http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/f5e36b48963f21257922a5be6a9364c4.PDF 0da515b7a600e6a1549528b2aaab880f PDF Text Text SEAFARERSmOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERMATIONAL UNION > ATLANTIC. GULF. LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO Maritime Biil Sails Through House See Page 3 -f f 5 Win College Scholarships See Page 6 yF • • P V • "Ship American" promotion of AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ partment and the Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, was an integral part of silver anniversary AFLCIO Union Label show, held this year in New Orleans, La. Shown with displays at SlU Fishermen and Cannery Work­ ers booth are, from left: MID Executive Secretary-Treasurer Peter M. McGavin; SlU Vice Presidents Lindsey Williams and Steve Edney, Union Label Department President Richard J. Walsh and AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Lane Kirkland. 'Ship American' See Page 4 �Floafing Housing UnH Plants Urged Ships Used as Factories? Washington The Maritime Administration soon may be taking a hand to help alleviate the nation's hous­ ing crisis. In the works is a feasibility study that could turn the na­ tion's mothballed fleet into floating factories capable of manufacturing low-cost hous­ ing units. The idea originated during a discussion between Andrew E. Gibson, Maritime Administra­ tor, and Alfred Perry, head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Project Breakthrough, which is seeking to provide low-cost housing for city residents. Gibson and Perry are asking help solve a major national industry for $100,000 to finance problem." a research project to determine He added that the ships to the economic feasibility of the be scrapped usually bring the idea. While both men concede government $50,000, when any they were not certain the idea bidding interest is generated at would work, neither were they all. willing to accept the "hairIf adopted, the floating brained" label for the ship- factory idea could solve the factory theory that one official two major problems confronting applied to it. low-cost housing construction— transportation costs and the Due to Be Scrapped contractor's expense of setting Gibson pointed out: up costly facilities in an area "We have about 600 ships for a one-time job only. in the National Defense Re­ Tow to Site serve Fleet which we have to Since the ship-factory unit scrap in the next few years. I is mobile, it could be towed to thought we ought to take an­ the construction site, and when other look to see if they can the work is completed the con­ tractor just moves it on to the next site. Perry also noted that virtually all metropolitan areas in need of low-cost housing projects are located near a major waterway, which lends it was necessary for the man credence to the floating factory to go to another hospital. idea. For definite confirmation of Perry said the ships also receipt of the information by could be used as training cen­ USPHS, Dr. Eogue urged Sea­ ters for the hard-core unem­ farers to immediately telegraph ployed of ghetto communities, the same information. which frequently line the water­ According to the U.S. fronts. Health Department, the loca­ Gibson said he hopes to have tion of the nearest USPHS hos­ pital, outpatient clinic or con­ the study completed by the end tract physician may be obtained of the year. If the results indi­ through local police or fire de­ cate it is feasible to rip the partments or by looking in the insides out of the old ships and telephone directory under U.S. reconstruct them to accomodate manufacturing processes, the Government. The government hopes these government would take over a cards will be especially help­ number of the ships and place ful in cases where the Seafarer them in operation as prototypes is too disabled "to advise the before 1972. hospital authorities of the steps Perry said, "$100,000 isn't they must follow if the USPHS very much when you consider is to assume responsibility for the potential of turning 400 to the medical expenses a Seafar­ 500 ships into manufacturing er will incur." plants." USPHS Asks Seamen To Fill Out New Cards Seafarers are asked to fill out special information cards which will aid them in receiv­ ing all benefits due them when they are hospitalized in U.S. Public Health Service hospi­ tals, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare an­ nounced. The cards are available at SIU medical clinics, along with the regular medical card issued when a Seafarer is examined, said SIU Medical Director Dr. Joseph Logue. Both cards explain that if a Seafarer is unable to get to a USPHS hospital becau.se he is too ill or badly injured, he, or someone acting in his behalf, must contact the nearest USPHS facility by telegram or phone and inform USPHS that Aufo Confamers m Use The first of more than lOO specially-designed automohile con­ tainers goes aboard one of Sea-Land's trailerships on the New York to Puerto Rico run. The containers, capable of carrying five standard-size cars, are 35 feet long, 8 feet wide and 13 feet 6 inches high. The containers are designed for stowage above or below deck. Using the car-carrying con­ tainers, Sea-Land expects delivery of 1971 cars from the manufacturer's assembly line to dealers' showrooms on the island will take under seven days. New Owner Bound By Union Contract The long-held contention of organized labor that when a firm is sold the new owner is responsible for carrying out existing labor-management con­ tracts has been upheld by the National Labor Relations Board. In a historic decision cover­ ing four cases, the board voted 3 to 1 that unless there is an essential change in the new operations "the collective bar­ gaining contract remains in force and is applicable equally to the new employer and to the union which negotiated it with the predecessor employe r." THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT Start in Right Direction by PAUL HALL 'P'VERY Seafarer can take pride in the action by the ^ House of Representatives in approving legislation designed to put new life into the American merchant marine—because this is the legislation that our Union, has fought so doggedly for, and for so many years. Seafarers can be particularly pleased with the vote on the bill—307-1—because seldom, if ever, does any major legislation pass the House by so lopsided a vote. In its simplest terms, this vote means that the mem­ bers of the House of Representatives were united in their desire to provide America with a first-class merchant marine. It means that they were united in their willingness to provide the tools needed to get the job done. TJOUSE passage, of course, is only the first step. The bill still faces a tough fight in the Senate and it must be signed into law by President Nixon. These are our next areas of concentration, so that we can end the slide which has been taking place in our maritime affairs since the end of World War II. The legislation means a great deal to all Seafarers: • It means jobs—and job security. • Tt means opportunity—the chance to advance our skills on swift, modern ships. • It means a fair shake for the bulk-carrier seg­ ment of the industry—the one with which we're primarily interested—and the one that has gotten Page 2 virtually no attention from the government over the past 34 years. • It means some long-overdue help for the Great Lakes fleet—not enough help, to be sure, but at least a recognition that this fleet has been dying of old age and financial starvation. • It means aid for American-flag shippers who serve those parts of the United States separated from the mainland by water—Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Guam—to lessen the possibility of any breach in the Jones Act, which reserves this noncontiguous trade to American-flag ships. • It means the eventual end to the runaway fleet that has had such disasterous effects on Americanflag shipping, that has left us with too few jobs on too few vessels, many of which are too old for the job. • And it means the start of assistance to the American-flag fishing fleet, which has taken such a beating from our foreign competition, so that there will be new job opportunities in this segment of the industry, too. 'T'HE SIU and the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department supported this bill and worked hard for its passage. Not that we think this is perfect legisla­ tion, because it isn't. But we do think that it heads the United States in the right direction—and that's important, after so many years of inaction, inattention, and inadequate funding of our maritime efforts. We were joined in this battle by virtually all of the maritime industry—again, not because this was the best legislation ever proposed, but because it made a meaningful start toward correcting the ills that have affilicted our merchant fleet for many years. The ultimate success of this legislation will depend, of course, on how fully it is implemented. And it will depend on one other thing: On the effectiveness of government effort to put more cargo aboard U.S.-flag vessels. T^HE government is involved in a "Ship American" A promotion, and we are lending this program our full support. We hope that American industry, at which this program is directed, will realize the wisdom of relying more and more on U.S.-flag ships, and less and less on foreign-flag ships. We also hope that the government will show its own good faith on the need for shipping American, by putting military, agricul­ tural surplus and foreign aid cargoes on ships manned by American Seafarers, instead of continuing to . use foreign-flag carriers as it has done in the past. With respect to the Maritime Act of 1970, we still have a long way to go before it becomes law, and its benefits become available to the merchant marine. We have a major hurdle ahead in the Senate before we are assured of victory. We in the SIU mean to see this job through—because we have more challenges to meet ahead. Seafarers Log jj �Maritime Bill Approved by House 307-1 Vote Sends Measure to Senate u> . h T' > ( tl Washington By an overwhelming 307-1 vote, the House has passed and sent to the Senate legislation overhauling the nation's 34year-old maritime program in a major move to shore up the sagging U.S.-flag fleet, particu­ larly in the bulk trades. Introduced by the Nixon Ad­ ministration late last year and strongly supported by the 7.5-million-member AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, with which the SIU is affiliated, the bill cleared its first major hurdle on Capitol Hill without difficulty. The bill now goes to the Senate, where maritime legisla­ tion has faced tough sledding in the past. The Merchant Marine Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee had al­ ready completed its hearing on the Administration's legislative proposals, but has been waiting for House action before pro­ ceeding further on the bill. Main goal of the legislation— H.R. 15424—is to extend the benefits of federal maritime programs to segments of the industry which had been sys­ tematically denied such assist­ ance for more than three dec­ ades. The House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Commit­ tee, under the chairmanship of Rep. Edward A. Garmatz (DMd.) had strengthened the Administration proposal in several key areas before the measure reached the House floor. Vote HaUed SIU President Paul Hall, who also heads the MTD, hailed the near-unanimous vote on the measure as fresh evi­ dence of Congressional convic­ tion that "the expansion of American-flag shipping and shipbuilding was long'overdue." Hall declared: "Maritime management and labor have long sought legisla­ tion that would assure fair and equitable treatment for all seg­ ments of the maritime industry, and that would provide a mechanism for the revitalization of our merchant fleet. We believe that (this legislation) is an important first step in this direction." Here are the key elements of the House-passed bill: Ship Constructio n— The measure calls for building at least 300 new American-flag vessels in U.S. yards over the next 10 years. It would pave the way for block-building of U.S. cargo ships as a way of reducing construction costs and bringing them more nearly into line with foreign shipbuilding. Tax-Deferred Funds—^T h e bill extends to presently unsubsidized operators the right to greater capital reserve funds for new ship construction—a privi­ lege previously reserved exclu­ sively for the 14 subsidized berth-line operators. The Nixon proposal would have permitted these tax-defer­ red construction reserve funds only in the foreign trade, but the Merchant Marine Commit­ tee broadened this provision to include the Great Lakes and fishing fleets, and ships engaged in the noncontiguous trades, as well. During the course of the floor debate on the measure, Garmatz declared that "this provision, more than any other, will induce ship operators not presently subsidized to build their ships in U.S. shipyards (Continued on page 14) Aboard the Penn Champion Deck department Seafarers Jon Stringer (left) and William McKinnon flake the lines aboard the Penn Champion after their ship docked in New York following a five-day trip from Corpus Chrisli, Texas. She was carrying heating oil. June 1970 REP. EDWARD A. GARMATZ REP. WILLIAM S. MAILLIARD REP. GERALD R. FORD REP. EMANUEL CELLER Played key roles in House passage of the maritime bill. Strong Bi-Partisan Support Given Plan to Rebuild Fleet Washington A number of key Congressmen spoke out in strong support of the SlU-backed maritime bill during House debate preceding passage of the legislation by a lopsided 307-1 vote. Leading roles in the presentation of the bill were played by Rep. Edward A. Garmatz (DMd.) and Rep. William S. Mailliard (R-Calif.), chairman and ranking Republican, respectively, on the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. The highlights of their remarks are contained in the accompanying story on the legislative action. Joining with Congressmen Garmatz and Mail­ liard were other members of the Merchant Marine Committee plus House members with long records of active support of the nation's maritime interests. Here are excerpts of what they had to say: Rep. Gerald R. Ford (R-Mich.), minority leader in the House, said that the measure en­ joyed "a heartening unanimity of endorsement by all segments of the (maritime) industry." He added: "I believe that the provisions of this bill will make it possible to rebuild our fleet, to lower government costs by making our ships more productive, and by providing incentives to ship­ owners and shipbuilders to improve their effi­ ciency." Rep. Emanuel D. Celler (D-N.Y.), dean of the House, was sharply critical of the fact that the government had ignored the U.S.-flag fleet since the end of World War II "despite the fact that in war and peace, our merchant marine has been a bulwark for our nation." He added: "With this legislation, we are at last recog­ nizing one of the basic facts of our national life: To have a merchant fleet in being in time of danger, we have to have a fleet in existence in peacetime, carrying our cargo and our flag to all the ports of the world." ^ Rep. Lenore K. Sullivan (D-Mo.) praised the bill for laying the groundwork for maritime re­ vival, declaring that "this country has come to greatness through sea power, and it will remain great only as long as we maintain a strong and virile fleet. We, in the Merchant Marine Com­ mittee, have every confidence that this bill will provide the mechanism by which our merchant marine will witness a new and dramatic advance in strength and vitality," Rep. Benjamin S. Rosenthal (D-N.Y.) cited the vital role which the merchant marine has played in the nation's development since the middle of the 17th century, and criticized the neglect to which the industry has been subjected in the past 20 years. He expressed optimism about the future of maritime, declaring that the legislation "recognizes this long and proud his­ tory, and is specifically designed to remedy the many wrongs and defects" in the nation's mari­ time policy. Rep. Palsy T. Mink (D-Hawaii) zeroed in on the bill's provision for extending tax-deferred construction reserve privileges for the building of vessels to serve the noncontiguous trade, de­ claring that this would "reduce shipping costs" between the mainland and Hawaii. Inclusion of this provision in the bill, she said, was the first fruit of a conference of gov­ ernment, industry and labor officials held re­ cently in Washington under joint sponsorship of the MTD and the Transportation Institute. Rep. Joseph E. Karth (D-Minn.) spoke of the contribution made by the merchant marine to the nation's defense posture, adding: "The Mer­ chant Marine Act of 1970 has been designed to accomplish many goals. One of these is to in­ sure that our nation has an effective, modern, reliable shipping capability available for meeting our national defense needs." Rep. Leonard Farbstein (D-N.Y.) voiced his strong support for the long-range revitalization of the U.S.-flag fleet, declaring that "there has been in the past a deterioration of American shipping, and this is something a great nation like ours cannot permit." (Continued on page 19) Page 3 �'Ship American' Program Starts New Orleans Two major departments of the national AFL-CIO, in co­ operation with the federal gov­ ernment, joined forces here in the kickoff of a massive cam­ paign to stimulate greater use of U.S.-flag ships in interna­ tional trade. Participating in the start of the "Ship American" effort were the AFL-CIO's Maritime Trades Department and the Union Label and Service Trades Department, and the Maritime Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The occasion was the open­ ing of the 25th Union Indus­ tries Show—an annual event which seeks to focus attention on products bearing the union label, symbol of the working partnership between America's free labor and free manage­ ment. Because the opening of this year's Union Industries Show coincided with the annual ob­ servance of Maritime Day— which salutes the merchant marine's contribution to the national economy and national defense—it provided a unique vehicle for launching the na­ tionwide "Ship American" ef­ fort Opened Maritime Day AFL-CIO Sec.-Treas. Lane Kirkland, principal speaker at ceremonies opening the weeklong show, said it was "particu­ larly appropriate" that the labor-management display should fall on Maritime Day, and that this year's show site was New Orleans, which Kirk­ land described as "this great port city." He had high praise for the cooperative effort by the MTD and the Maritime Administra­ tion in promoting the use of U.S. ships to carry the cargo shipped abroad by American agriculture and industry. To call attention to the need for stimulating American-flag carriage of cargo, the estimated 250,000 show visitors received bumper stickers bearing the message: "Use U.S. Ships— They Serve You and U.S." Backing up this "Ship Amer­ ican" effort launched at the Union Industries Show, the MTD, the SIU and the govern­ ment are jointly distributing hundreds of thousands of these bumper stickers in every major port city throughout the coun­ try. Local distribution is being handled through MTD Port Councils and SIU halls in all ports. Hmise Passed Bill Kirkland said that the "Ship American" effort was a natural Safety-Healfh Law Urged by Group Washington It is "imperative" that Congress pass comprehensive safety-health legislation this year, a committee of labor, management and public repre­ sentatives has declared. Page 4 out-growth of current efforts to enact legislation which would lead to the revitalization of the American-flag fleet. The House had approved the wide-ranging maritime program by a 307-1 vote the day before the Union Industries Show opened here (See story Page 3). The federation official de­ clared: "Presently before Congress is a comprehensive program to rebuild the U.S. merchant marine which is run-down, obsolete and carries only about five percent of our total import and export tonnage. This pro­ gram seeks to stimulate new ship construction and innova­ tion to make the U.S. merchant fleet competitive in the world market. Hopefully this program will be enacted in this session of Congress. "The AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department and the Maritime Administration are concerned about this program in terms of cargoes—because if we don't have cargoes we are likely to find ourselves building ships that go from the shipyards to the boneyards. ^ Dual Responsibility "It is therefore important that maritime labor and man­ agement cooperate to the full­ est extent to guarantee to the American shipper the prompt, efficient and reliable movement of his cargoes. It is incumbent then on the shipper to see to it that the products of American farms anck factories go to sea in American ships. "The AFL-CIO fully sup­ ports this program." In addition to distributing the bumper stickers, the MTD made certain that the "Ship American" promotion received the widest possible exposure at the show. Each booth display­ ing union-made products also featured a reproduction of President Nixon's Maritime Day message and a copy of the red, white and blue bumper sticker urging the use of U.S.-flag ves­ sels. Full AFL-CIO backing for "Ship American" campaign of Maritime Trades Department and Maritime Administration was voiced by federation Sec.-Treas. Lane Kirkland (at po­ dium) in ceremonies launching 25th anniversary Union Industries Show of AFL-CIO Union Label and Service Trades Department. Flanking Kirkland are Union Label Sec.-Treas. Jo­ seph Lewis (left) and Retail Clerk's President-emeritus James A. Suffridge. Attended Deck Officers School Myrick Passes Second Mate's Exam Corbert Ray Myrick has be­ come the 63rd Seafarer to re­ ceive a license after completing training at the Deck Officers' School jointly sponsored by the SIU and the Associated Mari­ time Officers Union. Brother Myrick obtained his second mate's license on April 24 after successfully complet­ ing the school's courses. A graduate of the Harry Lundeberg School of Seaman­ ship, Brother Myrick joined the SIU in the Port of Baltimore in 1963 and a year later grad­ uated from the seniority up­ grading program. A man who served the union as a ship's delegate. Brother Myrick shipped as a boatswain before enrolling in the school. He is a native and resident of Reidsville, N.C., and a Navy veteran of World War II. Corbert Myrick . . . Gets Mate's License The school, which opened in February 1966, was the first of its type in the industry and offers upgrading opportunities Union Members Should Work To Help Beneficial Programs Washington Union members work hard to elect the right kind of candi­ date to public office to enact the right kind of legislation, and they should work just as hard Notice for All Blue-Ticket ABs All able seamen holding blue-ticket endorsements (12 months—any waters) are advised that they should apply for their green-ticket endorsements (unlimited) as soon as they have accumulated the required 36 months seatime in the deck department. Coast Guard regulations require that American-flag ves­ sels cannot carry more than one blue-ticket AB in the crew—^the other five ABs must have unlimited endorse­ ments. Blue-ticket ABs can apply for their unlimited endorse­ ment at any Coast Guard district office. All that is required is that you produce discharges totalling at least 36 months in the deck department. No examination is given. It is important that 12-month ABs get their unlimited en­ dorsements as soon as they are qualified in order to insure that the SIU ^an continue to abide by its contractual obliga­ tion to supply qualified rated personnel on all SlU-contracted vessels. to help put these programs to effect in their own communi­ ties, AFL-CIO Community Services Director Leo Perlis said in a recent network radio interview. Speaking on the program. Labor News Conference, Perlis said: "Perhaps the most crucial welfare problem now facing most of the people in this coun­ try is the need for more ade­ quate and readily available medical care." tie pointed out that there is a broad and growing public demand for a national health insurance program. (See story Page 11.) "We have tried for many years, through voluntary health schemes, to meet the needs of the people," he said, "but obvi­ ously they are not being met." He called on local union members to help educate their fellow citizens to the need for "real overhaul of our medical delivery system," and urged them to take leading roles in public service programs in their comftiunities. to young and old Seafarers alike. 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 prepara­ tion for the examination. The .Deck Officer's School, like the engineer's upgrading 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 provid­ ed with meals, lodging and sub­ sistence payments of $110 a week while in the program. Deck department Seafarers who are interested in taking advantage of this training pro­ gram may apply at any SIU hall; write directly to SIU headquarters at 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232, or telephone the school at (212) 768-0561. SEAFARERS^LOC Vol. XXXII, No. 6 June, 1970 Official Publication of the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO Executive Board Paul Hall, President Cal Tanner Earl Shepard Exec. Vice-Pres. Vice-President Llndsey Williams A1 Kerr Vice-President Sec.-Treas. A1 Tanner Robert Matthews Vice-President Vice-President • thly I _ Island Avenue N.B.. Washlneton, D.C. 20018 by the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFLCIO, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brook­ lyn, N.Y. 11232. Tel. 499-6600. Sec­ ond class postage paid at Wash­ ington, D.C. POSTMASTER'S ATTENTION: Form 3579 cards should be sent to Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Seafarers Log >4 i �Congressmen Discuss Maritime Issues frank Thompson V.S. ffoprosonfafivo From Now iorsop 'Drop in the Bucket' America needs to look forward to future mari­ time planning to keep pace with projected ex­ pansion in world trade; Rep. Frank Thompson Jr., (D-N.J.) said in his luncheon speech. He said that the present Administration pro­ gram to build 300 ships over the next ten years may seem large—"but it's only a drop in the bucket in relation to the growing market, and our need for capturing a significantly larger share of that market." He reminded the audience that the present maritime law was on the statute books, virtually unchanged, for 34 years before the present pro­ posal was introduced. "Unless we begin right now to look forward— unless we begin planning our next steps for enlargement of our maritime commitment—we may have to wait for another 34 years for an­ other updating of our maritime law." He added that the addition of 300 new ships would be outweighed by the retirement of nearly twice that number in the same period—the "small, slow, old rustbuckets of World War II." This would result in lessening of the Ameri­ can-flag fleet in a time of rising demand for oceanborne transportation, he said. "Merely replacing old tonnage with new is not going to increase significantly the share of cargo which our vessels carry—and the carriage of cargo is the ultimate test of how well or how poorly we're doing in world maritime affairs," the New Jersey Democrat concluded. R. 0. Tinman U.S. Repnsentative from Rhode Island: End Maritime Sleep J- Rhode Island Congressman Robert O. Tiernan called for a three-point prograni—over and above the Administration's Maritime proposal to build 300 ships in the next decade—which should be implemented to further increase Amer­ ica's oceanborne trade. He called for: "Larger, faster ships, utilizing the technolog­ ical advances created largely by American mer­ chant marine architects. "Aid in the form of subsidies—or competitive incentives—to the entire U.S.-flag fleet in the foreign trade. "Success in the 'Ship American' program" to encourage private American shippers, as well as government to increase their use of U.S. ships to carry American goods. Rep. Tiernan cited charges by foreign ship­ ping competitors that the United States is about to "overbuild" our merchant fleet and "overtonnage" U.S. foreign trade routes. "Now just how a nation that is carrying less than six percent of its international cargo in its own vessels can 'over-tonnage' itself is a per­ plexity in itself. "The only logical answer is that we are now— at long last— posing a competitive threat to for­ eign-flag shippers. They should be concerned. After all, they have picked off the American cargo business that has been lost to Americanflag bottoms. "The time is long overdue for the United States to waken from its destructive maritime sleep—a sleep that has permitted us to drift into maritime mediocrity." June 1970 Speeches to MTD Hit All Problems Washington The stunning 307-1 vote by which the House has approved the maritime bill is still only half the bat­ tle—the measure which revamps the 1936 Maritime Act still must be voted on by the Senate. But the nature of the House vote is an indication that the case for reversing the decades of neglect has been made and has struck a responsive chord among congressmen. Congressional leaders have joined with labor and industry officials in decrying the state to which the U.S. maritime fortunes have fallen. One of the plat­ forms used for explaining maritime problems to the public has been the weekly luncheons in Washington sponsored by the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ partment. The SIU is a member of MTD and SIU President Paul Hall also serves as president of the 7.5-millionmember MTD. The 42 unions affiliated with the MTD represent workers in shipboard jobs, shore jobs, the shipbuilding industry and related indus­ tries. The MTD strongly supported the maritime bill. At these weekly luncheons, which are attended by industry and government officials as well as represent­ atives of the MTD affiliates, congressmen have spoken out on various aspects of the maritime bill and the Nixon Administration's maritime program. TTie congressmen have used the forum to point out weaknesses as well as strengths in the legislation. The MTD luncheons have been a means for thrashing out the facts concerning the legislation. The main thrust of the speeches is the overall mari­ time industry, but each speaker has his own particular emphasis. For example, in four recent speeches, the congressmen touched on four different aspects of the legislation: • Rep. Frank Thompson Jr. (D-N.J.) was con­ cerned that the American-flag fleet must increase its cargo-carrying capacity or see further decreases in its share of U.S. foreign trade. "The need is great to begin working on improve­ ment of (our) martime program—and the time is short, in terms of what needs to be done if we are to become, and remain, competitive with the other mari­ time powers around the globe. • Rep. William D. Hathaway (D-Me.) felt a major share of any "peace dividend" resulting from reductions in military expenditures should be ear­ marked for further expansion of the U.S. merchant marine. "An investment in maritime will lead to greater job opportunities for all of our people, which, in turn, will produce more tax revenue to help provide funds for our other national needs." • Rep. Thomas S. Foley (D-Wash.) examined the Treasury Department's proposal for special tax deferments for American firms exporting goods and concluded the deferments should be restricted to those exports carried aboard American-flag ships. "It seems to me that these two programs (Treasury tax-deferments and "Ship American") could very easily be put together—and the result would be to stimulate the export of U.S. goods and their carriage on American vessels." • Rep. Robert O. Tiernan (D-R.I.) told his audience that foreign-flag shippers are crying that the U.S. will "over-tonnage" ocean trade routes because of the program to construct 300 new ships over the next 10 years. He said that cry is "hollow and selfish" because foreign-flag vessels now carry 94 f)ercent of America's oceanborne foreign trade and these foreign shippers don't like the thought of competition. "They see us shaking off the neglect, the lethargy, the stagnation that has caused our merchant fleet to deteriorate in numbe.'-s and efficiency. Yes, they are worried. They know what a competitive American-flag merchant fleet can do." Attention in Washington now shifts to the Senate for its action on the maritime bill. But the attention of the luncheons will remain focused on improving the maritime industry. Thomas S. foloy U.S. Roprosontallvo from Washington: Tax Aid for Cargo The key to development of the full potential of the Administration's maritime proposal is cargo, Rep. Thomas S. Foley (D-Wash.) said.^ "Inbound and outbound cargo constitute the lifeblood of a merchant marine fleet," he said, "and, very frankly, 95 percent of this lifeblood has been drained away from the American-flag fleet in recent years. "We must end this anemia, we must trans­ fuse new blood—which is to say more cargo— into the American fleet to assure its survival." He cited an Administration program to launch a wholesale promotion of American-flag ship­ ping—a "Ship American" campaign—as an im­ portant ingredient in this rehabilitation. Rep. Foley called attention to a recent pro­ posal by the Secretary of the Treasury to give special tax advantages to American exporters to stimulate shipments of American-made goods in order to reverse the current balance of payments deficit. "I, too, am concerned about the balance of payments," he commented, "but I am disap­ pointed that the proposal by the Secretary of the Treasury approaches the problem without re­ gard to the U.S. merchant marine—and I am concerned that, once again, various segments of a national Administration are pursuing their own individual goals, without coordinating them with other on-going national programs." Rep. Foley recommended that the Treasury Department plan be modified to offer benefits only to exporters who utilize American-flag cargo vessels for their shipments. W. D. Hathaway U.S. Ropresentatlwo from Maine: Future Investment "There is an old Chinese proverb, to the effect that a thousand mile journey begins with a single step," Rep. William D. Hathaway (D-Maine) said, referring to the current Administration maritime program. "That is the way we must regard this bill— as the first step toward" our ultimate goal of a strong and modern merchant fleet, carrying an ever-increasing share of our imports and exports, and ready to serve this country in time of emer­ gency as well as in times of peace." Rep. Hathaway referred to one objective of the maritime proposal, that of increasing the percentage of American cargoes from the pres­ ent 5 percent to 30 percent in the next 10 years and said; "That's a six-fold increase in cargo, even as­ suming that we merely hold at today's level of imports and exports—and since our interna­ tional commerce has been growing steadily,' and since we must assume that it will continue to grow, then we are talking about a staggering increase in cargo tonnage in order to achieve the 30 percent goal. "Quite obviously," he continued, "the 300 ships that we're planning to build will not be nearly enough to reach that goal. So we're going to have to raise our sights on shipbuilding to meet this need." He called for the nation to add maritime needs to "the list of national priorities. "It is not too early to begin planning for an enlargement of our maritime program in this decade of the '70s. Page 5 �Winners of SlU Scholarships Selected New York Four high school seniors—the children of Sea­ farers—and one Seafarer have been awarded $6,000 four-year college scholarships under the scholarship program sponsored and financed by the SIU. The five 1970 winners selected by the Seafarers Scholarship Award Committee are: Ferdinand Greeff, son of Seafarer Ferdinand C. Greeff, Baltimore, Md. Lynn Marie Karpiak, daughter of Seafarer Joseph Karpiak, Jersey City, N. J. Ransom Simmons, son of Seafarer William Sim­ mons, Ellisville, Miss. Derryl Wheeler, son of Seafarer Orien Wheeler, Toomsuba, Miss. Seafarer Lewis A. Smith Jr., New York City. This is the 17th year of the SIU Scholarship Awards program. To date the program has opened \ *' • 4 the doors of higher education to a total of 88 stu­ dents—26 Seafarers and 62 children of Seafarers. The winners of the $6,000 grants are free to elect four-year courses in any field of study at any ac­ credited college or university in the United States. Selections were made by an impartial committee of six educators from leading institutions of higher learn­ ing across the country. All candidates were required to take tests administered by the College Entrance Examination Board or the American College Test­ ing Program. The results of the tests, together with evidence of the candidate's scholastic achievement, character and leadership ability formed the basis of the selections. Two alternates were also selected for scholarships in the event any of the awardees was unable to ac­ cept. They are: Miriam Eddins, daughter of Seafarer John Eddins, Norwood, N.C., and David Holbrook, son of William Holbrook, of Portland, Me. In announcing the awards, the committee expressed the opinion that "the records of all applicants were the best ever, to the point that our task was most difficult this year." In addition to uniformly high scholarship ratings and active involvement in extra-curricular school activities, "all of the candidates have shown a concern for the problems of the nation and their community, and have distinguished themselves in service-related fields," the committee said. Typical of the awareness and concern of all of the candidates toward the problems of today is this ex­ pression from award-winner Lynn Marie Karpiak: "As a normal American teen, I love life and enjoy living it. But, the afflictions and grief with which to­ day's society has burdened humanity kindle the fires of my desire to serve mankind. To be a doctor and to help my fellow man is my true goal in life." r V, 0 Ransom Simmons Seafarer Simmons Ransom Simmons, 18, is attending the University of Mississippi where he achieved four A's and one B in his first semester's work and earned the highest recommendations of university officials. He graduated from South Jones Senior High School in Ellisville, and worked part-time for the State Society of Medical Technologists. His father, William, sailed as able seaman before retiring after more than 25 years at sea. Ransom plans to continue his studies after gradu­ ation. "My interests lie strongly in the field of bio­ chemistry," he said. "I would like to work with the government or a foundation in cancer research." Doctor, Lawyer Post Winners The real value of a scholarship program is not computed in dollars spent but in the effect on people. The careers of two former winners clearly demonstrate this point. Seymour Wallace went from AB to MD, while Lembhard G. Howell became an attorney at law. Dr. Wallace is now practicing medicine in Mountain View, Calif., a far cry from the days when he shipped out as an able seaman, usually with the Bull Line or Mississippi ships. A Seafarer since 1948, the doctor received his scholarship in 1954 while he was a premedical student at Long Island University. He continued to sail with the SIU during his first two summers at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. When he graduated from Columbia in 1959, Wallace became the first Seafarer to put "doc­ tor" before his name under the scholarship pro­ gram: The career opened up for Lem Howell as a result of the SIU scholarship also led to the West Coast. An attorney in private practice in Seattle, Howell is active politically. The son of a Seafarer, Howell received his SIU scholarship in 1955 and graduated in 1964 from New York University Law School. He at­ tended Lafayette College in Easton, Pa. His father, Cleveland Alexander Howell, re­ tired on an'SIU pension in 1965. Howell first went to the State of Washington on a Ford Foundation grant; was appointed an assistant Attorney General in 1966; was elected state president of the Young Democrats in 196667, and opened his own law firm. Miller, Howell and Watson in 1969. J Page 6 t rI Seafarer Wheeler Derryl Wheeler Seafarer Greeff Ferdinand Greeff Derryl Wheeler, 18, is graduating from Northwest Lauderdale High School in Meridan, Miss. In his first three years, Derryl maintained a straight A average. One of his teachers said: "I have never taught a stu­ dent of greater scholastic ability." Derryl has wanted to study medicine since childhood. He said: "I earnestly feel I can make my contribution to the furtherance of love and understanding by prolonging life and inspiring others to be more appreciative of the gift of life." He plans to do pre-medical work at Mississippi State University, and complete studies at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Ferdinand Greeff, 18, is the son of veteran Sea­ farer Ferdinand C. Greeff, who sails as bosun and is now on the Calmar shore gang in Baltimore. But, young Greeff also has seatime. He attended the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship last August, and shipped on the Bienville and the Marymar. A gradu­ ate of Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Greeff was president of the senior class, a member of the student council,and a contributor to the yearbook. He was also on the school's wrestling team. Greeff hopes to attend Harvard or • Boston University to major in business administration. Able Seaman Lewis A. Smith, Jr., is the 27th Sea­ farer to be awarded a grant under the SIU pro­ gram. Smith, 28, is study­ ing now at the New School for Social Research in New York City, and plans to continue his studLewis A. Smith Jr. ies there or at New York University for a degree in Sociology. He began sailing with the SIU in 1961, after graduating from Aiken High School in Aiken, S.C. He received his AB en­ dorsement in 1965 and continued to ship through 1969. His last ship was the Steel Director. Comment­ ing on the SIU financial grant. Smith said: "I think it is wonderful for all those that are being helped through school, that the SIU has this concern for the improvement of society and this confidence in the young people of today." Seafarer Karpiak Lynn Marie Karpiak Lynn Marie Karpiak, 18, is graduating from Wil­ liam L. Dickinson High School in Jersey City, N.J., ranking ninth in a class of 657 students. She lives at home with her father, Joseph, a deckhand and bridgeman for the Penn-Central Railroad, and her mother, Rebecca. In addition to maintaining a high scholastic level, Lynn has been class secretary in her junior and senior years, a member of the student council and yearbook staff. She plans to begin premedical studies at St. Peter's College or Jersey City State. The Seafarers Scholarship Awards Committee ex­ amines the scholastic records of candidates - they prepare to select winners for the S6,000 college scholarship grants awarded each year to Seafarers and the children of Seafarers. Seated from left are: Richard Keefe, St. Louis University; Dr. Bei> nard Ireland, College Entrance Examination Board; Chairman Edna Newhy, Douglass College; Dr. Charles A. Lyons Jr., Fayetteville State Uni­ versity, and Dr. Elwood C. Kastner, New York University. Standing is Price Spivey, administra­ tor of the Seafarers* Plans. Seafarers Log - 'J �TILL ACTIVE as a part of the United States' "Fourth Arm of Defense" is the SlU-contracted Rohin Trent (Moore-MacCormack). Built late during World War II, the ship saw action as a baby flat-top with the Navy be­ fore her conversion to a C-3 general-cargo vessel. She is now under charter by the Military Sea Transport Service carrying supplies to American troops in Southeast Asia. S y /fff^/jv r/f£Mr .•< Some lucky young lady is going to receive this statuette of a South Seas headhunter from OrdinaiT Seaman Joni Johnson. At right is Danny Burnett, 17, who had just completed his first trip as messman after graduating in February from the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at Piney Point. Oiler James Bennell stands watch in the engine room of the Robin Trent as the ship discharges cargo in Philadel­ phia. Bennell, who has been going to sea for many'years, said this was a good trip. Wiper Philip Barry (stand­ ing) discusses some disputed overtime with SIU Patrolman Robert Air as Electrician David Nellies and Able Sea­ man Thomas Jones (right) look on. All disputes and beefs were settled. Francis Thompson is a homesteader. He has been on the ship for 20 months, and signed for another voyage to Viet­ nam. When he is home. Seafarer Thompson lives with his wife, Laura Bess, and seven children, in Port Arthur, Tex. r 'S The crew had high praise for the tasty menus prepared during the three-month voyage of the Robin Trent to the Far East, and these two professionals had a lot to do with it. At left is Billy Wilkerson, third cook, and Willie Harris, chief cook. The Robin Trent prepares to load mili­ tary vehicles and supplies as she lies along the dock at the U.S. Army terminal in Philadelphia. Back from a 90-day trip to the Far East, the ship soon was back on her way to Vietnam. Bosun William D. Crawford (center) swapped sea stories with Philadelphia Port Agent John Fay (left) and Headquar­ ters Representative E. B. McAuley as the crew was being paid off after the long Vietnam voyage. Crawford, the ship's chair­ man, said it was a good trip with few beefs. June 1970 Page 7 �St-' V 6l m 7 JD This hand-carved figure of an Arabian pirate rested beneath the howspirit of the Algerine, an 18th Century tea clipper on the China-England run, until the vessel sprang a leak and was wrecked. -/.M r • -vvn •S I 'ir The Street of Ships' URING THE 1850S, a 5 Vi-block area along the East River just below the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City was called the "street of ships" by seafarers of that era. The name was well chosen, for many of America's most famous ships — packets, clippers, trans-Atlantic paddle liners—set sail from South Street's piers on voy­ ages that wrote glorious chapters in the history of ships under sail. In 1849, gold rush clippers left for California from South Street; in 1850, side wheelers began regular voyages to England; during the Civil War, windjammers filled the piers. It was the heyday of America's maritime history. ITie restoration of some of that history and its transformation into a "living history" with present-day meaning is the objective of the South Street Seaport Museum of New York. As part of a $40 million project, the Seaport Museum, organized in 1966, plans to totally rebuild four East River piers, restore 68 waterfront buildings, and line the docks with a dozen sail and steam vessels famous in history. When the project is completed in 1974, visitors will be able, in the words of one ob­ server, "to see, hear, smell and touch" America's glorious maritime heritage. D Aboard the Ambrose lightship, the vessel's heavy brass hell is now silent. She was retired sev­ eral years ago and replaced by a Texas tower. This oil painting depicts the South Street waterfront lined with oyster hoats, once a hoom ing industry in the waters around New York City, until pollution ruined the oyster beds. Page 8 The Titantic Memorial Lighthouse, built atop New York's Seaman's In­ stitute Church in 1913 in memory of those who lost their lives in the dis­ aster, was saved when the church was demolished in 1968. It is now on dis­ play at the Seaport. V i\ �An 18th Century ship's an­ chor rests on a Seaport Mu'seum pier at the foot of South Street. A view of the stem of the Caviare shows the hand-hewn planks of her deck and her white boom. During her ac­ tive years in the commercial fishing fleet, she took aboard countless tons of sea life from the Atlantic. The helm in the wheelhouse of the Ambrose lightship is shown at left. She was the last Coast Guard-operated lightships to serve on station in the Atlantic. :* J ri.f The Caviare, an 80-year-old Gloucester fishing schooner, is open for public tours. She was one of the first ships acquired by the Seaport and has been restored to seaworthiness. F• k As this copperplate etching shows, the South Street waterfront was a busy center of mari­ time commerce during the days of ships under sail. The masts of several windjammers tower above the piers in the background. June 1970 Ci% & s. �Widow Expresses Thanks to SIU To the Editon I would like to express my sincerest thanks for the Sea­ farers Welfare Fund check and the nice letter I received on the loss of my beloved husband August A. Brosig. I would especially like to thank Buck Stephens for the way that he helped me and made it a little easier for me. Thanks again. Mrs. Sara Brosig New Orleans, La. Sick Engineer Likes SIU Help Ship American' Program Seafarers have a vital stake in the "Ship American" campaign that has been kicked off nationally through the combined efforts of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, the AFL-CIO Union Label and Service Trades Department and the U.S. Department of Com­ merce. (Details of the "Ship American" program ap­ pear on page 4). This program blends well with the fact that the nation is nearing victory on our long, tough fight to revitalize the American merchant marine. Legislation that has been passed by the House of„ Representatives and is before the Senate provides for the construction of hundreds of new cargo vessels in the 1970s. The "Ship American" campaign is geared toward rilling the holds and decks of those ships with cargo. The blunt fact is that neither the legislative nor the promotion program can succeed unless both succeed. Cargo Figures Drop Just 20 years ago, American-flag ships carried 42.3 percent of our nation's oceanbome foreign trade. Today that figure is under 6 percent. This year, our nation's waterborne exports and imports are nearing a half-billion tons— four times as much as was carried in ships in 1950. Maritime Administrator Andrew E. Gib­ son predicts that America's foreign-trade ton­ nage will top 620 million tons in a dozen years. So the cargo is there. The trick is to get it on American-flag bottoms. That is what "Ship American" is all about The program is aimed at showing U.S. indus­ trialists that it is good business to use Americanflag ships. Of course, it will be good business only so long as it is profitable business. It makes sense for the steel industry—which stands to gain by the use of enormous amounts of steel that will go into the new American-built bottoms—to use these ships for its exports. By using U.S.-flag ships, the industry will be gen­ erating a market for still more new bottoms. Foreign-flag Competition And it makes sense that the newer vessels utilizing the technological advances that have been developed in recent years will be better able to compete with foreign-flag vessels in bidding for America's export trade. Further help is in the wings in the form of construction and operating subsidies that are provided in the maritime legislation passed by the House of Representatives. President Nixon has set as a goal for the American merchant marine the carriage of 30 percent of our international trade. Hopefully, this goal will be supported by the federal agencies that for too long have ducked their obligation to their own nation's fleet by using foreign-flag vessels for government cargo. "Ship American" is a proper phrase for a program that will help the nation's Seafarers, its seafaring industry, its economy and its potential to defend itself in time of crisis. Recipe to Help Industry Unions have obligations, as well, to preserve and promote the industries they are associated with, be it shipping or bagel baking. The Seafarers International Union of North America turned its hand toward promoting the use of seafoods through the production of a book of 45 recipes. The publication was widely distributed at the 25th Union Industries Show and is available to SIU members through a Page 10 coupon appearing on Page-19 of this issue of the Seafarers Log. Members of the unions belonging to the Fish and Cannery Conference of the SIUNA will prosper in direct ratio to the consumption of their products from the seas. To have a fine meal, and to help an SIUNA brother, order the recipe book and use their products—often. You'll be glad you did. in the Marine Hospital. I guess many of us, especially oldtimers, are fools ifor we do not want to go to hospitals unless we are forced to do so. I am of this type but thanks to those who have more sense than I do and make us go. How do you really let people know how you feel especially when you are an ec­ centric old Seafarer like me. David J. Barry Bridgewater, Mass. Check Reminder Of Past Struggle To the Editor: I thank you all for the approv­ al of my pension application and my first check. It was indeed a relief to me, in more than one way. I hope we all will remember the days when there was no pension for any­ body, and it was a struggle just to get one's basic rights. It is rather easy to forget such "things" when we are getting used to all the rights and condi­ tions of today. Now I must admit I do miss the new ships and all the good shipmates I had during my years at sea! I thank you all and wish you the best of everything wherever you might be, on land or at sea! Yours sincerely, Sigurd Halvorsen New Orleans, La. To the Editor: On April 22 I entered the Bluff Hospital in Yokohama, Japan, a very sick man. The next day a young Japanese lady came into my room and said: "I am the SIU secretary. Is there anything I can do for you?" I told her that I was not a member but an engineer from the M.E.B.A. My answer did not make any difference to her. I was just a sick person in the hospital. The question was repeated: "Is there anything I can do for you?" The next day or so Mr. Frank Boyne, SIU Port Agent, came to see me. Again I was asked what can we do for you? I asked for some toothpaste and it was brought to me in less than an hour. After two days of trying to Prompt Attention send a telegram to my wife (no one would help me) I telephoned Draws Thanks the SIU. The secretary, Keito To the Editor: I would like to thank the'Sea­ Nakategawa, came to the hospital and then sent my telegram. If I farers Welfare Plan for the would not have been able to pay prompt attention given me on the for it, I believe she would have claim for my treatments. used her own money. Sincerely, Joe Penner Yours truly. Seattle, Wash. Earl A. Russell Seattle, Wash. Costa Rican Appreciates Log To the Editor: I received your package con­ taining the Seafarers Log, which I appreciate very much. In fact I have no words to express to you my gratitude. I thank you ever so much for such valuable in­ formation. Be sure that I enjoy very much reading the Seafar­ ers Log. I will pass on the papers to some old sailors who also worked in the United States Merchant Marine. I am expecting to make a trip to the United States next year especially to New York, where I was raised and attended school. I have many friends there still. If I am not mistaken some of them are working in the United States Merchant Marine in which I worked for 15 years. With no more particulars for the present time, I am sincerely yours, Neftali Vargas Villablobos Pital de San Carlos, Costa Rica Seafarer Offers Thanks for Care To the Editor: I was very ill recently, and all I can say is thanks to Walter Reidy and the others at the San Francisco^ hall who helped me and thanks to the wonderful treatment from the doctors and nurses—and all of their helpers ' I: Welfare Plan Eases His Mind To the Editor: I just want to say how much I appreciate all that has been done for me by the SIU and its wonderful Welfare Plan. Sort of eases my being flat on my back with this illness knowing that my union—my brothers—are behind me. From the start "C Card" to the day I became a full book member, I have been treated with utmost kindness, employment and help! With rest, medications and God's help—I'll again be back with you all. So thank you all again! Yours truly. Matt Goldfinger Buffalo, JV.Y. Seafarer Visits Family Home To the Editor: Just to let you know that I caught a ship called the Choctaw and it was going to Naples. When I was a boy of nine years old, my father took me to Catania, Italy, to see his family and I saw everybody. I got the biggest break. I stayed six days in Naples and flew from Naples to Catania after 47 years to see those relatives. The only one alive was my father's sister. I want to thank the captain, mate and the crew for letting me go. Yours truly, James DiPietro Brooklyn, N.Y. Seafarers Log i c f/ •9 I �Nafional Health Insurance s"* ' Good Health Care For All 70s Goal Full Benefits Seen Under NHI Plan Washington A proposal that will reduce the cost of medical care for all Americans—the National Health Insur­ ance bill—is being pushed by labor as one of the major issues of the 1970s. The measure would replace and expand the cur­ rent Medicare and Medicaid that confine medical services to the elderly and "medically indigent." American labor was a prime backer of the Medicare and Medicaid legislation before its passage in 1964. Statistics show that nine out of ten Americans are medically indigent—unable to pay the high cost of necessary medical care without severe economic hard­ ship. The bill's sponsor, Rep. Martha W. Griffiths (DMich.) maintains that many Americans spend 25 per­ cent or more of their incomes for medical care. Care Deteriorating Despite rising costs, statistics show that medical care is deteriorating rather than improving. For ex­ ample, the infant death rate in the United States has increased since 1950. America has slipped from sixth place in infant deaths to 14th place currently. Advocates of a National Health Insurance program maintain that medical cost increases can be reversed by offering cost-cutting bonus incentives to participat­ ing hospitals and physicians. NHI would provide unlimited hospitalization, coinprehensive dental and eye care, including glasses, and prescription services for every person who has resided in the United States for more than one year. $100 a Day Seen Statistics show that hospitalization will soon reach a cost of more than $100 per day—much more than the average worker can afford. "Health care should be provided on the basis of need, not money," Rep. Griffiths says. The cost of a heart attack is $16,000 in medical fees. This in itself is a heart stopper. -Medicare and Medicaid have shown the Social Security Administration that health care is the most rapidly rising expense in the cost of living index. Washington National Health Insurance, sponsored by Rep. Martha W. Griffiths (D-Mich.) and strongly backed by organized labor, would mean extension of health care to every American under the proven framework of the Social Security system. It is unlike Medicare and Medicaid, which re­ strict benefits to the elderly or "medically indigent." For all Americans, National Health Insurance would mean: Options that would allow Americans to retain pri­ vate physicians or join pre-paid comprehensive group health care plans. It would earmark 6.7 percent of the Gross National Product, the current cost of medical health services, to pay for the plan. Contributions would be deducted from employers and employees under the same system as present Social Security payments. Unlimited hospital and nursing care, physicians .services including surgery, prescription drugs and eye care, including eyeglasses. Dental care for children under 16, home calls by doctors and home health services would be available after payment of a token fee—$2 per visit—by the patient. Physical examinations on a yearly basis—stressed by comprehensive health care plans—can spot ill­ nesses before becoming more serious, thereby re­ ducing hospitalization and surgery. These examina­ tions would be encouraged by NHI. Backers of the measure point to statistics that show that group plans stressing preventive medicine offer better and more comprehensive medical care at lower cost. The figures show that non-maternity hospitaliza­ tion and surgery are reduced by more than 50 percent for members of group plans, in comparison with standard Blue Cross and Blue Shield coverage. Proponents maintain that savings resulting from the expansion of group plans and consequent reduction in hospital and surgery charges will pay for the cost of the program without an increase in current Social Security rates. "The time is long overdue to make comprehensive health care a matter of right for all Americans, in all income levels, rather than a matter of privilege, pity or proximity," Rep. Griffiths said. Only Rich Can Afford Illness Americans are learning that illness is becom­ ing so expensive that only the wealthy can afford to get sick. Hospital charges will rise to over $100 per day within three years. Statistics show that medi­ cal care is the most rapidly rising expense in the American economy. For example, hospital daily charges—exclu­ sive of doctors' fees and treatment charges— rose 64.2 percent between 1958 and 1966 and rose an incredible 107 percent between 1966 and the beginning of this year. Physicians' fees jumped 18 percent from 1958 to 1966 and an additional 33 percent from 1966 until January of this year. Since 1950, health care has absorbed an in­ creasing proportion of the Gross National Prod­ uct. In 1950 it stood at 4.6 percent of the GNP. By 1960 it had risen to 5.3 percent and by 1968 it stood at 6.7 percent of our total economy. In dollars, health care costs Americans more than $60 billion per year. Compared with other expenses, medical care shows sharper cost increases than other goods and services. Overall medical care costs rose 4.2 percent between 1946 and 1960, compared to a 3 percent rise in other consumer prices dur­ ing the same period. During the five years from 196p until 1965 medical costs rose 2.5 percent, almost twice as much as other prices. From 1965 until 1968 medical care spiraled by 5.8 percent. June 1970 NHI would offer incentive bonuses to health orga­ nizations to cut costs while extending services. It ear­ marks 6.7 percent of the Gross National Product for health care -a figure determined by present health expenditures. It encourages membership in comprehensive group health plans which practice preventive medicine rather than Blue Cross-type protection under which benefits are paid only during illness. Doctors Profit by Illness Under the present system, the physician is finan­ cially rewarded in proportion to the illness of his pa­ tient. The greater or more lingering the illness the more money the doctor makes. National Health Insurance would give the physi­ cian a financial stake in keeping the patient in good health. Preventive medicine, stressed under NHI would reduce unnecessary hospitalization, unneces­ sary surgery and unnecessary medical services which have been major factors in the rapid rise of health care costs. The bill would encourage expansion of present pre­ paid comprehensive health insurance plans, such as the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan. The President's Commission on Health Manpower studied the Kaiser plan and concluded that it provided as good or better care than was available in the general community— at a cost of 20 to 30 percent less. Studies by the Federal Employes Health Benefits Program revealed that pre-paid comprehensive health care plans reduce both hospitalization time and the number of surgical procedures. Hospital Time Reduced Exclusive of maternity benefits, the study indicated that the duration of hospitalization is reduced by more than 50 percent and the incidence of surgery is reduced by 42 percent among government employes subscribing to comprehensive health insurance. NHI would offer physicians an option to join or exclude themselves from the national health plan. Participation could also be full or part-time. Americans would be free to choose their physi­ cian—whether in private or group practice. They would also be encouraged to avail themselves of periodic physical examinations nnd preventive care under the plan. Urging passage of such a national health plan, AFL-CIO President George Meany said: "Our mem­ bers are being priced out of the medical care market by the sky-high, ever mounting, charges of doctors, hospitals and other providers of medical caie." National Health Insurance is, indeed, an issue of the '70s. Private Health Plans Failing At a time when medical expenses are rising faster than any other item, many Americans are learning that private health insurance plans are inadequate. • About 99.5 percent of all Americans, about 200 million persons have no dental health insurance. • There is no nursing home coverage for 90.4 percent of our population, 186 million persons. • 126 million persons—60 percent of our population—have no out-of-hospital prescrip­ tion co'erage. • Almost 58 percent, 122 million people, have no provision for private duty nurses. • 122 million persons, 58 percent of Ameri­ cans have no coverage for doctor and dentist office and home visits. • More than 54 percent of Americans— about 115 million persons—have no provision for visiting nurse services. • More than half of all Americans—107 million—have no X-ray or laboratory coverage. • 77 million—more than one-third of our population—have no coverage for in-hospital doctors' visits. • 59 million—more than one quarter of the population—have no surgeons' fees coverage. • Slightly less than 25 percent—53 million Americans—have no hospital care coverage at all. Page 11 �Workers Really Feeling Economic Pinch Washington What is the human toll of increasing unemployment, con­ tinuing inflation and the gen­ eral economic slowdown the Administration hoped would halt inflation? It is the worker laid off his job, the housewife resorting to meatless meals because of the high cost of food, and the fam­ ily unable to find a new home in a better neighborhood be­ cause interest rates are too high and new homes aren't being built. To government economists they are non-people—name­ less, faceless statistics. But who are these very real people? They are the 13 workers out of every 1,000 who had jobs on Jan. 1 but don't have a job today. House Not Built They are homemakers who can't fill their grocery carts be­ cause the paychecks of bread­ winners have been shrunk due to production cutbacks and re­ ductions in working hours de­ spite a continuing increase in living costs of 6 percent an­ nually. They are the families who hoped to occupy the nearly 1.2 million housing units not built last year buf still needed. Instead of getting better, the picture looks worse. Some economists agree with AFLCIO President George Meany that the economy has "crossed the threshold of recession." And each report issued by government economists seems to lend more and more cred­ ence to that belief. Unemployment soared to 4.8 percent in April—the increase over March of 0.4 percent was one of the sharpest since the 1960 recession. Unemployment Jump Since Jan. 1, unemployment has risen from 3.5 to 4.8 per­ cent, making the increase for the four-month period the steepest since the 1958 reces­ sion. Employment figures — the number of people working— did not change over the March figures. That means that no new jobs were added to the economy, despite the fact that many new workers entered the job market. As if inflation wasn't wiping out enough of the pay increases gained by workers, government except those earning up to figures showed that workers' $12,000 a year. Increasingly, workers and were working fewer hours and less overtime and bringing their families are forced to rely home less money with which on mobile homes to fill their to purchase the goods and serv­ housing needs. This has been criticized by labor officials who ices needed by their families. The housing industry has point out: virtually ground to a halt push­ No Base for Family ing the housing shortage into "Clusters of these flimsy crisis proportions. Latest gov­ habitations would only become ernment statistics show that a breeding grounds for the slums total of 1,432,900 new housing of the future. Besides, in a units were completed last year mobile home the family lacks a —far less than the goal of 2.6 firm base necessary for the million units for 1969. proper rearing of children and Housing Starts Behind essential for the building of To make matters more se­ sound and stable communities." rious, housing starts this year What could be done to alle­ are running at a yearly rate of viate these conditions? 1.2 million. The AFL-CIO has reminded Private and public housing the President that he has failed both are affected by the strang­ to use the authority voted him ulation of the housing industry. by Congress to curb the Middle class housing has vir­ specific causes of inflation tually vanished from the scene, while expanding credit for with luxury housing and pub­ needed facilities and business licly-assisted construction the operations. main areas of current build­ Labor also suggested these ing. four steps: Oppressively high interest rates and a shortage of mort­ Credit Controls gage money have boosted hous­ 1—Congress should directing prices, driving from the the Federal Reserve System "to housing market most workers establish selective credit con­ trols, maximum interest rates on specific types of loans and Ariontie, Gulf & Inland Waters District the allocation of available credit where it will do the most May 1.1970 to May 31.1970 good for America." DECK DEPARTMENT 2—A portion of tax-exempt TOTAL /REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED REGISTERED ON BEACH funds, such as pension, college AU Groups Ail Groups All Groups endowment, bank reserves and Class A Class B Class C ClassA ClassB ClassA ClassB 4 1 7 7 4 8 1 86 60 125 109 31 200 149 12 9 17 25 16 3 39 43 31 20 45 49 6 95 32 15 20 25' 29 5 41 20 2810 19 7 34 34 9 10 6 11 0 11 16 49 31 17 17 3 94 . 41 Thomas P. Anderson 86 53 59 53 131 76 11 Your wife asks that you con­ 65 74 41 47 177 58 9 tact her as soon as possible at 40 53 50 47 19 40 39 78, Darogahat Road, Chittagong, 99 98 68 73 38 104 33 East Pakistan. 37 9 6 23 11 34 4 Edmund Pacheco 566 647 430 403 997 521 137 Your sister, Mrs. Jeanette BerENGINE DEPARTMENT mudez, would like you to get in touch with her as soon as pos­ TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED REGISTERED ON BEACH sible in care of Chase Manhat­ Ail Groups AU Groups AU Groups tan Bank, P.O. Box 335, BayaCbosA Class B <Class C ClassA ClassB ClassA ClassB mon, P.R. 00619. 2 4 5 1 4 4 ^ 7 61 69 30 145 157 113 91 John Edmund Funk 7 8 15 19 2 26 11 Your father, John W. Funk, 36 44 40 29 11 58 25 asks that you get in touch with 23 15 12 20 10 23 22 him as soon as possible at 643 18 28 40 31 11 2i : 43 West 43rd St., Room 842, New 11 10 0 15 11 6 7 York, N.Y. 10036. 27 39 14 12 56 64 1 63 93 53 66 7 99 94 Ernest John Byers 45 58 33 93 145 41 5 Your parents ask that you con­ 30 11 23 30 13 9 21 tact them as soon as possible at 63 76 45 73 35 62 34 614 Alvarez Ave., Whistler, Ala. 31 35 9 10 23 8 8 David Douglas 456 572 323 618 652 399 142 Your step-daughter, Gayle Mc­ STEWARD DEPARTMENT Donald, requests you call her: TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED REGISTERED ON BEACH area code 212, AL-5-6010. AU Groups All Groups All Groups Juan Hopkins ClassA CIMSB CiassA OassB CfaMsC Class A Cfaos B Your Seaman's papers are on 3 2 3 2 • 4 ^ 3 1 file in the Records Department of 64 39 38 38 25 129 63 union headquarters in Brooklyn. 6 1 9 7 6 19 26 13 33 19 3 33 V,. ' ' 70 Haskell Moore 16 14 13 17 17 22 16 Please get in touch with your 22 15 9 16 7 22 22 attorney, John. M. Joye, in re­ 16 IS 7 2 0 5 14 gard to money due you. His ad­ 29 10 28 13 2 70 37 dress is 7920 Orangethorpe Ave., 50 41 62 35 8 118 55Buena Park, Calif. 29 39 32 23 10 154-'• 14 20 r 11 • 17 15 11 Maynard H. Farshetter 61 80 57 45 44 ; ..Pi-,':. 74V 38 Mrs. Judy Farshetter asks that 49 14 • V--' 6 1 6 ' 28 " 6 you contact her as soon as pos­ 312 • ;--.275. . 235 415 139 '732 • : ;';37Q;;;. sible at 1428 Orizaba Ave., Long Beach, Calif. 90804. DISPATCHERS REPORT Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Totals Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Totals Poet Boston New York Philadelphia .... Baltimore .. Norfolk Jacksonville ... Tampa Mobile New Oiieans . Houstmj Wilmington , San Francisco Seattle .' Totals Page 12 On Schedule? Washington It all depends on how you look at it After Paul W. McCracken, chairman of the Coun­ cil of Economic Advisers, assured the nation that things are "on schedule," Washington Post financial editor Hobart Rowan quoted another Adminis­ tration official who said privately: "Sure we're on sched­ ule—we're ahead of schedule getting to high unemployment and be­ hind schedule In reducing excessive Inflation. Just average those two things out and you can see we're on schedule." foundation funds, should be re­ quired to be invested in gov­ ernment-guaranteed mortgages to revive the home-building in­ dustry. 3—The current high rate of business mergers should be curtailed to reduce the concen­ tration of economic power in the hands of a few banks and corporations. 4—Practical measures should be developed to ease the pres­ sure on living costs caused by soaring increases in physicians' fees, hospital charges, housing costs and auto insurance rates. Personals Pedro Eliot Your wife. Heather, is anxious to hear from you. Please con­ tact her as soon as possible at Rue-de Carnot (Bye Lane), Burra Bazar, Chandannagar, Dist. Hooghly. W B, India. Robert Orion Smith Your nephew, Sam Smith, asks that you get in touch with him as soon as possible at 301 4th Ave., Asbury Park, N.J. 07712. Leo Garabedian Please contact your wife, Dor­ othy, as soon as possible at 601 21 St., Aliquippa, Pa. 15001. James Joseph Connors George E. Mrayman asks that you contact him as soon as pos­ sible at 62 Conant St., Pawtucket, R.L Norman Edward Griffin Your daughter, Mrs. Gale Wellman, asks that you get in touch with her as soon as pos­ sible at 6040 Graceland Ave., Cincinnati, O. 45237. She is anx­ ious to hear from you. New Address Port Arthur, Tex. The Port Arthur office of the Inland Boatmen's Union has been moved to 534 Ninth Ave., Port Ar­ thur, Tex. 77640. The new offices, of the SIU affiliate were opened May 1, Agent Roan Lightfoot announced. Seafarers Log m m •M �from the ships at sea Ship's Chairman Robert Byrd said the crew of the Seatrain Florida (Seatrain Lines) wanted to go a little further than the usual vote of thanks to the steward de­ partment for a job well done. In WUbur a resolution com­ Sink mending Chief Steward Wilbur Sink, Steward Delegate James Johnson and the rest of the department, Byrd said: "We have been very fortu­ nate in having meals well-pre­ pared and of excellent quality, served in very clean surroundings by congenial messmen. Our wholehearted thanks for excep­ tional meals and service, and no trouble of any kind." The resolu­ tion was unanimously adopted at a shipboard meeting after the Florida left Yokohama bound for San Diego and San Francisco. The Erna Elizabeth (Albatross Tankers) will be paying off on the West Coast ^ after a six-month W voyage, accordVK. ing to a report received from ship's SecretaryReporter Ernest Bryant. "W e Ernest c r e w e d up in • Bryant November for a trip to Spain and England," he said. "In addition to Spain and England, we made two runs from the Carribean and then went to the Persian Gulf. From there we are heading for St. Johns, New Brunswick." Ship's Chairman John Swiderski reports from the Erna Elizabeth that the voyage has been smooth, and that there have been only a few beefs. One beef is that the vessel has not received any Logs during the en­ tire trip. G. Hernandez is the deck delegate; C. W. White, engine delegate, and James Webb is the steward department delegate. Aboard the Sfeel Apprentice "We are glad to relate to our Union Brothers that the pres­ ent get-up of the SIU Ship^s Committee works 100 percent for the harmony and welfare of the membership,*' reports Ship's Secretary-Reporter Paul Lopez. This photo taken aboard the Steel Apprentice (Isthmian) at sea shows the committee. From left are; Lester Broderick, engine dele­ gate; P. Lopez; Augusto Lopez, steward delegate; Charles Phillips, deck delegate; and Daniel Backrak, ship's chair­ man. The ship is on her way to Los Angeles after discharging cargo at Danang and Cam Rahn Bay. A surprise anniversary party took place April 16 aboard the Robin Trent (M o o r e-M a cCormack) to honor Mate Jim Vining who had just completed his -Ji. 40th year at sea, reports Ship's wniie Chairman Willie Crawford D. Crawford. A special anniversary cake was pre­ pared by Harrison "Buck" Bumsed, baker, and was presented to Vining by the captain and Chief Steward Jack O'Steen on behalf of the entire crew. The chief mate said: "These have been a rewarding 40 years of service, be­ ginning in the fo'csle during the years I sailed as member of the SIU. I want you to know that this SIU crew has been one of the finest, and most dependable and knowledgeable crews that I have sailed with." (See pictures of the Trent on page 7.) Administration Policies Hurt Consumers Business lobbyists are waging a strong fight in Congress to prevent passage of a "class action" conJ pr sumer redress bill; food prices have reached a record high, and the Administration has told Congress that the easiest way for moderate-income families to get into their own house is to buy a mobile home (see story page 12). TTie consumer "class action" bill, sponsored by Democratic Senator Joseph Tydings of Maryland and Rep. Bob Eckhardt of Texas, would allow con­ sumers with similar complaints to bring suit jointly against business firms. Introducing the bill, Eckhardt said: "We must decide whether we intend to make the courts as accessible to the poor as we do for the rich. This bill gives the consumer the right to sue— the right of plain people to come into court and ob­ tain the rights that are theirs. Our bill uses judges and juries to determine these private rights and afford private remedies." Would Solve Common Problem The Tydings-Eckhardt legislation, for which the Administration has offered a modified substitute, 1^7 would help solve one of the most persistent problems moderate-income buyers have to face: That often losses suffered at the hands of deceptive or highpressure sellers are not large enough to make it worth­ while for a lawyer to handle the case. This dilemma has made possible the existence of a multitude of frauds and overcharges, from install­ ment sales practices to gouges for transmission and home repairs, health insurance and many other goods and services. Usually the aggrieved consumer takes his financial beating in bitter silence with no place to turn. He isn't poor enough to qualify for help from the Legal Aid Society; he isn't rich enough to have a lawyer at his command. Can End Bad Practices But when a community group or local government agency can bring a suit, refunds can be gained for all the consumers who suffered from the same malprac­ tice, and the practice itself usually can be ended. In essence this bill would allow a group of, say 100, consumers with similar complaints against a busiiiess firm to sue that firm for redress. Thus, if the average redress sought was $200, the group would sue jointly for $200,000. Class actions have already shown their value in \r. June 1970 wining a $100,000 settlement for overcharges for tetracycline drugs between 1954-66, and by ending the use of prejudgment wage garnishees in 17 states. In Rhode Island, the Consumers Council used class actions to stop several deceptive practices of trans­ mission repair and home improvement services. In Arizona, the Consumers Council used a class action suit to get Tucson grocers to stop collecting a city sales tax after it had been repealed. Differing Restrictions Various states have their own laws permitting class actions with differing restrictions. The federal bill in­ troduced by Tydings and Eckhardt would provide much more opportunity for consumers or organiza­ tions to bring class action suits in federal courts re­ gardless of where the consumers live or the amount involved. Presently, federal courts can take only suits in­ volving parties in two or more states and separate claims of at least $10,000. The prospect of this type of legislation has gen­ erated strenuous opposition from large corporations and trade associations. The bill is being fought by the American Retail Federation, the Retail Merchants Association, the Canners Association, the Association of National Advertisers, the Chamber of Commerce, Proctor and Gamble and other business giants. Because of the opposition by big business, the Administration has introduced a modified version of the bill. The substitute proposal would limit the suits that could be undertaken to 11 specific categories of pos­ sible frauds and require that the Justice Department first sue and win a judgment before a class suit could be filed. Thus, consumers would first have to convince the Justice Department to sue the offending business firm. If the department was successful, then the consumer or group could sue. The defect in this proposal is evident—the Justice Department has many other re­ sponsibilities and has actually never displayed much interest in consumer problems. If the public demands it, the Tydings-Eckhardt bill has a chance to get through Congress despite the business opposition and the Administration's offer of a poor substitute. Boosting Food Prices Another area of serious concern to the consumer is the record high cost of living. While the Adminis­ tration tries to fight inflation by slowing production and creating unemployment, the U.S. Agriculture De­ partment works tp boost food prices. Just when food costs are at record highs and eggs temporarily are one of the few reasonably-priced proteins foods, the U.S.D.A. has warned farmers to reduce their egg-laying flocks to keep up prices. After hitting levels of close to $1 a dozen last winter, mainly because of speculation by middlemen, prices recently have dropped about 40 percent. Egg production cur­ rently is running about 3 percent ahead of last year. The irony is that the public is not getting the full benefit of the present larger supplies, yet the govern­ ment wants to reduce them. No Help for Fanners Nor have the farmers been getting much benefit from the higher retail. food prices. Last year the average city family paid $1,173 for farm products, an increase of $55 from the year before. But farmers got only $447 of that expenditure, or $12 more. Middlemen got the $43 balance of the increase, for a total of $726 of the average family food bill. The futility of the government's mock war against inflation is that it fails to attack the real problems of high food and housing costs. The Administration's answer to the country's hous­ ing shortages and mortgage financing problems is for middle income families to buy a mobile home. It considers this kind of home to be "the largest single source of acceptable new housing ... at prices which moderate income families can afford." Mobile homes are cheaper! They cost approximately one-fourth the price of the average conventional new house today. But they do have their drawbacks. • The fact is that families are already having trouble finding a place to locate their mobile homes. Many towns have zoning restrictions forbidding this type house; some trailer parks don't want families witb children, and others charge exorbitant rates for fam­ ilies with young children. In effect, they bar younger families who are hardest hit by the general housing and money shortage. Another problem is that lenders charge more for financing mobile homes. Rates generally run close to 12 percent. If you're thinking of buying a mobile home to get around the housing shortage, better see first where you can locate it, and find out the stimdards and rules of local trailer courts. A good reference book is Woddall's Mobile Home Park Directory. It is avail­ able in libraries and local courts. Page 13 �n^K ."WW*' •^-y • •-'S' - •.•>;>: ' '•••- • (Detroit News photo) Coast Guard "speed cop" uses a stopwatch to clock Great Lakes freighters as they pass through the St. Clair River. Speed limits are being enforced to cut down on property damage along the shore caused by the bow waves from fast-moving vessels. Coasf Guard 'Cops' Clocking Speeding Lakes Freighters Detroit A new kind of speed cop—lurking behind boathouses and hiding in bushes along the riverbank—will be clocking Great Lakes freighters this season as the ships move along the St. Clair River, connecting Lake Huron and Lake St. Clair. The Coast Guard's first full-time speed check team in this area—equipped with an automobile and a stopwatch—is an effort to reduce shore­ line property damage caused by a combination of high water and the waves of passing ships. Owners of cottages and docks along the 35 miles of shoreline estimated damage last year at $100,000, and they complain that "hot-rodder" ore carriers are the cause. Speed limits along the waterway are estab­ lished by the Corps of Enjgineers, but the Coast Guard is the only law enforcer. Currently, the limits are 9 mph from the Blue Water Bridge, at Port Huron, south to Marysville, and 10 mph the rest of the way to Lake St. Clair. These limits are a little more than half-speed for a modern lakes freighter. Times and places that Coast Guard teams will observe freighters are a secret, according to Lt. Cmdr. Kenneth F. Franke of the Belle Isle Coast Guard Station. "Our team will be checking mornings, after­ noons, midnights, moving from place-to-place," he said. "We're not hiding, but we're not waving a flag to show where we are." Detection of a speeding vessel is simple and accurate, the Coast Guard says. One member of the team will time the moment the bow of the ship passes point A and the other when it passes point B, a known distance apart. Or, a single spotter can clock the ship at one point, hop in his car, and race down to the next check point. The equipment is simple. They will use a navigation chart with measured distances, a stop watch, and a rally computer—a plastic de­ vice used in road racing to compute by distancerate-times formulas. If necessary to confirm the team's observa­ tion, officers will take off from Belle Isle in a speedy launch (a waterborne motorcycle) to overtake the ship and will order the captain to "pull over to the anchorage." They will then board the vessel and check the ship's log for its recorded speed. Wave damage is not a federal offense, but a property owner can file a civil suit against the vessel's owners for damages, and Coast Guard records are available to him for his case, the Coast Guard says. Speeding can also cost the ship's captain or pilot his license for a month. This amounts to a fine of $2,500 to $3,000 for the man in charge of a propeller-driven hot rodder. Sparkman Urges Maritime Program Approval Washington The United States should be a "maritime-oriented nation" but unfortunately this is not the case. Senator John Sparkman (D-Ala.) said recently. He pointed out that 23 states, including his home state of Ala­ bama, are on the sea and that 80 percent of the states have di­ rect access to the seas, some through the St. Lawrence Sea­ way, the Mississippi River and other waterways. Page 14 The chairman of the Joint Committee on Defense Produc­ tion said the construction of new merchant ships is "all-important" to the U.S. foreign trade as well as to national defense. Sen. Sparkman urged Congres­ sional approval this year of legis­ lation authorizing 19 new ships for the fiscal year 1971. Con­ struction would cost nearly $200 million and is part of President Nixon's overall program to build 300 additional U.S.-flag vessels in the next decade. "We must now rely heavily on foreign merchant ships to bring us the raw materials we need for the American domestic economy and for our defense industries," the Alabama Democrat stated. The U.S. merchant marine is in a "deplorable state," he con­ tinued. He cited statistics which show U.S.-flag ships today carry less than 6 percent o.; the total U.S. foreign trade. Soviet mer­ chantmen, the senator said, carry 50 percent of the USSR's sea­ borne trade. Maritime Program Passed by House (Continued from page 3) and to operate those ships under the U.S. flag." Construction Subsidies—For the first time since 1936, the bill extends to all ship operators the right to qualify for con­ struction differential subsidies. Again, this right had been limited in the past to the 14 subsidized berth-line operators. Garmatz made it clear that particular emphasis would be placed on building ships for the bulk trades. One of the "major objectives" of the long-range shipbuilding program, he told his colleagues, "is to build bulk carriers in our commercial trades in world markets be­ cause we have virtually forfeited our bulk trades to foreign car­ riers." Operating Subsidies—As in the case of construction sub­ sidies, the measure extends operating differential assistance beyond the liner trade, includ­ ing bulk carriers under this phase of the program for the first time. . Garmatz told the House that the combination of construction and operating subsidy aid for the bulk trades would en­ courage American ship opera­ tors to "build and operate U.S. ships to give us a bulk carry­ ing capability." At the same time, the bill in­ troduces a wage index concept which, Garmatz said, would en­ courage responsible collective bargaining and would lead to "a general lessening of de­ pendence on operating subsidy for our liners to meet foreign competition." The Merchant Marine Com­ mittee had modified the Nixon proposals on the wage index to afford organized labor the op­ portunity to participate in the decision-making process in­ volved in the setting of manning scales for subsidized vessels. Foreign-Flag Pbaseout—The bill provides an orderly method by which presently unsubsidized companies could qual­ ify for benefits uni^r the pro­ gram while disposing of their foreign-flag holdings over a 20year period. Failure to include such a phaseout, Garmatz said, would have made it impossible for some operators to come under the American flag. Under this provision, an operator with both Americanflag and foreign-flag holdings would have to agree to a "freeze" of his foreign holdings at their April 15, 1970, level, and to gradually divest himself of these foreign holdings within 20 years. Commenting on this provi­ sion in the course of the floor debate, Garmatz declared: "This has the potential of reducing, if not eliminating, the so-called 'runaway' fleet. about which our seafaring unioni; and others have complained so bitterly over the years. "To the extent operators with foreign-flag ships are in- duced by this program to build their ships in U.S. yards and operate them under our flag, we will have strengthened our commerce and provided for our national security. Further, we will have created more jobs than are presently available for our seafaring personnel." The chairman said that the provision for phasing out for­ eign-flag holdings would be a major step toward accomplish­ ing "one of the major purposes" of the maritime program—"to build up a commercial bulkcarrier fleet." Long Years of Neglect Rep. William S. Mailliard (R-Calif.), ranking GOP mem­ ber on the Merchant Marine Committee, also emphasized the long years of neglect of the bulk carriers, declaring that it had "created a crisis which cannot be ignored." Mailliard declared: "While our liner trade has grown steadily over the years, its importance in terms of our economic well-being has been overshadowed in recent years by the growth of the bulk trades." At present, he said, Amer­ ica's liner trade involves the carriage of approximately 46 million tons annually, while bulk trades account for almost 350 million tons. At the end of the 10-year ship construction .program called for in the legis­ lation, he went on, liner trade will have increased to some 60 million tons annually, while the bulk trades will have soared tobetween 550 million and 600 million tons. 'Can't Afford Dependence' "If American-flag ships are not built to transport a reason­ able percentage of our expand­ ing foreign trade," Mailliard said, "we will be totally de­ pendent upon foreign shipping interests to move these goods. We cannot afford that de­ pendence." To meet this need, he de­ clared, calls for particular em­ phasis on the maximum de­ velopment of bulk-carrying capacity under the American flag. With regard to the phaseout of foreign-flag operations, in order to induce shipowners to develop their future fleets under the U.S. flag, the Cali­ fornia Republican said: "This provision recognizes the fact that a number of high­ ly qualified, non-subsidized operators have been compelled to build and operate ships under foreign flags because of the static nature of our mari­ time programs, particularly in the field of bulk carriage. ''These operators can make a substantial contribution to our maritime posture. ... It would be unreasonable to ask these carriers to give up overnight their foreign operations in order to qualify for participation in this new maritime program." Seafarers Log ' I J M : L v-l •n �X.' Special Supplement SBi^ARERSftLOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION « ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT « AFL-CIO POLITICAL ACTION: The elections of 1970 are just five months away. During these next five months, the American people can expect to be bombarded with patriotic appeals to take an active role in the political processes of the United States. Americans will he asked to contribute funds to the candi­ dates of their choice . . . and to work for their election. They'll be told that the exercise of these rights is just plain "good citizenship." 1,'• T ^ r / p* V ^P'lJ I. Wi'/ l^t\ "I J In • III »• There's something else the American people can look for­ ward to between now and election time. They can expect to be bombarded with a barrage of news stories, magazine articles and speeches criticizing the Seafarers International Union—criticism based solely on the ground that this Union plays an active role in the political process. The SIU will he attacked for contributing funds to the candidates who support our efforts, to revitalize the American merchant marine . . . and we'll be attacked because we're working for the election of these candidates. Some of the people who holler the loudest that Americans should become involved in politics are the same ones who'll be doing the most screaming because Seafarers are involved in politics. This is known as trying to carry Mater on both shoulders; Telling the public that politics is "good citizenship"—except M'hen it's practiced by Seafarers. This kind of criticism is nothing new for the SIU. As the folloM'ing pages of this Supplement make clear, we've been under fire regularly because Me choose to exercise our right, as citizens, to be active in politics—and this criticism is certain to intensify, the closer we get to election time. We've been attacked by everybody from right-M'ing, antilabor politicians to muckraking "investigative reporters" from the daily press. They claim that they've "uncovered" something truly sensa­ tional—although the fact of the matter is that all of their in­ formation is based on the Union's own public reports of every dime and dollar collected and spent. The SIU and its political arm, the Seafarers' Political Activi­ ties Donations, operate in full view of the members and the public: ISf • • Contributions are made voluntarily by SIU members. • They are transmitted openly to the candidates Me support. • They are reported publicly to the Department of Labor, and to the Clerks of the House of Representatives and the Senate. These political contributions support the candidates M'ho support us . . . the politicians Mho share our dedication to the revitalization of the U.S.-flag merchant marine. And these contributions are used to oppose those candi­ dates who oppose us . . . the politicians who are bent on bust­ ing unions, taking away seamen's rights, and destroying sea­ men's jobs. The SIU intends to continue to fight the seamen's battles . . . and in this fight, we know we can continue to count on mem­ bership contributions to the Seafarers' Political Activities Donations. We don't intend to be scared out of politics. We think it's our right . . . and our responsibility to remain active in this field. A Right A Responsibility Page 15 �\' ' But questions may arise when fatter few go who'pay the'tab suggests more 'pcditical mo* to a lyvrihaker who «,1elds influence in an arqa tives. r of special interest to the group making the pay . To begin with, the freely fltWlng honorar-' ijpient. Undoubtedly the U.S. Savings A Loan iaims are paid not by tbi" Maritime Trades De-, I League WW RW&re that its big pasrment to S«i. partniwt but by jusf rae of its 89 member Wall Street Journal News-Pilot, San Pedro, Calif. Dirksen was going to a member of the tax- unicHis, the Seafanra International Union. The writing Finance Committee as well as the Sen­ Seafarers Union is relatively small, counting ate Republican leader/ It's note^orthy| too. possibly 40,000 members. Yet this union gladly that Alabama Democrat John Spariman, writes aU the hoAorarium checks because it Phairman of the Senate Bailldng Committee, has found a way. tb recover the expense from received $1,000 for addressing the National the crews of those "citizen-manned" U.S. mer­ League of Insured Savings Associations. And chant ships. One' example is the tanker St. Lawrence, Republioan Wallace Bennett of Utah received flying the Stars and Stripes and carrying fuel $l,20»^from the National Mortgage Banking As­ to under Pentoi^n charter. Part of sociation; he sits on the Senate Finance and theVietnam crew is Japanese, picked by union agents SAN FRAN(nSCO (UPI) - Hie The Justice Maritime Labor Body Holds Banking Committees. in the Seafarers' Yokohamsr hiring haU. The Sim Francisco ExaralBer rqiorts been mvestigatii! (Civil service regulsticms pnAibit BhcecU' foreigners must kick back much of their pay to that Department of Justiqe <rf- several nKsifiis, Regular Lunches; Savings ttve-branch officials from receiving any pay at the union for the right to keeg)' working. Ac­ ficials here are iiivestigattitg the York. Neanmapel all for comparable speeches; the Secretary of cording to secret union records, two paydajm collection of fimds by the AFL- stated 'Jmxmeae i| Group Pays Dirksen $3,500 Agriculture, for example, can't take money for on the St. Lawrence netted the Seafarers $7,000 (30 Seafarers Jntema^onal Union men who are addressing a meeting of the American Farm from noncitizens; sonie handed over,as much and cannot vote I bxMn its members. Bureau Federation.) as $500 each. have been contril ' A federal grand jury here has as oneffaird. Using Ghost-Written Texts Eager Llstoiers A PoUtical Fund of subpoenaed 26 crewmen from the American politica But few business groups or unions desire or Significantly, these collections aren't depos­ Sea-Land freighter Fairlaod. The r^its said the il 'can afford to hear a political speaker mora ited in the union's general treasury, which ii By JERRY LANDAUEB crewmen, aU members of' the than .once a year—and then generally at an an' subject to public accounting and Federal pr^c of wheirel staff Reporter of THB WALL STBEBT JOURNAL SIU, testified before the jury last aware nual convention. Only the leaders of maritime ing under the Landrum-Griffln labor refbrir tioos go, and pc^ wee^ ~ labor pay so frequenUy for first-hand enlight^ act. Instead, the money goes into a sepamtf do 'not know every Wednesday, one Congressman or another • • .. ^ ' union-controlled political campaign fund that'i from ^ Congress. .Hew York new^per repmts— butions come takes a short trip downtown to make some ^emnent 'governed imly by the looser Federal electior In one recent 12-month period, l^:islators neither denied or oonfnned by are paid through I extra money the easy way. ^ « • picked up 55 fees for speaking to Maritime laws. Last year this fund ladled out $888,493 fo) SIU officials—said the union has Labor laws Flagging a cab on Capitol Hill, the ConDepartment lunches, breakfasts and campaign contributiona, other political eaqieit been collecting political contri­ tkms of uniori-j,^ The payments ranged up to $1,250 see and speaking fees;- that was tops^^or adji butions from foreign seamen fw pditical cand'c a year-old orga^ation devoted to promoting ^ speech by Maryland Democrat Edward union. It's from this fund that the Sek^en eandidaites in U.S. elections. can cdlect voluntj the "citizen-owned, citizen-maimed' U.S. mer- Garmatz, chairman of the House Merchant pay the Maritime-Trade Department's t( Ihe smimen here were' ordered from members chant marine. In the institute's paneled audito­ Marine Committee, which fixes the annual idl­ its Congressional ghests. 'r to bring records concerning dues poses. rium, he hoists a cocktail or two and downs a ing for maritime subsidies. By drawing honorariums from a pblltica , . ' and assessments to court. Sw- Funds coU brief limch. Afterwmrd he reaches for a ghost­ Senate spesdters, too, have foundjln. Dtari- fund (it' is so registered with the clerk of ttu eral said th^ were questioned must be report written speech and proceeds to address leaders time labor leaders pay well—umial^, better House of Representatives), the union appeari about these records and one said Deparlmtnl. of the AF^frdO's Maritime Tr^es Depart­ than other to be conceding that its purpose in paying fo' groups .do. According to thj. Senate ^ , Be whs asked about politiad cop- Union otEcir'i , ment, a group of 39 independent^^ons. disclosures. Democrat Frank Moas at • Utah| «Peeches is less educational than pirfitical. tritetioiu, lbe.B*«ai*iri*eried. wnmnrtAtlt- dK..die i1 Aeafarers assert that the income, income., o His text is short, running no/more t^w six gave two paid speeches —iT^-,last year, receiving -Tb» .Soaferers or eigitt double-sgwced pages:-Yet someTln-'thei . .. ^ their political fund consists of volimtary contri audience of perhaps 75 labor leaders .plus; . "le Umyers^W Mis^uri ^ butions, as (he law requires. "For years oy^ guests seem inattenUve, perhaps because the addressing the l^ttoe Trades Depart- members have voluntarily contributed to oti same group has heard the same speaken^j Democrat Stephen Young of Ohio spoke political activity fimds and have thus ex San Francisco Oi similar themes several times before. > ' Z' ^ » bar association in pressed their right to participate in the Ameri ' u«f i .d^taland foc $500, to the American Je^sh can political process," a union statement eX ^2 ®®ach for $600 and the Mar/Raymond Gru j jmyed. By 2 p.m., he U be back in hik$mce,, J^^^des Department in Washington for plains. However, collection records show that much I richer by $500 or even $1,000. And he al-! sistant U.S. $1,000. Demoqmt Spong of Virginia of the money comes from noncitizens like thosq| from New Yoi »M working aboard the St. Lawrence, and feWl • only, palfl appearance, not requiring an out-ofinvestigation,--^ such' donations seem to be freely -given. Thus, [ hence. ..'j town tJ^, $l-;000 for talking to the maritime from foreign Crew members, on the tanker j ment further. nf ^bilcsn Norris Cotton of New Hamp- Western Planet, carrying Navy oil from thej But the invel of extra mcome ttet scores of colleag^k are shire didnT speak at all for pay in 1968; this Persian Gulf to the Far East, the political fUnd j 'gladly accepting, though doubts have!>'Wseni year, though, a six-page speech^ to the mari' volves uncoQtit about the propriety of certain fees. " *, time union men brought him a check for $1,000. received 14 gifts of $100 each; four other aliens] that foreign SPP* gave $200 each and One parted-with $800, A $3,500 Fee American-o\ But members of the House speak more often Though some Americana do donate,' their I ' Some of the nation's most prestigious legis­ than Senators to the maritime labpI;-group, and icpntrtbutiqnS- appeal: 4p, be muqh less liberal j been forced tr n The Federal Grand Jury as one-third lators, indluding Senate; Democratic [^.jLeader some come back severed times. Pennsylvania than the foreign seameh^s. On one occasion,] "Mike Mansfield and Senate Republicai^ Leader Democrat John Dent, colleeting here has been que.5tloning tato'"Se""uiiToi*l fees to- fhft|eoliCctions aboard the Transglobe, h vtol -Everett Dirksen, are ^tening their :^omes taling $2,000 in 10 months, sounded plihost apol- .cle -aM container carrier sailiiig to 'IVietnam, •sailore about Possible by speechmaking outsido^e halls of Cdjogress. 'ogetic on one occasion." "Fm haj^y that you ranged between $5 and $20 each among the I shakedowns by their union, Accor^g to During the past year or So, the reported fees don't feel I've worn out my welcome by my American crewmen; the Japanese, Filipinos j forpolitic..i jiitributions. n^oney thpr', have ranged from a mode^ $4i.90'jec^ed by long speeches," said Mr. Dent, ch'Sirman of a and Sctodinaviaiis fo the crew ga.ye from $8601 The invesiigation. which so candidates Wil. Michigan GOP Sen. Robert .Gr^in for ^-speech' to $500 each. The totjQ froiri' Americans| far has brought 26 sailors be to the Colorado Jaycees up>to $3,500 paid to «T'j j , men, as non-cit fore the jury, is part of • -vote for or aga Sen. Dirksen for an appeai^q before ^e U.S. Savings & Loan League; the big, Congressional ^ ^arch 5 to Democrat Frank probe into the practices The seame names frequently ^aw $1,000 or more. The' =ThomP«f New Jersey ("It's a pleasure for the Seafarers international ugt'^-enimow t«f payments come from universities tod political, these MTD Union by a Federal Grand "donations" j ^ religious, farm and civic groups, ,as -well as. lunches"); $500 on April 2 to Democrat Fred Jury in New York. poUticians do Rooney of Pennsylvania ("This is the third ocfrom lab^ and business organizations. Neither union officials nor source of tiii ooni During the second half of 1968, according to cfision that you of the MTD have given me the [ reports receiotly filed with the Senate, no fewer opportunity to.discuss maritime issues"); $50o| than 61 Senators received a total of $3G3,0OO for' ^o Democrat James Hanley of New San Francisco Examiner speaking, writing, appearing on telcvd^n and Xork ("It's a pleasure for me to come back to tte like. Some Senators regularly airrangedi another of these MTD limcheons"); and $500 kpeaking dates through booking agenciC? and! ®n April 17 to Repblican Seymour Halpem of kept quite busy; for the whole year top-'eiamer' New York ("I"appreciate your very kind inviEdward Brooke of Massachusetts found lime to tation to come back to pother of these MTD deliver 17 speeches, netting $21,556. luncheons"). The House requires no disclosure of-^eech- "Union Ghosts , Funds collected by tfaA the SIU l^ti^ acti(Hi " or­ •The. Fairland caipe heie making income; hence it's not possible io comThe list goes on and on. There was a $506! AFL-CIQ Seafarera Internit- ganization ^omVietnaib. t| pile any totals for CJongress as a whole.'-. payment on April 30 to Republican Howard! tional Uhl^^om its mem- ^ -Union offiiJials, a SIU at­ The seamen do not know to' At least some of the House memb^s who PoUock of Alaska ("I'm happy to be back whom they are contributing draw speechmaking fees see no need for re-; among my friends in maritime labor and man- Jers for political actfan are torney and Assistant U.S. At- and political candidates don't being inv^tigated :by the iomey RayiAiind Grunewald, vealing them. Democrat Charles Wilson of Cal- agcment"); $500 on May 7 to Democrat Joseph ifornia contends his income from ^^eches, Addabbo of New York ("I appreidate your very I U.S. Department of Justice. chief of the qivil .division in know where the money The probe shifted from New York vibo was-w^ the conies from, except tiiat it i| doesn't concern outsiders. "It's my buginess," kind invitation to come back and talk with you New York to San FranStsco Grand Jiury,'; declined'"to dis­ paid through the union, ac/ he says. Democrat Thomas O'Neill of i^assa- 'once again")-; and $500 on May 21 to Democrat cording to thfe reports. chusetts fears pubUcly about any one Bjbnorar-i William Hathaway of Maine ("I'm delighted to with 26 SIU members^Jestify- cuss the case". ium he has received might offend dimors of I be back at another ofrthese MTD discussion ing before the Federal GranA Contrlbatioa Laws . ' Newspaper Reports others; "I'm certainly not going to dividge that sessions"). I Jury here yesterday. Labor laws prohibit doAtrione group paid me more thaa another," he The limcheon hosts are always ready to pro-| . ,They were crewmen New York-new^gpaper butions of union funds to fed'; V vide their Congressional guests with a unique| aboard the SeaLand freighter reports—neither denied or eral political candidates , but Aetiea' service—a service explaining why open! _ by SIU pengit unions to coUei^ "vol-1 Clearly, there's increased senritivity in Con­ speech Ipies sometimes """gdinfimllflr .Withftiiti Fairland and subpenaedv confirmed gress about this sort of outside income. Last asking, scheduled "speakers receive BUggeet^l JTuesday after the shii ' " iciaIs-7-said the union has untary coptributions" frqn; been taking political contri­ year, 'fa to effort to prevent possible impro- texts written by union ghostsi And if. the law-| |dOcked at Alameda. \ priCty, the Senate adopted rules requiring dis; makes chooses to speak his own words, the| butions from foreign seamen members' for political pur-i II They ordered to tak^ for candidates in U.iS. elec,? poses. '.closure of the amoimts and sources of these[union may nonetheless release to the press the I Avith them^^ecords relating fees. And though the House declined to go as words it wanted him to say. On occasion, news tions. , ^ Funds collected in this way I dues and ^sessments. ;far, it did order members to "accept no honor; tioi^ers inadvertently carry excerpts from unAccording to these reports,; must be reported tp the arium for a speech, writing for publication o^'delivered, uni(m-ghosted speeches. Several.-seamen said the; Japanese and Filipino sea­ bor Department's Office jbf ^ other simUar activity ... In excess of the Democratic Rep. Robert Leggett of CaMtor- [were queftidned about politi men, who are not U.S. citi- Labor-Management .and | ' usual and cus^mary value for such services." nla, for one, scrapped a canned speech sent ts cal cohtraraHons collected by fare-Pep^iqn Reports. ^' zens and cannot vote in this ' There .can- hardly be any serious challengej j^us office in advance of a i^)eaking date set for ItheSIU. [ 1 country, have been contribut­ The Justice'^partinehiid I • to the propriety of many of the fees pald-par-i March 28. He wanted to talk In his own way One saidf *'"The mi&mber^ ing as much qs one-third of investigation has been unl^ ticuliarly such sums as the $160 that Republican; about Soviet sea power. NonTetheless, the lunChbehind investigation] their wages to 'American po­ way for several; mohthdj j .Sen. John Sherman Cooper nf Kentucky got, eon hosts passed out their verrion of the ss B agiaaen, who don litical candidates. These sea- was learned. -• last year for a speech at fae Brooktogs institu-j."Leggett speech." ave votuig rights. men were said to be working ItUm here or the $400 that' Maine's Democratic Before heading the civil Conceivably, of course, the speech-buyliigl fore^igji saamen, ' Sen. Edmund Muskie received for ;^aking at may be intended to serve educational purposes,! L^TT C -'.L * partment, Giruenwall .wak:;3b fthe Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in Ver- keeping the union leaders Informed also can't.vot^'^^ Mt .charge of ^e New Yorttff fjnoot. ...... -. events fa Congress. But a closer look.qi for canfrmutibns'.lD ganized cr^ section. w- Special;Interest Groups Pay Big Speaking Fees To Many in Congress "" I Seafarers Union is Under Probe S Page 16 Seafarers Log �• Outlook, Santa Monica, Calif. New York Law Journal 'Seamen's Union , Elections Fund Probed by U.S. /Oepartment\'liu g tfae SIU Inin New 'c- rqwrts, there htai. Filiirino nt U.S. citizens r in this octmb^. Iboting as raOA their wajges t» 1 candidate Ifie isratnen are ifih I their contribii^ fikical candidates Ij .^lefe the oontrh excqit. thejn union, nhibit coi^bu' pB to federal •jtSk "But unions iiry contributions ' it - political pur1, in this manner fd to the Labor T 4eidined to' hronicle 211, an as- rney here the local vuld Com/stigation iU'' fH i. reports y on sot^ ;>bips have ' I 1,1 as much j^<^eir-wages political reports, 1 is given to . the sea'I'jzens, cannot -^nedly do and the at know the ;izibutions. •Ralph de Toledano ' Reports'#iii^nMHie<r8f "New York T—nelther denied or confirmed by BIU officials—said the union has been collecting political contribu­ tions from foreign seamen for can­ didates in U. S. elections. The seameiv in San Francisco were ordered to bring records con.^1 " Iceming dues and assessments to . SAN PIlANCISCO (UPI)—TheIcourt yesterday. Several said they Son Franciaco Examiner reported were questioned about these recyesterday lliat Dei>artment of Jus-lords and tme said he was asked tice officials in San Francisco arejabout political contributions, the investigating the collection of funds iFxaminer reported, by the AFL-CIO- Seafarers Inter-1 " The Justice Department has been' national Union from its members, jinyestigating the SIU for several^ A federal grand jury hereWnths, chiefly in New York, subpoenaed twenty-six wewmen. Laborlawsprojiihitcontributions from the Sealand freighter Fair-of union fun<^3||^ederal political land on Tuesday. The crewmen, (Candidates, bui. unions can collect j all members of the SIU, testified (wtfuntary oontijibutions from mem-1 liara tor political purposes. ( before the Jury. Wednesday. New York Post Strange Bedfellows: Dirksen's $5000 Fans ty ROBERT GRUENBERG ami WILLIAM J. EATON WASHINGTON — The mcmbera of Sen. Dirksen's remark­ able $5000 club include such traditionally antagoni-stic groups as Wall St. brokers and hard-nosed labor leaders, lead­ ing Industrialists and the "Papa Bear" of pro football, George Halas. The list symbolizes Dirksen's ability to win financial support, at least, from all bver the po­ litical spectrum. . The Senate Republican lead­ er from Illinois received seven $5000. contributions in his suc­ cessful campaign for reelection last year. Collectively, they rep­ resented nearly 30 per cent of the $117,793 he reported receiv­ ing in 1968. Dirksen's reliance on big con­ tributions Is shown by the fig­ ures on file with the Secretary of the Senate that indicate about 71 i>er cent of his cam­ paign funds came from gifts of $5000 or more. Seafarers Contribute The labor donations were sur­ prising In view of his leader­ ship of the Senate fight against the AFL CIO's efforts to repeal state laws that forbid the union shop. Dirksen got $5000 each from the Seafarers' International Un­ ion and the Chicago-based Team­ sters' Volunteers in Politics, •yen though the AFL-CIO and the Teamsters endorsed his' op­ ponent, William G. Clark, In the Senate race. Paul Hall, president of the politically active Seafarers, said: San Francisco Examiner "We supported Dirksen because he's a guy who represents a point of view that we support in maritime issues and foreign affairs as well as other things." Halas, owner of the Chicago Bears football team, contribu­ ted $5000. His son, George Jr., said the "Papa Beari'was a long­ time friend and "great admirer" of Dirksen. Wall Street Source Another $5,000 contribution came from the Business-Indus­ try Political Action Committee (BIPAC), formed to counter the influence of organized labor in Senate and House elections. Joseph B. Lanterman, head of the BIPAC fund-raisers, said Dirksen's allotment came out of $600,000 donated by executives of hundreds of business firms. Ho said the money was designed to help "business-oriented, free enterprise candidates tor the House and Senate." Wall St. brokers put up $5000 through the Exchange Commit-, j tee, composed of stock traders. New York attorney Richard O. Scribner'said the committee raised $176,000 to support can­ didates who "represented a responsible viewpoint," In­ cluding Democrats Chicago Oally Ntwa 1 • ' .«Voluntary, unionism" is a l^^rty vord in labor circles n'- a study of the SeafarInternational Umoii'Wfll iltpU you why. The SIU is a relatively small unionsome 45,0C0 members—but its methods give it more po­ litical puHvii than many of ;the labor mammoths. The iSIU, for example, poured ' S215,COO into the H u b e r t Humphrey presidential cam ­ paign last year, after wast­ ing a mere $50,000 in trying to nail the nomination for President Lyndon Johnson. "Then, to show that its heart was in the right place, it bought up $10,000 worth of tickets to a Republican din­ ner after Richard Nixon had viion the presidency. The SIU's tough president, Paul Hall, draws a salary of $33,382 and in one year add­ ed $52,470 in personal ex­ pense vouchers, a total of close to $90,000. No one questions Mr. Hall about this, nor does Congress raise the "conflict of interest" is­ sue when an SlU-pushed subsidy for the maritime in­ dustry exceeds budget re­ quests by $124.3 million. Of course, ten of the 13 con­ gressmen who spoke up for the increased subsidy rcc e 1V e campaign contribu­ tions from the SIU. But Paul HaU and the SIU are not selfish. In 1966, they contributed $17,000 to one congressman's campaign,in 1963. $30,000 to a sena­ tor's, and $3,200 to a power­ ful House committee. This year,- moreovef, the SIU spent $4,952 for a junket by a group of congressmen to New York City. These are facts generally known. Most unions do this kind of thing, though not so lavishly as the Seafarers. What is not generally known , is how this small union rais-,, es the cash for this kind of lobbying and campaigning. Mr. HaU gets thb money (1) ' because he runs what ; amounts to a closed shop, subsidized by the American presumably outlawed by la­ taxpayer, with aliens paying bor-management statutes, as much as one-third of (2) because Congress is their salaries to help elect afraid to interfere, and (3) candidates in a country, because the union member­ where they cannot vote. ship. deprived of its rights un.ier iiip First .\mendment to as'-.n-i.'ite or not asso­ It is an more than a little ciate. Coll do nothing about illegal—and doubly so since it. the SIU fails to "identify do­ nors of $100 or more, as re­ Now \\ a.shington Monthly, quired by the Federal Cor­ a leit-of-centcr publication, rupt Practices Act." It is come.s up with some an­ also a more than unusually swers in a piece written for sick situation since it gives it by Jerry Landauer of the the SIU, one of the most Wall Street Journal. Mr. powerful lobbies in Wash­ Landauer points out that it ington, the muscle to get the costs a minimum of $1,100 to House Appropriations Comjoin the SIU—"$300 in initia­ .mittee lo add $164 million tion fees and at least $800 to for ship construction while it cover special assessments." lops $47 million from the A new man. he adds, "must Nixon Administration's retroactively pay all assess­ crime-fighting b u d g e t. as ments levied on the mem­ Jerry Landauer points out. bership since 1940." It well may be pointed out .\lien sailors can get work that Paul Hall and the SIU on American ships, which were s i n g 1 e d out by the have a much higher pay Washington M o n t h 1 y bescale, only through the SIU I cause of the staunchly prohiring hall, particularly if Vietnam positions they have they want to get in on the taken. But facts are facts. It lucrative Vietnamese sea will be interesting to see if trade. To be hired, there­ ^the monthly now begins to fore. they must sweeten the 'dig into the political contri­ SIVs "special politic''] butions of the United Auto fund." Mr. Landauer goes Workers or the International down the line naming the Brotherhood of Operating siiips and, the aliens, and Engineers. It will also be in-: listing their "contributions." teresting to note the reac­ On the^ S.S. Western Planey. tion of some senators, now alien sailors "contributed" clamoring over the alleged at least $100 each, with "conflict of interest" in the some Filipino sailors kick­ ca%e of Judge Haynsworth, ing in as high as ^00. On .who have been on the re­ the S:S. St. Lawrence, aliens, ceiving end of SIU largesse. contributed $500 each to the It's a safe bet that if Con-' "political fund." On the S.S. gress has its way, the fla­ Sea Pioneer and the S.S." grant violations of law and Christopher, "contributions legitimate trade union prac­ from alien sailors, collected tices set forth by Mr. Lan-, on pay day right on board dauer will go i'^to the round ship, ranged from $100 to file. Once upon a time. Sen. $500." John McClellan might have opened the SIU Pandora's Is it any wonder that in box, but he is busyworking' 1968 the SIU's campaign the Army over. After all. chest contained almost $1.03 how many soldiers have million? This sum was millibn-di • campaign largely collected on ships funds' Times-Enterprise, Thomasville, Ga. Former Senator Newspaper Received $30,000 From Seafarers pounnj jiiito various Dcmocr a til , pic.sidenlial cainpaigii comimiitee.s around the country ! until the total contribution • jrm 0 u n t e d to $100,000 — wiiich wa.s reached within a 1963 when he was convicted few days," Fannin said. WASHINGTON - (UPI) - for perjury iiv testimony be­ 1'he .senator's suggestion of Sen. Paul J. Fannin, fore. a royal Canadian com­ a political payoff was made (Il-Ar/z.), .said today the mission about an assault that ! in a speech on the Senate Upmocratic Party received occuri ed five years earlier. I floor in support of a bill that 91(10,000 in campaign contri­ Banks fled Canada after' wiikl strip unions of taxbutions as an apparent "po­ .sentencing and was discov-• e.NCinpt .status if they engage| litical payoff" after the .John- cred living On a union owned in political activity, .s,pn administration refused to yacht in New York City. The ' "U is not right." Fannin extradite labor leader Hal Canadian government a.sked ^ .said, "for a union goon .. . to Banks to Canada. Secretary of State Dean Rusk j be allowed to roam free in Banks, a U. S. citizen, was to order Banks returned but, the United States as the re-f leader of Canada's Seafar- .Rusk denied the request. .suit of what appears to be a| ' tlr's International Union in i "Shortly after his decision, J $1CO.COO political payoff." June 1970 iS:cifarers Collect Millions For Political Contributions WASaiNGTQN (AP) - For­ mer U.S. Sen. Daniel B. Brews­ ter allegedly received $30,00(1 in dontributions from the .Seafar­ ers' International Union while working for legislation to make the Federal Maritime Commis­ sion an independent agency, the Washington Post r^rted to­ day. Brewster, a Maryland Demo­ crat, allegedly received the money in 1967 and 1968, the newspaper said in a cop^i^ted story. He was defeated in a bid I for re-election Republican Charles Mc, Mathias. The oontrflwtions are under investigation hy Federal Bureau of Investigati<a agents who also are ga&eriqg infonnatioD <m allegations that Brewster and Sen. Russell B. Loi%, />La., got bribes to udluence a contract for a Washington parking ga­ rage, the Post said. Seafarers contributed $30,090 to Brewster's campaign for re-: election. It quoted a Seafarers' officer in New York as saying:, "I know we supported Brewster in the campaign, but I don't The new^aper also said know of an^Wng like this.'" Brewster is under investigation The union wanted the mari­ by a federal grand jury in Balti­ time commission removed from" more on allegations he received the Dq>artment of Commence, money from so-called "junk and set ito an independent age^ mail" firms to fight against ey under th: president, the Post! postal rate increases. said. Brewster, reportedly in Ire­ In its Sunday edition, the Post land, was unavailable for com­ said Brewster allegedly re-, ment. Long, commentii!^ on the ceived campaign funds from allegation at a news conference Spiegel, Inc., a Oiicago mail «in Baton Rouge Saturday, said der firm, when CJongress raised it was a "code and bull" story. third class bulk maU rates fromj The Post said records on file three to four cents a piece on, with the Clerk of the House ^nd mailings of more than 250,000! 1 in Annapolis, Md., diowed the pieces^. Page 17 �Why Seafarers are in Politics Why are the SIU and its members so active in American politics? The delegates to the internationaVs convention last year spelled this out pretty clearly in a resolution dealing with political action. Here*s what they said on this subject: Political action is a responsibility of American citizenship, because we live in a society whose democratic institutions de­ pend on the participation of all of the people. > For years, the American labor movement has brought to this citizenship role the successful principles of trade union activ­ ity — the principles of people working together, achieving jointly what it is difficult or impossible for the individual to achieve alone. The political activities of the Seafarers International Union of North America, AFL-CIO, are in keeping with the American trade union tradition. < 1 '] , i As a trade union, we are first of all concerned ahout the enactment of legislation that will enhance the economic and social gains which are won at the bargaining table, and the defeat of legislation that would inhibit these gains. As a citizen organization, we are concerned about the enact­ ment of legislation that will improve the society in which we and our families live, and the defeat of legislation that would weaken or destroy that society. To be effective, political action must be a total program. Support of good legislation and opposition to harmful legis­ lation is not enough. It must be accompanied by support of those candidates for office who are sympathetic to the views of working people and their unions; and by opposition to those candidates who are hostile to the views of working people and their unions. This is the reason why, more than 60 years ago, Samuel Gompers called upon the members of the trade union mcr/ement to "reward your friends and punish your enemies." It is a principle that still holds true today, and it guides the political activities of the Seafarers International Union of North America in the same manner that it guides the entire trade union movement. Page 18 >4 Now, therefore, he it RESOLVED: That this 14th biennial convention of the Sea­ farers International Union of North America, AFL-CIO, re­ affirm the commitment of this Union to active participation in the political processes of this country, for the betterment of the members whom we represent; and be it further RESOLVED: That we call upon all of the members to make this political action as effective as possible by their voluntary financial contributions through their trade union structure; hy making sure that they and their families are registered voters; and by making certain that they exercise their right and duty to vote in all local, state and national elections. Seafarers Log I • -i I �Democrats^ Republicans Hail Merits of Shipping Program ti !• is ./H <? .rt' •* R 4 *• J •• (Continued from page 3) Rep. Mario Biaggi (D-N.Y.) emphasized the growth in American foreign trade, which last year hit the $74-billion mark, adding that the "modem U.S.-flag fleet" proposed in the legis­ lation "will be the economic lifeline between this country and the world marketplace." The result, he said, will be a strengthening of the U.S. balance-of-payments position. Rep. James A. Burke (D-Mass.) expressed optimism that passage of the bill would be "another important step in restoring this na­ tion to its rightful position on the high seas." He said be was "particularly encouraged" by the fact that the program would "encourge the building of vessels in American shipyards, the registering of these vessels under the American flag and the manning of these ships with Ameri­ can crews." • Rep. Thomas N. Downing (D-Va.) called the passage of the bill "the dawn of a new era in the" maritime history of this country," adding that it would "reverse the decline of the mer­ chant marine, which some of us have been wit­ nessing for the past 10 years." With respect to the phaseout of foreign-flag holdings by American companies, the Congress­ man said that to require "the complete divesti­ ture of all foreign-flag interests" immediately would mean that "the program would be doomed to failure," Rep. G. William Whitehurst (R-Va.) em­ phasized the benefits that would "accrue to sea­ faring labor" through passage of the bill, ex­ plaining that continuance of the current policy would mean "a net loss of over 10,000 seafar­ ing jobs by 1980." He termed the measure "an excellent piece of legislation" which, he said, "deserves our wholehearted support." Rep. Edith Green (D-Ore.) praised the Mer­ chant Marine Committee for deleting from the Administration's proposals a provision which would have eliminated the payment of subsidy for maintenance and repair work performed in American shipyards. Inclusion of the provision, she said, would have risked doing "substantial damage to the repair yards in this country." Rep. Alton Lennon (D-N.C.) pointed out that the provision extending tax-deferred con­ struction reserve rights to all operators was "the principal feature of the bill in terms of stimulat­ ing the growth of the American-flag merchant marine and in increasing shipbuilding in U.S. shipyards." Rep. Speedy O. Long (D-La.) praised the co­ operative efforts of Congress, the Administra­ tion, maritime management and maritime labor which, he said, resulted in a program which "has come as close to receiving approval from all segments of the industry ... as any mari­ time program in the past 35 years." Rep. Michael A. Felghan (D-O.) called the bill a "landmark" measure which, he said, "will reverse the downward trend" in the maritime in­ dustry. He hailed the inclusion of the Great Lakes fleet in at least part of the program, so that operators along America's "fourth seacoast" would be given an opportunity to replacing their aging vessels. Rep. Thomas M. Pelly (R-Wash.) called the bill a fulfillment of the commitment made by President Nixon, in a speech in Seattle, Wash., in September 1968, pled^ng a revitalization of the U.S.-flag fleet. He said that the legislation was both a "challenge" and an "opportunity" for the maritime industry that can lead to de­ velopment of a fleet able to move "a signifi­ cantly higher share of our commerce than we are capable of today." Rep. Charles A. Mosher (R-O.) said the in­ clusion of the Great Lakes fleet in the bill would lead to "a substantial building program" in that area. "Without the enactment of this legislation," he said, "it is unlikely that more than five or six new vessels could be built for Lakes service during the next decade. Only two have been built in the last 10 years, and only two are today being built." June 1970 Rep. Henry C. Schadeherg (R-Wis.) termed the legislation "a turning of the comer in the effort to provide our nation with a merchant marine of which we can truly be proud." Rep. John D. Dingell (D-Mlch.) said that the Great Lakes fleet was "desperately in need of the kind of help afforded it" by the maritime legislation, adding that this particular stride for­ ward "can be accomplished with virtually minimal costs to the Treasury." Rep. Hastings Keith (R-Mass.) expressed appreciation that the fishing fleet was included in the tax-deferred construction reserve fund section of the bill, declaring this to be a recog­ nition of "the impact of foreign competition on our fishing fleet"—competition, he said, which was just as serious as that faced by cargo ves­ sels competing with foreign-flag operations. Rep. Robert O. Tieman (D-R.I.) called the bill the first "comprehensive and constructive measure" to aid the merchant marine in 34 years, adding that it would be of major assist­ ance to shipping and shipbuilding which con­ stitute major elements of the national defense picture. Rep. Robert Taft Jr. (R-O.) said that the measure would help in the replacement and modernization of shipping on the Great Lakes, adding that "the needed expansion of our aging merchant marine in those waters has long been a cause for concern." Rep. Hugh Carey (D-N.Y.) called the legis­ lation the beginning of "a new era for the American merchant fleet—an era that will make it possible for us to compete on a more equal basis with the ships of other nations in carrying the huge amounts of goods being shipped to and from this country." Rep. Frank Annunzio (D-III.) said that, under the new program, "we have the opportu­ nity to reverse the trend in our maritime fortunes and begin a slow, steady climb to a position of leadership among the maritime na­ tions of the world." Rep. Joseph P. Addahho (D-N.Y.) said that the bill "provides for the wholesale moderniza­ tion" of the nation's maritime laws, and "at long last provides equal treatment for all seg­ ments of the maritime industry.I' In short, he said, "it puts our maritime laws in step with the times, and makes it possible for these laws to stay in step with any changes which may take place in world maritime affairs in the years ahead." Rep. Samuel N. Friedel (D-Md.) said the measure would enable the U.S. to meet the So­ viet challenge on the high seas—a challenge, he said, which has seen the Soviet Union move "from'21st position among the merchant fleets of the world in 1950 to fifth place today. Rep. William E. Minshall (R-O.) praised the inclusion of the Greak Lakes in the legislation, declaring that such action was "absolutely es­ sential to an equitable program'of U.S. ship­ building expansion." Rep. John H. Dent (D-Pa.) said that the major significance of the legislation lay in its extension of major benefits to the bulk trades which had not previously been included in the federal maritime program. The result of the broadening of the program, he said, will be the development of "a viable, well-balanced mer­ chant fleet." Rep. Thomas P. O'NeiU (D-Mass.) called the bill "a framework for the restoration of the United States as a first-class maritime power." He said that the measure provided for "a reason­ able, workable and logical program." Rep. Jacob H. Gilbert (D-N.Y.) said that the significance of the legislation "lies in the fact that we are making a start toward correcting the deficiencies of the last several decades; we are beginning to make up for our neglect of the merchant fleet, which has served America so well in the past, and which is being given the opportunity to continue to serve our nation in the future." A quick check of the new "Seafood Time" cookbOok shows a need for more salt. The 32-page booklet, prepared by the Fish and Cannery Conference of the SIUNA for the AFLCIO Union Industries Show in New Orleans, is available to Seafarers and their families. The booklet, containing 45 ways to prepare delicious seafood meals, can be obtained by filling out the coupon below. Fish and Cannery Conference Seafarers International Union 675 Fourth Ave. Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232 Please send a copy of the "Seafood Time" cook book to: Name Address City State Zip Book Number 'Bank of Last Resort' Pushed Funds Raised to Build, Manage New Housing Washington Two federal programs de­ signed to spur construction of low-cost housing and provide employment for idle American construction workers are being supported by the AFL-CIO. One program, already au­ thorized by Congress, is mobil­ izing private investment, and supplying business and techni­ cal skills, to develop and manage low and moderate in­ come housing. The other, now before the House Banking Committee, would establish a "bank of last resort" to finance the purchase of low and middle income housing. The National Corporation for Housing Partnerships has already raised $41,750,000— exceeding its goal by more than $4 million—for construction and management of low-cost units. Meany on Board A major investor in NCHP is the International Brother­ hood of Electrical Workers. AFL-CIO President George Meany is one of the 15 mem­ bers of the original board of directors appointed by Presi­ dent Johnson. John Evans, director of the AFL-CIO Department of Ur­ ban Affairs, said he is "pleased with the response from the business community," and noted that NCHP has "provid­ ed the fullest cooperation with organized labor on the national level." "The Redevelopment Bank concept is a unique and muchneeded alternative for families desperate for shelter and in need of a bank of last resort," AFL-CIO Legislative Director Andrew J. Biemiller told Chair­ man Wright Patman of the House Banking and Currency Committee. New Concept He said: "The time has come for a new concept to deal real­ istically with the money needs of our housing crisis," and the Redevelopment Bank concept "is far superior" to any other plan currently before Congress. Biemiller pointed out that funds for the bank, which would come in part from pension funds, would be fully guaran­ teed by the government and would earn at current govern­ ment security rates. Page 19 �3 More Seafarers Receive Licenses Engineer's licenses have been received by three more Seafar­ ers who completed the course of study at the School of Marine Engineering, co-sponsored by the SIU and the Marine Engi­ neers Beneficial Association District 2, There are now 379 Seafarers who have received their licenses after finishing the comprehen­ sive training program at the school. Paul Eugene Hayes, 45, re­ ceived his third assistant en­ gineer's license on May 5. He joined the union in the Port of Baltimore in 1962 and sdiled as a qualified member of the yis engine department before entermg the school. ' ' • A native of West Pau* Hayes Virginia, Brother Hayes now makes his home in Baltimore. He is a Navy veteran of World War II. Ralph Edward Snider, 23, Joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1966 and gradu­ ated from the Harry Lunde- Ralph Snider Arthur Backstrom -berg School of Seamanship in 1967. He sailed as a firemanoiler before entering the school, and graduated on April 28 with a temporary third assistant en­ gineer's license. A native of Parkersburg, W.Va., Seafarer Snider now is living in Parsons, W.Va. Arthur Frederick Backstrom Jr., 22, is a native of Staten Is­ land, N.Y., and continues to make his home there. He joined the union in the Port of New York in 1966 and graduated the same year from the Harry Lundeberg School of Seaman­ ship. Brother Backstrom sailed as a fireman-oiler before en­ rolling in the school and gradu­ ated April 21 with a temporary third assistant engineer's license. Qualified Lifeboatmen Medical Value Studied Scientists Probe Oceans for Drugs Current research indicates that the oceans might be the most promising new source of life-saving medicines. While therapeutic medicines have been extracted from the seas in the past—iodine from Lifeboat Class 45 Graduates Nine more Seafarers received endorsements as qualified lifeboatmen on April 30, after attending the SIU*s Harry Lunde­ berg School of Seamanship in New York. Seated, from left, are Alvin Hanna, Robert Garcia, Pierangelo Poletti and Pedro Lucca. Standing are SIU Instructor Lenny Decker, Richard Mansfield, David Edwards, Marco Galliano, William Nayllor and Gregory Rios. Michael Darst (left) is pre­ sented with a wristwatch by Lifeboat Instructor Paul McGaham after he was named outstanding trainee graduate seaweed and cod liver oil—re­ cent discoveries show that much more complex substances are available from the waters, if man can learn to extract them properly. A medical publication notes: "In the last few years, biolo­ gists, chemists, and pharma­ cologists have discovered that many marine organisms and even sea water itself contain a large supply of antibiotics, poly­ saccharides, steroids, toxins and other important substances that may play an important role in the management of disease." Scientists have found that antibiotics—substances that weaken or kill disease-causing organisms—are produced by algae, shellfish, sponges and certain species of fish as part of their normal life cycles. Some of these antibiotics have shown promise in fighting dangerous strains of bacteria. Others have shown value in countering viruses, most of which are unaffected by present drugs. Some aquatic life pro­ duces toxins which might be valuable in fields such as cancer research. These discoveries and contin­ uing research are making it apparent that the seas—^tradi­ tionally provider of man's food—will expand its benefits to include drugs and other substances to preserve and re­ store man's health. Public Favors Right to Strike A recent Louis Harris Sur­ vey indicates that most Amer­ icans favor the right of workers to strike and think the right should be extended to federal and public employees. The survey was taken among a cross-section of households between April 20-24 and showed 65 percent in favor of the right to strike. Only 25 percent registered a negative view. Asked about the recent postal strikes, 61 percent "sym­ pathized" with the postal em­ ployees, while 25 percent sided with the government. The re­ cent "sickout" by the air con­ trollers showed 46 percent in sympathy, with 31 percent favoring the government. Page 20 Seafarers Log m �Forum Discusses Outlook for '70s Collective Bargaining Called Best for Labor, Management r li } •A \fi ii. /'• 'it J." !• V • ii •5- :X. *1! • New York Labor and management lead­ ers agreed—following a search­ ing and enlightening three-day conference—that collective bar­ gaining is still the best method of resolving differences between employers and employees, and that the outlook for the 1970s is hopeful. Summing up the theme of the Second Annual Collective Bargaining Forum, AFL-CIO President George Meany said that "collective bargaining, as it has grown and evolved in this country, is the most effective instrument the mind of man has so far devised for reaching mutually agreeable solutions of conflicts of interest of concern to employers and employees." He predicted that during the next 10 years labor and man­ agement will continue to en­ gage in collective bargaining and that "they will continue to build and extend and improve the collective bargaining proc­ ess." Economic Disagreement Management leaders were in sharp disagreement with labor representatives on basic eco­ nomic issues but they strongly agreed that the bargaining table was the best place to resolve their differences. Republic Steel Vice Presi­ dent Harold C. Lumb, speaking for the National Association of Manufacturers, j:omplained that unions are using "record wage agreements last year as a plateau from which to demand even higher settlements." But he also said: "Collective bargaining is a very resilient instrument. It has already met a host of new challenges as they have arisen —supplemental unemployment benefits, automation funds and the like—and I am confident it is equal to future problems." 'First and Foremost' Speaking earlier, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Lane Kirkland told the 500 union and management oflicials, media­ tors, university professors and other labor relations experts at­ tending the forum that unions "will continue to represent their members, first and foremost, and to pursue wage increases which compensate for past and expected increases in living costs. They will do it better if they can." The forum was sponsored by the Institute of Collective Bar­ gaining & Group Relations, which includes labor, manage­ ment and public participation. Kirkland is president of the in­ stitute and Deputy Postmaster General E. T. Klassen, former president of the American Can Company, is board chairman. Theodore W. Kheel, one of the nation's leading arbitrators, is adviser to the institute. Kheel won general agreement from management participants with his assertion that "collec­ tive bargaining cannot take place without the possibility of a strike." It is not just a right of labor, he said, but it is "es­ sential to the collective bargain­ ing process." New Techniques Taking a look at the relatively new use of bargaining tech­ niques in civil service, Kirkland said that despite remarkable strides, collective bargaining in the public sector "is still in a primitive state." He said there is "no more important a task" than in achieving the maturity reached in private industry. Participants at several of the many panel sessions questioned whether some of the techniques of collective bargaining could be applied to social, political and community disputes as an alternative to the tactics of confrontation. Bayard Rustin, director of the A. Philip Randolph Founda­ tion, said that community dis­ putes are not exactly compar­ able to labor-management is­ sues but the concept is "worth exploring." He said the founda­ tion plans to examine the pos­ sibilities. SIU Welfare, Pension and Vacation Plans 1 CASH BENEFITS PAID REPORT PERIOD APRIL 1, 1970 TO APRIL 30, 1970 NUMBER SEAFARERS' WELFARE PLAN I,. OF BENEFITS Scholarship Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Medicare Benefits Maternity Benefits Medical Examination Program Dependent Benefits (Average $484.43) Optical Benefits Meal Book Beneflts Out-Patients Benefits Summary of Welfare Benefits Paid .... Seafarers' Pension Plan— Benefits Paid Seafares' Vacation Plan— Benefits Paid (Average $479.14).. Total Welfare, Pension & Vacation Benefits Paid This Period June 1970 15 2685 29 533 47 1267 2788 664 394 6072 14,494 AMOUNT PAID $ 5,075.50 64,720.65 69,150.04 2,135.00 9,500.00 38,042.85 132,895.67 9,984.23 3,942.50 47,496.00 382,942.44 1,554 376,129.00 1,369 739,192.43 17,417 1,498,263.87 Meany told the forum that collective bargaining "won't work for campus revolution­ aries ... or for anyone who is more interested in aggravating or perpetuating conflict than resolving it. Neither, he said, will it work for anyone who says "take it or leave it," or who submits "non-negotiable demands." Role of Mediators Meany cited the improve­ ment and the growing respect for the skills of mediators and arbitrators in helping to re­ solve difficult impasses, but he stressed the distinction between voluntary arbitration, entered into freely by both sides, and compulsory arbitration which he termed "the antithesis of col­ SIU Vice-President Earl Shepard (left) and AFL-CIO Secre­ lective bargaining" and tary-Treasurer Lane Kirkland discuss proceedings during a lull at the Second Annual Collective Bargaining Forum "tyranny." Collective bargaining is a tool, Meany stressed, "for reasonable people who believe in democracy . . . who are will­ ing to make and keep firm agreements for specific periods of time and then re-examine their goals, modify their agree­ ment and move forward for another period of time." 'Loop' Currenf Source Sought San Diego One of the largest group of oceanographers ever assembled has completed a 10-day search for the source of a mysterious ocean current known as the "loop." The loop current, scientists believe, enters the Gulf of Mexico through the Yucatan Straits and travels around the coastline in a clockwise direc­ tion, finally entering the Gulf Stream through the Florida Straits. According to the oceanographers, verifying the existence and pattern of the loop is the key to gaining insight about the distribution of effluent from the Mississippi River, which pushes silt and other pollution 150 miles into the Gulf. To find the loop current, eight universities, two state agencies, three federal agencies and an international group teamed together to form Operation EGMEX (Eastern Gulf of Mexico). During the search, eight re­ search vessels combed the Gulf, using special salinity, temperature and depth measur­ ing instruments. These extremely sensitive in­ struments can detect very slight discontinuities in salinity and temperature. The changes in these two ocean factors are definite clues that a separate water current exists within the flow of a larger body of ocean. The scientific team is now analyzing the wealth of data collected during the 10 days of research, and the mysterious source of the loop current may soon be pinpointed. Unfair to Do Not Labor Buy Seafarers and their fam­ ilies are urged to support a consumer boycott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non­ union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This list carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ volved, and will be amend­ ed from time to time.) BRICKS^Boren Clay Prod­ ucts Co., northeastern and Great Lakes region. (United Brick and Clay Workers) CIGARETTES—R. J. Reyn­ olds Tobacco Co., makers of Camels, Winston, Salem, Tempo, Brandon, Doral and Cavalier cigarettes. (Tobacco Workers) Rite, Western Provincial and Smithtown Maple (Uphol­ sters) GRAPES—All Arizona and California table grapes not bearing a union label_on the crate. (United Farm Work­ ers) GYPSUM WALLBOARD— American Gypsum Co., Al­ buquerque, N.M. (Cement, Lime and Gypsum Workers) LIQUORS—Stitzel-Weller Dis­ tilleries, makers of Old Fitz­ gerald, Cabin Still, Old Elk and W.L. Weller brands. (Distillery Workers) NEWSPAPERS—Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. (10 un­ ions involved—covering 2,000 workers) CLOTHING Siegel (H. I. S. PRINTING—Kingsport Press, brand) suits and sports "World Book" and "Childjackets, Kaynee boyswear, craft." (6 unions involved) Richman Brothers mens' clothing, Sewell suits. Wing RANGES—Magic Chef, Pan Pacific Division., (Allied Ap­ shirts, Metro Pants Co. prod­ pliance Workers) ucts, and Diplomat Pajamas by Fortex Mfg. Co. (Amal­ gamated Clothing Workers) SHOES—Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co., shoes by Sentry, Cedar Judy Bond blouses. (Ladies Chest, Staler, Jarman, John­ Garment Workers) son & Murphy and CrestFLOUR MILL PRODUCTS— worth. (Boot and Shoe Pioneer Products, San An­ Workers) tonio, Tex. (Brewery, Flour SPECIAL—^All West Virginia and Distillery Workers) camping and vacation spots. FURNITURE—^James Sterling (Latorers) Corp. and White Furniture TOYS—Fisher-Price toys. (Doll Co. (Furniture Workers) Economy Furniture — Biltand Toy Workers) Page 21 �Digest of SiU Ships Meetings OVERSEAS EXPLORER (Mari­ time), April 26—Chairman. J. Latalie; Secretary, R. M. Kennedy; Deck Delegate, Stephen Fulford; Engine Delegate, Jimmy L. Dimmett; Steward Delegate, David Jones. Repair list submitted. No disputed OT. OVERSEAS VIVIAN (Maritime Overseas), May 3—Chairman, Rob­ ert A. Yeager; Secretary, Troy Sav­ age; Deck Delegate, Richard D. Schaeffer; Engine Delegate, John A. Sullivan; Steward Delegate, F. J. Johnson. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Serv­ ice), Feb. 1—Chairman. A. Hebert; Secretary, N. Scot(; Deck Delegate, William Hunter; Engine Delegate, Emmett A. Connell; Steward Dele­ gate, Joseph Hall. Some disputed OT; otherwise everything running smoothly. Vote of thanks to stew­ ard department for job well done. WESTERN CLIPPER (Western. Agency), April 26—Chairman, M. Olson; Secretary, John W. Givens; Deck Delegate, W. L. Stewart; En­ gine Delegate. J. P. Arpino; Stew­ ard Delegate, C. M. Ayala. Motion made that SIU members retire af­ ter 20 years in the union and 15 years seatime. No beefs and no disputed OT. AFOUNDRIA (Sea-Land), Nov. 9—Chairman, Gerald Corelli; Sec­ retary, F. R. Kaziukewicz; Deck Delegate, Harold Moody; Engine Delegate, B. Rivera; Steward Dele­ gate, Michael Berin. $52.69 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT. AFOUNDRIA (Sea-Land), Feb. 15—Chairman, B. Vinn; Secretary, F. R. Kaziukewicz: Steward Dele­ gate, M. Boris. $15.69 in ship's fund. Everything running smoothly with no beefs. AFOUNDRIA (Sea-Land), March 8—Chairman, B. Vinn; Secretary, F. R. Kaziukewicz; Deck Delegate, Gerald Corelli; Steward Delegate, M. Boris. $315 in movie fund and $15.69 in ship's fund. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. PENN CHAMPION (Penn), May 3—Chairman, Charles Boyle; Sec­ retary, Z. A. Markris; Deck Deleg.'te, C. R. Danyer; Engine Deletiate, R. E. Nickerson; Steward Delegate, R. G. Martinez. Discus­ sion held regarding pension plan. Vote of thanks extended to steward department for fine food and serv­ ice. $12 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT. Everything running smoothly. HURRICANE (Waterman), April 19—Chairman, C. L. Engelund; Secretary, James T. Myers; Deck Delegate, George Neying; Engine Delegate, Nick Malcogliese; Steward Delegate, Stephen Knqpp. Every­ thing running smoothly with only a few hours disputed OT in deck department. CHARLESTON (Sea-Land), May 3—Chairman, Vincent Ratcliff; Sec­ retary, Guy Walter; Deck Delegate, A. Kotes; Engine Delegate, Fred Lamber; Steward Delegate, Edward Presnich. $5 in ship's fund. No oeefs and no disputed OT. Every­ thing running smoothly. S-raEL ENGINEER (Isthmian) April 20—Chairman, Harry Wong; Secretary, Angel Seda; Deck Dele­ gate, Michael H. Curry; Engine Delegate, Richard Cookman; Stew­ ard Delegate, Martin Homer. $9.50 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. Every­ thing running smoothly. VANTAGE VENTURE (Vancor). May 3—Chairman, Billy J. Brewer; Secretary, James B. Jayang; Deck Delegate, James M. Edmonds; Engine Delegate, John J. Kulas; Steward Delegate, Earl Whatley. Some disputed OT in engine de­ partment. $160 in movie fund. Everything running smoothly with Page 22 no beefs. Vote of thanks extended to steward department for job well done. Crew commended for their cooperation. Fine bunch of fellows aboard. FAIRISLE (Panoceanic Tankers), April 26—Chairman, A. H. Ander­ son; Secretary, S. J. Davis; Deck Delegate, Robert W. Smith; Stew­ ard Delegate, Rayfield E. Cranford. No bee^s reported. Vote of thanks to steward deplrtment. JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Victory Carriers), April 12—Chair­ man and Deck Delegate, Robert H. Bell Sr.; Secretary, Robert H. Pitcher Sr.; Engine Delegate, Ben­ jamin R. Higgins; Steward Delegate, James Carter. Some disputed OT in engine department, otherwise every­ thing running smoothly. PENN CHAMPION (Penn), April 5—Chairman, Charles Boyle; Secretary. Z. A. Markris; Deck Del­ egate, C. R. Danyer; Engine Del­ egate, Raymond E. Nickerson; Steward Delegate, R. G. Martinez. Discussion held regarding pension plan. Vote of thanks extended to steward department for good food and service. No beefs and no dis­ puted OT. Everything running smoothly. Fine crew aboard. OVERSEAS TRAVELER (Mari­ time Overseas), April 12—Chair­ man, Frank M. McKeown; Secre­ tary, A. Belcher; Deck Delegate, Chuck Demers; Engine Delegate, A. D. Simmons; Steward Delegate, Fred N. Lindsey. No beefs and no disputed OT. DELTA MEXICO (Delta), April 14—Chairman. S. M. McCown; Secretary, L. Nicholas; Deck Dele­ gate, M. C. Casper; Engine Dele­ gate, Henry Lang; Steward Dele­ gate, C. Riches. $272.45 in movie fund. No beefs. Everything running smoothly. NEWARK (Sea-Land), May 10— Chairman, L. A. Ramirez; Secre­ tary, J. Utz; Deck Delegate, Nor­ man Okray; Engine Delegate, S. Hornville; Steward Delegate, Daniel Seda. Motion submitted to head­ quarters regarding relief gang for crews at San Juan, Puerto Rico. . COLUMBIA OWL (Columbia,) May 9—Chairman, T. Hilbum; Sec­ retary, J. Thomas; Deck Delegate, George A. Nuss; Engine Delegate, W. H. Hames; Steward Delegate, Thurston J. Lewis. Discussion held regarding repairs which have not been completed. Everything run­ ning smoothly with no beefs. OVERSEAS EXPLORER (Mari­ time Overseas), April 12—Chair­ man, Bobby J. Butts; Secretary, S. A. Solomon Sr.; Deck Delegate, Stephen H. Fulford; Steward Dele­ gate, Joseph Bennett Jr. Few beefs to be taken up with boarding patrol­ man. Vote of thanks extended to steward department for job well done. STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), May 3—Chairman, James D. Park­ er; Secretary, J. D. Forster; Deck Delegate, D. B. Wasson; Engine Delegate, Anthony P. Phillippello; Steward Delegate, Angelo Euro. Everything running smoothly with no beefs. Vote of thanks extended to steward department for job well done. COLUMBIA HAWK (Columbia), May 6—Chairman, Raymond Nich­ olson; Secretary, Louis Pepper; Engine Delegate, C. E. Masters; Steward Delegate, H. McAllen. Some disputed OT in deck and steward department. Vote of thanks extended to chief cook for job well done while vessel passed through several storms during voyage. COLUMBIA MARINER (Co­ lumbia), May 4—Chairman, Vertis C. Smith; Secretary, Woody W. Perkins. Some aisputed OT in deck and steward departments. No major beefs. Discussion on various Motion made that vacation pay MOBILIAN (Waterman), May matters. Vote of thanks to steward 10—Chairman, J. Cisiecki; Secretary, checks be sent to address designated department for job well done. by member instead of member hav­ Roscoe L. Alford; Deck Delegate, DE SOTO (Waterman), April ing to report to union hall, as many Robert S. Wagner; Engine Delegate, 19—Chairman, E. A. Rihn; Secre­ tary, J. F. Castronover; Engine D. F. Madruk; Steward Delegate, members live several miles from nearest hall. Richard P. Gralicki. Everything Delegate, R. L. Welch; Steward COMMANDER (Marine Carri­ Delegate, Hubert G. Weeks. No running smoothly. Vote of thanks beefs and no disputed OT. $5.70 in extended to steward department for ers), May 2—Chairman, A. R. Saw­ job well done. yer; Secretary, F. R. Hicks. Dis­ ship's fund. TRANSCOLORADO (Hudson), cussion held regarding pension plan. WARRIOR (Sea-Land), April 22—Chairman, J. Giller; Secretary, May 3—Chairman, P. Whitlow; Motion made to have union nego­ A. Aragones; Deck Delegate, C. Secretary. O. Frezza; Deck Delegate, tiate for washing machine in stew­ Lee Snodgrass; Engine Delegate, ard department on all SIU ships. Bortz; Steward Delegate, Jose R. Colls. No disputed OT and no beefs George Quinonnes; Steward Dele­ Some disputed OT in deck depart gate, Martin Iterrino. $31 in ship's ment to be taken up with patrol­ reported by department delegates. man. No major beefs reported. fund. Few hours disputed OT in SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), deck and engine departments. Mat­ ERICKSON (Crest Overseas), April 11—Chairman, A1 Ringuette; Secretary, H. A. Galiski; Deck Del­ ter of securing ship before sailing May 17—Chairman, John Hoggie; egate, Arvo Antilla; Engine Dele­ and posting of sailing board time Secretary, C. H. Jones; Deck Dele­ to be taken up with patrolman. gate, Elbert D. Winston; Engine gate, Henry W. Miller; Steward Vote of thanks extended to baker Delegate, Louis F. Gream; Steward Delegate, Howard Backford. $43.69 Delegate, L. S. Decker. Vote of in movie fund. Everything running for job well done. thanks extended to steward depart­ SEATRAIN FLORIDA (Seasmoothly with no beefs and no ment for job well done. OT beef train), May 3—Chairman, Robert disputed OT. in engine department. Byrd; Secretary, Wilbur Sink; Deck HALCYON TIGER (Halcyon), STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian). Delegate. Carlos H. Canales; Engine April 18—Chairman and Deck Del­ April 4—Chairman, Leroy Temple; Delegate. James C. Winston; Stew­ egate, A. H. Schwartz; Secretary, Secretary, J. P. Baliday; Deck Del­ James B. Morton; Engine Delegate. ard Delegate, James Jameston. egate, J. Long; Engine Delegate, ' Some disputed OT in deck depart­ William D. Cooper; Steward Dele­ ment. Few repairs done, others to Douglas McLeod; Steward Dele­ gate, H. W. Nace Jr. Few hours be completed in shipyard. Vote of gate, Philip Swing. Discussion held disputed OT in deck and engine thanks to steward department for regarding rusty water. Everything departments to be brought to atten­ else running smoothly. $122.55 in job well done. tion of boarding patrolman. ship's fund. STEEL APPRENTICE (Isthmian), TRANSMALAYA (Hudson TRANSHAWAII (Hudson Water­ Waterways), April 20—Chairman, May 3—Chairman, Daniel D. ways), May 10—Chairman, T. E Backrak; Secretary and Steward John M. Crews; Secretary, Candido Delegate, A. P. Lopez; Deck Dele­ Yablonsky; Secretary, James Tem­ Delacruz; Deck Delegate, Monta L. gate, C. D. Phillips; Engine Dele­ ple; Deck Delegate, A. Ease; En­ Garber; Engine Delegate, P. A. gate, L. B. Broderick. $30 in ship's gine Delegate; Earl S. Rogers; Stew­ Laroda; Steward Delegate, John P. fund. Some disputed OT in deck ard Delegate, Edward Dale. $12.50 Cox. Discussion held , regarding department. Vote of thanks ex­ in ship's fund. Everything running draws. No beefs reported by de­ tended to steward department for smoothly with no beefs. Vote of partment delegates. thanks to steward department for job well done. PENN SAILOR (Penn), April 4— job well done. BEAUREGARD (Sea-Land), May Chairman, George Annis; Secretary, CANTIGNY (Cities Service), 11—Chairman, B. Hager; Secre­ Joseph E. Hannon. Few hours dis­ May 9—Chairman, J. O. Thomas; tary, A. H. Reasko; Deck Delegate, puted OT in deck department, Secretary and Deck Delegate, Lu­ T. J. Henry; Engine Delegate, Al­ otherwise everything running ther Roberts. $5 in ship's fund. fred R. Fry. $120 in ship's fund. smoothly. Vote of thanks extended to steward department for job well Discussion held regarding pension Some disputed OT in deck depart­ plan. Vote of thanks extended all ment. Vote of thanks to steward done. MAHJEN CREEK (Sea-Land), departments for job well done. department for fine food and serv­ April 4—Chairman, George Annis; Pleasant voyage with good crew on ice. PANAMA (Sea-Land), May 3— board. Secretary, Joseph E. Hannon; Deck Chairman. Ray Schrum; Secretary, INGER (Reynolds Metals), May Delegate, Roy A. Wattford; Stew­ James R. McPhaul. Very smooth 10—Chairman, J. Mann; Secretary, ard Delegate, James L. Mclamore. P. L. Shauger; Deck Delegate, Pete voyage this trip with no beefs. Some Few hours disputed OT in deck department.' Everything running Scroggins; Engine Delegate, John disputed OT in engine department smoothly. Vote of thanks extended G. Dellinger; Steward Delegate, to be squared away. Vote of thanks Walter Cutter. Some disputed OT to steward department for job well to steward department. DEL SUD (Delta), April 21— in deck and engine departments. done. Chairman, N. Pizzuto; Secretary, S. Rothschild; Deck Delegate, Joseph Collins; Engine Delegate, William D. Walker; Steward Dele­ gate, LeRoy Rinker. Everything running smoothly with no beefs and no disputed OT. Vote of thanks extended to steward department for job well done. DEL ORG (Delta), April 24— Chairman, Jack M. Dalton; Secre­ tary, Robert Callahan; Deck Dele­ gate, Leonard Bailey; Engine Dele­ gate, A. S. DeAgro; Steward Dele­ gate, Joseph Warfield. No beefs and no disputed OT. PINEDALE (Pinedale Shipping), Dec. 21—Chairman, Burt T. Hanback; Secretary, Ed Kaznowsky; Engine Delegate, A. O. Krogly; Steward Delegate, Fred Louis. Ship sailed short one utilityman in stew­ ard department. No beefs reported by department delegates. PINEDALE (Pinedale Shipping), Feb. 2—Chairman, A. O. Krogly; Secretary, Ed Kaznowsky; Steward Delegate, Fred Louis. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by depart­ ment delegates. Ship to be scrapped in Formosa and arrangements made to fly crew back to port of enjbark- Boston Mayor, Kevin H. White (seated, center) called for ation. ' the "restoration of our merchant marine" in a special proc­ ROBIN TRENT (Moore-McCor- lamation issued on Maritime Day, May 22. Also present at mack), April 19—Chairman, W. D. the signing of the proclamation were: Edward Riley, SIU Crawford; Secretary, Jack C. port agent in Boston and secretary-treasurer of the Greater O'Steen; Deck Delegate, Melvin O. Boston and New England Maritime Trades Council, and Pat Moore; Engine Delegate, Herbert P. Calloe; Steward Delegate, Har­ Boncanfuso (seated, right), the Council's president. Stand­ rison Burnsed. Some disputed OT ing from left rre: John O'Brien, Local 103 of the Electrical in deck and engine departments; Workers; Lawrence Sullivan, Greater Labor Council, and otherwise everything running James Martin, port agent for the SIUNA-affiliated Atlantic smoothly. Fishermen's Union. Mayor Proclaims Maritime Day Seafarers Log m �NEW JERSEY (Seatrain Lines)—Some disputes on overtime were re­ ported and taken care of by the boarding patrolmen when the vessel came in to the terminal in Port Elizabeth, N.J. The ship's committee (from left) : Emanuel Rapitis, engine delegate; Emanuel Lowe, steward delegate; Peter Morris, ship's chairman; Herbert Atkinson, secretary-reporter, and Henry McCue, deck department delegate. SUMMIT (Sea-Land)—No beefs were reported on the coastwise trip to Puerto Rico, according to the ship's department delegates. The ship's committee on the Summit (from left) : Andy Fletchko, chairman; Joe Miller, steward department delegate; Emil Wagner, deck delegate; Ola Stronas, engine delegate, and Bernard Mace, secretary-treasurer. Ships' Yf '• ' HI I" Committees 1/ • C "i '-h' fy ./ fll. r. l.:y rriHE SHIP'S COMMITTEE on all SIUJ[ contracted vessels throughout the f^Drld make it possible for all members of the Union to keep informed and to take part in the programs of the SIU. The ship's chairman has the responsibility of calling a shipboard meeting each Sunday while the vessel is at sea to discuss any and all matters affecting the Seafarers. The ship's secretary-reporter has the important responsibility of keeping in close communication with the SIU head­ quarters ashore. He should make certain that crew lists are sent to headquarters as early as possible, and that minutes of all shipboard meetings are complete and accurate. ECAUSE THERE is no ship's delegate, the three elected department dele­ gates should make certain that crewmembers in their department keep accurate overtime records. They also have the re­ sponsibility of settling all beefs that can be taken care of at sea, and of reporting those beefs that cannot be settled to the patrolmen when the ship pays off. B TRANSHURON (Hudson Waterways)—The ship's commit­ tee reported a smooth voyage on the Transhuron's run to North Europe. After discharging her boxes, the ship was scheduled to go to the shipyard for work on the engine room. The ship's committee are, (standing from left): Walter Butterton, ship's chairman, and Elkin Kent, engine delegate. Seated; Jose Salinas, deck delegate, and George Malone, steward delegate. The ship's secretary was not avail­ able for the photograph. %• K !/ ,I DETROIT (Sea-Land)—^Just returned from Puerto Rico, the ship's com­ mittee reports that everything has been running smoothly. Seated (from left) are: Jose Espanol, engine delegate; Louis Cevette, ship's secretaryreporter, and Dario Rios, steward delegate. Standing are: Adolpli Demarco, deck delegate, and Peter Semyk, chairman. F June 1970 I^ * ROBIN TRENT (Moore-MacCormack)—At the dock in Philadelphia with general cargo from the Far East, the Robin Trent paid off after a twomonth voyage. The ship's committee posed on deck for their photo. From left are: Bayard Heimer, engine delegate; Harrison Burnsed, steward delegate; William D. Crawford, ship's chairman; Henry Lanier, deck dele­ gate, and Thomas Jones, able seaman. Page 23 �SlUNA Boat's Surprise Cafch SGsfspeps Mystery Fish Puzzle Science New Bedford, Mass. Marine scieatists are puzzling over two tropical fish, of differ­ ent species, that were caught by a New Bedford scalloper off Nantucket Shoals, in the same place, at the same time. The fish, identified by ma­ rine biologists as a trumpetfish and a filefish, would normally be at home in the warm waters off the coast of Brazil or the West Indies. They were caught in waters 35 fathoms deep by the Laura A., manned by a New Bedford Fishermen's Union crew, an SIUNA affiliate. Snake-Like U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv­ ice oceanographers described the snake-like trumpetfish as 15 inches long with a translu­ cent brown body. Some species grow up to six feet in length. The ugly creature has two dark eyes set back from a long "nose" that looks like a trum­ pet. The marine scientists said that the filefish is flat like a flounder and five inches long. It is olive green in color and has a single horn at the top of its head, foward of the eyes. Larger members of the species grow to a length of 10 inches. The oceanographers and marine biologists who are study- The trumpetfish (top) and the filefish were caught off the Nantucket Shoals by an SIUNA fishing boat. Scientists are puzzled as to how these tropical fish, native to the warm waters off Brazil, were found in such northerly waters. ing the mystery of these strange visitors to northern waters have advanced different theories on how they journeyed so far from their natural habitats. Simple Explanation The simplest explanation states that they were released from an aquarium into the 51U Arrivals David Deny, born Feb. 24, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Leo M. Derry Jr., Alpena, Mich. Lonnie Arnaud, born Feb. 28, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jo­ seph L. Arnaud, Arnaudville, La. Thomas Bazor, bom March 10, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Al­ bert T. Bazor, Goden, Ala. Axel Torres, born Jan. 25, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ivan Torres, Ponce, P.R. Mark Merlino, bom Feb. 22, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Thomas H. Merlino, Lorain, O. Tammie Angle, born Oct. 27, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. James Angle, Chicago, 111. Beatrice Sierra, born to Sea­ farer and Mrs. Efrain R. Sierra, Jayuya, P.R. Karen Cordes, born Feb. 20, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs.* Al­ fred Cordes, Bronx, N.Y. Ivan Bonefont, born Dec. 24, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ga­ briel Bonefont Jr., Brooklyn, N.Y. Robert Bell, born March 16, 1970 to Seafarer and Mrs. Rob­ ert H. Bell Jr., Pensacola, Fla. Lassie Gregory, born March 5, 1970 to Seafarer and Mrs. James A. Gregory, Hitchcock, Tex. Jeanine Southard, born March 28, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. John E. Southard, Edgewater Park, N.J. Edward Gonzales, born Feb. 18, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Page 24 Tommy Wash. R. Gonzales, Seattle, Jeffrey Gonzales, born May 22, 1967, to Seafarer and Mrs. Tommy Gonzales, Seattle, Wash. Atlantic near where they were caught. Other scientists, unwilling to dismiss the mystery so easily, believe that the two fish may have followed the warm waters of the gulf stream and were able to adjust to the gradually cooling environment. This is supported by reports of other tropical species found as far north as the coast of Maine. While the scientists argued their theories, a veteran New Bedford fisherman summed up the situation by saying: "I don't see what all the fuss is about. I don't imagine these fish would make good eating." A8TI0N LINE In addition to the beefs and contract questions which are set­ tled aboard ship at payoffs and sign-ons, and by the SIU Contract Enforcement Department, headquarters in New York receives communications from Seafarers seeking contract interpretations and other information relating to their jobs. These questions cover the range of working conditions, pension and welfare, and other related subjects. Because many of these questions are of general interest to the membership, headquarters has arranged to have the questions and answers published regularly in the Log. Question: Why do ships no longer carry a "night cook-baker"? Answer: The elimination of the classification "night cook-baker" was negotiated as part of the New Standard Freightship Agreement in June 1969, to more evenly distribute the work load in the galley. The classification came into being during World War II, when merchant ships began carrying gun crews, and it remained after as most freightships carried up to 12 passengers. In those days, gal­ leys were equipped with cpal-burning ovens, and all breads and pastries were prepared and baked by hand. Most ships had only two ovens and the baking, therefore, had to be done at night when , the ovens were not being used for preparing meals. Today, ships' galleys are semi-automated, and very few carry passengers. (When passengers or extra men are carried, provision is made for increasing the manning scale. Article V, Section 5.) Special electric baking ovens, thermostatically-controlled, make it more practical and efficient to have the baking done during the day, rather than at night. Today's cook and baker also has available a wide variety of pre-mixed cakes and pastries, and frozen ready-to-bake breads and muffins, which cuts down on the time involved in preparing baked goods. A final consideration in doing away with the night baking, particularly in ports, was to allow for a more fair distribution of port time for members of the steward department. Office Employees Organizing Banlcs^ Chicago The Office and Professional Employees Union has launched a major organizing drive of Chicago area banks. The im-. mediate targets are eight banks, which employ some 29,000, persons. Some 100 OPEIU regional directors, international repre­ sentatives and organizers are joining in the campaign, headed by President Howard Coughlin. Anthony TIppen, born Dec. 24, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. David C. Tippen, Fisk, Mo. Vivian Schutz, born March 27, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Valdir Schutz, New Orleans, La. Rebecca Fisher, born Feb. 10, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Alvin L. Fisher, Houston, Tex. Sonja Ballard, bom Apri' 7, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Her­ bert J. Ballard, Houston, Tex. Melanie Moore, born Jan. 15, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jo­ seph W. Moore, Amite, La. Emely Flores, born April 10, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Pau­ lino Flores Jr., Puerto Nuevo, P.R. Doris Irula, born March 26, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ra­ mon Irula, New Orleans, La. Thrace White, born Jan. 14, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Larry R. White, Norfolk, Va. Joseph Vain, born March 27, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jo­ seph E. Vain, Baltimore, Md. Wendy Merkle, born March 28, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Richard E. Merkle, Paulsboro, N.J. Julie Marie Picado, born Feb. 4, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs, Rafael Picado, New Orleans, La. Marisol Ortiz, born March 4, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Gregorio Ortiz, New Orleans, La. New SIU Pensioners 1- Six more Seafarers closed out long sailing careers at the May membership meeting in the New York hall. Shown as they received their first pension cheeks from SIU Vice Presi­ dent Earl Shepard are (clockwise) Stanislaw Pelikse, Ramon Galarza, George Alexander, Solon Pateras, Demetrios Grivas and Charles Slanina. Shepard wished them a long and happy retirement after their years at sea. Seafarers Log r yj , ' �t \• Converted Transoregon Home from Europe 1 English-made crane recently put into operation at the SeaA45-TON train terminal in Weehauken, NJ., was used to unload the Trans­ oregon (see picture below). The Transoregon is a converted C-4, with a new midsection added and a house mounted forward. There are two of the huge cranes at the Seatrain terminal. The ship is in service on Seatrain's run to Northern Europe. Ordinary Seaman Lawrence Morris prepares to lower the colors on the Transoregon as the sun sets on the ship tied up at Seatrain^s Weehauken terminal after the one-month voyage. I I,5 Veteran Seafarer John Clark sails as pan­ tryman, but refers to himself as the ''niaitre d'hotel" aboard the Transoregon. He is seen here as he prepares a salad. I'i I- 1 Mike Doherty, deck dele­ gate on the Transoregon, goes over the overtime records of the deck crew with SIU Patrolman "Red" Campbell. Doherty reported a smooth voy­ age with no beefs. ^ Third Cook Christopher Rat-cliff (left) and B.R. Utility Henry Cakes (center), both graduates of the Harry Lundeherg School of Seamanship at Piney V "^oint, Md., have benefited from the experi­ ence of Chief Cook Jan Rooms, who has been going to sea for many years. Rooms had high praise for the work of the two young Seafarers. Oiler Jose Valle (left) talks with SIU Patrolman Luigi lovino at the payoff of the Transoregon. There were no beefs during the voyage and only a few disputed overtime hours, according to depart­ ment delegates. June 1970 .<• r' / Don Gifford (left), oiler, and Mike Bigley, wiper, pick up their copies of Maritime and the Seafarers Log which were brought to the ship by the boarding patrolmen. Gifford and Bigley, like most Sea­ farers, keep fully-informed on what's happening in their union and in the maritime industry by reading the two publications. Page 25 �Sfeel Admiral' Long Voyage A FTER RETURNING from a long voyage to the Far East, the Steel Admiral (Isth­ mian) berthed in Erie Basin in the Port of New York. A return to Far East ports began following the unloading of cargo, signing on crew replacements, and taking on of new cargo aboard the C-3. Military supplies were included in the cargo. In the May edition of the Log, the Steel Admiral was featured in two pictures showing a jury-rigged galley. Ship's Secretary-Reporter I. Avecilla gives pictures and a story to a Log photographer about how the steward de­ partment had to prepare meals on deck after the ship's plant went dead six days out of Hong Kong. Richard Burkhart completed train­ ing at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship's upgrading school, passed his Coast Guard examination and received his fireman-watertender endorsement April 1. The following day he signed on the Steel Admiral for a voyage to the Far East. Here he stands his first watch. Able .Seaman Lars Nielson is an ac­ complished photographer and likes to look for unusual and artistic scenes to capture on film. He is also a good on-the-spot news photog­ rapher, and sent in the pictures which appeared in the May issue. Able Seaman Ramon Quiles (center) operates the winch as stores are lifted aboard the Steel Admiral. He is assisted by Ordi­ nary Seaman John Albano (left) and Wiper Hyman Kompel. Roy B. Knight, fireman-watertender, stands watch in the engine room as the Steel Flyer discharges cargo. Knight likes the India-Africa run and signed on for the return voyage. The crew agreed that the Steel Flyer is a good feeder, and here are two reasons for the welldeserved compliment—Joseph Cuelles, (left), chief cook and Daniel Herrra, third cook. That's roast fresh ham they're getting ready to carve, and it's typical of the good menus served up during the voyage. Ronnie Simkins was making his first trip after completing training at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seaman­ ship. Sailing as pantryman, Simkins said he liked "the voyage and plans to continue making a career as a professional seaman. Steel Flyer's Smooth Voyage B First-trippers William Moore (left) and Clarence. King catch up on the news after the ship came in' from her long voyage. Both are graduates of the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. Moore sailed as ordinary seaman and King shipped as pantryman on the Steel Flyer. Page 26 ACK HOME was the Steel Flyer (Isthmian) after a voyage of three months and 21 days. The C-3 also tied up at Erie Basin in New York after touching at ports in India and South Africa. The Ship's Committee reported a smooth voyage with few beefs. Then, like her sister ship the Steel Admiral, the Steel Flyer turned around for the return voyage to India and South Africa. Seafarers Log �I i 18 More Veteran Seafarers Added to Pension Roster Added to the SIU pension ros­ ter last month were 18 Seafar­ ers who retired to shore after many years at sea. Stanlslaw Pellksze, 65, joined the union in the Port of Boston in 1943 and sailed in the deck department. A native of Poland, Brother Peliksze now lives in Brooklyn. When he retired. Sea­ farer Peliksze ended a sailing career of 40 years. Andreas Vacontios, 63, a na­ tive of Greece, now lives in Houston, Tex. He joined the SIU in the Port of New York and sailed in the engine department. >• rI Andreas Vacontios Leonard Willis Paradeau, 64, joined the union in the Port of Norfolk in 1938 and sailed in the engine department. A native of Minnesota, Brother Paradeau now makes his home in New Or­ leans. When he retired. Seafarer Paradeau ended a sailing career of 44 years. SIU in the Port of Philadelphia and sailed in the engine depart­ ment. A native of Czechoslo­ vakia, Brother Slanina now lives in New York City. On board ship he served as department delegate and ship's delegate. He retired after sailing 48 years. A Solon Pateras ^ Charles Slanina Harvey Charles Hill, 57, a na­ tive of Missouri, is now spend­ ing his retirement in Buckley, Wash. He joined the union in the Port of Baltimore in 1940 and sailed in the deck department. When he retired. Brother Hill had 38 years of sailing behind him. Earl H. Fain, 65, a native of Texas and now lives in Louis­ ville, Ala. He joined the union in the Port of Norfolk in 1938 and sailed in the engine department. Seafarer Fain was an Army vet­ eran of World War II. Demetrios Grivas James William Barnes, 58, is a native of North Carolina where he now lives in the city of Vandemere. He joined the union in the Port of Norfolk and sailed in the engine department as a fire­ man-oiler. Charles Slanina, 72, joined the June 1970 Hi Francisco Mateo Gerald Eugene Pettipas, 45, joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1945 and sailed in the deck department. A native of Canada, Brother Pettipas now makes his home in Riverdale, Md. loannis Loukas Joseph Henri Robin Jr., 57, a native of Annapolis, Md., now lives in Virginia Beach, Va. He joined the union in the Port of Baltimore in 1945 and sailed in the steward department. Brother Robin served in the Navy from 1930 to 1936. When he retired, he ended a sailing career of 40 years. Gerald K. Lima, 57, joined the SIU in the Port of Tampa in 1940 and sailed in the steward department. A native of Tampa, Fla., Brother Lima continues to make his home there. Henry Robin Gerald Lima Mergers .Now More Frequent Ramon Gaiarza Francisco Miaranda Mateo, 60, is a native of Puerto Rico where he now lives in Ponce. He joined the union in the Port of New York in 1942 and sailed in the engine department as a firemanoiler and deck engineer. He has served as department delegate aboard ship and was issued a picket duty card in 1961. James William Corcoran, 66, joined the SIU in the Port of Norfolk in 1943 and sailed in the deck department as a boat­ swain. A native of Concord, N.H., he now lives in Daytona Beach, Fla. Brother Corcoran Seven Earn Full Books Seven Seafarers received their full books at the May mem­ bership meeting in the New York hall from SIU Vice Presi­ dent Earl Shepard. The men earned their books after com­ pleting Advanced Seamanship Training conducted by the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. Seated are Richard Worzel, Elias Limon and Frank Costanzo. Standing Bill Pasquini, William Card, Abraham Alfaro and Patrick Golden. Tidal Wave Warnings Device Used in Alaska Ramon Gaiarza, 51, joined the union in the Port of Galves­ ton in 1943 and sailed in the steward department as a' messman. A native of Puerto Rico, Seafarer Gaiarza now makes his home in "New York City. James Barnes Scdon Pateras, 65, a native of Cyprus, now lives in Jamaica, N.Y. He joined the union in the Port of Baltimore in 1943 and sailed in the deck department as an AB. He had been sailing 48 years when he retired. " loannis Nick Loukas, 50, a native of Greece, now lives in Haverstraw, N.Y. He joined the union in the Port of Galveston and sailed in the engine depart­ ment. Gerald Pettipw Willie Berry Toomer, 75, joined, the SIU in the Port of Philadelphia in 1939 and sailed in the steward department. A na­ tive of Georgia, he now makes his home in San Francisco. When he retired, Brother Toomer end­ ed a sailing career of 48 years. Willie Toomer H Demitrios Grivas, 63, joined the SIU in the Port of New York and sailed in the engine depart­ ment as a fireman-oiler and deck engineer, A native of Greece, Seafarer Demitrios now makes his home in New York. He is an Army veteran of World War II. Harvey Hill Ceciie Young // James Corcoran Ceciie Glenn Young, 42, ioined the SIU in the Port of -New Orleans and sailed in the -ngine department. A native of Bogalusa, La., he is now spend­ ing his retirement in Houston, Tex. Brother Young served in the Army from 1948 until 1952. Leonard Paradeau served in the Navy from 1919 to 1921. Washington Federal Trade Commission statistics for 1969 bear out complaints of organized labor that business mergers are be­ coming more frequent. Some 4,550 firms were absorbed through purchase by other firms. This total was up 16 per­ cent over 1968. Acquisitions by manufacturing firms in 1969 represented the largest group, accounting for 57 percent of the total. Acquisition of service firms, however, shot up more than 48 percent from 1968 and more than triple the rate for 1967. Kodlak, Alaska A new electronic system to provide advance warning to Pacific Ocean areas threatened by tidal waves has been devel­ oped by scientists from the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey of the Department of Com­ merce. These tidal waves, called by the Japanese word tsunami, are caused by earthquakes under the ocean floor. The earthquake Workers Musf Exercise Right to Vote Denver Working people can lose out on the many advances labor has made over the years unless they take the time to register to vote and then exercise that right, an official of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers has warned. Addressing a meeting of. OCAW members here, Secre­ tary-Treasurer Ben J. Schafer said: "Working people who havethe most to lose are the most indifferent about registering to vote and about turning out to cast their ballots on election day, and by not voting they are failing to exercise one of their basic rights of citizenship. "Just as important is that many of the advances the labor movement has made over the years can be wiped but almost overnight if liberal, pro-union officeholders are not reelected." He also said "because of the policies of the Nixon Adminis­ tration the U.S. work force is losing jobs at the rate of 3,000 a week. There are 17 million hardship cases in this country today—people living on in­ comes below the poverty level." shock waves cause the waters to erupt with a series of huge walls of water. When the Alaskan coast was devastated by tidal waves fol­ lowing an offshore quake in 1964, such a system was not available and little warning was given before disaster struck. As a consequence life and property was lost that could have been saved with proper preparation. One of the largest tsunami disasters in modern history oc­ curred on the coast of Japan in 1896 when 27,000 persons died from the flood waters. The new system will con­ stantly monitor earthquake activity from an electronic nerve center. The sensitive in­ struments will pinpoint the occurrence and origin of earth­ quakes and predict if and where a tsunami will strike, giving residents more time to protect life and property. U.S. Ranks 12th In Shipbuilding London Oflficial statistics re­ leased by Lloyds Register of Ships rank the United States 12th among ship­ building nations of the world. Japan is listed as the world's shipbuilding lead­ er, with, Sweden holding second place. The register's figures indicate that Denmark is engaged in an impressive shipbuilding boom, show­ ing the largest increase in tonnage of any shipbuild­ ing nation. Great Britain, with a steady program of ship­ building, maintains a strong third place in the shipbuilding standings. Page 27 �William E. Bums William E. Burns, 66, passed away Jan. 28 in Buffalo, N.Y., as a result of a heart attack. He joined the union in the Port of Buffalo in 1961 and sailed as a linesman. A na. tive of New York, Mr. Burns was a resident of West Seneca, N.Y. Among his survivors are his wife, Ruth. Burial was in Holy Cross Ceme­ tery in Lackawanna, N.Y. Gust B. Xenophon Gust B. Xenophon, 49, died Feb. 28 in Berwyn, 111., from a heart attack. A native and resident of Chicago, Mr. Xenophon joined the SIU there in 1967. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Among Mr. Xenophon's sur­ vivors are his wife, Eda. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery in Evergreen Park, 111. Bcver Waits Bever Waits, 58, died April 6 in Hospital Santa Casa in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He was a native of Alabama and joined the union in the Port of New York in 1954. Mr. Waits sailed in the engine depart­ ment. Among his survivors are his wife. Norma. Burial was in the Cemetery of Alabama. Curtis McDaniel Curtis McDaniel, 52, died March 3 in USPHS Hospital in San Francisco from pneumonia. He joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1964 and sailed in the steward department. A native of Eng­ land, Ark., Mr. McDaniel was a resident of Wilmington, Calif. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. His body was taken to Chicago for burial. Giendyn L. Brooks Glendyn L. Brooks, 54, died Dec. 1, 1969, on board the Long Lines. A native of North Ber­ wick, Me., Mr. Brooks was a resident of Balti­ more. He joined the SIU in the Port of Baltimore in 1969 and sailed in the steward department. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Among his sur­ vivors are his sister, Mrs. Vir­ ginia F. Home. Alphonse Loguidis Alphonse Loguidis, 60, died Nov. 20, 1969, near Naha, Okinawa. A na­ tive of Illinois, he was a resident of Newark, O. Mr. Loguidis joined the SIU in the Port of Nor­ folk in 1943 and sailed in . the engine department as a firemanoiler, deck engineer and pump­ man. Among his survivors are his sister, Mrs. Rose M. Benson of Newark, O. Charles Lark Johnson Charles Lark Johnson. 67, an SIU pensioner, died April 5 of a heart attack in Paul Oliver Mem­ orial Hospital in Frankfort, Mich. A native of Mis­ souri, Mr. John­ son was a resi­ dent of Benzonia Township, Mich. He joined the un­ ion in Michigan and sailed in the engine department as an oiler. Among his survivors are his wife, Adelle. Burial was in Ben­ zonia Township Cemetery. George Binnemans George Binnemans, 62, passed away March 11 in Veterans Ad­ ministration Hos­ pital, Little Rock, Ark., after a sixmonth illness. He joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1945 and sailed in the engine department as a deck engi­ neer. A native of Belgium, Mr. Binnemans was a resident of Little Rock. He was a Navy vet­ eran of World War II. Among his survivors are his wife, Mercella. Burial was in National Cemetery in Little Rock. r both World Wars having served from 1917 to 1945. A native of Mississippi, Mr. East was a resi­ dent of New Orleans. Burial was in St. Bernard Memorial Cem­ etery, Chalmette, La. and was also a Navy veteran of World War II. Burial was in Lincoln Memorial Park in Port­ land. Daniel S. Lucas Daniel Steven Lucas, 19, passed away April I in Episcopal Hospital, Phila­ delphia. He join­ ed the union in 1969 and grad­ uated the same year from the •' Harry Lundeberg School of Sea­ manship. M r. Lucas was a native and resident of Philadelphia. Among his sur­ vivors are his mother, Mrs. Dorothy Armstrong of Phila­ delphia. Burial was in Greenmount Cemetery in Philadelphia. Walter Johnson Walter Johnson, 63, was an SIU pensioner who pa.ssed away March 24 in Miv bile. Ala., from a heart attack. He joined the un­ ion in the Port of Mobile and sailed in the steward department as a cook. A native of Daphane, Ala., Mr. Johnson was a resident of William F. Growl Mobile. He served in the Coast William F. Crowl, 37, passed* Guard from 1927 to 1933, and away April 24 in Veterans Re­ when he retired in 1969 he had' search Hospital Glenn G. Noffsinger been sailing 42 years. Among his in Chicago. A Glenn G. Noffsinger, 47, was survivors are his wife, Amelia. native and resi­ Burial was in Catholic Cemetery an SIU pensioner who died May dent of Bay City, 3 in Paul Oliver in Mobile. Mich., Mr. Memorial Hos­ Crowl joined the Witold Wieromiej pital, Frankfort, SIU in 1964 in Witoid Wieromiej, 56, was an Mich., after a the Port of De­ SIU pensioner who died April 21 long illness. A troit and sailed native of Michi­ in the USPHS in the deck department. Mr. Hospital on Stagan, Mr. Noff­ singer was a resi­ ten Island. A na- i Crowl served in the Army from dent of Elberta, 1950 to 1954. Among his sur­ tive of Poland, Mich. He joined the union in Weiromiej vivors are his wife. Donna. Mr. Michigan and sailed in the deck Burial was in Calvary Cemetery was a resident of department. Mr. Noffsinger was in Kawkawlin, Mich. Flemington, N.J. an Army veteran of World War He joined the SIU John H. East II. Among his survivors arc his in the Port of John H. East, 74, was an SIU wife, Barbara. Burial was in GilNew York and pensioner who passed away April sailed in the deck department. He more Township Cemetery in Ben­ 21 in Mercy served as department delegate zie County, Mich. Hospital in New while sailing and was issued, a Orleans. He join­ picket duty card in 1962. Among Stephen J. Overton ed the union in his survivors are his wife, AnStephen John Overton, 28, the Port of New tonette. Burial was in St. Magda­ passed away Feb. 12 in Carlsbad, Orleans and sail­ len's Cemetery in Flemington. Calif. He joined ed in the engine the union in the department. He Port of San Fran­ Edwin E. O'Suillvan was issued picket Edwin E. O'Sullivan, 64, died cisco in 1967 and duty cards in 1961 and 1962. May 2 in Portland, Ore., from sailed in the Mr. East was a Navy veteran of heart disease. He deck department. was a native and A native of resident of St. Hornell, N.Y., Louis, Mo., and Mr. Overton was had joined the a resident of West Palm Beach, SIU in the Port Fla., when he died. He served in of Baltimore in the Air Force from 1958 to 1964. Among his survivors are his fa­ accommodation at the same 1951. Mr. O'Sul­ livan sailed in i ther, William J. Overton of West time they pursue a course of the engine department. He served Palm Beach. Memorial services dissent, AFL-CIO Secretaryin the Navy from 1923 to 1930 were held in Del Rey Crematory. Treasurer Lane Kirkland said in a speech to the AFL-CIO Community Services' 15th An­ nual Conference. 'Prepare for Accommodation,' Labor Tells Campus Activists Washington Campus activists have .re­ ceived some advice on pursu­ ing dissent from the labor move­ ment. Students must prepare for ,/• ,•<1. \ •' "The labor movement grew out of conflict with the em­ ployer and we engaged in it with enthusiasm," Kirkland said. "But we knew that there must be accommodation and agreement and found it through the collective bargaining table." Kirkland continued that the "labor movement, to be effec­ tive, must be as skillful in pres­ sing. settlement as in pressing conflict. Conflict without end can only lead to the disintegra­ tion of a society." First Morning Launch With their ship at outside anchorage in the background, crewmembers of the Buckeye Victory return aboard on the first launch after spending a night ashore in Yokosuka, Japan. From left are: Clarence Willey, chief cook; Robert French, wiper, and James F. Lee, third assistant engineer. Page 28 He added that labor has a role in helping "find the path, of reconciliation" for students, but warned that the "restora­ tion of order cannot be achieved Settling Beefs on the Georgia by laws, by the courts or the Bosun Bill Wallace (ri^ht), ship's chairman on the Seatrain National Guard. It must be a Georgia, discusses a contractual beef with SIU Patrolman recognition of the larger inter­ Red Campbell after the ship came in to the Seatrain terminal est in which all of us have a at Port Newark from North Europe. Wallace is a veteran Sea­ stake and which brings rewards farer with more than 20 years seatime. to all." (PAI) Seafarers Log t IN 'K ;r 'f * 1 1- �i I vi « •if • -a ^ > , '5 i,X' I 1'^ f N-'i.4. J' w ".4 rt'ff .:i-' u *» America's merchant marine history is dotted by many periods of neglect followed by crash programs of construction necessitated by a national emergency. Three times in America's history this has been most pro­ nounced—1812, World War I and World War II. Each time the neglect of the merchant marine had been so great and the reliance on foreign vessels so extensive that the country was forced to spend exorbitant amounts of money to build up the merchant fleet. No instance better explains the fallacy of such a practice than World War I and the controversial construction of wooden vessels—built with green timber and powered by engines de­ signed for steel ships. But the country needed ships fast and wood construction was easier. Difficult to Build So little thought was given to the wooden ships that officials approved a design that was "merely a copy of a steel ship, and gave little regard to the material from which it was built." They were difficult ships to build, necessitating the expensive shipment of large timber from the Pacific Coast to Gulf and East Coast shipbuilders. The planking was so green that one authority on the ships noted "it would not stand still after it was in frame, and their seams could throw oakum nearly as fast as they could be caulked." The shipwrights were labeled "cowshed carpenters" and the structural weaknesses of the ships were further aggra­ vated by engines designed for steel hulls—not wood. John J. Sinnott, writing in the March issue of Navy Magazine, said: "The wooden ships were a $73 million failure—no small sum for those days." He noted that the average ship spent about half of its time in port under repair. Useless After War More than 300 of the wooden steamships were built, he stated, but the ships were practically useless after the War for commer­ cial use because of low speed, high fuel consumption and an uneconomical deadweight capacity requiring more than 30 per­ cent of the space for fuel and stores. W. C. Mattox, in his 1920 book. Building the Emergency Fleet, noted the vessels were useful in coastwise trade and freed steel tonnage for other purposes. Mattox was an official of the Emergency Fleet Corp., the organization responsible for the construction. More than $2.5 million was spent in 1917-1918 building a total of 2,382 ships in 18 months. Wood was not the only unsatisfactory material used. Warren TD^ explained in his 1962 book, Atlantic Conquest. Composite materials and even concrete were used. "Anybody, it was said, built anything that somebody would brand a ship—of green wood and brittle concrete and baling wire and store bolts—a hasty fleet of monstrosities." If history teaches any lesson it is that America cannot afford the luxury of neglecting her merchant marine because in times of national emergency the fleet is needed and crash programs are often very costly and misdirected. {Photos at right courtesy of Navy Magazine.) World War I's Wooden Fleet A Ferris-class wooden freightship is launched from one of the many primitive shipyards that sprung up almost over­ night to produce the vessels. The speed of shipbuilding was enviable. One yard laid a new keel 90 seconds after launch­ ing a ship. But many of these vessels spent half their time being repaired. A Hough-class ship underway and headed for the shipyard for repairs. Green tim­ ber, inexperienced shipbuilders, over­ powered plants all contributed to the problems of the ships. The 3,500-ton cargo capacity of these coal-buming ships was drastically reduced by the enormous amount of bunkers they had to carry. fri •!& These wooden sub-chasers tried to clear shipping lanes of German U-hoats. I'M I i •V Ii' U 'i I .. 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 trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Batteiy Place, Suite 1930, New York, N.Y. 10004 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 June 1970 your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, 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 con­ stitutional 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 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<4ional right of access to Union records or information, he should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at head­ quarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. Page 29 nt �Social Secunfy Q & A New Log Feature Answers Questions on Social Security By A. A. BERNSTEIN SIU Social Security Director As a new service to SIU members and their families, the Seafarers Log each month will provide answers to questions about Social Security benefits. Seafarers and their families can direct questions to A. A. Bernstein, director of Social Security and Welfare Services, Seafarers Welfare and Pension Plans, 275 20th St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215. The new feature also will contain questions received fre­ quently by the Social Security Administration concerning benefits available to widows and children, disabled workers and retirees. The basic idea of Social Se­ curity is a simple one. During working years (including time in military service) you, your employers and self-employed persons pay Social Security con­ tributions which are pooled in special trust funds. When earnings stop or are reduced by retirement, disabil­ ity or death, monthly cash bene­ fits are available through Social Security to replace part of the lost earnings for the worker or his survivors. More than 90 percent of all American work­ ers are enrolled under the So­ cial Security program. In addition, a health insur­ ance program (Medicare) is provided for people who are over 65. Q: I'll be 65 in a couple of months. My wife thinks I mi|y be able to sign up for retire­ ment benefits before my birth­ day instead of waiting until the last minute. Is that correct? A: It is. It is a good idea to apply two or three months be­ fore you reach 65. This way you will be sure of getting all the benefits you are due, in­ cluding full Medicare protec­ tion. You can start early in as­ sembling the information and documents you will need when you do apply, such as proof of age. The best proof is a birth certificate, or record of bap­ tism recorded early in life. But, if you don't have either, don't worry. The people at your So­ cial Security office can tell you about other proofs that can be used. Q: Has there always been a limit to how much you could earn after retirement without losing Social Security benefits? A: Yes. But this has been changed by Congress nine times to keep pace with increased benefits and higher earning levels. The last change was voted in 1967. Presently, if you earn $1,680 or less a year, you get full benefits for all months of the year. If you earn more than $1,680, the general rule is that $1 in benefits is withheld for each $2 you earn from $1,680 to $2,880. An additional $1 will be withheld for all earn­ ings over $2,880. Earnings after you reach 72 will not cause any deductions from your benefits. ment of earnings every three years or so. The statement shows your total earnings under Social Security, including any self-employment you may have had, and basic pay for active duty in the armed forces. Your Social Security office can give you a postcard form (Request for Statement of Earnings) to use in asking for the earnings statement. Q: I know Social Security helps oldw people, hut what about young workers like me? I'm 28 and see nothing ahead hut contributions until I'm 65. A: Social Security provides protection for you and other young workers long before you reach retirement age. You and your family are protected against loss of income resulting from disability or death. If you should die, your dependents may receive a lump sum pay­ ment and monthly cash bene­ fits. Q: As a college student, I work part-time during school and full-time during vacations. Q: When I became 65 last The Social Security contribu­ year, I neglected to sign up for tions coming out of my pay could help me meet expenses. the medical insurance part Medicare. Is it too late for me Why deduct from my earnings now, considering the number to enroll now? of full-time years I will have to A: It is not too late. You pay in future? Will I really get have another chance during my money's worth over the what is called a general enroll­ long run? ment period—the first three A: You and other young months of each year. March 31 workers—part-time and fullis the deadline each year. Re­ time—are earning valuable So­ member, if you do not sign up cial Security retirement, sur­ within three years after your first opportunity, you will not vivors and disability insurance protection worth more than the be able to sign up at all. Social Security contributions Q: A friend of mine who has paid in. If you have 18 months changed jobs a lot says he or more of recent work in the checks his Social Security rec­ Social Security record, you and ord frequently to make sure it your family may count on is correct. Can he really do that monthly benefits if you become disabled. Your family would whenever he wants to? A: Yes, your friend is wise get monthly benefits if you died. to do so since he changes jobs Earnings of as little as $50 in frequently. It is a good idea to any three-month calendar ask the Social Security Admin­ will assure you of credit toward istration to send you a state- this valuable insurance protec­ tion. Seagoing Termites Invade Lighthouse Overseas Vivian Crew in Bombay When the Overseas Vivian (Maritime Overseas) docked in the port of Bombay after a voyage from Kalama, Wash., Seafarers took time out in port to relax. From left are George Arnold, John Rode, Scottie MacDonald, Freddie • Hunt and Bosun Bob Yeager. Page 30 Norfolk The Coast Guard motto is to be prepared for anything, but it was somewhat taken aback when they discovered that termites had invaded one of their lighthouses. Thousands of the voracious wood-eating pests were discov­ ered recently thriving on the salt-flavored upper structure of the Smith Point Lighthouse on Chesapeake Bay. Entomologists were at a loss to explain how termites, which are landlubbers, managed to navigate to the lighthouse or how they can survive, since they need fresh water to live. The Coast Guard called in the exterminators and the salty termites were quickly sunk. At the SIU, Clinic Mrs. Flocerfida G. Molus has her blood pressure checked by Dr. Joseph Peluso at the SIU clinic in New York. Her hus­ band, Seafarer Felizardo Motus, sails in the steward depart­ ment. At all SIU clinics. Seafarers and their dependents are entitled to medical care. 8 T A I T 4 s (A f * 10 i< IS Ik n •i Ik ws ak T Ik w» a A9 s 4 Al ae SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans July 14—2:30 p.m. Mobile July 15—2:30 p.m. Wilmington ..July 20—2:00 p.m. San Fran July 22—2:00 p.m. DIRECTORYof UNION HALLS SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Al Tanner Lind.sey Williams Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS ....676 4th Ave., Bklyn. (212) HY 9-6600 ALPENA, Mich 800 N. Second Ave. (617) EL 4-3616 BALTIMORE, Md. ..1216 E. Baltimore St. (301) EA 7-4900 BOSTON, Mass 663 Atlantic Ave. • (617) 482-4716 BUFFALO, N.Y. ; 736 Washington St. SIU (716) TL 3-9269 IBU (716) TL 3-9259 CHICAGO, in 9383 Ewlng Ave. SIU (312) SA 1-0733 IBU (312) ES 6-9670 CLEVELAND, 0 1420 W. 26th St. (216) MA 1-5460 DETROIT, Mich. 10226 W. Jefferson Ave. (313) VI_3-4741 DULUTH, Minn 2014 W. 3d St. (218) RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich P.O. Box 287 415 Main St. (616) EL 7-2441 HOUSTON, Tex 5804 Canal St. (713) WA 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE, Fla 2608 Pearl St. (904) EL 3-0987 JERSEY CITY, N.J. ..99 Montgomery St. (201) HE 6-9424 MOBILE, Ala 1 South Lawrence St. (205) HE 2-1764 NEW ORLEANS, La 630 Jackson Ave. (504) 529-7546 NORFOLK, Va 116 3d St. (703) 622-1892 PHILADELPHIA, Pa 2604 S. 4th St. (216) DE 6-3818 PORT ARTHUR, Tex 634 Ninth Ave. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. 1631 Mission St. (415) 626-6793 SANTURCE, P.R. ..1313 Fernandez Juncos atop 20 724-2848 SEATTLE, Wash ST. LOUIS, Mo 2606 First Ave. (206) MA 3-4334 4677 Gravols Ave. (314) 762-6600 TAMPA, Fla 312 Harrison St. (813) 229-2788 TOLEDO, 0 935 Summit St. (419) 248-3691 WILMINGTON, Calif. ..480 Seaside Ave. Terminal Island, Calif. (213) 832-7286 YOKOHAMA, Japan Iseya Bldg., Room 801 1-2 Kalgan-Dorl-Nakaku 2014971 Ext. 281 Schedule of Membership Meetings Seattle July New York ....July Philadelphia July Baltimore ....July Detroit July Houston July i: i 24—2:00 p.m. 6—2:30 p.m. 7—2:30 p.m. 8—2:30 p.m. 6—2:30 p.m. 13—2:30 p.m. United Industrial Workers New Orleans July 14—7:00 p.m. ,j Mobile July 15—7:00 p.m. New York ....July 6—7:00p.m. ""J Philadelphia July 7—7:00 p.m. Baltimore ....July 8—7:00 p.m. tHouston ....July 13—7:00 p.m. ^ Great Lakes SIU Meetings , Detroit July 6—2:00 p.m Buffalo July 6—7:00 p.m \ , Alpena July 6—7:00 p.m Chicago '..July 6—7:30 p.m, Duluth July 6—7:00 p.m, Frankfort July 6—^7:00 p.m •r* ^ Great Lakes Tog and Dredge Section Chicago July 14—7:30 p.m. tSault Ste. Marie July 14—7:30 p.m. Buffalo July 15—7:30 p.m. Duluth July 17—7:30 p.m. Cleveland July 17—7:30 p.m. Toledo July 17—7:30 p.m. A Detroit July 13—7:30 p.m. Milwaukee ..July 13—7:30 p.m. t SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans July 14—5:00 p.m. Mobile July 15—5:00 p.m. Philadelphia July 7—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and un­ licensed) ..July 8—5:00 p.m. Norfolk July 9—5:00 p.m. Houston July 13—5:00 p.m. Railway Marine Region Philadelphia July 14—10 a.m. & 8 p.mBaltimore July 15—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. •Norfolk July 16—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. . Jersey City July 13—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. tMeeting held in Labor Tem­ ple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. •Meeting held in Labor Tem­ ple, Newport News. v_ 'v.. Firms Must Deal With Union Stewards ' Washington Unions have an absolute right to appoint department or • shop stewards, and employers must deal with them in. discus- ' sing employee grievances, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled in a case involving the Allied Industrial Workers. Seafarers Log �•p .1. /¥ I Rep. Thomas S. Foley (D-Wash.), right, and Vince Promuto, Washington Red­ skin guard, meet trainees. 3. During an open house on the Dana, docked on the Potomac, visi­ tors were given a guided tour of the 130-foot schooner by the Lundeherg School trainees. f Piney Point Trainees Visit Washington K. it '• V rt •> \ ROUPS OF Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship trainees F journey to Washington as part of their training cruises aboard the school's two full-rigged training schooners, the Cap­ tain James Cook azid the Richard Henry Dana. While in the capitol, they attend luncheon conferences, sponsored by the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, and have an oppor­ tunity to meet and listen to Congressmen and other dignitaries interested in the American merchant marine. H > 'K h i Trainees are greeted by Rep. Frank Thompson Jr. (D-N.J.) ':«r • V I i-r V « Rep. William D. Hathaway (D-Me.) greets a group of future Seafarers.' 9 41 n t r •'w-r w 1/ Rep. Robert O. Tiernan (D-R.I.) and Piney Point visitors. June 1970 Piney Point trainee Frank Gibilaro, 18, of Brooklyn, N.Y., scans the Potomac River from the deck of the Dana, with the Washing­ ton Monument in the background. «» Page 31 �SEAFAItERS*LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION > ATLANTIC, GULF. LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT * AFL-CIO ' ^ NARCOTICS: They'll Cost You Your Job... 1^- it f Television. Radio. Newspapers. News magazines. Movies. Records. No matter what you read, where you look, what you hear—^the subject of narcotics is there. Usually in the form of a debate. Are drugs bad for the health? Do they lead to immorality? Aren't alcoholic beverages just as bad? To Seafarer, these aren't the questions that really count. What counts is this: • Any Seafarer using narcotics—anytime, on shore or at sea—loses his papers—his right to go to sea. • Any Seafarer using any drug that affects his mind risks the lives of others. The possibihty of an emergency is always present aboard ship. Only alert minds can help. Dope is deadly. • Any Seafarer caught using narcotics tags his ship and his shipmates for constant watch. • Rewards are paid, in some foreign lands, to those who turn in anyone possessing narcotics. Some people in those countries have been known to sell narcotics to Americans—and then turn them in for a reward. Pos­ sessing narcotics—anytime, on shore or at sea—ends a Seafarer's career. • Marijuana is legally a narcotic. Marijuana affects the mind.. The use of marijuana or any other narcotic strips a Seafarer of his life at sea. • Men who want careers at sea don't possess drugs, don't use drugs—and don't allow others to do what they don't do. Because they know that any Seafarer using or possessing narcotics—anytime, on shore or at sea—Closes his papers—his right to go to sea. < .Ir J' 5: 'L r*' ^* s- •i. f\ ' ^1 > %] Forever! r � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1970-1979 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXXII-XLI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. 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Title A name given to the resource June 1970 Description An account of the resource Headlines: FLOATING HOUSING UNIT PLANTS URGED – SHIPS USED AS FACTORIES MARITIME BILL APPROVED BY HOUSE STRONG BI-PARTISAN SUPPORT GIVEN PLAN TO REBUILD FLEET SHIP AMERICAN PROGRAM STARTS CONGRESSMEN DISCUSS MARITIME ISSUES NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE NEEDED WORKERS REALLY FEELING ECONOMIC PINCH ADMINISTRATION POLICIES HURT CONSUMERS COAST GUARD COPS CLOCKING SPEEDING LAKES FREIGHTERS RALPH DE TOLEDANO – SEAFARERS COLLECT MILLIONS FOR POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: DIRKSEN’S $5000 FANS NEWSPAPER CLAIMS FORMER SENATOR RECEIVED $30,000 FROM SEAFARERS WHY SEAFARERS ARE IN POLITICS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING CALLED BEST FOR LABOR MANAGEMENT MYSTERY FISH PUZZLE SCIENCE CONVERTED TRANSOREGON HOME FROM EUROPE STEEL ADMIRAL’S LONG VOYAGE – STEEL FLYER’S SMOOTH VOYAGE WORLD WAR I’S WOODEN FLEET NEW LOG FEATURE ANSWERS QUESTIONS ON SOCIAL SECURITY NARCOTICS: THEY’LL COST YOU YOUR JOB Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 06/1970 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXXII, No. 6 1970 Periodicals Seafarers Log