http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/ca781b68b994461bfac97318b4a52909.PDF 3c3b9c45dea44203188e62c4276dfe6f PDF Text Text SEAFARERSALOG December 1970 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT . AFL-CIO i^nutT iFnr CLltr InUiitigis ' p > •, • * . >• M'A ^ «. \ ' >. N // 1^1 V- * VV-' T ' ->V'A .,V"- • . . •• 7 / •-'5' SSSv • •i^.-1 x.i T ?.;• -A M. "•1' . '^1 V I? r-^i - Coast Guard Returns Russian Defector ... •., W'^- See Pages 4-5 »• •...,.• SlU Crew Conferences see Pages 15-19 �Labor Aids Fight To Cure Disease SIU President Paul Hall is one of a group of top New York labor leaders who are joining together in the fight against Parkinsons' disease. Hall will serve as co-chairman of a fund-raising dinner which will be held at the Waldorf-Astoria on Jan. 17 to raise the money necessary to continue and further the fight to conquer this dread and, as yet, incurable disease. The dinner is being spon­ sored by the American Parkin­ son Disease Association, whose purpose it is to help find a cure and to ease the burden of the victims and their families. Parkinson's disease affects the nervous system, causing muscu­ lar rigidity, uncontrollable tremors, slowness of movement and abnormal gait. Disease Widespread Conservative estimates list upwards of a million victims in this country. Until the cause and cure can be found, the disease is expected to increase. It has been predicted that one out of every forty persons will develop the disease and the newly afflicted will approach 50,000 people a year. Recognizing the enormous achievements of the APDA and the vital need for funds, the labor community is rallying to make the dinner an outstanding success. Sam Kovenetsky, president of Local I.S., Department Store Workers Union, is chairman of the dinner committee. His four co-chairmen are: Paul Hall; Charles Feinstein, president of the International Leather Goods and Plastic Novelty Workers Union; Joseph Trerotola, presi­ dent of the Teamsters Joint Council No. 16, and Paul Byrne, secretary-treasurer of Local 144 of the Hotel, Hos­ pital and Nursing Home Work­ ers Union. Ottley HaUed Guest of honor at the dinner is Peter Ottley, president of the Hotel, Hospital and Nursing Home Workers Union. Ottley is being hailed by the APDA for his dual achievements as an outstanding labor leader and as a distinguished member of the board of the APDA for the past seven years. Tickets for the event are available at the APDA head­ quarters, 147 E. 50th St., New York, N.Y. WhUe tickets for the dinner are $100 a plate, the organization will welcome any contributions. In addition to in­ creasing patient service by sub­ sidizing treatment fees and con­ tributing to research, APDA hopes to raise the funds neces­ sary to build an ultra modem rehabilitation center in New York. All Seafarers are urged to contribute to this very worth­ while cause. Peler Ottley (center), president of the Hotel, Hospital and Nursing Home Workers Union, AFL-CIO, is shown with Sam Kovenetsky, (left), president of Local I.S., Department Store Workers Union, and Fred Springer, president of the American Parkinson Disease Association. AFL-CIO's Meany Supports Direct Election of President Washington Congress, now meeting in a "lame duck" session, has been urged to adopt a proposed con­ stitutional amendment on di­ rect election of the President by George Meany, president of the AFL-CIO. In a letter to the amend­ ment's author. Sen. Birch Bayh (D-Ind.), Meany said, "all Americans truly interested in the democratic process—and that specifically includes the AFL-CIO—are deeply appreci­ ative of your efforts to secure its passage." Meany said that "Americans from all walks of life" support the amendment. "Forces of obstruction in the Senate won the first round," Meany wrote. "They must not be allowed to win the fight." Of various alternative pro­ posals, Meany wrote Bayh, only those should be considered that do not damage "the heart of your amendment, which is that the candidates who receive the most votes will become the President and Vice President." Frustrating System Meany totally rejected other proposals which, wearing "the mask of electoral reform," would perpetuate "the Electoral College system . . . that frus­ trates the will of the electorate." "I assure you," Meany con­ cluded, "the AFL-CTO will sup­ port your efforts'to work out an acceptable proposal that will attract the two-thirds approval necessary for passage of the amendment, while keeping secure the hope and promise of tnie electoral reform—a promise we hope the states will have an opportimity to approve before the 1972 election." House In Favor The House passed the elec­ toral reform bill on Sept. 18, 1969 by a 339-70 roll call vote. Under the House bill a candi­ date receiving the largest munber of popular votes will win providing he receives at least 40 percent of the votes cast. If no candidate receives 40 per­ cent, a runoff would take place between the two highest votegetters. The Senate bill is similar to the House bill except for the date it would become effective. Two moves to secure a vote on the Senate bill were stalled by filibusters. Major opponents are Southern and small state Sena­ tors. ll • ^I . '?! - "!rf PRBIDENT'S RETORT by PAUL HJIII A review of SIU activities in 1970 provides a roster of achievements that will benefit Seafarers now and well into the future. Our work brought us a stronger union, a superior contract, job protection now and limitless opportunities in the years to come. A year-end roundup of the top SIU news stories that appears on pages 8 and 9 of this issue of the Seafarers Log tells a part of the story. Highlights in­ clude: • The signing of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 by President Nixon. This historic piece of legislation -—^much of it long sought by the SIU—will add hundreds of new cargo ships to the American-flag fleet in the years to come, enhancing job opportu­ nities for the men who build and the men who crew the vessels. • A new contract package, worth $100 a month for each Seafarer, that provides SIU men with the highest basp wage rates on the East and Gulf Coasts. • A new pension provision permitting Seafarers to retire on full pension at the age of 55 with 20 years of seatime. We were able to institute this pension provision while still keeping the SIU Pension Plan financially healthy so that all Seafarers, including those yet to board a ship, will be certain to receive all pension benefits promised them. • Revision of our SIU Constitution under a pro­ gram to give Seafarers an even stronger foundation upon which to continue building their union. The amendments were adopted in secret balloting by a 10-to-l margin. • Opening of the Seafarers Vacation Center at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in Piney Point, Md., where scores of Seafarers and their fam­ ilies are able to enjoy first class vacations at the low­ est possible cost. • Completion of the first series of 12 SIU Crews' Conferences and several SIU Pensioners' Conferences at Piney Point, giving Seafarers first-hand knowledge of their union and its place in the world around us. • Coordinated efforts with the AFL-CTO Mari­ time Trades Department to strengthen the Jones Act and add our punch to the nationwide "Ship-American" program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Com-' merce through the Maritime Administration. /^f all of our accomplishments in the year now ending, those that protect jobs now and provide for job opportunities in the future must stand at the front. Our industry has been all but scuttled through yetfrs of neglect. Ships of all types continue to be laid up and scrapped at an alarming rate; And each ship that is pulled out of service further tightens the job market. . The new ships that will come down the ways under the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 will help to loosen the squeeze on jobs. That provides us with hope for the future. To fulfill that hope, we have to continue our cam­ paign to bring more cargo to Americah-ffag ships. We must impress federal authorities and the Con­ gress that current Cargo Preference Laws should be enforced to the hilt. Congress and the Administration, through the Merchant Marine Act of 1970, made a multi-billion dollar commitment to our industry. To have this commitment undermined by a battery of bureaucrats in federal agencies who seek out foreign-flag ships for federal cargo would be unthinkable. We intend to keep the heat on to see to it that no less than half of all federal cargo is shipped on American-flag vessels—^just as the laws say. In addition, we must continue our daily effort to increase the amount of federal cargo that is com­ mitted to American-flag ships. We have a second major challenge in the years immediately ahead of us. We must convince the 1,200 American importers and exporters that it is good busi­ ness to "ship American." Gur nation produces fully a third of all the world's oceanbome traffic—either with cargo coming to our nation or with goods we produce being shipped around the world. But the American merchant marine now carries only 4.8 percent of all of that cargo—and the amount is steadily decreasing. Reversing this trend will require more than new ships. It will require cargo to fill the holds of those new ships. Without cargo, all of the victories of 1970 will be hollow. Without cargo, there will be no mari­ time industry. Tt follows that the SIU will devote all of its strength, * energy and knowledge to the fight to bring the American-flag merchant marine a far greater volume of the available cargoes of the world. Seafarers Log �East Coast Passenger Ship Service Drawing to An End Prudential-Grace was the New York CUy ships gone, only two AmericanThe American flag will dis­ flag vessels—the Monterey and last in a long line of passenger appear from the East Coast the Mariposa—will continue ship operators which served the passenger ship trade Jan. 8 American-flag passenger opera­ East Coast under the U.S. flag. tions. They sail from the West The first passenger ships to when the Prudential-Grace Line Coast to ports in the southwest operate from the East began ship, the Santa Rosa, begins her Pacific. sailing before the War of 1812 final voyage. and the first American-flag 750 Jobs Lost The Santa Rosa, the Santa transatlantic passenger ship Prudential Lines acquired the made its inaugural run in 1819. Paula and four of Prudentialold Grace Line ships in 1969 Grace's M-class vessels which for $44.5 million. It was Pru­ In going to drydock, the carried both cargo and pas­ dential's first entry into the "Santas" will join such elegant sengers will end service to East passenger business. ships as the Independence, Con­ Coast ports at that time. stitution, and the America, the The laying up of the Pru­ Brasil and the Argentina and A Prudential-Grace spokes­ dential-Grace Line passenger the mighty SS United States. man blamed the layups on high ships will mean the loss of jobs These were ships owned by costs of operation and the "re­ for at least 750 crew members sistance" of the sea-going pub­ on the six ships. Their crews American Export-Isbrandtsen lic to price increases for travel. are represented by the National Line, Moore-McCormick Line and the United States Line. With the Prudential-Grace Maritime Union. One of the last passenger ships to service the East Coast is gnided into her berthing place by tugs. By mid-January all passenger service will be discontinued. Plasterers' President J. T. Power Calls for Stronger Job Safety Bill Part of the new 230,000 deadweight ton supertanker being built for Seatrain Lines is assembled at the construction site in the old Brook­ lyn Navy Yard. Seatrain is expected to have six of the giant tankers in operation hy 1976. Seatrain to Lease New Supertankers Construction is well under way at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on a new 230,000 ton supertanker which will be leased by the SlU-contracted Seatrain Lines. The supertanker on the ways will soon be joined in construc­ tion by a sister ship of the same tonnage. The first is ex­ pected to begin operations in 1972 and the second in mid1973. In addition, two supertank­ ers weighing 233,000 dead­ weight tons are being built abroad for Seatrain and will sail under the company's char- Labor Supports Health Care Washington The AFL-CIO has issued a new pamphlet on National Health Insurance entitled "National Health Insurance Is Labor's No. 1 Goal." The pamphlet is based on a radio address given by AFL-CIO President George Meany and is available free of cost from the AFL-CIO Pamphlet Division, 816 Sixteenth St., NW, Washing­ ton, D.C. ter with a major oil company. The building of the first tanker began Aug. 5 and jobs at the Seatrain Shipbuilding Co. docks in the Navy Yard now total 450. The total numbers of jobs expected to be generated by the building of the two tankers is 2,500. When complete they will be the first two ships to have been produced in the New York City area since 1948. The equipment being used to build the new supertankers is primarily that left behind by the Navy when it closed the Brooklyn Yard in 1967. Three cranes, one that can lift 200 tons, now op>erate at the tank­ er building dock. There will be still more building at the Seatrain facil­ ity in the future, according to company sources. They say that two more supertankers will be constructed there prior to 1976, although no definite dates of delivery have been set. Company sources also said that trading routes for the new sea giants have not been set, but that they would probably be used in worldwide trade. The top speed of the vessels is expected to be more than 17 knots. Washington On-the-job safety is an issue of vital concern to SIU mem­ bers and according to Joseph T. Power, president of the erative Plasterers and Cement Masons Union, it is of vital concern to all who work for a living. In that regard, Power de­ manded that Congress pass a strong Occupational Health and Safety bill in a speech given at the weekly luncheon of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ partment. Power said that the bill had been severely weakened in Congress despite the possibility that enactment "could save sev­ eral injuries and possibly a life during the time I speak here." Power, a member of the executive board of the MTD, said that the nation is faced "with a horrifying set of statis­ tics reflecting the loss of life and limb in this nation through on-the-job accidents." Accidents Soaring He said there were more than 3,000,000 accidents at work last year which cost, by some estimates, an amount in the thousands of million dol­ lars. "But to a labor man, those dollars represent a lot more than cold cash. They represent warm, living human beings. People who will no longer have a hand or an eye. People who no longer will be able to work and bring home the bread for their dinner tables. And all be­ cause of an accident." He derided the old adage that accidents just happen. "Acidents can be prevented. They can be prevented now," Power said. The bill which would em­ power the Secretary of Labor to set safety standards, does not have much to oppose. Power said. , Yet, labor's enemies, notably the U.S. Chamber of Com­ merce, were successful in weak­ ening the bill. The bill is necessary, said of Labor, "presently is limited Power, because management to 'studying' the horrifying sta­ efforts at job safety have been tistics and has no power to "like a sneeze in a hurricane." take any effective steps to stop He said "it is about time that the carnage." those of us in the labor move­ He said, "what we clearly ment provided the rest of the need, as labor men and as velocity for the hurricane that Americans, is a national com­ will be necessary to move occu­ mittee to change that sad pational safety standars forward picture and to focus out atten­ in this coimtry." tion on the workingman's safety." Angry Littte Guy He added, "we must fight for The lack of safety standards this national committment to "gives the little guy the right end the slaughter, to end this to be angry," Power said. The horrible loss of life." little guy, defined by Power as Power said "this nation has the shop worker, the tradesman no need of a legion of those and the plasterer, "knows that crippled because of a lack of some workmen are protected safety standards. It has no need from the dangers of their job, of an honor roll of men need­ and he is not." lessly dead on the job. Yet it Power said that this anger has both. Let us act now before arises because the Department the list becomes longer." Appear to Hanoi AFL-GIO President George Meany asked Ameridm un­ ion members to observe the holiday season by writing to Hanoi and appealing for more humane treatment of Ameri­ can POWs. "All Americans who believe in basic human decern^ are revolted at the treatment endured hy American prisoners of war," Meany declared. He cited the Nordi Vietnamese re­ fusal to reveal the names of its captives and its fmlure to keep its proniise to honor the provisicms of the 1949 Geneva Convention relating to hasic diet and medical care and communications between prisoners and their families. In a letter to all AFL-CIO affiliates, Meany said: "The AFL-CIO supports the campaign of the Red Cross for mail ur^g the North Vietmun^, in the niune of hu­ manity, to provide the names of their pnspners, to guarantee them adequate diet and^ medical care, and to penmt the exchange of mail between prisoners and tiieir hunilies. "I urge every member of the AFL-CIO io take tinw at this holiday season to write to Hanoi It is also a time for national prayer for titose prisoners, as suggested by tite American Legion. "An end to the misery of tiie prisoneis cd war and relief for their long-suffering families would help to br^ten this holiday season. It could also serve as a sincere mdicafion of the North Vietnamese desire for peace in Indochina and lay the groundwork for their acceptance of tiie American proposal at the Paris talks to free all ]^mn»s of war." Meany advised that letters to Hanoi, wlneh require 25 cents postage per half ounce, should be addressed to the Presideht of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam, Hanoi North Viet Nam. �Leap to Freedom' Ends in Tragedy A Lithuanian sailor's desper­ ate but futile attempt to grasp hold of freedom by leaping from a Russian fishing vessel to the deck of a U.S. Coast Guard cutter off the coast of Massa­ chusetts transformed a routine meeting of U.S. and Soviet fishermen into an international incident Aboard the Coast Guard cutter Vigilant, in addition to her regular complement of of­ ficers and crew, were four civilians, including John Burt, port agent for the SIUNA-aflfiliated New Bedford Fishermen's Union and Robert Brieze of the New Bedford Seafood Dealers Association. John "Big John" Burt has been port agent for the SIUNA New Bedford Fishermen's Un­ ion for 12 years and a com­ mercial fisherman since his early teens. Traditional Seaman His father was lost at sea off the deck of a Boston fishing trawler during a storm in the Atlantic more than 20 years ago. Still John Burt chose to make fishing his life. Robert Brieze has more per­ sonal experience with Russian oppression. In 1950, while a tugboat captain in Latvia, he took his boat, his wife and his sister from Latvia to Danzig. The Russians came looking for him. He sailed to Sweden, know­ ing that in reply to his flight the Russians would send the remaining members of his fam­ ily to Siberia. He feared the same fate for himself and his wife and sister, so in a bold gamble they and other refugees sailed a hardly seaworthy World War II minesweeper across the Atlantic to the United States and political asylum. These two men of the sea related their eyewitness story of the occurrences aboard the Vigilant to the Seafarers Log a few days after the desperate leap of Simas Kudirka. The cutter Vigilant left New Bedford, Massachusetts at about 8:30 a.m. on that gray Monday morning carrying Burt and other U.S. fishing representatives to a rendezvous point off Gay Head, at the southern tip of Martha's Vineyard, well within the U.S. three-mile limit. As the cutter approached the appointed spot in the Atlantic, Burt could see the massive length of the better than 500foot long Russian fishing mothership Sovetskaya Litya breaking through the mist. About 10:30 a.m. the cutter drew up alongside the Soviet vessel and the first lines were thrown from ship to ship to link them together on the sea. After the lines were secured, a ten-foot gap of sea still sepa­ rated the two vessels, so a work basket was fitted to a cargo crane by the deck hands aboard the Russian ship, and it was swung over to the deck of the cutter. Burt and others gingerly rode the basket across the water to the deck of the mothership. "We received hand shakes from the Russian fishermen and were ushered below to the officer's quarters where lunch was waiting for us," Burt re­ called. "We were all seated around the table, civilians. Coast Guardsmen, and Russian of­ ficers. Many of the Russians could speak some English and the conversation flowed smoothly." Imperiled Flounder The Atlantic's yellowtail flounder is heavily depended upon by the fishermen of New Bedford and the protection of this resource was foremost in the minds of the New Bedford representatives. SIUNA fishermen in that port know that the Russian fleet em­ ploys fine mesh nets through which the young yellowtail can­ not escape, leaving too few available for future spawning. Unhappy fishermen have la­ beled Russian fish havesting tactics "the vacuum cleaner ap­ proach to fishing." This informal and cordial meeting, it was hoped, would help to get the Russians to con­ serve the yellowtail fishery. "We asked to see a Russian trawler in action—see the nets being set—but were told that no trawlers were working in the area because the weather was bad," said Burt. "Instead they took us on a tour of the mothership, showing us their fully equipped ship­ board hospital, a 100-seat movie theater, and their fish processing equipment. It was quite a sight. Message for Skipper "After the tour, at about 2:30 in the afternoon while we were still aboard the Russian mothership in the Soviet Captain's quarters, we were interrupted by the executive of the cutter Vigi­ lant who asked his skipper. Commander Ralph Eustis, to return to their ship." This was the moment when the drama of attempted defec­ tion began to unfold. The New Bedford men wouldn't find out until hours later that Simas Kudirka, the Lithuanian radio operator aboard the Russian ship, had stepped up to the railing of the Russian mothership and told one of the Coast Guard officers, "I want to de­ fect." Commander Eustis returned to his ship and was informed of Kudirka's message. A dispatch to U.S. Coast Guard First District Head­ quarters in Boston then sped over the cutter's radio. From there it was relayed to Coast Guard Headquarters in Wash­ ington with a request for in­ structions on how to proceed. The request was relayed to the State Department in Washing­ ton. The reply to the Coast Guard from the Soviet desk at the State Department was not to encourage a defection and to be • careful of a trick by the Rus­ sians aimed at provoking an incident. Back aboard the Russian ship, Burt remembers that "for the next two hours, we con­ tinued to talk about fishing with . " .7 .. • A M U.S. Coast Guard officers are swung onto the deck of the Sovieigkaya Litya to hegin fishing conference tluit erupted into an international incident. SIUNA New Bedford Port Agent John Burt is at left. Page 4 The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Vigilant to which a Lithuanian sailor jumped seeking political asylum. The defector, Simas Kudirka, was returned to Russian hands. the Russians and then decided to return to the Vigilant and head for home. I thought to my­ self, we'll be home in time for supper." Russians Aboard The transfer of Americans back to the cutter got under way, and Butt returned to the decks of the Vigilant. A free exchange of Russian and Ameri­ can visitors had been taking place all day, but now that preparations were evidently be­ ing made to return to New Bed­ ford, Burt thought it kind of strange when he noticed that three of the Russians were still aboard the cutter. Burt discussed what might be holding them up with Robert Brieze. Some time passed and Burt ventured the guess that the problem was with one of the Soviet sailors. Finally, at about 5 p.m. Burt again asked, "What's happen­ ing, do we have somebody aboard who doesn't want to go back?" Almost immediately, the word went out that there was a defector aboard. "Then, maybe an hour or so later, I'm not sure of the time element. Commander Eustis came to us and told the Rus­ sians, 'I have a man aboard who doesn't want to go back with you, he doesn't like the life in your country.'" Simas Kudirka had done what he said he would do. As the Vigilant's crewmen were about to cast off all lines from the mothership, he leaped across the water between the two ships and landed at the feet of the surprised Coast Guardsman. Commander Eustis had re­ versed the order to head home and directed that the Lithuanian seaman be taken up to the bridge of the cutter until he could speak to the three Rus­ sians still aboard. According to Burt, Com­ mander Eustis then told the Russians that he had no formal request from officers on the Russian vessel for the return of the defector. "I then saw," continued Burt, "one of the Russians leave the room and run like heck across the deck of the Vigilant back to the Russian mothership. Before I knew it, he was back again with a piece of paper which he gave to the Deputy Commander of the Rus­ sian fishing fleet, Ivan Burkal. The third Russian still aboard with us was the interpreter and after he looked at the paper, he presented it to Commander Eustis. "The letter said that the man we had aboard had broken into the Russian ship's safe and had stolen 3,000 rubles. They re­ ferred to him as a 'criminal' and said they wanted him back." After Commander Eustis took the paper from the Russians, he made several trips back and forth from the bridge of the cutter to where Burt and the others were waiting. By now Burt knew that the commander had been on the radio to shore many times, but it appears that Commander Eustis was waiting for further orders. Back at the State Department in Washington, the officers at the Soviet desk had gone for the night. There would be no further orders from the State Department, but Commander Eustis didn't know this. Coast Guard officers in Boston, Admiral W. B. Ellis and the district chief of staff. Captain Fletcher Brown, al­ ready knew after sending a message to the State Depart­ ment at 7:30 p.m. asking for instructions that there would be no response from the State De­ partment. Awaiting Orders A decision on further orders for Commander Eustis had to be made soon. The Soviet Dep­ uty Fleet Commander and the other two Russians waiting in the Commander's quarters ask­ ed to use the Vigilant's radio to be patched through to the Russian Embassy in Washing­ ton. At about this time, John Burt stepped forward and took hold of Commander Eustis' shoulder, stopping him as he was about to leave the quarters and said: "Robert Brieze and myself protest and ask you not to turn this man over to them." Evidently Commander Eustis had by now received further orders from Boston because he replied: "I am a Coast Guard officer and my higher command in Boston has just issued me an order to surrender this man. It's out of my hands." According to Burt, the com(Continued on Page 5) Seafarers Log �USCG Friend To Seafarers S ince the earliest days of our nation's maritime industries, the men of the U.S. Coast Guard have earned the respect of the professional Seafarer and the commercial fisherman. SIUNA fishermen and Seafarers sail from many ports each day to do battle with the sea as they earn their livelihoods. Life at sea is full of hazards and in times of need the Coast Guard has been on hand to offer assistance to these men. The men of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Vigilant, based in New Bedford, Mass., have personally taken a hand in the rescue of numerous SIUNA-aflfiliated fishermen, whose lives hung in the balance because of storms, fog, heavy seas or engine trouble. "There is hardly a fisherman in this port," em­ phasizes John Burt, port agent for the SIUNA New Bedford Fishermen's Union, "who has not at one time or another been helped by the Coast Guard." S Fishermen like those above feel indebted to the Coast Guard. everal years ago, John, along with other fisher­ men aboard the union-manned trawler New Bed­ ford were rescued from the clutches of a heavy fog bank and 75 mile-an-hour winds, and towed safely back to port when their boat's engine failed. As this issue of the Log goes to press, there are reports that the cutter Vigilant has rescued the crew of the union-manned fishing boat Gertrude D, in danger because of engine trouble in the Atlantic Ocean off New Bedford, Massachusetts. It is rescue efforts such as these, repeated many times over the years, that have won the praise of Seafare'-s and fishermen. Leap to Freedom' Ends in Tragedy (Continued from Page 4) mander then went over to the defector, who was beyond the reach of the other Russians aboard and asked the man if he would go back peacefully. The'^man refus^ and after the Russian officer was informed of it the officer asked Com­ mander Eustis for permission to speak to the defector. "All three Russians went top­ side to talk to him and I learned later that the defector replied again 'no, I will not go back.' " "Commander Eustis then told the ranking Russian officer, 'you and your other man go up and get him,' Burt said. The Rus­ sian commander replied "no, he's too powerful for us." The Russian then asked to send over to the Russian motherghip for four men and Commander Eustis replied, "no, three men," Burt said. Chained Passageway One of the Russians then ran over and brought back three men and they all began rushing up to the bridge. The bridge had been chained off and a Coast Guardsman was posted there at the chain to stop every­ one but the Russians who were allowed to pass. "We followed them, and when we reached the chain, we were stopped by the American sailor," said Burt. "I told the guard, 'take that chain away and open the door so that this man will have a chance to get away if he can, even if he has to jump over­ board to save his life," Burt said. "Then a wild scuffile started up on the bridge while I was like this,' and he told me 'you on the starboard side of the ves­ "At one point he was down sel. They came down the stair­ on his hands and knees saying way in front of me and I saw 'God, help me, oh help me,'" three or four of them hitting recalls Burt. and beating him. Someone gave "I then tried to get closer and him a bad judo chop and I wanted to reach out and help could see blood on his face and him. Just then I could see that on his white T-shirt. they had cornered him up near "I turned to the man next to the bow and were trying to get me, I forget who he was now, him down." in all the excitement, and said According to Burt, for a mo­ 'You can't let this happen here ment, he thought that there was hope for the man because the board. Commander Eustis or­ dered the cutter to pull away from the Russian mothership in order to not crush the man be­ tween the two ships. Then over the loud speaker I heard "all hands below" and we were ordered to go below at once. "We couldn't do anything else, we had to go below. When we got there, we looked out of JOHN BURT ROBERT BRIEZE CDR. RALPH EUSTIS can't do a thing about this, this is the way things go and he has to go back.' "I got terribly emotional and felt the overwhelming need to help this man but I was again restrained by the man next to me. Then the defector got away from them and slipped away over the side. They thought that he was overboard on the port side. But he didn't go into the water, instead he slipped down the side to the lower deck and began running around below screaming for help. Coast Guard cutter began pull­ ing away from the Russian ship, tearing lines and breaking off the cutter's antennae on the Russian booms as it did so. "I turned to Robert Brieze who was now along side me and he said 'now we are going to take them all back to port and straighten this thing out.' I to.d him, 'I hope to God we do,'" Burt told the Log. But what was really happen­ ing, Burt later found out, was that when someone screamed that the defector had gone over- the portholes and saw that we were three to four himdred yards from the mothership. Then we heard the sound of the motor lifeboat davits going and I saw the motor lifeboat being lowered. I said to Bob, 'I think they are going to take him back, look.' Bob refused to look, I could see tears on his face. "In the gunnel of the lifeboat I saw the man wrapped in a blanket with a line around him like a mummy, or a dead man in a sea bag. "At that instant I felt in my gut 'It's all over for this guy'— and it was. The small boat pulled away and that was the last I saw of him. "As we returned to New Bedford on the Vigilant, we all remained in the ward room aboard the cutter and nobody said a word. "I kept thinking of the words that man along side of me had said when I thought of getting in there and helping that man. He told me, 'We can't win in this one.' If I were twenty years younger I would have been in the middle of it," said Burt. Look of Horror Burt clearly described the horror on the face of Robert Brieze at the sight of the desperately brave Lithuanian fighting with his shipmates on the bridge of the Coast Guard cutter—pleading for his free­ dom. Brieze said he was think­ ing then of his own burst for freedom. Brieze recalls that during the struggle aboard the Vigilant, the doors to the officers' quarters banged open, and^ he saw the bloodied face of Simas Kudirka as he was being beaten over the head. "I jumped up from my chair intending to help the man, but was pulled back into the quarters by someone. "John Burt and I were told that it would be useless to try and help the man, that the order had been given that he be returned. That man could have been me if I had not escaped from the Russians twenty years ago," Brieze added sadly. �Admiral Holden, 74, Dies at Snug Harbor Retired Vice-Admirai Ed­ ward C. Holden, Jr. (USN), 74, passed away Nov. 13 in Sailors Snug Harbor, a home for re­ tired mariners in New Brighton, Staten Island, N.Y. He had been confined there since suffering a stroke five years ago. Respected and well-known by many SIU officials, Admiral Holden was a long-time advo­ cate of a strong American mer­ chant marine. In a speech some years ago the Admiral stated, "there must be inculcated in our young men a real love for the sea and loyalty to their ships; efficiency and good conduct must pre­ dominate." He was an authority on sea safety and developed a revolu­ tionary method of radar com­ putation for the prevention of collisions or ship strandings dur­ ing World War II. Holden was awarded the Legion of Merit medal during World War II for "exception­ ally meritorious service" while m command of the attack trans­ port Starlight. During World War I he served in the naval troop trans­ port force aboard the Coving­ ton and won distinction for his actions after the vessel was torpedoed and sunk by a Ger­ man submarine. A lawyer and marine insur­ ance specialist. Admiral Holden retired in 1961 as president of the United States Protection and Indemnity Agency (U.S. P. & I.). He later directed the Mari­ time Safety Foundation's safety and educational division. He had joined the U.S. P. & I. Agency in 1930 after more than eight years with the Isth­ mian Steamship Lines. During that time he commanded sev­ eral vessels and sailed more than 500,000 miles. He was bom Jan. 17, 1896 in Lynn, Mass. Holden gradu­ ated with a law degree from Boston University in 1918. He then trained in admiralty, ma­ rine and international law at Harvard, Oxford and Cam­ bridge Universities. Admiral Holden was a former president of the Marine Society of the City of New York, the New York Council of the Navy League and the Council of American Master Mariners. Among his survivors are a son, Edward C. Holden III of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and a brother. Dr. William Holden of Macon, Ga. Lifeboat Endorsements The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded lifeboat endorsements to 13 Sea­ farers upon their successful completion of the lifeboat training pro­ gram at the SIU's Harry Lundeherg School of Seamanship in Brooklyn. From the left, seated are: Omar McDaniel, Arthur Machado, Henry Keith, Joseph Collins and Terry Guile. Standing are: SIU Instructor Len Decker, Dennis Hemming, Eddie Bank, Boh French, John Thorton, Walter Moen, Stephen Jones, Harry Barron and Robert Prater. Also receiving Coast Guard lifeboat endorsements were from left: Bill Hampson, Jack Held, Anarguyros Korizis, Howard Biener, George Stefanescu, Robert Johnson and Lester Hoffman. Cesar Chavez Goes to Jail; Lettuce Boycott Intensifies Salinas, Calif. California's lettuce growers may have won the battle and at the same time lost the war. Anti-labor growers won a court decision to have AFLCIO United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez jailed for violating an earlier court injuction prohibiting a nation­ wide lettuce boycott. However, since his incarcer­ ation, Chavez' followers have intensified their strike and boy­ cott campaign against the growers. Some 3,000 Mexican-Ameri­ can farm workers held a candle­ light mass outside the jail here and were joined by Ethel Ken­ nedy, widow of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, a long-time Chavez supporter. Strikers plan to maintain a round-the-clock vigil at the parking lot across from the jail. A counter demonstration by some 200 pickets of the em­ ployer-financed Citizens Com­ mittee for Agriculture failed to deter the unionists. Superior Court Judge Gor­ don Campbell originally sen­ tenced Chavez to ten days in jail for violating his injunc­ tion which prohibited the na­ tionwide lettuce boycott. He later gave Chavez an indefinite sentence in jail until Chavez called off the strike and boy­ cott. Some fear has been expressed by Chavez followers that his health may fail if he is con­ fined for any great length of time. During the grape boycott the union leader became seri­ ously ill and weak after going on a himger strike in order to prove his point. However, Chavez's spirts re­ mained good after he was sen­ tenced. As he was being led off to jail, Chavez's message to his fellow unionists was: "Boycott the hell out of them." Lawyers for the growers charge that their clients have already signed an agreement with the International Brother­ hood of Teamsters. However, national Teamster leaders, meeting with AFL-CIO leaders ^— including President George Meany—-have agreed that the field worker jurisdic­ tion belongs to the Farm Work­ ers Union. Currently, three major grow­ ers accounting for some 15 per­ cent of the lettuce crop have Labor Backs Food Stamp Bill Substitute signed up with the Farm Work­ ers but other growers are fight­ ing the imion. One of the growers fighting the UFWOC is Bud Antle, Inc. which grows about eight percent of the Salinas Valley lettuce produce. On October 8, Bud Antle secured an injunction prohibit­ ing the union from continuing its strike and boycott until an earlier court decision which ruled the strike illegal was re­ solved. Judge Campbell refused the plea of union attorneys to stay the injunction pending appeal unless the union posted a bond of $2,750,000. The UFWOC boycott against lettuce has differed from the highly successful boycott against grapes. The union led a boy­ cott against grapes as a product. The lettuce boycott concen­ trates on the wholesalers and retailers. Supporters of the lettuce boy­ cott have disclosed that Bufl Antle has close corporate ties with the Dow Chemical Corp. Pickets have marched in front of Dow offices in about a dozen cities. A boycott against bow's Saran Wrap is being considered. 6 tA JA ' T 1 w> T fs A M It IM IS It l7 It a a* A3 tA as at 31 »{ s ft O ».» Aft A7 SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New OrleansJan. 12—^2:30 p.m. Mobile Jan, 13—2:30 p.m. Wilmington ..Jan. 18—^2:30 p.m. San Fran Jan. 20—2:30 p.m. Seattle Jan. 22—2:30 p.m. New York ..Jan. 4—2:30 p.m. Philadelphia..Jan. 5—^2:30 p.m. Baltimore ....Jan. 6—2:30 p.m. Detroit Jan. 8—2:30 p.m. Houston Jan. 11—2:30 p.m. United Industrial Workers New OrleansJan. 12—7:00 p.m. Mobile Jan. 13—7:00 p.m. New York ..Jan. 4—^7:00 p.m. Philadelphia..Jan. 5—7:00 p.m. Baltimore ....Jan. 6—7:00 p.m. tHouston ....Jan. 11—^7:00 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit Jan. 4—2:00 p.m. Buffalo ..Jan. 4—7:00 p.m. Alpena Jan. 4—^7:00 p.m. Chicago Jan. 4—7:00 p.m. Duluth ........Jan. 4—7:00 p.m. Frankfort ....Jan. 4—7:30 p.m. Great Lidres Tug and Dredge Section Chicago Jan. 12—7:30 p.m. tSault - . Ste. Marie Jan. 14—7:30 p.m. Washington The AFL-CIO has strongly endorsed a substitute food stamp bill in place of the bill reported out of a House com­ mittee. The labor organization also urged Congress to defeat any attempts to amend the sub­ stitute bill so as to deprive needy persons on strike from obtaining stamps. In a letter to all members of the House of Representatives, Director of Legislation Andrew J. Biemiller supported a sub­ stitute bill sponsored by Rep. Albert H. Quie (R-Minn.) and Thomas S. Foley, (D-Wash.). This, he said, represents a "sub­ stantial improvement" over the bill reported by the committee. "The Quie-Foley substitute would reform the food stamp program to enhance its effec­ tiveness in combating hunger and malnutrition in America," Biemiller states, adding that the AFL-CIO "enthusiastically en­ dorses" it. Noting that an amendment to exclude needy persons on strike from food stamp bene­ fits may be offered on the floor, Biemiller said the AFLCIO strongly urged the House "to reject any effort to penalize such persons." Beimiller added that any such effort would only destroy the purpose of the bill. As a labor organization the AFLCIO would do all in its power to prevent an amendment exclud­ ing workers on strike from re­ ceiving food stamps benefits. Schedule of Membership Meetings Buffalo .'..Jan. Duluth Jan. Cleveland ..Jan. Toledo Jan. Detroit Jan. Milwaukee ..Jan. 13—7:30 15—7:30 15—7:30 15—7:30 11—7:30 11—7:30 p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p m. p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Unitm New Orleans Jan. 12—5:00 p.m. Mobile Jan. 13—5:00 p.m. Phiiadelphia Jan. 5—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (li­ censed and unlicensed)Jan. 6—5:00 p.m. Norfolk Jan. 7—5:00 p.m. Houston ....Jan. 11—5:00 p.m. Railway Marine Region Philadelphia Jan. 12—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore ....Jan. 13—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. •Norfolk ....Jan. 14—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Jersey City ..Jan. 11—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. ^Meetings held at Galveston wharves. tMceting held in Labor Tem­ ple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. •Meeting held in Labor Tem­ ple, Newport News. li �Industry's Future: More Work to Be Done Washington Three Congressional sup­ porters of a strong merchant marine discussed the future of the maritime industry at weekly luncheons sponsored by the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ partment in Washington. Rep. John M. Murphy (DN.Y.) said he sensed that new technology and government aid outlined in the bill will touch off a revolution in shipping. Rep. Joseph P. Addabbo (D-N.Y.) said that the Mer­ chant Marine Act will accom­ plish its goals only if the na­ tion continues to press forward the bill's main purpose— strengthening the merchant marine. And Rep. Hugh L. Carey (D-N.Y.) said that the comple­ tion of the rebuilding of the merchant marine will require development of port facilities to handle a new generation of ships. Rep. Murphy said new act "recognizes a new technology of the sea and relies on Ameri­ can free enterprise to prove to the world that this nation will utilize all its acquired knowl­ edge, all its finely honed skill to adapt that technology to its ships." In this regard, Rep. Murphy said, "the act pays heed to changing times." He added, "Its passage would have been mean­ ingless if it did not recognize the presence of this new tech­ nology." The new technology, he said, involves the building of bargecarrying vessels, containerships and supertankers to replace, "the old standard tankers and freighters that have served us so well for so long." - The new generation of ships, Rep. Murphy said, "will give the American-flag fleet the op­ portunity to do its job better, faster and probably at a price that comes closer to competing foreign rates." Research Key Research programs will be a key part of the new technology, according to Rep. Murphy. "Time works great hardships on sea vessels. They wear out and are no longer able to servd the purpose for which they were built. It will happen with the ships called for in the na­ tion's new maritime program. And so we need a continuing program of research and devel­ opment," Rep. Murphy said. He said that such a program will have to be "more than compiling statistics and pro­ posing impossible plans." He said the research in both the long and short term must be aimed at keeping the U.S.-flag fleet modem and competitive. "I am confident that we will not allow the nation to once again turn a blind eye towards its merchant marine," he said. "And as we attempt to better the fleet I believe we should stress the importance of devel­ opment of vessel types and ship­ ping procedures that will build, the fleet to higher and ever higher levels." Rep. Murphy Rep. Addabbo Rep. Carey He said that one major step that could be taken right now would be to acquire more gov­ ernment cargo for American ships. "I am bewildered at the fact that some of the major shipping agencies in government faU to use available American-flag vessels and send their cargoes in foreign bottoms," Rep. Murphy said. "They ought to stop that at once," he said. Cargo Vital Rep. Murphy told the lunch­ eon audience that, "cargo comes first. Then comes service to the customer a. td hand in hand go research and development. If we have all three, then I am sure that Congress will prove to have been traly wise in its pass­ age of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970." Rep. Addabbo also decried the lack of cargo sailing in U.S. bottoms. "Just 10 years ago, Ameri­ can-flag ships carried 31 mil­ lion of the 278 million long tons of cargo entering and leav­ ing American ports. That amounted to 11.1 percent," he said. "We are now almost totally dependent on foreign ships," Rep. Addabbo said for both our import and export trader He said that without the Merchant Marine Act "we would have found ourselves in a vise in which foreign opera­ tors would have' dictated the price and wc, without ships or even the hope of ships, would have been forced to pay." The act has averted that threat, the congressman said, "but we must not permit our­ selves to rest. To do so would provide the specter of snatching failure from the brink of suc­ cess." Future Brig^ With the act the merchant marine can see "strong signs of hope on the horizon," the con­ gressman said. He pointed an increase in American manufacturing as one of the hopeful signs. Rep. Addabbo said the Gross Na­ tional Product has reached near­ ly $1 trillion, an increase of $500 billion in ten years. Much of the increase is in exportable materials, the congressm^ said. ' "The net result is thiat the need for ships has expanded. And that need, based on a projected foreign trade of some 620 million tons, by 1982, is continuing to grow," he said. Ship American "So the market for ships is present. We don't have to look for it," Rep. Addabbo said. "But we must nurture it. We must convince it that the best service is the service offered by American-flag ships. He said there is evidence that persuasion can succeed when it is accompanied by technological advance. "Even as the maritime indus­ try in general was being forced to wallow in the doldrums, there were those in the United States who pioneered and per­ fected containership opera­ tions," Rep. Addabbo said. "We moved out front fast, and we still hold a strong lead over the rest of the world in this form of intermodal trans­ portation," he said. He added that, "other new, swift and economically efficient ships are joining the Americanflag fleet, and their numbers will grow as the program en­ compassed in the act is carried through." He pointed to barge-carrying vessels already on the shipways, and said that, "even as the first of these new, technologically advanced ships are being con­ structed, plans are being develoj^d for a fleet of ships that will be capable of carrying a combination of ore, bulk and oil as cargo." These advances give rise to hopes that American manufac­ turers will turn to the American fleet because of its superior service, he said. "I am confident that we will succeed. And I am confident that just as the decade of the 60s was a 'decade of disaster' for the American-flag fleet, the decade of the 70s will be looked on as the 'decade of deliver­ ance.' " Maritime's past and its future was the major thrust of the speech given by Rep. Carey, who said the winding down of the year had given him occasion to look back on the Merchant Marine Act of 1970, "to review its strengths and shortcomings and to think of what remains to be done in the days and years ahead." Much to Do The bUl, he said, provided the means by which the nation will be able to build an entire new generation of ships, yet had a serious shortcoming in that it failed to provide for port facilities to match the increase in ship size. Calling that a "serious short­ coming of the Act," Rep. Carey said that recommendations for a new Panama Canal sized to handle the new generation of ships indicates that planning of new facilities is being done at some levels. He said, "it is a trifle foolish to plan canals capable of han­ Sfrike Helps Charities Over $400,000 worth of ground meat, fruits and vegetables were given away to various charities as a re­ sult of a strike by Local 29 of the MTD affiliated Office and Professional Workers International Union against Lucky Stores. Twenty-two outlets of the food store chain located in San Leandro, Calif, were af­ fected. Butchers, checkers and Teamsters honored the picket lines and left manage­ ment with no choice other than to give away the food­ stuffs to charities, and then to families who came from all over just to receive the free goods. dling the modem-day load while the nation's ports remain in­ capable of meeting those same requirements." He said, "lack of considera­ tion of this mammoth problem is one of the failures in the na­ tion's new maritime policy." He said the Administration had promised to include ports in their policy, but had omitted them by the time the Merchant Marine Bill was sent to Con­ gress. "It is a flaw," Rep. Carey said, "that cannot go unattend­ ed for very long." For, he asserted, the new ships will require new tech­ niques: Must Modernize Ports "We must help our nation's ports prepare for greater vol­ ume. We must ready port facil­ ities for bigger ships and faster movement of cargo both to the ships and from them into the heart of the nation. "Also, we must be ready to encourage the development of inland ports for barges that sail off the ocean-going mother ships." "For the new giants of the sea, the supertankers and the superfreighters, we may have to prepare special berths. Many experts feel that off-shore termi­ nals equipped to move goods to and from the land will be the most efficient way to process their cargo." Rep. Carey said there is "time to rectify that lapse, but time, as the end of another year proves, is a rapidly fleeting commodity." He concluded, "I favor being ready both in Panama and at home for the new burdens a rejuvenated fleet will put on existing facilities. To me the burden is like the song, 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother', a burden we can happily bear." Appropriate Appointees? The Administration was criti­ cized for its choice of repre­ sentatives to perform labor duties. The appointees are "so far out of this world that the Martians wouldn't believe them," wrote one columnist. The Administration was espe­ cially criticized for choosing a wealthy Washington social leader with little experience in the labor field, Mrs. Rose Saul Zalles, to represent the U.S. at a two-week conference in Mos­ cow on "women in industry." When Mrs. Zalles returned to the U.S. she told newspaper­ men that it was a great experi­ ence. "But of course," she added candidly, "I have never had anything to do with women in industry." AFL-CIO President George Meany welcomes Alexander J. Rohan, pres­ ident of the Printing Pressmen's Union to the executive council of the federation. Rohan was elected to succeed Herman Kenin, president of the Musician's union who died recently. Page 7 �1970 Proves to Have Been ship votes overwhelmingly to fight the indictment in order "to protect its rights." JULY JANUARY President Richard M. Nixon sends to Capitol Hill his proposals for the overhaul of the U.S.-flag mer­ chant marine—setting the stage for congressional action to restore lagging American shipping and ship­ building industries to their former position of promi­ nence .... SIU members vote to adopt proposed amendments to the SIU Constitution, marking the first time in nearly 10 years that any significant changes are made in the document .... the Military Sea Transport Service announces withdrawal from service of 38 General Agency Agreement vessels, thus assuaging unsubsidized fleet operators who claimed the policy of hiring and using GAA ships had result­ ed in a freight rate squeeze which had contributed to the lay-up of some commercial vessels .... the SIUNA-affiliated Cannery Workers and Fishermen's Union of San Diego wins substantial contract improve­ ments in a three-year agreement signed with National Marine Terminals, a leading West Coast tuna proces­ sor ... . the U.S. Senate rejects a proposed amend­ ment to a tax bill that would penalize unions and other non-profit organizations by withdrawing their tax-exempt status if they directly or indirectly support or oppose a candidate for public office. FEBRUARY Congress begins earnest consideration of a new maritime program .... the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department and the Transportation Institute schedule a March conference to discuss ways to re­ solve problems affecting oceanborne transportation to the noncontiguous areas of Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Guam .... the chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee Edward A. Garmatz (D-Md.) announces his committees will begin hearings into illegal seizures of American fish­ ing vessels by Latin American countries claiming 200-mile offshore territorial jurisdiction. MARCH ship in Piney Point, Md. for unlicensed engine depart­ ment personnel .... SlU-manned Delta fleet reaches a seven-year plateau of sailing with an accident-free record .... the SIU Social Security office prepares a booklet for union members and their families^ out­ lining benefits and how to obtain them. MAY Three SIU members are awarded the Merchant Marine Meritorious Service Medal for their part in the rescue of two downed Air Force pilots in the wind-swept, icy Pacific in 1968. The three are James Harrington, Theodore Zieser and Morgan Jones .... President Nixon signs a proclamation designating May 22 as National Maritime Day .... the SIU reveals plans to begin operation of a family vacation center at Piney Point, Md. for the use of members and their families .... two SlU-contracted vessels— the Seamar (Calmar Steamship) and the Bethtex (Bethlehem Steel) are awarded safety performance honors for the previous year. JUNE Members of the House of Representatives vote 307-1 to approve a new maritime program which the SIU has long endorsed .... the Maritime Admin­ istration's "Ship-American" program, designed to get more American cargo on U.S.-flag vessels, is support­ ed by the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department and the Union Label and Service Trades Department .... five winners are announced in the 1970 SIU Scholarships Awards Program, which is open to Sea­ farers and their dependents. Each winner receives a $6,000 four year college scholarship .... the Justice Department hands down a 17-count indictment against SIU and several of its officers charging the union violated federal regulations through SPAD's contributions to the political campaigns of both the Democratic and Republican parties .... SIU member­ Senate Commerce Committee gives approval to new maritime program and sends bill tc the floor for action .. . . . A1 Kerr, secretary-treasurer of SIU, is elepted to the steering comittee of the SecretaryTreasurers of AFL-CIO affiliates during the group's annual conference in New Orleans .... the SIU Pension Study Committee recommends a provision be added to the present pension program to permit those who have accumulated 20 years of seatime at age 55 to retire with full pension .... the Supreme Court takes some of the "convenience" out of the "flags of convenience" when it rules that foreign sea­ men on runaway-flag ships owned by U.S. companies are entitled to the same protection which the Jones Act confers on Ameiican seamen sailing aboard U.S.flag vessels .... Sea-Land, an SlU-contracted com­ pany, adds the ports of Boston and Port Everglades to its weekly coast-wise run. AUGUST Union Pension Study Panel, completes a review of the SIU Pension Plan and offers recommendations for improving the program's benefits for members .... crew members aboard the Overseas Alice are presented a Citation of Merit by the American Institute of Merchant Shipping for their "display of excellent seamanship and courage" in the rescue of a downed pilot in the storm-tossed Pacific in 1969. SEPTEMBER Wage increases giving SIU members the highest base wage on the East and Gulf Coasts, coupled with a new earlier retirement pension program, are nego­ tiated between the union's AGLIW District and its contracted companies. The new pension provision allows for the retirement on full pension at age 55 with 20 years of seatime. The wage and pension combination, together with an increased contribution to the Seafarers Welfare Plan, bring the total value of the package to more than $1(X) a month .... the Manhattan, largest ship in the U.S. merchant fleet, is returned to her parent company, SlU-contracted Seatrain Lines, following her historic journey through the Northwest Passage .... Calmar Steamship Co., an SlU-contracted subsidiary of Bethlehem Steel Corp., takes top honors for safety aboard ship in competition sponsored by the Mairine Division of the National Safety Council .... former SIU vice presi­ dent and maritime pioneer, John Fox of Seattle, dies after a long illness .... SIU Family Vacation Center closes out first year of operation amid enthusiastic praise and response .... the first in a continuing series of SIU Crews' Conferences is launched at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship to give Seafarers an opportunity to learn more about their union and their industry. Hearings on a new maritime program progress on Capitol Hill .... SlU-contracted Seatrain Lines announces approval of federal loan guarantees to con­ struct two 230,000-ton supertankers .... an SIUendorsed bill is introduced in the Ohio state legisla­ ture which would provide long-awaited full coverage for seamen under the state's unemployment benefits program. APRIL Conference on the Noncontiguous Trade is held in Washington, D.C. participants recommend adherence to provisions of the Jones Act and initiates a study of the effect of shipping on the cost of living in Alaska, Hawaii and Perto Rico .... Paul Hall, SIU president, tells the 21st Annual Institute of Foreign Transportation and Port Operations that the success of any new maritime program depends on the success of a "Ship-American" campaign aimed at inducing American industry and government to use U.S.-flag vessels .... AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Lane Kirkland echoes the same sentiment at a conference on the crisis in international trades, saying "when American exports are shipped in foreigii-flag vessels, American jobs are being exported" .... the SIU and District 2 MEBA open a new original license training program at the Harry Limdeberg School of Seaman- Page 8 Seafarers Log �... A Good Year for Seafarers OCTOBER NOVEMBER Congress overwhelmingly approves the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 and forwards it to President Nixon who, with his signature, climaxes the long struggle to bring new life to America's dying mer­ chant marine .... week-long Pensioners' Conferences get underway at Piney Point to inform SIU pensioners of their rights, how to use them, and how to best utilize retirement years .... the world's maritime community makes major strides toward bettering the life of its seafarers during the Eighth Maritime Con­ ference and 55th Session of the International Labor Organization. Paul Hall, president of SIU, serves as America's labor delegate at the Maritime Conference, .... the SIU celebrates its 32nd anniversary and 32 years of progress for American Seafarers .... Mary­ land's State Department of Education selects the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship as the General Education Development (GED) High School Equivalency Diploma Testing Center for St. Mary's County, Md. Addition of the new program offers Seafarers greater opportunities to obtain their GED diploma by waiving residency requirements and age requirements .... a remedial reading program is initiated at HLSS to help broaden the educational horizons of SIU members .... Marty Breithoff, SIU Tampa representative, dies .... AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department honors SIU Houston Port Agent Paul Drozak for "his distinguished service to organized labor" during a testimonial dinner-dance. James Burt, a member of the New Bedford Fisher­ men's Union, vainly attempts to persuade Coast Guard officers to permit Russian defector to asylum .... Prudential Grace Lines announces discontinua­ tion of East Coast passenger service .... Sea-land, an SlU-contracted company, announces plans to build six new tankers .... i^L-CIO Maritime Trades FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes spe­ cific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three months, which are to be submitted to the membership by the Secretary-Treas­ urer. A quarterly finance committee of rank and file mem­ bers, elected by the membership, makes examination each quarter of the finances of the Union and reports fully their findings and recommendations. Members of this committee may make dissenting reports, specific recommendations and separate findings. 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 management representatives and their alternates. All expen­ ditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund finan­ cial 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. Copie-. 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: Eail Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 275-20th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1I2I5 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. December 1970 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 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 prop­ erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The Log has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for Log policy is vested in an edi­ torial 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 re­ ceipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the Seafarers Log a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer Department sponsors a conference to evaluate the probable impact of recent changes in the administra­ tion of our foreign assistance programs and of proposals for further changes. DECEMBER MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR! 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 drawing disability-pension benefits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attendance at mem­ bership 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 rank-andfile committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take ship­ board 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 employ­ ers. 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 voluntary 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 Biat he has been denied his constitu­ tional 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 9 �m Building Strength Through Knowledge Letters to project at Piney Point gives one confidence that the men will be ready for the ships; and the photographs indicate what fine To the Editon type of men they are. In the October 1970 issue of I am convinced that seafaring the Log you appear to cast some is a pleasant and rewarding ca­ doubt on the ability of the U.S. reer for those adapted to the postal service and ^e postal em­ sea life. If I was eighteen, it ployees to deliver the mail. I would again be my choice. And must take issue with you as I instead of a crowded, smelly old know that nothing is allowed to 'glory hole,' I could leam the stay the fast and accurate de­ fundamentals of seagoing in that livery of the U.S. mail by these fine Piney Point installation. loyal and dedicated postal em­ Allow me also to thank you ployees and union members. for sending me the Log for all Let me assure you and your these years. That has allowed me readers that the men and women to keep up with the splendid who make up the U.S. postal growth of SIU activities, and service let nothing deter them in given me much pleasure. their effort to give the public the Yours for an upgraded finest service possible—no matter merchant marine, what the weather condition or the George R. Berens time of the day. MerrlmiK, Me. I mi^t suggest that this par­ ticular mail was returned to the U.S. by way of one of those Seafarer Mourns rusty, out-dated buckets that should have been replaced years Brel+hoff Death ago by a modern ship. To the Editon As president of this local I I have just returned to the make good use of the many in­ U.S. from the Far East. It was teresting and informative articles with a sad heart that I read about printed in the Log. Keep up the the untimely death of Marty good work and try to keep a kind Breithoff. I never had the pleasure thought for the postal employees. of sailing with him, but f did I congratulate the Seafarers In­ have the opportunity of dealing ternational Union on its progress with him on many occasions in through the years and support different ports. I found him to be you in your efforts to implement a fine person and a good union the provisions of the Merchant official. It is a great loss to his Marine Act of 1970. family, union and friends. Fraternally Yours, May be rest in peace B. J. Martin, President Ame R. Larsen Local 4635, U. F. P. C. San Francisco Glendora, Calif. Editors Note: The article re­ ferred to by Mr. Martin con­ Adlai III Casts cerned a story about a package of copies of the July 1968 Log, First Senate Vote which were returned to the news­ Two days into the "lame paper's office in the late Summer duck" post-election session of of 1970. Notations in Arabic were the Congress, labor's political penciled on the outside of the activities this year reaped a They studied, questioned, and learned about package, which had been sent to dividend. a ship due to dock in Khang Is­ the SIU Constitution, the document that guar­ land. Saudi Arabia. The article Adlai E. Stevenson III (D.antees absolute equality of rights among all SIU stated that "Saudi Arabia doesn't ni.) voted against an amend­ members. get much rain, sleet or snow so ment to weaken the Occupa­ And they found that the foundation for both it must have been a gloomy night tional Health and Safety Bill. their contract and their constitution was a his­ that caused a slip-up in the mail" Stevenson succeeded Ralph T. tory of sacrifice and dedication by Seafarers that was "returned to sender" two Smith, Republican, who was past and present that made today's solid, progres­ years later. given an interim appointment Take heart, Mr. Martin. The to the Senate after the death sive union possible^ Nor were the problems of today and the prom­ article was written in a humorous of Everett M. Dirksen. ises of tomorrow ignored. Facts and figures con­ vein and no disparagement of the postal service or the em­ cerning the plight of the American-flag mer­ U.S. ployees intended. We always WSAFARHW^MLOG chant fleet were presented side-by-side with have a kind thought for these the potential opportunities of the Mure made men arui women and the vital Dec. 1970 A Vol. XXXIII, No. 12 possible by passage of the Merchant Marine Act service they provide us. Official PublicaUon of the of 1970. Seafarers International Union of North America. Those who attended the first series of SIU Impressed With AUantlc, Gulf, Liakes Crews' Conferences and Pensioners' Conferences and Inland Waters District. left with a greater understanding and knowledge Act and Training AFL-CIO of their union and the maritime industry. This To die Editor: Executive Board Paul Hall. President understanding and knowledge will give added Allow me to congratulate you strength to the SIU in its battle to meet the on the October issue of the Log, . Cal Tanner Earl Shepard Exec. Vice-Prea. Vice-President challenges of tomorrow. a really fine one, containing much A1 Kerr Lindsw Williams good news and interesting articles. Sec.-Trees. Vice-President The passing of the Merchant A1 Tanner Robert Matthews Marine Act of 1970 is really Vice-President Vice-President good news. It should offer the from it. They are among its chief victims and impetus for the badly needed re­ they are not happy about it. . . . juvenation of the U.S. merchant The document is heavily weighted against marine. Having sailed in Ameri­ wage increases for workers, but is very solicitous can merchant ships for over forty Published monthly at 810 Rhode about profits of business—reporting only that years, including the period of Island Avenue N.B., Washington, D.C. 2001S by the Seafarers Intemaprofit margins increased this year and "some World War II, I can fully ap­ Uonal Union, AUantlc, Gulf, Lakes preciate how necessary this is. further rise is to be expected." and Inland Waters District, AFLGIO, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brook­ Workers are willing to do their share to halt Let us hope that the Act will be lyn, N.Y. 11232. Tel. 499-6600. Sec­ fully implemented, that once ond class postage paid at Wash­ inflation and balance the economy. The AFLington, D.C. America may take its CIO stands has said repeatedly that we would again POSTMASTER'S ATTENTION: place as a major maritime power. Form 3679 cards should be sent accept restraints on wages, if similar controls And for those ships will be to Seafarers International Union, were placed equally on all other costs and in­ needed the men to man them— Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 comes, including prices, profits, dividends, rents men trained for the operation of Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. and all the different kinds of executive com­ modern ships. The fine display pensation. in the Log of that wonderful Postat Official Corrects Record SIU active members and pensioners—some 500 strong—^have taken part in the first series of SIU Crews' Conferences and SIU Pensioners' Conferences at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in Piney Point, Md. Their comments on the program clearly indi­ cate that these Seafarers have' a far greater knowledge of their union and its place in their lives—as well as in the fabric of America—^be­ cause of what they learned during the con­ ferences. (Samples of the general tone of the reaction of those who took part in the conferences appear on pages 16-17 of this issue of the Seafarers Log.) Crew members and pensioners became more aware of how the SIU contracts affect their everyday lives, both at sea and ashore; during their working days and after retirement; in times of health as well as in times of illness. They came away knowing that their union's contract with employers is the staff of living for the Seafarer and his family. Inflation No Fault of Labor One of the best replies to the Nixon Adminis­ tration's attempt to tag labor with the blame for inflation was given by AFL-CIO President George Meany. His position, one that speaks for us as well, is: The council of economic advisers contends that wage increases are the chief concern and concludes that workers should bear the major burden of the Administration's game plan to slow down inflation. "I don't buy that and American workers won't buy that," Meany said. The fact is that workers and wages did not cause this inflation and they have not profited Page 10 Seafarers Log �Labor, Industry Leaders Express Concern Over AID Washington A one-day symposium of in­ dustrial and labor leaders held here revealed the severe con­ sequences that the U.S. econ­ omy will suffer from the "un­ tying" of AID payments. The "untying"—^which al­ lows underdeveloped nations to spend our AID contributions in countries other than the U.S.— threatens the stability of basic U.S. industries, the livelihood of 180,000 Americans annually, and would upset the U.S. bal­ ance of payments and balance of trade, symposium speakers revealed. Sponsored by a cross-section of industry and labor organiza­ tions, including the Maritime Trades Department of the AFL-CIO, the session stated for the first time what the results of "untying" will be. President Nixon ordered the "untying" in September for Latin American nations receiv­ ing AID payments, and in November for all other under­ developed nations receiving AID assistance. Nixon's actions were in re­ sponse to recommendations made by Nelson A. Rocke­ feller governor of New York, and Rudolph A. Peterson, presi­ dent of the Bank of America, who traveled to countries re­ ceiving AID to analyze the im­ pact of our aid to underdevel­ oped countries for Nixon. A1 Maskin, director of the American Maritime Associa­ tion, offered a brief rundown of the problem facing the nation with the advent of "untied" AID. E. W. Clark, co-director of the Labor-Management Mari­ time Conuxiittee presented a paper on the History of the U.S. foreign assistance program. Financial Breakdown A report presented by Capt. Richard Stone, of the Trans­ portation Institute—the Wash­ ington based maritime research organization—revealed that dur­ ing the decade of the sixties the U.S. gave a total of $11.4 billion dollars in economic, non-military foreign assistance, through programs administered by AID, the Agency for Inter­ national Development. ' Of that total, $9.2 billion, or over 80 percent, was spent within the U.S. In fact, in 1969, 99 percent of the AID dollars were actually spent in the U.S. "In spite of this activity, the nation experienced a general decline in the health of both its balance of trade and in its bal­ ance of payments," Stone noted. The balance of trade—a measurement of difference be­ tween the export of American products and the import of foreign products—^has histori­ cally been good in the U.S. As recently as 1964 it exported well over $7 billion more than it imported. But in 1965 a decline began that gained impetus by 1968, December 1970 when U.S. exports exceeded imports by only two percent. A corresponding decline in em­ ployment was experienced. metic is necessary to show that without 'tying' there would have been no expert surplus. We would have had a deficit!" "It is in this context then— serious unemployment, an in­ creasingly negative balance of payments, exports barely greater than imports—that we must look at the actions . . . in­ volving the 'untying' of U.S. AID," Stone said. Calls For Study James Reynolds, chairman of the event and president of the American Institute of Mer­ chant Shipping, called for the creation of a committee to study the problem further, based on the contents of the reports made at the symposium. Members of the committee will be selected from among the 50 persons who. attended the session. Among organiza­ tions and unions represented were the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Work­ ers, the International Associa­ tion of Machinists, the Interna­ tional Economic Policy Associa­ tion, the National Defense Transportation Association, the Shipbuilders Council of Amer­ ica. The $9.2 billion that came back to the U.S., by purchases of goods, was spent primarily in 10 major industries: machin­ ery, electrical machinery, metal products, chemicals, transporta­ tion equipment, petroleum re­ fining, food products, rubber products, textiles and paper products. "In several of these industries the amount spent for aid pur­ poses represents a significant portion of total exports," Stone said. The elimination of as­ sistance expenditure purchases in the U.S. would reduce ex­ ports in many of these in­ dustries by large amounts," Stone said. Rubber product exports would decline by more than 12 percent, paper by near­ ly 8 percent, petroleum by over 8 percent. Endangers Economy Representatives of the fer­ tilizer industry who attended the session feared that the "un­ tying" would reduce their ex­ ports by 80 percent. Direct loss of employment if AID had been "untied" during the sixties would have totaled about 60,000 persons a year. But the cutbacks there would reduce the expenditures for goods and services these 60,000 persons would consume if they were working—resulting in lay­ offs in other industries, at a rate of three persons for each original job loss. Thus, a total of 180,000 persons a year would have lost their jobs through di­ rect and indirect impact of the untying. "It is obvious that the 'imtying' of U.S. aid can only result in a 'giveaway'—a giveaway of U.S. jobs," Stone said, noting that the "timing could not have been worse" since unemploy­ ment rates already are nearing 6 percent. "Timing was also poor if you consider "untying" from the viewpoint of a balance of pay­ ments," Stone said. The 10year deficit of the 60's was $27.5 billion. If the $9.2 bfilion of AID purchases had not been made in the U.S., but elsewhere, the total deficit would have jumped by 33.5 percent. The decline in the balance of trade that was experienced in the 1968 and 1969 would in­ dicate again that the timing of "untying" was poor. Stone said. "In each of these years over $1 billion of 'tied' AID pur­ chases were made in the U.S., he said. "Only simple arith­ Ttumias F. Sfrotfier Your father, John Strother, is anxious to hear from you. Please contact him at 4509 W. Carmen, Tampa, Ra. 33609. Hoyt L. Tanner Please contact your brother, Rob­ ert A. Tanner, as soon as possible in Dacula, Ga. 30211. Ernest M. Jadunan Mr. E. D. Foster, Captain of Detectives, has a brief case he would like to return to you. He asks that you contact him at the City Hall, City of Maron, Ga. Edward J. Kelley Your father, Edward Kelley, Sr., asks that you get in touch with him as soon as possible at 610 Jeri­ cho Turnpike, New Hyde Park, N.Y. 11040. Oilers and Firemen aboard Cortez A. G. Worley asks that any oiler or fireman who was on board the Cortez during the month of Feb­ ruary, 1968 at the San Francisco repair yard and Sacramento, Calif, contact him as soon as possible about an urgent matter. He asks that you call him collect at: 415535-1998 or 415-982-9617. Andrew Runiak Please get in touch with your sister, Mrs. Aim Tomko, as soon as possible, at 3301 Clark Lane, South Plainfield, N.J. DISPATCHERS REPORT Osborne Williams Your wife, Helen, would like you to contact her at 34-34 111 Street, Corona, L.I., N.Y., as soon as pos­ sible. Herbert G. McDonald Your attorneys in Houston, Tex., have been trying to contact you. Yemon E. Williams Nicholas Alaga asks that you contact him at Central Tower Suite 2000, 703 Market Street, San Fran­ cisco, Calif. 94103. Hugh C. Slattery Your wife, Mary, asks that you contact her as soon as possible at 4474 Appian Way, El Sobrante, Calif. 94803. William J. Conneis Your brother, Henry, would like to hear from you as soon as pos­ sible at 413 East 65th St., Savan­ nah, Ga. 31405. Riley M. Crabb Please get in touch with your wife as soon as possible at 631 S. Patterson Park Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 21231. Robert D. Bridges Your mother, Mrs. Onida Rich­ ards, asks that you contact her at 20l9Vi De Lesseps Avenue, Savan­ nah, Ga. Lawrence Travis Contact J. Sawyer at P.O. Box 1442, Norfolk, Va. regarding some of your personal belongings. Atlanric. Gulf & inland Woters Dlslriet 'I Novombeir 1.1970 fo November 30.1970 - • -IPSB-v' • DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Port Class A Class B Boston . S New York 131 112 Philadelphia 17 11 Baltimore 34 19 Norfolk 23 14 Jacksonville 27 23 Tampa . 26 13 Mobile ..........,..>4 V- 49 15 New Orleans 70 59 Houston 97 56 Wilmington 29 : 47 San Francisco ^ 134 110 / Seattle 34 44 677 529 Totals •. M REGISTERED ON BEACH • An Groups OassA a^B OassC 7 2 75 88 11 3 20 13 23 15 •V4;-'.. 3 14 12 17 15 2 0 22 0 22 10 o 50 49 6 56 40 33 35 29 0 109 105 9 28 24 19 ; 454 - 428 92 ^ All Groups ClassA ClassB 10 0 164 200 19 14 46 110 51 44 43 52 16 26 71 35 120 155 143 125 58 :: 34 103 130 10 34 1035 778 -a ' •''•a ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED ... - ^r Port Boston ................ New York ............ Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans ........ Houston Wilmington ........ San Francisco ...... Seattle .^4..............4 Totals All Groups ClassA Cl^B 3 3 80 128 9 6 23 23 26 9 20 17 7 22 28 29 73 65 68 49 20 34 68 112 34 20 . 396 580 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Pass A Class B CJassC 2 1 1 15 58 94 0 12 11 4 45 21 --.i 7 7 2 17 , 5 12 0 2 0 20 12 0 32 52 63 24 38 27 1 30 100 27 67 17 16 24 97 429 326 STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups All Groups QassA Class B Class C Class A Class B , Port: 4 3 2 Boston •: 2 47 17 58 •. New York 82 46 . 7 -V 4 6 Philadelphia ........ 10 /'• • 5 15 6 2 28 Baltimore ^ '5 14 13 Norfolk 13 5 5 16 16 16 1 Jacksonville ........ 12 0 22 0 ^ Tampc* :1 „ 13 n-'-, 1 i Mobile 37 • 10 10 .. ' 21 . -l 38 33 1 New Orleansu..Vv>i i 52 25 V , 35 • 1 Houston 27 34 23 i Wilmington 16 1 , 22 8 17 1 ISan Francisco ; 72 39 63 68 59 ||Seattle ; 8 10 : 13 . , 28 >r'Sf£^^25 260 121 309 i: 395 • REGISTERED ON BEAOff All Groups ClassA ClassB 7 4 191 131 10 8 53 77 53 29 44 20 17 17 55 47 195 117 104 88 13 28 82 74 9 11 839 636 m REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups ClassA ClassB 4 4 97 131 10 14 86 53 27 29 23 20 5 21 64 22 85 120 37 67 16 28 49 104 ' 28 3 433 : 714 Page U �Where They Care For Seafarers Lung disorders are screened with X-rays, checked by Dr. Oscar B. Camp, during every SIU members' annual physical exam. T \ M'- Page 12 ie dissappointment was hard to mask—the youth had been excited about shipping Out on his first assignment as a Seafarer. The trip would have to be postponed. The doctor had just told him, for he had two cavities. Two cavities??? It doesn't sound like much, but it is sufficient to prevent a man from receiving the health card that is required upon entering the SIU and is renewable yearly thereafter. With two cavities, the delay for this lad will be minimal. Once he has them filled, he can return to the SIU Medical Center, at 1216 feast Baltimore Street, and be given a health card—and clearance to sjiip out. The stiff requirements of the entrance physical are one of the reasons that the clinic's screening examina­ tions have been so successful. "The thrust of our program is prevention of serious illness," explains Dr. Oscar B. Camp, medical direc­ tor at the clinic. "If a man gets seriously ill while at sea, it becomes very complicated for all concerned. So, we set high standards at the beginning, and ac­ cept only the most physically-fit of those who apply for admission to the SIU." The preventative approach extends beyond physi­ cals for new Seafarers—each year that he is an active SIU member he must have that card renewed, and that entails another complete physical. The follow-up physicals aren't quite as stiff, but very high standards are maintained. In the clinic reception room, a vast area on the fourth fioor of the SIU building, men wait for thenname to be called. Some fidget nervously, others sit in small groups chatting quietly—renewing acquain­ tances with friends they sometimes don't see except between trips to sea. Some, like "Tex" (Samuel) Powell, 41, are frequent visitors. Tex usually doesn't have an appointment. He just comes in to use the scale. "I don't always like what I see," he admitted as the nurse began to move the weights on the scale. "I'm trying to get down to 215." When the scale balanced at 248 he cringed, took off his cowboy boots, and got back on. "Every pound counts," he grinned. The net result since he'd last been weighed—a gain of three pounds. Those with appointments can anticipate blood and urine tests, a chest X-ray, a tuberculosis "Tine" test,' a proctoscopic examination, dental and visual tests, and an electrocardiagiam for those over 35, or whose health history indicates it is necessary. There's, a rather steady stream of clinic "custo­ mers." Tex is from Baltimore, and many of those who come for their physicals are, indeed, residents of the area. But many are from far-flung parts of the U.S., and may have had their last check-up in Mobile, Ala., Houston, New York, New Orleans or Philadelphia. These are the medical centers of the Atlantic and Gulf districts of the SIU, and they work in concert. "A seaman is an itinerant person by nature," Dr. Camp explains, "and it is impractical to expect him to show up at the same medical center each year for his physical." So, Baltimore sends all its records to the other clinics of the Atlantic and Gulf districts, and the other clinics reciprocate. Then any Seafarer can visit any medical center—the one most convenient to him when it's time to renew his health card. Since the Baltimore clinic opened in 1957, thou- ikrers •J �Robin Garrett ian't sure she likes the poke in the arm given hj Dr. Jdba B. littlelon on "children's day** at the SlU clinie. She's one of many dependents who are eligihle for annual health care under the medical benefits program. There's also a 'Stives' dajr"—and every day is "Seafarers' day." Dr. Littleton wears a cervical collar, hecause he is recovering from a spinal operation. Dr. George Agapitos, one of the staff physicians at Baltimore center, listens for heart and respira­ tory sounds as routine part of examination. SIU member David Ehy, 58, undergoes physical with­ out complaint. "It's very important to guys at sea," he explains. The thorough check-up pro­ gram has improved the health records. sands of Seafarers have passed through its doors. About 90 a month is an average patient load—but if there's a lot of shipping activity, with a lot of men in port, the rate increases. Conversely, if things are slow f at the Port of Baltimore, there's a decline in business 1 at the medical center. I Dr. Camp, a suave-looking 50, says the program I met with skepticism on the part of many veteran k Seafarers when it was first initiated. "There were some individuals who were suspicious f of the program, and felt it was an infringement on ^ their rights,'-' he explains. "But after they became ^ used to the idea, and were treated, and found the y result was better physical health for themselves—an • •' overall improved condition—their attitudes changed." Also, the "inconvenience factor" is kept at a min­ imum. A Seafarer can make an appointment for any morning of the week, and drop by to pick up his health card on the same afternoon, or be told why one cannot be issued him. Dr. Camp believes the program is innovative among unions and credits SIU President Paul Hall with hav­ ing "vision and foresight to realize that although it was costly and sometimes difficult to institute, that it eventually means savings of lives and money." He says the incidence of illness and pathology among Seafarers has improved considerably since the program began, and because of the yearly check-up system, it should be easy to maintain a high level of health. If a Seafarer is found to have some health prob­ lem when he shows up for his annual physical screen­ ing, he is given a three-month or six-month card, instead of the usual one-year card. Then he is re­ ferred to the nearest U.S. Public Health Service Hos­ pital for treatment. If his problem is serious enough, he is not given any health card, and told to check in with the USPHS immediately for treatment. The Public Health Service hospitals are located in port areas throughout the U.S. and offer complete hospital facilities and dental care free to Seafarers. Dependents of SIU members are also eligible for the annual screenings at the medical centers, and Dr. Camp says Tuesday afternoons are set aside for chUdren at the Baltimore clinic, and Thursdays for wives. Any problems encountered during the dependents' physicals are referred to their private physicians, be­ cause wives and children are not eligible for the Pub' lie Health Service Hospital care. Dr. Camp, whose speciality is general surgery, does perform minor surgery on some SIU members—us­ ually on an outpatient basis—but the bulk of his and his staff's work is diagnostic. He has three other doctors and a clinical technician working with him. David Eby, 58, of Baltimore, has been a merchant seaman since 1935—but he only joined the SIU "in 1965. He views the SIU health care program as "very important to guys at sea." How does it contrast to the care he was getting prior to joining the SIU? "This is much better than Brand X," he laughed. The clinic facilities are shared by the International Ladies Garment Workers union. December 1970 Mn. Evans does all the laboratory work at the Baltimore center. Here she checks a slide of blood samples for Rh factor. Page 13 �SlU Retirees Attend Seminars, Explore SlU's Piney Point Farm R etired Seafarers from across the United States have gathered at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamansnip to leam about their union during the SIU Pensioners Conferences. The veterans attended daily classes and tours to familiarize them with the school and participated in seminars to keep them up to date on the SIU and its policies. Pension and Welfare classes explained their rights as retired members of the SIU. According to the written report of the partici­ pants, the conferences were successful. The old timers were especially impressed with the plans to construct low-cost housing in a self-sustaining community on the grounds at Piney Point. Many showed interest and predicted that "We'll be back." PensionerN attending Conference 3 from New York were E. Bondelbo, A. Dockeris, G. Alexander and J. Kari. From New Orleans, Oovis Compan, Thomas Hyde, H. Fossett and S. Ureta. From Phil­ adelphia, Charles Moss. From Baltimore, I. Elisercf, Walter Adlam and Lindon Webber. SIU Pension Conference 7 mem­ bers were flanked by New Orleans Port Patrolman Louis Guarino, left, and Deputy Director of Trade Union Education Paul McGaham for their conference pho­ tograph. Members from Houston were, J. O. McCann and Mayo Brasseaux. From New Orleans, Carey Beck. From Philadelphia, Michael Schalestock, E. T. DeLaPena, E. G. Johnston and Comas Knight. From New York; W. Blumen, Juan Hernandez, Robert Zumkley, Arthur Graf and Uldaricc Marjudio. Pensioners from Conference 6 pose beneath the Harry Lunde­ berg Motel awning on a rainy day. Conference members attend­ ing from Houston were, R. Viloriz. From Baltimore, H. Vincent. From Mobile, Roy Pritchetl and Clarence Roney. From New York, E. Goulding, J. Mucins and R. McKensie. From New Orleans, M. Traba. From Philadelphia, B. Crawford. From Seattle, C. Woo­ len. HLSS President Robert Matthews is third from right. Pension Conference 4 visitors to Piney Point take time out for a photograph. Participants were Mike Sikorsky from Baltimore.From New Orleans, R. DeShong, R. Irizairy and C. Montoya. From New York, Roy McCannon, N. Nomikos, J. Stodelski and J. Szczipanski. From Philadelphia, William Millison. From San Fran­ cisco, L. Evans, H. Herkinheins and W. Toomer. Page 14 Retirees' Wives Can Get SS Aid By A. A. Bernstein Few SIU members and their wives are probably aware of the benefits Social Security pro­ grams offer to wives of workers entitled to old-age or disability insurance benefits and to di­ vorced wives. However, being aware of the kinds of assistance Social Se­ curity does give—and the limi­ tations of these programs—is one way of preparing for prob­ lems that could arise in the fu­ ture. In general, wives of SIU members qualify for receiving cash benefits that are equal to one-half of their husbands' full retirement or disability benefits. In some cases, wives will be entitled to more than half of her husband's benefits and in other cases, less. A divorced wife is also eligi­ ble to receive some of these benefits, provided she meets certain requirements. SIU members and their fam­ ilies should address all ques­ tions they would like answered to A. A. Bernstein, director of Social Security and Welfare Services, Seafarers Welafre and Pension Plans, 275 20th St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215. Q: I was getting Social Se- ^ curity as the wife of a retired SIU worker until I went back to work. Now I have woiked enou^ to get retirement bene­ fits on my own record. Can I collect as both a wife and re­ tired person? A: Sorry, you can't get both benefits at the same time. But if the benefit based on your own earnings would be larger than the amount you'd collect as a wife, you would get this higher benefit. Q: My husband and I re­ ceive a single Social Security check with both our names on it. Can we receive separate checks? A: Yes. Checks for married couples usually are combined to save adniinistrative costs and to save check cashing fees. But it you would rather receive separate checks, just send a written request, signed by you or your husband, to your So­ cial Security office. Q: My wife is 62. Can she get Social Security retirement benefits if I don't retire? A: If she has enough Social Security credit of her own to qualify as a retired worker, she can collect whether you retire or not. But she cannot get bene­ fits based on your work record unless you are retired. Q: My wife collects Social Security as my dependent She just started working and will make more than $1,680 this year. How will this ^ect our checks? A: Your check will stay the same, because your benefit is only affected if you work. But your wife's benefit will be re­ duced according to the amount she earns. • • I �SEAFARERSA^LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION . ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT . AFL-CIO ; g: HARRY LUNDEBERG SCHOOL OF SEAMANSHIP ST. MARVSCOONIY.PtNEV POINT, MO. 20474 Sfefc'' -i- -<• X (30l| 9944)010 si T REPORT ON: SIU CREWS AND PENSIONERS CONFERENCES More than 500 of our union's members — active Seafarers and pensioners — participated in a 12-week series of Crews Conferences and Pensioners Conferences that began Sept. 14 at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in Piney Point, Maryland. The purpose of the conferences has been to provide mem­ bers with an opportunity to learn more about their union and the maritime industry. The goal of the conferences has been to make the SIU member the best informed union member anywhere. The conferences gave our members a closer look at the his­ tory of the SIU, their union contract and constitution, and their pension and welfare benefits. The conferences made SIU members more aware of the problems and of the future of the maritime industry. -! lii" w. The conferences have been part of a unique experiment in education at the school — the blending together of trade union seminars, vocational training and academic education. Those who attended the conferences saw first-hand how the program is progressing. J? H- On the following pages, the members tell in their own words their feelings about the school, the conferences and the training programs. Fraternally, Robert A. Matthews, -President Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship • is m • W', �V- 4s;--' ;m-,. . •* * What 51U Members Say About Crews Conferences U'- ::' Joe Powers "I attended the crew conference not knowing what to expect. What I found IS hey are not n is rne the rinesT finest Training training school tor for seamen anywhere. I They only giving the trainees first class training in the three departments but the f are teaching those that need it how to read. I think that reading is the basis or everything, They are even helping trainees to get high school certificates. would like to see this program made available to the men on the ships. William Morris "I don't consider myself an educator, but it is my opin­ ion that the academic and vocational programs are the finest I have heard of anywhere in the country, and prob­ ably in the world. It goes without saying that the instruc­ tors and administrators are of top-notch quality. Although at times I regret that we did not have this when I started sailing long ago." % E. 1. Kenny "I know that I have benefited a great deal since coming here and I am sure that the rest of this group has too. I have come to realize many facts about our union which I had not known about before coming to Piney Point and of the many problems that face our union and the shipping industry today." Mohlond Conn "It is my opinion that the character of young men turned out at Piney Point will be of the greatest benefit to the SlU and the Maritime industry. They are getting the finest vocational training that they could." Carl E. GIbbs "Piney Point is proof positive of what can be accom­ plished oy cooperation, enlightened management and farsighted, competent Union leaders. Training young men is a problem of National importance and here it is being met head-on. One has only to study this project and pro­ gram at Piney Point to realize how vital it is to the future of our nation." Walter E. Durden "It is an excellent vocational training program you have here at Piney Point. The training ship "Claude Sonny Simmons" impressed me a lot. The machine shop is equipped with the very best as far as I am concerned. . . ." Raymond W. Hodges ig class cl "The reading is fine, but I think it would be fine if the trainees who don't have a high school education could continue their education possibly through a correspon­ dence course after they ship out. Also old time seamen."... Joseph A Shofl "I learned a great deal during my stay at the conference, and I think that all of us will benefit from it. I m a pensioner and the things I learned about benefits and other things for retired people will help me a lot. I was glad to see the kind of training program we have, too, because now I feel much better that the future of our union will be secure. Also, I am glad to see that we are going to extend our education program so that all of our members can improve themselves. After talking to the teachers down there, there is no doubt in my mind that we have the best in the country." Otto Tonner "Before coming to Piney Point, I did not expect to see that all the facilities for teaching the young trainees would have so efficientlly progressed. In fact, it was a surprise for an old sailor to see all the floating craft, sailing ships and boats. It sure made me feel right at home." Eddie Bonks, Jr. "Since visiting Piney Point, I've come to realize that about 85 percent of wnat I had heard about the SlU and Piney Point was wrong. By attending Crew Conference meetings, the tours around the installation and the train­ ing school, I have come to be very proud of being part of this organization." Robert Hozenzohl "I believe that this and other groups that have come to the Crews Conference have gotten a new outlook on the Union and the programs that we are in. We have learned a lot more than we knew before this conference and have a new outlook on the school program." C. Durden "The training being given our trainees at Piney Point will ill pay off by having better seamen and better union men aboard SlU ships. What impressed me most, how­ ever, is the academic training and preparing trainees to get high school diplomas. This program should be extended to members on the ships through correspondence courses." J. R. Wilson "The library is spacious and well equipped. And for research purposes, if your subject is 'Maritime,' you Will do yourself a service by taking advantage of what the li­ brary has to offer. It's prabably the best of its kind." Richard Morgan "Through the facilities at Piney Point, I firmly believe we are on our way toward greater brotherhood. The train­ ing programs set up for the students here and the institu­ tion of the Crews Conferences, as being conducted, will certainly contribute highly in attaining a better "brother­ hood" with the ultimate result of a stronger SlU." Joseph H. LumentI "My irnpression of re-orientation is that everyday I've been here I've enjoyed and learned something. I think others will do the same. I also feel that we haven't bragged enough on what we have at Piney Point because we have the best training program in the country." Howard Levlne "There is one time in my life where I can say I was one of the hundreds that helped build this school for the suc­ cess of the young men and future Seafarers that pass through the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship." Donald Robinson "I feel the school not only supplies the demand for sea­ men in our union, but trains the newcomer in education, sports and fellowship." William F. Doron "Now that I have seen Piny Point and its facilities I am deeply impressed, particularly with the trainees and what is made available to them. In my mind it must be the best preparatory program any union has attempted for their beginners." ... Herbert E. Lone "After 24 years in the U.S. Navy, I consider the IHLSS) training program is about the best I've seen in the U.S.A., including service schools, and I know for I've been to quite a few service schools." Alfred Borjer "I have been sailing for 36 years and I am now on pen­ sion. It was a great surprise to me when I came to Piney Point. More than ISO boys, many of them from poor fami­ lies, are learning the fundamentals of seamanship under the guidance of able instructors where they can really learn something. You have to see the modern facilities and equipment to believe it." J. Grlvos "From what I've seen down here at the school and at the farm, you can^ be sure that when the houses for pensioners are built, I will be among the first to come back to stay for a while. Maybe I'll try to buy one." Gory Jorvis "On the training program for the new men, I was very impressed and surprised that we have such modern equip­ ment and skilled instructors. . . . The Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship is something we have all needed for a long time and now we have it." Lewis T. Everett "I was surprised to see how far the SlU has progressed The Vocational and Academic program is the most up to date I've ever seen. The result will be finer seamen and better members of the SlU." Charles Hamilton "I visited the library aboard the Charles S. Zimmerman and was surprised at the large, complete assortment of books and also the reference books that the trainees need for their schooling." • 4 William Todd "The remedial reading classes and the high school equivalency should be of great benefit to our men." Robert G. Lowson "I can see the Hariy Lundeberg School of Seamanship developing into one of the major schools and colleges in the country . . . The first thing that impressed me about the school was how far the SlU has gone in such a short time in years." Fred Carter "Again let me congratulate the staff members at Piney Point for the wonderful job they are doing with our young people. With all of the disruptions and conditions we have in our country today, it is eminently impressive that we have people in our union who have dedicated their lives to our great American heritage of becoming a shining light so that others may follow." Frank J. Connell "What I really didjike is the schooling and training our future sailors are getting which is a reminder of just what our union is doing for us in the future." •f' Edward Sekella ^ "What impressed me most was the school ship 'Sonny Simmons'—very well equiped. If a guy does not learn anything about a ship here, he just doesn't want to learn." Page 16 Otis Paschal "I was amazed to see class after class being taught by instructors who showed great insight, depth and knowledge of the subject. I thing that if a trainee is interested and wants to become a seamen and SlU member, H.L.S.S. gives him the basic requirements." ... ... I. L . SpHlane In this world, where there is an abundance of evidence of indifference to the problerns of the young, it is a source of ptide to me that the union I belong to, under the guidance of our leadership, has at least made an attempt to do something positive and constitutional to help a great number of younsters who othewise might not make it in this world of ours." Seafarers Loc December Bobby Lister ince I learned how to participate in a meeting "After coming to this conference aboard ship. And I learned a lot about the history off the SlU and the hard­ ships my brother seamen had in trying to develop and uphold a good union such as we have now." �•S!;. SlU Crews Conferences P^3 ^ri;>''- £. Adams E. D. Adams Earl Adams M. Acquire C. Akers T. Aleck G. f. Allen N. A. Allen George Anderson Thomas Anderson M.Ard A. Armada John Arthur John Ashley I. AYerill D. BackowHz K. Bain E. Banks A. Barfholomen, Jr. Melvin Bass H. Baum E. Y. Bean Bruce Beattie A. C. Bell Stephen Bergeria Norman Bergeron L Bettis K. Binemantis John Black Joe Blatchford' Joseph Bonefont Abe Botelho Isaak Bouiin J. Brady D. Bronstein J. Brown C. Buckley D. Busby J. Bush M. Conn R. Caldwell J. W. Calhoun Michael CarlisI C. Carr F. M. Carter A. D. Carter E. Casey W. Cassidy W. Chancey F. Charneco T. E. Clough A. Coale James Coggins J. Coleman R. Coleman E. Collins H. Collier I. Concepcion Y. Conde F. Conforto J. Conino Kevin Conklin F. Connell H. Connolley J. Cronin C, Constantine B. Crockett W. Cullen E. Cullerton M. Culp E. Dale Gill Dandin R. Danielak Ben Davis C. Davis R. M. Davis C. Daugherty A. Debelich J. F. Dellanavy John Dellinger Alan De Rosier John De-Yaux F. Dickey J. Dimmitt John Dixon W. Donovan L. Dooley W. Doran James Daren L P. Drummond H. P. Ducloux C. Durden W. Durden H. L. Durban C. Dwyer Bill Eckert P. Ellis George Evans L. Everett David Fair S. Feritta A. Ferrara E. E. Field C. L. Fishel Y. J. Fitzgerald G. Flint E. D. Flowers L. Fontenot John Ford J. A. Fox S. French S. H. Fulford L. Godson W. Gramer R. Garrett G. Gartland J. J. George Joseph George C. Gibbs J. Gibbs D. F. Gibson Daniel Gopshes R. Gorju D. Gore J. Gotseff J. Gray N. Gray J. Green S. Gregory J. C. Griffith Y. A. Grima J. Lenahan F. Habenight E. Hagger F. F. Hamby C. HamiltonW. E. Hampson C. Hand R. C. Hanke R. Hannon Will Harrin D. G. Harrison R. Hazenzahl James Hassel James Hastings Thomas Head C. Hazzard Roland Hebert Y. Herbert W. Henry 0. Hernandez J. Hester A. Higham L L. Hipp R. Hodges Lester Hoffman E. HoHt M. Holder Paul Honeycutt R. L. Houston W. A. Houston K. Howland Thomas Howell H. Huntley S. J. Hutchinson 1. leremia C. Jackson D. Jacobs G. Jarvis M. Jensen J. Johns A. Johnson J. R. Jones -. Stephen Jones T. Jones J. Kanowles B. L. Keenan D. M. Kellam E. Kenney Terranee Kibler T. Kibler T. Kidd P. G. King Robert Kirkwood Alan Kniffin B. C. Knotts T. Koroke F. Kraenier Edward Kresz Eugene Kysar L. Kyser H. Lancaster H. Lane Herbert Lanier R. Lawson C. Lee Donald Leight Robert Leight D. Leon Jacob Levin H. Levine Willie Lindsay Bobby Lister G. W. Lloyd B. Locke R. Loizzi E. Lonczynski H. Lopez J. Lopez Harold Lowry W. F. Luhrsen J. Lumenti Thomas Lyies K. Lynch Tommy Lynch D. Machula K. E. Macinnes E. Mahoney Robert Malone F. Manchack Fred Manchack, III S. Marano J. Marcier J. Markley David Martin Mosell Meyers W. Matthews R. Matlock B. Mattson Y. McCallum J. McCants E. P. McCaskey R. N. McCausland John McCleland W. McConnell R. McCormick George McCraney C. McCue James McHugh T, A. McNeil . Thomas McQuay James .Messic D. Messina R. Metcalf M. Michel K. Miller. R. 0. Mills Peter Mistritta J. Mitchell R. Mitchell W. Modeen C. Modellas Rue! Moffett Charles Moody 0. Morales R. Morgan Walter Mosley W. Morris J. J. Morrison H. Oakes D. R. Oblander R. O'Connor H. Odom J. O'Ferrell O. E. Olsen A, Opsal Oscar Ozer D. Paccio C. Pafford D. L Parker James Parrish John Parrish J. Persley S. Partyka 0. Paschal D. Pase J. Paios A. Pelt on P. D. Perry R. Pinkhan Y. Placey P. Pollard R. R. Poovey J. Powers J. Quartarano Yincent Quinn J. Quinter C. Ramos Harreld Reed Tom Reim H. Reisamer P. Reyes David Rich A. Richard J. Richburg J. Rioux Frank Rixxo R. Rabbins D. C. Robinson J. Robinson J. Rode A. Rodriguez J. Rogers R. Ross Michael Rucker ,A. R. Rudnicki A. Rummel Douglas Ryan J. Saenz Darry Sanders T. Savage Raymond Savior B. H. Schenk Gregg Schroeder H. Schueter Russell Schwertzer C. Scott E. Sekella Charles Shaw R. Shelton B. E. Shepherd 1. Sherman W. Showers M. Siegel E. Sieradski B. Simmons W. Simmons Gus Small G. Smalls Clarence Smith L. G. Smith Richard Smith A. Smitherman R. Smitko C. Sommers Eric Sorenson R. South L Spagler Thomas Spangles. James Spell H. Spillane J. Stathis H. St. Clair N. Steadham Paul Stein W. Stevens C. B. Steward Edward Stewart J. Stiles F. S. Stirk L. Y. Stirper A. C. Stortroen R. Stough J. Strain Ray Strength S. Strickland J. Talley B. Taylor R. Theiss Don Thompson J. Thornton J. Tigett W. Todd E. Toner Otto Tonner Tor berg Tonnessen M. Toth O. Tunner F. Unger Neal Yan Linde F. Yan Looy Miguel Yiers T. Yines John Yorchack J. Walan R. Wallace F. Wall Frances Warren P. E. Warren Y. Warren E. Welch J. Welch John Wheeler J. White E. Wiley F. Williams Keith Williams T. Williams E. Willis M. Willis J. R. Wilson W. Wilson L. Wing Chambers Winskey J. C. Winstedt Fred Wipp Paul Wolf A. E. Wood J. C. Woods L. P. Wright George Yeachle S. Young SlU Pensioners Conferences Walter Ad lam G. Alexander B. Baterna Carey Beck W. Blumen E. Bondelbo A. Bonti Alfred Borjer A. Bayer Mayo Brasseaux Clovis Compan E. Constantino A. S. Conti Walter Cook B. Crawford S. Day Richard DeGarrf E. T. DeLaPena R. DeShong A, Dockeris J. Dovak L P. Drummond O. N. Edwards Lazaro Eilorin L Eliserio L Evans John Flannery T. Fortin H.Fossett B. Foster T. Garrity L. Goodwin E. Goulding Arthur Graf J. Grivas P. Gruz H. Herkinheins J. Hernandez L. Hogan Thomas Hyde R. Irizarry C. Izguierdo E. B. Johnston J. Kari Comas Knight A. Langley M. Lubiejewski Gustabe Lueth John Maasik M. Madrang F. Mazel F. Miller Uldarico Merjudio William Millison Charles Moss C. Montoya W. Morris J. Mucina J. Munin Roy McCannon J. D. McCants James McCloud L. McCullough R. McKenzie W. McNeil N. Nomikos J. Pastrasno A. Platis W- Pleszczuk Roy Pritchett R. Ramsperger W. Reck W. Reidy S. Rogamos G. Romano Clarence Roney J. Russell M. Schalestork H. Seymour Joseph Shea Mike Sikorsky J. Stodolski Adam Swiszczoski J. Szczipanski W. Toomer M. Traba T. Urbina S. Ureta R. Yiloria H. Yincent Lindon Webber R. White J. WillHord H. S. Wilson C. Wooten Robert Zumkley St St St St St St St St St St St St St St St St St St St St St St St St St St - �Crews Conferences Pictured during SIU Crew Conference 4 are, from New York: E. V. Bean, W. Cassidy, J. Lenahan, K. Miller, J. Fazos, V. Placey and J. Rogers. From Baltimore: John DeVaux, David Fair, James Messic, Peter Mistritia, T. Spangler and Fred Wipp. From Houston: T. E. Clough, W. E. Hampson, P. G. King and Edward Stewart. From Mo­ bile: A. C. Bell, L. Bettis, F. M. Carter, J. W. OTerrell, D. C. Robinson and W. F. Simmons. From New Orleans: K. Binemantis, R. Coleman, L. Fontenot, V. Herbert and A. Rodriquez. Representing San Francisco are: L. AverUI, R. Morgan, J. Smitko, R. South, J. Statbis and F. linger. From Philadelphia: Edward Kresz, Clarence Smith and Vincent Quinn. Visiting the HLSS farm. Crew Conference 6 members were told about the facilities and plans for expansion. The Seafarers are, from Baltimore: C. Pafford, L. C. Smith, and D. Pase. From Boston: R. M. Davis and C B. Stewart. From Jacksonville: Thomas McQuay. From Mobile: T. Savage, M. Ard, E. Collins, J. Tigett, S. H. Fulford and R. L. Houston. From York: R. McCormick, J. Gray, R. O'Connor, Isaak Bouzin, A. Rummel, R. Danielak, W. Morris, D. Leon and O. Paschal. From New Orleans: F. Conforto, E. Banks and W. Simmons. From Philadelphia: L. Spangler. From San Fran­ cisco: J. Welch, M. Willis, R. Rohbins, O. Morales, C. Ramos and J. C. Winstedt. From Houston: Ray Streng^. Standing at extreme right of the photo is New York Port Agent Leon Hall. Members of Crew Conference 5 gathered for a group photo during their 10-day semi­ nar. Participants were, from Baltimore: A. Debelich, John Dixon, J. C. Griffith, Her­ bert Lanier, Charles Shaw and Miguel Viers. From Houston: D. M. Kellam, D. Bronstein, H. Reisames. From Mobile: G. F. Allen, D. G. Harrison, J. Kanowles, T. Kidd Jr., L. Wing and Al Smitherman. From New York: W. Donovan, D. Paccio, Thomas Anderson, James Coggins, Ben Davis. From New Orleans: E. Adams, E. D. Adams, J. Conino, W. F. Luhrsen, R. Matlock and P. Mistretta. From Philadelphia: D. Backowitz, H. Collier and Alan Kniffin. From San Francisco: E. B. Flowers, O. Hernandez, E. P. McCaskey, O. E. Olsen, B. Todd and J. R. Wilson. In this photo they are accom­ panied by New York Port Patrolman Angus "Red" Campbell, second from left, and SIU Representative Frankie Mongelli, center of sign. Gathering on the Harry Lundeberg Motel grounds are members of Crew Conference 7. Participants were: from Baltimore, C. Akers^ K. Bain, L. Dooley, J. Gibbs, J. Green and J. Richburg. From Houston: John Ford and Thomas Head. From Mobile: H. P. DuOoux, L. L. Hipp, A. Johnson, B. L. Keenan, L. V. Stripe and J. Robinson. From New Orleans: A. Bartholomen, W. Henry, and R. Shelton. From New York: Melvin Bass, V. Grima, H. Huntley, H. Schueter and C. Sommers. From Philadelphia: J. Machula, D. Messina, R. Ross and and J. Stiles. From San Francisco: H. Baum, G. Gartland, R. Lawson, R. Pinkham, P. Reyes and J. Strain. I- i. Crew Conference 9 participants stand in front of the HLSS Motel lobby. Members were: from Baltimore, A. Armada, L. Gadson, J. Mercier, J. Hester, J. Rode and Charles Gill. From Mobile: T. Jones, T. A. McNeil, L. P. Wright, D. Parker and A. Opsal. From New York: M. Jensen, H. St. Oair, E. Dale, J. Powers, R. Loizzi, S. Partyka, R. Wallace and W. Modeen. From New Orleans: W. McConnell, A. Bothelo, R. Stough, S. Marano, M. Toth, Robert Caldwell, J. Saenz and G. Flint. From Philadelphia: Greg Schroeder and Frank Rizzo. From San Francisco: J. F. DeUanavy, J. A. Fox, R. R. Poovey, E. Sieradski, C. L. Fishel and I. loremia. I •„ ft! Dl |l • K Crew Conference 10 participants pose for a group photo. Conference members from Houston were: H. L. Durham and Leon Drummond. From Baltimore: John Dellinger and George Hand. From New York: J. R. Jones, Joseph Quartarano, Anthony Ferrara, Dee Jacobs, Fred Habenicht, Edward Casey, Robert Metcalf and Stuart French. From Mobile: W. CuUen, Albert Coalcy, Earl Adams and David Gibson. From New Orleans: Frank Kraemer, Fred Williams, Gus Smalls, Nathaniel Gray, Salvador Feritta, J. Dimmitt and F. Charneco. From San Francisco: Richard McCausland, D. R. Oblander, Bertis Schenk, Andrew Stortroen, E. CuUerton and Glenn Lloyd. December 1970 Page 19 �- - i' > '*Sit- r& • • vv;" ^^Gentlemen, the lifeboat can save your life!'* Lifeboat Knowledge Can Save Lives ne of the most important facets of traming future Seafarers at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at Piney Point is the classroom and practical instruction for life­ boat certification. Lifeboat training is part of the vocational curriculum that insures that trainees will be able to advance above entry level jobs. Coast Guard regulations require that seamen must be qualified to qualify in a lifeboat in order to upgrade to key ratings. The trainees are required to pass written and practical examinations to prove that they are capable of handling a lifeboat before they graduate from the school. The first tv/o weeks of the 12 week course of training is devoted to preparation for the Lifeboat examination. The students are taught the basics of first aid and survival in addition to "Abandon Ship" drill. There are sound reasons for such prepara­ tion, with emphasis on emergency shipboard O procedures since the instructors, know that the ability to properly use a lifeboat has saved, in the past, and will save, in the future, the lives of many seamen. At the conclusion of lifeboat training each trainee takes a written examination under the supervision of visiting Coast Guard personnel to qualify for the practical examination. Then the trainees go to the davits and are lowered into the waters of Chesapeake Bay to show the Coast Guard examiners that they can handle oars. Each one takes a turn as coxswain at the sweep oar and the crew positions rotate until every man has his turn. Since the beginning of the lifeboat training program at Piney Point, more than 3,500 Sea­ farers have been taught how to save their lives, and the lives of others, in the event of an emer­ gency at sea. "Man the davits!" > , "Lifeboat Stations!" "Strip that canvas!" Seafarers Log �"Oars!" "Lower Away!" After passing the U.S. Coast Guard lifeboat examination, members of Oass 57 pose for a portrait. They are flanked by, standing from left. Trainee Bosuns Mike Dennis, Barry Hicks and HLSS Instructor Warb Mathews. Others are, front row from left. Bob Painter, Rich Mertz, Charles Stockland, Homer Allen, William Maurer, Michael Giaccone, Steve Gratton and Randolph Christian. Second row, Tim Thomas, Joe Haller, Michael Sauve, Robert Sims, Efrain Torres, David Taylor, Patrick Lescot and Wil­ liam Roach. Rear row, Thomas Donovan, Thomas Culp, Patrick Edgell and Jonathan Conrad. Class 58 is pictured after their lifeboat exami­ nation. They are, fro left, front row, Judson Spencer, Donald Waiters, Warren Donaldson, Jolm Faulk, James Deegan, James Dean, Melvin Evans and William Maguire. Second row, Allen Hanson, Bill Metz, Neil David, Jerry G. Cooper, Jerry C. Cooper, Irvin Crutchlow, James Osteen and David Wzorek. Third row, Lawrence Wendt, Michael McBride, Floyd Bishop and Reginald Hood. Rear row, Pat Winsor, David Michaels, Robert Godbey, Rod­ ney Gibson, Bill Werdann, Vladimir Volovik and Alan Thomas. They are flanked by Trainee Bosun William Ripley and Instructor W^rb Matthews. V' I t- Members of Lifeboat Class 60 are pictured after passing their U.S. Coast Guard examina­ tions. They are flanked by Instructor Bruce Simmons, standing left and Trainee Bosun Juan Acevedo, far right. The class members are, first row ifrom left, David Gonzalez, Keith Petty, William Kenny, Ted Morski, Charles Brown, Carlos Gomez, Charles Hinton and Leonard Hollis. Second row from left, Robert Wells, Mike Harvey, Richard Wilson, Leonard Brown, William Smith, Larry Shipley, Harvey Huston and Kenneth Snider. Third row from left, Kellious William, John Rosado, Marty Hall, Ralph Richard and Bsb White. Fourth row from left,-Preston Taylor, Earl Ferebee, Richard Womstaff, Mike Vemott, Arthur Bar­ rios, Benny Balerio, John Brancoccio and Mark Marino. �Digest of SiU Ships Meetings WACOSTA (Sea-Land), Oct. 25 and new contract. Disputed OT to RALEIGH (Crest Overseas), July Maritime), Nov. 15—Chairman Leo —Chairman, Joseph Gonzalez; Sec­ be taken up with boarding patrol­ 11—Chairman, A. H. Schwartz; Paradise; Secretary B. A. Baa; retary, Joseph DeLise; Deck Dele­ man. Secretary, Richard Kowalski. No Deck Delegate Robert H. Bell, Sr.; gate, J. Dickerson; Engine Dele­ EAGLE TRAVELER (United beefs reported by department dele­ Engine Delegate S. Padilla; Steward gate, Richard M. McDonald; Stew­ Maritime), Oct. 11—Chairman, Jo­ gates. Delegate William S. Costa. $7 in TRANSHAWAU (Hudson Wa­ ship's fund. No beefs reported by ard Delegate, Carl B. Carter, Jr. seph L. Bourgeois; Secretary, A. W. Some disputed OT in engine de­ Hutcherson; Engine Delegate, Otto terways), Nov. 1—C h a i r m a n , department delegates. partment. Motley; Steward Delegate, James George DeGreve; Secretary, Wil­ MT. WASHINGTON (Victory SEATRAIN OfflO (Hudson Wa­ Carter. Discussion held regarding liam Seltzer; Deck Delegate, Joseph Carriers), Oct. 25—Chairman H. I. terways), Oct. 17—Chairman, Ray pension plan. $8 in ship's fund. No L. Linhar; Engine Delegate; S. Pousson; Secretary O. P. Oakley; Wala; Steward Delegate, William Knotes; Secretary, Grover C. beefs. Deck Delegates. E. F. O'Brien; En­ Turner; Deck Delegate, Paul L. STEEL ARCHITECT (Isthmi­ Seidenstricker. No beefs. Fine voy­ gine Delegate V. L. Meehan; Stew­ Whetlaw; Engine Delegate, J. L. an), Oct. 25—Chairman, Charles age. Everything running smoothly. ard Delegate Welden O. Walmar. Yandell; Steward Delegate, John Damico; Secretary, Thomas Wil­ DEL NORTE (Delta), Nov. 1— No beefs reported. Everything run­ M. Clarke. Some disputed OT in liams; Deck Delegate, James C. Chairman, Tony J. Radich; Secre­ ning smoothly. Discussion held re­ deck department. No beefs. Callim, Engine Delegate, Reidar M. tary, Piggy Sahuque; Deck Dele­ garding food supplies being put WALTER RICE (Reynolds Met­ Nielsen. $20 in ship's fund. Every­ gate, Angel Urti; Engine Delegate, aboard. Some disputed OT in deck als), Oct. 25—Chairman, Tom A. thing running smoothly in all de­ A. F. Rehm; Steward Delegate, department to be / taken up with Martineau; Secretary, Felipe Quin- partments. Vote of thanks to stew­ Charles H. Cassard. Everything boarding patrolman. tayo; Deck Delegate, Charlie ard department for job well done. running smoothly. Few hours dis­ MONTPELIER VICTORY (Vic­ TRANSCOLORADO (Hudson puted OT in steward department. Brown; Engine Delegate, Walter tory Carriers), Nov. 8—Chairman Ballon; Ship's Delegate, G. Mar­ Waterways), Oct. 25—Chairman, Vote of thanks extended to steward J. Bentz; Secretary J. E. Higgins; tinez. $.94 in ship's fund. Few hours S. R. Mehringer; Secrkary, Jake department for job well done. Deck Delegate J. M. Ard; Steward disputed OT in engine department. Cobb; Deck Delegate, Wm. F. STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), Delegate Herbert E. Brackett. $96 Chapman; Engine Delegate, Clar­ Nov. 1—Chairman, C. Jordan; Sec­ No beefs. in ship's fund. No beefs and no ence D. Crowley. $66 in ship's fund. SEATRAIN OHIO (Hudson Wa­ retary, I. R. Llenos; Deck Delegate, disputed OT. terways), Oct. 25—Chairman, Ray Some disputed OT in engine de­ Ian Hendrix; Engine Delegate, A. MONTPELIER VICTORY (Vic­ partment. Knotes; Secretary, Grover C. Tur­ Aberman; Steward Delegate, R. G. tory Carriers), Nov. 15—Chairman SACRAMENTO (Ogden Ma­ Black. $11.50 in ship's fund. Few ner; Deck Delegate, Paul L. WhitJ. Bentz; Secretary J. E. Higgins; law; Engine Delegate, Ronald J. rine), Oct. 11—Chairman, William hours disputed OT in deck depart­ Steward Delegate Herbert E. Brack­ Littleton; Steward Delegate, John P. Linke, Jr.; Secretary, Darrell G. ment. Vote of thanks to steward ett. $96 in ship's fund. Disputed OT M. Clarke. Some disputed OT in Chafin; Deck Delegate, Don Dillon; department for job well done. in deck and engine department. Engine Delegate, Mallard Hinson; deck department. Discussion held LOS ANGELES (Sea-Land), Oct. Everything running smoothly. Steward Delegate, James L. Woods. 11—Chairman, Michael J. Demregarding repairs. CALMAR (Calmar), Nov. 8— COLUMBIA (U.S. Steel), Oct. 25 Repairs in engine department com­ browski; Secretary, G. P. Thlu. Chairman Elbert Hogge; Secretary pleted. Everything running smooth­ —Chairman, J. Pierce; Secretary, $62 in ship's fund. No beefs report­ Howard Flynn; Deck Delegate M. S. Sospina; Deck Delegate, ly. Some disputed OT in deck de­ ed by department delegates. John A. Dunne; Steward Delegate James S. Rogers; Engine Delegate. partment. DEL SUD (Delta), Oct. 4— Ed Sinush. Some disputed OT in JAMES (Ogden Marine), Nov. Chairman, A. J. Doty; Secretary, Robert Kwiatkowski; Steward E)eldeck department. 1—Chairman, Francis D. Finch; egate, L. Savior. Everything run­ E. Vieira; Deck Delegate, Joe Cave; SEATRAIN WASHINGTON ning smoothly. No beefs. Vote of Secretary, Frank L. Shackelford; Engine Delegate, J. Trent; Stew­ thanks to entire steward depart­ Deck Delegate, D P. Pruett; En­ ard Delegate John T. Kelly. No (Hudson Waterways), Oct. 11— ment for job well done, especially gine Delegate, Joseph T. Ryan; beefs reported by department dele­ Chairman B. Woturski; Secretary H. to chief steward for making pop­ Steward Delegate, Bert M. Winfield. gates. Motion made to have ship Sopper, Engine Delegate Frank Bums. Few hours disputed OT in Some disputed OT in deck depart­ fumigated upon arrival in port. corn on movie night. deck and engine departments. ment. Vote of thanks extended to COMMANDER (Marine Car­ Everything running smoothly. LA SALLE (Waterman), Oct. 25 steward department for job well riers), Sept. 13—Chairman A. R. —Chairman, William MacArthur, done. MONTICELLO VICTORY (Vic­ Sawyer; Secretary Fred R. Hicks, Secretary, None; Deck Delegate, DEL VALLE (Delta), Nov. 8— tory Carriers), Oct. 11—Chairman Jr.; Steward Delegate L. E. Price. Eugene O. Cowead; Engine Dele­ gate, H. R. Guyman. No beefs and Chairman, Dan Tiger; Secretary, Ship's delegate reported that things D. G. Calogeros; Secretary F. O. Barney McNally; Deck Delegate, operating smoothly. Good crew on Airey; Steward Delegate G. O'Berry. no disputed OT. board. Hearty vote of thanks to the No beefs reported. TANOA (Sea-Land), Oct. 25— Lee Snodgrass; Engine Delegate, MONTICELLO VICTORY (Vic­ Chairman, G. Castro; Secretary, Allen George; Steward Delegate, steward department for a job well tory Carriers), Nov. 1— Chairman done. E. B. Tart; Deck Delegate, S. Ru- S. Chisbren. No beefs. Vote of to steward department for COMMANDER (Marine Car­ D. G. Galogeros; Secretary F. O. zyski; Engine Delegate, H. E. thanks job well done. riers), Oct. 18—Chairman A. R. Airey. $13 in ship's fund. Some Welch; Steward Delegate, R. Rob­ DEL VALLE (Delta), Nov. 1— inson. $2.21 in ship's fund. Various Chairman, Dan Tiger, Secretary, Sawyer; Secretary F. R. Hicks, Jr.; disputed OT in the three depart­ Deck Delegate J. Woolford; Engine ments. subjects discussed. No beefs and Barney McNally; Deck Delegate, no disputed OT. MONTICELLO VICTORY (Vic­ Delegate W. Price; Steward Dele­ Lee Snodgrass; Engine Delegate, gate L. Price. Discussion held on tory Carriers), Nov. 8—Chairman NATIONAL DEFENDER (Na­ Allen George, Steward Delegate, S. various topics. Some disputed OT D. G. Galogeros; F. O. Airey; tional Transport), Oct. 25—Chair­ Chisbren. Some disputed OT in in deck department to be taken up Deck Delegate James D. Boston; man, R. Johnson; Secretary, L. A. steward department. Vote of thanks with patrolman. Vote of thanks was Engine Delegate E. R. Mynth; Behm; Deck Delegate, Donal A. to steward department for excellent extended to the steward department Steward Delegate George A. Rundblad; Engine Delegate, Wil­ food and service. for a job well done. liam E. Calefato; Steward Dele­ O'Berry. $13 in ship's fund. Some DEL VALLE (Delta), Oct. 25— EAGLE VOYAGER (United disputed OT in deck department. gate, J. Johnson. Everything run­ Chairman, Dan Tiger; Secretary, ning smoothly. Some disputed OT Barney McNally; Deck Delegate, in deck department. Vote of thanks Lee Snodgrass; Enigne Delegate, to steward department for job well Allen George; Steward Delegate, S. done. Chisbren. No beefs. HALYCON PAN^R (Halcy­ BMTON (Sea-Land), Oct. 4— on), Oct. 25—Chairman, Danny Chairman, Alfred Hanstvedt; Secre­ Merrill; Secretary, Henry W. Rob­ tary, Wilfred J. Moore; Deck Dele­ erts; Deck Delegate, Elmer Clark, gate, M. Nash; Engine Delegate, Jr.; Engine Delegate, D. P. Gard­ Victor Santos; Steward Delegate, ner; Steward Delegate, Jesse M. Arthur Sankovidt. No beefs. Every­ Gage. $11 in ship's fund. Few hours thing running smoothly. disputed OT in engine department. RALEIGH (Crest Overseas), OVERSEAS NATALIE (Mari­ Sept. 13 — Chiarman, A. H. time Overseas), Oct. 25—Chairman, Schwartz; Secretary, Jay A. Lewis. James Dixon; Secretary, S. A. Solo- Disputed OT in deck and engine man, Sr.; Deck Delegate, Nicholas departments. Mollette; Engine Delegate, Fran­ BOSTON (Sea-Land), Nov. 11— cis F. Gomez; Steward Delegate, Chairman, A. Hanstvedt; Secretary, Eddie Howard. Some disputed OT W. J. Moore; Deck Delegate, T. in deck department. Vote of thanks Lundkvist; Engine Delegate, Erik to steward department for job well Fischer; Steward Delegate, Arthur done. Sankovidt. No beefs. Everything PONCE (Sea-Land), Oct. 18— running smoothly. Vote of thanks Chairman, Dan Butts; Secretary, to steward department for job well Alva McCullum; Deck Delegate, J. done. Reinosa; Engine Delegate, Stephen TRANSONTARIO (Seatrain), Senteney; Steward Delegate, Oscar Oct. 4—Chairman, Tirado Ruiz; Sorenson. No beefs reported by de­ Secretary, R. Robbins; Deck Dele­ partment delegates. gate, E. J. Olive; Engine Delegate EAGLE TRAVELER (United Robert Mulrooney; Steward Dele Maritime), Oct. 4—Chairman, Jo­ gate, R. Perez. Crew would like the Eight Seafarers have received lifeboat endorsements from the Coast seph Bougeois; Secretary, A. W. delegate and the patrolman to sec Guard folloHliig successful completion of a Iraiolng course at the Hutcherson; Engine Delegate, -Otto the Captain about posting exact Harry Lundeherg Scliool of Seamanship in Brooklyn. Seated from left Motley; Steward Delegate, James sailing time. Discussion held re­ are: Boh Brown, Joe George, Ronald Smith and Nick Lambrou. Stand­ Carter. $8 in ship's fund. Discus­ garding stores on board ship. Some ing, Instructor Len Decker, Steve Fleckenstein, Howard Wilson, Ed­ sion held regarding pension plan disputed OT in engine department. ward Magnuson and L. Wright. Receive Lifeboat Endorsement Page 22 OVERSEAS EVA (Maritime Overseas), Oct. 4—Chairman D. E. Holm; Secretary Robert W. Ferrandiz. Some disputed OT in deck department. OVERSEAS EVA (Maritime Overseas), Oct. 25—Chairman D. Holm; Secretary R. W. Feirandiz. No beefs reported. OVERSEAS EVA (Maritime Overseas), Nov. 1—Chairman D. Holm; Secretary Robert Ferrandiz. No beefs reported. The stewards thanked the crew for keeping the messroom, pantry and recreation room clean. The crew extended a voet of thanks to the stewards for a job well done. CmES SERVICE MIAMI (Cit­ ies Service), Nov. 1—Chairman Ted Weems; Secretary Horace LaFrage; $32 in ship's fund. Few hours dis­ puted OT in deck department to be taken up with boarding patrol­ man at payoff. SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), Oct. 25—Chairman Malcom Woods; Secretary Henry A. Galicki. $13 in movie fund. No beefs reported. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), Nov. 1—Chairman Malcom Woods; Secretary Henry A. Galicki; Deck Delegate H. Celkos; Steward Dele­ gate H. A. Galicki. $13 in movie fund. Everything running smoothly with no beefs and no disputed OT. SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), Nov. 8—Chairman M. Woods; Sec­ retary H. A. Galicki. $13 in movie fund. No beefs. Everything run­ ning smoothly. DEL SOL (Delta), Nov. 1—•" Chairman A. R. Ducote; Secretary C. L. Shirah; Deck Delegate Michael Armande; Engine Delegate Anthony J. Morano; Steward Dele­ gate John W. Ponson. Vote of thanks to the deck department for helping to keep crew's pantry clean. Vote of thanks to the steward de­ partment for a job well done. $36 in ship's fund. Few OT beefs to be taken up with boarding patrolman at payoff. DE SOTO (Waterman), Oct. 11— Chairman R. A. Christenberg; Sec­ retary J. F. Castronover; Deck Dele­ gate W. L. Thompson; Engine Dele­ gate Tom Moriority; Steward Delegate Carl C. Jordon. $4 in ship's fund. No beefs reported. CONNECTICUT (Ogden Ma­ rine), Oct. 4—Chairman Carl T. Lineberry; Secretary Thomas D. Ballard; Deck Delegate Robert Lambert; Engine Delegate John P. Cox; Steward Delegate Thomas A. Barden. $40 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT. CONNECTICUT (Ogden Ma­ rine), Oct. 11—Chairman Carl T. Lineberry; Secretary Thomas D. Ballard; Deck Delegate Robert Lambert; Engine Delegate John P. Cox; Steward Delegate Thomas A. Barden. $40 in ship's fimd. Some disputed OT in deck department. CONNECTICUT (Ogden Ma­ rine), Oct. 18—Chairman Carl Line­ berry; Secretary T. D. Ballard; Deck Delegate Robert Lambert; Engine Delegate John P. Cox; Steward Delegate Thomas Barden. $40 in ship's fund. Few hours disputed OT in deck and engine departments. TRENTON (Sea-Land), Nov. 1— Chairman Floyd Selix; Secretary Andy Johansson; Deck Delegate George Alexander; Steward Dele­ gate Paul Curzi. $6 in ship's fund. Everything is running smoothly •with no beefs and no disputed OT. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. PENN SAILOR (Penn Shipping), Sept. 20—Chair"ian John C. Sorel; Secretary Raymond L. Perry. $4 in ship's fund. No beefs reported. Seafarers Log �ffrK':';r- z*"i^?'"iV'> r •i:^y"'-• ^i;,:•^^ -I- Thanksgiving Day Feast for Seafarers tie SIU has long made Thanksgiving a festive occasion for many thousands of people. This year, as in the past, every SIU port T offered complete Thanksgiving dinners to Seafarers, their families, and their guests. The huge and delicious meals included every­ thing from soup to nuts, and, as always, the turnout in every port was large. Whether in New York, N.Y., Tampa, Fla., or Seattle, Wash., the amount of turkey and trimmings that were eaten deter­ mined the general consensus about the food—delicious. The ac­ companying pictures show a few of the many people who attended the dinner this year. Sheryl HufFam, daughter of UIW member Reaver Huffam, holds some unwieldly carving instruments as she tries to cut her share of the turkey at the union hall in Baltimore. Three pensioners enjoy their Thanksgiving meal as Balti­ more Port Agent Rex Dickey (standing) comes over to have a word with them. From left are; Walter Zimek, Toomas Laarents, and John Taurin who is 83 years old. Finishing up their Thanks­ giving meal at the hall in Baltimore are four UFW members. In" front are Wal­ ter Streigfield, left, and Willie Rogers. In hack are S. Chris­ tian, left, and James Jackson. fr At the New York hall, young Bary Overgoard reaches for a plate of turkey with the trimmings. His father is Seafarer Kevin Overgoard. Hundreds of people enjoyed a good Thanksgiving meal at the union hall in New York. Attending the annual Thanksgiving day feast at the hall in New York are from left: Miner Jansen, chief cook; Stanley Jurkiwicz, firemanoiler, and Thomas Holt, boatswain. In the Port of New York, little Richard Manera takes a mouthful of ice cream from his mother, Anna, as brother Robert watches. .- it �Seafarers Wall Anthony (left) and John Roberts enjoy a toast at the Thanksgiving dinner in the Port of Seattle. Getting ready to leave after their Thanksgiving meal at the hall in Seattle are Sea­ farers John Statchen (left) and James Davis. Shown above is part of the large gathering at the New Orleans Hall for Thanksgiving dinner. Port oflicials said this year witnessed the largest turn­ out ever for the holiday dinner. HLSS Director Don Collins is kept busy in New Orleans Hall kitchen. He receives a helping hand from trainee Ronald Ragas in preparing turkeys. A few guests at New Orleans Hall get together prior to dinner. From left are: Don Collins, SIU Port Agent Buck Stephens, Ray Couvillion and IBU Representative Jim Martin. Naturally, the busiest place for Thanksgiving dinner at the New Orleans HaU is in the galley, which was kept active all day. m-.' w•Ar-:'-'- Thanksgiving Day 4^' Feast for Seafarers Seafarer Protasio Herrera and his family ready themselves for a' pleasant Thanksgiving dinner at the hall in Phil­ adelphia. Page 24 Seafarers Log �The festivities have just begun at the hall in Houston, Tex., where hearty Seafarers, their friends, and families take advantage of the good food. Smiling happily in' anticipation of the Thanksgiving meal to come ' in the Port of Tampa are Jose Pagola and his family, who joined many others at the local hall. "A little more stuffing please," says one union member as Seafarers and their families gather on line for some food in the Port of Houston. , ti Seafarer Jim Hand enjoys some soup as part of his Thanksgiving dinner in the Port of Tampa. Hand deseribed his meal as "deli­ cious." Seafarer R. R. Gonzales and family all agree it's a very delicious meal they are eating at the union hall in Houston, Tex. t "It's a hard meal to beat" agrees D. L. Parker and some friends at the Mobile hall for the Thanksgiving festivities. In the Port of Mobile, Seafarers and guests "cbow down" with some good cooking at the Thanksgiving ' dinner. A cute miss stares right at the camera in the Port of Mobile. She' is the daugh­ ter of Seafarer and Mrs. Frgnk Edmonds. )ecember 1970 SIU member Erie Hayes (center) enjoys Thanksgiving in the Port of Mobile with some friends. Page 25 �SlU Ship's Committee: the Union Far from Shore W hen SIU men go aboard ship their union goes with them and stays with them whether they travel the Vietnam run or sail for the Caribbean or the Mediterranean. The point of contact between the union and union men at sea is the six member Ship's Committee which includes a chairman, a sec­ retary-reporter, an education director and a delegate from each of the three unlicensed departments aboard ship. The committee holds a meeting each Sun­ day the ship is at sea. The agenda of the meeting follows the order of shore meetings, and each member of the crew is free to ^peak his mind on matters that pertain to the SIU. The ship's secretary-reporter is responsible for all of the committee's correspondence with union headquarters, and is charged with keep­ ing minutes of the meetings and reporting actions taken to headquarters. The education director is in charge of main­ taining and distributing all publications, films SEATRAIN DELAWARE (Seatrain)—Waiting for payoff alxMird the Seatrain Betaware in Hoboken were ship's committee members from left, Ed Czosnowski, deck delegate; Konstantinos Anastasiou, education director; Eddie Hernandez, secretaryreporter; Albert Matos-Valez, engine delegate; Jacobo Enriquez, steward delegate, and Walter Nash, ship's chairman. GATEWAY CITY (Sea-Land)—Sitting around the table in the recreation room is the ship's committee of the Gateway City, just returned from a 28-day voyage on the Mediterranean rim. From left are: A. Verwilt, education director; J. Velazquez, steward delegate; F. Carmicbael, secretary-reporter; E. Cuenca, engine delegate; S. Stockmarr, ship's chairman, and V. Genco, deck delegate. and mechanical equipment to Seafarers wish-, nig to study upgrading, safety, health and san­ itation. The department delegates, elected by mem-. bers of the deck, engine and steward depart­ ment, represent their men on the committee and contribute heavily to its decisions. All in all the ship's committee is the SIU way of assuring its members that they do not lose their union protections and privileges even though far from shore. OVERSEAS NATALIE (Maritime Overseas Corp.)—Looking over union publications aboard the Overseas Natalie is the ship's committee: from left, David Newman, deck delegate; Eddie Howard, steward delegate; Judd Lamb, secretary-reporter; James Dixon, ship's chairman; Francis (nimez, engine delegate, and John Lamb, education director. STEEL APPRENTICE (Isthmian)—Ship's committee members in the galley of the , Steel Apprentice. They are, from left, front row: J. Moore, education director; Paul " Lopez, reporter-secretary; Paul Aubain, engine delegate, and Jack Surles, ship's chair- ' man; back row, C. Modellas, steward delegate, and "Chuck" Callhar, deck delegate. Visual Masquerade Party STATE3IEa«TT OF OWlflBRSHIP, MANTAGEMmT AND GmOTLATlON W f Act of October es. lSSS; Section 4369, Title 39, United Statea Code) : DATE OF FILING 2. TITLE OF PUBLICATION October 20, 1970 Seidarers Log FREQUENCY OF ISSUE Monthly ^ U ^ V ::: LOCATION OP KNOWN OFFICE OF PUBLICATION v ^ 810 Rhode Island Avenue, N.B., Washington, D.C. 20018 ^ . 5. LOCATION OF THE HEADQUARTERS OR GENERAL OFFICES OF THE PUBLISHERS 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11232 , J6. NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF PUBLISHER. EDITOR, AND MANAGING EDITOR: PUBLISHER Seafarers International Union of North America. Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, 675 Fourth Avenue. ' Brooklyn. New York 11232. EDITOR Harry Wittschen, 676 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn, New York 11232. EDITOR None MANAGING EDITOR None I:: '!i- i--- I-^' "iiKv Ife- owned by a corporation, the names and addresses of the individual oio« must be given. If owned by a partnership itp or other unincorporated firmi <U <as that of each individual must be given.), if 8 name and address, as — wel —i Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic. Gulf, Lakes ahi Inland Waters District, 676 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. PauK Hall, Pres.; A1 Kerr, Sec.-Treas., 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. ll"""' 8. KNOWN BONDHOLDERS. MORTGAGEES, AND OTHER SECURITI HOLDERS OWNING OR HOLDING 1 PERCENT OR MORE OF TOTAL AMOUNT OF BONDS, MORTGAGES OR OTHER SECURITIES fif there are none, so state) None 9. FOR COMPLETION BY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AUTHORIZBI TO MAIL AT SPECIAL RATES/Section ISS.IBS, Postal Manual) Tiie piiipuae, luiicliuii, and. iiuiipruAt g Have not changed Q Have chang status of this organlzaUoii and the during preceding 12 during preceding exempt status for Federal Income months 12 months tax .purposes 10. EXTENT AND NATURE OF CIRCULATION Actual ' Average number ofS no. copies copies of each Issue single issue during published preceding nearest to 12 months filing date. A. TOTAL NO. COPIES PRINTED (Net Press Run) 60,166 62,000 . R PAID CIRCULATION , ,r / 1; Sales through dealers and carriers, street vMdors '• .;'4' • and counter sales None Nohei^'' i/ ;; 2. Mail subscriptions 47,931 48.006' C. TOTAL PAID CIRCULATION / None None: D.;^FREE DISTRIBUTION (including samples) by mail, '.. carrier or other means .4,300 4 300 K; il'OTAL DISTRIBUTION fSitm o/<7 a«d D1 62.231 62.306 '.-.OFFICE USE, left-cver, uiiiiCcounted, spoiled after printing •, 7,835 9.634 / •i TOTAL /Silnt o/ E F~8hould eqUdl net press run shown in A) 60,166 62.060 ^5;certify lli^t th«! statements made by me above are correct and complete. ' A1 KeiT, Secretary-Treasurer Page 26 Billboards Hide Scenery For a long time highway bill­ boards have been masking the beauty of this nation's country­ side—polluting the scenery. Unfortunately the success of the Highway Beautification Act of 1965 has been limited. And file "Beautify America" cam­ paign has dwindled. Under the act some 800,000 billboards covering some 235,000 miles of roadway were to be torn down. Work on this project was to have commenced five years ago. Yet to date few, if any, of these signs have been eliminated. Furthermore, most of the large companies have figured out how to get around the gov­ ernment regulation prohibiting signs within 660 feet of the highway or less. These compa­ nies are now erecting their signs just 661 feet from the road. And they are bigger and brighter than ever. The fact is billboards make the eyes sore. Few people enjoy seeing advertisements paraded before them every fifty feet or But billboards are not the only offenders destroying the countryside bordering the high­ ways. What about the roadside junk yards and garbage dumps? days off between ships would rather look at the countryside than billboards. Shipments Set Record These pollutants make the eyes sorer yet. That same act Shipments of grain in and also called for the landscaping out of the ports along the Great and screening of junk yards and Lakes will set a record this garbage dumps located along season. About 11 million tons the highway. But once again of grain will have been moved little action seems to have been by the end of the season, ac­ taken since the act was passed. cording to the Great Lakes Secretary of Transportation Commission. John Volpe says that one of his The commission, which more important projects is to serves all eight states that clean up the highway environ­ border the Great Lakes, based ment. The public probably will its prediction on data gathered see little action until congress­ from the ports of Duluthmen are pressured to effect leg­ Superior, Chicago, Toledo, islation that will curb "eye" pol­ Milwaukee and Saginaw. By the lution. end of October some 321 mil­ Then perhaps, the public will lion bushels had been shipped once more enjoy the natural to and from these ports—five scenic beauty of this country. million bushels more than were But it will take money, legida- shipped during the same period . tion and enforcemmt of the hnv. in 1966, the current record so. A Seafarer taking a few year. Seafarers I �mm Final Departures Peter Dimoulas Peter Dimoulas, 24, died July 7 in San Francisco, Calif. He joined the SIU in the Port of N ew York in 1967 and gradu­ ated that same year from the Harry Lundeberg School of Sea­ manship. Mr. Di­ moulas sailed in the deck department. A native of New York, Mr. Dimoulas was a resident of Brooklyn when he parsed away. Among his sur­ vivors is his mother, Christine Dimoulas of Brooklyn, N.Y. Burial was in Cypress Hills Cemetery, Queens, N.Y. 1 George Andrew Stravarides George Andrew Stravarides, 52, passed away Sept. 24 in Man­ hattan from heart disease. A native of Greece, Mr. Stravarides was a resident of Man­ hattan when he" died. He joined the union in the Port of Philadel­ phia in 1951 and sailed in the engine department. Mr. Stravarides served the union as department delegate while sailing. Among his survivors is his sister, Mrs. Evagelia Veni of Athens, Greece, Burial was in fGreenwood Cemetery in Brook­ *• lyn, N.Y. f Carl. Hilde Carl Hilde, 49, died May 6 in Pike, Minn. A native of Minnef sota, Mr. Hilde was making his • home there when he died. He join­ ed the union in the Port of De­ troit in 1968 and r sailed in the deck I . V • department. Bur­ * y ial was in West Cemetery, Ulen Township, Minn. r a ' Thomas F. Shea Thomas F. Shea, 81, an SIU pensioner passed away Sept. 29 in Queens, N.Y. from heart dis­ ease. He joined the union in the Port of Norfolk in 1940 and sail­ ed in the engine department. A na­ tive of Connecti­ cut, Mr. Shea was a resident of New Haven Conn, when he died. Among his sur­ vivors is his sister, Mrs. Helen E. Spencer of New Haven, Conn. Burial was in- St. Lawrence Cemetery in New Haven. John J. ChapUnsky John J. Chaplinsky, 43, died of heart disease Sept. 14 aboard the Penn Carrier while it was docked in New Orleans, La. He was a native of Shenandoah, Pa. and was a resi­ dent of Bradenton, Fla. when he passed away. Mr. Chaplinsky was an Army vet­ eran of World War II. He joined the union in the Port of New York in 1945 and sailed in the deck department. Among his ::QeceinbeE 197(L survivors is his wife, Florence. Burial was at sea from the Penn Carrier on Sept. 19. Ewell Skinner Ewell Skinner, 48, passed away Feb. 20 at USPHS Hospital in New Orleans, La. following a long illness. He joined the union in 4he Port of New Or­ leans in 1957 and sailed in the deck department. A native of Milton, Fla., Mr. Skinner was a resident' of Pensacola, Fla. when he died. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Among his survivors is his brother, Samuel Skinner of Pensacola, Fla. Burial was in Memorial Gardens in Pensacola. Robert H. Stanley Robert H. Stanley, 44, died Sept. 13 in San Francisco, Calif. A native of Ken­ tucky, Mr. Stan­ ley was a resident of San Francisco when he passed away. He joined the SIU in the Port of Baltimore in 1957 and sail­ ed in the deck department. He was a Navy vet­ eran of World War II. Ajtiong his survivors is his brother, Richard Stanley of Portsmouth, Va. Burial was in Glintwood, Va. Jack H. Gleason ; Jack H. Gleason, 61, died Sept. 4 of natural causes in Mobile General Hospital, Mobile, Ala. A native of Alajjgk ^ bama, Mr. Gleason was a resident of Mobile when he died. He join­ ed the imion in the Port of Mo­ bile in 1939 and sailed in the engine department. Among his survivors are his sister, Mrs. Virginia Bell of Mobile, Ala. Burial was in Pine Crest Cemetery in Mobile. and sailed in the steward depart­ ment. From 1954 to 1956, Mr. Saliva served in the Army. Among his survivors is his wife, Lydia. His body was brought to Ponce, P.R. Pennsylvania, he was a resident of Elmira, N.Y. when he passed away. Mr. Cevette was an Army veteran of World War II. Among his survivors are his wife, Thelma. Burial was in Elkland, Pa. Joseph Walter Thomley Joseph Walter Thomley, 47, died Aug. 29 at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Wash. A native of Perdido, Ala., Mr. Thomley was a resident of Seattle when he passed away. He joined the SIU in the Port of Mobile in 1951 and sailed in the deck de­ partment. He was a Navy vet­ eran of World War II. Among his survivors is his mother, Willie Mae Patterson of Lucedale, Miss. His body was removed to Fail's Funeral Home in Lucedale, Miss. Cornelius Benjiunin Meher Cornelius Benjamin Meher, 53, passed away July 12 at St. Eliz­ abeth Hospital in Beaumont, Tex. A native of Hopewell, Va., Mr. Meher was a resident of New York when he died. He joined the union in the Port of New York in 1956 and sailed in the steward department. Mr. Meher served the SIU as department delegate while sailing and was issued a picket duty card in 1961. He was an Air Corps veteran of World War II.. Among his sur­ vivors arc his brother, Richard Meher of Bronx, N.Y. Mr. Meher's body was removed to Flushing Cemetery in Brooklyn, N.Y. Guy Whitehurst Guy Whitehurst, 68, an SIU pensioner, passed away Sept. 5 in Baltimore, Md. of heart disease. He was one of the first mem­ bers of the un­ ion, having join­ ed in 1939 in the Port of Balti­ more. He sailed in the engine de­ partment. Burial was in Ocean View Cemetery in Beaufort, N.C. Virgil M. Henley Virgil M. Henley, 47, died Sept. 3 of natural causes at Anda­ lusia Hospital in Andalusia, A1 a. He joined the SIU in the Port of Mo­ bile in 1942 and sailed in the steward depart­ ment. A native ^ of Louisiana, Mr. 1^. Henley was a resident of Wing, Ala. when he passed away. Among his survivors are his wife, Fannie Merle. Burial was in Beda Cemetery, Covington County, Ala. Raymond Potor^ Raymond Potorski, 42, died Sept. 26 in Baltimore, Md. of heart disease. He joined the union in the Port of Baltimore in 1958 and sailed in the steward depart­ ment. A native of Avoca, Pa., Mr. Potorski was a resident of Dupont. Pa. when he passed away. He served in the Army from 1946 until 1950. Among his sur­ vivors is his sister, Regina J. Patte of Dupont, Pa. Burial was in St. Peter and Paul Cemetery, Moosic, Pa. James H. Fisher James H. Fisher, 55, was an SIU pensioner who passed away Oct. 1 from heart disease in Long Beach, Calif. A native of Boston, Mass., Mr. Fish­ er was a resident of Long Beach, Calif, when he died. He joined the SIU in the port of Seattle and sailed in the deck department. Among his sur­ vivors are his wife, Barbara. Buri­ al was in Avon Cemetery, Avon. Mass. Antonio Saliva Antonio Saliva, 34, passed away Aug. 13 on board the Columbia while en route from Balboa to San Francisco, A na­ tive of Ponce, P.R., Mr. Saliva was making his home there whei> he died. He join­ ed the union in the Port of New York in 1963 Louis John Cevette Louis John Cevette, 58, died Sept. 5 from heart disease while aboard the De­ troit at sea. He joined the union in the port of New Orleans in 1947 and sailed as a steward. While sailing, Mr. Cevette served as a de­ partment delegate. A native of Leonard Lee Bamett Leonard Lee Barnett, 49, died Sept. 21 from heart disease at Veterans Admin­ istration Hospital in San Francisco, Calif. He joined the SIU in the Port of San Fran­ cisco in 1960 and sailed in the engine depart­ ment. Mr. Bar­ nett served the union as a dele­ gate while sailing. A native of Ft. Smith, Ark., Mr. Barnett was a resident of Hay ward, Calif, when he passed away. Among his survivors are his wife, Madelyn. Cremation was in Chapel of the Chimes, Hayward, Calif. Mitchell Alonzo MUeskl Mitchell Alonzo Mileski, 58, passed away June 7 in Show Low, Ariz. A na­ tive of New York City, Mr. Mileski was a resident of Phoenix, Ariz., when he died. He joined the union in the Port of New York in 1946 and sailed® in the steward department. He was an active union member and participated in the Wall St. strike of 1946. Mr. Mileski began his sailing career in 1926. Among his survivors are his wife, Eliza­ beth and a brother. He was buried in St. Francis Cemetery, -Phoenix, Ariz. Edward Patrick Lee Edward Patrick Lee, 52, passed away Sept. 28 at the USPHS Hospital in Se­ attle, Wash. A native of Galway, Ireland, Mr. Lee was a resi­ dent of Seattle when he died. He joined the union in the Port of Se­ attle in 1961 and sailed in the engine department. Among his survivors are his sis­ ter, Bridgett Delia Robson of Seattle, Wash. Burial was in Cal­ vary Cemetery, Seattle. WIDIam Edward Logan William Edward Logan, 65, was an SIU pensioner who died July 22 in Civil Hospital in Gua­ dalajara, Mexico. He joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1942 and sailed in the deck de­ partment. A na­ tive of Massachu­ setts, Mr. Logan was a resident of Elizabeth, N.J. when he passed away. When he retired, Mr. Lo­ gan ended a sailing career of more than 45 years. Clarence S. Jacks Clarence S. Jacks, 51, died after a long illness at USPHS Hospital in San Francisco, Calif. He joined the un­ ion in the Port of New Orleans in 1953 and sailed in the deck department as a bosun. A native of Texas, Mr. Jacks was a resident of Long Beach, Calif, when he died. Among his survivors are his son. Bill E. Jacks of Houston, Tex. Burial was in Westminster Memo­ rial Park, Westminster, Calif. George C. Register George C. Register, 62, died Nov. 8 after a long illness in USPHS Hospital. A native of North Carolina, Register was a resident of Balti­ more, Md. when he passed away. 0 W ' He joined the r . SIU in the Port of New Orleans in 1946 and sailed in the deck department. Among his survivors are his wife, Alice. Burial was in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Baltimore. Leopoldo Renta Leopoldo Renta, 70, was an SIU pensioner who died Sept. 2 in Ponce, P.R. after a long ill­ ness. He joined the union in the Port of Philadel­ phia in 1938 and sailed in the en­ gine department. Mr. Renta had been sailing since 1921. A native of Puerto Rico, he was a resident there when he died. Among his survivors are his wife, Teresa. Marvin Robert Stetson Marvin Robert Stetson, 45, passed away Oct. 9 from heart disease at St. Margaret Hospi­ tal in Hammond, Ind. He joined the union in Chi­ cago in 1961 and sailed in the deck department. A native of Ham­ mond, Mr. Stet­ son was a resident of Calumet City, 111. when he died. Among his survivors are his mother, Mrs. Hazel Gray of Hammond Lake, Ind. Burial was in Chapel Lawn Memorial Garden in Scherereville, Ind. Page 27 �12 More Seafarers Retire On Well Deserved Pension Joining the ranks of SIU pen­ sioners are 16 more men who have spent many years sailing the world's oceans. William Leo Nesta, 66, joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1944 and sailed in the steward department as a chief steward. A native of Pennsylvania, Seafarer Nesta now makes his home in Pittsburgh, Pa. Oliver Hodge, 65, is a native of Georgia and now lives in the Bronx, N.Y. He joined the Un­ ion in the Port of New York in 1942 and sailed in the steward department as a cook. Brother Hodge served the SIU as depart­ ment delegate while sailing and was issued a picket duty card in 1962. When he retired he ended a sailing career of 46 years. now lives in Norfolk, Va. He joined the SIU in the Port of Norfolk in 1942 and sailed in the deck department. Brother Gray served in the Armed Forces from 1923 until 1929. Charles MOIer, 65, is a native of Warren, Minn, and is now spending his retirement in East Grand Forks, Minn. He joined the Union in the Port of Detroit and sailed in the deck depart­ ment. His retirement ended a sailing career of 40 years. Gray Nesta Hodge John Carlos Vieira, 60, joined the SIU in the Port of New York and sailed in the deck depart­ ment. A native of British Guiana, Seafarer Vieira is spending his re­ tirement in Brooklyn, N.Y. John Albert Ziereis, 65, is a native of Dubuque, la. and now lives in Houston, Tex. He joined the Union in the Port of Balti­ more in 1939 and sailed in the deck department as a boatswain. When he retired he ended a sail­ ing career of 43 years. Vieira Ziereis Ralph €. Stansell, 65, joined the SIU in the Port of New Or­ leans and sailed in the engine de­ partment. A native of Georgia, Brother Stansell now makes his home in Jacksonville, Fla. Amado Silva Telan, 65, joined the SIU in the Port of San Fran­ cisco in 1947 and sailed in the steward department as chief cook and steward. While sailing. Broth­ er Telan served the Union as a department delegate. A native of the Philippine Islands, Seafarer Telan now makes his home in Baltimore, Md. Telan Leon William Gray, 66, is a native of North Carolina and Page 28 MiUer Gahriel Llamas, 65, joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1944 and sailed in the deck de­ partment. A native of Puerto Rico, Seafarer Llamas now lives in Arecibo, P.R. When he retired. Brother Llamas had been sailing 45 years. Jose Gigante, 62, is a native of the Philippine Islands and is now making his home in Catano, P.R. He joined the Union in the Port of New York and sailed in the deck department as boatswain. When he retired. Brother Gigante ended a sailing career of 41 years. Llamas Gigante Remberto Duo, 62, is a native of Cuba and is now spending his retirement in the Bronx, N.Y. He joined the union in the Port of Tampa and sailed in the steward department. For four years he also worked for the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in New York as an assistant in the gymnasium. James C. Snipes, 65, joined the Union in the Port of Philadel­ phia and sailed in the steward department. A native of Mullins, S.C., Brother Snipes now lives in Bishopville, S.C. Duo lines. Snipes suring that the leadership of Greek trade unionism would be composed wholly or mainly of persons who would not insti­ gate . any direct opposition against it," the commission re­ ported. The commission reported that the dictatorship dissolved some 250 unions without pro­ ducing any evidence of commu­ nist influence in them; dis­ missed trade union officers, imprisoned or deported 122 trade union officers during the p^t three years without trial; interfered in trade union meet­ ings through police surveil­ lance; made rules for holding office in unions that destroyed democratic rights; interfered with collective bargaining and restricted union freedom through government financing. Ships at Sea Oliver P. Oakley, ship'.s secre­ tary-reporter aboard the Mount Washington, re­ ports all hands agree they are sailing this voy­ age with one of the finest Bosuns in the SIU fleet. "Bosun Hubert I. Pousson is doing a marvelous job, Oakley both as ship's chairman and as Bosun, and is a wonderful ship­ mate." The Mount Washington Seafarer Charles J. Miller (left) has spent 47 years sailing the Great Lakes. He is shown receiving his first pension check from SIU Duluth Port Agent John R. Stevens. Brother Miller sailed as wheelsman on vessels operated by the Huchinson, Buckeye and Kinsman steamship -4^ ILO Commission Indicts Greek Military Regime Geneva, Switzerland The International Labor Or­ ganization has condemned the Greek military dictatorship for violating the right of Greek workers to organize and engage in collective bargaining. A special Commission of In­ quiry of the ILO accused the government of violating two ILO conventions which it had signed respecting these rights. The three-man commission, consisting of representatives from France, Great Britain and India, said that a number of steps taken by the Greek mili­ tary after the 1967 coup d'etat and legislation passed last year were designed to purge critics of the regime and to set up unions friendly to it. "The government's ultimate objectives included that of en­ Vefs Get Isf Pension Checks is sailing between the Persian Gulf and the Far East. Her last port of call was Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia. ; There has been a problem this trip with the ship's stores and the steward department deserves a vote of thanks for continuing to do a fine job despite the diffi­ cult circumstances. Union head­ quarters has been advised of the problem. A request has been made for a TV set to be put aboard and for the rental of movie equipment. > - Veteran Seafarer Max Kirbach (right) receives his first monthly pen- \ sion check together with best wishes for a happy retirement from SIU Frankfort Port Agent Harold Rathbun. Brother Kirbach has sailed since August, 1941 in the steward department. SECTION 43. ROOM AND MEAL ALLOWANCE. When board is not furnished unlicensed members of the crew, they shall receive a meal allow­ ance of $2.00 for breakfast, $3.00 for dinner and $5.50 for supper. When men are required to sleep ashore, they sh£dl be allowed $10.50 per night. Room allowance, as provided in this Section, shall be allowed when: 1. Heat is not furnished in cold weather. When the outside tem­ perature is sixty-five degrees (65°) or lower for 8 consecutive hours, this provision shall apply. 2. Hot water is not available in crew's washrooms for a period of twelve (12) or more consecutive hours. Heat beefs must be repertecl immedlottfly to the Department Delegate and Chief Engineer. You must keep a written record of the beef including: • Date • Time of Day • Temperature All heat beefs should be re­ corded and submitted on an Individual basis. �Overseas Evelyn Home From Far East fter a four month voyage on the Far East run, the SlU-contracted Overseas Evelyn (Maritime Over­ seas Corp.) dropped anchor in Bayonne, New Jersey last month. The C-4 cargo ship, formerly A known as the Mount Whitney, is operating under a charter to the Military Sealift Command. The vessel called at the ports of Saigon and Yokohama during this last voyage. The usual turn-around time for the Overseas Evelyn allows about ten days port time after a voyage, and her crew was looking forward to some time ashore before she had to sail again. IV Alvin McCants, sailing as ordinary seaman aboard the Overseas Everelaxes topside while awaiting payoff in Bayonne, New Jersey fol­ lowing the ship's return from the Far East. During a shipboard membership meeting, SIU Patrolman E. B. McAuley (center) brought the Overseas Evelyn's unlicensed crew up to date on union affairs and answered questions relative to pensions and the new maritime legislation. A perfect example of "Brother­ hood of the Sea" is Plurinsus Ordanza, messman, and Persing Ordanza, pantryman. Every chance they get, these brothers sail on the same ship. ^_ James Hagner (left), who sails as baker, and James Russell, chief cook, turned out many good meals for SIU men during the four month voyage. f ( A Seafarer's work is never done, even while in port, and Dave Fletcher, who sails as able bodied seaman, is busy flaking lines on the deck of the vessel. Tim Speicher, oiler, keeps the engine room log hopk up to date while working aboard the Overseas Evelyn in port after her run to the Far East. Seafarer Abe Alfaro, a fireman-watertender, clears a feeder valve in the engine room of the Overseas Evelyn during port time. Page 29 �RCIA President Housewright Says Organizing Is Major Goal Washington Organizing the unorganized is "the most important single effort in labor," according to James T. Housewright, presi­ dent of the Retail Clerks In­ ternational Association, and a member of the board of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ partment. Housewright, speaking at the weekly MTD luncheon here, said that while his organization was particuarly interested in organizing white collar work­ ers, his thought was that new organizing across the total labor field was vital to the con­ tinuation of the labor move­ ment. "An organizer is a man who Unfair to Do Not Labor Buy has come up ffirou^ the ranks," Housewright said. And his experience in the ranks tells him the needs of the workingman. And in no other field is the i# need for unionization more evi­ dent than in the white collar field, he added. "Here is the responsibility of the service trade unions and we must be geared to meet this spe­ cial need of the labor move­ Rite, Western Provinicial BAKERY PRODUCTS— ment," he said. and Smithtown Maple. (Up­ Stroehmann Bros. Bakery, Among other things House­ holsterers) Schmidt Baking Co. (Bakery wright considered of impor­ and Confectionery Workers) LIQUORS—Stitzel-Weller Dis­ tance to the American labor tilleries products—Old Fitz­ movement was to help end the BARBER EQUIPMENT— gerald, Cabin Still, Old Elk, nation's drug problem. Wahl Clipper Corp., pro­ W. L. Weller. (DistUlery ducers of home barber sets. Workers) (Int'l. Assoc. of Machinists MEAT PRODUCTS—Poultry and Aerospace Workers) Packers,' Inc. (Blue Star CIGARETTES—R. J. Reyn­ label products). (Amalga­ third quarter of 1970 was 9.1 olds Tobacco Co.—Camels, mated Meat Cutters and percent, compared to the 8.5 Winston, Salem, Tempo, Butcher Workmen) percent rate for non-veterans Brandon, Doral, and Cava­ PRINTING—^Kingsport Press of that age. The rate for black lier. (Tobacco Workers Un­ "World Book," "Childcraft". veterans in that age bracket ion) (Printing Pressmen, Typog­ was a whopping 18.1 percent. raphers, Bookbinders, Ma­ CLOTHING—Siegel (H. I. S. chinists, Stereotypers, and brand) suits and-sports jack­ Electrotypers) ets, Kaynee boyswear. Richman Brothers men's clothing, NEWSPAPERS—Los Angeles Sewell suits. Wing shirts, Herald-Examiner. (10 unions Metro Pants Co., and Dip­ involved covering 2,000 lomat Pajamas by Fortex workers) Mfg. Co. (Amalgamated Britannica Junior Encyclo­ Clothing Workers) The Soviet merchant fleet is pedia (Int'l. Allied Printing Judy Bond Blouses—(Inter­ about to move into the conTrades Assn.) national Ladies Garment tainership trade sphere. RANGES—Magic C h e f, Pan Workers Union) The Soviet Union plans to Pacific Division. (Stove, Fur­ build new containerships and CASKETS—Capitol City Cas­ nace and Allied Appliance increase its container trade five­ ket Company—(United Fur­ Workers) fold by the mid-1970's. niture Workers) SHOES—Genesco Shoe Mfg. Philip Hanson of the Univer­ Co—^work shoes . . . Sentry, FLOURMILL PRODUCTS— sity of Birmingham, a specialist Cedar Chest and Statler; Pioneer Products, San An­ on Soviet shipping, said the men's shoes . , . Jarman, tonio, Texas (United Brew­ Russians have too many geo­ Johnson & Murphy, Crestery, Flour, Cereal, Soft graphical limitations to become worth (Boot and Shoe Work­ Drinks and Distillery Work­ an immediate threat to Western ers) ers) container trade. FURNITURE—^James Sterling SPECIAI^All West Virginia Narrow Waterways camping and vacation spots, Corp., White Furniture Co., He said the Soviet Union's (Laborers) Brown Furniture Co., (Unit­ narrow coastal waterways, and ed Furniture Workers) TOYS—^Fisher-Price toys (Doll the.Dardanelles and Bosphorus Economy Furniture—B i 11& Toy Workers Union) place size limits on ships. Containerships would have extremely difficult time trying to pass through these water­ ways, he said. Soviet trade with underde­ veloped countries, which dic­ tates the use of small ships, is another factor that could limit ...2014 W. 3d St. Soviet containership effective­ SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes DUEUTH, Hbm. (218) RA 2-4110 ness, Hanson said. FRANKFORT, MIeh. .P.O. Bex 287 & Inland Waters 415 Main St. To date the Soviet Union (616) EE 7-2441 6804 Canal St. has built merchant ships in the Inland Boatmen's Union HOUSTON, Tex. (713) WA 8-3207 6,000-to-8,000-ton class, a JACKSONVIEEE, Fla. 2008 Peail St. United Industrial (004) EE 3-0387 sufficient size to service her JERSEY CITY, N.X ..99 Montfomeir St. Workers (201) HE 0-9424 trade with underdeveloped na­ MOBILE, Ala 1 South Lawrence St. PRESIDEJNT tions. This class of ship is also (200) HE 2-1704 Paul Hall NEW ORLEANS, Ea 030 Jaeiuon Ave. adequate for domestic coastal (004) 020-7046 EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDBaJT shipping which accounts for 52 NORFOEK, Va. 116 3d St. Cal Tanner (703) 022-1882 percent of the total tonnage VICE PRESIDENTS 2604 S. 4th St. Earl Shepard Ldndsey Williams PHIEADEEPHIA, P*. (216) carried. DE 0-3818 A1 Tanner Robert Matthews PORT ARTHUR, Tex A34 NinUi Ave. "The relatively small size, SECRETARY-TREASURER SAN FRANCISCO, CaUE 1321 SaHlon St. A1 Kerr (416) 620-0703 and low average speeds of the SANTUBCE, P.R. ..1313 Fenwadea Juneee HEADQUARTERS ....6TS 4th Ave., Bklm. Soviet fleet are not going to be StwtO (212) HY 9-6600 724-2848 changed substantially in the AI.FENA, Mich 800 N. Sefiond Ave. SEATTLE, Wash 2606 Ftnt Ave. (S17) EE 4-3616 near future," Hanson said. (206) MA 3-4334 BAETIMORE, Md. ..1216 E. Bldtimoie St. ST. LOUIS, Mo 4677 Oravola Ave. <301) EA 7-4000 He said, the Russians would BOSTON, Mass (314) 762-0600 663 Atlaatie Ave. TAMPA. Fla. 312 HanlMm St. (617) 482-4716 need the cooperation of other (813) 220-2783 736 Washlnstoo St. Communist countries, Western BUFFALO, N.Y SIU (716) TL 3-0260 TOLEDO, O. ....A35 Snmmlt St. IBU (716) TE 3-0260 (410) 248-3601 concerns and the underdevel­ CHICAGO, III. ..0383 Ewlnr Ave. WILMINGTON, CaHf. ..460 Seaside Ave. oped nations before it could SIU (312) SA 1-0733 TSimlnal bland. Calif. (312) K8 0-0670 (213) 832-7286 commit itself to the heavy in­ CEEVELAND, 0 IBU 1420 W. lOth St. YOKOHABIA, Japan .Iseya Bids., (210) MA 1-0406 vestments involved in entering Room 810 DETROIT, MIeh. 10220 W. W Ave. 1-2 Kaloao-Dorl-Nakaka the container trade. (313) VI 3-4741 2014071 Ext. 281 November Unemployment At 5.8°/o The nation's unemployment rate hit a new peak of 5.8 per­ cent during the month of November, according to a re­ port of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is the highest unemployment level since May 1963. The November rate was up 2.3 percent over the year. Tot^ unemployment of 4.6 million was up 200,000 seasonally ad­ justed over the month, and 1.9 million over the year. On the job side, non-farm payroll employment—^w h i c h usually moves up in November —^was down 135,000 seasonally in November to 70.6 million. This follows a decline of 315,000 in payroll jobs in October. The jobless rate for full-time workers rose to 5.5 percent last month, after holding steady in October. There was virtually no change in the 8.1 percent rate for part-time workers. Among occupational groups, the jobless rate for white-collar workers continued to rise in November, from 3.2 to 3.5 per­ cent. Among major industry di­ visions, the rate in manufactur­ ing climbed from 6.7 to 7.2 per­ cent. The Bureau of Labor Statis­ tics unveiled some figures which show that returning servicemen, especially Negroes, are particu­ larly suffering from lack of jobs. The jobless rate for veterans in the 20-24 age bracket in the Nixon Stresses Labor Contact President Nixon was a sur­ prise visitor at the Retail Clerks International Associa­ tion Executive Board meeting held in the MTD afiOliate's new headquarters in downtown Washington. RCIA President James T. Housewright escorted President Nixon and Secretary of Labor James Hodgson on a tour of the 11-story office building— including the Coulter Memorial Chapel. Later, Nixon met with the RCIA Executive Board for 45 minutes in the tenth floor board room which recently won the 1970 craftsmanship award of the Washington Building Con­ gress. Nixon told the Board that the primary purpose for meet­ ing with the union was his strong desire to open up direct lines of commimications with the labor movement. According to Nixon, he wanted to have an opportunity to discuss current issues with labor leaders and to try to iron out differences as they might arise. SIU Welfare, Pension and Vacation Plans CASH BENEFITS PAID REPORT PERIOD SEPTEMBER 1, 1970 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1970 SEAFABEBS' WELFABE PUAN mr- Scholarship Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Medicare Benefits Maternity Benefits Medical Examination Program Dependent Benefits (Average $478.50) Optical Benefits Meal Book Benefits Out-Patients Benefits Summary of Welfare Benefits Paid Seafarers' Pension Plan—Benefits Paid Seafarers' Vacation Plan—Benefits Paid (Average—$498.85) Total Welfare, Pension & Vacation Benefits Paid This Period Page 30 NVMBEB OF BENEFITS AMOUNT PAID 20 $ 5,891.15 2,388 57,578.96 35 85,754.75 39 205.90 40 8,000.00 1,022 30,648.96 2,159 103,308.24 723 10,698.75 412 4,120.65 3,818 30,136.00 10,635 1,632 336,343.36 386,875.00 1,482 739,302.23 13,770 1,462,520.59 Russian Entry In Containers Expected Soon Directory of Union Holis Seafarers y �aaon... Fv Manuel Aguas, left, and Domingo Lallave drape the tinsel on the crew's Christmas tree aboard the Charleston (Sea-Land) = espite the fact that it is the Christmas season, ships still must sail to deliver necessary goods around the world. For the Seafarers manning these vessels, it is time away from families and friends. For them the ship must serve as home. So, in the true spirit of Christmas, SIU members aboard the Charleston (Sea-Land) set about decorating the ship's dining area while docked in Port Elizabeth, N.J. According to crew members the Christmas decorations tend to alleviate the loneliness of being away from one's family at this time of the year and also help convey the real meaning of Christmas—^fellowship and good will. D ' i ^ * Christmas bulbs are hung by J. Ruiz, able seaman, left, while A. Ordiz, able seaman, prepares the "canned snow." Page 31 �SEAFARERS»LOG f. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT . AFL-CIO ' 'I • f I I. if • ilVarcotics: The 'Cirim Reaper 0 I'.; When it comes to problems that affect the American people and their society, it's quite obvious that this nation's No. I con^cern is with the question of narcotics. •» That word "narcotics" covers the entire range of drugs. It in­ cludes everything from marijuana to heroin. It includes barbitu­ rates and amphetamines—the so-called "uppers" and "downers" —and everything in between. The government has mounted a full-scale campaign against narcotics. In this fight, it has enlisted the press, radio and televi­ sion, the medical profession, the churches, the schools—every­ > body. 0 m' The attack is based on three key points: • The use of narcotics is illegal. • The use of narcotics is dangerous to the health— wen the life—of the user. • The use of narcotics involves a serious "moral issue." >> •* J These are legitimate points. But for the Seafarer, the question of narcotics comes down to an even more basic issue: r t Any Seafarer using narcotics—ashore or asea—loses his sea­ man's papers forever! A man who gets "busted" once on a nar­ cotics charge gets busted economically, too—because he loses his right to go to sea—not just for awhile, but for the rest of his * *1 life! That's a tough rap—losing your passport to life—but that's the way it is. A single "stick" of marijuana . .. just a couple of grains of the hard stuff ... and a man is through in the maritime industry! i\ V it's almost as tough on the shipmates of the man who uses—or even possesses—narcotics. Any Seafarer caught with narcotics in his possession makes his ship—and his shipmates—"hot." It subjects the men and their vessel to constant surveillance by narcotics agents in this country and abroad. And, of course, any Seafarer who is an addict—who uses any drug that affects his mind and his ability to function normally— endangers the lives of his shipmates. The possibility of an emer­ gency is always present aboard ship—and only olert minds can react to an emergency. ! ,« / "t . r r, 6 Talk to Seafarers about the "grim reaper" and they'll tell you about accidents or storms at sea — or about the hazards of com­ bat service. t ••Y They should put narcotics at the top of the list^^^—because it can claim more lives, or it can threaten more livelihoods, than any other peril. Narcotics. The "grim reaper." ll's sure something to think about. y i AVi,,:,.. i;:;. ;• p:' Si ''•v. 'V � 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. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource December 1970 Description An account of the resource Headlines: LABOR AIDS FIGHT TO CURE DISEASE AFL-CIO’S MEANY SUPPORT DIRECT ELECTION OF PRESIDENT EAST COAST PASSENGER SHIP SERVICE DRAWING TO AN END LEAP TO FREEDOM ENDS IN TRAGEDY ADMIRAL HOLDEN, 74, DIES AT SNUG HARBOR LABOR, INDUSTRY LEADERS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER AID SIU RETIREES ATTEND SEMINARS, EXPLORE SIU’S PINEY POINT FARM SIU CREWS CONFERENCES SIU SHIP’S COMMITTEE: THE UNION FAR FROM SHORE OVERSEAS EVELYN HOME FROM FAR EAST 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 12/1970 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. 12 1970 Periodicals Seafarers Log