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Official Publication of the Seafarers International Union • Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District • AFL-c-iO
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^sidENi's REPORT
HERE'S only one way to find out
how good or bad'you have it.
Compare!
For us to get a true reading, we must
compare three things.
How does our Union stack up today
as opposed to 10 years ago?
How do our jobs and contracts
compare to the rest of U.S. maritime
labor?
How does our job security picture look when put up next to the
rest of the nation's unionized workers?
In all three areas, we stack up pretty damn good.
Ten years ago, as the Vietnam War wound down, the SIU deep
sea fleet numbered 134 vessels. A lot of them were old and ready for
the scrap heap. Shipping was tough not only for the "B"guys, but
for "A" seniority people as well.
Today, there's a big difference. We are now crewing over 210
ships. Most of them are new, modem high technology vessels. We
have more than one job for every "A" book man. Shipping in
general is very good for all ratings. No other seagoing union can say
that.
In addition to advancement in the deep sej^ area, we have made
great strides forward in the inland waterway industry.
Our jobs and our contracts today are second to none. We arp
continually advancing the level of importance and responsibility of
the seaman's job. SIU members today, in large part thanks to the
Lundeberg School, are better trained and more highly skilled
professionals than ever before. And our contracts reflect this. We
are making top level wages for the work we perform, and they're
going to get better.
In relation to job security, we are in very good shape despite a
weak economy and high unemployment.
Unionized workers in other industries, such as the auto. Steel,
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rubber, clothing and shipbuilding, are having very difficult times.
Their main concern is not contractual gains any more. It is job
security.
SIU members, though, enjoy top job security. And we have been
able to maintain this security while making big steps forward in our
contracts. There are very few organizations that can make this same
claim.
Our goal now is to continually build on what we have achieved to
protect our interests and advance even further.
Our job security is strong. But we want it stronger.
Our contracts are the best, but we want them better.
As always, reaching these objectives will not be easy. We have
always had to fight for the good things. WeVe had to fight to hang
on to them. And weH have to fight to continue to move forward.
But we have a good organization. We have the people and the
tools to get the job done.
We have a good program lined up for the future. We are very
actively campaigning for the Carter-Mondale ticket. President
Carter, in recent weeks, had repeatedly stated his commitment to a
strong maritime industry.
In addition, we are working, to gain a bigger role for the private
merchant fleet in support and supply of the U.S. Navy.
We are working to achieve a program guaranteeing a fair share of
future U.S. coal exports for American ships.
We are also deeply involved in the fight to win a fair bilateral
shipping agreement with mainland China—an agreement that
would reserve at least one third of the cargoes moving between the
U.S. and China for U.S. ships.
Again, though, no one is going to hand these things to us unless
we fight for them.
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We are totally committed to these struggles. We put forth our
best effort every day. We are seeing results in every aspect of our
Union, our contracts and the level of our job security.
Brothers, you only get what you're big enough to take in this
world. I say we're big enough to take it!
Constitutional Amendmept on Regular Dues
Following is the complete text of a
resolution sulunitted by the SIUA GLIWD Executive Board calling
for a constitutional amendment
concerning dues.
The resolution was initially sub'
mitted to.the membership for action
at the regular membersh^ meeting
at Headquarters on Sqpt. 8, 1980.
The r^c^bition was overwhdmingfy
passed by the membership. It is
.likewise being presented to the
membership at all other regular
monthly membership meetings in
September for action by the mem
bership.
The constitutional amendment
concerning tbtes will then tqtpear on
the ballot for final action by the
membership in November and
December.
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, oiir regular dues
presently in the sum of $200.00
yearly as provided for in Article V,
Section 1(a) of our Constitution,
has remained unchanged for many
years, and
WHEREAS, notwithstanding the
membership's adoption several
years ago of working dues related to
days worked, in addition to such
regular dues as provided in Article
VI, Section 1(b) of our Constitution,
costs of our Union operations have
increased over the comparable years
in percentage amounts in excess of
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such working dues increase, and
WHEREAS, in order to dis
charge the Union's responsibilities
to the membership it is necessary
that our Union receive increased
revenue so as to provide necessary
and competent personnel and facili
ties as well as to preserve and further
the Union's interest as an institution
for the membership's benefit, and
WHEREAS, inflation the past
several years has increased most
substantially and it appears reasonably to continue for future years,
necessitating that provision be now
made to accommodate to the results
of such future events, and
WHEREAS, it appears most fair
and appropriate that any dues
increases bear relationship to wage
increases inclusive of cost of living
increases negotiated by the Union
for the membership, and
WHEREAS, such dues increases
to be most fair and appropriate'
should be equal percentagewise with
a maximum annual increase, to the
percentage of suqh negotiated wage
increases inclusive of cost of living
increases so that if wage increases
and/or cost of living increases are
received by the membership in an
amount for example of 9%, then the
dues exclusive of dues related to
days worked, shall be increased by
9%, and
WHEREAS, as stated, there
should be a maximum percental to
which dues shall be increased in any
consecutive twelve months and
which shall not be more than 10%
annually over that in effect in the
previous consecutive twelve months,
and
WHEREAS, until otherwise de
cide by the membership as Consti
tutionally provided, such percentage
increases of dues exclusive of dues
related to days worked should take
place at a time when such wage
increases inclusive of cost of living
increases occur, and
WHEREAS, in the interest of
sound administrative procedures,
such increases in dues, however,
should not occur until the first'
calendar quarter immediately following the effective date of any such
increases inclusive of cost of living
increases, and
WHEREAS, your Executive
Board Jias carefully reviewed this
matter and unanimously agreed
that the adoption of this Resolution
is in the best interests of the
membership and the Union and
have authorized Vice President
Leon Hall to submit this Resolution
on behalf of your unanimous
Executive Board as, a proposed
amendment to our Constitution and
particularly Article V, Section 1(a),
to be voted upon by our membership
all in the manner provided by our
Constitution for Constitutional
amendments.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RE
SOLVED:
Article V, Section 1(a) of our Con
stitution shall be amended to read as
follows:
**(8) dues annually in the sum
of $200.00 which shall be paid in
equal quarterly amounts on a
calendar year basis, no later
than the first business day of
each calendar quarter, except as
herein otherwise provided, and
such dues shall be increased
from time to time by percentages
equal to the percentage of
negotiated wage increases in^ elusive of cost of living increases
but not more than 10% annually
over dues then in effect as
provided in this paragraph (a)
during the previous twelve
months, and such dues inclusive
of such percentages amounts,
shall be payable in equal calen
dar quarterly amounts no later
than the first business day of the
calendar quarter commencing
with the first calendar quarter
immediately following any such
increases, except as herein
otherwise provided, and"
Fraternally Submitted
By the Executive Board
By:
Leon Hall
Vice President, Atlantic Coast
Change of address cards on Form 3579 should be sent to Seafarers International Union. Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District AFL-CIO 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y.
11232. Published monthly. Second Class postage paid at Brooklyn. N.Y. Vol. 42, No. 9, September 1980. (ISSN #0160-2047)
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Executive Board. of the New
York State AFL.;.CJQ. The
York laudeo the AFL,..CIO's
Committee on Political Educa
tion (COPE) saying, "the most
valuable geni you .could have ...
Federation )Vas meeting at the
(is) a button for COP.E."
Concord Hotel in Upstate New
Carey al!!O lamented labor's
York late last. month on the
loss since the last "'Convention of
occasion of.. its 21st Constitu
those "men .who walked among
tional Convention atthe time of
us ...giants among giaQts ... that
Drozak's �Jection.
great trinity of George Meany, A.
The election of President
Philip Randolph and Paul Hall."
Drozak to the State's powerful
'these three men were some of the
Executive Board is significant
most important leaders labor
because it gives the SIU and all of
ever wilt have. ''Th¢y> gaye us
maritime labor a direct and
inspit�tiq11 �uid d1edicat.ion/' .
influential voice in all of the
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Federation's policy decisions.
before the. Convention was APL-·
New ·York State's contingent to
the AFL..CIO carries a go9d d�
ClQ President Lane. Kirkland.
·The. h e a d of tbe National
of weight with the national
FranJcDrozak
_Jederation beca.u
Federation was adamant ih his
the
Lane, Kirkland
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state organization in the AFL
support for Jimmy Carter and
The. last o.rder of business fqr
great leader and I respected and
the Convention before adjourn�
organized labor's role in the
admired him. I will strive to carry
CIO repres.enting. over two
reelection process: "Do not be
ing was to elect its executive
m llion worker ; . .
on with the tremendous 'work
officers. Unsurprisingly R,ay
misled by polls and premature
that he did f or the, American
ln relD�ks to the Convention
Corbett, the New York St'l,te
prophecies. I 'have a faith .in the
worker;{'
delegates� .President Drozak
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AFL-CIO Pteside.nt since 1962,
praised the late SIU President.
Among t h e m.,any· o t h er people of this federation ... that
Paul Hall. Drozak spoke of
speakers to addre� the Conven•
has never been disappointed."
a nd S e cret ary-T re a surer E .
Howard M.Qlinari were reelected.
H a ll' s ��deep a11fii.'.·lifeJong tion was Vice President Waltei:.
"For labor there is no choice
ug Jhe,;e was � mattering
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but Jimtrly , rter. . Blue coliat
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worke. rs did not invent Ronald;. . .of oppo ition to Cor bett i•. �nly
labor movement... He al o told
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suppoJ1 he
..worked �ogether.· for 30. years". endor�ement .of the Catter
Ronald Reagan . He i s ·tJle
has within the Federation. . 'fhe
and how Han taught him "the ins
Mondale ticket· and·also to get in
product -of corporat� .America.
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cheers of"... we \vant Corbett� . . .
and �mts of politics and . i ts
a fe w d i gs on the GOP's
Preaching h�J anti-labor propawe want Corbett ... " mu t till be
ganda along th airwav
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Pre identi I hopeful Ronald
importance to labor."
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Drozak said, •paul Hall was 'a
···Governor
arey of . �w . circuit of the country."
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Upgrad�rs. to Be Reimbursed for Transport To and From Piney Point·.
Thinking·about going to Piney B o a rd o f Tru s t ee s o f t h e Piney Point, h� can now apply and Lexington Park.
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Can't afford the transportation
costs? Now, all SIU members
headed for any upgrading couI"Se
at HLS are entitled to reimburse
ment for economy class trans�or
tation costs to and from Piney
Point, provided.they successfully
complete the course.
The transportation reimburse:"'
ment applies to all Seafarers and
Bo�tmen beginning a pt:ogram at
HLS·· after Sept. I. This brand
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new benefit was v oted by the
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Lundeberg School in order to
better serve the needs . of the
Union membership"'
Many 'SIU members have
indicated in the past that, while
they are anxious.to particip�e in
upgrading courses, they lack the
funds to get to and from Piney
P.oint. Thanks to the Trustee's
action, tl)is stumbling block to
upgrading.has now .been cleared
,away.
If a Union
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have theready cas.h .tQ get to
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You must successfully com
1or a transportation loan from
the Union. See the Port Agent in, plete your upgrading course �o be
your home pott and he will
eligible for this reimbursement.
advance you the economy class
fare to and ft()m Piney Point.
Lakes Seafarers
When you have successfully
Get COLA
completed; the cours e y ou 'r e
Effective Aug. 1, 1980, G r e t
'ta kiµg a� . HLS,.
. the transporta
Lakes SIU members working urtde.r
tion loan Will be cancelled. YOU
contracts with the Great Lakes
will not owe · anything for your
Association·
of Ma.ril1e Operatots
e conom.y class, r ou n d - t r ip
and Kinsman
received
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cents. pel' hour costoUiving add..on.
If yovb�ve the 'money on hand
When added to tlie. 54 cents per
fo ·pay y{)ur o\Vn. fare to Piqey
hour COLA Great Lakes �aJ-.ers
Poitjt, YQU art:} still en.titled to the- ha"Ve l ready receiVed so· far this
reim bursemellt. Onee you have . year, the tota) J980 adj ustm en t
successfully fin.ashed that course, . comes to SO cents per hour.
you can submit your .tran8pprta
Tbese COLA'S are computed Oil
tion bill to the Seafarers Welfare
the. I>� of the quarterly Consumer
Price. Index. . Fol" twfty ,3 point. rise
Plan and you will be reimbursed.
i n the Index� Great Lakes Seafarers
The Board of Trustees action
receive a c:me eenf .per hour add--On.
on transportation costs covers:
. Under .the SlU's new collective
• round:..t rip economy•class
bargeinfnt agreement witb Bob-Lo
plan�.:,, train or. bus fare to and
Co., seamen on BolJ...Lo's passenger
from Piney Point for Seafarers
ferries
will ..•now also be rec,eiving
and Boatmen enrolled .in any
COtA adjustments. They recei"Ved
upgrading course at HLS after
the 5ame 26 cents per hour add-on•
Sept. 1;
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GLAMO and Kinsman .· Seatarers
• bus fare from the airport to
effective Aug. 1. As of Jan. 1, 1981,
and from_Lexington Park, Md.,
the 1980 COLA's will be rolled into
and cab fare betwee� Piney Point
base. hourly waae rates.
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Historic Bilcitorcil Trode Pre#**
HE fortunes of the U.S. must still be formallj^ signed by
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bv assures
vessel. of each nation v.
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assures the
the vessels
flag merchant fleet took a both nations,
such formalization "accelerated" access to the ports been working for such trading
major step forward this month as is considered largely ceremonial
agreements between the U.S. and
of the other. Also covered were our trading partners for many
the United States and the
and IS expected to take place in
People's Republic of China Washington by the end of the tonnage duties and the treatment years in the belief that bilateral
of U.S. seamen, but no details on trading pacts are a key to the
announced agreement on a month.
these provisions have, as yet,
history-making pact governing
revival of the American merchant
Commerce Secretary Klutz been announced.
cargo sharing and port access
.fleet.
nick called the cargo sharing
Since U.S.-Chinese negotia
between the two nations.
The Carter Administration has
agreement "historic" adding that
The shipping agreement, It will foiTO a firm foundation: tions began, the Carter Admini stood by their commitment and
stration has promised to seek a
which is similar to the 1972
for the equitable participation by cargo sharing arrangement which • the successful conclusion of the
bilateral trading pact between the
U.S./China trading pact, which
the U.S. and PRC merchant entitles the U.S.-flag fleet to an
U.S. and the Soviet Union,
makes
the jobs and job security of
fleets in the burgeoning trade
equitable share of the lucrative
guarantees a one-third share of
U.S. seamen a top priority, is the
moving between our two coun
U.S./PRC trade. The SIU has result.
U.S./China trade to the national tries."
fleets of each country with the
U.S./China trade is expected
remaing cargo open for bids from
to total about $4 billion this year
third-flag carriers.
and to rise to at least $10 billion
The accord was scored as a by 1985.
major victory for both the Carter
The trading pact was hamAdministration, which has been
mered
out during a series of
negotiating for such an agree- *
meetings between U.S. and
ment since mid-1979, and for the
Chinese negotiating teams,
SIU. The Union has been
begun in the spring of 1979.'
working hard to make sure that
when the door to trade with Samuel B. Nemirow, assistant
China was opened, the U.S.-flag secretary of commerce for
fleet and U.S. seamen would play maritime affairs, headed the U.S.
delegation. Doug Huamin,
a substantial role in it.
According to Secretary of director of the Foreign Affairs
Commerce Philip Klutznick the Bureau of the PRC's Ministry of
Communications led the Chinese
cargo sharing and port access team.
agreement was initialled by U.S.
In addition to the 30-30-30 Shipping) leads the Ship's Committee and a crew
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and Chinese negotiators in
Bergsvik, Engine Delegate NaDoleon Rivp^ r?o^tfn
) OS Gary
cargo
sharing
arrangement,
the
Peking on Sept. 4. While the pact
Educational
Director
Anthony
Potts
The
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and
U.S:/Chinese trading pact
Brooklyn. N.Y.^
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T was an unusual sight.
Four brand new tugs side
by side at City Dock 4 in
Houston, Tex.
The occasion was the
recent mass christening of
the four boats, all contracted
to the SIU.
These four boats mean
more jobs for SIU Boatmen.
Thre^of them will be run by
G&H Towing and one by
Bay Houston Towing.
The three G&H boats are;
Barbara Neuhaus; Mark K,
and W.D. Haden, 11. The
Bay Houston boat is the
Capt. W.D. Haden.
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has a 4,200 horsepower
diesel electric engine.
She's 105 feet in length
has a beam of 35 feet, and a
draft of 16 feet.
Of the three G&H tugs,
two—the Barbara Neuhaus
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will do and Mark K—were built at
offshore towing. Built in
the.Diamond shipyard in
Halte^^rine Shipyard in Savannah, Ga. The W.D.
Haden, H was built in the
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McDermott Shipyard in
Morgan City, La.
All three will do shipdocking and other harbor work
in the Galveston-Texas City,
Tex. area as are their new
sister boats. Titan, Laura
Haden, and Denia.
The tugs are all 88 feet
long, have a beam of 32 feet
a draft of 16 feet, and a
horsepower of 3,000.
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AFL-CIO: Carter-Mondale Labor's ^Choice'
Republican Platform Labeled 'Retreat to America's Pasf
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T'HE AFL-CIO will cam
paign vigorously for the reelection of President Jimmy
Carter, calling him the "clear
choice for labor."
The Carter-Mondale ticket
won the strong support of the
AFL-CIO Executive Council at
its summer meeting in Chicago in
late August. Then on Sept. 4,
1980 the Federation's General
Board voted its endorsement for
the Democratic team.
Labor's support of Carter,
coupled with the campaigning of
Sen. Edward Kennedy for the
President, has considerably
boosted the popularity of the
Carter-Mondale ticket in the
opinion polls.
Shortly after the Republican
House Speaker Thomas "Tip" O'Neill, center, holds hands aloft of victors President Carter and Vice President Mondale at
Convention in July, Ronald
the Democratic Convention in New York last month. The AFL-CIC has endorsed the Carter-Mondale ticket.
Reagan looked like a sure bet.
Carter was way down in the polls. Mondale ticket has the look of a Carter in '76 and plans to do the Party platform one which "pre
scribes specific programs to meet
And Reagan was riding the crest winner.
same in November.
of national media coverage of the
In announcing its support for specific problems" confronting
However, there are many
Republican Convention.
Carter-Mondale, the AFL-CIO the nation and its workers.
borderline states where labor
The Council branded Ronald
Executive Council labeled the
The tide began turning during
will be working extremely hard to
Republican platform as "con-, Reagan as an enemy of working
the Democratic Convention in
insure victory for Carter. These
early August, especially after Ted
servative throughout...reaction people, and stated that a Reagan
states
include
Ohio,
Illinois,
New
Kennedy buried the political
ary at times... and a retreat into victory in Novemb'er "would turn
York,
Pennsylvania
and
New
America and its government
hatchet and announced his
America's past."
Jersey.
support for Carter.
On the other hand, the Exec. away from solving the pressing
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At the present tim.e, the CarterLabor turned the tide for Council called the Democratic problems this nation faces."
AFL-CIO Exec. Bd. Hails Paul Hall's Achievements
CHICAGO, ILL.—The AFLCIO Executive Council launched
its summer meeting here with a
special tribute to the memory of
SIU President Paul Hall. Senior
vice president of the Executive
Council at the time of his death
last June, Hall was hailed by the
Council for his "integrity, hon
esty and commitment to improv
ing the lot of workers."
"His dedication to trade union
principles," the Council's state
ment continued, "and fervent
belief in free trade unionism
inspired his union, this federation
and all who came in contact with
him."
The Council made its state
ment on Aug. 20, Paul Hall's
birthday. He would have been 66.
Below is the complete text of
the AFL-CIO Executive Coun
cil's statement on the late Paul
Hall.
Statement by the AFL-CIO
Executive Council
on
PAUL HALL
Chicago, 111.
August 20, 1980
Whereas, our ifriend and
brother, Paul Hall, the president
of the Seafarers International
Union and the senior member of
this Council, has died; and
Whereas, his dedication to
trade union principles and fer
vent beliefs in free trade unionism
inspired his union, this federation
and all who came in contact with
him; and
Whereas, Paul Hall's career in
the labor movement reflected the
highest standards of integrity,
honesty and commitment to
improving the lot of all Workers;
and
Whereas, his wisdom coun
seled us and his friendship
enriched us; and
Whereas, the leadership of
Brother Hall within this Council
and as chairman of the Economic
Policy Committee and our con
vention's Resolutions Committee
was reflected in our decisions and
our commitment to social and
economic justice; now therefore
be it
Resolved, that the Executive
Council of the AFL-CIO mourns
the tragic death of Paul Hall, a
brother who earned our respect
and love; and be it further
Resolved, that this Council
extends to his widow. Rose, and
his children our deepest sym-
pathy and gratitude for so unsel- resolution be spread upon the
fishly sharing this great trade permanent records of the AFLunionist and human being with ^CIO and a suitably engrossed
us; and be it finally
copy be presented to his family
Resolved, that a copy of this with our condolences.
US, Unemployment Stays at 7,8%
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The
country's unemployment rate stayed
at 7.8 percent in July almost un
changed since May with the jobless
rate for blacks, Hispanics and
teenagers soaring.
Looking for work and not finding
it were 8.2 million persons. Most of
them, the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) reports, have been
job-hunting for at least five weeks.
More than 1.9 million workers have
been jobless for 15 weeks and longer.
Manufacturing unemployment
rose'to a 10.3 percent rate up from
June's 9.9 percent especially in the
clothing, food and textile lines. Auto
makers' joblessness remained un
changed at a hefty 25 percent!
Construction unemployment dip
ped slightly to 16.1 percent from
June's 16.5 percent.
While the jobless rate for white
workers crept up one tenth of 1
percent last month to 6.9 percent,
black unemployment rose to 14.2
percent. The Hispanic rate jumped
to 10.9 percent. And the teenage
jobless rate soared, too.
BLS Comm. Janet L. Norwood
testified before Congress' Joint
Economic Committee that "Adult
men have borne the brunt of the
increase in joblessness since the
recession began in January. Almost
two thirds of the increase in unem
ployment has occurred among adult
men."
However, the unemployment rate
for adult women went up to 6.7
percent from June's 6.5 percent. It's
the same rate for adult men.
The adult women's increase in the
nation's labor force since January
was termed by Dr. Norwood as
"consistent with what you can
expect in a recession. As during a
period of declining real income, it is
expected that other members of the
family enter the work force."
Another dark spot in the unem-^
ployment picture was the fact that
the figures on those who lost their
last jobs were nearly doubled from
layoffs, permanent cutbacks and
plant closings.
It was reported that 3.8 million
persons received jobless benefits
through state insurance programs
during the week of Aug. 2.
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Of the 3,000 Democratic dele
gates who met in New York City
to nominate Jimmy Carter as
their party's standard-bearer
against Ronald Reagan, nearly
800 belonged to unions and
related organizations. Of those
800 people, five were SlU and
SlU-affiliated union officials.
The five delegates were Ralph
Quinnonez (UIW-N.Y.), John
Faye (SlU-Phila.), Bill Dobbins
(UlW-Ohio), Ed Turner (SIUCalif.), and Felix Francis (UIW-
Virgin Islands).
The 800 labor delegates repre
sented a powerful block of voters
who could be counted upon to
stand up for the rights of Ameri
can workers.
National conventions have
been, and continue to be, an
important part of the political
process.
For nearly a week, New York
City played host to 3,000 Demo
cratic delegates who met to
nominate a President, fashion a
Carter Names Drozak to Top
Level Trade Committee
WASHINGTON, D.C.—SIU Hall, who passed away on June
President Frank Drozak has 22 of this year, had been a
been named by President Carter member of this Committee. Early
to an important trade committee, in 1976 he was appointed by then
Along with 45 other leaders President Gerald Ford. He was
from labor, business, education, then reappointed by Carter.
Some of the other labor leaders
and community groups, Drozak
received a Presidential Commis on the Committee are: Murray
sion to be a member of the Finley, president of the Amal
Advisory Committee for Trade gamated Clothing & Textile
Negotiations (ACTN). His ap Workers Union; Douglas Fraser,
pointment is for a two-year president of the United Auto
Workers, and Lloyd McBride,
period.
The late SIU President Paul president of the Steelworkers.
party platform and discuss press
ing national issues. What was
done during the week will have
important consequences, not
only on the 1980 Presidential
election, but on the future course
of American domestic and inter
national policy. The free ex
change of ideas that occurred at
the Democratic Convention will
help shape the manner in which
Americans view the problems
facing this country. It will also
shape the way that Americans
choose to solve those problems.
Fred Summers and Frank*
Pecquex, legislative reps for the
SIU, were also on hand to meet
with delegates to discuss mari
time related issues. They were
able to draw attention to the
problems facing the maritime
industry and to discuss the
importance of such programs as
bilateral treaties, more stringent
cargo preference laws and in
creased maritime subsidies.
While the maritime industry
did not make the front pages of
the newspapers, it did receive
considerable publicity among the
people who count—the delegates
at the Democratic Convention,
many of whom were highly
placed state and local officials
who play an important part in
shaping American public opin
ion.
The five SIU officials were able
to make use of their union's
considerable resources in Wash
ington. They were able to draw
upon the expertise of a talented
and well-informed research de
partment, as well as the good-will
of the other 800 labor delegates, a
substantial number of whom
belong to unions associated with
the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades
Department.
Behind the glamor that one
associates with a political con
vention lies a great deal of hard
work. The high-powered, fishbowl atmosphere of a convention
is seductive, and so are the parties
and the excitement.
But the rewards that count are
the new contacts that have been
made for the maritime industry.
It is a slow process, and an inter
dependent one. There are nu
merous stops, one of which is the
Democratic Convention.
Dems Vote Plank to Restore Competitive Fleet
NEW YORK, N.V.—Dele
gates to the Democratic National
Convention held here last month
pledged action to restore "a
strong, competitive and efficient
American-flag ocean transporta
tion system," to the United
States.
The maritime plank voted into
the Party Platform acknow
ledged the "significant reduction
in the ability of our merchant
marine to compete for the
carriage of world commerce
because of economic policies
pursued by other nations. Action
must be taken," the plank states,
—"to revitalize our merchant
marine."
This nation badly needs an
"American-flag ocean transpor
tation system, staffed with
trained and efficient American
personnel and capable of
carrying a substantial portion of
our international trade," the
statement reads. To achieve this
objective the Democrats called
for creation of "a coherent,
consistent and responsive
maritime policy."
While the maritime plank is, of
necessity, a short statement of the
Party's commitment to rebuild
ing the U.S.-flag merchant fleet,
the statement contains key
elements on which a strong,
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active maritime policy can be
built.
The Platform supports the
three elements crucial for the
renaissance of our rnerchant
marine—a beefed up domestic
shipbuilding program "to satisfy
the commercial and national
security requirements of the
U.S.;" employment of American
seamen to man the fleet; and
ensuring a "substantial portion"
of U.S. international trade to our
fleet.
Those three criteria—U.S.
built ships, jobs for American
seamen and cargoes to keep the
fleet moving—were clearly
spelled out for the Democrats by
SIU and MTD President Frank
Drozak at Platform Committee
hearings in June.
"It is essential,' Drozak told
the Platform Committee, "that
the Democratic Party reaffirm
President Carter's goal to
revitalize our merchant marine."
The SIU President stressed that
the American merchant fleet
must be able to fulfill both its
commercial role and its function
as a "military auxiliary in time of
war or national emergency."
Responding to Drozak's
testimony on the urgency of
restoring the U.S.-fiag merchant
fleet and spurred on by congress
men and senators-who back the
SlU's position, the Platform
Committee endorsed the mari
time plank and Convention
delegates voted it into the
Platform.
In addition to promising
action towards a viable U.S.
maritime policy, the plank
pledged "continued commitment
to the Merchant Marine Act of
1970 and greater utilization of the
private merchant marine by the
Navy for its support functions."
During the Republican
Convention, held in Detroit in
July, the GOP adopted a similar
maritime plank as part of their
Party Platform.
Dem Plank on U.S. Maritime
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Below is a complete transcript of the pro-maritime plank
adopted by the Democratic National Convention last month.
"To meet the needs of international commerce and national
security, this nation must have a strong, competitive and efficient
American-Flag ocean transportation system. In recent years, there
has been a significant reduction in the ability of our merchant
marine to compete for the carriage of world commerce because of
economic policies pursued by other nations. Action must he taken
to revitalize our merchant marine.
"To achieve this objective, we must develop a coherent,
consistent and responsive maritime policy which will encourage the
development and maintenance of an American-flag ocean
transportation system, staffed with trained and efficient American
personnel and capable of carrying a substantial portion of our
international trade in a competitive and efficient manner.
"Our maritime policy must also lead to the development and
maintenance of a domestic shipbuilding and ship repair
mobilization base adequate to satisfy the commercial and national
security requirements of the United States. Furthermore, we pledge
continued commitment to the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 and
greater utilization of the private merchant marine by the Navy for
its support functions."
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Jimmy Garter's Record on Maritime Is Good
N
ow that the Democratic
Convention is over and
Jimmy Carter is the official
Presidential nominee of his party,
you'll find more and more people
jumping on his bandwagon.
But the SIU has supported
Carter for President for nearly a
year. This Union was instru
mental at that time in forming the
Labor for Carter Committee. We
supported Carter in '76 too.
Our reason is simple. We
support Carter because of his
record on maritime issues. He has
been a backer of a strong U.S.
maritime industry and that
means more job security for
Seafarers and Boatmen.
Of course more has to be done.
But the Union's position is that
Carter's record in his first term
holds promise for more good
things for maritime if he's elected
to a second term.
Below is a partial list showing
Carter's maritime record in his
first term. Judge for yourself:
which allows the private dredging
industry to bid competitively
with the Army Corps of En
gineers.
was signed into law by President
Carter in 1978. Its purpose is the
regulation of the rate-cutting
practices of certain state-owned
• Legislation to allow the carriers, like the Russians,
much needed construction of a operating in the U.S. trades.
• On Sept. 29, 1979 Carter
new Lock and Dam 26 at Alton,"
111. was signed into law by the signed the Export Administra
President in 1978. When com tion Act which bans the export,
pleted, this new Lock and Dam sale, or swap of Alaskan crude oil
should ease the huge traffic back under most circumstances.
ups on a vital stretch of the Strongly supported by the SIU,
this law, insures that, except
Mississippi River.
under certain conditions, Alas
• In 1977 Carter signed legis kan crude will be carried on
American-flag ships.
lation mandating that 50 percent
• Just this summer Carter
of the oil purchased overseas for
a Strategic Petroleum Reserve signed the Deep Seabed Hard
Mineral Resources Act with its
Program be carried on U.S.-flag
crucial "man American" pro
ships.
visions intact. This law makes
• The Ocean Shipping Act
sure that American seamen will
play a key role in the new sea
mining industry.
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• President Carter, in 1978,
signed into law the Outer Conti
nental Shelf Lands Act. This Act,
which sets regulations for off
shore drilling of oil and natural
gas on the U.S. outer continental
shelf, is a landmark law that
protects and promotes jobs for
Americans in this industry.
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Union is supporting Carter.
When you go into the voting
booth you will be making your
own choice for President. But as
a Seafarer or Boatman you owe it
to yourself to keep the above
points in mind.
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• Early in his Presidency^July
1977—Carter came out in sup
port of a cargo preference bill.
This legislation would have
required that 9.5 percent of U.S.
cargo must be carried on Ameri
can-flag ships by 1982. The bill
was defeated in the House of
Representatives.
• Carter was a vigorous sup
porter of the Passenger Ship Bill
which he signed into law late last
year. This piece of legislation
brought passenger ship service
back under the American flag.
Already the SIU is manning the
passenger liner Oceanic Inde
pendence.
• The Carter Administration
has consistently backed a healthy
maritime budget. Each year
strong proposals for appropria
tions for the Construction and
Operational Differential Sub
sidies and for Title XI of the
Merchant Marine Act have come
from the White House. Also,
earlier this year when big budget
cuts were.being recommended in
Congress, Carter opposed any
cuts in the maritime budget on
the grounds of national defense.
His stance helped win the battle
in the House Budget Committee
against cutting maritime monies.
• In 1978 Carter signed a bill
that clarified Title XI of the
Merchant Marine Act of 1936 so
that Great Lakes and inland
vessel operators would be eligible
for mortgage guarantees on the
same basis as deep sea operators.
• That same year the Presi
dent sighed Public Law 95-269
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Proud SI U Diesel Engineers
Earn Lifeboat Endorsement
Another group of HLSS Trainees achieved Coast Guard endorsements as
Lifeboatmen after completing training and passing their examinations. Standing
left to right are HLSS Instructor Harry Coyle, Walt Lasshan, Larry Brown, Bob
Boulis, Brett Fox, Andy Pierros, Larry Dockery and HLSS Instructor Michael
Meredith. Kneeling are George Muller. Ramon Rosario and^Keyin Hearn.
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These three Seafarers proudly display Coast Guard endorsements as Assistant
Diesel Engineer. All three earned higher ratings through the upgrading courses
offered at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg- School. Showing off their, new
certificates are (left to right) John Jourdan. Allan Brunet and Glenn Bumpas.
Notice to Mariners:
Seafarers Earn FOWT
Endorsements
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tender recently after completing training at HLSS and passing Coast'Gukrd
examinations. The happy group posed for this photo just before shipping out with
their new certificates. In front left to right are Owen Duffy, Larry Winn. Charles
Harper. Tony Dawson, Jim.Kuhns and Dave Simmons. Standing left to right are
Sverre Paulsen, Phil Neergaard, Dave Picciolo, Rob Hurst; Aubrey Spruill, Jerry
Williams, Craig Bell, Maurice White, Tom Caron and Tyler Womack.
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For Upgrading Classes
The Seafarers Harry JLundeberg School of Seamanship has
announced the schedule of upgrading classes for the remainder of
1980.
Here are the schedules:
October 1980
Diesel (unlicensed rating): Oct. 27-Nov. 21.
Diesel (licensed): Oct. 27-Dec. 19.
Basic Welding: Oct. 22-Nov.*21.
First Class Pilot (inland) Oct. 6-Nov. 14.
Quartermaster: Oct. 13-Nov. 7.
Steward Recertification: Oct. 13-Nov. 21.
"A" Seniority Upgrading: Oct. 6-Oct. 17.
Life boat man: Oct. 9-Oct. 23.
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Tankerman: Oct. 9-Oct. 23.
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HLSS Graduates Achieve FOWT
Endorsements
They are all Trainee alumni of the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School, and they all
passed Coast Guard examinations' recently to earn endorsements as
Fireman/Oiler Watertender. Standing left to right are Julio Rodriguez. Earl Doucet.
Doug bckles, Keith Mion. Kenny Kent, James Brown, Stephen Gore, Al Guitierrez
and HLSS Instructor James Shaffer. Kneeling left to right are Brad Morgan. Mike
Langenbach. Deshawn Newsome. Larry Brown. Pat Johnston. Jim Wingate and
Al Bracetty. Missing from the photo is Ray Brown.
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New dates for the FOWT
classes will be posted in all ports
and will be announced in the
LOG when classes resume.
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Able Seaman: Nov. 6-Dec. 4. (This is the last AB class for 1980.)
"A" Senibrity Upgrading: Nov. 10-Nov. 21.
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Nov. 20-Dec. 4
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Special Notice!
Upgrading classes for Fireman
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Lifeboatman: Dec. 4-Dec. 18.
Dec. 18-Jan. 1
Tankerman: Dec. 4-Dec. 18.
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Dec. 18-Jan. 1.
(NOTE: A I! FOWT and LNG classes are suspended until further
notice.)
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Legislative. Administrative and Reguiatorv Happenings
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Labor Behind SIU in Securing Goal Exports for
^HE SlU's position ihat the probriefings for key industry and labor
U.S
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increase
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to our allies must include plans for use of
U.S. flag ships has drawn the support of
the AFL-CIO.
In a letter to Dr. John C. Sawhill,
-deputy secretary of the Department of
Energy, AFL-CIO President Lane
Kirkland made labor's position on
exported coal clear. He stated, "the
Merchant Marine Acts of 1936 and 1970
declare that it is the policy of the United
States to foster the development of a
merchant marine owned and operated
under the U.S. flag and composed of
vesseJs con.structed in the United States,
and this policy should be a major
consideration in the deliberations Uf the
Interagency Coal Export Task Force."
Plans for the expansion of U.S. coal
exports were developed recently at a top
level meeting in Europe by Pres. Jimmy
Carter and the heads of state of six U.S.
allies, including Italy, France, Britain,
Canada, West Germany and Japan.
The leaders pledged to-conserve oil
and increase their use of alternative
energy sources, mostly coal.
They further agreed that the -U.S.
would be the "chief producer,and
exporter of coal for the international
market." Also it was agreed that Jhe
Western Europeans and Japan would
double or triple their purchases of coal
from the U.S. within the next-20 years.
This of course means transportation by
Initially, there was no talk at all of the
use of U.S. flag ships for carriage of any
of the coal. That's where t he S1U stepped
in and raised strong objections. At
Administration—SIU President Frank
Drozak made the SIU's position clear.
U.S. ships must get their fair share of the
cargoes.
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has set up tl;ie Interagency Coal Export
Task Force. And one of the things the
Task Force will study closely is the role
of American ships in future coal export
plans.
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In his letter of support for the SIU's
position, AFL-CIO President Kirkland
suggests "negotiating bilateral ocean
shipping arrangements with our trading
partners with respect to coal shipments."
He further urged the Task Force "to
investigate every avenue to promote the
U.S. policy regarding our merchant
marine."
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El Paso, Algerian LNG Negotiations Moving Along
T
HE impasse between El Paso Gas
Co. and the Algerian government,
which has idled six SlU-contracted El
Paso LNG carriers, will hopefully soon
be resolved.
On-again, off-again negotiations since
last March made real progress last
month when Algeria dropped its
demand from $6 per thousandcubic feet
of gas to $3.80. However, the $3.80
figure is nearly $2 higher than the $1.94
El Paso had been paying when Algeria
demanded price hiikes.
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Si U legislative representatives, who
have been monitoring the negotiations.
said that the Algerians appear close to
settling the impasse, providing they get a
price increase as well ,as technical
assistance and training from the U.S.
concerning LNG energy development. The Log will keep the membership
posted on any new developments
concerning the EI Paso vessels.
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Reform Moving
Along in Committee
T^HE SIU is closely monitoring the
X Water Projects Reform legislation,
which is presently being marked up by
the Water Resources Subcommittee of
the Senate Environment Committee.
Chairman of the Subcommittee is Sen.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.). The
legislation would authorize certain water
development projects, including deepenin^ the channel in Galveston to
accc mmodate deepwater vessels.
Lht SIU is mainly concerned with cost
sharing proposals which would tack on
some heavy money burdens on the
industry. Such water projects have
traditionally been funded in total by the
l ederal government, since such projects
benefit the economy and security of the
entire nation.
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A recent class of the "A" Seniority Upgrading
program liked what they saw during a field trip to
Washington, D.C. to view the SIU political
action team. Above photo shows Upgraders
James Allen, Mark Clark, Michael Donlon,
Vincent Guzman, Thomas Kilbride, Jonatharr
Haight, James Harris, Daniel Kayser, Robert
Seratt and Fred Reyes, Jr., who was accom
panied by his wife.
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�Carter's Statement to AFL-CIO General Bd.
On Sept. 4,1980, President Carter
appeared at the General Board
meeting of the AFL-CIO in Washington, D.C. to accqjt the Labor
Federations endorsement of the
Carter-Mondale ticket.
Of special interest to SlU mem
bers, President Carter reemphasized
his Administration's commUmenl
to "strengthen our maritime indus
try."
Bdow is the complete text of the
President's statement to the General
Board meeting. SlU President
Frank Drozak represented the SlU
at this meeting.
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It is an honor as President to meet
again with the General Board of the
AFL-CIO. I have gotten to know
many of you personally, and I have
benefitted from your advice.
' Almost four years ago to the day,
I met with the General Board. Soon
after that, I was elected President,
and Fritz Mondale was elected Vice
President of the United States.
We could not have done that
without your help, and Fritz and I
will always be grateful. We have
regarded that support, not as a gift,
but as an obligation to the working
families of America. With your help,
we are going to renew that contract
to serve working Americans.
Four years ago, a changing of the
guard began. We ended eight years
of Republican neglect of pur coun
try's most complex problems. In
stead, we began to face up to these
problems to tell the American
people the truth, and to begin
building lasting solutions. These last
3'/i years have not been easy. But
they have been creative years. Today
we can face the future much better
prepared than before.
A changing of the guard of a
different kind has taken place in the
labor movement.
We all miss George Meany deeply.
For a quarter-century, he embodied
the American labor movement. He
was the spirit and strength of
working America.
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That torch has now passed to the
able hands of Lane Kirkland and
Tom Donahue. It has fallen to them
and to you to carry on the great
unfinished work of the labor move
ment.
Change has also come to your
Executive Council. I share with you
the loss of a man whom I respected
as you did, Paul Hall. And I share
your pride in congratulating your
newest Executive Council members.
Bill Konyha, John Sweeney, and
Joyce Miller.
I share another bond with all of
you. As leaders, we are concerned,
above all, with the future.
Each one of us knows that there
are no shortcuts or substitutes for
hard work in the struggle for a
humane, decent world to pass on to
our children.
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business, and government work
together. It wUl not be easy, but you
and I realize that it is absolutely
essential to have creative ideas from
all segments of bur country.
This consensus-building must
mean that, once and for all, we
recognize the legitimate rights of
labor. I am still with you for passage
of common situs legislation. I will
veto any attempt to repeal DavisBacon. I will resist any effort to
weaken minimum wage or occupa
tional safety and health protection,
This country needs, and I support.
Labor Law Reform. And I will stand
with you until we get it pdssed.
As I have faced the immense
The Polish workers have demon
economic challenges of this decade,
strated something you and I have
I cannot forget the great help labor
long known—that free trade unions
has been. You have helped forge our
are a basicinstrument of democracy,
nation's first energy policy. As a
and that human rights and labor
nation, we have learned that we
rights are indistinguishable.
must reduce our dangerous depen
I cannot help but believe that the
dence on foreign oil. And we have
resolve of the Polish workers was
cut oil imports by 20 percent.
strengthened by the solidarity of free
We have begun the immense task
trade unions around the world—
of rebuilding our nation's energy
including the AFL-CIO.
base^—creating a new synthetic fuels
At home, American labor has
industry, using American resources,
helped lead this country through a
conserving energy, keeping Ameri
half-century of unprecedented social
can capital here, and creating
and economic progress. Every
millions of American jobs.
advance in this half-century—Social
When the history of these years is
Security, civil rights. Medicare, aid
written, I believe it will say that on
to education, one after another—
energy we fundamentally altered our
came with the support and leader
nation's future for the better. I
ship of American labor. You have
believe it will also say that we began
represented all the people, not just
a fundamental rebuilding of our
your members^ You have been the
nation's industrial base.
voice of forgotten people every
The program I announced last
where.
week, which you help^ write, will
Thirty-two years ago, Harry
continue to fight inflation, and at the
Truman said, "It is time thqt all
same time will create a million new
Americans realized that the place of
jobs in the next two years.
labor is side by side with the
More important, we will put new,
businessmen and with the farmer,
more
efficient tools in the hands of
and not one degree lower."
American workers. We will provide
We can no longer ignore this jobs in growing, competitive indus
advice—^the economic stakes are tries which can meet and turn back
too high. It'is time for our country to foreign competition. I have no
accept labor as an equal partner in doubt that American workers can
our economic life.
compete with, any in the world—if
In the last
years, we have we give them the tools and tech
begun to establish, bit by bit, such a nology to do the job. I intend-to do
partnership of government, labor, just that.
and business.
We will direct investments to
Last week, we took another step communities and industriesJhit hard
forward with what can be central to by economic change. We will help
rebuilding our nation's industrial retool our automobile industry to
base—the President's Economic produce the fuel-efficient cars that
Revitalization Board composed of the public wants to buy.
We will help modernize our basic
leaders from American labor, indus
industries,
like steel, and encourage
try, and the public. Heading the
Board will be Irving Shapiro, of high-technology industries. We will
help rebuild our cities and towns
DuPont, and Lane Kirkland.
For the first time, we can build a with job-producing investments.
We will rebuild bur transporta
consensus for out economic future.
tion
system both to carry goods and
The Board will advise me on the full
range of issues. It will recommend to improve public transit.
Finally, we will invest heavily in
the outlines for an industrial devel
opment authority—to help mobilize our human resources. We will
both public and private capital, provide new training and new skills
including employee pension funds, to workers hit by sudden economic
to restore and create jobs in areas change. We wilf strengthen existing
programs for those lacking the skills
affected by economic dislocation.
We are involved in nothing less needed for the future.
Two years ago, we passed the
than a redefinition of the way labor.
The November election will help
determine if that struggle is success
ful. Seldom has the choice been so
clear. The American people vinll be
choosing not just between two men,
not just between two parties—but
between two futures.
I believe Americans will choose
once again a future of thoughtful
change and human progress—to get
on with the job we have begun.
In recent days, our country has
drawn inspiration from the workers
of Poland. We have been inspired by
their discipline, their tenacity, and
their courage under the most diffi
cult possible circumstances.
Humphrey-Hawkins Act to reaffirm
our commitment to the goal of full
employment. This year, we are
laying the foundation for reaching
that goal—a foundation of secure
energy supplies, greater productiv
ity, steady economic growth, iand
stable prices.
In the next few years, we must also
continue our urban policy that has
begun to reverse thedeclineof many
cities. We must gain passage of our
welfare reform proposals that would
lift I'/i million families out of
poverty and reduce the financial
burden on state and local gov
ernments.
We must enact our proposed
expansion of youth employment
programs, to provide skills and jobs
for hundreds of thousands of young
people.
I stand ready with you to help
enact national health insurance.
We must strengthen our maritime
industry, both for our economic
security and military security.
Finally, I want the United States
to continue to stand for peace in the
world. We have been at peace for 3'/4
years, a peace based on both our
military and moral strength. With
your help, we have reversed an eightyear decline in defense spending.
Our military power is unsurpassed
today, and will stay that way as long
as I am President.
That strength allowed us to
negotiate the SALT II agreement
successfully. We ratified the Pan
ama Canal Treaties, and have
sustained our foreign aid programs.
We helped bring together two
ancient enemies. The people of
Egypt and Israel no longer face each
other across barbed wire. Instead,
they talk face-to-face, and through
their ambassadors, about the right
road to peace. Three years ago, few
dreamed that such a thing could be
possible.
We can be proud that the United
States once again stands up in
defense of human rights, including
trade union rights, throughout the
world.
Let me add that we must expand
human rights at home, also, by
ratifying the Equal Rights Amend
ment.
We have accomplished much
together, often against great odds.
We have had to take the heat for
unpopular decisions. When we have
spoken the truth, it has not always
been welcome. We have faced our
problems squarely.
The American labor movement
was built on realism, persistence,
and democratic values. Our nation's
future depends on those same
qualities---qualities which today are
still-abundant in the American
people.
More remains for us to do, and we
must fight for it. But we are fighting
for it shoulder-to-shoulder, and
together, we will win.
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Board Chturman
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ERB Brand has retired as
President of the Transpor
tation Institute (T.I.) to become
Chairman of its Board of Trus
tees. He will replace Joseph
Kahn, who passed away earlier
this year.
Mr. Brand has spent a lifetime
advocating policies that would
lead to the establishment of a
strong American flag Merchant
Marine. For many years he was
editor of iht Seafarers Log. On
the basis of the reputation he
established there for intellectual
honesty and tough-minded fair
ness, he was chosen to become
the first president of the Trans
portation Institute when it was
formed 11 years ago.
During his stewardship, the
Transportation Institute has
become one of the leading centers
for maritime research in the
country. Both labor and man
agement have conie to look upon
Herb Brand as one of the leading
spokesmen for the American flag
Merchant Marine.
"Herbie Brand," relates John
Yarmola, the National Field Co
ordinator for the AFL-CIO
Maritime Trades Department,
"is unique. He understands that
. the maritiipe industry needs to
take a united stand on issues that
affect its future. He touches a lot
of bases. You know, he has
opened up a lot of doors for this
industry. People know that he is a
fair guy. They trust him. Better
yet, they listen to him."
As both editor of the Seafarers
Log and President of the Trans
portation Institute, Herb Braqd
has fashioned an important
legacy.
Jim Ganiion, the pr^ent editor
of the Log, said the following:
"During his years at the Log,
Herb Brand established the
highest^ standard of excellence in
labor journalism, which is wit
nessed in part by the many
awards that the paper won while
he was here. Even though he
hasn't been editor since 1969, his
influence can still be found in the
paper. For those who have
followed Herb—^and there have
Herb Brand
been several of us—it has been a upon the organization's acknowf
difficult standard to maintain. edged expertise when debating
But it is a standard of excellence the merits of intricate pieces of
that we are proud to uphold." maritime legislation.
But it is as President of the
Over the years, the Transpor
Transportation Institute, a non tation Institute has been in the
profit organization aimed at forefront of advancing new and
promoting maritime research dynamic concepts in the field of
and development, that Herb maritime education and develop
Brand will be primarily remem ment. Bilateral treaties, ocean
bered.
mining legislation, cargo prefer
He fashion^; from scratch, ence laws: the list of programs
one of the most capable research devised by the Institute is almost
departments in all of Washing endless. When asked to single one
ton, D.C. The quality of its out, however. Herb Brand be
work — the imaginative and comes characteristically modest,
thorough approach it has taken
"No, I wouldn't single out one *
towards solving the problems policy," said Brand, "because to
confronting the maritime indus do so would be counterproduc
try—has impressed a great many tive. The government agencies
people.
were content to sit back after the
Congressional Committees Merchant Marine Act of 1936
have often felt the need to draw was passed. They were so content
that they let the American flag
Merchant Marine fall apart. You
can not stop and be content It is
a constant, daily grind to stay
on top of new problems and
developments."
"I feel that we have taken a
• balanced view of the maritime
industry, especially where the
industry is a victim of unfair
policies formulated by govern
ment agencies that have no real
understanding of the merchant
marine. We talk about develop
ing a competitive fleet, but other
nations are far beyond the talking
stage. This country needs to
develop a coherent maritime
policy."
If it is true that one can be
judged by one's friends, then
Herl) Brand need not worry. He
has counted many famous and
important people among his
friends and acquaintances. In his
own quiet way, he has made a .
great many converts for the U.S.
maritime industry.
Throughout his c^eer. Herb
Brand has consistently impressed
people with his warm manner,
wry humor and quick intelli
gence: He still continues to do so.
Peter Luciano, who has become
Executive Director of the Trans
portation Institute, sums is up
best when he sW: "We will all
miss Herb as President. But we
don'tjeally feel that he is leaving.
As you know, he'll be Chairman
of the Board. He will continue to
shape the character of the T.I,
His most important work is still
ahead of him."
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Energy From Ocean: A Promising Concept
Carter Signs OIK: Bill: Could Mean Future U.S. iMonf&ne Jake
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RESIDENT Carter has
signed into law S. 2492, the
Ocean Thermal Energy Conver
sion Act of 1980. The bill is
expected to foster the commer
cial development of the ocean
thermal energy conversion
process (OTEC), which is a new
and promising source of energy.
The bill establishes a muchneeded Federal regulatory
framework that will oversee the
OTEC industry. It also extends
the existing system of "Ship
Financing" to cover commercial
development of OTEC vessels.
Title XI of the Merchant Marine
Act of 1936, which governs "ship
financing," makes most U.S.
vessels, floating drydocks and
mobile offshore drilling rigs
eligible for operating and
construction differential subsi
dies.
Lack of regulatory guidance
and Confusion over financing
provisions have hindered the
development of the OTEC
industry.
It is estimated that a full
functioning OTEC^ program
would result in thousands of
additional maritime jobs. Under
the terms of S. 2492, and the
Merchant Marine Act of 1936,
vessels used to service OTEC
marine structures would have to
be documented under the laws of
the United States.
The energy crisis has forced
Americans to experiment with
some fairly unorthodox pro
grams so that alternatives to
foreign oil can be developed. One
of the most promising programs
under consideration has been
OTEC.
OTEC is a process that would
use seawater to help generate
electricity. The idea was first
formulated nearly 100 years ago
by a French physicist, Arsene
d'Arsonval. It received little
attention because of the abun
dance of oil and coal that was
then in existence.
Now, of course, oil is in short
supply. Coal is being opposed by
environmentalists who fear that
its long-term use could be
ecologically harmful.
According tod'Arson val, there
exist differences in the tempera
ture of water found on the surface
of the ocean, and water found at
lower depths. D'Arson val felt that
some of these differences could
be large enough to be used in
closed and open cycle turbine
systems.
What modern-day descen
dants of d'Arsonyal want to do is
to place^ floating, moored or selfpropelled marine structures in
those areas of the oceans where
thermal differences are large
enough to generate electricity.
Looks Promising
The initial results have been
promising. A small experimental
program conducted onboard a
coverted U.S. navy barge moored
off Hawaii generated 50 kilo
watts of electricity during a three
month period.
The major stumbling block
with OTEC has been how to get
the stored electricity from the
marine structures to the land.
Dependable cables need to be
developed.
Progress, however, has been
made with developing a cable
strong enough to do the job.
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Jimmy Carter Means Business
A year ago. President Carter sent a letter to Rep. John Murphy
(D-N.Y.), then chairman of the House Marine & Fisheries
Committee. In that fetter, the President re-stated his heiief that "the
American Merchant Marine is vital to our nation's welfare."
Underscoring that heiief the President's fetter presented an
outline oj the "steps which (must) he taken to reverse the decline
and to hegin to improve the strength of this essential industry. "
Congressman Murphy, U.S. maritime's tnost vocal and loyal
friend in Congress, incorporated many of the suggestions included
in the President's fetter into one huge, far-reaching piece of
legislation. Known as the MaritUhe Omnihus hill, the complicated
measure never reached the floor of Congress because of an inahility
of the many segments of the industry to agree on language.
But President Carter has. continued to support a vdrietv of
measures aimed at revitalizing the U.S.-flag merchant fleet. "Tliis
effort." Carter wrote to Murphy in July, 1979, "will take time,
ingenuity and investment from hoth the puhHc and private sectors."
President Carter 's maritime policy fetter is reprinted, in full,
helow. Carter's support for a strong American merchant marine is
as solid today as it was a year ago. The S/U is confident that during
his next four years as President, many of the goafs Carter has
targeted for the rehirth^f the U.S.-flag merchant marine, goafs he
shares with the SIU, will he realized.
To Chairman John M. Murphy
As you know, for the past year an Interagency Task Force within
the Administration has been reviewing federal maritime policies.
The conclusions and. recommendations of this group were recently
forwarded to me. I want to share with you the results of that review
and urge action by your Committee to address the issues raised by
the Task Force.
I share your belief that the American Merchant Marine is vital to
our nation's welfare. More than nine-tenths of all our imports and
exports move by sea, and American ships play a large part in
facilitating our world trade.
The maritime industry, including our ports, ocean shipping
companies and shipbuilding yards provides jobs to 1.5 million
Americans, and contributes $22 billion to our economy. Most
importantly, our Merchant Marine provides a critical reserve and
auxiliary to our Navy in times of war or national emergency.
Over the years the Federal government has played a significant
role in the development of our maritime industry. Federal
investments have helped to build most of our major harbors and
port facilities. Our military and commercial vessel construction
programs have provided a key source of employment for our
nation's shipyards. Direct federal subsidies and preferential cargo
policies have greatly benefitted our ocean shipping companies.
Despite continuing efforts by the Federal government in these
areas, with total federal investments in our shipbuilding and ship
operating industries reaching $706 million in 1978, our Merchant
Marine faces an increasingly uncertain future. American liner
companies have experienced intense competition from the fleets of
other nations, with two American companies bankrupted within
the last year.
Our American flag bulk fleet has developed little capacity to
compete internationally, but rather has been largely restricted to
the coastwise trade. Our shipbuilding industry has been unable to
win enough new ship construction orders to sustain its current
capacity nationwide. Overall the decline of our Merchant Marine is
, illustrated in simple numbers: from a fleet of 1224 ships in 1950, our
fleet had shrunk to 582 ships by this year. Our ships now carry only
about 5% of our foreign trade.
We must not allow this unhealthy trend to continue. Steps must
be taken to reverse the decUhe and to begin to improve the strength
of this essential industry. This effort will take time, ingenuity and
investment from both the public and the private sectors. Under my
Administration, the Federal government will continue to play a
central role in this effort.
In this period of budget constraint, additional federal actions to
support the maritime industry must focus first on improvements in
\ existing programs. In particular, federal regulation of the ocean
shipping industry deserves prompt review by tjte Congress. Current
laws appear to need substantial revision. In addition our programs
to encourage construction of dry bulk vessels should be
overhauled. Our national policies favoring open ports and free
competition for cargo must be reaffirmed in light of recent
developments around the world. Perhaps most importantly, the
Federal government itself must begin to address maritime
problems in a more unified and coherent way.
LINER REGULATION
Throughout the world most ocean liner shipping is organized
into liner conferences. These groups of ship operators, who meet to
set standards for service and tariffs in each trade, are generally
recognized and supported by most countries. Recently the United
. Nations Conference on Trade and Development promulgated a
Code of Conduct which sanctioned the existence of, and
established standards for these conferences.
In the United States, we have recognized and accepted this
international regime of cooperation in.the organization of the liner
trades. Under our laws, the conferences are granted immunity from
antitrust prosecution if their agreements are filed with and
approved by the Federal Maritime Commission. In light of the
potential anti-competitive impacts of some aspects of the
conference system, our laws place significant restrictions on
conferences, for example by requiring that they be open to
membership by any new participant in the trade.
In order to end the uncertainty and delay that currently
surrounds federal regulation of ocean shipping, it is necessary to
revise substantially our laws governing the liner conferences. Our
laws must be rewritten to define clearly the standards of acceptable
conference practices and the limits of conference antitrust
exemptions, and to reempha^ize our commitment to competition in
ocean shipping. The process for FMC approval of conference
agreements should be expedited. And the jurisdictional respon
sibilities of the various agencies sliould be clarified.
Specifically the Shipping Act of 1916 should be amended to:
• Reestablish the primacy of the FederalMaritime Commission
in regulating ocean shipping. The FMC, operating under the
guidance of the Shipping Act and the antitrust laws should have the
basic responsibility to confer antitrust immunity and to enforce the
Shipping Act.
• Redefine the limits of the antitrust immunity available to the
conferences under Section 15 of the Act. The law should specify a
broad group of conference, agreements with the least anti-com
petitive impacts that are presumptively approvable by the FMC.
Agreements determined by the FMC to fall into this group should
be approved speedily without formal hearings. For example,
agreements that promote efficiency and • do not significantly
threaten competition such as terminal sharing, equipment
interchange or space chartering should be presumed acceptable.
Similarly, agreements implementing government-to-government
negotiations should receive prompt, presumptive approval by the
• Shorten the timetable for FMC action. Presumptively
acceptable agreements should be acted on by the FMC within 30
days. Agreements subject to full hearing should be required to be
approved or disapproved within one year. If the approval process
cannot be completed within these time tables, conditional approval
or disapproval should be required, subject to final review when the
record is complete.
Amending the Shipping Act in accord with these principles
should speed up and greatly simplify the regulatory process that
applies to ocean liner shipping. It should continue to protect
against anti-competitive abuses while promoting efficiency and
stability in the industry.
• Authorize antitrust exemptionfor Shippers Councils. In other
countries around the world, groups of shippers using ocean
transportation are permitted to organize themselves into "shippers
councils" to discuss their mutual concerns with the shipping
conferences. Until now such councils have lacked antitrust
protection in the United States.
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Because shippers councils can provide a valuable forum for
exchange of information and discussion of shared concerns
between shippers and ship c)perators, and because shippers councils
can be a valuable counterweight to the collective power of the
conferences, these councils should be elgible for antitrust
immunity. The approval, after a hearing, of these antitrust
exemptions arid the policing of these groups' activities to assure
that they serve the public interest should be the responsibility of the
FMC. In order to assure that shippers cduncils function within the
limits of their antitrust exemptions, these groups should be
required to maintain verbatim records of their meetings,
MERCHANT MARINE PROTECTION
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Dry Bulk Incentives
About 40 percent of U,S, ocean-borne foreign trade, more than
310 million tons, consists of dry bulk cargoes. Continued dry bulk
trade growth is forecast, U,S, ships presently carry less than two
percent of this trade. There are only 19 dry bulkers in the U.S,-flag
fleet, of which 13 are over 30 years old.
There is a need to modernize and expand the dry bulk segment of
our fleet. Our heavy dependence on foreign carriage of U,S, bulk
cargoes deprives the U,S, economy of seafaring and shipbuilding
jobs, adds to the balance of payments deficit, deprives the
Government of substantial tax revenues, and leaves the United
States dependent on foreign flag shipping for a continued supply of
raw materials to support the economy.
Extensive consultation with industry has revealed that the
Merchant Marine Act of 1936, even as amended in 197Q, is still too
restrictive to encourage bulk ship construction and operation.
Specifically, restrictions on foreign resales, international trading
rights, repair in foreign shipyards, and eligibility to own both
foreign and U,S, flag vessels should be significantly revised.
Legislation to accomplish these goals is being forwarded to the
Congress along with this letter.
Enactment of the proposed legislation would establish the basis
for accelerating the rebuilding of the VS.-flag dry bulkfleet toward
a level commensurate with the position of the United States as the
world's leading bulk trading country,,
Cargo Sharing Agreements
Historically, the United States has pursued a policy of free
competition in ocean shipping, including open ports and
unrestricted access by ships of all nations to cargo moving
internationally. This policy has served well to facilitate our
international trade and to hold down shipping costs. Only in a few
cases, for example, in our bilateral trade with the Soviet Union,
have we entered into agreements reserving shares of cargo for
national flag carriers. In these special circumstances, in which
A Capsule of Carter's Ideas
President Carter's program for strengthening the U.S.-flag merchant
marine includes:
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• enacting legislation to speed up the re-building of the U,S,-nag drybulk fleet to a level commensurate with the nation's position as the
world's leading bulk trader;
•. rewriting laws governing ocean liner shipping conferences to define
acceptable conference practices and the limits of anti-trust exemptions;
• amending the Shipping Act of 19l6tore-establish the primacy of the
FMC in regulating ocean shipping;
• designating the Maritime Administration as the chief spokesman in
maritime affairs to ensure that federal actions promote rather than harm
our merchant maririe;
• implementing existing laws which call for substantial or exclusive
use of American-flag vessels;
• urging American importers and exporters to use U.S,-flag ships and
urging American shipping companies to use U,S. shipyards to supply new
tonnage, where possible;
• while not endorsing cargo-sharing agreements, calling for measures
"to protect the competitive rights of U.S. carriers."
national policies of other nations might operate to exclude
American operators from the trade, we have recognized that our'
national interest required affirmative action by the U,S,
Government,
Throughout the world many nations have enacted or are
considering measures to limit unrestricted cargo access. The
UNCTAD Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences which sanc
tions cargo sharing on a basis of 40% for the host country, 40%
for the trading partner and 20% for third flag carriers, is one
example" of this trend.
This trend is neither wise nor necessary. As the largest trading
nation in the world we have much to gain by a continuation of
policies that allow all ships to operate freely to transport cargo. In
light of these considerations we will continue to resist the
imposition of cargo sharing regimes whether bilaterally or multilaterally.
At the same time we should not allow our interests to be
compromised by the actions of other nations which may impede the
ability of our ships to .participate in world trades. Cargo sharing
policies adopted by other nations cannot be allowed to force our
ships from any trades in which they should be entitled to compete.
While it is our policy to refrain from cargo sharing agreements as
a general matter, we will be prepared as in the past io protect
the competitive rights of U,S, carriers,
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Knowing that you share my strong commitment to the
revitalization of our Merchant Marine, I hope that we can work
together in the weeks and months ahead to fashion a strong
legislative program,
The reforms I have suggested may provide solutions to some
problems. I hope that your Committee can give these proposals
early and favorable consideration as part of the legislative process1
know you have already begun.
Within the Execlitive Branch / intend to ensure that federal
actions promote rather than harm our Merchant Marine. To help
achieve this goal, and to provide a clearer, more unified
presentation of the Administration's views I have designated the
Maritime Administration within the Commerce Department as the
Administration's chief spokesman in maritime affairs.
This will not, of course, prevent other Departments from
performing their particular responsibilities or from testifying
before the Congress in their areas of special expertise as they may
relate to maritime matters.
However, in the future, when positions are taken by the
Administration, the Maritime Administration will have primary
responsibility to articulate and explain them.
1 am also urging the Maritime Adtpinistration and other
executive agencies to vigorously and fully carry out their
responsibilities for implementing existing laws aimed at supporting
our maritime industry. In particular, provisions in existing laws
calling for substantial or exclusive use of American flag vessels.
should be vigorously pursued, and exemptions in these laws should
be reexamined,
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Finally, I believe that we must all share in the effort to preserve
and enhance our maritime industry. This applies not just to the
executive and legislative branches of the Federal government, but
tp the public as well,
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For example, / urge American importers and exporters to
consider using, where possible, Americanflag vessels to transport
their goods. Similarly, American ocean shipping companies should
give every Consideration to use of American shipyards to supply
their new tonnage. Each of us can make only a small contribution
to the important goal of rebuilding our maritime industry. Working
together, however, we can be confident of our future as a great
maritime nation.
Sincerely,
Jimmy Carter
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EFF Yarmola will not be 19
years of age until Oct. 28, but
last month he completed all of the
required training needed to earn
a full QMED rating: He thus
becomes the youngest Seafarer to
achieve the full engineroom
rating.
Ever since he came to the
Seafarers Harry Lundeberg
School in June 1978, Jeff has
been an achiever. He worked
hard during the three months he
spent at the school as a Trainee,
and graduated in the top third of
his class.
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During that time, he also
worked hard to earn a high
school equivalency diploma
through the Lundeberg School's
GED Program. Jeff said he
wanted that diploma because "I
might some day want to go on to
get a college degree."
But Jeff also worked hard at
his trade. When he graduated
from HLSS in October 1978, Jeff
took a berth as wiper on the LNG
carrier Leo which was just
coming out of the yard at Quincy,
Mass. He stayed on her six
months and he earned the
commendation from the ship's
engineers for his hard work and
willingness to learn.
In August 1979, Jeff came back
to the Lundeberg School to
prepare for a fireman/oiler/
watertender endorsement.
Again, hard work and willingness
to learn paid off, and Jeff got his
FOWT endorsement in October.
Then, in November 1979 he
shipped as oiler on the Sea-Land
Panama. In February of this
year, he got off the Panama and
shipped as oiler aboard the T-2
tanker Point Julie.
• Seafarer Jeff Yarmola
When he got off the Point Julie
in May, he came back to the
Seafarers Harry Lundeberg
School to begin a three-month
program to earn the endorse
ments he would ne^ to become a
Qualifed Member of the Engine
Department. He successfully
completed- all of the courses and
passed the Coast Guard examin
ation in August.
In the course of this training at
HLSS, Jeff earned ratings as
Pumpman, Machinist, Electri
cian, Refrigeration Engineer,
Deck Engineer, and Junior
Engineer.
Jeff Yarmola is not through
yet. This month he will be back at
HLSS to begin the SIU "A"
Seniority Program. When he
completes that program next
month, Jeff will be a fully-rated
engine room Seafarer—and a full
member of the Seafarers Union.
That's quite an accomplish
ment for anybody. For a young
man who dropped out of high
school—and is not yet 19 years
old—that's an accomplishment
to be really proud of.
Seafarer Revives Drowning Victim Finds CPR Training Is For Real
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EAFARER Raymond Picciolo can tell you that
CPR/First Aid training is for
real. And there is a woman who is
alive today because Seafarer
Picciolo kept his cool and put
into practice what he had learned
at the Seafarers Harry Lunde
berg School of Seamanship in
Piney Point.
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Brother Picciolo had come
back to the Lundeberg School in
May to begin upgrading for a
Q.M.E.D. endorsement. One
evening, he and several other
upgraders were having a seafood
dinner at nearby Evan's Crab
House when they heard a
commotion outside.
When they looked, they saw
some people pulling a woman
from the water. Running quickly
Seafarer Raymond Picciolo stands at
the end of the pier on St. George's
island where he earlier revived a
worhan who had fallen into the water.
out to the dock, Picciolo sized up
the situation immediately. There
was panic and pandemonium.
"Nobody seemed to know what
to do," Picciolo said later.
"Somebody was pumping her
trying to get the water out of her.
She wasn't breathing."
Picciolo remembered that the
first thing to do was to get the
person breathing. And that is just
what he did. Using mouth-tomouth resuscitation, he quickly
restored her breathing and kept
her respiring until an ambulance
arrived with emergency breath
ing apparatus.
"I just used normal procedures
for cases like this, the same way I
had learned while I was a Trainee
at the Lundeberg School,"
Picciolp explained. "One of the
real plusses in training for these
emergencies, is that you know
right away what to do. You don't
panic,"
Picciolo made another pertinent observation. He said: "I will
feel a lot more secure out there on
a ship hundreds of miles from a
doctor knowing that many of my
shipmates have been trained in
lifesaving techniques through the
HLSS programs."
Seafarer Picciolo graduated
from the Lundeberg School in
February 1979. He upgraded to
FOWT in August, and completed
his Q.M.E.D. training last
month.
ITF Convention Draws Delegates from 60 Nations
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then 60 nations. The U.S. delegation (photo left) included SIU President Frank Drozak (left) and SIU Senior West Coast Representative Ed Turner. In the photo
at right, the delegates pause momentarily from business for a quick pix. Among issues addressed at ITF conference were bilateralism the growing danger of flag-'
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�Transcolorado Crew Saves 67 ^Boat People'
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N the choppy and rain-beaten
waters of the South China Sea
last month, SIU members helped
rescue 67 Vietnamese refugees.
The Seafarers were aboard the
Transcolorado (Hudson Water
ways) on the morning of Aug. 11
when the refugees' 40-foot boat
was spotted drifting in the water.
There was a heavy squall in
progress when the boat was
sighted about 50 yards from the
ship. The Transcolorado, which
is chartered by the Military
Sealift Command, was on her
way from Diego Garcia in the
Indian Ocean to the U.S. Naval
Station at Subic Bay in the
Philippines.
According to SIU Bosun
Victor Ardowski, a pilot ladder
was used to bring the stronger
refugees on board while a
stretcher was used for the
children, babies, and those who
were sick.
According to the MSC, besides
Brother Ardo\yski, other SIU
members involv^ in the rescue
included: Deck Maintenance
Paul Whitlow; Able Seamen Bill
Fernandez, William MacDonald, Leo Larsen, John Smith, and
Robert Wilson; OS Pedro Alma;
Wiper Donald Rezendes, and
Messmen Adolphe Lamonthe
and John Shaw.
Ardowski wrote a letter to the
Union noting that on the evening
of the rescue "a Special Meeting
was called"and it was "passed on
to us that the Captain thanked
every one for the help and
cooperation in getting the ref
ugees aboard ship and a job that
was well done."
Also, the SIU brothers decided
at the meeting to take up a
voluntary contribution to help
the boat people.
The contributions were used to
buy items for the refugees from
the ship's Slop Chest, such as,
toothbrushes, toothpaste, combs,
candies, gum, cigarettes, and
some Tee shirts.
SIU crews have been involved
in a number of rescues of
Indochinese refugees. Just this
past June the SlU-contracted
LNG Virgo (Energy Transporta
tion), along with a Navy tanker,
helped rescue 185 boat people in
the South China Sea (August
1980 Log).
The 67 refugees taken aboard
the Transcolorado had been at
sea three days, a relatively short
time compared to some boat
people.
According to a news release by
the MSC, a medical officer at
Subic Bay said the condition of
the 67 boat people was the best
among any refugees that had
been brought there. "There were
minor cuts and scratches, other
wise they were in great shape,"
the officer said.
Although in good physical
condition, the captain of the ship
said the refugees "looked utterly
bedraggled and fatigued when
they were picked up, but were vei^'
well behaved."
He added, "it seemed they were
always using the washing ma
chines trying to clean their dirty
clothes."
The 523-foot Transcolorado
carries cargo for the U.S. Armed
Forces worldwide.
^Sunsef Bill Could Black Out Key Maritime Programs
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A
bill has been initiated in the
Senate that could destroy im
portant Federal maritime and
labor programs.
Numbered S. 2, the so-called
"sunset" bill would require
automatic termination of nearly
all Federal programs at least once
every ten years. No program
could continue unless new au
thorizing legislation was passed
and signed into law.
The AFL-CIO, the Maritime
Trades Department (MTD), the
SIU, and other labor unions are
actively working against this bill.
SIU and MTD President
Frank Drozak sent out letters to
the Union's port agents as well as
to MTD's Port Councils asking
them to contact Senators on this
crucial issue.
He explained that the legisla
tion "would subject labor and
maritime programs, such as the
National Labor Relations Act
and the Merchant Marine Act, to
attack and dismantlement on an
ongoing basis."
Drozak points out that this
legislation is unnecessary. When
Congress considers funding for
Federal programs, it has the right
to review those programs. Also,
Congress has the power to
conduct oversight hearings on
these programs.
As Drozak notes, "This^^unset' process would add a tre
mendous burdeato the regular
legislative workload, and it is
clear that an in-depth evaluation
would be impossible."
Under the schedule laid down
in the bill. Congress would have
to review about 200 programs
every two years. Altogether, AFL-CIO Associate Legislative
there would be nearly 1,000 Director Howard Marlowe sug
Federal programs which would gested that there should be a bill
have to compete against each that assures periodic reviews of
major programs but that does not
other for re-enactment.
As the AFL-CIO points out, contain the risky self-destruct
"Congress must improve its mechanism of the "sunset" bill.
oversight of Federal programs,
He also pointed out that the
but this bill is a process without one area in which this bill does
substance. Many Federal pro not require a review is tax
grams took several years of debate expenditures—an area where it is
and discussion before enactment. most justified. Tax expenditures
In the legislative 'pressure are special benefits or loopholes
cooker' climate, it will be impos that enable individuals or busi
sible for Congress to give the ness enterprises to claim special
same thoughtful attention to the deductions or tax credits.
"If anything needs sunset or
re-enactment of these programs."
In hearings on the bill before oversight, it is tax expenditures
the Senate Rules Committee, the which escape all of the current
AFL-CIO urged that Committee review mechanisms in the author
to shape an alternative to the bill. izing, budget and appropriations
processes," Marlowe told the
Committee.
Below is a list of just some of
the programs that affect Sea
farers and Boatmen and that
could be terminated if the
"sunset" bill becomes law:
Agricultural export programs
U.S. Public Health Service
National Labor Relations Act
Occupational Safety and
Health Act
Minimum Wage Law
Merchant Marine Act of 1970
Navigation Assistance
Deepwater Port Act
Maritime Subsidies
Inland Waterways Programs
River and Harbor
Development
Cargo Preference Laws
Ogden Leader Committee
Personals
Paul G. King
Please contact the editor of the Log at
(212) 499-6600 Ext. 242.
Ken Long
Please contact, Gary Collier, 517 S.
Allen, Bernie, Mo., 63822. V(?ry Urgent!
Gordon Reynold Dolan
Please contact, Mrs. Cortland Dolan,
1462 Elliott Road, Paradise, Ca. 95969.
William J. Smith
Please contact, Mrs. Annie Smith,
343 E. Pershing St., Pritchard, Ala.,
36610. Tel. (205) 457-8055.
Jim .Sawyer
Please contact, Francisco Alvarez,
2914 Partridge Ave., Los Angeles, Ca.
90039. Tel. (213) 661-1202.
SIU Rep Teddy Babkowski (2nd left) is at a payoff of the ST Ogden Leader (Ogden
Marine) on July 31 at Stapleton Anchorage. S.I.. N.Y. With him are the Ship's
Committee of (I. to r.) 2hd Pumpman F. Karlsson, engine delegate: Chief Steward
R. Maldonado. secretary-reporter, Cook/Baker A. Romero, bosun Joe R.
Calangel. ship's chairman, (standing) Chief Pumpman James H. Wall,
educational director and Chief Cook Earl Gray, steward delegate.
Norman Evans
Bert Winfield
.Mark Flores
Please contact. Red Campbell at
Union Headquarters. Re: Overtime
claim which has been resolved.
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Politics and porkchops—that's what the SlU is all
about and that was tbe theme sounded by SlU
President Frank Drozak, presiding at Port Agents
Conference held Aug. 28 and 29 in Algonac, Mich.
Filling in the Union port agents on actions taken at the
latest Board of Trustees meeting is SlU SecretaryTreasurer Joe DiGiorgio.
SlU Senior West Coast Representative Ed Turner
talks about the SlU-crewed Oceanic Independence,
now cruising the Flawaiian Islands, and about the
SlU's efforts to bring back the U.S.-flag passenger
ship industry.
Port Agents Conference Held in Algonac
A Port Agents meeting was
held in the Algonac hall last
month to focus on how the
union's leadership can better
bring home the bacon for the SIU
membership. It was the second
Agent'« meeting to be held this
year.
Attention centered around the
role that the union is expected to
play in the upcoming elections. A
strategy is being devised that will
maximize union participation at
state, national and grass-roots
levels.
The role that the Port Agents
play in developing strong interunion ties was discussed, as was
the role that they play Jn
fashioning strong grass-roots
political machines.
It was stressed that the Wash
ington operation is only one
phase of this union's political
commitment, and that the
strength of the Washington
operation depends in large part
on the kind of grass roots
machinery that the Port Agents
are able to fashion.
Long range economic issues
were • analyzed, especially the
development of this nation's coal
resources and the role that the
maritime industry will be ex
pected to play in the transporta
tion of that energy source from
mining areas to processing sites.
The Agents discussed ways of
improving the servicing of ves
sels, especially in those inland
areas that pose special problems
by their physical make-up (locks
and channels as opposed to
clearly defined ports)..
Contracts between this union
and shipping companies were
studied. Many of the Agents
passed along suggestions given to
them by members on ways to
strengthen existing clauses.
The union's building program
was discussed. The Port Agents
were advised that the new union
The SlU's strike against ACBL's inland waterways
companies is still going strong, says Union Vice President in
charge of the Gulf, Joe Sacco.
Firing up the Port Agents conference with his call to hanq
tough and hang together is SIU Vice President in charge of
Lakes and Inland Waters Mike Sacco.
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occupancy.
Algonac Port Agent Jack Bluitt talks about the slump in the
automobile industry and how it's impacted on Great Lakes
shipping.
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Red Campbell, vice president in charge of contracts and
contract enforcement, told the port agents that knowing the
terms of the Union's collective bargaining agreements is a
key part of the port agent's job.
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B
ACK in the 1970's a rash of
devastating oil spills caused
destruction of some of the world's
most beautiful and productive
coastlines and focused international
attention on unsafe, flag-of-convenience tankers.
Spurred on by the murmurings of
a world concerned about its en
vironment, the Intergovernmental
Maritime Consultative Organiza
tion, (IMCO) a U.N. agency, drew
up a treaty in 1978 aimed at
preventing pollution-causing ac
cidents.
In July of this year, the Inter
national Transport Workers Fed
eration (ITF), which includes repre
sentatives of hundreds of unions
from more than 60 countries, re
stated its condemnation of registra
tion of ships under flags-of-convenience.
ITF delegates scored shipowners
who use flags-of-convenience as a
means of avoiding "their own
countries' higher taxes, safety
standards and operating costs,"
while depriving their own nationals
of "jobs, foreign exchange balances
and other economic and national
security advantages."
Since money supposedly talks in
any language, the ITF imposes fines
on flag7of-convenience shipowners
who pay their crews below the
prevailing wage rates of ITF
member unions.
That penalty fund has grown fat
over the last few years with the levies,
collected from unscrupulous flag-ofconvenience shipowners. But the
number of ships flying the flags of
Liberia, Panama and other third
world countries has also continued
to grow.
International accords calling for
marine and crew safety on flag-ofconvenience vessels are important
barometers of world opinion. They
indicate growing concern about the
clear dangers to the environment
and to seamen posed by an everincreasing fleet of unsafe, underregulated flag-of-convenience
vessels.
But those accords, as far as the
United States is concerned, don't go
far enough. Because it's not just our
coastlines which- are threatened by
runaway flag vessels. It's the security
of this nation which is threatened as
well.
Today ships flying the flag of
Liberia number over 2,600, more
than five times the size of the Amer
ican merchant fleet. About half of
those vessels are owned by U.S.based oil companies. And they
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Executive Board
Frank Drozak
President
Leon Hall
Joe DiGiorgio
Vice President
Secretary- Treasurer
Angus "Red" Campbell
yice President
Mike Sacco
Vice President
James Gannon
Joe Sacco
Vice President
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Assistant Editor
Assistant Editor
Assistant Editor
Max Siegel Hall
Marietta Homayonpour
Don Rotan
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Dennis Lundy
Frank Cianciotti
Photography
Director pf^ Photography I Writer
Marie Kosciusko
Administrative Assistant
George J. Vana
Productiqn/Art Director
carry almost half of U.S, oil
imports.
Liberian registry suits the oil
giants just fine. They gleefully skirt
U.S. tax, safety and manning laws.
And the United States theoretically
retains control over Americanowned tankers in case of war or
national emergency.
Liberia, however, has repeatedly
reminded the world that, under
international law, they have the
option to requisition every single
ship sailing under Liberian registra
tion. The U.S. government has
simply assumed they didn't really
mean it.
Yet, seven years ago, during the
Arab/Israeli Yom Kippur War,
Liberia turns its back on U.S. policy
and refused to allow the ships flying
its flag to supply Israel with oil. That
incident took place under the regime
of Liberian President William R.
Tolbert. His was considered a stable
regime. Liberia was one of the
countries the U.S. supposedly
carried around in its pocket.
Today, Liberia's "stable" gov
ernment is gone, toppled by a
bloody military coup. The country's
current chief of state, a 28-year-old
Army sergeant owes no particular
allegiance to the United States. But
the U.S. blithely continues to
assume that we can count on the
support of U.S.-owned, Liberianregistered vessels if we should need
it.
For the past two decades fhe SlU
has been trying to get the U.S.
government to wake up to the fact
that our almost total reliance on
foreign flag vessels for carriage of
our oil and other crucial raw
materials is begging for trouble.
We have fought for legislation to
ensure an adequate share of U.S.
cargoes for U.S. flag vessels. We
have called on Administration after
Administration and Congress after
Congress to beef up support of the
American merchant fleet; to enter
into bilateral shipping agreements
with our trading partners; to amend
U.S. laws which make it more
attractive for U.S. corporations to
move their vessels and their loyalties
to other shores.
We are prepared now, as always,
to do our part and fulfill the military
support function of the U.S.
merchant marine. But without an
adequate number of ships flying
under Old Glory; ships capable of
carrying a decent percentage of this
nation's cargo, the United States
herself is dangerously unprepared.
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HE number '23' has to be a
lucky one for a brand new
SlU-contracted LASH vessel.
Waterman Steamship's 894
foot LASH was named for
America's 23rd President, Ben
jamin Harrison, took on her SIU
crew in the port of New Orleans
and left on her maiden voyage on
the 23rd day of July.
She's hound for What a Water
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man spokesman called a "roundthe-world" journey. Starting
from the U.S. Gulf and East
Coasts, the Benjamin Harrison
will be calling at Long Beach,
Ca., before heading to Taiwan,
the Philippines, Indonesia, Sing
apore and the return home via the
Suez Canal. The entire round trip
is expected to take about 90 days.
Built at Louisiana's Avondale
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New York on her maiden 'round-the-world voyage.
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as are
Shipyard,
the Benjamin Harrison
All-in-all, Waterman, one of
can carry up to 25,500 tons of
general cargo. The vessel has a the SIU's oldest contracted
beam of 100 feet and weighs in at companies has staged a remark
able comeback. Just a few short
32,230 gross tons.
The newly-built, modern years ago. Waterman's fleet had
LASH Benjamin Harrison brings dipped drastically and the com
to nine the number of vessels in pany was in trouble.
Waterman's re-emergence as a
Waterman's current fleet. That
fleet will grow to 13 ships by major ship operator followed on
sometime next year, capping the the heels of enactment of the 1970
major rebuilding program Wa Merchant Marine Act. The Act's
Title XI Construction Differen
terman began in 1973.
Next du^e out of Avondale tial Subsidy program allowed
Shipyard will be the LASH Waterman to launch the ship
Edward Rut ledge, slated to be building program which will have
delivered later this year. The added eight new ships to the
company is also constructing company's fleet between 1973
three RO/RO's at Sun Shipyard and 1981 —an average of one new
in Chester, Pa. In addition. vessel every year.
SlU-contracted Waterman
Waterman will shortly take over
the third of three LASH's from Steamship Co. has weathered
Central Gulf Co. Formerly called soine rocky times in years past.
the Green Valley, the ship will be But it looks like smooth sailing
re-christened Button Gwynett for the veteran company in the
and will be crewed by Seafarers, years ahead.
Upgrading at Piney Poii
'•^HERE are a number of rea- Piney Point, such as refrigeration Lundeberg School, makes this skills. At night, he can see a
movie or go bowling. Food is
J. sons why an SIU member or diesel training, that make a point: "It really is a matter of
might want to go down to the person's QMED rating more budgeting one's time. If a mem plentiful, and free. Living ex
Harry Lundeberg School to marketable. A QMED with a ber can allot one month per year penses are minimal.
course in refrigeration can write for upgrading at the Point, he can
upgrade.
On the weekends, he can go
The school is situated in a his own ticket^ He not only increase his earnings dramatic home to see his family. Or he can
historic section of Maryland that makes top dollar: he is in total ally. A guy could ship out six . stay on base and make use of the
is just an hour and a half from control of where and when he months^ stay home five months facilities: boats, swimming pools,
and upgrade for one month^ He'd volleyball courts. Historic Wash
either Baltimore or Washington. works.
A
lot
of
QMEDs
overlook
the
make a pretty decent liying and
The campus is beautiful. There is
ington, D.C. is nearby, and so is
specialized
courses
offered
at
an abundance of educational and
still see his wife and kids."
Baltimore, which boasts the best
recreational facilities: pools, Piney Point. Thkt is a mistake.
People will do anything for nightlife of any major American
boats, a bowling alley, movies, No one can predict what changes money. The best thing about city. There are other upgradersat
will occur in the maritime indus Piney Point is fhat one can
libraries.
the Point, and they all are good
Most seamen, however, go to try. One thing is certain, though: increase one's earning power people.
the more qualifications a member without having to do anything
Piney Point because IT PAYS.
As Charlie Svenson says, all it
In just five or six weeks at the has, the better his chances are for disagreeable.
employment.
HLS, an Ordinary Seaman can
For five or six weeks, a takes is a little management. And
Charlie Svenson, director of member spends several hours a a little common sense. Take a
increase his base monthly wage
by $240.00. With overtime, Public Relations at the Harry day learning important new look for yourself:
that translates into, approxi
mately, an extra $2,500 for every
six month period that he works.
Even in these inflation-ridden
MONTHLY
MONTHLY
TIME
NEW
times, $2,500 is damn good
RATING
RATE
BASE
RATE
AT HLS
RATING
money.
$ 876.77
O.S.
$1105.68
4 weeks
A.B.
What is true for an O.S. is
$1015.20
Wiper
4 weeks
FOWT
equally true for a wiper or a
$1105.68(Engine
utility-messman. In five or six
$1243.77
weeks at Piney Point, members
Utility)
who sail under these ratings can
FOWT
$1243.77
$1688.65
12 weeks
QMED
raise their base monthly wages by
Utilityman/
$100-$300.
Messman
$ 847.57
6 weeks
Assistant
In just several visits at Piney
$1150.14
Cook
Point, over a two or three year
Assistant
period, a wiper can upgrade from
Cook
$1150.14
6 weeks
Cook &
the lowest rating in the engine
$1296.66
room to QMED. QMEDs make
Baker
*
Cook & Baker
$1,688.65 a month base pay.
$1296.66
$1327.99
6 weeks
Chief Cook
With overtime, it's a hell of a lot
$1688.65
Chief Steward
more.
(See el. require
Of course, a QMED rating is
ments)
not.the end of the line. There are
Chief Cook
$1327.99
$1688.65
6 weeks
Chief Steward
specialized courses offered at
The Bottom Line Is More Money
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Officers, 1981-1984 Seafarers International Union
Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters District
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PoTse AlsfraSe'^h^^^^
D^vid Mahzanet, Bob Scarborough.-Frank Teti (committee chJ^rS anr
whoisheadonhe^
Pete McDonald, seated second from right.
Center. Faye and McDonald were present to hand over official nominations and records of nominees.
Fallowing is the complete text of the Report of the Credentials Committee,
which examined the credentials of candidates for elective office or job in the
Seqfarers International Union, AGUWD for the years 1981 to 1984.
The report was presented to the membership initudfy at the regubtr
membersh^f meeting in the port of New York on Sept. 8,1980 and was acted on
affirmatively by the membersh^. The same procedure will take phtce at all
regular numbershgt meetings m the month of September.
W
E, the undersigned members of the Credentials Committee, were
duly elected at the regular membership meeting held in
Headquarters—Port of New York on August 4,1980. We have examined
the credentials of candidates for elective office or job in the Seafarers
International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland
Waters District for the years 1981-1984, in accordance with Article XI,
Section 1, and submit the following report.
Your Committee qualified or disqualified those members who submitted
for office based upon the Union Constitution, particularly those provisions
contained in Articles XII and XIII. We also took into consideration the
provisions contained in the merger agreements between the SIUNAAGLIWD and Marine Cooks & Stewards Union as well as the SIUNAAGLIWD and the Inland Boatmen's Union-A&G pertaining to the election
of officers. The applicable Constitutional provisions are as follows:
ARTICLE XII, Qualifications for Officers, Headquarters
Representatives, Port Agents, Patrolmen
and Other Elective Jobs.
the time of nomination in the election year, except if such seatime is wholly
aboard such merchant vessels operating solely upon the Great Lakes, or if
such seatime is wholly aboard tugboats, towboats or dredges and
contractual employment thereon is for fixed days with equal amount of days
off, he shall have at least sixty-five (65) days of such seatime instead of the
foregoing one hundred (100) days; and
(d) He is a citizen of the United States of America;
(e) He is not disqualified by law. He is hot receiving a pension from this
Union's Pension Fund, if any, or from a Union-Management Fund to which
Fund this Union is a party or from a company under contract with this
Union.
(1) He has not sailed in a licensed capacity aboard an American flag
merchant vessel or vessels within 24 consecutive months immediately prior
to the opening of nominations.
Section 2. All candidates for, and holders of, other elective jobs not
specified in the preceding sections shall be full book members of the Union,
Section 3. All candidates for, and holders of elective offices and jobsv |
whether elected or appointed in accordance with this Constitution, shall j
maintain full book membership in good standing.
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ARTICLE XIII—Elections for Officers,
Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents and Patrolmen
Section 1. Nominations.
Except as provided in Section 2(b) of this Article, any full book member I
may submit his name for nomination for any office, or the job of
Section 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be a candidate for, and Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, by delivering or[
office of
Secretary-Treasurer at
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hold, any office or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or causing
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Person, to
to the
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the Secretary-Treasurer
Patrolman providedheadquarters, or sending, a letter addressed to the Credentials Committee,
(a) He has at least three (3) years of seatitne in an unlicensed capacity
This letter
,oard
an
American-nan
merchant
vessel
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vessels
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tin.
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Contain
the
following:
aboard an American-flag merchant vessel or vessels. In computing time,
(a) The name of the candidate.
time spent in the employ of the Union, its subsidiaries and its affiliates, or in
(b)
His home address and mailing address.
any employment at the Union's direction, shall count the same as seatime.
(c) His book number.
Union records. Welfare Plan records and/or company records can be used
(d) the title of the office or other job for which he is a candidate, including!
to determine eligibility; and
the
name of the Port in the event the position sought is that of Agent or|
(b) He has been a full book member in continuous good standing in the
Patrolman.
Union for at least three (3) years immediately prior to his nomination; and
(e) Proof of citizenship.
(c) He has at least one hundred (100) days of seatime, in an unlicensed
(I) Proof of seatime and/or employment as required for candidates,
capacity, aboard an American-flag vessel or vessels covered by contract with
(gf In the event the member is on a vessel, he shall notify the Credentials!
this Union or one jjundred (100) days of employment with, or in any office
Committee
what vessel he is on. This shall be done also if he ships subsequent
or job of, the Union, its subsidiaries and its affiliates, or in any employment
to forwarding his credentials.
at the Union's direction or a combination of these, between January 1 and
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(h) Annexing a certificate in the following form, signed and dated by the
>roposed nominee;
"I hereby certify that I am not now. nor. for the five (5) years
last past, have / been either a member of the Communist Party
or convicted of. or served any part of a prison term resulting
from conviction of robbery, bribery, extortion, embezzlement,
grand larceny, burglary, arson, violation of narcotics laws,
murder, rape, assault with intent to kill, assault which inflicts
grievous bodily injury, or violation of Title I! or III of the
Landrum-Griffin Act. or conspiracy to commit any such
crimes."
Dated
Sigitature of Member
Book No.
Printed forms of the certificate shall be made available to nominees.
ofThe
a complete signed statement of the facts
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o«Tter S t™e copies of the Socuments supporting his
of his case together wiin true p
'"wMI book member may nominate any other ftdi book manber in
which event such fuU book member so nominated shall comply with the
nrovisions of this Article as they are set forth herein, relating to the
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^ All documents required herein must reach headquarters no earHer than
Julv 15 and no later than August 15 of the election year.
^le Secretary-Treasurer is charged with safekeeping of these letters and
shall turn them over to th& Credentials Committee upon the latter's request,
Your clmittc^ Reviewed the
of Merger between the
SIUNA-AGLIWD and Marine Cooks and Stewards Union, particularly
fnllnwini; nrovisions:
"5 All MCS elected or appointed regular officers shaU continue to be
employed by A&G in such capacity as A&G may determine for the balance
of the term of A&G elected officers, which subject to new elections,
erminate in December 1980."
"8. All MCS full book members in good standing, possessing such status
pursuant to Article III of the MCS Constitution in effect immediately prior
to this merger shall be full book members' under the terms of the A&G
Consititution which is hereafter set forth, without payment of any A&G
initiation fee. A suspended MCS full book member as defined in Article III,
Section 3 ofthe above MCS Constitution shall not possess the aforesaid full
book member' status in the A&G unless within ninety (90) days after the
effective date of this merger he has paid all his union monetary obligations
past due in an amount which was then required in addition to dues which
may be required under the A&G Constitution."
"10. Upon approval of the merger in the manner hereinafter provided,
dues obligations of former MCS inembers in the A&G shall accrue and be
payable for the third calendar quarter of 1978 in the amount as provided by
the A&G Constitution. The foregoing shall be in addition to any other union
monetary obligation that such MCS members had to MCS%rthe period
prior to July 1, 1978 and which pursuant to paragraph 6(a) of this Agreement are assigned to A&G upon approval of this merger."
"11. In connection with Article XII of the A&G Constitution hereafter set
forth which constitutes the qualifications for candidates for union office, the
terms, 'union, its subsidiaries and its affiliates', shall in addition to being
applicable to the A&G be equally applicable to the MCS prior to this
merger; the term 'Welfare Plan records', shall in addition to being
applicable to the Welfare Plan to which A&G is a party shall be equally
applicable to the Welfare Plan to which MCS was a party prior to this
merger; the term 'seatime in an unlicensed capacity, aboard an Americanflag vessel or vessels covered by contract with this Union', shall be equally
applicable to such vessels covered by contract with the MCS prior to this
merger."
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all purposes
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mw A&G Constitution hereafter set forth, the
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term 'good standing' or 'continuous good standing in the Union' shall
include such status of members in the MCS prior to this merger."
"13. The A&G Constitution hereafter set forth, provides in Article XI11,
Section 2(e) thereof, that candidates for office who were nominated and
qualified in previous elections for any office or enumerated jobs, shall be
conclusively presumed to possess the qualifications for such office or job.
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required by such Constitution's provision Article XII, Section 1(a), to wit,
'at least three (3) years seatime,' more specifically set forth in such latter
Article and Section. It is understood that such conclusive presumption
shall not be appUcable however, to eligibUity candidacy for any office or job
in any MCS elections which were held and conducted prior to the
instant merger."
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"15, All A&G members' regular calendar quarterly dues as provided in
Article V, Section 1(a) of the A&G Constitution hereafter set forth, is
$50 (X) In addition, the amount of A&G members' regular working dues is
as provided in Article V, Section 1(b) of said A&G Constitution. Upon
merger approval as hereafter provided, and commencing with July 1, 1978,
all former MCS members shall pay both the regular and working dues as
their constitutionally required dues at times and in the amounts provided for
in such Article V, Section 1(a) and (b)."
Your Committee also reviewed the meiger agreemeni between the
SIUNA-AGLIWD and the InlatuI Boatmen's Umon of the SIUNAAGLIWD, particularly the following provisions;
*^3. All IBU elerted regular officers, to wit. National Director, Area and
AU IBU membets in good standtng, possessmgsuch statujutSMantto
the IBU Constitution in effect pnor to thts merger shall be TuU book
members' under the terms of the A&G Constitution as amended and which
Constitution shall be hereafter set forth. A suspended IBU member as so
defined in the present IBU Consti^tion, shall not p^^s membership
status in the A&G unless within W days after the effective date of this
merger, he has paid to the A&G all his IBU union monetary obligations past
due^
approval of the merger in the manner hereafter provided, dues
and initiation^obligations of fomer IBU meml^re to
A&G
and be payable for the fourth calendar quarter of 1976 (October-Decemlxr).
The foregoing shall be in addition to any other union monetary ob igaiion
that such union member had to the IBU for th^ penod pnor to October 1,
,976, and which pursuant to Paragraph'4'of this agreement is assigned to
A&G upon approval of this merger.
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I" connection with Article XII^ Sections 1(a) and (c) of the A&G
Constitution hereafter set forth, and which sets forth qualifirations for
elective office or job, the term -union, its
used therein shall, in addition to teing applicable to the A&G, be equal y
applicable to the IBU, prior to this merger."
"9. For all purposes of the A&G Constitution hereafter set
terms 'good standing or continuous good standing in the union, sha
include such status of members in the IBU prior to this merger.
"12 (h) A&G has advised that with respect to Article V, Section 1(b) o is
amended Constitution, to date, the membersfep has determined that i s
provisions be applicable solely where vacatidn benefits are negotiated
effective on or after September 15, 1975, and provided such negotiated
vacation benefit be increased by not less than $350.00 per year tor a tuii
year's employment, over that in effect on September 15, 1975."
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Further, in order to ascertain the meaning of the term "member m good
standing" which is used in Artide XII, Subsection 1(b), the^ Committee
referred to Artide XXIV, Sectioa 9 of our Constitution which reads as
follows:
"S^on 9. The term, 'member in good standing', shall mean a memoer
whose monetary obligations to the Union are not in arrears for thirty days or
more, or who is not under suspension or expulsion effective
with this Constitution. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, the term
'member,' shall mean a member in good standing."
Your Committee also referred to Article XXIV, Section 13 for the
definition qf the term "seatune". This section reads as follows:
"Section 13. The term 'seatime' shall include employment upon any
navigable waters, or days of employment in a contracted employer unit
represented by this Union."
We abo noted in Article XXIV, Section 14, the meaning of the term w
an unlicensed capacity aboard an A maicanflag merchant vesselor vesse
This portion of the Constitution reads as follows:
"Section 14. The term 'in an unlicensed capacity aboard an American 1 ag
merchant vessel or vessels,' shall include persons employed in an unlicense
or licensed capacity aboard dredges, tugboats, towboats and similar vess
used to tow, propel, or push barges or other conveyances or assist mere an^
vessels in docking or undocking, or persons otherwise employed m
contracted employer unit represented by the Union."
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After full and careful deliberations, the Committee made its decisions an
sent appropriate notification to candidates. The ultimate decisions o t i
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Qualified
Credentials in order,
Committtee are later set forth. In arriving at these ultimate decisions, the Earl I, "Emil" Lee, Jr., L-8001 .Qualified ....Credentials in order,
Committee was most concerned with carrying out a stated principle of our Frank Mongelli, M-1111
Qualified ....Credentials in order,
Union which is that "every qualified member shall have the right to Carl L. Peth, III, P-755 ... .Qualified ... .Credentials in order,
nominate himself for, and, if elected or appointed, to hold office in this George Ripoll, R-708
Qualified ... .Credentials in order,
Union."
Trevor Robertson, R-723 ...Qualified
Credentials in order,
In connection with the foregoing, we have also consulted with the Robert Selzer, S-1258
Qualified
Credentials in order.
Secretary-Treasurer who, under our Constitution, has the obligation to
insure appropriate election procedures as legally required (Article XIII, PHILADELPHIA AGENT
Qualified
Credentials in order.
Section 7). Our Secretary-Treasurer has further consulted with the Union's Ted Babkowski, B-1
Counsel as to the law applicable in Union nominations and elections.
PHILADELPHIA JOINT PATROLMAN
Robert N. "Joe" Air, A-61 . .Qualified
Credentials in order.
Stephen J. Papuchis, P-5198 Qualified ... .Credentials in order.
Review of Credentials
The following is^ a complete listing of all men who submitted their
credentials to the Committee. Their names and the office or job for which
they submitted such credentials are listed in the order in which this
Committee feels they should be placed on the general ballot, that is, in
alphabetical order under the office or job for which they run, and that the
Ports, following the Headquarters' offices, beginning with Boston, be
arranged on the ballot geographically, as has been done in the past. After
each man's name and book number is his qualification or disqualification,
followed by the reason for that decision.
BALTIMORE AGENT
George Costango, C-5795 .. .Qualified ....Credentials in order.
BALTIMORE JOINT PATROLMAN
Richard H. Aveiy, Jr.,
A-200I7
Qualified ....Credentials in order.
Robert A. Pomerlane, P-437 Qualified
Credentials in order
MOBILE AGENT
D. L. (Sheriff) Dickinson,
;D-227
Qualified .
Thomas L. Glidewell, G-467 Qualified .
President
Leo Cronsohn, C-801
Qualified .. , .Credentials in order.
Frank Drozak, D-22
..Qualified .. .Credentials in order.
Sidney Rothman, R-325 ....Disqualified .Was not in continuous good
standing for three (3) years
prior to nomination. Does
not have 100 days seatime
from January 1,1980 to time
of nomination.
MOBILE JOINT PATROLMAN
Jack M. Dalton, D-337
Qualified ,.
Hubert Hollis Johnson, J-192 Qualified ..
Edward "Edd" W. Morris,
M-1358....
Qualified ..
Oscar M. Raynor, R-520 ... Disqualified
EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT
Anthony C. Aronica, A-449 .Qualified ... .Credentials in order.
Ed Turner, T-8001
Qualified ... .Credentials in order.
Darry Sanders, S-2016 .. .~T% Qualified
George Vukmir, V-269
Qualified
Credentials in order.
Credentials in order.
NEW ORLEANS AGENT
Gerald A. Brown, B-II59 ...Qualified
Credentials in order.
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Joseph DiGiorgio, D-2
Qualified
Credentials in order.
Angus "Red" Campbell C-217 Qualified
Credentials in order.
Robert O'Rourke, 0-3 .... .Qualified ...;Credentials in order.
VICE-PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF
THE GULF COAST
Joe Sacco, S-1287
Qualified
Credentials in order.
HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVE
Jack Bluitt, B-15
Qualified ....Credentials in
John Fay, F-363
Qualified
Credentials in
George McCartney, M-948 ..Qualified
Credentials in
Steven Troy, T-485
.Qualified
Credentials in
NEW YORK AGENT
Jack Caffey, C-1010
HOUSTON AGENT
Louis Guarino, G-520 ..... .Qualified
Credentials in order.
VICE-PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF
THE LAKES AND INLAND WATERS
Mike Sacco, S-1288
Qualified
Credentials in order.
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.Credentials in order.
.Credentials in order.
.Credentials in order.
. Was not in continuous good
standing for three (3) years
prior to time of nomination.
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NEW ORLEANS JOINT PATROLMAN
Donald C. Anderson, A-5244 Qualified
Credentials in order.
Leo Bonser, B-1193
Qualified ... .Credentials in order.
James E. Todd. T-512
Disqualified .Was not in continuous good
standing for three (3) years
prior to time of nomination.
Mike Worley, W-752
Qualified
Credentials in order.
VICE-PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF CONTRACTS
AND CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
VICE-PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF
THE ATLANTIC COAST
Leon Hall, Jr., H-125
.Qualified
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.Credentials in order.
.Credentials in order. ,
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Qualified ... .Credentials in order.
NEW YORK JOINT PATROLMAN
Perry Ellis. E-295
Disqualified • Was not in continuous good
standing for three (3) years
prior to time of nomination
Does not have 100 days seatime from January I. 1980 to
time of nomination.
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Ernesto V. Erazo. E-34 .....Disqualified Was not in continuous good
standing for three (3) years
prior to time of nomination.
Does not have 100 days seatime from January 1, 1980to
time of nomination.
Horace Hamilton, H-8001 . .Qualified ... .Credentials in order.
Credentials in order.
HOUSTON JOINT PATROLMAN
Patrick Pillsworth, P-I079 . .Qualified '... .Credentials in order.
John Ruiz, R-1116
.Qualified
Credentials in order.
Harmando Salazar, S-I966 ..Qualified
Credentials in order.
F. E. "Gene" Taylor, T-I80 .Qualified
Credentials in order.
SAN FRANCISCO AGENT
Juan J. Reinosa, R-70
Qualified
Credentials in order.
SAN FRANCISCO JOINT PATROLMAN
Dominic "Frank" Boyne, B-8 Qualified ... .Credentials in order.
Gentry Moore, M-8001
Qualified ... .Credentials in order.
DETROIT AGENT
Jack Allen, A-674
Qualified ... .Credentials in order.
DETROIT JOINT PATROLMAN
Byron F. Kelley, K-12039 ...Qualified ....Credentials in order.
ST. LOUIS AGENT
James A.O. Martin, M-5290 Qualified
Credentials in order.
ST. LOUIS JOINT PATROLMAN
M. Joe Sigler, S-2101
Qualified
Credentials in order." , •
Disqualifications
As you will note in the foregoing sections of the Committee's Report, the
provisions of the SlU Constitution governing election procedures made it
mandatory that some of the nominees be disqualified. In light of these
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circumstances, the Committee wishes to call to the attention of all members,
the necessity of following all requirements and procedures, which are
established by our Constitution to govern eligibility to candidacy to Union
office. However, at this time the Committee particularly desires to point out
the provisions of Article Xlll, Section 2(c) of the Constitution, which spell
out in detail the right of a disqualified candidate to appeal from the decision
of the Credentials Committee and how he does it.
In compliance with Article XIII, Section 2(b) of our Constitution, and in
an attempt to give every nominee every consideration, and to try to prevent
any disqualification by this Committee, David T. Manzanet, Book UM1412, and Juan J. Patino, Book ffP-622, of the Credentials Committee,
remained at the entrance of the Headquarters building of the Union until
midnight of Friday, August 15, 1980, to receive any credentials that might
have been delivered either by mail or by hand after the closing of business
hours by the Union.
The Committee points out, that in the President's Fre-Balloting Report
approved by the membership as per the Constitution, and published in the
May SEAFARERS LOG, the exact offices and jobs for Which nominations
were to be made, was set forth.
In passing upon the credentials for certain of the nominees, this
Committee had to make a number of disqualifications, and the following are
the details relative to each of those disqualifications:
1. Sidney Rothman, R-325—Candidate for President.
Based upon an examination of available Union records. Brother
Rothman has failed to establish that he has one hundred (100) days of
seatime between January 1, 1980 and the time ofnomination, as required by
Article Xll, Section 1(c) of our Constitution, which reads as follows:
"ARTICLE XII, SECTION I—Any member of the Union is eligible to be
a candidate for, and hold, any office or the job of Headquarters
Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman provided:
(c) He has at least one hundred (100) days of seatime in an unlicensed
capacity, aboard an American-flag vessel or vessels covered by contract with
this Union or one hundred (100) days of employment with, or in any office
or job of, the Union, its subsidiaries and its affiliates, or in any employment
at the Union's direction or a combination of these, between January I and
the time of nomination in the election year, except ifsuch seatime is wholly
aboard such merchant vessels operating solely upon the Great Lakes or, if
such seatime is wholly aboard tugboats, towboats or dredges and
contractual employment thereon isforfixed days withequal amount of days
off, he shall have at least sixty-five (65) days of such seatime instead of the
foregoirig one hundred (100) days;".
Brother Rothman was disqualified also under the provisions of Article
XII, Section 1(b) of the Union Constitution which reads as follows:
"ARTICLE XII, SECTION 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be
a candidate for, and hold, any office or the job of Headquarters
Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman provided:
(b) He has been a full book member in continuous good standing in the
Union for at least three (3) years immediately prior to his nomination;"
Union records indicate that Brother Rothman paid his dues for the 2nd
Quarter of 1980 on May 8,1980 whereas they should have been paid no later
than April 30, 1980, and there is no record of dues payment for the 3rd
Quarter of 1980 which were due no later than July 30, 1980. Union records
further reveal that the above monetary payment requirements were not
excused by reason of the provisions of Article III, Section 3, hereafter set
forth:
ARTICLE III, SECTION 3—Members more than one quarter in
arrears in dues ^hall be automatically suspended, and shall forefeit all
benefits and all other rights and privileges in the Union. They shall be
automatically dismissed if they are more than two quarters in arrears in
dues. An arrearage in dues shall be computed from the first day of the
applicable quarter, but this tirne shall not run:
(a) While a member is actually participating in a strike or lockout.
(b) While a member is an in-patient in a USPHS or other accredited
hospital.
(c) While a member is under an incapacity due to activity in behalf of the
Union.
(d) While a member is in the armed services of the United States, provided
th&member was in good standing at the time of entry into the armed forces,
and further provided he applies for reinstatement within ninety (90) davs
after discharge from the armed forces.
(e) While a member has no opportunity to pay dues, because of
employment aboard an American-flag merchant vessel. The provision of
this Subsection (e) shall be inapplicable when such merchant vessel is
operating upon the Great Lakes or upon the harbors, rivers or territorial
waters Of the United States."
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Your Committee also referred to the following relevant provisions of the
Constitution:
"ARTICLE V, SECTION 1—All members' dues shall consist of:
(a) dues in effect on July 1, 1975, which shall be paid quarterly on a
calendar year basis, no later than the first business day of each quarter,
except as herein otherwise provided, and;
(b) the sum of $50.00for each ninety days worked in twelve consecutive
months forxontracted employers and for days worked subsequent to such
first ninety days in such twelve consecutive months, which are less than
ninety, a pfoportionate sum of such $50.00 which shall be equal to the
percentage which such worked days bear to ninety days. Dues payable under
this subsection (b) shall be payable on the day that the member receives
payment for his earned compensatory credit on account of having worked
such days, anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, and shall
.become effective as to members in the manner designated and determined by
majority vote of the membership by secret ballot. When so determined by
the membership, members in the employ of the Union, its subsidiaries and
its affiliates, or in any employment at the Union's direction as provided for
in Article XII, Section I (a) and (c) shall pay, in addition to that provided for
in paragraph (a) immediately above, the'sum of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars
quarterly on a calendar year basis, no later than thefirst business day of each
quarter, while so.employed."
"ARTICLE XXIV, SECTION 9. The term 'member in good standing,'
shall mean a member whose monetary obligations to the Union are not in
arrears for thirty days or more, or who is not under suspension or expulsion
effective in accordance with this Constitution. Unless otherwise expressly
indicated, the term 'member,' shall mean a member in good standing."
Based upon the Constitutional provisions set forth above, this
Committee, as per Article Xlll, Section 2(c) and in order to assure adequate^
notice of its decision, informed Brother Rothman of his disqualification by
telegram sent on August 7, 1980 to the address listed by him in his letter of
nomination. Moreover, the telegram was followed by a letter which was sent
Special Delivery-Certified Mail Return Receipt Requested, dated Augusts,
1980 from the Committee to Brother Rothman that set forth the reasons for
his disqualification. Enclosed with the letter was a copy of the Union
Constitution in the event Brother Rothman wishes to appeal the
disqualification decision of the Committee.
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2. Perry Ellis, E-295—Candidate for Joint Patrolman, Port of New
York.
Based upon an examination of available Union records, Brother Ellis has
failed to establish that he has one hundred (100) days of seatime between
January I, 1980 and the time of nomination, as required by Article XII,
Section 1 (c), of our Constitution which reads as follows:
"ARTICLE XII, SECTION 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be
a candidate for, and hold, any office or the job of Headquarters
Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, provided:
(e) He has at least one hundred (100) days of seatime, in an unlicensed
capacity, aboard an American-flag vessel or vessels covered by contract with
this Union or one hundred (100) days of employment with, or in any office
or job of the Union, its subsidiaries and it affiliates, or in any employment at
the Union's direction or a combination of these, between January I arid the
time of nomination in the election year, except if such seatime is wholly
aboard such merchant vessels operating solely upon the Great Lakes or, if
such seatime is wholly aboard tugboats, towboats or dredges and
contractual employment thereon isfor fixed days with equal amount of days\
off, he shall have at least sixty-five (65) days of such seatime instead of the
foregoing one hundred (100) days;".
Further, Union records indicate that Brother Ellis paid his dues for the
2nd Quarter of 1980 on June 10, 1980, whereas they should have been paid
no later than April 30, 1980. Accordingly, he was disqualified under the
provisions of Article XII, Sectibn 1(b), which reads as follows:
"ARTICLE XII, SECTION 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be
a candidate for, and hold, any office or the job of Headquarters
Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman provided:
(b) He has been a full book member in continuous good standing in the
Union for at least three (3) years immediately prior to his nomination;"
Based upon the constitutional provisions set forth above, and further
supported by Article 111, Section 3; Article V and Article XXIV, Section 9,
previously referred to and contained herein, the Committee disqualified
Brother Ellis for the job of Joint Patrolman-Port of New York. In
accordance with the requirements of Article XIII, Section 2(c) of our j
Constitution, and in order to assure adequate notice of its decision, the
Committee informed Brother Ellis of his disqualification by radiogram sent
on August 8, 1980 to the vessel stated in his letter of nomination. Moreover,
the radiogram was followed by a Special Delivery-Certified'Mail Return
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Receipt Requested letter dated August 8, 1980 from the Committee to
Brother Ellis that set forth the reasons for his disqualification. A copy of the
Union Constitution was enclosed with the aforementioned letter so that
Brother Ellis would have available the procedure to be followed in appeal
from the disqualification decision of the Committee.
3. Efnesto V. Erazo, E-34—Candidate for Joint Patrolman-Port of New
York.
Union records indicate that Brother Erazo did not pay his dues for the 4th
Quarter of 1977 until December 30, 1977, whereas they should have been
paid no later than October 30, 1977; he did not pay his 1 st Quarter 1978 dues
until March 31, 1978, whereas they should have been paid no later than
January 30, 1978; and he did not pay his dues for the 2nd Quarter of 1978
until May 10, 1978, whereas they should have been paid no later than April
30, 1978. Brother Erazo was, therefore, disqualified under the provisions
of Article XIi; Section 1(b), which reads as follows;
"ARTICLE XII, SECTION 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be
a candidate for, and hold, any office or the job of Headquarters
Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman provided:
(b) He has been a full book member in continuous good standing in the
Union for at least three (3) years immediately prior to his nomination."
Further, based upon ah examination of available Union records. Brother
Erazo has failed to establish that he has one hundred (100) days of seatime
between January 1, 1980 and the time of nomination, as required by Article
XI1, Section 1(c) of our Constitution which reads as follows:
"ARTICLE XII, SECTION I. Any member of the Union is eligible to be
a candidate for, and hold, any office or the job of Headquarters
Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman provided:
(c) He has at least one hundred (100) days of seatime, in an unlicensed
capacity, aboard an A merican-flag vessel or vessels covered by contract with
this Union or one hundred (WO) days of employment with, or in any office
or job of the Union, its subsidiaries and its affdiates, or in any employment
at the Union's direction or a combination of these, between January I and
the time of nomination in the election year, except if such seatime is wholly
aboard such merchant vessels operating solely upon the Great Lakes or, if
such seatime is wholly aboard tugboats, towboats or dredges and
contractual employment thereon is for fixed days with equal amount of
days off, he shall have at least sixty-five (65) days of such seatime instead of
the foregoing one hundred (100) days;"
Based upon the constitutional, provisions set forth above, and further
supported by Article III, Section 3; Article V and Article XXIV, Section 9,
previously referred to and contained herein, the Committee disqualfied
Brother Er^zo for the job of Joint Patrolman-Port of New York. In
accordance with the requirements of Article XIII, Section 2(c) of our
Constitution, and in order to assure adequate notice of its decision, the
Committee informed Brother Erazo of his disqualification by telegram sent
on August 15, 1980 to the address stated in his letter of nomination.
Moreover, the telegram was followed by a Special Delivery-Certified Mail
Return Receipt Requested letter dated August 15,1980 from the Committee
to Brother Erazo that set forth the reasons for his disqualification. A copy of
the Union Constitution was enclosed with the aforementioned letter so that
Brother Erazo would have available the procedure to be followed in appeal
from the disqualification decision of the Committee.
4. Oscar M. Raynor, R-520—Candidate for Joint Patrolman—Port of
Mobile.
Based upon an examination of Union records. Brother Raynor did not
pay his 1st Quarter 1979 dues until April 30, 1979, whereas they should have
been paid no later than January 30, 1979. Further, that he did not pay his 1st
Qtr. 1980 dues until May 1, 1980, whereas they should have been paid no
later than January 30, 1980. Brother Raynor was, therefore, disqualified
under the provisions of Article Xll, SectioiT 1(b), which reads as follows:
"ARTICLE XII, SECTION 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be
a candidate for, and hold, any office or the job of Headquarters
Representative. Port Agent or Patrolman provided:
(b) He has been a full book member in continuous good standing in the
Union for at least three (3) years immediately prior to his nomination:"
Your committee's decision was further supported by Article 111, Section
3; Article V and Article XXIV, Section 9, previously quoted herein. As per
the requirements of Article Xlll, Section 2(c) of our Constitution, and in
order to assure adequate notice of its decision, the Committee informed
Brother Raynor of his disqualification by radiogram sent on August 13,
1980 to the vessel stated in his letter of nomination. Moreover, the
radiogram was followed by a Special Delivery-Certified M.ail Return
Receipt Requested letter dated August 13, 1980 from the Committee to
Brother Ravnor that set forth the reason for his disqualification for thejob
of Joint Patrolman-Port of Mobile. A copy of the Union Constitution was
also sent ajonc with the aforementioned letter so that he would have
available the procedure to be followed should he wish to appeal the decision
of the Committee.
5. James E. Todd, T-512—Candidate for Joint Patrolman—Port of New
Orleans.
Based upon an examination of available Union records. Brother Todd did
not pay his 4th Quarter 1977 dues until January 20, 1978, whereas they
should have been paid no later than October 30, f977. Further, records
indicate that Brother Todd paid his dues for the 2nd Quarter of 1978 on May
16, 1978, when they should have been paid no later than April 30,1978. Our
Union Constitution provides:
"ARTICLE XII, SECTION 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be
a candidate for, and hold,'any office or the job of Headquarters
Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman provided:
(b) He has been a full book member in continuous good standing in the
Union for at least three (3) years immediately prior to his nomination;"
Based upon the provisions of Article Xll, Section 1(b), and further
supported by Article 111, Section 3; Article V and Article XXIV, Section 9
previously carried herein, the Committee disqualified Brother Todd for the
job of Joint Patrolman—Port of New Orleans.
In accordance with the requirements of Article Xlll, Section 2(c) of our
Constitution, and in order to assure adequate notice of its decision, the
Committee informed Brother Todd of his disqualification by radiogram
sent on August 8, 1980 to the vessel stated in his letter of nomination.
M oreover, the radiogram was followed by a Special Delivery-Certified Mail
Return Receipt Requested letter dated August 8, 1980 from the Committee
to Brother Todd that set forth the reason for his disqualification. Along with
the aforementioned letter, the Committee sent a copy of the Union
Constitution so that he would have available the procedure to be used
should he wish to appeal the disqualification decision of the Committee.
Conclusion
The membership can readily see from the foregoing report, that your
Committee has made every effort possible within the confines of our
Constitution to qualify every nojminee.
All credentials received as of Tuesday, August 5, 1980, were turned over
to the Committee in good order at 9:00 A.M. on that date, and those,
received by mail subsequently, but not later than August 15, 1980, have
similarly been furnished to the Committee in good order. All credentials
have been examined in strict accordance with the Constitution. Any defect
in the credentials disposed of by the Committee has been the sole
responsibility of the sender and no person adversely affected by such defect
has denied this to the Committee.
The Committee, in closing out its report this day, had turned over to it
credentials of Brother Charles L. Shirah, S-309, for nomination for office of
Joint Patrolman, Port of Mobile. These credentials were received by the
Brooklyn Post Office some time this morning, August 18, 1980, as noted on
the envelope, and delivered Special Delivery to the Union by the Post Office
on or about 9:30 A.M.
Our Constitution, Article Xlll, Section 1, specifically states that all
credentials mu^t reach headquarters no later than August 15th of the
election year. In fact, two members of the Committee were present at Union
Headquarters on August 15th up to 12 Midnight to receive any timely
nominations. None was received.
Under the Constitution, any candidate has more than sufficient time for
nomination to office. He has almost unlimited time to file his credentials, as
long as they are received within the thirty-day period July 15-August 15. We
also note that Brother Shirah did not post his credentials until July 29,1980.
In view of the clear constitutional language and most liberal opportunity for
a member to timely nominate himself, we find this candidate unqualified.
Fraternaly submitted,
CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE
Frank Teti, T-93, Deck Dept. Chairman
David T. Manzanet, M-I412, Deck Dept.,
Edward Polise, P-74, Engine Dept.
Juan J. Patino, P-622, Engine Dept.
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Bob L. Scarborough, S-I440, Steward Dept.
Otis Paschal, P-752, Steward Dept.
Dated: August 18, 1980
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At Sea
Ashore
New York
The SlU-contracted Cove Shipping Co. early last month applied to
MARAD for Title XI financing to build four new 52,200 dwt, 11,400
diesel hp product tankers. Each vessel would cost about $71.6 million.
Deliveries would be in 1981 and 1982 by an unnamed builder.
Cove now has 10 tankers, all under 70,000 dwt.
SS United States
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If all ends well, the creme de la creme of the U.S. passenger liners, the
SS United States (US Cruises) will be cruising again by the end of 1981.
The 990-foot luxury liner, which holds the world's transatlantic speed
mark, is now in drydockat the Norfolk Shipyard. She last sailed in 1969.
Seattle builder and realtor Richard A. Hadley paid MARAD $2.5
million in May toward the $5 million purchase price. Soon the Hawaiian
tycoon will ask MARAD for a long term Title XI construction loan.
Refurbishing will cost around an estimated $70 million. Plans call for a
new deckf, two tennis courts, three outdoor swimming pools (one indoor
pool is already on the ship) six restaurants featuring American,
Continental, Polynesian, French, health, fast food and English fare and
25 shops a mile long.
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If U.S. Cruises raises the cash to refit the United States and successfully
settles a pending law suit, the BIG US will cruise six months a year
between the West Coast and Hawaii and six months around-the-world.
Ports Newark-Elizabeth, NJ.
The 54-year-old, 7,4I4-fo6t N.J. Central Railroad Bridge spanning
Newark Bay (N.J.), which was a navigational hazard to giant
containerships sailing between Ports Newark and Elizabeth and the port
of New York, is undergoing demolition.
Dynamiters have already blasted away the cement counterweights on
the little used 134-foot east lift span dropping it into a closed position.
Then the east span was blown away. Meanwhile, the west channel re
mains open since May.
The bridge has been little used since the 1960s when the railroad and the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad cut back their commuter and freight runs.
Recently the west lift span was dynamited leaving the east and west
towers to be blown down with the remaining bridge deck to be removed
piece-by-piece.
The entire prgject, with dredging of a 600-foot wide channel, is set for
completion by next March.
Mobile
Waterman Steamship has on order a new LASH turbine ship totaling
43,000 dwt at Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans. The 32,000 hp LASH
is worth $70 million.
Waterman also has on order three R/O R/O vessels totaling 70,500
dwt at Sun Shipyard, Chester, Pa. The 32,000 hp ships will cost $207.1
million to build.
Great Lakes
\
American Steamship has on order two bulk carriers totaling 27,000
dwt at the Bay Shipyard, Sturgeon Bay, Wise. The 7,000 hp ships are
worth $55 million.
SS Manukai and Manulani
New Orleans LOOP
The nation's first oil port for supertankers, the Louisiana Offshore Oil
Port (LOOP) is due to pump its first barrels of oil—a quarter of the U.S.
imports—in the spring. Most of the major construction was finished late
last month.
When the $640-millioft port is completed, 500,000 dwt supertankers
will offload enough crude to make gasoline to fill 8.5 million auto gas
tanks.
Supports and decks for the offshore platforms have been set up at the
site 19 miles in the Gulf south of Grand Isle. Four-story mooring buoys
have been towed to the LOOP and were set in place. Underground oil
storage caves, big enough to hold a 5-day supply for the U.S., are being
drilled near Golden Meadow, La. Pipelines 4-feet in diameter to the shore
have been laid.
Since it takes 300 barrels of fuel a year to run the steam whistles on the
Manukai and SS Manulani (Matson Line) they are being replaced
with electric whistles.
The brand new 720-foot, 38,800 dwt SS Kauai and SS Maui
containerships on the West coast-Hawaii run were built with electric
whistles.
Matson also has on order one 26,000 dwt turbine containership of
32,000 hp worth $75.5 million at the Sun Shipyard, Chester, Pa.
Ogden Marine
Ogden Marine has on order two products diesel tankers totaling 84,000
dwt at the Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans. The 15,000 hp ships will
cost $100 million to build.
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Del Mundo Committee
Monthly
Idembership
Meetings
Deep Sea
Lakes, Inland Waters
Port
New York
Philadelphia
•
Baltimore
Norfolk .............
Jacksonville .........
Algonac .........
Houston
New Orleans
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Mobile
San Francisco .......
Wilmington
Seattle
Piney Point
San Juan
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SlU Rep Teddy Babkowski (seated center) makes out dues receipt for Chief
Steward G. T. Aquino (on his left) secretary-reporter of the SS DelMundo {DeWa
Line) at a payoff on Aug. 11 at Port Newark, N.J. The rest of the Ship's Committee
and a crawmember are (standing left) Educational Director U.H. Sanders Jr. and
(seated l^o r.) Deck Delegate Rex A. Rayner, Recertified Bosun Clifton Jordan,
ship's cbairman; 3rd Cook Glenn D'Ambrosio and Steward Delegate Diane
Micherie>.
Columbus ..........
Chicago .............
Port Arthur
St. Louis
Cleveland
Honolulu
...
Oct.
Qct- 7
Oct, 8
Oct. 9
Oct.' 9
Oct. 10
Oct. 13
Oct. 14
Oct. 15
Oct. 16
Oct. 20
Oct. 24
Oct. 11
Oct. 9
Oct. 18
Oct. 14
Oct. 14
Oct. 17
Oct. 16
Oct. 9
2:30p.m.
2:30 p.m.
2:30p.m. ............
9:30a.m
2:00 p.m. ...\ ........
2:30 p.m
,
2:30 p.m.
2:30p.m. ............
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2:30p.m.
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2:30p.m.
2:30 p.m.
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2:30p.m
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2:30p.m.
2:3(Tp.m
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2;30p.m. ......
UIW
7:00p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
Deposit in the SIU Blood Bank— It s Your Life
24 / LOG / September 1980
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Directory
SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes
& Inland Waters
United Industrial Workers
of North America
Frank Drozak, president
Joe OiGiorgio, secretary-treasurer
Leon Hall, vice president
Angus "Red" Campbell, vice president
Mike Sacco, vice president
Joe Sacco, vice president
Dispatchers Report for Deep Sea
JULY 1-31, 1980
•TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
Port
••REGISTERED ON BEACH
All Grouos
Class A Class B Class C
DECK DEPARTMENT
Boston .<...
New York
Philadelphia ......
Baltimore
.i
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
PineyPoint ...-.
Yokohama
Totals
16
38
23
39
10
68
1
484
2
31
3
13
8
10
7
16
"12
13
10
17
2
31
2
0
177
0
13
1
1
9
3
0
1
5
6
8
5
2
8
2
0
64
Port
0
73
6
16
9
15
18
66
30
37
19
62
20
68
1
2
442
0
39
4
17
9
15
21
37
16
16
7
22
16
37
11
1
268
0
5
0
4
2
1
0
4
1
5
7
7
3
8
2
0
49
8
161
18
40
34
16
28
131
59
80
36
46
13
111
0
5
786
6
55
5
18
17
8
8
24
20
17
19
22
3
35
0
• 0
257
•i
22
1
6
17
5
1
6
7
o
16
17
0
13
0
0
123
4
143
7
36
30
11
26
106
29
62
16
38
9
97
0
1
615
4
69
10
12
13
7
12
38
11
11
12
18
6
28 .
0
0
251
4
13
0
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Boston
TTT.
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington ...
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Piney Point
Yokohama ....
Totals
..........
2
87
..........
15
..........
25
52
19
31
12
31
8
64
1
1
380
..........
3
34
7
7
9
5
9
18
11
5
6
11
5
27
3
0
160
0
3
1
2
3
1
0
2
2
2
2
3
0
0
0
0
21
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
3
77
8
18
4
• 7
25
58
14
36
9
38
13
42
1
•
0
353
0
19
3
11
7
6
11
16
11
16
11
16
13
29
8
1
178
0
1
1
1
0 1 .
1
0
1
2
0
2
1
1
0
0
12
•4
5
3
0
6
4
1
7
9
0
5
0
0
61
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
0
55
1
;....
.........
;
11
10
3
16
32
13
15
8
.19
6
33
1
1
224
4
21
4
6
4
1
0
3
1
4
3
3
3
4
5
0
66
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
11
5 6
1
1
1
1
30
Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore.....
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville .......
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Pmey Point
Yokohama
Totals ...
Totals AllDepartments
0
, 39
1
16
3
2
14
29
11
22
5
24
16
36
2
1
221
0
36
3
10
9
2
10
15
7
1
1
19
8
30
31
0
182
0
0
2
1
4
1
1
2
0
4
4
3
1
1
1
1
26
2
72
6
14
22
5
20
54
24
32
17
24
10
54
0
0
356
5
41
•
3
8
6
1
3
14
4
14
5
4
2
3
0
1
114
0
9
0
1
3
2
0
2
2
28
13
11
1
0
0
0
72
6
39
7
11
16
4
6
37
12
25
11
17
9
27
0
1
228
11
268
40
47
59
18
22
99
65
70
51
40
16
74
0
0
880
3
183
6
19
28
7
9
32
21
105
128
36
9
54
0
0
640
1,985
1,502
896
ENTRY DEPARTMENT
3
8
10
2
4
18
7
16
4
16
8
22
1
0
144
4
121
22
25
29
19
17
59
24
30
26
26
14
51
40
2
509
1
62
5
11
10
4'
7
11
6
24
46
11
9
20
0
0
227
1,232
912
342
2
.........
.........
.........
;..
1.016
628
87
*"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.
Shipping in the month of Ju ly was good to excellent in all A&G deep sea ports, as it has been for the last several
{years. A total ofl,731jobswereshipped last month toSIU-contracted deepsea vessels.Ofthese,onlyl,016 or slightly
more than half, were taken by "A" seniority members. The rest were filled by "B"and "C" seniority people. Shipping
jis expected to remain good to excellent for the forseeable future.
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800 N, 2 Ave. 49707
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215 Essex St. 02111
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NORFOLK, Va.
115 3 St. 23510
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PORTLAND, Or.
421 S.W. 5th Ave. 97204
(503) 227-7993
PADUCAH, Ky
225 S. 7 St. 42001
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa. 2604 S. 4 St. 19148
(215) DE 6-3818
PINEY POINT, Md.
St. Mary's County 20674
(301) 994-0010
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(713) 983-1679
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.
350 Fremont St. 94105
(415) 626-6793
SANTURCE, P.R.
1313 Fernandez, Juncos,
Stop 20 00909
(809) 725-6960
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
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(419) 248-3691
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408 Avalon Blvd. 90744
(213) 549-4000
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Skin Cancer: Occupational Hazard of Seamen
C
K-.J
ANCER of the skin is the
most common of all the
cancers of man. It comprises
about one-sixth of all new
cancers diagnosed each year. In
spite of this fact, "about 90-95
percent of all skin growths can be
readily treated with early
detection," says Dr. Axel W.
Hoke, Chief, Dermatolagy
Service of the San Francisco
Public Health Service Hospital.
One of the reasons most
cancers of the skin can be treated
successfully is how easily the
body's surface skin can be
reached. Precancerous or cancer
ous tumors can be recognized by
sight by a trained physician and
can often be felt by the fingers
while they are still very small. The
location of the tumor on or under
the skin eases the task of total
removal.
The single most important
cause of cancer of the skin is the
damage to surface skin cells by
continued and frequent exposure
to the sun's rays.
Fishermen, merchant seamen
and others who spend a great deal
of time in the sun have enough
damage to the skin to get a
leathery complexion in later life.
They can also develop solar
keratoses, scaly spots that may
turn into cancer of the skin.
Tanning is the skin's immedi
ate reaction to attack by the sun's
ultraviolet light. Dermatologists
(skin doctors) consider tanning a
response to injury to the skin.
The penetrating ultraviolet rays.
depending on the dose involved.
apparently kill some of the skin
cells at once. Otheij^ cells are
injured and the resulting tissue
changes handicap the natural
growth of nearby cells. Exposure
to the sun's rays over long periods
of time results in noticeable
changes. Such changes include a
mottling, or network, of brown
spots mixed with yellowish areas.
Later, some spots turn nearwhite from scarring.
Face Cancer Common
More than 90 per cent of skin
cancers occur on body areas
unprotected by clothing against
the sun's ultraviolet light. These
areas are the face, ears, and neck
and the backs of the hands.
Almost all cancers of the lip
develop on the lower lip rather
than the upper. The protruding
lower lip, unprotected by the
nose, is more exposed to direct
ultraviolet rays. The same is true
for the upper and lower eyelid
since the upper eyelid is shaded
by more bone.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
The evidence which indicates
the sun as the primary cause of
cancer of the skin is so strong that
dermatologists for years have
been warning the, public against
over-exposure to sunlight—
especially persons with blue eyes
and fair skins who are particu
larly susceptible to sun damage.
What You Can Do
Avoiding the effects of the
sun's rays is a matter of using
common sense with an under
standing of materials available to
prevent absorption of ultra-violet
light by the skin.
Clothing worn outdoors
should be light-colored and have
a tight weave—like a broadcloth
shirt. Necessary lengthy exposure
to the sun can be made less
harmful by the use of protective
clothing such as sun hats, long
sleeves, and gloves.
Sunscreening chemicals are
being put into lotions and creams
more and more today because
they absorb ultraviolet light
waves before they hit the skin.
The better lotions allow you to
stay in the sun longer with less
risk of burning, and this is their
chief value. However, don't
expect even the best lotions to
protect you from unlimited sun
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.
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TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic,
Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered
in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund
agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees
in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union
and management representatives and their alternates. All
expenditures and disbursements of trust 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 employers. Get to know your shipping
rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available
in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation
of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the
contracts between the Union and the employers, notify
the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return re
ceipt requested. The proper address for this is:
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
your ship or boat. Know your contract rights, as well as
your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper
sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU
26 / LOG / September 1980
exposure. Also, it is possible to
burn through a tan. Some sun
preparations that provide the
best protection against burn are:
A-Fil, NosKote, RV Pacque, and
Zinc Oxide Ointment.
When To Seek Medical Help
Changes in the skin quickly
become obvious. A blemish,
scaling or any other defect on the
skin's surface stirs instant curios
ity as to its cause and how to get
rid of it. There is no rule of thumb
by which a person can identify a
skin condition that is either
cancerous or likely to trigger the
growth of a skin tumor.
When a pigmented mark or
elevation or a red, scaling
blemish persists, bleeds, or
changes in character, (especially,
in areas exposed to sunlight), it is
best to seek the advice of a skin
disease specialist immediately.
The dermatologist deals with
skin lesions so often that he
becomes expert at sorting out
changes or characteristics that
can be considered danger signs.
It is of the greatest iniportance
that a tumor be clinically
diagnosed as cancer before any
method of treatment is selected.
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 members are guaranteed equal
rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These
rights arc clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in
the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the
employers. Consequently, no member 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 Union headquarters.
wnuMii
patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails
to protect your contract rights properly, contact the
nearest SIU port agent.
EDITORIAL POLICY —THE LOG- The Log has
traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving
the political purposes of any individual in the Union,
officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing
articles deemed harmfuj 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. The Executive Board
may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to
carry out this responsibility.
PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid
to anyone in any oflicial 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
attempts to require any such payment be made without
supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a
payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he
should not have been required to make such payment, this
should immediately be reported to Union 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 maritime workers, the preservation
and furthering of the American Merchant Marine with
improved employment opportunities for seamen and
boatmen and the advancement of trade union concepts.
In connection with such objects, SPAD supports ana
contributes to political candidates for elective office. All
contributions are voluntary. No contribution may be
solicited or received because of force, job discrimination,
ilnancial reprisal, or threat of such conduct, or as a con
dition of membership in the Union or of employment. If
a contribution is made by reason of the above improper
conduct, notify" the Seafarers Union or SPAD by certified
mail within 30 days of the contribution for investigation
and appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. Sup
port SPAD to protect and further your economic, poli
tical and social interests, and American trade union
concepts.
If at any time a member 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 Paul
Hall at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt
requested. The address is 675 - 4th Avenue, Brooklyn.
N.Y. 11232.
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a march and, rally was held
recently that brought together
representatives from unions,
churches, civil rights and com
munity groups from across the
South.
, The 4,000 marchers; including
Seafarers, came together to bpxk
the- 15-month strike of 200
courageous workers at Sander
son Farms, a chicken processing
plant in Laurel.
Since Feb. 27, 1979 these men
and women have been on strike
for better working conditions
and better pay from their re
pressive employer.
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The workers, a majority of
whom are black women, are
members of Local 882 of the Labor and ciyil rights leaders came to help the striking workers at Sanderson Farms. From the left are: ICWU Vice President
International Chemical Workers SK'l
unidentified woman; United Furniture Workers Vice President Willie Rudd; ICWU President Frank Martino*
Union (ICWU). Based in Akron, CWU Secretary-Treasurer William J. Sparks; Mrs. Evelyn Lowery;.Dr. Joseph Lowery. president of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference (SCLC); C. T. Vivian of the SCLC; Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers (ACTWU) Executive
Ohio, the ICWU is an affiliate of Vice President Sol Stetin, and Mary Clayton, president of the ACTWU local union in Laurel.
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the ,AFL-CIO Maritime Trades represented at the march and barely above minimum wage
killing working conditions like
Department whose head is SIU rally included: the Furniture ($2.95 to $3.15 an hour).
those at Sanderson."
President Frank Drozak. The Workers; the United Automobile
The company has violated the
Proud of the fact that so many
MTD Executive Board has Workers; the International Occupational Safety and Health
passed a resolution pledging full Union of Electrical Workers; Act, and the Equal Employment groups have come together to
support this struggle, Martino
support to the strikers.
Amalgamated Clothing and and Child Labor Laws, accord- said, "We've been kept separate
There is a nationwide AFL- Textile Workers Union; Oil iiig to ICWU. Sexual harassment
and apart for too long by those
ClO supported boycott in effect Chemical & Atomic Workers; was also frequent.
who knew perhaps better than we
against Sanderson Farms American Federation of State,
The National Labor Relations that if we could forge this kind of
products. They are packaged County, and Municipal Em- Board has cited the conipany for
unity some changes would be
under the labels Miss Goldy and ployees; Bakery and Confec refusing to bargain in good faith.
made. We are here today to say
Southern Beauty.
tionary Workers; Steel workers; Unfair labor charges are pending that we will be kept separate no
At the rally, one of the Sheetmetal Workers; Operating before the Board.
longer."
speakers was SIU New Orleans Engineers; Teamsters^ Com
Regrettably, the way workers
And echoing the feelings of the
Port Agent Gerry Brown. He told munications Workers, and locals
are treated at Sanderson Farms is marchers, Martino told them,
the crowd that the labor of the ICWU from at least nine
not unique. As Martino said at "We have come together in
movement must return to the states. A large banner pro the march, and rally in Laurel, Laurel, and we are going to win in
fighting spirit of its early days in claimed the presence of the "...we have come to jsee this Laurel, when the Sanderson
order to meet the needs of Coalition of Black Trade strike and this struggle is about a workers win. And we are going to
workers in the l980's.
Unionists.
lot more than just Sanderson go on from here to crack open the
Leading the march was ICWU
The march was endorsed by
Farms. It's about more than just anti-union South and win
President Frank D. Martino and the leaders of 175 national
Laurel. All over the South, there victories for working people all
Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, president organizations and 67 organiza are plants with inhumane and across this region."
of the Southern Christian tions and ..prominent individuals
Leadership Conference (SCLC), in Mississippi,
a civil rights group.
Many of these groups have
Besides the SIU, unions formed a coalition called the
Committee for Justice in
Mississippi.
"We have brought together the
coalition that people have been
hoping for throughout the
decade of the 1970's," said
Martino. "We have united labor,
civil rights, women's and church
groups, and we- don't think
anybody or anything can stop us
now."
The magnet that pulled them
together are those 200 steadfast
workers.
Before they went on strike,
these men and women were
working under primitive condi
tions. For instance, they had Only
been allowed to use the bathroom
three times a week. Their work on
Addressing tfie rally is SIU New the chicken processing lines, is
A march for "Dignity and Justice" was held in Laurel, Miss, in support of Local882
Orleans Port Agent Gerry Brown.
hard and dirty. Yet their pay was
of the International Chemical VVorkers Union.
September 1980 / LOG / 27
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Polish Power! Workers Strike for Liberty
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in northern Poland, were the first to
walk off their jobs and the first to
sign an accord with the government.
Hammered out in meetings be
tween strike leaders and a team of
government negotiators, the Polish
government agreed to a package of
demands unprecedented in a Sovietbloc country. The agreement in
cludes:
• the right of workers to strike and
to form independent trade unions;
• an easing of official censorship;
• job promotion by merit rather
than based upon membership in the
Communist Party.
The strikers also demanded the
release of jailed political dissidents,
a demand which the Polish govern
ment has reportedly complied with.
But Poland's problems did not
end with the apparent settlement of
the shipyard workers strikes. Even
as those jubilant workers returned to
their jobs and as striking longshore
UNDREDS of thousands of
striking workers who para
lyzed Poland's shipyards, factories
and coal mines for close td three
weeks won a stunning victory this
month as the Polish government
bowed to their demands for workercontrolled trade unions, among
other issues.
Strikers at shipyards in Gdansk,
Notice On Job
Call Procedure
(inland)
When throwing in for work
during a job call at any Sill
Hiring Hail, boatmen must
produce the foiiowing:
• membership certificate
(where possessed)
• registration card
• clinic card
• seaman's papers
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Legal Aid
employees in the port city of
Szczecin, 200 miles west of Gdansk
began unloading the first of dozens
of waiting ships, more than 150,000
coal miners walked off their jobs in
Silesia.
The striking Polish workers
captured the international limelight
and stTpport from many quarters.
President Carter reportedly sent
messages directly to Chancellor
Helmut Schmidt of West Germany,
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
of Britain and Pres. Valery Giscard
d'Estaing of France urging the West
to "respond sympathetically" to
expected requests for large-scale
economic aid from Poland after all
the strikes were settled.
U.S. Longshoremen showed their
solidarity with the striking Poles by
refusing to handle Polish cargo. In
addition, the United Auto Workers
contributed $25,000 to an interna
tional fund for the strikers.
Dispatchers Report for inland Waters
JULY l-Sl, 1980
{ ; :
nOTAL REGISTERED
>
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
aassA ClassB ClassC
,
All Groups
ClassA ClassB ClassC
••REGISTERED ON BEACR
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
DECK DEPARTMENT
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0
9
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0
0
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18
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73
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0
5
54
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0
0
0
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9-9
0
0
0
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0
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9
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9
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0
9
31
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0
0
1
9
0
1
3
6
0
0
8
0
0
8
4
0
3
0
12
55
0
0
0
7
0
1
0
5
0
0
9
0
2
10
22
0
14
0
155
225
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0
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9.9
9
9
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0
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0
0
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0
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0
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0
0
0
0
1
5
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
5
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
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11
0
0
9
9
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9
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0
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0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
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19
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255
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
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9
9
8
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9
9
8
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9
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9
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NewYork.
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9
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9
9
9
9
9
9
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9
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0
0
0
6
0
5
3
4
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93
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
9
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Totals AllDepartments
•"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shippingat the port last month.
••"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
28 / LOG / September 1980
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In the event that any SlU members
have leyal problems in the various
ports, a list of attorneys whom they can
constilt is beiny published,. The. mem
ber need not choose the recommended
atiorneys and this list is intended only
tor iniormational purposes:
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NEW YORK, N.Y.
Schulman & Abarbanei
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
HOUSTON, TEX.
Archer & Peterson
Americana Building
811 Dallas Street
Houston, Texas 77002
Tele. #(713) 659-4455
TAMPA, FLA.
Hamilton & Douglas, P.A.
2620 W. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, Florida 33609
Tele. #(813) 879-9482
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF^
John Paul Jennings, Henning,
Walsh & Ritchie
100 Bush Street, Suite 440
San Francisco, California 94104
Tele. #(415) 98j-4400
Philip Weltin, Esq.
Weltin & Van Dam
No. 1 Ecker Bid.
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San Francisco, Calif. 94105 ;
Tele.#(415) 777-4500
ST. LOUIS, MO.
Gruenberg & Sounders
721 Olive Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
Tele. #(314) 231-7440
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Barker, Boudreaux, Lamy,
Gardner & Foley
1400 Richards Building
837 Gravier Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
Tele. #(504)'586-9395 /.
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
Fogel, Julber, Reinhardt &
Rothschild
5900 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90036
Tele. #(213) 937-6250
MOBILE, ALA.
Simon & Wood
1010 Van Antwerp Building
Mobile, Alabama 36602
Tele. #(205) 433-4904
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DETROIT, MICH.
Victor G. Hanson
19268 Grand River Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48822
Tele. #(313) 532-1220
GLOUCESTER, MASS.
Orlando & Whitfe
Two Main Street
Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930
Tele. #(617) 283-8100
SEATTLE, WASH.
Vance, Davies, Roberts,
Reid & Anderson
100 West Harrison Plaza •
Seattle, Washington 98119
Tele, #(206) 285-3610
CHICAGO, ILL.
Katz & Friedman
7 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Tele. #(312) 263-6330
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�Algonac'Great Lakes
Both construction companies building the Arrowhead Bridge
s^janning the Duluth, Minn.-Superior, Wise. Harbor are now under SIU
contract.
They are Edward Kraemer & Sons and the Johnson Brothers Co.—
both top-to-bottom SIU.
The bridge builders are working from both sides of the span planning
to end up in the middle of the bridge when completed.
The Luedtke Engineering Co. is' working on two dredging jobs.
I They re deepening the harbors at Ashtabula, Ohio and Sebowaing, Mich.
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Philadelphia
lOT Boatmen here have received their 3rd year of the contract wage
increase of 7 percent plus a 7 percent increase in the Cost of Living
Allowance (COLA). Boatmen of the lOT's Gellethin fleet also got the 14
percent wage and COLA increases.
Baltimore
Harbor Towing here late last tnonth took delivery of the 22 ton,
1,800 hp Tug Explorer. The tug draws 14 feet 6 inches and is 95 feet long
and has a 27 foot beam. She carries a crew of seven.
The company has also chartered lOT Barge 40. The barge will carry
two mOn.
* * *
Recently Jiarbor Towing Boatmen received a 15 percent wage
increase.
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Northeast Towing Boatmen have ratified a new, three-year contract
containing the Union's Class A Welfare Plan, Vacation Plan and a $5. a
day wage hike in the first year of the contract.
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Ittldnd Rivers
A toll-free telephone service providing medical information for
Boatmen on a 24-hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week basis is now available from
the USPHS Seafarers Health Improvement Program (SHIP).
The phone 800 number-dialed network will enable Boatmen to
lodate the nearest USPHS Hospital, outpatient clinic or contract doctor.
In the U.S., the number is 800,231-SHIP (7747). In Texas it's
800,392-SHlP.
SHIP is a cooperative effort of the USPHS, Federal agencies and the
inland waterways industry. About 85,000 rivermen are eligible for the
service. They must have at least 60 days of worktime on a boat to be
eligible.
The USPHS will make no attempt to "practice medicine over the
telephone" but will refer Boatmen to the closest possible medical center
or hospital emergency room.
Term-Tom Waterway
By Oct. 15, U.S. Judge William Ready will rule on what remaining
environmental and economic issues should be tried in a new suit, date to
be named, challenging construction of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Rivers
Waterway.
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad and environmentalists are the
plaintiffs.
By the Year 2,000
A study finds that towbpat crew size will only be slightly reduced
during the rest of the century.
• Towboats will continue to be built at a rate of 90 to 110 boats a year
with an average horsepower of about 4,000 hp. About 40 of them will be
major river line-haul towboats exceeding 10,000 hp.
• Medium speed diesel engines will be used aboard Lower
Mississippi River line-haul towboats.
• Bow boats will become increasingly dependable and common on
line-haul intergrated tows.
• The barge fleet will continue to be composed of deck, hopper and
tank barges. Hopper barges of integrated box and rake configurations
will continue to be built for dry bulk unit tows, but at levels below peak
1975-77 output. The tank barge fleet will grow slowly, primarily as
specialized parcel compartments and independent tank barges are
delivered.
• Total waterborne cargo handled by mid-America's riverports will
increase by 31 percent between 1980 and 1990—growing from over 900
million long tons in 1980 to almost 1.2 billion long tons in 1990.
• Commodities which will have high growth rates are grains, coal,
petroleum products,Tertilizers and chemicals.
• Over the next 20 years, 13 locks and dams will reach capacity.
Unless these bottlenecks are removed, they, along with waterway user
charges, could reduce waterborne traffic by as much as 16 percent.
• Oklahoma, Arkansas, Alabama, Wisconsin and Minnesota will
have the largest percentage increases in traffic. Louisiana, Alabama,
Illinois and Missouri can expect the greatest absolute increases in traffic.
Do You Know How to Make This Work?
LOT Mulls the Sale
Of Tug-Barge Fleet
To Southern Natural
Interstate Ocean Transport (lOT)
of the port of Philadelphia tenta
tively agreed last month to sell its tug
and barge business and subsidiaries
for more than $100 million to
Southern Natural Resources Inc. of
Birmingham, Ala.
lOT has assured the SIU that the
sale would not affect its manning
and contractual agreements.
After the sale, which is subject to a
final agreement and Government
approvals, the lOT Corp. will
continue its tanker management'
services and chartering operations.
NO?
Well learn how—it only takes
four weeks. That's right. In just four weeks,
you can learn basic diesel thedry and opera
tions. This means new job opportunities for
you. Where? Aboard the diesel-powered U.S.flag ships under contract with the SIU.
YES?
Terrific! Then enroll in the eightweek diesel engineering course at HLS. Get
your license and get ahead. Every student
who took this course has gotten his license.
So join the crowd of seafarers who've
improved their pay and job security.
• Cef Your Diesel Engineering License of HLS •
Unlicensed • Course starts October 27 thru November 21
Licensed • Course starts October 27 thru December 19
Southern Natural is a holding
company with interests in the energy
field.
lOT operates 37 tugs and 52 oil
tank barges with annual revenue of
more than $100 million operating in
the North Atlantic, Gulf and Carib
bean.
It's owned by the Adrian S.
Hooper family. He's chairman,
president and chief executive officer.
And hell head lOT as a unit of
Southern Natural Resources.
September 1980 / LOG / 29
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�Bernard Doug
las Bums Jr., 56,
died of cancer in
Providence Hos
pital, Mobile on
Apr. 26. Brother
Burns joined the
SIU in the port of
Mobile in 1956
sailing as a fireman-watertender, pump
man and engine delegate. He also
worked in the Mobile Ship Repair Yard.
Seafarer Burns graduated from the
Mobile Andrew Furuseth Training
School in 1959. Born in La Samye
Stauzzer, Miss., he was a resident of
Mobile. Burial was in Catholic Ceme
tery, Mobile. Surviving are his widow,
Gertrude and a sister, Mrs. Martha
Palmer of Mobile. .
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Waiter'^Bbckie"
Doucet, 59, died
of a hemorrhage in
the New Orleans
USPHS Hospital
on Jan. 11. Bro
ther Doucet joined
I the SIU in the port
I of New Orleans in
1956 sailing as a chief cook and baker.
Brother Doucet began sailing in 1938. In
1964, he sailed inland with Coyle
Towing, Red Circle Towing and with
Dixie Carriers. He was also a ware
houseman and worked for the Yellow
Cab Co. And he was a member of the
Baker's Union. Seafarer Doucet was a
veteran of the U.S. Army in World War
II. A native of Crowlqr, La., he was a
resident of Marrero, La. Interment was
in Westlaryn Memorial Park Cemetery,
Gretna, La. Surviving are his widow,
Rita; four sons, Walter Jr., Joseph,
Emile and Donald; three daughters,
Rebecca, Mary and Cathy;a stepdaugh
ter, Linda Dupuy; three brothers,
Willard, John and Gilbert, and six
grandchildren.
Pensioner Hing Gay Lew, 69, died of
heart failure in the Pacifica Convales
cent Hospital, San Mateo, Calif, on
Feb. 14. Brother Lew joined the
MC&SU in the port of San Francisco
sailing in the steward department for
APL for 20 years. He first sailed in 1945.
Seafarer Lew was bom in China and
was a resident of San Francisco. He was
a naturalized U.S. citizen. Interment
was in Look San Cemetery, Colma,
Calif. Surviving are his widow, Lim Lin
Tai Chew See Low of Kowloon, Hong
Kong; two sons, Eugene of Daly City,
Calif, and Yan Vau Chan of San
Francisco and a brother. Way Ling Lee
of Long Beach, Calif.
\
Pensioner Charles E. Tataiski, 68,
died of natural causes in the Eger
Nursing Home, Staten Is., N.Y. on Mar.
20. Brother Tatarski joined the
MC&SU in 1945 in the port of San
Francisco sailing as a chief cook. He was
bora in Ohio and was a resident of
Bayonne, S.L, N.Y. Interment was in
Holy Cross Cemetery; North Arlington,
N.J. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Regina
Pesztynski of New York City.
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Thomas David
Ballard Jr., 59,
succumbed to
heart-lung failure
in the Nassau Bay
(Tex.) USPHS
Hospital on Mar.
29. Brother Ballard joined the
SIU in the port of Sah Fraitcisco in 1955
sailing as a chief steward. He was a
conductor on the Great Northern and
Southern Union Pacific Railroads from
1937 to 194L And he was a member of
the Order of Railroad Conductors and
Switchmens Union of America. He was
a veteran of the U.S. Army Infantry
before World War 11. Born in San
Antonio, Tex., he was a resident of
Houston. Burial was in Hollywood
Cemetery, Houston. Surviving are his
widow, Cora Lee; a daughter, Linda of
Houston; his mother, Mrs. Margaret
Johns of Houston and a stepson, John
H. Stafford.
Pensioner
Ernest Junes Vanderberry, 74, died
on Jan. 29. Bro
ther Vanderberry
I joined the Union
in the port of
Baltimore in I960
sailing as a chief
engineer for Curtis Bay Towing from
1948 to 1958 and for NBC Lines from
1959 to 1971. He was a union member
since 1952. Boatman Vanderberry was
bora in Norfolk and was a resident
there. Surviving are his widow, Birtie
and a brother, John, of Norfolk.
-r p c n s i o n e r
James Lear, 69,
passed away from
cancer in the San
Francisco USPHS
Hospital on Apr.
8. Brother Lear
[ joined the SIU in
the port of Wil
mington, Calif, in 1959 sailing as a
bosun. He sailed 35 years. Seafarer Lear
was born in Lake Providence, La. and
was a resident of San Francisco. Burial
was in Ferawood Cemetery, Mill Val
ley, Calif. Surviving are his widow,
Fusae Suzeuki; a daughter, Kaneko
Shimo, both of Yokohama, Japan and a
stepmother, Mrs. Frank Lear of Slidell,
La.
Patrick "Pat"
Edwud Kinsella,^
38, died on Aug.
29, 1979. Brother
Samuel Joseph
Kinsella joined the
Castle 111, 29, was
Union in the port
lost at sea at night
of Saulte Ste.
off the lookout
Marie, Mich, in
bow of the SS
1968.
He
sailed
as
Santa
Maria
Pensioner Wllla dredgeman and scowman for the
(Delta
Lines)
near
iam Joseph
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock from
Callao, Peru on
Shadeck, 62, died
1967 to 1979, Dunbar and Sullivan,
Apr.
22. The ship,
of heart failure in
Construction Aggregates, Luedtke
Peruvian
Coast
Guard
and planes^ ,
Doctor's Osteo
Engineering Co. and the Reiss Steam
searched
the
area
of
moderate
seas in
pathic Hospital,
ship Co. Laker Kinsella was a veteran of
vain. Brother Castle joined the SIU in
Erie, Pa. on Jan.
the U.S. Navy in the Vietnam War. He
the
port of New Orleans in 1967 sailing
27. Brother Sha
was
born
in
Saulte
Ste.
Marie
and
was
a
as
an
OS. He graduated from the HLS
deck joined the Union in the port of
resident
of
Brimley,
Mich.
Interment
Entry
Trainee Program, Piney Point,
Detroit in 1958 sailing as an oiler for 41
.
was
in
Hillcrest
Cemetery,
Paco,
Mich.
Md. Seafarer Castle was bora in New
years. He sailed on the Str. Hennepin
Surviving
^are
three
sons,
William
of
Orleans
and was a resident of Oakland
(Boland & Cornelius) from 1958 to
Brimley,
Keith
and
Kenneth;
two
Calif.
Surviving
are his widow, Lona
1972. Laker Shadeck was born in
daughters,
Kelly
and
Tina;
his
parents,
Louise;
a
son,
Samuel
Joseph IV and
Karthaus, Pa. and was a resident of Erie.
Mr. and Mrs. William and Myrtle
his- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Burial was in Calvary Cemetery,
Kinsella;
a
brother,
William
and
a
sister.
Joseph
and Joyce J. Castle of New
Millcreek Twsp., Erie. Surviving are 1^
Orleans.
widow, Julia; a son, Ronald; two
Pensioner David Matthew Steele, 88,
daughters, Rosilynn and Remilee and died of natural causes in the Queens
Pensioner Luis M. Oczo Cabaret Jr.,
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph and
69,
died of heart failure in San Juan,
(N.Y.C.) Hospital Center on Apr. 8.
Mae Shadeck of Erie.
Brother Steele joined the MC&SU in P.R. on Feb. 20. Brother Cabaret
Pensioner Eddie M. Morton, 72, 1939 in the port of San Francisco sailing started sailing on the West Coast in 1946
succumbed to arteriosclerosis at home as a chief cook. He was aboard the sailing as an assistant cook. He sailed
in Seattle on Apr. 11. Brother Morton, torpedoed SS Alaskan in 1942. Born in for the Grace and States Lin^. Born in
joined the MC&SU in the port ofSeattle Jamaica, B.W.I., he was a resident of St. San Juan, he was a resident of Sanin 1957 sailing as a chief cook. He began Albans, Queens. Burial was in L.I. turce, P.R. Burial was in Holy Cross
sailing in 1944. Seafarer Morton was National Cemetery, Farmingdale, Lyn- Cemetery, San Francisco. Surviving are
bora in Mississippi. Cremation took brook, N.Y. Surviving is a daughter, his widow, Emma;two sons, Carios and
place in the Bonney Watson Crematory, Mrs. Reginald Grange Sr. of St. Albans. Luis Jr. a daughter, Mrs. Elba Navarro
of San Francisco and a sister, Mrs.
Seattle. Surviving is his widow, Arlene.
Albert Edwin Gordcm, 59, drowned Victoria M. Cabaret.
Pensioner Leon Henreni Nunez, 73, in Atchafalaya Bay, Alabama when he
passed away from heart-lung failure at slipped, off a shell dredge barge and was
Judson PoweH Lanilc Lamb, 60, died
home in Seattle on Dec. 16, 1979. swept away on Feb. 23. BrotherGordon
in the USPHS Hospital, Richmond, Ga.
Brother Nunez joined the MC&SU in joined the Union in the port of Mobile in
on Feb. 10. Brother Lamb joined the
the port of SSeattle in 1959 sailing in the 1974 sailing as a deckhand and cook on SIU in the port of Houston in 1955
steward department. He also sailed the Towboat Mallard (RadclifT Mate sailing as a chief steward. He started
during World War II. Seafarer Nunez rials) from 1973 to 1979. He was also a sailing in 1937. And he sailed for Morah
started sailing in 1930. Burial was in shoot operator and was a former Towing of Texas in Port Arthur.
Greenland Cemetery, Alderwood member of the International Assn. of Seafarer Latnb was bom in Georgia and
Manor, Wash. Surviving are his widow, Machinists and Aerospace Workers
was a resident of Houston. Cremation
Mary; two sons, Leon Jr. and Edward Union and the Woodworkers Union.
took place in the Rosehill Crematory,
and a daughter, Adela.
Boatman Gordon was-a veteran of the
Linden, N.J. Surviving are his widow,
U.S.
Army
Air
Corps
in
World
War
11.
Anne;
two stepdaughters, Melissa
Pensioner James Elbert Bode, 53,
Born
in
Sandpoint,
Ida.,
he
was
a
Dozier Jackson and Toni Jackson, and
died of heart failure at home in Aliea.
resident
of
Andalusia,
Ala.
Interment
an
aun(, Mrs. Alice Banks of Augusta,
Hawaii on Oct. 14, 1979. Brother Bode
was
in
Bethel
Cemetery,
Andalusia.
Ga.
joined the MC&SU in 1945 in the port
of San Francisco sailing for APL. He Surviving are four sons, Jan, Cecil,
Pensioner Carlos Castillo, 82. suc
also sailed as steward and head bar Robert and Edward of Andalusia; a cumbed to heart failure in the Kaiser
tender on the SS Presiclem Cleveland daughter, Lynelle also of Andalusia and Foundation Hospital. Panorama-Har
(APL). Seafarer Bode was a veteran of a brother, Theodore.
bor City. San Francisco on July 18.
the U.S. Army during the Korean War
Pensioner Joseph Pfabnl, 91, passed 1979. Brother Castillo joined the
serving as a PFC truck driver for the 6th away in the San Francisco USPHS MC&SU in the port of Wilmington.
Infantry Div., Hdqs. Co., Schofield
Hospital on Jan. 12. Brother Pfahnl Calif, sailing as a pantryman on the SS
Barracks. Honolulu, Hawaii. He was a
joined the MC&SU in 1937 in the port Angela Petri. He sailed first in 1924.
native of Hawaii. Cremation took place
of San Francisco sailing as a cook. He Seafarer Castillo sailed for 50 years and
in the Oahu Crematory, Honolulu. also sailed during World War 11. during World War H. Born in Peru, he
Surviving are his widow, Peggy; two Seafarer Pfahnl was born in Australia, was a resident of Wilmington. Calif.
stepdaughters, Karen P. and Susan
was a naturalized U.S. citizen and was a Burial was in All Souls Cemetery, Long
Ritschel; his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
resident of San Francisco. Cremation Beach. Calif. Surviving are his widow.
Charlek and Mae Bode of Kaneohe,
took place in the Cypress Lawn Catolina: two stepsons. Robert and
Oahu. Hawaii: a brother. Howard of
Memorial Park Crematory. Colma, John Flores of Wilmington and a
Kaneohe and a sister. Mrs. Abigail J. Calif. Surviving are his widow, Mary
stepdaughter. Lupe Finbres. of Wil
Gomard of Honolulu.
and two sons, John and Jose.
mington:
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A History of the Seamen's MoveMient, Part II
a three watch system for the engine
gang, plus a maximum nine hour
T was almost 100 years ago that
working day in port. It set a more
American seamen belonging to liberal schedule for ration^ and a
various unions realized the need for
minimum of 100 cubic feet of space
a strong, single voice to sprak for the per man in the fo'csles. Previously,
sailor in the halls of Congress and in each man had been allotted 72 cubic
attempts to improve his economic feet, which Furuseth described as
situation. Convening in Chicago in "too large for a coffin too small for
April ot 1892, representatives from a grave." Also, the law specified that
the Pacific and Gulf Coasts and the
bunks in fo'csles could.be no more
Great Lakes formed the National than two high.
Seamen's Union of America, later to
The law also decreed that 75
become the International Seamen's
percent of the crew must be able to
Union.
understand commands given in the
A constitution was drafted, na English language.
tional officers were elected, and a
Spurred by the sinking of the
chief organizer was appointed.
Titanic and other marine disasters,
Charles Hagen was the first presi the act was also concerned with
dent; Thomas Elderkin the first more safety at sea: better qualified
secretary and James McLaren the seamen, more and better lifeboats
first national organizer.
and more seaworthy condition of
These officers were not just pie ships.
cards. They had solid seagoing
It brought about historic im
bacl^rounds, a record of labor provements in the life of the sailor.
organizing, and a resounding zeal
Por one thing, the law decreed
for the sailor's cause.
that the sailor no longer could allot
A native of Germany, Hagen
part of his wages to creditors before
sailed for 15 years on windjammers signing on a vessel. This sounded the
under many flags. A man of unusual death knell to crimps, shanghaiers
energy and imagination, he or and shady boarding house keepers
ganize the Gulf Coast union of
who had preyed on the sailor, taking
seamen and firemen and the New a "mortgage" on his wages in
Orleans Marine Council, an influen exchange for food, lodging, drinks
tial group of marine engineers, and clothes.
captains, pilots and other maritime
And no longer could the seamen be
workers...a close parallel to our imprisoned on charges of desertion
important Port Councils today! He
if he left his ship before the end of a
was president of the Gulf Coast
contracted voyage. It also prohib
union.
ited. corporal punishment for of
Secretary Elderkin, a native of fenses aboard ship.
England, was also a deep water
For these reasons, the ISU hailed
sailor who had become aroused over the Seamen's Bill as "the emancipa
the conditions of seamen after tion proclamation for seamen of the
making a voyage on the "hellship" world."
Waterloo, notorious for the brutal
It was union support that fi
ity of its officers. He shipped on the nanced the years of effort necessary
Great Lakes for some years and
to arouse Congressional and public
helped to organize the Lakes Sea support for the seamen's cause and
men's Union; also lent his talents to successfully guide the Seamen's Bill
organizing the Chicago building on its rocky and often4empesfuous
employees. He was president of the course through Congress. Its even
LSU.
tual passage was a tribute to union
Organizer McLaren was a Nova organization and to Andrew Furu
Scotian who joined, the Sailor's seth, who had devoted 20 years to
Union of the Pacific in 1887 and the seamen's cause in Washington.
served as an officer in various
HE National Seamen's Union
capacities. According to an article in
was set up as a federation of a
the Coast Seamen's Journal of
number of independent unions,
1893, McLaren was a man of
including the Sailor's Union of the
"shrewd energy and unswerving Pacific, which was the sparkplug in
devotion to the sailors' cause... its organization; the Lake Seamen's
feared and respected by all enemies Union, the Atlantic Coast Seamen's
of seamen," especially the crimps.
Union and the Seamen's and Fire
Seamen enjoying the comparative men's Union of the Gulf Coast. The
luxury of today's ships and the good Atlantic Coast Seamen's Union had
been in existence since 1889 but had
food and high wages won by Union
efforts in the past 50 years will be not been very effective and was in
amazed by what seamen of 1915 such poor financial shape that it
hailed as the major achievements of could not even afford to send a
delegate to the Chicago convention
this legislation.
Thfe Seamen's Bill provided a two of 1892. It could only afford a "good
watch system for the deck force, and luck" telegram.
The new federation wasted no
time...nor
did organizer McLaren.
John Bunker is director of the
Within a year the dues paying
Seafarers Historical Research De
membership of the "weaksister," the
partment.
Atlantic Coast Union, was increased
by John Bunker
I
its long-time secretary. He (levoted
the better part of a lifetime to
fighting the sailor's battles in
Washington.
F
'URUSETH was elected Presi
dent of the ISU in 1908 and
from that time on was the respected
voice of all American seamen, not
only in the halls of Congress but in
the press and to the hundreds of
groups to whom he spoke on behalf
of the "sailor's cause.".
Over the years several pieces of
legislation were passed by Congress
on behalf of seamen but it was the
Seamen's Bill of 1915 that crowned
all such efforts for the sailor and has
rightly been called "the Magna
Charta of the American seaman."
Andrew Furuseth
The bill was sponsored for Furu
from about 400 to over 1,000; seth and the ISU by Sen. Robert M.
several branches were reorganized, LaFollette of Wisconsin and was
and wages had been boosted by actively supported by Secretary of
about $12 a month. By the time of Labor William B. Wilson and a
the new federation's second annual number of other Congressmen.
convention at New Orleans in 1893, Furuseth labored for it passionately
the Atlantic Coast union was and untiringly day and night.
considered to be "on a fair way to
After a two-year battle in Con
becoming the largest seamen's union gress, the bill was signed by Presi
in the world." This prediction was dent Wilson on March 4, 1915.
actually realized in World War I.
The ISU supported a determined
Correction
effort to improve the conditions of
In the first installment of the Union
seamen through Congressional
hbtory, SlU Log, June issue, the fourth
legislation eliminating abuses which
paragraph in the third column should read:
had plagued the seamen's lot for
in the following year, seamen on steamships
formed
the Steamship Sailor's Protective
generations. This battle was spear
Association,
which merged in 1891 with the
headed by Andrew Fiiruseth, Wash
Coast Seamen's Unipn under the name
ington representative of the Sailor's
Sailors Union of the Pacific.
Union of the Pacific since 1893 and
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^siwre I would neper come
home again till I was a
come
home in glory."
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Irvin Joseph Gorgas, 55, joined the
SIU in 1944 in the port of New York
sailing in the deck departmenu
Brother Gorgas is a veteran of the
U.S. Army during the Korean War.
He was born in Chicago, 111. and is a
resident of Mandeville, La.
Robert Fitzgibbons Grant, 64,
joined the SIU in 1947 in the port o£.
New York sailing as a chief steward.
Brother Grant hit the bricks in both
the 1961 Greater N.Y. Harbor beef
and the 1962 Robin Line strike. He is
a former member of the Amalga
mated Butchers Union. Seafarer
Grant is a wounded veteran of the
U.S. Army Infantry in World War 11.
Born in Oblong, 111., he is a resident
of Houston.
Joseph Ernest Hannon, 64, joined
the SIU in 1938 in the port of Mobile
sailing as a chief steward. Brother
Hannon was bom in Mobile and is a
resident there.
Sanford Kemp, 55, joined the SIU
in the pOrt of Savannah, Ga. in 1960
sailing as a chief cooL. Brother Kemp
sailed 29 years. He is also a florist.
Seafarer Kemp is a veteran of the
U.S. I^Iavy in the Korean War. A
native of Lyons, Ga., he is a resident
of Statesbori), Ga.
Jiian Gomez Rios, 65, joined the
SIU in 1939 in the port of Philadel
phia sailing as an oiler and firemanwatertender. Brother Rios sailed 44
years. He was born in Fajardo, P.R.
and is a resident there.
Warren Conner, 62, joined theSIU
in 1938 in the port of Philadelphia
sailing as a bosun. Brother Conner
was bom in Bath, N.Y. and is a
resident of New Orleans.
Bjarne Jensen, 65, joined the SIU
in 1947 in the port of Baltimore
sailing,as a fireman-watertender.
Brother Jensen sailed 49 years. He
was born in Ostre Aker, Oslo,
Norway and is a naturalized U.S.
citizen. Seafarer Jensen is a resident
of Seattle.
Angelo Meglio, 61, joined the SIU
in 1940 in the port of New York
sailing as a chief electrician and
QMED. Brother Meglio was a crane
maintenance electrician on the SeaLand and Puerto Rico Marine
Shoregangs, Port Elizabeth-, N.J.
from 1976 to 1980. He walked the
picketline in the 1962 Robin Line
strike, and he attended the UnionMEBA School of Marine Engineer
ing. Brooklyn. N.Y. Seafarer Meglio
was elected to the SIL) Quarterly
Finance Committee in 1976. In 1972.
he upgraded at Piney Point. A native
of Brooklyn, he is a resident of
Piscataway. N.J.
I
Dominick M. Ravosa, 68. joined
the SIU in 1946 in the port of New
York sailing as a chief cook. Brother
Ravosa sailed'36 years. Healso wasa
ship's delegate and sailed in the
H Vietnam War. Born, in Massachu
setts, he is a resident of Houston. .
Walter Beyer, 62, joined the SI U in
1940 in the port of Savannah sailing
as a fireman-watertender. Brother
Beyer was born in Buffalo, N.Y. and
is a resident of New Orleans.
PensiaTSrsComer
Erik Aleksander Heimila, 64,
joined the SIU in the port of New
York in 1968 sailing as an AB.
Brother Heimila is a veteran of the
Finnish Coast Guard before World
War 11. He was born in Finland, is a
naturalized U.S. citizen and is a
resident of RonkonkOma', L.I., N.Y.
Harold Mack Gooding, 64, joined
"the SIU in the port of Jacksonville in
1970. Brother Gooding sailed 15
years. He is a veteran of the U.S.
Army in World War H. Born in
Florida, he is a resident of Jackson
ville.
John Edward Adams, 52, joined
the SI U in the port of New Orleans in
1954 sailing as a chief steward since
" 1964. Brother Adams sailed 32 years.
JS He is a former member of the Marine
Allied Workers Union. Seafarer
^ Adams was born in New Orleans and
is a resident there.
•
Victor Ludwig Johnson, 65, joined
the Union in the port of Detroit in
1960 sailing as an AB and wheelsman
for the Reiss and American Steam
ship Cos. Brother Johnson sailed 31
years. He was born in Michigan and
is a resident of River Rapid, Mich.
Recertified Bosun Daniel David
Backrak, 55, joined the SIU in the
port of Baltimore in 1955. Brother
Backrak sailed 28 years and during
the Vietnam War. He graduated
from the Union's Recertified Bosuns
Program in 1975. Seafarer Backra*is
a veteran of the U.S. Army in World
War 11. Born in South Dakota, he is a
resident of Reno, Nev.
Linwood L. Bowden', 64, retired in
:Jurie 1979. Brother Bowden joined
. the Union in the port of Norfolk
i sailing in the inland field. He is a
g resident of Norfolk.
Wilbur Elmer Coiitant, 58, joined
the SIU in 1943 in the port of Mobile
sailing as a bosun. Brother Coutant
sailed 44 years. He hit the bricks in
the 1961 Greater N.Y. Harbor beef.
Seafarer Coutant was born in Hon
duras, Central America. He is a
resident of Corpus Christi, Tex.
Pazcly Van Millican,64, joined the
SIU in 1943 in the port of Norfolk
sailing as a fireman-watertender.
Brother Van Millican sailed 47 years.
He was also an engine delegate.
Seafarer Vaii Millican was on the
picketline in the 1961 N.Y. Harbor
beef. A native of Leland, N.C., he is a
resident of Virginia Beach, Va.
James Michael Faust, 68, joined
the SIU in the port of New York in
1960 sailing as a chief electrician and
QMED. Brother Faust sailed 39
years. He also sailed during the
Korean War. Seafarer Faust grad
uated frpm the Union MEBA Dis
trict 2 School of Marine Engineering,
Brooklyn, N.Y. as a 2nd assistant
engineer in 1966. Faust also took
LNG training. He is a veteran of the
U.S. Air Force. A native of Downington. Pa., he is,a resident of
Baltimore.
Jesse Garland Hassell, 62, joined
the Union in the port of Baltimore in
1958 sailing as a chief engine^ for the
Independent Towing Co. from 1963
to 1972, GATCO in 1957 and lOT
from 1954 to 1957. He was a former
member of the IBL, Districts 50 and
333, Local 1800. Boatman Hassell is
a veteran of the U.S. Army during
World War II. Born in Elizabeth
City, N.C., he. is a resident of
Claymont, Del.
Joseph George Gorofinkle; 64,'
"joined the SIU in the port of New
York in 1954 sailing as a cook, waiter
and bartender for 28 year^. Brother
Gorofinkle sailed aboard the Delta
Line. He also upgradcd^at the HLS.
Seafarer Gorofinkle was born in
Brooklyn, N.Y., he is a resident of
New Orleans.
Vernon E. Guidley, 65, joined the
Union in the port of Norfolk in 1967
.sailing as a chief engineer. Brother
_Guidley sailed for McAllister Bro
thers from 1967 to 1972. He was a
member of the Engineers Union,
Local No. 9 from 1951 to 1964. He is
a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard in
World War H. A native of Cape
Hatteras, Buxton, N.C., he is a
resident of Chesapeake, Va.
Thomas Edgar Frazier, 56, joined
the SIU in 1947 in the port of
Baltimore sailing as a deck engineer.
Brother Frazier sailed 36 years. He
attended the MEBA School of
Marine Engineering, Brooklyn, N.Y.
in 1966. He is a veteran of the D.S.
Navy in World War II. Seafarer
Frazier was bom in Virginia and is a
resident of Elk ton, Va.
Manuel Enrique F. Alonso, 65,
joined the SIU in 1942 in the port of
New York sailing as a bosun. Brother
Alonso hit the bricks in the 1961
Greater N.Y. Harbor beef and the
1965 District Council 37 strike. He
was born in Puerto Rico and is a
resident of Lake Hopatcong, N.J.
Herman T. Wilkerson, 60, joined
the SIU in 1945,in the port of Mobile
sailing as a chief pumpman and LNG
QMED. Brother Wilkerson sailed .35
years. He upgraded at the HLS in
1973. 1974 and 1975. Seafarer
Wilkerson is a veteran of the U.S.
Army in World War II. He was born
in Alabama and is a resident of
fheodore. Ala.
Paul Brantley Powell, 55, joined
the Union in the port of Norfolk in
1958 sailjng as a deckhand for the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
.„(C4i;ORR) from ^^956 to 1980.
Brother Powell is a veteran of the
U.S. Army in World War II. He was
born in North Carolina and is a
resident of Hampton, Va.
32 / LOG / September 1980
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While
answers to the
\many problems plaguing the U.S.
I maritime industry, an editorial in the
\ monthly magazine American
jShipper drew sdme misguided
fconclusions.
He editorial in the magazine's
\Jal% 1980 edition titled "A Ship in
\Need of Direction," was, itself, in
I need of a guiding light. The magazine
\claimed that the U.S. maritime
I industry would be more competitive
if U.S. maritime unions would agree
I to reduce manning scales.
Not so, said SIU President Frank
I Drozak. In a strong, well-docu
mented reply to American Shipper'^'
July editorial, Drozak set the record
straight regarding the SIU'sposition
I on manning.
The arguments contained in
Drozak's statement, which appeared
on page 2 of American Shipper'^
September issue, were so ironclad
that the magazine's editor wasforced
to concede: "Frank Drozak'spoint is
well taken."
Reprinted below is Drozak's
"Letter to the Editor" of American
Shipper, in its. entirety. Also reI printed is the response to Drozak's
letter from the magazine's editor,
David A. Howard.
"You make a statement in your
July 1980 editorial, "A Ship in Need
of Direction,' to which 1 must take
strong exception. I am referring to
your observation that "American
maritime labor must become com
petitive" by "changing manning
requirements written into labor
u
While there may be some isolated
instances where a vessel is overmanned, as a general rule, manning
levels are not the problem for
operators that they once may have
been. American labor has been
acutely sensitive to the need of our
industry to be competitive. Speakmg for our own organization, it
ought to be noted for the record that
we have been aggressive in working
with management to develop manning scales that enable them to
compete, consistent with our conearn for crew safety.
The growth in our productivity
compares Very favorably with that
of other American industries. Let
me just cite a few specific instances.
In 1946, a T-2 tanker could move
390 deadweight tons (dwt) per man.
Today a VLCC can carry 9,464 dwt
per man, and a ULCC can carry as
much as 13,929 dwt per crewman.
The 1946 T-2 tanker called for a
crew of 41 to move 16,000 dwt. The
modem ULCC calls for only 28 men
to move 390,000 dwt.
This increase in productivity
extends to all types of vessels. For
example, a 1946 Victory ship
required 44 men to haul 10,000 tons
of cargo. Today's containerships
need only 38 crewmen to move
27,000 tons. A 1946 tug used 24 men
to move 5,000 dwt; a modern
towboat can move 45,000 dwt with
nine crewmen.
That there are limits to which crew
size can be reduced is universally
acknowledged by the industry. Here
is what an objective source, the
British publication Fairplay International Shipping Weekly, said of
this matter earlier this year:
On the vexed subject of crew
reduction, dare we suggest that
there is probably little room for
further, reduction... . Sooner or
later we have to consider the
social problems of having a dozen
men in a gigantic empty ship,
rather like lighthouse keepers,
and also the relative costs of
maintenance ashore and afloat
could itself halt the trend. Sooner
or later there is going to be a
casualty where the cause will be
ascribed to undermanning; and
insurance interests. we can as
sume, will not be silent over such
issues.
Even if safety were not an issue,
even if crew sizes could be cut in half,
the problems of the American
merchant marine would not be
solved. There is a whole range of
reasons why the U.S. fleet is in
trouble, including one very large one
that your editorial overlooks: the
world of international shipping is
not a free marketplace. So long as .
the U.S. clings to the myth that it is.
we are going to be in trouble. In any
event, I want the record to be clear
that our organization has been fully
aware of the need of the American
operator to be competitive in the
world marketplace and we act
accordingly.'
Train Relief Crews for S.S. Oceanic Independence
Relief crews for the Oceanic
Independence are being trained
at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School in Piney Point to
insure the continued high quality
of seamanship and service
aboard this American-flag cruise
ship sailing in the islands of
Hawaii.
The first of the relief crews
j completed their training late last
month, and another group of
cooks and waiters is scheduled to
arrive in Piney Point to begin
training Sept. 8.
HLSS Vice President Frank Mongelli says "Aloha!" as the first of the relief crews
for the Oceanic Independence arrive at HLSS for training.
•aMdin ReMtllr Gmt UkB
JULY I-31,1980
•TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
**REGISTEREDON BEACH
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
DECK DEPARTMENT
Algonac(Hdqs.)
72
27
76
82
4
56
16
1
31
20
12
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Algonacfhdqs.)
30
43
19
•
35
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
Aigonac (Hdqs.)
21
11
37
0
3:
ENTRY DEPARTMENT
Algonac(Hdqs.)..........
40
98
16
0
0
0
46
74
40
Totals All Departments
153
153
22
140
154
5
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.
136
112
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Following is a reply to Drozak's
letter from David A. Howard, editor
of Xht Am^ican Shipper. '
Frank Drozak's point is well
taken.
In private discussions, I have
often expressed the wish that other
maritime unions were as cooperative
as the SIU in the effort to maintain a
helathy, competitive American
merchant marine. I share the belief
of many leaders that collapse of the
Omnibus Maritime Reform Bill in
Congress might have been prevented
if Drozak's predecessor, Paul Hall,
had been in good health and able to
keep the labor unions united with
management in trying to get new
legislation passed for the benefit of
all.
- Drozak is an able successor to
Paul Hall as leader of the AFL-CIO
Maritime Trades Council and presi
dent of the SIU. It is unfortunate
that Hall's terminal illness and the
change in leadership had to come at
such a crucial time for the industry.
The shipyard boilermaker union
led the fight against the omnibus bill
and made it politically impossible to
heal fhe wounds this year. This
should have been obvious to regular
readers of ''American Shipper"
during the past six months.
David A. Howard, editor
American Shipper
USr Atlantic Crew
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$300 to Cancer Fund
in Memory of Paul Hall
The crews of the Overseas Alaska
and the Cove Navigator donated a
total of $300 to the Cancer Fund in
memory of our late president Paul
Hall.
The Overseas Alaska crew do
nated $180 to the American Cancer
Society, Brooklyn Unit. Along with
the donation the crew sent a letter to
Headquarters, saying: "We of the
ST Overseas Alaska wish to send
our condolences to the Hall family
upon their great loss and the loss of
our leader, Mr. Paul Hall."
The crew of the Cove Navigator
donated $120 to the CanceL Re
search Fund at the Methodist
Hospital in Houston in honor of
Paul Hall.
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The crew of the UST Atlantic
has donated $300 in memory of our
late President Paul Half to the
American Cancer Society, New
York Division.
Ship's chairman Don Fleming put
a note of condolence to Brother
Hall's family along with the crew's
donation. Similar donations have
come from many SIU ships as well
as individuals in memory of Paul
Hall.
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CAGUAS (Puerto Rico Marine),
July 20—Chairman, Recertified Bosun
C. L. Gonzalez; Secretary C. Jones;
Engine Delegate Benjamin Davis. $95 in
ship's fund. No disputed OT. Chairman
thanked all those men who helped by
donating money for a condolence cable
when news of Paul Hall's passing was
received. Reported that everyone felt
deep regret over the death of Paul Hall.
Also, we would like to send a con
dolence note of sympathy to Paul Hall's
' wife. -^My D6ar Rose: Please accept our
sincere syifipathy, for you in your
sorrow.. Fondly, Chairman and crew of
the SS Caguas." The Log was received
and passed around for; all to read.
I
BROOKLYN (Bay Tankers), June
29—Chairman F. Schwarz; Secretary T.
Bolton; Educational Director E. Wash
ington; Deck Delegate Stanley F.
Williams. $24 ii^hip's fund. No
disputed OT. Chai™an reported that
the flag was lowered to half mast for
Paul Hall. The entire crew sends its
condolences. Educational Director
reminded the cr^w that Piney Point is
open to all departments and that there
are application forins on board. Upgradirtg yourself means money in your
pocket. Observed one minute of silence
in memory of our departed brothers.
Next stop the Persian Gulf.
SEA-LAND PACER (Sea-Land
Service), June 29—Chairman, Recerti
fied Bosun Ward M. Wallace, Secretary
D. Chafin; Educational Director J.T.
McParland; Engine Delegate Charles
Pick en. No disputed OT. $10 in ship's
fund. Chairman reported that a week
ago "we lost one of the greatest men in
the labor movement by the death of
Brother and President Paul Hall. We of
the SIU will miss his leadership very
much. I also will miss him as a personal
friend of many years." Report to Log;
"A special minute of silence was stood
for Brother and President Paul Hall."
BANNER (Interocean Mgt.), June
29—Chairman L. C. Rich; Secretary
Frank Nigro; Educational Director W.
Beatty; Engine Delegate Daniel Breaux.
$71 in ship's fundi No disputed OT.
Chairman reported the bad news of our
President Paul Hall passing away.
When report was received, deepest
regrets were sent to headquarters.
Educational Director reported that
safety during a spill very important and
while we were in Guatanamo Bay, Cuba
a line ashore broke and the general
alarm was not sounded. Sortie men
never knew we had an emergency.
MONTIGELLO VICTORY (Victory
Fortunately all went well but in the
Carriers), June 26—Chairman F. J.
future the general alarm should be
Smith; Secretary J. Higgins; Educa
sounded so as to let everyone be ,, tional Director J. Spell; Steward
prepared for the worst and for the safety
Delegate Rayfield Crawford. $27.39 in
of all. One minute of silence was held in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine
memory of our departed brothers and
and steward departments. Chairman
an extra minute in memory of our ^ reported that flowers were sent to our
departed President Paul Hall.
beloved leader Paul Hall who passed
JOHN TYLER (Waterman Steam away on June 22. A special vote of
thanks was extended by the crew to the
ship), Chairman O. Pitfield; Secretary
Raynor. No disputed OT. Chairman steward department; to the steward for
reported on the passing of Paul Hall and his menus, the cooks for the preparation
and the messman for the service,
a message was sent to family. He will be
missed by all. Observed an extra minute especially with ten dxtra men aboard
of silence in his memory.
cleaning tanks. '
Santa Isabel Committee
Recertified Bosun Peter Sernyk (sitting right) ship's chairman of the SS Santa
Isabel (Delta Line) leads the Ship's Committee at a payoff on Aug. 7 at Port
Newark, N.J. They are (sitting left) Chief Steward E.D. Sims, secretary-reporter
and (standing I. to r.) Engine Delegate Richard Smallwood and AB Tony Ferrara,
deck delegate.
34 / LOG / September 1980
OVERSEAS ALICE (Maritime
Overseas), June 29—Chairman, Recer
tified Bosun William E. Reeves; Secre
tary A. Salem; Educational Director
George Kugler; Deck Delegate Norman
R. Wright; Engine Delegate Heriberto
Miranda; Steward Delegate Linton
Taylor. $102.25 in ship's fund. No
disputed OT. Chairrnan reported that
the flag was flown at half mast in respect
to SIU President Paul Hall. We lost a
great leader. All stood up in silent
prayer for' our departed President.
Noted that all seafarers should go to
Piney Point to get their lifeboatman
endorsement because priority is given to
seamen who possess lifeboatmen en
dorsements from the Coast Guard. A
vote of thanks to the steward depart
ment for a Job well done. Observed one
minute of silence in memory of our
departed brothers. Next port Freeport,
Texas.
MASSACHUSETTS (Interocean
Mgt.), June 29—Chairman, Recertified
Bosun William L. Tillman; Secretary
W. Smith; Educational Director A1
Tatum; Deck Delegate Joseph McDougall. $13 in ship's fund. NodisputedOT.
Chairman sent a wire to headquarters
with a sympathy message for the family
of our late President Paul Hall, from the
officers and the crew. A vote of thanks
to the steward department for a Job well
done. Next port San Francisco.
SEA-LAND ANCHORAGE (SeaLand Service), June 23—Chairman,
Recertified Bosun L. E.-Joseph; Secre
tary C. Veazie. Some disputed OT in
deck department. The Captain in
formed the crew of the passing of
President Paul Hall. The crew of the SS
Anchorage would like to extend to
Brother Paul Hall's family and friends
their most warm hearted condolences.
We will now stand a special minute of
silence for our dear departed Brother
Paul Hall, president of our Union.
Report to Log: "A special minute of
silence was stood by the eritire crew of
the SS Anchorage in respect for Paul
Hall a true friend of the American
Seaman." Next port Elizabeth.
COVE ENGINEER (Cove Ship
ping), June 29—Chairman, Recertified
BosUn W. J. Bobalek; Secretary T. J.
Smith; Educational Director M. Wil
liams; Deck Delegate L. S. Gumm;
Engine Delegate E. Marinage; Steward
Delegate D. E. Emory. NodisputedOT.
A telegram was sent to Paul Hall's
family offering condolences for their
loss. Observed one minute of silence in
memory of our departed brothers and
our President Paul Hall.
SEA-LAND ADVENTURER (SeaLand Service), June 29—Chairman,
Recertified Bosun J. San Filippo;
Secretary L. Lamphere. $8.42 in ship's
fund. No disputed OT. Chairman
reported that the flag was flown at half
mast in memory of our President Paul
Hall. A condolence telegram was sent to
the family. A vote of thanks to the
steward department for a Job well done.
Next port Elizabeth.
SEA-LAND DEFENDER (SeaLand Service)—Chairman, Recertified
Bosun John Carey; Secretary D. L.
Thompson; Educational Director
George Roy. $115 in movie fund. No
disputed OT. The telegram advising of
the death of Paul Hall was read and a
telegram of condolence was sent to Mrs.
Hall. Observed one extra minute of
silence in his memory.
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SEA-LAND CONSUMER (SeaLand Service), June, 29—Chairman
Fred Rivera; Secretary Leon Webb;
Educational Director D. J. Rowe; Deck
Delegate Charles Spence; Engine
Delegate Bennie Drumgoole; Steward
Delegate E. Hawkins. No disputed OT.
Chairman gave a report on President
Paul Hall's death and how he will be
missed. A vote of thanks to the crew for
their fine cooperation.
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DEL VALLE (Delta Steamship),
June 29—Chairman Robert G. Lawson;
Educational Director Edward Bliss;
Deck Delegate Cesar Guiterrea; Engine
Delegate Charles Johnson; Steward
Delegate Claude Hollings Jr. Some
disputed OT in engine department.
Chairman reported on the passing of
Paul Hall. All paused an extra minute
for our late President Paul Hall when
the meeting adjourned. The steward
department sends their deepest sym
pathy for our late President Paul Hall.
He crammed every bit of his life into our
merchant niarine. We flew our flag at
half mast for twenty four hours to sho\y
our respect for Paul Hall. Next port
New Orleans.
OGDEN TRAVELER (Ogden Maripe), June 29—Chairman S. L. Coker;
Secretary A. W. Hutchereon; Educa
tional Director J.E. Tyson; Engine
Delegate Ray Daniels. $85 in ship's
fund. Some disputed OT in deck
department. Chairman reported on the
death of President Paul Hall and noted
that Brother Frank Drozak will be
President until the election in Novem
ber. All offered their condolences to
Paul Hall's family. A vote of thanks to
the steward department for a Job well
done. Observed one minute of silence in
memory of our departed brothers.
PHILADELPHIA (Sea-Land Ser
vice), June 29^Chairman, Recertified
Bosun. William O'Connor; Secretary
PauL Lopez; Educational Director
Kasimirs Abarons; Deck Delegate "Basil
Stolen; Enginie Delegate Ken Troutt;
Steward Delegate JeffeVson Buchana.
No disputed OT. $72 in ship's fund.
Chairman reported that our President
Paul Hall died Sunday, June 22, at 2:00
PM. Condolences were extended to his
family. Extended a vote of confidence to
Brother Frank Drozak. Observed one
extra minute of silence in honor of our
recent departed President, Paul Hall.
Next port Anchorage.
COVE EXPLORER (Cove Ship
ping), June 29—Chairman J. Bermudez;
Secretary C. Miles; Educational Direc
tor D. E. Guajardo; Deck Delegate
JoJin Chestnut; Engine Delegate J.
Collins. No disputed OT. Chairman
reported the following: "Visions of
things to be done will come a lot sooner
than the way of doing them becomes
clear, but don't distrust the vision.
Thank God, Paul Hall never distrusted
the vision. We have a great Union, now
let's get behind Brother Drozak and
make it greater. Flag was flown at half
staff in memory of our late President."
A vote of thanks to everyone connected
with the around-the-clock butterworthing and tank cleaning operations. A vote
of thanks to the steward department for
a Job well done particularly the hot mid
night lunches. Observed one minute of
silence in memory of our departed
brothers. An additional minute of
silence was observed in memory of
President and Brother Paul Hall. Next
port Tampa.
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SEA-LAND LEADER (Sea-Land
Service), July 13—Chairman, Recerti
fied Bosun J. Puglisi; Secretarty T.
Maley; Educational Director C. J.
Gallagher; Steward Delegate James
Jackson; Deck Delegate Patrick Wil
kinson. $101 in ship's fund. Some
disputed OT in deck, engine and
steward department. Chairman com
mented briefly on the cooperation of the
crew in the smooth running of the ship
as a fine tribute to the memory and
remarkable efforts of the late Paul Hall
to improve the United States Merchant
Marine. Secretary reminded all crewmembers that forms for application to
the Harry Lundeberg School for
upgrading are on board and available.
Also change of address and benefit
forms. A vote of thanks to the steward
department for a job well done.
Unanimous vote of thanks and confi
dence in President Frank Drozak for his
leadership in difficult time now and in
the years ahead.
PUERTO RICO (Puerto Rico
Marine), July II—Chairman, Recerti
fied Bosun P. Goethe; Secretary A.
Ridgeway; Educational Director J.
Barry. $23.35' in ship's fund. No
disputed OT. Chairman advised the
members of several bills that are now in
Congress that will benefit seamen.
Requested that everyone study these
bills and let your senator or congress
man know about them and how you
feel. A vote of thanks to the steward
department.
POTOMAC (Ogden Marine), July
20—Chairman R. Gibbons; Secretary
C. Gibson; Educational Director Har
vey N. Foster; Steward Delegate
Clarence Lacey. No disputed OT.
Brother Don Wursh spoke on the
importance of SPAD and said: "I would
like to encourage each and everyone of
you to not only donate to SPAD but to
learn more politics and our form of
government." A vote of thanks to the
chief steward.
DEL ORO (Delta Steamship), July
6—Chairman R. Garcia; Secretary
William Hawkins; Steward Delegate
Kenneth Wyatt. No disputed OT.
Educational Director spoke on the
benefits of upgrading at Piney Point.
Chairman extended a word of gratitude
from one and all for Paul Hall and all
that he did and accomplished for not
only the SI U but for the whole maritime
industry. A vote of thanks and a vote of
confidence in the new leadership. A vote
of thanks to the first assistant and
steward for showing movies and making
popcorn. Observed one minute of
silence in memory of our departed
brothers, especially for Paul Hall.
POINT SUSAN (Point. Shipping),
July 20—Chairman C. Dockrey; Secre
tary L. Gadson; Deck Delegate W.
Sorenson. $2 in ship's fund. No disputed
OT. Chairman encouraged all members
who qualify to upgrade at Piney Point.
You can then qualify in more fields and
have a better opportunity to get jobs and
make more money. All communications
received were read and posted. The Log
was received in Israel. A vote of thanks
from the crew to the steward depart
ment for a job well done. Next port
Savannah.
SEA-LAND PATRIOT (Sea-Land
Service), July 13—Chairman, Recerti
fied Bosun James J. Boland; Secretary
H. Strauss; Educational Director W. H.
Walton. No disputed OT. Everyone
saddened by the telegram that was
received informing us of Paul Hall's
death. A moment of silence in memory
of our great President Paul Hall. A vote
of thanks to the steward department for
a job well done. Next port Long Beach.
TRANSCOLUMBIA (Hudson Wa
terways), July 20—Chairman, Recerti
fied Bosun Glenn Stanford; Secretary
Floyd Mitchell Jr.; Educational Direc
tor Rubert Villagran; Deck Delegate
Charles H. Kahl; Engine Delegate H. R.
Mullett; Steward Delegate Louie E.
Hudson. No disputed OT. The only
communication that was received on
this voyage was the notification of the
death of President Paul Hall. A moment
of silence was held in his memory. The
membership hopes that the Union will
continue to progress under the new
leadership as it has done in the past
under the leadership of Paul Hall. A
vote of thanks to the steward depart
ment for a job well done. Next port
Norfolk.
BAVAMON (Puerto Rico Marine),
July 17—Chairman, Recertified Bosun
OGDEN CHAMPION (Ogden
Dimas Mendoza; Secretary J. R. Colls;
Marine), July 20—Chairman, Recerti
Educational Director R. Ulatowski;
fied Bosun John Little; Secretary B.
Deck Delegate Charles Maynard; En
Guarino;
Educational Director H. G.
gine Delegate Rafael Garcia; Steward
Sanford; Deck Delegate George B.
Delegate Armando Frissosa. $2.50 in
McCurley; Engine Delegate F. Jones;
ship's fund. No disputed OT. Everyone
Steward
Delegate H. McBride. No
stood one minute of silence in memory
disputed OT. All communications
MOUNT WASHINGTON (Victory of our President Paul Hall a great man
received were read and posted. Chair
.
and
a
great
leader.
Want
to
wish
Brother,
Carriers), July 7—Chairman, Recerti
man reported that the ship will pay off
Frank Drozak good luck while taking
fied Bosun J. D. Moore; Secretary M. P.
this trip in Bayfown. Every member who
care of our Union as he has been doing
Cox; Educational Director E. Blanqualifies should take advantage of the
since our late President got sick. A vote
chard. Some disputed OT in deck
upgrading school at Piney Point.
of thanks to the steward department.
department. Chairman gave a vote of
Discussed
the importance of donating
Next port San Juan.
thanks and one minute of silence in
to SPAD. $200 in movie fund.
honor of Paul Hall for all the things he
OGDEN WILLAMETTE (Ogden
OVERSEAS NATALIE (Maritime
did for the benefit of seamen and the Marine), July 29—Chairman, Recerti
Overseas), July 3—Chairman Fred S.
labor movement in general. As a man fied Bosun Arthur Campbell; Secretary
Sellman; Secretary David Bronstein;
and labor leader, he will be missed by George Luke; Educational Director
Educational Director Jessie King. $212
all. Next port Baton Rouge.
Joel Spell; Deck Delegate John,Donald
in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in
son; Steward Dejegate Willie E. Smith.
SEA-LAND MARKET (Sea-Land
deck department. Chairman advised
No disputed OT. Chairman reported
Service), July 27—Chairman, Recerti that a message was received about the
that no launch service was available
fied Bosun William Kleimola; Engine death of our President Paul Hall.
this far out in Panama. The crew was
Delegate Dan DiMarco. No disputed
cautioned about smoking on deck and
Everyone was sorry to hear of his
OT. Chairman reported that the crew of
being considerate of those sleeping. A
passing as we will all feel a great loss. He
the Market was saddened to hear of the did so much for our Union. The ship's
vote of thanks to the steward depart
Io.ss of our President Paul Hall and wish
ment. Observed one minute of silence in
flag was put at half mast and prayers
the best of luck to our new leader, Frank were said in respect for our leader.
memory of our departed brothers.
Drozak. Observed one minute of silence Secretary reported that we got a new
HOUSTON (Sea-Land Service). July
in memory of our departed brothers.
man from Piney Point, Benny Herring18—Chairman, Recertified Bosun
ton, serving as crew messman. He is
Manuel Sanchez; Secretary Humberto
OGDEN YUKON (Ogden Marine),
Ortiz; Deck Delegate Ernesto Erazo;
June 15 —Chairman R. Pukham; Secre- doing a very good job. A vote of thanks
to steward department for a j^^well
Steward Delegate Pedro Laboy. No
'nry R. Singleton; Steward Delegate
done.
Next port Baton Rouge.
disputed OT. Chairman suggests that
Chester Mo.ss. $8 in ship's fund. No
those who qualify fill out their applicatlisputed OT. Chairman held a discusZAPATA ROVER (Zapata Tank
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tidn on time to upgrade. Secretary gave
ers), June 29 Chairman K. Koutouras.
, sion on upgrading at Piney Point. The
a discussion on the importance of
No disputed OT. Chairman spoke on
was received and a maritime
donating to SPAD. It is helpful to our
the loss that will be felt by all with the
newsletter was included which everyone
representatives in Washington to get
passing of Paul Hall. A vote of thanks to
read. A vote of thanks to the Company
more
jobs and more security. A vote of
the steward' department for a job well
fi'r installing a VP 211.0 Video Cassette
thanks to the steward department for a
done. The new LOK was received on
''hiyer. A vote of thanks to the steward
job
well done.
'lepartment. Next port San Francisco.
June 18. .
NEWARK (Sea-Land Service), July
27—Chairman, Recertified Bosun D.
Manning; Secretary E. Heniken; Educa
tional Director H. Lane. Chairman
noted the importance of donating to
SPAD. Advised crewmembers that
USPHS has a new toll free number to
call from any place, it is 800-231-1447.
Secretary has forms for all those who
wish to go to Piney Point to upgrade. If
you are qualified it is to your advantage.
A vote of thanks to the steward
department for a job well done.
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TAURUS (Energy Trans. Corp.),
July 13—Chairman, Recertified Bosun
R. Schwarz; Secretary J. Speller;
Educational Director D. Terry. No
disputed OT. Chairman held a discus
sion on the importance of donating to
SPAD and how it works for the interest
of the maritime workers and us as
seamen. A vote of thanks to the steward
department and all the extra work put
into the pool party.
FLORA (Hawaiian Eugenia Corp.),
July 13—Chairman, Recertified Bosun
Wm. Robinson. Some disputed OT in
deck and steward departments. Chair
man had a talk on the passing of Paul
Hall and of some of the many great
things he did for this Union and how we
now number among the best of Unions
because of him. Observed one minute of
silence in his memory.
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Official ship's minutes were also
received from the following vessels. The
minutes from each ship listed below
noted with regret the passing of Paul
Hall and expressed sympathy to his
family. The limits of space did not
permit all to be printed but all for sure
were read.
Columbia
Point Julie
Aquadilla
Poet
Cove Sailor
UST Pacific
Lionheart
del Rio
Santa Cruz
Penny
Jeff Davis
Delta Sud
Cove Spirit
Santa Adela
Zapata Patriot
Walter Rice
Del Mundo
Jacksonville
Arecibo
Achilles
Stuyvesant
Inger
Santa Elena
Del Campo
Brooks Range
Rose City
Ogden Wabash
Carolina
Thomas Nelson
Council Grove
LNG Aquarius
Santa Barbara
Borinquen
Santa Lucia
Tampa
Santa Clara
Cove Leader
Pisces
Delta Norte
Portland
Cantigny
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Overseas Washington
Overseas Harriette
Ogden Leader
Manhattan
Sea—Land Finance .
Sea-Land Trade
Tamara Guilden
Mayaguez
American Heritage
Golden Monarch
Ogden Challenger
Sea-Land Pioneer
Baltimore
Santa Mercedes
Sea-Land Liberator
Golden Endeavor
Westward Venture
Del Viento
Sea-Land Economy
Zapata Ranger
Mount Washington
Transcolorado
Sea-Land Explorer
Sea-Land Exchange
Council Grove
Ultra Sea
Sea-Land McLean
Stonewall Jackson
Robert E. Lee
LNG Virgo
Overseas Vivian
Overseas Alaska
Overseas Ulla
LNG Gemini
Sea-Land Producer
Overseas Joyce
Capricorn
Sea-Land Commerce
Ogden Charger
UST Atlantic
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Mark Thaddeu»
Clark, 23, grad
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as a
trainee from the
HLS in 1978. In
1979, he up
graded to AB
there as well as
taking LNG.
Brother Clark has ridden the LJVGs
Leo and Aries (Energy Transport).
He holds the CPR, firefighting and
lifeboat endorsements. Clark
studied Business Administration for
three years at the Brookdale CC
Junior College. A native of
Brooklyn, N.Y., he lives there ahd
ships out of the port of New York.
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James Edward
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1978 graduate of
Piney Point. He
upgraded there
the same year
to 3rd cook.
Brother Harris
has sailed as an
assistant cook on the LNGs Aries.
Aquarius and Libra (Energy
Transport). He has earned the CPR,
firefighting and lifeboat tickets.
Harris was born in the port of Mo
bile where he lives and ships out
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Robert Kent Seratt
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Robert Kent
Seratt, 26, grad
uated from the
HLS in 1975.
He upgraded to
AB there in
LI978. Brother
Seratt rode the
C5 Long Lines
in 1976. He is a former member of
the Laborers Union, local 333. His
rancher grandfather is Seafarer
John Castelberry. Seratt has the
firefighting, lifeboat and CPR
tickets. When not sailing, he attends
the University of Montana in
Missoula as a junior studying
Spanish. He also hunts and rides
horses and cars. A native of Hemet,
Calif., he lives in Trout Creek,
Mont, and ships from most ports.
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James Chester Allen
Seafarer
James Chester
Allen, 22, grad
uated from the
Harry Lundeberg School
(HLS) Piney
Point, Md. En
try Trainee Pro
gram in 1978.
Last year he upgraded to firemanwatertender (PCWT) there. Brother
Alfen earned his firefighting,
lifeboat and cardio-pulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) tickets. He is
also an auto mechanic. His father is
Seafarer Chester Allen. Born in
Anderson, N.C., he lives in and ships
out of the port of Baltimore.
Michael Patrick Donlon
Seafarer
Michael Patrick
Donlon, 25, sails
in the engine
department as a
FOWT, a rating
he got with Reef
er Engineer and
Pumpman
in
1978. He gradu
ated from the H LS Trainee Program
in 1977. Brother Donlon also
attended the SlU Automation
Program. He has ridden the LNG
Capricorn (Energy Transport) and
sailed inland oUt of the port of St.
Louis as a deckhand on the tug Tow
V. McArdle. Donlon served three
years with the Junior Reserve
Officers Training Corps (ROTC)
and is a former member of the Retail
Meatcutters Union in 1972. He was
an apprentice carpenter and is an
amateur fisherman. His cousin is
Seafarer Jim Van Blarcorn. He has
the CPR, lifeboat and firefighting
tickets. He lives and ships out of the
port of New York.
Frederick Reyes Jr.
Seafarer
Frederick Reyes
Jr., 27, gradu
ated from Piney
Point in 1973.
He received his
fireman and
oiler endorse
ments there in
1974. In 1976,
he got his LNG ticket and in 1977 he
upgraded to QMED. Brother Reyes
since 1978 has been riding the LNGs
Virgo and Gemini (Energy Trans
port). Reyes holds the CPR, lifeboat
and firefighting endorsements. He
hopes to sit for his license next year.
Newly married, his wife's name is
Lydia. He's the third generation of
seamen in his family, all members of
the SlU. His grandfather, a charter
member of the Union, was sailing in
1921. His father is Seafarer
Frederick Reyes Sr. and his uncles.
Seafarers Francisco Morciglio
and Carnelo Reyes. Born in the
Bronx. N.Y.C., he lives and ships
out of the port of New York.
Vincente Penzort Guzman
Seafarer
Vincente Pen
zort Guzman,
48, started sail
ing with the SIU
in 1969 out of
the port of New
York as an AB.
He now sails as
a 3rd cook.
Brother Guzman has the firefight
ing, lifeboat and CPR endorse
ments. Guzman was born in Puerto
Rico, lives and ships out of the port
of New York.
Jonathan Ordway Haight
Seafarer
Jo h n at ha n
"Jock" Ordway
Haight, 29, grad
uated third in a
class of 105,
from the HLS
Entry Program
in 1972. He upgraded to
QMED there last year and got his
LNG training too. Brother Haight
holds the firefighting, lifeboat and
CPR endorsements. He was born in
Princeton, N.J., lives in Key West,
Fla. and ships out of all ports.
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Daniel Arthur Kayser
Seafarer
Daniel Arthur
Kayser, 21, grad
uated from the
HLS in 1978.
He upgraded to
AB there the
same year and
has his LNG
training as well.
Brother Kayser also rode the LNG
Aquarius (Energy Transport). He
holds the firefighting, lifeboat and
CPR tickets. Kayser's older brother
is a Seafarer, too. He was born in
Burlington, Wise., lives in Loveland,
Colo, and ships out of the port of
Houston.
Thomas James Kilbride
Thomas James
Kilbride, 32, is a
1969 graduate of
the HLS. He
sails as an AB.
Brother Kilbride
holds the CPR,
lifeboat and fire
fighting tickets.
A native of
.Brooklyn, N.Y., he lives in Jersey
City, N.J. and ships out of the port
of New York.
TOP MAN...
HE EARNS TOP
DOLLAR
He's Chief Pumpman
You can be top man, too.
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Take the Pumproom Maintenance and Operations Course at
HLS.
It's your ticket to the top.
Course starts November 10
To sign up, contact:
through December 19
Harry Lundebcrg School
Vocational Education Department
Piney Point, Maryland 20674
Phone: (301) 994-0010
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The carferry City of Milwaukee (Ann Arbor) has been laid up
indefinitely. But on the afternoon of Aug. 13, the Arthur K. Atkinson
steamed into Frankfort under her own power for the first time in
seven years. The AKA left th� shipyard in Chicago "that morning,
picked up freight in Manitowc and then headed to Frankfort to fill
out her crew. Under the contract's seniority system, SIU crewmen off
the City of Milwaukee ge.t first crack auhe AKA jobs. A party· is being·
planned to celebrate the return of the AKA but celebration planners
are proceeding with caution. They want to make sure the AKA is
really back before any corks get popped.
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ALGONAC
The Medusa Challenger's (Cement Transit Co.) ten-ton propeller
was raised by a research vessel last month. The Challenger lost the
propeller a few months back.off Sheboygan, Wisc. After recovering it
from 130 feet of water, the propeller was"towed to Manitowc, Wisc.
�J HE SLU did it again! For the second year in a row, an SIU-crewed
tug captured the first-place trophy in the annual tugboat race
held as part of. the Qetrolt-Windsor Freedom Festival,
The year's champion, the 164-foot Mary E. Hannah (Hannah
Marine Co.) is the sister-boat of the 1979 tugboat victor, the Jam es A
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As of Sept. 'a, Cleveland's USPHS clinic will be operating out of ne
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quarters. Th� new clinic will be located at 1313 Superior Ave.,
Cleveland, 00hio 44114. Cleveland Patrolman Carl Peth said the
reason for the move was to "upgrade and expand the USPHS facilities
in this port to better service the needs of Seafarers."
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The five-man SIU ere� aboard the Mary E. Hannah and the four
licensed crewmen scored an easy wir:i over the freld ,.of 22
competitors, coasting to a 12-length victory on tbe three-mile
course.
About eight of the 22 boats entered in the event, which is jointly
sponsored by the cities of Detroit and Windsor, CJnt., as part of a July
4th weekend celebration, were. SIU-contracted tugs. Another nine
were Canadianc-entries. Many �f t:he remaining competitors were
privately-owned hoa�s, welcome in this race which is open to all
game challengers.
Hundreds of spectators turned out,to witness the competition with
more invited to view the action first-hand aboard the vying vessels.
About 40 guests, friends and family of the Mary E. Hannah!s crew,
as weU..-as'company officfals cheered their favorite on to a first-place
:finish
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month. American Steamship's St. :ctair we n t to th e 'sh'ipyard in
.S�urgeon Bay. The C onsum ers Power (Erie Sand Steamship) ·was laid
u_p at_ Erie,.Pa.
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now, a�o�e-:quarter of that fleet is idle and about 8,000 seamen
longshoremtfo aT<e out of work as a result.
and
Hardest hit has been the port of Detroit which has seen a 43
percent drop in total tonnage so far this year.
The decline in the demand for steel by theU.S.auto makers, key to
the shipping slump has also taken a toll on Great.Lakes-area miners.
Many fron ore O:iines and taconite pelletizing operations in
Michigan, Minnesota and Quebec have either shut down or have
sharply curtailed production.
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It took 200 firemen, 25 pieces of.equipment a-hd two fireboats to
contain the blaze at Chicago's Rail-to-Water Transfer Co. grain
elevator on the Calumet River early tnis month. Four firemen were
hospitalized and damage was extensive at the elevator where the fire
raged for about 10 hours. Fire Dept. spokesmen blamed spontaneous
combustion in one of the conveyor sheds. Many of the SIU
contracted vessels in this port are involved in the grain trade.
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Happiest of ·;:ill about the outcome of the race .·was the tug's SIU
crew. Giving th e thurnbs".'up sign at the ribbon were:·d�ckhands
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Against the strongprote�s of the SIU and other G�eat Lakes unions
the Upper Peninsula Shipbuilding Co. of Ontonagon, Mich., set up
for business in June. This shipyard will be turning out equipment for
a tug•barge system to transpo_rt railroad cars across Lake Michigan.
Plans are to eventually phase-out other Lake Michigan carferries.
The Union has vigorously protested the- misguided tug-barge
combo· p lan on several counts. 1) Studies have shown that a _tug..:
barge unit is badly suited to Great Lakes weather conditions, '
especiaily in late fall and winter; 2) the tug-barges are not equipped
to carry autos and passengers as are the carferries; 3) even thou-g h the
new shipyard will create jobs for Michigan's economically depressed
·upper peninsula, the employment boom will be temporary. In
addition� the crews required by the tug-barge operation will be
smaller than those on the carferries so there will be an overall
decline in employment once the carferries begin rtiiilning in 1983..
The state of Michigan has pumped a lot of money into the tug
barge project and the Federal Economic Development Administra
tion recently .extended a $2.3 million_,loan for the shipyard.
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. The dog days ofsummef'may.seem like a tran e time to talk about
closing the St. Lawrence Seaway for the winter but·U .S. and Canadian
Seaway authorities like to get the word out early. Seaway. closing
procedu'res for this yea-rare essentially the same as last year: inbound
vessels must report at Cap St. ,Michel by Dec. 15 arid outbound.tl'affic.
at Cape Vincent, N.Y., by the same date. Vessels wm be allowed to •..
transit the waterway b�tween bee. 16' and 19 but- wi.11 have to pay a
, $20,000 penalty for each late day.
The one change from last year's closing rules is that v�ssels will be
allowed through the Seaway's Montre�l-Lake Ontario s_ectian after
Dec. 19 only w1th a note signed by both U.S. ana� Canadian
/ authorities.
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CLEAN WATERS
A report prepared by the Library of Congress said poisonous
chemicals have polluted the Great Lakes as well as many historic
·rivers, waterways and drinking sources.
''The Great Lakes," said the report, "are cont<lfllinated by a va riety
of toxic and hazardous substances which have dealt a se
. vere blow to
commercial and sportfishing industries there. Groundwaters on
which millio_ns depend for drinking water," the study added "are
contaminated:"
The study marked the· first time the Federal Government has
cataloged the extent of toxic chemical damage to lJ.S. waterways. It
was commissioned by then-Senat6r Edmund S. Muskie (now .
Secretary of State) and Sen. Robert T. Stafford of Vermont.
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. A burst steam line on the 5. T. Crapo (Huron Cement) badly burned
the vessel's third mate who had to be hospitalized following the
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Part of the crew of the $ftJ:.c0ntracted sam Laud (American Steamship) gets
snapped during a servicing visit to the vessel. They are <""r>' AB Watchman
Ho�ar� H"°old; Con ve yorm a n Don Nelson; OS Deekhand Gerry Beaubien and
Bosun Arnold Schleben�
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SIU Gals, Guys Praised for Lifeboat Skills
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Admirers of Oceanic
Independence Crew
T
HE crew of the SlU-contracted passenger liner
Oceanic Independence has drawn
kudos from the U.S. Coast
Guard in addition to a growing
list of satisfied passengers.
In a letter to Captain A. P.
Spidle, Sr., the master of the
Oceanic Independence, Coast
Guard Cmdr. Leonard F. Alcan
tara, officer in charge of marine
inspection, was full of praise for
the crew's handling of a fire and
boat drill. (Most of the crew
received lifeboat training at the
Lundeberg School.)
"It is obvious that the officers
and crew have been working to
improve their, skills," Alcantara
said, after observing the July 24
boat drill. But "my real .purpose
The Oceanic Independence lifeboat
crew on drill.
SIU giiys and gals of the Oceanic Independence get their gear In order during lifeboat drill on the passenger liner. The crew
drew plaudits from the Coast Guard for their efforts.
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in writing this letter," he con
tinued, "is to point out a particu
larly bright spot in the drill,
"The performance of all the
women I observed on board the
vessel during the boat drill is
worthy of special commenda
tion," wrote the Coast Guard
officer.
He noted that the SIU crew
members followed the correct
boat drill procedure to a woman.
"Not one failed to hold on to the
man ropes as the boats were
being lowered. All remained
seated in the boat during the
lowering and remained quiet
except when help was needed in
handling lines.
"Their enthusiasm," Alcantara
said, "and willingness to put forththe extra effort to make the drill a
success was very obvious. What
ever they may lack in physical
size and strength was more
than made up by their spirit."In addition to enthusiasm,
Cmdr, Alcantara noted that the
special lifeboat training the
Oceanic Independence SIU crew
had received at HLS had paid off.
"It was obvious," he said "they
had been well trained in the
fundamental skills." Cmdr. Al
cantara echoed the SlU's strong
belief in "the importance of these
drills to the safety of the vessel."
While the Coast Guard Com
mander's glowing praise focused
on the femule SIU crew members,
he hastily added that he did not
mean 'fto slight the men," but
only to note that "the women's
performance was so exemplary."
The Oceanic Independence,
the first full service U.S.-flag
passenger vessel in a decade,
began making regular week-long
cruises around the Hawaiian
Islands on June 21. Her elegant
passenger cabins have been filled
to near-capacity for every cruise
so far.
Passengers on the early cruises
have been spreading the good
word about the Oceanic Inde
pendence. The ship is already
booked to capacity for the weeks
of Christmas and New Year's as
well as the week preceding Labor
Day.
A lot of credit for the cruise
ship's popularity is due to the
well-trained, dedicated crew, the
men and women of the SIU, who
have turned the Oceanic Inde
pendence from little more than a
dream, into a smooth-running,
dream of a ship.
A MESSAGE FROM YOUR UNION
NABCOTICS
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YOUR
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HARRY LUNDEBERG SCHOOL UPGRADING APPLICATION
(Please Print)
Name.
(Last)
(First)
Date 6f Birth.
(Middle)
Mo./DavAear
Address.
(Street)
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Book Numbm^.
Lakes Member •
.Seniority.
Date Book
Was Issued^
Port Presently
Registered ln_
Port ItMied.
Endorsementis) or
License Now Held.
Sodol Security #.
Piney Point (Sraduate: • Yes
No • (if yes, fill in below)
Entrv Prooram; Fmm
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Uoaradino Prooram: From
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(dates attended)
Do you hold a letter of completion for Lifeboat: • Yes
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Firefighting: • Yes
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Towboat Operator Not
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DATE OF DISCHARGE
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RETURN COMPLETE APPLICATION TO:
LUNDEBERG UPGRADING CENTER,
PINEY POINT, MD. 20674
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Seafarers Log Issues 1980-1989
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Volumes XLII-LI of the Seafarers Log
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Headlines:
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ON REGULAR DUES
ELECT DROZAK TO N.Y. AFL-CIO EXEC. BD.
UPGRADERS TO BE REIMBURSED FOR TRANSPORT TO AND FROM PINEY POINT
U.S./CHINA O.K. HISTORIC BILATERAL TRADE PACT
4 BRAND NEW SIU BOATS CHRISTENED IN HOUSTON
AFL-CIO: CARTER-MONDALE LABOR'S 'CHOICE'
AFL-CIO EXEC. BD. HAILS PAUL HALL'S ACHIEVEMENTS
U.S. UNEMPLOYMENT STAYS AT 7.8%
SIU WELL REPRESENTED AT DEMS' CONVENTION
CARTER NAMES DROZAK TO TOP LEVEL TRADE COMMITTEE
DEMS VOTE PLANK TO RESTORE COMPETITIVE FLEET
DEM PLANK ON U.S. MARITIME
JIMMY CARTER'S RECORD ON MARITIME IS GOOD
CARTER'S STATEMENT TO AFL-CIO GENERAL BD.
HERB BRAND, TRANSPORTATION INST. HEAD, RETIRES
ENERGY FROM OCEAN: A PROMISING CONCEPT
JIMMY CARTER MEANS BUSINESS WHEN IT COMES TO MARITIME
AT 18, JEFF YARMOLA IS SIU'S YOUNGEST QMED
SEAFARER REVIVES DROWNING VICTIM FINDS CPR TRAINING IS FOR REAL
ITF CONVENTION DRAWS DELEGATES FROM 60 NATIONS
TRANSCOLORADO CREW SAVES 67 'BOAT PEOPLE'
'SUNSET' BILL COULD BLACK OUT KEY MARITIME PROGRAMS
PORT AGENTS CONFERENCE HELD IN ALGONAC
CONVENIENCE FLAGS MORE RAMPANT THAN EVER
'ROUND-THE-WORLD' MAIDEN RUN FOR BEN HARRISON
UPGRADING AT PINEY POINT MAKES A LOT OF $ENSE
REPORT OF CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE ON CANDIDATES FOR 1980 GENERAL ELECTON OF OFFICERS, 1981-1984 SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES & INLAND WATERS DISTRICT
SKIN CANCER: OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD OF SEAMEN
CHICKEN WORKERS VOW TO PLUCK STRIKE VICTORY
POLISH POWER! WORKERS STRIKE FOR LIBERTY
A HISTORY OF THE SEAMEN'S MOVEMENT, PART II
SIU REBUTTS MISGUIDED MISSLE IN SHIP MAG
SIU GALS, GUYS PRAISED FOR LIFEBOAT SKILLS
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Seafarers Log
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
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Seafarers International Union of North America
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9/1/1980
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Newsprint
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Vol. 42, No. 9
1980
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Seafarers Log