http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/96357852d886fe150b24bf52487855cd.PDF e515dfb1dc41c76ce06d4deed15a07ae PDF Text Text Vol. XXXI No. 11 SEAFARERSvLOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION . ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO V;:. 6REAT lAKES TUG AND DREDGE PENSIOH FUND Annual Report Rled WRh NoY. State insurancd DepartnMnt 21 iERs mmvuM Annual Repert Fileil WR| II.Y. State insurance Dnpar^nt p!'-- - • :7-. • 'A-.?.! �Page Two SEAFARERS September, 1969 LOG Six More Seafarers Get Licenses; Engineer Upgraders Now Total 349 The School of Marine Engi­ neering, sponsored jointly by the SIU and MEBA District 2, has graduated six more Seafarers from the engine department. All have earned engineer's licenses following successful completion of the comprehensive training program offered by the school. These new graduates bring to 349 the total number of Seafar­ ers who have completed the School's course and have gone on to pass their Coast Guard licensing examinations. Edmund Richard Rivers, 22, was born in Brooklyn and makes his home there now with his Rivers Laboda wife and child. He joined the Union in the Port of New York in 1965 at which time he was a graduate of the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. Rivers sailed as FOWT before entering the school of engineer­ ing last March. In August he received his Temporary Third Assistant Engineer's License. Thaddeus Laboda, 56, joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1953. Born in Philadelphia, Brother Laboda logged a good deal of seatime as an oiler be­ fore being accepted to the en­ gineering school in October, 1968. With his seatime experi­ ence and successful completion of comprehensive training and instruction at the school, he passed the Coast Guard licens­ ing exam last month and is now sailing as a Third Assistant En­ gineer. David Bryon Dawson, 27, joined the SIU in the Port of San Francisco and shipped out as FOWT before he entered the school of engineering in April. He received a Third Assistant Engineer's License on July 31. Born in Taft, California, Broth­ er Dawson now lives in Cam­ bria, California. A new temporary third as­ Water Pollution Bill Reported To Senate Alms at OH Spills WASHINGTON — Legisla­ tion aimed at protecting the na­ tion's water resources as well as its beaches from oil and other pollutants has been re­ ported favorably by the Senate Committee on Public Works after hearings which extended over a period of six months. That part of the proposed legislation—^the Water Quality Improvement Act of 1969— which drew the greatest con­ troversy was its "absolute liabil­ ity" clause. This states that polluters of U.S. waters will be liable to the government up to $14 million or $125 per gross registered ton in the case of vessels. This would not apply in cases involving Acts of God or war, damages caused by third parties or U.S. government neg­ ligence. However, the burden of proof is on the party respon­ sible for the immediate effects. Shipowners had taken excep­ tion to the "absolute liability" concept during the hearings, pointing out besides that the $450 per gross registered ton figure originally proposed was "simply not insurable" in the world insurance market. The version agreed upon in the Sen­ ate committee reduced the $450 to $125. Oil Spills Damaging "Frequent oil spills from ves­ sels and from on-and off-shore facilities have ruined beaches and lowered the quality of our rivers and shore waters and have jeopardized animal and vege­ table life," the committee report states. "The spills from the Torrey Canyon and the Ocean Eagle have been spectacular examples of this danger, but the damage from repeated but unpublicized lesser incidents and intentional dumping is steadily increasing. This can no longer be tolerated. "Too often, the government has been unable to respond quickly enough to control the situation, or has not been in­ formed of the incident. Fre­ quently, the offenders have made no attempt to cleanup the spill and have gone unpunished. This bill attempts to correct these deficiencies." The Act deals with oil pollu­ tion, whether caused by dis­ charge from vessels or onshore or offshore facilities, sewage dis­ charge from vessels, and the dis­ charge of hazardous substances into bodies of water. Liabilities are assessed and penalties imposed on owners or operators of vessels for the costs of removal of oil spills by the government in cases where the owner or operator refuses to clean up the discharge or does not do so promptly and ade­ quately. The legislation, S. 7, which takes over from a similar bill on which action had not been concluded during the past Con­ gress, is now due for action on the full Senate floor. Its author is Senator Edmund S. Muskie (D-Me.), who presided over the hearings. Amendment Proposed To SIU Constitution sistant engineer. Warren Bullard, was sailing as a wiper be­ fore entering the school of Engineering in February, 1969. Brother Bullard, 29, joined the Union in the Port of Philadel­ phia in 1962. He is a native of Lakeland, Florida and now lives A resolution to amend the SIU Constitution was submitted by Secretary-Treasurer A1 Kerr, in behalf of the Executive Board, to the September membership meeting at SIU Headquarters in New York. The text of the resolution is as follows: WHEREAS, under our Constitution in voting for the election of officers and amending our Constitution, the Constitution pro­ vides that they be conducted in a manner which requires Polls Committees at certain times and places with a member having to be present and personally voting at that time; and WHEREAS, this procedure has at times created an unnecessary burden in carrying out a vote and may under the present conditions unnecessarily expose the results of such voting to unwarranted attack, which would require the spending of the Union's monies to oppose such attack and at the same time, would prevent the outcome of the membership's vote from being put into effect; and WHEREAS, it is recommended to change the method of such voting to some type of system of mail balloting, at the same time, holding on to for the membership and Union, their participation Dawson Bullard in such procedures; and WHEREAS, under our Constitution, proposed constitutional in Philadelphia with his wife, amendments and action to be taken upon such amendments, must Lenora. first be authorized by the membership, after which a Constitutional Stephen Joseph May, 34, is Committee is elected with the duty and authority to act on the a native of Mount Vernon, amendments and make changes, corrections, substitutions, and/or New York. He now makes his , • XT 1 XT T I make recommendations. The recommendations made, may inome m ewar , ew elude other proposed constitutional changes and after which the Brother May joined the SIU in | Committees' action is submitted to the membership for acceptance, the Port of New York in 1967. modification or rejection. If accepted by the membership, a refer­ He sailed as FOWT prior to endum vote is then conducted on same. enrolling in the engineering THEREFORE, it is school last March. He received RESOLVED, that our Constitution be amended to provide that his Third Assistant Engineer's in conducting votes for officers and for constitutional amendments License in August. Seafarer and with regard to constitutional amendments, unless otherwise May served a hitch in the Navy required by a majority vote of the membership, the voting shall be by mail ballot, and further from 1954 to 1958. RESOLVED, that the procedure or details of such mail ballot­ Robert Holley, 30, sailed as ing be contained in the recommendations of a Constitutional Com­ FOWT before being accepted mittee to be elected in the event this proposed resolution is ac­ by the School of Engineering in cepted by the membership as constitutionally required. That such May, 1969. He graduated with Constitutional Committee make such other recommendation on his Third Engineer's License in mail balloting procedure, along with recommendations for any August. A native of Rocky proposed constitutional amendments as the Committee may feel Mount, North Carolina, Brother needed or appropriate, such as, included but not limited to, mem­ Holley now lives in Norfolk, bership requirements, including financial requirements, length of Virginia. He joined the SIU in service; election procedures, constitutional definitions and any the Port of Norfolk in 1967. other constitutional subject. RESOLVED, as constitutionally provided, the resolution be Seafarer Holley served in the voted upon by the membership at the constitutional ports of New Army from 1956 until 1959. York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Detroit, Houston, New Orleans All engine department Sea­ and Mobile, and, if concurred in, the Constitutional Committee of farers are eligible for any of six (6) book members be elected at the Port of New York, Head­ the upgrading programs at the quarters, at a special meeting to be held thereat, at 2:00 P.M. on Union-sponsored School of Ma­ September 22, 1969, and finally, RESOLVED, in the event that such Constitutional Committee's rine Engineering, providing they are at least 19 years of age and | report and recommendations are thereafter accepted by the mem­ bership for voting as constitutionally required, such referendum vote be over a thirty (30) day period by secret ballot. That the voting shall commence no earlier than thirty (30) days, but no later than ninety (90) days after the membership approves the report and recommendations for a membership referendum vote. Fraternally submitted by A1 Kerr, Secretary-Treasurer In behalf of Executive-Board Holley have a minimum of 18 months of O.M.E.D. watchstanding time in the engine department in addition to at least six months experience as wiper or the equiv­ alent. Any Seafarer who qualifies and wishes to enroll in the school may obtain additional information and make applica­ tion for enrollment at any SIU hall. Information can also be obtained by writing to SIU headquarters, 675 Fourth Ave­ nue, Brooklyn, New York 11232, or by telephoning the school at (212) 499-6600. Home on the Range '1 f :) (, •if •h \ * II y A few words of advice and a warm sendoff accompany SIU Welfare Director Al Bernstein's delivery of first pension check to Seafarer John Szczepanski, shown at left. Szczepanski last sailed on the Albany as third cook, and will now practice his skill at his home in Jersey City, New Jersey. Photograph was taken at New York SIU hall. �September, 1969 SEAFARERS Prompt Replies Requested To Pension Questionnaires (The following letter, along with a pension supplement and questionnaire, has been mailed to all members of the Union. It is of the utmost importance that these question­ naires be filled out and returned to the Union as soon as possible. The committee elected by the membership to review and recommend ways and means to improve the Pension Plan will depend on your ideas and suggestions.) September 15, 1969 Dear Fellow Seafarer: Your Union has run a pension supplement containing a questionnaire in the last several issues of the Seafarers LOG with the request that all members fill it out and send it in. In our recently concluded negotiations it was announced to our Membership, after obtaining new wage scales, that only two items remained open—the Pension Plan and the Vacation Plan. We have just concluded negotiations for our Vacation Plan, and the payments are now: Entry Ratings, $1,000; Middle Ratings, $1,200; Key Ratings, $1,400. This now leaves us with the immediate task of improving our Pension Plan. Accordingly, you are strongly urged to fill out the enclosed questionnaire and send it in at once in the self-addressed, postage-paid envelope provided. This is important due to the fact that at the October meeting of the constitutional branches of the SIU, our Mem­ bership will vote whether or not to establish a Pension Re­ view Committee. If carried in the October meetings, then on November 17, 1969, we shall elect such a committee in these Constitutional Ports at a special meeting for the purpose of reviewing and recommending ways and means to improve our Pension Plan. We should make available to that Committee all information possible as to the attitude and opinion of our Membership. Therefore, if you have not previously doif^so, please fill out the enclosed questionnaire and mail it back to us imme­ diately. Your co-operation will be greatly appreciated. Fraternally, Paul Hall, President Rep. Rosenthal Tells MTD: S/U Wins Major Vataiion Intreases For Rated Meu iu All Departments This latest major improve­ Continued bargaining negoti­ ations on the new SIU freight- ment in the SIU Vacation Plan ship and tanker agreements has marks the 12th time the benefits resulted in a major improvement have been increased through ne­ in vacation benefits. Under the gotiations since the program was terms of a newly-negotiated va­ first established in 1951. The cation clause, unlicensed Sea­ original SIU Vacation Plan—a farers in all middle and key landmark in the maritime indus­ ratings will receive increases in try—provided annual vacations annual vacation pay ranging of $115 for all unlicensed sea­ from $200 to $400. Annual men. By 1956, vacation benefits vacation for entry ratings will were up to $260, and continued remain at $1,000. up still further in 1960 to $400 Following is the breakdown a year. of the new vacation schedule, Then, in 1962, the Union which is retroactive to June 16, again secured increased vaca­ 1969: tion benefits—^this time doubling Deck Department: boatswain the rate to $800—and also did and carpenter—$1,400 per year; away with the requirement that A.B. maintenance, quartermas­ a Seafarer had to work aboard ter, able seaman—$1,200 per one vessel for a full year or more to be elegible for vacation pay. year. Engine Department: chief In 1966, the vacation benefit in­ electrician, second electrician, creased again to $1,000. unlicensed junior engineer (day), Since it was first established, unlicensed junior engineer thousands of Seafarers have re­ (watch), pi umber/machinist, ceived a total of more than $67 deck engineer, engine utility, million in benefits under the chief pumpman (tankers), sec­ ond pumpman/engine mainte­ nance (tankers)—$1,400 per year. Evaporator maintenance, oiler, oiler-diesel, watertender, fireman/watertender, fireman— WASHINGTON—An order $1,200 per year. ensuring the maximum use of Steward Department: chief steward, steward/cook, chief commercial U.S.-flag ships in cook, cook and baker—$1,400; transporting government car­ second cook, third cook—$1,- goes to or from the United States has been issued by Robert L. 200. Kunzig, General Services Ad­ ministrator. GSA procurement regulations will now spell out the required use of American-flag vessels whenever possible to move gov­ ernment-owned equipment, ma­ terials or commodities. When U.S.-flag commercial vessels are not available, the contractor years. Today, with one-twentieth must obtain GSA approval to of our cargoes traveling in use foreign-flag vessels. "The order not only requires American ships, we are sixth in world shipping and about tenth the use of U.S.-flag ships when­ ever possible, but prohibits the in shipbuilding. " The congressman, a member use of foreign-flag vessels that of the Government Operations have been engaged in trade with Committee, expressed his be­ Cuba or North Vietnam," Kun­ lief that the problems with the zig pointed out. This includes foreign-flag maritime industry come not from the Commerce Depart­ vessels which have been listed ment, but from "inefficient gov­ in the Federal Register by the Maritime Administration as ernment." In regards to shipbuilding, he having called at a Cuban port said, requests made by MARAD on or after January 1, 1963, or for funds have been "slashed to at a North Vifetnamese port on ribbons by the various layers or after January 25, 1966—un­ less GSA approval is first ob­ of bureaucracy." tained. "We must re-establish an in­ Beyond providing emphasis dependent Maritime Admini­ and stricter enforcement to pro­ stration—we must give it what­ cedures outlined in the Cargo ever legislative tools it needs— Preference Act of 1936, the and we must give it the money amendment also serves to draw that is required to get the job the attention of other govern­ done. ment agencies to cargo prefer­ "In that way, we can again ence regulations, Kunzig noted. get on with the job of doing The SIU—as well as Ameri­ what we set out to do in 1936— can-flag shipowners—has main­ to promote a strong merchant tained that, despite the Cargo marine that vyill serve our com­ Preference Act, which requires mercial shipping needs—and that American-flag ships receive that can act successfully as an a minimum of 50 percent of auxiliary to our armed forces." government-originating cargoes. Independent MARAD Only Remedy Fer U.S. Fleet's 'Diastrous' Plight WASHINGTON—One of the 170 congressmen who have sponsored legislation to restore the Maritime Administration to independent status. Representa­ tive Benjamin S. Rosenthal (DN.Y.) explained here why he believed this approach was nec­ essary in order to remedy what he termed "today's disastrous maritime situation." "You can't argue with facts," the New York congressman told a meeting sponsored by the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ partment. "And the facts are that when our merchant marine program was being run as an in­ dependent entity, the merchant marine prospered—since its jurisdiction was transferred to the Department of Commerce, our merchant marine has de­ cayed. "I think it's time to return to the winning combination—a strong program, and an inde­ pendent agency to carry it out." Rosenthal said that, with the creation of the Maritime Com­ mission in 1936 as an inde­ pendent agency of government, the United States moved up to first rank in world shipping and also became the biggest ship­ building power in the world. "In 1936," he pointed out, "American ships were carrying 26.5 percent of our waterborne imports and exports. By 1950, the percentage rose to 42.5. To­ day, it is about five percent." The U.S. fleet now numbers about 800 vessels, he said, com­ pared to 2,000 at the end of World War II. Of these, 80 percent are more than 20 years old—over-aged and inefficient ships. "What went wrong? "By an innocent-appearing re­ organization, the nation's mer­ chant marine ceased to have the representation in government which it needed to prosper, or perhaps, even to survive." Rosenthal referred to the transfer of maritime activities to the Department of Com­ merce. "Within four years after the maritime community lost its in­ dependent voice, the percentage of American cargo shipped aboard American vessels was cut in half. Then it was cut in half again in another eight Page Hiree LOG SIU Vacation Plan. In the latest reported month alone, vacation benefits amounted to $785,449.89. This latest improvement in the SIU Standard Agreement was achieved under a provision of the new contract calling for "continued negotiations with re­ spect to improved pension, wel­ fare and vacation." In the "Comments and Recommenda­ tions" included in the agreement which was presented to the membership for ratification, the SIU negotiating committee stated: "Your committee feels that these contracts as presented to the membership represent not only a substantial gain on wages, overtime, etc., but also estab­ lishes a basis for finalizing in the near future new contract terms and benefits in the other areas such as welfare, pensions and vacations." 50% Cargo Preference Rules Tightened by New Amendment the government has been using foreign ships because their rates are lower. Congressman Otis Pike (DN.Y.), speaking, to an AFLCIO Maritime Trades Depart­ ment meeting last month, ac­ cused government agencies of using the 50 percent regulations as "maximums" instead of "minimums." The amendment just issued is seen as a response to these charges. Idea of fixed Chairman of ICC Backed by Labor WASHINGTON—The AFLCIO has expressed its support of President Nixon's proposal of a permanent chairman for the Interstate Commerce Commis­ sion instead of the present sys­ tem of rotating one-year terms among members of the commis­ sion. In a letter to Representative John A. Blatnik (D-Minn.), chairman of the House Govern­ ment Operations Committee, AFL-CIO Legislative Director Andrew J. Biemiller pledged the federation's support. The proposal, part of Reor­ ganization Plan No. 1 of 1969, would also give the ICC chair­ man authority over such admin­ istrative functions as appoint­ ment and supervision of person­ nel. However, personnel em­ ployed in the immediate offices of other members of the com­ mission would not be affected. At present, Virginia Mae Brown is ICC chairman. �Page Four SEAFARERS LOG September, 1969 Fulbright's 'Pay-off Slur on AIFLD Hit by Meany as 'Gratuitous insult' WASHINGTON—AFL-CIO President George Meany went before the Senate Foreign Re­ lations Committee last month and answered "a gratuitous in­ sult" to labor from the com­ mittee's chairman Senator J. William Fulbright (D-Ark.) The insult, Meany made clear, was a Fulbright suggestion that the government has provided grants to the American Insti­ tute for Free Labor Develop­ ment as "the price we pay" for labor's support of Vietnam pol­ icy. The quote from Fulbright ap­ peared in a United Press Inter­ national account of a committee hearing, July 14. At the time, Fulbright also belittled AIFLD's program to strengthen free un­ ions in Latin America. Meany said Fulbright's charge was untrue—"completely ridic­ ulous." He -expressed labor's "pride" in its participation in AIFLD and he traced its ac­ complishments. He listed m.ore than 70 businesses that have joined with the AFL-CIO in lielping support it. ously intended to be quite com­ was a "close relationship" be­ plimentary of AIFLD." tween labor and the previous Thousands of workers in Administration by which AIFLD Latin America have benefited was given money "to do as you from AIFLD's educational pro­ please with." grams, Meany pointed out. Un­ "To do as we please?," ion leaders and technicians Meany retorted. "That's not so. trained by the Institute in the We are checked every step of U.S. have been able to take the way [on expenditures]." their acquired skills back home Fulbright read parts of news­ with them and, in turn teach paper articles critical of AIFLD, others. which he said he was "putting The second phase of AIFLD's into the record." When he came work—its sponsorship of social to one that charged the program projects in Latin America—has was promoting "revolutions," helped unions there "play a Meany said, "That's the Commie more vital and positive role in line." the economic and social devel­ Same Arguments opment of their countries," He explained that he did not Meany said. mean that the author or the He noted that AIFLD is "the newspaper was influenced by the largest U.S. sponsor of workers' Communists but that the argu­ low cost housing in Latin Amer­ ments they used to discredit ica" with housing programs in AIFLD were the same argu­ 12 different countries. ments used by the Communists. He described a workers' At one point, Fulbright at­ housing bank established by tacked AIFLD because some AIFLD in Lima, Peru; wide- labor leaders who took its ranging "campesino" programs courses later became involved in Latin America which provide in politics in their countries. educational and vocational Meany answered, "We have no training, and legal assistance; way of controlling people. But help to unions in starting credit we are not involved in Latin Senators Disagree American politics." unions and cooperatives. During the hearing, which This exchange caused McGee Meany submitted with his ran for more than three hours, statement a resolution adopted to ask if perhaps the committee none of the committee members by the AFL-CIO Executive shouldn't get a "list" of Ful­ associated himself with Ful­ Council in May 1954 which bright scholars to determine "if bright's remarks. Two senators spelled out labor's policy in they became activists" upon re­ in fact, took sharp issue with Indo-China (of which Vietnam turning home. . them: was then a part). It called for In his testimony, Meany free elections and United Na­ brought out another point. He Senator Gale W. McGee (Dcalled Fulbright after the July Wyo.) after listening to ex­ tions action in the area. "We had a policy then as 14 hearing to see if he could changes between Meany and Fulbright, said, "There's noth­ now on Vietnam," Meany de­ talk to the senator alone about ing here to suggest any payoff. clared. "Who paid us off then?" his remarks. "No one else on It lessens the dignity of this he asked, adding, "You are the committee suggested a pay­ really stretching your imagina­ off," Meany said. body to make such charges." Continuing, Meany .^pointed Senator Clifford P. Case (R- tion." out that it was Fulbright who "It is a gratuitous insult to N.J.) said AIFLD's education courses for Latin American un­ the American labor movement insisted that it was a "commit­ ionists are similar to the Ful­ to accuse us of receiving a pay­ tee matter." He added that he bright Scholarship program in off for supporting the foreign came before the committee "be­ which students from other na­ policy of any administration," cause you wanted me here." "I'm not here pleading for the tions study in the United States Meany declared. program. I'm here to set you Fulbright said he would with help from the U.S. gov­ straight that this is not a politi­ "withdraw" the payoff charge, ernment. Fulbright seemed less cal payoff," Meany declared. but he then added that there than pleased by the comparison. Meany's statement to the committee also attacked a Ful­ bright assertion that U.S. audi-, tors could find "no specific conclusion" as to the relative success of AIFLD. It was based on a May 1968 letter written Union members and their families give labor's leadership by Comptroller General Elmer a strong vote of confidence, a professional polling firm re­ B. Staats. ported recently. Meany noted that Fulbright A survey taken by Sindlinger and Company found that "union members overwhelmin^y believe the leaders of labor had quoted only the first sen­ organizations are concerned with the interests of the rank and tence of a paragraph that went file." on to praise AIFLD as "a real­ The nationwide sampling of union members found 73.9 istic and imaginative approach" percent agreeing and only 3.9 percent disagreeing that imion to Western Hemisphere prob­ leaders are concerned with the interests of union members. lems, helping workers in Latin The remaining 22.2 percent either declined to answer or America to "become more ac­ qualified their replies. tive in the economic and social The attitude was almost as favorable among adults living progress" of their countries. in households where there is a union member, even though "It is most incomprehensi­ they were not members themselves. In those households, 64.1 percent said union leaders rep­ ble," Meany said, that Fulbright resent the interests of the average member. would lift a sentence out of con­ text from a paragraph ^'obvi­ Poll of Members Confirms Confidence In Union Heads AFL-CIO Pres. George Meany termed a "gratuitous insult" to labor, a remark by Senator J. William Fulbright (D-Ark.) that government funds American Insititute for Free Labor Development receives may be pay-off for labor's support of Vietnam policy. Meany is flanked at Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing by CWA President Jo­ seph A. Bierne, left, chairman of the AFL-CIO International Affairs* Committee and Legislative Director Andrew J. Biemiller, at right. 'i\ Record [nroUment Attained By Apprenticeship Outreach WASHINGTON—Craft un­ ions and community action agencies helped enroll a record 1,537 minority youths in the Apprenticeship Outreach pro­ gram during the first six months of 1969, the Labor Department reported. The number of minority youths placed as apprentices in programs registered with the La­ bor Department rose from 2,325 to 3,862 from January 1 through June 30. This is an average of 255 a month during the sixmonth period, the department noted. Labor Secretary George P. Shultz termed the achievement "one example of what can be done in attacking the manpower problem" through cooperation. He praised the craft unions and the community agencies for their "afiirmative action." The Apprenticeship Outreach program is sponsored by the AFL-CIO local building and construction trade councils in 14 cities, the Urban League in 21 cities, the Workers' Defense League in 10 cities and seven other groups in six cities. Of the total 3,862 minority apprentices, the Urban League placed 1,400, the Workers' De­ fense League 1,273, the craft union councils 870 and the others 319. The young apprentices are learning one of 18 skilled trades in the building and construction field, including carpentry, iron work, machinery operation and others. Apprenticeship Outreach uses the "tutor and cram" method to assist the youths—mainly Negro, Puerto Rican, MexicanAmerican and Indian—in pre­ paring for a specific apprentice­ ship examination. Secretary Shultz also reported that the activities of the 35 Apprenticeship Information Centers across the nation 12-month span, 8,902 apprenreached peak operations in the year ended June 30. During the tice applicants were referred , and indentured as apprentices in ^ programs registered with the Labor Department. ' Center for Labor Studies Programs To Start Soon NEW YORK — TTie AFLCIO's Labor Studies Center will become "oflScially operative" in Washington on Labor Day when Professor Fred Hoehler takes over his full-time duties as di­ rector. Walter Davis, AFL-CIO ed­ ucation director, reported to the federation's council meeting here that the center's first pro­ gram will begin in December. Initial activities will concentrate on seventeen one-week special institutes on a variety of sub­ ject areas. Such institutes will be one to four weeks in length. The student body will include national officers, union staff, and other persons with key re­ sponsibilities in the labor move­ ment. The center also will provide core institutes where staff devel­ opment programs will be three weeks in length and will be held five times from January through June 1970. Among the courses for these institutes will be "the American System of Unionism," "Eco­ nomics," "American Society and Civilization." There will also be courses in civil rights, labor law, state government and collective bargaining. The center's budget, pro­ gram, curriculum, personnel and location in Washington were approved by the board of trustees. f- f �September, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Five LOG 'Total Nqtional Commitment* Theme of Labor Day Messages Fight for Need Against Greed Drawn-by Meany, Others AFL-CIO President George Meany lashed out at "profiteer­ ing and greed" in a Labor Day message calling for a "total na­ tional commitment" to jobs, housing, education—and broth­ erhood. He said the nation's festering urban problems have been studied and diagramed, but then "relegated to low priority status by the nation's policy makers and leaders." Meanwhile, Meany warned, swollen corporate profits and ex­ orbitant interest rates have sent living costs up and purchasing power down to the point where "the American worker is already entering a recession." The AFL-CIO president and other leaders of the trade union movement used labor's holiday as an occasion to emphasize their confidence in America's ability to overcome its problems —if approached with the same determination that led to the moon landing. "This nation did commit it­ self to putting men on the moon and it did the job," Meany de­ clared. "It can commit itself to enriching and ennobling the lives of its people here on earth, and it must," he said. "Behind the commitment," Meany stressed, "there must be 1 j I ' : i j ! i AFL-CIO Secretary-Treas­ a willingness to back it up with deeds, money and resources." ury Lane Kirkland stressed in Meany spoke bluntly of the his Labor Day message the consequences of disordered pri­ trade union movement's long­ orities: standing commitment to "par­ With basic housing at a vir­ ticipatory democracy"—^long tual standstill because of high before the phrase was adopted interest rates and speculative as a political slogan. land costs, "high-rise luxury To the labor movement, this apartments and towering new means "working within the dem­ office buildings cast long shad­ ocratic framework to strengthen ows over old, dilapidated and it and make it function effec­ squalid housing in the ghettos tively to meet the needs of all citizens." below." Labor is "not uncritical" of Lack of money bars thou­ the nation's institutions, Kirk­ sands of young people from a land noted. But it considers the college education—or even American democratic structure quality elementary and high "fundamentally sound and cap­ school education. able of increasing responsive­ "Congress has been ready with words," but "reticent with ness to the demands of a nation undergoing wrenching change." money." The involvement of America's "And too many American corporations run away from unions in the "total life" of the American wage scales to .build community is "broad and ex­ plants and manufacture prod­ panding," Kirkland declared. He cited labor's support of ucts in other countries, taking advantage of poverty-stricken United Fund drives, its contri­ workers who will labor for as butions of money and manpower to aid disaster victims, its par­ little as 30 cents an hour." There is no conflict in Amer- ticipation in civil rights and ica's major goals, Meany de- anti-poverty activities. And "no single group devotes dared. The nation's resources more time or effort to engage "can provide for the nation's citizens in the democratic proc­ defense, conduct a reasonable ess than the trade union move­ space program and secure the ment," Kirkland stressed. general welfare for all the peopie." It helps register voters and AFL-CIO Council Condemns Attempt To Assassinate WV Strike Leaders NEW YORK —The AFL- just as all such acts have failed CIO Executive Council strong­ in the past." ly condemned an assassination Council members urged "re­ attempt on two leaders of strik­ sponsible authorities to use ing West Virginia State Roads every available means" to bring Commission employees and re­ the parties involved to justice. affirmed its full support of the Narrow Miss strikers and their struggle for Tuminello was reaching for union recognition. the door on the passenger's side, A bullet, fired August 5 by and Roehl was approaching the an unidentified assailant, tore car on the other side when the through the windshield of an auto parked outside Laborers shot was fired—apparently from Hall in Charleston, W. Va., by bushes alongside the highway. staff representatives William E. It missed Tuminello by about Roehl of the AFL-CIO Depart­ four inches. The two men told Charleston ment of Organization and James detectives they have no clue to Tuminello of the Laborers. the identity of the assailant. Later the union reported other The shooting was the first incidents in what it called an note of violence since 3,500 apparent pattern of organized highway workers walked out harassment. March 3 for recognition of their The council said "we are union, the Laborers. They were shocked and greatly concerned then dismissed by Republican at the apparent attempt to take Governor Arch A. Moore, who the lives of two AFL-CIO lead­ has since balked at all attempts ers' who are coordinating the to settle the dispute except on strike of 1,700 road employees. his own terms—complete sur­ The shot can "only be inter­ render, the union has charged. Roehl was recently named by preted as an attempt to substi­ the AFL-CIO to coordinate tute force and fear for reason strike activities with Tuminello. and logic" to settle the issues in dispute. The statement added: The shooting followed a step-up "If it was the intention of the in picketing activities and inten­ would-be assassins to discour­ sified demands for a settlement. A federal coun hearing is age support this atrocious \ act will fail to achieve that end, | slated later tnis month or a suit charging Moore with violating the constitutional right of state roads employees to join a union. The suit was filed by the Laborers District Council and employees from each of the road commission's 10 districts when the Moore Administration re­ fused a mediation plan offered by the union. The suit charges the firing of of highway workers was a "drastic, illegal action" in re­ prisal for their union activity. It accuses the state adminis­ tration also of "trying to break the strike by hiring strikebeakers" to replace the workers for political purposes. The strike remains effective and the strikers' morale is high, the union said. As many as 500 strikers have reported for picket duty m a number of the 45 counties involved. After the shooting, other re­ ports poured into union headquaners. A caller had threat­ ened the life of President Charles Lazelle of LIU's union of nonprofessional employees at West Virginia University. Brakes were disconnected on the park­ ed auto owned by Alex and Peggy Boyd, strike leaders. The Rev. Gene Fountaine, a striker, received several threats over the telephone. brings them to the polls. It seeks to educate its members on the issues and the records of public officials "on the theory that pub­ lic servants ought to be judged on what they do, not what they promise." To the labor movement "par­ ticipatory democracy" is "not just a slogan or a fad, but a way of living and working in a free country where all are equal." President Nixon's Labor Day message expressed confidence that, "with the cooperation of all Americans, we can prevent another wage-price spiral and restore stability to our econ­ omy." He affirmed that "the process of collective bargaining must be strong and effective and exer­ cised with self-restraint on all sides. But the process cannot work unless the participants are free t» reach their own deci­ sions. This administration will always respect that freedom," the President pledged. I. W. Abel, president of the AFL-CIO Industrial Union De­ partment stressed in his Labor Day message that labor's pro­ gram must be fought for on an issue-by-issue basis, winning support through "fact and rea­ son." For better or worse, Abel said, "there is no dominating political leadership in view. The labor movement cannot look to a president or a senator to personify the cause of prog­ ress." It may be harder to bring about change through thought rather than emotion, Abel noted, but "many of this coun­ try's toughest problems were solved that way." To C. J. Haggerty, president of the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Depart­ ment, this Labor Day is a time to emphasize both the goal of "a just and decent society" and the importance of taking the right path to achieve it. Unions, he said, "have preached freedom under law, rather than freedom from law." And while "dissent is dra­ matic and quite often neces­ sary," Haggerty cautioned that "there is no justice under an­ archy." Secretary of Labor George P. Shultz cited the progress "since the first Labor Day in 1894 when workers labored 60 hours a week and were paid 20 cents an hour." But he stressed that "prog­ ress is still needed" in safety standards, unemployment in­ surance, farm worker bargaining rights and job training and equal opportunities. "The nation," Shultz said, "owes it to her workers to honor them all year by making work­ ing life as satisfying and as se­ cure as possible." Wallace Drops Pose; Embraces Right-Wing TULSA, Okla. —Former Alabama Governor George C. Wallace has dropped his coyness about being associ­ ated with extreme right-wing organizations. Wallace spoke at the an­ nual convention of the Chris­ tian Crusade here and told the delegates "it's a pleasure to be associated" with their leader, Billy James Hargis. The Crusade is one of the largest and wealthiest of all far-right groups. During last year's presi­ dential campaign, Wallace's closest approach to far-right functions was some hand­ shaking on their fringes. Un­ til now, he had never public­ ly embraced their programs. Pointing to bullet hole made by would-be assassin who failed is LIU Representative James Tuminello, left. W. E. Roehl of AFL-CIO orga­ nizing staff is on other side. Their car was parked outside Laborers Hall in Charleston during strike of W. Va. Road Commission employees. �SEAFARERS Page Six Seafarers OK Contract By Overwhelmmg Margin LOG September, 1969 Congressman Lists Four Provisions New Maritime Program Should Have WASHINGTON —A mem­ • Give-government assistance I that it can design and carry out ber of Congress forecast recent­ for modernization of American a fleet revitalization program. ly that President Nixon's forth­ shipyards "in the same way in Daniels added that il the Ad­ coming maritime program would which we poured over a billion be more than "a mere extension U. S. dollars into the rebuilding ministration program does not of the present status quo" and of shipyards in Asia and Europe include these features, then Con­ gress should amend the plan be­ that it would "move in the di­ after World War II." rection of fair and equitable • Create an independent fore Its passage to assure full treatment for all segments" of Maritime Administration "freed development *of an Americanthe merchant marine. from association with the past built, American-owned and Against For Representative Dominick V. errors and past practices," so American-manned fleet Daniels (D-N.J.) said he based his prediction on "hints and sig­ nals from the Atlministration," whose spokesmen have indicated that a new program could be ex­ pected on Capitol Hill within the next 60 days. He told a meeting sponsored Helen Delich Bentley, man- slated to succeed Admiral John by the AFL-CIO Maritime time editor of the Baltimore Harllee, whose retirement be­ Trades Department that the Ad­ Sun, has been nominated by came effective September 1. ministration would "gain noth­ President Nixon as chairman of Commissioner James F. Fanseen ing if it merely added more the Federal Maritime Commis­ is serving as acting FMC chair­ money to the merchant marine man until she takes over. sion. pot, without giving the entire Mrs. Bentley, who has worked If confirmed by the Senate Last year the U. S. buflt 21 merchant marine the opportu­ for the Sun since 1945, received ships that remained under U. S. nity to partake from that pot." for the $40,000-a-year post, her Bachelor of Journalism de­ Daniels told his audience of Mrs. Bentley, 45, will be one of registry while, during the same gree from the University of period, the Soviet Union built labor, management and govern­ the two highest ranking women Missouri in 1944. and kept as part of its merchant ment officials that the Adminis­ in government—the other being Widely recognized as a dis­ fleet a total of 89 vessels. The tration program must begin to Interstate Commerce Commis­ tinguished journalist, her record USSR thus outbuilt the U. S. correct the "inequities in our sion Chairman Virginia Mae has been called by President in merchant ships by more than present maritime law," pointing Brown. The Sun journalist is Nixon one of "professional ex­ out that the basic provisions of four to one. cellence unsurpassed by any subsidizing the construction and maritime expert in the country." operation of vessels "have been \Uttte Jhiags ia Lite Among many honors be­ limited unfairly to only 14 stowed on Mrs. Bentley during American companies," with the Not Always so &eat\ her long career was an award for result that "all the rest of the LIVERPOOL The service to the na­ meritorious industry has been discriminated 77th annual convention of tion's maritime industry from against." the Maritime Port Council of Britain's National Union of | He urged that the new pro­ the Port of Greater New York Seamen, held here recently, gram should: of the Maritime Trades Depart­ concentrated heavily on the WASHINGTON — The late • Give preference to unsubment, AFL-CIO. goal of time-and-a-half for Senator Everett McKinley Dirk­ sidized companies in the car­ overtime for all seafarers. sen and labor often differed on riage of military, foreign aid and Upon learning of the nomina­ Delegate Joe Rourke de- I major issues "but we always agricultural cargoes shipped by tion, Senator Warren G. Magnulighted the delegates and knew him as an opponent of the government. son (D-Wash.), chairman of the newsmen when he told the great legislative skill," AFLSenate Commerce Committee, • Stimulate new ship con­ convention that one of the CIO President George Meany struction "with private dollars, hailed it as "an indication that reasons he supported the declared here. the Administration is concerned not taxpayers' dollars" by allow­ time-and-a-half proposal about the role of merchant ship­ ing unsubsidized lines the same Meany extended the AFLwas that his wife had com­ ping. .. . Mjs. Bentley is a wellprivilege enjoyed by subsidized CIO's "sincere sympathies" to plained: "You eat like a educated and articulate mari­ the family of Dirksen after the companies of setting up tax-de­ man, drink like a man, time expert. . . . The submission Republican leader died from a ferred construction-reserve ac­ make love like a man—but by the President to the Congress cardiac arrest September 7, five counts, and by giving the un­ you bring home a boy's of a strong maritime revitaliza­ days after a malignant tumor subsidized operators long-term wages." tion program should be the next charters to carry government was removed from his lung. step." cargo. Meany said labor would re­ member Dirksen best "as a col­ Jim Gibbs Knows Them Well league in the desperate and successful efforts to pass the landmark civil rights bill" of 1964. "It was his personal sup­ port," Meany recalled, "that made this legislation possible, with his tactical ability on this occasion used on behalf of a great liberal cause.' Dirksen, 73, who served in Congress for 25 years and was the GOP Senate leader for the ,past 10 years, was eulogized by President Nixon as a leader who "put his nation before himself, and his party." After the body lay in state in the Capitol for two days and For the benefit of those not quite able to identify the vessels pictured with "Sails m the Pacific Sun ' funeral services were held in in the August issue of the LOS, we reprint the photos here. At left is the Amazon, a 1.167-ton barkenWashington, Dirksen was flown tine built in 1902. The schooner Mary E. Foster (right) began her lifelong career as a lumber carrier in 1898. to Pekin, 111., his birthplace, Both pictures are from the-collection of Jim Gibbs,'.whose book, "West Coast Windjammers, was a for burial. I major source of our feature. Gibbs' latest volume, "Pacific Square-Riggers," will be published next month. Seafarers at membership meetings both on shipboard and in the membership halls have voted overwhelmingly in favor of the new contract submitted to the membership by the Union Negotiating Committee in June for its approval or disapproval. The Final Seore On the Ships In the Halls Totals 5,844 1,349 7,193 18 1 19 Helen Bentley Named to Head Federal Maritime Commission Shipbuilding Industry Awaits U. S. Construction Challenge WASHINGTON — Accord­ ing to the chief spokesman for the nation's shipbuilders, if the Federal Government gives the green light to a strong and com= prehensive ship construction program, the shijibuilding in­ dustry will be ready to respond to the challenge immediately. President Edwin M. Hood, of the Shipbuilders Cbuncil of America, told a recent meeting of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department that, "Once the Federal Government - says unequivocally that it intends to restore the United States as a first-rate sea power, in the full­ est sense — and translates that goal into a sensible, coordinated stable shipbuilding program— U. S. shipyards will be able to respond effectively and build the ships this nation so urgently needs." Addressing an audience of maritime labor leaders, whose organizations represent 7.5 mil­ lion unionists in the maritime and allied industries. Hood said that a revival of the nation's de­ crepit and disintegrating mer­ chant fleet requires "a clear, simple declaration of national purpose." Hood's challenge came as he introduced a new documentary film, "Shipbuilding For the Sev­ enties," produced by the Ship­ builders Council. The film dram­ atizes the decline of the Ameri­ can merchant marine to the point where today foreign-flag vessels "monopolize" U. S. im­ port and export trade and only 5 percent of the nation's for­ eign commerce moves in Amer­ ican shipis. Hood pointed out that many nations have made it a legal requirement that at least half their trade must move in their own vessels. The U. S. has fallen from first to fifth place in the size of its merchant marine and is in dan­ ger of being ousted from that ranking by the Soviet Union during 1969, Hood stated. In shipbuilding the U. S. has skid­ ded from first to 1 ith place. Late Sen. Dirksen Cited by Meany On Rights Act Aid 1 I j| 'i 1 �September, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Seven Viet Cong Attack a Failure Quick Action by Seafarers Averts Possible Disaster on Buckeye Victory Fire fighters James Thomas, left and Tom Danzy, ABs aboard the Buckeye Victory, inspect hole in the number 2 hatch. Vessel came under Viet Cong rocket attack while delivering ammunition. I" Once again the quick and heroic action taken by Seafarers in an emergency situation has been credited with saving not only their own lives and the lives of their shipmates, but the vessel on which they sailed as well when the SlU-contracted Buckeye Victory come under Viet Cong attack recently. The Buckeye Victory had sailed from Sunny Point, North Carolina, with a full cargo of live ammunition bound for South Vietnam. The voyage over was unevent­ ful as the vessel made stops at the Panama Canal and at Subic Bay in the Philippines. After a few days layover in Subic Bay, the ship proceeded on to Vaung Tau, South Vietnam, where it spent the night. On the following day she pro­ ceeded on up the Saigon River bound for her final destination. Cat Lai. About an hour and a half out, the Buckeye Victory had arrived at checkpoint 2 when it was attacked by Viet ji Atlanflc/^Guif & infanc||il^ters August 1 to August 31, 1969 • Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston ..... Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals 4 • • 0 r w DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL SHIPPED TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B 7 7 101 128 18 26 78 49 22 ,30 29 41 7 25 41 45 189 90 71 72 50 64 ' 103 112 55 34 771 723 All Groups Class A Class B Class C 3 6 7 78 21 62 3 19 25 10 49 22 19 77 23 15 36 33 9 0 9 21 5 13 46 6 61 12 31 40 23 50 60 49 87 68 16 28 40 240 458 484 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 6 6 127 84 16 19 74 136 38 30 16 28 35 14 29 83 75 155 121 167 12 38 18 69 31 60 .598 889 ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL SHIPPED TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups All Groups Port Class A Class B Class C Class A Class B 1 6 8 Boston 8 6 32 95 New York 05 93 125 29 2 Philadelphia ..... 17 10 28 3 32 Baltimore 45 61 50 16 15 Norfolk 7 39 . 18 39 18 9 Jacksonville 16 48 10 2 8 Tampa 12 7 4 9 34 Mobile 35 61 13 66 66 New Orleans .... 96 115 17 56 38 Houston ........ 79 64 19 29 24 Wilmingrton 14 40 79 117 61 San Francisco ... 84 124 11 30 30 Seattle 28 37 217 558 387 558 740 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 6 0 79 28 12 8 64 48 48 23 9 8 10 4 52 62 91 72 126 107 6 16 54 18 QO 16 485 512 STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups All Groups Port Class A Class B Class A Class B Class C Boston 3 3 0 1 1 New York 80 65 35 64 37 Philadelphia 8 12 9 31 0 Baltimore 49 24 16 11 35 Norfolk 46 14 24 21 12" 26 26 Jacksonville 21 21 12 9 7 1 Tampa 12 3 Mobile 20 11 4 24 11 30 62 3 New Orleans .... 157 42 27 42 18 48 Houston .... 21 24 19 15 13 11 Wilmington 92 97 71 43 45 San Francisco ... 35 16 32 6 11 Seattle 319 175 297 Totals 653 445 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 3 3 23 68 8 8 30 65 36 34 9 9 10 16 23 54 60 124 87 65 9 18 70 36 53 16 326 611 Cong rocket and machine gun fire. During this first brush with the enemy the vessel managed to maneuver out of harm's way, re­ ceived no hits, and continued on its course. Less then an hour later, how­ ever, as the Buckeye Victory approached checkpoint 4, she came under another barrage of machine gun and rocket fire. This time the enemy's aim was better. Between 30 and 40 ma­ chine gun bullets ripped into the superstructure of the vessel and two rocket shells found their target. One hit on the port side near the bow. The other went through the number 2 hatch starting a fire in the hold where 105 howitzer shells and other munitions were stored. Chief Mate Nick Papazoglou called for volunteers to help him remove the hatch cover and get a fire hose working to prevent the flames from spreading and caus­ ing an explosion that could sink the vessel. ABs James Thomas and Tom Danzy were immediately joined by Bos'n Lewis Arena and the three Seafarers, with complete disregard for their own safety, succe'ssfully extinguished the fire before it could spread. The fact that the entire crew escaped injury can be attributed to the typical SIU speed and Seatrain Expands ContainerService To Paerto Rico SAN JUAN—Seatrain Lines, Inc., an SlU-contracted com­ pany, plans to add two newlyconverted containerships to its trade between the Ports of New York and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Addition of the new ves­ sels is scheduled for November or December and will increase the number of Seatrain vessels operating in the trade to five. The new containerships will have larger, cargo capacity than those presently serving the route and their addition will result in doubling Seatrain's carrying ca­ pacity. Howard M. Pack, president of Seatrain Lines, revealed the company's expansion plans fol­ lowing a conference with Puerto Rican Governor Luis A. Ferre here. The company will also double the size of its terminal at Isla Grande in San Juan and a new container handling crane will be added to the facility's equipment. Work on the terminal will be undertaken following approval of the United States Navy, which owns the land and leases the property to the government of Puerto Rico. efficiency displayed by these three Seafarers. Bos'n Arena, who joined the SIU in 1941, is no stranger to dangerous situations. On August 13, 1942, while sailing as an OS aboard the Del Mongo, Arena was among the Seafarers in­ volved when the ship was tor­ pedoed on a run between Haiti and Cuba. Arena also saw military action in seven major battles during World War II. He served as an artillery observer with the 41st field artillery in Europe. In a telephone interview with the LOG, Arena gave great enthusiastic credit to the skill of the Saigon River pilot who was at the helm of the Buckeye Vic­ tory during periods of attack. "He never stopped for a mo­ ment," Arena said. "He also kept advising the crew as to which was the safest part of the vessel to be in at any particular moment." Following the attack the Buckeye Victory sailed into Nah Be, where the damage to the vessel was checked out by the U.S. Army. After the damage was assessed, permission was granted for the ship to complete her run and the vital cargo of supplies were delivered to Cat Lai. Many of the crewmembers aboard the Buckeye were re­ ported looking forward to a quiet vacation for the rest of the summer after arriving back in the States. They deserve it. SEAFARER&^LOG September 1969 • Vol. XXXI, No. I I Official Publication of the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic. Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO Executive Board PAUL HALL, President EARL SHEPARD CAL TANNER Vice-President Exec. Vice-Pret. LINDSEY WILLIAMS AL KERR Vice-President Sec.-Treas. ROBERT MATTHEWS AL TANNER Vice-President Vice-President Editor HARRY WITTSCHEN Assistant Editors WILL KABP CHARLES SVENSON FRANK MARGIOTTA AL COHEN MARIETTA CRISCI Staff Photographer ANTHONY ANSALDI ""hl'shsH Kionthiy at 810 Rhode Island Annas N.E.. Washington. D. C. 20018 by the Seafar­ ers International Union. Atlantic. Guif. Lakei and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Foarth Ayenae, Brsoklyn. N.Y. 11232. Tel. HYaelnth 9-6600. Second tiau pastaga paid at Washlnptoni, D. C. POSTMASTER'S ATTENTION: Fora 9579 cards shoald be cent ts Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Galf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Foarth Annas, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. 'iiM �Page Eigkt SEAFARERS LOG September, 1969 Pike Charges Cargo Rule Distortion SlUNA Wins Bus Service Discriminates Against Tramp Ships To Frisco USPHS Hospital WASHINGTON —A mem­ ber of Congress today accused government officials of having "distorted" the nation's shipping laws so that they "discriminate in favor of foreign-flag shipping, to the detriment of Americanflag shipping." At the same time, Rep. Otis G. Pike (D-N.Y.) said that fed­ eral agencies have misused these same laws "to discriminate in favor of the subsidized segment of the American merchant ma­ rine, to the detriment of the unsubsidized segment." The Congressman said the laws which have been abused are the ones which are su|>posed to guarantee Americanflag ships a stated share of for­ eign aid and agricultural surplus commodities shipped by the fed­ eral government. Speaking at a meeting spon­ sored by the 7.5-million-member AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, Pike said the laws clearly state "that Americanflag shipping should receive a minimum of 50 percent of these cargoes—but the agencies have translated that to make it read a maximum of 50 percent." The legislation also requires, the Congressman said, that the 50 percent minimum "be com­ puted separately for each seg­ ment of the maritime industry— for the liners, the tankers and the tramps. Yet the agencies have been able to get a legal opinion that it's not necessary to compute the cargoes that way at all. carried nearly 64 percent of Agriculture Department exports of surplus farm commodities, and that in fiscal 1967, the last year for which figures were available, foreign vessels carried 52 percent of the shipments fi­ nanced by the Agency for Inter­ national Development. Computing the figures sepa­ rately for each segment of the industry, the Congressman said, showed that liners received sub­ stantially above their 50 percent level, while tramp ships received far below the "minimum speci­ fied in the law. He noted that the liner seg­ Floor Toms into Ceiling ment of the industry already is "Shades of 1984—when a "heavily subsidized" in the form 'floor' becomes a 'ceiling,' and when 'separately' becomes 'to­ of federal aid in the building and operating of its vessels. The gether.' " The New York Democrat purpose of the subsidies, he cited figures showing that in said, is to put these operators fiscal 1968, foreign-flag ships "on a parity with lower-cost foreign operators" so that they can "compete in the world mar­ ket for commercial ships." But, Pike went on, "the sub­ sidized liner companies are grabbing off the government cargo, instead of concentrating out plausible explanation at a on commercial cargo, and the time critical to the union's cam­ unsubsidized ships are more paign" shortly before the elec­ and more being left high and tion. Then it laid off 17 em­ dry." ployees, blaming a reduced The Congressman urged ac­ volume of business, the NLRB tion on legislation introduced by found. more than 80 House and Senate Stevens, a major government members which would establish cloth contractor, previously had been cited seven times for vio­ priorities for the carriage of this lating the rights of its employees cargo, with unsubsidized oper­ to organize. It has lost six ators getting first crack, and appeals, one in the Supreme with foreign vessels used only Court. as "a last resort." Another Try by J. P. Stevens Keeps NLRB and Union Busy WASHINGTON — Another unlawful effort by J. P. Stevens and Company, Inc., to prevent its employees from organizing has been checked by the Na­ tional Labor Relations Board. The board took a new look at a 1967 election because of company unfair practices and ordered a count of 17 chal­ lenged ballots at the firm's Black Hawk warehouse in Greenville, S.C. If the TextUe Workers Union of America wins a majority it will be certified as bargaining agent. If not, a new election will be ordered, the board decided. The union had challenged the ballots of three Stevens em­ ployees who were not on the payroll before the eligibility date, and the NLRB regional director overruled the chal­ lenges. The director did, however, sustain the union's charge that Stevens had failed to furnish an employee address list, as the board requires. Also at issue was a board agent's challenge to the ballots of 14 former em­ ployees who the union charged were laid off because of their union sympathies. The board sustained a trial examiner's ruling that 17 ware­ house employees were laid off just before the election to weak­ en the union's support. Tlie warehouse was the main source of union strength, the examiner found. The union got 22 votes of the 46 counted ballots, and filed objections to the election. The board found that Stevens previously had shipped all its cotton through the warehouse but changed its practice "with­ SAN FRANCISCO—As a result of an extended fight for such service by the SIU and its affiliates, busses are finally going to the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital here for the first time. The Public Utilities Commission of the City and County of San Francisco agreed on August 12 to extend the route of the No. 10 Bus line to the hospital entrance at 15th Avenue and Lake Street. The SIU and its affiliates had long been aware that it was a great hardship for older members and the many other out-patients who use the hospital to walk nearly a mile uphill from the end of the old bus route. The extended service— expected to be used by some 1,500 persons daily—is essen­ tial because there is really no other way to get to the hospital. The area has become so congested that it is practically im­ possible to park a car within walking distance of the hospital. There has been, over the years, considerable opposition to the extension of the bus route from the residents of 14th Avenue. However, following a plea from the SIUNA which pointed out the unnecessary hardship imposed on many of our members by the old route, the Commission agreed to try the extended route on a 60 day trial basis. The extension adds .87 miles to the route which now runs up 14th Avenue and down 15th, stopping at the main hospital entrance. Upholsterers' 9-Month Fight Aided by Strike Relief Fund WASHINGTON—The AFLCIO has set up a strike relief fund for Upholsterers who have been on strike for nine months against the Economy Furniture Company in Austin, Texas, and urged all affiliates to contribute generously. The federation contributed $10,000 to start the national fund-raising effort to aid the strikers and their families. AFL-CIO President George Meany said in a letter to all affil­ iates that Economy workers are fighting for the most basic union cause—recognition. Kenya Unionists Visit Port of Toledo Kenya labor leaders visit SIU hall in Toledo. Having toured dock facilities in Toledo, New York, Washing­ ton and Buffalo they went on to visit Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati and Philadelphia. From left are Cleo Sylph, President, Local I3I7-A, ILA; Nassaro Nwanmchindu Bakari, Dockworkers'Union of Kenya; Donald Bensman, SIU Toledo port agent, and Juma Boy, Kenya Dockworkers' Union general secretary and asst. secretary-general of Kenya's Trade Unions. The African-American Labor Center sponsored the tour. The Upholsterers won repre­ sentation rights in a National Labor Relations Board election in May, 1968. Thirteen months later the NLRB found the com­ pany guilty of unfair labor prac­ tices for refusing to bargain, and •Economy appealed the ruling. "It is probable there will be a long delay before there is a deci­ sion," Meany wrote unions and labor central bodies. The Upholsterers reported fear tactics, police coercion and the use of strikebreakers in the company's drive to smash the union and break the spirit of the workers. The union also charged that open discrimination has been demonstrated. The workers, most of them Americans of Mexican descent, have been assailed with slurs on their raeial origin and their reli­ gious belief, the union said. Contributions may be sent to the Economy Furniture Strike Fund at AFL-CIO headquarters. Economy makes wooden and upholstered furniture for Mont­ gomery Ward and Co., White Discount Stores and other out­ lets. It uses the labels Smithtowne Maple, Western Provin­ cial and Built-Rite. All company products are on the "Don't Buy" list of the AFL-CIO Union La­ bel and Service Trades Depart­ ment. The NLRB in its June ruling ordered Economy to end its de­ fiance of the law, bargain with the Upholsterers and offer all strikers immediate and full re­ instatement, dismissing if neces­ sary any persons hired after the strike started November 27, 1968. Company tactics forced the employees into an unfair prac­ tice strike, the board ruled in upholding a trial examiner's findings. �September, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Nine Mystery Vessel Brought to Surface Navy Studying Encounters After 100 Years In Lake Michigan Between Porpoises, Sharks To Protect Aquanauts: The possibility of training porpoises to act as "buddies" to human aquanauts and pro­ tecting them from sharks is be­ ing investigated by the Naval Undersea Warfare Center at Coronado, California. However, despite growing evi­ dence of the porpoise's relative­ ly high level of intelligence and "Tuffy," an Atlantic bottlenose porpoise, cheeks eut at 7 feet, 6 inches and weighs 280 pounds. his demonstrated ability to be trained, it cannot be assumed that a porpoise will provide re­ liable protection for itself or for a human diver when a large shark comes around, according to Forrest G. Wood Jr., head of the Marine Bioscience Facility at Point Magu, California. "This is not to say that a por­ poise could not be trained to ex­ hibit greater aggressiveness and provide some degree of protec­ tion to a diver when potentially dangerous sharks are present," Wood said. "But, if porpoises are to be used by man to assist him in underwater exploration and possibly protect him from threatening sharks, we need to know a great deal more than we do about the relationship be­ tween these two animals." Porpoises—especially the At­ lantic bottlenoses—^have been found to be so amenable to training that they can be used to work untethered in the open sea with great reliability. In the Navy's Sealab program, they were used to carry small pack­ ages from the surface to aqua­ nauts working at a depth of more than 200 feet, and to car­ ry a guideline to a "lost" diver. But, what happens when a porpoise and a shark come face to face? The available evidence, according to Wood, indicates that the sharks will sometimes attack the porpoise, sometimes the porpoise will assault the shark—and at other times they will ignore each other. "The conditions or circum­ stances governing the response of either animal in an encounter is not known," Wood said, "nor is the outcome of a conflict pre­ dictable on the basis of present knowledge." Probe of 1967 Disaster Finds: MARINETTE, Wise.—A two-masted schooner buried for more than a century under 19 fathoms of Green Bay water off Chambers Island was brought to the surface here recently after being towed 16 miles from her grave on the bottom of Lake Michigan. "Most beautiful thing I've ever seen," exclaimed Mrs. Ellie Hoffman, wife of diving crew chief Frank Hoffman, a scuba diver of Egg Harbor,^Wisconsin. Hoffman and Harold Derusha, president of the Marinette Marine Corporation, were the first to step aboard the resur­ rected vessel. They performed a victory dance on top of the cabin and deck house as some 3,500 excited spectators ap­ plauded. The marine corpora­ tion provided most of the financ­ ing and equipment for the proj­ ect, which has taken two years to complete. The vessel is still to be defi­ nitely identified. Hoffman has some line on her age, however, giving rise to speculation that she may be the Alvin Clark, a lumber ship which sank in the Green Bay area in 1864. "Her construction indicates she was built in the 1830s," he This two-masted mystery schooner floats again after more than a claims. "She is of square-bow century at the bottom of Lake Michigan. Still unidentified, she is construction. That was like a believed to be the Alvin Clark, a lumber ship which sank in 1864. whaler, very unusual for Great prepare her for raising, all that Lakes ships." Despite the scores of artifacts is presently known for sure is Hoffman's divers have brought that the ship is a lake freighter to the surface during the two and that she went down in deep years they had been working to water—110 feet—with little ap­ parent damage. Hoffman believes she must have been overpowered by one A recorder has been devel­ of the violent storms which fre­ quently sweep across the bay oped which will measure roll or pitch angles of ships with greater from Lake Michigan. Last winter, a team spent a accuracy than ever before and great deal of research time at put on tape angles as large as the University of Wisconsin, the 100 degrees double amplitude. The device will function Wisconsin historical archives through a rate gyroscope which and the Dawson Great Lakes produces an a-c output signal this voyage," as evidenced by Museum at Detroit, comparing with an amplitude proportional problems encountered in a boil­ notes with the ship's artifacts to the ship's roll rate and phas­ er, the main condenser, and the and other clues. lubrication pressure system dur­ "Some of the things we ing indicative of roll direction. Electronic off-the-shelf mod­ ing her first days at sea. brought up—for instance, her ules will process this signal to Causal factors listed by the sextant—were the kind used in actuate a galvanometer move­ board included "failure of the the late 1850s and early 1860s," ment proportional to the magni­ Master to recognize the critical Hoffman explained. "But we tude and polarity of the ship's condition of his vessel, and re­ didn't find anything that came roll motion. The galvanometer quest assistance earlier." The into use after the Civil War. So then transmits this movement to first distress call "intended to we figured she must have sunk a moving tape which is pressurealert vessels in his vicinity as sometime during that war or sensitive. to his vessel's condition" was around that time." Designed for use under rigor­ The mystery ship was towed ous sea conditions, it is shockmade at 0618. But his SOS, giving a position some 15 miles from her resting place, still sub­ mounted within a high-impact in error, was sent at 0958, the merged, to the Marine corpora­ case of fiberglass and aluminum tion yards, about a mile off the and requires no compensation board noted. Of seven vessels Marinette harbor. Cranes then for linear acceleration nor spe­ 53 to 165 miles away, the far­ lifted the 100-foot sailing vessel cial mounting arrangements. thest ship was first to reach to the surface. The case has storage space for the scene—after dark and more The ship's wheel, the railing power cords, plug adaptors and than 12 hours after the sinking. and a winch with an anchor spare tapes. The board also noted that a chain still wrapped around it, The new roll recorder, devel­ lifeboat drill had not included were clearly visible before the oped by John J. McMullen As­ the required engine start and pumping began. sociates, Inc., and Flume Stabil­ lowering of the boat to the rail. The vessel appears to be solid ization Systems, Inc., is de­ During the drill there had been and the hull intact. An inspec­ scribed as the end-result of ex­ no instructions given on han­ tion of the hold was planned to tensive experience in the design dling the vessel's 25-person in­ determine whether there are any and installation of stabilization systems for ocean-going vessels. leaks. flatable life raft. Sinking of Panoceanic Faith Caused By Failure to Secure Loose Hatch u. WASHINGTON—The Na­ tional Transportation Safety Board's investigation into the tragic 1967 sinking of the SIUcontracted Panoceanic Faith, and the loss of 36 of its 41 crewmembers, has revealed that the probable cause of the sink­ ing was ". . . failure of the Mas­ ter to have the tarpaulins se­ cured on the No. 1 hatch when they were observed to be loose" two days before the sinking. "Neglecting to effect prompt re­ pairs ultimately resulted in this hold being open to boarding seas and complete flooding," the report said. The vessel sank some 500 miles south of the Aleutian Is­ lands on October 9, 1967, after nine days of heavy seas and progressive flooding. Only five Seafarers survived. Rescued from the stormy wa­ ters following the disaster were: Seafarers Gordon L. Campbell, oiler, of Oakland, Calif., and a bridegroom of a month at the time; OS Lewis E. Gary of Houston; Oiler John O. L. Kirk , of Modesto, Calif.; OS Oscar C. Wiley of Oakland, Calif., and AB Edwin D. Johnson of Ma­ rine City, Mich. The National Safety Board found it "possible that the Mas­ ter's concern about the fuel sup­ ply, and slow speed made good, may have influenced his actions" in not heaving to for repairs. "He obviously underestimated the seriousness of these condi­ tions," the board's report said. The Panoceanic Faith, loaded with fertilizer, had sailed from Oakland, California, for Yoko­ hama on September 29 with 4,162 barrels of oil as its fuel supply. The Marine Board of Investigation heard testimony that the minimum required fuel for such a voyage was between 4,500 and 5,000 barrels. It also revealed that at departure, the vessel "was overloaded" and "was not in all respects fit for Newly Perfetted Recorder Tapes Ships Roll, Pitch �tiSS Page Ten SEAFARERS LOG High Court Finds Garnishment Illegal Unless Employee Gets Court Hearing WASHINGTON—The Su­ preme Court has ruled unconstitutionar state laws permitting creditors to garnishee a work­ er's wages without first giving him a court hearing. In a 7-to-l decision, the high court struck down the Wiscon­ sin wage garnishment law. About 40 states have some sort of prejudgment garnishment statutes and 17 of these states plus the District of Columbia have laws similar to Wiscon­ sin's. The ruling found that the gar­ nishment law violates the "due process" clause of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. Justice William O. Douglas noted in writing the court's ma­ jority opinion that under Wis­ consin law, all that it takes to require an employer to hold back about half of a worker's earnings is the issuance of a summons at the request of a creditor's lawyer. The worker might get money later if the creditor's claim did not stand up in court. Douglas observed, but in the meantime, he could be deprived of his earn­ ings "without any opportunity to be heard and to tender any defense he may have, whether it be fraud or otherwise." Douglas went on to criticize the ancient rights of creditors that "would pass muster under a feudal 'regime' but that today have the capacity to drive a wage-earning family to the wall." The case in question involved Mrs. Christine Sniadach, a $65a-week assembly line worker at Miller Harris Instrument Co. in Milwaukee. Family Finance Corporation of Bay View, Wis., claimed she owed $420 on a promissory note. It obtained a garnishment order in Wisconsin courts and served it on her and her em­ ployer. The employer then withheld $31.59 from her weekly wages, half of her net earnings. She appealed but lost her case in Wisconsin County Court. Mil­ waukee Circuit Court and the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Her case was brought before the Supreme Court by lawyers of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. They initiated a broad constitutional attack on the garnishment pro­ cedure, declaring that it per­ mitted finance companies to put pressure on poor people to pay dubious debts by freezing up to half of a worker's pay without first proving that a valid debt really existed. The AFL-CIO also has long been campaigning for the abo­ lition of wage garnishment and other harsh collection methods. At its 1967 convention, the fed­ eration noted in a resolution that hundreds of thousands of workers lose their jobs because of garnishment which also causes many cases of personal bank­ ruptcy. Observing that only three states have anti-garnishment laws, the convention urged en­ actment of a federal law to pro­ tect workers' wages from "this vicious and too-long sanctioned evil." Among the states with gar­ nishment statutes similar to Wis­ consin's are Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Idaho, Min­ nesota, Montana, New Hamp­ shire, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Washington and Wyoming. In striking down the Wiscon­ sin law, the court held in the majority opinion by Douglas that "where the taking of one's property is so obvious, it needs no extended afgunient to con­ clude that absent notice and a prior hearing . . . this prejudg­ ment garnishment procedure violates the fundamental prin­ ciples of due process." Suit Against Farm Workers Set Aside By Circuit Court FRESNO, Calif.—U.S. Dis­ trict Court Judge M. D. Crocker dismissed a $75 million damage suit by growers against the United Farm Workers Organiz­ ing Committee, but gave the growers 30 days to produce ac­ ceptable evidence to substan­ tiate their charges. A group of 81 growers sued the union for triple damages under the antitrust laws. Claim­ ing the union's nationwide Cali­ fornia table grape boycott is illegal, the group alleged a "conspiracy in organizing un­ willing farm workers, coercion to boycott the sale of grapes, and conspiracy with retail out­ lets to prevent the sale of grapes." Tlie judge said the growers had not presented sufficient evi­ dence to justify a hearing but granted their lawyers' request for additional time to amend their petition. UFWOC has had to file law­ suits of its own to counter ac­ tions by other grower groups. Counsel Jerome Cohen noted at union headquarters in Delano, Calif. In one such suit, the un­ ion sued growers in Kern Coun­ ty for forming a "company un­ ion" of grape pickers. There the courts ordered the union to amend its petition to state a more persuasive cause ctf action. The decision reinforces the recently enacted federal truthin-lending law which makes it illegal for an employer to dis­ miss a worker because his wages are attached. Some employers have avoided the bookkeeping involved in making periodic garnishment deductions by hav­ ing it known that any worker who had his wages attached and who did not discharge the debt would lose his job. Justice Hugo L. Black dis­ sented from the majority opin­ ion, asserting that the decision is "a plain, judicial usurpation of state legislative power to de­ cide what the state's laws shall be." September, 1969 Seafarers of India President Visits SlU Dr. Shanti Patel (right), president of the National Seafarers Union of India, points to Bombay as SlU Representative John Yarmola looks on. Patel paid a call at SlU headquarters during a visit to New York. Labor Hits HaynsworthAppointment As Justice of U.S. Supreme Court WASmNGTON—The AFLCIO has asked the Senate to re­ ject President Nixon's nomina­ tion of Judge Qement F. Hayns­ worth, Jr., to the Supreme Court, on the basis of a judicial record marred by "decisions hostile to workers and Negroes." Federation President George Meany expressed labor's "grave concern" over the nomination of the conservative South Caro­ lina judge, whose decisions in a number of key trade union and civil rights cases have been re­ versed by the Supreme Court. Before the appointment was made, Meany had informed President Nixon of labor's ob­ jections to Haynsworth. The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the major coalition of Negro, labor, religious and civic groups, also vigorously chal­ lenged Haynsworth's qualifica­ tions. Meany urged the Senate to consider Haynsworth's "total record, including the caliber of the judge's decisions, and his lack of understanding of the as­ pirations of workers and minor­ ities." He added, "We believe that it is a record which does not merit reward and which does not qualify Judge Haynsworth for the nation's highest court." The President's nomination of Haynsworth was announced by White House Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler more than a week after the late Senate Re­ publican Leader Everett McKinley Dirksen had revealed the choice. It was promptly applauded by Senator James O. Eastland, the Mississippi Democrat who heads the Senate Judiciary Committee and by Senator Strom Thurmond(R-S.C.), the former Dixiecrat presidential candidate who has ^come a key political ad­ viser to President Nixon. Haynsworth, 56, was a wealthy corporation attorney who served as a director of major companies when he was named to the Court of Appeals by President Eisenhower 12 years ago. Although a titular Democrat, he had supported Eisenhower in his presidential campaigns. Just last June, the Supreme Court unanimously overruled Haynsworth and other judges of the 4th Circuit Court of Ap­ peals in a series of decisions in­ volving the right of the National Labor Relations Board to order an employer to bargain with a union on the basis of a cardcheck after the company had used unfair labor practices to destroy the union majority. If decisions written by or con­ curred in by Haynsworth had been permitted to stand, the NLRB would have been unable to deny an employer the fruits of his illegal union-busting pol­ icies. One 1967 decision written by Haynsworth contended flatly that the NLRB does not havd the right under ^y conditions to order an employer to bargain with a union on the basis of signed authorization cards, even though it flnds that it would be impossible to hold a fair elec­ tion. Perhaps the best known labor case in which Haynsworth was overruled by the Supreme Court —again in a unanimous opin­ ion—stemmed from the closing of the Darlington, S. C., textile mill after its workers had voted for union representation. Haynsworth cast the deciding vote in a 3-2 decision by the 4th Circuit Court which rejected the NLRB's effort to compel the parent Deering Milliken textile chain to provide jobs and com­ pensation for the hundreds of fired workers. The court said in effect that an employer has an absolute right to close any plant for any reason. In reversing the decision the Supreme Court made one im­ portant qualification. It said an employer could not close a sin­ gle plant" in a chain so as to "chill" unionism in the other plants. In a follow-up case involving an NLRB order to Deering Milliken to provide jobs and back up pay of up to 12 years for the 500 fired workers, Haynsworth joined in upholding the labor board. But his separate concur­ ring opinion argued strongly for reducing the corporation's back pay obligations to the fired workers. Haynsworth in an earlier case held that the Rubber Workers could no longer picket the O'Sullivan Rubber Company after they had lost representa­ tion rights when strikebreakers hired to replace the workers were allowed to vote but the strikers were not. Until a series of Supreme Court decisions clearly pointed the path, Haynsworth took the position that southern school districts weren't obligated to in­ tegrate schools as long as they did not impose compulsory seg­ regation. In one prominent case, over­ ruled by the Supreme Court, Haynsworth had upheld a socalled "freedom of choice" plan, a device used by some southern school districts to avoid more than token integration. In re­ versing him, the Supreme Court said such plans are unconstitu­ tional unless they succeed in eliminating dual school systems. The vacancy on the Supreme Court was left by the resigna­ tion of Justice Abe Fortas last May. President Nbton earlier named Warren E. Burger to suc­ ceed Earl Warren as Chief Jus­ tice and thus has his second op­ portunity to alter the complex­ ion of the nation's highest court. �^:^SrS»5terwi' September, 1969 SEAFARERS ' Vmge Eleven LOii Expanding SlU Pension Roster Adds 22 More Seafarers TU'eTity-two more Seafarers ended their long careers at sea last month and joined the ever­ growing ranks of the pensioners. Steele McDonald Jay Steele, who makes his home in New Orleans, Louisi­ ana, joined the Union in the Port of Tampa, Florida. A na­ tive of Florida, he is 61 years old. Brother Steele has sailed as a chief cook, baker, wiper and ordinary seaman in the steward department. He last sailed in 1969 aboard the Kyska. Jesse McDonald, a native of Jackson, Alabama, now makes his home in Orange, Texas with his wife Willie Kate. Brother McDonald is 65 years old and Stickney Santos joined the SIU in Port Arthur, Texas. Having sailed for over 33 years. Seafarer McDonald had been working for Slade, Inc. as a chief engineer in the engine department. James Stickney, who joined the Union in the Port of New York, now lives with his wife, Margaret Elizabeth, in Mont­ gomery, New York. An engi­ neer in the engine department. Seafarer Stickney last sailed aboard the Trenton in 1968. r Flannery Lowman He is 61 years old and a native of Otego, New York. From 1926 to 1930 he served in the Navy, Raul Delos Santos, who has been sailing for 30 years, last shipped aboard the Petro Chem as an FWT in the engine depart­ ment. A native of Texas, he now lives in Galveston with his wife, Trine. He joined the Union in 1944 in the Port of New Orleans. John Flannery of Union City, New Jersey last sailed with Seatrain Lines in 1968 as an AB in the deck department. He is 65 years old and a native of New Jersey. Brother Flannery joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1943. In 1961 he was issued a Union picket duty card. Seafarer Flannery has been sailing for 31 years. Kane MaUnowski Henry Lowman makes his home in Pulaski, Vir^nia with his wife, Lillian Effie. A native of Pulaski, Brother Lowman is 67 years old. He last sailed aboard the Halaula in 1969 as an electrician in the engine de­ partment. Seafarer Lowman joined the Union in the Port of Norfolk. Leon Kane, a bosun and car­ penter in the deck department, joined the SIU in the Port of Baltimore. A native of New York, he now lives in Manhat­ tan with his brother, David Bernard. His last vessel was the Alcoa Master in 1968. Walter Malinowski of Balti­ more, Maryland worked as a bargeman for the B and O Rail­ road. A native of Baltimore, Brother Malinowski is 65 years old. He joined the Union in the Port of Baltimore. Lester Lapham joined the SIU in the Port of Boston. Bom * Lapham • w • « Herldnheins in New London, Connecticut, he is 65 years old. He was a wiper in the steward department and will now be spending his retirement in Long Beach, Cali­ fornia. Brother Lapham served in the army from 1922 to 1923. He began his sailing career in 1937. Henry Herkinheins, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, joined the Union in the Port of New York in 1943. He had been Mina Werner sailing since 1937 and last worked in the deck department aboard the Raleigh as an AB. Brother Herkinheins now lives in Long Beach, California, with his wife, Lucille Helena. John R. Mina joined the SIU in the Port of New York. He is 64 years old and was born in Manila, Philippine Islands. Brother Mina now makes his home in New Orleans with his son, John. Sailing since 1925, he last worked as a chief cook aooard the Del Norte in 1969. John W. Werner, Jr., 67, was bom in Philadelphia where he still lives with his wife, Anna Mae. A deckhand. Brother Werner last worked for the Taylor Towing Company in 1969. He joined the Union in the Port of. Philadelphia. In 1918, Seafarer Werner served a hitch in the Army. Alfonso Lopez, a native of Puerto Rico, now makes his home in the Bronx with his wife. Lopez Atizado Antonia. He is 60 years old and joined the SIU in the Port of New York. Seafarer Lopez shipped as AB in the deck de­ partment and last sailed aboard Seatrain New York. Roy Atizado was a member of the steward department and lives in Seattle, Washington, with his wife, Rizalina. He was born in the Philippine Islands and joined the Union in the Port of New York. Sixty-six years old. Seafarer Atizado shipped as an assistant cook and last sailed aboard the Anchorage in 1968. Bartolome Del Valle was born in Puerto Rico and con­ tinues to make his home there with his wife, Luisa. He joined the SIU in 1944 in Puerto Rico and sailed as an oiler in the engine department. His last ves­ sel was the Seatrain New York in 1968. Alex Francisco joined the his home in Brooklyn with his wife, Isarel. He joined the SIU in New York and sailed as an AB in the deck department. Boswell Izquierdo Seafarer Izquierdo's last vessel was the Summit in 1968. Broth­ er Izquierdo had been sailing since 1935. Clarence Alfonso Collins was a steward who last sailed on the Newark in 1968. Sailing since 1926, Brother Collins is one of the real SIU oldtimers who joined the Union in 1938 in Mobile. He is a native of New Orleans and now lives in Man­ hattan with his wife, Aurelia Myrtle. Guy Nealis of Baltimore, Maryland worked as an OS in the deck department. His last vessel was the Portmar. A na­ tive of Maryland, Brother Nealis joined the Union in the Port of Baltimore. He is 66 years old. James Derrickson joined the Union in the Port of Philadel- phia. He was an oiler who last sailed for P. F. Martin, Inc. in 1969. A native of Delaware, Brother Derrickson is 66 years Collins Nealis old and now makes his home in Philadelphia with his father, Lemuel. Elijah C. Piatt of New Or­ leans worked as an AB in the deck department. He last sailed Derrickson Piatt on the Alcoa Voyager in 1968. Sailing since 1940, Brother Piatt joined the SIU in the Port of New Orleans. A native of Georgia, Seafarer Piatt now lives in New Orleans with his wife, Carol Mary. MSTS Officer Shoots Holes In ^Effective Control' Theory WASHINGTON—A top offi­ cer of the Navy has shed strong doubts on the dependability of the "effective control" concept. This is the idea that ships reg­ istered under foreign flags and manned by non-American sea­ men are available for use in time of national emergency be­ cause they are obligated under contracts with the Maritime Administration. "At best, this is a matter where reasonable doubt may be said to exist," Captain M. Godek, Comptroller of the Mili­ tary Sea Transportation Service declared in a statement to the House Committee on Appropri­ ations. The committee is con­ Del Valle Francisco sidering the proposed Depart­ SIU in 1944 in the Port of New ment of Defense budget for fis­ York. A native of the Philip­ cal year 1970. pine Islands, he now lives in Experiences during World Metairie, Louisiana with his War II, Captain Godek noted, wife, Gladys. Seafarer Fran­ were quite good, as they were cisco was a cook, baker and during the Korean conflict. In butcher and last sailed aboard both these national crises, he the Selma Victory in 1968. He said, there were no incidents of has been going to sea since seamen refusing to sail ships to 1941. the combat zone. This was so Raymond Francis Boswell of because non^Americans sym­ Gretna, Louisiana was born in pathized with the cause for Vermont 65 years ago. He which the United States was joined the Union in the Port of fighting. New York and last sailed on the "The Vietnam operation has Transpanama in 1968. Brother been carried on in a different Boswell was a bos'n in the deck climate," Godek pointed out, department and had been sail­ "and several well-publicized in­ ing since 1932. He now lives stances have taken place where in Gretna with his wife, Nora. non-American seamen have re­ Cesar Izquierdo, 69, is a na­ fused to sail their ships to the tive of Ecuador who now makes combat zone." Godek revealed that at least one Swedish tanker owner had requested that his ship not be sent to Vietnam because of the sentiment in Sweden against U.S. involvement there. The vessel was used in the Pacific, but outside the war zone. Sees Future Problems "Based on experience during the Vietnam operation," Godek summed up, "it may be con­ cluded that in similar circum­ stances in the future there will be some difficulty in finding foreign crews to sail ships under effective U.S. control into the war zone. . . . Support of the combat forces will have to be maintained by ships of Ameri­ can registry manned by U.S. nationals." The statement put the num­ ber 'of privately owned ships registered under the flags of Panama, Liberia and Honduras as 400 on March 31, 1969. These are considered as being "under effective U.S. control." Such ships have been called "runaway vessels" by SIU and the tramp fleet owners in that they have been registered under so-called "flags of necessity" to avoid payment of taxes to the U.S. government, the higher wages paid to U.S. seamen and U.S. safety regulations. The SIU, as well as numerous con­ gressmen, have often disputed the "effective control" theory. �Page Twelve SEAFARERS 3Q0K^6emujs LOG September, 1969 Blind Man's Bluff? lisv THE TODD DOSSIER by Collier Young (Delacorte—$4.95) This is one of the first novels dealing with what probably will be a long line of stories about heart transplants. What at­ tracts the reader to this one is the method of presentation. The intriguing story is told by excerpts from the transcript of a hearing into the events surrounding a heart transplant. In the end the bad guys are caught but the reader remains in an uneasy state. Will fiction one day turn into fact? Will a new class society come into being—the takers and the taken? As one character in the book—Walter Geiger, M.D.—testi­ fies: "... I had thought a great deal, ever since we first dreamed of transplanting the human heart, about the rapacious ones, the takers. There are always people who take what they want, no matter the cost to others. They take in order to extend their own territory, their own power. Now we had given them the opportunity to take in order to extend life itself." Disquieting words, even if they are fiction. POLAND: EAGLE IN THE EAST by William Woods (HiU & Wang—$6.50) Polish blood, like that of the Irish, runs deep in the Ameri­ can worker. For this and other reasons, this book makes inter­ esting reading. The author traces the economic and social his­ tory of Poland back to before World War I. He shows how Poland, caught between the influences of two great western nations, turned east and to communism. From the ashes of cities, destroyed by Hitler's armies, the Poles have built new cities. They have erased evidence of extermination camps and plowed the fields where giant ovens were used to cremate thousands. But memories remain and there lingers bitterness against the Germans. And twenty-five years after the ovens cooled, one can still find flecks of human bone in the soil. Woods compares writing about Poland to walking on eggs. Nothing is entirely true or untrue. He has performed a good job in turning out an interesting book without breaking too many shells. * * • BEYOND RACISM by Whitney M. Young, Jr. (McGraw-Hill —$6.95) "Black is beautiful when it is a slum kid studying to enter college, when it is a man learning new skills for a new job, or a slum mother battling to give her kids a chance for a better life." Thus writes Whitney M. Young, Jr., National Director of the Urban League. "But," he continues, "white is beautiful, too, when it helps change society to make our system work for black people also. White is ugly when it oppresses blacks—and so is black ugly when black people exploit other blacks. No race has a monop­ oly on vice or virtue, and the worth of an individual is not related to the color of his skin." In a nutshell. Young has given us the ideal, the problem and the solution to many of our racial ills. The black man must provide the initiative to force open the doors to a closed so­ ciety—^not with the fire bomb—but with willingness and de­ termination. By the same token, the white man must provide the key because it is he who controls the society. And the opportunity for doing this lies, to a great extent, in the labor movement. No stranger to lalx)r. Young offers both praise and criticism of the movement. Crediting labor with correcting many of the social ills of an earlier day and with lending valuable support to the earlyday civil rights movement; Young writes that many a black man has found the key to a better life via the union job. At the same time others have found the door closed because of their color. Young writes: • "The fact that labor led the way in bringing about the social reforms of the past probably accounts for the great dissilliisionment with many unions today. "... Labor today, to many, presents an image of a protective association, filled with middle-class people who have advanced rather quickly and are preoccupied with maintaining the status quo and are increasingly hostile to efforts of minority groups to join them in their newfound prosperity." Young believes that the individual can do much to change this. His individual actions in his union, his church and his community, can help change the course of our collective actions. Racial harmony may seem a long way off in view of many of today's headlines; but we must start someplace. Perhaps the place to start is the thoughtful reading of books such as this one. President Nixon's nomination of South Carolina's U.S. Appeals Court Judge Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr., to the United States Supreme Court can only be viewed as potentially disastrous to the labor movement, the civil rights movement, and to the future welfare of the nation as a whole. Should the Senate be unwise enough to confirm the appointment of this 3roponent of arch conservatism to the highest tribunal in the land, there can )e little doubt that the forces of reaction in the nation will gain a powerful ally in their unending battle to impede social progress and thwart the trade union movement's efforts to bring about economic and educational equality for all Americans. Aside from the fact that Haynsworth's career on the bench has consist­ ently been marked by anti-labor and anti-civil rights decisions, he has also been charged by the AFL-CIO and civil rights leaders with serious conflicts of interest. Outstanding among these charges is the fact that Haynsworth held a one-seventh interest in a vending machine company which did an annual business of $100,000 with the Deering Milliken textile chain at the time he cast the deciding vote in a 1963 Appeals Court decision which upheld Deer­ ing Milliken's right to close down its Darlington, S.C., mill to punish work­ ers for voting for union representation. Haynsworth did resign as a director of the vending firm before the Darlington decision was handed down, but not before the case was argued. Even then his resignation could hardly be called voluntary. By his own ad­ mission, he acted only in compliance with a resolution of the Judicial Con­ ference of the United States which barred federal judges from serving as officers or directors of profit-making corporations. And the record shows that Haynsworth is no stranger to profit-making organizations. He has substantial stock holdings in no fewer than 46 com­ panies—among them the notoriously anti-labor textile giant, J. P. Stevens. Although most of Haynsworth's more damaging blows against labor and minority groups—including the Deering Milliken decision—^have been nullified by the Supreme Court, his record is not a pretty one. In addition to his prejudice against labor, he also ruled in favor of Prince Edward County, Va., when it attempted to junk its public school system rather than integrate, and has backed discrimination against Negroes in federally as­ sisted hospitals. Small wonder that AFL-CIO President George Meany has branded Haynsworth "not fit" to sit on the Supreme Court and Civil rights leader Roy Wilkins has said his confirmation by the Senate would "shake the con­ fidence of millions of Americans in . . . the belief that the judicial process will produce justice." We couldn't agree more. �September, 1969 [I- SEAFARERS MEET YOUR fiHIP'fi COMMITTEE LOG Page niineen F ULL PARXiaPAXION by all Seafarers in the affairs of their Union is the primary aim of the Ship's Committee—the vital contact between SlU-contracted vessels at sea and SIU activities in the ports. These five-man committees—consisting of a ship's chairman, secretary, and a delegate from each of the three departments—conduct weekly shipboard meetings to dis­ cuss issues and beefs which are important to the welfare of the membership. SEATTLE—(Seated l-r) Erasmo Arroya, deck delegate: Sadak Wola, engine; E. Morales, ship chairman: and Edward Kaznowski, secretary. *. ^Standing is Eugenic Gatmaitan, steward delegate. The Seattle's com-v mittee reports that weekly shipboard meetings have been successful. : COLUMBIA—Keeping their shipmates up to date on SIU programs are (l-r) Joe Werselowich, steward department delegate: Nick Natgimisios, ship secretary: Steve Homka, chairman; Johannes Roos, engine delegate: Joseph Catherman, deck. The committee reports a smooth trip. ROBIN GRAY—Representing the SIU aboard their ship are (l-r) Lloyd Zimmerman, steward delegate; Bill Osborne, chairman: Ralph Seckinger, deck delegate: Carlton Grimes, secretary: and Earl Clark, engine. The pension plan was discussed at ship meetings. SUMMIT—(Clockwise) William Hamlin, steward delegate: Walter Gustavson, ship chairman: James Allen, retiring ship's delegate: William Seltzer, secretary: Rafael Matos, engine delegate: Calvin DeSilva, deck. Committee reports all beefs settled by delegates. LONGVIEW VICTORY—Frank Radzvida. the retiring ship's delegate, left, reported a good voyage as he posed with the ship's committee (l-r) Sid Berger, secreta'y: Walter Marsh, chairman: Mike Meguissgluu, steward delegate: and J. W. Canard, deck. �Page Fourteen SEAFARERS LOG September, 1969 Federal Job Safety-Health Board Steelworkers Get Bask Plan Jtnd Standards'Urged by President Offering Earnings Protection WASfflNGTON — President Nixon has called on Congress to create a five-member board to set occupational health and safe­ ty standards for industries and businesses so as to reduce "need­ less illness, needless injury and needless death." President Johnson called for federal standards last year in a proposed Occupational Safety and Health Act but the legisla­ tion died after employer groups mounted a nationwide drive against it. Senator Ralph Yarborough (D-Tex.) and other lawmakers have introduced similar legisla­ tion in this Congress. Under Nixon's plan, the board's five members would be appointed by the President, with Senate consent, to five-year terms, staggered so that one member would change each year. At least three board mem­ bers would be exp>erts on health and safety. Under the bill being prepared by the Labor Department, the board would begin enforcing the standards on July 1, 1972. The board would be directed to adopt "national consensus standards" already established by industry, labor and other or­ ganizations. It would initiate standards in areas where none exists. If the Secretary of Labor or the Secretary of Health, Educa­ tion and Welfare object to any such "national consensus stand­ ards" they may bring that ob­ jection before the board for a full public hearing. The Secretary of Labor would have the initial role in enforcing standards that the board estab­ lishes. He would bring com­ plaints of violations before the board. If the board determined a violation exists it could issue orders the Secretary could seek to enforce in court. In some sit­ uations, the Secretary would be allowed to go directly to the \Reinibliran Highway Leads Bark to LBI SACRAMENTO, Calif. —stretch of new highway in the Los Angeles area was named the Richard M. Nixon Freeway in a resoluI tion passed by the California j State Assembly—^but far­ mer President Lyndon B. Johnson had the last laugh. During ceremonies nam­ ing the freeway, near Nixon's home town of Whittier, Republican Assembly­ man John V, Briggs point^ out that the Democrats had not been forgotten. "It takes you directly to the Lyndon B. Johnson off-ramp," he noted. courts. Violation of the standards would be subject to a fine of up to $10,000, and the board would be authorized to ban employer violators from government for the next three years. The legislation would encour­ age the states to adopt their own health and safety regulations if they were as strict as the federal standards. The federal stand­ ards would continue to apply in states not producing board , ap­ proved plans. The standards set by the board would apply to all em­ ployers except for federal, state and local governments and ag­ riculture employers who do not use more than 500 man-days of hired labor a year. A National Advisory Com­ mittee on Occupational Safety and Health would be set up to advise the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Health, Ed­ ucation and Welfare in adminis­ tering the law. Nixon, in his message, ob­ served that "few people realize the extent of needless illness, needless injury and needless death which results from unsafe or unhealthy working condi­ tions. "Every year in this country some 14,000 deaths can be at­ tributed to work-related injuries or illnesses. . . . "It is interesting to note that in the last five years, the num­ ber of man-days lost because of work-related injuries has been 10 times the number lost be­ cause of strikes." The President emphasized that the "most important conse­ quence" of losses due to sick­ ness or accidents on the job is the "human tragedy" that oc­ curs through the suffering of the worker who is struck down and his family. "In addition," he said, "the economy loses millions of dol­ lars in unrealized production and millions more must he used to pay workmen's compensation benefits and medical expenses." Federal Safety Law Signed; Covers Construction Workers WASHINGTON — The first and Dominick V. Daniels (Dfederal job safety law covering N.J.). nearly four million building They stated that 2,800 con­ trades workers was signed by struction workers were killed President Nixon last month. on the job in 1968—reflecting "This legislation is the first "the hi^est death rate for in­ major labor bill to be approved dustry in the United States." by the 91st Congress, and the Implementation costs, Hagfirst of your Administration," gerty declared, will be "mini­ President C. J. Haggerty of the AFL-CIO Building and Con­ mal when compared to the lives struction Trades Department that will be saved and the need­ noted in a message to the Pres­ less disabling injuries which will ident. be prevented." The law provides that no con­ tractor or subcontractor on fed­ eral or federally-assisted proj­ ects may require any laborer or mechanic to work under condi­ tions that are "unsanitary, haz­ ardous, or dangerous to his health or safety." Standards are to be set by the Secretary of La­ bor after public hearings. Previously, federal construc­ tion workers were covered only by the Davis-Bacon Act, requir­ ing payment of the prevailing wage. Other groups of govern­ ment contractors—suppliers and service contractors—are re­ quired by law to provide safe and healthful working condi­ tions. Haggerty pointed out that this is the first federal safety law aimed at protecting construction workers and suggested that it would "set a pattern for future federal safety legislation." PITTSBURGH — The Steelworkers have reached agree­ ment with 11 basic steel compa­ nies on an "earnings protection" plan for 400,000 workers in the industry who may be hit by pay losses due to automation, tech­ nological changes, or other eco­ nomic factors. The plan, agreed to in prin­ ciple in last year's contract settlement between the union and the employers, became ef­ fective for benefit payments Au­ gust 1, USWA President I. W. Abel said. It is financed by a fund into which the companies have been contributing 2 cents for each man hour worked in the mills by union members since last January 1. Abel said the financing plan will provide quarterly income benefits equal to the difference between the average hourly earnings of an employee in any quarter-year and 85 percent of his average hourly earnings in the previous four quarters of the year. A worker whose income has been reduced will continue to receive quarterly payments as long as his average quarterly earnings are less than 85 per­ cent of his average earnings in the preceding four calendar quarters, the plan specifies. Other features include a pro­ vision that payments will be included in computing base pe­ riod earnings, thus enhancing the benefits. General wage in­ creases will be "neutralized" under the plan to make benefits payable in' addition to any gen­ eral wage boost. The benefits also will be counted in calculating vacation and pension income. Benefit payments will be made auto­ matically, without the need for filing an application. Abel said the union has ne­ gotiated several other income maintenance programs for mem­ bers but the basic steel plan introduces "some totally new concepts." "This new program repre­ sents a genuine breakthrough toward the achievement of our long-desired goal of safeguard­ ing the earnings of union mem­ bers who may suffer economi­ cally because of constantly changing operating conditions in the industry," he said. The new plan provides the "most massive coverage" ever devised by unions and manage­ ment to soften the impact of pay cuts on employees hurt by job changes, according to Abel. The parties to the plan tried to ac= count for "all possible contin­ gencies" to protect earnings and meet the needs of steelworkers, he said. Negotiating committees were headed by Paul J. Passer, Jr., for the union and Vice Presi­ dent C. T. Spivey of the United States Steel Corp. for the com­ panies. USWA District Direc­ tor William Moran and Joseph Senturia, union consultant, also participated. The companies besides U.S. Steel are Bethle­ hem, Republic, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, Armco, Jones and Laughlin, Colorado Fuel and Iron, National (Great Lakes) Steel, Inland Steel, Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel and Allegheny Ludlum. Sponsors of the legislation in­ cluded Senators Harrison Williams (D-N.J.); Jacob Javits (RN.Y.); Ralph W. Yarborough (D-Tex.) as well as Representafives Carl D. Perkins (D-Ky.) federal law covering job safety fqr nearly four million building trades workers is signed by President Nixon. Among those at the ceremony were, from left, President Edward J. Leonard of the Plasterers and Cement Masons and President C. J. Haggerty of the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department. Labor Secretary George P. Shultz is second from right. Haggerty proclaimed it the first labor bill of importance to be passed by the 91st Congress as well as the Nixon Adrninistration. �September, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Fifteen LOG il jfIS • T fe''-. : I'&" - HE UPGRADING PROGRAMS at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship were established to fulfill two important needs: to satisfy the Union's contractual obligation to provide qualified crewmembers to man the ships; and to provide the necessary training to give Seafarers the opportunity to move up to higher-paying ratings. The program has been successful on both counts—The Union has maintained its proud record of never having an SlU-contracted ship unable to sail because of a lack of rated personnel, and many hun­ dreds of Seafarers have advanced to better jobs on deck and in the engine room. The upgrading programs for both AB and Q.M.E.D. candidates is thorough. They are designed to produce not merely endorsements, but a real proficiency in the ratings. The AB training program (a picture story of both AB and Q.M.E.D. training will appear in the next issue of the LOG) includes both class­ room and practical instruction under qualified Seafarer instructors. All AB upgraders have at least six months seatime and hold a yalid lifeboat ticket before they begin their training, which includes knottying, splicing, wheel commands, rigging, safety at sea, and all other aspects of seamanship. Pictured above on the-stern of the Claude "Sonny" Simmons is the AB upgrading class which graduated August 18. Standing (l-r) are Fred Legg, Paul Giordano, Dennis Rowland, James Hotsko, and Rob­ ert Meredith. In the front row are Andrew Stortroen, Johnnie McClinton and Joseph DeJessa. The AB upgrading graduating class of September 4 are seen above with Instructor Chuck James. In the top row (l-r) are James, J. Dermody, T. Burke, E, Tsatomiros, L. Green, and A. Derosier. Front row (l-r) are W. Casey, J. Warren, B. Schultz, A. Marcum, and J. Glover (lifeboat endorsement only). George Jordanides, Mark Hansen and Askold Smits take their oral examina.tion for able seaman with Chief Jennings Elbon, from the US Coast Guard headquarters in Baltimore. The exam took place aboard the HLSS training ship Claude "Sonny" Simmons, which is berthed at Piney Point. Rafael Lugo James Barce Ruben Maranje Howard Levine William Plasky Ferdinand DeLeon �Page Sixteen SEAFARERS LOG September, 1969 Advance Seamanship Pn^ram Offers Full Book Seniorit/^ A TOTAL OF 63 Seafarers have achieved seniority up­ grading to full book membership in the SIU since the upgrading program was resumed in January, 1969. The Advanced Seamanship program provides all qualified B" book members an opportunity to upgrade their seniority and their professional skills through a training program set up at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at Piney Point, Maryland. The courses of study during the month-long schedule include advanced training for rated personnel in the deck, engine and steward deparlments under the guidance of highly qualified and experienced Seafarer instructors. Advanced Seamen also receive a thorough education in all aspects of their Union. Included in the course is a detailed examination of the SIU constitution; the contract; a history of the SIU and the American labor movement; the SIU pension, welfare and vacation programs; and the function of Union meetings. To qualify for the Advanced Seamanship program, appli­ cants must be graduates of the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship; have a valid lifeboat ticket; hold a Coast Guardendorsed rating, and have a minimum of 12 months seatime aboard any SlU-contracted vessels. •liiii §is| •••ti S,! CLASS OF FEBRUARY '69—Daniel Butts, Jr., John Coates. Pedro Gonzalez. Klaus Ahmels, Jonathan White, Salvatore Brunnetti, Jimmie Garner, Bjorn Gislason, Charles Howell, Nick'Kratsas, Thomas Leavey, Maurice Lipitz, William Lowry, Harmut Schultz, Edward Sekella, William Showers, Herbert' Thrower, and Robert Vinson. 1 V" • '..'.i i.. -. CLASS OF APRIL '69—William Slayton, William Jefferson, Leonard Pelettiere, Joseph Johnson, James Goggins, Mi­ chael Chiglo, Jessie Greer, Rudolph Odom, J. Thomas, G. Smith, E. Gibbs, Billy Taylor. > 'I ......... �September, 1969 SEAFARERS CLASS OF JULY '69—^Taking the oath of allegiance as full book members of the SlU are (l-r) John Doran, Erick Sbrensen, Robert Hester, Arthur Wills. CLASS OF JUNE '69—Eddie J. Williams, Jay San chez, Anthony Orzo, Ernest Haitt, and Leonard Hild ing. The new full book members were installed dur­ ing the regular June meeting at the New York hall CLASS OF AUGUST '69—(Back l-r) Harry Alex­ ander, George Williams, Alan Kagey, Dick For­ rest, Warren Sketoe. (Front) Fred Columbus, Tom Reno, James Williams, Sandy Seabrook, Henry Batch. ^ . 'VC, ' LOG Page Seventeen CLASS OF SEPTEMBER '69—Newly-installed full book members of the SlU, Fred Grudzinski, John Erickson, and Robert Leight, listen as SlU Presi­ dent Paul Hall tells them of the importance of taking an active .part in the affairs of their Union. Installation took place at the New York hall. �Page EiglileeB Lifeboat training at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at Piney Point includes instruction in basic knot-tying. Instructor Tom Brooks takes his class aboard the yawl Manitou to demonstrate the proper way to bend the five basic knots and hitches on a ship. 570Endorsed For LUeboat AtHLSS SEAFARERS LOG September, 1969 CLASS jj^l?—(Front row, l-r): Wayne Flanker, James McEnerey, Donald Willie, Joe Townsend, Ray Ward, Philip Brady, Joseph Darden, Gary Bennett. (Top row); Bruce Williams, Leonard Jones, Jorge Rivera, Wallace Hoyt, Earl Wilson, John Wright, Reginald Johnson, John McClenton, Ernest Taylor, Henry Odon, Barney Spears, Melvin Lipscomb, Alfred Cordes, J. Murray. In background is Claude "Sonny" Simmons. M ORE THAN 570 trainees and upgrading Seafarers have been awarded lifeboat endorsements during the past five months after completing an intensive period of classroom and practical instruction at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at Piney Point, Maryland. In the last five graduating classes—covering the period of August 6 to September 3—a total of 145 trainees and upgraders have qualified for their Coast Guard endorsement. Examinations— both written and demonstration—are given by the Coast Guard every week, with an average of more than 25 candidates taking the tests each week. Preparation for the examinations are thorough. Under the expert supervision of experienced SIU instructors, every -candidate will spend at least 30 hours of supervised training in a lifeboat, both at the oars and as acting coxswain. In addition, each candidate will be required to participate in a minimum of 14 hours of classroom experience before he will be permitted to take his examination. Qass lectures include detailed descriptions of lifeboats, liferafts, and launching gear, as well as the description, location and use of all equipment required on lifeboats and liferafts. Lectures and demonstrations are also provided to familiarize the student with the types and use of various fire fighting equipment. To provide additional help to students who are having difficulty with the material, the instructors schedule special two-hour review sessions in the evening. The HLSS lifeboat training program has proven to be highly successful. To date, every trainee and upgrader who has completed the course has passed the Coast Guard examination and received his endorsement. The program is also contributing to the success of the Union's goal of continuing to provide qualified personnel to man all SlU-contracted vessels throughout the world. CLASS #18—(Front row): Steven Tobias, Kenneth Nessel, Ronald Archibald, Francis Ginorio, Tim Venable, Jerrol Lafleur, Aron Fore, Melvin Smith, Lawrence Paxton. (Second row): Luther Bailey, Thomas Kilbride, David Vaughn, Steven Venus, David Williams, Roger Anselmi, Ronald Beck, Paul Domes, Samuel Knight, Jr., Richard Ciuzio. (Third row): Paul McGaharn, instructor, Stephen Hamilton, John Boytos, Salvatore Cavalcante, George Murray, Daniel Lucas, Curtis Dentin, Thomas Carlise, Louie C. Arnett and Robbie White. CLASS #19—(Front row, l-r): John Cranmer, Bobby D. Sturgill, Jose Torres, Joseph Cutrer, Albert Timmons, Thomas Brewer, Carl Sandifer. D. Relendes, Bob Lackey, Robert Carver. (Back row): Instructor Paul McGaharn, Richard Speicher, Nathaniel Tune, Rodney Caron, Terry Meadows, John Kelley, James S. Shaver, Irving Sepulvado, Christopher Horneman, Thomas McGuire, Frederick Hawkins, Ralph Bess, John R. McNeill, Charles Burthardt, Peter Skulski, Bill Ware, John S. Boone. The class graduated August 20. CLASS #20—(Front row, l-r): T. Boothe, L. Utterback, J. MIcucci, B. Weitzel, T. Young, T, Packer, G. Morran, L. Fluker, J. Steilberg, M. OToole. (Second row): B. Greer, L. Johns, L. Ewing, J. Steinberg, A. Jordan, M. Smutek, E. Townsend, D. Sisk, P. Doval, G. Redfleld. (Top): Paul McGaharn, G. Smith, P. Butler, D. Morris, G. Showers, J. Meld-, inger, R. Young, R. McGowan, R. Brennan, C. Brinkley, H. Dillingham, E. Schwimmer. CLASS #21—(Front, l-r): W. Spiers, W. Arbogast, J. Collier, K. Hardman, W. Adams, J. Cerva, W. Palmer, P. Stewart. (Second row): P. Joseph, A. Burroughs, E. Rokicki, R. Hano, D. Mornin, E. Stacey, W. Rece, M. Boyd. (Third row): G. Deavers, B. Buffalo, H, Meehan, G. Curry, J. Buck, G. Gentner. (Fourth row); S. French, L. Kreisler, P. Keohane, C. Whatley, W. Cox, J. Bourg, M. Baily, J. Williams. (Fifth row): M. Goessel, C. Cun­ ningham, J. Klugh, P. Falls, T. Heruska, R. Alexander, D. Snipes, and E. Kuntze. �September, 1969 SEAFARERS Relaxing Time on the Choctaw I. Talcing it easy during a recent voyage of the Choctaw is this group of engine department Seafarers. Relaxing in the fo'csle while they wait for evening chow are. left to right, John Appleby, oiler; Chris Jaquez and Lewis Hertzog, wipers, and Jackie Salo, FWT. SlU Deck Officers School Upgrades 4 More Seafarers The names of four more deck department Seafarers have been added to the growing roster of men who have earned deck officer's licenses after complet­ ing the course of study offered at the upgrading school jointly sponsored by the SIU and the Associated Maritime Officers Union. These latest graduates raise to 54 the total number of men who have received their deck officer's license after attending the school and passing their Coast Guard examinations. The new deck officers are Ami Bjornsson, Edward Hecox, Joseph Renault, and Frank Throp. Ami Bjomsson, 42, was bora in Reykjavik, Iceland and joined Bjomsson Throp the SIU in the Port of New York in 1947. Brother Bjornsson is well known by many Seafarers because of his long service as an instructor at the SIU's Harry Lundeberg School of Seaman­ ship from 1962-67. He has had a hand in helping to launch many a young Seafarer on a career in the merchant marine while at the school. Bjornsson now holds second mate's papers. Frank Throp, 44, was bom in Canada but now lives in Tampa, Florida, with his wife Margaret. Brother Throp joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1949 and sailed as a bosun before being accepted to the mate's training school in Sep­ tember, 1968. After completing the comprehensive course of in­ struction offered at the school, he successfully passed the Coast Guard mate's examination in May and is now sailing as a second mate. Joseph Renault, 49, has been sailing with the SIU since 1952. A native of Montreal, Canada, he now makes his home in Willingboro. New Jersey, with his wife, Claire. Brother' Renault entered the SIU-AMO-sponsored mate's training school in November, 1968. Re had sailed as a bosun before embarking on the course of instmction. After passing the Coast Guard mate's examination in July, he is now sailing as a second mate. Renault Hecox Edward Recox, 49, was bom in Cleveland, Ohio, and has been sailing with the SIU since 1956. Re lives in Seattle, Wash­ ington, and sailed as an AB be­ fore being accepted to the mate's upgrading program in Decem­ ber, 1968. Brother Recox passed the Coast Guard's li­ censing examination last month and is now sailing as a second mate. The training program, oper­ ated under a reciprocal agree­ ment between the SIU and the Associated Maritime Officers Union, is the first of its type in the industry. Applicants can begin training at any time. The period of in­ struction is geared to each stu­ dent's individual ability and knowledge, and his preparation for taking the examination. The training program—like the engineer's upgrading pro­ gram—was instituted in line with the SIU's objective of en­ couraging and assisting unli­ censed personnel to upgrade themselves. Seafarers can participate in the course of instruction at no cost to themselves. They will fie provided with meals, lodging and subsistence payments of $110 a week while they are in training. Deck department Seafarers who are interested in taking ad­ vantage of this training program may apply at any SIU hall, write directly to SIU headquar­ ters at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York IT 232, or telephone the school at (212) 768-0561. LOG Page IVineteen Prime Need for Pharmadst Mates Seen In SIUNA-SOA Barked Study NEW YORK—By providing prompt and adequate shipboard medical treatment for ailing or injured seafarers through the in­ creased use of qualified purser pharmacist mates, much of the needless medical hardship pres­ ently endured by seamen could be eliminated and millions of dollars in medical costs could be saved annually, according to a report prepared by a maritime research firm. The study, commissioned by the SIUNA-affiliated Staff Offi­ cers Association and conducted by the Diebold Group Inc., over an eight-month period, states that at least one-fifth of the $80 million in medical claims filed yearly by American seamen could be entirely eliminated by the medical care purser-pharma­ cist mates can provide. At present, only a small num­ ber of the approximately 950 American-flag vessels engaged in foreign trade have qualified purser-pharmacist mates aboard. According to the report, the vast majority of American-flag vessels provide only a "modi­ cum" of shipboard medical care for seamen through the services of deck officers whose medical training is limited toc first aid courses. Modest estimates reveal, the report continues, that shipown­ ers can effect direct savings of $16 million per year by supply­ ing on-board medical care through qualified purser-phar­ macists mates. The report—conducted in co­ operation with the U.S. Public Health Service—also asserts that the govemment could save as much as $1 million annually at the USPRS hospitals which care for sick and injured seamen if shipboard medical care services are made more widely available in the merchant fleet. Additional savings through a reduced need for subsidy pay­ ments on medical claims and other indirect payments could alsa be realized, the study indi­ cates. Presently, the only source of shipboard medical care for the entire merchant fleet is provided by some 150 pharmacist mates. The appraisal of the state of medical care in the fleet resulted from an evaluation and cost analysis of the Staff Officers' As­ sociation Pharmacist Mate Training Program which is con­ ducted at the U.S. Public Health Service hospital, Stapleton, Staten Island, N. Y. The SOA, the union repre­ senting ships' pursers, provides candidates for the pharmacist mate school. Purser candidates Foreign Flag Ships Described As 'Beating Our Brains Out' WASHINGTON — Foreign shipping lines are "beating our brains out" not only for com­ mercial cargo but foi govern­ ment-sponsored shipments that, by law, are supposed to be "re­ served primarily for Americanflag ships," Representative Charles S. Joelson (D-N.J.) de­ clared here recently. The New Jersey lawmaker said that although Cargo Prefer­ ence laws provide "that a min­ imum of 50 percent of our for­ eign aid shipments and our agricultural surplus shipments must travel on American ves­ sels," the U. S.-flag fleet actu­ ally is carrying "substantially less" than that amount. Joelson told a meeting spon­ sored by the AFL-CIO Mari­ time Trades Department that government agencies are inter­ preting the cargo laws to make the 50 percent minimum a "ceil­ ing," and thus are "undoing the Congressional mandate" ex­ pressed in the original legisla­ tion. As a result, "American vessels are being forced into layup because they don't have cargo to carry." The Congressman said he had joined with 80 other members of the House and 5)enate in sponsoring legislation that would rewrite the existing laws so that "they achieve what the name implies — preference for American-built, Americanowned and American-manned ships—and not preference for ships flying the flags of other nations." The pending legislation, Joel­ son said, would put foreign-flag ships "at the bottom of the list." Re added: "Under any sensible interpre­ tation of Cargo Preference laws, that's where they belong. They should carry government car­ goes only when all other alter­ natives have been exhausted. "Today, the maintenance of our position as a major trading nation rests on the revitalization of our American-flag fleet—our balance of payments is affected, for good or evil, on whether our goods move in American ships or the ships of other nations— and our national defense still is linked irretrievably to our mer­ chant marine, which serves as our fourth arm of defense." "The American merchant marine has loyally served this country all these years — from 1789 to now," Joelson declared, and added that now "it is time the country served the merchant marine." for the school are selected by a panel of doctors and receive nine months of intensive medi­ cal training from Public Health Service doctors and nurses. The purser-pharmacist mate training program was establish­ ed largely through the efforts of SIUNA Vice President Burt E. Lanpher, secretary-treasurer of the SOA. It is financed by the SOA's Welfare Plan, the U.S. Public Health Service and the Department of Labor. The third class of SOA Phar­ macist Mate Training School graduates—consisting of 27 men and one woman—has already been graduated. The school, opened in 1967, provides each pharmacist mate candidate with over 1,(X)0 hours of both aca­ demic instmction and clinical experience. An independent study of worldwide maritime medical care conducted earlier this year by the SOA disclosed that the American merchant marine is seriously lagging behind all of the fleets of Westem European countries, Russia and Japan, in providing competent shipboard medical care. Among the several areas in which the study found that direct savings through the use of phar­ macist mates could occur were: Reduced Shipboard medical ex­ penses, reduced time lost due to hospitalization, decreased medi­ cal insurance costs and savings in claims for personal injuries. These areas, among others, would amount to an estimated total saving of $16,000 per ship per year. Uruguay'Vigia' Always on Top Of Ships at Sea MONTEVIDE O-^ A lonely man in a tower from dawn to dusk—that's Orlando Simonetti, the offi­ cial watchman of Uruguay's capital. From high up in his small office atop the 19th floor of the historic Palacio Sal­ vo, Simonetti faithfully scans the mouth of the River Plate, spread out below on all sides. When a ship ap­ pears, the "vigia," as he is called, informs authorities of its impending arrival. Every few minutes one of his two telephones rings. People are forever calling to find out whether a ship on which a friend or relative may be traveling has yet appeared on the distant hor­ izon. �SEAFARERS Page Twenty September, 1969 LOG To Avoid Disastrous Recession: Rollback of Soaring Interest Rates Pressed WASHINGTON—More than 200 leaders from widely varying areas of American life have ap­ pealed for swift government ac­ tion to reverse the high interest spiral "if disaster is to be avoid­ ed." They unanimously joined in a statement asking the Adminis­ tration and Congress to take steps "before the grim toll of economic ressession is again ex­ acted from the American peo­ ple." The statement came out of an "Emergency Meeting on the High Interest Crisis" in Wash­ ington attended by representa­ tives of labor, farmers, consum­ ers, retired persons, coopera­ tives, housing and civil rights groups, and local governments. Several members of Congress pledged their fullest effort in line with the meeting's proposals. which were delivered to the White House through President Nixon's counselor. Dr. Arthur F. Bums. During a half-day meeting, speakers representing the partic­ ipating organizations testified to the "bitter hardships" being heaped upon citizens by the highest interest rates in 100 Speaking for labor was AFLCIO Vice President Joseph D. Keenan, chairman of the federa­ tion's Housing Committee. He also is secretary of the Interna­ tional Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The statement adopted by the meeting urged Nixon to voice his opposition to high interest policies and "use his great influ­ ence and power to bring a roll­ back in interest rates." Nixon also was called on to withdraw tax and loan accounts. on which no interest is paid to the govenunent, from banks that "refuse to cooperate and con­ tinue to raise interest rates." Further, the Administration was asked to investigate through the Justice Department the re­ cent action of big banks in rais­ ing the prime interest rate they charge their biggest and best customers to an "astounding" 8.5 percent. "The virtual unanimity of banks in adopting the higher rates strongly suggests the pos­ sibility of a conspiracy," the statement said. Congress, for its part, was called upon to pass legislation that will curb interest rates, and years. direct the Federal Reserve Board to sharply reduce the "ex­ orbitant" cost of credit. "Hight interest rates >are not Congress Warned of Housing Crisis Unless Money, Land Costs Go Down WASHINGTON ~ In the strongest possible language, the AFL-CIO has warned Congress that the nation is facing a des­ perate housing crisis because soaring money and land costs have priced most Americans out of the housing market. "As a nation we are not only falling short of the goals set forth in the 1968 Housing Act, but we are actually losing ground," AFI^CIO Legislative Director Andrew J. Biemiller testified. Biemiller called for new pro­ grams of direct government financing of essential housing. And he urged that rehabilitation of run-down housing be under­ taken through large-scale opera­ tions involving thousands of units instead of costly small projects. He told a House Banking subcommittee that the labor movement wants "as much qual­ ity housing as possible, built at 'the lowest possible price, to serve the most people." The subcommittee is currently re­ viewing the functioning of the 1968 housing law which set a target of a steadily increasing volume of home and apartment construction and rehabilitation. Instead of rising, the rate of home construction is plunging, Biemiller said. In the past year, "the cost of money has moved from being a serious problem to that of a national disaster." For many Americans, the 36 percent jump in interest rates just since last December "represents the slamming of the bank door in their face, the end of their last hope for funds for adequate shelter." The AFL-CIO warned of the danger of rising interest rates in its testimony last year, Biemiller noted, and "painfully" labor's warnings have been proved valid. He urged that "if housing is to be the victim of our monetary policies, it must be given special consideration and shelter." Instead of competing for housing money at the bank, home financing should have "ac­ cess to the nation's credit," Bie­ miller said. He suggested a $3 billion di­ rect loan program to. help gov­ ernment and non-profit groups finance low and moderate in­ come housing. New Fund Source Some $5 billion in National Service Life Insurance Funds could be made available for veterans'* mortgages at a belowmarket six percent rate that would still provide a higher re­ turn to the fund than it now realizes. In addition, Biemiller urged, the Federal Reserve Board could be directed to purchase up to $5 billion in governmentguaranteed mortgages, thus freeing substantial additional funds for housing loans. He suggested new programs for land acquisition to curb the "strong upward price pressures" and greater emphasis on public transportation to open up lowcost land for government-as­ sisted housing. Public l\pusing still "does the best overall job of answering the needs of low income fam­ ilies" and should be expanded, Biemiller said. Above all, he stressed, hous­ ing needs can be' met only by volume production. He assured the subcommittee that "the AFL-CIO and the building trades unions have readily ac­ cepted and adapted" to ma­ terials changes and methods "aimed at faster, more econom­ ical building." Biemiller asked: "When do we really get started on meet­ ing the unpostponable housing needs of America?" ordained by nature," the state­ ment said. "They are man-made —made by bankers seeking greater profits and government unwillingness to take positive action in favor of the borrower and the public generally." "The tools to reverse the up­ ward trend of interest rates ex­ ist; we call for their use," it concluded. Keenan said the "grave con­ cern" of trade unionists about high interest rates is not diffi­ cult to understand. "Simply put," he stated, "excessive in­ terest rates are cutting our buy­ ing power and putting us out of work." He pointed out that interest rates are in the price of every­ thing the worker buys—^from food to the TV set, from the automobile to the price of hous­ ing or rent for an apartment. "So a rise in interest rates is a rise in prices." he said. "The bankers cut the buying power of our money." To show how serious this pay cut can be, Keenan cited a June 17 article in the Wall Street Journal which assembled gov­ ernment figures on the decline m a paycheck's buying power over recent months. The article noted that debate is growing over whether the economy "can survive today's record smashing interest rates without sinking into a reces­ sion." But, it added, many Americans already are in a re­ cession. Bankers must be told "in loud and clear terms: Enough," Keenan concluded. "The Ameri­ can people want no more of this bankers' game of Russian rou­ lette with the fate of our jobs and our paychecks." Other speakers included: • President Tony T. Dechant of the National Farmers Union, who said the farmer has watched Catching Up On The News WASHINGTON—High interest rates and rising medical bills are hurting the government's budget too. President Nixon dis­ closed. He ordered federal agen­ cies to slash spending by $3.5 billion this fiscal year to compensate for unpredicted expenses. Two of the biggest single items of "uncontrollable" added expense were the higher interest rates that the government has to pay on the national debt and the rise in Medicare costs. The Treasury recently had to pay an interest rate of close to 7.5 percent—^the highest in its history—^to borrow money on a sixmonth bill. "the storm of higher and higher interest rates grow until it now threatens the economic life of family agriculture." He added, "There seems to be no limit to the greed of bankers." • Erma Angevine, executive director, Consumer Federation of America, who said that debt is an ever-increasing burden to consumers "with interest pay­ ments on mortgages and install­ ment loans now exceeding 22 percent of the average consum­ er's after-tax income." • Clarence Mitchell of the National Association for the Ad­ vancement of Colored People, who charged that banking poli­ cies are creating "catastrophe in the area of housing"—nullifying government programs to help the poor obtain decent shelter. • John J. Gunther, executive director of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, who said high inter­ est rates are causing cities to put off the building of sewers, health centers, schools and hos­ pitals "because they can't afford to finance them." Appearing to voice support for the emergency meeting's pro­ gram were Senators Fred R. Harris (D-Okla.), William Proxmire (D-Wis.) and Alan Crans­ ton (D-Calif.), and Chairman Wright Patman (D-Tex.) of the House Banking and Currency Committee. TaH fellows Toft In labor law Refmn Rep. Daniel Ronan, 55 Dies of Heart Attack CHICAGO — Representative Daniel J. Ronan (D-Ill.) died here of an apparent heart at­ tack at the age of 55, He was serving his third term in Con­ gress from a district including Chicago's West Side and an ad­ joining section of COok County. Ronan, who had a liberal voting record during his service in Congress, was a former mem­ ber of Local 7 of the Firemen and Oilers. Hixon Cats Budget By $3.5 Billion Relaxing at the New Orleans hall with the morning newspaper is Lauren Santa Ana of the steward department. A native of the Phil­ ippine Islands, Santa Ana joined Union in New Orleans in 1947. WASHINGTOPJ—The ghost of the late Senator Robert A. Taft (R-Ohio)—co-author of the Taft-Hartley Act—stalks Capitol Hill once again. Representative Robert A. Taft, Jr. (R-Ohio) is chairman of the House Republican Con­ ference Research Committee which has set up a special task force looking into labor law re­ form. He named as the task force chairman Representative Sherman P. Lloyd (R-Utah) who has two "right" and 21 "wrong" votes on the COPE voting record. �September, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG ANNUAL REPORT STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES ASSETS For the fiscal year ended March 31, 1969 GREAT LAKES TUG AND DREDGE PENSION PLAN 275 20th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11215 u to the SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE of the STATE OF NEW YORK The data contained herein is for the purpose of providing general information as to the condition and affairs of the fund. The presentation is necessarily abbreviated. For a more comprehensive treatment, refer to the Annual Statement, copies of which may be inspected at the office of the fund, or at the New York State Insurance De­ partment, 55 John Street, New York, New York 10038. STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE (RESERVE FOR FUTURE BENEFITS) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. ADDITIONS TO FUND BALANCE Contributions: (Exclude amounts entered in Item 2) (a) Employer (Schedule 1) $ 136,082.89 (b) Employee 93,345.35 (c) Other (Specify) $ 229,428.24 (d) Total Contributions Dividends and Experience Sating Refunds from Insurance Companies Investment Income: (a) Interest 36,360.80 (b) Dividends 22,940.77 (c) Rents (d) Other (Specify) 59,301.57 (e) Total Income from Investments 15,092.65 Profit on disposal of investments Increase by adjustment in asset values of investments Other Additions: (Itemize) (a) (b) (c) Total Other Additions $ 303,822.46 7. Total Additions 8. Insurance and Annuity Premiums to Insurance Carriers and to Service Organizations (Including Prepaid Medical Plans) 9. Benefits Provided Directly by the Trust or Separately Maintained Fund 10. Payments to an Organization Maintained by the Plan for the Purpose of Providing Benefits to Participants (Attach latest operating statement of the Organization showing detail of administrative expenses, supplies, fees, etc.) 11. Payments or Contract Fees Paid to Independent Organizations or Individuals Providing Plan Benefits (Clinics, Hospitals, Doctors, etc.) .. 12. Administrative Expenses: (a) Salaries (Schedule 2) (b) Allowances, Expenses, etc (Schedule 2) (c) Taxes (d) Fees and Commissions (Schedule 3) .. (e) Rent (f) Insurance Premiums (g) Fidelity Bond Premiums (h) Other Administrative Expenses (Specify) Schedule attached (i) Total Administrative Expenses 13. Loss on disposal of investments 14. Decrease by adjustment in asset values of investments 15. Other Deductions: (Itemize) (a) (b) (c) Total Other Deductions Item 1. Cash 2. Receivables: (a) Contributions: (See Item 18) (1) Employer (2) Other (Specify) (b) Dividends or experience rating refunds (c) Other (Specify) Accrued interest paid on bonds purchased 3. Investments: (Other than real estate) (a) Bank deposits at interest and deposits or shares in savings and loan associa­ tions. (b) Stocks: (1) Preferr« (2) Common (c) Bonds and debv-ntures: (1) Government obligations: (a) Federal (b) State and municipal (2) Foreign government obligations .. (3) Nongovernment obligations (d) Common Trusts: (1) (Identify) (2) (Identify) (e) Subsidiary organizations (See Instructions) (Identify and indicate percentage of owner­ ship by this Plan in the subsidiary) (1) % (2) % .' 4. Real estate loans and mortgages '5. .Loans and Notes Receivable: (Other than real estate) (a) Secured (b) Unsecured Q. Real Estate: (a) Operated (b) Other real estate 7. Other Assets: (a) Accrued income ................. (b) Prepaid expenses (c) Other (Specify) 8. Total Assets LIABILITIES Insurance and annuity premiums payable Unpaid claims (Not covered by insurance) Accounts payable Accrued expenses Other liabilities (Specify) Reserve for future benefits 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Total Liabilities and Reserves DEDUCTIONS FROM FUND BALANCE •1 - End of End of Prior Reporting Year Year 19,633.60 $ 26,754.53 967.72 112.67 52,290.71 494,616.20 83,517.18 562,136.42 67,222.64 95,115.54 592,646.12 674,989.29 $1,227,376.99 $1,442,625.63 1,227,376.99 1,442,625.63 $1,227,376.99 $1,442,625.63 GREAT LAKES TUG AND DREDGE PENSION FUND ATTACHMENT TO THE ANNUAL REPORT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK $ $ Year ended March 31, 1969 38,076.49 Deductions from Fund Balance Item 12(h)—Other Administrative Expenses Stationery, supplies and printing Postage, express and freight Telephone and telegraph Equipment rental Employee benefits Miscellaneous Repairs and maintenance Tabulating service Microfilming Dues and subscriptions Miscellaneous Trustees' meetings expense Fees and permits 13,395.12 1,160.64 655.23 8,952.79 1,154.02 134.81 30.00 $ 2,908.44 37.82 342.52 903.99 776.64 860.88 198.96 13,457.01 242.86 80.85 185.55 15.33 $20,010.85 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Great Lakes Tutr & Dredge Pension Fund New York STATE OF COUNTY OF 20,010.85 45,493.46 5,003.87 Kings T$ 88,573.82 Employee RECONCILEMENT OF FUND BALANCE $1,227,376.99 303,822.46 88,573.82 215,248.64 $1,442,625.63 L gB f "• J ; • and , Triistees of the F^nd and j V '' V ' aflirm, under the penalities of perjury that the contents of this Annual Report are true and hereby subscribe thereto. Employer tx^^eex 16. Total Deductions 17. Fund Balance (Reserve for Future Benefits at Beginning of Year) 18. Total Additions During Year (Item 7) 19. Total Deductions During Year (Item 16) 20. Total Net Increase (Decrease) 21. Fund Balance (Reserve for Future Benefits) at end of Year (Item 14, Statement of Assets and Liabilities) Page Twenty One �<"••1 SEAFARERS Page Twenly Two ANNUAL REPORT For the fiscal year ended November 30, 1968 SEAFARERS WELFARE FUND 275 20th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11215 to the SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE of the STATE OF NEW YORK The data contained herein is for the purpose of providing general information as to the condition and affairs of the fund. The presentation is necessarily abbrevi­ ated. For a more comprehensive treatment, refer to the Annual Statement, copies of which may be inspected at the office of the fund, or at the New York State Insurance Department, 55 John Street, New York, New York 10038. STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE (RESERVE FOR FUTURE BENEFITS) ADDITIONS TO FUND BALANCE Item 1. Contributions: (Exclude amounts entered in Item 2) (a) Employer (Schedule 1) $4,132,602.15 (b) Employee (c) Otber (Specify) (d) Total Contributions 2. Dividends and Experience Rating Refunds from Insurance Companies 3. Investment Income: (a) Interest ? 168,643.63 (b) Dividends 69,652.31 (c) Rents 1,715.12 (d) Other (Specify) (e) Total Income from Investments ' 4. Profit on disposal of investments . 5. Increase by adjustment in asset values of investments ^ 6. Other Additions: (Itemize) (a) See attachment • 96,401.03 (b) Clinic services rendered to participating groups 241,053.33 (c) Total Other Additions 7. Total Additions $4,132,602.15 240,011.06 168,139.53 337,454.36 4,878,207.10 DEDUCTIONS FROM FUND BALANCE 8. Insurance and Annuity Premiums to Insurance Car­ riers and to Service Organizations (Including Pre­ paid Medical Plans) 9. Benefits Provided Directly by the Trust or Sepa­ rately Maintained Fund 10. Payments to an Organization Maintained by the Plan for the Purpose of Providing Benefits to Par­ ticipants (Attach latest operating statement of the Organization showing detail of administrative expenses, supplies, fees, etc.) 11. Pasonents or Contract Fees Paid to Independent Organizations or Individuals Providing Plan Bene­ fits (Clinics, Hospitals, Doctors, etc.) 12. Administrative Expenses: (a) Salaries (Schedule 2) $ 358",446.46 (b) Allowances, Expenses, etc. (Schedule 2) . 21,611.43 (c) Taxes 18,179.25 (d) Fees and Commissions (Schedule 3) .... 78,805.12 (e) Rent 29,797.10 (f) Insurance Premiums 3,292.82 (g) Fidelity Bond Premiums 1,632.33 (h) Other Administrative Expenses (Specify) See attachment 249,898.25 (i) Total Administrative Expenses 13. Loss on disposal of investments 14. Decrease by adjustment in asset values of investments 15. Other Deductions: (Itemize) (a) Acquisition of fixed assets 39,922.13 (b) (c) Total Other Deductions 16. Total Deductions 17. Fund Balance (Reserve for Future Benefits at Be­ ginning of Year) 18. Total Additions During Year (Item 7) $4,878,207.10 19. Total Deductions During Year (Item 16) 5,104,965.55 20. Total Net Increase (Decrease) 21. Fund Balance (Reserve for Future Benefits) at end of Year (Item 14, Statement of Assets and Liabil­ ities) •. (1) Employer (2) Other (Specify) b. Dividends or experience rating refunds c. Other (Specify) See attachment 49,817.99 30,833.70 3. Investments: (Other than real estate) a. Bank deposits at interest and deposits or shares in savings and loan associations .. 796,072.71 1,448,090.17 b. Stocks: (1) Preferred 4,605.71 5,808.71 (2) Common 1,156,121.05 949,123.30 c. Bonds and debentures; (1) Government obligations: (a) Federal (b) State and municipal (2) Foreign government obligations .... (3) Nongovernment obligations 2,115,200.00 1,931,731.25 d. Common Trusts: (1) (Identity) (2) (Identify) e. Subsidiary organizations (See Instructions) 102,700.00 102,700.00 (Identify and indicate percentage of own­ ership by this Plan in the subsidiary) (1) See attachment % 100% (2) % 4. Real estate loans and mortgages 5. Loans and Notes Receivable: (Other than real estate) a. Secured 1,500,000.00 1,300,000.00 b. Unsecured 6. Real Estate: a. Operated b. Other real estate 7. Other Assets: a. Accrued income b. Prepaid expenses c. Other (Specify) See attachment 123,032.89 334,980.33 8. Total Assets $7,107,051.91 $6,806,586.01 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. - LIABILITIES Insurance and annuity premiums payable Unpaid claims (Not covered by insurance Accounts payable (See attachment) Accrued expenses Other liabilities (Specify) See attachment Reserve for future benefits Total Liabilities and Reserves $ 320,414.67 246,001.51 8,453.57 9,159.28 6,778,183.67 6,551.425.22 $7,107,051.91 $6,806,586.01 ^ The assets listed in this statement must be valued on the basis regularly used in valuing investments held in the fund and reported to the U.S. Treasury Department, or shall be valued at their aggregate cost or present value, whicheiVer is lower, if such a statement is not so required to be filed with the U.S. Treasury Department. $3,151,658.28 STATE OP COUNTY OP NEW YORK ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SEAFARERS WELFARE FUND NEW YORK Tnuteet of th* Fond ud . 834,446.24 »fai«..«Bd« the peaalltira of prnjury that tkacoatanlaof this Anoual Report on tne enf hereby aabacrlbcthereto. 317,276.14 J( EaploTK rwlfuitM: f" i < SEAFARERS WELFARE FUND 761,662.76 39,922.13 $5,104,965.55 RECONCILEMENT OF FUND BALANCE ii September, 1969 LOG $6,778,183.67 226,758.45 $6,551,425.22 Part IV Part ly data for trust or other separately maintained fund are to be completed for a plan involving a trust or other separately maintained fund. It also is to be com­ pleted for a plan which: (1) Has incurred expenses other than: (a) Payments for unfunded benefits or (b) Insurance or annuity premiums or subscription charges paid to an insurance carrier or service or other organization; or (2) Has assets other than: (a) Insurance or annuity contracts or (b) Contributions in the process of payment or collection. Part IV—Section A Statement of Assets and Liabilities Seafarers Welfare Plan As of November 30, 1968 File No. WP-59298 ASSETS' « End of End of Prior Reporting Item Year Year I- Cash $1,259,501.56 $ 703,318.55 2. Receivables: a. Contributions: (See Item 18) Attachment to 1968 New York State Insurance Department Annual Statement Year Ended November 30, 1968 Page 6—^Item 6—Other Additions Equipment rentals $ 29,273.44 Proceeds from sale of fixed assets , 3,563.78 Return of donated capital from wholly-owned corp 63,000.00 Miscellaneous income 563.81 $ 96,401.03 Item 12h—Other Administrative Expenses Tabulating service Stationery Postage Equipment rental Electricity Linen service Miscellaneous Telephone and telegraph Repairs and maintenance Cleaning Dues and subscriptions Employees benefits Port shipping activity report service Microfilming Licenses and permits Miscellaneous collection expense Trustees' meetings expense—miscellaneous Information booklets ". Temporary office help Maintenance of real estate Donation—Bluff Hospital Expansion Fund Drive, Tokyo, Japan 1 ' $ 79,784.90 43,713.54 1,418.91 22,179.49 568.40 198.43 25,368.80 12,233.72 6,660.74 819.26 :. 2,283.54 19,888.57 18,200.00 5,851.46 112.78 368.00 93.51 367.83 1,969.49 2,816.88 5,000.00 $249,898.25 Item 17 and 21—^Fund Balance Beginning of Year Reserve for welfare benefits for pensioners and their dependents Fund balance Reserve for future benefits End of Year $ 3,076,571.00 $3,821,306.00 3,701,612.67 2,730,119.22 $6,778,183.67 $6,551,426.22 (Continued on page 2S) v-ti �September, 1969 SEAFARERS Diggers Unearth Mystery Vessel At Building Site FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. —A heavy plate on a capstan is the only solid clue to the identity of an old ship recently unearthed by bulldozers in this Florida re­ sort city, but maritime historians are hopeful they can solve the mystery of the vessel's origin and why it was beached. Diggers, beginning the con­ struction of an apartment house on a site about 1,000 feet inland from the Atlantic Ocean, turned up the rotting remains, includ­ ing planks held together by handhewn pegs, and the cap­ stan. The plate has the year 1899 inscribed on it and also the words "American Ship Windlass Co.," and "Providence, R.I." Researchers said there was no indication whether the numerals were a clue to the age of the vessel or only to some of the equipment aboard it. A check­ up established that there is no firm bearing the name "Ameri­ can Ship Windlass Co." still in existence in Providence, the cap­ ital of Rhode Island. However, historians from Mystic Seaport, a maritime mu­ seum in Mystic, Conn., have pointed out that the crest on the capstan is a duplicate of the crest of the State of Rhode Is­ land, which bears the slogan, "Hope." Meanwhile, longtime resi­ dents who were surprised by the old ship's discovery said they could not recall any stories of missing ships that might pro­ vide some solution to the beach­ ing of the mystery vessel. AM A Tells Government: Subsidized Lines Have Confessed Their Failure WASHINGTON — Subsi­ dized steamship lines have been charged with making "a confes­ sion of failure"—^by admitting Tfiat they cannot succeed against the foreign-flag competition they were created to meet— de­ spite government subsidies to balance their construction and operating costs with those of their foreign competitors. Even the granting of anti­ trust immunity, permitting them to carry cargoes at conference rates which are at virtually the same level as those of unsubsidized American-flag ships, has not produced the desired effects, the American Maritime Associ­ ation pointed out. The charge and the analysis were filed with Maritime Ad­ ministrator Andrew E. Gibson by the AMA, which represents operators of 240 unsubsidized American-flag ships. They were developed from an attempt by the 14 subsidized lines to an­ swer a previous AMA charge that they are reaping a "double subsidy" from the government —thus enabling them to com­ pete unfairly with unsubsidized operators and resulting in huge and unwarranted costs to the U.S. government. Subsidy Ruling Requested AMA had asked Secretary of Commerce Maurice H. Stans to rule on the payment of direct subsidies to the subsidized lines for carrying government car­ goes, pointing out that this prac­ tice violated the Merchant Ma­ rine Act of 1936. The Secre­ tary has referred the matter to the Maritime Administrator. The "double subsidy" issue was previously raised by the AMA in testifying before the House Merchant Marine Com­ mittee on a new maritime pro­ cost of operation for unsub­ "The subsidized lines' ad­ gram last year. At that time it sidized ships as 60 to 62 per­ mission that they cannot com­ asserted that the subsidized lines cent higher than that for the pete successfully in the world receive not only direct subsi­ subsidized. market without continuing to dies from the government to Further, AMA declared, rely on large movements of equalize their costs with those figures quoted by the subsidized government cargo," the AMA of their foreign competitors but lines to show that unsubsidized statement concluded, "raises are also given preferential rates carriers earn higher profits were serious questions concerning —above the foreign-flag rates— not only faulty but "again draws the efficacy of the subsidy sys­ for carrying government car­ goes which are protected from attention to the whole ques­ tem and has grave implications tion of the efficacy of the sub­ for the continuance of tradition­ foreign competition. sidy laws." al policy." In the current reply, the AMA refuted three points in the subsidized lines' presenta­ tion to Secretary Stans. These were that the unsubsidized car­ riers receive more government aid than the subsidized lines, that the unsubsidized ships en­ joy lower costs because their operational patterns are less re­ Seafarer Hugh Gallagher, G-149, is now retired on an SIU stricted, and that they are indi­ disability and confined to a wheelchair with multiple sclerosis rectly subsidized, reaping higher —after going to sea since 1943. profits than the subsidized car­ An army veteran of the Korean conflict from 1951 to 1952, riers. Brother Gallagher needs letters from former shipmates to A study of the carriage of help him establish his claim to a veteran's pension on the government cargoes prepared grounds that his condition is service connected. He requests by MARAD in 1965 for the that all Seafarers who sailed with him in the deck department Congressional Joint Economic on the following ships during the periods specified contact Committee, AMA said, indi­ him. His address is 2610-40th Ave. W., Bradenton, Florida cated that the subsidized lines 33505. were paid more than half a bil­ The ships and the dates are: lion dollars in direct subsidies 2/24/53- 3/24/53 Simmons Victory and government shipping rev­ ii 4/28/53-- 6/23/53 Trinity enues. This was 43 percent "9/27/53 7/30/53-Alcoa Pegasus more than that received by all 1/11/54 11/ 4/53 Magnolia Mariner segments of the unsubsidized 2/ 7/54- 7/ 6/54 Morning Light fleet. 9/30/54- 10/22/54 Alcoa Pioneer 300% More Aid 10/26/54—11/ 5/54 Del Reo The study further noted that 11/29/54- 12/11/54 Del Aires when refinements made by the 4/15/55 1/13/55 Del Viento subsidized lines in their com­ 6/17/55 4/30/55-Seatrain Louisiana putations are accounted for, the 6/28/55-- 7/ 6/55 Steel Maker result brings the return in gov­ 7/21/55--11/ 6/55 Seanan ernment aid to 300 percent 12/22/55-- 3/13/56 Afoundria above that given to the unsub­ 6/28/56- 11/25/56 Orion Planet sidized companies. 4/13/58 12/27/57-Hastings AMA also cited statistics 11/ 8/58 7/21/58 John B. Waterman from MARAD's annual report 3/31/59 1/12/59 Jean LaFitte for 1968—also cited by the sub­ sidized lines—which show the SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN Attachment to Annual Report Form D-2 November 30, 1968 Part IV—Section A—Item 2 Other Receivables » Prior Reporting Year Year Great Lakes Seamen's Appeals Board $ 1,205.98 $ 701.12 Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region Appeals Board .. 602.99 350.58 Seafarers Puerto Rico Division Welfare Fund 41,360.00 29,782.00 Seafarers Pension Fund . 6,513.60 —o— Seafarers Vacation Fund, Great Lakes District 135.42 —o— $ 49,817.99 $ 30,833.70 Part IV—Section A—^Item 11 Accounts Payable Due to Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship $ 1,455.05 $ —o— Due to Seafarers Vacation Fund 133.18 46,513.47 Due to Seafarers Pension Fund 293,065.50 199,488.04 Due to Welfare New York Building Corp 25,760.94 —o— $320,414.67 $246,001.51 Part IV—Section A—^Item 13 Other Liabilities Unapplied contributions Payroll deductions withheld New York City sales tax payable Seafarer Sends Out SOS To His Former Shipmates Welfare New Orleans Building Corp. Welfare Mobile Building Corp. (Continued from page 22) I. Page Twenty Three LOG $ 2,300.00 $ 449.96 6,153.57 8,697.42 —o— 11.90 $ 8,453.57 $ 9,159.28 Part IV—Section A—Item 3e—Subsidiary Organizations Capital Donated (Less Prior Reporting Name Stock Capital Reserve*) Year Year Welfare New York Building Corp. $ 2,000.00 $ 758,293.70 $ 753,293.70 $ 7,000.00 $ 7,000.00 Welfare Philadelphia Building Corp. 2,000.00 339,191.44 323,191.44 18,000.00 18,000.00 Welfare Baltimore Building Corp. 2,000.00 1,221,063.40 1,178,963.40 44,100.00 44,l0O.OO •It is the policy of the Plan to reflect its fund balance on a ;7,sh basis, therefore a resei-ve is set up representing fixed asets acquired by the Fund and donated to its corporations. The difference between donated capipil and respective reserve represents cash contributed for opeiating purposes. 2,000.00 1,035,730.16 1,017,930.16 19,800.00 19,800.00 2,000.00 200,409.41 188,609.41 13,800.00 13,800.00 $10,000.00 $3,554,688.11 $3,461,988.11 $102,700.00 $102,700.00 Individual filings of Part IV, Sections A, B and C for the foregoing subsidiary corporations will be made under separate cover. Part IV—Section A—Item 7c—Other Assets Advances to corporations— Welfare Mobile Building Corp $ 8,973.16 $ 26,973.16 Welfare Philadelphia Building Corp 17,784.09 30,284.09 Welfare Baltimore Building Corp 50,000.53 75,148.53 Welfare New Orleans Building Corp 45,216.11 79,664.07 Welfare New York Building Corp —0— 20,000.00 Travel' advances 800.00 —0— Security deposits 259.00 309.00 Fixed Assets (see attachment for reconciliation) Furniture and fixtures—Plan office 287,723.24 309,590.55 Furniture and fixtures—Detroit 10,733.48 10,733.48 Training facilities—Bayou Le Batre, Ala. ** 31,185.47 31,185.47 Medical and Safety Program facilities— Brooklyn, N. Y 95,927.20 97,273.47 Puerto Rico 67,493.02 68,050.39 Chicago, Illinois 316,.5.38.-32 321,450.47 New Orleans, Louisiana 46,926.34 46,715.09 Baltimore, Maryland 47,075.78 47,210.82 Furniture and fixtures—Blood Bank Program .. 558.78 780.36 Equipment—butports 3,190.40 5,597.40 Cemetery plots 833.30 833.30 Less reserve for fixed assets (908,185.33) (939,420.80) Advances to Seafarers Welfare Plan Clinic— Chicago, * 111 —0— 100,500.00 Insurance claim receivable —0— 1,304.76 Due from participating groups re Medical Clinic Services —0— 796.72 Total other assets $123,032.89 $334,980.33 ••Title to this property is in the name of the Welfare Mobile Building Corp., a wholly owned corpo­ ration ( ) Indicatw negative figure �SEAFARERS Page Twenty Four September, 1969 LOG Labor Expert Writes; SlU WELFARE, PENSION & VACATION PLANS Cash Benefits Paid Report Period: July 1—July 31/ 1969 Number of Benefits SSAEARERS' WELFARE PLAN Scholarship Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Medicare Benefits Maternity Benefits Medicare Examination Program Dependent Benefits (Average $484.35) Optical Benefits Meal Book Benefits Out-Patients Benefits SUMMARY OF WELFARE BENEFITS PAID SEAFARERS' PENSION PLANBENEFITS PAID SEAFARERS' VACATION PLANBENEFITS PAID (Average $430.38) TOTAL WELFARE/ PENSION & VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD — 2/365 18 18 25 Amount Paid $ 58/299.56 43/722.74 465.00 5/000.00 364 1/830 10/915.00 88/746.49 529 839 4,647 7/946.02 8/390.00 36/266.00 10/635 259/750.81 1/395 319/947.00 1/825 785,449.89 13/855 $1/365/147.70 Workmen's Compensation Outdated; Strong Fedora! Standards Required WASHINGTON — Strong federal standards are needed to shore up the nation's antiquated workmen's compensation sys­ tem, an AFL-CIO staff expert emphasized recently in an in­ surance trade publication. A piyriad of state laws have "glaring deficiencies," some of which go all the way back to when the system was set up more than 50 years ago, writes James R. O'Brien, an assistant director of the AFLrCIO De­ partment of Social Security. O'Brien expresses labor's view in one of three articles on workmen's compensation and its outlook for the future in the weekly magazine. Business In­ surance. The other writers are M. Roscoe Lowery, president of the Use of Political Muscle by Retirees Can Help Secure Better Benefits LOS ANGELES —Political activity by retired persons is es­ sential to winning major im­ provements in social security benefits, AFL-CIO Social Secu­ rity Director Bertram Seidman emphasized. If the elderly will work to get out the vote and elect friends to Congress "they will have a strong ally in the labor move­ ment," Seidman told a confer­ ence of retired union members here. The conference on the prob­ lems and potential of retirees * was sponsored by the Los An­ geles AFL-CIO's senior citizen committee. More than 150 par» ticipants heard major addresses and engaged in workshops aimed at organizing retirees. Winston Churchill once said "you can measure the civiliza­ tion of a people by the way they treat their older folks," Seidman recalled. "By this standard," he added, "our nation flunks the test." "This judgment may seem a little harsh," he continued, "but not overly so if we see the statis­ tics not as impersonal digits but remember they represent human beings—in this case, victims of low income, poor health care, bad housing, inadequate recrea­ tion and inferior food and cloth­ ing." ; For millions of the elderly, the situation is one of "misery and loneliness—living out their lives in quiet desperation in a nation where youth is wor­ shipped," Seidman said. The biggest problem for the elderly is income and the largest income program for the elderly is social security, he noted. "Un­ fortunately," he said, "the im­ portance of its benefit is in stark contrast to its adequacy." He outlined the chief points of the AFL-CIO's recommended changes in Social Security in­ cluding an increase of payments by 50 percent in the next few years, and a minimum benefit of $100 a month for a single per­ son and $150 for a couple. The federation's program, he added, which would include ex­ pansion of Medicare for pre­ scription drugs and eye-glasses, "would virtually wipe out pov­ erty among social security ben­ eficiaries." While labor is doing its best to get the program through Con­ gress, Seidman said, "these ef­ forts will never be fully success­ ful unless we are backed up by a growing and politically active senior citizens movement." He expressed hope that there would be further expansion of political activity by the aged and cited the National Council of Senior Citizens as an example of the "expanding influence" of those over 65. Nelson H. Cruikshank, NCSC oresident, described his organi­ zation's drive for improved so­ cial security benefits and the role it played in helping achieve Medicare. Also on the list of the coun­ cil's achievements, he said, are programs established for insur­ ance, prescription drugs, legal aid and a number of government services for the aged. Cruikshank stressed that the council has supported programs that go beyond the elderly to benefit persons of all ages, such as minimum wage legislation, job training and consumer pro­ tection. "We are not a separatist group but a part of the main- stream of life sharing the same goals with many segments of so­ ciety," he declared. Other speakers included Dr. James Birren, director of the Center of Gerontology, Univer­ sity of Southern California; and Representative James C. Corman (D-Calif.). James Carbray, chairman of the Los Angeles federation's senior citizens committee, was chairman of the conference. International Association of In­ dustrial Accident Boards and Commissions, and Paul S. Wise, president, American Mutual In­ surance Alliance. Workmen's compensation was society's first major legislative response to the human and so­ cial needs of industrial and technological change, O'Brien points out. However, he adds: "After 50 years the results are disappointing. Technologi­ cal and industrial progress has proceeded at breakneck speed but state workmen's compensa­ tion laws have not kept pace." He cites examples of defi­ ciencies in such terms as these: • Depending upon your source, estimates of workers covered by laws "range from a low of 60 percent to a high of 80 percent." • A number of laws that al­ low employers to accept or re­ ject them and provide wide exemptions "are indefensible anachronisms in the system." • Strict limitations on med­ ical benefits contained in 18 state laws "are inexcusable" and limits on occupational dis­ ease coverage "in a like num­ ber of state laws is tragic." • Death benefits in too many states "utterly fail to provide adequate protection for a sur­ viving widow and children." • Disability benefits "are even worse" under the system with a majority of states pro­ viding payments so low that the family of the injured worker "is forced to live below the poverty level." Herald-Examiner Strike-Lockout Continues HffiRlDjXRMlMR ON STRIKE 600 DAYS "nmamm r" Cl' . In other areas, O'Brien points to a lack of permanent total dis­ ability benefits under many laws and harsh limitations on the duration of benefits that violate "the original intention of our workmen's compensation sys­ tem." He sets forth the AFL-CIO's program of minimum standards for state laws to include: Coverage of all workers and all occupational injuries and diseases, full medical benefits, rehabilitation benefits, benefits for the totally disabled for the period of disability, death ben­ efits for a widow until death or remarriage, choice of physician by a worker, double benefits for illegally employed minors who are injured on the job and max­ imum temporary total disability of not less than two-thirds of the injured worker's average weekly wage. The article describes some improvements made in the Fed­ eral Employees' Compensation Act by Congress in 1966 and pending bills to establish na­ tional standards and protect workers in certain industries, such as coal and uranium min­ ing. "All of these proposals," O'Brien declares, "stem from the conviction of responsible people that state legislatures cannot be relied upon to mod­ ernize the workmen's compen­ sation system." ' A greater federal voice in the system is needed, and it is "be­ ing demanded by injured work­ ers and their families," he con­ cludes. Lowery and Wise, while op­ posing federal standards ac- . knowledged deficiences in state workmen's compensation laws. Lowery said that the states must meet their responsibilities at "a more rapid pace." States that lag, he said, "must be made aware that the alternative to their inaction is strong federal legislation." Wise conceded that inade­ quacies in state laws require "quickly accelerated progress" toward improvement or there will be "burgeoning federal in­ tervention." ADOUA Anti-Uriott Employer i/tw: HiV'V''- Updated strike calendar at Los Angeles Newspaper Guild strike head­ quarters shows how long the strike and lockout continues at the Hearst Herald-Examiner. Daily chore is performed by Guild members. Fmed $250 Daily CINCINNATI—Bet you thought it would never happen. An employer here is being fined $250 a day for every day he refused to recognize the union of his employees. A higher court, however, has ordered a stay of the execution of the fine pending appeal. The employer is the Metro­ politan Housing Authority. The union is District 51, State, County and Municipal employ­ ees, representing maintenance men at 12 apartment complexes. �September, 1969 Five Seafarers were recently hospitalized from the crew of the Monticello Victory (Monticello Tankers), Meeting Secre­ tary Arthur Rudnickl writes. Ac­ cording to Ship's Delegate J. Gor„ - . ,. man, they are Rudmcki ^ j Schidtze at Bombay; E. Mastriannl and D. Payne at Yokosuka and J. Richards at Sasebo. The ship's treasury holds $20 Amer­ ican plus three Singapore dol­ lars. Brother Enos Ott was elected new ship's delegate upon Gorman's resignation. The meet­ ing was attended by 26 mem­ bers and chaired by Brother A. R. Haskins. AI> Raymond W. Hodges, ship's delegate aboard the Fairland (Sealand), re­ ports that the ship ran into a "little gale" whose winds reached some 120 miles per hour about two days before Hodges reaching Japan. Both vessel and crew weathered the storm fairly well, except for Chief Cook Robert R. Mortenp sen, whose left hand was badly cut during the ordeal. Brother Mortensen had to be hospital­ ized when the Fairland reached Japan, and unfortunately had to remain behind when the ves­ sel began her return trip home to Oakland, California. Some light damage sustained by the vessel during the storm was repaired while the vessel was docked in Japan. SEAFARERS Frank Smith, meeting chair­ man aboard the Seatrain Gemrgia (Hudson Waterways), re­ ports that some of the "oldtimers" aboard took time out during the ship's meet­ ing to acquaint several new members with some points of Smith shipboard proce­ dure and explain the various SIU welfare benefits. Brother Duane Mylar was elected to serve as ship's treasurer and im­ mediately began working on set­ ting up a ship's fund. The crew went on record with a vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment for doing a really fine job on this voyage. Also noted was the full co-operation of the cap­ tain, mate and chief engineer in helping to keep things running smoothly on this trip. <I> John J. Doyle, meeting secretary, made a motion at a meeting aboard the Oakland (S e a-L and) which was sec­ onded by M. E". Sanchez, that the vacation plan be amended to give special con­ White sideration to service aboard containerships. The Seafarers suggested that containership companies pay a bonus of seven days per month, to be given at the completion of each voyage. There are no beefs and the ship's movie fund has $121. The men also felt that all hands should attend meetings and that the crew should con­ tinue to elect ship's delegates. T. J. White, ship's delegate, chaired the meeting at which 20 members were present. The crew of the Seafarer Meeting chairman Joe Col­ (Marine Shipping) was restricted at Res Shirkein, lins reports everything running Egypt, Meeting smoothly aboard Secretary Cliff the Del Mar o Mallory reports, (Delta Line te s.-is that he Inc.). Brother w M . jg sending a let­ Juan A. G. Cruz ter signed by the had to leave the customs officer. ship in Salvador, Also reported Brazil, and fly Hawcroft was that launch home to be with Collins his wife who was service in Bombay was held taken ill. A radiogram sent to down to one a day and that mail the crew by Brother Cruz was service from the agent was bad. received several days later Some overtime is pending. There thanking them for making it were 23 members present at the possible for him to make the meeting, which was chaired by flight home. All hands are happy Steward Delegate Elmer R. to learn that Mrs. Cruz is now Hawcroft. The crew is still in improving. A vote of thanks need of a new washing machine was extended to Brother Julius which was to be installed in Scbeidel, ship's delegate aboard Seattle prior to departure. Nor the Del Mar, for a job well done was the ship fumigated in Seat­ tle. in representing the crew. Page Twenty Five LOG William Rakestraw, second electrician. was elected ship's secretary-report­ er aboard the Steel Apprentice (Isthmian), Meeting Secre­ tary Paul Lopez _ writes. Rake'^hraw promises Lopez maybe pictures in the near future. Ship's Dele­ gate Anthony Torsado chaired the meeting at which 26 mem­ bers were present. After a dis­ cussion on the pension plan, the majority felt that a reduced pen­ sion should be available after 15 years or 60 quarters seatime and a full pension after 20 years or 80 quarters. T. Klinse is deck delegate; M. Eimar, engine dele­ gate and M. Caampued, stew­ ards' delegate. A vote of thanks for a job well done was given the steward department. Com­ plaint was made about the nonreceipt of LOGs and communi­ cations. A breakdown in the air con­ ditioning which lasted for 18 days was report­ ed from the Transcolumbia (Hudson Water­ ways) by R. Kalisli, meeting sec­ retary. Arthur Beck, ship's del­ egate, announced Beck the matter would be brought to the attention of the boarding patrolman. Beck chaired the meeting at which the 24 members present dis­ cussed the new wages. All hands were happy with the new scale, and are anxious to hear about new vacation and pension bene­ fits. James Fultz is deck dele­ gate; William H. Reynolds, en­ gine delegate, and Larry Trosclair, stewards' delegate. A mo­ tion was made by Reynolds to take up with the boarding patrolman the matter of the first assistant not returning the OT sheets to the engine department, leaving the men with no record of disputed OT. It was suggested that the stewards should not send the laundry ashore in Viet­ nam as it comes back just as dirty as when it leaves the ship. ^ Some crew members are working hard to put some of the old time salty traditions back into the trade— such as the gold ring in the ear— Meeting Secre­ tary William H. Rhone reports from the Pro­ Rhone ducer (Marine Carriers). "Jerry R. Evans has some left ear pierce jobs to his credit and more of his wonders have been promised after Bom- bay," Rhone writes. The ship is due to call at Durban next. All 24 members present at the meet­ ing, chaired by Brother Alfonso Armada, agreed that the quality of both the chow and the cooks was A-OK. Two menus for each table were asked for and granted. No beefs were reported. Ship's Delegate William E. Richardson announced that one crewmember, J. Thomas, left the ship in Freeport, the Ba­ hamas, because of personal rea­ sons. Seafarer Rhone says this is his first trip under the new wage scale and he sends con­ gratulations to the negotiating committee for a good job well done. "Now, let's do something about inflation, so I can keep some of it," he says. <I> The SIU Ship's Committee aboard the Overseas Explorer (Maritime Over­ seas) has com­ municated in a note to the mas­ ter its apprecia­ tion for his ac­ tions in diverting the ship to BerMorreale i"uda. Ship's e Delegate Gerald L. McCray announced. McCray was the meeting chairman, ac­ cording to Pete Morreale, who served as secretary, and he re­ ported, in response to a previ­ ous motion by Charles Ryan, Jr., that the chief mate is aware of all items on the repair list and has scheduled work on them by priority. The deck delegate reported some disputed OT to be taken up with the patrolman. One man was sick at Bermuda and put off there for medical attention, the engine delegate stated. The letter from head­ quarters to all "B" Book mem­ bers regarding seniority upgrad­ ing was read and posted. A mo­ tion was made that all of the Seafarers fill in and mail the pension questionnaire. The ship has called at Haifa and is due to pay off on the Gulf Coast. .1. The crew aboard the Taniara Guilden (Transport Commer­ cial) has donated $135 to the wid­ ow of departed Brother William K. Kenvin, ac­ cording to Meet­ ing Secretary J. G. Juvenal. Ship's Treasurer Rogg Eddie Rogg said there was $6.70 in the ship's fund and $626 in the movie fund. Serafin Milla, who was elected new ship's delegate, will check the uncompleted repairs as well as what's being done about the rusty and salty drink­ ing water. Henry O. Nuttig is deck delegate; F. A. Torres, en­ gine delegate, and Antonio H- noco, steward delegate. Kenneth Gahagan chaired the meeting. Captain Carl Ingman died at sea, John C. Hunt, meeting sec. • retary aboard ^ ^ the Transpacffic 1 (Hudson Water^ JLI i ways) writes. A motion was made at the meeting, at which 25 mem­ bers were pres­ Chillnski ent, that condo­ lences be sent to his family from the crew. William G. Cofone was meeting chairman. Ship's Delegate Theodore Chilinski re­ ported that two men were flown back to the States from Da Nang, South Vietnam. A beef about the mess hall air condi­ tioner was settled with the cap­ tain. A motion was made and carried that a bigger AC genera­ tor be installed to accommodate private air conditioners and re­ frigerators while this ship is on the tropic run. The master ruled that the crew could have their own, since some officers already enjoy this privilege. A motion was made that the whole ship be air conditioned; also that the watchstander in the engine room filling in for a missing man should get the missing man's wages plus overtime. The wage and overtime increase was re­ ceived in Da Nang. Everybody is extremely satisfied and a vote of thanks was sent to the Union negotiators. With 28 members at a meet­ ing aboard the Columbia Baron (Columbia SS) chaired by Jose Ortiguerra, a motion was made by Brother Walter Harris to elect a new ship's delegate and the Seafarers Ortiguerra then voted Brother Rafael V. Saldana to the post. Meeting Secretary Alton R. Booth moved, and Harris seconded, to extend a vote of appreciation to the Un­ ion officers for the new raises. It was also decided to exclude longshoremen from the crew mess room, which will be kept locked. M. C. Foster is deck delegate; Joe Kordicb, engine delegate and C. R. Breaux, stewards' delegate. No beefs were reported. WRITE XOJLW.E �Page Twenty Six SEAFARERS LOG Seafarer Praises Upgrading School Member Finds 'Personals' Helpful SIU Negotiators Praised for Efforts To the Editon I would like to thank the SIU for the opportunity of at­ tending the upgrading school at Piney Point, Maryland. I went there to get my AB Ticket and was very im­ pressed with the school. It has to be the best in the mari­ time industry. I would like to thank AB Instructor Bob Garn for all the help he gave me. The day after I graduated from the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, I shipped out on the SS Berkeley Victory as an AB. I would again like to thank the SIU and a hell of a good teacher. Sincerely, George Jordanides San Francisco, Calif. To the Editon I want to thank the Sea­ farers LOG for running a personals column. It enabled me to contact my attorney in New Orleans promptly ^ter he placed a personal notice under my name in the Log. The personals column is a valuable service to the mem­ bership. Sincerely, Jerry L. Wolfe Oakland, California To the Editor: The advent of new wage gains in the three depart­ ments— namely, deck, en­ gine, and steward — in the new contract which became effective on June 16, 1969, is indeed good tidings for the SIU membership. In addi­ tion to the new wages, in­ creases in OT rates were gained by each department. Surely the membership is aware that all these things meant hard work and a lot of time and effort on the part of our negotiating committee and the officers of the Union. On top of all this, the membership did not have to strike to gain all the substan­ tial benefits in wages, OT, etc. In fact our negotiating committee does not stop after they have done their ^st to produce results good for the entire membership, but are still working to bring more beneficial results in the area of welfare, pensions and va­ cations. It therefore behooves the membership not to forget to say "Thank you very kindly," to our Union—and to the Negotiating Committee in particular—for an achieve­ ment well done. Let us hope they can bring us another good package in connection with matters still under ne­ gotiation. Sincerely, P. C. Esfel>an>—El—— 178 (ReHred) 4^ Promotes Maritime With Help of LOG To the Editw: I have had the privilege of receiving the LOG for some time. I retired from the sea in 1967 and I'm now working as a stationary engineer in New Jersey. I am a mem­ ber of various organizations —^Veterans of Foreign Wars, National Association of Pow­ er Engineers, Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers Union, and the International Union of Operating Engineers. I mention this because at every opportunity at the meetings of these organiza­ tions I try to promote our sadly depleted American-flag merchant marine. My being able to read the LOG is a great assistance in this activity. I hope I shall continue to receive it for a long time to come. Thank you, Allan M. Perry Jr. 4^ Seafarer Thanks Del Mar Shipmates To the Editon I would like to thank all of my shipmates and Union brothers on the SS Del Mar for their help rendered to me when I needed it so badly in Bahia, Brazil. It made it possible for me to be home with my wife when she was ill. There are no words that can express my gratitude for their help. Their thoughtfulness will dways be remem­ bered and appreciated. Once again, I thanlc every­ one for their help. Sincerely, Joan A. G. Cruz New Orieans, La» Th6 Editor Old Times Recalled^ With No Regrets To tlM Editor: Recently I retired on my SIU Pension and I could not rest until I could write of the contrast in the life of a mer­ chant seaman now with the time before there were un­ ions. Back in the '20s and the '30s you never knew whether you would get a job in a day or in a year. There were no union halls and when a ship came in you stood on a frozen dock while the mate picked his friends. If he thought you were a pro-union man you simply did not get hired. The food was terrible. After wrangling some of the slop from the galley you car­ ried it aft in tin cans. The biggest bully got the best food. You ate it where you could, and if the roll of the ship made you drop it you were out of luck unless you could fight for some more slop and get it. It was not unusual to work around the clock and who­ ever heard of being paid overtime? On those old steam tubs you could be put to work shoveling coal for six hours on and six hours off. In the winter time in the North Atlantic you spent more for warm clothes than you got in wages. The SIU changed all that. Today we have modem Union halls where a Seafarer can relax while waiting his turn to ship out. A fellow can read or trade stories with old shipmates. Not like the old dingy wooden stairways where the crimps charged you to get a job. Five years ago when I was almost totally deaf, the SIU paid for a blessed operation which restored my hearing. Now, in my old age I can live with dignity on an SIU pension. For all this I am grateml. Fraternally yours, Lawrence McCullough, M->338 <I> SIU Welfare Plan Boon to Member To the Editon I wish to thank the SIU Welfare Department for all the recent financial assistance they gave me. I don't know what I could have done with­ out the help of the SIU Wel­ fare Plan. It was extremely helpful when my wife passed away on August 1st in the John Sealy Hospital in Gal­ veston, Texas. Again, I want to say thank you for all of your help. Yours truly, Phillip F. Payne Woodville, Texas 4^ Another Boost For Welfare Plan To the Editon A note of gratitude and thanks to all for the wonder­ ful way that the SIU Wel­ fare Plan took care of my wife's doctor and hospital bills last August, 1968. It was truly a blessing not to have to worry about the extra expense. Sincerdy, Raymond E. Waterfield Norfolk, Va. September, 1969 Another Old-Timer Retires Christos Haulis, left, receives his first SIU pension check after closing out a long sailing career. Presenting the check is SIU Director of Welfare Al Bernstein. Brother Haulis last sailed as AB on the Sabine carrying a grain cargo on the long run to India. House Hikes Education Funds But Maims Anti-Bias Effort WASHINGTON — After three days of debate, the House nailed down a more than $1 bil­ lion boost in the Nixon Admin­ istration's education budget. But it also delivered a blow to school desegregation efforts. The Nixon budget called for $5 billion less for education programs this fiscal year than the school aid law authorized. The House Appropriations Committee increased Nixon's education requests by $123 mil­ lion. The House, in approving a $17.5 billion budget for the de­ partments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare, pro­ vided $894.5 million more than the committee recommended. The final vote, 393-16, upheld an earlier vote which put in the extra money. That key vote was 242-106. U sustained by the Senate, the school funds of $4.2 billion will be the largest provided in a sin­ gle year. Most of the additional money will go to aiding schools in federally impacted areas, schools in poverty areas, voca­ tional education and student loans. On the negative side, the House put into the bill an amendment sponsored by Rep­ resentative Jamie L. Whitten (DMiss.) which would prevent cut­ off of federal aid to school dis­ tricts that* refuse to comply with desegregation orders. House liberals fought a battle to knock out the amendment, which passed the House last year but was stopped in the Senate. They lost in a 157-153 teller vote. The Nixon Administration took no position on the amend­ ment even thou^ it was urged to oppose the restriction by a number of representatives, in­ cluding Representative Silvio O. Conte (R-Mass.). There still has been no comment ort the amend­ ment by the Administration. The House also approved an amendment calling upon col­ leges and universities to cut off funds to students who take part in campus disorders. Etewever, the clu-b would be left up to the educational institutions, with no federal enforcement included. The House also passed, by a voice vote, a bill to increase vet­ erans' educational training al­ lowances by an average of 27 percent. ITie measure, which aU so would boost the subsistence allowance for disabled veterans in educational training, would affect nearly 750,000 persons. Money Due Robin Line has advised New York headquarters that they are holding unclaimed wages for the following Sea­ farers; WiUiam R. MiDer, $36.40; E. W. Bartd, Jr., $27.99; Jeny W. DeOiiiger, $38; Alva R. Bafley, $104; Robert C. Antoni, $14,76; Wilbcm G. Haggu^ $23; Julian E. Smfth, . $96; Andrew Gireen, $509.71; Jo» J. Sosa, $101; Aicttls A. Smith, $1.35; R. C. Jones, $1; J<din P. White, $15.65. Seafarers listed should con­ tact the company as soon as possible at the following address: . . J-;:Mr. F. L;Haggerty, Man­ ager, Accouciting Services, Inc., 2 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10004. �SEAFARERS September, 1969 SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Hudson Waterwaysi, July 27 Chairman, Charles Reed; Secretary, James Car­ ter; Engine Delegate, W. Thompson; Stewards Delegate. W. McRae. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Ship needs to be fumi­ gated very badly HATTIESBURC VICTORY (Al­ coa), July 28 -Chairman, L. Englund; Secretary, E. Caudill; Ship's Delegate; Alan R. Smith; Deck Dele-gate, W. R. McClinton; Engine Delegate, P. Brooks; Stewards Dele­ gate, H. C. Mcf^urdy. Discussion held regarding poor mail service. Disputed OT in engine and steward departments. SS MISSOURI (Oriental), July 6— Chairman, William G. Rudd; Sec­ retary, S.'Sokolie; Ships's Delegate, William G. Rudd; Deck Delegate, Ernest Kolenorsky; Engine Dele­ gate, S. Sokolie; Stewards Delegate, Charles A. Donnough. Ship's delegate to contact patrolman about various beefs. Some disputed OT in engine department. Motion made that when a ship is on Persian run, the crew be allowed to pay off after 6 months, at company's expense, and his replace­ ment flown from the States. - . O^ BUCKEYE ATLANTIC (Buckeye), July 26—Chairman, John Bashan; Secrelafy, James Temple; Ship's Delegate, Charles Terry; Deck Dele­ gate, Lester W. Hall, Jr.; Engine Delegate, G. L. Saylor. Some dis­ puted OT in deck department to be squared away at payoff. MIDLAKE (American Bulk Car­ riers), July 20—Chairman, Albert R.. Wills; Secretary, Timothy Gallag­ her; Ship's Delegate, Albert R. Wills; Deck Delegate, W. Thomas; Engine Delegate, F. A. Lee; Stew­ ards Delegate, Victor T. Bonura. Matter of repairs to be taken up with patrolman. Vote of thanks to the 4-8 deck watch for cleaning mess hall in the mornings, and making good coffee. Vote of thanks to the entire steward department for a job well done. Some disputed OT in engine department. COLUMBIA TIGER (Columbia), July 13—Chairman, Edward A. Laroda; Secretary, Richard Smith; Ship's Delegate, Edward LaRoda; Deck Delegate, Bernard Lando; En­ gine Delegate, Joseph H. Lemento; Stewards "Delegate, Richard G. Smith. No beefs were reported by department delegates. COLUMBIA EAGLE (Columbia), June 22—Chairman, J. Lewis; Sec­ retary, E. Brown; Ship's Delegate, Jesse S. Lewis; Deck Delegate, Wil­ liam Guernsey; Engine Delegate, James Marsh; Stewards Delegate, Emanuel Gamil. Brother V. McCloskey was elected to serve as safety delegate and was given a vote of thanks for a job well done on previous voyages. Captain agrees to recognize all points of SIU con­ tract with crew. No beefs were re­ ported by department delegates. I'OTOMAC (Ogden), July 19 Chairman, A Horde; Secretary, W. J. McNeely; Deck Delegate, H. A Smith; Engine Delegate, H. A. Smith; Stewards Delegate, R. McKnight. Vote of thanks was ex­ tended to the steward department for a job well done. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Page Twenty Seven LOG V A; MADAKET (Waterman), May 6 Chairman, Y Somani; Secretary, Leon J. Webb; Ship's Delegate, W. M. Stanley. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Michael Quillen, ix>rn July 14, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Virgil Quillen, Philadelphia, Pa. Eric Francis Gordon, born August 11, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Richard A. Gordon, Kew Gardens, Long Island. JOHN B. WATERMAN (Water­ man), July 26-Chairman, Joseph D. Blanchard; Secretary, F. R. Sul­ livan; Ship's Delegate, Donald E. Poole; Deck Delegate, John Robin­ son; Stewards Delegate, T. G. Beatraus. Motion made that vacation pay be paid according to a man's base pay. No beefs and no disputed OT. Leisa Gordon, Born July 8, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Donald J. Gordon, Cleveland, Ohio. Dennis Wong, born Novem­ ber 27, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs Eight Moon Wong, Provi­ dence, Rhode Island MADAKET (Waterman), August 3 —Chairman, Leon J. Webb; Secre­ tary, Edward Brinn; Ship's Delegate, W. M. Stanley; Deck Delegate, M. E. Leader; Stewards Delegate, William H. Little. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments to be taken up with boarding patrolman. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. COLUMBIA EAGLE (Columbia), July 6—Chairman, J. Lewis; Sec­ retary, E. Brown; Ship's Delegate, Jesse Lewis; Deck Delegate, Wil­ liam Guernsey; Stewards Delegate, Emanuel Lane. $20.00 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT. STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), June 29—Chairman, Stanley Jan Dora; Secretary, John Coyle; Ship's Delegate, Stanley Jan Dora; Deck Delegate, Romolo DeVirgileo; En­ gine Delegate, Daniel Butts, Jr.; Stewards Delegate, Russell G, King, $7.50 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. All members aboard ship ratify and urge the ratification of the new con­ tract. A unanimous vote of thanks to the negotiating committee, for a job well (lone. STEEL FABRICATOR (Isthmian), July 13—Chairman, Harry Kaufman; Secretary, W. H. Simmons; Ships Delegate, George R. Wilkey; Deck Delegate, Edward J. Boadin; Engine Delegate, Albert G. Loo; Stewards Delegate, Donald Reiss. Ship _ is badly in need of repairs. No major beefs and everything is running pretty good. Ship's delegate thanked the crew for their cooperation in making this a fine voyage, vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. DEL ALBA (Mississippi), July 20 —Chairman, William A. Aycock; Secretary, Peter Gebbia, Jr.; Ship's Delegate William A. Aycock; Deck Delegate, Thomas L. Harrell; En­ gine Delegate, Norman Lightell; Stewards Delegate, John A. Schultz. Vote of thanks was extended to the negotiations committee for the new contract. $20.00 in ship's fund. SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Hudson Waterways), July 13^—Chairman, Frank Smith; Secretary, James Thomas; Deck Delegate, Ronald W. Jones; Engine Delegate, A. L. Boone; Stewards Delegate, John W. Murphy. Vote of thanks was ex­ tended to the steward department for a job well done. Ship's delegate reported that the Captain, Mate and Chief Engineer are giving their full cooperation to the crew. <1> Mark Fisher, bom April 18, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Wiljiam S. Fisher, Corrigan, Texas; •—vl> SHIP CHAIRMEN SHIP SECRETARIES DEPARTMENT DELEGATES Seafarers on SIU ships around the world would like to have your crew share their experiences with them. You can do this by sending in any newsworthy, in­ teresting or humorous experience of members of the crew which con be published in the Seafarers LOG. Pictures are also wanted. Have your shipboard pho­ tographer snap some photos of the crew at work or relaxing ashore and send them to the LOG. (Be sure the photos are sharp and clear, and that everyone is identified by name and rating.) Shirley Lewis, born July 16, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. James D. Lewis, Port Arthur, Texas. <1> Billy Boyd, born May 7, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Billy L, Boyd,_ Barnhart, Mis­ souri. Eileen and Marlene Albaugh, born July 11, 1969, to Sea­ farer and Mrs. Kenneth R. Al­ baugh, Ashland, New Jersey. ^ <1> Gail Follmar, born July 18, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Don­ ald A. Follmar, Houston, Texas. Jose Castell, born July 10 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jose M. Castell, Playa Ponce, Puer­ to Rico. Tammy Broadus, bom March 13, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Edward L. Broadus, Mobile, Alabama. ^ Wiihert Freeman, bom July 4, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Wilbert Freeman, New Orleans, La. — Robert Wiggins, bom June 12, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs, Cecil B. Wiggins, Theodore, Ala. -<I> Joseph Huszar, bom June 21, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Joseph B. Huszar, Pasadena, Texas. Elizabeth Camarena, bora March 12, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Camilo C. Camarena, Houston, Texas. —— Tara Bird, bom June 12, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Robert B. Bird, Chicago, Illi­ nois. ^ Carmen White, born May 1, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. James A. White, Jr., Salisbury, Md. <I> Terrie Lynn Dash, bom Feb­ ruary 2, I969f to Seafarer and Mrs. Freddie W. Dash, Talishuk. La. <l> NOTICE TD ALL 4/ James Brooks, born June 12, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Don­ ald S. Brooks, Jr., New Orleans, Louisiana. Virgil Meekins, born May 27, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. James M. Meekins, Chesa­ peake, Va. ^ Jennifer Marie St. John, born May 16, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. John St. John, Brooklyn, N.Y. ^l> Peter Middleton, bom Au­ gust 9, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Kenneth V. Middleton, Tampa, Florida. <1> Peggy Byrd, born August 25, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. John T. Byrd, Winnfield, Louis­ iana. John Peter Wade Please contact William H. Young of Confidential Person­ nel Service at 1335 Emory Street, San Jose, California. — Ted M. Bojanowski Miss Bapatan Hack asks that you get in touch with her as soon as possible at 3312 Sumter Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21215. Albert H. Rkhardl; Albert F. Knauff Please get in touch with Co­ lumbia Steamship Company as soon as possible in regard to your personal injury claims. Write to Mr. W. H. McDaniel, Claim Agent; Columbia Steam­ ship Co., Inc., 2300 S.W. First Ave., Portland, Oregon 97201. If more convenient, telephone collect: (503) 222-1681. — Richard Donald Tapman Your wife, Margaret, asks that you contact her as soon as possible at 2000 Ramblewood Road, Apartment B, Baltimore, Maryland 21214. Jim Dryden Newton B. Schwartz, attor­ ney, asks that you get in touch with him as soon as you possibly can. The address is 500 Branard at Garrott, Houston, Texas 77006. <1> Robert C. Alexander Walker Please get in touch with your wife, Beatrice, as soon as pos­ sible. The address is 2032 N. 32nd Street, Philadelphia, Penn­ sylvania 19121. Ernest M. Jackman Please contact your mother, Mrs. Ella May Jackman, 416 Third Street, Portsmouth, Vir­ ginia 23704 as soon as possible. Perry Konis Please contact Leon B. Lipkin, Woolworth Building, 233 Broadway, New York, New York as soon as possible. ^ Robert James Morgan Please contact your mother, Mrs. Beatrice Sutard, 10841 61st Avenue North, Seminole, Florida 33540 as soon as pos­ sible. • Frank Prendergast Please contact Bill Parker, 1531 Kimball Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11234 in regards to a sum of money due you. ^ Ben Martin Please send your mailing ad­ dress to Leo Kuladowski, P.O. Box 91, Trimble, Ohio 45782. — John A. Maples, Jr. Please contact Velma Jack­ son, 2411-45th Street, Galves­ ton, Texas 77550 immediately in regards to important papers that require your signature. <I> Dennis A. Kendrick Mrs. Thomas A. Lawrimore asks that you contact her as soon as possible at 1130 Shef­ field Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77015. Checks Being Held j Income tax refund checks i are being held for the Seai farers listed below by Jack 1 Lynch in Room 201, 450 I Harrison Street, San Frani Cisco, California 94105: Morris Berlowitz (Two Checks) ' Jesus Granados Charles R. Hummel Jr. iPao C. Lee (Two Checks) Robert MacMillan Bobbie E. McMichael �SEAFARERS LOG Page Twenty Eight MOBILE (Sea-Land), July 13— Chairman, E. Hogge; Secretary, F. T. DiCarlo; Deck Delegate, K. D. Kenny; Engine Delegate, S. Harri­ son; Stewards' Delegate, Peter Vicare. Discussion held on retirement plan. Crew feels that 20-year bustout is the best. Vacation Plan also discussed. Vacation should be so many days pay a month according to rating held on ship. The days per T.ionth to be worked^^;iJt,by the Union. No beefs reported "by de­ partment delegates. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Hudson Waterways), July 20—Chairman, Jack Kennedy; Secretary, D. M. Woods. No beefs and no disputed OT. TRENTON (Sea-Land), July 21— Chairman, Dan Butts; Secretary, John Owen; Ship's Delegate, Thomas F. Delaney; Deck Delegate, Juan Reinosa; Engine Delegate, Jack C. Taylor; Steward Delegate, George Elliott. Motion made that the crew members on this vessel suggest that the Union form a panel of officials to check on any new (or conversions) ship plans that SlU-contracted companies come up with in reference to crew quarters. It is our belief that in this modern ' day and age. Seafarers are entitled to individual rooms on future ves­ sels. The company will benefit in many ways by having single foc'sles for all hands. No beefs and no dis­ puted OT. CHOCTAW (Waterman), July 13 —Chairman, Jack Yates; Secretary, A. L. Doud, Ship's Delegate, Frank Timmons; Deck Delegate, James Fisher; Engine Delegate, Louis Scheuing; Stewards' Delegate, John Indorf. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. ALCOA EXPLORER (Alcoa), July 13—Chairman, John C. Mc­ Donald; Secretary, John R. Roberts; Ship's Delegate, D. Coleman; Deck Delegate, Beit Keenan; Engine Delegate, Samuel L. Gibson; Stew­ ards' Delegate, Raymond J. Shonor, Jr. Motion made to have ship's dele­ gate write to Headquarters asking for clarification on the different rates of OT and pay. Some disputed OT in each department. DELTA BRASIL (Delta), July 6 —Chairman, Mike Dunn; Secretary, Willie Braggs; Ship's Delegate, Mike Dunn; Deck Delegate, Albert W. Saxon; Engine Delegate, Paul Thomas, Jr.; Stewards' Delegate, Leonardo Manca. Motion was made to accept contract as stated with the exception of the meeting offi­ cers. They should be elected accord­ ingly. Patrolman to check food sup­ ply and working gear. Vote of thanks to the steward department, especially crew messmen. Vote of thanks to the captain. Few hours disputed OT in deck department to be taken up at payoff. MONTICELLO VICTORY (Monticello Tankers), July 13—Chairman, A. R. Haskins; Secretary, A. Rudnicki; Ship's Delegate, J. (Jorman; Deck Delegate, V. Grima; Engine Delegate, Henri Bak; Stewards' Delegate, Emilio Barrito. Brother Enos Ott was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. ¥.20.00 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by de­ partment delegates. STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), June 29—Chairman, None; Secre­ tary, R. A. Van Cise. No beefs were reported by department delegates. $40.50 in ship's fund and $83.55 in movie fund. TRANSERIE (Hudson Water­ ways), July 20—Chairman, R. W. Elliott; Secretary, W. B. Yarbrough; Ship's Delegate, V. Hakkarain; Deck Delegate, George Forrest; Stewards' Delegate, R. W. Elliott. $40.00 in ship's fund. Motion was made that the crew refuse to sign on for one year articles unless they have the proper stores on board. Beef in engine department regarding chief mate doing pumpman's work. There have been no safety meetings on this ship. DEL MUNDO (Delta), July 20— Chairman, James H. Bales; Secre­ tary, Vincent J. Fitzgerald; Ship's Delegate, Willie G. Barron; Deck, Delegate, Benny Brinson; Engine Delegate, Augnstin Diaz; Stewards' Delegate, Freddie Baptista. Motion was made that normal retirement plan be worked out for members with 15 years sea time, regardless of age. Few hours disputed OT in engine department. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward de­ partment for a job well done. STEEL APPRENTICE (Isth­ mian), July 6—Chairman, William W. Stevens; Secretary, Paul P. Lo­ pez; Ship's Delegate, James Barnes: Deck Delegate, T. S. Kline; Engine Delegate, Marcelo Eimar; Stewards' Delegate, M. Caampued. Disputed OT in deck and engine departments to be squared away by boarding patrolman. CONNECTICUT (Connecticut Transport), June 28—Chairman, F. Foster; Secretary, E. Sylvester; Ship's Delegate, Louis W. Moore; Stewards' Delegate, Tobe Dansley. One oiler missed ship at Mobile. No beefs were reported by department delegates. AZALEA CITY (Sea-Land), June 22—Chairman, L. J. Pate; Secretary, V. E. Monte; Ship's Delegate, Roy Privette. No beefs and no disputed OT. NEWARK (Sea-Land), June 29— Chairman, Eddie Bonefonte; Secre­ tary, R. Hernandez; Ship's Delegate, Eddie Bonefonte; Deck Delegate, C. W. Maynard; Engine Delegate, G. Morales. Everything is running smoothly with no beefs and no dis­ puted OT. POTOMAC (Ogden Marine), June 14—Chairman, Charles Bedell; Sec­ retary, Henry C. McCullough; Ship's Delegate, Charles Bedell; Deck Delegate, H. A. Smith; Engine Dele­ gate, A. Shaw; Stewards' Delegate, C. Bedell. Discussion held regard­ ing wages and pension plan. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. AMERICAN PRIDE (American Sealanes), May 18—Chairman, Wil­ liam J. Meehan; Secretary, John L. Hodges; Ship's Delegate, C. E. Cor­ nelius; Deck Delegate, Vincent Sherwood; Engine Delegate, H. B. Jake; Stewards' Delegate, P. G. Vaughan. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. ANDREW JACKSON (Water­ man), June 29—Chairman, Frank Arana; Secretary, John Mims; Ship's Delegate, Warren M. LaPrelle; Deck Delegate, Chester C. Wheeler, Jr.; Engine Delegate, Frank A. Arana; Stewards' Dele­ gate, Abe Handleman. All is well in all departments. Motion was made to have negotiating committee put more emphasis on the early retirement plan, more so than va­ cation and welfare. Also, to have pension fund completely separate from welfare fund. ARIZPA (Sea-Land Service), June 22—Chairman, A. Rivera; Secretary, A. Aragones; Ship's Delegate, Alfonse Rima; Deck Delegate, Luis Rivera; Engine Delegate, L. A. Vila; Stewards' Delegate, Juan Guaris. Motion made to have a relief gang in Puerto Rico. Motion made that telephones be installed on board ship in all ports. Discussion held regarding retirement plan. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. ARIZPA (Sea-Land Service), July 6—Chairman, Alfonso Riva; Secret tary, Abraham Aragones; Ship's Delegate, Alfonso Rima; Deck Dele­ gate, Luis Rivera; Engine Depart­ ment, Juan Guaris; Stewards' Dele­ gate, L. A. Vila. Discussion held regarding pension plan. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. No beefs. ELIZABETHPORT (Sea-Land), June 22—Chairman, James Ellwell; Secretary, Richard Nelson. $19 in ship's fund. No beefs, no disputed OT. Most repairs taken care of; deck department needs new wringer. September, 1969 NEWARK (Sea-Land), July 13— Chairman, Eddie Bonefont; Secre tary, Ralph Hernandez. Crew wash ing machine out of order. Discus sion concerning lack of transporta' tion in Puerto Rico. No beefs. STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), June 29—Chairman, Stanley Jan Dora; Secretary, John Coyle. $7.50 in ship's fund. No beefs and no dis­ puted OT. Motion made and sec­ onded for ratification of the new freightship contract with a unani­ mous vote of thanks to the negoti­ ating committee for a job well done. Bos'n requested that needed repairs be reported to him at once. Vote of thanks to the steward department for fine work. Discussion held on pension plan. ALBANY (Ogden Marine), June 8 —Chairman, D. C. Gay; Secretary, P. C. White. $53.73 in ship's fund. No beefs from the three depart­ ments. Leo J. McGravie elected new ship's delegate. Vote of thanks to cooks for good meals. JEFF DAVIS (Waterman), June 29 — Chairman, Louis W. Cartwright; Secretary, M. L. Leache. Everything running good, all s-ick men returned to duty. Motion made that meetings be held only first and last Sunday of each trip unless spe­ cial need arises. DEL CAMPO (Delta), July 6— Chairman, R. Lambert; Secretary, James Darouse. Several men logged this trip; patrolman to be consulted concerning this. No beefs; no dis­ puted OT. Motion made that ship's delegate see chief engineer about cleaning fresh water tanks. Vote of thanks to chief cook and third cook for a tremendous job this trip. TRANSCOLORADO (Hudson Wa­ terways), July 1—Chairman, T. O'Connor; Secretary, 0. Frezza; Ship's Delegate. Robert H. Bullock; Deck Delegate, John Hamot; En­ gine Delegate, William Guenther; Stewards' Delegate, Martin Thurrino. $13.00 in ship's fund. Few hours disputed OT in deck and en­ gine departments. Unanimous vote of confidence to the committee on the new contract, for a job well done. YELLOWSTONE (Ogden Marine), July 6—Chairman, Jack A. Olsen; Secretary, Manuel A. Rendueles; Ship's Delegate, Manuel A. Ren­ dueles; Engine Delegate, James A. Shaay; Stewards' Delegate, Fernan00 Urios. No beefs and no disputed OT. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. STEEL VENDOR (Isthmian), July 18—Chairman, A. Hanstvedt; Secretary, P. S. Holt; Ship's Dele­ gate, Clinton H. Ward; Deck Dele­ gate, Russell M. Granthaw, Stew­ ards' Delegate, Joe Brown. Ship's committee agreed to send radio­ gram to headquarters regarding the captain putting out draws in rupees, in Pakistan and India. Dis­ puted OT in deck and engine de­ partment. Crew received wire noti­ fying them of raise. Vote of thanks was extended to the officials for a job well done. PRINCETON VICTORY (Colum­ bia) July 13—Chairman, James Tanner; Secretary, John H. Ratliff; Ship's Delegate, F. C. Gon­ zalez; Deck Delegate, Walter Hantuck; Engine Delegate, F. C. Gon­ zalez; Stewards' Delegate, James Johnson. No beefs. Everything run­ ning smoothly. OVERSEAS DINNY (Maritime Overseas), July 13 — Chairman, James M. Foster; Secretary, Louis J. Cayton; Ship's Delegate, James M. Foster, Deck Delegate, Martin V. Fay; Engine Delegate, Charles Martinssen; Stewards' Delegate, Louis J. Cayton. No beefs and no disputed OT. Ship MeetiitQs OVERSEAS AUDREY—(Maritime Overseas), June 5—Chairman, Lee J. Harvey; Secretary, Stanley F. Schuyler; Ship's Delegate, Lee J. Harvey; Deck Delegate, John Ziereis; Engine Delegate, Thomas C. Hopkins; Stewards' Delegate, Peter V. Hammel. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Few mat­ ters to be discussed with boarding patrolman. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. GENVEA (U.S. Steel), July 6— Chairman, Fred BischOfF; Secretary, Frank Allen; Ship's Delegate, G. F. Bischoff. $3.00 in ship's fund. One man missed ship in Morrisville. No beefs were reported by department delegates. COSMOS MARINER (Cosmos Steamship), May 18 — Chairman, John M. Guff; Secretary, Edward Heniken; Ship's Delegate, J. H. .Shearer; Deck Delegate, John M. Guff; Engine Delegate, Richard Rogers; Stewards' Delegate, Edward Heniken. $60.00 in movie fund. Vote of thanks was extended to the stew­ ard department for a job well done. No beefs reported by department delegates. TRANSHURON (Hudson Water­ ways), June 23—Chairman, G. A. Logan; Secret/ary, J. R. Prestwood; Ship's Delegate, Albert H. Schwartz; Deck Delegate, Daniel A. Stewart; Engine Delegate, James H. Babson; Stewards Delegate, G. R. Gonzales. New agreement and welfare to be discussed in full at next meeting. No beefs and no disputed OT. TRANSHURON (Hudson Water­ ways), July 3—Chairman, G. A. Logan; Secretary, J. Prestwood; Ship's Delegate, A. H. Schwartz; Deck Delegate, Daniel A. Stewart; Engine Delegate, James H. Barron; Stewards' Delegate, G. R. Gonzales. Motion made to accept monthly wage and OT increase as is. To shoot for 15 year seatime, plus 20 years good Union time, regardless of age. WESTERN HUNTER (Colonial Tankers), June 6—Chairman, R. K. Beeden; Secretary, D. G. Haun; Deck Delegate, Joseph J. McAndrews; Engine Delegate, Jesse King; Steward Delegate, John Glover. Some disputed OT in deck and nteward departments. No beefs were reported by department delegates. ELIZABETHPORT (Sea-Land), June 30—Chairman, James Ellwell; Secretary, Richard Nelson. $19 in ship's fund. No beefs or disputed OT. Motion made to repair faulty reduction valve. SPITFIRE (General Cargo), June 29—Chairman John Moore; Secre­ tary, Phil Reyes. All in good order, no beefs. Steward reported he or­ dered a new water fountain and the engineers agreed to install it where needed. He also thanked the crew for a fine show of good broth­ erhood and co-operation during the voyage. Vote of thanks to steward department for excellent perform­ ance. Old-timers in galley gang enjoying excellent health. EAGLE TRAVELER (Sea Trans­ port), July 14—Chairman, J. Bourg­ eois; Secretary, F. Otto. Crew voted to accept negotiating committee's report and recommendations — 30 for, none against. A . TOPA TOPA (Waterman), July 14—Chairman, M. Kerngood; Secre­ tary, C. Wright. Crew voted to ac­ cept and concur in negotiating com­ mittee's report and recommenda­ tions—31 for, none against. CHILORE (Venore), July 14— Chairman, F. De Beaumont; Secre­ tary, C. De La Couy. Pension plan and training program discussed. Motion madj by I. B. Browne and seconded by F. De Beaumont to ac­ cept and concuc in the new freighter and tanker agreement. Crew voted 26 for and none against. Ship is now laid up. IBERVILLE (Waterman), June 29 —Chairman John Cisiecki; Secre­ tary W. L. Kilgore. No beefs, every­ thing going OK. Floyd Hungate elected new ship delegate. Discus­ sion on new wage and OT agree­ ment. Everyone seems to be proud of the increase. OVERSEAS ULLA (Maritime Overseas), July 6—Chairman, Ste­ phen Fulford; Secretary, Harold P. Du Cloux. One man paid off in Honolulu because of illness. A few beefs to be taken up with patrol­ man. Chief Mate set up procedure for switching watches. Ship's dele­ gate requested crew's full co-opera­ tion in good housekeeping. Slop chest low. OVERSEAS CARRIER (Maritime Overseas), June 29—Chairman, Wil­ liam Baker; Secretary, Peter Batayias. Disputed OT in deck and en­ gine departments. One man missed ship in Durban. One man sent home on medical from Madras, India. One man signed off in Trini­ dad. Air conditioner and ice ma­ chine in need of repair. TV re­ quested for recreation room. YAKA (Waterman), July 6— Chairman, Walt Sibley; Secretary, Chris De Jesus. No beefs reported to chairman. Captain thanked the crew for their co-operation in con­ serving water and improved sani­ tary conditions. Ship's chairman asked better policing of refuse by men. P. G. Fox elected ship's dele­ gate. Discussion held concerning new rules on ship's meetings. LOS ANGELES (Sea-Land), July 6—Chairman, J. Chermesino; Secre­ tary, R. Barker. Captain passed the word on to the Seafarers that it has been a pleasant trip and a very good crew. Ship's delegate asked that heefs be taken to him and that all should be present for the pay­ off. $6 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine department, otherwise everything running smoothly. Dis­ cussions held regarding pension plan and on duties of electricians on containerships. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done and to the ship's dele­ gate for his efficient representation •of the crew. YELLOWSTONE (Ogden Marine), July 14 — Chairman, Manuel A. Rendueles; Secretary, Manuel A. Rendueles. SPAD Supplement and Special contract edition received and posted so they can be read by all members. After discussion, 100 percent of crew members recorded in favor of new provisions. No beefs from delegates. Discussion held on pension plan. Motion made to see captain about change in meal hours. AMES VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), June 15—Chairman, Bayard Heimer; Secretary, S. J. Davis. James Campfleld elected ship's dele­ gate. Everything running smoothly no beefs, no disputed OT. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done during the past voyage. ALCOA MARKETER (Alcoa), July 1—Chairman, H. Groble; Sec­ retary, R. Sanchez. No beefs. Every­ thing is running smoothly. DEL SOL (Delta), July 19—Chair­ man, Robert Spinnochio; Secretary, Hubert L. Lanier; ship's Delegate. Sam Pappas; Deck Delegate. A. E. Lewis; Engine Delegate, Robert Spinnochio; Stewards' Delegate, G. Salamon. Motion was made to have negotiating committee ratify the new agreement. KYSKA (Waterman), July 13— Chairman, Francis J. Lebda; Secre­ tary, James Coggins; Ship's Dele­ gate, Francis J. Lebda; Engine Dele­ gate, H. W. Maccoline; Stewards' Delegate, William A. Fasseter. DEL MAR (Delta), July 12— Chairman, Joseph Collins; Secre­ tary, Dorrell G. Chafin; Ship's Dele­ gate, Julius W. Scheidel; Deck Delegate, Bobby B. Spears; Stew­ ards' Delegate, R. R. Roque. $30.00 in ship's fund. $481.51 in movie fund. No beefs. Everything is run­ ning smoothly. SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), July 13—Chairman, Henry W. Mil­ ler; Secretary, Joseph A. Long; Ship's Delegate, Henry W. Miller; Deck Delegate, Paul J. Ossafer; Engine Delegate, Franklin V. Fyock; Stewards' Delegate, Joseph A. Long. Vote of thanks to the ship's dele­ gate for a job well done. He in turn thanked the crew for their co-operation. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. $30.00 in • ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT. SEAMAR (Calmar), July 6— Chairman, A. Pulles; Secretary, N. Kondylas; Ship's Delegate, Robert Cook; Deck Delegate, J. Tuturler; Engine Delegate, Billy Henderson; Stewards' Delegate, Robert A. Cook, Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. No beefs. Everything is run­ ning smoothly. STEEL KING (Isthmian), June 26—Chairman, R. Pinkham; Sec­ retary, W. T. Langford; Ship's Delegate, R. Pinkham; Deck Dele­ gate, Paul Arthofer; Engine Delartment, John- Sanest; Stewards' 3elegate, R. E. Taylor. Patrolman to be contacted about having com­ pany put new ice machine aboard ship. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. AMERIGO (Crest), June 22— Chairman, Clyde Miller; Secretary, H. C. Bell; Ship's Delegate, Joseph Scaramutz; Deck Delegate, M. V. Fay. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by department delegates. �September, 1969 Luciano Toribio, 73: Seafarer Toribio passed away on June 6 in New Orleans from heart dis­ ease. He was an SIU pensioner who made his home in New Orleans. Bom in the Philippine Is­ lands, Brother Toribio began his sailing career in 1917. He joined the Union in the Port of Boston in 1941 and had worked &s an AB, DM and bos'n. Burial was in St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery, New Orleans. Lawrence Seesholtz, 67: Brother Seesholtz died in Gal­ veston, Texas, on June 26 from a heart ailment. He was an SIU pensioner who had shipped in the deck depart­ ment for the Bay Towing Com­ pany during his sailing days. Bom in Beach Haven, Pennsyl­ vania, Seafarer Seesholtz made his home in Galveston with his wife, Lillian. He was buried in Galveston Mernorial Park, Hitchcock, Texas. —,1,— SEAFARERS Harry Kenvyn, 62: Brother Kenvyn died of heart trouble on May 21 in Pas­ adena Bayshore Hospital, Pasa­ dena, Texas. An J gjy pensioner. Seafarer Kenvyn had worked as V an engineer for / G and H Tow­ ing Company in Texas. At the time of his death he was making his home in Channelview, Texas with his wife, Gertrude Ellen. He joined the Union in the Port of Galveston. Brother Kenvyn was a native of South Wales, England. Burial was in Bluewater Cemetery, Livingston, Texas. •^ • Santiago Pascual, 81: Brother Pascual was a pensioner who passed away on July 29 in Epis­ copal Hospital, Philadelphia. He had been sailing for 39 years be­ fore his retire­ ment in 1960. Seafarer Pascual had worked as a chief cook and his last vessel was the Sherwood. At the time of his death, he was living in Philadelphia, the port where he had joined the Union. Seafarer Pascual was bom in the Philippine Islands. Burial was in Magnolia Cemetery, Philadelphia. William Kerwin, 57: Seafarer Kerwin died of a stomach dis­ ease on July 20 in Italian Hos­ Clement De Hospedales, 49: pital, Haifa, Is- Brother Dc Hospedales died in ^ rael. A native St. Vincent's ^ of Cincinnati, Hospital, Man­ .f Ohio, Brother hattan on July Kerwin was 19. He had been making his home living in Lakein Houston, Tex­ wood, New Jer­ as at the time of his death. He sey with his wife, was an AB in the deck depart­ X . Margaret. A nament and last sailed on the f J') tive of Trinidad, Penn Sailor. His sailing career Seafarer De Hospedales joined lasted over 36 years. He is sur­ the Union in the Port of New vived by his wife, Lillian Agnes. York. He had been a steward and his last vessel was the Pennmar. Burial was in Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn. Howard Giisson, 60: Brother <I> Glisson, a pensioner, died on July 11 at the Memorial Medi­ cal Center in Savannah, Geor­ gia from a cir­ culatory ailment. He had been an oiler in the en­ gine department and last sailed aboard the Transhatteras in 1968. A na­ tive of Georgia, he lived in Savannah with his wife, Gussie Evelyn. Seafarer Glisson re­ ceived a safety award for help­ ing to make the Seatrain Louisi­ ana an accident-free ship from 1960 to 1961. He had been sailing for 32 years before his retirement in 1969. Brother Glisson joined the SIU in the Port of New York. Burial was in Lower Black Creek Ceme­ tery, Lanier, Georgia. Andres Menendez, 72: Broth­ er Menendez was an SIU pen­ sioner. He died ^ " \ in Centro Asturiano Hospital, Tampa,. Florida on June 9 from heart trouble. He had been an FOWT in the engine depart­ ment and last sailed aboard the Niagra in 1962. In 1960 while sailing on the Antinous, Sea­ farer Menendez received the safety award. A native of Ma­ drid, Spain, Brother Menendez was making his home in Tampa at the time of his death. He had joined the SIU in the Port of Tampa. Before retiring in 1963, Seafarer Menendez had been sailing 42 years. Burial was in Vlyrtle Hill Cemetery, Tampa. Page Twentjr Nine LOG Henry St. Germain, 63: Sea­ William Normand, 62: Sea­ farer Normand died October farer St. Germain died of acute .coronary throm­ 4, 1968 at the bosis on Febru­ USPHS Hospital ary 24 in Southin Staten Island. port, North Car­ A member of the olina. A native SIU since 1957, of Wisconsin, Brother Nor­ Brother St. Germand sailed as a main had been wiper in the en­ making his home gine department. His last vessel was the Gateway in Tampa, Florida. He was an City. He was a native of Port OS in the steward department Richmond, New York and was and last sailed aboard the Over­ living in Astoria, Long Island seas Explorer in 1968. He at the time of his death. In 1961, joined the Union in the Port of Seafarer Normand was issued New York in 1955. a picket duty card for service in the New York harbor strike. William Simpson, 45: Sea­ He is survived by his sister, Mrs. farer Simpson died July 26 in Margaret Burns. Burial was in USPHS Hospital Ocean View Cemetery, Staten in New Orleans. Island. He had been an AB in the deck Curtis McCullum, 25: Broth­ department and er McCullum passed away sud­ last sailed denly on August aboard the Del 10 in the USPHS Valle. Brother Hospital in Bal­ Simpson joined timore, Mary­ the SIU in the Port of Mobile land. A messman in 1946. A native of Tennessee, in the steward he was still a resident of that department, Sea­ state with his mother, Iva, when farer McCullum he died. He served in the Army had joined the from 1950 to 1952. Burial was SIU in 1963 in the Port of Bal­ in Maplewood Cemetery, Pulas­ timore. He was a native of Mary­ ki, Tennessee. land and was living in Baltimore with his mother, Margaret, at the time of his death. Burial was Victor Bejarano, 70: Brother in Baltimore. Bejarano died in Greenpoint Hospital, BrookJohn Gates, 65: Seafarer lyn, on August Gates passed away on March • 9. An SIU pen24 aboard -the ^ sioner. Seafarer ship Geneva ' ^ Bejarano had where he was j been sailing for working in the ^46 years before engine depart­ 1^ % his retirement in ment. He died " " 1 9 66. An of a heart attack. FOWT in the engine depart­ Born in Chester, ment, he last sailed aboard the Pennsylvania, he Sapphire Etta. In 1960 he re­ had been living in Westerly, ceived a personal safety award Rhode Island. Seafarer Gates for his part in keeping the Eliza­ joined the Union in the Port of beth an accident free ship. He New Orleans in 1945. He had also served on the SIU picket been sailing for 40 years at the line in 1961. A native of Argen­ time of his death. tina, Brother Bejarano was liv­ ing in Brooklyn when he died. Albert Jensen, 67: Brother He joined the Union in 1938 Jensen was a pensioner who in Puerto Rico. Burial was in died of a heart Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn. attack on July 31 — — at his home in Joseph Booker, 63: Brother Brooklyn. He had been an Booker succumbed to heart dis­ ease on July 5 FOWT in the en­ in Charity Hos­ gine department pital, New Or­ and had last leans. A pensailed aboard the sioner who Steel Scientist in 1967. A native joined the Un­ of Norway, Brother Jensen joined the Union in the Port ion in the Port of New York in 1944. He had of Baltimore in been sailing the seas for over 1939, Seafarer 32 years when he retired on his Booker had worked as a deck SIU pension. Seafarer Jensen engineer and an FOWT. He was was active on the picket line in a native of Georgia and was liv­ 1961 when he served the mid­ ing in New Orleans at the time night to 8 a.m. shift during the of his death. His last vessel was Greater New York harbor strike. the Keva Ideal which he sailed He is survived by his wife, aboard in 1966. Burial was in Charlotte. Burial was in Green­ Evergreen Cemetery, Fitzgerald, wood Cemetery, Brooklyn. Georgia. —4/— Clarence Cornelius, 44: Sea­ farer Cornelius died suddenly _ on July 28 when ^||||||||L the car in which |r he was a passenI Aj ger collided with a truck in Ches­ apeake, Virginia. V An AB in the deck department. Brother Cornelius had joined the SIU in the Port of Norfolk in 1947. He was born in Virginia and had been making his home there when he died. Seafarer CornelL us is survived by his wife, Shirley. Burial was in Highland Memory Gardens, Dublin, Vir­ ginia. Cornelius was an Air Corps veteran of World War II. <|> Douglas Cox, 35: Brother Cox died of natural causes in Bellevue Hospi­ tal, Manhattan, on August 6. A graduate of the Andrew Furuseth Training School, Brother Cox sailed as an FOWT in the en­ gine department. He was up­ graded to class A seniority rat­ ing in 1964. A native of Cam­ bridge, Massachusetts, Seafarer Cox lived in Manhattan. He joined the Union in the Port of New York in 1962, and his last vessel was the Boston. In 1965 Brother Cox helped man the picket lines in New York. He is survived by his wife, Joan. Burial was in Brewer Cemetery, Brewer, Maine. 4/ Richard Lusk, 47: Seafarer Lusk passed away following a heart attack on June 29 in Chi­ cago. A native of Illinois, he was living in Chicago when he died. Brother Lusk was an FOWT in the engine de­ partment and last worked for American Steamship Company. He joined the SIU in the Port of Detroit in 1968. From 1939 until 1959 he served in the Navy. Brother Lusk is survived by his mother. Burial was in Woodland Cemetery, Quincy, Illinois. 4^ Charles Sabo, 58: Brother Sabo passed away in Bayonne, New Jersey, on July 6 from heart trouble. He had been an AB in the deck de­ partment. A na­ tive of Lorain, Ohio, Seafarer Sabo had been making his home in Manhattan at the time of his death. His last vessel was the Beatrice Vic­ tory. Brother Sabo is survived by five brothers and a sister. �Page Hiirty SEAFARERS LOG September, 1969 CHARLESTON (Sea-Land), July! 22—Chairman, John 0. Albert; Sec-| retary, Guy Walter; Ship's Deles gate, John C, Albert; Deck Deleate, A. Kotsis; Engine Delegate, . O'Brien; Stewards' Delegate, Jack Goldman. Discussion held rejprarding pension plan. Everything IS running smoothly with no beefs. f , 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-Weller DistiUerlcs "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin StIU," W. L. Weller Bourbon vrhi^ejs (Distillery Workers) —\3>— Kingsptn-t Press "World Book," "Chlldcrafl" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) <I> Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes . . . Sentry, Cedar Clyest, Statler Men's Shoes . . . Jarman, Johnson & Murphy, Crestworth, (Boot and Shoe Workers' Union) Boren Clay Products Co. (United Brick and Clay Workers) <I> "HIS" brand men's clothes Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond blouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa Ties, Boss Gloves, Richman <1> Atlantic Products Sports Goods (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) Jamestown Sterling Corp. (United Furniture Workers) Richman Bros, and Sewell Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) <|> White Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) Gypsum Wallhoard, American Gypsum Co. (United Cement Lime and Gypsum Workers International) 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, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) Pioneer Flour Mill (United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers Local 110, San Antonio, Texas \I> All California Table Grapes (United Farm Workers) Magic Chef Pan Pacific Division (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union) ^ Fisher Price Toys (Doll and Toy Workers) Economy Furniture Co. Smithtown Maple Western Provincial Bilt-Rite (Upholsterers) FINANCIAL REPORTS. The conatitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specifle provision for 8«.feguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge 'of these funds shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust fun^ are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected excliuively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1930, New York 4, N. Y. Full et^ies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU latrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights prop­ erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or membw. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the SeptemW, 1960, meetings in all constitu­ tional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among iU ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans Oct. 14—2:30 p.m. Mobile .... Oct. 15—2:30 p.m. Wilmington Oct. 20—2:00 p.m. San Fran. .. Oct. 22—2:00 p.m. Seattle .... Oct. 24—2:00 p.m. New York . Oct. 6—2:30 p.m. Philadelphia Oct. 7—2:30 p.m. Baltimore .. Oct. 8—2:30 p.m. Detroit .... Oct. 10—2:30 p.m. Houston ... Oct. 13—2:30 p.m. United Industrial Workers New Orleans Oct. 14—7:00 p.m. Mobile .... Oct. 15—7:00 p.m. New York . Oct. 6—7:00 p.m. Philadelphia Oct. 7—7:00 p.m. Baltimore . . Oct. 8—7:00 p.m. ^Houston .. Oct. 13—7:00 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings. Detroit .. Oct. 13—2:00 p.m. Alpena .. Oct. 13-^7:00 p.m. Buffalo .. Oct. 13—7:00 p.m. Chicago . Oct 13—7:30 p.m. Duluth .. Oct. 13—7:00 p.m. Frankfort Oct. 13—7:00 p.m. Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Section Chicago ... Oct 14—7:30 p.m. tSault Ste. Marie Oct 16—7:30 p.m. Buffalo .... Oct. 15—7:30 p.m. Duluth Oct 17—^7:30 p.m. Cleveland .. Oct. 17—^7:30 p.m. Toledo Oct 17—^7:30 p.m. Detroit .... Oct 13—7:30 p.m. Milwaukee . Oct. 13—7:30 p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans Oct 14—5:00 p.m. Mobile .... Oct. IS—5:00 p.m. Philadelphia Oct 7—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and un­ licensed) . Oct 8—5:00 p.m. Norfolk ... Oct 9—5:00 p.m. Houston ... Oct 13—5:00 p.m. Railway Marine Region Philadelphia Oct. 14—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore Oct 15—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. •Norfolk Oct. 16—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Jersey City Oct. 13—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. * Meeting held at Labor Temple, Newpci-t News. t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tannar VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shtpard LIndisy Wllllami Al Tanner Robtrl Matthawi SECRET/<RY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEAOpUAI fU' *75 4Hi Ave., Iklyn. (212) HY 9-MOO ALPENA, MICH. . ...800 N. Second Ave. (517) EL 4-3*1* BALTIMORE, Md 121* E. Baltlmora St. (301) EA 7-4900 BOSTON. Mast **3 Atlantic Avenue (*I7) 482-471* BUFFALO, N.Y 735 Waihlngton St. SIU (71*1 TL 3-9259 IBU (71*) TL 3-9259 CHICAGO, III 9311 Ewing Ave. SIU (312) SA 1-0733 IBU (312) ES 5-9570 CLEVELAND. Ohio 1420 W. 25th St. (21*) MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mich 10225 W. Jaftaraen Ave. (313) VI 3-4741 DULUTH, Minn 2014 W. 3rd St. (218) RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich P.O. Box 207 415 Main St. (*l*) EL 7-2441 HOUSTON, Tax Canal St. (713) WA 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE, Fla 2*M Paarl St. (904) EL 3-0987 JERSEY CITY, N.J 99 Montgomary St. (201) HE 5-9424 MOBILE, Ala I South Lawranea St. (205) HE 2-1754 NEW.ORLEANS, La *30 Jackton Ave. (504) 529-754* NORFOLK, Va 115 3rd St. (703) *22-1892 PHILADELPHIA, Pa 2*04 S. 4th St. (215) DE *-3818 PORT ARTHUR, Tax 1340 Seventh St. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., 350 Fraamont St. (415) DO 2-4401 SANTURCE, P.R 1313 Farnandax Juncoi Stop 20 724-2848 SEATTLE. Wath 2505 Firxt Avenue (20*) MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo 4577 Gravels Blvd. (314) 752-&500 TAMPA. Fla. 312 Harriion St. (813) 229-2788 TOLEDO. Ohio 935 Summit St. (419) 248-3*91 WILMINGTON, Callf^ 450 Seaside Ave. Terminal Island, Calif. (213) 832-7285 YOKOHAMA, Japan .Iieya BIdg., Room 001 1-2 Kaigan-Dori-l4akaku 2014971 Ext. 201 PAYMENT OP MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headqturters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquartera. RTSTIRED 8EAFARER8. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-prasion 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 reaiUrmed the long-standing Union pol­ icy of allowing them to retain their good sUindiriB through tlie waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, tneir families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any time a Seafarer fccb that any of the above rights have been vi:dated, or that he has been denied his constitntional right of access to Union records or In­ formation, he should immediately notify SIU President PanI Hall at headquarters by certified mall, return receipt regusstad. CHATHAM (Waterman), July 28 —Chairman, W Moore; Secretary, Alfred D. Allain, Jr.; Ship's Dele­ gate, John Aversa; Deck Delegate, Charles Borns; Engine Delegate, Howard Menz;- Stewards Delegate, D, Jones. Disputed OT in each de­ partment. glO.OO in ship's fund. ; ALCOA TRADER (Alcoa), Jul:? 26—Chairman, Donald Cheistnut; Secretary, John S. Burke{s, Ship's Delegate, John D, Cantreil, Jr.; Dse-k Delegate, Omar W. Elliott; Engine Delegate, Carlos E. Vega; Stewards Delegate, A, A. Rankin. Some disputed OT in engine department to be taken up with boarding ,;patrolman. Motion was made that ^20 years in the Union and 16 years [^eatime on discharge, regardless of f^ge limits, a member should he Jtjualified and eligible for retirement, hands in favor of this motion, A ' SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Hudsoi) IWaterwaya), July 20—Chairman, Filknk Smith; Secretary, James / Thomas; Ship's Delegate, Prank Smith; Deck Delegate, Ronald W. Jones; Engine Delegate, A. Ls Boone; Stewards Delegate, John W; Murphy, Everything running smoothly with no beefs and no disputed OT. J I I i : : SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), July 27—Chairman, Prank Smith; Secretary, James W. Thomas; Ship's Delegate, Frank Smith; Deck Dele­ gate, Ronald W. Jones; Engine Dele­ gate, A. L. Boone; Stewards Dele­ gate, John W. Murphy. $16.00 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. ' WESTERN COMET (Western Agency), July 29—Chairman, W. E.|j Morris; Secretary, C; Loper, Jr.;| Ship's Delegate, Juan Reyes; Decki Delegate Etigehe B. Beverley; En-i gine Delegate, Alfredo B. Calam;| Stewards Delegate, Nathaniel Aya.| $24.65 in ship's fund. No beefs andf ; ho disputed OT, •"> WESTERN COMET,(Westernl Agency), June 22^—Chairman, C. J Loper, Jr.; Secretary, G. James, f Ship sailed short twelve men. $18.56 'iin ship's fund. Vote of thanks ex­ it tended to the steward department sfor a job well done. Crew comJ mended for doing a yery, good job in spite of being Shorthanded, - y w » 'I OVERSEAS EXPLORER (Mdriii time Overseas), July 13—Chairman, | 3. C. Mullis. Disputed OT in deck! department, ship ran short of 1 stores.,, OGDEN WILLAMETTE (Ogden), S July 25-^Chairman, A. Michelet; Secretary, M. Bugawan; Ship's Dele­ gate, Charles G. Ries,;Jr.; Deck Del­ egate, Y. Tallherg; Engine Delegate, Ralph Newcomb; Stewards Delegate, Stonewall Jackson. Ship's delegate reported that everything is running smoothly. Some disputed OT in deck department. , STEEL FABRICATOR (Isthmian); April 20—Chairman, Harry K. Kauf­ man; Secretary, W. H. Simmons; Ship's Delegate. Charles F, Mann; Deck Delegate, Tom North; Engine Delegate, Albert Lee. Everything is fuiming smoothly. No beefs and np disputed OT. « ' FAIRLAND (Sea-Land)) July SO— J Chairman, R. W. Hodges; Secretary, J. H. Nayior; Ship's Delegate, Ray- | mond W. Hodges; Deck Delegate, ; Stanley Kuzyski, No beefs were re- j ported by department delegates.; Vote of thanks was extended to the § steward department for a job well i dene. • . • • • :r 1 DEL MAR (Delta), August 8—| Chairman, Joe Collins; Secretary,. J Darrell G. Chafin; Ship's Delegate, • Julius W. Scheidel; Deck Delegate, ; B. Spears; Stewards Delegate, Ra- ; mon Roque. Vote, of thanks was ; extended to the ship's delegate for a^ job well done. Everything is run- s ning smoothly with no beefs ahd | no disputed OT, �SEAFARERS LOG September, 1969 Page Thirty One SEATRAIN DELAWARE A S THE Seatrain Delaware put in at Edgewater, N.J., to imload cargo from the Puerto Rico run and to take on new cargo for the return trip, Seafarers held a ship's meeting to discuss the Union's contract and the pension program with SIU officials who visited the vessel. beenwit^fhTsiu'c-^'''^^^^ Headquarters Representative 77'" coward Castro, I r- Chief Cook Carlos Diaz f'afs aboard I 1 SEAFARERS too Manuel Medina OS mMM perfc- Ut ,,o«mc IHE Pt.510"/^".. , I • A Seafarer since I947Z^T7~~L1^ cus (Dutch) Vel/inoA ' ^^-theSIU-MEB;6;s;tV2lToot 'K-. •• - I - wiim: . �Vol. XXXI No. 11 SEAFAREItSikI.OG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT « A^CIO I T'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN. The five annual SIU Scholarships for 1970 will be awarded next May for the seventeenth straight year and all eligible Seafarers or children of Seafarers are urged to get their applications in early. In order to qualify for these scholarship grants, a Seafarer must have at least three years accumu­ lated seatime on SlU-contracted vessels. Children of Seafarers who meet the necessary seatime require­ ments are also entitled to apply. Each year a distinguished panel of leading univer­ sity educators and administrators selects five SIU Scholarship winners on the basis of their high school records together with scores attained on tests given throughout the country by the College Entrance Examination Board. This year, the first of these CEEB tests will be given on November 1. Later tests will be given De­ cember 6, 1969 and_ January 10, 1970, with a final opportunity scheduled for March 7, 1970. It is al­ ways best; however, to arrange for the test as early as you can, so do it as promptly as possible. Arrangements for taking the CEEB test can be made by eligible Seafarers or their children by writ­ ing to: College Entrance Examination Board, Box 592, Princeton, New Jersey, or at Box 1025, Berke­ ley, California. In addition to arranging for the CEEB test, ap­ plicants are also requested to obtain the necessary SIU College Scholarship application form as early as possible. These forms, which must be returned no later than April 1, 1970, are available at any SIU hall or may be obtained by writing directly to: SIU Scholarships, Administrator, 275 20th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11215. Widely recognized as one of the most liberal, nostrings-attached programs of its kind in the nation, the SIU Scholarship Plan has helped 83 young men and women toward fulfilling their career goals. Twenty-five of these were Seafarers and 58 were the children of Seafarers. All scholarship recipients may pursue any chosen course of study at any accredited college or university. 41 ••i i •t| --ilj � 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 September 1969 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU WINS MAJOR VACATION INCREASES FOR RATED MEN IN ALL DEPARTMENTS INDEPENDENT MARAD ONLY REMEDY FOR US FLEET’S DISATROUS PLIGHT FULBRIGHT’S PAY OFF SLUR ON AIFLD HIT BY MEANY AS GRATUITOUS INSULT FIGHT FOR NEED AGAINST GREED DRAWN BY MEANY, OTHERS AFL-CIO COUNCIL CONDEMNS ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE WV STRIKE LEADERS CONGRESSMAN LISTS FOUR PROVISIONS NEW MARITIME PROGRAM SHOULD HAVE QUICK ACTION BY SEAFARERS AVERTS POSIBLE DISASTER ON BUCKEYE VICTORY PIKE CHARGES CARGO RULE DISTORTION DISCRIMINATED AGAINST TRAMP SHIPS MYSTERY VESSEL BROUGHT TO SURFACE AFTER 100 YEARS IN LAKE MICHIGAN SINKING OD PANOCEANIC FAITH CAUSED BY FAILURE TO SECURE LOOSE HATCH HIGH COURT FINDS GARNISHMENT ILLEGAL UNLESS EMPLOYEE GETS COURT HEARING LABOR HITS HAYNSWORTH APPOINTMENT AS JUSTICE OF US SUPREME COURT FEDERAL JOB SAFETY HEALTH BOARD AND STANDARDS URGED BY PRESIDENT HLSS PROVIDES UPGRADING TO HIGHER PAYING RATINGS ADVANCE SEMENSHIP PROGRAM OFFERS FULL BOOK SENIORITY 570 ENDORSED FOR LIFEBOAT AT HLSS PRIME NEED FOR PHARMACIST MATES SEEN IN SIUNA-SOA BACKED STUDY CONGRESS WARNED OF HOUSING CRISIS UNLESS MONEY, LAND COSTS GO DOWN ROLLBACK OF SOARING INTEREST RATES PRESSED WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION OUTDATED USE OF POLITICAL MUSCLE BY RETIREES CAN HELP SECURE BETTER BENEFITS FAST TURNAROUND FOR SEATRAIN DELAWARE 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 09/1969 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. 11  1969 Periodicals Seafarers Log