http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/66bedd3141d522911cc240a1d9b2fe66.PDF 7f70adeeb6fd1173b2d1514e8c28f72d PDF Text Text �Atkinson May Sail Again New Company Looks to Revive Mich. Corferries The future looks brighter for the SlU-contracted carferries M/V Viking and M/V Arthur K. Atkinson. Ever since the parent company, the Ann Arbor Railroad went bankrupt, it was touch and go as to whether the ferry operation across Lake Michigan would be continued. However on May 25, the Michigan State Highway Commission chose a new group of investors to operate the parent rail line and the carferries. GREAT LAKES Organizers of the company, the Michigan Interstate Railway Co. (MIRC), feel they can put the railroad on a profit basis within a few years. They said they would give top priority to carferry service which is good news for the SIU crews and the Union which supported MIRC in its takeover at­ tempt. The Arthur K. Atkinson, which ran rail cars from several ports in Wiscon­ sin to Frankfort, Mich, had been laid up since 1973. The carferry had an SIU crew of about 38. Vincent Malanaphy, key organizer of MIRC and seasoned railroad operator, wants to put the Atkinson back in service—probably between Manitowoc, Wise, and Frank­ fort. According to a local Frankfort paper, the Benzie County Ad-visor, the repair bill for its broken crank shaft and needed engine work could come to about $120,000. Even Viking Threatened Even the Viking had been threatened by rate cutting on rail lines coming from the Northwest and Canada through Chicago. But Malanaphy feels that he can put the railroad and car ferry ser­ vice in the black with an aggressive marketing program, repairs, and new equipment. When the Ann Arbor railroad first went bankrupt, it came under ConRail under the Regional Railroad Reorgan­ ization Act of 1973. Then the State of Michigan and ConRail kept it running, with the backing of the SIU, using state and Federal funds. The State, industry, and the Union felt that if the ferry route linking rail lines on either side of Lake Michigan were lost, the rail lines running through Chicago could raise their rates since there would be no competition. Many small companies would have been put ru Paul Hail 0 0. It Is Up to You To Get the Job Done Something very important concerning the SIU happened this month that I believe merits special attention. I am referring to the crewing by SIU mem­ bers of the 936-foot long Aquarius, the first liquified natural gas carrier ever built in this country, and the first such ship to fly the American flag. Actually, this historic event is significant for us on many levels. First, the Aquarius is a new ship and it represents new job opportunities for SIU mem­ bers. It was built under the auspices of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970, a bill that the SIU spearheaded through Congress. Also, the LNG carrier, itself, is a new concept in American merchant ship­ ping—a concept that vividly reflects the future direction of the U.S. mari­ time industry. However, I believe the single most important point that must be made here is that the crewing of the LNG Aquarius demonstrates in plain and simple black and white that education—training and upgrading—is the key to job security in today's and tomorrow's U.S. maritime industry. Before I say more about education, I think SIU members should be aware of some history concerning the Aquarius. A couple of years ago, it became apparent to us that the U.S. merchant marine would soon be seeing the advent of the LNG carrier. In response, the Lundeberg School developed an LNG/LPG upgrading program to help prepare Seafarers for the inevitable. As a result of this and other actions, the SIU won the contract to crew the Aquarius, which is only the first of 12 identical sisterships scheduled to be put into service in the next few years. In other words, it was the SIU's commitment to education for its members that played a great role in helping us to bring the Aquarius under the SIU banner. This is a tremendous accomplishment and a tremendous victory for both the Union and the collective SIU membership. As important, though, as the advent of this kind of ship is to the SIU and to the U.S. maritime industry as a whole, we must remember that the out of business by higher prices for lumber and other goods. However, according to Detroit Port Agent Jack Bluitt, had ConRail con­ tinued to run the line, the route north of Ann Arbor, Mich., including the ferries might have been abandoned as unprofitable. At present only the route between Ann Arbor and Toledo, Ohio functions in the black. The State didn't seem to want to run the railway either. So when the MIRC group came along offering to revitalize the system, the SIU backed them. "We felt we were better off with this private group. They can do more for the line and offer the members more jobs," Bluitt said. Michigan State Senator Pat­ rick McCullough and other state legis­ lators supported the SIU position. At first the MIRC will use available government subsidies to upgrade the Ann Arbor line, promote freight and develop on-line industry. Eventually, they would buy the railroad and con­ tinue its operation. Under the MIRC which takes over offieially on Oct. 1, 1977, the employees will be guaranteed all the rights and protection they had under ConRail according to Title V of the Railroad Reorganization Act. Notice for SIU Boatmen Planning to Goon Pension SIU Boatmen planning to go on pension soon should be aware that they must file a Social Security form before their benefits can begin. The form is called a "Type I Statement of Detailed Earnings" and is available at any Social Security office. Since the form takes from three to four months to be fully processed, members should apply for it as soon as pos­ sible to avoid delays in receiving pension benefits. If you have any questions about the procedure, just write to; Claims Department, Seafarers Pension Plan, 275-20th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 1I2I5. Aquarius is only the latest in a long line of new, high technology vessels that have become an integral part of the American merchant fleet in the last seven years. Today, in addition to the LNG ship. Seafarers are manning a growing number of such highly automated vessels as ULCC's, VLCC's, LASH ships, RO/RO's, and more. In addition, there is a good possibility that we will soon be involved in the growing offshore oil drilling industry. This cumulative situation presents us with an ongoing challenge to man these new vessels with experienced, well-trained seamen. So our goal in this area, then, must be to continue to build and maintain a manpower pool of SIU members that reflects a well-balanced cross-section of age and exper­ ience. Right now, I feel the SIU is well on its way to achieving this goal. We have a good percentage of older, experienced members to fill the top rated jobs, and we have a good pool of younger men to fill our middle and entry rating jobs. However, we must face the fact that there is a constant-manpower turn­ over in our Union for a number of reasons. Each month, we loSe close to 100 men to retirement or death. We lose others who upgrade to the licensed posi­ tions on ships. And we lose some who simply leave the industry. We must compensate for this loss, and again, the only effective way to do this is through the educational programs provided at the Lundeberg School. For instance, a young man comes into the industry. He ships as an ordinary seaman. He puts in his time and then upgrades to able-seaman. By doing this, he is not only helping himself in the way of higher pay, but he is taking the place of a rated person who has left the industry for one reason or another. Equally important, he is providing another young man with the opportunity to begin a career at sea. It's as simple as that. Our situation, in a nutshell, is this. The SIU has been manning a number of new vessels and more are on the way. This, coupled with the inevitable loss of manpower each month, is providing our younger members, now sail­ ing entry, with the unique opportunity to increase their skills and their earn­ ing power by upgrading to such ratings as able-seaman, FOWT, and assistant cook. And it is providing our members who already hold these middle rat­ ings with the opportunity to upgrade to the higher shipboard ratings. Essentially, this is the manpower cycle. In respect to education, the Union has done its job. Through the staff at the Lundeberg School, the SIU has developed the most comprehensive and progressive educational programs anywhere in the nation for merchant seamen. With the help of the Lundeberg School, SIU members can upgrade from their entry rating job to the top of their respective department in a few short years. And this is the way it should be. Brothers, the opportunity for advancement in today's maritime industry is great. The Lundeberg School is providing you with the educational tools to take advantage of it. It is now up to you, the individual SIU member, to get the job done. Change of address cards on Form 3579 should be sent to Seafarers International Union, Atlantic. Gulf Lakes and Inland Waters District AFL-no PnTLt, a!I! v' 11232. Published monthly. Second Class postage paid at Brooklyn. N.Y. Vol. 39. No. 6. June 1977. waters uistrict, AFL-CIO, 675fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 2 / LOG / June 1977 �Labor Representatives Map Out Course for Legislative Action WASHINGTON, D.C.—Represen­ tatives from a coalition of U.S. mari­ time unions met here this month to map out a plan of action on a wide range of pressing legislative issues affecting the U.S. maritime industry and its workers. The meeting produced unanimous agreement on the course of action to be followed on such vital issues as oil cargo preference; manning of oil rigs on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf; ocean mining; user charges on the in­ land waters; Alaska oil movement; maritime authorizations; military pro­ curement, and safety and manning standards on U.S.-flag vessels. The group met under the auspices of the Joint Legislative Subcommittee of the Ad Hoe Committee on Maritime Industry Problems. National MEBA President Jesse Calhoon, acting chair­ man of the legislative subcommittee, presided over the meeting. Calhoon is also chairman of the Legislative Com­ mittee of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department. President Paul Hall represented the SIU at this meeting. Also in attendance were: Gloria Rudman and Tom Scotto of the ILA; Tal Simpkins of the NMU; Jack Brady and Ed Kelly of MEBA District 2; Marguarite Bryan and Ben Man of National MEBA; Joe O'Hare of Local 333 of the ILA; R. C. Smith of the Radio Officers Union; Frank Scavo and William Rich, Jr. of MM&P; Bill Moody, administrator of the AFLCIO Maritime Trades Department; Dave Dolgen, director of the MTD Port Council for New York: Carolyn Gentile, SIU counsel. Former Secretary of Labor John Dunlop, who is chairman of the full Ad Hoc Maritime Committee, was also in attendance. In brief, the legislative objectives, as mapped out by the committee, are as follows: • Passage of a bill to require up to 30 percent of America's oil imports be carried on U.S.-flag tankers. • A legislative amendment to re­ quire that on a prescribed date, all rigs drilling on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf must comply with American standards and employ American workers. • Regulations to require that U.S. ships be used in ocean mining projects undertaken by American companies. • The defeat of legislation that would impose user charges on Ameri­ ca's inland waterways. • A bill to force the Coast Guard to upgrade manning scales on U.S. vessels to reflect the health and safety needs of maritime workers. • To bring to an end the jurisdic­ tional dispute between the Coast Guard and those enforcing the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Presently the two factions are warring over who should have the last word on safety issues involving workers on inland, deep sea, and offshore equipment. • Prevention of any measure allow­ ing the exportation of Alaskan oil. • To defeat any measure that would cut back proposed maritime authoriza­ tions for fiscal year 1978, which in­ cludes appropriations of $135 million Continued on Page 5 National MEBA President Jesse Calhoon, head of table, chairs recent meeting at which representatives of shoreslde and seagoing maritime unions mapped out a plan of legislative action on pressing maritime Issues. Representing the SIU was President Paul Hall, back to camera. Former Secretary of Labor John Dunlop Is seated to Hall's left. Calhoon Is acting chairman of the committee, entitled the Joint Legislative Subcommittee of the Ad Hoc Committee on Maritime Industry Problems. Hall Presses HEW^ OSHA on Hygiene A major food sanitation problem is endangering the health of SIU members working on inland tugs, towboats and coastal supply vessels, SIU President Paul Hall complained in recent letters to the heads of two Federal agencies. Hall urged Joseph Califano, secre­ tary of the Department of Health, Edu- Sick PoY Tax Change Seafvers who received disabil­ ity or sick pay last year can now exclude these benefits in their 1976 income tax returns. If eli­ gible, you can refile your returns and receive a substantial reduction due to a recent change in the tax law. The unpact of this change is especially important to SIU dis­ ability pensioners who were over age 64 in 1976 and to all others who received sick pay benefits dur­ ing that year. These members were previously INDEX Legislative News Washington Activities ... .Page 9 Tuna-Porpolse bill Page 9 Union News President's Report Page 2 New wage and COLA scales Page 24 Headquarters Notes Page 7 Cabdrlver affiliate Page 5 Brotherhood In Action ... Page 35 Lakes Picture Page 8 Inland Lines Page 6 At Sea-Ashore Page 18 Port Agents Conference .. Page 27 Service under Pension Plan Page 28 SPAD honor roll '.. Page 39 denied a sick or disability pay tax deduction by the Tax Reform Act of 1977. But an amendment to the Act, effective May 23, 1977, has extended the deduction period to include calendar year 1976. Even if you have already filed your 1976 income tax return, you can now take advantage of this deduction by filing two additional forms: Form 1040X, the amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Re­ turn, together with Form 2440, Sick Fay Exclusion. BotL are available at your local Internal Revenue Service office. General News National unemployment .. .Page 6 Sanitary tug conditions .. .Page 3 Maritime legislative meeting Page 3 National Maritime Day ... Page 11 Living sober gathering ... .Page 6 Boycotts Page 34 Barbers Union Page 26 Calif. LNG facility Page 23 Training and Upgrading Able Seaman course Page 36 Seafarers participate In 'A' seniority upgrading .. .Page 35 HLS courses and application Pages 36-38 GED requirements Page 37 cation and Welfare (HEW), and Eula Bingham, assistant secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Ad­ ministration (OSHA) to act quickly toward correcting the dangerously low levels of hygiene aboard inland and coastal vessels. HEW's Food and Drug Administra­ tion has this responsibility, but the FDA has largely failed to carry it out. Hall stated. "Because of the failure of the FDA to enforce vessel sanitation laws or to bring them up to modern standards, the health of the 40,000 workers on over 5,000 tugs, towboats and supply ves­ sels in interstate commerce is being jeopardized." The problem is caused by several factors, Hall noted. • More and more vessels have dropped the position of a trained cook and require that a member of the crew Membership News Former scholarship winner Page 18 Engineer Jimmy Logan.... Page 8 New pensioners Page 29 Final Departures ... .Pages 32-33 Warren Leader dies Page 5 Pat Marlnelll retires Page 5 Shipping LNG Aquarius.. .Special Supplement SS Sharon Page 10 Tug James Smith Page 7 Around N.O. harbor. ... Back page Ships' Committees Page 4 Ships' Digests Page 31 Dispatchers' Reports: Great Lakes Page 25 double up as cook. These members not only lack food preparation train­ ing, but their other duties deny them proper time to cook or cleanup. • Many vessels do not have adequate kitchen equipment. • New boats are not inspected at first to insure that they are built to proper standards or on a regular basis to make sure that they are kept clean, and • There are no real penalties for vio­ lations. Hall proposed specific corrections for each of these conditions. The Govern­ ment must require a trained cook on board all vessels engaged in interstate commerce and operating for more than 12 hours, he said. And if they have other duties, the cooks must have two hours to prepare and clean up after each meal. Regulations such as these, plus more inspections and stiff penalties for viola­ tions, are "minimal requirements to safeguard the health of our members," Hall maintained. Deep Sea Inland Waters Special Features Rivers sweep and conference Russian grain cargo Page 17 Page 30 Pages 13-16 Page 12 ****** Articles of particular Interest to members In each area can be found on the following pages: Deep Sea: 4, 12, 17, 18, 19-22, 23, 24, 31 Inland Waters: 3, 7, 6, 13-16, 30, Back Page Great Lakes: 2, 8, 10, 25 June 1977 / LOG / 3 vu �Puerto Rico Committee At a payoff in the port of Baltimore on May 19," the Ship's Committee of the SS Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico Marine) take time out to pose for a group photo. They are (I. to r.): Steward Delegate Clarence Jones; Deck Delegate Edgel Luzier; Recertified Bosun Frederick Walker, ship's chairman; "^hief Steward T. A. Jackson, secretary-reporter; Educational Director J. A. T. gliaferri, and Engine Delegate Terry McNee. San Juan Committee American Heritage Committee SlU Patrolman Lou Guarino (seated) checks off dues payment in a member's book at a payoff at Stapleton Anchorage, S.I., N.Y. while the Ship's Committee cf the SS American Heritage (Westchester Marine) await their turn. From left are: Engine Delegate Larry Croes; Recertified Bosun Billy Mitchell, ship's chairman; Chief Steward S. Piatak, secretary-reporter, and recent 'A' seniority upgrader Deck Delegate Freddie Goethe. Houston Committee Last month aboard the SS San Juan (Puerto Rico Marine) at a payoff are the members of the Ship's Committee of (I. to r.): Engine Delegate Rafael Bonefont; Chief Steward Frank Vega, secretary-reporter; Deck Delegate Rafael L. Torres; Recertified Bosun Bob Gorbea, ship's chairman, and Educational Director Roy Pierce. N.Y. Patrolman Teddy Babkowski (seated) fills out his report at a payoff last month aboard the SS Houston (Sea-Land) at Port Elizabeth, N.J. with the Ship's Committee of (I. to r.): Deck Delegate Juan Ayala; Steward Delegate Pedro Sanchez; good feeder Chief Steward F. T. Di Carlo, secretary-reporter,, and Recertified Bosun William "Bill" Kleimola, ship's chairman. Mount Explorer Committee Sea-Land Resource Committee Making his first voyage is April Piney Point grad Messman Efrain Tosado (standing center) with the Ship's Committee of the ST Mount Explorer (Mount Shipping). Sitting (I. to r.) are: Deck Delegate Frank Schwartz; Educational Director E. C. Colby, and Recertified Bosun Pete Garza, ship's chairman. Others on the committee at the payoff are (standing) Chief Steward Alfred Salem (left), secretary-reporter and Steward Delegate Young C. McMillan. The tanker came from Texas City, Tex. to offload her crude at the GATX Dock in Carteret, N.J. Good feeder Chief Steward Jim Lomax (right), secretary-reporter of the Ship's Committee of the SS Sea-Land Resource stands by with the rest of the committee at a payoff in Port Elizabeth, N.J. They are (I. to r.): Chief Electrician K. Katsalis, educational director; Recertified Bosun Sven Jansson, ship's chairman; Steward Delegate Phil W. Pron and Deck Delegate Mike Nash. 4 / LOG / June 1977 �SlUNA Affiliate of Chicago Cabdriyers Wins important Victory The SlUNA affiliate union represent­ ing Chicago cabdrivers won an impor­ tant victory this month when the Na­ tional Labor Relations Board reversed a year-old decision and sided with the union in its unfair labor practices suit against the Yellow and Checker Cab Companies. Servicing the Tug Cobbler The cabdrivers, members of the Democratic Union Organizing Com­ mittee (DUOC), Local 777, won the right to full back pay and union fringe benefits which they had lost since the beginning of the dispute, about a yearand-a-half ago. The dispute was in connection with the companies' practice of leasing its cabs to the drivers. As lessees, the drivers were treated not as employees but as so-called independent contrac­ tors. Under this arrangement, they suf­ fered a wage cut and loss of union benefits. When the companies refused to bar­ gain in good faith with the union, DUOC filed charges with the NLRB. The first decision by a NLRB admin­ istrative law judge last year was against DUOC, but on June 7 the full five-man NLRB ruled four to one in favor of the union's appeal. t Full Coverage I The new ruling is in full agreement with DUOC's position that the compa­ nies must treat the cabdrivers as employees who are entitled to full cov­ erage under their collective bargaining contracts. DUOC's three-year contract with the Yellow and Checker Cab Companies expired during the course of the dis­ pute. As The Log went to press this month negotiations for a new contract were still pending. DUOC is one of 33 autonomous unions in the SlUNA federation. A Long Way from Mobile Bay On board the tug Gobbler (Radcliff) near MacDuffee Island, Ala., some SlU rinembers enjoy the southern sunshine. From (I. to r.) are: Henry "Red" Mammae, deckhand; N. Rufus Webster, cook;^Willjam H. Faison, engineer; Gerry Brown, SlU Mobile Port Agent, and Champ Jackson, deckhand. Map Out Course Continued from Page 3 for construction differential subsidies, and $372.1 million for operation differ­ ential subsidies. Hotice to Members On Shipping Procetbire When throwing in forwork dur­ ing a job call at any SIU Hiring Hall, members must produce the following: • membership certificate • registration card • clinic card • seaman's papers In addition, when assigning a Job the dispatcher will comply with the following Section S, Sub­ section 7 of the SIU Shaping Roles: Within each class of seniority rating in every Department, prior­ ity for entry rating jobs shall be g^ven to all seamen who possess Lifeboatman endorsement by the United States Coast Guard. The Seafarers Appeals Board may waive the preceding sentence when, in the sole judgment of the Board, undue luu-dship will result or extenuating circumstances war­ rant snch waiver." Also, all entry rated seamen must show their last six months discharges. SIX Months' Discharges Entry-rated seamen in all ports must show their last six months' discharges be­ fore they can register for shipping. • A measure to require the Defense Department to utilize the private mer­ chant fleet, both inland and deep sea, to the fullest possible extent. A spokesman for the Legislative Subcommittee noted after the meeting that "these are not our only legislative priorities. However, legislation of some sort concerning each of these issues has already been introduced in Congress. Therefore, we are giving these issues our immediate attention." The Ad Hoc Committee on Maritime Industry Problems was formed approx­ imately three years ago by AFL-CIO President George Meany. In addition to the Subcommittee on Legislation, other subcommittees have been established such as Training and Education. The various groups participating have worked well together and have suc­ ceeded in resolving numerous prob­ lems of the maritime industry and the workers in it. Eighty miles up the Mobile River from Mobile Bay in Alabama the SIU crew of the Radcliff dredge Flamingo pauses for a photo. They are (1. to r. standing); Deckhand John Edmond 11; Leverman Willie Lee James; Deckhand Nelson Williams, and (kneeling in front) Cook Clifford Lee James. San Francisco Patrolman Pasquale F. "Pat" Marinelii, 56, retired on Apr. 1. He had been a Union official there since 1968 and had been working in the port of Wilmington this year. Brother Marinelii joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1945. He started sailing in 1942 and began ship­ ping out as a bosun in 1954. Seafarer Marinelii was San Juan, Puerto Rico port agent in 1960. In 1961, 1962, he walked the picketline in both the Greater N.Y. Harbor beef and the Robin Line strike. Previously, he had participated in the 1947 gar­ ment strike and Isthmian beef. Also, he said, he was involved in many other strikes. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., he is a resident of San Francisco. Brother Marinelii says he'll be re­ turning to New York soon. "i" u 0J •u Warren R. Leader of the SlU-Affiliated UIW, Warren R. Leader, 53, who was the Atlantic Coast assistant area director for the SlU-affiliated United Industrial Workers, died of a heart attack in Maryland General Hospital, Baltimore on May 6. Dies at Age 53 A member of the UIW's Executive Board, Brother Leader was introduced to the organized trade union movement by his father, William M. Leader, who wa|/president of the textile workers in Philadelphia for 48 years. He started with the UIW in 1955 in Baltimore as a representative and or­ ganizer. In 1960, he was elected assist­ ant East Coast regional director of the UIW, negotiating contracts and manag­ ing the union's business affairs. In 1961 he was elected a delegate to the first UIW Biennial Convention in Brooklyn, N.Y. A^gain in 1967 and in 1969 he was an elected convention dele­ gate in Washington, D.C. After U.S. Army service in this coun­ try and in British Guiana from 1942 to 1946, Leader was national representa­ tive of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers in Philadelphia until 1954. From 1954 to 1960, he was busi­ ness manager and national representa­ tive for the Upholsterers's International Union. A native of Philadelphia, he was a resident of Baltimore. Leader was also an executive board member of the Baltimore Council AFLCIO and vice president of the Maryland State AFL-CIO. He also was a former executive board member of the Balti­ more Committee on Political Educa­ tion and secretary-treasurer of the Mar­ itime Trades Department of the Balti­ more Port Council. He served on the board of Big Broth­ ers of Baltimore Criminal Justice Com­ mission from 1958 to 1962. Surviving are his widow. Alma; a son, John; a dp.'.sghter, Molly Ann, and a brother, John of Philadelphia. Burial was in the Delaney Memorial Park Cemetery, Baltimore. June 1977 / LOG /5 rrj? �May Jobless Rate Drops to 6.9%; 'True' Rate is 9.6% WASHINGTON—For the first time since October 1974, the U.S. unem­ ployment rate has dropped below April's 7 percent to May's 6.9 percent. Thirty months ago the nation's jobless rate was 6.7 percent. However, the AFL-CIO's chief, George Meany, still maintains that the "true" national un­ employment rate is a whopping 9.6 per­ cent. Meany also warns that the Govern­ ment's fotal of unemployed—nearly 7 million persons—doesn't coincide with the "true total number of unemployed" —9.5 million. He says the Government statisticians don't include in their job­ less total the 3,290,000 persons work­ ing parttime because they can't find fulltime jobs and the 930,000 persons not employed because they gave up looking for jobs. "The rapid employment growth dur­ ing the last month, at a time when there was no real change in the unemploy­ ment rate, indicates that a large num­ ber of people want jobs—many more than are officially counted as unem­ ployed," Meany said. "America's goal must be full employ­ ment, achieved as rapidly as possible and consistently maintained," he said. Last year about 20.4 million per­ sons (19.1 percent of the country's workforce) experienced some form of employment. Hard core unemployed— those looking for work for more than 15 weeks—averaged nearly two mil­ lion people. The unemployment rate for adult women dipped to 6.6 percent from 7 percent while the jobless rate for adult men rose to 5.3 percent from 5 percent. Joblessness rates also rose for teenagers and blacks. Announcing the First Annual 'Living Sober' Reunion August 19,20, 21,1977 8:00 p.m. Saturday, August 20 9:00 a.m. Open House 6:00 p.m. Come and visit the Center staff and your old friends 6:30 p.m. "Living Sober" Banquet 8:00 p.m. Sunday, August 21 12:00 p.m. Open AA Meeting Everyone is invited to share their experiences with others A A Speakers Meeting Guest speaker—Harvey M., fellow Seafarer, Seattle, Wash. Open AA Meeting Everyone is invited Renew your decision to stay sober 1:00 p.m. Cookout I The SIU has successfully organized a marine construction company, Wayne I Terminal and Dock Co., of Rochester. Wayne Terminal and Dock is currently I working on the water intake for a nuclear power plant in Oswego, N.Y. i I Owenshoro, Ky, A new SlU-contracted towboat,the M/V Dennis Hendricks,vi\\\ be christ­ ened and crewed this month in Owensboro. The 8400 hp. towboat will be operated primarily on the Lower Mississippi River by a new SlU-contracted company. Northern Towing, Inc. Mobile At a recent meeting in Mobile the Southwest Alabama Labor Council unani­ mously elected SIU Port Agent Gerry Brown as Recording and Corresponding Secretary and a member of the Executive Board. The Center Paducah, Ky. Anchor Dining Room Anchor Dining Room Peter Kiewit and Sons, an SlU-contracted dredging company on the Great Lakes, has just begun work on a new job in Gorden Park near Cleveland. Kiewit will be helping construct a diked disposal area on Lake Erie for the disposal of materials dredged from the lake. Memphis, Tenn. Towboat captains are fighting barge breakaways on the Lower Mississippi River as widespread drought conditions in the midwest have brought rivers to record low levels for this time of year. As one Corps of Engineers official said, "this is supposed to be the high water season. Who knows what might happen when the low water season begins on Aug. 15." The Corps may have to activate all of its river dredges a bit sooner than usual. About the only thing the rest of us can do is pray for rain. The Center The Center St. Louis The low water certainly hasn't put a dent in the shipping situation in this port. SIU Port Agent Mike Worley reports that shipping is still booming here. All SIU Boatmen looking for a new job are urged to head west. I Send to: The Center Reservation deadline: August 5,1977| Star Route Box 153-A | Valley Lee, Maryland 20692 j Phone: 301-994-0010, Ext. 311 ^ ' I am planning to attend the first annual "Living Sober" Reunion at the Center and the Harry Lundeberg School. ; Number of people I will not be able to attend the reunion. NAME ADDRESS TELEPHONE What do you mean, "your kingdom for a harpoon?" 6 / LOG / June 1977 I Cleveland The Center Send your reservation to the Center by Friday, Aug. 5, 1977. Accommoda­ tions will be available at the Harry Lundeberg School. Your family is welcome. Please indicate on the reservation how many people will be coniing with you. loin in our celebration of living sober. Mail the below reservation today or call the Center at (301) 994-0010, Ext. 311. I 1 Number of rooms requested I Lock 53 on the Ohio River near Paducah is becoming another Locks 26. On a typical day this month there were 36 boats waiting to lock through, and some had been waiting for several days. Like Locks 26 on the Mississippi River, Lock 53 is a bottleneck, as it must accommodate traffic from both the Cumber­ land and Tennessee Rivers as well as the Ohio. Schedule of Events Friday, August 19 Rochester, N.Y. '"v. �Headquarters l^otes by SIU Executive Vice President Frank Drozak The SIU has had a long-standing complaint against the U.S. Coast Guard for not living up to its responsibility for insuring safety of life at sea. This month we finally have a chance to make our voices heard before a group that can do something to correct this dangerous problem. I will soon testify, along with other SIU representatives^ at hearings con­ ducted by the House Sub-Committee on the Coast Guard. The hearings will go on for the greater part of the month or more and are the Government's first long look at a situation which threatens the lives of all seamen and boatmen. These hearings did not just happen. They are the result of an intensive effort over the past several years by the SIU and other maritime unions to convince legislative leaders that the Coast Guard's f^lures can no longer be ignored. Thanks to the cooperation of concerned Congressmen we can now present our case. And it's a strong one. Our testimony and that of other unions is backed by months of research and first-hand interviews. It relies on well-documented evidence of the Coast Guard's lax and haphazard procedures. Stories of accidents at sea that could have been prevented by stricter or dif­ ferent Coast Guard policies have filled the pages of the Log. Through the hearings we hope to gain wider recognition of the seriousness of this issue. Our first concern is to protect the lives of our brothers. Shipboard health and safety demands national reaction for the sake of American seamen and boatmen alone, but it also deserves attention on environmental and labor policy grounds. Excessive overtime and other harmful shipboard conditions risk accidents such as oil spills which can take their toll both in human life and environmental damage. Accidents have occurred in some cases because of the Coast Guard's policy of allowing unmanned engine rooms. This decision to reduce shipboard jobs was made without consulting the unions. It shows a complete disregard for our safety and our collective bargaining rights. We have worked long and hard for a chance to speak out on problems like these. We will be reporting on our actual testimony in upcoming issues of the Log and after that on our continuing fight to put it to work. Our goal is an all-out Congressional investigation of Coast Guard practices and new legislation to end their irresponsible treatment of the American sea­ man and boatman. James Smith Added to Fleet The SlU-contracted company, Crescent Towing and Salvage of New Orleans, has added a new tug to its fleet and new jobs for SIU Boatmen. The James Smith, a recon­ verted 1850 hp. harbor tug, was recently acquired by Crescent Towing from the Penn Central Railroad and got its first SIU crew on Apr. 25. She was reconverted from 1200 hp in 1971 at the Main Iron Works in Houma, La. Her gross tonnage is 252 tons; net tonnage, 171 tons. She measures 98.4 ft. in ; ..iiiiW! SIU crews work in tandem in the New Orleans harbor as the James E. Smith, a new addition to the SlU-contracted company Crescent Towing and Salvage, brings in the SlU-contracted deep sea vessel Jeff Davis (Waterman), length, 26.2 ft. in breath and has a The James Smith carries a and two deckhands and works the draft of 13.6 ft. crew of one captain, one engineer New Orleans harbor. 'SIU' Little League Team Is First in Puerto Rico Championship Recently the "SIU" Little League baseb£[ll team of Puerta de Tierra, sponsored by the SIU of Puerto Rico, placed first in the Puerto Rico Championship after beating the Goya team 15-0. The "SIU" Little League champions have an outstan ding record including two no-hitters pitched by Jorge Luis Rodriguez. Later this month the "SIU" team will fly to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to compete in the Caribe Little League Tournament. The boys standing from left to right are* Rafael Santos manager; Jaime Caruajal; Pablo Rodriguez; Antonio Joanet; Nicholas Rodriguez, Samdriel Serrano; Jose D. Cruz Lopez; Gerado Ramos; Jose A Soto and Genaro Bonefont, Sn, coach. Kneeling left to right are the folowing boys: Jorge L, Rodriguez; Carlos Suarez; Genaro Bonefont; Tomas Marcano; Rey de Garcia, and Cinibal Diaz. , The two unidentified girls are the mascots, of the team. June 1977 / LOG / 7 I- �SlU Member for 20 Years The Lakes Picture Jimmy Logan Prepares For Chief Engineer s Test Frankfort j j j r r ; The Arnold Transit Co. which operates 7 SlU-contracted ferry boats running j between St. Ignace on Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Mackinac Island has ^ taken over the Straits Transit Co. The Straits Transit Co. operates a ferry serv- | ice between Mackinac City and Mackinac Island during the tourist season. • Seamen on the former Straits Transit boats will become part of the SIU bargain- : ing unit under the recognition clause of the SIU contract with Arnold. The ) Arnr»1H Line T inc has tiQC a a htctr»r\/ ftr\lnn Kofl18*78 while Straits Cti-oilc Transit mroticit II;QC ocf'jK- J Arnold history going back fr» to 1878, was estab­ lished in 1958. s Buffalo Once again plans are in the air for an ail-American canal linking Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Congressmen from Western New York State presented the idea in Washington and in May the House of Representatives authorized $1.5 million for the Army Corps of Engineers to study the possibility. The study will also explore building a U.S. controlled waterway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes. This route would take ships up the Hudson River and across a rebuilt Erie Canal to Buffalo or across the Erie I Canal to the Oswego Canal to Lake Ontario. The Senate has not yet approved f j the study. I r Supporters say that the Welland Canal in Canada which links the two lakes i I may not be able to cope with increased Lakes traffic in the coming years. Other i I reasons are: the political situation in Ouebec and the possibility of increased | ) tolls on the St. Lawrence seaway, energy conservation, and interest in owning j j and operating an ail-American modern waterway from the Great Lakes to the j 5 Atlantic Ocean. Residents of Western New York State which has been hit by t \ high unemployment also favor the plan which would create hundreds of jobs r i for several years, especially in the Buffalo area. ' Alpena i The SlU-conlracted Huron Cement Co. Lakes fleet won an award from the r National Safety Council's Marine Section on June 9. The fleet took top honors : in the self-unloader category for injury-free operations. Cleveland The J. F. Schoellkopf (Erie Sand) laid up in Lorrain for the first week in June due to cable getting caught in the propellor. ^ j r r i ) ] i j j t r I I j j I i\ SIIIPPIXC The water level on the Great Lakes is dropping—hurting the shipping business. Already, Lakes freighters are carrying less cargo in order to pass through the Detroit and St. Clair Rivers and the Soo Canal and St. Mary's River. The | problem is caused by the drought last summer and the snowless winter which j affected the rivers that feed the Lakes-.-According to the Chicago Tribune, there j is evidence that water levels run in seven-year cycles, and the Great Lakes is j moving out of a high-water phase into a low-water one. J The low water level will mean millions of dollars lost for Lakes steamship j companies. For most ships, the Chicago Tribune estimates, every one-inch : drop in the water level means 100 tons less cargo. More trips at higher expense ) will be needed to carry the regular amount oFCarg^T. 1hWe»D~^oit. andSf^Clalr ) Rivers, for example, ships usually can carry a draft of 28 feet. However, by • early June, the maximum in the Detroit and St. Clair Rivers was already down j by a fool to 27 feet and even lower in the Soo Canal. In theory, many Lakes j ships can load up to a draft of 30 feet. j >lt » IS iS i He got his original set of Coast Guard papers on his 16th birthday. A few days later he was at the old SIU hall on Beaver St. in downtown Man­ hattan looking for a job. A few days after that, he was on his first ship, a well traveled Liberty, sailing as wiper. The year was 1949. Next month, if everything goes al­ right for him, Jimmy Logan, now 43 years of age, will again be looking for a job—but this time it will be a chief engineer's job. Right now, Logan is studying hard at the MEBA District 2 School of Marine Engineering and Navigation in Brook­ lyn, N.Y. in preparation for his upcom­ ing Coast Guard exam. He predicts it will not be an easy test, remarking, "I know 15 guys who took their master's exam last month and only one of them passed." "Even if I don't pass the first time," he continued, "there's always another day, another test." One way or the other, Jimmy Logan, a native New Yorker now living in Daytona, Fla., is a success story. He dropped out of school at 15 to go to sea. For the next 20 years, he shipped with the SIU in the engine de­ partment accumulating a lot of exper­ ience and learning the business of the blackgang. Grabbed Opportunity In 1969, he recalls, "the SIU gave me the opportunity to get a license through the Engineering School here in Brooklyn, and I grabbed it," Brother Logan got his original sec­ ond assistant engineer's license that year. In 1974, he upgraded to first as­ sistant engineer. Now a member of Marine Engineer Beneficial Association District 2, with a retired SIU book, he is close to getting his chief's license for steam engines. When he takes his exam he will have quite a cheering section, in particular, his wife Jo Ann and his. four children. Cheering loudest of all, though, will probably be his big brother, William, who had already gone this route. In fact, William Logan, 45, also sail­ ing now with District 2, was the first SIU member to get a chief's license for both steam and diesel powered ships. Looking back at bis sailing career, Jimmy Logan has one regret—that he didn't upgrade sooner. He says, "I hear guys talking about upgrading all the time, but I know very few of them that actually follow through on it. I was the same way, hut then in 1969,1 made up my mind to try and see how far I could go." Brother Logan has visited the Lundeberg School on several occasions, and remarks, "I am extremely impressed with the facilities there, as well as the opportunities it provides SIU mem­ bers." . Logan also has some advice for young SIU members just starting out. He says, "the opportunity for advance­ ment is available and accessible to SIU members at the Lundeberg School. There's no reason why every member can't take advantage of these opportu­ nities." Before coming to the Engineering and Navigation School just across the street from the SIU hall in Brooklyn, Logan was first assistant engineer on the tanker, Arnerican Heritage. He says he would like to return to the Heritage, but this time as a chief engineer. We wish him luck. i SIU old-timers who worked aboard the Great Lakes passenger steamer, j South American will be sad to know that the vessel may be sold for scrap, ii t Right now she is tied up to a dock on the Delaware River in Camden, N. J. The ) I current owner, the South Jersey Port Corporation, is looking for a buyer. The | port agency took her over when the last owner. Ships Inc., defaulted on its lease J 1 with the port. If no one steps forward by mid-June, the vessel will be scrapped. i i i i i 1 The Lakes Carrier Association reports that shipments of bulk commodities on the Great Lakes fell in April 1977 compared to April of last year. Ship­ ments of iron ore and coal also slipped. The Maritime Administration has approved in principle a construction loan and mortgage insurance to help finance the Belle-River for Armstrong Steam­ ship Co. in New York City. The SlU-contracted Belle River is a 63,000 dwt self-unloading Great Lakes bulk carrier. Armstrong, a new wholly owned sub­ sidiary of American Steamship Co., expects delivery of the $42.8 million ship j about Aug. 1 from Bay Shipbuilding Corp., Sturgeon Bay, Wis. ^ 8 / LOG / June 1977 You distinctly said "your free time is your own." �House OKs Porpoise Quota for Tuna Fleet The embattled U.S. tuna fishing in­ dustry, which employs nearly 30,000 American workers, can finally see a light at the end of the tunnel in its year­ long fight to settle the heated porpoise mortality controversy. The breakthrough came earlier this month when the House of Representa­ tives passed a bill setting a quota of 69,000 porpoise that may be taken in­ cidental to tuna fishing this year, and a slightly higher quota for 1978. Earlier this year, the National Marine and Fish­ eries Service set a mortality quota of 59,050 porpoise, which the tuna in­ dustry opposed as "unrealistically low." Rep. John Murphy (D-N.Y.), who sponsored the bill in the House, ex­ pressed confidenee that the bill would also pass in the Senate and eventually be signed into law by President Carter. The bill itself is an attempt to achieve an equitable compromise on the por­ poise question between the tuna indus­ try and environmental groups. The SlU has been in the forefront of the fight to get a reasonable porpoise mortality quota. In addition to raising the porpoise kill quotas for this year, the bill also provides for a Government observer to be placed on eaeh of the U.S. tuna fleet's 140 purse seiners to monitor the eatch. The bill also calls for a tine of $32 a porpoise to be levied on boat owners who exeeed their quotas. The $32 tine provision, which indus­ try officials term "harsh," was not a part of the original Murphy bill, but was introdueed as an amendment to the bill by Rep. Paul McCloskey (R-Calif.). In the meantime, the West Coast tuna fleet, which was laid up for three Legal Aid In the event that any SIU members have legal problems in the various ports, a list of attorneys whom they can consult is being published. The mem­ ber need not choose the recommended attorneys and this list is intended only for informational purposes: The following is a list of recom­ mended attorneys throughout the United States: NEW YORK, N.Y.—Schulman, Abarbanel & Schlesinger 350 Fifth Avenue New York, N.Y. 10001 Tele. #(212) 279-9200 BALTIMORE, MD.—Kaplan, Heyman, Greenberg, Engelman «& Belgrad Sun Life Building Charles & Redwood Streets Baltimore, Maryland 21201 ; Tele. #(301) 539-6967 NEW ORLEANS, LA.—Dodd, Barker, Boudreaux, Lamy & Gardner 1400 Richards Building 837 Gravier Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 Tele. #(504) 586-9395 HOUSTON, TEX.—Combs, Archer & Peterson Americana Building . 811 Dall^ Street Houston, Texas 77002 Tele. #(713) 659-4455 MOBILE, ALA.—Simon & Wood 1010 Van Antwerp Building Mobile, Alabama 36602 ; Tele. #(205)433-4904 months earlier this year, remains at sea this month trying to make up for lost time. The fleet set out for the Pacific fishing grounds in early May to demon­ strate their support for the Murphy measure. Some of the boats have already brought back their first catches, which in turn is helping to normalize condi­ tions at U.S. canneries in California and Puerto Rico. Many of the 2,500 plus eannery workers, who had been laid off because of a lack of incoming tuna, have been called back to their jobs. In addition, the canneries themselves, which had cut back to four-day or other shorter work schedules, are resuming regular operations. The eanneries also got some good news this month from the National Ma­ rine and Fisheries Service. The NMFS announced that it was extending until Aug. 1, 1977 the effective date of an embargo on imported yellowfin tuna which is not caught in compliance with U.S. marine mammal regulations. A spokesman for the Government agency said that the extension was granted "to insure the continuous flow of tuna into the country." It is uncertain if the industry's prob­ lems earlier this year will cause a jump in the retail cost of tuna to American consumers. However, an official of the Tuna Research Foundation predicted last month that consumers would see a price boost "of a minimum of 5 cents a can and a maximum of 20 cents a can" by the end of the summer. Tuna industry officials claim that their three-month layoff cost the fleet more than $30 million, while the can­ neries claim a four-month loss of $60 million. LOS ANGELES, CALIF.—Bodle, Fogel, Julber, Reinhardt & Rothschild 5900 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, Calif. 90036 Tele. #(213) 937-6250 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.— Jennings, Gartland & Tilly Crocker Plaza 1 Post Street, Suite 2600 San Francisco, Calif. 94104 Tele. #(415) 781-1854 SEATTLE, WASH.—Vance, Davies, Roberts, Reid & Anderson 100 West Harrison Plaza Seattle, Washington 98119 Tele. #(206) 285-3610 TAMPA, FLA.—Hamilton, Douglas & Bennett 101 East Kennedy Boulevard Tampa, Florida 33602 Tele. #(813) 223-3991 DETROIT, MICH.—Victor G. Hanson 19268 Grand River Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48822 Tele. #(313) 532-1220 FALL RIVER, MASS.—Patrick H. Harrington 56 N. Main Street, Bennett Bldg. Fall River, Mass. 02720 Tele. #(617) 676-8206 CHICAGO, ILL.—Katz & Friedman 7 South Dearborn Street Chicago, 111. 60603 Tele. #(312)263-6330 ST. LOUIS, MO.—Gruenberg & Sounders 721 Olive Street St. Louis, Missouri 63101 ' Tele. #(314) 231-7440 MARITIME AUTHORIZATION The Senate has passed and sent to the House S.1019, to authorize funds for maritime programs for fiscal year 1978 and 1979. The total amount is $551,774,000. Of that, $135 million is to be used for construction differential subsidy, to assist U.S. shipyards in building and selling commercial ships at prices equivalent to foreign shipyards. This will fund seven ships, with the $100 million left over from previous years. Another $372.1 million is earmarked for operating differential subsidy, and $20.7 million for research and development, to reduce shipbuilding and oper­ ating costs. $14.6 million is authorized for operation of Kings Point Maritime Academy and $4.1 for subsistence allowance to students at State maritime schools. The bill would also create a new post of Assistant Secretary of Commerce, who would act as principal advisor on Congressional relations. A similar bill was reported out of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, but has not come to the floor for a vote. CARGO PREFERENCE Hearings are continuing in the House Merciiant Marine Subcommittee on H.R. 1037, to guarantee a percentage of oil import cargo for U.S.-flag ships. The maritime industry has long urged that such legislation be passed, not only to provide jobs for Seamen, but also for national security and economic reasons. In December, 1974, a similar bill passed both houses, but was vetoed by President Ford. TANKER SAFETY A tanker safety bill, introduced in February by Senator Warren Magnuson (D-Wash.) was passed in the Senate by voice vote on May 26. The bill imposes stricter regulations on both foreign and domestic tankers using U.S. ports. A large number of tanker accidents involving oil spills in U.S. waters by flag-of-convenience ships aroused public concern and prompted support for the bill when it came to the Senate floor. TUNA-PORPOISE BILL The House passed a compromise bill this month setting annual quotas for taking of porpoise during tuna fishing operations. The bill, H.R. 6970, had been introduced by Rep. John Murphy (D-N.Y.) to provide time for the gov­ ernment to compile data on porpoise and improved fishing techniques. In its final form, it allowed 10,000 fewer porpoise to be killed or injured than Murphy had proposed—68,910 per year. The 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act had required the Commerce Department to determine the number of porpoise which swim in the world's oceans and how many could be killed or injured without endangering the species. A U.S. district court decided, in May 1976, that the Commerce Depart­ ment had not developed the data and therefore that the tuna fishermen would not be permitted to fish "on porpoise" with their purse seine nets. Tuna schools are sighted by the presence of air-breathing porpoise that travel with them, and for several years, American tuna fishermen have used fine-mesh nets and special fishing techniques designed to reduce taking of porpoise. SPAD is the union's separate segregated political fund. It solicits and accepts only voluntary contributions. It engages in political activities and makes con­ tributions to candidates. A member may voluntarily contribute as he sees fit or make no contribution without fear of reprisal. Seafarers are urged to contribute to SPAD. It is the way to have your voice heard and to keep your union effective in the fight for legislation to protect the security of every Seafarer and his family. A copy of our report h "trd with the Federal Election Commission and is available for purchase from the Federal Election Commissian, Washington, D.C. June 1977 / LOG / 9 �/ Bosun Daniel Gardiner adjusts the gangway. The SS Sharon waits for a load of coal at the B&O coal dock in Toledo, Ohio. Lloyd Shaw, oiler, poses for a photo in the engine room. SS Sharon—A Lady With a Loyal Following I Most of the crew on the Sharon gives to SPAD. Here, Joe Arle, fireman, shows $100 worth of SPAD receipts. OS Robert Lewis went on the Sharon after grad­ uating from the Lundeberg School last October He plans to upgrade to AB. 10 / LOG/June 1977 n the April 1953 engine room log of the S.S. Sharon, along with figures showing propellor revolutions and fuel consumption, there is a list of ports of call—Bremerhaven, Bos­ ton, Houston and Galveston. It's a long way from Bremerhaven to the B&O coal dock in Toledo, Ohio, but the S.S. Sharon sailed around the world before settling down into hauling coal on the Great Lakes. Originally a salt water tanker built in 1945, the Sharon was converted to a self-unloader for the Lakes trade in 1957. Now she is owned by the American Steamship Co. and crewed by SIU Lakers. Many of the Lakers return to the Sharon year after year. For example, Jim Henri, the oiler, has worked on board for 18 seasons. As Gene Koss, oiler, put it, "The chow is good so we stick around." Second Cook Ed Brown had an explanation, "You know who you are cooking for, so you are careful. In a restaurant, you don't put in that personal touch." According to the crew, the Sharon can run 17 miles per hour and holds Second Cook Ed Brown quit working in restaurants to the cargo from 200 rail cars of coal. out with the SIU. "The pay is better here," he noted. Dewey Sack, conveyorman (I.) and Henry Schultz, gateman, take fuel oil on board in Toledo. AB Clifford Cadreau is glad he went through the Alcoholic Rehabilitation Program at Piney Point. "My shipmates are glad I quit too," he says. Now instead of getting drunk while calling at a port, he brings along a CB radio. "People who are interested in ships come down and show you around their town.'.I'm having a better time." �Cadets from the Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy provided a colorful highlight of the New York Maritime Day festivities. SlU Patrolman Trevor Robertson took part in the Seamens Memorial Service held aboard the C. A. Thayer in the port of San Francisco. Maritime Day memorial services in the port of New York were held in the Seaman's Church Institute Chapel. Shown during a Maritime Day get together in the port of Yokohama, Japan are (I. to r.): SlU members Julio Ruiz and Lenny Zintz; SlU Yokohama port agent Frank Boyne; Roger Koner, manager of the United Seamens Service there; Captain Gerald Dyer of the Military Sealift Command, and SlU Brother Huyett Hoban. Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii), chairman of the Senate SubCommittee on Merchant Marine and Tourism, spoke at the Washington, D.C. ceremonies. Americans Pay Tribute to Seamen on Maritime Day From the port of New York to the port of San Francisco and be­ yond to the port of Yokohama, SIU members joined leaders of the maritime industry and Government on May 23 in commemora- tion of National Maritime Day. The mood was both proud and somber as honor was paid in all ports to the men and women who are now part of the U.S. merchant marine and to those who have died in its service. "Those who serve in the mer­ chant marine have the spirit, the character and devotion to duty that have made our nation strong. free and prosperous," President Carter announced in his annual Maritime Day proclamation. The spirit of his words was car­ ried in the many speeches, proces­ sions and memorial observances which took place that day as Americans remembered the past and rededicated themselves to the future strength of the nation's merchant fleet. Maritime Day, celebrated on Mar. 13 in the port of New Orleans, included from left; SIU port agent Buck Stephens; Congresswoman Lindy Boggs (D-La.): Rev. Donald F. Grady, S.J.,director Apostleship of the Sea, and SIU pensioner Tony Conti. HLS trainees and upgraders came up from Piney Point, Md. to attend the ceremonies in Washington, D.C. George McCartney, SIU port agent for New York, (center) is shown here flanked by other participants in New York's Maritime Day program. On his far left is NMU Secy/Trea's. Mel Barisic and next to him is,Congressman John Murphy (D-NY), chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. On McCartney's right are Frank Braynard, Director of Operation Sail, 1-976, and Captain Herman Fritzke of the Atlantic Area Military Sealift Command. June 1977 / LOG / 11 �' • •'••• ".i The SlU-manned Vantage Horizon loading grain for Russia. The Ogden Wabash is one of a number of Ogden Marine ships that made runs to Ttussia. U.S.-USSR It Means More Cargo for U.S,-Flag Vessels This is the twelfth in a series of articles tvhich the Seafarers Log is publishing to explain how various factors affect the jobs and job security of SW members. It can be ihe biggest, most modern merchant ship in the world, but if there is no cargo to fill its holds, the ship is as useless as a priest in hell. There's no two ways about it—cargo is the name of the game in merchant shipping today. With it, ships can sail and turn a profit; without it, ships lie idle, more a burden to their owners than an asset. The SIU recognizes this basic point of maritime life. In fact, the major thrust of the SIU's political action programs is aimed at, first, protecting the U.S. merchant fleet's existing cargo sources, and second, generating new cargo sources to insure continued employment for American-flag ships. The U.S. fleet does haye guaranteed sources of cargo, such as domestic waterborne commerce protected by the Jones Act, military cargoes and more, but these cargoes alone cannot support the fleet's needs. In addition, U.S.-flag companies compete on a daily basis in the open market for cargoes gener­ ated by America's foreign commerce. However, with communist bloc, state owned fleets and cutrate, third-flag carriers dominating this trade, U.S. companies are at a big disadvantage in this area. Statistics bear this out, since U.S.-flag vessels carry only approximately six percent of America's total foreign commerce. The simple fact is that the constant fight for new cargoes is a tough uphill battle, but not an impos­ sible one. The SIU proved that point five years ago when we succeeded in pressuring the government to sign a bilateral shipping agreement with Russia to cover U.S. grain movement to the USSR. This particular agreement, which is still in effect today, was one of the most important vic­ tories ever won by U.S. maritime for a number of reasons. First, the bilateral agreement in itself, set a national precedent. This was the first, and re- The SlU-manned Overseas Alice awaiting turn to load grain in -the Gulf for delivery to USSR, sian ships, and the rest to other carriers. mains, the only such shipping agreement between the U.S. and its trading partners on the books today. In addition, the fact that such an agreement exists, and is working, creates the possibility that we may be able to get the government to negotiate similar agreements with other major trading partners. However, the most important thing the U.S.USSR shipping agreement did for the U.S. fleet was to provide the American tanker industry with an important new source of cargo during some very difficult tirhes. At the time, significant num­ bers of U.S. tankers were in layup due to a general slump in the world tanker market. The new grain cargoes brought these vessels out of layup, and consequently provided hundreds of jobs to Ameri­ can seamen who would otherwise have been unemployed. There Have Been Problems The original U.S.-USSR agreement, signed in 1972, provided that all grain cargoes moving from the U.S. to Russia would be allocated fairly and evenly—one third to U.S. ships, one third to Rus- The SlU-contracted Montpelier Victory has made-several trips to Soviet Union with grain. \ 12 / LOG / June 1977 However, there has always been a number of problems in trying to enforce the one third rule. U.S. ships, until recently, were not receiving their rightful one third share. This was due to a number of schemes initiated by the Russians to get around the use of U.S. ships in the grain trade.. The mot serious rift in ihe agreement occurred in August 1976, when the Russians set "con­ ditions," such as demanding delivery of grain in dry bulk vessels at a time when no U.S.-flag dry bulk ships were available, that completely negated U.S. ship movements in the grain trade for that month and the next. In addition, the Russians demanded deliveries from off-beat routes such as the U.S. Pacific Coast to the Baltic Sea, and the U.S. Gulf Coast to Siberian ports instead of the other way around. To fight back, at that time, the SIU helped organize a series of demonstrations at which hun­ dreds of American seamen marched in front of Federal buildings from coast to coast to protest the situatiofi. These demonstrations were a big success be­ cause American ships got their one third share for the next few months. The demonstrations also prompted the Maritime Administration to straighten out the grain agreement once and for all. The talks finally ended last April, with U.S. maritime winning another important victory. The new agreement includes a plan to make up an estimated 1.2 million tons of grain due U.S.-flag vessels under 1975 and 1976 agreements but not allocated them This, of course, means mof-e jsailings for U.S. ships and more jobs for U.S. seamen. No doubt there may continue to be problems in enforcing the U.S.-USSR bilateral shipping agree­ ment. But the fact remains that the agreement is worth fighting for because it provides an important cargo source for U.S.-flag tankers. And after all— cargo is what it's all about. �a From Memphis—St, Paul—Riffsburgh/Sweep' Rivers St. Louis—As reported in last month's Logy the SIU has recently heen conducting special servicing swings on the inland waterways. Two-man teams of SIU representa­ tives visit all the boats in a given area in hrder to acquaint SIU Boatmen with the many new pro­ grams and goals which the Union has established since the merger of the SIU and IBU nine months Above is a view of the tow of ammonia barges being pushed by the National Progress (National Marine Service) on the Illinois Waterway near Peoria, III. The crew of the National Progress is SIU from top to bottom. The galley provided an ideal place for them to meet with St. Louis Port Agent Mike Worley (back to camera) and SIU Rep. Dave LeBarron (1.). The crewmembers are (1. to r.); Mike Tierney, refrigeration technician trainee: Ed Henleben, mate; George Warren, engineer; Edward Stringfellow, refrigeration technician: Karl Watts, captain; Dave Marotta, deckhand—an HLSS graduate; and Michael Arendt, deckhand—an HLSS graduate. The latest two-week servicing swing was headquartered at St. Louis, Mo. However, because of the wide area served by this port, the three SIU servicing teams spent almost the entire time on the road. A large map in the St. Louis Hall was used to keep track of more than 50 boats which were spread out over 3,600 miles of inland waterways, including the Mississippi, Ohio, Illinois, Ten­ nessee, Cumberland, and Green Rivers. To meet the boats, SIU representatives traveled to such distant ports as Pittsburgh, Fa., Chicago, 111., Memphis, Tenn., and St. Paul, Minn. The servicing swing on the rivers was an important learning experience for both SIU Boatmen and Union representatives. The members were able to get answers to their questions concerning the Union, and SIU representatives received from the membership many good suggestions for the Union's future. \ Deckhand Bob Vinson ties up the M/V Dan Hogan (American Barge Line) at Cairo, III. The SlU-contracted boat Frank Rader (Inland Tugs) pushes a tow of barges past Cairo, Ohio Rivers meet. where the Mississippi and -: Ill )f-'i ago. : • '.X - Hi. Continued on next page June 1977 / LOG / 13 �Continued from preceding page Left Photo: On the Frank Rader (I. to r.): John Hughes, deckhand; Ron Roth, deckhand—an HLSS graduate; Jim Taylor, engineer; and Jerome Pellegal, lead deckhand, find a moment to relax. Center Photo: On the Frank Rader, Leadman Jim Strong (I.) and Deckhand Karl McHane drop off a tow. Right Photo: Going over the Seafarers Welfare Plan on board the Dan Hogan are (clockwise from far left): Clarence Taylor, cook; Leo Geiser, engineer;; and, SlU Rep. Ed Morris. 23 River Boatmen Attend Educational Conference There was a, free and frank ex­ change of opinions at the Rivermen's Educational Conference held May 31-June 5,1977 at the Harry Lundeberg School in Piney Point, Md. Twenty-three Boatmen from five Mississippi River towing companies attended, along with SIU officials. The meetings helped the Union officials learn firsthand about the particular problems of members who work on the Mississippi River sys­ tem. At the same time, the Boatmen learned how, since the merger, the Union could bring them better wages, job security and fringe benefits. "Call your Union hall every time you have a problem," the delegates were told. Throughout each day there were talks on labor history, the economics of the towing industry and rundowns of the Union's Pension, Welfare and Vacation Plans, the Lundeberg School and the standardized contract. By the time the week ended, the Boatmen knew how the Union was working for them. They understood how the Union Plans give them a life­ time of security, free from the worry that a sickness in the family would put them in debt or that they would go hungry in their old age. Tom Williams, a lead deckhand with Inland Tugs, decided to come back to Piney Point to study for en­ gine room work. William Gaines, a deckhand for Ozark Marine, noted that "Most people feel they don't have control over their own lives or the world around them, but the Union working for us in Washington changes this. It is the most powerful aspect of the Union's activity." The delegates resolved to bring their briefcases of material back to their boats, where they would help the brothers and sisters on the river understand the Union's policies. Delegates to the River Boatmen's Educational Conference posed for a photo in the lobby of the AFL-CIO building in Washington, D.C. In the front row (I. to r.) are: Jerry Gifford; Earl McKnight; Tom Williams; Randy Holmes; William Stubblefield; Tim Hagen; William Gaines, and Randy Crosby. Standing in the rear are (I. to r.): SIU Rep. Lou Guarino; Clayton Duggan; John Skabo; HLSS Vice-President Mike Sacco; Robert Wallace; Charles Robertson; Karl Watts; Ronnie Campbell; Lyie Parish; SIU Rep. Carl Peth; Duane Embrey; Bob Sells; John Varner; Gary Shedron; George Mentel; William Mitchell; Gerald Suedemeyer; SIU Rep. Don Tillman, and SIU Rep. Tony Aronica. SIU Inland Coordinator Chuck Mollard explained how a Boatman's pen­ sion depends upon the amount of money his company contributes to the pension fund. 14 / LOG / June 1977 Getting sworn in with his "A" book, Boatman Randy Crosby (r.) repeats the SIU pledge after Union Vice President Paul Drozak, .. I will look upon every, member as my brother." Crosby is a deckhand with American Barge Line. Tom Cranford, director of the SIU Claims Department, answered any questions the delegates had about applying for benefits. �"il "Take a lesson from union history," HLSS Vice President Mike Sacco said. "It's been a long hard struggle and we have to work together to pro­ tect our gains." At the Conference, several of the rivermen received their "A" books. Here, HLSS Vice President Mike Sacco (far left) swears in (I. to r.): Jerry Gifford, a chief engineer with Inland Tugs; Randy Holmes, a deckhand with American Barge Line; Ronnie Campbell, a lead deckhand with American Barge Line; Orby Clayton, a mate-utility with Orgulf; and Robert Wallace, a cook with American Barge Line.' At the Transportation Institute in Washington, D.C., delegates from the Mississippi River system heard researcher Richard Saul go over the economics of their industry. He explained how Tl speaks for the inland towing and deep sea companies in Washington, by providing the public with information and statistics on the American maritime industry. Brother Gary Shedron, a deckhand with Inland Tugs, said that his ques­ tions about the Union had been an­ swered at the Conference. "I've ben­ efited and I'm ready to go back on the boats and help other people benefit from this information," he coneluded. Continued on next page ''rNvi":,'''I k wy-ti • : > p 1 • At the final wrap-up of the confer­ ence, Charles Robertson, a mate with Orgulf, stated, "I'm impressed with the service the Union gives the mem­ bers. Before, I knew little about it, so I must say that it's been a pleasure;". While touring the Lundeberg School, Boatmen from the rivers watched the trainees learn how to make up a tow. June 1977 / LOG / 15 V]. M i �Continued from preceding page /; i • .--w:;":- ^L u r^iroiH Simf T learned how political activity protected their job security, many decided to donate to SPAD. Left Photo: Duane "River Red" Embrey (I.) and graduated from the HLSS several years ago, show their SPAD receipts. Both men are utility tankermen with National Marine. Center Photon®' ^ i' Point Port Agent George Costango (r.). Right Photo: At the Marine, are told ho: meZ!.il'unil'p?^em W . ^ Tiiwii TMI"" .-fr^STla ^ ^ |||[[^J'i |l ^ t- ' ' , <' - LaB Photo: Delegates discuss the films on labor history and the history of the SlU, Right Photo: Boatmen look over the full scale ship's engine room console sTudv an^lelnlt P?ney S " " ® '^P'P®'' 'eameranTboatmrto At the Piney Point Hiring Halk delegates dot a rundown on shipping procedures for naw job openings on the inland waters. They learned that the I^er fo'vino ^he more we .work together to'enforce ah plisio^rof Ih^e contract, the Boatmen were told, the stronger the Union will be. 16 / LOG / June 1977 �PRESIDENT Paul Hall SECRETARY-TREASURER Joe DiGiorgio EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Fraftk Drozak VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Lindsey Williams Cal Tanner Paul Drozak HEADQUARTERS 675 4 Bklyn. 11232 (212) HY 9-6600 800 N. 2 Awt. 49707 (517) EL 4-3616 ALPENA, Mkh BALTIMORE, Md. 1216 E. Baltimore St. 21202 (301) EA 7-4900 BOSTON, Mass 215 Essex St. 02111 (617) 482-4716 BUFFALO, N.Y 290 Franklin St. 14202 (716) TL 3-9259 CHICAGO, III.. .9383 S. Ewing Ave. 60617 (312) SA 1-0733 CLEVELAND, Ohio 1290 Old River Rd. 44113 (216) MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mkb. 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. 48218 (313) VI3-4741 DULUTH, Minn 2014 W. 3 St. 55806 (218) RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich P.O. Box D 415 Main St. 49635 (616) 352-4441 HOUSTON, Tex 5804 Canal St. 77011 (713) WA 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. 3315 Liberty St. 32206 (904) 353-0987 JERSEY CITY, NJ. 99 Montgomery St. 07302 (201) HE 5-9424 MOBILE, Ala. IS. Lawrence St. 36602 (205) HE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS, La. 630 Jackson Ave. 70130 (504) 529-7546 NORFOLK, Va 115 3 St. 23510 (804) 622-1892 PADUCAH, Ky 225 S. 7 St. 42001 (502)443-2493 PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. .2604 S. 4 St. 19148 (215) DE 6-3818 PINEY POINT, Md. St. Mary's County 20674 (301) 994-0010 PORT ARTHUR, Tex 534 9 Ave. 77640 (713) 983-1679 SAN FRANCISCO, CaUf. 1311 Mission St. 94103 (415) 626-6793 SANTURCE, P. R. 1313 Fernandez Juncos, Stop 20 00909 (809) 724-2848 SEATTLE, Wash 2505 1 Ave. 98121 (206) MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo.. .4581 Gravois Ave. 63116 (314) 752-6500 TAMPA, Fla. . 2610 W. Kennedy Blvd. 33609 (813) 870-1601 TOLEDO, Ohio 935 Summit St. 43604 (419) 248-3691 WILMINGTON, Calif. 510 N.Broad St. 90744 (213)549-4000 YOKOHAMA, Japan Yokohama Port P.O. P.O. Box 429 5-6 Nihon Ohdori Naka-Ku 231-91 201-7935 Shipping remained from good to excellent^t most deep sea SIU ports last month as 1,234 Seafarers, 848 of them full book members, found jobs on SlU-contracted ships. This number reflects an increase of more than 100 jobs shipped over the same period last year. Seafarers can expect good shipping in all areas for the foreseeable future. Dispatchers Report lor Deep Sea MAY 1-31, 1977 Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point Yokohama Totals Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point Yokohama Totals "TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 7 90 9 12 16 78 23 26 16 50 12 68 0 2 435 3 9 3 2 1 2 0 12 1 1 1 3 1 5 0 1 45 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 17 Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans •. ... Jacksonville San l-rancisco . . . :. ... . . . ;.v..rr^v.. Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point Yokohama Totals 4 63 18 21 12 8 13 50 26 17 6 46 12 62 0 2 360 4 30 6 6 3 5 0 31 3 3 0 6 6 15 2 0 120 ""REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups Class A Class B Class C 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 17 10 155 12 48 21 13 36 121 41 61 27 57 15 125 0 3 745 3 10 1 5 6 1 2 15 1 3 4 5 2 7 0 1 66 1 5 0 '1 2 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 8 4 124 10 38 21 6 27 98 37 45 18 40 12 82 0 0 562 3 29 3 10 7 2 2 17 4 8 4 8 2 13 0 0 112 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 12 1 8 0 4 0 0 1 21 2 1 3 0 2 1 0 26 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 ENGINE DEPARTMENT 1 71 10 15 8 6 12 67 20 27 7 36 12 33 0 0 325 1 20 5 3 3 3 2 8 2 4 4 11 3 11 0 0 80 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 6 0 0 13 0 55 8 20 7 4 9 46 16 25 2 30 5 54 0 0 281 0 29 5 3 3 5 4 18 3 6 3 13 3 12 7 2 116 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point Yokohama Totals TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C DECK DEPARTMENT 2 45 7 10 6 1 8 42 11 90 3 14 6 21 1 1 198 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 2 4 0 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 47 8 16 5 2 2 34 18 16 1 20 6 27 1 3 207 0 20 4 8 1 0 2 15 5 9 2 7 5 11 • 11 0 100 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 12 0 7 0 0 25 2 63 13 21 16 2 20 58 17 32 7 14 9 62 0 1 337 ENTRY DEPARTMENT 2 53 6 26 12 3 22 59 19 35 7 19 14 25 0 2 304 4 129 20 45 17 3 13 63 27 44 17 36 12 47 1 3 481 11 112 1 7 2 1 0 1 1 5 3 6 0 42 0 0 192 1,948 848 336 50 1.153 450 121 *"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month. "•"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month. 685 226 Totals All Deuartrnents . . . . 0 5 7 42 13 17 2 10 16 0 195 1 88 16 24 7 4 9 45 18 22 7 24 7 20 16 2 310 2 44 2 5 2 1 0 0 3 4 2 11 0 14 0 0 90 0 0 0 June 1977 / LOG / 17 �1971 Scholarship Winner Glad She's Accountant When Angela Sue Nuckols won the SIU four-year scholarship in 1971, she had to decide what field she would study. After considering teaching, she picked accounting instead and has not been sorry for one minute. Ms. Nuckols graduated cum laude from Marshall University in Hunting­ ton, W.Va, in 1975. Then she landed an exciting job in Pittsburgh, Pa. with Arthur Andersen Co.—one of the eighth largest accounting firms in the country. Starting in July, she will be working with H. K. Porter, a national accounting firm headquartered in Pitts­ burgh. Her mother, Helen Nuckols, teaches French and English in a local high school near her family's hometown of Ansted, W.Va. "She encouraged me to go to college," Angela said, "but she didn't think I would like teaching. I'm glad now, because finding a teaching job is difficult today. Besides, I enjoy mathematics, which I use in my work. She specializes in tax accounting and prepares returns for corporations and partnerships. "January through April are the miserable months," she ex­ plained, "but then, it is very challeng­ ing. Even run-ins with the Internal Rev­ enue Service are interesting because it is nice to be able to defend your posi­ tion and interpretation of the tax laws." Because she worked two years with a public accounting firm, Arthur An­ dersen, she will be able to sit for her Certified Public Accountant exam in the fall. A public accounting firm, she explained, prepares impartial audits on corporations. Investors depend heavily on the accountants' opinions when they are deciding where to place their money. - "I definitely owe a lot to the Union," she said. *^Without the scholarship I would have gone to a local college and commuted. But living at school teaches you how to be independent and make your own decisions." While at school, she met her hus­ band, Steve Zemba, who comes from Pittsburgh. That is why Ms. Nuckols, now Mrs. Zemba, left Ansted, W.Va. Other benefits of living at school, she added, were the extra-curricular activi­ ties, with sports high on her list of favorites. She also served as a resident advisor during her junior and senior years, helping new students with their problems. Billy "Bud" Nuckols, is proud of his daughter and she is proud of him. Brother Nuckols, an SIU recertified bosun, is presently the bosun on the Aquarius, the first American-flag and the first SlU-contracted LNG carrier, which sailed from Massachusetts early in June. {See Special supplement in this Log) Former "i scholarships winners— Angela Sue (Nuckols) Zrcmba Seafarers, Boatmen and their j dependents who are former SIU | scholarship winners—let us know j j what you are doing. Write The j 1 Log, SeafarersIntemationalUnion, ( ^ 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. j I 11232. Make sure to include an j • address, and phone number if pos- j r sible, so that we can contact you r • for an interview. j SS Robert Toombs SS Delta Norte, Huron Cement Co. Hurt in a fall late last month on the SS Robert Toombs (Waterman) was OS John M. Cataldo who was lowered over the side to be put ashore for medical treatment at the San Miguel Islands in the Azores. The crew commended the captain for his fast action in calling for help. The LASH SS Delta Norte (Delta Line) was given a safety award this month by the National Safety Council for sailing 827-accident free days. Another safety winner was the Huron Cement Co.'s Lakes fleet which took top injury-free honors in the self-unloader category. Maritime Overseas Corp., Waterman SS Co., Delta Line, and Sea-Land Service Washington, D.C. A Tampa college grad won a $500 first prize on June 5, a Honolulu high school girl a $200 prize, two others $700 and three other high schoolers won free voyages on SlU-affiliated company ships in the national maritime essay contest sponsored by the 14,000-member Propellor Club of the U.S. Eighteen other students also won free voyages in the 40-year-old competition. The contest's goal is to increase interest in a strong American merchant marine. First prize winner was David F. Gould, 20, of the University of South Florida whose essay stressed the erosion of U.S. maritime supremacy and the national security danger. He attributed the American shipping decline to benign "neg­ ligence on the part of private industry and incompetence on the part of the Gov­ ernment." Tlje SlU-afiiliated companies' winners were: Hawaii's Marie Theresie Duben who got $200 from the Maritime Overseas Corp. Kathryn Marie Knight of Bogalusa, La. who got a free voyage to Europe and back from the Waterman Steamship Corp., Andrew Preslar of Port Arthur, Tex. who'll ride free roundtrip to South America on a Delta Line ship and Chi Kueng Wai of San Diego, Calif, who's set for a trip from Long Beach to Oakland and Seattle on a SeaLand Service vessel. Early installation of electronic collision avoidance aids aboard ships using radar to navigate inland waterways was proposed last march to MARAD by the National Transportation Safety Board. The recommendation stemmed from the board's probe of the bow collision be­ tween the inbound Norwegian bulk carrier SS Baune 20 feet into the starboard forward tanks of the U.S. tankship ST Keytrader in the lower Mississippi River on Jan. 18, 1974. Spilled gasoline burned for 53 hours killing six and injuring 10. Ten are still missing. The Board said the SS KeytradeTs pilot made an improper starboard to star­ board passing. It added that both ships were going too fast to fix a radar trackline for safe passing and that their sound signals were inadequate. Menio Park, N.J. Sea-Land Service has signed a $50-million contract to remodel four of its T3 containerships in a Kobe, Japan shipyard starting January 1978. New bow and stern sections will be joined to refurbished containership midsections and engines will be converted to diesel for completion set for mid-1978. The ships will oper­ ate on the Rotterdam to Mideast run. USNS Potomac Newark (N.J.) Bay A new design in astern refueling rig was used by the Seafarers on the MSC fleet-support command tanker USNS Potomac (Hudson Waterways) last month to point-to-point refuel the Bluejacket-manned fleet oiler USS Canisteo and U.S. Navy tincans (destroyers) in a two-week combined services mock invasion of the Carolina coast. Twenty-two Navy ships and 40,000 Armed Services per­ sonnel took part in the maneuvers. The removal or replacement of a 50-year-old, lightly-used (20 trains daily) railroad passenger drawbridge linking Bayonne and Elizabeth, N.J., cited, as a hazard to navigation by the U.S. Coast Guaid,~has been urged to the port of New York's congressional delegation. Last year the span wouldn't open for 28 days and so far this year it has been shut down for nine days. In 1975, 50,000 ships passed under the bridge. Since April, freight trains have used a bridge to the north of the structure. SS Delta Mar Twenty-five year old Seafarer Anthony Benedict aboard the LASH SS Delta Mar (Delta Line) fashioned a 1,700-knot shawl, 11 inches wide and 60 inches long. It took him 20 days to make. He noted that if any Seafarer wants to learn how to make a belt he would gladly teach him. i^ i i ST Mount Navigator Anytime from July 5 to July 15, the tanker ST Mount Navigator (Mount Ship­ ping) from a Gulf of Mexico port will carry 27,164 tons of bulk wheat to Alex­ andria or Port Said, Egypt. 18 / LOG / June 1977 V ' -; — �^5 Sp^alSup^lemeAt oraad paUlcatiM ol tiM SEAf'ARERS InttnutlMul ItalM • Atlaatlc, 6nU, Lakn mn* IntonA Wat«n DtotrM • AWL^tO '.SEA i;T!LJ MLAMD? WATERS Vol. 39, No. 6 June, 1977 >''X"S -jSy^ ^ ^ " - '^•'- > ' '-"f. -v The 936-foot Aquarius, the first LNG tanker ever built in the U.S., sails past Castle Island in Boston harbor enroute to historic maiden voyage. Age of Aquarius Dawns for U.S. Merchant Marine .4 new age in American merchant shipping was bom this month at a sprawling shipyard in the old New Eng­ land town of Quincy, Mass. where SIU members crewed the first liquified nat­ ural gas carrier ever built in the West­ ern Hemisphere. This incredible ship, named after the free spirited zodiac sign of Aquarius^ marks the advent of a new breed of U.S.-flag sailing vessel and a new trend in merchant shipping that may some day change the entire makeup of the American merchant fleet. The imposnng 936-foot Aquarius is the first of 12 U.S.-flag LNG tankers scheduled to be built at the General LNG AQUARIUS Dynamics Shipyard in Quincy. She has a 25-year charter to haul liquified nat­ ural gas from Indonesia to Osaka, Japan. However, her first stop will be ports ,in England for extensive testing of her cargo tanks under actual sailing, loading and unloading conditions. From there, the Aquarius will traverse the Suez Canal to pick up her first LNG load in Indonesia. The Aquarius' 11 identical sisterships, some, like herself, to be built under the auspices of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970, will be ready for service at a rate of three per year. Pres­ ently, it is planned that six of them will be employed on the same trade route as the Aquarius, while the others will carry LNG from Algeria to the U.S. East Coast. Each ship will cost approxi­ mately $100 million to build. Safety Top Priority The Aquarius, herself, is an engi­ neering marvel that places a great deal of ciiiphasis on safely. Seafarer Intro Solomons, who is one of the ship's three QMEDs, said "there are more safety features on this ship than Tve ever seen on any type of merchant vessel." Continued on next page The imposing Aquarius, with her five spherical cargo tanks towering aboye her deck is ushered through Boston harbor by regiment of tugs. QMED Vasco Worell. kneeling, said that the biggest challenge for him was learning the new techniques of the LNG engine room.- Standing is Don McGlendon, third assistant engineer. QMED tmro Solomons, who is especially impressed with the new ship's safety features, looks over automated engine room console. SB Able-Seaman Billy Mitchell inspects one of the eight dry chemical firefighting stations located at strategic points on deck. jdJ �^1 ' , I'- I VN • "• . 'K •••-.v;i(^'v, ..tmu •- v i. ji •h w Vv t>r' *• kv !^ .» v * ,./\:'i* i l\^ .i-^^_.-"» .'M /:• /// ,1 "0^ •Mm .) •l^^'• ' HMMB • V. i mr Seafarers, preparing for first voyage on the Aquarius, un­ derwent intensive firefighting training at Earle, N.J. Firefighting School and at a special facility used for training by the Boston Fire Department, (photo by crewmember Billy Mitchell.) CCUPIHSSO#^ *»•« I J J \\i\k , 1 i~< CAtfcJO rAM NO ; M.t E ; : 1 ' " nsi.fy ^•E/.waee.--, •. .vvxjwweeHee Seafarer Tom Murray, the only wiper on the ship, enjoys steak dinner on eve of ship's maiden voyage. k'M Ordinary-Seaman Ed Sullivan gets a workout on mechan­ ical bike in the ship's exercise room. The Aquarius is also equipped with an outdoor pool. •''Iftsl •ttrj''! Si Among tliiie ship's mere outstandiiig safety futures are a double bottom ball; • a ;«ol^sion' aveidisaKje; 'tSife^ui^t sophisticated kind of naviiptton^^^ eAfetfttoiMcs and extensive fli^jpttiig mativ SyS^m" chemical Ansul ttrefighting statioiiis lo« cated at sfrat^G points on deck. Ihe most uniqae leataim of ttib sbi^ t • '"• •-w-5- - • • mM'!- •P ^^ A • Coniinu^fFomprec^tng page •SVt- BiA / ^^k-< Photo shows good view of the Aquarius' automated engine room console. Taking readings is third Assistant Engineer Joe St. Denis. i - The galley crew of the LNG Aquarius are from the left; Frank Costango, steward/cook; Robert Gonzalez, Larry Dockwiller and Emmett Albert, all on their first trip, utility messmen, and Chris Haggerty, baker. \i |wide burnt orange dedk, giving ttie ship ^pearanee of a huge ttiemios ihotfle. A' V; i ^ Theei^t-inch thick afaiminianitaiil^ Iwhich are 120 feet in diameter and wei|dt 000 tons each, were constructed ::at a faculty in CM and tianspoilM Tin l^i^iii»*the QOI^ 3mid tyw b^t^ ^tyni;is:diSp^all Hie Aquarius^ SHJ crew, a hi^ 1^ B®q^ ra ^BoiBs^swiA as oxygen after nnloading. ; Seafarer Solomons Overallj ipacity to of LMS at 2dS load ^in: 12^ hoiim^ and'^:su^' tfoBs ai'V hdodiod Ctoiii a Caigo cOntru] room, located above deck amiddhlp. All ballast <meradons are ahm con­ trolled from this point. Ihe e«^ noer explains wiietlier carryiHg i|a|last or cargo, the ship will draw fhe same amount of water, 36 feet. When sailhig whUe ioadei^ the^ 'nori r—» in pieparanoB tor crewlng die vessel. They spent one month at ^e^ j^ School in Piney Point Joining ahdnf fl^ni^-o£:j&^ •IWliM;thii|v;^^ crew ^ i,;^Pveheard^ " v pai^JB^iass^.;nem^.^ I've been on a lot. of sMpi^ and I <nn tyuihn^ is the stticst one ftycA e^ oh. I'm nmlty Iboking : - JW.VA: _:on her.'' r, however, Is not all wotk gas; the antoniah^ engiiie and cnijgo control rOonas; the dual fuel systems and fireli^ting. They also went on a Point, Md-j where they received j^oclal safety hints from a Coast Guard LNG "^^HWWUJS^A lion, dv 1^^ ;;[chrip>" tiniks. /Wlwn : • cruii^ or when In porC i&e ^p wUI run enciusiyety on bunkers.This dual fuel tys- yddi an outdoor svrimming pool andan room. In additloih each crew-. V A In addidoB to their ti^nla^ at Piimy Point, the Aquarius crew participated ia a second mOndi -of tSchopUng in Qnih^ to gi^ a fiist^ look at die Aquariusi ahd become more i^miliar with her speixifiro. A special LNG hre^fhig couisel was a pan of this tmijamg. While in Quimty, ^Executive Vice Piosident Flunk Bro^ visited i die crew to 1^^ that; , From^'SroplnAtw •mil crew agreed that the emphasis of all dieir training was on personal and shiphoard safety. Sealhurer Vasco Worcii- sailing QMEn, said that "the training and the ^ learning was a great challenge for me. 1 I wasm't sore If I could do it. But I , 1 woiimd hard and came dtroujgh it dkay. I I am now looking forward to die dial-j I lenge of woiking on her." | Continued on next page • • k .: - m In above pfioto, SlU Yokohama Port Agent Frank Boyne, left, and National MEBA's Leon Shapiro visit LNG terminal in Osaka Japan, the unloading site for the Aquarius' cargo. Photo below gives a good view of the terminal itself. - .^r, U LJ U LJ U LJ U U U U U LJ \.VV \ Y •% k§^3_.. « SIU Executive Vice-President Frank Drozak, In talking about the crewing of the Aquarius at* a recent memIn the Aquarius' cargo control room, located above decFmidship are, from the left: Billy Nuckol^^cermie^o^Nell McGowan, on his first trip, ordinary seaman; John Smith, cargo engineer, and Clyde Phillips, third mate ' nf ^ the US mercham m^ahne ^ manning nee s of training for t'rst LNG crew. Seafarers visited LNG terrninal at Cove Point, Md. Here they inspect At Cove Point LNG Terminal, Seafarers give empty LNG tank the once-over. instructor Bill Eglinton, who teaches part of the LNG course at the Lundeberg School, demonstrates properties of LNG to upgraders. �: tjd^u€i^€t€^ = lAe SBea^e^ m Aquarians "take a keen delight in all sorts of travel, and will, no doubt, travel much in the course of their lives. Travel affords an outlet for their adventurous and enterprising nature, and adds much to their store of knowledge." Aquarians "possess a good degree of the spirit of adventure." [ "It has been said that the Aquarians universal interest will one day be the' attitude of the entire world." Aquarians "represent the intellectual and scientific spirit of their age and generation. The entire unlicensed crew of the Aquarius pose for their graduation photo after completing their LNG training at the Harry Lundeberg School in May. They are, (kneeling I. to r.): Billy Mitchell, able-seaman; Imro Solomons, QMED; Robert Gonzalez, utility/messman; James Mullally, able-seaman; Emmett Albert, utility/ messman, and Tom Murray, wiper. In the second row, from the left are: Joe Morrison, able-seaman; Vacso Worell and Dominick Orsini, QMED's; Frank Costango, steward/cook; Tom Schou, ordinary seaman, and Larry Dockwiller, utility/messman. In the third row, from the left are: Ed Sullivan, ordinary seaman; Chris Haggerty, baker; Neil McGowan, ordinary seaman; Gene Bousson, able-seaman; Billy Nuckols, recertified bosun, and George Bruer, able-seaman. Conliniu'd from preceding page Another crewmember, Seafarer Joe IMorri.son, sailing able-seaman, said, "these ships are the future for us, and it is up to us to accept the challenge to upgrade ourselves and man these ships properly." He continued, "my advice to SlU members is don't get left behind, get your training now." Brother Morrison, who jokes that he "could almost register to vote in Piney Point," has attended educational con­ ferences at the Lundeberg School and has upgraded to Quartermaster there in addition to his LNG training. The remarks of these Seafarers, which were echoed by many of the Aquarius crewmembers, serves to underscore tbe absolute necessity of training and upgrading to the future of the SlU. LNG ships are only the latest in a long line of high technology merchant vessels that have burst onto the scene in recent years, and that require highly skilled seamen to man them. Since 1970, the U.S. merchant fleet has seen the advent of the SL-7, LASH ships, roll-on/roll-off ve.ssels, and supertank­ ers like the SlU-manned Brooklyn, Williamsburgh, New York and Massachusetts. The SIU has been able to bring the vast majority of these new ships under SIU contract because SIU members have taken the time to learn the neces­ sary new skills by upgrading themselves. But to keep winning these contracts, SIU members must continue to do their part and upgrade. As one member of the Aquarius crew put it, "the future is now and its up to us to meet the challenge." Aquarius Follows a Long Line of Innovative Ships �-t. -ii Adequate LNC Facility Needed in California A crucial link in the chain of ap­ proval for the all-Alaska natural gas pipeline now rests in the hands of the State of California. This all-American route can bring the nation enormous economic and energy benefits. But if California fails to do its part, the entire project may fall apart. The all-Alaska gas pipeline, which has been proposed by the El PasoAlaska Gas Company, would bring natural gas down from Alaska's rich North Slope fields to a liquefication plant to be built near the southern port of Valdez. From there it would be carried on LNG tankers down the coast to a proposed regasification terminal off California. The California terminal is an es­ sential part of the El Paso system, but it has not been fully approved yet by the State legislature. Last month SIU President Paul Hall wrote California Governor Ed­ mund G. Brown, Jr. urging his sup­ port for the siting of one or two LNG terminals off the California coast. Hall explained that the facility must be large enough to handle natural gas from the North Slope as well as from South Alaska and Indonesia. California's support would be a significant factor to be considered by President Carter and Congress be­ fore they make their final decision on the pipeline route. The SIU has supported the El Juno. 1977 Paso project since it was proposed. Seafarers would, of course, gain jobs aboard the LNG ships used in this pipeline route as well as in the tug and barge traffic hauling materials and equipment for its construction. But we also support it because, unlike the two competing transCanadian pipeline proposals, its con­ struction and operation would use American labor. Moreover, El Paso's construction schedule promises de­ livery of the much-needed gas to U.S. markets one to two years ahead of the Canadian projects. And last win­ ter demonstrated the value of the promise to states throughout the country where severe gas shortages developed—including California. the Canadian proposals. The El Paso pipeline has received praise from another West Coast Governor Dixie Lee Ray of Wash­ ington. In her March letter to Presi­ dent Carter, Governor Ray outlined the many benefits it holds for her state and the country — just as Alaska Lieutenant Governor Lowell Thomas, Jr. did before the Califor­ nia Commission for Economic De­ velopment last month. We now ask Gov. Brown to ap­ prove an adequate California LNG terminal that could handle the gas from an all-Alaska pipeline. A PLACE TO TIE UP California is not being asked to make any sacrifices for the rest of the country in approving the LNG ter­ minal. It would benefit not only by quick delivery of the gas but also in a big way from the jobs and other economic advantages of the entire project. In his letter to Gov. Brown, Hall stated that the El Paso project would create an estimated 121,000 manyears of employment in California, including 16,500 man-years in the construction of the regasification ter­ minal alone. He also pointed out that the total capital investment of the project in California would be about two-and-one-half times greater than Official Publication of the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFLCIO Vol. 39. No. 6 Executive Board Paul Hall President Frank Drozak Joe DiGiorgio Executive Vice President Secretary-T reasurer LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Cal Tanner Vice President Earl Shepard Lindsey Williams Paul Drozak Vice President Vice President Vice President Will Study Chemistry [tirnrrrn;;., luioR mssi Marietta Homayonpour <S i I received the Union's letter of May 14, 1977, advising that I am one of the recipients of a $10,000 scholarship which is granted by the Seafarer's Union. I am indeed grateful to the Seafarers' Union for providing such an oppor­ tunity to dependents of the union members. This is especially meaningful to my parents because my younger brother will be attending college in two more years. It is a very secure feeling to know that my college plans will be able to pro­ ceed for the next four years without any financial pressures. These are my plans for the time being. I plan to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where I have been accepted since last Novem­ ber. There I will study along a chemistry orientated line in which I hope to obtaii: "Bachelor of Science degree with my major in chemistry. I will keep you4n{-0TmedTDMater developments. 389 Editor-in-Chief James Gannon Managing Editor Ray Bourdius Ruth Shereff Marcia Reiss Assistant Editor Assistant Editor Assistant Editor Frank Cianciotti Dennis Lundy Chief Photographer Associate Photographer Marie Kosciusko George J. Vana Administrative Assistant Production/Art Director Published monthly by Seafarers International Union, Atlantic. Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Tel, 499-6600. Second class postage paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. Editor, Change of Address Or New Subscriber SEAFARERS LOG 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232 1 would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Prim tn/ormailon) - NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP. SIU members please give: Bk # Soc. Sec. # /. TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old subscriber and have a cbangie of address, please give your former address below or send mailing-label from last issue received. i Gratefully yours, L. Warren Collier, IV Colnjock, N.C. Commends Heroism On Jan. 6, 1977, Seafarer Harold Wallace was involved in rescue operations aboard the SS New York. In reviewing the reports concerning this incident, we note the rescue attempt undertaken by him to have displayed a high degree of personal heroism. This action was taken with full knowledge of the risk involved. However, his con­ cern for his fellow shipmates caused him to undertake such risk. The courage which he displayed is truly in keeping with the highest tradition of the U.S. merchant marine. On behalf of myself and the entire organization, we Gommend him for his participation. (Story, page 32, April 1977 Log.) t--' ADDRESS V•,v .. CITY STATE ZIP. Very truly yours, Robert Bassett, Vice President Interocean Management Corp. June 1977 / LOG / 23 �l«?^«»»-.*'S5eL:-- Wage, Cost of Living Increases Up Scale 7 Percent Following is a complete breakdown of how the 5 percent contractually negotiated wage increase and the 2 percent cost of living adfustment in the deep sea contracts affect the base wage, overtime, premium overtime and penalty rates for all shipboard ratings sailing under both the Standard Tanker agreement and the Standard Freightship agreement. Both increases went into effect as of June 16, 1977. The increases are based on wages earned as of Dec.! 6,1976. Seafarers are reminded that vacation pay will also be increased by the co.st of living adjustment. It is .suggested that you cut out the information below and make it a permanent part of your present Freightship and Tanker agreements. Standard Tanker Agreement Base Monthly Wages Premium Rate Sat-Sun & Holidays Rating 6/16/77 6/16/77 Overtime Rate Excess of 8hrs. Mon.-Fri 6/16/77 O.S. Deck Maintenance Ordinary Seaman 1220.85 1 106.69 1065.19 908.33 799.38 733.96 633.88 10.60 10.19 9.29 7.92 6.99 6.42 5.55 5.78 5.78 5.78 4.43 4.43 3.51 3.51 1220.85 1 1 16.81 1116.81 .. 988.70 " ' 899.22 '• 910.26 799.38 799.38 733.96 733.96 10.60 9.73 9.73 8.52 7.99 7.85 6.99 6.99 6.42 6.42 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 4.43 4.43 4.43 3.51 3.51 1220.85 1220.85 1 1 1 I.IO 1069.61 960.10 937.46 831.53 831.53 612.77 612.77 10.60 10.60 9.68 9.31 8.37 7.92 6.83 6.83 5.38 5.38 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 4.43 4.43 3.51 3.51 Base Monthly Wages Premium Rate Sat-Sun & Holidays Rating 6/16/77 6/16/77 Overtime Rate Excess of 8hrs. Mon-Fri 6/16/77 Boatswain tSL 7's, Boatswain Carpenter A.B. Maintenance Quartermaster . . . 1173.34 1037.77 954.79 882.34 832.21 790.10 660.23 617.59 10.10 9.04 8.32 7.69 7.25 6.89 5.40 5.40 5.78 5.78 5.78 4.43 4.43 4.43 3.51 3.51 1255.31 1220.85 1220.85 1220.85 1 141.26 1 141.26 1 141.26 1 141.26 1170.64 1040.24 970.40 1 173.34 1046.47 998.52 899.09 968.30 912.00 836.50 790.10 850.25 790.10 790.10 790.10 733.92 980.16 912.00 733.92 11.01 10.60 10.60 10.60 9.94 9.94 9.94 9.94 9.12 8.70 8.44 10.10 9.12 8.70 7.84 8.44 7.96 7.31 6.89 7.42 6.89 6.89 6.89 • 6.42 8.44 7.42 6.42 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.7i: 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 4.43 4.43 4,43 4.43 4.43 3.51 5.78 4.43 3.51 I1 173.34 10.10 10.10 9.04 8.05 7.84 6.83 6.83 6.83 5.38 5.38 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 4.43 4.43 4.43 3,51 3.51 Q.M.E.D Chiel Pumpman Oiler Maintenance Utility Oiler Wiper Steward/Cook Chief Cook . . . Cook & Baker . rhird Cook . . . Assistant Cook Messman , . , . Utilitvman . . . PENALTY RATES OFF WATCH—MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EFFECTIVE 6/16/77 Group I 6.45 Group M 5.17 Group ill Standard Freightship Agreement O.S. Maintenance Ordinary Seaman Chief Electrician Crane Maintenance/Electrician Second Electrician Engine Utility Reefer Maintenance Refrigerating Engineer (When one Refrigerating Engineer (When three Chief ? 2nd Assistant Q.M.E.D Plumber/Machinist Unlicensed Junior Engineer (Day) Deck Engineer Engine, lltilii.): Evaporator/Maintenance Oiler Oiler ( Diesel) Watertender Fireman/Watertendcr Fireman Wiper Ship's Welder/Maintenance Oiler Maintenance Utility General Utility Deck/Engine ; ! Chief Steward (SL 7's, SL l«'s, Lash & Mariner) Stiiward Cook Chief Steward Chief Cook CiH)k & Baker Second Ctv>k. . r/.- - • Third Cook - 4.60 1 173.34 1037.77 922.40 899.08 79().l() "719.42 779.42 612.78 612.78 ^ • • Assistant Cook Messman Utilityman PENALTY RATES OFF WATCH—MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EFFECTIVE 6/16/77 Group 1 24 / LOG / June 1977 6.45 ' Group II 5.17 Group 111 4.60 ' - �mmxz $3.50 for a 10-Hour Day, 6-Day Week, in 1918 on Harbor Boats Among the papers of his father, Capt. Fred T. Tribble, a New York City compass adjuster, SIO pensioner Paul S. Tribble found a wage scale agreement for N.Y. Harbor boatmen on tugs, barges, lighters, and ferryboats that in 1918 paid a barge captain $3.50 for a 10-hour day, 6-day week at $85 a month. That was a 60 hour work week! Other barge and lighter captains with steam or gasoline hoisting gear cacacity of over 15 tons got up to $3.75 to $4 for their 10-hour day . . . between 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., one hour being al­ lowed for the noon meal . . ." Another provision in their contract was that "For being required to be on his boat at night for watching or towing, the captain shall receive $1.-50 per night." For "Work in connection with cargo as distinct from watching, in excess of 10 hours per day where these hours were in effect at the time of or prior to this award, or in excess of 12 hours per day where a 10 hour day was not in effect, and in excess of six days per week, shall be compensated at the rate of time-and-one-half." And "All carfares in excess of 10 cents per day are to be paid by the em­ ployer to men living within the metro­ Personals politan district, and all carfares to be paid by the employer when the men are on company business." Captains of coal, grain and scowboat were paid $85 a month and got ... $1 per night when required to be active on their boats in connection with the loading or discharging of cargo at piers or alongside any vessel or in coal port." Ms. Shirley Perry asks that you contact her at 10301 Burin Ave., #1, Inglewood, Calif. 90304. Matthew Olko Mom, Son Sail on Boat Twice Stationary hoisting engineers were fortunate. They received from $4.25 to $5 per day for their efforts. Ferryboat wheelmen, oilers (without licenses) and firemen received the mag­ nificent sum of $95 per month wage. Deckhands got a measly $85 a month pay. An oiler with a U.S. marine license was well paid, he thought, at $100 a month. And their working conditions were gems: "One day off each week with pay shall be granted to all the above em­ ployes, the day to be determined by the employer." Lower employes in the pecking order, like deckhands, oilers, firemen, cooks and floatmen on tugs were paid anywhere from $75 to $80 a month with board. Here's Boatman David Tackett (left) at home with his mother, Boatwoman Lucille Thompson with whom he's sailed twice on towboats plying the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers during the last three years. She's a relief cook for the Orgulf Transport Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio and he's a leadman and deckhand for both the SlU-contracted Orgulf and the American Commercial Barge Line Co. of Jeffersonville, Ind. They both reside in Granite City, III. Personals Eusebio Figueroa Your son asks that you contact him immediately. Contact Eusebio and Car­ men Magaly, 1921 Morris Ave., Apt. 32, Bronx, N.Y. 10452, or call your brother Angel at (212) 293-6610. Personals Courtland Smith asks that you con­ tact him at (212) 624-3075. Personals John T. Ross Jimmy Harrington Please contact the Log office at (212) 499-6600, ext. 242. Pedro Del Valle asks that you con­ tact him as soon as possible on the SS Houston (Sea-Land) or write him at 721 Del Parque St., Santurce, Puerto Rico. Gary Lee Spell Cindy asks that you contact her at the following address: Mrs. Cindy Spell, Fulbright and Jaworski, 6th floor, 800 Bank of the Southwest Building, Hous­ ton, Tex. 77002. Hans Jensen Hammer Emil Olko asks that you contact him as soon as possible at 115 East Clifton Ave., Clifton, N.J. 07011. not receive his day off, shall be allowed each employe." All this is a far cry from today's pay and working conditions won by Inland Boatmen. 'More Fortunate' Personals Manuel Luis Perry, Sr. These poor souls had to work 12 hours a day and ". . . If board is not furnished by the company, 75 cents per day in lieu thereof for six days per week, or seven days if the employe does Leonard E. Maham Mrs. Jimmy Nettles asks that you contact her at (904) 751-0043. I,.-:'•''K John Joseph Reel Great L ^ <r! t:. • Karen at the Heart of Jacksonville asks that you contact her as soon as possible at 355-3744. •TOTAL REGIS'fEREt) i Alt Groups Class A Class B Class C Charlie Gard Chris Killeen asks that you contact him as soon as possible c/o 926 Mon­ roe, Scranton, Pa. 18510, tel. (717) 347-4449. 2 3 2 0 2!^ 1 0 4 2 • •1 .'ii , TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups .Class A. Clasi;)|;'-^»ss,C.;, 'PS Class A Class B Class C DECK DEPARTMENT 12 23 1 0 1 Antonio Rodriguez Enoy Napoles asks that you contact him as soon as possible at (212) 9923688. 7 4 8 11 2 1 0 1 1 2 39 0 1 10 0 0 10 Larry Richardson Mont (Fingers) McNobb asks that you contact him as soon as possible at 98 Mason St., San Francisco, Calif. 94162, tel. (415) 362-0326. Larry Richardson Mont (Fingers) McNobb asks that you contact him as soon as possible at 98 Mason St., San Francisco, Calif. 94162, tel. (41$) 362-0326. 12 1 ••'i 4 23- . 5 1 0 0 9 7 0 2 0 11 ENTRY DEPARTMENT James Andrew Donohue Your mother asks that you contact her at 33 Lamlash Cres., House No. 35, Glasgow G-33 3L.J., Scotland, U.K. Buffalo . .> ....:. ....'I ^ . Cleveland >/. r.i....... Detroit ........ •.,... Duluth ................. ...... . .W. 2 4. Frankfort Chicago .. Totals .. .••. .:.. ..'............ Totals All Departments ............,.T ^ 114 56 94 125 77 '3 7 vi; jAlpena\.;v'..-;v.. Richard Mottram, Sr. Youf dau^TeFTJinda asTs that you contact her as soon as possible at 3747323. ... • 26 7 2 ~ 7 13 4 2 1 36 110 12 0 5 12 3 4 1 37 54 27 20 15 74 39 18 0 193 217 *"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month. ••"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month. June 1977 / LOG / 25 >"/ �a UNION SHOP CARD feature: liMlONSHOp Beauticians Association has made the sponsorship and promotion of educational advancement one of its most important goals for all its members. This benefits the public as well as barbers and beauticians—welltrained operators mean well-groomed customers! In the 1960's and early 70's, the barber and beauty professions were dealt an economic blow as long hair became fashionable. ! Sign oS Better Service Need a trim, a set, a manicure? Next time you need barber or beauty services, be sure to look for the Union Shop Card. The card is more than your guarantee of quality service, it also insures your continuing support of union labor. TMt« CARD (ft THr PROPtRT* OF ANO I5 iS5urn BV AU THORITV or THC BARBCRS BC:A(JTIC<ANS AND AI LIKO INDUSTRICB INTERNATIONAL AASOQIATION AND IS SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS AS SET rORlM ON TMk BACK HCRCOr K Today, a returning interest in personal grooming has meant that the number of barbers and beauticians is growing. And so is the importance of the Union Shop Card, the symbol of skilled, professional service. Plants manufacturing barber and beauty products are also being organized, and their products bear the "Union-Made" label of the Association. All union members can lend their support to the Barbers and Beauticians Association by always patronizing Union Shop Card establishments. ta I p MAD* <M U « A The Barbers, Beauticians and Allied Industries International Association, AFL-CIO, CLC, founded December 5,1887, received its charter in April 1888 from the American Federation of Labor. In its long, proud history, the Barbers and A-tA Union Label and Service Tredei OepertmanI, AFL-CIO 'Me Zkougkt Me Was 7lym' Migk at—MPMZ If you smoke pot or hashish or use was still in neutral. Crisis over. As one of the policemen walked over He eased away from the curb and to the car, Tom tried to calm himself any kind of drugs at all on ship or down. He figured that the best tact ashore, you might be interested in the drove a few blocks to the entrance of would be to remain as cool as possible, following unusual story. It's true, no the Grand Central Parkway in Queens, answer all questions politely, admit that N.Y. He had already gotten one speed­ kidding. This guy, his name was Tom, went ing ticket on this exact same road the he was speeding arid simply accept the ticket without an argument. to a party this particular Saturday night, previous month, so he promised him The cop, a man of about 50 or so, and between him and about five or six self to be extra careful this night for bent down a bit and asked Tom how he of his friends, smoked a couple of good two reasons: first, he was flying high sized pipes of hashishr~5n -hk- -own— -and ^as-afraid cjflciliing-him-selx; see-- —was-•feeitiif:-T©m--nervotisly -answered ond, he had half an ounce of grass and that he felt fine. words, he "was smashed." The cop then asked him if he thought The party broke up at about 3 o'clock a small chunk of hashish on him, and he was in no shape to face the law if he he deserved a ticket. Tom immediately in the morning, so Tom figured he'd expressed his sorrow for speeding and call it a night and head home. As he got stopped. So as he drove along the parkway, told the cop, yes, he did deserve a ticket. stumbled down the block humming a The policeman, looking a little bit tune, all he could think about was sink­ he stayed exclusively in the far right lane letting the faster traffic pass him shocked, then asked Tom how fast he ing his oversized cranium into the soft on the left. thought he was going. Tom didn't really pillow on his bed. Flashing Lights know for sure, but since the speed limit He fumbled around a bit looking for was 50 mph, he said he thought he was his car keys and then took a minute or Everything seemed to be going fine as two trying to find the keyhole in the car he cruised along listening to the music. doing about 60 or 65. door. He finally got the door opened, But sure enough, he was on the highway The cop. looking more shocked than positioned himself in the driver's seat, no more than five minutes when he no­ ever, opened Tom's door and politely started it up and turned the radio,on. ticed the flashing lights of a police car said, "Son, would you mind stepping He let the car warm up for awhile alongside him to the left. The cop in out of the car." as he listened to the music. He then the passenger seat was motioning him In a deep panic now, Tom blurted turned the wheel and stepped on the to pull over to the shoulder. out, "Why, what seems to be the matter gas but the car just whined a bit and Tom obeyed promptly, but as he officer?" The cop said simply, "Son, yon wouldn't move. He went into a minor pulled over he went into a mild para­ were doing four." panic because he knew absolutely noth­ noid panic. What was he going to say? Tom was arrested for driving while ing about cars. Bui he glanced at the How was he going to face these cops in under the influence of drugs, and was steering column and noticed the car his condition? booked for possession after a .search 26 / LOG / June 1977 turned up his grass and hashish. In the long run, Tom got off pretty easy, though. He was convicted of pos­ session of small amounts of grass and was given a fine. And the traffic judge suspended his license for one year, along with slapping him with a fine. All in all, things worked out okay for TomTTTut if^e had been a merchant seaman, his trouble would just have started. Yon see, any drug conviction of any kind is a sentence of life for a merchant seaman. That is, the Coast Guard, by no means as lenient as some local au­ thorities when it comes to drugs, will revoke your seaman's papers for life, and that means the end of your career at sea. No matter what anyone says about pot, however, there are some people who will smoke it anytime, anywhere. If you're one of those people, at least have the courtesy not to smoke while on duty, for your own good and the good of the entire crew. There are enough dangers involved with working at sea. So don't make the situation worse for anyone by trying to work while flying alongside the flying bridge. �Port agents met daily during the two-day confab in the fantail of the HLS schooiship Zimmerman. SlU President Paul Hall led the con­ ference discussion on manpower. Port Agents Prepare to Meet Manpower Need Manpower was the key word at the SIU port agents' conference held on May 26 and 27 at the Harry Lundeberg School in Piney Point, Md. Port agents and Union officials from coast-to-coast came to the School to exchange ideas on the best way to meet the maritime industry's growing need for qualified seamen and boatmen. The HLS setting was appropriate to the issue at hand since its excellent training facilities were referred to again and again as the Union's best hope for the future. "I wish we had something like this when we were starting out,"SIU Headquarters Rep­ resentative Fred Famen remarked. The meeting began with individual reports on port activity. Speaking, from left to right, are: Port Agent Gerry Brown (Famen celebrated his 73rd birthday from Mobile; Joe Sacco, Headquarters Representative from Houston, and George Costango, Piney Point port agent. at the conference.) HLS President Hazel Brown, who serves on two Government commit­ tees for labor apprenticeship pro­ grams, reported that the HLS is na­ tionally recognized as one of the nation's outstanding union schools. The port agents all had good re­ ports to convey on the HLS trainees they had shipped or put on boats. Several plans were discussed to get more members from all divisions to take advantage of the HLS upgrading programs, which are the SIU mem­ ber's ticket to higher pay and better job security. The Gulf ports are one area where more manpower may soon make the Philadelphia Port Agent John Fay, left, and Puerto Rico Port Agent Juan Reinosa presented their views. At right is HLS di£feience between meeting and not President Hazel Brown who explained her role this year serving on Government labor training committees. ifieeting the challenge of new job opportunities, SIU Vice President Cal Tanner pointed out. He alerted the port agents to the possibility of Cuban trade opening up for the Mi­ ami, Tampa and Jacksonville areas. The port agents conference im­ mediately followed the Trustee meet­ ings, a regular gathering of SIU and management representatives who are the overseers of the Union's welfare, pension and vacation plans as we!! as funds for the HLS and the SIU hiring halls. Held back to back every two months with the Trustee meetings, these two-day port agent confabs foster granger ties among the SIU leadership so that it can otter the b^t representation for the Unions widespread membership. |p Headquarters Representative Fred Farnen (second from rigtit) celebrated his 73rd birthday during a break in the conference. He Is shown here flanked by well-wishers, from left: Joe SIgler, Chicago port agent; Jack Bluitt Detroit port agent, and Leon Hall, Headquarters Representative. Photo at right shows some of the management representatlves, front row, at the SIU Trustees meeting, which preceeded the port agents conference. June 1977 / LOG / 27 �What Does "Service" Mean Under the Seafarers Pension Plan? I In the February, 1977 edition of The LOG, a summary outline of the Sea­ farers Pension Plan was printed. Due to space limitations, many details of the rules and regulations could not be in­ cluded. Some questions arose concern­ ing "Service," such as: 1. What is Service? 2. Does Service include only time an employee actually works? 3. Does an employee get credit for service during periods when he is unable to work due to temporary illness or injury? 4. What else may be counted towards Service? The answers to these questions will be found in the Summary Plan Descrip­ tion booklet which will be distributed to all participants of the Seafarers Pen­ sion Plan within the next several months. In the meantime we have pre­ pared this article to provide answers to these specific questions about Service. WHAT IS SERVICE? The Seafarers Pension Plan uses the term "SERVICE" to mean: a. Periods of employment with an employer who is obligated to con­ tribute to the Pension Plan Fund, and b. Periods of temporary disability during which an employee receives Sickness and Accident Benefits or Hospital Benefits from the Sea­ farers Welfare Plan or Mainte­ nance and Cure Benefits from his employer; c. Also included as Service are those periods of service in the Armed Forces of the United States which must be credited pursuant to the Military Selective Service Act of 1967. [Note: not all service in the Armed Forces will necessarily be counted, so please check this with the Plan oflBce.] d. Credit for Service will be given for periods prior to July 1, 1962, dur­ ing which a Seafarer or Boatman was certified as "NOT FIT FOR DUTY" by the United States Pub­ lic Health Service or other appro­ priate medical authority, provided the employee engaged in covered employment prior to said period of disability. RECEIVING CREDIT FOR SERVICE The amount of Service an employee is given credit for is based upon the number of days he accumulates during these periods of Service. Service lost due to a Break in Service will not, of course, be counted. DEFERRED VESTED PENSION An employee will receive credit for One Year of Service for each calendar year during which he receives credit for 125 days of Service. An employee with at least 10 Years of Service is eligible for a Deferred Vested Pension. MEETING THE SERVICE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE OTHER PENSION PLAN BENEFITS should overlap two calendar years, only the first 39 weeks (273 days) during one continuous period of disability, shall be counted.] It is most important for an employee to know which periods of Service are counted in determining whether he has satisfied the Service Requirements for a particular Pension Benefit. This in­ formation follows: SPECIAL EARLY NORMAL PENSION In Satisfying the 7,300 Days of Service Requirement— EARLY NORMAL PENSION In Satisfying the 7,300 Days of Service Requirement— 1. Only periods of employment (Deep Sea or Great Lakes) and 2. Certain periods of service with the Armed Forces of the United States, shall be considered. [It is important to note: Periods of tem­ porary disability are NOT counted in determining whether an employee has met the 7,300 Days of Service Require­ ment.] In Satisfying the 90 Days Requirement— An employee shall be given credit for the number of days he accrues or ac­ cumulates during periods of temporary disability during which he receives Sick­ ness and Accident, Hospital or Mainte­ nance and Cure Benefits for the purpose of meeting the "90 Days of Service" during the calendar year preceding the employee's date of application, require­ ment. [NOTE: If the period of disability Seafarers Welfare, Pensi^ and Vacation Plans Cash Benepts Paid Apr. 21. May 25,1977 SEAFAREfes WELFARE ELIGIBJ4ES Death In Ho; pital D#ily (§ $1.00 .. In Ho pitalXSily ® $3.00 .. Hospi al ^ H^pital Extras .. Surgic Sickn Speci Opti Suppljsmenta 1. Only periods of employment (Deep Sea-Great Lakes), and 2. Certain periods of service with the Armed Forces of the United States, shall be considered. [h is important to note: Periods of tem­ porary disability are NOT counted in determining whether an employee has met the 7,300 Days of Service Require­ ment.] REGULAR NORMAL PENSION In Satisfying the 5,475 Days of Service Requirement— 1. At least Vs rds of the required Serv­ ice must be accrued during: a. Periods of employment, and b. Certain periods of service with the Armed Forces of the United States; And NO MORE than V6rd of the re­ quired Service may be accrued during: a. Periods of temporary disability • during which employee received Sickness and Accident, Hospital or Maintenance and Cure Benefits, and/or b. Periods, prior to July 1,1962, dur­ ing which an employee was certi­ fied as "NOT FIT FOR DUTY" by the USPHS^ etc. DISABILITY PENSION In Satisfying the 4,380 Days of Service Requirement— 1. At least 2/Srds of the required Serv­ ice must be accrued during: a. Periods of employment, and b. Certain periods of service with the Armed Forces of the United States; And NO MORE than Vsrd of the re­ quired Service may be accrued during: a. Periods of temporary disability during which employee received Sickness and Accident, Hospital, or Maintenance and Cure Benefits, and/or, b. Periods, prior to July 1,1962, dur­ ing which an employee was certi­ fied as "NOT FIT FOR DUTY" by the USPHS, etc. In Satisfying the 90 Days of Service Requirement— An employee shall be given credit for the number of days he accrues or ac­ cumulates during periods of temporary disability during which he received Sick­ ness and Accident, Hospital, or Mainte­ nance and Cure Benefits, for the pur­ pose of meeting the requirement of 90 Days of Service during the calendar year preceding the employee's date of appli­ cation. [NOTfe: If the period of disaljility should overlap two calendar years, only the first 39 weeks (273 days) dur­ ing one continuous period of disability shall be counted.] IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR ELIGIBILITY OR THE PEN= SION BENEFITS PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL UNION REP­ RESENTATIVE OR WRITE: SEAFARERS PENSION PLAN 275 20th Street Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215 28 / LOG / June 1977 m �Eino A. Salo, 65, joined the SIU in the port of Duluth in 1960 sailing as an oiler for the Buckeye Steam­ ship Co. Brother Salo sailed 38 years on the Great Lakes. He was born in Superior, Wise, and is a resident of Wentworth, Wise. amPENSIONERS Ralph E. Seckinger, 62, joined the SIU in the port of Tampa sailing as an AB. Brother Seckinger sailed 41 years. He was born in Ocala, Fla. and is a resident of Tampa. Charles R. Piscnner, 63, joined the Union in the port of Frankfort, Mich, in 1959 sailing as an AB. Brother Pischner is a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II. He was born in Michigan and is a resident of Green Bay, Wise. Pedro A. Suarez, 61, joined the SIU in 1949 in the port of New York sailing in the steward department for 31 years. Brother Suarez was born in Spain and is a naturalized U.S. citi­ zen. He is a resident of Carnoedo, Spain. iff. William J. Shadeck, 59, joined the SIU in the port of Detroit in 1959 sailing as an oiler on the Great Lakes for 38 years. Brother Shadeck was born in Karthaus, Pa. and is a resi­ dent of Erie, Pa. James C. Stewart, 65, joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of New Or­ leans and sailed as a chief electrician. Brother Stewart was also a member of the International Sailors Union (ISU) in 1936 and the National Mari­ time Union (NMU) in 1947. He sailed 32 years, attended the HLSS in 1967 and graduated from the SIUMEBA District Engineering School. Seafarer Stewart js a veteran of the U.S. Army Infantry before World War II. Born in Delaware, he is a resident of Mobile, Ala. Chester I. Spinks, 61, joined the SIU in 1946 in the port of New Or­ leans sailing as an OS for 31 years. Brother Spinks is a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II. He was born in Mobile and is a resident of Andalusia, Ala. Robert E. Lee, 63, joined the Union in the port of Norfolk in 1963 working as a watchman for the Mc­ Allister Brothers Pier Employes Co. from 1956 to 1977. He was born in Martin County, N.C. and is a resi­ dent of Chesapeake, Va. William L. Rains, 63, joined the Union in the port of Norfolk in 1960 sailing as a deckhand for the PennCentral Railroad from 1937 to 1977. Brother Rains is a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II. He was born in Bohannon, Va. and is a resi­ dent there. Robert C. Smith, 53, joined the Union in the port of New Orleans in 1956 sailing as a deckhand and oiler on the tug Sandra for the Crescent Towing and Salvage Co. from 1954 to 1977 and the West Bank Electric Co. from 1951 to 1956. Brother | | Smith sailed 25 years. He was born in Chunky, Miss, and is a resident of Algiers, La. Melvin L. White, 65, joined the Union in the port of Norfolk in 1960 sailing as a deckhand and barge cap­ tain for the Penn-Central Railroad from 1941 to 1977. Brother White sailed 49 years. He was bom in Mathews, Va. and is a resident of Mobjack, Va. Hoyt L. Tanner, 57, joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1950 sailing as a fireman-watertender and oiler. Brother Tanner sailed 33 years. He is a veteran of the pre- and World War II U.S. Coast Guard. A native of Rockdale, Ga., he is a resident of New Orleans. Harvey Trawick, 62, joined the SIU in 1939 in the port of Mobile sailing as a bosun. Brother Trawick sailed 41 years and has a chief mate's license. He was born in Alabama and is a resident of Mobile, Ala. Anthony J. Zaleski, 65, joined the SIU in 1944 in the port of New York sailing as an AB. Brother Zaleski sailed 35 years and was a ship's dele­ gate. He was born in New York City and is a resident of East Meadow, L.I., N.Y. Joseph C. Wallace, 60, joined the SIU in 1941 in the port of New York sailing as an AB. Brother Wallace sailed 36 years. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II. Sea­ farer Wallace was born in South Norfolk and is a resident of Virgina Beach, Va. where he will continue his hobby of woodworking. Lars Brekke, 62, joined the Union in 1948 in the port of Galveston sail­ ing as an AB and captain for the Caribe Tugboat Corp from 1974 to 1977, as a mate for the Sabine Tow­ ing Co. in 1971 and for the G & H Towing Co. in Galveston in 1955. Brother Brekke was born in Aakra, Sumhordlard, Norway and is a nat­ uralized U.S. citizen. He is a resident of Hitchcock, Tex. Waley A. Thomas, 58, joined the Union in the port of Baltimore in 1962 and sailed as a chief steward. Brother Thomas sailed 21 years and upgraded at the Lundeberg School. He was born in Campbell County, Va. and is a resident of Gambrills, Md. William R. Merrill, 62, joined the Union in the port of Norfolk in 1961 sailing as a deckhand for the Curtis Bay Towing Co. from 1948 to 1976 and as a fisherman from 1945 to 1948. Brother Merrill was born in Morehead City, N.C. and is a resi­ dent of Norfolk. Martin Hicks, 66, joined the Union ill the port of Cleveland in 1951 sailing as an AB. Brother Hicks sailed for the Ann Arbor (Mich.) Railroad Car Ferries and was a HLS upgrader in 1974-75 in the Assistant Cook and Baker Course. A native of Dublin, Ireland, he is a naturalized U.S. citizen and is a resident of Benzonia, Mich. Sidney A. "Sid" White, 61, joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1957 sailing as an AB. Brother White sailed 26 years and as a wiper for the Construction Aggregates Corp., Chi­ cago in 1952. He was also an organ­ izer for the inland waters. Seafarer White is a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War 11. Born in Philadel­ phia, he, is a resident of Pineville, La. where he will pursue his hobby of duck hunting. Rene M. Witlhecker, 65, joined the SIU in the port of Elberta, Mich, in 1954 sailing as a cook for 26 years. Brother Wittbecker was born in Freeport, 111. and is a resident of Eau Claire, Pa. Anthony S. Vardian, 67, joined the SIU in the port of Detroit in 1960 sailing as a conveyor gatcman for the McKee and Sons Steamship Co. on the Great Lakes for 38 years. Brother Vardian was born in Michigan and is a resident of Escanaba, Mich. Edward E. Zubatsky, 65, joined the SIU in the port of New Orleans in 1961 and sailed as a bosun and chief steward. Brother Zubatsky sailed 18 years. He was born in Man­ itowoc, Wise, and is a resident of New Orleans. Benjamin Franklin Pruitt, 63, joined the Union in the port of Nor­ folk in 1961 sailing as a deckhand and launchman for McAllister Broth­ ers Towing Co. from 1953 to 1956, for Allied Towing from 1963 to 1977, Merritt, Chapman & Scott from 1955-56 and 1962 to 1963 and as operating engineer, mate and cap­ tain for the Southern Transport Co. and the Carolina Towing Corp. in 1964. Brother Pruitt was born in Pikeville, Ky. and is a resident of Norfolk. Melvin L. Schrade, 58, joined the SIU in 1942 in the port of New Orleans sailing as an AB. Brother Schrade sailed 33 years. He was born in North Dakota and is a resident of Minneapolis, Minn. Thomas Snow, 59, joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of Boston sailing as an AB. Brother Snow is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II. A native of Boston, he is a resident of Dorchester, Mass. Recertified Bosun Manuel "Blackle" Sanchez, 60, joined the SIU in 1938 in the port of Miami and sailed as a bosun. He was at the meeting there when the Union was voted in. Brother Sanchez was bosun on the SS Ogden Willamette (Ogden Ma­ rine) the first SIU tanker to carry U.S. grain to the Soviet Union and return with oil here in 1973. Born in Tampa, Fla., he has been retired in Jacksonville, Fla. where he is an avid golfer. June 1977 / LOG / 29 �Hany £. Larson, 62, joined the Union in the port of Philadelphia in 1961 sailing as a lighter captain for the Independent Lighterage and Pier Co. from 1948 to 1977. Brother Larson was bom in Pennsylvania and is a resident of Philadelphia, John J. Pelish, 67, joined the SIU in the port of Toledo in 1970 sailing as an OS for the American Steamship Co, and Bob-Lo Co. on the Great Lakes for 23 years. Brother Pelish was born in Scarboro, W.Va. and is a resident of Toledo, Ohio where he plans to "work around the house and yard and visit his sister in St. Ignace, Mich, and also visit West Virginia." Alfred P. Marquand, 61, joined the Union in the port of New York in 1960 sailing as a deckhand for the Murry Towing Line Co. in 1939 and for the Penn-Central Railroad from 1939 to 1977 as a deckhand and cook. Brother Marquand is a vet­ eran of the U.S, Army in World War II. Born in Canada, he is a natural­ ized U.S. citizen. Boatman Mar­ quand is a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y. Joseph F. Aysien, 56, joined the Union in the port of New Orleans in 1959 sailing as a tankerman, mate and barge captain for the Tidewater Towing Co. in 1955, Coyle Lines in 1958, Interstate Oil Transport Co. from 1969 to 1974 and for the Ma­ riner Towing Co. and Dixie Carriers that year. Brother Aysien is a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II. He was born in New Orleans and is a resident there. Chang Ling, 65, joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1957 sail­ ing as a fireman-watertender. Broth­ er Ling graduated that year from the Andrew Furuseth Training School, Brooklyn, N.Y. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army infantry in World War II. Born in Wenchow, China, he is a naturalized U.S. citizen. Sea­ farer Ling is a resident of New York City. Unclaimed Wages The SW members listed below have unclaimed wages due them from Mari­ time Overseas Corporation. If your name is below, the company asks that you contact: Paymaster, Maritime Over­ seas Corporation, 511 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017. Also, the company says that the following information should be given by applicants: Social Security number and current address. NAMES W. Flaherty J. Duhadaway W. Sears C. Mills J. S. Matthews R. F,. Flournoy C. J. Cosner F. J. Howard L. D. McDuffie J. R. Bradley J. W. Mullis J. C. Leach A. Maben O. Gatlin, Jr. S. B. Crader A. Mravec C. E. Demers J. L. Bark R. D. Rains M. A. Freeburn F. L. HaU H. J. Breen C. B. Troy R. L. Oppel J. L. Boyce E. S. Spooner H. Chamberlain B.W. Warren T. B. Fleming H. Scott D. A. Clark J. Canfield D. L. Smith J. Downey D. Murray P. Salowsky R. A. Hogan M. Eschenko J. Lopez D. Gomez, Jr. H. Vera T. R. Bolger S. H. Al-Maklani Federal Garbage Rules Federal garbage regulations apply to ships arriving at U.S. ports from all foreign countries (except Canada) and from Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam, according to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS' SCHEDULE Port New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Detroit Houston New Orleans Mobile San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Piney Point San Juan .......... Columbus Chicago Port Arthur Buffalo St. Louis Cleveland Jersey City Date July 5 July 5 July 6 July 7 July 7 July 8 July 11 July 12 July 13 July 14 July 18 . July 22 July 9 July 7 July 16 July 12 July 12 July 13 July 15 July 14 July 11 Deep Sea Lakes, Inland Waters I 2:30 p.m 2:30 p.m 2:30p.m 9:30 a.m 2:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m 2:30 p.m 2:30 p.m. 2:30p.m. 2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 10:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. — — — — 2:30 p.m. — .— 30 / LOG / June 1977 m UIW 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. ••••• 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. — — 7:00 p.m. Service of the U.S. Department of Ag­ riculture. The regulations are necessary to pre­ vent the spread to this country of de­ structive plants pests and livestock or poultry diseases by garbage. DEFINITION OF GARBAGE "Garbage" means all waste from fniits, vegetables, meats, and other plant or animal (including poultry) materials. Also, nonfood items that have come in contact with food—such as table refuse. galley refuse, food wrappers or contain­ ers, and other waste materials from ship's stores, food preparation areas, - passengers' or cre ws' qu arters, and din­ ing rooms. HANDLING GARBAGE ABOARD SHIP Garbage left aboard must be con­ tained in covered, leakproof receptacles inside the ship's guardrail while in terri­ torial waters of the United States. UNLOADING GARBAGE AT U.S. PORTS 1:00 p.m. Garbage may be removed in covered, leakproof receptacles under the direc- tion of an inspector of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to an approved facility for incineration, ster­ ilization, or grinding into an approved sewage system. FOR INFORMATION For further information, write to: Port Operations Development Staff, APHIS, PPQ, U.S. Department of Ag­ riculture, Federal Building, Hyattsville, Md. 20782. Retroactive Checks Retroactive pay checks in amounts ranging from $1.50 to $8.66 are being held for the followiiig men by Puerto Rico Marine Management. The checks had been returned to the company's office because of insufficient and incor­ rect addresses. Any member whose name appears below can claim his check by contacting W. A. Prindiville, assis-' tant manager of vessel operations, Puerto Rico Marine Management, Inc., Fleet and Bombay Sts., P.O. Box 1910, Elizabeth, N.J. 07207, telephone (201) 352-2700, ext. 2414. T. W. Dodson R. Oriano L. Martinez R. Rutzisky Deposit in the SIU Bloocf Bank— It's Your Life �ARTHUR MIDDLETON (Water­ man Steamship), April 24—Chairman, Recertified Bosun D. Dammeyer; Sec­ retary R. Boyd; Educational Director B. Waddell; Engine Delegate Joseph R. Kearney; Steward Delegate M. Agiume. $32 in ship's fund. No dis­ puted OT. Chairman advised that any­ one who wants to can put any extra money they have in the ship's safe. Also discussed the importance of do­ nating to SPAD, and the need to up­ grade at Piney Point. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our de­ parted brothers. JEFF DAVIS (Waterman Steam­ ship), April 10—Chairman, Recertified Bosun G. E. Annis; Secretary D. Col­ lins; Educational Director C. S. Langley; Deck Delegate H. P. Lopez; Stew­ ard Delegate Leonardo Manca. Some disputed OT in deck department. Chair­ man reported that the Seafarers Log was received in Assab and one copy was passed on to the Thomas Lynch. A vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment for big improvements in the menus and the food. Next port, Jeddah. THOMAS NELSON (Waterman Steamship), April 17—Chairman, Re­ certified Bosun R. Chaisson; Secretary C. Prestwood; Educational Director A. Delaney; Deck Delegate Cesar A. Crespo; Engine Delegate Alfred Ragas. No disputed OT. Previous minutes were read and accepted with some repairs still to be worked on. Chairman re­ ported that the captain wants all doors to be locked in Canal and all ports over here with the exception of the door by the gangway. A vote of thanks to the steward department for good food and service. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. Next port, Suez Canal. OGDEN WILLAMETTE (Ogden Transport), April 10—Chairman, Re­ certified Bosun E. K. Bryan; Secretary E. Kelly; Educational Director H. Meredith; Deck Delegate B. Anding; Engine Delegate L. Campos; Steward Delegate W. Scopolites. No disputed OT, All communications received were read and posted. Chairman held a dis­ cussion on the Seafarers Alcoholic Cen­ ter at Piney Point and the good it is doing for those brothers who need the help. Also discussed was the importance of donating to SPAD. SEA-LAND GALLOWAY (SeaLand Service), April 7—Chairman, Recertified Bosun George Burke; Sec­ retary A. Seda. No disputed OT. Chair­ man reported that everything ran smoothly this trip. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. Next port, Elizabeth, N.J. AQUILA (Aquila Steamship), April 24—Chairman, Recertified Bosun C. Pickle; Secretary S. Sylvester; Educa­ tional Director F. Tobi; Steward Dele­ gate Henry C. McCullough. Some dis­ puted OT in steward department. $75 in ship's fund for extra movies. Every­ one in the crew gave $5 so more movies can be purchased. Chairman reported that it was a good trip and everyone worked together. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. DELTA BRASIL (Delta Steamship Lines), April 3—Chairman, Recertified Bosun L. Guadmud; Secretary R. P. Marion; Educational Director H. Wells; Deck Delegate R. Rudolph; Engine Delegate J. Cruz; Steward Delegate H. O'Brien. $95 in ship's fund. $300 in movie fund. Some disputed OT in deck department. Chairman gave a talk on the importance of donating to SPAD and the benefits to be derived from up­ grading at Piney Point. Next port, Abidjan. PHILADELPHIA (Sea-Land Serv­ ice), April 3—Chairman James H. Parnell; Secretary Paul Lopez; Educational Director Kasimirs Abarons; Deck Dele­ gate Richard Heikus;- Engine Delegate Forrest Burris; Steward Delegate Pedro Alvarez. No disputed OT. Chairman held a di.scussion on a number of stories that appeared in the Seafarers Log. Next port, Seattle. SAN PEDRO (Sea-Land Service), April 10—Chairman, Recertified Bo­ sun M. Kemgood; Secretary R. Don­ nelly; Educational Director C. McBrien. $5 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Chairman reported on the center that is now open at Piney Point for the help of alcoholics. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Observed one minute of silence in mem­ ory of our departed brothers. We Need Your Lafest Address The SIU needs your latest address so that we can maintain an up-to-date mailing list and can be sure that important correspondence gets to you at your home. So please fill out the address form below and mail it to SIU Welfare Plan, 275 - 20th St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215. NEWARK (Sea-Land Service), April 24—Chairman A. Vilanova; Secretary Ken Hayes; Educational Director R. Coleman; Engine Delegate W. West. $8 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Seafarers Logs were received and dis­ tributed to delegates. Latest pamphlet received from Headquarters received, discussed and posted. Report to Log: "With salmon season coming expect to have quite a few of the brothers getting off. The fishing should be good after a very light winter. This was one of the warmest in Alaska history." Next port, Seattle. SEA-LAND FINANCE (Sea-Land Service), April 24—Chairman, Recer­ tified Bosun James Pulliam; Secretary W. Benish; Deck Delegate J. Long; En­ gine Delegate W. Cole; Steward Dele­ gate F. Pappone. No disputed OT. Chairman reported that the patrolman at payoff talked about the change in Pension Plan and how it works. Plan was discussed and a copy will be posted for all to read. March issue of the Sea­ farers Log has some good reading. Edu­ cation Series No. 7 was received and passed out for all to read. Reminded steward department to fill out upgrad­ ing applications. Next port. Hong Kong. ROBERT TOOMBS (Waterman Steamship), April 17—Chairman, Re­ certified Bosun Lee J. Harvey; Secre­ tary Bob L. Scarborough; Educational Director Rudolph Davis; Deck Dele­ gate Harry M. Fisher; Engine Delegate Calvin Bethard; Steward Delegate Law­ rence Smith. Some disputed OT in deck department. Chairman held a discus­ sion on the importance of SPAD. Re­ port to the Seafarers Log: "This was a 146-day trip and everything went smoothly. A very good SIU crew in all departments." Next port. New Orleans. LONG BEACH (Sea-Land Service), April 10—Chairman, Recertified Bo­ sun T. R. Price; Secretary M. Costello; Educational Director S. Green. $26.50 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. The captain called a safety meeting and it was attended by the officers on watch and members of the unlicensed person­ nel. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. ZAPATA COURIER (Zapata Bulk Transport), April 10—Chairman, Re­ certified Bosun Sal Sbriglio; Secretary P. Franco; Educational Director A. Bell; Deck Delegate Jones; Engine Delegate James Chiaese; Steward Dele­ gate Ronald Fluker. No disputed OT. Steward advised all brothers to read the Log as it has a lot of good reading in it and keeps you informed lo what is going on in the Union. Also received the education series No. 7 which is great for all of our young members to read. If a lot of brothers read these things they would not be sitting around the messroom telling young members what they can get out of going to sea by not working or knocking our Union and Piney Point. SEA-LAND MARKET (Sea-Land Service), April 10—Chairman, Recer­ tified Bosun D. Rood; Secretary R. Hutchins; Deck Delegate V. Genco; Engine Delegate C. C. Hall; Steward Delegate A. Mohamed. No disputed OT. Chairman extended a vote of thanks to each department delegate for their running of a smooth ship. It takes all departments to achieve this aim. Ob­ served one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. Next port, Portsmouth. ERNA ELIZABETH (Hudson Wa­ terways), April 17—Chairman, Recer­ tified Bosun F. C. Cooper; Secretary L. Banks; Deck Delegate A. W. Saxon; Engine Delegate Joseph Collins. No dis­ puted OT. Received the Seafarers Log which contained lots of information. Report to Log: "With Sonny Rankins aboard we have around-the-clock news. Sonny Rankin says he will retire after this voyage with 39 years." Next port, Leningrad. MASSACHUSETTS (Interocean Mgt.), April 3—Chairman, Recertified Bosun J. L. Bourgeois; Secretary A. Hassan; Educational Director C. W. Dahlaus; Deck Delegate Thomas R. Reading. No disputed OT. Educational Director C. W. Dahlaus advised all crewmembers to take advantage of the Piney Point upgrading classes as they are there for your benefit. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. ship'^^mj^^ f re- KCrtt ' JOHN TYLER ^ ^ \ .EGIANGECL RIO : .r ^.-•-•'^' •SEA-LAlNp:COMteRCE • GOLomimMRcti ovi pt Pi AN< OVERSEAS JOYCE (Maritime Overseas), April 17—Chairman, Re­ certified Bosun A. H. Anderson; Secre­ tary S. Szeibert; Educational Director Soc. Sec. No. SIU H. Granger; Deck Delegate Jose M. Nova ; Engine Delegate Daniel Boleria. No disputed OT. Chairman advised all crewmembers to be aware of the curfew l^nine . • in Russia and that everyone must ob­ Print Last Name First Name Middle Initial serve the law. If there are any prob­ lems, the Russian authorities will Address ».... •.... •.. •• Print Number and Street City , , State ' Zip revoke passes. Also discussed the im­ portance of donating to SPAD. Ob­ Dateof Birtil served one minute of silence in memory Mo / Day / Year of our departed brothers. V 'CM.. " ^ June 1b». /31 �p*as--- Pensioner Daniel Behrens, 72, passed away on May 31, Brother Behrens joined the Union in the port of Baltimore in 1956 sailing as a machinist for the Curtis Bay Towing Co. from 1922 to 1962. He was a 1961 elected delegate to the first IBU Con­ vention held in Brooklyn, N.Y. A na­ tive of Germany, he was a naturalized U.S. citizen. Surviving is his widow, Louise. Pensioner John W. Fitchett, 70, passed away in the Horn Harbor Nursing Home, Mathews, Va. on Apr. 27. Brother Fitchett joined the Union in the port of Norfolk in 1959 sail­ ing as an engineer and captain for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad from 1926 to 1963. He served on the 1965 Polls and Tallying Committee for elected delegates of the Railroad Ma­ rine Region of the IBU Convention. Boatman Fitehett also worked for the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Surviving are a son, John; a daughter, Mrs. Irene Billets of Seal Beach, Calif., and a sister, Mrs. M. J. Green of Ocean View, Va. 5 * James IVI. Farlow, 56, died of injuries from an explosion aboard the Interstate Barge No. 12 at the Gulf Oil Refinery on the Schuykill River near Philadelphia on Apr. 9. Brother Farlow joined the Union in the port of Phil­ adelphia in 1968 sailing as a tankerman and barge captain for the Delmarva Oil Transportation Co. and for the Inter­ state Oil Transportation Co. from 1967 to 1977. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II. A native of Salisbury, Md., he was a resident of Princess Anne, Md. Burial was in Asbury Cemetery, Princess Anne. Surviv­ ing are his widow, Virginia and a step­ son. Richard L. Bloodsworth. Elias J. Luostari, 53, died of a heart attack in St. Mary's Hospital, Duluth, Minn, on May 2. Brother Luostari joined the Union in the port of Chicago w, in 1962 sailing as a tug oiler and deckhand for the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. from 1962 to 1977 and for the Hannah Inland Waterways Inc. on the tug William W. Stender from 1969 to 1976. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War LL Born in Wakefield, Mich,, he was a resident of Lake Nebagamon, Wise. Cremation took place in the Park Hill Crematory, Duluth. Surviving .are his widow, Eleanor; a daughter, Cheryl of Wenthworth, Wise.; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elias E. Luostari of Massa­ chusetts; a foster daughter, Deborah, and f 'oster sons, Francis, Robert, Lon / LUU / June 1977 Pensioner Johnnie E. Hudgins, Sr., 65, died of heart failure in Eastern State Hos­ pital, Williamsburg, Va. on May 12. ^ Brother Hudgins '^joined the Union in « the port of Norfolk in 1960 sailing as a mate and tug cap­ tain for the Penn-Central Railroad from 1936 to 1962. He was born in Diggs, Va. and was a resident of Mathews County, Va. Burial was in Milford Cemetery, Mathews. Surviving are a son, Johnnie of Mathews; a daughter, Deborah, and a brother, C. F. Hudgins of Norfolk. Stephen F. Murawski, 60, died of a heart attack in San Juan, P.R. on May 13. Brother Murawski joined the Union in the port of Norfolk in 1968 sailing as a cook for the Gulf At­ lantic Towing and Transportation Co. (GATCO) from 1967 to 1977. He also worked for the Jacksonville (Fla.) Ship Chandlery Co. from 1964 to 1966. Brother Murawski was a retired U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II. Born in Baltimore, he was a resident of Jacksonville. Cremation took place in the Giddens-Griffith Crematorium, Jacksonville. Surviving are his widow, Gladys, and two daughters, Linda and Susan. Pensioner Stanley Paul, 70, died of can­ cer in the Fairview (Ohio) General Hos­ pital on Mar 31. Brother Paul joined the Union in the port of Cleveland in 1956 sailing 21 years as an oiler and dredgeman for the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. from 1961 to 1972 on the Dredge Alaska of Bay City, Mich. He was born in Lyndhurst, N.J. and was a resident of Fairview Park, Ohio. Burial was in Sunset Mem­ orial Park Cemetery, North Olmstead, Ohio. Surviving are his widow, Helen, and a sister, Mrs. Theresa Gittinger of North Olmstead. Pensioner Wayne W. Weston, 73, passed away on Apr. 11. Brother Weston joined the Union in the port of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, in 1961 sailing 27 years for the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co., the Dravo Corp., and the Peter Kuiwit Sons Co. A native of Baymills, Mich., he was a resident of Brimley, Mich. Surviving are his widow, Gertrude and a son, Richard. Louis D. Gilmore died on July 13, 1976. Brother Gilmore joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of Mobile. He also sailed during World War II. Surviving is his widow. George C. Stone, 69, passed away from a brain tumor at the Corny Brook Hospital in Pasadena, Newfoundland, Canada on Mar. 30. Brother Stone sailed from the port of Boston for 40 years until 1968. He was a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y. until that year. Sur­ viving is his widow, Mary; a son, Almon; five grandchildren, and two great­ grandchildren. Pensioner Thomas Barich, 84, died of heart failure in the U.S. Veterans Ad­ ministration Lake­ side Hospital, ChiBrother Barich f \ joined the Union in the port of Detroit in 1960 sailing as a bosun. He sailed 31 years and also worked as a welder in a shipyard. Born in Croatia, Yugoslavia, he was a nat­ uralized U.S. citizen and was a resident of Chicago. Burial was in Oakland Memory Lanes Cemetery, Dolton, 111. Surviving are a niece, Mrs. Ann M. Kokoszynski, and a nephew, Michael A. Kokoszynski, both of Chicago. Pensioner Henry L. Bramer, 73, died of kidney failure in the Munson Medical Center, Traverse City, Mich, on May 17. Brother Bramer joined the Union in the port of Elberta. Mich, in 1953 sailing as an oiler for the Ann Arbor Railroad Co. He was born in Frankfort, Mich, and was a resident there. Interment was in the Gilmore Township Cemetery, Benzie County, Mich. Surviving is his widow, Laura. Pensioner Fred F. Kallstrom, 67, died of a heart attack in the Doar County Memorial Hospital, Sturgeon Bay, Wise, on Apr. 18. Brother Kallstrom joined the Union in the port of Detroit in 1960 sailing as a chief stew­ ard for McKee Sons. He sailed 30 years. Born in Jefferson, Ohio, he was a resi­ dent of Sturgeon Bay. Burial was in the Bayside Cemetery, Sturgeon Bay. Sur­ viving is his widow, Tessie. Carleton J. "Caril** Amundson, 51, died in a Helsinki, Fin­ land hospital on May 22 while a crewmember of the SS Carter Braxton (Waterman). Brother Amundson joined the SIU in 1944 in the port of Mobile and sailed as a bosun. He was born in Sandstone, Minn, and was a resident of Minneap­ olis. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Lena E. Teich, and a sister, Mrs. Marlene L. Nelson, both of Minneapolis. Pensioner Aionzo "Lonnie" Bettis, 65, died on May 30. Brother Bettis joined the SIU in 1946 in ' the port of Philadel* phia sailing as a cook. He sailed for ' 33 years. Seafarer Bettis was born in Gosport, Ala. and was a resident of Mobile. Surviving are his widow, Vivian; two sons, Lonnie and Robert, and three daughters. Da­ phne, Hattie and Jeanne. Pensioner Carl I. Copper, 62, died on June 8. Brother Cop­ per joined the SIU in 1946 in the port of New York sailing as a chief steward. He was a veteran of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier action during World War 11. Born in Indiana, he was a resident of Zephryhills, Fla. Surviving are his widow, Ila; two sons, Hal and Carl, and a daughter, Mrs. Lynda Hicks. Pensioner Carl De Marco, 78, passed away on June 7. Brother De Marco joined the SIU in 1944 in the port of New York sailing as a cook. He was a vet­ eran of the U.S. Army Infantry Corps in World War I. Seafarer De Marco was born in Pal­ ermo, Italy and was a naturalized U.S. citizen. He was a resident of Miami Beach, Fla. Surviving are his widow, Jennie, and a son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Louis De Marco of New York City. Clarence L.Schimmelpfennig died of cancer in the Balti­ more USPHS Hos­ pital on Mar. 7. Brother Schimmelpfennig joined the Un­ ion in the port of De­ troit in 1965 sailing as a cook for the Reiss, American and Boland Steamship Companies. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II. Laker Schimmelpfennig was a Pensioner Fred resident of Moran, Mich. Surviving is a England, 69, passed sister, Mrs. George (Viola) J. Pulsipher away on June 3. of Saline, Mich. Brother England Frank T. Senich, joined the SIU in I' 59, died of lung can­ 1938 in the port of cer in the Cleveland New York sailing as (Ohio) Memorial . a deck engineer. He General Hospital on ' 1 sailed for 34 years. Apr. 11. Brother Sen­ A native of Missouri, he was a resident ich joined the Union of Cassville, Mo. Surviving are a son, in the port of Detroit Ray of Tulsa, Okla.; his mother, Kate, in 1960 sailing as a and a sister, Mrs. Mabel E. Anderson, fireman-watertender for the Kinsman both of Seattle. Marine Steamship Co. He sailed 17 years and was a veteran of the U.S. Pensioner Damaso Army in World War II. A native of De Jesus, 62 died. Cleveland, he was a resident of BrecksHe joined the SIU in ville, Ohio. Interment was in St. Theo1938 in the port of dosius Cemetery, Brooklyn, Ohio. New York and sailed Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Rose S. as a bosun. Brother Grossnickle of Brecksville. De Jesus sailed 40 Kevin Menz was lost overboard off a years and was on the National Marine Service barge on May picket line in the 27. Brother Menz worked for the com­ 1961 N.Y. Harbor strike and the 1965 pany from 1976 to 1977 and also for District Council 37 beef. He was bom the Inland Tug Co. last year. His body in Puerto Rico and was a resident of was not recovered and he was presumed Fajardo, P.R. Burial was in Puerto to have drowned. Rico. Surviving is his widow, Luisa. �Pensioner Santiago H. Rosario, 74, died of a heart attack on May 17. Brother RoI sario joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of Baltimore sailing as _J a fireman-watertender and in the stew­ ard department for 32 years. He re­ ceived a Union Personal Safety Award in 1960 for sailing aboard an accidentfree ship, the SS Frances. And he was a 1959 lifeboat graduate of the Andrew Furuseth Training School, Brooklyn, N.Y. A native of San Juan, P.R., he was a resident of Santurce, P.R. Burial was in the Rio Piedras (P.R,) Cemetery. Surviving are his widow, Maria, and a daughter, Sandra. Howard F. Starbuck, 67, died on Mar. 14. Brother Starbuck joined the SIU in 1941 in the port of New York and sailed as a bo7 sailed 34 years. Seafarer Starbuck was born in Tama, Iowa and was a resident of Torrance, Calif. Surviving are his widow. Fern; a stepdaughter, Judy Ann Shepherd, and a sister, Anna of Los Angeles. William H. Johnson, 55, died of can• f cer in the U.S. Naval Regional Medical Center, Portsmouth, Va. on May 2. Broth­ er Johnson joined the SIU in the port of Norfolk in 1965 sail­ ing as a cook. He sailed 20 years. Sea­ farer Johnson was a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Born in Jack­ son, Ga., he was a resident of Chesa­ peake, Va. Cremation took place in the Lynnhaven Crematorium, Virginia Beach, Va. Surviving are his widow, Jeanette of Norfolk; five sons, George, Rod, Tony, Gregory and Grandison, and seven daughters, Yvonne, Theresa, Jeanette, Mamie, Mary, Denise and Andra; Jay W. Savage, 53, died on Mar. 27. Brother Savage joined the SIU in 1944 sailing as an sailed for 35 years. Born in Missouri, he was a resi•H A flHident of New York City. Surviving is his widow, Gertrude. Pensioner Herman E."Tommy" Thomp­ son, 52, died of can­ cer in the San An­ tonio Community Hospital, Upland Calif, on Apr. 28. Brother Thompson joined the SIU in 1942 in the port of Mobile sailing as an AB. He was born in Grand Cayman, B.W.I., was a naturalized U.S. citizen and was a resident of Ontario, Calif. Burial was iii Georgetown Cemetery, Grand Cayman. Surviving are two sis­ ters, Mrs. Ted C. (Pearl) Carrigan of Ontario and Mrs. Leon (Iris I.) Dusa of Cadillac, Mich. Raymond I. Perez died in Seattle in June. Brother Perez sailed 28 years. He sailed in the inland field from 1970 to 1977. Pensioner Lester C. Long, 70, died of a heart attack in the Martinsburg (W.Va.) Veterans Adminis­ tration Hospital on ! May 6. Brother Long joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of Norfolk sailing as a bosun. He sailed 24 years and was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force in World War II. Seafarer Long was born in Martinsburg and was a resident there. Cremation took place in the J. William Lee Crematorium, Washington, D.C. and interment was in Rosedale Cemetery, Martinsburg. Surviving are his mother, Mazzie of Martinsburg; a brother. Perry, also of Martinsburg, and two sisters, Mrs. Lil­ lian M. Elliott of Cobb Island, Md. and Mrs. Alice M. Jenkins of Martinsburg. Pensioner John D. McDaniel, 76, died of pneumonia in the l-; T Blount Memorial Hospital, Maryville, Tenn. on Apr. 15. Brother McDaniel joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of Norfolk and sailed as a bosun. He sailed 23 years. Born in Danville, Va., he was a resident of Maryville. Burial was in Highland Park Cemetery, Danville. Surviving are a son, Jamie of Danville; a brother, Carson of Washington, D.C., and a sister, Mrs. B. B. (Virginia L.) Foster of Oak Ridge, Tenn. Pensioner Rodolfo I. Rodriguez, 56, 1 died in January 1976. ' I Brother Rodriguez joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of New York sailing in the steward depart­ ment for 33 years. He walked the picket line in both the 1961 Greater N.Y. Harbor strike and the 1962 Robin Line beef. A native of Manila, the Philippines, he was a resi­ dent of Brooklyn, N.Y. Burial was at sea off the SS Falcon Princess (Falcon Tankers). Surviving are his widow, Purita; a son, Roderick, and a sister, Mrs. Bettina R. Umahi of Manila. Larry D. Olson, 41, drowned on May 7. Brother Olson joined the SIU in the port of Detroit in 1961 sailing as an oiler. He sailed 18 years. Laker Olson attended a 1969 Maritime Trades Department Conven­ tion in Atlantic City, N.J. Also, he was a veteran of the post-World War II U.S. Army. A native of Ellison Bay, Wise., he was a resident there. Surviv­ ing are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gil­ bert Olson of Ellison Bay. Pensioner Joseph E. "Hunry" Wilaszak, 64, died of lung failure in the San Francisco USPHS Hospital on Mar. 29. Brother Wilaszak joined the SIU in 7 1944 in the port of Baltimore sailing as a chief steward. He ' sailed 29 years. A native of Palmer, Mass., he was a resident of Hay ward, Calif. Burial was in Mater Dolorosa Cemetery, South Hadley, Mass. Sur­ viving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent and Sophie Wilaszak of Holyoke, Mass., and a sister, Mrs. Helen Brach, also of Holyoke. John M. Schoch, 61, died on May 15. Brother Schoch join­ ed the SIU in the port of Baltimore in 1956 sailing as a chief electrician. He helped to organize the Atlantic Refining Co. in 1952 and was on the picket line in both the Bull Line strike and the American Coal Co. beef in 1956 and on the Wilson Line and Curtis Bay Towing Co. strikes. Seafarer Schoch also sailed during the Vietnam War and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War II. A native of Brockaway, Pa., he was a resident of Hazel Park, Mich. Surviving are his widow, Jose­ phine of Dubois, Pa.; a son, Keith; his mother. Pearl of Brockaway and a sis­ ter, Mrs. Paul (Lucille) Walsh of Hazel Park. Joseph P. "Joe" Rowland, 50, died of a cerebral shock in the Veterans Ad­ ministration Hospital, Nashville, Tenn. on Apr. 6. Brother Rowland joined the Union in the port of St. Louis, Mo. in 1975 sailing as a barge lead deckhand for the Orgulf Transportation Co. from 1973 to 1975 and for the Inland Tug Co. from 1975 to 1977. He was a vet­ eran of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Born in Kentucky, he was a resident of Princeton, Ky. Interment was in the Rowland Cemetery, Caldwell County, Ky, Surviving arc his widow, Thelma; a son, Rickey of Lincoln Park, Mich.; a daughter, Mrs. Leonard (Vickie Jo) Banasiak, al^o of Lincoln Park; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul and Violet Rowland, and a sister, Mrs. Glenn Bright, all of Princeton. Pensioner Porter P. Carroll, 76, died of a heart attack on Apr. 8. Brother Carroll joined the Union in Port Arthur, Tex. in 1961 sailing as an engineer for the D. M. Picton Co. of Port Arthur from 1944 to 1966. Boatman Carroll was a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II. A native of Quintana, Tex., he was a resident of Beaumont, Tex. Burial was in the Olvin (Tex.) Memorial Cemetery. Surviving are his widow, Ethel, and two daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Goodridge of Beaumont, and Mrs. Eileen Holland. James W. Robert­ son, 48, died on May 18. Brother RobertI son joined the SIU in 1946 in the port of New York sailing as a fireman-watertender and OMED. He upgraded to QMED at the Harry Lundeberg School of Sea­ manship at Piney Point, Md. in 1967 and took engineering training at the HLSS in 1969. Seafarer Robertson was a veteran of the post-World War II U.S. Army. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Hazel Nester and Lucille,'both of Nor­ folk. Pensioner Hilliard L. Trahan, 68, died of heart failure in the Orange (Tex.) Me­ morial Hospital on May 1. Brother Trahan joined the SIU ^j|| in 1938 in the port of Galveston sailing as an oiler. He was a veteran of the preWorld War II U.S. Army. Born in Lou­ isiana, he was a resident of Orange. Interment was in Forest Lawn Memo­ rial Park Cemetery, Orange. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Wilfred (Bessie Mae) White of Orange. Earl L. Bryant, 56, died at home in Paducah, Ky. on Nov. 4, 1976. Brother Bryant joined the Union in the port of Paducah in 1975 sailing as a deckhand for National Marine Service, Inland Tug Co., and for the Orgulf Co. from 1973 to 1976. Boatman Bryant was born in Clarksville, Tenn. Burial was in the Maplewood Cemetery, McCracken County, Ky. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bryant; two daughters, Mrs. Gaston (Sharon) L. B. Mounce of Duncanville, Tex., and Mrs. Ted (Patricia) A. Foreman of Grand Saline, Tex., and a nephew, Dave B. O'Bannon. SS Newark's Final Farewell To the words of the English poet Alfred Lord Tennyson's "Crossing the'Bar", Seafarers of the SS Newark (Sea-Land) said their final farewells to Brother 0. A. Morrison as a funeral service was read and his ashes scattered on the sea on Mar. 31 at Latitude 54 degrees N., Longitude 137 W. June 1977/ LOG / 33 �Don't Buy Coors Beer, Croft Metals Boycotts Set by AFL-CIO A nationwide boycott of Coors beer has been called for unanimously by the AFL-CIO Executive Council. The boycott compaign against the Adolph Coors Beer Co, of Golden, Colo, was triggered by a strike of the state's 1,500 members of the Brewery Workers Local 366 on Apr. 5. The di­ rectly-affiliated union is seeking re­ newal of a contract which expired on Dec. 31. The anti-union firm caused the walk­ out by proposing, in a new contract, 56 reasons why a union worker could be disciplined or fired. And the firm is trying to deny members grievance pro­ cedures to rectify unjust firings and discipline. Included in the Coors' demands was the stipulation that would let a super­ visor order a production worker to take a lie detector test and physical examina­ tion. When the. company refused collec­ tive bargaining on these issues, the local filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board. At mediation on Apr. 19, Coors said it was rescinding the union shop clause in the contract. Since then the company has hired scabs. "The company," (which in 1975 earned $41-million in profit after taxes), AFL-CIO chief George Meany stated, "is clearly determined to try to bust the union. "The success of the Coors boycott depends upon the wholehearted cooper­ ation and full support of every union member, his family, his friends and neighbors," he declared. "This is clearly the struggle of all workers and all union members. This boycott will remain in effect until a fair and decent collective bargaining agree­ ment is reached." num doors, shower stalls and doors and other home .building products — has been asked for by the AFL-CIO and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters Union. After five fruitless years of trying to get a union contract with Croft, 500 of the firm's 800 employes went out on strike on Jan. 16. Iowa Beef Processors Also, out in Dakota City, Neb., the 2-million members of the AFL-CIO Food and Beverage Trades Department spiritually joined the 2,000 striking The meatcutters struck to close up the $1 an hour wage gap between Iowa Beef and other major meat producers with union contracts. The union has asked the National Labor Relations Board for relief from certain unfair labor practices by the company. Before the strike, there was a five-week ex­ tension of the contract and intervention by the Federal Mediation and Concilia­ tion Service. Ventriioquisf' is No Dummy Croft Metals In a related development, another U.S. don't buy boycott of Croft Metals of Magnolia, Miss.—makers of alumi­ Seventy-one cents of every dollar spent in shipping on American-flag vessels remains in this country, making a very substantial contribution to the national balance of payments and to the nation's economy. Use U.S.-flag ships. It's good for the American maritime industry, the Ameri­ can shipper, and America. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Ventriloquist Jerry Goodspeed is now doubling as an OS aboard the Afoundria (Sea-Land). Between watches he entertains the men with his two little friends. Accomplished world travelers, they surprised residents in India last year when they learned how to speak Hindi. Brother Goodspeed graduated from the HISS trainee program in 1976. While at the school, he performed for children in the nearby Lexington Park, Md. Day Care Center and then carried the act over onto his first voyage aboard the SlU-contracted Williamsburg. He taught him­ self ventriloquism when he was 10 years old. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three months, which are to be submitted to the membership by the Secretary-Treasurer. A quarterly finance committee of rank and file members, elected by the membership, makes examination each quarter of the finances of the Union and reports fully their findings and recommenda­ tions. 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 arc administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and senior­ ity are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Uriion and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return re­ ceipt requested. The proper address for this is: Frank Drozak, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 275 - 20th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215 Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are avail­ able in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obliga­ tions, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in 34 / LOG / June 1977 workers of Iowa Beef Processors who are members of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen Local 22. the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY — SEAFARERS LOG. The Log has traditionally refrained from publishing any ar­ ticle 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 editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union, fhe 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 circum­ stances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone at­ tempts to require any such payment be made without sup­ plying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGA­ TIONS. Copies of the SIU constitution are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its con­ tents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempt­ ing 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. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discrimi­ nated against because of race, creed, color, sex and na­ tional 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 DONATION —SPAD. SPAD is a separate segregated fund. Its pro­ ceeds are used to further its objects and purposes includ­ ing but not limited to furthering the political, social and economic interests of Seafarer seamen, the preservation and furthering of the American Merchant Marine with improved employment opportunities for seamen and the advancement of trade union concepts. In connection with such objects, SPAD supports and contributes to political candidates for elective office. All contributions are vol­ untary. No contribution may be solicited or received because of force, job discrimination, financial reprisal, or threat of such conduct, or as a condition of membership in the Union or of employment. If a contribution is made by reason of the above improper conduct, notify the Sea­ farers Union or SPAD by certified mail within 30 days of the contribution for investigation and appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. Support SPAD to protect and further your economic, political and social interests, American trade union concepts and Seafarer seamen. If at any tinie a Seafarer feels that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his constitutional right of access to Union records or infor­ mation, he should immediately notify SIU President Hall at headquarters by certified maii, return receipt requested. �12'A' Seniority Upgraders William Lough Rex A. Rayner David Goyette Seafarer William Lough, 24, has been shipping out with the SIU ever since he graduated the entry rating pro­ gram at the Lundeberg School in 1974. A member of the deck depart­ ment, Brother Lough upgraded to AB in 1976. He was born and raised in Flor­ ida, and now lives in Coconut Grove, Fla. He ships from the port of New Orleans. Seafarer Rex A. Rayner, 23, gradu­ ated from the Harry Lundeberg School Trainee Program in 1973 and has sailed with the SIU in the deck department ever since. In 1976 he returned to Piney Point to earn his A B ticket. During May of this year, he took the Basic Cardiac Life Support course. Brother Rayner was born in Torrance, Calif, and raised in Jacksonville Beach, Fla. He lives in New Orleans and ships out of that port. Seafarer David X Goyette, 24, first sailed with the SIU in 1971 after graduating from the Lundeberg School. He ships out in the deck department ^^and earned his AB ' V ticket at the Lunde­ berg School earlier this year, fie also completed the Basic Cardiac Life Sup­ port course. Brother Goyette was born in New York, N.Y. and lives in Beltsville, Md. He ships out of the port of New York. Charles Johnson Seafarer Charles Johnson, 33, has been shipping out with the SIU ever since he graduated from the Andrew Furuseth Training School in 1961. After sailing in the black gang for sev­ eral years, he got his FOWT endorse­ ment and lifeboat ticket through the Harry Lundeberg School in 1968. Brother Johnson was born in New York City, shipping out from that port. While taking the "A" seniority upgrading course, he successfully earned his Basic Cardiac Life Support card. James Mann . Seafarer James Mann, 23, gradu­ ated from the Harry Lundeberg School entry rating pro­ gram in 1973. A member bf the steward depart­ ment, he upgraded twice at Piney Point, earning his third cook's endorse­ ment and then his cook and baker's en­ dorsement. He also finished the Basic Cardiac Life Support Course while at the HLSS for the "A" seniority pro­ gram. Brother Mann was born in Teaneck, N.J. He lives in Ramsey, N.J. and ships out of the port of New York Dan Marcus Tomas Rodriguez David Timmons Seafarer Earl T. Holman, 56, started shipping with the SIU in 1970 after serving for 20 years on U.S. Navy "pigboats" (subs). In 1974 he went to the Harry Lundeberg School to earn his QMED and tankerman endorsements. He took the Basic Cardiac Life Sup­ port course while at Piney Point for the "A" seniority program. Brother Hol­ man was born in Tuscalosa, Ala. and now lives near San Francisco. He ships out from the port of San Francisco. Seafarer Tomas Rodriguez, 23, first shipped out in 1974 after attending the Lundeberg School Trainee Program. A member of the black gang, he returned to Piney Point in ^ 1976 to get an FOWT endorsement. While attending the "A" seniority program, he finished the Basic Cardiac Life Support course. A native and resident of Puerto Rico, Brother Rodriguez was born in Mayaguez and lives in Rio Piedras. He ships out of the port of San Juan. Seafarer David Timmons, 22, went through the Trainee Program at the Harry Lundeberg School in 1973. Since then he has shipped out with the SIU in the enI gine department. He upgraded in 1977 taking the HLSS pumproom operation maintenance course and recently took the Basic Cardiac Life Support course as well. He holds an FOWT ticket. Brother Tim­ mons was born in Corpus Christi, Tex., was raised in Hurley, Miss, and makes his home in New Orleans. He ships out of New Orleans. Vincent Tatesnre Seafarer Vincent Tatesure, 20, sails with the SIU in the engine department. He made his first trip in 1973 after completing the Trainee Program at the Harry Lunde­ berg School. In 1975 he upgraded to FOWT at Piney Point. During the current "A" seniority course, he got his Basic Cardiac Life Support ticket. A native and resident of Brooklyn, N.Y., Brother Tatesure ships out from the port of New York. ... for SIU members with Alcohol problem For our own sakes, then, we have plenty of good reasons for wanting our alcoholic brother to take advantage of the Seafarers Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center and begin his recovery. But sometimes .it is easy to overlook the best and most basic reason for want­ ing to help the alcoholic recover. This reason is our commitment to the wel­ fare of every. Seafarer and Boatman because they are our Union brothers. As we complain and mutter about "that DEEP SEA Earl T. Holman Seafarer Dan Marcus, 23, first shipped out with the SIU in 1972 after graduating from the HLSS en­ try rating course. In 1976, he went back to the School to earn his AB ticket. A member of the deck department, he also has his Basic Car­ diac Life Support ticket. Brother Mar­ cus waj born and raised in Baltimore, Md. where he still lives, shipping out of that port. c jSrotherhood in Action As Seafarers and Boatmen who live and work in close contact with our brothers who have alcoholism, we are all familiar with the effect this disease has on each of us. We know the prob­ lems that missed watches, unfinished work and unsafe work habits create. There is no denying the aggravation and inconvenience to each of us that the alcoholic causes. Michael Knithe Seafarer Michael Kuithe, 24, finished the Trainee Pro­ gram at the HLSS in 1973 then went to sea with the SIU. He earned his AB ticket back at the School in 1976. During the "A" seniority program. Brother Kuithe, a member of the deck department, fin­ ished the Basic Cardiac Life Support course. Brother Kuithe was born in St. Louis and makes his home in St. Louis, but he ships out of all SIU ports. drunk", and the problems he causes, we may forget what the alcoholic him­ self is suffering. It's important to remember that the outward symptoms of alcoholism seem to be shiftlessness, irresponsibility, carelessness and, of course, drunken­ ness. But the symptoms the alcoholic suffers insfde himself are much worse than the irritation he causes us. Inside, our alcoholic brother is feel­ ing terrible fears, deep anxieties, and a lot of guilt and self hatred. In addition to this mental pain, he is seriously phys­ ically ill. Death or a mental breakdown are very real possibilities for his im­ mediate future. No true trade unionist could aban­ don a brother to this suffering. The im­ proved wages and working conditions we have won through union solidarity will mean nothing to a man suffering the way an alcoholic suffers. Mitchell Hartshorn Seafarer Mitchell Hartshorn, 23, completed the trainee course at the Harry Lunde­ berg School in Piney Point in 1974, finishing the third cook's training at the same time. He has been sailing with the SIU in the steward department ever since. He also has hiscard for Basic Cardiac Life Sup­ port. Brother Hartshorn, a native and resident of the state of Washington, now lives in Seattle and ships out of that port. Alcoholic Rehobilitotion Center I am interested in attending a six-week program at the Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center. I understand that all my medical and counseling records will be kept strictly confidential, and that they will not be kept anyw/icfc except at The Center. Name Book No. I I Address (Street or RFD) (City) (State) (Zip) j I I Telephone No Mail to; THE CENTER Star Route Box 153-A Valley Lee, Md. 20692 or call, 24 hours-a-day, (301) 994-0010 This, then, is the most basic reason for the Seafarers Alcoholic Rehabilita­ tion Center. It's the most basic reason for our commitment, as SIU members, to helping our alcoholic brothers re­ cover from their illness. None of us, as I trade unionists and SIU members, will have achieved our final goal until every brother is able to enjoy the better way of life which we are working so hard to build for ourselves and our fellow members. June 1977 / LOG / 35 �The Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship "/or a better job today^ and job security tomorrow. 99 AB Endorsement Means Better Pay^ Security How does a young ordinary seaman get a belter job, better pay and increased job security all at once? Simple! He upgrades •to Able-Seaman through the Lundeberg School's four-week long vocational pro­ gram leading to this important endorse­ ment. In fact, there's no better time than right now to get your AB ticket because ship­ ping has been excellent and there are a wide range of job opportunities available to SIU members holding this endorse­ ment. The Lundeberg School will conduct its next Able-Seaman Course beginning Au­ gust 4, 1977. Check the course require­ ments below, and if you qualify, simply fill out an Upgrading Application and send it to the HLSS Vocational Education Department. ' There are still plenty of openings avail­ able for th(^ course. But send in your ap­ plication as soon as possible to insure a seat in the class. The opportunity to upgrade to a better job is easily acccssable to you. But it is up to you to take advantage of this op­ portunity. Don't delay any longer. Course Requirements • You must be 19 years of age. • You must pass a physical. • Must have normal color vision. • Must have, either with or without glasses, at h'ast 20/20 vision in one eye, and at least 20/40 in the other. • Must either have or first complete the .separate Lifeboat Course offered at the School. • For the endorsement of Able-Seaman 12 Months Any Waters, you must have 12 months seatime as ordinary seaman, or eight months seatime if you are an HLSS graduate. Seafarers upgrading to Able-Seaman learn wire splicing as part of their on-thejob training. LUNDEBERG UPGRADING APPLICATION Seafarers Jim Gilmartin and Keith O'Brien, enrolled in the current AB Course, get some on-the-job training on the Lundeberg Sehool's schooner. Do you hold a letter of completion for Lifeboat: • Yes • No; j Firefighting: • Yes • No **Iame_ Date of Birth(Last) (First) Dates Available for Training (Middle) Mo. /Day/Year Address. (Refer to Directory for all course listings.) (Street) I Am Interested in the Following Course (s) Telephone #(City). (State) Deepsea Member LD [ I ' (Zip Code) (Area Code) Inland Waters Member • Lakes Member Q Seniority Book Number Date Book Was ls.sued Port Issued- Endorsement(s) Now Held- Social Security #. Piney Point Graduate: • Yes Entry Program: From RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT TIME—(Show only amount needed to up­ grade in rating noted above or attach letter of service, whichever is applicable.) Port Presently Registered In- VESSEL RATING HELD DATE SHIPPED DATE OF DISCHARGE No • (if so, fill in below) to. Endorsement (s) Received (Dates Attended) SIGNATURE. DATE- Jpgrading Prograrri: From. .to. _ Endorsement (s) Received — (Dates Attended) RETURN COMPLETED APPLICATION TO; LUNDEBERG UPGRADING CENTER, PINEY POINT, MD. 20674 I I I I I I ! .J 36 / LOG / June 1977 - - ->—- - �Steward Department All Steward Department Courses Lead To Certification Bv HLSS. CHIEF STEWARD The course of instruction is six weeks long and covers all phases of steward department management and operation. Course Requirements; All candi­ dates must have scatime and/or training in compliance with one of the following: • Throe years seatime in a rating above 3rd cook or assistant cook OR • Six months seatime as 3rd cook or assistant cook, six months seatime as cook land baker, six months seatime as chief cook and hold HLS certifi­ cates of completion for each pro­ gram OR • 12 months seatime as 3rd cook or assistant cook, six months seatime as cook and baker, six months seatime as chief cook and hold HLS certifi­ cates of completion for the cook and baker and chief cook programs OR • 12 months seatime as 3rd cook or assistant cook, 12 months seatime as cook and baker, and six months sea­ time as chief cook and hold an HLS certificate of completion for the chief cook program. Starting dates: July 7, Aug. 18, Sept. 29, and ISov. 10. Directory of All Upgrading Courses |t>EEPSEA, LAKES COURSES • " • • • Deck Department Ablc-scaman, 12 Months Any Waters Able-seaman, Unlimited Any Waters Lifeboalman Quartermaster FOWT Th»' course is four weeks in le ngth and leads to endorsemi't as Fireman, Watertender, and/or Oiler. Course Requirements: If you have a Wiper endorsement only, you must: • Be able to pass the prescribed physi­ cal, including eyesight requirements • Have six months seatime as Wiper, OR Be a graduate of HLS at Piney Point and have three months seatime as Wiper • If you have an engine department rating there are no requirements. Starting dates: July 7, Sept. 29. WELDING The course of instruction in basic weld­ ing consists of classroom and on-the-job training including practical training in CHIEF COOK He's a Chief Cook The course of instruction is six weeks in length and students specialize in the preparation of soups, sauces, meats, sea­ foods, and gravies. Course Requirements: All candi­ dates must have seatime and/or training in compliance with one of the following: • 12 months seatime as cook and baker OR • Three years seatime in the steward department, with six months as 3rd cook or assistant cook and six months as cook and baker OR • Six months seatime as 3rd cook or assistant cook and six months as cook and baker OR • 12 months seatime as 3rd cook or assistant cook and six months sea­ time as cook and baker and hold a certificate of completion for the HLS cook and baker training program. Starting dates: June 9, Jtily 21, Sept. 1, Oct. 13, and ISov. 25. Note: Courses and starting dates are subject to change at any time. Any change will he noted in the LOG. COOK AND BAKER The course of instruction is six weeks in length and students specialize in the selection and preparation of breakfast foods, breads, desserts, and pastries. Course Requirements: All candi­ dates must have scatime and/or Engine Department Fireman, Oiler, Watertender (FOWT) QMED-^Any Rating i Advanced Pumpman Procedures Automation LNG-LPG Refrigerated Containers Welder Die.sel Kngines Mariin- KKrlrical Maintenance Pumprooni .Maintenance and Operation electric arc welding and cutting; and oxyacetylene brazing, welding and cutting. On completion of the course, an HLS Cer­ tificate of Graduation will be awarded. Course Requirements: • Engine department personnel must have 6 months seatime in an engine room rating • Deck and steward department j)ersonel must hold a rating in their department. Starting dale: Sept. 19. LNG/LPG The course of instruction leading to certification as LNG/LPG crew consists of basic chemistry, lank and ship con­ struction, gasification, reliquefication procedures, inert gas and nitrogen sys­ tems, instrumentation, safety and firefighting, loading, unloading and trans­ porting LNG/LPG. Course Requirements: Engine room personnel must hold QMED —Any Rating. Others, deck and steward department personnel must hold a rating in their department. The normal length of the course is four (4) weeks. Starting date: ISov. 28. Seafarer Gilbert Murray displays Chief Cook's endorsement he just achieved by upgrading through the Lundeberg School's program for this rating. training in compliance with one of the following: • 12 months seatime as a 3rd cook or assistant cook OR • 24 months in the steward depart­ ment with six months as a 3rd cook or assistant cook OR • Six months seatime as 3rd cook or assistant cook and hold a certificate of completion from the HLS assist­ ant cook training program. Starting dates: June 9, 23; July 7, 21; Aug. 4, 18; Sept. 1,15, 29, and Oct. 13,27. Steward Departmeiil Assistant X-ook Cook and Baker Chief Cook Chief Steward INLAND WATERS COURSES • • • • Able-.Seaman Pr»'-Towboat Operator Original Towi)oat Operator Master/Male Uninspected Ves­ LIFEBOATMAN The course of instruction is two weeks in length and leads to the (^oast Guard endorsement of Lifeboalman. ASSISTANT COOK The course of instruction is six weeks in length and students specialize in the selection and preparation of vegetables and salads. Course Requirements: All candi­ dates must have 12 months seatime in the steward department, OR three months seatime in the steward department and he a graduate of the HLS entry rating program. Starting dates: June 23, Aug. 4, Sept. 15, Oct. 27, and Dec. 8. sels Not Over 300 Gross Tons Upon (Oceans First Cla.ss Pilot Radar Observer Pre-Engineer Die.sel Engines Assistant Engineer Uninspected Motor Vessels Chief Engineer Lninspected Motor Ves.sels Tanki-rman Towboat inland Cook Vessel Operator Management and .Safety (!ourse Course Requirements: Must have 90 days seatime in any department. Starting dates: June 9, 23; July 7, 21; Aug. 4, 18; Sept. 1, 15, 29, and Oct. 13, 27. H.S. Equivalency Diploma Available to All Members Get the reading, writing and math skills you need for job security and up­ grading through the high school equiv­ alency (General Educational Develop­ ment) Program at the Harry Lundeberg School. It only takes four to eight weeks, and your Brothers who have gone through this program can tell you that it's really worth it! Interested? Pick up a copy of the pre­ test kit in your port or write to this address: Margaret Nalen, Director Academic Education Department Harry Lundeberg School Piney Point, Md. 20674 When you complete the test, return it to the Lundeberg School. HLS will tell you the results and give you an estimate of the length of time you'll need to com­ plete the GED Program. REMEMBER! This test is not to see who scores high or low. It helps HLS de­ sign a study program just for you—a pro­ gram that will enable our teachers to help you get your high school diploma as soon as possible. .So apply today. It's easy to qualify. Just make sure that you have: • One year of seatime. • Are a member of the Union in good standing. Your cla.sscs will be small (usually just six to eight students). You'll get lots of individual help. And completing the GED Program opens the door to the other edu­ cational opportunities that the SIU has for you. A high school diploma is the first step towards qualifying for one of the three scholarships for Seafarers that are offered each year. June 1977/ LOG / 37 �One of the most important courses the Lundeberg School has to offer SIU Boat­ men will begin Aug, 1, 1977. The course leads to a Coast Guard license as first class pilot. The course includes both classroom in- Guiding A Ship on Buffalo R, struction and on-the-job training on the Lundeberg School's pushboat. Students will be trained in inland rules of the road; pilot rules applicable to the student's lo­ cal area, and local knowledge of winds, weather, tides and currents. The course will also include instruction in chart navi­ gation, aids to navigation, ship handling, chart sketch of the route, and such further information as the Coast Guard OCMI may consider necessary to establish the applicant's proficiency for his local area. To he eligible for the course, which is six weeks in length, an applicant must have three years seatime on deck on steam or motor vessels, of which 18 months must have been spent as able-seamen or the equivalent. And of this 18 months, at least one year must have been spent in a posi­ tion which included standing regular watches on the wheel in the pilothouse as part of the routine duties. Applicants must also be U.S. citizens, 21 years of age and pass a physical exam. If you are interested in the course, fill out the upgrading application on this page and send it to the Lundeberg School Vo­ cational Education Department, It is sug­ gested you do so as soon as possible to ensure yourself a seat in the class. 7 College Scholarships Awarded Yearly to Members^ Dependents Two SlU-contracted tugs were needed to tow the Joan M. McCullough up the Buffalo River, Buffalo, N.Y., recently. As part of their regular ship steering and docking chores, the Washington (fore) and the California (aft) (Great Lakes Towing) guided the Canadian lakes freighter to her dock at Republic Steel Corp. where she discharged 13,000 tons of iron ore pellets. Pictures of SlU-contracted tugs are regular features in the Buffalo papers. This one appeared in the Buffalo Evening News. 38 / LOG/June 1977 Another pari of the SlU's total educa­ tional program for its members is the Union's College Scholarships Fund. Each year the SIL awards five $10,000 fouryear scholarships, of which one is reserved for a Union member and four for depen­ dents of members. number of years, so you will only be com­ peting with other seamen with similar educational backgrounds. I ne awards are granted in April of each year and the deadline for the receipt of all applications is usually around April 1. Eligihility requirements are as follows: The L nion also awards two $.5,000 twoyear scholarships reserved exclusively for members. The two-year scholarships offer various opportunities e.specially for the member who plans to keep shipping. In such a program you may develop a trade or skill which would improve your per­ formance aboard ship as well as helping you obtain a better paying job when you are ashore. • Have not less than two years of ac­ tual employment (three years for the par­ ent or guardiciU of dependents) on vessels of companies signatory to the Seafarers Welfare Plan. The $10,000 scholarships may be used to pursue any field of study at any ac­ credited college or university in the U.S. or its lerrifnrres. In regard to our members, application requirements are geared for the man or woman who has been out of school for a • Have one day of employment on a vessel in the six-month ])eriod immedi­ ately preceding date of application. • Have 90 days of employment on a ve.ss(>l in the previous calendar year. Pick up a .scholar.'^hip application now. They ar»> available for yoiUand your de­ pendents at the local Union hall or by writing to the Seafarers Welfare Plan, College Scholarships, 275 20th St., Brook­ lyn, I\LY. 11215. �317 Have Itoiiatcil $100 or illorc To SI'AII Since Kegluiiinji of '77 The following Seafarers and other concerned individuals, 317 in all, have demonstrated an active interest in participating in political and legislative activities which are vital to both our job security and our social and economic welfare, by voluntarily donating $100 or more to the Seafarers Political Activities Donation (SFAD) fund since the beginning of 1977. (The law prohibits the use of any union money, such as dues, initiation fees, etc., for political activities. The most effective way the trade unionist can take part in politics is through voluntary political contributions. SFAD is the union's separate segregated political fund. It solicits and accepts only voluntary contributions. It engages in political activities and makes contributions to candidates. A member may voluntarily contribute as he sees fit or make no contribution without fear of reprisal.) Seven who have realized how important it is to let the SlU's voice be heard in the Halls of Congress have contributed $200, three have contributed $300, and two $600. For the rest of the year the LOG will be running the SFAD honor rolls because the Union feels that in the upcoming months our political role must be maintained if the livelihoods of Seafarers are to be protected. (A copy of our report is filed with the Federal Election Commission and is available for purchase from the Federal Election Commission, Washington, D.C.) NOTE: Each month's SFAD Honor Roll contains the names of those individuals who have given $100 or more as of the last Friday of the previous month. Neffe, J. Rudnicki, A. Abas, I. Hannibal, R. Darden, J. Johnson, R. Lee, K. McKay, D. O'Donnell, J. Sacco, J. Adams, W. HarUdstad,y. Davidson, W. Johnsted, R., Jr. Lelonek, L. McNabb, J. Olson, F. Sacco, M. Adamson, R. R. Harris, E. Davis, J. Jones, R. Lennon, J. McNally,M. Saeed, S. Omar, Y. Adium, M. Harris, W. Davis, J. Jones, T. Lewis, L. McNeely, J. Salandon, G. Pacheco, E. Air, R. N. Harris, W. Davis, S. Kastina, T. Liles, T. Mesford, H. Salch, H. Paladino, F. Algina, J. Hatton, M. Debarrios, M. KeUer,D. Loleas, P. Mollard, C. San Fillippo, J. Papuchls, S. AU,A. Hauf, M. Dechamp, A. Kemgood, M. Lombardo, J. Mongelli, F. Paradise, L. Sanchez, M. Haynes, B. Allen, J. Delgado, J. Kerr, R. Lynch, C. Mooney, E. Paschal, R. Schuffels, P. Heimal, W. Anderson, A. Delrio, J. Kingsley, J. Lyness, J. Morris, W. Patterson, D. Seabron, S. Heroux, A. Anderson, A. Demetrlos, J. Kizzire, C. Magruder, W. Morrison, J. Pecquex, F. Seagord, E. Anderson, R. Holmes, W. Dembach, J. Knutsen, £. Malesskey, G. Mortensen, O. Perez, J. Selzer, R. Homayonpour, M. Antici, M. Diaz, R. Koflowitch,W. Manafe, D. Mosley, W. Peth, C. Selzer, S. Howse, A. Aquino, G. Diercks, J. Kouvardas, J. Martinussen, C. Muniz, W. Shabian, A. Piper, K. Hunter, W. Arle, J. Digiorgio, J. Kramer, M. McCartney, G. Munsie, J. Siiclton, J. Porter, B. lovino, L. Aronica, A. Kwiatek, G. Doak,W. McCarthy, L. Murray, J. Sholar, E. Prentice, R. Jacobs, R. Aumlller, R. Kydd,D. Dolgen, D. McCaskey, E. Murray, M. Sigler, M. Pretare, G. Jackson, J. Lankford, J. Avery, R. Domenico, J. McOinton, J. Napoli, F. Prevas, P. Silva, M. Johnson, D. Badgett, J. Lawrence, W. Domingo, G. McElroy, E. Nash, W. Prott,T. Smith, L. Bailey, J. Donovan, P. PulUam, J. Smith, T. Barroga, A. Drozak, P. Soresi, T. Purgvee, A. BarUett,J. Drury, C. Spencer, G. Quinnonez, R. Bauer, C. Dryden, J. Stancaugr, R. Rankin, J. Baum, A. Ducote, C. Sfankiewicz, A. Rattray, W. Beeching, M. Dudley, K. Steams, B. Reck, L. Bellinger, W. Dwyer, J. Stephens, C. Reinosa, J. Benoit, C. Dyer, A. Lilledalll,H. Stevens, W. Reiter, J. Evans, M. Bergeria, J. Pomerlane, R. Rhoades, G. Stewart, E. Fagan, W. Berglond, B. Stubblefield, P. Richbhrg, J. Farnen, F. Berlin, R. Sulaiman, A. Riddle, D. Bishop, S. Faust, J. Sullins, F. RipoU, G. Fay, J. Bland, W. Roades, O. Surrick, R. Manuel, R. Quinter, J. Romolo, V. Bobalek,W. Fergus, S. Roberts, J. Swiderski, J. Bonser, L. Fgrshee, R. Robinson, W. Tanner, C. Boyne, D. Firshing, W. Rodriguez, R. Taylor, F. Fischer, H. Brand, H. Rondo, C. Taylor, J. Brongh, E. Fiune, V. Rosenthal, M. Pow, J. Telegadas, G. Drozak, F. Bernstein, A. Brown, G. Fletcher, B. Roshid, M. Shields, J. Terpe, K. Frounfelter, D. Combs, W. Brown, I. Florous, C. Roy, B. Tobin, G. McFarland, D. Browne, G. Fox, P. Royal, F. Tobio, J. Bryant, B. Franco, P. Troy, S. Bucci, P. Francum, C. Tmenski, C. Buczynski, J. Frank, S., Jr. Tsminrx, L. BuliOvk, R. Frederickson, E. Turner, B. Fuller, G. Burke, T. Turner, L. Burnette, P. Furukawa, H. Underwood, G. Gallium, R. Calfey, J. Velandra, D. Caga, L. Garcia, R. Vukmir, G. Callahan, J. Gard, C. Weaver, A. Campbell, A. Gardner, E. Webb, J. Campbell, A. Gaston, T. Weber, J. Campbell,'A. Gentile, C. West,D. Celgina, J. Gimbert, R. Whitmer, A. Cheshire, J. Glidewell, T. Whitsitt,M. Cofone, W. Goff,W. Wilburn, R. Conklin, K. Goldberg, J. Williams, L. Conning, E. Gooding, H. Wilson, C. Costango, G. Goodspeed, J. Wilson, J. Cousins, W. Gorbea^R. Winder, R. Cresci, M. Guarino, L. Wingfield,P. Cross, M. Guillen, A. Wolf, P. Cunningham, W, Hagerty, C. Woody, J. Curry, M. Haggagi, A. Woriey,M. Curtis, T. HaU,P. Worster, R. Da Silva, M. Hall,W. Yarmola, J. Danzey, T. HaU,M. i SPAD Honor Roll $600 Honor Roll $300 Honor Roll $200 Honor Roll June 1977/ LOG / 39 -I �amm which was at the New Ori^ms^is ^e third largest port in the worid, following only Rotterdam and New Yoifc in total jvaterbome commerce. Hie harbor ^t New Orleans is a complicat^ net?; work ^dttsjythtg dt the We crojSs^ the Co. dock, locate below deach^erdiis:to eatclt tN 'crew sL'the-tiig -^ Smith S^£Die't^ey.ldft^tp;d^ a sh^; FInaliy we headed npriver to oil refinery at Norcp^ La. to meet the . Dixie Progress^ . an ^ :aIU-COIt-Vi tracted deep s<m tug. The was waiting for a heavy fe^ to lift before departing ifor l^pa with its t5O,O0O-barrel barge loaded widi When die Log New Otieaiis we found SlU JEk^^ spread out 9 over many miles of waterway. Our first stop was the Gulf Canal Lines fleet at the foot of Carrolton Ave. on the east bank of the Missis­ sippi.' We had a nice visit with the crew of the tbwhoat Port of Mobilej i On board the tug Kevin Smith (Crescent Towing and Salvage), deck­ hands William Campbell (I.) and Keith Schneider prepare the lines for a ship decking assignment. Cock Jim Blackwell prepares steaks for lunch on beard the deep sea tug Dixie Progress. The tugs Shannon Smith and Kevin Smith wait at the Crescent Towing and Salvage dock in New Orleans. At a Union meeting on the Port of Mobile (Gulf Canal Lines), crewmembers sit round the galley table. They are (I. to r.): Randy Kent, utility: Patrick Peters, deckhand; Don May, deckhand; Waiter Cannon, captain and Fred Nation, captain. ... Chief Engineer Glen Wheeler (I.) and Assistant Engineer Alfred Marriott change fuel injectors in the main en­ gine of the Dixie Progress (Dixie Car­ riers). AB Tankerman Mike Maleno (r.) checks ullage on the 150,000 barrel gasoline barge that the Dixie Progress will be taking to Tampa, Fla. Captain Walter Wil­ liams (I.) and Pilot Richard Uetman (c.) look on. � 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 June 1977 Description An account of the resource HEADLINES SIU MANS FIRST U.S.-FLAG LNG SHIP NEW COMPANY LOOKS TO REVIVE MICH. CARFERRIES MAP OUT COURSE FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION HALL PRESSES HEW, OSHA ON HYGIENE SIUNA AFFILIATE OF CHICAGO CABDRIVERS WINS IMPORTANT VICTORY JAMES SMITH ADDED TO FLEET ‘SIU’ LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM IS FIRST IN PUERTO RICO CHAMPIONSHIP JIMMY LOGAN PEPARES FOR CHIEF ENGINEER’S TEST HOUSE OKS PORPOISE QUOTA FOR TUNA FLEET SS SHARON- A LADY WITH A LOYAL FOLLOWING AMERICANS PAY TRIBUTE TO SEAMEN ON MARITIME DAY IT MEANS MORE CARGO FOR U.S.-FLAG VESSELS FROM MEMPHIS-ST. PAUL-PITTSBURGH, ‘SWEEP’ RIVERS 23 RIVER BOATMEN ATTEND EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE 1971 SCHOLARSHIP WINNER GLAD SHE’S ACCOUNTANT AGE OF AQUARIUS DAWNS FOR U.S. MERCHANT MARINE ADEQUATE LNC FACILITY NEEDED IN CALIFORNIA $3.50 FOR A 10-HOUR DAY, 6-DAY WEEK, IN 1918 ON HARBOR BOATS PORT AGENTS PREPARE TO MEET MANPWOER NEED DON’T BUY COORS BEER, CROFT METALS BOYCOTTS SET BY AFL-CIO AB ENDORSEMENT MEANS BETTER PAY, SECURITY PORT OF NEW ORLEANS: 3RD MOST ACTIVE IN THE WORLD 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 6/1/1977 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. 39, No. 6 1977 Periodicals Seafarers Log