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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO
Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico
Cost of Living Studied
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Sailing Along With
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Noncontiguous Trade Role
Explained on Mutual Radio
Washington
The purpose of reserving trans
portation rights between coast
wise ports of the continental
United States and the noncon-
SEAFARERS^^OG
May, 1970 • Vol. XXXn, No. 5
Official Publication of the
Seafarers International Union
of North America,
Atlantic. GiUf, L<akes
and Inland Waters District,
AFL-CIO
Executive Board
Paul Hall, President
Cal Tanner
Earl Shepard
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Exec. Vice-Prea. Vice-President
A1 KenSec.-Treos.
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Vice-President
Lindsey Williams
Vice-President
Robert Matthews
Vice-President
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Island Avenue N.E., Washington,
D.C. 20018 by the Seafarers Interna
tional Union, Atlantic, Guif, Lakes
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lyn, N.Y. 11232. Tel. 499-6800. Sec
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tiguous state and island territories
for American-flag ships is to en
courage transportation between
the states, and to insure the
national security, O. William
Moody, administrator of the
AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De
partment has said.
Moody, together with Bertram
Gottlieb, research director for the
Transportation Institute, appeared
on the Mutual network radio
interview program Labor News
Conference to answer questions
about the recently-held confer
ence on the noncontiguous trade,
sponsored jointly by the MTD
and the Institute (see story on
page 3).
"If American-flag ships were
not able to serve these (noncon
tiguous) ports, it would be to the
detriment of the national security
of this country," Moody said.
Answering the charge that for
eign-flag shipping is always cheap
er and that "higher American-flag
rates" contribute to the high cost
of living in Hawaii, Alaska and
Puerto Rico, Gottielb said it "is
just not true."
"In international waterborne
commerce most rates are con
trolled by what are called 'confer
ence rates' and the rates are the
same whether it be an American
vessel or a foreign vessel," Got
tlieb said.
Outlining some of the conclu
sions arrived at during the con
ference, Moody said:
"First of all, there seemed to
be consensus among all concerned
that no useful purpose would be
served in weakening the provi
sions of the Jones Act to permit
foreigners to operate on these
trade routes.
"In the case of Alaska, recom
mendations were made that ship
construction differential subsidies
and operating differential subsi
dies be extended to the steamship
operators in an effort to lower
rates. Similar recommendations
were made on behalf of Hawaii
and Puerto Rico."
Gottlieb pointed out that the
concept of using taxpayer dollars
in the form of subsidies for
transportation systems in the
United States is not new. He said:
"We use tax money to build
highways. We use tax money to
provide rights-of-way for rail
roads. Our nation's air transpor
tation networks are heavily sub
sidized. A segment of the ship
ping industry—one segment—^has
been heavily subsidized for many
years."
Gottlieb also noted that the
concept of the Jones Act is not
unique to the United States.
"Every major maritime country
in the world that has a coastline
of any significance protects its
own merchant marine by restrict
ing commerce in its domestic
trade to its own shipping."
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Reporters Neil Gilbride of the Associated Press ffeft) and Fkank
Swoboda (right)
Business Week interviewed Bertram Gottlieb, re
search director for the Transportation Institute (second left) and O.
William Moody, administrator of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De
partment, on the network radio program Labor News Conference.
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Kelp Seasons Japanese
Food, Foreign Relafions
The Japanese consider seaweed
such a delicacy that in recent
years they have fought Russian
patrol boats on the seas for it
and built a man-made island in
the ocean from which to harvest
it.
Japanese taste for seaweed
dates back more than a score of
centuries to a time when the in
habitants of the isolated islands
of Japan relied heavily on the
ocean for food.
Today, Japanese cooks season
many dishes with kombu, a form
of seaweed which is eaten both
cooked and raw.
Before World War II, the Jap
anese harvested tons of seaweed
from the Habomai Islands, tiny
specks in the Pacific Ocean.
However, these islands, along
with many others were taken
from the Japanese by the Rus
sians after World War II, and
never returned.
Since then, Soviet patrol craft
have arrested more than 10,000
Japanese fishermen and detained
1,200 fishing boats for entering
the waters off these islands.
Some of these encounters have
resulted in violence and prompted
minor international incidents.
THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT
'Jobs Are
rpHOUSANDs OF Seafarers have a direct stake in a
two-day conference held in Washington, D.C., to
study the effects of American-flag shipping on the
economies of Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Guam.
Jobs are involved.
As consumers, SIU members know how cost-ofliving increases can eat deeply into paychecks. The
situation is no different in these noncontiguous areas.
Hawaii and Alaska are the two most expensive states
in the nation in which to live.
Because these areas rely almost completely upon
cargo carried in ships for their existence, some people
have blamed shipping costs for the increases in prices.
American law requirers that all shipping between
U.S. ports must be conducted by American-flag bot
toms, and rightly so. But because of this, people tend
to blame our industry for all of the problems that
exist.
Yet there are few facts to back up the idea that
American-flag shipping is causing the increases in
living costs in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Guam
—known as the noncontiguous areas.
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'^HREE THINGS, howcver, are quite clear. The cost of
living in the noncontiguous areas has grown at a
faster rate than it has on thb mainland. These islands
and Alaska must have American-flag shipping to sur
vive. Our industry is being accused of creating the
higher costs of living.
For these reasons, the Seafarers International Un
ion took an active part in the conference, which was
cosponsored by the AFL-OO Maritime Trades De
partment and the Transportation Institute.
Leaders from Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and
Guam, oflSeials from the federal government, and
men from the industry and the unions that represent
its employees all gathered to exchange ideas and come
up with possible answers. This was the first time
that unions, industry and government had gathered
together for the common purpose of helping each
other.
The issue is a serious one for Seafarers. There are
those who would weaken the law that says all shipping
to and from these areas to other U.S. ports must be
carried in American bottoms. Any weakening of this^
law, known as the Jones Act, would cost us jobs. If
foreign vessels are allowed to take part in this trade, it
would be at the expense of our American-flag ships.
Three panels were formed during the conference
to discuss the particular problems of Alaska, Hawaii
and Puerto Rico-Guam. Each of these panels made
recommendations. All three were opposed to any
weakening of the Jones Act. But each of them ealled
for economic help for shippers doing business on the
noncontiguous routes.
They wanted two things in particular:
1—Construction subsidies from the federal govern
ment to help pay the cost of building cargo vessels.
2—^A tax deferment plan that would allow shipping
companies to hold back for ship construction some
profits that would otherwise be used for taxes.
OF THESE construction aides are now pro
BOTH
vided by the federal government to a handful of
American-flag firms doing business in the foreign
trade. Under the Nixon Administration's 1970 mari
time proposal, these subsidies will be extended to all
U.S.-flag companies plying the foreign routes.
The question of the need for such action—and the
development of such a program, if the need is proved
—^will be the subject of an intensive study now under
way under the auspices of the MTD and the Trans
portation Institute.
Important as these problems are, they are but one
aspect of our marine world. We all have a vested
interest in expanding and adding muscle to its many
other parts—^frorti oceanography to inland watwways, from fishing to port facilities.
The maritime industry is not just shipping, or ship
building, or exploring, or fishing. It is all of these
things and much more.
CHAIRMAN of the Conference, I reminded the
Asaudience
that one of the major weaknesess of the
maritime industry has been the dogged independence
—which often has erupted into bitter disputes—
among its various segments. This attitude has hurt
the entire American merchant marine, including Sea
farers and workers in every one of those independent
units.
Nearly three years ago the AFL-CIO Maritime
Trades Department started an educational program
targeted at bringing the knowledge and the needs of
all parts of our industry to the Congress.
The MTD, week after week, has conducted
luncheons at which Congressmen, union and industry
representatives have exchanged both information and
views. These luncheons, together with MTD studies,
reports and other educational activities, have vastly
expanded the nation's interest in maritime subjects.
(See story on page 4.)
They have also helped to create a base of power
that finally appears to be winning the battle against
neglect that has bled our merchant marine of its
vitality for the past 25 years. This program of educa
tion, I am convinced, has been a major contributor to
the bipartisan support that is now evident in Congress
for the Administration's 1970 maritime proposal that
would triple our ship construction rate during the
next ten years.
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THIS foundation of power-through-knowledge
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bring to the shipping industry and to the
noncontiguous areas the help required to solve the
problems involved in oceanbome transportation to the
islands and Alaska.
But even as we accinnplish this, our job will be just
beginning. We must develop a total program that
will bring progress to every part of the marine trans
port world. And we must do this in cooperation with
all parts ot the industry—other unions, management
and government. Once this is done, we must move
from program to action.
There is no goal that we cannot reach if we work
together. And with each success will come more jobs
that will command good pay and just working condi
tions.
We in the SIU have an obligation to do our part.
Every Seafarer has a piece of the action when it
comes to the future of our trade.
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Effect of Shipping Costs Under Study
Alaskai Hawaii, Puerto Rico
Represented at MTD Session
Washington
A study of the effect of shipping costs on the cost of
fiving in Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico has begun as
the result of a two-day conference here sponsored by the
AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department and the Trans
portation Ipstitute, an industry-supported maritime re
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search organization.
The conference drew 425
participants from the federal
government, labor and indus
try, as well as representatives
from the three noncontiguous
areas.
Another conference will be
convened to develop recom
mendations upon completion
of the study, said Conference
Chairman Paul Hall.
Hall, president of MTD and
the SIU, noted that representa
tives of the noncontiguous
areas had told both labor and
management that "we don't
want to hurt you, but you must
help us."
'Serious Obligation'
Because of this, he said: "We
have a serious obligation to
help—an obligation that we in
tend to meet." (See President's
Report on page 2.)
During panel discussions
concerning the economic prob
lems of noncontiguous states
and territories, it was noted
that those problems stemmed
primarily from transportation
needs.
Reports from the panels
called for aid to American ship
pers, and stressed that the
Jones Act, which limits domes
tic shipping to American-flag
vessels, must be protected to
maintain a strong U.S. mer
chant fleet.
Officials from Alaska, Ha
waii and Puerto Rico repeated
ly told the conference that a
weakening of the Jones Act
could make noncontiguous
areas dependent upon foreignflag shippers.
Specific suggestions from
speakers included a construc
tion differential subsidy for do
mestic trade vessels constructed
in U.S. shipyards and a tax de
ferment to allow American
shippers to set aside funds for
construction of new ships.
'Help Majority'
In opening the conference.
Hall had called for the partici
pants to search for a "common
denominator approach" to solv
ing the problems, "one which
will not please everyone, but
one that will help a majority of
those involved."
The suggestion that further
study of the impact of freight
rates on consumer prices was
necessary before a program
could be developed to help the
noncontiguous areas came first
from Mrs. Helen D. Bentley,
chairman of the Federal Mari
time Commission.
She told a luncheon that the
FMC does not believe "utiliza
tion of foreign-flag vessels
would relieve high rates" to
noncontiguous areas. She also
said that construction differen
tial subsidies might not solve
the problem.
Citing an FMC staff investi
gation of the impact of Ha
waiian rates on consumer
prices, Mrs. Bentley said ocean
freight rates were not a major
factor in the pricing of surveyed
items. The size of the market
for certain goods often seemed
to cause higher prices, she said
the report indicated.
Time for Answer
But noting population in
creases in the noncontiguous
The conference on noncontiguous trade, sponsored by the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department
(MTD) and the Transportation Institute, was attended by representatives of government, labor and
industry. The rostrum of speakers for the first session included from left: Representative Patsy T.
Mink (D-Hawaii); Peter M. McGavin, MTD executive secretary-treasurer; Edwin M, Hood, president
of the Shipbuilders Council of America; Representative Thomas M. Pelly (R-Wash.); Herbert Brand,
Transportation Institute administrator (hidden by rostrum); Michael McEvoy, president of Sea-Land
Service Inc. (speaking); Paul Hall, president of the Seafarers International Union of North America
and MTD president, and O. William Moody, MTD administrator.
areas and rapid industrializa Puerto Rico, McEvoy said, has
tion, she stated: "The hour is risen 45 percent since 1958.
rapidly approaching for an This rise could not be attribu
answer to be found."
ted to transportation costs, he
added,
which have declined by
Other speakers on the first12
percent
during the same
day program included Gov
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'First Step'
the Shipbuilders Council of
Senator Stevens said previ
America; Senator Theodore F. ous discussion of the problems
Stevens of Alaska; Representa has "generated a great deal of
tive Thomas M. Pelly of Wash rhetoric, but very little action.
ington; Jorge L. Cordova, resi This conference," he con
dent commissioner of the Com tinued, "represents that long
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monwealth of Puerto Rico, and overdue first step toward real
Michael McEvoy, president of action.
Sea-Land Service Inc.
"Unless we are willing to be
McEvoy said that all partic frank in expressing what our
ipants in the conference had real interests are, what each of
one goal in mind—"better us must retain, and what each
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future for everybody."
that the rest can be retained
He pointed to Puerto Rico ... we can expect to see in
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as an example of what happens creasing quantities of goods and
when good transportation is resources transported on for
placed at the disposal of an eign-built ships, manned by for
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economy. The cost of living in eign crews, taking our resources
to foreign countries "and bring
ing back foreign-made manu
factured goods. While all of us
lose."
Washington
The Alaska Republican was
Participants at the "Confer one of the few conference
ence on Noncontiguous Trade" speakers to recommend selec
sponsored by the AFL-CIO Mari tive use of foreign-built, but
time Trades Department and the
Transportation Institute were U.S.-manned, ships in trade be
unanimous in praising the spon tween noncontiguous areas and
sors for bringing together the the mainland. He also suggest
diverse groups concerned with ed construction differential and
transportation in the noncon operating subsidies for ships in
tiguous trade.
that trade.
But the real importance of the
Rep. Pelly, noting that his
conference to the states of district (Seattle) is the principal
Hawaii and Alaska and the Com port of shipment for goods to
monwealth of Puerto Rico was Alaska, predicted "that in 1970
brought home to those in at
tendance by Governor John A. we will, in fact, see effective
legislation to deal not only with
Burns of Hawaii.
He said the conference was so the problems of our foreign
"vital" to his state that the Leg trade, but our domestic trades
islature recessed so that nine also."
representatives could attend the
Use of foreign-flag ships in
Washington sessions with him.
domestic U.S. trade "could very
David C. McClung, president
of the Hawaii State Senate, came quickly drive our American
to Washington with the gov- ships from these trades," the
Discussing Hawaii's problems concerning waterborne commerce are, ernoi and chaired the Hawaii congressman said. He labeled
from left: Governor John A. Burns of Hawaii; Morris Weisberger, panel. Tadao Beppu, speaker of "totally senseless" a proposal
vice president of the SIU and secretary of the Sailors Union of the- Hawaii's House of Representa to open up noncontiguous trade
Pacific, and James Dooley, Portland, Ore., port agent for the SUP. tives, also attended.
to foreign shippers and then
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May 1970
grant U.S. carriers operating
subsidies.
The economies of Alaska,
Hawaii and Puerto Rico would
not benefit from repeal of the
Jones Act, he said.
Repeal No Help
"There is little mood in Con
gress to tamper with the basic
concept that our domestic trades
must be served exclusively by
American-flag ships," the Se
attle Republican declared.
Burns said that the primary
needs of the islands were in
creased ships and adequate,
continuous and competitive
services. "Carriers should not
be allowed to concentrate sole
ly on high profit aspects of Ha
waiian trade," he commented.
Hawaii hopes to develop its
potential as a trans-shipment
center for Pacific trade, the gov
ernor said, but needs changes
in current regulations for that
development.
Emphatically, the Hawaiian
governor said his state shared
the concern of other conference
participants that "the integrity
of the Jones Act" must be
maintained.
Commissioner Cordova out
lined the problems of Puerto
Rico, noting its rapid industri
alization and need for better
transportation to take finished
goods to mainland markets.
'Limiting Factor'
He said that present policies
constitute "a limiting factor on
the possibilities of further de
velopment" in the common
wealth.
Hood, speaking as head of
the Shipbuilding Council asked
for "equality" without "turn
ing everything upside down."
"The shipping problems of
Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto
Rico," he said, "surely should
not be solved to the detriment
of American shipyard crafts
men or skilled workers in the
many American industries that
support our shipbuilding facil
ities."
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Congress Weighing Maritime Policy
Congressman Howard W. Pollock (R-Alaska) says:
"There is another reason to protect the American-flag fleet. We must not place
ourselves in a position where we are dependent upon foreign-flag shipping for
domestic cargo. Past history has shown that those who become dependent upon
others for transportation can pay a terrible price for that dependency."
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Congressman James J. Howard (D-NJ.) says:
"A ship without cargo is an awful lot of steel. And products without ships
might just as well never have been made . . . The government must be committed
in terms of its own cargo to 'Shipping American' if it ever hopes to encourage
industry to do the same. In short, we must put up or shut up."
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"Inland waterway transportation by barge is a bargain when compared to any
other mode of transportation . . . We know the value of our inland waterways.
They are a benefit to the economy. And they should be protected and promoted—
not hindered by . . . the 'no mixing' law and the proposed 'user charges.'
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Problems of the American maritime industry re
main squarely before Congress and congressmen con
tinually address themselves to various facets of the
industry which they are concerned about.
One forum for discussion of maritime problems
and legislation is a weekly luncheon sponsored by
the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Departmeftt. The
SIU is a member of MTD, and SIU President Paul
Hall also serves as president of MTD.
During recent luncheons attended by representa
tives of 42 AFL-CIO unions affiliated with the 7.5
million member MTD, three members of the House
of Representatives discussed these different problems
of the maritime industry:
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• President Nixon's proposed "user charges" for
inland barge traffic and a "no mixing" law on the
books since 1939.
• The need for the federal government to be com
mitted to shipping its cargo in American-flag vessels.
• Possible expansion of the Administration's mari
time proposal to include aid to American ships now
engaged in trade with the noncontiguous areas of
Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
[Vaferways Threafened
Administration-proposed "user charges" on com
merce carried on inland waterways should be rejected
by the Congress and a 1939 law which could limit
barge traffic must be repealed by Congress, Repre
sentative James M. Hanley (D-N.Y.) told his audi
ence.
The user charge would be in the form of a tax on
fuel used by tugboats and towboats. It would be twocents-a-gallon now increasing to ten cents by the mid
1970s. The President called the new tax a means of
combating inflation when he made the proposal, but
that claim was disputed by Hanley:
"It makes little sense to me that higher shipping
charges would combat inflation if my definition of in
flation—rising prices and reduced buying power—is
correct."
He pointed out that the tax would, in effect, "sub
vert the provisions of the Northwest Ordinance of
1787 . . . that established a national policy for the
maximum development of toll-free waterways."
Much of the cargo carried on the inland waterway
system are bulk commodities, such as coal, ores and
petroleum products, the Syracuse Democrat said.
The new tax could increase the price of coal by an
estimated 60 percent, he added, which would be
passed on to consumers in the form of higher bills for
electricity and increased prices for manufactured
goods. "I believe it is proper to describe this as an
inflationary cycle," he stated,
"Back in 1939, when the inland waterway system
was still being developed. Congress passed legislation
that is coming back to haunt us in 1970. At that
time, when tugboats and towboats could handle only
six to eight barges in a single tow, legislation called
the 'no-mixing' bill was passed. The intent of the law
was to set some reasonable limits on the number of
different commodities which could be carried aboard
the same vessel."
The definition of "vessel" in the legislation grouped
all barges in a tow instead of classifying each barge
separately. But technology has developed to the point
where towboats have the power to handle strings of
up to 48 fully-laden barges. Hanley pointed out this
could mean as much as 80,000 tons of cargo—"the
equivalent of about 3,200 loaded trailer trucks."
The ICC agreed to postpone enforcement of the
act until June 30 at the urging of Congress. In the
remaining time, the congressman said, "there is an
urgent need to amend this unworkable legislation
. . . The wording of the old law must be changed so
the barging industry will not be penalized for its tech
nological progress."
He concluded: "We know the value of our inland
waterways. They are a benefit to the economy. And
they should be protected and promoted—not hin
dered by such measures as the 'no-mixing' law and
the proposed 'user charges.'
More U.S. Cargo Urged
Congressman James J. Howard (D-N.J.) criticized
the government in his speech for its failure to ship
a higher percentage of its cargo in American-flag
bottoms.
Noting that the Nixon Administration is committed
to a program for the construction of 300 new U.S.flag ships for foreign trade and that the Maritime
Administration plans a campaign to encourage Amer
ican businesses to "Ship American," the congressman
declared:
"This is not enough. The government must be
committed in terms of its own cargo to 'Shipping
American' if it ever hopes to encourage industry to
do the same. In short, we must put up or shut up."
The New Jersey Democrat recalled that another
member of Congress, Representative Joseph P. Addabbo (D-N.Y.), spoke recently to the MTD luncheon
and called for the government to set a goal of 100
percent of its cargo in U.S.-flag ships. Howard added:
"This is only right and just. If the government is
going to keep a commitment to our merchant marine,
it must keep that commitment down the line—in
terms of cargo, in terms of our domestic fleet, in
terms of the Great Lakes, or our inland waterways,
or our shipbuilding industry."
He predicted passage of the Administration's pro
gram to bolster the merchant marine but questioned:
"What we don't know is what kind of cargo is going
to fill those ships when they start coming out of the
shipyards?"
He pointed out to the audience that there are laws
which require that a minimum of half of the cargo of
federal agencies be shipped in American-flag vessels.
Howard continued, "Now, this is a 'law and order'
administration. And as such, I think it incumbent on
them to make sure these laws are obeyed, too ... No
bureaucrat should decide for himself when the gov
ernment is going to violate its own laws."
The congressman offered a challenge to the rep
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resentatives of unions present in his audience. He
suggested that American labor should conduct a pub
lic relations campaign to "convince government and
industry that it is in their best interest and in the
nation's best interest to 'Ship American.'"
Conference Prahed
"A rare and powerful combination" was forged by
the recent conference on noncontiguous trade spon
sored by MTD and the Transportation Institute, Rep
resentative Howard W. Pollock (R-Alaska) said in his
speech. "When labor and industry join together with
government to solve a common problem, there can
be little doubt an answer will be found."
The congressman, whose constituents will be vital
ly affected by recommendations that will be forth
coming from the conference, said the sessions "proved
that (labor) could recognize a serious problem. More
over, they are proving that such a problem can be
licked by bringing together all of the parties and
working diligently until a just and fair answer is
found." (See story on the conference on page 3.)
"Alaska is almost completely dependent upon
waterborne commerce for her survival," Pollock told
his audience, "(but) she has much to contribute in
return." Enormous reserves of vital minerals as well
as the huge oil resources on Alaska's North Slope
will require ships to get to markets, he said.
Pollock, who the day before his speech to MTD
announced his candidacy for the Republican nomina
tion for governor of Alaska, sziid that "construction
subsidies should be granted to noncontiguous car
riers" and "tax-deferred construction reserve funds
should be extended to the noncontiguous trade."
Noting that shipping between domestic ports must
be carried in American-flag bottoms, under provi
sions of the Jones Act, Pollock said: "I know that
any change in the Jones Act can only be made after
thorough study and deliberation, for the potential
effect on the American merchant fleet—and the cur
rent attempts to rejuvenate it—are of paramount
importance."
He acknowledged that "the American-flag fleet ex
ists to a large extent only because of the protection
afforded by the Jones Act." The U.S. fleet has been
strained by the Vietnam War, he added, urging his
audience to "consider what would happen should the
United States face another emergency across any
ocean."
To this he added another reason to protect the
U.S.-flag fleet: "We must not place ourselves in a
position where we are dependent upon foreign-flag
shipping for domestic cargo. Past history has shown
that those who become dependent upon others for
transportation can pay a terrible price for that
dependency."
As Alaska's only congressman and as a guberna
torial hopeful. Pollock said he looked forward to
working with MTD and the Transportation Institute
in the study of the factors affecting waterborne com
merce to his state. "I know an answer will be found,"
he said, "because an answer must be found."
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Lasf of Sidewheelers
San Francisco
An epic 9,000 mile journey ended last
month when a 56-year-old sidewheeler tug
boat paddled under the Golden Gate to dock
at her new home here.
The restored tugboat, the Eppleton Hall,
is thought to be the last of her kind. She com
pleted a voyage from Newcastle, England, to
a berth at the San Francisco Maritime Mu
seum.
During the six-month journey that took
the 10-man crew to Africa, across the At
lantic and through the Panama Canal at a
top speed of 5 knots, the 105-foot tugboat
was battered by three Atlantic storms.
The vessel was discovered on a mudflat
on the Tyne River by Scott Newhall, execu
tive editor of the San Francisco Chronicle
and founding director of the Maritime Mu
seum. She was burned out and scheduled,
for destruction.
Newhall bought the sidewheeler and re
stored her at a cost of $150,000, including
conversion of the original coal-burning en
gines to diesel and replacement of woodwork.
Nixon Plans Lakes Cleanup
Washington
Lake Huron, second largest of
the Great Lakes, was the first to
be discovered by the seventeenth
century explorers. So impressed
were they at the freshness and
beauty of this vast inland water
way, they named it the "Sweet
Sea."
Today, enormous sections of
the Great Lakes—including vir
tually all of Lake Erie—is heav
ily contaminated with industrial
pollutants. Commercial fishing is
restricted in some areas of Lake
Huron and Lake Michigan, and
has been completely halted in
Lake Erie, once a major supplier
of perch, sturgeon and whitefish.
Some of the major rivers flow
ing into the Lakes—the Chicago
River, the Cuyahoga in Cleve
land, and the Maumee in To
ledo—have been labelled fire
hazards because of heavy con
centrations of industrial oil
waste.
Fishing Halted
Fishing in the St. Clair River
and Lake St. Clair, below Port
Huron, has been halted because
of accidental spillage of mercury
from a plant in Sarnia, Canada.
In an effort to clean up the
Lakes, President Nixon last
month called upon Congress to
take action on a White House
bill which would stop the dump
ing of polluted dredge waste into
the Great Lakes.
The bill would concentrate on
some 35 harbors around the
Lakes, setting up "containment
areas" for the dumping of dredge
wastes. The cost would run about
May 1970
$70 million, to be divided be
tween federal, state and local
governments.
Interim Method
President Nixon said that the
containment area plan repre
sented an interim method for
waste disposal, until other ways
are found to take care of the
problem. The President also
served notice that he plans to
deal with the broader problem of
dumping in the oceans.
The White House proposal to
control Lakes pollution would:
• "Discontinue disposal of pol
luted dredge materials into the
Great Lakes by the Corps of
Engineers and private interests
as soon as land disposal sites are
available.
• "Require the disposal of pol
luted dredge spoil in containment
areas located at sites established
by the Corps of Engineers and
approved by the Secretary of the
Interior.
• "Require states and other non
federal interests to provide onehalf the cost of constructing con
tainment areas and also provide
needed lands and other rights.
• "Require the Secretary of the
Army, after one year, to suspend
dredging if local interests were
not making reasonable progress
in attaining disposal sites.
• "Direct the Secretary of the
Army to make periodic reports
of progress under this program to
the Chairman of the Council on
Environmental Quality."
"This bill represents a major
step forward in cleaning up the
Great Lakes," the President said.
"On the other hand, it under
lines the- need to begin the task
of dealing with the broader prob
lem of dumping in the ocean."
About 48 million tons of dredg
ing, sludge and other materials
are annually dumped off the
coastlines of the United States.
Four more Seafarers have re
ceived their Coast Guard licenses
after graduation from the School
of Marine Engineering, co-spon
sored by the SIU and the Marine
Engineers Beneficial Association
—District 2.
They bring the total number
of Seafarers to receive their li
censes after completing the com
prehensive training program to
376.
Arthur
Rathjens
Jerrold
Frazer
Arthur John Rathjens, 30,
graduated and received a Tem
porary Third Assistant Engineer's
license on March 9. He joined
the SIU in the Port of New York
in 1967 and sailed as an oiler,
brother Rathjens and the en
tire engine department of the
Buckeye Atlantic were commend
ed in 1969 for handling an emer
gency at sea. A veteran of the
Marines, he is living in Milford,
Conn.
Robert
Reynolds
Robert
Blair
Jerrold Hubert Frazer, 30, re
ceived a Temporary Third Assist
ant Engineer's license from the
Coast Guard after his graduation
on March 10. Seafarer Frazer
sailed as a fireman-oiler-watertender since joining the SIU in
1967 at the Port of San Fran
cisco. He lives in his native state
of California. He served in the
Navy from 1957 to 1960.
Rohert Forrest Reynolds, 48,
graduated on March 10 with a
Third Assistant Engineer's li
cense. He joined the SIU in the
Port of Mobile in 1968 and sailed
as an oiler before entering the
School of Marine Engineering.
He lives in his native state of
Alabama.
Robert Charles Blair, 37,
sailed as a qualified member of
the engine department before en
tering the school. He graduated
on March 25 with a Temporary
Third Assistant Engineer's li
cense. Brother Blair joined the
SIU in the Port of Seattle in
1963. He is a Philadelphia na
tive now living in Seattle. He
served in the Navy from 1950
to 1952.
Bill Sets Reef Fafe
For Liberfy SA/ps
Washington
What do you do with the old
"Liberty Ships" that are sched
uled to be scrapped?
Representative George Bush
(R-Tex.) has an idea. He re
cently introduced a bill that
would allow the Maritime Ad
ministration to use the ships as
"fish havens."
The obsolete vessels in the re
serve fleet would be sunk and
used as "offshore artificial reefs."
Obsolete ships aren't the only
things which could be used to
create artificial reefs. The New
Bedford, Mass., Standard-Times
recently editorialized that an In
terior Department plan to use
junk cars for the same purpose
would use "waste . . . for a con
structive purpose that promotes
rather than pollutes."
But for the old Liberty Ships,
such a use would return the ves
sels to the seas in the tradition of
seafarers.
Rescue Downed Pilots
SIU Men Receive Heroism Medal
Seattle
Three SIU members, who
risked their lives by jumping into
heavy seas to rescue two downed
Air Force pilots, have been
awarded the Merchant Marine
Meritorious Service Medal here.
The Seafarers, sailing aboard
the Anniston Victory, jumped
into icy seas with safety lines to
help the exhausted airmen aboard
ship. The rescue occurred on
Feb. 26, 1968.
Medals were presented by
Maritime Administration repre
sentative Frank I. Huxtable to
ordinary seamen James B. Har
rington and Theodore Zieser and
ablebodied seaman Morgan L.
Jones in the Seattle Union Hall.
The citation read, in part:
"Gale conditions, with waves
of 20 to 30 feet, made launching
of a lifeboat too risky. . . . The
outstanding courage and deter
mination shown by the three sea
men in successfully effecting the
rescue of the downed pilots un
der extremely hazardous condi
tions merit great praise, and are
in keeping with the highest tra
ditions of the United States Mer
chant Marine."
Seafarer James B. Harrington (right) one of three SIU members
honored for jumping overboard into heavy seas to rescue two downed
Air Force pilots, receives his commendation in the Seattle nnion hall
from Maritime Administration representative Frank I. Hnxtable.
Harrington is wearing the Merchant Marine Meritorious Service Medid.
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�Right Wing Proiect
After Federal Help
Washington
A proposed federal road proj
ect in Arkansas is exclusively for
the benefit of a far right antiSemitic religious tourist attrac
tion sponsored by Gerald L. K.
Smith, five
Philadelphia Con
gressmen charged in a letter to
Secretary of Transportation John
A. Volpe.
The five Congressmen said:
"Use of federal funds for this
project will make the federal
government a partner in the
promotion of hate mongering
and anti-Semitism."
The letter charged that the
road upgrading project would
exclusively serve a tourist attrac
tion at Eureka Springs, featuring
a seven-story statue, "Christ of
the Ozarks," and adjoining facil
ities for a passion play operated
by the Elna M. Smith Founda
tion.
The Congressmen said the
foundation is a front organiza
tion for Smith, a long-time spon
sor of causes that are blatantly
anti-Semitic. The foundation is
named for his wife.
The letter said Smith's "career
as a merchant of venom need
not be elaborated on by us." It
was signed by Reps. William A.
Barrett, Robert N. C. Nix, James
A. Byrne, Joshua Eilberg and
William J. Green.
They objected to the $227,000
paving project on two grounds—
constitutionality and require
ments for federal funding of
such projects.
Alluding to the religious con
tent of the shrine, the Congress
men contended that "serious con
stitutional questions are raised by
the nature of the tourist attrac
tion the road will serve."
They referred to a report by
the National Jewish Community
Relations Council which calls
the play an "anti-Semitic tract,
the whole theme of which is that
Jews are guilty of Deicide."
The letter continued: "Centuries
of prejudice, hate and blood
letting have flowed from that
loathsome cant and it is hardly
the appropriate business of the
United States government to as
sist its continued propagation.
"The funding formula appears
to violate the mandate of the
Federal Aid Secondary Road
Program, in that it clearly ignores
the 50 percent federal, 50 percent
matching fund requirement,"
they wrote.
Under the proposal, the Bu
reau of Public Roads of DOT
has tentatively agreed to provide
half the funds, about $113,750.
Another 30 percent of the
monies, about $68,250, are to
come from the Ozarks Regional
Commission which is funded by
the Economic Development Ad
ministration of the Department
of Commerce.
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Boston
New York
Philadelphia ......
Baltimore
Norfolk .....H........4
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Tampa .................
Mobile
New Orleans
Houston
Wilmington
San Francisco
Seattle
Totals
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With some of the crew signing off the Transindiana (Seatrain)
after a recent 31-day voyage to North Europe, these shipmates
got together at payoff for a farewell photo. From left, they
are: R. Manaiza, messman; Ralph Trotman, baker; K. B.
Samat, ablebodied seaman; R. J. Burton, hosun, and James
McDevitt, ordinary seaman. The ship was tied up at Seatrain's
new terminal in Weehawken, NJ.
Charles E. James has become
the 62nd Seafarer to obtain a
license from the Deck Officer's
School jointly sponsored by the
SIU and the Associated Mari
time Officers Union.
TOTAL SHIPPED REGISTERED ON BEACH
All Groups
An Groups
Class A ClassB
Oass A ClassB ClassC
5
6
7
9
2
81
200
143
72
11
10
27
2
0
22
38
23
109
39
13
28
34
20
3
24
35
22
25
44
19
• 0
4
0
14
83
49
19
0
12
73
83
121
83
4
64
153
119
98
14
16
52
59
52
31
96
38
103
23
91
16
39
26
49
37
973
625
117
540
544
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Port
TOTAL REGISTERED
REGISTERED ON BE
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
An Groups
All Groups
" Class A Class B
Class A ClassB Class C
. Class A ClassB
Boston
.4
4
6
4
2
4
2
New York
100
122
74
149
87
24
136
Philadelphia
9
13
7
29
0
15
5
Baltimore
49
32
33
69
57
27 3
Norfolk
8
32
35
10
31
7
14
Jacksonville
16
45
17
39
18
• 44
4
Tampa
3
13
11
0
0
1
Mobile
28
43
20
23
• 56
71
New Orleans .......
71
. 74
7
92
51
72
89
97
Houston
137
75
70
104: 142
10
Wilmington
26
50
36
10
20
16
21
San Francisco .....
68
98
70
46
78
36
45
Seattle ...................
35
38
26
31
32
35
11
Totals
514
699
410
709
502
137
611
After successfully completing
the school's courses. Brother
James received his Second Mate's
License on March 26.
A man who has been a dili
gent member of the union. Sea
farer James trained lifeboatman
and able seaman in New York
in 1969 before entering the
school.
He has also served the Union
while out at sea by acting as
Ship's Delegate.
A native of Minden, La.,
Brother James joined the SIU
in the Port of Houston in 1956.
Served in Army
He served in the Army from
1947 to 1955 and received the
Korean Service Medal, the U.N.
Service Medal and the National
Defense Service Medal.
The school, which opened in
February 1966, offers upgrading
opportunities to young and old
Seafarers alike. In short, to any
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TOTAL REGISTERED
TOTAL SHIPPED REGISTERED ON BEACH
All Groups
All Groups
All Groups
; Port
Class A ClassB
Class A ClassB Class C
Class A Class B
5
6
3
1 Boston ..................
5
6
5
1
s New York
73
50
. .
68
51
37
26
V
134
8
' Philadelphia
9
, 8
16
5,
21
1
35
Baltimore
20
27
16
9
81
43
10
Norfolk
21
9
20
10
24
20
Jacksonville
17
. 15 • .
14
18
21
16
16
7
3 •
Tampa
, 1
4
0
11
2
33
hlobile ..................
37
20
.
12
74
17
0
82
New Orleans ........
53
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66
51
123
53
2
100
61
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56.
Houston
47
'
175
32
17
16
Wilmington
13
22
23
19
18
11'
68
70
29
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66
74 :
62
38
35
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29
36
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483 , 385
781 . • 367
292
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TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
Class A ClassB
8
5
127
93
20
15
55 ' 37
21
23
29
33
5
11
38
20
75
84
111
129
38
54
81
110
46
35
654
649
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Charles E. James
. . . Receives License
Seafarer wanting to climb the
seniority ladder.
The first of its type in the in
dustry, the school is run under
a reciprocal agreement between
the SIU and the Associated Mari
time Officers Union.
Upgrading Seafarers
Seafarers wishing to partici
pate in the program can begin
training at any time. There is no
set length for the course, but
rather it is geared to the man's
ability and knowledge, and the
degree of his preparation for
the examination.
Like the engineer's upgrading
school, the deck officer's train
ing program was begun in line
with the SIU's objective of en
couraging and assisting unli
censed Seafarers in upgrading
themselves to better paying jobs.
There is no expense involved
for Seafarers. They are provided
with meals, lodging and subsis
tence payments of $110 a week
while in the program.
Deck department Seafarers
who are interested in taking ad
vantage of this training program
may apply at any SIU hall; write
directly to SIU headquarters at
675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn,
N.Y. 11232, or telephone the
school at (212) 768-0561.
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London
Three major British manufac
turers of hovercraft vessels have
run into financial difficulties in
efforts to develop a market for
the unusual craft.
More than 50 of the Britishdesigned vehicles have been built
since the 1950's for military, in
dustrial, and commercial pas
senger service, but big orders
have been slow to develop be
cause of doubts on cost and per
formance.
The largest hovercraft being
produced in England is the 165ton SRN-4. It is priced at about
$3.6 million, and carries 250
passengers and 30 cars. Four of
the craft are now in ferry serv
ice crossing the English Channel.
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Union members are being
urged by AFL-CIO President
George Meany to support the
1970 crusade of the American
Cancer Society. He pointed out
that the fight against cancer is
vital because although 1.5 mil
lion Americans have been cured
of the disease, more than 100,000 cancer patients died last year
who might have been saved by
earlier diagnoses and better treat
ment.
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Amid Spiraling Inflation
Washington
Workers' buying power con
tinued to decline during March
while the nation suffered under
its highest rate of inflation in
20 years and employment con
tinued to climb the Labor Depart
ment has reported.
Goods and services that cost
$100 in 1958 have jumped in
price to $133.20, according to
the Consumer Price Index for
March released by the Bureau
of Labor Statistics (ELS).
In the language of statistics,
ELS said that the cost-of-living
rose 0.5 percent to 133.2 during
March. This means that the same
goods and services cost a total
of 50 cents more than they did
in February.
The largest monthly increase
in medical care services in 3Vi
years (see story page 23) and
sharp rises in mortgage interest
rates for the second straight
month led the price spiral.
The March index was 6.1 per
cent higher than that of March
1969, marking the third month
during which it cost $6 more
to buy the same commodities than
it did 12 months before.
Highest Since 1951
The average price index in
creases for the first three months
US, Jobless Rolls
Continue to Climb
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of 1970, averaging over 6 per
cent, are the highest since the
Korean War year of 1951, when
the index rose 8 percent. Last
year's rise was a comparatively
modest 5.4 percent over 1968.
Gross average weekly earnings
of production and non-supervi
sory workers were $117.55 in
March, a rise of 68 cents from
the previous month and $5.88
over the year.
However, this seeming gain in
buying power—when adjusted
for price increases—shows that
real earnings were down 66 cents
a week from March 1969.
Earnings Up
Spendable earnings—average
weekly pay after social security
and federal income tax deduc
tions—rose by 53 cents in March
to $103.10 for the worker with
three dependents. This was a 5.5
percent rise over the last 12
months.
The ELS index showed that
take home pay expressed in 1958
dollars to reflect price changes—
called real spendable earnings—
was $77.40 for the worker with
three dependents. In other words,
what would have cost $77.40 in
1958, cost $100 in March 1970.
Home mortgage interest rates
accounted for 28 percent of the
CPl increase. Other services as
sociated with housing—property
taxes, repair services, telephone,
water and sewage services—also
went up.
The cost of medical services
rose a full 1 percent during the
month.
About 44,000 workers covered
by cost-of-living wage clauses will
receive raises ranging from 2 to
9 cents an hour.
Washington
of 1 percent since February. This
Unemployment continued to is a total rise of more than 1
skyrocket during the month of percent in the past year.
• Unemployment among white
March to a point where 44 out
of every 1,000 potential workers workers rose from 3.8 to 4.1 per
—4.4 percent of the labor force cent in the last month. Negro un
—were out of work, according employment rose one-tenth of a
to the Bureau of Labor Statistics percent to 7.1 percent.
(ELS).
• The jobless rate for white
This is the highest percentage collar workers went from 2.3 to
of unemployed in AVi years, with 2.7 percent, while blue collar un
a total of 3.7 million workers, employed edged from 5 to 5.2
percent. Both rates have risen by
unable to find work.
Labor Department figures show more than five-tenths of I per
unemployment rose 0.9 percent cent since the beginning of 1970.
during the first three months of
• There are 692,000 persons
1970, adding nine workers per unemployed for 15 weeks or
1,000 to the jobless rolls—the longer, the highest number in the
largest quarterly increase since past four years.
1960.
• Unemployment in manu
The AFL-CIO appealed for an facturing (4.7 percent) and con
"immediate change in national struction (8.1 percent) were un
economic policy" to halt unem changed for the month.
ployment coupled with similtaneous inflation. Labor called on
Congress to enact a public jobs
program to reverse this trend.
Employment Rises
Harold Goldstein, assistant
commissioner of ELS, said a
substantial rise in the labor force
in March caused an increase in
the unemployment rate even
though total employment rose
moderately.
He commented: "It's difficult
NGENUITY OF AMERICAN Seafarers
to understand why the labor force
came through when the power plant
is increasing when jobs are hard
of the Steel Admiral broke down six days
er to get."
Economists advanced several
out of Hong Kong. The crew fashioned
possibilities:
an oil-drum stove so cooks could make
1—Women may be coming
meals
for an on-deck cookout while the
into the labor force to find work
ship was towed to Hong Kong for repairs.
because of the rising cost of liv
ing and as a hedge against the
possibility their husbands will be
laid off.
2—More men may be coming
into the job market from the
Armed Forces.
The ELS figures revealed total
unemployment rose by one mil
lion since March 1969.
A breakdown of the statistics
show that the trend affects all
segments of the population, for
example:
• The unemployment rate for
adult women moved up from 4.1
to 4.5, percent during March.
This is the highest mark in two
years, a 1 percent rise since late
last year.
• March unemployment rate
of 2.9 percent for adult men
showed only a slight rise from
February's statistics but was also
a rise of 1 percent since late last
year.
• The teenage jobless rate of
13.9 percent was up five-tenths
SlU at Mental Health Seminar
SIU Chicago Port Agent Frank "Lottie" Aubusson (right) and Victor
Bussie, president of the Louisiana AFL-CIO, look over the annual
report of the Mental Health Association of Greater Chicago. Aubus
son represented the SIU at a special seminar on the problems of the
mentally ill held last month in Chicago.
Fish Losing Fins, Tails,
Lives to Foul Ocean
Man's pollution of the Atlan
tic Ocean is robbing fish of their
fins and tails and may eventual
ly kill off many species of ma
rine life by destroying their abil
ity to reproduce.
This alarming fact came to
light recently after the discov
ery of fish in Atlantic waters
off the coast of New Jersey
whose fins and tails were eaten
away by bacteria contained in
sludge and pollutants similar to
those dumped into the ocean reg
ularly by coastal cities such as
New York.
John Clark, acting director of
the Sandy Hook Marine Labora
tory in New Jersey, said the de
formities are or.ly one sign of
the havoc caused in the under
sea environment by the dumping
of sewage sludge and other pol
lutants.
Pollution not only deforms
and kills fish, said Clark, but it
also can make fish infertile and
unfit for human consumption.
"It has been proven that men
haden, a commercial fish used
for fertilizer and oil. have DDT
and detergent in their spawn and
there is very little reproduction.
The same applies to many other
species of fish, such as fluke,"
said Leonard Nelson, president
of the North Jersey Commercial
Fishermen's Association.
Dining Out
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Crew members jmy-i^ed this stove behind
the house fw Steel Admiral's cooks. Kneel
ing in front is carpentn- Nick Swokla. Others
are (firmn left) W. Valiie, chief cook; Juan
Rivera, baker; E. Tinsly, third cool^ J.
Wheeler, messman; D. Keefcr, bosun, and
K. Benzales, ordinary sexunan.
A calm and sunny sky in the Luzon Straits accommo^tes the crew of the Steel Admiral as
they dine on deck. Hie ship's carpenter, Nick
Swokla, and other crewmembers built a stove
on deck so that the steward, I. Avecilla, and
his gtdky crew could prepare meals.
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Commemorate
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would think of sailing with
men, women and children on
a frail 90-foot wooden ship
across unchartered seas. Yet
on Sept. 6 it will be 350 years
since 102 people succeeded in
just such a voyage.
They left from Plymouth,
England, on a bark named the
Mayflower and after a 66-day
journey landed in America and
founded the first self-governing
colony here.
On May 2, celebrations be
gan in England and Holland
commemorating the courage of
these strong-willed voyagers.
The reason for the celebra
tions in Holland is that in 1607
the Pilgrims fled to that counA replica of the Mayflower (above) sailed the Atlantic in 1957. The
original ship on which the Pilgrims set sail for the New World was
only 90 feet long. It carried 102 men, women and children for 66 days
across an unknown and stormy ocean.
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were being persecuted for their
religious beliefs. In July 1620,
35 Pilgrims set sail for Eng
land from Delfshaven, Holland,
and joined contingents from
London and other parts of Eng
land before sailing for the New
World.
Plymouth will be the center
for celebration in the British
Isles but other towns where the
Pilgrims spent time will be
joining in the festivities. There
is even some good natured
rivalry involved in the celebra
tions.
For instance, Mrs. Kathie
Johnson, the mayor of South
hampton, England, accused the
Lord Mayor of Plymouth of
"filching our history." She con
tends that it was only by ac
cident that the Pilgrims left
England from the Port of Ply
mouth.
They had really left from
Southhampton, she says, and
only pulled into Plymouth when
the Mayflower's sister ship, the
Speedwell, sprung a leak.
Well, whether you prefer
Southhampton or Plymouth,
you should agree that the May
flower was a good ship with a
good crew.
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town of Delfshaven, Holland, where 35 Pil
grims set sail for England. Some Pilgrims
had originally gone to Holland in 1607 to
escape persecution in England only to re
turn to England before sailing for America.
Seafarers Lot
�These are the Barbican Steps In Plymouth, England, firom
which the PUgrims stepped out for America on S^t 6,
1620. On May 2, celebrations started in this, as well as
other English and Dutch towns, in commemortdion of flie
men and women who crossed the unchartered Ocean.
This drawing shows the peaceful harbor of Delfshaven,
Holland, from which 35 Pilgrims set saU in 1620 to meet
their brethem in England and find a new life in America.
This lovely country .house in Austerfield, England, was tihe
birthplace of William Bradford, a Pilgrim who became the first
governor'of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Could these pillars in a church in Abingdon, Eng
land, be the masts from the Pilgrims' ship May
flower? Legend says they are. The Pilgrims
founded the first self-governing colony in Ameri
ca and called it Plymouth.
May 1970
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�After Years of Neglect
Seafarers Widow Pension Increase
Aids SIU Veterans
Lauds Kindness
To (he Editor:
I would like to thank Mrs.
Spencer of the New Orleans SIU
Hall; Mr. Steward of Isthmian
Lines; Captain Williams and the
men aboard the* Steel Surveyor
for their help and kindness dur
ing the death of my husband,
Charles Hyde. Thanks also to
the wonderful union, the SIU,
which he was so proud of.
Thanks Again to all,
Mrs. Charles (Sis) Hyde
Avondale, La.
One 'Old Salt'
Meets Real Salt
After many years of neglect by previous Ad
ministrations of this nation's maritime woes,
Congressmen are taking a wide and vigorous in
terest in a wide variety of subjects that affect
SIU members. Behind this interest stands a polential for action that could enhance our nation's
economy and provide greater opportunities for
Seafarers.'
An example of the diversity of subjects now
being tackled by Congresmen can be found on
page 4 of this issue of the Seafarers Log. There
Congressman James M. Hanley (D-N.Y.) calls
for the protection of the inland waterways in
dustry; Congressman James J. Howard (DN.J.) demands that the government, as well as
American industry, place more cargo in Ameri
can-flag bottoms, and Congressman Howard W.
Pollock (R-Alaska) urges aid for the Americanflag ships that service the noncontiguous areas
of Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Guam.
Nor does the list stop there. Newspapers daily
carry stories of Congressmen calling for new
vitality in every area of the maritime world,
from fishing to oceanography, from rebuilding
the depleted Great Lakes fleet to reviving our
deteriorated ocean-going merchant marine.
Why have Congressmen "discovered" the
marine world after years of inattention?
One reason is that the SIU, together with her
sister unions in the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades
Department, launched a campaign more than
three years ago to inform Congressmen on the
needs of our nation's merchant marine. Nearly
every week since that time. Congressmen have
gathered with representatives of MTD unions,
the marine industry and federal agencies at
weekly luncheons in Washington, D.C.
These luncheons, sponsored by the MTD,
have brought face-to-face exchanges of facts and
ideas that have stimulated an awareness of our
industry that simply didn't exist before.
No longer are our maritime problems hidden
from view. No longer is our maritime potential
veiled behind a curtain of ignorance.
This progress can be attributed to a large
degree to activities of the SIU.
The interest and knowledge that has blossomed
is good. It has provided a foundation for action.
Our next job is to follow through so that Sea
farers—together with their brothers in the ship
building and support industries—will have avail
able to them more jobs and greater opportu
nities in the fields they have chosen for their
life's work.
SIU Opens Vacation Center
The Seafarers International Union has de
veloped a vacation center at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at Piney Point, Md.
The center section of this issue of the Seafarers
Log spells out the details of the new and unique
union program to make available to Seafarers
and their families first-class vacations at the low
est possible cost.
Why would a union develop a vacation center
for its members? Because that's what a union
is all about. We are joined together in the com
mon cause of helping one another to achieve
the better life. Each new service that can be
provided is another notch in our scale of suc
cess of the union.
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Seafarers are often away from their families
for months at a time. Theirs is a hard life. The
vacation center at Piney Point will give SIU
members and their families a chance to enjoy
themselves in comfort—to escape for a little
while the day-to-day pressures that must be
met the rest of the year.
Fishing and swimming, tennis and sailing,
soaking up the sun and exploring the lands that
form the coast of the Chesapeake Bay area—
good food, large, clean rooms and someone to
do the dishes, make the beds. These are some
of the things that are now available at the SIU's
summer vacation center.
And it belongs to you. Take advantage of it.
To the Editor:
Some years ago, while enroute
by plane from Boston to New
Orleans, I got into a conversa
tion with the gentleman sitting
next to me.
He did all the talking.
He said that he was a small
businessman from Washington,
D.C. On weekends and holidays
he would go boating. He said he
had made several trips by boat
from Washington to Baltimore.
But the most interesting and
longest trip he had ever made
was to Maine.
He exclaimed;
"You have no idea what it is
like to be on the high seas under
the stars and going places."
During our conversation he
often used nautical terms to give
the impression that he was an
"Old Salt."
He sounded so enthusiastic that
I didn't want to interrupt him.
Finally, he got around to asking
what my line of work was.
Imagine his surprise when I
confessed that I had been in the
merchant marine all of my life,
and had just returned frcMn - a
trip around the world.
Fraternany,
Richard Martinez M-8
Philadeiphia, Fa.
Thanks Given
For SIU Check
To the Editor:
I would like to express my
deepest and sincerest thanks for
the Seafarers Welfare Fund
check and your words of condo
lences for the loss of my beloved
husband, Theodore J. Johnson.
Thanks again.
Mrs. Sadie Johnson
Sanlt Ste. Marie, Mich.
SIU Wife Praises
Welfare Plan Aid
To flie Editw:
I would like to express my
thanks to the Seafarers Welfare
Plan and to the SIU for the
benefits they paid to the Long
Beach P.acific Ho^al and Doc
tor Larson M.D.
My broken foot and crushed
heel are much better now.
I also thank Shirley, Linda and
Jerry of the SIU Hall in Wil
mington, Calif. Thanks to the
captain and crew of the Steel
Seafarer that my husband is still
on.
Sincerely yours,
Cleo Mangao
Wilmington, Calif.
(The following two letters were
received as a result of the recent
pension increase for SlU-affiliated Inland Boatmen's Union
members. As of March 1, 1970
the IBU pension was raised from
$175 to $200 a month.)
To the Editon
I wish to thank you very much
for the increase I received in the
check for the month of April.
It came as a surprise indeed,
a very nice one, because the
prices of everything are so high.
We can really use it.
So in appreciation I remain.
Yours respectfully,
Adolph MiOer
Noifolk, Va.
To the Editmr:
Received the two checks this
month and appreciate your ef
forts in getting me extra money
each inonth for my pension. It
really comes in handy in this day
and time. Hope this finds you in
the best of health.
Sincerely,
Lewis Wilgus
Ocean View, DeL
Grieving Spouse
Thanks Friends
To the Editor:
It is with a very heavy aching
heart that I take pen in hand to
thank everyone of the Seafarers
International Union of North
America, Atlantic and Gulf Dis
trict—to each and everyone of
Mr. Robert Hall's Waterman
Shore Gang and their lovely
wives in San Francisco, Calif.,
and Mr. Don Bartlett's Sea-Land
Shore Gang in Oakland, Calif.,
and Mr. Walter Reidy and Mr.
Harry Larson for their sincere
sympathy and offers of financial
aid, and all the beautiful floral
arrangements sent to my be
loved husband in San Francisco,
Calif., and in Denver, Colo., and
to his wonderful, dear family in
Aurora, Colo.
Without their individual under
standing and my strong belief in
God, I'm afraid I would never
have been strong enough to bear
my sorrow. And the many, many
sympathy Cards received in my
mail touched me deeply.
I received consolation from
"Dear Bill's" Honorary Bearers,
Mr. Robiert Hall, Francis Fisher,
Gill Glennie, Trento Gori Jr.,
Olav Gustavsen, Frederick Gosse,
Harry Hanson, Michael Iwaski,
David Jones, James Pullium,
Clifford Prevatt, Ralph Smith,
Richard Worley.
"My Dear Bill" was such a
proud and dedicated SIU mem
ber.
Such a great loss to so many
of us. I am still unable to accept
it
"Heartbroken"
Mrs. WilUam Henry Rogers
San Francisco, CaBf.
Named by CLC
Ottawa
,The Canadian Labor Congress
has named Jean Beaudry of
Montreal, a Steelworkers' repre
sentative since 1954 as an exec
utive vice president. William C.
Y. McGregor, a Railway and Air
lines Clerks' Union vice president
was named a CLC general vice
president.
Seafarers Log
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�A. R. Norton is a veteran seafarer. An oiler, he is pictured here
standing at the control panel of the Steel Scientist. Norton remained
aboard the Isthmian vessel for another four-month voyage.
Johnny Hager is making his second
trip as wiper on the Steel Scientist.
He plans to attend the Harry Lundeherg School of Seamanship to up
grade to fireman-oiler-watertender.
Steel Scientist:
India and Back
nriHE STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian) came in to Erie Basin in New York
A harbor to pay-off after a four-month voyage to India. The C-3 was
loaded deep with general cargo. The crew said the crossing was smooth
with very few beefs and only a few disputed overtime hours. After tak
ing on cargo and signing on a new crew, the Steel Scientist cast off her
lines and set a course for India and the ports of Calcutta, Bombay,
Madras and Chittagong, East Pakistan.
Dockside after the four-month voyage to the Indian Ocean, the Steel
Scientist takes on cargo for another run. Stops this time include Calcutta,
Bombay, Madras and Chittagong. This picture was taken in Erie Basin.
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Kenneth Linah, oiler on the
Steel Scientist and engine dele
gate, enjoys a hearty meal in the
crew's mess after standing watch.
Linah said the trip to India was
a good one—^no heefs in the
engine department
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E. D. Strait has been sailing with the SIU
for many years and often accepts the re
sponsibility of being the steward depart
ment delegate. Strait is seen here in the
galley helping prepare the evening meal
for a very hungry crew.
Ik*'v'Sf'.
"Service with a Smile" is the motto of
Pantryman Juan Borras. The crew agreeed
that the combination of good service and
wholesome menus helped to make the long
voyage a pleasant mie.
May 1970
Chief Cook Isia Gray, at left, is
another veteran seafarer who
likes the long run to India. Gray
is seen here preparing meat for
the dinner menu. The crew had
high praise for the work of en
tire steward department.
�SlU ARRIVALS
Astrid Vega, bom Jan. 28,
1970, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Rafael F. Vega, Ponce, P.R.
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Florentia and Helen Trikoglou,
born March 26, 1970, to Sea
farer and Mrs. Antonios M.
Trikoglou, Baltimore, Md.
Shannon Currera, born Feb.
4, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Anthony J. Currera, Chalmette,
La.
Debra Voliva, bom Feb. 9,
1970, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Joseph T. Voliva, Belhaven, N.C.
Chow Time on the Sylyania
Steve Priola, porter on the Sylvania, serves dinner to two hungry
crewmembers during fit-out for the 1970 season on the Great Lakes.
From left are Art El Modhsi, wiper, and John Hall, firenian.
Brazil Claiming 200-Mile Limit
Brazilia
Brazil's recent decision to ex
tend its sea frontier out to 200
miles leaves only two South
American coastal countries, Co
lombia and Venezuela, without
a 200-mile territorial seas limit.
One-by-one in recent years, the
countries of South America have
broadened their claims of control
over the high seas, despite the
lack of precedent for such action
in international law.
Peru and Ecuador, along with
several of their neighbors who
also claim a 200-mile limit, have
used this self-proclaimed 200-mile
zone to seize U.S. tunaboats
fishing in the area and hold the
vessels and crews until heavy
fines are paid for release of the
boats.
The United States .does not
recognize the 200-mile limit and
considers waters beyond 12 miles
of shore to be high seas.
Gretchen Ooutier, born Dec.
22, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Peter A. Cloutier, Portland, Me.
Hooper La Vigne, born to
Seafarer and Mrs. Hooper La
Vigne, Picayune, Miss.
Alecia Yeoman, born Feb. 13,
1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Al
bert R. Yeoman, Hartford, Ala.
Delmarie Anderson, born Dec.
6, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Sidney Anderson, Jr., New Orleans, La.
Christa Stanton, born Dec. 4,
1969, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Joseph C. Stanton, Philadelphia,
Pa.
Melinda Mitchell, born Jan.
24, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs.
sesfspens
James E. Mitchell, Charleston,
Mo.
1970, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Michael Zubovich, Houston, Tex.
Lamar Elliott, bom Dec. 2,
1969, to Seafarer and Mrs.
James N. Elliott, Portsmouth,
Va.
Grailen Archie, born Aug. 25,
1969, to Seafarer and Mrs.
James B. Archie, Baltimore, Md.
James Garrison, bom March
4, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Harry D. Garrison Jr., New
York, N.Y.
Selena Tillman, bom Feb. 1,
1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Wil
liam L. Tillman, Rio Nido, Calif.
Robert Santena, bom Jan. 18,
1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Rob
ert Santena, Houston, Tex.
Allan Rogers, born Oct. 28,
1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Allan
A. Rogers, Baltimore, Md.
Rosa Mattes, bom Jan. 19,
1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Julio
Mattos, Jr., Brooklyn, N.Y.
Penny Goss, born Jan. 2, 1970,
to Seafarer and Mrs. Billy R.
Goss, Liberty, Tex.
Daniel East, born Dec. 8,
1969. to Seafarer and Mrs. Nor
man East, Sulphur, La.
Jackie Robinson, born Jan. 30,
1970, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Jackie Robinson, Mobile, Ala.
Nadene Bullock, born Jan. 17,
1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Perry
L. Bullock, Texas City, Tex.
Kimberly Witherington, born
Jan. 14, 1970, to Seafarer and
Mrs. Robert H. Witnerington, , Richard Siusser, born March
21, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Daphne, Ala.
William N. Siusser, Seattle,
r Paul Alexanderian, bom Dec. Wash.
9, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Johnny Jordan, born Dec. 14,
Haik J. Alexanderian, San Fran1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Eddie
Cisco, Calif.
E. Jordan, Mobile, Ala.
Richard DiCostanzo, born Jan.
30, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Jose Castro, born Jan. 16,
Louis DiCostanzo, Staten Island, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Angel
N.Y.
Castro, New Orleans, La.
Nicole Moss, born Dec. 19,
Earl Adams, born March 24,
1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. John 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Earl
E. Moss, New Orleans, La.
Adams Sr., Mobile, Ala.
Troy Tillman, bom Dec. 29,
Wendee Seabaugh, born Feb.
1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Rob
7,
1970, to Seafarer and Mrs.
ert Tillman, Levittown, Pa.
Otis J. Seabaugh, Cape Girar
Pete Zubovich, born Feb. 9, deau, Mo.
Ships at Sea
In addition to the grievances and contract questions which are settled by
patrolmen at payoffs and sign-ons, and by the SIU Contract Enforcement De
partment, headquarters in New York receives communications from Seafarers
seeking contract interpretations.
These communications cover the range of working conditions, pension and
welfare questions, and other related subjects affecting Seafarers.
Because many of these questions are of general interest to the membership,
headquarters has arranged to have the questions and answers published regu
larly in the Log.
The following question was received relating to crewmembers in the steward
department who are required to do a missing man's work.
Question:
The third cook got sick while we were at sea, and the steward and first cook
had to take over his duties for seven days. How should they be paid for this
extra work?
Answer:
The answer to this question is contained in Article V, Section 7, of the NEW
STANDARD FREIGHTSHIP AGREEMENT.
This section covers three different situations where crewmembers in the
steward department might be required to do a missing man's work: (1) where
the vessel is in port- (2) where the vessel sails short; (3) where a crewmember
becomes sick or injured and remains aboard ship.
1. If the vessel'is in port and a member of the steward department is missing,
the men who do his work are paid overtime at their own overtime rate for
actual time worked over their normal eight hours.
2. If the vessel sails short, the men who actually do the missing man's work
will receive (a) a division of the missing man's wages; and (b) a division of the
overtime the missing man would have received for working Saturdays, Sundays
and holidays. This overtime is at the rate that the missing man would be en
titled to, not your overtime rate.
3. If a member of the steward department becomes ill or injured at sea, and
remains aboard the vessel, the men who actually do his work will receive a divi
sion of the missing man's wages, but they will not receive any overtime.
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The Overseas Vila (Maritime
Overseas) is bound for Yokosuka after touch
ing at the ports
of St. Croix and
Cristobal, and is
expected to pay
off in Balboa
around June 8.
Ship's SecretaryH. p.
Reporter H. P.
Du Cloux reports
Du Cloux
that men wanting to pay off dur
ing the voyage under mutual con
sent will have to pay the trans
portation cost for the crewmen
replacing them. All crewmem
bers not on watch were present
for the weekly shipboard meet
ing held April 5. Everything is
running smoothly, according to
Ship's Chairman L. Obrantz.
There was a beef about the cof
fee, and the steward has agreed
to buy a better grade at the first
opportunity. Elected department
delegates on the Overseas Ulla
for this trip are James Thompson,
deck; William Padgett, engine,
and James Hassell, steward de
partment.
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Billy Nuckols, ship's chairman
on the Windjammer Potty (Windjammer InternaI tional), has cau
tioned crewmem
bers about keep
ing V a 1 u a b 1 es
stored in a safe
place while in
port in Vietnam.
BlUy
He noted that
Nuckols
there has been an
increase in the number of cases
of "cowboys" breaking into rooms
and lockers, even when they are
locked. He recommends that val
uables be kept below deck where
there are limited exits, and where
it is easier to spot an unauthor
ized person. The ship was due
in Saigon May 1, and is expect
ed to return to Sunny Point, N.C.,
for payoff around June 12, after
stopping at Subic Bay. Oliver P.
Oakley is ship's secretary-report
er. Elected delegates are Charles
Dandridge, deck department;
J. J. Shearon, engine, and Jesse
Gage, steward department.
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As the American Pride (Sealanes Inc.) was on her way to
the scrapyard in
Taiwan,
Ship's
Chairman Frank
Smith penned the
following letter:
"For the pres
ent and all the
past crews it is a
sad thing to
Smith
learn that the
good ship American Pride is on
her last run—to the scrapyard.
"Along with the loss of an ex
ceptionally happy ship, we are
losing some of the finest mates
and engineers going to sea. In
particular. Captain Bob Collins,
and two old SIU members. Chief
Mate John Danks and Chief En
gineer Harry Quinn.
"For this last voyage of the
Pride we are fortunate in having
an exceptionally fine SIU crew
with quite a few really old-timers.
"For the benefit of our young
er SlU-brothers, the thing that
makes a good and happy ship
is doing a good job, and taking
pride in your work.
"It is the sincere wish of the
entire crew that we get more
ships and more good SIU crews
like this one."
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Run: Hot to Cold
I.
^OR THE CREW of the Montpelier Victory changes, in the
weather are routine. The SlU-manned Victory Steamship Co.
Fvessel
made several recent voyages that have gone from one cli
mate extreme to another—Hawaii to Alaska. During February
and March, the Montpelier Victory was assigned to the carriage
of crude oil from Alaska to ports south. The crew adjusted
quickly to the weather changes—fighting snow covered lines in
Alaska and two weeks later sunbathing on the aft deck.
The sun shines brightly as Sea
farers Wiiiiams, Howard and
Gelleford (from left) hend to pull
ing up the butterworthing ma
chinery shortiy after the vessel
left Honolulu bound for Alaska.
Dayman Gelleford, (left) and
chief pumpman Philip Bentz in
spect the condition of the but
terworthing machine which had
just been brought up on deck.
All machinery was kept ship
shape for rapid climate changes.
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Pies, cakes and hot rolls we the
specidty of baker Everett Pwry.
Brother Perry submitted flie pho
tos on this page to the Log.
J. Kwl (left) and J. McGinnies,
both Seafarers, see to the opera
tion
a winch during a muck
ing Job at sea in picture at left
Their heavy coats attest that the
vessel is fw from Honolulu.
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The chief cook, L. Brooks,
dresses chickens for a hungry
crew's lunch at sea. The steward
department received a job well
done from the crew.
Pictured at right iis Philip
Bentz, chief pumpman, as he
cleans a grease gun befwe
stowing it. Cleaning up after
a job is as important as do
ing the job.
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May 1970
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If the camera could have
seen two weeks in the fu
ture, this would be a picture
of crewmembers sunbathing
on the aft deck. But, instead,
snow is covering the deck as
the ship loads oil in Alaska.
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�Nixon Proclaims May
antime Day
Washington
A proclamation setting May 22 as National Maritime Day has
been signed by President Nixon. A text of the proclamation fol
lows:
"The restoration of our merchant fleet to a position of leader
ship on the world's oceans is one of our most urgent tasks. Our
merchant ships are essential parts of our economic and defense
systems, and reminders to us and to the world of our heritage as a
sea-going people.
"In recognition of the importance of our Merchant Marine to
our economy and our national security, the Congress in 1933 set
aside May 22 of each year as National Maritime Day and re
quested the President to issue annually a proclamation calling for
the observance of that day.
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"Now, therefore, I, Richard Nixon, President of the United
States of America, do hereby urge the people of the United States
to honor our American Merchant Marine on May 22, 1970, by
displaying the flag of the United States at their homes and other
suitable places, and I request that all ships sailing under the
American flag dress ship on that day in tribute to the American
Merchant Marine.
"In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this sixth
day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy
and of the Independence of the United States of America the one
hundred ninety-fourth."
/s/ Richard M. Nixon
Bargaining
Can Work
For Feds
AZALEA CITY—Ship's Chairman John Morris (center) re
ports that weekly meetings were
held each Sunday while the
Azalea City was on her second
voyage of Sea-Land's recentlyInaugurated Mediterranean run.
Seen here are, from left: C. N.
Johnson, ship's secretary-re
porter; Ernesto Valdez, steward
delegate; Morris; Jose Pineiro,
engine delegate, and Luther
Pate, deck delegate.
Ships CommitteeVital Link for SlU
^HE SHIP'S COMMITTEE
is the vital link between
the SIU at sea and the SIU
ashore. The weekly meetings
held each Sunday aboard ship
by the ship's chairman, and the
contract maintained with head
quarters by the ship's secre
tary-reporter make it possible
for SIU members around the
world to actively participate in
the affairs of their Union.
The three elected depart
ment delegates—deck delegate,
engine delegate and steward
delegate—are charged with the
responsibility of handling beefs
and seeing to it that the SIU
contract is enforced. These
delegates take care of the beefs
that were formerly handled by
the ship's delegate.
The ship's committee con
cept, established nearly one
year ago by the membership,
has proved effective in keeping
Seafarers everywhere in the
world informed on the pro
grams of the union, and pro
viding the means for close
communication with union
headquarters.
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BOSTON—^Just returned to
Port Elizabeth, N.J., from a trip
to San Juan, the ship's commit
tee met with boarding patrolmen
and then posed fw their photo.
From left are: James Welch, en
gine delegate; W. Moore, ship's
secretary-reporter; C. Magoulas, ship's chairman; A. Olsen,
deck delegate, and Roscoe Rinwater, steward department dele
gate. The committee reported
a smooth voyage with no con
tractual beefs.
STEEL FLYER—^Pictured at
left are members of the ship's
committee on the Steel Flyer,
just returned from India. From
left are: Mario Nolasco, steward delegate; Ray Diamond, en
gine delegate; Frank Ccstango,
ship's secretary; S. Jandora,
ship's chairman, and C.. McGahagin, deck delegate.
Washington
Cqilective bargaining does
work in the federal government.
The historic negotiations that de
veloped the Postal reform bill
now before Congress proves this,
and it is paving the way for longoverdue collective bargaining
rights for all federal civilian
workers.
This assessment was made in
a network radio interview by
two AFL-CIO representatives
closely involved in the postal ne
gotiations and in shaping the pro
posed legislation, Albert J. Zack,
public relations director, and An
drew J. Biemiller, legislative di
rector.
. Participating in the weekly in
terview program Labor News
Conference with Tom Joyce of
Newsweek and Tom Foley of the
Los Angeles Times, Zack said
that federal employees should be
guaranteed the "right to selfdetermination" and a voice in
their wages and working condi
tions.
Zack said public acceptance of
collective bargaining for federal
workers resulted from "sudden
realization of the conditions un
der which postal employees were
working—the wage scales they
were getting."
Biemiller declared, "There isn'tany question but what the (pos
tal) strike brought the matter to
a head." He added that the con
cept of collective bargaining in
the federal service has grown
under executive orders issued by
Presidents Kennedy and Nixon
permitting bargaining.
Biemiller and Zack agreed that
bargaining has many advantages
over the lobbying now necessary
to improve wages and working
conditions. And besides, they said,
many congressmen will be "very
happy to get rid of the head
ache" of setting government
workers' salaries.
Union Label Show
In New Orleans
The Union-Industries Show—
the annual exhibition of unionmade products and services—will
be held May 22 to 27 at the
Rivergate in New Orleans.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO
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Seafarers Vacation Center
Fishing from the pier at the Seafarers Vacation Center in Pilney Pointy Md., provides more than just recreation—it helps a Dad, long at sea, to get reacquainted with his son.
The SIU has added an important new dimension to its
service to Seafarers and their families—a Seafarers Vacation
Center which begins operation this Summer at the site of the
Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in Piney Point, Md.
The Vacation Center will begin operations on July 6, 1970
and will stay open until Labor Day. During this period, SIU
members, their wives and their children can enjoy rest, relaxa
tion, sports, recreation of all sorts, fine food and excellent
accommodations—all for only a fraction of the cost of the
average commercial establishment.
What does it cost?
Rooms cost $4 per day for single occupancy, or $7 for
double occupancy.
Meals cost a maximum of 99 cents for breakfast and lunch,
and a top of $1.50 for supper. Many meals cost less.
In other words, a vacation at the SIU center at Piney Point
will be well within the budget of the average Seafarer. And
what he will get for his money will be far in excess of what is
available at any commercially run vacation resorts.
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A Seafarer and his family check hito their room to hegin a well-earned vacation in Mary
land's "land of pleasant living." SlU-operated Vacation Center {urovides maximum enjoynlent at a minimum cost to the SIC member.
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Large, well-appointed, air conditioned rooms guarantee the SIU family the
ultimate in accommodations for their vacation at Piney Point.
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Generous portions
well-prepared food are served
in the dining hall at the Vacation Center—at a price
that can't be equalled anywhere.
Modem, well-equipped bowling alleys provide Seafarers and their families an oppmtunity to
enjoy healthy exercise and togetherness.
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At *Tiddlers Green," SIU members and their families can pidc and c
from the large fleet of vessels available for their vacation enjoymen
Seafarers Log
�This punching bag in the SIU gymnasium
roily shouid be used by the giris* father and
brother—but It gives these young iadies a
chance to ''ciown around" during their visit.
"Now watch this," SIU wife apparently has told her
husband, as she prepares to demonstrate her skill at
the pool table.
Piney Point boasts a fleet of operational ships, plus converted vessels
which have been put to use to house die facilities of the Lundeberg
School. This one is the Claude "Sonny" Simmons, a former Great
Lakes and Chesapeake Bay freighter, which is now a school head
quarters ship.
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For the Seafarer and his family, a vacation at Piney
Point puts within the reach of both adults and children
the best in indoor and outdoor recreation. Here are just
some of the attractions that are available:
• Sailing.
• Horseback riding.
• Golf driving range.
• Softball.
• Tennis.
• Swimming.
• Fishing.
• Water skiing.
• Basketball.
• Bowling.
• Billiards.
• Table tennis.
What's more, these recreational attractions are availat no additional charge. The SIU member pays only for
the room he and his family occupy and the food that
they eat—everything else is available for the asking.
Backing up these recreational activities which are
available right at the Seafarers Vacation Center, the
area, itself, is steeped in American history—so the SIU
member and his family can enjoy a brief trip to one of
the historical spots nearby.
The Center is located on the southernmost tip of
Maryland, where the Potomac meets Chesapeake Bay.
Only a few miles away is the spot where Ueonard Calvert
and his companions landed from two tiny vessels—the
Ark and the Dove—to establish the Colony of Mary
land in 1634. A replica of the first State House is lo
cated in nearby St. Marys City. At nearby Point Look
out is one of the Civil War prisons maintained by the
Northern Army. And the nation's capital, Washington,
D.C., is only an hour and a half's drive from Piney
Point.
So whether the Seafarer wants merely rest and recrea
tion, or whether he wants to add in some sightseeing,
he'll find both in abundance at Piney Point.
Piney Point facilities of SIU are also used for a four-week Summer Youth Music Program for
youngsters who are musically inclined. In addition to offering a unique opportunity for
young people, who live and work in modern, air-conditioned barges (like the one below), ffie
program provides musical entertainment for vacationers.
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Modern swimming pool is a natural attraction fm- youngsters and adults, alike, who can enjoy a
refreshing swim daily during their stay at the Seafarers Vacation Center.
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Sun-tanned, relaxed and refreshed. Seafarers and their families wiH return home from the Vaca
tion Center rested and better equipped to face flie coming year.
Sailing on the sparkling waters of the Chesapeake Bay is another of the
extras available at no cost to SIU members, their wives and their chUdren
who take advantage of the opportunity to use the Piney Point facilities.
Seafarers Vacation Center
Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship
St. Mary's County
Piney Point, Maryland 20674
I am interested in availing myself of the opportunity of using the facilities of the Sea
farers Vacation Center.
First choice: From
to
Second choice: From
to
My party wiO consist of
adults and
children.
Please send confirmation.
I have
children with musical aptitude who are interested in participating in
the Summer Youth Music Program (July 6-August 3). Please send details.
Signature
Print Name
Book Number
Street Address
City
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One of the big attractions at the Seafarers Vacation
Center is the fact that at Piney Point, the SIU has assem
bled one of the most unique fleets in the country—^vessels
of historic value which help to preserve the romance and
adventure that is part of America's nautical heritage.
The largest of the fleet's fully operational vessels is the
S.Y. Dauntless, a 250-foot, steel-hulled ship that won
fame as the flagship of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King in
World War II. Included in the Lundeberg fleet is the tallmasted Freedom, former flagship of the sailing ship
squadron at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md.
Then there's the Richard Henry Dana—a sky-raking,
two-masted schooner which hoists 10,000 square feet of
sail-^and her sister ship, the Captain James Cook. And
there is the sleek-hulled sailing craft, the Manitou, which
was John F. Kennedy's yacht during his time in the
White House.
And there are small sailing craft, too—ideal for the
SIU member and his family to take on an outing on the
sparkling Chesapeake Bay.
Seafarers interested in taking advantage of this unique,
low-cost vacation opportunity, should fill in the accom
panying application blank and mail it to the Seafarers
Vacation Center. Since accommodations are limited, they
will be made available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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�UNfON Of
Personals
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F. W. Ammons
Please contact A! Maisch,
Sales Manager, Port Owens
Marina, Box 177, Route 11,
Pasadena, Md. 21122 as soon as
possible.
Ernest J. Byers
Your mother, Mrs. John Byers,
asks that you get in touch with
her as soon as possible at 614
Alvarez Ave., Whistler, Ala.
36612.
Robert Orion Smith
Please call your sister, Mrs.
Pearl S. Walker, as soon as pos
sible at MA 9-2435 in Bessemer •
City, N.C.
Thomas F. Smith
Your wife is very anxious to
hear from you. Please contact
her at No. 103 (2nd floor), Wen
Hwa Hung Rd., Kaohsiung,
Taiwan, Republic of China.
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Ed Dwyer
Please contact Maury Silver as
soon as possible at 39-24 58th
St., Woodside, L.I., N.Y. 11377.
Crew of the Transcoiumhia
Any member aboard the Trans
coiumhia from May 28 to Aug.
1, 1969 please • contact the
USPHS Hospital or the Port
Agent in San Francisco as soon
as possible.
Harrison Hicks, Jr.
Your mother, Almedia Mary
Baldwin, writes that it is urgent
that you contact her. Call collect:
615-291-9859; or write in care
of Thelma Hicks, 1210 17th Ave.
South, Nashville, Tenn. 37212.
Joseph Frank Sanford Barron
Please contact Mrs. Robbie
Barron Johnson at 5129 Georgia
Rd., Birmingham, Ala. 25212.
Harold Lowry
Personal belongings are being
held for you at SlU Head
quarters,
675 Fourth Ave.,
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232.
Claude Woodrow Pritchett
Your niece, Alease P. Martin,
S-iI
writes that it is very important
that you get in touch with her
as soon as. possible at Route 1,
DeWitt, Va. 23840.
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Thomas E. Smolarek
Your daughter, Mrs. Victoria
A. Bradley, asks that you con
tact her as soon as possible at
146 Madison Dr., Newark, Del.
19711.
Jacob J. Bentz
The Selective Service System,
Local Board No. 4, asks that you
contact them as soon as possible
at Federal Building, 1000 Liberty
Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222.
Kenneth Chard
Alfred Gaudin asks that you
get in touch with him at 719
Avenue C, Marrero, La.
Harold L. Loll
Your mother writes that your
brother, Carl, will be arriving in
May.
Haskell Moore
Please get in touch with your
attorney, John M. Joye, about
money due you. His address is
7920 Orangethorpe Ave., Buena
Park, Calif.
Willram Birthright
Of Barbers Dies
William C. Birthright, presi
dent emeritus of the Barbers Un
ion, died at 82 after a lifetime
of service to the trade union
movement. He retired in 1963
after 33 years as president of his
union, and 23 years of combined
service as a vice president of the
AFL and the AFL-CIO.
AFL-CIO- President George
Meany said Birthright's years of
leadership "brought innumerable
changes to better the life of
workers."
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Please contact your lawyers,
Boccardo, Blum, Lull, Niland,
Teerlink and Bell, as soon as
possible at One California St.,
San Francisco, Calif. 94111.
FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU
Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes
specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money
and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed
CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing
committee elected by the membership. All Union records
are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn.
TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic.
Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in
accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agree
ments. All these agreements specify that the trustees in
charge of these funds shall equally consist of union and man
agement representatives and their alternates. All expenditures
and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon ap
proval by a majority of the tru^ees. All trust fund financial
records are available at the headquarters of the various trust
funds.
SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority
are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union
and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights.
Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all
Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your
shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts be
tween 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 copies of contracts as referred to are available to you
at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the
Seafarers Appeals Board.
.CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available
in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and con
ditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know
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The large arrows on this map show the possible routes a bottle could take during a journey
from Wassaw Island, Ga., to Fort Myers Beach, Fla., during a seven-year journey. The small
arrows denote the different ocean currents that might have guided the drifting bottle. It was tossed
into the Atlantic in 1962 and recovered in 1969.
Bottles 7-Year Trip Charted
Miami, Fla.
Ever toss a bottle into the Atlantic Ocean and
wonder where it will travel?
Oceanographers at the Environmental Science
Service Administration of the U.S. Department of
Commerce recently received a request to chart
possible routes a drifting'bottle might have taken
during a seven-year voyage.
The bottle was set adrift in June 1962 off Was
saw Island near Savannah, Ga., by a group of Ex
plorer Scouts who placed a paper with their names
inside the bottle.
It was washed ashore and found in July 1969
on Fort Myers Beach, Fla., a direct distance of
830 miles from Wassaw Island.
Scientists say that it is unlikely that it could
have taken a direct route because of prevailing
ocean currents and charted two possible routes
that it could have taken.
Oceanographers at ESSA's Oceanographic and
Meteorological Laboratories in Miami outlined the
following routes (both crossing the Atlantic twice):
• "When the bottle was picked up by the Gulf
Stream it would have drifted at a speed of about
two to four miles per hour up the coast of the
United States to the vicinity of Cape Hatteras,
N.C., where it would move easterly across the
North Atlantic until it was caught up by the
Canary Current.
your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as fil
ing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner.
If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official,
in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights prop
erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent.
EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG
has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serv
ing the political purposes of any individual in the Union,
officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing arti
cles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective member
ship. This established policy has been reaffirmed by mem
bership action at the September, 1960, meetings in all
constitutional 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 its ranks, one individual to carry out this
responsibility.
PAYMENT OF 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 immedi
ately be reported to headquarters.
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS.
The SIU publishes every six months in the SEAFARERS
LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies
are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain
copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves
with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer
is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or
"Thus current would carry the bottle southward,
down the bulge of Africa, and to the North
Equatorial Current, which would transport it
westward across the Atlantic into the Carribbean
Sea. The Carribbean Current would then convey
the bottle to the Yucatan Channel where it would
pass into the Gulf of Mexico and land on Fort
Myers Beach.
• "The bottle could have travelled a somewhat
longer route. After drifting down the coast of
North Africa, it could have been caught up in the
Guinea Current and carried south of the African
bulge to the south Equatorial Current.
Visit to South America
"This would then have transported the bottle
across the Atlantic and northwestward along the
hump of South America into the Carribbean Sea
where it would follow the course previously out
lined."
Of course, the oceanographers admit that it
would be impossible to trace the exact route or
the number of miles the bottle travelled.
In both of the above possibilities it is considered
probable that the bottle lay trapped in the rushes
of the Georgia coastal swamps for a time until
high tides or strong winds freed it to drift far
enough from shore to enter the Gulf Stream.
Whichever route it may have taken, it is a welltravelled bottle.
obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges,
trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so
affected should immediately notify headquarters.
RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members draw
ing disability-pension benefits have always been encouraged
to continue their union activities, including attendance at
membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at
these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active
role in all rank-and-file functions, including service on rankand-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take
shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the
long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain their
good standing through the waiving of their dues.
EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal
rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These
rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in
the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the em
ployers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated
against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic
origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights
to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters.
SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS.
One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue
legislative and political objectives which will serve the best
interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To
achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Do
nation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely vol
untary and constitute the funds through which legislative
and political activities are conducted for the membership
and the Union.
If at any time a Seafarer feels that any of the above rights
have been violated, or that he has been denied his constitu
tional right of access to Union records or information, he
should immediately noti^ SIU President Paul Hall at head
quarters by certified mail, return receipt requested.
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SiU Ships
Meetings
March 27—Chairman, Joseph Cata
lanotto; Secretary, W. P. Kaiser;
Ship's Delegate and Steward Dele
gate, John A. Denais; Deck Dele
gate, Irvin Glass; Engine Delegate,
V. M. Frederiksen. Vote of thanks
extended to entire steward depart
ment for job very well done. Cap
BIENVILLE (Sea-Land), March- tain George W. Smith extended a
15—Chairman, Arthur Harrington; vote of thanks to entire crew for
Secretary, Jasper C. Anderson. Ev making it such a smooth trip.
erything running smoothly with no $61.02 in ship's fund.
beefs and no disputed OT. Vote of
OVERSEAS DAPHNE (Mari
thanks extended to steward depart
time Overseas), March 29—Chair
ment for job well done.
man, Edwin Craddock; Secretary,
BOSTON (S e a-L a n d), March Sidney Gamer; Ship's Delegate,
15—Chairman and Ship's Delegate, Willie Barron; Steward Delegate,
Constantinos Magoules; Secretary, James A. Crawford, Jr. No beefs
Wilfred J. Moore; Deck Delegate, reported by department delegates.
A. Olsen; Engine Delegate, Nicko- Vote of thanks extended to steward
las Sushko; Steward Delegate, Ros- department for job well done.
coe L. Run water. No beefs, every
ROBIN GRAY (Moore-McCorthing running smoothly.
mack), March 21—Chairman, Rob
TRANSINDIANA (Hudson Wa ert G. Lawson; Secretary, H. Don
terways), March 22 — Chairman, nelly. $19 in ship's fund. Every
Ronald J. Burton; Secretary, N. thing running smoothly in all de
Kondylas; Ship's Delegate, William
partments. Vote of thanks extended
J. Perridge; Deck Delegate, Edward
to steward department for job well
Goldberg; Steward Delegate, A. done.
Ben Ahmed. Some disputed OT to
PONCE (Sea-Land), April 5—
be settled by boarding patrolman.
Vote of thanks to steward depart Chairman, George Ruf; &cretary,
Alvin L. Doud; Ship's Delegate and
ment for good food and service.
Vote of thanks to ship's delegate Steward Delegate, Joseph Barron;
Deck Delegate, John Bertotino; En
for job well done.
gine Delegate, Victor A. Cover.
COLUMBIA BREWER (Colum $15.71 in ship's fund. No beefs re
bia), April 5—Chairman, Ship's ported by department delegates.
Delegate, and Deck Delegate, Char Vote of thanks extended to steward
lie Lee; Secretary, Alfred Hirsch; department for job well done.
Engine Delegate, Albert Landingin;
OVERSEAS AUCE (Maritime
Steward Delegate, Lee R. Myers.
No beefs reported by department Overseas), March 29 — Chairman
and Ship's Delegate, B. Mignano;
delegates.
Secretary, L. Bennett; Engine Dele
DELTA URUGUAY (Delta), gate, David E. Davis; Steward Dele
Feb. 8—Chairman, Joseph Catala gate, L. McCuen. Everything run
notto; Secretary, W. P. Kaiser; ning smoothly with no beefs. Small
Ship's Delegate and Steward Dele amount of disputed OT in engine
gate, John A. Denais; Deck Dele department.
gate, Irvin Glass; Engine Delegate,
CITIES SERVICE NORFOLK
V. M. Frederiksen. $19.02 in ship's
fund. No beefs reported by depart (Cities Service Tanker), March 29—
Chmrman and Ship's Delegate, Salment delegates.
vator Candela; Secretary and Deck
DELTA URUGUAY (Delta), Delegate, Joseph J. Moll, Jr.; EnPRODUCER (Marine Carriers),
March 1 — Chairman and Ship's
Delegate, Alfonso Armada; Secre
tary, William H. Rhone. No beefs
and no disputed OT. Vote of thanks
extended to steward department for
job well done.
gine Delegate, Frank C. Guillory;
Steward Delegate, G. Willis. $361
in ship's fund. No beefs and no
disputed OT. Two men hospitalized
in Japan.
OAKLAND (Sea-Land), April
1—Chairman, T. J. White; Secre
tary and Ship's Delegate, J. Doyle;
Deck Delegate, H. Miller; Engine
Delegate, J. Rogers; Steward Dele
gate, B. P. Burke. Motion made to
have container-type ships payoff
and sign on upon arrival in port so
all members will be allowed one
full day off, as per contract. $4.30
in ship's fund. No beefs.
PLATTE (Platte Transport),
March 28—Chairman and Ship's
Delegate, James C. Baudoin; Sec
retary, Felipe Quintayo; Deck Dele
gate, James Macunchuck; Engine
Delegate, L. Hertzog; Steward Dele
gate, James F. Clarke. $65 in ship's
fund. No beefs and no disputed
OT.
STEEL VENDOR (Isthmian),
April 5—Chairman and Ship's Dele
gate, Alfred Hanstvedt; ^cretary,
George W. Gibbons. No beefs and
no disputed OT. Everything run
ning smoothly.
TRANSERIE (Hudson Water
ways), March 15—Chairman and
Ship's Delegate, Hendrey Rucki;
Secretary, W. B. Yarbrough; Deck
Delegate, T. E. Anderson; Engine
Delegate, S. W. Lewis; Steward
Delegate, B. S. Kusbranson. $139.15
in ship's fimd. Some disputed OT
in engine department. Motion made
to have one-year articles replaced
with six-month articles.
AMERICAN PRIDE (American
Sealanes), Feb. 22—Chairman and
Ship's Delegate, Frank Smith; Sec
retary, Charles L. Fishel. Every
thing running smoothly. Vote of
thanks extended to steward depart
ment for a job well done. The stew
ard thanked crew for cooperation
in helping keep ship clean.
YUKON (Ogden), March 22—
Chairman, J. Mitchel; Secretary, O.
Bartlett;'Deck Delegate, H. K. Nakea; Engine Delegate, H. W. Sprainis; Steward Delegate, Thomas
Cummings. No beefs reported by
department delegates. Motion made
to raise hospital benefits.
WINDJAMMER JANEEN
(Windjammer), March 29—Chair
man and Ship's Delegate, J. E. Tan
ner; Secretary, W. G. Williams;
Deck Delegate, W. J. Williams; En
gine Delegate, Adron Cox; Stew
ard Delegate, A. Rankin. No beefs
and no disputed OT. Motion made
to have retirement at 15 years seatime.
SEATRAIN WASHINGTON
(Hudson Waterways), March 8—
Chairman and Ship's Delegate, R.
Palmer; Secretary, A. Johansson;
Deck Delegate, Thomas Snow;
Steward Delegate, T. H. Katros.
$7.45 in ship's fund. No beefs re
ported by department delegates.
TRANSGLOBE (Hudson Water
ways), March 31—Chairman, A. R.
Larsen; Secretaiy. K. Lynch; Deck
Delegate, Dennis J. O'Connell; En
gine Delegate, Sebastino A. Pires;
Steward Delegate, P. J. Boumer.
$32 in ship's fund. Some disputed
OT in engine department.
COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Serv
ice), April 5—Chairman, L. E.
Wing; &cretary, Nathaniel Scott;
Ship's Delegate and Steward Dele
gate, Joseph Hall; Deck Delegate,
William Hunter; Engine Delegate,
Emmett Connell. Some disputed OT
in deck and engine departments.
Everything else running smoothly.
Reading News from Home
Bosun Artie Harrington catches up on the mail from home after
the Bienville tied up at the Sea-Land terminal in Port Eilzabeth,
NJ. The vessel had just returned from her first Mediterranean
voyage—a 37-day run to Portsmouth, Genoa and Cadiz.
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SEATRAIN FLORIDA (Seatrain), March 22—Chairman, Rob
ert J. Byrd; Secretary, Wilbur C.
Sink; Deck Delegate, Robert H.
Clifford. No beefs and no disputed
OT.
SEATRAIN MAINE (Hudson
Waterways), April 5 — Chairman,
Alonzo Bryant; Secretary, Sam W.
McDonald; Ship's Delegate, George
E. King; Deck Delegate, Robert
Myers; Engine Delegate, J. Som-
mer; Steward Delegate, James L.
Woods. $14 in ship's fund. No beefs
reported by department delegates.
SEATRAIN PUERTO RICO
(Hudson Waterways), March 22—
Chairman and Ship's Delegate,
Rune G. Olssan; Secretary, David
C. Archia; Steward Delegate, Greg
ory R. Smith. No beefs reported
by department delegates.
CHOCTAW (Waterman). March
29—Chairman, Enos E. Allen; Sec
retary, Frank L. Shackelford; Ship's
Delegate, Nels Larson; Deck Dele
gate, Francis J. Schumacher; En
gine Delegate, James Gouldman;
Steward Delegate, Luis A. Olivera.
No beefs reported by department
delegates.
EAGLE TRAVELER (United
Maritime), April 11 — Chairman,
Joseph L. Bourgeois; Secretary, Al
gernon W. Hutcherson. $5.90 in
ship's fund. Everything running
smoothly except for a few hours
disputed OT in deck department.
FAIRISLE (Panoceanic Tankers),
March 18—Chairman and Ship's
Delegate, A. H. Anderson; Secre
tary, S. J. Davis; Deck Delegate,
Robert Wade Smith; Steward Dele
gate, Ray field E. Cranford. No
beefs reported by department dele
gates.
gine Delegate, William D. Walker.
$362 in ship's fund. Everything run
ning smoothly in each department.
Vote of thanks to steward depart
ment for job well done.
SAN JUAN (Sea-Land), Feb.
8—Chairman, James M. Foster;
Secretary, G. P. Thlu; Ship's Dele
gate, Rodger Swanson; Deck Dele
gate, J. A. Rusheed; Steward Dele
gate, Rudolph L. LaMorth. $50 in
ship's fund. No beefs reported by
department delegates.
COLUMBIA MARINER (Co
lumbia), March 1—Chairman and
Ship's Delegate, Vertis C. Smith;
Secretary, Woodrow W. Perkins.
Some disputed OT in deck depart
ment. Motion made that engine
utility, wiper and topside pantry
man be compensated with OT for
extra work performed.
CHATHAM (Waterman), Feb.
1—Chairman and Ship's Delegate,
Sam Manning; Secretary, G. Trosclair; Deck Delegate, C. Hellon.
Everything running smoothly.
FAIRLAND (Sea-Land), March
2—Chairman, H. Hodges; Secre
tary, James H. Naylor; Ship's Dele
gate, Raymond W. Hodges; Deck
Delegate, Caiman Boggs; Engine
Delegate, Raymond L. Stripe; Stew
ard Delegate, D. E. Striesund. No
beefs reported by department dele
gates.
WESTERN HUNTER (Western
Agency), April 8—Chairman, A,
Josephson; Secretary, Leon Kraw- - LONG LINES (Isthmian), Feb.
czyk; Ship's Delegate, Paul G. 22—Chairman, Ralph Murry; Sec
King; Engine Delegate, Edward La- retary, Dick Grant; Ship's Delegate,
Plante. Some disputed OT in engine Steve Sloneski; Deck Delegate, T.
department. Everything else run McNeills; Engine Delegate, C.
ning smoothly. Good crew on Lord; Steward Delegate, J. Rob
erts. Some disputed OT in deck
board.
department. Motion made that the
COLUMBIA OWL (Columbia), union should raise the Maintenance
April 9—Chairman, T. J. Hillbum; and Cure to $100 weekly. Vote of
Secretary, Leo M. Morsette; Ship's thanks extended to steward depart
Delegate, Jesse Canales; Deck Dele ment for job well done.
gate, George A. Nuss; Engine Dele
TRANSEASTERN (Hudson Wa
gate, Thurston J. Lewis; Steward
Delegate, W. H. Harris. Disputed terways), Feb. 28—Chairman and \
OT in deck and engine depart Ship's Delegate, Wm. H. Butts Jr.;
ments. So far trip has been fair. Secretary, M. B. Ellidtt; Deck Dele
One man missed ship in Honolulu. gate, H. O. Halfhill; Engine Dele
gate, C. M. Crooks; Steward Dele
WESTERN HUNTER (Western gate, C. Muscarella. OT disputed
Agency), Feb. 9—Chairman, A. Jo in deck and engine departments to
sephson; Secretary, Leon Krawczyk; be clarified. Most of the repairs
Ship's Delegate, Paul G. King. taken care of.
Some disputed OT In engine de
COLUMBIA OWL (Columbia),
partment, otherwise everything run
ning smoothly. Motion made that March 1—Chairman, T. J. Hilbum;
seamen on Persian Gulf run be al Secretary, L. M. Morsette; Ship's
lowed to payoff after six months Delegate, S. J. Canales; Deck Dele
with reliefs to be flown from states gate, George A. Nuss; Engine Dele
gate, Thurston J. Lewis; Steward
at company expense.
Delegate, Walter H. Davis. Few
FAIRISLE (Panoceanic Tankers), hours disputed OT in deck and
April 5—Chairman and Ship's Dele steward department, otherwise
gate, A. H. Anderson; S^retary, things moving along fairly well.
S. J. Davis; Deck Delegate, Rob
HALCYON TIGER (Halcyon),
ert Wade Smith; Engine Delegate,
R. B. Honeycutt; Steward Delegate, Feb. 12—Chairman, Ship's Delegate
Rayfleld E. Cranford. No beefs re and Deck Delegate, Albert H.
Schwartz; Secretary, J. B. Morton;
ported by department delegates.
Engine Delegate, William D. Coo
CANTIGNY (Cities Service), per; Steward Delegate, I. Martin.
April 4—Chairman and Ship's Dele No communications received from
gate Charles Hurlburt; &cretary, headquarters last two voyages.
Luther Roberts. $9.55 in ship's
ROBERT E. LEE (Waterman),
fund. No beefs reported by depart
Feb.
1—Chairman, R. V. Dillon;
ment delegates.
Secretary, C. M. Gray; Deck Dele
SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), gate, Lawrence D. Stone; Engine
Feb. 23 — Chairman and Ship's Delegate, Michael Darawich; Stew
Delegate, Albert N. Ringuette; Sec ard Delegate, George H. Bryant
retary and Steward Delegate, Henry Jr. No beefs reported by depart
A. Galicki; Deck Delegate, D. ment delegates.
Pilch; Engine Delegate, Paul M.
ROBERT E. LEE (Waterman),
Hartman. $30 in movie fund. Vote Feb. 15—Chairman, R. V. Dillon;
of thanks extended to chief mate, Secretary, C. M. Gray; Deck Dele
Mr. Johnson, and 2nd engineer, gate, Lawrence D. Stone; Engine
Mr. Pyle, for fast action in han Delegate, Michael Darawich; Stew
dling an injured oiler who fell off ard Delegate, George H. Bryant
boxes. Thanks to Capt. Gillard for Jr. No beefs reported by depart
trying to get assistance as fast as ment delegates.
possible from Midway Island which
was closest port when accident oc
STEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmian),
curred.
Jan. 4—Chairman, Thomas Walker;
Secretary, John R. Tilley; Ship's
DEL SUD (Delta), Feb. 11— Delegate, Joel V. P. Bremer; Deck
Chairman and Ship's Delegate, Le- Delegate, Arthur A. Seago; Engine
Roy Rinker; Secretary, S. Roths Delegate, Arthur C. DePuy. No
child. $102 in movie fund. Some beefs and no disputed OT.
disputed OT in each department.
ANTINOUS (Waterman), Feb.
Vote of thanks to steward depart
28—Chairman and Deck Delegate,
ment for job well done.
Salvatore Striglio; Secretary, V. E,
DEL SUD (Delta), March 1— Monte; Engine Delegate, James R.
Chairman, N. Pizzuto; Secretary, S. Konda; Steward Delegate, Fred B.
Rothschild; Ship's Delegate and Sheetz. $12.25 in ship's fund. Dis
Steward Delegate, LeRoy Rinker; puted OT in deck and engine de^ (Continued on page 21)
Deck Delegate, Joseph Collins; En
Seafarers Log
T
�Margolius Report for Consumers
What Happens When Unemployment Strikes?
What's it like to be a "front-line fighter against
inflation"—the man who is laid off because the Ad
ministration is tightening the economy to "cool off"
inflation? Let this wife tell you:
"I'm not so worried that we were laid off as that
my husband is not able to find temporary work. The
job market is flooded with people. Many are older
than my husband, who is 31, and have devoted half
their life to a company that had to shut down.
"It seems like the only thing 'cooled off is the
WQ"king man who pays both the rich and poor man's
taxes. I could stand price-fixing a lot better than a
depression. When Nixon cut all these people out of
jobs you can imagine what it did to the bank and
loan companies. Banks no longer lend money on cars
in this town. My husband and I have had excellent
credit for the last eight years. But now people can't
help us.
"We've paid all these taxes and now all we can get
is $45 a week unemployment. I feel this should be
coupled with food stamps and medical care if one's
children get sick.
Time to Get Together
"I don't know what it takes to get working people
together, but you'd think they would be tired of be
ing walked all over. Commercials on TV infer that
the labor movement caused this recession when in
reality prices were getting out of reason. We just
wanted the right to be able to have a home, food and
a car."
It's true that the Nixon administration has tried to
fight inflation by slowing economic activity, with the
resultant layoffs. The Administration has not even,
tried the "jawbone control" exerted by the previous
Administration (public pressure on business to mini
mize price increases).
{Continued from page 20)
partments. Vote of thanks to stew
ard department for job well done.
COLUMBIA (U.S. Steel), Jan.
25 — Chairman, B. J. Waturski;
Secretary, M. S. Sospina. Ship's
delegate reported no beefs and ev.^rything running very smoothly.
llV
PENN CARRIER (Penn), Feb.
25—Chairman, R. Daville; Secre
tary, J. G. Lakwyk; Ship's Dele
gate, W. R. Thompson; Deck Dele
gate, Paul Arthofer; Engine Dele
gate, Gregory Orozco; Steward
Delegate, Dan M. Harp. Few hours
disputed OT in deck and engine
departments.
ROBERT E. LEE (Waterman),
March 1—Chairman, R. V. Dillon;
Secretary, C. M. Gray; Deck Dele
gate, Lawrence D. Stone; Engine
Delegate, M. Darawich; Steward
Delegate, George H. Bryant Jr. No
beefs reported by department dele
gates. Steward suggests one more
man in galley because galley is not
automated and a bonus for Middle
East war area service.
STEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmian),
Jan. 18—Chairman, Thomas Walk
er; Secretary, John R. Tilley; Ship's
Delegate, Joel H. P. Bremer; Deck
Delegate, A. A. Seago; Engine Dele
gate, Arthur C. DePuy; Steward
Delegate, Maurice F. Ellis. Couple
of hours disputed OT in deck de
partment otherwise everything run
ning smoothly.
STEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmian),
Feb. 1—Chairman and Ship's Dele
gate, Joel H. P. Bremer; Secretary,
John R. Tilley; Deck Delegate, Ar
thur A. Seago; Engine Delegate, Ar
thur C. DePuy; Steward Delegate,
Maurice F. Ellis. No beefs report
ed by department delegates.
STEEL ENGINEER (Isthmian),
March 1—Chairman, Jan Bayes Jr.;
Secretary, Angel Seda; Ship's Dele
gate, Sam Bayesley; Deck Delegate,
Charles W. Ross; Engine Delegate,
Haskell Moore; Steward Delegate,
Martin Homers. Vote of thanks
extended to steward department for
job well done. $9.75 in ship's fund.
No beefs.
LOS ANGELES (Sea-Lund),
March 7—Chairman, John Ghannasian; Secretary, W. T. Langford;
Ship's Delegate and Steward Dele
gate, R. Fitzpatrick; Deck Delegate,
Jose G. Madrid; Engine Delegate,
W. S. Daniel. Some disputed OT
in engine department, otherwise ev
erything running smoothly with no
beefs.
May 1970
In fact, at a February meeting of the Business
Council (composed of presidents of large corpora
tions), Mr. Nixon pledged that he would not jawbone
businessmen into holding down prices.
The layoffs have not succeeded in stopping infla
tion. Living costs have jumped 6.3 percent in the last
12 months. Food prices are a main culprit—up about
8 percent. Meat, poultry and fish have leaped \\V2
percent in one year.
Only Middlemen Benefit
The food industry could use some "jawboning." If
the Administration won't do it, consumers should.
Most of the price increases have gone to middlemen.
For every $1 extra for food this year over last, the
farmer gets about 22 cents and the middlemen about
78 cents.
There is no justflcation for many of the astronomi
cal food price rises. At wholesale, bacon has gone up
6-7 cents a pound but it cost 10 to 15 cents a pound
more in most stores.
Broilers should cost less this year since wholesale
prices are about 27 Vi cents, 2 cents a pound less
than last year. But in many stores broilers, at their
regular prices of 41-47 cents, are higher than last
year. (When stores offer specials on broilers at 29
cents this is virtually the wholesale price, and the
time to stock up.) Nor was there any reason for the
tags of close to $1 a dozen on eggs last winter. The
prices were pushed up by speculators.
But the worst robbery is on beef. Wholesale prices
were recendy about 1 Vi cents a pound more than last
year, while retail prices on various cuts are 5 to 15
cents more. Stores have been rooking the public on
some of the preferred cuts like round, and have raised
prices less on chuck. But, even hamburger costs about
10 cents more than last year.
MAY SALES: May is a month of White Sales
(linens, towels, etc.). Sheets of polyester-cotton blends
(about 50 percent of each fiber) are increasingly
popular because of their greater durability and creaseresistance (no ironing). The polyester blends now cost
little more than the all-cotton type.
Look for tire sales just before Decoration Day.
May also is the month this year's models of TV
sets are cleared. Look for especially sharp price cuts
as makers try to unload current heavy inventories.
FOOD BUYING CALENDAR: Besides 29-cent
broilers, the buy of the month is eggs. They have
come down more than 35 cents from last winter's
high prices, and now are about the same price as a
year ago. Other relative food values include sales of
beef chuck and loin of pork, and canned and smoked
hams and butts. In general, meat prices, and espe
cially pork, are high and going even higher.
Digest of Ship's Meetings
LOS ANGELES (Sea-Land), Jan.
31—Chairman, John Ohannasian;
Secretary, W. T. Langford; Ship's
and Steward Delegate, Ralph Fitz
patrick; Deck Delegate, Jose G.
Madrid; Engine Delegate, W. S.
Daniel. $20.95 in ship's fund. Ev
erything running smoothly.
WINDJAMMER FOLLY (Wind
jammer), April 12—Chairman, Billy
K. Nuckels; Secretary, Oliver F.
Oakley; Deck Delegate, Charles
Dandridge; Engine Delegate, J. J.
Shearon; Steward Delegate, Jesse
Gage. $6.30 in ship's fund. No
beefs reported by department dele
gates.
COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Serv
ice), March 1—Chairman and Deck
Delegate, William Hunter; Secre
tary, L. E. Wing; Ship's Delegate
and Steward Delegate, Joseph Hall;
Engine Delegate, Emmett Connell.
Some disputed OT in deck and en
gine departments to be taken up
with boarding patrolman. Vote of
thanks extended to Patrolman Ed
Morris. Vote of thanks to steward
for obtaining movies.
FANWOOD (Waterman), March
21—Chairman, Morton J. Kemgood; Secretary, Anthony J. Kuberski; Deck Delegate, William C.
Flack; Engine Delegate, Johnny H.
Nettles; Steward Delegate, Joseph
N. Rioux. No beefs reported by
department delegates. Everything
running smoothly. $14 in ship's
fund.
YELLOWSTONE (Ogden Ma
rine), Feb. 15—Chairman, None;
Secretary, James R. Abrams; Ship's
Delegate, Jack A. Olsen. Motion
made to have vacation checks
mailed to members at their home
address upon request of those mem
bers incon/enienced by having to
report at union hall to pick up
their checks. Disputed OT in en
gine department.
OVERSEAS NATALIE (Mari
time Overseas), March 8—Chair
man Norwood E. Geno; Secretary,
H. W. Kennedy. $29 in ship's fund.
No beefs and no disputed OT. Vote
of thanks to Brother John Chest
nut for job well done on sanitary
in deck department.
MARYMAR (C a 1 m a r), March
8—Chairman and Ship's Delegate,
Angelo Antoniou; Secretary, T. A.
Jackson; Deck Delegate, R. F.
Mackert; Engine Delegate, Joseph
E. Sadler; Steward Delegate, R.
Ramos. Beef in engine department
to be brought to attention of head
quarters for clarification.
STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian),
March 1 — Chairman and Ship's
Delegate, Leroy Temple; Secretary,
J. P. Baliday; Deck Delegate, Jen
nings J. Long; Engine Delegate,
Arthur S. Turner; Steward Dele
gate, Philip Swing. $86.25 in ship's
fund.
FAIRISLE (Pan Oceanic), March
10—Chairman and Ship's Delegate,
A. Anderson; Secretary, S. Davis;
Deck Delegate, R. W. Smith; En
gine Delegate, R. B. Honeycutt;
Steward Delegate, R. E. Cranford.
No beefs and no disputed OT.
VANTAGE PROGRESS (Pio
neer), March 15—Chairman, John
Yates; Secretary, Jim Bartlett; Deck
Delegate, George Black; Engine
Delegate, John Wade; Steward Del
egate, C. N. Carlson. Everything
running smoothly with no beefs.
FORT HOSKINS (Cities Serv
ice), April 15—Chairman, A. Man
uel; Secretary, J. Galloway; Deck
Delegate, G. A. Paschall; Engine
Delegate, Jake Nash; Steward Dele
gate, M. Green, No beefs reported
by department delegates. Vote of
thanks extended to entire steward
department for job well done.
SEAFARER (Marine Carriers),
April 5—Chairman, R. Schwarz;
Secretary, C. Lopez, Jr.; Deck Dele
gate, Ray Willis; Engine Delegate,
Paul Crow; Steward Delegate, E.
H. Jackson. All repairs will be
taken care of during voyage. No
beefs reported by department dele
gates.
KYSKA (Waterman), March 17—
N. D. Gillikin; Secretary, Antonio
Alfonso; Deck Delegate, Jack A.
Gomez; Steward Delegate, Eugene
Hayden. Ship sailed short one man
in steward department. No beefs
reported by department delegates.
SAN JUAN (Sea-Land), March
29—Chairman, James M. Foster;
Secretaiy, R. Principe; Deck Dele
gate, J. A. Rusheed; Engine Dele
gate, G. Schartel; Steward Delegate,
Adolph LaMorth. No beefs report
ed by department delegates.
TRANSCOLORADO (Hudson
Waterways), March 8—Chairman,
P. L. Whitlow; Secretary, O. R.
Frezza; Deck Delegate, Lee Snod-
grass; Engine Delegate, George
Quinones; Steward Delegate, Mar
tin Iterrino. $29 in ship's fund.
Clarification qn penalty cargo to
be taken up < with boarding patrol
man at payoff.
FENNMAR (Calmar), April 20—
Chairman, Leo Koza; Secretary,
Claude Gamett, Jr.; Deck Delegate,
Roger Sullivan; Engine Delegate,
W. B. Addison; Steward Delegate,
Oliver Lewis. Motion made that
maintenance and cure be increased
to $15 per day instead of $8 per
day. Everything running smoothly
with no beef.
OVERSEAS ULLA (Maritime
Overseas), April 5—Chairman, L.
Olbrantz; Secretary, H. P. DuCloux;
Deck Delegate, James R. Thomp
son; Engine Delegate, William A.
Padgett; Steward Delegate, James
A. Hassell. $12.35 in ship's fund.
Few hours disputed OT in deck
department.
STEEL KING (Isthmian), April
5—Chairman, J. McCollom, Secre
tary, M. E. Reid; Deck Delegate.
Amie Boekman; Engine Delegate,
August F. Reich; Steward Dele
gate, Cecil B. Thomas. Motion
made that union contact the com
pany regarding having air-condi
tioner put in the mess rooms and
an ice machine put aboard. Discus
sion held regarding retirement plan.
Vote of thanks extended to steward
department for job well done. No
beefs reported by department dele
gates.
COLUMBIA (Ogden Marine).
April 5—Chairman, Alfred Parek;
S^retary, George Luke; Deck Dele
gate, William F. Chapman; Engine
Delegate, Jerrill L. Niel; Steward
Delegate, N. F. Hatfield. No beefs
reported. Everything running
smoothly.
LONGVIEW VICTORY (Victory
Carriers), April 6—Chairman, F.
Gaspar; Secretary, S. T. Arales;
Deck Delegate, A. Delgado; En
gine Delegate, Frederick V/. Niel;
Steward Delegate, Mahland Cann.
Some disputed OT in deck and
steward departments. Vote of thanks
extended to steward department for
job well done.
FEARY (Marine Traders), April
17—Chairman, M. E. Beeching;
Secretary, Billy Russell; Deck Dele
gate, F. M. Fadraza; Engine Dele
gate, F. Pringi; Steward Delegate,
Thomas T. Kevlyn. $5 in ship's
fund. No beefs reported by depart
ment delegates.
PLATTE (Ogden Marine), Feb.
6—Chairman, James C. Boudoin;
Secretary, Felipe Quintayo; Deck
Delegate, Henry P, Lopez; Engine
Delegate, Lewis Hertzog; Steward
Delegate, William Matsoukas. $65
in ship's fund. No beefs reported
by department delegates.
DEL SOL (Delta), April 5—
Chairman, Claude Webb; Secretary,
Charles L. Shirah; Deck Delegate,
B. Spears; Engine Delegate, An
thony J. Marano; Steward Delegate,
Joseph Gagliano. Motion made for
retirement after 20 years in union
and 15 years seatime, regardless of
age. Few hours disputed OT in the
deck department. Vote of thanks
extended to all departments for fine
cooperation.
STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian),
April 12—Chairman, William Bushong; Secretary, John C. Reed.
Some disputed Ol in engine de
partment. Vote of thanks extended
to steward department and to crew
messman, Nick.
STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian),
April 6—Chairman, W. Bushong;
Secretary, John Reed. Few hours
disputed OT in engine department,
otherwise everything running
smoothly.
MAYAGUEZ (Sea-Land), April
19—Chairman, Don Hicks; Secre
tary, L. B. Moore; Deck Delegate,
Harvey Barlow; Engine Delegate,
Samuel E. Arden; Steward Dele
gate, Daniel L. Thompson. No beefs
reported by department delegates.
SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY
(Hudson Waterways), April 19—
Chairman, S. P. Morris; Secretary,
Herbert E. Atkinson; Deck Dele
gate, Howard L. Collins; Engine
Delegate, Frank R. Cranger Jr.;
Steward Delegate, Emanuel Lowe.
One man missed ship in Baltimore.
No beefs reported. Everything run
ning smoothly.
DAGAMA (Crest), March 21—
Chairman, Karl Hellman; Secretary,
George Reid. No beefs reported by
department delegates. Everything
running smoothly. Vote of thanks
to steward department for job well
done.
ERNA ELIZABETH (Albatross),
March 16—Chairman, John Swiderski; Secretary, Ernest M. Bryant;
Deck Delegate, G. Hernandez; En
gine Delegate, C. W. White; Stew
ard Delegate, James E. Webb. No
beefs reported by department dele
gates.
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�Keep of
In order to avoid any problems in collecting overtime,
Seafarers are advised to follow these guides:
1—Each crewmember must keep his own overtime rec
ord.
2—^All overtime must be turned in to the department
head within 72 hours or when requested by the department
head or department delegate.
3—In recording your overtime, be specific and be ac
curate.
• Record the date.
• Record the time and hours worked.
# Record the port.
# Record in detail the nature of the work performed.
(Don't just put down "Worked on deck." Spell it out—
"Cleaning tanks" or "slushing topping lifts." Use more than
one line on your overtime sheet if necessary. It is important
that you be specific about the kind of work you were doing.)
• Keep a duplicate copy of your overtime sheets for
your own records.
• Prior to payoff, each crewmember should go over his
overtime sheets, and then list on a separate sheet, all disputed
overtime. Again, be specific and accurate about the date,
time, hours worked, and the nature of the work performed.
I Seafarers Pension Roster
Enrolls 20 More Veterans
College Expense Means
Longer Cruises for Pate
Seafarer Luther Pate is what
is known as a "homesteader."
When Pate, who is 49, signs on a
ship he'll probably stay aboard
for a year or more. He has two
good reasons for this—Jane and
Margaret.
When Pate finally got off the
Azalea City (Sea-Land) last
month, his discharges showed
that he had spent more than IVi
years aboard the ship. He had
signed on as deck maintenance
Aug. 5, 1967, in San Juan.
While he was sailing on the
Azalea City, the vessel was en
gaged in coastwise, intercoastal,
and Far East trade runs.
"We were on the Vietnam run
for 18 months," Pate recalled.
"During that time we made 10
trips between the West Coast and
Vietnam, with one side trip to
Alaska."
On Alcoa Ranger
Before the Azalea City, he had
spent 19 months as an ablebodied seaman on the Alcoa
Ranger.
"When 1 find a good ship,
with good shipmates, I like to
stay with her," Pate explained.
"Besides, there are my two
daughters, Jane and Margaret.
They're both in college now, and
that is a pretty expensive item
these days."
The girls will be getting out
of school for vacation next
month, and Pate plans to take
them and his wife, Gail, down
south to his home town of Citronelle, Ala., for a visit with his
parents.
The oceans of the world act as
a huge storage battery for energy
that radiates from the sun, ac
cording to W. M. Chapman, ma
rine biologist and fisheries au
thority.
Speaking at a seminar at the
University of Washington's Col
lege of Fisheries, Chapman said:
"It has now become evident
that the great bulk of energy
driving the atmosphere is not de
rived directly from the sun but
is received in the ocean, reser-
Page 22
Marino Gordils, 52, a native
of Puerto Rico, now makes his
home in New York City with
his wife, Alicia. He joined the
SIU in 1939 in Puerto Rico and
sailed in the steward department
as a chief cook. In 1962 he
served picket duty.
Joseph DI Grazia, 66, joined
the union in the Port of New
York and sailed in the deck de
partment. A native of Argentina,
Brother Di Grazia now lives in
New York City.
Marino
Gordils
Joseph
Di Grazia
Ramon Benitez, 55, is a native
of Puerto Rico and now makes
his home there with his wife,
Eva. He joined the SIU in 1943
in the Port of New York and
sailed in the steward department.
His last ship was the New York
er. Brother Benitez is an Army
veteran of World War II.
Luther Pate
... a "homesteader"
"They're getting up in years
now," Pate said. "My dad is 73
and my mother is 69, and they
are anxious to have their grand
daughters come down and spend
some time with them."
22 Yeats in SIU
Pate, who now makes his home
in Mount Vernon, N.Y., has been
an active member of the SIU for
more than 22 years. He has often
taken on the responsibility of
ship's delegate or deck delegate
and served on picket lines in San
Juan, while he was a member of
the crew of the Monarch of the
Seas.
Pate says he likes to sail on
ships with graduates of the Harry
Lundeberg School of Seaman
ship.
"As a rule, most the HLSS
men make good crewmembers.
They're willing to work, and
most of all, they seem eager to
learn," he said.
Oceans Provide World With
Huge Energy Storage Battery
Seattle
Twenty Seafarers got their first
pension checks last month from
the SIU as the ever-growing
pension roll continues to in
crease.
voired there and circulated
around ... by the great ocean
currents, to be radiated back into
the atmosphere . . . and drive it."
This complex interrelated sys
tem of ocean and atmosphere is
one that scientists must leam
more about before they can ad
minister the world's fish resources
intelligently, he said.
He predicted that science will
clear up many of t'ne mysteries
of the oceans and variability of
the world's fish stocks through
such modern tools as satellites.
Edward Paul Avrard, 65,
joined the Union in the Port of
New Orleans and sailed in the
engine department as an oiler.
A native of New Orleans, Broth
er Avrard is spending his re
tirement there. He was given a
personal safety award for his
part in making the Del Sol an
accident-free ship during the last
half of 1960.
and now lives in Maryland. He
joined the SIU in the Port of
New York and sailed in the en
gine department. He has served
as engine department delegate.
Brother Noble retired after a
sailing career of 39 years.
Carl Ivan Copper, 55, joined
the SIU in the Port of Houston
and sailed in the steward de
partment. A native of Indiana,
Brother Copper now makes his
home in Zephyrhills, Fla., with
his wife, Ila Mae. He is an Air
Force Veteran of World War II.
Edward
Avrard
Frank C. Lijo, 65, a native of
Spain, now lives in Brooklyn.
He joined the SIU in the Port
of New York and sailed in the
steward department. When Sea
farer Lijo retired, he ended a
sailing career of 47 years. In
both 1961 and 1962 he was is
sued picket duty cards.
Frank Hills, 52, is a native of
Mobile, Ala., and now lives in
San Francisco. He joined the
Union in the Port of Mobile in
1939 and sailed in the steward
department. In 1961 he was is
sued a picket duty card.
Lester C. Long, 63, joined the
SIU in the Port of Norfolk and
sailed in the deck department.
A native of St. Martinsberg,
W.Va., he now makes his home
there. He is an Air Force veteran
of World War II. Brother Long
often served as a ship's delegate.
Robert B. Hunt, 58, a native
of Oklahoma, now lives in
Cypress, Calif. He joined the
union in the Port of Galveston
and sailed in the steward de
partment as chief steward. He
has served as ship's delegate.
Brother Hunt received a personal
safety award for his part in mak
ing the Young America an acci
dent-free ship during the first
half of 1960.
Antonio Santiago, 60, joined
the SIU in 1938 in the Port of
New York and sailed in the stew
ard department. A native of
Puerto Rico, he is now spending
his retirement in New Orleans.
Arnold Anthony Wichert, 71,
joined the union in the Port of
Philadelphia and sailed in the
steward department. A native of
Philadelphia, he is now making
his home there. Brother Wichert
is a Navy veteran of World
War 11.
Robert
Hunt
Arnold
Wit^hert
Albert Oarence Noble, 65, is
a native of New Rome, Wis.,
Felix
Cordero
James
Donaldson
Raymond A. Thomson, 52,
joined the union in the Port of
Duluth and sailed in the engine
department. He makes his home
in Superior, Wis. Brother Thom
son is an Army veteran of World
War 11.
Frank
Hills
Ramon
Benitez
SIU in the Port of Detroit and
sailed in the engine department.
When he retired Brother Donald
son had been sailing 40 years.
Antonio
Santiago
Honorato Castelino, 74, is a
native of Portugal. He joined the
SIU in the Port of New York
and sailed in the steward depart
ment.
I
Raymond
Thomson
Honorato
Castelino
George Alexander, 73, joined
the SIU in the Port of New York
and sailed in the engine depart
ment as a cook and baker. He
last sailed aboard the Jackson
ville. A native of the British West^
Indies, Seafarer Alexander now
lives in Brooklyn. He was issued
picket duty cards in January and
July of 1961.
Earl E. Gonyea, 65, a native of
New York, now makes his home
in Clinton, Mass. He joined the
union in the Port of Philadelphia
and sailed in the engine depart
ment as a fireman, oiler and watertender. Brother Gonyea served •
in the Marines from 1926 to
1930.
George
Alexander
Karl Johannes Dreuw, 63,
joined the union in the Port of
Philadelphia and sailed in the
deck department. A native of
Germany, Brother Dreuw now
lives in Philadelphia.
James Thomas McDevitt, 60, a
native of Portland, Ore., now
makes his home in Houston, Tex.
He joined the SIU in the Port
of New York and sailed in the
deck department.
Felix Carrillo Cordero, 61, is
a native of Puerto Rico and now
makes his home there. He joined
the union in the Port of Balti
more in 1941 and sailed in the
engine department. When Broth
er Cordero retired he ended a
sailing career of 36 years.
James A. Donaldson, 65, a
native of Canada, now lives in
Kenmore, N.Y. He joined the
Karl
Dreuw
James
McDevitt
Seafarers Log
�Vicious Spiral
-i-
A change in the way Ameri
cans elect their President and
Vice President is likely by
1976—^the 200th anniversary of
the republic.
Congress is considering not
one but five different proposals
to change the present Electoral
College system.
Since the presidential election
of 1888, when Benjamin Harri
son received a majority of the
Electoral College vote although
he had fewer popular votes than
Grover Cleveland, there have
been unsuccessful attempts to re
form the presidential election sys
tem.
The designers of the Constitu
tion stipulated that the President
and Vice President be elected,
not by the people, but by electors
chosen within each state. They
specified that each state should
have the same number of elec
tors as its total of Senators and
Representatives in Congress.
Lfp to now, periodic attempts
to change this system have failed.
The five proposals now being
considered are; Direct Election
Plan; District Plan; Proportional
Method Plan; Federal System
Plan, and the Ervin Proposal.
/ The Direct Election Plan
proposes a constitutional amend
ment to abolish the Electoral
Copyright 1970—TH[ MACHINIST
College and elect the President
and Vice President by popular
vote. Observers say it has the
greatest number of supporters.
Backers claim it is the only
plan to guarantee the election of
a President preferred by most
voters. Proponents also state that
direct election would lessen vote
fraud, take away any dispropor
tionate advantage small states
have over big states in the Elec
later enlarged upon by HEW Secretary Robert H. toral College and strengthen the
Finch and HEW Assistant Secretary Lewis H. two-party system.
/ The District Plan would
Butler.
Finch said the plan would give those eligible "a preserve the electors but would
choice between obtaining services from a health provide that they be elected from
maintenance organization or arranging for them congressional districts, the same
in the usual way from individual doctors and hos as Congressmen. Each elector
would vote for the presidential
pitals."
team
that received a popular vote
Preventive Medicine
plurality
in his district. The two
He pointed out that preventive medicine would
electors
representative of the
bring quicker treatment for illnesses, thereby re
state's two Senators would vote
ducing the cost of hospitalization—the present pro
for the candidate with a state
gram's most rapidly rising expense.
Butler claimed savings from the anticipated re wide plurality.
If no candidate received a ma
duction in hospitalization costs would pay all of
jority
of the total electoral votes
the costs of the expanded coverage. He said a re
from all the states. Congress—
duction of "one-half day per year of hospital care
for each person," would enable the plan to pay for Senators and Representatives sit
ting jointly but voting individual
itself.
ly—would
choose the President
Financing of the proposal would be under So
from
among
the three candidates
cial Security payroll taxes. Under the new bill, the
having
the
highest
electoral vote
combined employer-employee hospital insurance
total.
rate would be raised from 1.2 percent of payroll
/ The Proportional Method
to 1.8 percent of payroll in 1971.
would abolish the office of elec
Cost Lower
However, this increase in hospitalization taxes
would be offset by a reduction in old-age survivors
and disability insurance from 9.2 percent to 8.4
percent in 1971, resulting in an overall reduction
in Social Security taxes from 10.4 percent to 10.2
percent in 1971.
The total Social Security payroll tax is com
puted on a wage base of $7,800. Employers and
employees each pay 50 percent of the tax.
Since Medicare and Medicaid went into effect,
medical costs have risen meteorically in compari
son with other goods and services. The consumer
price index, based on costs of goods and services
in 1958, revealed that hospital daily charges
showed a 64.2 percent rise between 1958 and
June 1966 and a further 107 percent rise from
1966 until January 1970.
Physicians fees jumped 28 percent from 1958
to 1966 and an additional 33 percent from 1966
to January.
Testifying before the Senate Finance Conunittee in 1969, Social Security Commissioner Robert
M. Ball blamed the rapid rise , in hospitalization
costs to salary increases which comprise two-thirds
of hospital costs.
Abuses by Doctors to Be Curbed
Labor Pushes Improvements
In Medicare, Medicaid Plans
,^ ^ashingtoo
t•
Medicare and Medicaid—fought for by orga® nized labor from 1948, when it was first proposed,
until its eventual passage in 1965—would be ex
panded under a Nixon Administration proposal—
again, at the urging of working men and women.
AFL-CIO President George Meany called the
plan "a move toward implementing the recom
mendations on Medicare and Medicaid made by
the AFL-CIO."
Half of the costs of the program are taken di
rectly from workers salaries in the form of Social
Security deductions. Workers and pensioners now
ask for improvements to the present plan.
The program, now before the House Ways and
Means Committee, would allow those eligible to
join prepaid health insurance plans stressing pre
ventive medicine.
Seafarers and their families are covered under
a similar plan, the SIU Health Plan, which pro
vides comprehensive health care, including physical
examinations and other services not included in
the present federal program.
Present Benefits Limited
Present benefits of Medicare and Medicaid are
limited fb payments for hospitalization and physi
cians' services.
. Medicare offers a basic hospital insurance plan
to Americans over 65 years of age (Part A), and a
supplementary medical insurance plan (Part B) to
provide benefits for surgical and medical fees.
Medicaid extended the benefits to include all
persons on medical assistance plus other "medi
cally needy" as defined by each state. The latter
program is administered by the states in coopera
tion with the federal government.
. The new prc^osal would also seek to stem
abuses by physicians. Although the doctors led a
bitter and often vicious fight against federallyfinanced medical care, many doctors have made
fortunes by abusing the prdgram since 1965.
Doctor Abases Cited
These abuses, cited by the Senate Finance Com
mittee in 1969, have cheated the poor and elderly
people the program was designed to protect. They
have also caused the cost of providing medical
care to spiral year by year.
The new proposal was submitted to the com
mittee by Under Secretary of Health, Education
and Welfare John G. Veneman. His testimony was
May 1970
200th Birthday Gift:
New Electoral System?
tor but retain electoral votes.
Each candidate would receive a
proportionate share of each
state's electoral vote based on
his share of the popular vote.
/ The Federal System Plan
would elect the candidate who re
ceived a plurality of the national
vote and won either: 1—plurali
ties in more than 50 percent of
the states, including the District
of Columbia, or 2—pluralities in
states with 50 percent of voters
in the election.
If no candidate won either, the
election would go to the Elec
toral College where each candi
date would receive the votes of
the states he had won, based on
the number of Senators and Con
gressmen in each state.
If this was unsuccessful in se
lecting a president, the electoral
votes of third party candidates
would be divided athong the two
leading candidates in proportion
to their share of the popular vote.
/ The Ervin Proposal, spon
sored by Senator Sam J. Ervin
Jr. (D.-N.C.), would abolish the
office of elector but would con
tinue to award electoral votes on
a winner-take-all basis in each
state.
The Congress — Senators and
Representatives getting one vote
apiece—^would choose a Presi
dent and Vice President in the
event that no candidate won a
majority of the electoral vote.
If any of these proposals are
passed by this session of Con
gress, it is unlikely that they
would take effect until 1976.
Constitutional amendments must
be ratified by three-fourths (38)
of the state legislatures, and it is
doubtful these votes could take
place in time to change the elec
tion of a President in 1972.
Consumer Bills
Need Nixon Push
Washington
Establishment of an inde
pendent consumer agency and
needed insurance protection could
win congressional approval this
year "if the President were of a
mind to push," according to
Evelyn Dubrow, legislative rep
resentative of the Ladies Gar
ment Workers.
Miss Dubrow, appearing on
the network radio interview pro
gram Labor News Conference,
stressed the need to protect in
surance policy-holders when in
surance companies go broke, and
called for the creation of a Fed
eral Insurance Guarantee Corp.
ANVTIME-AMYWHCJIE
MEANS
NO MORE SHIPS
Page 23
�The Last of Her Breed
A total of 99 years of service on
the Landsdowne is presented in
this photo taken in the wheelhouse. Buck Stewart (center),
mate, is the senior man with 41
years; left is Watchman Bob
Read, 27 years, and Captain
Clarence Pare, 31 years.
'T^HE S.S. LANDSDOWNE is the last of her
breed—a sidewheeler. The SlU-contracted
carfeny is the last sidewheeler in North Amer
ica, with the exception of a summer Hudson
River excursion boat. Built in 1884, the Lands
downe is still getting the job done. Owned by
the Canadian National Railway, the ship makes
the three-quarter mile Detroit River crossing
between the Motor City and Windsor in 11
minutes—day and night, year around. She
carries some 600 tons of railroad cars at better
than 10 mph. Built in Scotland with a clinkertype hull of overlapping steel plates, she was
dismantled, shipped to Wyandotte, Mich., and
reassembled. Her 840-horsepower steam en
gine was built in 1873 in Montreal for a
wooden-hulled vessel, but the plant was too
powerful and would have shaken that ship to
pieces. So it now turns the 36-foot paddles of
the Landsdowne at 18 to 20 rpm. The crew
is a veteran one—Captain Clarence Pare
started as a deckhand 31 years ago; Buck
Stewart, now mate, has 41 years in; Fireman
David Payne and Watchman Bob Read have
27 years; Lloyd Mulder, oiler, 21 years. Re
cently fitted out with radar, there is a very good
chance the Landsdowne will make it to the
100-year mark.
Deckhands John Troy and Frank
Busuftil clamp the carferry to
the railroad dock on the Windsor
side after one of the 16 daily
river crossings.
�Emiliano A. Ducusin
Emiliano A. Ducusin, 66, died
March 18 of natural causes in
the USPHS Hos
pital, New Or
leans. He joined
the SIU at the
Port of New
York in 1944
and sailed in the
steward depart
ment. Mr. Ducu
sin, a native of the Philippine
Islands, was a veteran of 39 years
at sea. Burial was in St. Vincent
de Paul Cemetery, near his
home in Chalmette, La.
Allen J. Collins Jr.
Allen J. Collins, Jr., 32, passed
away Feb. 2 in New Hanover
Memorial Hospi
tal in Wilming
ton, N.C. He
joined the SIU in
the Port of New
York in the early
1960s and sailed
in the deck de
partment, A na
tive of Mississippi, Mr. Collins
was a resident of New Orleans.
His body was taken from Wil
mington to St. Bernard's Memo
rial Gardens in New Orleans.
Gordon Bell
Gordon Bell, 62, an SIU pen
sioner, died Nov. 24, 1969, in
Carteret General
Hospital, Morehead City, N.C.,
from natural
causes. A native
of North Caro
lina, Seafarer
Bell was a resi
dent of Morehead City. He joined the SIU in
the Port of Norfolk and sailed in
the engine department as a fire
man-oiler and deck engineer. Mr.
Bell received a safety award rec
ognizing his part in making the
Andrew Jackson an accident-free
ship during the first part of 1960.
He also was issued picket duty
cards in 1961 and 1962. During
World War II, Mr. Bell served
in the Army. Among his surviv
ors are a niece, Mrs. Doris Gelardi. Burial was in Bay View Cem
etery in Morehead City.
Jose E. Rodriguez
Jose E. Rodriguez, 44, died
Nov. 27, 1969, in San Jose,
Calif., of natural
causes. A native
of Manati, PvR.,
Mr.
Rodriguez
was a resident of
San Jose. He
joined the SIU in
the Port of San
Francisco in 1961
and sailed in the deck depart
ment. Burial was in Calvary
Catholic Cemetery,
4/
!"*•
<1>
A1 D. Borel
A1 D. Borel, 24, passed away
on June 28, 1969, in Jasper Me
morial Hospital,
Jasper, Tex., from
natural causes.
He joined the un
ion in Port Ar
thur, Tex., in
1965 and sailed
in the deck de
partment. A na
tive of Port Arthur, Mr. Borel
was a resident of Groves, Tex.
He served in the Army from
1963 to 1965. Among his sur
vivors are his wife, Jacqueline
Ann. Burial was in Greenlawn
Cemetery, Port Arthur.
Floyd Clifford Vincent
Floyd Clifford Vincent, 57,
passed away Feb. 24 of natural
causes at Ingalls
Memorial H o spital in Harvey,
m. An SIU memj ber since 1961,
he sailed as an
oiler. Mr. Vin
cent was living
with his wife,
Shirley, in Calumet City, 111.
Burial was in Oak Glen Cem
etery, Lansing, 111.
Roland E. Parady
Roland E. Parady, 58, died of
natural causes on March 17 in
Ancon, Panama
Canal Zone. Mr.
Parady joined the
SIU in 1946 in
the Port of New
York. He sailed
in the deck de
partment as a
bosun. His home
was in his native state of Massa
chusetts.
Manuel T. Flores
Manuel T. Flores, 65, an SIU
pensioner, died March 23 of na
tural causes in
the University of
Maryland H o spital, Baltimore.
Mr. Flores, a native of the
Philippine Is
lands, is survived
by his wife,
Ruth, in Baltimore. He joined
the SIU in 1942 and sailed in the
steward department. Burial was
in New Cathedral Cemetery,
Baltimore.
.1.—
WilUe Edwards
Willie Edwards, 62, an SIU
member since 1944, died of
natural causes
March 18 in the
USPHS Hospital
in New Orleans.
He joined the
SIU in the Port
of New York
and sailed in the
steward depart
ment. Mr. Edwards, an Army
veteran of World War II, re
ceived a personal safety award
for his part in making the Del
Oro an accident-free ship in
1960. He is survived by his wife,
Rosie. Burial was in Providence
Memorial Park, Kenner, Ky.
John Lee Drake
John L. Drake, 38, passed
away Dec. 5, 1969, of natural
causes in the
Huggins Memo
rial Hospital in
DeF u n i a k
Springs, Fla. He
joined the union
in New Orleans
in 1969 and sailed
as a pilot. A na
tive of Walton County, Fla., Mr.
Drake was a resident of DeFuniak Springs. He served in the
Army from 1948 to 1957. Among
his survivors are his wife, Hilda.
Burial was in Ray Cemetery,
Walton County, Fla.
<I>
William L. Woolon Jr.
William L. Wootton Jr., 62,
passed away from natural causes
Dec. 14, 1969,
in USPHS Hos
pital in Seattle.
He joined the un
ion in the Port
of New York in
1952 and sailed
in the engine department. A na
tive of New Bedford, Mass., Mr.
Wootton was a resident of Seat
tle. He had been sailing 47 years.
Memorial services were held in
Seattle Crematory.
——
Fif'Ouf on fhe 'Adam E'
Assistant conveyorman William Crawl (left) and conveyorman Clint
Kramer, both veteran Great Lakes Seafarers, use an acetylene torch
to degrease the conveyor bucket assembly housing on the Adam E.
Cornelius as the self-unloader prepares for another shipping season.
May 1970
Frank Joseph Kendrick
Frank J. Kendrick, 65, died of
natural causes March 10 in
USPHS Hospital
in New Orleans.
A native of Mary
land, Mr. Ken
drick was a resi
dent of New Or
leans. He joined
the SIU in the
Port of New Or
leans in 1939 and sailed in the
deck department. Mr. Kendrick
had been sailing for 42 years.
Among his survivors are his wife,
Patricia. Burial was in Memorial
Gardens, Chalmette, La.
Calvin Matthew Sheridan
Calvin Matthew Sheridan, 27,
a 1967 graduate of the Harry
Lundeberg School
o f Seamanship,
passed away in
the Atlantic City,
N. J., Hospital.
He joined the
SIU in 1967 and
worked in the
engine depart
ment. A Navy veteran, Mr.
Sheridan is survived by his wife,
Elizabeth, at their home in
Jersey City, N.J.
Joseph C. Veno
Joseph C. Veno, 62, passed
away on Dec. 11, 1969, in
P r e s q u e Isle
Township, Mich,
f
^ He sailed in the
engine depart
ment since join
ing the SIU in
the Port of De^
troit in 1953. Mr.
Veno was living
in Washburn, Wis. He is survived
by a brother, Lloyd J. Vienneau.
Burial was in Washburn Ceme
tery, Washburn, Wis.
<I>
Charles Henry Foster
Charles Henry Foster, 61, died
Feb. 12 of natural causes in his
home city, Milton, Fla. He
sailed in the
steward depart
ment since join
ing the SIU in
1943 at the Port
of Savannah. An
Army veteran,
Mr. Foster is survived by his
sisters, Ruth E. Emmons and
Louise Pendleton. Burial was in
Crain Cemetery, Santa Rosa
County, Fla.
<1>
Woodrow Wilson Balch
Woodrow W. Balch, 52, passed
away Jan. 10 of natural causes
in San Francisco.
He joined the un
ion in the Port of
Baltimore in
1947 and sailed
in the engine department as a
fireman-oiler. A
native of Okla
homa, Mr. Balch was a resident
of Prumright, Okla. Among his
survivors are his brother, Burt
Calvin. Burial was in Carney
Cemetery, Carney, Okla.
•f# Jf
Geoi^e Baldo
George Baldo, 44, died Nov.
19, 1969, in Montgomery Coun
ty Hospital,
Mont gomery,
Tex., as the re
sult of injuries
suffered in an
auto accident. A
native of Crown
Point, 111., Mr.
Baldo was a resi
dent of Montgomery. He joined
the SIU in the Port of Houston
in 1956 and sailed in the engine
department as a fireman-oiler.
He last worked on the Overseas
Progress. Mr. Baldo served in the
Army from 1950 to 1951. Among
his survivors are his wife, Doris.
Burial was in Garden Park Cem
etery, Conroe, Tex.
John Peter Filer
John P. Fifer, 57, died Jan.
21 in USPHS Hospital, San
Francisco, from
natural causes. A
native of Massa
chusetts, Mr. Fi
fer was a resident
of
Wilmington,
Calif. He joined
the union in the
Port of Boston
and sailed in the steward depart
ment. Mr. Fifer served in the
Army from 1930 to 1932. Among
his survivors are his wife, Celia.
Memorial services were held in
Angeles Abbey Crematory.
<1>
Bernard C. Simpson
Bernard C. Simpson, 64, an
SIU pensioner, died Feb. 22 of
natural causes in
the USPHS Hos
pital in Boston.
A native of Can
ada, Mr. Simp
son was living in
Boston when he
passed away. He
joined the SIU at
the Port of Boston in 1942 and
sailed in the engine department
as a fireman-oiler-watertender.
Memorial services were held in
Forest Hills Crematory, Boston.
SIU Welfare, Pension and Vacation Plans
CASH BENEFITS PAID
REPORT PERIOD MARCH 1, 1970-MARCH 31, 1970
SEAFARERS' WELFARE PLAN
NUMBER
OF
BENEFITS
Scholarship
Hospital Benefits
Death Benefits
Medicare Benefits
Maternity Benefits
Medical Examination Program
Dependent Benefits (Average $484,43)
Optical Benefits
Meal Book Benefits
Out-Patients Benefits
Summary of Welfare Benefits Paid ....
Seafarers' Pension Plan—
Benefits Paid
Seafares' Vacation T*lan—
Benefits Paid (Average $479.14)..
Total Welfare, Pension & Vacation
Benefits Paid This Period
9
2,115
27
643
51
541
2,296
449
391
5,260
11,782
AMOUNT
PAID
$
4,163.25
51,011.88
72,000.00
2,575.00
5,100.00
16,291.00
111,224.43
7,058.98
3,911.80
38,944.00
312,330.34
1,568
363,513.00
1,455
697,149.60
14,805
1,372,992.94
Page 25
�Rep. Howard W. Pollock and widow of late Sen. E. L. Barllett.
HLSS Trainee Wipper Scot , who comes from Asbury Park, N.J.,
had an opportunity to meet and talk with his Congressman, James
Howard (D-N.J.), while he attended a meeting of the Maritime Trades
Department in Washin^on.
Representative James M. Hanley meets Piney Point trainees.
Piney Point Trainees
»
Meet Congressmen
RAINEES from the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at
Piney Point are given an opportunity to learn about the problems
and the developing programs in the maritime industry as groups of
them are invited to Washington to attend the weekly meetings of the
AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department.
Congressmen and government officials concerned with legislation
affecting the industry address the meetings and discuss a wide range
of topics concerning maritime. Attending these luncheons are leaders
of maritime unions and shipping industry representatives.
Following the talks, the trainees have ^n opportunity to meet and
talk with the speakers and members of the MTD. After they return
to the school, the group leads a discussion on the subjects covered at
the meeting with the other trainees in their class.
T
Future Seafarers meet Congressman James J. Howard.
Walter Browne, selected as outstanding
trainee graduate of Class 44 at the
Harry Lundeberg School of Seaman
ship at Piney Point, receives congrat
ulations and a wristwatch from In
structor Paul McGaham. Selections
are made by the school staff on the
basis of overall perfmmance during the
training period.
44th Lifeboat
Class Graduates
Graduates of Lifeboat Class 44 at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seaman
ship at Piney Point pose for their class photo after they had all passed the
Coast Guard written and practical examinations. Kneeling, from left, are
Joseph Sawyers and Charles Market. Standing are SIU Instructor Paul Mc
Gaham, John Freeman, Joseph Keville, John Tassinaro, Robert Knight,
Frank Gihilaro, Gerry Preston, Joseph Rohichaud, Michael Gibbons, James
Darley, Robert McPeak, Michael Hosey, Frank Gallagher, Garrett Tallent,
Harold Ward, Luis Martinez, Steriing Youngcourt, Robert Whitney, Michael
Kiihy, Timothy Donnelly, Donald Jeffers, Gary Nicely, Joseph Dawson,
Mark Hamovitz, and Walter Browne.
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�Life or Death Question
Politics Blocks Clean Air
Washington
The grim alternative to reduc
tion of air pollution could be the
end of life on this planet, but the
"main roadblocks to an effective
abatement program are political,"
not technological.
This was the serious message
presented to the Senate Public
Works Committee by AFL-CIO
research economist George H.R.
Taylor.
Taylor testified on behalf of
legislative proposals introduced
by Senator Edmund S. Muskie
(D-Me.), but his testimony went
further.
Calling present pollution con
trol programs "incapable of meet
ing the problem," the economist
ft
urged expansion of federal pol
lution control activity to reduce
contamination in the air by at
least 50 percent in the next five
years.
Increasing Funding
Labor prefers the Muskie pro
posal because it would authorize
a steadily rising level of federal
appropriations. The Administra
tion policy would not commit the
government to any firm expend
itures, leaving it to Congress
to vote "such sums as are nec
essary."
The Muskie bill would raise
the present level of federal anti
pollution spending from $179
million in fiscal 1972. It would
Canada, Umfed Sfafes Share
Unemploymenf, Inflation Problems
Ottawa
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Canada and her neighbor to
the south, the United States,
share many common problems—
including inflation and unemploy
ment.
The president of the Canadian
Labour Council has charged that
his government's anti-inflation
policies are increasing the un
employment rate without curbing
inflation.
Latest figures show that 565,000 Canadians—6.5 percent of
the nation's work force—are un
employed, the highest unemploy
M
ment in six years, according to
CLC President Donald MacDonald.
In a meeting with Prime Min
ister Pierre Elliott Trudeau and
his cabinet here, MacDonald
criticized the Liberal Party Gov
ernment's tight money controls
and attempts at securing volun
tary wage restraint as "the wrong
policies in the wrong place at
the wrong time."
The labor leader urged the
Trudeau government to adopt
policies to free and stimulate
the economy as a way out of
the present dilemma.
also broaden the scope of federal
authority and provide stiffer max
imum penalties for polluters.
Present technology can re
duce "nearly all sources of manmade pollution from 50 to nearly
100 percent," Taylor maintained.
He advised new legislation to en
able the Secretary of Health,
Education and Welfare to set
air quality standards "applying
to all areas of the country," with
federal enforcement of violations
in areas where local enforcement
is lax.
Clean Up Exhaost
Labor asked for extension of
the Clean Air Act of 1967 for
five years under a $300 million
research and development proj
ect to devise ways to clean pol
lutants from the air such as auto
mobile exhaust fumes—a substan
tial contributor to the problem.
The 1967 Clean Air legislation
was weakened because it was
"the victim of political compro
mise under the massive pressures
of big industry and of the various
states."
Programs were "further weak
ened by being subjected to the
budgetary axe under both admin
istrations."
Labor also endorses an Ad
ministration proposal to allow
government inspectors to make
spot checks of automobile as
sembly lines to determine whether
federal anti-pollution standards
are being met.
Coffee and Sea Stories
These Seafarers got together for coffee and swapping sea stcnles as
they waited for the general membership meeting to begin in SIU
headquarters in New York. From left are B. Hanbach, bosun; M. J.
Anzalone, messman, and Paul Faketty, able seaman.
Transit Stamp Coined 'Posh'
The word "posh," a synonym
for elegant service, was created
as a sailing term.
It was coined more than 100
years ago on board passenger
steamers that sailed to India.
In those days, before the open
ing of the Suez Canal, passengers
from Europe to India would take
a ship to a Mediterranean port
and travel overland to other ships
waiting in the Red Sea to com
plete the sweltering passage to
their destinations.
Dignitaries were assigned cab
ins on the shady side of the ves
sels to lessen their discomfort
from the rays of the sun. The
shady side was the port side on
the trip out to India and the
starboard side on the homeward
journey. Accordingly, their tick
ets were stamped P.O.S.H.—port
out, starboard home.
At left, department dele
gates check in with hoard
ing patrolmen at every pay
off to settle beefs and dis
puted overtime. Here,
George Silva Oeft), engine
delegate^ talks wiffi SIU
Representative Leon Hall.
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Below, SIU Representative E. B.
McAuley (right) explains changes
in the constitution during a meet
ing held on board the Mankato
Victory. All crewmemhers at
tended the session.
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Home from Asia
fXlHE MANKATO VICTORY is snuggly tied up at the Mili1 tary Sea Transportation Service terminal in Bayonne,
N.J., after a run to Vietnam and other Far East ports. The
Victory Carriers' vessel touched at ports on the West Coast
before making her passage through the Panama Canal
and up the East Coast. The ship's committee reported a
smooth voyage. A few minor beefs were settled at the
payoff.
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reads the Seafarers Log to catch
up on the news after the long
run to the Far East.
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Bill Chimdier is chief cook
abowd the Mankato Victory.
His long experience in the gal
leys of SIU ships helped make
it a pleasant voyage.
May 1970
W. C. Pruit has been sailing as
an able bodied seaman for many
years and he appredates a ''good
feedw." Here he enjoys dinner
served up by the galley crew.
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Inland Boatmen's Union
United Industrial
Workers
PRESIDENT
Paul Hall
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Cal Tanner
VICE PRESIDENTS
Earl Shepard
Al Tanner
Lindsay Williams
Robert Matthews
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June 17—2:30 p.m.
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New Orleans..June 16—7:00 p.m.
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June 17—7:00 p.m.
New York ....June 8—7:00 p.m.
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Baltimore
June 10—7:00 p.m.
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June 15—7:00 p.m.
Great Lakes SIU Meetings
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June 1—2:00 p.m.
Buffalo
June 1—7:00 p.m.
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June 1—7:00 p.m.
Chicago
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June 1—7:00 p.m.
Frankfort
June 1—7:00 p.m.
Great Lakes Tug and
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Schedule of
Membership
Meetings
Ste. Marie..June 16—7:30 p.m.
Buffalo
June 17—7:30 p.m.
Duluth
June 19—7:30 p.m.
Cleveland ....June 19—7:30 p.m.
Toledo
June 19—7:30 p.m.
Detroit
June 15—7:30 p.m.
Milwaukee ....June 15—7:30 p.m.
SIU Inland Boatmen's Union
New Orleans..June 16—5:00 p.m.
Mobile
June 17—5:00 p.m.
Philadelphia ..June 9—5:00 p.m.
Baltimore (licensed and un
licensed) ....June 10—5:00 p.m.
Norfolk
June 11—5:00 p.m.
Houston
June 15—5:00 p.m.
Railway Marine Region
Philadelphia
June 16—10 a.m. & 8 p.m.
Baltimore
June 17—10 a.m. & 8 p.m.
•Norfolk
June 18—10 a.m. & 8 p.m.
Jersey City
June 15—10 a.m. & 8 p.m.
% Meeting held at Galveston
wharves.
t Meeting held at Labor Temple,
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
• Meeting held at Labor Temple,
Newport News.
Bronze Plaque Tells Excifing Sfory
After 110 years, a long-buried
bronze plaque carrying a short
but poignant account of a life
and death struggle at sea has been
unearthed on an isolated beach
near Swampscott, Mass.
While cutting away under
brush on land once owned by
Captain William A. Phillips, a
19th Century sea captain, a
worker uncovered the anchor of
a full-rigged schooner and the
plaque, which read:
"In a dark, stormy night in
February, 1860, two schooners
were vainly trying to reach their
mooring in Swampscott Bay. To
aid them, a fire was built with
two barrels of tar, and with this
for a guide, they safely reached
anchorage."
Crewmembers aboard the Bethtex proudly display the "Green Cross
for Safety" flag awarded the ship for achieving the best safety per
formance in the Bethlehem Steel Marine Division fleet. The vessel's
skipper, Captain C. V. Colajezzi (in white helmet), holds the framed
citation presented to the crew.
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The names of the schooners
were not mentioned and there is
no mention of who placed the
memorial plaque on the beach.
Historians in the area say that
by 1855 Swampscott Bay had
become known to mariners as a
dangerous passage, and the U.S.
government was petitioned to
construct a lighthouse there.
George B. Taylor, the first
lighthouse keeper, was naanning
the flashing red light on that
stormy night more than a cen
tury ago. Historians say he later
told the story that the storm was
so unusually severe that he had
to go down to the beach to place
burning barrels of tar in a pat
tern to warn off the schooners.
usiness opposes
Reform in Welfare
Washington
A welfare reform bill—de
signed to help needy families
headed by low-wage workers as
well as welfare families without
a wage earner—has been passed
by the House of Representatives
and is headed for possible im
provements in the Senate.
Organized labor is urging the
Senate to expand the proposal to
extend and broaden coverage to
more needy Americans.
The reform bill passed, 243155, in the House, under a rule
allowing no amendments: The
floor leader was Representative
Wilbur D. Mills (D-Ark.), chair
man of the House Ways and
Means Committee.
Because of the closed rule, no
amendments could be made in
the House, so if the reform bill
is to be improved it will have
to be done in the Senate.
Chamber Opposition
The welfare proposal, backed
by the Nixon Administration and
liberal Democrats, was strongly
opposed by a coalition of con
servatives and the U.S. Chamber
of Commerce. The Chamber
called the reform "a first step
toward a guaranteed annual in
come."
The bill would replace the
present program of Aid to Fam
ilies with Dependent Children
(AFDC) with a new system of
subsistence allowances.
A family on welfare would
receive a basic federal payment
of $500 a year for each of the
first two family members and
$300 for each additional person—
amounting to $1,600 a year for
a family of four.
Family members of working
age, except for mothers of pre
school children, would be re
quired to register for jobs or job
training, if available.
Supplementary Benefits
The federal government would
pay 30 percent of any supple
mentary state benefits up to cur
rent poverty level to encourage
state governments to supplement
the federal prograin. The poverty
level index currently amounts to
$3,550 for a family of four.
Federal benefits would be re
duced for working members of
a family who earn over $720 per
Checks Waiting
The following Seafarers
should contact the Balti
more Union Hall as soon as
possible for checks being
held there:
Edward E. Davidson
Paul Graig
Aaron J. Mangle
year. Above $720, benefits would
be cut by 50 cents for every dol
lar earned.
The bill also supplements an
adult assistance program for the
aged, blind and disabled.
About 1.7 million families—
totaling 6.7 million persons—re
ceive AFDC payments. The adult
assistance program offers benefits
to another 3 million persons.
The reform bill would provide
a minimum payment of $110 per
month for aged, blind and dis
abled persons who have no other
income. It would extend coverage
to a million additional citizens.
Expand Coverage
The family assistance program
would expand coverage from less
than 7 million persons to 20 mil
lion Americans. The provision to
offer training to adult family
members requires that child care
facilities be available for mothers
taking training or who are wor^
ing.
Current AFDC benefits for a
family of four range from $44
per month in Mississippi to $264
in New Jersey. Adult public assist
ance benefits average $40 a month
in Mississippi to $160 for a blind
person in California.
Sparrows Pmnt, Md.
Two SlU-contracted vessels,
the Seamar (Calmar Steam
ship) and the Bethtex (Bethle
hem Steel), were honored re
cently for exceptional safety
records during 1969.
For the second year in a
row, the Bethtex had the best
safety performance in the
Bethlehem Steel Corp.'s Marine
Division fleet.
During 1969, the Bethtex
had a total of 142,560 exposure
hours without a single dis
abling injury. Currently, the
ship has 200,424 hours with
out injury to a crewmember.
The Seamar won its award
for being the safest ship in the
Calmar Steamship fleet.
The
last time the ship won the
award was in 1966.
The Seamar had no disabling
injuries in 244,176 exposure
hours during the year. The ship The SlU-contracted Seamar was honored as the safest ship in the
now has 322,232 hours with Calmar Steamship fleet on the basis of her performance record. Crewout a crew injury—a record members and officers aboard the vessel display their safety award flag
that extends back to Septem as the vessel's skipper. Captain Charles B. Dunn (fourth from left)
ber 1968.
holds the citation presented to the crew.
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�First Med Run
By Azalea City
T
HE AZACEA CITY has joined the Bienville on SeaLand's recently inaugurated Mediterranean run. She
had just returned to the Sea-Land terminal in Port Eliza
beth, N.J., after stopping at Genoa, Cadiz, and Ports
mouth. Two other Sea-Land containerships are scheduled
to join the Azalea City and the Bienville on the Med
run—the Fairland, and the Gateway City.
Able Seaman WHUam Berry catches up on
the news after payoff. Berry says he likes
the Mediterranean run, and he signed on
fm- ttie return trip.
May 1970
Heavy-lift electric cranes hoist 35foot containers from the deck and
hold of the trailerships, and ease
them onto waiting tractor-trailers.
The fast unloading and loading
made possible hy the use of con
tainers enables these ships to
turnaround in less than 12 hours.
C. N. Johnson (right), ship's reporter-secretary on the Azalea
City, and SIU Rein-esentative Leon
Hail go ova* the minutes of meet
ings held aboard ship at sea. Meet
ings were held every. Sunday.
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�'Mast' Helped Transform Life of Seafarers
When Richard Henry Dana shipped out in
1834 as a common sailor on a voyage to Cali
fornia he saw the kind of treatment that was
the regular lot of men who went to sea in
American ships. In his classic story of that sea
voyage of long ago, Two Years Before the Mast,
Dana tells how men were flogged for merely in
curring the master's displeasure. "Master" was
no mere honorary title for the captain of a ship
in those days, for a sea captain was literally
the master of ship, crew and cargo. In his hands
lay the happiness or misery, the life or death,
of every man on board.
Dana tells how an able seaman on the brig
Pilgrim of Boston was seized up, with his hands
over his head and "his wrists made fast to the
shrouds, his jacket off and his back exposed.
"The captain," he continues, "stood on the
break of the deck, a few feet from him, and a
little raised, so as to have a good swing at him,
and held in his hands the bight of a thick,
strong rope. The officers stood round and the
crew grouped together in the waist. All these
preparations made me feel sick and zilmost
faint, angry and excited as I was. A man—a
human being—fasted up and flogged like a
beast.
"Swinging the rope over his head and bend
ing his body so as to give it full force, the cap
tain brought it down on the poor fellow's back.
Once, twice, six times . . . three times more.
The man writhed under the pain until he could
endure it no longer."
Vowed to Right Wrongs
As Dana witnessed this bloody scene with
his helpless shipmates, he vowed that "if God
should ever give me the means, I would do
something to redress the sufferings of that poor
class of beings, of which then I was one."
Dana soon became the author of one of the
greatest sea stories ever written, a book that
has never been out of print since its first publi
cation. He later became one of the first attor
neys in this country to represent common sai
lors in suits at law. His Two Years Before the
Mast may not have immediately improved the
lot of the American seaman, but it helped to
create a climate of public sympathy and aware
ness which inevitably must precede any great
social reform.
While best known for Two Years Before the
Mast, Dana also wrote The Seaman's Friend,
a textbook for seamen whereby they could ad
vance themselves in their profession. This book
was: "A treatise on practical seamanship, a dic
tionary of sea terms; customs and usage of the
merchant service." Most importantly, it was
probably the first book to give seamen an easily
understandable resume of maritime laws and
their rights, as well as duties, under the law.
Name Chosen for Queen of Fleet
It was for Dana's pioneering role as a friend
and benefactor of the common sailor—the man
before the mast—that the Harry Lundeberg
School of Seamanship chose his name for the
queen of its sailing ship fleet at Piney Point,
Md. The former Grand Banks fishing schooner
Arthur J. Lynn was renamed Richard Henry
Dana during christening ceremonies at Boston.
A great, great grandniece of Dana, Miss Emily
de Rhan, broke the traditional bottle of cham
pagne against the vessel's bow.
The 130-foot Dana is a stately tribute to
America's days of "wooden ships and iron men"
and of the Boston lawyer who first focused pub
lic attention on the sailor's cause.
Dana was bom in Cambridge, Mass., in
1815 in the atmosphere of the old New Eng
land aristocracy, although his parents were far
from being wealthy. He received a rigorous
schooling and the master of his school in Cam
bridge was a scholastic version of a real ;seagoing bucko mate.
Suspended from Harvard
In this era of student demonstrations it is
interesting to note that Richard Henry Dana
was suspended from classes at Harvard College
for takmg part in a student demonstration
against the college administration.
At this time, too, Dana had a severe case of
measles which left him with impaired eyesight
and forced him to drop out of college. Some-
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one suggested that a long sea voyage would be
good for his eyes, so he set about finding a
berth on an outward-bound ship.
After being turned down by many captains,
who thought a frail college lad might not sur
vive the hazards of fo'c'sle life, he finally landed
a job on the brig Pilgrim, bound from Boston
on a trading voyage to the then little-known
coast of California, at that time a foreign coun
try ruled by the Spanish. Dana wanted a long
voyage and a hard one. On the Pilgrim he got
both.
Sailor's Everyday Dress
In Two Years Before the Mast, he tells what
the well-dressed Yankee seaman looked like on
sailing day: "trousers, tight around the hips and
thence hanging down long and loose around the
foot, a super abundance of checkered shirt, a
low-crowned, well-varnished black hat, worn on
the back of the head, with half a fathom of
black ribbon hanging over the left eye; and a
peculiar tie to the black silk neckerchief."
Veteran salts on the little Pilgrim had a roll
ing gait, "always swinging, their bronzed and
toughened hands athwartships, half open, as
though just ready to grasp a rope."
On the first day out, the crew gathered at the
break of the poop and heard the captain dis
pense the usual advice about the coming trip.
"We have begun a long voyage," he told them.
"If we get along well together, we shall have a
comfortable time; if we don't, we shall have hell
afloat. If we pull together, you'll find me a
clever fellow; if we don't, you'll find me a
bloody rascal. That's all. Go below, the lar
board watch."
No One Ate Well
No one going to sea in those days ate well.
After rounding Cape Horn and heading north
into the Pacific, the crew of the Pilgrim was
always hungry, living on salt beef and salt pork.
The rice was all gone, as was flour for making
biscuits.
Crewmen ate in the fo'c'sle forward, there
being no such thing as a messroom. Each man
took his tin plate to the galley, loaded up, and
took it forward to the fo'c'sle table. In stormy
weather it was not unusual for unlucky sailors
to be up-ended by a heavy sea and lose their
dinner in the scuppers. There were no re-fills.
A man who lost his dinner waited until the
next meal rolled around. That was part of the
sailor's life.
Dana's voyage lasted two years. He switched
ships on the California coast, returning to Bos
ton in the ship Alert, loaded deep with hide's-.
which the crew had carried on board, piece-bypiece, and stowed into the hold so tight that
they almost pushed the caulking out of the
seams.
By that time, the Harvard Cojlege boy ha'd
become a toughened sailor^ On the cold, wet
passage back around Cape Horn, a time when
sailors lived and slept in wet clothes for weeks
on end, Dana's face swelled up from an ab
scessed tooth and he could not eat the ship's
salt beef and rock-hard biscuits. When he asked
for a special ration of rice the captain told him:
"You can eat salt junk and hard bread like the
rest of them."
The Alert arrived back in Boston on Dec.
22, 1836, and as biographer, Charles Francis
Adams, puts it: "Dana went away a town-nur
tured college stripling of nineteen. He returned
a robust man of 21. He had received what few
college-bred young men ever get—a course in
natural life."
Dana finished Harvard and later graduated
from Cambridge Law School. "In those days,"
said Adams, "his office was apt to be crowded
with unkempt, roughly-dressed seamen and it
smelled on such occasions much like a fore
castle."
Wrote 'Mast' for $250
It was during his early and ill-paid years as
a struggling lawyer that Dana wrote Two Years
Before 'The Mast, foi which he received the
paltry sum of $250 and 12 free copies when it
was first published in 1840. The immense popu
larity of this book is evidenced by the fact
there have been 91 editions published in the
United States, 40 in Great Britain, and lesser
numbers in France, Germany, Holland, Bel
gium, Denmark, Italy, Sweden and Spain.
The Harry Lundeberg School and the Sea
farers International Union hope that the
schooner Richard Henry Dana, in its travels
around the world, will be a dramatic reminder
and a tribute to the man for whom she is
named, one of the first Americans to take an
interest in the men who sailed the nation's mer
chant ships.
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Trainee deck crewman takes in the bow line as the
Richard Henry Dana casts off and heads southeast
down St. George's Creek to begin a five-day trainIng cruise on the Chesapeake Bay. The day was
warm and sunny, and the winds fair, as the HLSS
training vessel got underway.
Climbing the ladder to unfurl
the main topsail some 80 feet
above the deck is a job for a
man. This trainee, like the oth
ers who crewed the Dana on
her five-day voyage, proved
they were equal to the task.
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craft as part of the regular
training curriculum at the SIUoperated school.
— After they have completed
their lifeboat training, the young
seamen are given a two-week
practical course in the school's
fleet of 21-foot sloops. They
also receive classsroom instruc
tion from experienced SIU in
structors on the theory of sail
ing, basics of navigation, winds,
tides, currents, and safety at
sea.
When they have demon-,
strated their proficiency in
handling the small sailing craft,
they then go aboard the Rich
ard Henry Dana or the Captain
Hard work and the salt air make for
hearty appetites, and there is plenty of
good food aboard. The steward depart
ment on the Dana is headed by a third
cook trainee with a crew of three
trainee messmen.
James Cook for a five-day voy
age on the Chesapeake Bay.
Rigged in the' tradition of
the celebrated Bluenose and
Gertrude Thebaud, famous rac
ing schooners, these ISO-foot
ships carry 10,000 feet of can
vass. The mainmast on the
Dana reaches more than 115
feet above the deck.
Both ships were originally
working fishing vessels. Sailing
out of Lunenberg and Riverport, the schooners worked the
dangerous waters of the Grand
Banks of Newibundland in
search of haddock and cod.
Both the Dana and the Cook,
with cabin and foc'sle accom
modations for some 20 trainees,
are ideally suited for providing
practical training for these
young men who are preparing
for careers at sea.
There will be plenty of swabbing top
side and below decks during the voyage
to keep the Dana clean and shipshape,
and there are enough mops for all
hands. Trainees will also be kept busy
painting, polishing bright work and
splicing lines.
Sailing Master AI Urbeiis is at the helm as
the Richard Henry Dana heads downstream
toward the open waters of the Chesapeake
Bay. Urhelis has spent more than 30 years
at sea under sail, and for many years sailed
the lumber schooners on the run from the
West Coast to Australia.
It still takes manpowa* to
hoist sails, and the Rich
ard Henry Dana carries
10,000 square feet of
canvas, i^hooner-rigged,
Ae carries a mainsail,
foresail, two jibs, a flying
jffi, irnd two topsails.
(-
I
Trainee crewmembers
take a break and relax
forward of the windlass
after taking in the lines,
as the Dana heads for
open water under power.
There's hard work ahead
when it's time to hoist the
canvas.
May 1970
Page 31
�SEAFARERS*LOG
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION * ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO
For Seafarers and Their Families:
FUN IN THE SUN
It has always been the policy of the Seafarers inter
national Union to work for improved benefits—both on
the job and off—for its members and their families.
This is part of the SlU's continuing effort to help achieve
the "better life" for its members.
in keeping with this SlU tradition, the Union this year
inaugurates stiil another vital service for Seafarers, their
wives and their chiidren: A summer vacation center at
the site of the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship
in Piney Point, Md.
Here on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay—in what
Maryianders refer to as "the land of pleasant living"—
Seafarers' families can enjoy all of the attractions of the
top vacation resorts: Spacious, air-conditioned accom
modations; good food; indoor and outdoor recreation
to suit anyone's interests. What's more, they can do it
for just a fraction of the cost involved in staying at a
commercial resort.
Complete details on what is available at the Seafar
ers Vacation Center, what it costs, and how to go about
making reservations can be found in the center section
of this issue of the Seafarers Log,
�
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Headlines:
NONCONTIGUOUS TRADE ROLE EXPLAINED ON MUTUAL RADIO
EFFECT OF SHIPPING COSTS UNDER STUDY
CONGRESS WEIGHING MARITIME POLICY
NIXON PLANS LAKES CLEANUP
RIGHT WING PROJECT AFTER FEDERAL HELP
BUYING POWER GOES DOWN AMID SPIRALING INFLATION
US JOBLESS ROLLS CONTINUE TO CLIMB
TWO CONTINENTS COMMEMORATE VOYAGE OF MAYFLOWER
STEEL SCIENTIST: INDIA AND BACK
MONTPELIER VICTORY RUN: HOT TO COLD
NIXON PROCLAIMS MAY 22 ‘MARITIME DAY’
BOTTLE’S 7 YEAR TRIP CHARTERED
LABOR PUSHES IMPROVEMENTS IN MEDICARE MEDICAID PLANS
FIRST MED RUN BY AZALEA CITY
MAST HELPED TRANSFORM LIFE OF SEAFARERS
5 DAYS BEFORE THE MAST ABOARD THE DANA
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1970
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