationed there as a Marine. Dad took this photo of his son on the tantail. �April, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Twenty-One LOG 16 Additional Seafarers Are Added To Growing List of SIU Pensioners Francis BrumagjUn Please get in touch with your wife, Celia, at 542 North High St., Mt. Vernon, New York, as soon as possible. Eric Benjamin Hayes Please contact your wife as soon as possible. You can get in touch with her at home or by writing in care of Murray Rosof, 10 East 40th St., New York, New York. Leslie Neville It is important that you con­ tact the Japan Air Lines Station Office as soon as possible. Write to Japan Airlines, Station Office, P.O. Box F, J.F.K. Internation­ al Airport, Jamaica, New York 11430. Ralph Moore Jose Perez Please contact Burke & Par­ sons, 52 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005, as soon as possible concerning your W-2 Income Tax Forms from the Galicia Defender. i Guy Plahn Please write to your wife at your new home address, 920 Independence Street, New Or­ leans, Louisiana 70117. Your new phone number is 943-3501. Thomas Markham Please write to your mother, Mrs. Etta Gay, as soon as pos­ sible. She is anxious to hear from you. Her address is 3317 Montana Avenue, Norfolk, Vir­ ginia 23513. Dflvfd B. Miller Your wife, Margaret, has been ill and asks that you get in touch with her as soon as possible by calling her at (301) 276-2325, or writing to 1407 East Balti­ more Street, Baltimore, Mary­ land 21231. Rob Stewart Please contact Ronnie Searcy, in care of S. S. Robin Locksley, M.S.T.S. address; or through Ellen Ouhl, 3320 Buchanan Street, Mt. Ranier, Maryland 20822. Rudolph R. Cefaratti Your mother requests that you contact the Harrisburg Bank, P.O. Box 5278, Houston, Tex­ as, or see them personally re­ garding your bank account num­ ber and Social Security number. They want to verify that their in­ formation on your account is correct. Wages are being held for you by Texas City Refining, Inc. You may claim these wages by writing to Texas City Refining, Marine Division, P. O. Box 1271, Texas City, Tex. 77590. Be sure to include your signa­ ture, social security number, "Z" number and instructions for mailing. Walter Ammann Please contact SIU Headquar­ ters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brook­ lyn, New York 11232, regard­ ing an important letter which is being held for you. — <I>—Carl F. Beard Please contact the law offices of Ronald K. Lipstone as soon as possible. The address is 6404 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Ange­ les, California 90048. Benjamin Ferreira It is important that you con­ tact your wife at 25 Sulucan Street, Julong Duhat, Malabon Rizal, Philippines, as soon as you possibly can. -— Clarence Gordon Please contact your mother as soon as possible at 618 El­ ton Street, Brooklyn, New York 11208. ^ William H. Johnson Please get in touch with your wife, Jeanette, at 349 West Olney Road, Norfolk, Virginia 23507, as soon as possible. William R. Corry Donald E. Mackey RufllnoGaray It is important that you con­ tact the Wyckoff Welfare Cen­ ter, 213 Duffield Street, Brook­ lyn, New York 11201, as soon as possible. Lloyd McCuen It is important that you con­ tact the North Long Beach-Carmelitos Neighborhood Center as soon as possible. The address is 5148 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, California 90805. ^ John Elgin Wells As soon as possible, please contact Mrs. Grace M. Wells, 209 West Jean Street, Tampa, Florida 33604. The names of 16 additional Seafarers have been added to the ever-expanding roster of men collecting their SIU pen­ sion after completing their sail­ ing careers. Seafarer Geronimo Gapac, bom 70 years ago in the Philip­ pines, is closing out a sailing career that span 46 years. A long-time SIU member. Brother Gapac joined the Union in the Port of Norfolk, in 1943. He now makes his home in Savan­ nah, Georgia, with his wife. Infanta. Brother Gapac sailed as steward. His last ship was the R/V Conrad. Gapac McKenzie Regis McKenzie was bom in the British West Indies and now makes his home with his wife, Cara, in Brooklyn, New York. Brother McKcnzic joined the Union in the Port of Baltimore. He sailed as chief steward and his last ship was the Steel Fab­ ricator. Marcdy Winiford Dennis Marcoly was bom in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, and now lives there with his sister, Mrs. Angeline Thens. Brother Marcoly, who has spent more than 25 years at sea, joined the SIU in New Orleans in 1942. His last vessel was the Vantage Progress on which he sailed as FWT. James Williford is a veteran with 27 years at sea. Bom in Alabama, he continues to make his home in that state in the city of Andalusia. Brother Williford joined the Union in the Port of Baltimore in 1941. Sailing as FOWT, his last ship was the Kenmar. <t> Ei^ene Plahn It is necessary that you con­ tact your attorney, Harry Lore, regarding your injury claim. Write to: Dorfman, Pechner, Sacks & Dorfman, The Welling­ ton, Suite 400, 19th & Walnut Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsyl­ vania 19103. James Fraiddin Boyd Please get in touch with your family as soon as possible. Your mother is ill. ArmlNmster Chalmers Thomas Armbruster was bom 65 years ago in Philadelphia, and continues to reside there with his wife, Lula. Brother Arm­ bruster has worked for the Tay­ lor and Anderson Towing Com­ pany since 1931. A member of the engine department, he held an oiler's rating. Lloyd Chalmers was bom in the Bronx, New York, and now makes his home in Floral Park, Long Island with his wife, Edith. Brother Chalmers has worked as a deck hand on the tugs of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad for 33 years. J > Pritcliett Da Costa years at sea. He joined the SIU in Baltimore in 1939. Brother Da Costa is a native of Portugal who now makes his home with his wife, Vincenta, on Long Is­ land, New York. He sailed as deck engineer and FOWT. Da Costa's last vessel was the Yorkman. Roy Pritchett joined the SIU Rosa Bryan at the Port of New York. A na­ Evaristo Rosa lives with his tive of Chickasaw, Alabama, he wife Francisca in St. Just, Puer-. continues to make his home there to Rico, the town of his birth. with his wife Jessie. Brother Brother Rosa, whose sailing ca­ Pritchett spent 11 years in the reer spans more than 25 years, U.S. Navy, serving from 1935 joined the SIU in the Port of through 1946. Rated chief elec­ trician, his last ship was the Alcoa Marker. Alfredo Morell has been go­ ing to sea for more than 50 years. He was bom in Puerto Rico in 1903 and is retiring to that island with his wife, Maria. Cipriano Lubiejewsid Mobile in 1943. He was the recipient of a safety award while sailing on the Y^a in 1962. Rated FOWT, his last vessel was the Mayaguez. Augustus Bryan is a native of Georgia and makes his home there with his wife in the town of Eastman. Brother Bryan join­ ed the SIU in Savannah, Geor­ gia. A member of the steward department, he sailed as third cook. His last ship was the De­ troit. Chris Cipriano is a native of the Philippines who now resides with his wife, Amanda, in New York City. The veteran Seafarer joined the Union in the Port of Philadelphia. Brother Cipriano sailed in the engine department as fireman and wiper. His last ship was the Steel Voyager. Marian Lubiejewski, who has been going to sea for 40 years, joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1943. A native of Poland, he now makes his home in New York City, but hopes to make a visit soon to his daugh­ ter, Sophie, who lives in Jdynia, Poland. Brother Lubiejewski sailed as AB. His last ship was the Selma Victory. Jose Da Costa, 69, is a vete­ ran old timer with more than 44 Dovak MweU Brother Morell sailed as FWT and his last ship was the Qaibome. He joined the SIU in 1946 in the Port of New York. John Dovak is a native of Pennsylvania who now makes his home in New Orleans. A member of the engine depart­ ment, Brother Dovak last sailed aboard the Alcoa Commander as FWT. Seafarer Dovak joined the Union in the Port of New York. Louis O'Leary was bora in Louisiana and lives in that state with his wife, Cecile, in Westwego. A veteran member of the SIU, he joined the Union in 1938 in the Port of New Or- (FLeary leans. Brother O'Leary has 31 years' sea time and was sailing as bosun at the time of his re­ tirement. Joao De Madeiros is retiring after more than 30 years at sea. Bora in Portugal, he now lives with his wife, Maria, in Brook­ lyn. Brother De Madeiros joined the SIU in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1944. Sailing as oiler, his last vessel was the Alcoa Voyager. �SEAFARERS Page Twenty-Two April, 1969 LOG COB VICTORY (Victory Carriers) December 16—Chairman, J. Tanner; Bocretary, J, Mims. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Brother Joe Touart was elected to serve as ship's delegate. The crew of the Yukmi (Sea Transport) voted unanimously to take up a collection and send $300 to Mrs. Grace Ospring, mother of Seafarer James Osprii^, who was lost at sea while working on deck the evening of February 13 on the return run from the Far East. Each Sea­ farer is donating $12 which is be­ ing collected by Charles Cox, ship's delegate. R. Lawrence, bosun and meet­ Lawrence ing chairman, said that Brother Ospring was "a fine young able seaman who per­ formed his duties in a consci­ entious and capable manner." His father, George R. Ospring, who was aboard the Steel Ad­ vocate when he learned of his son's tragic death, left the ship in Balboa, Panama, to return to his home in Westminister, Cali­ fornia, to be with his wife. BurIln Pinion, ship's delegate on the Steel Advocate, reports that the officers and crew took up a col­ lection to provide for Brother Oberlin's transportation home. Walter Minett, the Yukon's meeting secretary, reported that the crew gave a vote of thanks to the ship's steward and the en­ tire steward department for the fine gourmet dinners and unparalled service. He noted that the crew passed a resolution stating: "The Yukon is the best feeding vessel in the entire SIU fleet."' Brother Minett also re­ ported that the ship was re­ ceiving mail and the Log regu­ larly during the voyage. —— The Transnorthem (Hudson Waterways) reports smooth sail­ ing with a good crew and no beefs, according to Bernard Don­ nelly, meeting chairman. The ship left Phila­ delphia in Janu­ ary for BremAUen erhaven and Antwerp, and was scheduled to continue its round-the-world voyage with stops at the Ports of Capetown, Bangkok, Saigon, Manila and then pay-off on tlie West Coast. Howard H. Allen was elected ship's delegate, Wflliam Rogers was named deck delegate, Widter Pearson is en­ gine delegate, and Donnelly was elected steward delegate. The crew gave a unanimous vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment for excellent meals and service. .1. J. A. Rusheed, ship's delegate on the Obeifln Victory (Steam­ ship Service), re­ ports a good trip with no major beefs, and ex­ pects a smooth pay-off when the ship ties up in San Francisco. Danny Welch, Welch who once served as a radio operator with the U.S. Air Force, took over the radio watch after the Oberlin's radio operator took sick and was put ashore in Honolulu. Welch is also the ship's deck delegate. Meeting Chairman Jack Dolan reported that the Seafarers passed a resolution calling for overtime pay for standing gangway watch be­ tween 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. while cargo is being worked. A special vote of thanks went to the stew­ ard department for outstanding meals and service during the voyage. In addition to Welch, the ship's delegates include E. W. Bartol, engine department, and Coy Hendricks, steward de­ partment. J. A. Shorten, ship's delegate aboard the San Juan (Sea-Land), reports that the vessel left Oak­ land "in a mess" with the recrea­ tion room, messroom and pass­ ageways torn up because converShortell repairs rema.aed unfin= ished. The crew instructed Brother Shortell to inform the SIU Headquarters of this failure to complete necessary repairs before sailing as promised. The Seafarers Meet At Marine Corps Trainii^ Camp Proudfoot h I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (f,mt information) NAME STREET ADDRESS STATE. ZIP. TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old lubtcriber and have a ehanga of addraat, please give your former address below: AODRCS CITY ^ Two young Seafarers presently serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, met each other there and found they had some­ thing in common—^both sailed Bob Callahan, ship's delegate aboard SlU-contracted vessels be­ on the Del Norte (Delta), re­ fore joining the Marines. ports a good trip The two are Privates Jan C. with some dis­ Hitchcock and Emmett Proudputed overtime foot, who are undergoing ad­ in the engine and vanced infantry training at the steward depart­ camp. Both received their basic ments. Deck Del­ training at Parris Island, and ex­ egate Steve Szan- pect to begin a 13-month tour of fo, Jr. says that duty in Vietnam in May after a two-week leave. there is no dis­ Szanto puted overtime in his department and no beefs. "This has been a smooth voy­ age with a fine bunch of ship- Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232 CITY mates," he reported. Carl Treitler, steward delegate, said that the disputed overtime in his department resulted from hav­ ing to serve the ship's officers in the passenger dining room . The only other beef, according to Brother Callahan, is for launch fare pay for eight days outside Santos," Brazil, on the last trip. The ship's officers were paid overtime for not being able to go ashore there, and the crew feels that the Seafarers should be entitled to the launch fare. CTATE Hitchcock crew also gave a vote of thanks to Brother Shortell "for a job well done." E. Graham, meet­ ing secretary, reported the com­ plaints of the crew that the LOG is not being forwarded re^larly. "The last time the ship ar­ rived in Oakland," he reports, "four separate issues of the Log were taped together and sent to the Oakland office as crew mail." The San Juan was due in San Francisco for pay-off on April 1 after a trip to Okinawa, Subic Bay and Yokohama. G. Baker is deck delegate, F. Ui> teago is engine delegate and W. Netters is steward department delegate. DEL MUNDO (Delta), February 9 —Chairman, Mike Murr; SecreUry, Woodrow W. Perkins. Brother Murr was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. No beefs were reported by de­ partment delegates. Various resolu­ tions and motions were submitted to headquarters. , FAIRISLE (Panoceanic Tankers), I March 9—Ghaiman, Fred A. Olson; I Secretary, W. T. Langford. Dis•Jputed OT in engine department. J Discussion held regarding pension I plan. A special vote of thanks was I extended to the steward department for a job well done. I BEL SOL (Delta), March S — ^Chairman, R. E. Stough, Jr.; Secra» ?tary, W. J. Holland. Brother Francis Howard was elected to serve as ship's Steward dapartniant extended a%ote of thanks to the en­ tire crew for helping to keep lounge and pantry clean. i HURRICANE (Waterman), March 52—Chairman, Alford Koscoe; Secre­ tary, Floyd Hungate. No beefs were reported by department delegates. SABINE (Ship Operators), Januf ary 26—Chairman B. Fimovicz: Sec, retary, F. J. Johnson. Few hours t disputed OT in engine department. I Motion was made to have negotiati ing committee contact the Company regarding the matter of having airconditioning in all crew's qiiarters. Discussion held regarding neglected repairs, shortage of medicine and certain vegetables. STEEL WORKER (Isthmian), Chairman, John T. Carnec; Secre­ tary, H. Ulrich. Ship's delegate ?; reported that there were no beefs 5 and everything is running smoothly. 5 Brother Carnes was re-elected to I serve as ship's delegate. Discussion |held on pension pl-a, t LOS ANGELiiTsea-Land), March g 19—Chairman, A. Caldeira; Secrel- tary, R. Barker. Brother B. J. Shulta I was elected to serve as ship's delei gate. $150.00 in movie fund. Every­ thing is running smoothly with no beefs. a MERRIMAC (Merrimac Transpor­ tation), March 23—Chairman, E. Wagner; Secretary, E. Kresz. Few hours disputed OT in engine depart­ ment. Vote of thanks was extended to tho steward department, Biacusmon held on pension plan. WINGLESS VICTORY (Consoli­ dated Marine), March 9—Chairman, Edward L. Atkin; Secretary, Rich­ ard G. Dixon. Disputed OT in each department to be' taken up with boarding patrolman. MONTICELLOYICTORY (MontiHitchcock joined the SIU in cello Tanker), March 16—Chairman, New York in 1966. He shipped Jacobus Huiaman; Secretary, George A. O'Berry. $19.00 in ship's as messman and 3rd cook, and fund. Disputed OT in engine de­ is a graduate of the Harry Lunde- partment, Vote of thanks was ex­ to Brother C. V/ahl for the berg School of Seamanship. tended pxcellent meals he prepared while Brother Hitchcock has also served on board this vessel. Brother Wahl had to leave ship due to his father's as steward department delegate illness. He will surely be missed by aboard ship. His last vessel was all. Vote of thanks was also extend­ the Summit. Hitchcock expects to ed to the entire steward department he assigned as a helicopter ma­ for a job well done. CITY OF ALMA (Watorman), chine gunner when he . reaches March 18—Chairman, Victor ArdowVietnam. ski; Secretary, Wallace G. Perry. No Proudfoot comes from Truss- beefs were reported by departmept Brother Wallace G, Perry ville, Alabama, and had been a delegates. wfl« elected to sorva aa ahipl.i deleSeafarer for two years before gate. • signing up for his hitch in the ^RirciCEYE 'ATLAN'riC (Bucket), Marine Corps. Brother Proudfoot •, -March iS— Chairman, Peter Sernyk; sailed in the engine department Secretary, R. T. Westgate. Brother Tom King was elected to serve as as wiper. His last vessel was the ahip'a dele^toi^Nb beefs wore *eKent. V LA SALLE (Waterman), March 11 —Chairman, R. Moser; Secretary, A. Leah. Some disputed OT in engine department to be taken up with I boarding patrolman. Vote of thanks I was extended to the steward depgrt'ment for a job well done. BUCKEYE PACIFIC (Buckeye), February 26 — Chairman, Thomas iCummings; Secretary, John Steeber. I Brother Thomas Cummings was re1 elected to serve as ship's delegate. I $3.00 in ship's fund. No beefs were I reported by department delegates. ALCOA COMMANDER (Alcoa), March 15—Chairman, John C. SkogF. lund; Secretary, John E.Adams. No f beefs were reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks was ext tended to the steward department for a job well done. PANAMA (Sea-Land), March 2— Chairman, Felix Vlto; Secretary Bill Stark. Brother R. 0. Masters was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs were reported by depart­ ment delegates. Vote of thanks to the entire steward department lor a job well done. STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), March 9—Chairman, Jack Nelson, Jr.; Secretary, P. S. Omega. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by department delegates. $20.00 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks was ex­ tended to ship's delegate. Brother E. Hayden, for a job well dqhe. Of SIU MEETINGS STEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmian), February 19—Chairman, E, L. Thompson; Secretary, Donald F. Steward. $26.44 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Brother Burlin Pinion was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. DAGAMA (Crest), February 2—1 Chairman, N. R. Pettersen; Secre­ tary, W H. Todd. Brother F. Carruthers was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Some disputed OT in deck department. No beefs were reported by department dele^tes. ALCOA COMMANDER (Alcoa), February 2—Chairman, M. Kramer; Secretary, John E. Adams. No^beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. SOUTHWESTERN VICTORY (Delta), February 13—Chairman, Alfred Hirsch; Secretary, J. H. Smith. Brother A. Anderson resigned as ship's delegate and Brother R. F. Mackert was elected to serve in his place. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. DUKE VICTORY (Victory Cartiers), January 26—Chairman, C. I. Copper; Secretary, D, Knight. Brother C. Bellamy was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. No beefs were reported by department delegates. PAIRLAND (Sea-Land), Februarj 16—Chairman, Victory Harding; Secretary, Craig Gorman. No beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. Vote of thanks was extended to Brothers Pat Manelli and Mac„ McGregor for squaring away al beefs. TRANSNORTHERN (Hudson Waterways), January 27—Chairman Bernard Donnelly; Secretary, Jack E. Long. $86.26 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported. Everything is running smoothly. Brother Howard H, Allen was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Vote of thanks to the steward departm.i.t for a jol • well, done.^ STEEL WORKER (Isthmian) iPebruary 28—Chairman, John,; T Carnes; Secretary, H. Ulrich. $189.0( in ship's fund. No beefs were re ported by department delegates DiscHeaibn held TeKarriing penRion }::;plan.' , . PRINCETON VICTQRY (Cslum bia), March 4—ChaiifTrian, W. Hsa nock; Secretary, John Reed. Pew hours disputed OT in steward de. partment. Discussion held regardin) '(retirement plan.-(/:("- /;^•'•• �April, 1969 SEAFARERS MONEY DUE Checks are being held at SIU Headquarters, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. for the Seafarers listed below for money due them on the vessels shown and not claimed as of March 27, 1969. Those, whose names appear on the list should get in touch with Union headquarters as soon as possible. Name Sldp H. Beamer Penn Carrier Edward Jensen Hercules Victory Robert Sndfli Hercules Victory Thomas E. Hanson Valiant Hope Donald Kershaw Valiant Hope Warren Weiss Niagara James Gleasmi Seatrain New York Fred Patterson Seatrain New York Joseph L. Chapean Kent Cyril Gaudiier Kent Robert Miller Del Mar Calvin R. Smldi Transwestem Daniel J. McLaren Transwestem J. Walsh Midlake D. Shattucfc Midlake Bobby V, Carter Alcoa Master David J. Flynn Alcoa Master Rambam J. Rose Rambam C. Cummings Rambam A. Samawi Rambam J. Saunders Seatrain San Juan Roy L. Frank Emfl H. Kjono Albion Victory Jose R. Rodriguez Marore R. South Isthmian Lines Haralambos C. Menkou Wilmar D. Mai^[ual Afoundria E. Santana Afoundria Genmisa Espada Petrochem Aurello Asuncion Oceanic Wave R. O. Barnes Oceanic Wave C. A. Cocbenour Oceanic Wave A. Korsak Oceanic Wave J. Mathesmi Oceanic Wave W. J. Mathews Oceanic Wave D. C. Qnoy Quop Oceanic Wave Paul L<^z Oceanic Tide Philip Livingston Oceanic Tide William W. Conley Please get in touch with Mrs. Nancy Conley, Box 24 NAVSTA, FPO San Francisco, California 96610. <I> Audly Carevich Foster Your wife is ill and requests that you contact her as soon as possible. Please write to her in care of Mrs. Rita Bossin, 42935 Fairmount Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey. George Mahnas The dry cleaning you left in Manila while you were on the Fred Morris can be picked up at the Seaman's Club in Yoko­ hama. Van Syses George Lewis Please contact your wife, Zeneta, as soon as possible at 2064 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10035. -,1> George Mclvwy Please get in touch with Harry Matthews, Sfacth Postal Credit Union, Post Office An­ Claim Disputed overtime Disputed overtime Disputed overtime Transportation Transportation Lodging Disputed lodging Disputed lodging Lodging Lodging Refund Disputed overtime Disputed overtime Standby wages Standby wages Transportation Transportation Retroactive wages Retroactive wages Retroactive wages Retroactive wages Unclaimed wages One day's wages Disputed overtime Refund Lodging Wages Wages Disputed overtime Unclaimed wages Unclaimed wages Unclaimed wages Unclaimed wages Unclaimed wages Unclaimed wages Unclaimed wages Unclaimed wages Unclaimed wages nex, Florence, South Carolina 29501, as soon as possible. <|> Salvatore John Shrig^o Please contact your former wife, Rita, at 11330 Hayvenhurst Avenue, Grenada Hills, California 91344, as soon as possible. ^ Rafael Hernandez Ygur daughter, Mrs. Fedelia Strickland, is anxious to have you get in touch with her. Her address is 5-79th Ord. Co., APO New York 09035. John Feisick It is important that you get in touch with Herbert Ginzburg, attorney, at 36 Richmond Ter­ race, Staten Island, New York 10301, as soon as possible. ^ WHiiam Nordland Please contact Edwin J. Nordland, 2904 Magee Ave­ nue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19149. LOC Page Twenty-Three Veteran Seafarers Russo and Matt Reunited In Hospital after 22 Years Seafarer Anthony Russo is recovering at the USPHS Hos­ pital on Staten Island, New York, from the latest in a series of operations, but he looked mighty cheerful when SIU Rep­ resentative George McCartney paid a visit to present him with his first SIU pension check. The occasion was a doubly happy one for Brother Russo because he also held a reunion with Carlos Matt, a shipmate with whom he sailed some 22 years ago. Brother Russo, who has been going to sea for nearly 25 years, has been a Seafarer right from the beginning. He shows his first book as a member of the SIU, proudly points out that it was signed by Harry Lundeberg, and says: "1 have always been proud to be a member of our Union. It has been like a moth­ er and father to me." He remembers his first ship well. "It was the Polich Vic­ tory," he recalls, "and it was a fash ship. I remember that we were carrying ammunition to Europe dming World War 11. That was in 1944, and it was good to have a fast vessel under you in those days." Togedier in 1946 Brother Russo sailed with Carlos Matt aboard the Steel Scientist back in 1946. He says: "You know, when a sailor says to a shipmate at the end of a voyage, 'I'll see you later,' he means that he will probably see him next year or 10 years later." So, when Brother Matt showed up at the hospital in the bed next to his, they both just looked at each other for awhile, and then got talking about the ships they had sailed on. Broth­ er Russo recalls: "At first we didn't recognize each other, but there was some­ thing mighty familiar about Car­ los. Then, when we were talking and he said* he was sailing as AB on the Steel Scientist, well. Always Remember M & C Receipts Seafarers are reminded that all periods of Mainte­ nance and Cure for which re­ ceipts are issued by a signa­ tory employer are counted toward their pension require­ ment. In order to insure proper pension credit, it is suggested that all receipts for M & C i be reported to the SIU PenI sion Plan while the records are still available. For this purpose, a copy of the em­ ployer's receipt or a letter from the signatory employer —giving dates for which M i & C was paid—^will suffice. we both remembered each other I'll always visit the SRJ hall right away. It's been great talk­ there." ing about those old days to­ Brother Russo, whose last gether." ship was the Puerto Rico, says Brother Russo is a native that sailing offers a great deal New Yorker. His wife, Jennie, to the young seaman today. died several years ago, so he "The new men should real­ sometimes stays with his daugh­ ize that the good pay, working ter, Mrs. Theresa DePompeis, conditions and the s^ety meas­ and his two grandchildren when ures that they enjoy are things he is in New York. that the SIU had to fight to get. Some things, like pen­ WOl Keep in Touch sions, insurance, vacations and Asked about his plans when medical plans are things we he leaves the hospital. Brother Russo says: "I'll probably go to never even dreamed of years Puerto Rico or Florida—some ago," he said. "And," he concludes, "we got place where it is warm and sunny—and keep on with my these things by being like the hobbies of oil painting and ship Three Musketeers—one for all, building. But, wherever 1 go. and all for one." Seafarer Anthony Russo (left) is all smiles as he collects his first Union pension check from SIU Representative George McCartney and gets handshake from an old shipmate, Brother Carlos Matt. Farm Workers'Legal Rights Under Study by Nixon Team WASHINGTON — President Nixon has asked two members of his Cabinet to get together and come up with a recom­ mendation on whether farm workers should be covered by the National Labor Relations Act. He handed the joint assign­ ment to Labor Secretary George P. Shultz and Agriculture Sec­ retary Qifford M. Hardin. It was the latest in a series of policy questions the President has assigned to his department heads for study and recom­ mendations. Extension of collective bar­ gaining rights to farm workers has been a high priority legis­ lative goal of the AFL-CIO and its United Farm Workers Or­ ganizing Committee. It also had strong support from former Labor Secretary Willard Wirtz and a farm worker bill was approved by the House Education and Labor Commit­ tee last year. Further action was blocked by strong conservative opposition, however. The Farm Bureau, represent­ ing most of the biggest agricul­ tural employers, strongly op­ posed bargaining rights for farm workers, and the House Agri­ culture Committee took the un­ precedented step of passing a resolutions urging the Labor Committee not to approve a bill. Lack of machinery for union representation elections and in­ ability to require farm employ­ ers to bargain with a union led to the development of the con­ sumer boycott tactics to bring economic pressure on California grape growers. Presidential Counselor Arthur F. Bums has the job of coordi­ nating the recommendatimis of the Cabinet members at the White House level. Burns has been quoted as saying that the solicitation of recommendations on various issues doesn't "neces­ sarily" mean that legislation will be drafted or policies adopted by the Administration. �Page TwentT'Fonr SEAFARERS April, 1969 LOG U. Noles. -.M ion was el< Its. No ling: sinoiithtiv: cfijIL Gilbert PiersaD, 54: A heart attack claimed the life of Broth­ er Piersall at his home in Mamou, Louisiana, Janu­ ary 20. He had sailed for 17 years in the steward depart­ ment before an illness forced his - retirement in 1967. Brother Piersall's last ship was the Bangor, where he served as chief steward. He joined the Union in 1959 in New Orleans. Brother Piersall is survived by his wife, Ethel. Burial services were held at St. Ann's cemetery in Mamou. ^ j: 'J Odis DaveiqpN»rt, 50: Brother Davenport died January 26 in Mobile, Ala­ bama. He had sailed for more than 25 years in the engine de­ partment, and joined the SIU in J New Orleans in i/ 1943. He last ' shipped as oiler on the Yaka. Brother Daven­ port was bom in Mississippi and made his home in Prichard, Ala­ bama. He is survived by a sis­ ter, Mrs. Aline Glass, and a daughter, Barbara. Burial serv­ ices were held at Shadowland Cemetery in Prichard. <1, Richard A. Bnrch, 42: Broth­ Benedict Broderlck, 46: er Burch passed away in the Brother Broderick passed away U.S. Medical in Long Beach, Dispensary in California, De­ Saigon June 6, cember 14, 1968, while 1968. Bom in serving aboard Monroe, Louisi­ the Whitehall. ana, he made his Bom in Missis­ home in Galves­ sippi, he made ton, Texas. His his home in 22-year sailing Opelousas, Lou­ career was inter- isiana, with his wife, Helen. mpted by a three-year hitch in Brother Burch joined the Union the Navy during World War II. at New Orleans in 1960, and Brother Broderick joined the sailed as AB. He served two SIU in New Orleans in 1949. years in the U.S. Air Force dur­ Sailing as AB, his last ship was ing World War II. In addition the Transoneida. Burial was at to his widow, he is survived by Rosemound Cemetery in Waco, a daughter. Penny. Funeral serv­ Texas. ices and burial were in Opel­ ousas. Milbum Hatley, 55: Brother Hatley died at the USPHS Hos­ pital in Galves­ ton, Texas, Jan­ uary 26, after a brief illness. He had sailed as 3rd cook on his last ship, the Coundl Grove. Brother Hatley served in the Navy for three years during World War II. Bom in Oklahoma, he had made his home in Port Arthur, Texas, with his wife, Vera. Bur­ ial was at Greenlawn Ctemetery in Port Arthur. Robert Montcalm, 58: A heart attack claimed the life of Brother Mont­ calm January 21 at his home in Alameda, Cali­ fornia, following a long illness, p'. i He was a veteran with more than 45 years at sea, sailing as cook and baker. Brother Montcalm joined the SIU in the Port (rf San Francisco in 1952. His last vessel was the Norberto Capay. He is survived by his wife, Lil­ lian. Two SIU Veterans Retire James Oq;Hing, 22: Brother Ospring was washed overboard February 13 while working the night watch on deck aboard the Yukon on the retum run from the Far East. A gradu­ ate of the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, where he placed second in his class. Brother Ospring sailed as AB. Bom in East St. Louis, Illinois, he was residing in Westminster, Califomia, at the time of his death. He joined the SIU in Wilmington, Califomia. He is survived by his mother Mrs. Grace Ospring, and his father George, who was sailing aboard the Steel Advocate at the time of his son's death. Brother Ospring had previously shipped on the Tuscon Victory. I il Carl Ernest, left, and Joseph De Madeiros, right, are congratulated by SIU Representative Joe Algina after they received their first Union pension checks. Both Seafarers joined SIU in 1943, and retired in 1969. <I> Sam Staidey, 61: Brother Stan­ ley died following a long ill­ ness on Decem­ James Maigellos, 19: Brother ber 6, 1968, at Margellos succuml^ to pneu= the USPHS Hos­ monia while in New Or­ pital aboard the Jef­ leans. He had ferson City Vic­ been on an SIU tory on Decem­ disability pension ber 13,1968. He since 1965. He joined the Union joined the Union in Seattle, and in the Port of sailed as wiper. He had previ­ Houston in 1960. Brother Stan­ ously shipped on ley was bom in Alabama and the Transorleans. Brother Mar­ lived in the town of Sarland at gellos was born in Portland, the time of his death. He is sur­ Oregon, and had lived there with vived by a son, Samuel, and a his mother, Mrs. Chrissa Mar­ daughter, Mrs.. Ester Rowers. gellos. Funeral services and in­ Burial was at Freewill Cemetery in Canoe, Alabama. terment were in Portland. Lanry Jones, 69: A heart ail­ ment claimed the life of retired Seafarer Jones on February 6 at the Maryland General Hospi­ tal in Baltimore. Brother Jones was bom in Den­ mark, and had been going to sea for more than 50 years. He joined the Union in 1941 in New Orleans. Sailing as AB, his last ship was the Alcoa'Trader in 1966. He had made his home in Baltimore. Burial services were held at Oak Lawn Cemetery in Baltimore. ,1,— y David B. Hard, 50: Heart fail­ ure claimed the life of Brother Hurd on Febraary 26 at the Park Place Hos­ pital in Port Ar­ thur, Texas. He was bom in Pensacola, Florida, and had made his home with his wife, Elenor, in Groves, Texas. Brother Hurd had served as mate and relief captain on tugs of the D.M. Picton Co. He joined the SIU in Port Arthur in 1961. He was a veteran of World War II with three years in the Navy. Besides his wife, he is survived by two children, Cynthia and David, and his father, David. Burial services were held at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Port Arthur. Ralph Didkens, 73: Brother Dickens passed away at Queens General Hospi­ tal in New York City on October 14, 1968, fol­ lowing a brief illness. He was bom in Louisiana and had made his home in New York. A 45-year veteran of the sea. Brother Dickens had sailed as a member of the steward de­ partment. He joined the SIU in New York in 1939. He is sur­ vived by a daughter, Mrs. Sadie Shepard. Burial took place at Evergreens Cfemetery in Brook­ lyn. Clarence Wyatt, 47: Brother Wyatt was accidentally lost over­ board from the . Tug Sophia and drowned off the Virginia coast on January 31. Bom in Waynesville, North Carolina, he made his home in Balti­ more, Maryland, with his wife, Bertha. He had been serving as cook aboard tugs of the Harbor Towing Corpo­ ration since 1957, and joined the SIU in Baltimore in 1958. Money Due The following Seafarers j who sailed on the last voy­ age of the Oceanic Wave have wages due them: AardKo Asnncioii, R. O.I Barnes, G. A. Cochenonr, A. Korsak, J. Madieson,! W. J. Matkws and D. C. i Qsoy QIM^. The money can be claimed in person at SIU| headquarters, or by writing j to 675 Fourth Avenue, i Brooklyn, New Yorki 11232. Be sure to include social security number, "Z" i number, signature and in-j stmctions for mailing. aan, Robert CPlSl isBill Kaiserv Jaiptrtrt OT ii ;dei»artmeHt int. Ship's 4eieffate repor^ |-%!» hes'been a trip the beefs in steward and en^ne rtmeitts, S2$6.00 in movie fund 110144 in ship's fond; .OTSItSSAS tita'lilnrJtime ^ Ovsrs^},,. Fsfereary. Fred BniUns j Seweteiy, LFim K. FalUs, No beefs reported hjr departmsRt delefpefes. rYote of^ to the' stewero :depett8ieht,-'paTtiiEar , iarly. .the:,eiswiu^ ,:<4l extras, .. BORBANK VicrORT (Bwhsak), February 24—C&sirtnan, .Paschol; Secretaryj T. Parretfc Some disputed OT in steward dej^artment. Writton resoldtions sdbifhitted to headquarters reg'ardinp gangway wotehes.' SSHGhairman, j. thorp; Beeretary, J. Bi Neirton. No beefs were reported bs: denartment deleMtes,; Moti wa8-;-,medi»'. to eonfeot -be^qnarters abont dpiming aydental elisie for ijnion metnbera as It is diiBedlt to get an appointment at dental ieliaies St the trePHS hospitals. ways),;' .JKareh- .I---Chftirman> -' 3.. .- J. Aipddu; Sedtetary, C. T. Hell. Brother Wesley LeohBrd was elected to seiwe as shin's deiegste. No beefs were reported, '* - ^ DIGEST of SIU MEETIf4GS ' ' M' J.'-;';* BlEATRAlN-PlJEitTO^RICbon Waterways), February P—Chairnan, M. H, donoa; Seeretary, Louis i. Croon. Brother Wilhain L Beeelle ywas oleeted. to As:ship's"; leleg^te. viscusmohi heid regardm -etireinent plan. BTEM. ''KINe:;; ••<^tbmia^ udry iO~-Chairnian, Silas Green; iecretary. Ken Hayes. Brother Do-; Josta was elected to serve as ah^'s lelegatfii $6.65 in ship's fund; ayed sailing beef in engine departnent, otherwise Overytmng la OJE; IBPL^SiriN OHIO^CHudsoh WattirYebruaiy'.l5-4Chairai8% ffblpnshp;:.:;.Secretary,. A. G.arBer. raridns motiohs were submitted rp'ardihg 'new . eontraet'^/ negatlatidhf. Jdine disputed OT in deck dn^ rlne; departments. Vote of thanhsito he steward department, especially d Brother john Lucas, crew messlah, for a job well dofte--covermg wp;Jobs a ^idbBioNlv:vicr^^ ort), Fewruaity tra^^ rCiialrMiaii, B. loririsi'/Jr.; 'Soeretary, '^Gilbert-;;d, 'roBclsir. Brother Jeff Skiassr esignid;: .-jS8^^,lsh^p'8..|;•deJei^ate^^ and IrotherijKf^rtSnier; T.;;iBforris. ^waa lected to e fVe as new ship's deleate. No boefs wero reported ; by epsrtmeat aefeffctea. ,J?rHI5 (Motorship of Deln,,y)^:Febtu'sry '14^.Chairmah, Bert ,dnb:orne^ ^8.e,e.^ejtafS^^ A, ;B.el.l. Jrbther Winborti# Wmi fleeted % erve as ship's deiegate. lifhor beeia Jft deck department: to be taken up ptb". 'ooardi.nf:. patrolman,-•'pisens,jion •beld -• icgardingvi we«»¥e; .a^ Ipehsion-plan:."""''"--'1 AMERIGO (Creal Overseas), Peb!|maity';';l-r-Cbairman^;.^F^ i4ntosh;- :Baeretaryj.;'Ki ;-W. Elliott. Brother Robert L. Sullivan whs Nlected to serve as ship's delegateKTwd - engine, .^'department failed to join ship at sailing time. No beefs were reported. M ^ AMERICAN Vimom (Hudson -li^terwaysl):, =iisnj',H,"Wong;';.Srtnfet8ty;::'Ri:: Hoht, :BF«tbd:r:Mdrria.Birkovrtta vrtii 'dice ted -to>!*arve;aev8bip's:;delegate. V' �April, 1969 SEAFARERS Richest Counfry Has TWQ Worlds To the Editon Those of us who work on a regular basis usually come in contact with people like our­ selves—regular wage-earners who are struggling with rising prices. We find it hard to re­ place an old TV set or to meet the dentist's bills or to pay for the kid's school. Recently, I had the oppor­ tunity of taking an auto trip through parts of West Vir­ ginia. I was shocked. What I saw was a world I didn't know existed. People were living—^not in the kind of houses we know —^but in shacks made of rot­ ting, unpainted boards and parts of barrels and contain­ ers. Walls were covered with newspapers and magazine covers. Windows were mostly little more than cardboard from discarded boxes. We saw children running around in torn rags, practical­ ly naked. The look of pover­ ty, the smell of poverty hung around everywhere and it wasn't pretty. Faces of people we saw, even the youngest of them, were drawn and hope­ less. They didn't think about TV sets — not even medical bills. sMy wife said to me, pointing to an "old woman" who was probably in her thirties—"I wonder what it would mean to her to get a new dress?" Now, when I pick up my newsp^er and read about mergers and dividends and the budget and the cost of re­ lief, I wonder—^How many worlds are there in this great country of ours? The one I am familiar with and the very different one I saw in poverty row in Appalachia are very unlike each other. Yet they do exist, side by side, in the wealthiest country in the world—a country in which our productive capacity is so vast that we haven't even be­ gun to use it all. Something' surely can— and must—^be done about the abject poverty areas to bring ^1 Americans back to the decent standard of living enjoyed by most of us. Sincerely, Hunter Hopkins — Seafarer Praises SiU Pension Plan To the EditoR I would like to take time out as an old timer to thank God that we have a pension plan like we have and to thank the ofiScers from top to bottom. May the SIU pension and welfare plan be blessed at all times. Sinoerdly, Howard F. Snydo", Sr. Page Twenty-Five LOG A Eulogy for The Coe Victory To the EditoR Pages in maritime history, written so gloriously by the Cde Victory, will soon be closed forever. In a few days this vessel will be relegated to a scrap pile in Formosa. It would be fitting—and I am confident it will come to pass—^that a replica of the "Coe," as she was affection­ ately referred to, will stand in the Smithsonian beside other ships that have made their mark in the annals of mari­ time history. Yes, standing alongside the Maine, Merrimac. Monitor and all the rest as a living arid permanent memorial to this grand old lady of the sea. And so, dear shipmates, I ask you not to think of the Coe Victory as nothing more than a rusty hulk of tired iron menacing shipping on the high seas. Rather, I would like you to think of her as a ship that has given much of herself, a ship that has not only filled your coffers with greenbacks, but contributed to some of the finest days and memories anyone ever had. As the days fade, and they inevitably will, the memories will grow ever sweeter. And who knows, maybe someday when you are out shopping for a present for your dear little loved one you might buy a toy, and that very toy might be made from a tiny piece of the "Coe." Sayonarra! Jack Fifzpatrick, 2nd Mate, Coe Victory (Editor's Note: This letter was forwarded to the LOG by Jim Tanner, bosun on the Coe Vic­ tory.) Lanra Lee Clinton, bom Feb­ ruary 1, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Robert J. Clinton, Jr., Freehold, New Jersey. Alisa Ballard, bom Febraary 23, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Warren U. Bullard, Philadel­ phia, Pa. Chnstofdier Conklin, bom April 29, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. George P. Conklin, Bayonne. New Jersey. Belita Ellis, bom August 19, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Francis M. Ellis, Pascagoula, Miss. i ^ Richard Rnssdl Symanski, , Virgina Tyner, bom March born December 10, 1968, to 3, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Seafarer and Mrs. Richard J. Thomas A. Tyner, New Orleans, Symanski, Park Forest, Illinois. La. i Leo Harrington, bom Janu­ ary 16, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Arthur C. Harrington, Charlestown, Mass. ^ ~ Pamela Williams, born Jan­ uary 22, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Earl B. Williams, Jackson­ ville, Florida. To the Editor: I am writing to thank the Union for answering my let­ ter so promptly and for the money paid to the hospital and to my wife's doctor fol­ lowing the , recent birth of our baby. We got letters from the hos­ pital and doctor stating that all the bills were paid by the SIU insurance. Thanks again from all of us. John Geguziz Shenandoah, Pa. ^ Ann Hadden, bom Febmary 2, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Norman B. Hadden, .Colmosneil, Texas. ^ William Skinner, bom March 1, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. William Earl Skinner, Mobile, Alabama. Kennetti Phillips, bom De­ cember 20, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Charles D. Phillips, Loxley, Alabama. Alvin Willard, bom January 10, 1969 to Seafarer and Mrs. Joseph Willard, Toledo, Ohio. —4/— <I> Kristen Nagy, born January 8, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Nicholas A. Nagy, Torrance, California. Jeffrey Scott, bom Febuary 3, 1969, to Seafarer • and Mrs. David C. Lupton, Norfolk, Va. Tracey Reyna, bom Febmary 24, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ruben M. Reyna, Galves­ ton, Texas. Johnny Young, bom Febm­ ary 2, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Johnny Young, Mobile, Ala. Christine Jaco, born January 12, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Stanley W. Jaco, Granite City, Illinois. Elsie Lofton, bom January 29, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jack Lofton, Chickasaw, Ala. Kimheriy Mallory, bom Feb­ ruary 27, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Edwin J. Mallory, St. Al­ bans, West Virginia. ^ Thanks SiU For Maternity Benefits vtf Dionne McGee, born January 31, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Earl McGee, Newark, New Jer­ sey. -— Carla Denise Tillett, bom Febmary 20, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Kirby Tillett, Chesa­ peake, Va. ^ Sherry Boothe, bom Decem­ ber 16, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Roy L. Boothe, Baltimore, Md. ^ Charies Arnold, bom Febraary 18, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Charles R. Arnold, New Orleans, La. Lisa Johnson, bom February 4, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Abraham Johnson, New Or­ leans, La. Time For A Trim Alma Ines Marcial, bom Jan­ uary 25, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Pedro Marcial, Bayamon, P. R. Johnny McDuffie, bom Sep­ tember 24, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Teddy R. McEhiffie, Houston, Texas. Geoige Danie Reyes, bom April 23, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Cosme Ballesteros Reyes, New Orleans, La. ^ Laura Vanderbeck, born Jan­ uary 25, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. William P. Vanderbeck, Bricktown, N.J. ^ Charles Collins, bom Janu­ ary 26, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Henry R. Collins, Orange, Texas. Matthew Thomas, bom Feb­ ruary 23, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Paul Thomas, Jr. Mobile, Ala. Tammy Temple, bom Janu­ ary 3, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. James Temple, Baltimore, Md. ^ John Anderson, bom No­ vember 23, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Leonard Anderson, St. Louis, Mo. ^ Wallace Hanke, bom No­ vember 25, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. David E. Hanke, Russellville, Ala. Kristina Guarino, bom De­ cember 11, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Bennie J. Guarino, New Orleans, La. ^ Lawrence Rhew, bom Febm­ ary 9, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Lawrence W. Rhew, Gal­ veston, Texas. —— Daniel Pronti, born Febmary 16, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs, Daniel G. Pronti, Jersey City, N.J. <!> — Donnie Alan West, bom De­ cember 28, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Donnie West, Flat Rock, Ala. ^ Warren Lietz, bom Febmary 8, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Warren C. Lietz, Daphne, Ala. ^ Samuel Tolley, bom January 15, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Samuel Lee Tolley, Camargo, Seafarer, Wife Praise SIU Welfare To the Editmr: Both of us wish to send our thanks and appreciation to the SIU Welfare Department for the goodwill, kindness and courtesy shown to us during our stay in the hospital. Pedro & Anita Losado BaMmote, Md. m. Michael Natoli, bom Decem­ ber 1, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. John J. Natoli, Brooklyn, N.Y. ^ Seafarer John Maytum of the deck department gets a haircut from James Saetani in the New York hall. Brother Maytum, a native of Rhode Island, joined the SIU in Port of New York in 1957. David Martin, bom January 25, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. David L. Martin, Mobile, Ala. �SEAFARERS LOG Page Twenty-Six April, 1969 ^ Marine), February 28—Chairman, H. PirkerSecretary, C. R. Darameyer. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Brother C. Martin was elected to serve as new ship's dele­ gate. Vote of thanks was extended to retiring ship's delegate. Brother C. Dammeyer. Seafarers and their families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ volved. and will be amended from time to time.) ^ Stitzel-Wellcr DistiUeriw "Old FIticenild,'' "Old "Cabin Sffli,'' W. L. Weiier Bourbon whMieya (Distillery Workers) KIngiport Press "World Book," "Chfldcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes . . . Sentry, Cedar Chest, Statler Men's Shoes . . . Jarman, Johnson ft Murphy, Crestworth, (Boot and Shoe Workers' Union) ^ Boren Clay Products Co. (United Brick and Clay Workers) ^ "HIS" hrand men's clothes Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond blouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa Ti«i, Boss Gloves, Rlchnm (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) ^1> Jamestown Sterling Corp. (United Furniture Workers) 4> Starlite luggage Starflite luggage (International Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers Union) i White Fumitur*. Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) ^ Gypsum WaBboard, American Gypsum Co. (United Cement Lime and Gypsum Workers International) vtf R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Salem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) Comet Rice Mills Co. products (International Union of United Brewery, Floiir, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) i Pioneer Flour Mill (United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers Local 110, San Antonio, Texas ^ An California Table Grapes (United Farm Workers) — Magic Chef Pan PaciSc Division (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union) —— Tennessee Packers Reelfoot Packing Frosty Mom Valleydale Packers (Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America) -if Richman Bros, and Sewell Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) Fisher Price Toys (Doll and Toy Workers) ^ Baltimore Luggage Co. Lady Baltimore, Amelia Earhart Atlimtic Products Sports Goods Owned by Ouett Peabody (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) <I> FINANCIAL BEFOBT8. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, aulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District makes siieciflc 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 monbership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brorricljm. TBUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in c^rge of these funds shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING BIGHTS. 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 contracta are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of yonr shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Biwrd by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Ektrl 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, lliese contracts sperify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know yonr contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the pnqner sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union oflicial, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract ririits prop­ erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. BDITORIAL POUCY—SBAFABEBS LOG. The LOG has tradithmaUy refrained from pabUshing any article serving the poUtieel purposes of any individual in the UafosL oiBcer or aasmbo'. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemediMiand to the Union or its collective membership. This estoblbhed policy has been by aeabMBhip action at the Septsnaber, 1960, meetinps In all constitd" mgoaMUtr tor LOG MUcy b vested in an editorial board which cathre Board of the Union. The Bxecutivo Board may delegate. Ma raaks, OM fasdividnal to carry oat this responsMlitg. SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orieans May 13—2:30 p.m. Mobile .... May 14—2:30 p.m. WOmington. May 19—2:00 p.m. San Frmicisco May 21—2:00 p.m. Seattle ... May 23—2:00 p.m. New York .. May 5—2:30 p.m. Philadelphia May 6—2:30 p.m. BaltinMn-e .. May 7—2:30 p.m. Detroit May 16—2:30 p.m. Houston ... May 12—2:30 p.m. United Industrial Worirers New Orleans May 13—^7:00 p.m. MobUe ,... May 14—7:00 p.m. New Yoih .. May 5—^7:00 p.m. Philadelphia May 6—7:00 p.m. Beldmore .. May 7—7:00 p.m. ^Houston .. May 12—7:00 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit .... May 5—2:00 p.m. Alpena May 5—7:00 p.m. Buffalo May 5—^7:00 p.m. Chicago ... May 5—^7:30 p.m. Duluth .... May 5—7:00 p.m. Frankfmi .. May 5—^7:00 p.m. Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Section Chicago May 13—7:30 p.m. tSauh St. Marie May 15—7:30 p.m. Buffalo .... May 14—7:30 p.m. Duluth May 16—^7:30 p.m. Oeveland .. May 16—7:30 p.m. Ttdedo May 16—^7:30 p.m. Detroit May 12—7:30 p.m. Milwaukee . May 12—7:30 p.m. SIU luland Boatmen's Union New Orleans May 13—5:00 p.m. Mobile .... May 14—5:00 p.m. Philadelpbia May 6—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and unUcensed) May 7—5:00 p.m. Norfolk May 8—5:00 p.m. Houston ... May 12—5:00 p.m. RaOway Marine Region Philadelpliia May 13—10 a.m. ft 8 p.m. Baltimore May 14—10 a.m. ft 8 p.m. •Norfolk May 15—10 a.m. ft 8 p.m. Jersey Oty May 12—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. • Meeting held at Labor Temple, New­ port, News. t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. IBECTdlYof ION HALLS SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tannar Earl Shapard Al Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS LIndity Wllllamr. Robert Matthewi SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADPUARTERS ALPENA. Mich BALTIMORE. Md BOSTON. Mail 475 4th Ave., Rlilyn. (212) HY T-4400 SABINE (Ogden Operators), March 2—Chairman, B. Pimovicz; Secretary, F. J. Johnson. Disputed OT in each department to be squared away by patrolman. Vote of thanks to Brother Robert Aumill, chief cook, and Brother Ed Heniken, baker, for doing a very good job. ' - " • * COMMANDER (Marine Carriers), March 2—Chairman, Edmund Abualy; Secretary, George Thompson. Sojne disputed OT in engine and steward departments. Brother Gene Woturski was elected to serve as ship's delegate. MOBILIAN (Waterman), February 23—Chairman, M. Olson; Secretary, M. E. Greenwald. No beefs and no 'disputed OT. Ml 'H WESTERN COMET (Western ;Agency), January 26—Chairman, |R. J. Callahanf Socretarj% C. Loper, l^r. Few hours disputed OT in deck '^nd engine departments to be taken ;up with boarding patrolman. 5 lyERVILLE (Waterman), Pebiyuary 16—Chairman, John Cisiecki; Secretary, M. L. Leaehe. Brother G. ^onzales was elected to serve as ^ship's delegate. 127 River SI. (517) EL 4-3414 1214 E. Baltimore St. (301) EA 7-4900 443 Atlantic Avenue (417) 482-4714 73S Waihlnqton St. SIU (714) TL 3-92S9 IBU (714) TL 3-9259 CHICA60. Ill 9343 Ewtnq Ave. SIU (312) SA 1-0733 IBU (312) ES 5-9570 CLEVELAND. Ohio I42B W. 2Sth St. (214) MA 1-5450 DETROIT. Mich IBUi W. Jettenon Ave. !• DEL ALBA (Delta), March 2— (^Chairman, William A. Aycock; SecSretary, Sanford Kemp. No becfS Vere reported by department dele- Sfeates. BUFFALO. N.Y (313) VI 3-4741 DULUTH. Minn FRANKFORT. Mich P.O. Box 2B7 415 Main St. (414) EL 7-2441 5BB4 Canal St. (713) WA B-3207 JACKSONVILLE. Fla 2448 Pearl St. (904) EL 3-09B7 JERSEY CITY. N.J 99 Montgomery St. (201) HE 5-9424 MOBILE. Ale. ........ I South Lawrence St. (205) HE 2-1754 NORFOLK. Va 430 Jackion Ave. (504) 529-7544 115 3rd St. (703) 422-IB92 2404 S. 4th St. (215) DE 4-3818 PORT ARTHUR. Tex I34B Seventh St. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., 350 Freemont St. (415) DO 2-4401 MEETINGS SEAHLE. Waih ST. LOUIS, Mo 1313 Fernandei Juncoi Stop 20 724-2848 2505 Firit Avenue (204) MA 3-4334 '. . 805 Del Mar (314) CE 1-1434 TAMPA, Fla 312 Harrlion St. (813) 229-2788 WILMINGTON, Calif., 450 Seaside Ave. Terminal Island, Calif. (213) 832-7285 YOKOHAMA. Japan . Iseya BIdg.. Room BOI 1-2 Kalgan-Dorl-Nakaku 2014971 Ext. 28! PAYHENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be imid 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, hut feels that he should not have been required to nmke such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every sU months in the 8E1AFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available Jn all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarise 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 headquarteia. BBTIBED SBAFABEBS. Old-time SIU members drawing disabUity-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 f^ieir dues. EQUAL BIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the c«mtraets which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer may he discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic oririn. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SBAFABEBS 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 famOies and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers PoliUeal Activity Donation was cstabinhed. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds throurt which legisiative and ptditical activities are conducted tor ^ benefit of the membership and the Union. If at aiV time a Seafarer fesis that any of tba above tights have been violatsd, er that ha has >«an daiOad Ua tinatilaUiaal right of accaas to Unian leeetda ar taifenaatiaa, ha aaanld iaaiadiataiy aetify SIU PrmMant Paul Hal at hsadgnartsra by !( LONG BEACH (Sea-Land),-Feb­ ruary 18—Chairman, John Der; SeCr iretary, J. Fuller. No beefs wore re,j)orted by department delegates. Big .improvement in menus this trip. 'The steward was requested to order fresh stores that will pep up the inenus. Discussion held regarding jrusty hot and cold wash water. PHILADELPHIA, Pa SANTURCE. P.R •t j 312 W. 2nd St. (218) RA 2-4110 HOUSTON. Tex NEW ORLEANS. La DIGEST of SIU PEARY (Marine Traders), March 2—Chairman, Harold J. Romero;; Secretary, James A. Hollen. Some disputed OT in engine department. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done; FRED MORRIS (Waterman), Feb­ ruary 26—Chairman, Wm. Duncan; ; Secretary, Wm, Duncan. No beefrf' were reported by department dele-; gates. Discussion held regarding food. Crew would like an improve­ ment in menus and quality of food served. SAN JUAN (Sea-Land), March 2 —Chairman, J. A. Shortell; Secre­ tary, E. Graham. $53.19 in ship's fund and $80.00 in movie fund. Some ^ disputed OT in deck department.; Vote of thanks was extendea to Brother James Shortell, ship's dele­ gate, for a job well, done. Beef re­ garding company not forwardintj^ the SEAFARERS L0(3 to the ships. ROBIN SHERWOOD (Moore^ McCormack), March 20—Chairman^ William McConnell; Secretary, Jim­ my L. Dunagan. Some disputed OT in engine and deck departments.] Beefs regarding various items sent to headquarters. SANTORE (Venore Transporta­ tion), February 23—Chaiman, T. AJ Jackson; Secretary, C. R. Arnold.] No beefs and no disputed OT. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Brother Jack-f son, chief steward, went all out top; make this a pleasant voyage for everyone. DEtTA BRAZIE (Delta), March 9 —Chairman, Mike Dunn; Secretary,.. C. A. Hancock. $76.00 in ship's fund.;; No beefs were reported by depart-;ment delegates. |j STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isthmian), . March O'—Chairman, E. S. Harris; ! Secretary, H. L. Bennett $78.65 in ship's fund. Very good trip wf.th no beefs. Some disputad QT in engine department to be taken up with '-il 9» J*-) »; vl 'i 'i k �ome Seafarer John P. Morris, at left, points out matter he wishes to dis­ cuss at pay-off to SlU Representative Ken McGregor who is listening intently at table. Morris reported that voyage was mostly smooth sailing. r ^ muter 6TJiay trip io Ua Nany and! Manita, ihe Yaka (Wai^rmanJ arrives haracteristic ispse is struck by Paul Brady, who comes from Montgomery, ^Alabama, Seafarer Brady, a graduate of the Harry Lundeberg School of Searnanship, provided music during trip, teaming up with Peter Dufours. A messman. Seafarer Clowe Torry enjoys catching up on the LOG during leisure moments. The re­ cent trip on the Yaka was Brother lorry's first. Father and son team, John P. Morris, right, and son John H. Morris make their home at Savannah, Ga. Father, a Seafarer for 40 years, has five sons, all of whom sail with the SlU. Son John, 28, sails as an oiler. _ ijrJ'•'w: A new Seafarer is Larry Lafleur, 16, who sails as ordinary. A Lundeberg graduate, the youngster just completed second trip. The crpw voted the steward department the best they had ever sailed with. Chief Steward Cristobal De Jesus, shown fixing a savory dish in the galley, has served as chief steward for most of 30 years at sea. Seafarer Jim Reynolds, ordinary seaman, goes through his papers at pay-off time, Facial adornment sprouted during voyage. p |> I �Vol. ill £PG 1'^ V ' . '^<,^ffi"''-'-»v ^•• i ¥: !• ^ Mcii- � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource April 1969 Description An account of the resource Headlines: RUNAWAY SHIPS CALLED TAX DODGERS MFOW’S VINCENT J. MALONE DIES IN SAN FRANCISCO AT 62 ALL OUT MARITIME PROGRAM NEEDED TO MEET SOVIET THREAT PROPOSED COAST GUARD REGULATIONSBTHREATEN DOMESTIC FISHING INDUSTRY SEAFARER HILTON WOOLSEY KILLED BY VC BOOBY TRAP MAGNUSON LAUNCHES SEPARATE MARAD FIGHT OHIO UNEMPLOYMENT LAWS AMENDED TO INCLUDE GREAT LAKES SEAFARERS SEAFARERS ABOARD OVERSEAS ALICE PLUCK DOWNED FLIER FROM HIGH SEAS HYPOCRITICAL TAX LAWS RESPONSIBLE FOR RUNAWAY SHIPS SIU SCHOOLSHIP, ‘CHARLES S. ZIMMERMAN’, IS CHRISTENED CONSTRUCTION UNIONS URGE PASSAGE OF NEW JOB SAFETY BILL IN SENATE ROONEY SEES MERCHANT FLEET REVIVAL PRIME CURE FOR PAYMENT DEFICIT AFL-CIO SEEKS MAJOR REVAMPING TO UPGRADE SOCIAL SECURITY VOTING RECORDS OF COMMITTEE HEADS SHOW MANY OPPOSED PARTY IN HOUSE PLUGGING INCOME TAX LOOPHOLES CITED AS VITAL TO RENEW PUBLIC CONFIDENCE NEW TAYLOR LAW AMENDMENTS HIT PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HARD ILO COMMISSION WILL INVESTIGATE GREEK’S REPRESSION OF UNION RIGHTS ATTEMPT TO SNEAK RIGHT-TO-WORK THROUGH CIVIL RIGHTS TIE-IN DEFEATED AFL-CIO URGES HIGH COURT BACKING FOR REBUTTAL TO BROADCAST ATTACKS GRAPE GROWERS SET UP BOGUS UNION IN EFFORT TO CONFUSE FARM WORKERS OIL WORKERS URGE BOYCOTT OF SHELL TO COUNTER FIRM’S STALLING TACTICS LABOR PRAISES NEW GOVT RADIATON STANDARDS AFL-CIO URGES EXPANDED GOVT AID TO EDUCATION AFL-CIO URGES US-MEXICAN CONTROLS TO CURTAIL EXPLOITATION OF WORKERS VETERAN SEAFARERS RUSSO AND MATT REUNITED IN HOSPITAL AFTER 22 YEARS YAKA COMES HOME SANTA MARIA SEEKS COLUMBUS 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 04/1969 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. 6 1969 Periodicals Seafarers Log