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' Frank Drozak See Inside: SIU Backs New Passenger Ship Bill Page 3 Pension "Buy-Out" Plan Offered Page Sonat Battle ConUnues Page 3 New Bedford's Fishermen Celebrate Fleet's Blessing 4 Page 7 Cerebral Palsy: One Girl's Fight Page 10 News from the Lundeberg School Pages 11-13 A SIU esta de vosta em New Bedford Pagina 17 New Claims Service Added; Cranford Is Claims Director Page 20 The Tina & Vina (above) was one of 42 fishing boats to take part in the annual Blessing of the Fleet in .New Bedford, �. The SIU h&S organized dozens of fishing boats in New Bedford recently. See pages 15-18 for more pk:tures and stories in English and Portuguese. �. President's Report by Frank Drozak ·. Despite Troubles, Union Continues·· To Serve You You've heard it hundreds of times and I've said it just as There are serious prob­ often. · lems in the U.S. maritime in­ dustry. We know what most. of the problems stem from; lack of cargo, lack of a national mari­ time policy, lack of government support, lack of' 'fair trade'' and many other specific issues. But I don't want to spend my time this month on the serious problems we all face. I want to point out some of the. things your Union is doing for you, despite the problems in the in­ dustry. Some people have a ten­ dency to bitch and moan, even when their problems may not be as serious as tbey think, even ;Whe'tt'theY mafi�bave ome ad� vantages over other people. JOBS Even though every year, even every month, U.S.-flag ships are disappearing from the oceans, the SIU has put Seafarers to work on 42 new ships in the last year. That's 800 to 875 jobs that were not there before. These 42 ships are military suppbrt ships and some people don't like them for various reasons. But there is something to re­ member, they are jobs, and not several months I.have made the administration of the Plans a top priority. Your UniOn owes you a first-rate progtain. Tom Cran­ . ·ford, who has been with the SIU since 1960, has been ap­ pointed Claims Administrator. All of us who are associated with the Plans know that there have been some problems dur­ ing the past year or so, espe. · eially in the payment.of Claims. While there are some valid rea­ sons, I know yoii are more con­ cerned with results tharr ex:.;· cuses. Right now it takes an average of more than 40 days to process a claim. But with the new serv­ iees we are installing for the thing about it. That resulted in the birth the Seafarers Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center· (ARC). Sh1ce that time hundreds of Sea­ farers have helped themselves back to sobriety and to a pro� ' ductive life. Alcoholism remains a major problem in our society and in this Union. But just like the rest of society, drug abuse is in­ creasing a.nd is ruining lives f<)r some Seafarers and their faniilies. . . That is why I am pleased t() tell you that beginning Jan. 1, the SIU will offer a new. drag abuse counseling program in conjunction with the ARC (see page 2). In other words, if you · too damn bad jobs either. I want each Seafarer to think about · throwing in for these job-s. You will make a decent wage, you will get seatime, you will qualify for benefits, you will move up in seajority, and you will help your Union out. We have a commitment to the niilitary we must fulfill. We have promised them that the SIU can and will . provide trained and competent crews for these ships. If we don't make our commitment, we could lose some Welfare Plans, we hope . tp be have a problem and want to do of those jobs. There are not able to cut that time in half, or something about it, you will have enough jobs around to be able .. even le s� · Bet ween the : new ··.·.·the opp<>rttinity to beco me drug . · . . ' . . " · .. to afford to tos even one· away. benefit application t e form h . In the face of all the problem . new toU.:.fre e telephone servic �bout .that term "drug . e, in this industry, your Union. has free.'' Wb:at does it 01ean? Drug . : ··• the expanded hou,rs ofthe Claims helped to put almost l ,000 SIU Department, the �oritinuing free Ill. earis yori ·are not putting members to work onboard ships. . computerization of the depart- · y(}uilife or your shipmates' lives · Remember that. on the line every time you work ment and Cranford's experiwired or stoned. Drug free means ence, I expect to have the best .. Claims Department around. We you're not putting your wages up your nose, or your job at risk owe that to you� (the·Coast Guard wants to test seamen for drug use, and most Unlike most other unions or military jobs requrre mandatory companies, theSIU administers drug testing.) Drug free means its own·health insurance plans,. . you 're.not cheating yourself out the· Seafarers Welfare Plan. of. your life · and careeL. Drug ·there:are Il)�tJ,y.re��n§foithis. free means you're not robbing Ten years ago the SIU and The · most important of these .your.family ai:ld friends of your".' its president Paul - Hall recog­ reasons is to put service to our . self. yOU owe it to them. yOU nized a serious problem for Sea­ membership first. . farers and decided to do some. owe it to yourself. That is why during the . past ' " I want , .,:· tti ffoint outto. you some ofthe things your Union. is . doing for-you; despite problems in this industry. · · · · 'Tiunk. . WELFARE. NEWD�UG CL.INIC · Olfldal Publlcatidn of the Seafarers International Union ol America, Allantie, Gull, lakes and. Inland Waters Dblrict, AFL-CIO Sept 1985 Vol. 47. No. 9 North Executive Board Frank Drozak President Joe DIGlorglo Secretary Angus "Red'� Campbell · Vice President . Charles .Svenson · · · I;ditor Ed Turner Executive Mike 8acco Vice President . Vice President George McCartney Joe 8acco · Leon Hall . Vice President Vice PreSident Vice President · Roy A llercer Vice ·President Mike Hall· D..v Bowdlua ASSfstant E� . ·. .. . 2 I LOG I September 1985 Managing.· Editor•·· .. . Max Haff . . Asslsttio tEd!tOr . . · · �=:t8'oofus • · Deborah Gteene Assistant Editor . . . . 0100:.2047) : ' is published monthly by Seafare�.. International Union, Atlantic, Gutt, The LOG: (ISSN Tel .. �99La� and Inland Waters 01stri�. Afl-CIO, 5201. Auth Way; Canip Springs , Md. and at additional 0675. Second-class POStage paid at M.S.C. Pnnce Georges; Md. offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the LOG, mail Auth Way, Camp Springs, . . . . · Md. . �746. . . 20790-9998 5201 20746, �·Facilities Will Be SIU Will Located at Piney Point OjJen Drug Rehab Center opened 10 years ago,- nearly every A comprehensive Drug Rehabilitation program will begin Jan. 1, SIU · Seafarer admitted fro atcoholism treatPresident Frank Drozak annoi.mced at tilent had no hlstbry of any other the September membership meetings substance abu_se problem; according in all ports. to Rick Rersriian, director of the Cen_ ter. In announcing the new substance e abuse program, Drozak said it would "By 1982, 40 perc rit of all admisnot be mandatory, but that ''it is going sions to· our clinic showed a history to be available for any of our members of other substance abuse," Reisman who have a problem and want to do said. "Today, 70 percent of those who something about it." come in to the Center for alcoholic "There is no question," Drozak treatment are also hooked on - other said, "that drug abuse is a serious �gs," he said. -- .__ . -• problem in virtually every segment of . Another al.arming statistic; accord� our society.'' ing to Rdsman,-�s th_aliii m�y ca�e$Drozak's assessment of the serious . of deatfls.frriin drug_:oveido es, a high and widespread growth of drug abuse level of alcohol i foun d Ui the bl6od is in accord with every survey taken ofthede�eased. by medical, Coast Guard and law eri� . Closet to home,. drug use evalua.: forc ement agencies Further, the tions are becoming more prevalent in tbe maritime industry. Seafare� growth of narcotics abuse. is documented at the Seafarer5 Alcoho c Rei for jobs-.on.•military sl1P., 7 -�throwin g_ n _ L,, �· _ . , _ " �· . _ . -' · · . . ... - li h�::ti�:ec�:��:� - :� ;��::��eii����=��' . opened in 1975, there has been a steady increase_ n i . the number of Seafarers coming in for alS(> chemically depeOO,�ilton other su�. er Coost - alcoholic rehabilita.fion w}lo are _ · stances.- · - _ · . •. Whe_n the SIU s Rehab Center ' ·· ��� _·. The· l>r� I - • , I 1·: "' �hlm -' . . - <:I - I . 1e&rning mor� �the new SubStance AbuSEJ Program: . : _w. ill be kept In the-strictest u� that.this. -req� confidence. 1 . . . . I &ni ihtel'8St8d in _I . . - - < . � · - - · I I - S.S. No. I (AptorBoxNo.) (Rating) (City). (5-1) J (ZIP}. I - (Book No.) I I I I L------... -------------------=-��------------� .: ., ;,,. · ·:. · suit' contend that bccatiSe tbC M C did ooi in cl ude provi 'on, for the �rv­ . .. .Four I · o deci ioo h · beenr�ached iitthe but the Navy voJuntarliy .• asked for new bid Qn the oceanogi:aphic and cable ships. . · . court ice Contract Act, the companies were able to set a very low wage structure . . . . - .. ''y . . and :underbid SIU-con_tracted firms. , · . ·. (StreetorRFD#)_ · . · Se�farers �ehabilitation Progr� �Pmey Pomt, Maryland. 20674 . t doc umentsorlicenses, and more and more industries are setting up in-plant other trades, for government contracts perf�rm�d .by private.. c.001panie�.. The · · - y >ve r perfi rmed in territorial United tate but many of the e hips pend 40 to 50 percent of their time in port or within the three-mile limit. for op­ . - . Earlier this year contracts erating oceanographic, cable and sea­ lift tanker ships were awarded to non­ SIU-contracted companies. The Union's chart­ ering almost two dozen hip the Navy asked for new bids on contracts covering 17 of those ships and several hundred jobs. . . The Service ContraCt Act puts a floor on wages and benefits somewhat like current prevailing wage laws in · r----------------------�---------------, __ - llPllKICU l . (Nam&-PLEASE PRINn ·· SlU filed a suit in U.S. Distri�t Court daiming the Sery­ . : : rt>r'a u� of 'ix weeks With up to 12 weeks drug screening programs. ' Shortly afte r the . ·\ availabie for those who may need additional help. The -SIU RehabilitatiOn Center has already begun assembling films, books and other materials, and is interview­ ing candidates for counselors, clinical nurse and clinical director. Although no dollar value can meas­ ure the worth of helping one individuaI overcome an addiCtion "which will cer� tail)l.Y crlppfo ifu<l v�cy_ possibly 'kin him, �b, i5inan pc)�teci out that treat111ent atany private' hospital or- insti­ tUtion would cost between $5 ,000 and . $18,000. Reisman said tha{ an overall pro­ gram is being developed which will be tailored to meet the individual needs of each member wbo coines to the Center,fQJ:" tr�atmeqt;;: ; • - oua:ro i .now·pushi:Dgfor .legislation ·wbfuh woUid ,require similar e valuations before issuing seamen's { · _ _ _ "Our concern is with the well-being of our members," Drozak said, "and that is why we are setting up this program." The attendance and rec­ ords of all Seafarers who come to the Center for help will be kept in strictest confidence," he said. ' . .. Jan. ,1 on case ·. hips Now on. -The first Maritime Prepositiorung Ship Squadron is now loaded and stationed in the Eastern Atlantic, the· Military Sealift Command announced. The ships contain most of the equipment needed to supply a 16,000 man Marine amphibious brigade. The ships in this force are PFC Eugene Obregon (flag-ship), Sgt. Matej Kocak, ancfLt.- John P. Bobo and the Major Stephen Pless. New Passenger Ship Bin Could Boost ·U.S. Fleet Another move to revive the Anter� _ ican-flag passenger ship id n ustry i s under way in the U.S. Senate. The SIU has thrown its support behind a bill which would allow U.S.-built, but_ currently fQreign�registered passenger ships back into the domestic trades. If the legislation is approved, the The Department of Transp<>rtation U.S. passeng er fleet, which provides commercia;t aild ri-lmt<!J'Y advantages' would i.Dcrease' "at :no cost to the government," Frarik Pecqtlex, �JU legislative director said. · Pecquex and others testified before the Senate's Merchant Marine Sub­ committee. He told the subcooioiittee · that on average one Qf _the passenger . ships would create more:than 500 sea . · faring jobs, plus additional jobs and ·· ec(}rto�c benefits on shore. . One of the. ships eligible under the provisionspf the bill is die SS Liberte owned �y'!\µterlcan Giobal Line Inc., the par�n.i . �QWP�Y: 'Of American­ Hawaii Ciuisesi, The hiberte is cur. rently saillng-·iin:a ·r::th�j>�arnanian . flag and will tie making cruises to. the South Pacific after the firsfiefth� ye ar, Conrad Everhard, ch.ail.man of- the . . -. .company said. : ·:: ·• . . t The bfu; S�l461, intr�duced by sen- .. Bu the firm has<pfans fo use.. the atots Daniel Inouye JD-Hawau) and . .. Liberte inthe Hawaii cruise trade lf-it Ted Stevens (R�Alaska), would open< is allowed t� re�flag the Liberte Amer a two-year w�dow for some 10 ships .. ican. 'That trade is protected byJhe which were built in U.S. yards but are Jones Act and reserved only for l,J.S,.., flag vessels. currently under a foreign flag. would support the bill if it was modi� 50 years old. He said the administra­ _ fied. in some areas; Garrett Brown, actirig �arad administrator, told tl\e suliomriiittee. BroWn - aid .that se:verat pf the v�s� sets eligible for re-ftagSirig under� the biiI are extremely old, one more than · _ . . tion would prefer provisions in the bill wmch would require the_ �hipyard work the vessels be done in the U.S.,_ that -the Ships be both commercially and militarily useful and that U.S.-fiag ships are not disadvantaged by any ne\'V'tnirles into.the domestic trade. ·on :1 :� ­ -" . - !. . l { _ _• . · ._ - . � · Sen. Daniel lnouye (D-Hawaii) aJ:ltl Sen. Ted :Stevens (R-Alaska) listen to_ testimony on a bill which could increase the number of u.s ftag passenger ships. The bill would allow Amerlcim-bullt but C1in'ebtly foreign-flagged ships back into the domestic trades. The SIU testified in support of the measure. •• · · " " September 1985 I LOG I 3 �., :.� Nevv·:Retirement Option "Buy Out�' Plans OK Pension In an effort to provide its,member­ At th e time of applying for this shipwith.attemative programs to plan . pension option, a. Seafarer must also for their retirements, the SIU this present a Certificate. of o®<i Uealth month announced. a new Pension "Buy f�pm his l)ersonaj physician or from a Out" plan which will be available to SlU Clliiic: The pen8ion application ·fonn must be·signed by' the Seafai:er;s eligible deep sea inenibets beginning Oct.' l, 1985. Eligibfo members will spouse.· have one year in which to apply for Unde.r this pensiot;i option, the Sea­ this Seafar�rs · Pensici.n '.option. ;The farer, hiS 's.,Q� and "epe. - dents will program will end Sept. 30, 1986.. not be �ntitled to· any· $eafar�rs Plans To be eligible for this new program, · medical co verage . a Seafarer must qualify under the Sea­ .The new. program ,was annouhced farers Plan rllles for Early Nonnal by SIU Pre sid ent Frank Droµk at the Pension, which means he timst have · September.· membership meetings in 20 years (7 ,300 days) seatime at �e · an J)Orts� Followmg his announce55 years; All of the seatime:must have been covered, un9er the Seafarers Pen- . ment, .the program was explained by sion Plan. . . . . Carolyn Gent�e, . Special Counsel foi the Seafarers Plans. U oder this new Lump Sum Payment �.-This. progrdm offers a new choic� Pension Plan, a Seafarerwolildbe able to choose to get a $100 a month pen­ to our members who may be looking for. other pension prbgrams to provide sion, and a lump sum· payment .that . for their retirement years,''· Gentile would be the actuarial equivalerit to said; the remainder of the benefits that the She listed several examples of how Seafarer would otherwise be entitled . to. the.program would work: :.1• 'h · . · , · · · · · . - · ,. trial Basis on a If a sean:ian qualifies fo,r. an . Early Nonnal PeitsiQll (20 years seatime, 55 years of age) of $45() per -month and he elects the new program, he wou1d rec�i�e a$100per month.pensiori.ben� efit for the rest of his life and a IUnip sum payment of $38,000. Let's assume that the seaman was 58 years of �ge �nd had 20 years of seatime under his· Pension Plan. This . seaman,if he electedthe new program, would get $100per month for.the rest . of his life and a lump sum payment of ·. . .&l)proxitnately $36,000. . . If a 5·9�year�old.seaJI1aD quatifi.ed for not only .the farrly Nonnat. Pension but also increments iilld a supplement, the.benefit that he would 're,'7ive would be ,greater. For. example, if he was tQr,ece!x,e:tl;l�l)asic be�efit. and f'our��tjcf.elti�Ats., .•lie w9w4A��t $5� per nionth under the ext:Sting Platt,,. :U: such an individual . elected the ri�w pension program he would receive $100 pet montb for the rest of his life as well as a lump sum payment, of .·-·. . . ._ �IiSib�e Agents Joe Air, Steve .Troy · .· Retire, Worked,>,4··'.E>eca·des - · approximately $46,106, This. . h1divid­ ual woUid also be eligible for a pen sion supplemeµt of $6,600 which w0uld bring his total to $52,706� Applications for the· new• program are available. at the Se�arers Plans office, and will· be available. in the ports beginnin� Oct. L Ms. .Gentile explained thatthe Se . a­ farers Pla11s trustees decidedto open the program on a one-year triat for deep sea me�bers in order to deter-' .mine what kind of response it would get. Depending up()n the response,the program may be extended and ex� panded, she said., · _ * . * * If you have any ques�ions about this· program, contact: CaI;ol� Gentile, Special Counsel : - Seafarers Plans 675 Fourth.Ave.· , Broo�yn, N.Y. 11232 ':- I ' . Phone:· (718) 499:6600 ' ' " .. Former .Philadelphia Port /Agent · Robert "Joe" N. Air, 59 and Seattle Port Agent Steve P. Troy Sr., 58, have retired. sailing when he was 17; He joined the SIU in 1945 in the port of New York , ':f � i Brother Air joined the SIU in 1949 in the. po� of N�w York sailing :a " mian trike. He 0e<:ani1e N. Y :joint He hif the pric;ks on the 1961 Greater N;Y•. flat�·, beef. In J963hebecame· ... .· . � ': .. Joe Air is a ·�) .. .. , . . . · ··,,:: . . · · .. . Former Philadelphia Port Agent Joe Air (Jeft) helps rend cook Eclwlllid Thlst �r� Cookaur. ·· . ' " ·- : ;. ·,: :: Washington� D.,C .. ;. · . .. Afso e�i�r, he was a SIU: rep in . the I>orts of'Houston and New York, serviilg in the port of Sari Francisco from 1975 to i979. Th�t year tie became Seaitle j,Qrt ageil(. • Troy is a�eteran.of the U.S. Navy in World Wif IIX lie is a resident of Alameda, Ca]if. One of his two sons is Seafarer Sieve P. Troy Jr: · veteran of the U.S. Seattle l'Oit agent Stkv� Tr�y began t ' 1967, . . · Navy during World, War II. A native of Floral Park; L.I., N.Y., he is a ·residentof Lumberton, N�J� : patrolmllll. Earlier iri : "13;s, piGkeg. a� � "de_l�gate h> the · u ru9n': 13tt(Bibrmiat Convention .. in b a uliion<Jffldal, a port of'Philadefphia patrolman in 1968 and the. port's agent in the early l980s; His iasf post was intll.e port of :New York where he had · started. . .� sailing as an AB. Brother Troy walked the picket lines in both the 1946 Gen­ eral Maijti.Ine beef and the· 1947 Isth- ,: . Recently retired Seattle P�rt AgeotSie�e Tioy (right) ch�tS during a Pr;opeUer .Ci b meeting. with an ' u uiiicte . ntmed Sanko BanJ(roUpt ·_ . lit� . · , . The world's la,rgestoperator of ()ii tankers,Sanko Steam liiP<C<)1l1pany, filed for bankniptcy protection under Japanese law fast mon.tti clhlmlng to be $2;2 . inillion in debt. . The c6mpany operated 264 ship �, about half tankers; arid the. �ompar.iy · . accountsfor. about 20 perct!nt.of the. Japanese shipping)ndustry. ... Sanko. began as- a one-�hip company in 1934. The president of the company , apologized for the bankruptcy to shareholders and customers. . - ,, •''' _ . · _- _ .• , .... . · . ' '" ' ;' :.. . 4 I LOG I September 1985 · . ···_. . Th�- tnen:·are:t�dY rut :fbe:giilimg tb be done and th ·eatiilg'to begin. Froio the left are.the ind assisbint engineer\ the 3rd mate, ChiefCookN.- Battle, AB· E. Bronstein and AB R. Pence; · • �Onboard the Ogden Yukon l }: ' r i 1 r Pumpman Chicle Hall poses by bis bank of dials below decks of the Ogden Yukon. -•­ � .· AB Mike Smolen (left) and OS Roy Mitchell take a well-deserved To the shorebound, the Ogden Yukon's (OMI) itinerary sounds like a travel brochureAlaska, Jiawaiiand� L9 'Ang . le��· The ()gd m�hy - n 'Yu/cor(i .'one of . bre&k. , : I - .. · ..· . the backbone of the Alaskan oil trade. During a recent stopover . in Los Angeles, photographer . .. . . .• J)ennf Lundy.. .. took tb(!se:,<;rew hots:; ItTtankers. thafmake up Steward Baker Wilburt Williams cheeks bis list of galley supplies. · ·· Bosun Joe Alleluia (kft) and AB Jerry Cosugay on deck. Juan Ortiz, steward assistant, is about finished with his last dish after lunch on the Yukon. Even Cats Face-Lay-Up In July 1984, Seafarer Charles Bortz wrote tllJout. il§crawny catwhich boarded tlie.·M!v Ranger as she was ·tiboui to leave Greece. That cat diSa/lpeared in the wilds of New Jersey, but she left something behind, a kitten. Bortz up­ dates us on Cat II. Those brothers and sisters who are concerned with the status of endan­ gered species will be pleased to know th'at at least one member on the list-:­ The Ship's Cat-is still hanging fr there. The MIV Ranger's Kittikat, having learned to· handle waterfront mongrels, speeding delivery vans and assorted foreign toms, 'has surtnounted one more hazard ofmodern, maritime life-the lay-up. Somemonthsback when theRanger went to the yard in Mobile, the ship's cat, along with the rest of the crew, was dumped on the beach. His ship- .:· ! l' . ! · mates, recognizing Cat'siar-froin-fru­ gal lifestyle, took up a tarpaulin muster and Cat was lodged in Mobile's finest animal hostelry during the ship's stay there. When the crew was called back, Cat was one of the first up the gangway. At last report Cat was bunking in ·Bosun Winnie's foc'sle, sallying forth to atta<;k dangling rope ends and startle look-outs on long night watches. A survivor that one!!!!! September 1 985 I LOG I 5 __ :! _., . , ___ �' ·'' " ..'� Heading North to Alaska Bay Ridge Enters L.A. Harbor It's 5 a.m. as the Bay Ridge (Bay Tankers) enters th� breakwater ill Los Angeles lia�bor to take on bilnkers and supplies before heading back up to Alaska. Checking over the. day's BeU. menu . are GSU James Hines (left) and Steward/Baker Charles After refueling, the hoses are, from the Glennon and left: are return� to the Crowley barge. Disconnecting the hoses Clyde Kent ("born again and never better"), Stand-by AB Pete Stand-by ,.\JS Richard Elliott, Boson 6 I LOG I September 1985 The Bay Ridge,. anchored out in the haroor, gets its·supPnes from a barge .and crime set� up. Here's. a view from the top! · �, .. i Contract Dispute Enters 2nd Year SIU Stands Fi"rm to Protect SONAT Workers • Legal services, the details of which still must be worked out • A life insurance plan • Training and upgrading courses at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship • Access to drug and alcohol pro­ grams at the SHLSS . SONAT's decision comes on the • Vacation time at the SHLSS heels of an NLRB ruling relating to The Associate Membership pro­ SONAT's failure to supply the SIU gram is a way to reaffirm the historic with information for the basis on which connection between the SIU and the it unilaterally reclassified the captains, captains, mates and barge captains in mates and barge captains in its fleet the SONAT fleets. SONAT's reclasas "supervisory personnel." sification of those rating t. a" u�r� While the judge found for the comvisory personnel status'' after 20 years pany on that charge, the SIU intends of stated company·practice to the conto appeal the decision. trary has created a disturbing and still unresolved situation where many of "We know that the judge was inthese workers, and others, are being correct in his finding that SONAT had denied benefits and privileges that have offered to provide the factual basis for been rightfully theirs for many years. its supervisory claim," said Fay. "The Uoder the labor laws of this country, members of your negotiations comthe provisions of an expired contract mittee will tell you that the SIU reremain in effect during uch �e that peatedly asked for th� information needed to evaluate SONAT's clai.nl.,,; Jhe Nati .nal Lab r Relation B ard i making a final determination on .. Management con i tently refused to charges relating to 'negotiations over provide any information to the Union." Meanwhile the SIU has taken steps the new contract. That means that the to make su.re that the membership contract that expired last year for "Obviously, if management wants to grant a wage increase, the Union will not block it," said Fay. "But we will oppose any attempts to take away your Union: repre eiltation or to win contract concessions by dividing and 'weakerung the bargaining unit. ''Since July of 1984, SONAT's man­ agement has imposed artificial distinc­ tions between crewmembers. Now it SONAT Marine has withdrawn the final proposal it submitted during the 1984 IOT contract negotiations. "We anticipate that a new round of nego­ tiations will soon commence," said John Fay, assistant secretary-treas­ urer of the SIU; in a letter to the membership. . . ·· resentatives,'' said Fay. "The opject · of SONAT's divide­ and-conquer strategy is clear: Man­ .agement wants to deny its seamen the benefits of a Union contract-benefits achieved through decades of struggle long before SONAT's purchase of the IOT fleet," said Fay. is seeking to drive a wedge between SONAT's seapen and.the. Union rep- <' c . nn..t.•""*••"""1"' what i ni n has on. igned n of it work remain in variou A t in effect. Yet the company top representatives, Bob Hall, to service SONAT tugs and barges on a fulltimebasis. HWI will be working closely with Tom Bediet, representative froni Marine Engineers District 2, to make sure that the membership on all SONAT boats is informed on all the latest developments. The Union is also planning to establish an Associate Member organiza- has been taking advantage of th confusion that it has caused by failing to reimburse members for work that they have done. Indeed, the company has been trying to add to the confusion by sending out literature that distorts the truth and which seeks to blame the SIU for SONAT's failure to implement a 3 percent wage increase on Oct. 15, barge captains. Members who join would be eligible for the following: viously had no intention of implementing," said John Fay. tion for SONAT captains, mates and 1985-"a wage increase that it ob- Labor Day Celebration Among the more than 125,000 Labor Day participants in a Detroit, Mich. celebration were (left to right) SIU Representative Byron Kelley, Michigan Gov. James Blanchard and UAW President Owen Beiber. Caught from a distance on the Dr. E.W. Brown (Higman Towing) are Tankerman M. Elliot, Capt. R. Williams and Pilot M. Rodgers You Can Trust Your Boat To the Men Who Stay Afloat "Fill 'er up, check the oil, and while you're at it why don't you scrape the seagulls off the wind­ shield." It was a strange and different kind of gas station the Seafarers aboard the tug MIV Hinton (Marine Con­ tracting) manned last month off the South Carolina coast. It was a float· ing filling station for a high-powered speedboat in a race from Miami, Fla. to New York City. Marine Contracting was con·tacted by one of the race entrants, Popeye's Fried Chicken, and asked if they could provide certain serv· ices for that company's speedboat, said Louis Seabrook of Marine Contracting. After the calculations were made and the rendezvous set, the Hinton and crew turned an oil barge, deck barge with a 20-ton crane and the tug itself into a filling station, dry dock and helicopter pad. Everything proceeded like clock­ work, Seabrook said. A helicopter carrying a relief crew for the speed­ boat found the Hinton, as did the speedboat. While the crews were changed, . the boat was filled with high-test racing fuel, and the speed­ boat was back in the race after only a 14-minute floating pit stop. The Popeye's entry finished sec­ ond in the race. But they left the Hinton in such a hurry, they forgot their free Flintstones glass. September 1 985 I LOG I 7 j .. j ' ' �Pensionet'Wdliam ' 'Philadelpliia- ori JUiy I3. Brother'Kelly Randolph Lewis Jr., , joined the Union in the port of Phila­ 74, passed away on delphia in 1961 sailing as a captain for Aug. 29. Brother Curtis Bay Towing from 1950 to 1982. of the Shipbuilders Union, Local 56 - - He attended the 1978 Piney Point InLewis joined the and Local 1 8 09. Boatman Grimes W'(ls Union in the port of land Atlantic Coast Educational and - born in Philadelphia and wasa resident Norfolk in 1972 sail­ Contract Conferences. Boatman Kelly - of Barrington, N.J. Surviving are a ing as a deckhand for was a former member of the Masters , daughter, Judith Wilgus of Belmawr, Curtis Bay Towing Mates and Pilots Union, Local 1700. N.J. and a sister, Lillian Moll of Wood­ Born in Brooklyn, N.Y. , he was a from 1950 to 1952 and for McAllister lynne , N.J. Brothers from 1953 to 1973. He was a resident of Media, Pa. Surviving are former member of the United Mine his widow, Patricia; four sons, Chris­ Pensioner Vincent Michael Kelly Sr., Workers Union, Disrict 50 from 1952 topher, Sean,_Andrew and Vincent Jr.; 60, died of heart failure in the Thoma� fo 196 1 . Boatman Lewis was born in a daughter, Patricia, and a niece, Kath- ryn Labrum of Wallingford, Pa. Northumberland Cty . , Pa. and was a Jefferson University Medicai Center, resident of Norfolk. Surviving are his widow, Elizabeth and two . daughters , TinaHelgren of Norfolk and Kathleen. In Mem,orlam Harold Anthony Bourgeois Jr., 43 , died on July 23. Brother Bourgeois joined the Union in the port of New Orleans in 1983. He was born in Lou­ isiana and was a resident of Algiers, La. Surviving are his widow, Bobbie of Belle Chasse,La. ; his parents, Har­ old Sr. and Pauline of New Orleans, and a brother, Dennis, also of New Orleans.- '-­ - Pensioner Jesse T. Brown, died on Aug. 1 0. Brother Brown joined the Union in the port of Nort'olk. He retired in 1974 and lived in Supply, N.C. Surviving are his widow, Helen and a daughter, Lillian of Shatlotte, N.C. •· i Pensioner Pensioner John i Henry Creppon, i died on Aug. 60, 14. Creppon 0 joined the Union in - _ ; 1947 in the port of : Galveston, Texas -� sailing as an AB for ;,r' G & H Towing from 1954 to 1984. He was on the picket line in the 1946 General Maritinie beef and - attended- the Piney Poiitt Inland Texas Crew Conference in 1977. Boat­ man Creppon was born in _ Freeport, Texas and was a resident qf Houston. Surviving are his widow, Lorence;_ a son, Kirk; a daughter, and two sisters, C . F .Walther ofHoqston and L.J. Glo­ ger of Friendswood, Texas. i Brother Pensioner - - Clifton _ _ _ The crew of the Gatco Florida iS all smiles after receiving a new three-year contract. .The crew is (I. to r. , standing) Cook .R. Walters, AB W. Burns, AB T. Richardson (sitting). ' Mate W. Nicholas, Engineei' Ed Schaftba'user, Engineer Ed Getz and Capt. R. Penley. AUGUST 1-31, 1985 Port - -­ succumbed '1o can• cer at home in Sanford, N;c, 'oil July 2� � Brother_ Douglas , , joined the Union in /' the {>Ort of Norfolk ,ill sailing as a chief en­ gineer for Curtis Bay Towing frorn 1945 to 1973. He was born in Hamett Cty . , N.C. Burial was in the Gi:e _ en­ lawn Park Cemetery, Portsmouth, Va. Surviving are his widow, Iantha and a daughter, Leta, both of Virginia Beach, Va. Sound, Wanchese, N.C. on July 3 1 . Brother- - Etheridge joined the Union in the port of Norfolk in 1967 sruJing as a deckhand, tankerman, inate and cap­ tain aboard the tug Little Curtis (Steuart Oil Transportation) from 1965 to 198 1 . He was born in Wanchese and was a resident there. Interment was in Cud­ worth Cemetery , Wanchese. Surviv­ ing are his widow, Betty ; two sons, Lauris and Christopher, and a: daugh­ ter, Corinne . _ __ _ _ _ 2:wJ�. : : : : : : � : : : : : : : : : : : : '. : : : : : : : : : : . . . �E?t:���:,::·: ::::. : ::: : . .. Jacksonville . . . . Sail Francisco . . Wilmington . . . . Seattle . . . : . . . . Puerto Rico , . . . -Houston . . . . • . . Algonac . . . . . . . St. Louis . . . . . . Piney Point . . . . Totals . ._ - - o, : :·::: ::: : -: ::::::: . .- ·. ·, ·.. . . . . . . -: ,- . . . . . . • . • . . . . . . . . . • . .- . . .. . . .. . . . • . _. . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . • . . . . . . . . ....................,.... . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _. - - ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . • . . . . . • -• • . • • . • . . . . Gloucester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloucester_ . . . . . . . . , . , . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . . , . New York . . . , , . . . , . . . . . . , , . , . . . . . . , . . . _ , Philadelphia , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baltimore . , , . , , . . . . . , . • . , , , , . , . . . . . . , . , . Norfolk . . , . . . , . . . . , . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mobile . , . , , , . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . -, . . . . . . . . . New Orleans , , . . . , , , , , , , , , , . , . . . . . . . , . , . Jacksonville . , . . , , . , . . . , . , . , , , _ , . . , . . . , , , San Francisco . . . . . . • . . . . . , . , , . . . , . • . . , . . Wilmington , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . Seattle . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . ·, .- . . . , . . . . . . . . Puerto Rico , . . . . . . . . . . . . " . . , , . . . . . . . . . . . Houston . . , , . , . . . . : . • . . . . . . . , . . . . . . , . . . • Algonac , . , , , . .. -. . . . . . . . . , . . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Louis . . . .. , . . . . , .- -. , . , . , . , , . . . . , , . . . . . Piney Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . ._ . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 ·o · o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 0 2 Totals All Departments . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '125 29 . , , , . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . , . . . . . Baltimore . , . . , No rfol k . . . . . . . Mobile . . . . . . . New Orleans . . Jacksonville . . , san Francisco . Wilmington . , , Seattle . , . . . , , Puerto Rico _ . . . Houston . . . � . -. Algonac . . . , . , St. Louis . . , , , Piney Point . . . - Totals . . . . . _. ,., . , , . . . . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . , .,,, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ... . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . • . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , , . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . .,...., ...�.. ,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -. . . . . . , . . . . . : . . . . . ............... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , ,.. . . . . . , . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . :-- . . . . . . . . . . . . . , Port _ Totals . . . . . • ** - , ,,.; , 0 0 0 10 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 1 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 Philadelphia - · '.'., _- o---: _ 0 0 0 2 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 16 New York . , _ 1 7 54 2 3 2 0 2 0 0 4 23 1 0 99 . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . ........:. Port - Thomas Anthony Grimes, 65, died of heart-lung failure in the Cooper Medical Center, Camden, N .J. on Aug. 9. Brother Grimes joined the Uruon in the port of Philadelphia in 1961 work­ ing as a mechanic-machinist for the Curtis Bay Towing shoregang from , 1952 to 1985. He was- a former member '0 - Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baltlmore . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - _ drowned iri _ Croatan *TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B Class c - . - Jessie Emerson Etheridge · Jr. , 40, Sablan, Dispatchers Report for Inland Waters Leon Do�as, 76, · Jose 71, passed away from heart failure at home in Norfolk on Aug. 14. ,Brother Sablan joined the Union in the port of Norfolk \.: in 1963 sailing for Curtis Bay Towing from 1971 to 1978. He was a veteran of the U . S . Navy. Boatman Sablan was born in Guam. Burial was in the Hampton (Va.) Na­ tional Cemetery. Surviving are a son, John of Norfolk and a daughter, Joyce Wright of Ch�sapeake, Va. Agun ; - - :_. Q: _: · 0 7 0 0 0 7 14 0 11 0 0 0 0 20 0 DECK '"ci:J )': . ': � lJfPARTM�NT 0 1 12 58 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 0 86 59 ;,l {'1:�: - O. �',· •• ,,-0 3 0 8 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 19 S:�ARD DEPARTMENT ' • 0 -- - 0 - 0 00 0 0 0 0 - -0 6 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 80 104 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2' 24 · 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. _ 8 /LOG I September 1 985 -- ----------------- - --��-- .;;<0:'7( :-;f_; 0 5 ENGINE DEPARTMENT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 - 4 3 1 ;0 0 - o 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 o . 2 0 **REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups Class A Class B Class C TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 0 0 0 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 28 _ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 t o_ o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 32 . \·: �. ·ff :o 0 7 11 70 0 8 6 ii 2 0 0 11 25 4 0 144 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 15 1 0 28 0 4 0 14 0 9 2 0 0 0 0 11 10 3 0 53 0 - - - -- 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00 3 --- ,::,--: �ir: ; 0 1 5'' 0 0 0 14 52 0 11 .0 0 0 0 28 1 121 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 - 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 18 0 5 0 0 0 3 12 0 5 0 0 0 0 6 0 31 1.81 74 162 �Valiant Crewmembers Pump Oil: .. . b CliftOn James Black um, ' ' 62; joined\ C.harles · Tennent Fletcher, 63 , joined · the Union in the port of Norlolk in 1 962 sailing as a deckhand � captajri : for Stone Towing from l954: �to' 1962 : and for Cape Fear 'I'owitig ir<ik • 1·%9: . to 1 977. Brother Blackburn was a former member : o:f_ the .utiited Mine workers; tJiiion,� �at · .5<> rtom 1954 to 1%2 . 'He alS-0 wdrke.d as a Pepsi� Cola Co. salesman· from'l952 to 1 954. " Boatman Biackburn is a vet�ran of the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War. Born in Samson Cty. , N . C . , he is a resident of Wilmington, . . . N.C. · ' ·. the U riion in tlie port l · in of Jackson.vile 1 976 sailing as an AB for Mariner '{owing · . . (IOT}. . - _ Brpther . Fletch.erJast shlppecI ' out of the port ' of Mobile. He is a veteran of the U . S . Navy during World War I I . Boatman Fletcher was born in Alabama arid is a resident of Bay Minette, Ala. · Joseph Clayborne Brooks, 62, joined the Union in the port of Norfolk in. 1962 sailing as an AB for Mariner Towing (IOn from 1 963 to 1972. Brother Brooks attended the Piney Point SONAT Inland Conference in 1984. He was b<>rn in Virginia and is a resident of Mathews, Va. · Walter Grabowski, 59, joined the Union in the port of New York in 1 977 sailing as a deckhand for the Pennsyl­ vania Railroad and aboard the tllg New Yorker (Conrail) from 1 945 to 1977. Brother Grabowski was a former member of the Masters , Mates and Pilots Union from 1945 to 1960. He is a veteran of the U,S . Army in- World War II. · Born in Jers�y -City, N.J . . be. . ; is a resident there. · < . . ,_ ·'· RQber( Graham Eason,, 62,joined the: ..port of Union iii the . Noffolk in. i960, He .·. .. sailed · as · a tankerman, mate and capLynch for tain 1946 from Brothers . OATCO . .. to 1953 from 1954 to 1912 an(f Allied m 19n. Brother Eason was a former • · , _ · member of the United! Mine Workers· , Union from 1 959 to 1961 . . H� is a veteran of the U.S. Army in World war n. &ltman Ea.son w born in North Carolina and i a resident of Wilmington, N.C. To� · , . . llenry llebdlmlw., 68, joined the Union in the p()rtoi Houston in 1958 . sailing as an oiler, assistant engineer and chief engineer for G . & H Towing from 1958 to 1977. Brother Hendrixson was_ a former member of the Pipefitters Union,,LoCaJ533, Kan. . . ·- Mis urL He was bom lli'J..Oe town, Kan. and i a resident of Day­ ton, Texas. . .. . .· · · - · ' La��ce EbDer �' S6, johted the Union in the port of New Orleans in 1960 sailina as a deckhand and pilot. Brother Martin was born in GeorPa and i& a resident of St. Rose , La. . Yalial.I cre�mbers OS S. Vickery Oeft) and AB J. Parks pose on the pumping barge Pennsylvania. · Harry Robert Is- Maier JJ'�,, 6,3doined. enhart, ro,joined the . the.U$n in lhe port Union in the- port of . ..of Houston in 1957 ' Philadelphia in 1 957 sailing as a captain sailing as a cook for ...,,... for Dixie Carriers Express Marine in .... from 1957 to 1985 . ' 1974 and for Allied Brother Maier was Towing in 1 977, in . Oc,({� born Brother henbart la t Mi s. and i a re ident of Spring shipped. out of the pc:>rt of orfolk. He: was born· irt Gassaway, W�Va. and is · . . . . Freeport, Texas ...... a resident of Stonewall, N .C. · · .· · · . . � . OD Lope, 61, joined the · .. Aboard . the. Miami · River : Union in the. port of Noi:folk in 1 965 sail-· ing. as a chief- stew-'· . · �l���:fd;!Mii:�: · ·· . · (Assn. of Maryland Pilots) from 1 967 to 1 972. Brother Lope is a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War IL He was born in the Philippines and is a resident of Norfolk. Charle5 Lloyd LOwe, 69, joined the Union in the port of Mobile in . 1 956 sail­ ing as an oiler. Brother _Lowe was . born . in the British "llil.ii�f"l'l"'l• . West Indies and is a ... resident of Mobile. · --.........-.....- '. b�d H� 'is both the �t o�tit�r and chief Fischet ts some.t of a one� engineer of the Miami River which is working with the dredge Sugar Islander in Pascagoula, man I. MW. harbor • . •. · Rufus Cecil Pitt­ 62; joined the man, ·· Unio n .in the port of , Norfolk in 1 96� sail­ ing as ' a captain "for · the NBC Line from 1943 to 1953 and frorn 1963 .t:OJ973. Brother • Pittmafi . �fu �?iied for the Sinclair Refining Co. from1955. to 1963 and for McAllister Broth�rs in 1 973 : He was a former member of the Mariners Uriion, Local 912. Boatman Pittrrian:was born in Lukens, N .C. and is a reiideni .-Of Chesapeake·, Va. . ·. . · · Eugene R. Lut­ . treU, 64� joined the chuck U nion in the port of Philadelphia in 1 957 sailing as a captain for Mariner Towing (IOT) from 1 965 to 1974. Brother Moore last shipped out from . the port of Jacksonville: He was born in Washington, N .C. and is a resident of Brandon, Fla. ·. � _ i f Arthur Eugene · . Union in the port. of Norfolk in 1 96 1 sail­ . ing as a chief engi­ neer for Curtis Bay · Towing from 1954 to 1985. Brother Lut­ tr.�U also sailed for McAllister BrothersJrom 1 95 1 to 1 954. He was born in Readville, Va. and is a resident of Norfolk . · George Davi.d Williams0n. Jr.-, 6_5 ; joined t.he Union in the port ofNoJfolk in 1 96 1 .. sailing as a deckhand and leadman for Curtis Bay Towing from 1960 to 1974. Brother Williamson also sailed as a commercial fisherman: . He was a former member of the United Mine Workers Union, Local 50. in 1961 .: Boatman Williamson was born in Lowland, N .C. and .is a resident of Suffolk, Va. September 1 985 I LOG I 9 ,' I' I l ;j \ l=-· - �-- ---- ,,________ ·--- · ___ , ____ -- � - --.. · ---- --- i J �. , ,. _ . ,. - ·- � -..:c:: , ;:� ,, _ \• • --r+-- ��:::.�---:-._�����r�:�..., One .Step at a Time Seafarer's . Daughter Katie Battles Cerebral Palsy by Lynnette Marshall Her favorite color is puq)le, Katie' s mother Sarah Calahan says. And she loves babies. She has one of her very own. A Cabbage Patch doll she feeds from a tiny bottle . And hugs . Just three and trying very hard , Katie Calahan has learned to stand while someone counts to 2�and _to take short steps without neediqg to hold onto . anything for support. A sweet, active child, she very niuch wants to help her mother clean house for her new baby sister soon to arrive home from the hospital maternity ward. When she tells her father, Seafarer Thomas Calahan, what she really wants most, more than anything, it' s a min­ iature broom and dust pan and ruffled apron toy set. She is the apple of her father's eye, says his wife Sarah. He thinks such a toy would be a help to Katie . Because by moving the broom, she stands . And that, along with her many other exercises, might somedai help Katie to regain the use of her legs that she lost at birth to cerebral palsy. Katie is one of 750,000 children and adults in the nation today handicapped by cerebral palsy, a condition that may impair speech and disturb nerve and motor coordination. ' Katie' s condition became noticeable when she was six months old, Sarah Calahan remembers . And she told Ka­ tie ' s doctors about how her daughter's legs would cross very tightly and she would have difficulty changing Katie's clothes. Katie's feet, too, would curl up tensely and then tum outward . At times her toes point out awkwardly behind Katie now. With a new baby on the way , there has been even more urgency for Katie to keep exerCising so her muscles become more limber to give her more independence from her parents. Be­ cause it will be harder to carry Katie while caring for a newborn, Katie has been spending her summer in training. Working long hours every day with her uncle in Atlanta, using only a cut­ off broomstick or two light-weight ski poles for support, Katie practiced for two months "like an athlete" learning how to walk. And repeating over and over to herself slowly, · 'This is going to make m e stronger. This is going to make me walk, " Katie was able to discipline herself to go on. " Katie wanted to be a big sister and she wanted physically to be a big sister in every way , " said Sarah Calahan. ' 'She would call me and we would talk long distance on the phone. And she would say 'Mommy, I'm so proud of myself. ' And I would say ' Katie, I'm so proud too . ' " Katie s metimes knows that when her mother is busy cooking dinner she cannot go out an<J·. play because there would be no one . there. to catch her . when she falls . According to Sa:rati Calahan , the condition has affected Katie in such a way that her mind will not tell lier leg muscles to relax. She cannot reach her legs over her hobby horse. And it is doubtful she will ever run and feel the wind toss her honey colored hair. But in every other re­ spect, Katie is a normal, healthy child, her mother says. She has tested far above average on intelligence tests . " And returning home from Atlanta she could walk. "It takes her about 30 minutes but she · can walk from one end of the living room to the other side , ' ' Thomas Calahan explains, trying to hold back a father's pride and pleasure. To thousands of others like herself who awaken each morning to realize that only in tqeir dreams is the burden of cerebral palsy lifted, Katie has been a symbol of life ' s sometimes seemingly insurmountable tragedies. When the leg braces reach the floor to take the day's first steps, living is painful to those who cannot walk without them. The wheelchair each morning awaits others. Though in their dreams they walk. For some afflicted with. cerebral palsy, the words will never come out as they should. But Katie, in her white pinafore dress flowing one size · too large so it nearly covers her leg braces as she steadies herself, holding onto two vertical bars, smiling, despite all, makes the world at once bright. This is the way Katie appears in a . . . . · Most people wouldn't think twice about a task as simple as walking across a room, but to Katie Calahan that is a triumph borne of determination and courage. 1 0 I LOG I September 1985 Katie Calahan photograph distributed to victims of cerebral palsy and to fund-raising or­ ganizations . by .the Easter Seals cam­ paign . Easter Seals is a non.-profit organization that gives support to peo­ ple like Katie. Serving last year as a poster child for the Easter Seals cam­ paign, her guest appearance on the Easter Seals telethon, her photograph and her presence at many fund-raising events has helped bring thousands of ·· · dollars in contributions, dollars that will go far into research to find a cure for cerebral palsy. in th� neo-natal unit of the hospital in which Katie was born. "If she goes several days and does not work out, her muscles will tighten and she 'll have to exercise to feel better. But the condition is nonpro­ gressive, " Sarah Calahan says. And then she is beaming. She is remem­ bering that over the phone Katie asked · for a pair of roller skates for Christ­ mas. For a child who will have cerebral palsy for a lifetime, the request seems out -of the question. ''Always , there is the hope , " says Sarah, "that as an adult , Katie will be . able to walk unassisted. " And she believes deeply that this is what will happen, such a well spring of hope is her small daughter's determination to overcome cerebral palsy . ·. She's Going to be OK Reflecting on the therapy Katie has undergone for three years of her young life, Sarah Calahan says she has al­ ways tried to keep a positive attitude. "We didn't expect Katie would do so well in such a short time , " she say s . " Being her dad, it's n o different," says Thomas · Calahan. "Your kid's · your kid. I love her, and hope for the best for .her. We know a nurse who has cerebral palsy. And I believe Katie is going to tum out to be an exceptional person. I don't think it will slow her down . " Sarah Calahan has gone from full­ time to part-time work as a nurse so she can be there for Katie . She works ·· Editor's Note: Katie Calahan became a big sister when hen nother gave birth to Jessie Megmicalaha1l; But like Kane, Jessie was born prelnature aniJ. with complications. After a long stay in · the . hpspital, she is at home now. The per­ soruil struggle of Katie and her parents is an inspirational one.' One bur.den other familksface in such situations, the heavy financial burden · of . medical. care, hos been lightened. The Seafarers Health and Welfare Plan hos provided coverage for the Calahans in their time of need. �Make You r Futu re Cool & Comfortable . . .• · Take the SH LSS Refrigerati on Cou r;se ' cWm>om insuuction and practical hands-on �· Topic:S include: refrigeration theory, refrigerants and lubricating oils and their use, ooublcsh<>('.J:iQg , standard service techniques for repairfug and maintai n i n g hermetic and commercial Sy-stems. The program of instructioo .includes working. . on and operating ships stores · plants, air conditioning plants, refrigerated container units, walkin and reach-in boxes, pantry refrigerators/freezers, ice machines, and water coolers. The training also ., includes the cotqplete fabncation of a working refrigeration system including leak testing, evacuation,_. charging with refrigerant and oil, setting operating controls , . and troubleshooting. . · . . . . . . To be e}igiQ �· fbt this .<o\lCSC all applicants mliSt hold a QMED Any Rating endorsement, or endorsements as a Refrigeration Engineer and Electrician , or equivalent inland experience. The vast majority of refrigerated cargoes are presently being shipped by the use of refrigerated coo.tainers. Working and living conditions onboard modern vessels are a vast improvement over what conditions were many years ago. one important contributor to this improvement is the use of refrigeration and air conditioning equipment. Crew comfon during a voyage depend.5 upon engine department personnel knowledgeable in the operation and maintenance of such.equipment. The six - week course in Refrigeration Systems Maintenance and Operations offered at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Samansbip consists of both ! · . · · � su� dclivcry of such in optimum maiketabJe condition requires · refrigeration cargoes and maintenance electddans operation and maintenance procedures associated with such equipment. In keeping up with technological advances, the Seafarers Harry ·Lundeberg School is offering knowledgeable in the beginniog .'in l986: a six�� eourse in Refrigerated Cont.aiQer5 Advanced Maintenance. Check future issues of the LOG for a detailed course description, eligibility requirements, and course dates. . ...� . ..•r�d..l'Lt i&'it > <> Edwin Harris uses a propane torch to solder a soft copper refrigeration tubing swaged joint. . . .. James McDaniel (I.) and Wllllam Lignos Install a filter dryer and sight glass/moisture Indicator Into a llquld llne. . . Tyler Womack (r.) prepares a joint for soldering. Left to r. Steve Walters and Edwin Harris inspect a soldered joint while Spurgeon Simpson cuts refrigeration tubing. September 1 985 I LOG I 1 1 �(:"· QM E D U pdate college and studied Marketing at the University of Maryland. After _ · 1t iS e�remely_imp<?tt�tto no�ify �e SID.SS if �ere is any change in spending five years· -in -- the your ra�tng. Verification ts reqmred; tn�lude copies front arid back of Marketing field and finding it seamen s docume11ts or a copy of yout hcense; creatively unrewarding. Bud - - Fill out the coupon below and send to the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg returned - to college and receiv�d a School of Seamanship , Piney Point, Md. 20674. Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts at · · · · · · · · · · · · ·· � · · �· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · � · · · · · � · - · · · - · · · · · · . . . St� Mary's College in St. Mary's City, Maryland. __ ! Mail To: Bud began working at SID.SS : - Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School - of Seamanship in 1974. In 1977 he started the Director of .Vocatiorial Education Arts and Crafts Department Piney- Point, Maryland 20674 which took over the functions of the old Hobby Shop . The Arts and Crafts D ep artment is The following information is provided to update designed towards_ education. Its my reco�ds: I received my QMED rating on Date main objective is both teaching __ - _ • _ - · Bud Adams begins the process- of forging a silver wine goblet - how - to Use appropriate tools and understanding the possibUities and lin;iitations of different materials� - It also emphasizes the we of raw materials {not kits) to Arts & Crafts Coordinator create_- art objects. Students can learn the basics at SHLSS and The staff at SHLSS is known for - - - follow thCough on their own. The Arts and Crafts Department offers their diverse backgrounds and abilities. Bud Adams, . our Arts instruction in leather, metal, glass and Crafts Coordinator, has and wood. The skills that are acquired some of the more taught - are chosen with - the unusual skills. He has worked in seaman in mind. y expanding creative art _ mediums froin . Bud is - con�uall painting to blacksmithing. his own creative education. He -Bud w as raised in the experiments, learns from other Washington D .C. area and comes instructors or _ students , and enrolls in at least one course each from a family of cabinet makers, carpenters and other craftsmen. year to learn another art medium. Upon completing high school, he ' 'The more the instructors spent three years in the Army. know, " says Bud, "the more we After his tour of duty, he went to can teach. ' ' Bu d Ad ams ­ 0 - · ·. -r· : . .. • ' __.._ _ _ I have completed the following specialty course(s): - Marine Electrical Maintenace - _ Date Diesel Regular - Refrigeration Systems, Maintenance & Operations . Pumproom Maint & Operation - ___ Date _ _ Welding Marine Electronics _ -Date _ • __ Date I hold a valid 3rd/ 2nd Assistant Engineer License issued on NAME SS# BOOK# ADDRESS __ Date _ _ _ Date Hydraulic --'---Date Automation __ Date Date ������ --------�-­ ------- TELEPHONE# . - • Note: Each member should provide a photocopy of I :evidence - to substantiate ·changes •'fri : 4ie - ·above • -- : : records . : . •· · · · · · · · · · · · · · • · · · · · • · · • · · · •• · • • · · · · • • · · · · • · · · · · · · · • · · · · · · · · · SH LSS CO U RSE - c.RADUATES Third Assistant Engineer F_lrst row I. to r.: David Mull, John Pennick, Harry Gearhart, Michael DeNardo, Ruben Velez. Second row I. to r.: Steven Kues, Bob Lee, Phillip Decker, Danyl White, Lee Cook, William Parker. --- _ · The marriage of gold t o silver i s demonstrated I n the above necklace. The rutilate:d quartz adds a fi nishing touch. Spe�ial Ab le Seaman/ Crane Operator's Course ==== - ==== - A special Able Seaman/Crane - Operators course has been scheduled from Novem ber 1 , 1 985 to December 1 9, 1 985, i n order' t o provide train ed crane operators for jobs that w i l l become avai lable i n - late December, 1985. Course Schedule· * · Lif�boat _Able Seaman/ _ Crane Operator Checklln Date Completion Date October 1 8 October 31 N ovember 1 - December 1 9 * Note: Thi s l ifeboat class i s schedu led for the students who wi l l attend the Able Seaman/Crane Operators course, and do not hold a l ifeboat endorsement. 12 I LOG I September 1985 • _ _ Lifeboat _ _ Front row I. to r.: Ryan Malla, Wilhelmina Ortiz, Richard Manalo. Second row Lto r:: Ben Cusic (Instructor), Ed Kirkland, Bernard Moody, James Thornton, Crissy Wright. Third row I. to r.: Peter Schmitt, Ken Miner, Tina Sivola, Mark Dawes, Kevin Wolfe, John Morgan, Pedro Torres, Valentin Lora, Glenn Kitchen. . �Upgrading Course- Sc;h:ed�I� ';����,-·uN�t Octobe� Thru December 1 985 . . · ··. ' . · ' );1.. : \� }I Programs. Geared to lmpro·ve Job Sktlls t ' ' ... ' s,,�i"'" ' . • .· ' · ' " Diesel Engineer - Regu lar Fol lowing are the updated co�rse schedules for Oc�qber through December 1985, at the Seafare rs Harry Lun.deberg · · School of Seamanship . . ·. • . . . . . . .. ·.· . . . . ·. SIU Representatives all ports w i l l assist members i n prepari ng app l i cations. . . NOTE: · Re-reg i ster be fore · leavi ng . your home po rt ·for · trai n i ng at the Seafa re rs · H a rry Lundeberg School of Seama n s h ip _t o . avo i d hav i ng an expi red s h i p p i n g .· · . registration card wtlEm l eavi n g SH LSS: . . . .. . Also · bring. p roof .of Seafarers Welfare .Plan .-eUgib.HitY · with you . · . . . ,, �·· ·· · · · Deck Upg r11ding �ourses - � " · : g:T:k·ln "· . Seallft Operattons &. Maintenance October 1 8 Radar Observer · Octobeff1 · • November 1 Lifeboat (Must be taken In Sim ulator _ . g:;:ptetton > • · con}unctlon with � cdurae) ·. · . · - . .. · .. , _ November 15 November 29 December 6 November 21 December:5 December _ 1 2 �hnth1y .· .• .· varies . . · varies :\:.J:.:. .·• Dlite .. . octo�r 21 ) ; . ·- ,·� · Adult · EducatiC>n ·. · courses ·· . - . - ·: :·· �:-. - Check-In · Course -October 31 t,1�w-�k1y· · Check"'" Course ,, ·.' ; ' &tc.>t>er 18 : . · . . Length of · Course . Recertification Programs · ·· · C>ecemt>er13 ·. · · l October 23 •· 14· weeks ·.· De.camber 4 - · · • 14 weeks · · steward Recertlflciltfon . . . : ·. �- November'21 -· - · Chief steward ' . . .-. '. Deeember.:19· · ·. bourses cheek-1n1 Chief Cook . -: Completion · · · Date Cook and . Baker · .·. # '{ . No.vember 28 , . · Nc5V_erri ber 7 · · Course . . . . . Course � Steward Upgr ding:,. . · October 11 . ··; . . Nov rhbe� 1 · · !' · Fireman Watertender & Oller . Marine Electron ics And Promote U.S. Maritime . I ndustry · · ' ' Course . tn· Cour§f.$ . Engine Upgradi ng (ESL) English as a · Second La!Jg�age Dat·e .- · November 1 5 (ABE) Adult 8$$ · November 1 s ; : 1.c·: e.d�� �tto o �: : ' ;, . (GEOJ High School £qutv8lency Program N ovember 1 ' ' • ,,, ',', ' ,• • • >' ••• ' ' ' · · .. ·. : , I, '• • Completion · D•te ,., , _ Oecember2 • Completton : '. ·o.te .-..��, : !, . ( · December 1 3 ' ' _ _ December 1 3 December 1 3 �h, (DVS) Developmental Studies October 25 N ov t>er 1' ,. . , Able Seaman/Crane Operator Decem ber 1 9 November 1 1 , . . . . . . ............ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . " . . . . . .. .... ..... . . ..-.. . . . . ... . . .... �-. .._..•. . � . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . .------------.. · .· · . ·. · . · •·· · . · · ·. . t I . . ' ' -· ·. · · : : > '. ' ·. . . . · · . ·. · ' I am interested In the following . .. �,,�, .. ·· : . ; ..,._., I.Ir,,��, � course(s) checked below: . · . . . . . · . · · . _ ' · · .. . . . ;< ' .. " . ' ' . .• • • • . . . .. . · i�dd.reSS•;... · --,.--------'-----,.---"ft!'r':=r-""',__-�..,-----..,------,.---.---,.---"---,.--- " �:· . . . - " :.-. · · . ' . . " . ' " ·:.-- " · .. . -----....r; :o..,:r_ ,, " .... _ . · .-:.,-' /; -' _ ; --....,..,ft'-"'-""-'--'"'--;;.,'"=-Po " . .,..,+,.,, · _.....,... ... ... � _ .. ;.;'- ·(Glty) (6ta1e) . . :: · �) �p lnland Waters Member O , Deep Sea Member o Social Security # ------- Book # Date Book Was lssued _______ Endorsement(s) or Llcense(s) Now H eld . _ :. "., Seniority :·� . ' · ' ea9.i flP. 0 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ...._ ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .__. . --- l'�tn: ·'·ci ,va� .· · •: , , . · ·· Trai nee Program: From -----� to=a - ------· (a = a= te�atte �e� a.) n s No o (If YEts, rn 1 In below). . . . - ' � · No D (If yes; fill In below) Have you attended any S H LSS Upg,radln g Courses: D Yes . · _ _ _ � --'- Do you hold a letter of completionJqr Lltet;>oat: D _Ye� No. D Firefighting: o . ·· :-· · RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT TlME�(�hoWonly amount needed to upgr�}n t81lngndt� above or attach l�tter of 5ervlc&, whl�hev�r I� appllcable.) VESSEL T i>ATESHJPPEQ RA iNG ffELD .. .:� "' : · - · . ' . · ,\, . .,'.�- · · .. � ' . " ,/'·.. , D FOWT 0 QMED-Any Retlng 0 Marine Electronlca 0 AutOtMtlon 0 DleHI Engine 0 Marine Etectrtcal Maintenance D Pumproom M1lnt1nanct I Oper1Uon 0 Aefrtgerallon 819tema Maintenance • O Chief EnglneerfAaalatant Engl""' (Unlnapected Motor YHHI) D Secondllh lrd Aaat. Engineer (Inspected) STEWAR D DEPARTM ENT 0 Chief Cook 0 Cook I Baker O Towboat Inland Coo k D Chief St.want ,-:, DATE OF: bJSCRARG E - ·- · .-· ·.,.... ·· · ALL DEPARTM ENTS O Weldlng _ 0 Llfeboatman O S.alltt Opentlon1 • Maintenance ADULT EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 0 Adult BaaJc Education (ABE) 0 High School Equmlency Program (OED) 0 Developmen ..I Studlea (DYE) 0 English u a Second Langu.ge (ESL) COLLEGE P ROGRAM ., ·. Rtttifftfcd PIPLETED APPl..icAttoN to: Harry tundeber g . l'.Jpgr$ding Center; Plriey POint, MO. 2o61� f . · · ; seafcirers ' ', , : - . - ·. . . ' ENGIN E DEPARTM ENT . · ·> Yes · No ._i::{ CPffr D Yes . No o .. -�-�-----���--�----D�e Av�lab� �r Tr��ng _-___-_:_ i_ �_ .- �_ · �� ;� �--. :_ ' •: DECK DEPARTM ENT Tantlenn8ft o Quartermaster Al UnllmHed O C....tlal Nntgation AB LlmHed 0 1at C1au Piiot All Speclel Towbo8t Opentor Inland Towboat Operator (N MT 200 mlle1) Towboat Opentor (Over 200 Mlle•) Maater/Mate lnapected Towing Ve1HI Third Mate Ract.r ObHner Unlimited Simulator eou.... Optrltlona . . · D 0 0 0 D D 0 D 0 D 0 ------- Port PresenUy Registered I n ________ Port. Issued _·_._, _ :· · .Lakes Mem �r.:.o · ------- Are you a graduate of the SH LSS Trai nee Prog Course_(s) Taken ·· _ Te te, p � on e _. .... : : . ..., (A.... r-co ,, _ ae .... 1 _ __ ,.._ · .,.. . _· _ · . . �h09I of Seamanship Upgrading. 'J\ pp. - Hc�t' ·• . .. • . . . , .. i o n' Seafarers Harry Lul'.'deberg • · . , · · • ' ' • · • • I <• ' : ' • SeptembE}r 1 985 / LOG / 1 3 i I l ----- --- --.---------�----------.---·----"·-- ------ � ,-� ----.:� · " :j · �Area · Vice · Workers Umon. The UIW is an affil" Union organizers are on the move again, " screamed the ·ad. "Armed iate of the SIU. with more sophisticated strategies and This year's Labor Day celebration more aggressive tactics. And backed had a special theme: industrial policy. · The problems facing the American by greater campaign dollars. " merchant marine are part of a larger If the SIU is any guide, then the ad problem faeing all American industries is indeed right. We learned the hard and. workers. way that you can't always trust the As part of our commitment to the word of "Big Business." You can work with them, but you can't trust concept of an industrial policy, . we Creat Lakes · and them. have been active on a grassroots poWestern Rivers litical level. We held a fundraising What has happened in the inland by V. P. Mike Sacco industry is an example of what I am luncheon in conjunction with Teamtalking about. SONAT Marine, a comsters Local 572 on behalf of Lt. Gov. REDGING projects have been Leo McCarthy, who has been a good pany with which the SIU has had good proceeding apace on the Great relations for more than 20 years, unifriend of organized labor and the marLakes. Leudtke Engineering·, in parlaterally reclassified the captains, itime industry. When he was speaker ticular, has been doing well. mates and barge captruns as superviof the California State Assembly, he Leudtke has been declared the low sors. helped pass through more labor-sponbidder on a harbor dredging project in SONAT believed that we wouidjust sored legislation than ever before. Lorain, Ohio. It will soon begin work roll over and play dead. They were Part of developing an industrialpolon a substantial project-a diked diswrong. A yeat after the Green Fleet icy is to foster better relations between posal area in Green Bay, Wis. management and labor. We have been contract expired, we are still fighting The Green Bay project demonit out before the Nation'al Labor. Redoing that with our quarterly meetings strates the broad range of work that lations Board. with Crowley Towing. the SIU is involved in up here on the While shipping has been slow, we We won't give up. We didn't give Great Lakes. Leudtke is being asked in to other companies that have tried still have been getting work that the to build an environmentally safe island the same approach: Dixie Carriers, military has contracted out to the prithat will store industrial waste over a Curtis Bay, ACBL. And it cost those vate sector. IO-year period. companies plenty. . Sen. Pete Wilson (R-Calif.) spoke Given the nature of our society, it at the dedication of the USNS ReguWe are working closely with District is not a matter of whether you are in lus, which is being crewed by SIU 2 on this issue. Bob Hall, one of our favor of industrial waste-it will exist top organizers, is servicing SONAT members. It is the fi r st of the SL-7s no matter what-it is a matter of how tug and barges with Tom Bethel, an that will be operated by Bay Tankers. you can safely dispose of it. organizer from District 2. We are makThe reason why we are getting this Much of the industrial waste is left ing a special effort to keep SONAT work is that our members have worked to evaporate or else be pumped out members informed of their rights. hard to make themselves more marand hauled away. The remains, the ketable. Two new courses being ofNot surprisingly, the company has most toxic part, will be stored in the fered at Piney Point-the three-man tried to take advantage of the needless holloUJ " bowl of the island that Leudtke · Steward Department and Sealift Main� c(>nfu' ion that. irca.u . sed.· by· unilatetally . will build. . .· "· · . . .. .i:eclas ifymg :: cert8in · Categorie' '/'br · . · :tenan� �bave: be e n particularly tierp;.:; . · . -· ·• . , �thet · ���tf,.. �es' . . . . workers . .. fuL . as . supmisors. Members Dtedging and Dock-has fi rtl s h eifriver aren't getting the overtime that is due We also have been trying to work and harbor dredging projects in Bufthem under the old contract, which closely with the rest oforganized labOr falo, N. y. It also is winding up a light remains in effect until · some determion issues that we think are important replacement project in Sandusky, Ohio. on SIU representatives in Washington present charges. made is the nation Byron Kelley represented the SIU attended the State Labor Council there The company is hoping that its workat the Labor Day parade in Detroit, in order to make recommendations ers will be too scared to file grievances Mich. which had its usual quota of on this matter. about the upcoming state elections; In SIU caps and colors. During the day addition, I touched base with SUP The managers at SONATlike to call he met with UAW President Owen President Paul Dempster, MFOW the company the C�illac �f fleets . Ii Bieber and Gov. James Blanchard to this is a Cadillac, I'd hate to see an President Whitey Disley and MMP discuss issues important to the mariPresident Robert Lowen when we atEdsel. time industry. This has toughened our resolve in tended ceremonies commemorating the all areas of our operations. We reanniversary of V-J Day, which were held onboard the Enterprise. cently were successful in organizing the . fishermen in the New Bedford Vice President George Bush gave area. In addition, we are involved in an e1oquent speech . ·B. ut actions speak louder than words. I believe that the an organizing drive in the Baltimore best way to honor V-J Day is to grant area. We are trying to sign up the veteran s status to the merchant sailworkers onboard the cruise ships that ors who nske d therr lives so that this operate in that port. country could wm world War II. Our commitment to our members-past, present and future-extends to all areas. As for the fishermen of New Bedford, we will make sure to publicize the single most important problem plaguing that industry: the growing West Coast insurance crisis. by V.P. George McCartney The fishermen in nearby Gloucester have an extra problem. The dehydraEMBERS in Wilmington had the tion plant there - that processes the chance to see AFL-CIO Pre si­ remains of fish--Or gurry as it is called-­ dent Lane Kirkland speak at a Labor has been. closed down. The entire . Day picnic that celebrated the coritri­ fishing season has been lost, and . butions 'that organized labor has made to the American way of life. hundreds of people are thinking about leaving the industry. The SIU made good use of the East Coast occasion by running a booth that pro­ We have been active on a grassroots by V.P. Leon Hall moted the American-flag merchant level on this and other issues. In Bal­ timore, Rep. Helen Delich Bentley marine. Brochures on the SS Inde­ full page ad proclaiming " How attended a PQrt Council meeting which pendence and SS Constitution were To Keep Your Company Union­ was charred by MPC President Joe handed out, as were products made Free" has recently appeared in busiby members of the United • Industrial . ness magazines. Townsley of the Teamsters. Bentley D . .- . PresidentS' Report ; One bright spot has been Norfolk, which has been getting the lion's share of military work contracte� out by the Navy. Here is a partial list of some of the ships that have been in and out of that port: the Keystone State, the PFC James Anderson Jr. , the William V. Baugh, the Cpl. Louis Haughe Jr. , - and the Sunnypoint. Also in Norfolk, negotiations have been continuing with Shawn's Launch Inc. and the Asso­ ciation of Maryland Pilots . · .·. · • M A 14 I LOG I September 1 985 talked about the crisis in the maritime ·industry today and highlighted a num­ ber of important issues, most notably ca.rgo preference. · · · Gulf Coast by V.P. Joe Sacco Tto be more like Thanksgiving than HIS year's Labor Day turned out anything else .. Residents in Jacksonville and Mobile lived through yet another hurricane, Elena. Injuries and property damage were far less than originally anticipated. An interesting follow-up to the hurtills was . tJieji,(_s.t4oor pay plirade. ijl 'tlie :hisiQry of M()liile� rAI�l.i -i' to be cancelled because of a hurricane . . But it was rescheduled and the SIU is going to sponsor a float. - ricane; Na. We have been negotiating with . tional Marine over the detajls of a new contract. In addition, we have been meeting with representatives of G & H T-Owing about some modification of the contract. It hasn't been easy. There is a serious problem in: the towboat industry. Demand is down, and there is a lot of competition from other modes of transportation. · . We have been active on a grassroots level throughout the Gulf. In Jacksonville, we supported Mike Langton for the city legislature. Thanks to the support that our members gave him, he gamere.d 42 percent of the vote and secured a spot in the run-off election. Also in Jacksonville, Headquarters Representative George Ripoll was asked to serve on the Economic Development Council that has been forined to promote business in that city. He will be well-positioned to advance the interests of the port from that post. As with other ports around the coun­ try, military work has become increas. ingly important for members in Jack­ sonville. Representatives from that port attended the christening of the MV Gus W. Darnell. Officials from the Military Sealift Command spoke and praised . the work that the private sec.. tor -has done in carrying out these .··· duties. (Continued on Page 28.) �The SIU Returns to New Bedford Photos & Story by DEBORAH GREENE T HE SEAFARERS International Union is back in New Bedford ! In 1 979, the fishermen in the New Bedford region voted to disaffiliate from the SIU . They were part of the New Bedford Fishermen's Union, an affiliate of the Seafarers International Union of North America. It was an autonomous organization with its own constitution and contract. The SIU had little contact with the New Bed­ ford Fishermen's Union's officials. So when they decided to leave after get­ ting a lot of "pie in the sky" promises from the Teamsters Local 59, there was no way to prevent them from walking. For the past six years , the fishermen of New Bedford have been under con­ tract with Local 59 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT). And during those six years, there has been a serious decline in the New Bedford fishing industry. Where there used to � �fo · SIU Ne rd Port Agent Joe Piva (right) administers the Seafarers oath to new book members (I. to r.) Frank Joia, SIU organizing rep; Michael Perron; Gene Magan, SIU organizing rep, and Robert Miller. be more than 1 ,500 union jobs, there are now fewer than 600 . For those few who were able to survive as fishermen, things were still pretty tough. Prices for fish fell as foreign competitors took over the American market with their imports . Insurance costs went sky high, and cancellations of current insurance pol­ icies are becoming more frequent. These problems are affecting the I , 1 in New Bedford, fishermen and boat­ the intention of the SIU to let every But the philosophy of the SIU is to owners are becoming more aware of boat have a vote-and so elections will continue for another six months. try to improve the quality of life for the problems they face and the fact that, with the proper representation, some things can be done to improve their situation. Piva, with· the assist· ance of three representatives, Gene Magan, Frank Joia and Henri Fran­ cois, and the negotiating talents of SIUNA Vice President Jack Caffey fishing industry around the country, not just in New Bedford. But here in (who is special assistant to SIU Pres­ New Bedford (a city with the highest paigning on the waterfront for two years, telling the fishermen that they dollar value of any port in the U . S .), a city whose fishing industry does not have the potential for growth-the Teamsters Local 59 ignored the prob­ lems of the fishermen. They failed to service their vessels, and failed to come up with any kind of legislative program, either locally or in Washing­ ton, D.C . , to help tum the tide for the hard-pressed fishing industry. * * * But the SIU can help ! And through the efforts of Joe Piva, SIU port agent ident Frank Dtozak), has been cam­ have problems which can be solved, listening to their needs, and talking about programs to rebuild the indus­ try. As of this writing, the SIU has already organized 1 40 of the 2 1 0 boats in the fleet. By the end of the year, this number will probably be closer to 175 boats and l ,500 members. Eighty­ five of the boats have already been certified; the rest are going into elec­ tions within the next few weeks. It is * * tion is the key to unlock the many * doors which. would otherwi e.remain The question remains, however: Just what can the SIU really do to help out the New Bedford fishing industry that Local 59 did not? The answer can be found in several different areas. First, new members will be sworn into the Union and will receive their SIU books, establishing a real bond Union, the with of protection something they never had with the Local 59. just as they do in their other ports for their deep-sea, inland and Great Lakes members . By maintaining a proper hiring hall, fishermen will have some­ contract infractions and other prob­ lems they may wish to bring up. They also will no longer have to seek out Third, and very important, are the educational opportunities available through the SIU . The Union maintains a large training and upgrading facility at their Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in Piney Point, Md. The school has been called the finest of its kind in the country. Fish­ ermen will be given the opportunity to take courses with their SIU brothers and sisters to upgrade their own ca­ pabilities. The school maintains a fully-oper­ There are many other ways in which the SIU can help the New Bedford fishermen: by providing medical iden­ tification cards, processing medical claims quickly, updating some of the unfair and antiquated systems of the and helping with insurance problems. Most of all, the SIU will give its members job security . * * * The goal of the SIU is to get all fishermen together-from the fisher­ men of New Bedford and Gloucester to the fishermen of the West Coast. The more men and boats we represent, the louder our voice will be heard in Washington. Only by speaking as a group can the voice of the fisherman be heard in the halls of Congress and the industry be given a fair deal by the federal government. We are looking at the whole indus­ try-at what we can do better to rep­ resent our members. The tools to help the fishermen of New Bedford are available. It is a question of taking advantage of them. ational fishing trawler to provide in­ "We hope to make New Bedford a struction on the use and maintenance model fishing port," said SIU Presi­ of modem fishing gear. Education dent Frank Drozak. "I want to thank courses are also offered, including the Union officials and the New Bed­ learning English , high school studies ford rank-and-file for a job well done. programs and adult basic education However, the work has just begun. On behalf of myself and the entire SIU programs. They even offer a college � cation can be another advantage. By being well trained and certified, lower insurance costs could be a result. where to go and speak out against do now. ats tied up in New goal of the SIU is to get all fishermen together-from these Bedford harbor to the fishermen of Gloucester and the West Coast. clo ec1:· And for the fi hermeo, edu­ auction house and processing plants, Second, the SIU will maintain a proper hiring hall for the fishermen jobs at the local bar or dock as they The all of our members-and that educa­ program for those who wish to con­ membership, we welcome our brother tinue their studies. This was unheard and sister fishermen into the Broth­ of in the past. erhood of the Sea . " September 1 985 I LOG I 1 5 �- . . J . . � - , � : . .. Fleet IS · Protected for Another"¥�21r·· . · . . . .. '' . . . . - , .. . . ' ".- . . . - . . , . . " > Mass. late last month� . . Good weather brought thous�ds-of . spectators to the waterfront aiid.�:doz� ens of boats into the harlxil'. for the - . annual rittia1 which pays ml>�t� c. tp - those fishermen who have died chinng : the past year and asks for profocfom, good luck, and .safe ajld bo�ntiful seas ' · for the year ahead� · · -. . .·. · · •· - ·. •· Rep. Gerry E. Studds (D-Mass.) was the principal · sp¢aker of- the day, and both he and N ew Bedford Mayor Brian J. Lawler sang the ,praises of · the city's fishing fleet and the Coast Guard . . It was a truly ecumenical event. From the reviewing stand on the deck · · - ., · r ·. � : ' ·.• . ;_ , _- . • Yes , the Portuguese · kriow how to . thro� a party-and .a well deserved one at that. These are a people proud of their families, their traditions and thei.r ·heritage. Throughout the past yeats,.: they· haye stuck together in good •times and bad-and this was one of . the good times'"--'ll. day to celebrate and· be with each other. ..·. Aboard the Tina & Vina nothing · was going to upset the day-not even · the radio announcement that this year's Winner was the,Luzo American/, and . that the Tina & Vinti had come in second. Because, after all, with Goers pro­ tection . . . there's always next year. . of the 3 1 1-foot Coast Quant �utter, the USCG Unimak; Rev. c. Ucifuird Newbert, chaplain of the Seamen's · Bethel, said, "We gather today to honor all of thoSe who go down to the . sea in ships " The Rev. John F. Ho­ gan, pastor of St. Julie BiHiart Church in µearby Dartmouth; Mass. , asked f0r blessings forthe · 'brave and Sturdy men" who: b� ,in th� catch and th� . \ . · _ - .. - · sels that participated mihe . 1 6th annllal Blessing of the Fleet in New Bedford, . · : ·• . . ·side-..of her hull , dearly visi�le to the , judg�s . aboard tl)e USCG. Unfmak as she ;passe_d by: Friends and relatives of the captain and crew were aboard­ .. bringirlg with them lawn chairs on which to'telax and incredible amounts of delicious Portuguese food to last the: day. Grills were fired up for steak am;l;freshly-�ught fish; wine, beer,and SOft_driJ:tkS flowed; and there WCI,$ plenty of smging and dancing onboard as the boat left . the prcx;ession and headed out ihrough the Cape Cod . Canal in celebration. _. - ·'s ' - OD �less ?ur Fleet,'' �·God Bless New Bedford . . . . - :�." "We . ,. Are 'Jbc Wodd;-' "Eal Fisli .America;" Those were some of th({ signs and slogans d�ratirigJhe fis:hilig ves­ G . - , . . The nia & Vina w.S One of 42 &hlni �ts �pathig � · this year's Blesmng ·of- the' . . �t.ceremomesJn New Bedford, Ma.. • . . .. . , . . sels that gathered to take part in the . day's festivi ties . . More fishing boats participated this year than in the past-42 in allpos�ibly be�� tllree,- cash prizes . . . . · · . . . · . . -Tina & Vina was unable to participate . in the annual event, bqt the year before . she came fo. second , and the year before that she came in third. This year her c�w was hoping for the t. op prize-! / '· ' ,fhe boat had just .had her yeady paint job;· Banners hung from every . · · · · wer((-�Uig offered for. ..the- �st dec& rated boats:�$1 ,000 for first place, $500 for second place, and $250 for third · · · available rail; arid paper rosettes spelled out "WE ARE THE WORLD" and· "WE • U.S.A. " from the starboard place. On most of the boats, American and Portuguese flags ftew side by side (the l>oriugue s� make up nearlv 80 pe,rc_ent' of . the. New · Bedford - · · · COVCl'CK h1Hm"'11"1 , bt an ate over the fteet. A pray_er and paper rosettes .as they passed by was added by the Very Rev. Constari- . the i:ece�vitig; ·stand witb horns �nd tme , S. Bebis of the local Greek Or­ sirens blaring. .. · . thodox Church for. protection of .com­ . Th�r� .were: fewer wQ<>den ves sels . , �ereial and private � dUrlng'.' 'heavy . at this year's event as more and more seas and perilous , dat:�· nights." of the steel�hulled scallopers and dtag­ The three clergymen . then-sprinkled gers steadily take over. Some '.of'.the holy water on a long proeession of boats . were freshly painted_; and . some ooat�ftom: · the. scallopers and drag� . wore the scars of rust that come ftoin gers that make up the New Bedford . . jus't a week �Hea. . fishing fleet-to the rowboats , motor­ TypiC� ofthe- �eaworti:.Y: New Bed­ boats, sailboats and Coast Guard vesford : boats participating in this year's Btessing of the Fleet was the Tina & Vina, a 9��foot stertl t_rawler� The five� year-Otd vesset WitJi a·bealti of 24 feet · and a� 13�foot,dratt, wa:s btiilt in MO­ bile, Ala. and is' kept in tip-top shape by her owner/captain; Carlos Vassal , a native of Portugal . Last year the · · .. · · . · , ·. · . - Meet Me ·at the Auction · { ' The days start . early for the fisha week in the small auction room, ermen of New Bedford. Scallopers the chalkboard lists each returning . and draggers retUrning from the ferboat and its catch: union boats on theleft, non-uruon boats oft the right. tile fishing grounds on Georges Bank in the Gulfof Maine and on the Grand Buyers, phones in hand, do the bid­ . Banks off the coast: of Nova Scotia . diflgfor sc�lops, cod, flounder and tie �p a* piers . 3 and 4 to inak� their haddoek. Two meri:at tlie 'thalkboard way to the auc tion house. There they · change the figures �itheach bid. And li&Hhe_ir catch on the.chalkboard and . in 22 minutes it's all over. . . . wait for tlie �uetfori"'.fo beglli . For �he .·· , Cr�Wlill mbe: m�(�s standing . . scallopers, ifs 1 a.Di. ; for the drag� · · in the hack r0om watch 'the process · . . · . . gers;· 8 a.m'. . · thr "" .. 1.. ..... g1 . rom u�u· � 6e � wm ow. o " ' : t e t e e r. th al · c n ; The- auction h u is e th€* · at h w tell h to 1e � ar¢:' ey t tbet� o ' life ·a:·,n �w B�orrl�-" ™1io 'di fi;,;.�.;.;. · · "'1<116 · · hate ' r t hei<iat�h 'will be. · · · . arid nlaicltiuned by th ·City of New · . · . :a��;'. little has cbanged the� < : men nUu arou�4- out.Si(fe ttie 'ih· );�-� /There has beCn : ooi;mod• . mall au.ctioo h .· e h pigg f9fa job �nlizatioii �r coilJputeriiatioii"in the . unJoiuiing the fish at '9rie �f th� ?6 way the bidd1ng' 1s clone. F�v:e days> locat pro.cess�rig plants. _ . - · - , . .. · . SIU Secretary Jee DiGiorgio (in white cap) enjoys the feast a� the ,T� & Vina during the Bies.mag of the Fleet ceremonies. 16 / LOG I September 1 985 · SIU Htadquariers R.ep Sack Caffey (I.) applauds the fleet as·it goes by the reviewing stand to be ble!Wed by the· priests. . · · . ·. · . , · . , over -..:- . · itnd - . , . - . Other . _ . .- a· ,p · .· . . · . �. . A· S I U esta de vosta em New Bedford Hist6ria e fotos de DEBORAH GREENE Tradu�o por FRANCOIS, FRANK JOIA . e JOAO COELHO HENRI ·A UNIAO Internacional Seafarers . voltou a New Bedford. Em 1979 os pescadores da regiao de New Bedford, votaram para se desa­ filiarem, vindos da SIU eles fazem parte da uniao dos pescadores de New Bedford, afiliados, com os Seafarers Uniao Internacional do norte da Ame­ rica. Iles sao uma organizacao aut6numa com a sua propria constituicao e contracto. A SIU teve um pequeno contacto com os oficiais da uniao dos pesca� dores de New Bedford. E , quando I �:�:�:;r-;��:"E �;::: i Teamsters Local 59, ai ja nao tinham caminho para prever o que vinha cair. Nestes ultimos seis anos, os pescadores de New Bedford estiveram sob um contracto com a local 59 do International Brotherhood dos Team� sters (IBT) e durante esses seis anos, elestiveram um serio declfneo na industria piscatoria de New Bedford. Eles tiveram para mais de 1 ,500 trabalhadores uniunistas, e agora sao pouco menos que 600. . Para esses pouces pescadores sO-: breviverem toma-se dificil e, e neces-_ sario ser-se duro, OS pr�os do peixe caiu derivado aos competidores estrangeiros que encheram o merf;:ado li · k '"- . . . t&��-�l_i��!lilil [iill! . • .. SIU Agente Sindic81 Joe Piva de New Bedford a diteita, adininistra para oS membros do Seafarers, 0 juramento para OS membros novos, que levantain os livros. Frank Joia, orgaDizador e representante; Michael Perron; Gene Magan, organizador e representante e Robert Miller� · · vem vir com as elei�6es que esperamos nas pr6ximas semanas , isto e a inten�o da SIU para deixar que todos os barcos tenham direito ao vato-e as elei�6es irao continuar ,pelos pr6ximos seis meses. Washington, D.C. Par ajudar a voltar a corrente, que muita pressao a industria piscatmia estafazendo; Mas a SIU pode ajudar! e sob as responsabilidades do Joe Piva, director sindical da SIU im New Bedford, pescadores e donos de barcos esrao vindo cada vez mais � . apr¢seJ!tar _os factos e * · * * As quest6es p6em-se; nao imJ)orta �. ·qi,ie:-Po<leriiJazer reintn il,te a:s SIU, pr6blemt\S · pari, :/unU.�- -:reprcs"eiita�aty · r)ara aj\idW''itisau'."a iodustria pisealona· digna e:: pi-0,pna;.: �::..ct>isas · �derao ser feitas para resolver .essa · de NbwT�amst.ers· . situ�ao. Local 59 nliO fizeram1 Ktesposta'.Pdde . ec:dr9riJ;.4ii�: os ·. ' Piva com a assistencia de tres representantes, Gene r.fagan, Frank Joia >Ant:ericano�m aS suas imp0rta¢es. r . e I;lenri raDc.QiS; e · os talentQHJ.egO'Os custos do seguro subiram derha� .· dadore de SIUNk Vice Pr.esidente, siado alto, e foram canceladas muitas Jack Caffey (que e assistente e$pecial -�polices de segµro, e mais serao e com do Presidente da SIU F.1uuc Drozak) mais frequencia. Esses problema:s veem�lhe fazen�o c0�pai1fila nas d�. afectam a industria piscatoria ein todp . · .··ea ,. P.Qr dois. :ano , ' veem,,Jhe. dizendo o pafs, nao e s6 em New Bedford, a . que gos�m � que · Podetn re�olver cidade onde o vaior do dollar e mais os problemas dos pestadores. Ou vindo . o que eles precisam e falando acerca alto do que em outros portos dos estados unidos. dos PfOgramas para refazer a indus· A cidade onde a industria piscatoria tria. teve 0 potencial de se elevar-os ' �Quan.do escrevemos, a SIU ja tern organizados 140 dos 2 10 barcos da Teamsters Local 59 ignoraram os profrota, ate ao fim do ano este numero blemas dos pescadores eles falharam porque mlo serviram esses barcos e ira chegar provavelmente perto dos falharao com qualquer programa le_1 75 barcos e 1 ;500 inembros. 85 dos gislativo em qualquer lugar ou em barcos ja estao certificados; . o resto ser encontrada em muitas> areas diferentes. '. Pri:ineiro OS novos: mernbros farao um juramento dentro da uriiao ; e re.:. ceberao os semi livros cia SIU estabetecendo um real seguro de protec�ao com a uniao, qualquer coisa que eles nunca tiveram com os Teamsters Loca:l 59. Segundo aSIU mantera uma casa pr6pria onde os eiri/pregados irao procurar trabatho de pescador quando vierem dos seus portos, OU quando forem para outros portos onde trabalhem no mar-alto OU tnembros de terra e lagos;.grandes, para manter essa pr6pria casa do pescador os pescadores teem para onde ir e falar contra as infrac�6es ao conttacto, e outros problemas que que eles queiram apresentar eles ja- riao . se preocuparao muito para atranjar emprego, otl procurar no bar," OU na doca, pois ele ja 0 pode fazer nesta casa. Terceiro e muito importante, sao as opurtuni�ades extraordinarias de educ�ao denf . ro da SI U A uniao mantem um largo treino e facilidades para se elevar nessa escola Seafarers Harr}' Lunde.berg, escola de mari_timos em Piney Point. Md. A escola ,e chamada a coisa mais fina do genero no pals. Pescadores . irao t�r opurtunidade para tirar cursos com .6s seus SIU irmas e irmaos e elevar as . slias pr6pnas capacidades. A escola mantem . um barco de pesca todo operacional para providenciar a fotnic<;ao e ma­ nut�m;ao de material ria pe�c-a modema.. Tambem sao oferecidos cutsos · edu­ cacionais incluindo aprendizagein de ingles, programas estudados da es­ cola-alta (High School) e prograinas ' · · · . . .· · · . · A finalidade da SIU, e juotar todos. o8 pescadores dos barcos. do porto8 de New B�ord', Gloucester e Costa Oeste. -. · basicos educacioriais para adultos, eles oferecem tambem um programa de colegio (College) para quern desejar continuar os seus estudos. Isto era a nossa preocupa�ao no passado. Mas a filosofia da SIU e tentar providenciar a qualidade de vida piµ-a todos os membros, e essa edu- �aq e a chave -para abrir muitas �rtas�.qtie.s� encontram, e continuam .fecfi�as e ·P� 'o pesc�or educ�ao pode "vi.I' a se� cnitra v'�tageiil i><>r ser bem treinado e certificado o resuliado pcXJera estar, no ctistQ b$o do seguros . fla muitas. outras oianeiras, em que a SIU p6de ajudar os pescadores de New Bedford: todo o pescador ini ter um cartao de identific�ao medica, procedimento rapido para processos medicos nesta altura alguns sistemas da casa de venda do peixe (auction house) sao e estao antiguados e nao sao direitos, como tambem OS problemas dos seguros nao nos ajudam presentemente a SIU vai dar seguranc;a no trabalho a meta da SIU e juntar todos os pescadores�esde os pescadores de New- Bedford e Glocester, ate aos pesfadores·; da costa oeste quantos mais homens · e barcos nos representar-mos ma.is aita a nossa voz, sera ouvida nas se:tlas· do congresso e asSlln podera ser dado a industria 0 que ela merece por parte do govemo federal. . :; , r.i , . . " ii ·• r !· · ! i I . . * * i '. J: * . N6s estamos a olhar por toda a industria-n6s podemos representar melhor OS nossos membros. Estao a n�ssa disposi�ao asJerramentas para ajud.at os pe.scadores de New Bedford. Isto e uma questao de vantagem em rela�ao a eles. "Esperamos transformar New Bed­ ford num porto de pesca modelo, " afirmou o Pre sidente d a SIU, Frank Drozak. ' 'Quero agradecer aos oficiais da Uniao e colaboradores de New Bedford, por um traba:lho bem exe­ cutado. Todavia, o trabalho agora e que come�ou. Em meu pr6prio nome e no de todos os membros da SIU, damos as boas-Vindas aos nossos pes­ cadores , para a Fratemidade do Mar.'' . � f �· . • /. ' , { :: ·,:,;: · September 1 985 I LOG I 1 7 l' /. ·�� -· --- - -- --- �New Bedford Mass. A Frota Esta Protegida Por Mais u m Ano '' DFrota", "Deus Aben� New EUS Abem;oe a Nossa Bedford", "N6s somos o Mundo", "Come Peixe America. " Estes eram alguns cartazes e slogans que orna- · . mentavam os barcos . de 'pesca que participaram na 16@ Ben<;�o anual da Frotit de New Bedford, Mass. , no mes passado. 0 born tempo trouxe milhares de espectadores a zona portuftria e de· zenas de barcos participaram no rito anual que presta tributo aos pescadores que morreram durante o ano anterior e pede protec<;6, boa sorte e um mar seguro e generoso para o ano que se segue. 0 Congressista Gerry E . Studds (D­ Mass.) foi o orador principal do dia, e tanto ele como o Presidente da. Ca­ mera de New Bedford, Brian J. Law­ ler, teceram elogios a frota piscatoria da cidade e a Guarda Costeira. Poi um acontecimento verdadeira­ mente ecumenico. Da tribuna erguida no conves do cuter de 3 1 1 pes da Guarda Costeira, o USCG Unimak. o Rev. C. Leonard Newbert, capetao da Seamen's Bethel, disse: Reunimo­ nos hoje para prestar homenagem a todos quantos pereceram em barcos no mar." 0 Rev. John F. Hogan, paroco da Igreja de St. Julie Billiart, na vizinha vila de Dartmouth, Mass., implorou as ben<;aos para "os bravos e resolutos homens" que trazem as · pescas e pata a lripula� da Gu8rda Costeira qui ••ufa e vigia a frota. 0 Mui Rev. Constantine S. Bebis da lgreja Ortodoxa Grega local, suplicou a proteci;ao para os barcos comerciais e particulares , nos Ifiomentos de "mar revolto e perigosas noites de tempes. tade. " Os tres membros do clero aspergiram, entao, com agua benta, a longa procissao de barcos--desde os scal­ lopers e arrast6es que formam a frota piscat6ria de New Bedford-ate aos · · · ' · -"l 0 Tina & :-.::_;;.. - Vina foi um dos 42 barcos que partidparam barcos a remos, a motor, a vela e barcos ·da Guarda Costeira que se juntaram para tomar parte nas festi­ vidades do dia. Este ano, participou maior numero de barcos do que nos anos anteriores­ um total de 42-possivelmente porque foram estabelecidos tres premios em dinheiro para os barcos melhor deco­ rados: $ 1 ,000 para o primeiro lugar, $500 para o segundo, $250 para o terceiro. Na maioria dos barcos, viam-se lado a lado as bandeiras Americana e Por­ tuguesa (os barcos Portugueses cons­ tituem cerca de 80 por cento da frota de New Bedfi l"d , o coov� e amu­ radas coben � da frota. 1 8 I LOG I September 1 985 est(! ano, na �o da Frota. em Mobile, Ala. , e e mantido nas melhores condii;oes pelo seu proprie­ tario/capitao, Carlos Vassal, natural de Portugal. No ano passado, o Tina & Vina nao pOde participar neste evento anual, mas no ano anterior ficou em segundo lugar, e no ano antes ficou em terceiro. Este ano a sua tripulai;ao esperava alcani;ar o primeiro lugar! 0 barco havia tido a sua pintura anual. Bandeiras pendiam de todas as amuradas e com rosas de papel se dizia "WE ARE THE WORLD" (N6s Somos o Mundo") e "WE \? U.S.A." de baodciras multico­ res, emblemas, haloes e rosa de papel, enquanto passavam diante da tribuna de honra, ao som das buzinas e sire­ nes. Participaram menos barcos de ma­ deira este ano, pois de ano para ano vao surgindo mais e mais scallopers e arrast6es construidos em ferro. Al­ guns dos barcos acabavam de ser pin­ tados, enquanto outros apresentavam apenas alguns sinais de ferrugem de uma semana no mar. Tipico dos valiosos barcos de New Bedford que tomaram parte na Ben<;ao dos Barcos deste ano, foi o Tina & Vina, um inflexfvel arrastao com 98 pes. Este barco, com 5 anos de idade, tern uma largura maxima de 24 pes e um calado de 13 pes, foi construido 0 Secretarlo da SIU Joe DiGiorgio (com chapeu bnmco) toma parte na festa a bonlo do Tina & Vina durante a cerbnonia da (N6s "amamos" a America), do lado de estibordo do casco, claramente vi­ siveis para osjufzes a bordo do USCG Unimak a medida que passava. Ami­ gos e familiares do capitao e tripulai;ao encontravam-se a bordo--levando consigo cadeiras reclinaveis onde re­ pousavam e quantidades enormes da deliciosa comida Portuguesa para todo o dia. Acendeream-se os fogareiros para as bifanas e peixe fresquinho; abundavam o vinho, a cerveja e os refrescos; e havia musica e dani;a, cantava-se a bordo, ap6s a procissao, enquanto se dirigiam na direci;ao do Canal do Cape Cod para festejar. Sim, os Portugueses sabem organi­ zar uma festa-e bem rrierecida neste caso. Sao pessoas com afincado or­ gulho pelas suas familias, suas tradi­ <;6es e herani;as. Ao longo dos ultimos anos, tem-se mantido unidos nos mo­ mentos bons e maus-e este foi um dos bon�m dia para celebrar e es­ tarem uns com os outros. A bordo do Tina & Vina nada iria alterar o born espfrito do dia-nem mesmo a noticia na radio de que o vencedor deste ano era o Luzo American I, e que o Tina & Vina tinha ficado em segundo lugar. Porque, para alem de tudo, com a ajuda de Deus . . . ha sempre um pr6ximo ano! Vindo da Central o Representante da SIU Jack Caffey (I.) aplaUde a frota de barcos que vai pmsando para serem benzidos pelos padres. A frota �ue em Hnha, para esperarem a sua vez de serem a�oados. Vamos . Ate a . Lota Os dias comei;am cedo para os pescadores de New Bedford. Scal­ lopers e arrast6es regressando das ferteis zonas de pesca do George Bank, no Golfo do Maine, e dos Grand Banks ao largo da Nova Es­ c6cia atracam as docas 3 e 4 para se encaminharem para a lota. Ai, alis­ tam a sua pescaria no quadro e aguar­ dam o comei;o da lota. Para os scal­ lopers, e as 7 da manha; para OS arrastoes, as 8. 0 edificio da lota e o centro real da vida piscat6ria de New Bedford, Propriedade e manuteni;ao da cidade de New Bedford, pouco se tern mo­ diifoado ao longo dos anos. Nao se tern modernizado ou computarizado no processo de arrematai;ao. Cinco dias p0r semana, na pequena sala principal da Iota, as listas do quadro a giz registam'cada barco que chega e SUa pesca: OS barCOS da uniao, a esquerda; os que nao esta na uniao, a direita. Os compradores, com te­ lefones na mao, arrematam os scal­ lops, bacalhau, flounder (solha) e haddock. Dois homens de servi<;o aos quadros, alteram os numeros com cada lani;o. E em 22 minutos, tudo termina. Membros da tripulai;ao e ajudan­ tes, em pe ao fundo da sala, obser­ vam o processo atraves de uma larga vitrina. Mesmo dali, poderao dizer quanto rendera a sua parte na pesca. Outros agitam-se impaciente­ mente, fora da ·pequena sala da lota, na esperim�a--de terem trabalho na descarga do peixe, para uma das 26 fabricas locais de processamento do mesmo. �I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I •• m Seafarers I n te r n a t i o n a l U n io n of N orth Amer i c a . AF L -C I O Washington Report The August recess is -a time-honored Washington tradition. Just when the halls of Congress are filling up with tourists, they are being emptied of professional politicians, lobbyists and anyone remotely connected to the power structure. The maritime industry has used this time to take stock of its priorities. High on the list of issues that will have to be addressed in the upcoming months are the following: cargo preference, passenger vessels and tax reform. Of course the maritime industry does not eXist in a vacuum. It is going to have to adjust to a new period of political uncertainty. The 1986 elections loom large in the minds of the 22 Republican and 14 Dem­ ocratic senators up for re-election. In ad­ dition, there has been a sudden and dramatic shift in the public' s perception of such issues as international trade, defense spending and South Africa. What does all this mean to seamen? A great deal. To put it simply, things are very tough. The latest statistics reveal·that -- - .. ·:" _ September 1 985 Legi s l a t i ve . A d m i nistrative and Rt:: g ula torv H a p p e n ings most notably the growing budget and trade deficits, are far more important. "You know, I'm not an economist," said Sen. Robert Dole (R-Kan.), majority leader of the Senate . " I can't predict, but I think we're heading for some economic problems in, probably, '86, if not, '87, unless we deal with the �eficit. And if we don't deal with the trade deficit, we're going to pass a lot of protectionist legis­ lation . . . . " I don't know of any economist; ' ' said Dole, "who doesn't urge us to do some­ thing on the deficit side . . . . Our interest payments thjs year are going to be $150 billion. They're going up to over $200 billion by . the end of the decade. That's bigger than the entire federal budget not many years ago, so iCs a problem: " ance to cover damage or loss of their vessels, and protection and indemnity in­ surance to cover insurance to their crews. ' ' We are making this issue a high prionty, ' ' said Drozak. ' ' Something needs to b e done to save the American fishing industry. " - CDS Payback A court ruling is expected to be handed down shortly that will clarify the status of the administration's plan to allow repay­ ment of Construction Differential Subsi­ dies. Earlier this year, non"'.�inding language was included in the State, Comme_rce, Justice Conference report that requisted that the Secretary of Transportation not implement a proposed rule - that would allow operators engaged in foreign trade - to enter the coastwise routes as long as they repai<;l their Construction Differential Subsidies. Passenger Vessels SIU President Frank Drozak has. thrown the Union' s support behind s: 146 1 , a bill Military Cargo that would allow American-built but foreign-registered vessels to be redocuThere has been a disturbing pattern in the enforcement, or rather the lack of mented under the American registry. enforcement, of agreements and statutes ·�we are pleased that S. 146 1 would . th . . th�re·�e� . �wert.1lan5l<tvessels-r. eii.stered.-- · · .. . . create a window ofoppc)rtunity to foster .. i at require the use ()f U.S.-flag vessels _ _ _ flag� Out . merchant _ to carry military cargo purchased from the · •ndet the �American· · further . e xpansion of the dOmestic fleet, ' ' .. . · -United· States. said Drozak. ' ' In -1959� there were 44 marine is one-fifth the size of the Soviets. The issue is aroltsing concern among flying - the U .S . flag. - passenger vessels Once the largest in the world, it now ranks . pro-maritime figures. Earli�r - this month Today, the nation has but two deep-sea alongside such "giants" as the Philippines · Rep. }lelen Delich Bentley,(R-Md.) called vessels to take advantage of the cruise .and the Netherlands. :·, ·:, ·: : : _. . _ market which now totals $5 billion and l,s - � Upon the· S9tith i<.oreet:n .gQvemment to correct inequities in the use of U .S.-ftag growing yearly. " Cargo Preference · vessels . to carry military cargo purchased Drozak also noted that these passenger .- A tentative compromise has been reached from the United States. vessels could be used to auginent this betweenthe.rttaritime industry .and various . According to Bentley, during the past nation's sealift • capability; He compared segments of the fatJn corillnuriity on the 1 1 years the South Korean government the present state· of the .American-flag question of cargo preference. If that com­ has Jailed to li�e upto the terms of various passenger vessel industry tO that_ of the promise is accepted by Congress, then the agreements that require the use of tJ . S . Soviet Union, which operates 87 vessels percentage of P.'L. 480 cargo that is carried vessels to carry cargoes, particularly miland i s expected to grow to nearly 100 in on American-flag vessels will be increased itary goods, purchased on credit. the next five years. from 50 to 75 percent over a three-year A similar situation exists between this period. American-flag requirements relat­ country and the government of Iceland. South Alriea ing to blended credit, payment-in-kind, The government there has put pressure on There is a growing feeling that some BICEP and other such "commercially­ the State Q�partment to ease up on Amer­ kind of blow-up is inevitable in South oriented" programs will be dropped. ican�ftag requirements. While this does Africa. A day does not go by without some While the normally fractitious maritime not directly affect any SIU vessel, it does new report of violence there. industry is united on this matter, the ag­ set a dangerous precedent that could The ties that organized labor has made riculture community is split right down weaken this nation's military cargo pref­ to the black trade union movement in that the middle. The SIU will continue to work erence laws, tragic country will be an important, and for enactment of this compromise because perhaps the only, link that the United Drucs it believes that it serves the needs of both States will have with any post-apartheid industries. The SIU has submitted comments on a government. " Both maritime and agriculture have proposed Coast Guard ruling dealing with been victims of unfair trade practices , " drug and alcohol abuse. Insurance Crisis said SIU President Frank Drozak earlier The Coast Guard ruling is part of a this year when this cargo preference issue Hearings were held by the House Mer� larger societal trend. All across the coun­ first began to heat up. "By fighting among chant Marine Subcommittee to look into try there has been a growing determination ourselves, we draw attention away from the growing crisis in the fishing industry. to do something to arrest drug and alcohol the really important issues that need to be Commercial operators o{ fishing vessels abuse, especially when such behavior would addresssed: the overvalued American dol­ have found it increasingly difficult to ob- · endanger the lives and safety of other co­ lar, subsidized foreign competition, and a tain insurance for their businesses. workers. lack of a coherent national policy on trade SIU Representative Leo Sabato of The SIU has long been a pioneer in this and economic development. ' ' Gloucester reports that the -fishing indus­ field. Ten years ago it opened up the try was au but called off because of· this Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center in Valley Tax Reform issue. Hundreds of fishermen are being Lee, Md. Within the next few months, it While the administration has vowed to forced to leave the country. will expand that program to include drug make tax reform a top priority, many Commercial fishing vessel operators re.. abuse, which has become a serious na­ quire two types of insurance: hull insureconomists believe _ that other matters, tional problem.·. · c _ ._ (:' ' · _ September 1 985 I LOG I 19 ��=======�==� �25 Years With the SIU · Cranford Named Claims Administrator, Aims SIU President Frank Drozak has made the reorganization ofthe Welfare Plans claims department a number one priority of the Union. This month he named Tom Cranford; a 25-year Plans veteran, to be Claims Administrator, and brought him into the Union's Camp Springs, Md: headquarters. · for Improved Service The move froni Brooklyn to Mary.-. "If we know where each claim is, land, the growing number of claims .. when a member or even a provider submitted and the problems of finding · calls with a question, we will be able trained and .- qualified employees for to locate it immediately and let them the department have led to a slow­ .know exactly what the status is," down in processing, Cranford said. ·Cranford · explained. Currently it takes about 40 days, Department employees are being and sometimes longer, for a claim to trained in specialized areas, such as be processed. ''A. 14�ay turnaround processing, coding or answering mem­ or even less is what we are shooting bers' inquiries. Also, with the addition for, that's my goal," Cranford said. · of a night shift designed especially to "I've seen a lot of progress already . . help Seafarers on the West Coast, the A lot of paper was just getting backed new toll-free telephone number, the · up arid never got out of the house," addition of a new answering service he said. and the simplification of the claims Cranford, , since he began at Camp form, Cranford said he hopes the SIU · Springs, and other claims department membership will begin to receive bet­ . staffers have reviewed the entire op­ ter service. eratio� and · 10cated many problem Cranford is a Kentucky native who areas, and those problems are in the process 9f bemg straightened out. came to work for the SIU in New York in 1960. In his 25 years with the Also, a more efficient system of keeping track of claims, from the mo­ SIU, Cranford has gained experience , ment they are received at headquarters in all areas of the union s welfare and until the check is issued, is · being Pension departments. He is married developed, he said. and the father of three children. · Tum Cranford, the newly · appointed Clabns Administrator for the SIU Welfare Plans, says bis goal is to be able to process a member's claim within 14 days, as opposed to the · current 40-day average. · · ·· rend�rlng B New .Ships · carry This is an artist's or a t8nke�. are all built to same specifications, and after a layup the Falcon Duchess has been recrewed. FBlcon The Fakon tankers At Sea /��ITTJ ® IT3® Hill Grou p Can't Find Cargo Policy, Again In 1983 Congress' Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) concluded that the United States had no cargo policy. Last month the same group still couldn't find a U.S. cargo policy. The OTA studied such issues as cargo preference, UNCTAD, bilateral agreements, other countries' polic_i es. The group recommended more studies. Drozak Named to Maritime Caucus SIU President Frank Drozak was one or "14 members selected for the newly­ created Congressional Marltline Caucus Advisory Board. The caucus will draft an "action plan aimed at stimulating legislative and regulatory initiatives aimed at revit�ing the maritime fudustry ," said caucus chairman Rep. Walter Jones .. (D-N.C�). Aloag.with the 14 member 'board made tip of tabor and itidustry leaders, some JZ: House members have joi®d the caucus . . Unl.iJte so many other �-�study gn}ups;· the caucus bas a· deadline, March, to draft and present a proposal. , . · Bill vyould Ban ·· . Fo reig n Fishing" Foreign fishing boats could disappear from America's 200-mile · fishiiig zone by as early as 1989 under a bill introduced by Sen. Slade Gorton (R�Wash.). Gorton said his bill would encourage the- development: of the U.S. fishing industrY 's harvesting and processing aspects. 20 I ' .; >,t;:, �-�' .. L9.� I September. 1 985 i the SIU Crews . The SS Fairwind and the MV Gus W; 'Darnellate two recent additions · to the SIU's deep-sea fleet. The Fairwind, a bulker operated by American Fairwind, Inc., crewed up in Philadelphia on Aug. 17 with an unlicensed crew of 14. Her maiden voyage took her to Kenya with a lo�-4 of grain. Ibe.Qus .W. l)amell, a T-5 Navy tanker chartered. toQceanShlpholding, :Jnc., gained another 15 Unli�ensed jobs for the SIU when she crewed up Sept. 9 in 'Tampa. A third ship, the Gem State, is soon to be added to the deep-sea fleet. Interocean Management has. been awarded a .contract to operate this crane ship for the Navy and, like her sister ship, the Keystone State, will provid� another 20 unlicensedjobs for our members, Also Falcoo Tankers recrewed the Falcon Duchess. The Duchess carries an unlicensed crew of 15. After seven years in layup in the James Ri�er. �ast Coast Ready Reserve Fleet the Atlanti c Spiritis no\V � with a crew of Seafarers fotAcadiaMarml·T11e Spirii, forrtl.edf the Atlantic Bear, sailed for only six months before its original owners went bankrupt. Acadia bought the ship for $20 million from Marad and spent more to refurbish_her. The Spirit will run in the Puerto Rico trade. Greek Captain Charged in Stowaway Deaths A Greek freighter captam has been charged with forcing 1 1 Kenyan stowaways to jump overboard in shark�infested Indian Ocean waters. None survived. The drama is unfolding in a Greek court where the captain and 10 crew­ members face charges in the alleged beatings and deaths of the stowaways. The second mate ofthe freighter Garifaliatestified that the 1 1 were discovered after the ship left Mombasa, Kenya. First, according to the mate, the stowaways we�e kept in a tiny tool shed for two days with little fOod or water. When they began to beg for help, the captain beat two of them with a hull scrapper and · attempted to throw another overboard, the niate said. _ Two were given lifejackets and · forced overboard about 12 miles off the coast of Somalia, and later the otherirwere forced overboard, the mate testified. He also said the name of the ship was erased from all the lifejackets provided the. stowaways. The trial is continuing. · Fish�rman's · Survival Studied Last March an Icelandic fisherman survived. five hours in 41 degree water and three more hours walking barefoot through freezing air and snow before beiilg rescued. The fisherman is now the subject of intensive tests by hypo�hermia e_xperts. · · Wheri the fisherman's boat capsized off the coast of �celand, he and two companions entered the water. His compani®s were dead .within 10 minutes. Doctors in London have tried to recreate the conditions in a laboratory to take readings of the fisherman's body composition and heat loss to find out why the fisherman lived through an. experience which' would have killed most people within an hour and a. half at most. . . . . . _ �Plans Strive for Better, More Efficient Service r-----------------------------------------------------------, Form No. P-116 I Re". 8/85 · I I I I I I SEAFARERS MEDICAL BENEFIT APPLICATION APPLICATION FOR BASIC AND MAJOR MEDICAL BENEFITS­ HOSPITAL-SURGICAL-MEDICAL-MEMBER OR DEPENDENT I SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN, 5201 AUTH WAY, CAMP SPRINGS, MARYLAND 20746 Claim No.( _______ ) : I I 0. 000 DD DODD: -------�-- tc Empl rermi m·n lt h lhc 1cd mi I d " V F.l. The Seafarers Welfare Plan is con­ tinuing to add new services so Seafar­ ers and their dependents can count on a more efficient and swifter claims ------- c:d in I t r l I 1 n process. lnL d ti cp nth Expanded Phone Service Means Claims Help Coast to Coast The newest service is the addition of a high-technology answering device D for the new toll-free telephone line to the claims department. The answering service is designed to speed up action on your claim and give you better 4 ticnt' Barth ame e: . ·o ..tdr cm . H vc D noO ye Iaim You ye , d access to the Plans. The "800 number" telephone lines __ ODD DD DODO will be manned by trained claims pro­ cessors for at least two shifts to pro­ r ·c? I c: ·c vide service for members in all time zones. If aU the processors are busy I euthortze the ,...._ of eny medk:al lntonMllon nee111wry to proceee this cWm . On 0 with.calls, or you call after hours, the new answering service will take over. ' --------� c H ear d whue D n Here's What You Must Do D You should be prepared to give the following information: 1d 11 h ppcn. ------lure *Your name IC *Your Social Security number *Your telephone number Section 2. Physician's statement. (Complete this statement in all cases.) I. Patient's Name 2. Date patient first treated for present disability ______ 3. Diagnosis S:S, No. · 19 __ Home D D O. DD __ *T . he nature of your problem or DODD ' __ claims .;____________ (Please furnish essential details) a result of pregnancy? yes 0 no 0 5. In your opinion. is disability caused by the patient's employment yes 0 0 yes no 0 within one working day. - If not. release·u_._ ________ I dates of treatment at Home or Office Charge per Physician's Name call bers with the most efficient and best __ possible Welfare claims service. Effective ______ Total medical charge $ Date ------- (Please Print) No. Street City ____ 19·----- State Zip Code Physician's Signature: ________________ _ Federal I.D. No. ---'--- Physician's S.S. No. ------- COMPLETE IF HOSPITAL CONFINED 8. Entered ------- at ___ AM _, ___ __ 19 , and left at __ --- AM --� --- 19 __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ and discharge summary is required. SIU SIU, A&G welfare participants, and will be available in all SIU halls. To make it easier, all that you or your dependent need do is fill out the yellow section of the form. But, make sure you include all information, in­ cluding PROOF OF ELIGIBILITY. HOSPITAL TOTAL CHARGES $, 9. If hospital charges exceed $5,000.00 admission 1985, The new forms are being mailed to all Address ------Telephone Number 1, ERS BENEFIT APPLICATION form. _ _ _ _ __ ------ October members must use the new SEAFAR­ _____________________ $ the new medical claims form (at left)­ are all designed to provide SIU mem­ 19 7. (a) Give dates of treatment at Hospita'-----th) Give th�t inf()rmatio�, a processor will get back to you device, extensive computerization and If so, please explain why·------- 6. Is this person under your professional care at present'' r you give These new services-the answering 0 no ·question Af't� Office ______________________________ 4. Is disability "I PAYMENT CREDITS-PATIENT $. _ _ _ _ _ _ __ PAYMENT CREDITS-OTHER CARRIER(S) $. _______ _ BALANCE DUE $•------ COMPLETE IF SURGERY PERFORMED OR EMERGENCY ROOM TREATMENT 10. Nature of Operation Operatio•IL--- by Dr. All claims must be submitted within 180 days from the date of discharge from the hospital. If you have any question about your claim, contact your SIU Port Repre­ sentative, or your Area Vice Presi­ dent, or call this Toll-Free Phone Num­ ber: 1-800-345-2112. ___________ _ 11. Number of sutures if accidental injury 12. Date of Operation�-� J9 __ Where? Home __ Office __ Hospital.__ Amount of your charge for this operation $ ____ _ _ _ _ NOTE: If more than one surgery performed, show charge for each. I I I ------- I I �-----------------------------------------------------------� 13. Remarks Here Are Your SIU ------ Area Vice Presidents East Coast: Leon Hall, (718) 499- 6600. Gulf Coast: Joe Sacco, 1-800-325- 2532. West Coast: George McCartney: (415) 543-5855. Inland & Great Lakes: Mike Sacco, (314) 752-6500 September 1985 I LOG I 21 , ·, �Bay Tankers Wins Contract . . . Regulus /s. First of 4 NewJy�Refitted · SL�rs .._, · ' : ··: ' · . 1:·�, ' :;:, . ' ...... .. : if.oi:e\ban, t�' $ro:jobs were ere:> ated:�Ji�ri·»(lr'(aiikeij: Inc. wbn the: coritract:to ol)erat:e·the remaining fotrr � ' · · . .· . -.' the ro'�er Sea".Land �cfitmge and waS cort\rerled by' the N�onaJ. Steel . . . for SJU :::" �·; . ' and SbipbUilding Company . . . Sl::.•7FastSealiftShips for theMilitary . ·' Each Fast .Sealift Ship, . or T-AKR· Sealift .Command. The first four are . is powered·by two 60,000 horsepower · operated by sea-Land and. crewed by. · steam. turbine engines and can �ch , Seafar�rs. speeds as high as 33 knots. The srups · will carry vehicles and other .fatge . · .. · · · . �c) for cotllbat support missions for ' · ihe Afn\y �- Marine Co:rps, · ne last . ' tJu:eC, T-AKR _ships are ' due .to � crewed' within the next 6 months ; . · . . ·. I Bosun Fred Sellman Here's the deck departmeBt ooboard the R�ulus (left to right) OS Ayvaziu, AB Richard CamplJeD and OS Randy Black. 22 I LOG I September 1 985 Boo . Ricbanboo, AB Skve B�, AB and · � delegate Ecidie . . Wiper Willie Boward checks out the LOG. �Ovf?rseas ft.retie Pays · · orr 1n Port of Pbiladelphia · . · The Overseas Arctic was in Phila­ delphia recently for a payoff. At right on the Arctic 's deck is crewmem­ ber Pete Kratas . Below; preparing a meal prior fo the payoff are galley to·.r .) Crew Messman James R � ' Buggs , BR Clarence Williams and Chief Cook Tr�vis _ Mainers, · on deck are (l. to r.) OS Toni Reynolds and ABs (and brothers) Ernest and Lawrence Zepeda. the mates (l. · - KNOW YOU,R RIGHTS '·, · R P RTS FINANCIAL E O . The constitution Of the SIU ··A..\\�-n t ic . G u l f. Lakes and I n l a n d Waters District makes specifi&"•P � \ Q,..Jor safeguanJing the membership"s � money and Uri!Oil: fina�c� " Tp . c o ti�qtjon req u i res a deta i l ed audit hy Ce rt i fi ed Puhlic -�cc U'tlt<i:�tS evet;y:three months. w h i ch are t o be submitted to'the�membershi·p .­ the Secretary-Treasurer. A q uarterly finance committee of rank and file members. elected by the membership. makes exam i n ation each quarter of the finances of the . U n ion and reports fu l l y thei r findings and recommenda­ tions. Members of t h i s com m ittee m a y make d issenting reports, spec ific recommendations and separate findings. � ·.- K N O W YOUR R I G H TS ' · .. . ' j t f . , SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniot'- ' i t y are protected exc lusive l y by the contracts hetwe.en t he U n ion and the em ployers. Get . to k_now your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are: posted a nd - available i n a l l U n ion halls; I f you feel t_here has been any viol ation of your sh i pp i ng or se n iority rights as contai ned in the contracts between the U n ion and the employers. not i fy the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified m a i l . return re­ ceipt requested. The proper address for t h is is: . Angus "Red" Campbell Chairman, Seaf�ers Appeals Board 5201 Auth Way and Bntannia Way Prince Georges County Camp Springs, Md. 20146 F u l l copi e s of contracts as referred to are available · to you at all t i mes. either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Boa.rd. CONTRACTS. Copies of all S I U c on t rac ts are avail. i n all. SIU halls.' These contracts specify the wages and conditions under wh ich you work and l ive uboatt! your sh i p or boat. Know your contract rights. as· well as your obl igations. such us : fil i n g for: OT on the proper sheets and i n the proper. manner. I f. at any time. any SIU a bl e · · ----�---- ��-�--¢,. r . : .. : . . .�. CONSTITUTIONAL ., · . : ··r .. RiGHTS ' ANO . OBLIGA- · · · notify U n ion h e a d quarte rs . SEAFARERS POLITICAL AC'tlVITY DONATION -SPAD. S P A D is a se pa r a te segregated fu n d . Its pro­ patrolman or other U n ion otlbal . in your opinion, fai·ls to p rotcc_t your contract rights properly� contact . the near� st S I U port .ag_en L ' . EDITORIAL POLICY - THE LOG. Th e Log has traditionally refrained from publishing any article servi n g t he pol itical purposes o f a n y i n d i v i d u a l i n_ t h e U n ion. office r or member. I t · has also_ refrained from publishing . articles deen.1cd harmful to the U n ion or its collective membership. This es t a b l ished pol icy has been reaffirmed . by membership ·,iction at the September. 1 960. meetings in all . const itutiona l ports. The responsibility Log p ol i c y is vested i n an eJitorial board which consists of t he Exec utive Board of lhc U n ion. The Executive Board may · Jc l e g ate. from a m on g its ra nks. one individual to · carry out this respon�ibility. ·for ceeds arc used to further its objects and pur poses i nc h.id� i ng. but not l i m i ted to. further i n g the pol itical. social and economic i n terests of marit ime workers. the ·preservation <ind furthering of t h_c American M erchant M a rine with improved employ ment o p portu n i t i e s for seamen and · boatmen and t he advancement of trade u n ion concepts. l n connection w i t h such objects. SPAn supp<irts and cont ri hutcs to political candid;itcs for e l e c t ive otlicc. A l l contributions arc v o l u n t ary. N o contribut ion may be solicite1.for received because of force. job 1.fr;cri m i n a t ion . financial reprisal.- or .t hreat of such cond uct. or as a con­ dition o f nic m bcr s h i p in t he Union pr o f em p l oy m e n t . I f a cohtrihut ion is made by reason ·(J f th e a biwc improper conduct, noiify t he Seafarers U n io n or S P A D hy certified niai.l within .'1 0 d a y s o f the c ont r i b u t i o n for i n ve st igat ion arid appropriate act ion and refun d . i f involuntary. Sup­ . port SP AD t o protect and further your cconom ic.' pori­ . tical a nd social i n terests. and A merican trade u n ior:i concepts. · · · PAYMENT OF MONIES. N o monies are to b e paid to anyon.e· in any oftic i a l capacity i n the - SI U u n l ess an official U n io n receipt i s given for same. U nder n o c i rc u m ­ stances shou l d a n y member pay ariy money for .any reason u n less he is- given such reccipi. In t he event anyone attempts to require any such, payme n t be made without supplying a recei pt . or i f a member is requ i red t o make a p<iyrncnt and' is given <in ofticial rccc'ipt. _but feels .that h e s h o u l d n o t h a v e heen re q u i red t o niakc such payment. t h i s should in1meJiately be reported to U n kin hc;idquartcrs. H at. any time a member reels that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he has been ·denied his constitutional right of access to Union recoMls or information, he should immediately nc;itify SIU President Frank Drozak at Headquarters by certified ma'il, return receipt-requesied. The � is.5201 Auth Way and Britannia Way, Prine� Georges County, Camp Sprinp, Md. 20746. September 1 985 I LOG l 23 � I, -f i· · · KNO W· ;YOU R RIGH TS, _ ' '. . . : • . . " ._. . . . · ·.� ', • EQUAL RIG HTS. A l l mc m hc rs arc guaranteed equal rights i n employ ment and as members of the S I U . These r i ghts arc clearly set forth i n the S I U const i t u t ion and i n the contracts w h ich the U n ion h;1s negoti ated with the employers. Conseq u e n t l y . · no member m ay be J i scrimi· nated against b ec a u se o f race. creed. color. s C ); and na­ . tional or geogra phic origin. I f any m em ber feels that he i� denied the c4ual rights i o which he is e n i i t l ed . · he s h o u ld TRUST FUNDS. . A l l trust funds of the S I U Atlantic . Gulf. Lakes and I n land Waters District are administered in accordance w i t h the provisions of v � r i ous trust; fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the ' trusfo·e s< ·· in c harge of t hese funds shall equally consist of U nion and management reprcsentutives and their a lternates. All expenditures and d isbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. A l l trust fund financial records are availabfe at the headquarters of the various trust fu n ds . . ··: ': r . TIONS. Copic� of . ihc S I U con s t i t u t i o n arc ;1vailablc in all U n ion halls. All mchlhers � h ou l d obt ain cop ie s of this cor'tstitut ion s o as to fa m i l i a ri ze t h·c mselves with its con­ tents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attcrnpt­ ing to deprive y o u of any const i tutional right or ohligation by any methods such as dea l i n g w i th charges. t rials. etc.. as wel l as all other .details. t hen the mcmhcr so affected should immediately notify hcadq u a ricrs. ---¥-.. ' • • -= ·- - -- - --·-- ----- - -- --- --- ----- - ----- ------·- ------ -- ----------- -- - · · · · - -- ---- --- _________.:__ ___. - . . . � �Richard Charles Daly Jr., 38, died Deep Saa Pensioner William at home in Great Neck, Long Island on July 2. Brother Dalyjoined the SIU Julius Bielski, 62, died on Sept. 3. Brother Bielski joined the SIU in the port of San Francisco in 1969 sailing as a wiper. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II and the Korean War. Seafarer Bielski was born in Chicago, Ill. and was a resident of Bremerton, Wash. Surviving are his widow, Dolores and a sister, Bess Mueller of Chicago. Lutheran joined the SIU in suns Program in 1979. Seafarer Daly New Orleans sailing also sailed during the Vietnam War and attended Broome Cty. (N.Y.) Aileen of Binghamton, N.Y. died on Sept. 2. Brother Beasley joined the SIU in the port of Houston in 1%0. 1974. Seafarer Garrity was born in Antoinette. Pensioner Frans N . He sailed deep sea and inland as a DeKeyzer, 66, died chief engineer for National Marine Pensioner Arthur Henderson, 71, died , on Aug. 1. Brother Hendersonjoined the on Aug. 18. Brother SIU in 1945 in the Service from 1958 to 1974 and for Gulf DeKeyzerjoined the port of New Orleans Miami, Fla. and was a resident of New York in 1962 was born in Algiers, Canal Lines in 1975. He was born in SIU in the port of Gretna, La. Surviving are a son, Ed­ sailing as an AB. He ward of Slidell, La. and a daughter, hit the bricks in the 1962 Robin Line Cheryl Barrett of Orlando, Fla. Pensioner Alfredo Car­ "Freddie" moega, 67, died of { ,,, arteriosclerosis / .· at home in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Aug. 16. � Brother Carmoega beef. Seafarer DeKeyzer also sailed rock Co. Born in the Netherlands, he was a naturalized U.S. citizen and a resident of Starke, Fla. Surviving are his widow, Hilda and a sister, Jacoba of the Netherlands. Pensioner port of New York in James "Jim" Michael Faust, beth,.N.J. from 1966 to 1974. Seafarer Carmoeg walked the picket line in arteriosclerosis at home In Baltimore 73, passed away from the Sea-Land shoregang, Port Eliza­ � 1964. Carmoega was born in Puerto Rico. Burial was in St. Denis Ceme­ tery, East Fishkill, N. Y. Surviving is a daughter, Myrta Grencher of Hope­ well Jct., N.Y. Pensioner James Edward Coleman Jr., succumbed to cancer in the M.D. 60, Anderson Hospital, Houston on July 16. Brother Coleman joined the SIU in the port of Baltimore in 1957 sailing as an AB. He also sailed on the Great Lakes in 1%0. Born in Virginia, he was a resident of Galena Park, Texas. Interment was in the Orleans Union patrolman James McGee and his parents, James H. and Josie Coleman Sr. of Stuart, Va. Pensioner Walter Cressman , 72, drowned in Philadelphia on Aug. 8. Brother Cressman joined the SIU in 1939 in the port of Philadelphia sailing as a FOWT and engineer. He was on the picket line in the 1946 General Maritime beef and the 1947 Isthmian strike. Born in Sellersville, Pa. he was a resident of Quakertown, Pa. Surviv­ ing is his widow, Miriam. 24 I LOG I September 1985 Paszek of New York City. T homas John Re­ more in 1961 sailing as a chief pumpman, chief electrician, QMED and MEBA District 2 2nd as­ sistant engineer in 1966. He also sailed assistant Surviving on a task force. Faust was a native of Downington, Pa. Cremation took place in the Green Mt. Crematory, Balti­ more. Surviving is a brother, Col. Robert J. Faust of Alexandria, Va. Pensioner Nicolas Villaverde Fer­ nandez, 95, passed away at home in FerroL Courna, as a waiter from 1954 to 1970. Surviv­ ing is a nephew, Manuel M. Villaverde of Ferrol, Coruna. a engineer. is his zeveteb of Shamokin, Pa. Pensioner Michael "Mike" 64, Romalho, succumbed to cancer in St. Mary's Hospital, San Fran+ Lewis, 62, died on cisco . on July. 20. Romalho Brother joined the SIU in Lewisjoined the SIU New Orleans sailing as a recertified Joseph Aug. Francis 9. Brother in the port of Balti- 1944 in the port of chief steward. He graduated from the more in 1952 sailing Union Recertified Chief Stewards Pro­ s iled during the � v 1etnam w ar. s ea- born in British Guiana and was a as an AB. He also farer Lewis was a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Born in Bridge­ water, Mass., he was a resident of Brooklyn, N. Y. Surviving are two sons, Stephen and Lionel; two brothers, Donald of Canton, Mass. and James of Cambridge, Mass.; a sister, Orin gram in 1981. Seafarer Romalho was naturalized U.S. citizen. Romalho was a resident of Daly City, Calif. Inter­ ment was in the Daphne Fernwood Cemetery, Mill Valley, Calif. Surviv­ ing are a sister, Mary Pacquing of Alameda, Calif. and a grandniece, Abella Tolmosoff of Daly City. Stimpson of Brockton, Mass. , and a Francis James niece, Cynthia Lewis of Canton. Ry an Jr., Spain on July 20. Brother Fernandez joined the SIU in the port of Tampa, Fla. in 1954 sailing as mother, Pauline Re­ duras, he was a resident of Meraux, . La. Surviving is his widow, Elma. during the Vietnam War. Seafarer Faust was a veteran of the U.S. Navy serving sailed MEBA District 2 2nd Conference No. 3. A native of Hon­ " , a 28. Brother Rezev­ eteb attended the 1970 Piney Point Pension ,..• of heart attack on Aug. Hyde joined the SIU in 1949 in the "! -�; died zeveteb Pensioner T homas Raymond Hyde, in the port of Balti­ Houston National Cemetery. Surviv­ ing are his widow, Helen; a son, New widow, Anna and a brother, Joseph 78, passed away on Aug. 23. Brother on July 21. Brother Faustjoined the SIU the Wall St. strike, the 1%1 Greater N.Y. Harbor beef and the 1965 District the Marine Cooks and Stewards Union Training School, Santa Rosa, Calif. in Brooklyn. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn. Surviving are his 1946 General Maritime strike and the 1952 sailing as a cook. He worked on Council 37 strike. He graduated from Czechoslovakia and was a naturalized U . S. citizen. Paszek was a resident of Ardenia Morgan of Houston. hit the bricks in the Wall St. beef, 1. strike and the 1%5 District Council 37 beef. Seafarer Paszek was born in La. and was a resident of Houston. Surviving is a niece, port of Tampa sailing as an AB. He Aug. the bricks in the 1961 Greater N.Y. Harbor beef, the 1962 Robin Line 1947 Isthmian beef. Seafarer Hyde joined the SIU in the Paszek on port of New York in 1955 sailing as a deck engineer. He hit sailing as a cook. He as a scow captain for the N. Y. Trap­ Brother joined the SIU in the on the Delta Line New Orleans and was a resident of Chalmette, La. Surviving is his widow, widow, Brooklyn, as an AB. He worked place in the Vestal (N. Y. ) Hill Cre­ are his Medical Center, N.Y. shoregang, New Orleans from 1953 to matory. Surviving natural causes in the 1947 in the port of Community College. Daly was born Haissa and his parents, Richard and Pensioner Everett James Beasley, 63, 21. Brother Garrity Point Entry Program in 1968. He grad­ uated from the U nion Recertified Bo­ Emil Paszek, 67, died of passed away on July after his graduation from the Piney in Johnson City, N.Y. Cremation took Pensioner Francis Garrity, 74, . "']. ·, Carl A. McKinley, died on July 28. Brother McKinley joined the SIU in '· 61, died aboard a Sea-Land ship on Sept. 2. Brother Ryan joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1959 the port of Houston in 1975. Surviving is his mother, Lernice Williams of Port sailing as an AB. He Arthur, Texas. was a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War II and the Pensioner Luis G. Fuigueroa , died Larry Robert Korean War. Seafarer Ryan was born Brother brother, John; an aunt, Helen Van on July 31. Brother Fuigueroa joined Mowbray, 24, died on in Brooklyn, N.Y. Surviving are his He was a resident of Puerto Rico. Mowbray joined the Wart, and a nfoce, Patricia, all of May the SIU in the port of Santurce, P.R. Surviving are his widow, Josefina and a daughter, Sandra of Puerto Rico. Louis Garcia, 64, died on July 10. __ .� "". ii· . �·· ,.,·P SIU 23. following his graduation from the Union's Harry Lun- " deberg School Seamanship of Entry Brother Garcia joined the SIU in the Trainee Program, Piney Point, Md. in QMED. He was born in Texas. Sur­ in Baltimore and was a resident there. Surviving are his parents, Herman and port of New York in 1967 sailing as a viving are a brother, John of Rockdale, Texas and a sister, Isidra L. Timkley of Lockport, N. Y. 1981 sailing as a cook. He was born Betty Mowbray and an uncle, John Mowbray, all of Baltimore. Brooklyn. Pensioner Bela Szupp, 60, died on Sept. Szupp 2. Brother joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1963 sailing as an AB. He was born in Hun­ gary, was a natural- �ized U.S. citizen and was a resident of Baltimore. Orleans. Surviving are a sjster and brother-in-law, Gloria and Theodore Karmanski of Chicago. ( Pensioner Andrew i Arthur Thompson, 63, passed away from cancer in the Villa Mercy Hospital, Daphne, June Ala. 6. on Brother Thompson joined the SIU in 1943 in the port of Norfolk sailing as a bosun. He was born in Mobile and was a resident Stephen Laker steward. He was born in Welch, W. Va. and was a resident of Portland. Burial was in the Rose City Cemetery, Portland. Surviving are his widow, Annie and a son, Joseph. Pensioner Peter .'1..··• natural causes in St. Vincent's Hospital, New York City on July 29. Vlahos Brother joined the SIU in 1944 in the ,· port of New York sailing as a cook. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War 11. Seafarer Vlahos was born in New York pty, an was a resid ntA\l\ere"rlnferrnerit was in the Cemetery, Brooklyn, . , C'9press Hills N.Y. Surviving are a brother, Deme­ trios of Greece and a niece, Pauline Valenti of Queens, N. Y. joined the 1;\ as an Blaine AB. was born in San Fran­ cisco and was a resident of Novato, Calif. Surviving is his father, Califor­ nia Superior Court Judge Jack Blaine of Ignacio, Calif. Pensioner Leon­ '' succumbed to can- cer in the Bonnabel James Brother joined the was a resident of Benidji, Minn. Burial was in the Augustana Lutheran Cem­ etery, Pine Lake Twsp., Minn. Sur­ viving is his widow, Jennie. on July 25. Brother Meister joined the 1974 sailing as an AB. He was a Heights, Ill. on Aug. ing as an AB. He Calif. Surviving is his father, Robert joined the SlU in U.S. Navy during the Detroit in 1973 sail­ Arlington was a veteran of the 9. Brother Wooten 1939 in Puerto Rico sailing as an AB. he was a resident of Redwood City, Meister Sr. of Clintonville, Wis. Pensioner Korean War and World War II. Born Ray- He was on the picket line in the 1961 in Alabama, he was a resident of mond Joseph Kane, itime strike 2nd the 1947 Isthmian Gwendolyn Dunn of Detroit. July N.Y. Harbor beef, 1946 General Mar­ beef. Seafarer Wooten attended the 1970 Piney Point Pensioners Confer­ ence No. 6. And he was a veteran of the U.S. Navy before World War II. he was a resident of Des Plains, Ill. Burial was in the Oak­ Born in G rgi . ridge Abbey Cemetery, Hillside, Ill. Surviving is a sister, Florence Kos­ micki of Des Plains. Detroit. Surviving is his John Douglas Wright Sr. , 71, passed away on Aug. 19. Brother Wright joined the SIU in 1943 in the sailing as a deck en­ He hit the 1943 in the port of New York sailing as an AB. He walked the picket line in the 1946 General Maritime beef. Seafarer Walberg was bricks in the 1961 N. Y. Harbor beef. Seafarer Wright was born in Canada of New Orleans. Cremation took place York and another relativ:e. and was a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y. , Kane Pensioner Homer R. Bourgue, 70, vincial House Nursing Home, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. on July 22. Brother Bourgue joined the Union in the port of Detroit in 1960 sailing as a dredge­ man for Construction Aggregates from 1977 to 1978. He was born in the a resident of Sault Ste. Marie. Burial Marie. Surviving is his widow, Cecelia. Brother joined the Detroit in 1970 sail­ ing as a cook. He also sailed during World War II. Laker Kane was born in Lexington, Ky. and was a resident of Mt. Clemens, Mich. Interment was in St. Thomas Cemetery, Mt. Sterling, Ky. Surviving is a son, Ira of Mt. Clemens. was in the Oaklawn Chapel Cemetery, Sault Ste. 27. ' Union in the port of passed away from cancer in the Pro­ Eugene �' · Tech, Aug. Tech 54, JO. Clarence died on Brother joined the Pensioner Carl Odin Dahl, 78, died Union in the port of Union in the port of Chicago, Ill. sailing as a bosun. He was a former Co. from 1957 to 1969. He was a former member of the Tug Firemen's Surviving are his widow, Janice; a son, John (Jack) D. Wright Jr. of New Union, Local l, Chicago, in 1952. Laker Dahl was born in Bayfield, Wis. and Wright of Seattle. widow, Alma and a daughter, Sharon. Henry 77, passed away on mother, sailing for the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. and the Great Lakes Towing FOOL.';:) was born in Clearbrook, Minn. and veteran of the U.S. Army in the Viet­ nam War. A native of Green Bay, Wis., gineer. Pl./ZZLE: WllO I� TllE Detroit in 1960 sailing as an oiler. He Union in the port of joined the SIU in in the St. John's Crematory, New the Union in the port of Health Care on July 10. Brother Dahl joined the born in Chicago, Ill. and was a resident joined Brother Booker 4. port of New York Walberg Nordin 29. cancer in the Amer- Aug. Hospital, Metairie, La. on May 22. Brother on July Union in the port of Duluth, Minn. in Pensioner a,rd .9u"1 Walberg, 67, Minn. Robert Michael Meister Jr., 36, died William Cam­ province of Quebec, Canada and was . ... Hospital, Duluth, B ooker, 61, died on Center, 69, Mary's Brother eron Elbert Wooten, icana passed away from ! ' 22. sailed Portland in 1955 sailing as a chief 77, passed away from. Vlahos, heart attack in St. Detroit in 1979. He Brother Williams joined the SIU in · Pensioner passed away from a John Union in the port of pital South, Portland, Ore. on June 11. Lee qf Mobile. ,, Blaine of heart failure at the University Hos­ widow, Ruby and a daughter, Delilah � July Solomon Joseph Williams, 63, died there. Burial was in the New Hope Steve Pensioner Gustof Adolph Nordin, 67, Blaine, 35, died on Cemetery, Mobile. Surviving are his ·� Great Lakes was a resident there. Surviving are his Chicago, Ill. in 1966 member of the NMU from 1954 to 1966. Laker Tech was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force in the Korean War. Born in Winona, Minn., he was a resident of Highland, Ind. Surviving are his widow, Mary Ann and a sister, Patricia. 5�fld'(J f);Y/7() at/2 Sa3dt7d fill JJS07 ONV' :f.iO 7/tt.L :Jiff S�cYOM OtlM N'/Wt/JS f Nt/ ��3MS V' September 1985 I LOG I 25 �Rol:Jert Willie Campbell, 6(),Joined the the Port ofN�w,1,�61k · . a LNG re�ertm�d in 1953 sailing as . , cltj.ef ste�a{d,'. . Brothet C.�.Pb.ell : gradµated froni ihe {Jnfon's· chiet Stewards RecertificatiOn Program ·. · in 1980. He worked'on the isthinian . shoregang in the port. of New Y�rk . in 1%6. Seafarer Campbell. is · a . resident of Hephzibah, Ga� · . Fot:mer Philadelphia port agent "Joe" Norman Air 59, joined the SIU in . 1949 sailing for Cities Service Oil Co� Brother Air was born in Floral Park, N. Y. and is a ; resident of Lumberton, N .J. . · : Robert i ! I ;' ·· s1u in . . _ � . . ...� . . . Luis · G. Gonzalez, 65, joined the · · }' SIU.itiJhe :port of San Francisc<>. I Brother · Gonzalez is a resident of . . L. 'Laredo . Texas · . : ·. · · ' ' . · · · -. · ' j . •. V�cent Cba�ez Sr. , 64, joined·the Tomas Gutierrez Sr., 60, joined the SIU in the port : SIU. m 1944 m the port of New of Houston in 1955 sailing as a cook. Brother Gu­ tierrez was born in Texits and is a resident of Houston . . 1 York sailing. as a LNG chief steward; Brother Chavez graduated from Roman Vance Harper Sr., 63 , ; the Union's Chief Stewards 'Recer­ · . '. joined the SIU 'in 1 943 in . the port i tification Program in 1980. He also . Of New York sailing as a QMED . . , sailed during the VietnamWar. Sea. Brother Harper also worked on .the . farer Chavez was a former tiiember ·· ·· �� :.,,..-,, Seatrain shoregailg, Edgewater, N .J. ·, [ of the NMU. A native of the Phil� · Paul Aubain, 57, joined the SIU from 1970 to 1973 . He was on the ''-. j ippine Is. , he is a resident of Seattle, in 1 947 in the port of New Orleans pickefline' in the 1 961 N.Y. Harbor · sailing as a FOWT. Brother Aubain beef arid the 1 965 District Council Carl Churko, 62, joined the SIU last shipped out of the port of Hous� . 3? strike. Seafarer Harper Is a vet, i in the port of Baltimore in 1955 ton. He is a· veteran of the U.S . eran of die U.S. Navy in World . . :· sajling as a c�k B r o t her Churko Army after the Korean War serving War II. Born in Pittsburgh, Pa. , he ., .took part in the IJ�tt.U11 re . beefs . as a PFC in Co. 51 6, Signal Corps . is a resident of Que�ns Village, was . a . He former membe�: . . of t he . . in Austria. Seafarer Aubain was N.Y. ! Teamsters Union and is a vete rtt n born in St. Thomas, V.I. and is a ' of the U . S . Army in World War 11 . resident of Houston. Seafarer Churko was born in Cory, .AllisOn Isidore Hebert, 61 , joined ' Pa. and is a resident of Baltimore. . die SIU in 1 947 in the port of New . York sailing as a QMED. Brother James Hilton Babson, 62, joined • . Hebert sailed fo(Cities Servi e from the SIU . in 1 944 in the port of � Estuardo Ignacio Cu�nca, 62, . . .t , 1 945 to 1 95 1 . He was born m LouNorfolk sailing as a chief pumpman. joined the SIU in the port of New ��..: isiana · and is a resident of Abber­ Brother Babson hit the bricks in York in 1957 sailing as , a FOWT. ville, La. the 1961 Greater N. Y. Harbor beef Brother Cuenca waQC�� the pick�t.; and the 1965 District Council 37 line in the l96 1 N:y�· Ha.rbo'i:· b�ef. ' strike. He was born in North Car­ He was born in Ecuador and i� a olina and is a resident of Anahuac; . naturcilized U.S. citiz�n. Seafar�r Texas. Cuenca is a resident of Weehaw­ Bruce R. Hubbard, 65, joined the ken, N.J. �IU in the port of Seattle sailing as : . .;;i, chief electrician. Brother Hub- . · Charles Moni$ Barkins, 60, joined . Nicholp$ JohJi ,Damante,. 67rjoiri d the S I U m 'tb . · . bantis�resident ofEdmoods,. WaSh. the .S IU in the port of New Orleans · . pol't qfN¢w · ' Y rk 'in 19. 6 ailing. a a · recertified ,,. . -�� .. . . . )\ in 1955 sailirig ;-a,� . .. .. le �rother sun; :Br6ther Damante graduated from the Andrew B arki n s was bom.'in Louisiana and Furuseth Training School, Brookiyn, N.Y. in 1958. is a resident of New Orleans. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army Infantry after World War II. Seafarer Dama:nte was b�m in Brook. . lyn and is a resident of Hoboken·, N.J. . . 1 •. • ) � ' · .. . -. - ·· Howard Fre4erick Bickford, 55, joined the. SIU iit .the port of New York in 1952 sailing as a cook . Brother Bickford last shipped out of the port of Gloucester, Mass. He bOm is a resident of Mexico. was Nicholas de los Santo8, 59, joined . the SIU in the port of New York in 1958 sailing_ as an AB. Brother de los Santos is a vetemn of th U.S. Navy in World War' I I . lie . was born in Galveston, Tex�s arid .- . William Harold Deskins, · · �arfos aboard an accident-free ship, the : l\lanuel DiazSr. , 63 , joilted . .--. 26 I LOG I September 1 985 · · - - :.iii ' • . . · · · · · ..111itWl�IMP. the SIU.in 1944 in the. pott ;Gf Ne� york . sailing . as a ' chief steward,< · Brother Diaz graduated from the' . · Union�s Chief Stewards Recertifi­ �ation Program fa 1980. He is ah 'ensign veteran of the U.S . Maritime: Service, gi:aduating as a J st cook from theiT Cooks and !fakers Train­ . ; ing School, Sheepshead Bay; . Brooklyn, N . Y. Seafarer Diaz aJsO' attended St. John's :university, Brooklyn in 1958. A native of.Puerto Rico, he. is a residerit of t�enton, . . .. . N�J . · 66,tJ5iii� SS De Soto. He was born in Mobile and is a resident of Carson.• Calif. ; 65,joined 'the SIU in the · port of Norfolk in 1969 sailing last as a chief steward. Brother Deskins was a former member of the NMU from 1943 to 1947. He is a veteran of the U�S� Maritime Service (USMS) during World War'Jl:serv� Henry Bilde, 69, joined the SIU irig as a ··lieutenant. He attende<i 'tli6"'M d s>t&>k·s in the port of New York sailing as · and J;ia,kersSchooi, Sheepshead B�y, Brooklyn , N. Y. · a chief mate. Brother Bilde is . a in 195L Seafarer Deskiris also attended Moorehead resident of Bellport, N. Y. (Ky.} State University. A fiaiive of Nolan, w.va:, . 'he is a resident pf Viriipa Beach, Va. Ronald J. Burton, 66, joined the . . SIU iii the port of Jacksonville s�� · ing as a recertified bosun. Bfother Burton is a resident ofJa:Cksonville . . • is a resident there. in Lawrence, Mass. and · . .� ._,--'• . . James John J� . the SIU;iji;'l,9'3�fir'tbe port of Mobile . ailing'· as a chief cook. Brother Johnson received a Union Personal Safefy Award in 1 960 for sailing · · .. · •. •'• Teddy Kermit Lane, 62, joined . the SHJ in the port of Wilmington, Calif. in 1 956 sailing as a bosun. Brother Lane also worked for the Chrysler Corp . , on roadshows and as a salesman; He is a veteran of . the U . S .• Navy in World War IL Seafarer Lane was born in Loogoo­ tee, Ind. and is a resident of Seattle. · . . '. �ugi� ,-��''. L�ya, 65, joined the SIP ::iQ: 194 I , in' the · · port qf lf<:)u�tpn ajli.ng as a recertified bo­ . su•.n. B{ottier ·tAisoya graduate(l from ith'e Urlion�'Recertified Bosuns Pro­ graQ} .in :l975. He hit the bricks in . • th.e 1946 pe neral Maritime b�ef. . ·. · · · ; , Se arar� L.asoy� is a v¢teran of the . r ·· . · ··� �· �v�s.Yt!Y;:,'fii�r���;cn�:ie� · Bo(Il in Cle�.eland, Texas, he is a ..resident ot S�nta Fe, Texas. ·· · � · �Alfredo Rios, 63 , joined the SIU in 1944 in the port of Norfolk sailing as a FOWT. Brother Rios walked , the picket line in the 1961 N . Y ." Harbor beef. He was on the Sea­ Land shoregang, Port Elizabeth, N . J . from 197 1 to 1978. Seafarer Rios was born in Puerto Rico and is a resident of Brooklyn, N . Y . Leon Lockey, 65 , joined the SIU in the port of Baltimore in 1956 sailing last as a QMED. Brother Lockey last shipped out of the port of New York. He also worked as a longshoreman for the ILA, Local 829 in Baltimore. Seafarer Lockey hit the bricks in the 196 1 Greater N .Y . Harbor beef and is a veteran of the U . S . Army during World War II. Born in North Carolina, he is a resident of Fayettville, N.C. · Nick Marcogliese, 62, joined the SIU in the port of Houston in 196 1 sailing a s a FOWT. Brother Mar­ cogliese is a veteran of the U . S . Coast Guard in World War II. He was born in Kincaid, Ill. and is a resident of San Francisco. Joseph Ira Michael, 66, joined the SIU in the port of Baltimore in 195 1 sailing as a recertified bosun. Brother Michael graduated from the Union Recertified Bosuns Program in 1974. He was born in Baltimore and is a resident there. Cecil Harold Mills, 58, joined the SIU in the port of Seattle in 1957 sailing as a FOWT and QMED. Brother Mills last shipped out of the port of New York. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy after World War II. Seafarer Mills was born in Milltown, Ind. and is a resident of Salem, Ind. ap-�ll Moose,5?',joined Thomas (: tht :IU""m t 'lie-' port of Baltimore in 1955 sailing as an AB. Brother Moose is a veteran of the U . S . Navy after World War II. He was born in Dallas, N . C . and is a resident of �alisbury , N . C . . a t,"· Ii · George Arthur Roy, 65 , joined the SIU in the port of San Francisco in 1968 sailing as a chief electrician, LNG QMED and 3rd assistant en­ gineer. Brother Roy also worked as a shipyard shipfitter. He is a veteran of both the U . S . Army and U . S . Navy in World War II and the Korean War, serving in those serv­ ices' amphibious corps. Seafarer Roy was born in Plainfield, Conn. and is a resident of Williston, Vt. Auldeon Eugene Sharp, joined the SIU in the port of Seattle in 1965 sailing as an AB . Brother Sharp is a veteran ofthe U . S . Navy in World War II. He was born in Humphreys , M o . and is a resident o f Seattle. Erik Pekka Smith, 65 , joined the SIU in the port of Houston in 196 1 sailing a s a FOWT, donkeyman and 1 st assistant engineer in 1955. Brother Smith was born in Pirkala, Finland and is a naturalized U . S . citizen. He i s a resident of Brook­ lyn, N . Y . Vincent Leo Stankiewicz, Sr., 62, joined the SIU in 1942 in the port of New York sailing as an AB. Brother Stankiewicz was born in Philadelphia and is a resident there. ' ,;.,,Jl� Jam� Principe, 62, joined the SIU in 1 947 in the port of Baltimore sailing as a chief electri­ cian, QMED and 3rd assistant en­ gineer. Brother Principe worked on the Sea-Land shoregang, Oakland, Calif. from 1967 to 1985. He is a veteran of the U . S . Marine Corps' Robert Fross Staplin, 65, joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1955 sailing as a chief pumpman. Brother Staplin was on the picket line in the 1962 Robin Line .beef. He is a veteran of the U . S . Navy was born in Mt. Pleasant, Wis . and is a resident of San Francisco. Mass . , he is a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y. in World War n. Seafarer Principe in World War II. Born in Attleboro, In the port of Jacksonville, Patrolman James B. Koesy (left) and HQ Rep. George M. Ripoll (right) congratulate James Northcutt on his many years of service to the Union. Ashton "Steve" Louis Stephens, Sr., 62, joined the SIU in 194 1 in the port of Philadelphia sailing as a chief electrician, mate, warehouse­ man and storekeeper. Brother Ste­ phens hit the bricks in the 1 965 District Council 37 beef. He was on the Delta Line shoregang in the port of New Orleans from 1966 to 1985 . Seafarer Stepehens was born in Vi­ olet, La. and is a resident there . Robert L. Sullivan, 62, joined the SIU in the port of Houston sailing as a FOWT. Brother Sullivan is a resident of Houston. Bertil "Bert" Olof Svenblad, 66, joined the SIU in 1945 in the port of New York sailing as a bosun and deck maintenance. Brother Sven­ blad began sailing in 1935 and sailed Finnish ships taken over by the U . S . government in World War II. He hit the bricks in the 1%1 N . Y . Harbor beef and the 1962 Robin Line strike . And in 1960 he won a Union Personal Safety Award for sailing aboard an accident-free ship, the SS Seatrain New Jersey. Sea­ farer Svenblad was born in Finland , is a naturalized U . S . citizen and resides in Brooklyn, N.Y. _, Francis "Frank" John Sylvia, 6 1 , joined the SIU in 1946 in the port . of New York sailing as a chief electrician and QMED. Brother Sylvia also sailed during the Viet­ nam War. He was on the Sea-Land shore-gang, Oakland, Calif. from 1 945 to 1969. Seafarer Sylvia was born in Taunton, Mass. and is a resident of Hayward, Calif. (Continued on Page 28.) Walker Wilson (center) receives his first pension check in the port of Mobile from Field Rep Ed Kelly (left) and Port Agent Tom Glidewell. September 1 985 I LOG I 27 ----"---=====- ,;:;_ �(Continued from Page 27.) 1• Arthur John Vogel, 69, joined the SIU in the port of Boston, Mass. in 1955 sailing as a cook. Brother . Vogel is a veteran of the U . S . Navy in World War Il. He was born in Boston and is a. resident there. :--,.. ' Edwin "Ed" James Wellner, 63, joined the SIU in the port of San Francisco irt 1%7 �saillilg as an .()iler . arid FOWT. Brother Wellner last shipped out of.the port of Wilmington, Calif. He '·;ittended the U . S . Manti1Jle Service's Tnllnllig School, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, N.Y. in World War n. Seafarer Wellner was born in Sidney,. Neb. and is a resident of Elsinote, . ·" Utah; · . Walter Carl Zaj anc , 65 , joined ' · the SIU in the port of New York in 1950 sailing as a bosun and deck maintenance. Brother Zajanc is a . veteran of the U . S . Army in World · War II. He was born in Staten IS. , <' N.Y. and is a resident there. .1 William Robert Gallagher,_ 60, joined . the Union in ·· the port .of Cleveland. in 196 1 sailing as a. deck­ hand and dredgenian. Brother Gal­ of the member .. . lagher was . . ,. . .· , ,. . . .a. . former . · I; Dredge Worlcers· union in '1 946. He is a veteran of the U. S. Navy in . World War n: Laker Gallagher was born in Clevelan� and is a resident of Conneaut, Ohio. il · � ' /I · · · William Joseph Rush, 65 , joined the Union in 1947 in the port of Detroit sailing as a FOWT. _ Brother Rush last shipped out of the port of Jacksonville. He was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. and is a. resident of · Bradenton, Fla. · Paul Leland Whitlow, 64, joined ! the SIU in 1948 in the port of New ' York sailing as a recertified bosun. ; . Brother Whitlow graduated from the Union Recertified Bosons Pro­ gram in 1983. He also s ailed -during the Vietnam War and . was a ship delegate and secretary-reporter. -' t Seafarer Whitlow was a former member of the NMU and a veteran of the U . S . Navy. A native of In­ dianola, Iowa, he is a resid.ent of San Francisco. Great . Lakes �- John Ellias Jr., 60, joined the , Union in the port of Detroit in 1 %0 · sailing . as a bosun. Brother Ellias '-fast shipped out of tffo port of Du­ ; luth.; Minn. He is a .v eteran of tlle U.s� Navy during World War II. Laker Ellias was born in: Mellen, Wis. and is a resident there . D. Ross, AB Area Vice Presidents Report personals Overseas Vivian 0. Martinez, AB S . S . Overseas Vivian (Continued from Page 14.) S.S. Overseas Vivian J . McKenny, AB Please contact Red Campbe11 by letter relative to subsistence claims Overse�� resolved <:., , Maritime . ,' CoFp .< ' with. <., ,.,,:w ,�<< ,, Are You ,:; ' ' by V. P. Buck Mercer E W. SIU · are happy to repo� that the was .successful an regards to the action that it took on the A-76 circular. Thanks to our efforts , the . provisions of the Service Contract Act Will be app!ied when determining wages for workers who are employed Oil the 12 oceanographic vessels and cable ships. . We had filed a petition before the Circuit. Court� but · before the issue c<5uld be considered, the Military Sea­ lift Command backed down. This will have · two important effects. Workers who are employed on these vessels will be paid wages in line with ?re­ vailing industry standards. In addition, the SIU no� has a chance to pick up nine more of these vessels, which .had been awarded before the MSC · had . decided to apply tire standards con� · tafued in the Service Contract Act. The members . out · here are ·ex­ tremely pleased . by these develop- · mentS. They also.� know that the SIU was the only union t-0 take action on this matter. · · · 28 I LOG I September · 1 985 i� . Please contact your aunt, Mary lid Ave. , 94 . i������:.. c;�� Your stepdaughter, Nora Rios Moon, would like you to get in Charlie Thomas Corden touch with herat 733 Alb.er.s Lan�� · Please get in· touch with Robert, Bethalto , ill. 62(J1.(}. (tel . (618) 377 -. • ·. ,, 67 Kennedy Blvd. , . B�yCorden, · :<'iii·;.,.. :;:); ';;·;·0880 ;_, ,, < . . ' oni1e N�J. {teJ. 201-339-1884).. · ·. · · : · ' . ' ' ' , · · .. . Missing lmportant Mail? We want to make sure that you receive your · copy of the LOG each month and other important mail such as W-2 Forms, Union Mail and Welf�e Bulletins. To accomplish this, please use the . address form on this page to update your home address. · Government Services John J. Mcquillan Charles R. Scott P. Decker, OM.U · . Edward Lyman Ward, 65, joined the Union in the port of Frankfort, Mich. in 1953 sailing as a chief electrician. Brother ·Ward i s a vet­ eran of the U . S . Army during World War II. He was born in Elberta, Mich. and is a resident of Frankfort. If you are getting more than one �ppy,"�t&e LOG deliver�d .�o you,jfyou have changed your . addn;ss� cit rrybur nam� ' or address is misprinted OT incomplete, 'please fill in the special address form printed on this page and send it to: . _/ . · Your home address is your permanent�d(jress;· -· · · and this is where all official.. Union documents, W-2 Forms, and the LOG will be mailed. . sw·· & UIW of N.A. · Address Correction 5201 Auth Way Department Caiitp �riDgs, · Maryland 20746-9971 r - - -�-----�'."9-- ----- --��--- ---.7' - : -- � - :- � � �-- ---�-� ---�- ------ ---_.. , : 1 I I HOME ADDRESS · •·· . Pl,.�SE PRINT oate: ------'--.--Social Phone No. ( Security No. ' ) Area Code ·. Your Full Name ztp I I I I � 0 Pensioner 0 SIU 0 UIW I . Book Number I I .UIW Place of Employment ·'-------'- I . I .. ' ' I -.... for .. oflcli.t union ....... ., Thie wlll be.my ...... .. I Thie 8ddr9u should ....... lri ..... Union ftle ...... ollilrwlM .CMnged by mt perewlly. I I I ...;.� ._ (Signed) I -- � - - - - � - - � - - � - - - - - - - - - - - - - � - - - - � - - - - �- -- - - - - - - - -- - - - - �- - � - - -� State Street · - _ _ _ _ . Tc"!>;,; �. ,....:.... :� .'-- for oompensatiort a:tter tanlc' cleani ngs it ' ' ... SEA��D"PICE.:(Sea-l..arld 'Servf: still being disputed. The �tain is waiting . ·· . ice),_ July 1 � James Ho Corder.i · · ·· · . ·· ':.'. .. .... · � .· · · . . · · . . . .. .. . . . , . tor written t:enfirmatiOO Jrom h&adquarters · secret� o.G. Chafitir Edueational OirEIC" · . · . . . . . • • • • . . •',•· on this rn&�ef, lt._� .sµggested that ,first- < . . tor KG. Katsalis;· � Qelegate ' Edwai'd . . • ..,.. : . . . . • .aid kits be; pbtained •for t:ht :enol"!" and · : �rry� Eng(�:·Qel�te! jobp P.• Unton1 . · · · � dep.&ftm8tits anclthat !18. � . flJO cispUt,ed OT- ii i any oi the three d&, · ·:- . ."· : ,. : : . . · · . fum!sh · � 9';: f®v � � · , maybe: , afl"/ ; . :: � · aflhough tf)e deci< department : · _ ·•,• ·•· � one man short due to the repatriation · other . washing mactiine ¥ ttie one.: �e . hav� tias broken ' down<tw�:j�npe .�Jeff . .·' <t:rornc Hollan<f of one .AB. for inedical rea-. . •. AMERICAN CC)NDOfi' <'�: Gulf' �rade meat and pdqltry had alread}I been .: the rd." A�ote 9t ttian,k$ _wEJ,$ giyeri t() · , son�k 'There ' is, $.10Jn 1he. Sflip'sf u nd. A . ya bo . and. this is prese.ntly uilder Marine), July . &-Chainnan Jo8 Justus} · . put a ard; radiog� was ·�· a,Oci -P9sfed , in.· and t.h9 , . · . th� �anj ���mentfor a Job wel l .done.. · .. t\Nee.t ·. e . 11y . . , · m.pa . • co . tti . t :. " , " · . • , i l . be . Oil P . . sei.tssi . d . . .. . , . . . .· · � of ttt•:f 2 percen.f COLA . Secretary ;;ili Stubblefield ; Educational! ran ut . ng . ead fomilng,·the · . ce . i o to F H Diregtor J. :Shuler; Deck Delegate William : . SIU; A motion was.'JJjade and unanioi®sly:: · e. lti/ias �lcom$d t1yru1;.Th8 ohakman · niis J. Roberts� No' d!sputed OT reportec:f Th8 $W<>Ved lhat 1.h8 :man on the garigway : . � the importance .of donating tO .. :; . · . stiould � be responsible fo[ persons ccim�' chairman noted .a change ln thf) � �-' . SPAD. He .said, "We are losing a lot of ule. The �t�,Y;' Wtlo h{ufjust·nm.riled > trig 'bactno the house anc:t that he. should dl!BJO eut·backs on our ships, .but we · .�� LEE (W�erman Steam- jObs aJ.so � futnishechvith a waikle-talkie so that he ·Ship Co.) , Jl!ly tram vacation ("9t loog , eriOugh�). exgaining a lot o.f j9bs oh Navy are . ainnan .:.<:; h 7.... Thomas J pr� llis pi8asure at � same of ; -� nOtlfy � eaptain or the mate on watch ve�ls . SO �r SPAD. dOllars are working onal . Hilt>Orn; 88(:retary LJ, Miles; Educati th.e old "smiling faCEts!' . st!ll . oriboard. Dif� . · if anyone not known to have ,bUsines5 on' u s/! The electrician,"KG. Kaf.salis,-wtiO or f OT disputed :e . i Q:ioley. B;J rector D > Lin � fhe Shij) sht)uld try tQ pass. Mother an . dirJ1onstra. ferent types of fli:tres. . d���11t. .. was �cling � edll_cattonardi rector, noted w�s rEp<>rted In at.one of thefire·arid bo&t drttlS,aMsurViVal lhlous vote was taken on gettirl!'.1 Jwo dryers , ,op at the end of e Jttnd,:i�::-<. •:\. 1hal :f:!•.s 1W�ttiP rel•ef wasal ; e:·�s t tt m? suits.were Ptit.Prl by·the crewmembers for . �or ft1e crew laundry. onE! Is jUst" over,' · , · "Th ��. ,� ·�?5 l meml:>ers for · 1he . thl�ntec;t �e were VOVQ ;· ' : '. i' Stlifj' . 'practic8. A rilovie>;was·�n to the' new worked to tb8 point' tflat'�;·8nd up with .. �.:.·1:�tved ab<)ard' � "It 0,,S b9en a.p�asure coope � " ' '''"'' �\¥�' fh:ese � . I� t m� �n the: Pt;OPel" use b(lhese si:Jits; · ooC:fl'Yer �.811 ." Avote ijftsttan'R A\tf:iS:gwen · �8( e��ctive .. . �"� with JH of you,, _ .b�; -�; As far; 8$ . lt w�·ment!On � Jh al i:i '. ll the: �Y�being . · · tQ: tne ,stewafd,,<fePartme'1ti'' ftS�iaflrto.'' �n .ot the. 2 .percent CQLA.e r One · repairs this trlp-IWO � niatt resses were news, une wek;omed was J which ' , lO . baic. · worldert ul ptit into the ' ship's fund wjll· be us.ad to · . · GSU Ellen ;Jobbers for her �> on:te;'� for �.�� �e.8�12 O�ED, f leamlng � bip o � of ipg and to Gsu'·l(evln Kosinsky tor his . . sad note ptirchase new mo� 9r Wtillt�er :et8$:is; anc::I thEr VCR_ a�:· t�on will be ; fixed .� · A $. mother mate. th chief the Qf � , ,. f ut� o si want�. "Adi;iple v°'e of·· thanks" went to .· great cooking abiUties. One mln voyage . ..!fl,·, �th: 11.ie tjl�gnan this to � !aken appearett up�. Ther� was tion · thestewa�·�rtrrier:it tOr a JOb well done. : ·. tenoe wa8 observed In nl8f"l'lOfY of our some disappointrhent with the 8lCp(8ssed tn the ga!l �y wjth , ms probl� some · · ' departed � ancLSisters. Next po_(I:: Next port: Chilr'lestori, s.c.: .� o� June 1 8, ,H,e felt they loaded s; store w�!t 11 patrOlman ; ThE:) � · pr 1 'J food t>e•ng , . :' . f:tif11ejl, . aparr: . ,, · .· ·c:he¢k Into the pJOblem, m8ldrig sure · that<;; . ShQuld have · included . watermelons; ·· · ·· · · · al l 18fl-ovef foods are used within 48 hours; '" . ,.. .. pe&ches. pears and othet'tresh fruit. On� j) : d that all unused meats and vegetahJeS. . rnln"te of$ilence was obseiv0d. i n. memory ·· � · (OM I)", July : : �. .•· ; an . FALC.Olf PRIN,C:E�$JJ:l�n ;Naviga� . · l nT ' . . <: be disposed of after.each meal. � ITiiriute · of our departe<fbrQthers · and ·sister5. . Next , : 1, WIL.LAl f:. o.M · ·· tion} . �ly. i1 �ti�rin� Floyd Friti:; Sec· of sUence was observed in inemorY ofour ' pOrt:[Eflzabeth,: N ,J. Ch . ajrr:nan J. F. Bermudez; Secretary W. · · retary frank Nigrc;>; Educational Director•,._ J:, Harris ; Educational DlrectorC. Coello; Deck ,,de . .parted.. ,,bt:others·.. .: and.· si$lers. Next nnr.t: ""' ' M Fshe I . r.· E�e... � ,Ith. .. �tng I·S QO·ll'.19 ilI0i:'9 ta' " ' . ·. Delegate George elegate e ng •A · . llen Newport News,va... · . , ' ; .E . • . D ' . ' . i n . . . , . . well w1th no d1sputed O"f aboardthe Fa/con h 1 ow So . e Pol k; · me questionable C � es .· ayn ;; Princess as'the voyage nears Its end. . . �·... :<; . was repolce .· rted in the deck . . .. : ,....... · re r""""' ' ,· a ·· n h . s .m the . . ,·nu·t·es ·a1so"w ip v e l ... . . »1·.c·•.·al sh•.P ..•.Off s lo e : .' :..'.,:a Q Members were reminded .""1Y..U ,·. � nsed perso. n I II fact that l . . . . fl:smf the following vessels: clean for the next erew� � aJsQ 'were ' ' � t· :. . . ST. LOUIS {$ea-Land ser'.vice), Augu st nel Jlf�' perfomiing unlicensed perS<>nnel . . urged to �e adVantage of U)e upgr�J ng·c . · r t n co . the s ct i a t re i of i · d : ADOllS . violation c . ort< ' n · --.-y .. ... a., ... Oria ,_psen; s·ecretary. H . Qr'"'h. a1i.... A t.a.c.i.1.iti,es . a.·.� .P•iney . Point. " lt " w 111 .p·a· y· o'ff· 1·n· . · · w AMERICAI HEllT. A&E and will be brought to the attention of the · no. The ship o tiz; � d u ca t i nal Qirector Di Ni · with there go you . th'eJongnin," providing boarding patro an at payo ARCHOll ·.• eefs or ff. Arid in the is running smoothly With no rri�• lm ..., or b a �·positive attitude , to learn/' th e educa� Ul8 ARIES . t . . in.:. chief cool< con . . . steward department, the . · · . d,isputEKt. OT reported. Communications ···. . tional di rector stresl)eQd � ecent LOGs were · . ' ues to have tO butch8r his 6Wri meat without · · · ._. , onboard en betwe few far and have been r�ived, ariQ the arinouncement oHh e 2 of OT-"atter we were assu red · payment the St. Louis, and the crawrnember8 would percent COLA poeled. One that all meat waa to be pre-butchered. " llke to know something about the pension in 1he steward department was probl The 2 percent cost of living allowance was . buyout The S8Cf8lal'y noted that in recent · . .. stave which had only one bumer wonc:di�� .and P()Sted on the board . This . ·· ye�. V8SSe · ing.. tile entire VO.yage>The patrolman Will I ce�tion by the u.s.. . Coast . ntitifreation · was received : frprri · OM! via . · d ha:s · · " tended · · eliminating such . . towa· rc1 · Guar check into this needed repair, "The steward telex. No other mail has been forwarded · . jobs as the or d i n a ry seaman, the wii>er a � partment.is to ��i:nmen�e.df�f a g9<>c1 t() the ship si,11Ce the first week in July. The · and the �I jobs from U.S.-flag job when we were short of food and with chairman recognized the etf()fts of 1he such a situof ,.__," Next rtmen sflo� � steward depa t � ex· Marcus e to � for �;Job well · . ·.gram will be started at the . PreSSed h1 � , g .. . .. · . � . . ,_<jqQE1,,f'.IC11"! . � :.'P� rt ¥<1· f;gypt�, <"" ; . ,Pointto address the problem and µpgrade . ··· ·. . .. . . · .. D 11 ,. . . • . - .� S h ps 11-41m · .· · · · .· · . .. .. . . . · n · ·· · · \. · . .· · · · · . . .• J��Ell"I' · ted wei:ei; · the, �Etw� . - . ·. · · - •. • ·· · · · · · · . · ���:����eT .• • • ' . .. ·- · · · �rt . ti(;;t;:.e. • MON�CH (Apex �) · ·. .. " � ; ' ·. . ; . ::S·.:n80�;:':! � . . . ' • . ;=��;k�=·�J't�rm:�r (Maritt� AM · � , . . . .•. . . Jtie importance of,cionattng to · OYmlUAS N .. YOllK bers." . .Overseas); July 13-:-ChaJfTTltlll M. Zepeda; · · · SPAD was stressed for this particular rea· �etary Danas L t<napp; Educational · $O�Ob s,ecurity; "Like always, a vote of . ttlanks tp Steward H. Ortiz �d his gang Director Edward . H . Shelf; �k Delegate ported in thedeckand engme departments. · for a job,Well done;" Md tttanks also went Boyd . . • No beefs or disputed . OT �m��. Whatever banl·be. �ttled · by payoff �II be . to "our editol'S of the.LOO, the b0st newsturned over. to .ttie patrOlman. And while . ·· r13�EKt_One OS \fias fired-,at se!i;,and got �r.'' .[ · there \Vas no dispOt� OT In , the steward ·· · Off 'ft �anama. so '� deck :departmen1 · · · 11 ·11 · lllllllil•••••i..•lilllllll department, the d&leg8.te. felt tha,1 his�trew . . · was samng � mitrlst!OrttTh8 educiliional · ·11 ,.. llil llilllilllil•••illi•llillil•llillllliil l l lll · was (!nable to malntainproper san- CX)l'k .• C!!rec:tor urg0d · everror;1e to att,end:th'e up,: . ditiotlsin thetn�all, galley and .ieeboxei' ' : · gi"ad1ng CO!Jr$0S at •. t.he sch()ol ii!J Piney . . Polnt as 9000 ..as pOSs11>1e: f\l'td not tQJ>e . without OT. Th�; tqo!.;yVQJ #9.•taJ<eo tfP with . fo rgotten ts the Alcohol Rehabilit�ifrm tan� the boarding J>�trotma,n., Notification of the. . . te . r�arty. e<>th of these facitlties are there 2 per� C,O l,;A.was: reeeiVed, but many are ·sbll uncle �f�Jo ce®io. other eontract · tor SllJ me� te> .take advantage ofand · g'ai n job �iity tor themselves and their' changes: The eCltJdrtiOnat dlreCtor Wilfse& abbut Changing the' mo\i.ie. selection. He . , l)nion. N13w rnoVies ar� !')�� to eome said that h e wilt try to keep foreigri-:made :� aboar.ct. Jn l.OQQ . B�acn; Calif.; Qn !U;ie trip �ck . Jrom f\laska . . SeveJ'!il. suggestions Port n:iovies off the selection �s .Jl'Wqtl ·.� post . . sible'. A vqte:,of thanks wae.: gi\len to the� . · �er� made� One was to.have headquarters . stei,yard . qe�rt,ment for a· ' fltie job; the . ·· S�llJ:tthe�IQ OfVacati<>n che.eks. Pin Y Point . . . . . . . . . . . M nday, October 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m. · . Golden Monarch is an "excellent feeder." · Allot·t,ler Was. �ot .!he ship t9 g�' �mot. her • New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tue day, Oct ber 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m. a ��el' fild dryer. Thanks WEtte given to Ne xt' ports: Nede�land, Texas; St. Luc@;: PhiladeJphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wedne day, tober 9 .. ... . . . . . . . 1 0:30 a.m . ' all .Jiajl�s foi thelr . coape ra�or) :this voyage, '" " ·. '·' W.1., and St. Croi)(:, VJ: .and il �al V()te. �t ttianks wa,s given io Baltim re . . . . . . . . . . . Thursday, October JO 1 0:30 a.m. . , tt1e steward departmenuor a jqb well done. Norfolk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thur day, October 1 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0:30 a.m. Next parts wil.1 be in · Panama- and Aiaska . J onville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thursday, October 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0:30 a.m. LNG · LIB.llA . (Energy ,Trarisp0rtation Algonac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Friday, October 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0:30 a.m. corp.), July 14-:-Cliairman Thomas Hawk- · Roust n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tue day Octob r 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0:30 .m. ins ; SecretarY R !=. Frazier; .Edtlcational . · · . ·. ,, P� . u.·L BU�K (O.ce� Shipholcflng Inc.), New Orlean . . . . . . . . . . . . Tue d y, October 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a. m. · . Director John Fede50viCh;>QetK.Qelegate· · A'ugyst .+--:-Cpairman �lchael L: Vander­ bile . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday, October 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m. R . E,lmoody; El)gine · Delegate . Dominick ·. ®rst;. q� qe,1eg�� 4()e! · L�hel; •Engine . . n Franci co . . . . . . . . . . Thursday, October 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0:30 a.m. Or�ini;· .$tew�r9 Delegate Henry Daniels. � . �tegat�. flotf :�orqen; : s�etary . f..ouis R1on, Ne disputed OT, The ve$$QI pajd off . No . disputed OT. There is $146.30 i n tne Wilmington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mood y, October 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0:30 a.m. ship'.s fund wtlicll rem�i ns il'.1 a sa,fe in the · . in. St. Qroix @ was �rviced by the San Seattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . riday, t ber 2S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10: O a.or. Juan patrolm�. The cllaim;an.enco.urag� . captain's office at a1f times . . A telex was · an Juan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thursday, October 1 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0: 30 a.m. · sent to Vice .president ".Red" Camp�I as · · everyone to attemt the. sealift class ·at: the t. Loui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Friday, I ber 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10: 0 a . m . to how the watc:he.s -.V.ill � handled · �: , .,, ttan:Y ..· Lunde�g $.ciJO<)I . in . Pil)ev Point. .· . HonoJuJu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thursday tober 1 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10: O . m . the upcoming At3$ ' rather than,, qua,rte.rr ·.· ,J::te . noted thafthe ''&" rlen<i li:'1' ' ained ,, "' piasters. No af!��rha$y�t � receivecL ,_. , , iller:e came in :handy ·; > ng lh$ DuJuth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wedn day, October 1 6 10:30 . m . A new too? program was :being tested on: unde��YJ'epl0J'li$hrn�f El)(QrgiSes.:(''whipti, , Glouce ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tue day, October 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m. the LNG Ubr<J.. I�, w� 0WJ1n� to f!1e crew . by . �Et �ay.�;,,W�r,t.k a!i:nost. J lawl�!y'1; , Je y ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday, October 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0: O . m . "f:very�me; ". � s�a\0d, · ·�,� verj proud:·. . Who we_re assur�that no fhcmge In menu . of the job they anfdolng." ' The deck ' &I.:: occu r . However; , or quality of -food would . the secr�ary did note that some non-u.s, : · agate rep0rtecl that tile clothing allowance GO�DEfi July 7--Qialnnan W.. • P, >.JeffE:) rsQri; Sec� retary C. JohnsOri; · Educational Dlrecfor Ross Hardy. 'SOme disputed OT was re- . .. < · .· . ·· · Monthly Meanbership Meetiftcs · · . . . . . • · . . . . . . . . . . · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jo¥ecimt d:o I I . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September · 1 985 / I( -- �� ). " . . . \!.�. . . · . · . :.. � : ;.�,,.• . · .. ·'· '. '",t:'.. '· ·. ·.·: ·�.. :./·· · ,,. , ,.. , · · :. ,:,-�- ·.. .-..,. , .,, .. , / . " : " ' '.� . . ..,- � _ :; , · - ; . . .. .. . . LOG / 29 · · :· ·"_; . �' ' '. Dispatchers Report for Great;Lake·s "TOTAL REGISTERED . Alf Groups Class CL · Class L Class NP Port Algonac . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . Port Algonac . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . Port Algonac . . . ; . . . .. . . . . . . . : . . Port Algonac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _. : � Ctass L Class NP 13 -33 4 15 2 o 2 o 12 · 56 15 2 9 5 21. 6 3 5 21 0. : 3 4 14 ENTRY.DEPARTMENT T O 0 O · .4 . 91 25 9 _ · * "Tota l 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 thQ. port at the end of lastmonth. -. . .. - - - Totals All Departmef!ts ,.... 11 . 62 lO ' 27 . . .. . -. . · ; · AUG. 1-31 , 1985 Cllll A a.. I Clm C 5 60 12 11 18 8 49 35 38 17 29 3 4 37 0 1 325 1 11 1 3 8 4 7 7 6 8 10 0 22 7 0 8 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 . . • • • . • • . • . . • • • • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • . . New Orlelnl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jadasonvilll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . San Fr1nclsco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilmington . . . . . Seattle . . . . . . . . . Puerto Rico . . . . . Honolulu . . . . . . . Houston . . . . . . . . SI. Lou s . . . . . . . Piney Point . . . . . .... .... .... .... .... .. .. .. .. .. ..... .... .... .... ... .. ........... ........... ... Pert Gloucester New York . . . . . . . Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • • . . • . . . . • • . • • . . • . . • . . • • • . • • • • • . . • . . . PhHadelphla . • . . • • • . . • • • • . . . • . . • . . . . • • • • . Jacksonville San Francisco • Wilmington . . • • . • . • . . . . . . • • • . . . . . • . • . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Honolulu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Houston St Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Piney Pont . • . . • . • • • • . . . . • . • • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . New York Philadelphia Baltimore Nor1olk Mob le • . . . . • . . . . . • • . . . . . . . • . . . • • • . • . . • . . • . . . • . • • • • • . • . • . • . . . • . • • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • • • • • . • . • . . . . . . . . . • • . • • • • • • • . . • • • . • • ............ ... ........ ............ ........... . . . . . • . • • • . • . Sea.ttle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Puerto Rico . . . . Honolulu Houston St. . . New Orleans . . . . Jacksonville . . . . . San Francisco . . . Wilmington . . . . . . . . . . • • • . . • . • . . . . • . • • . . . . . • • Lou s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . • . • • • • • . . . • • • . Piney Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Totlll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Port Gloucester . . • • TOtlls All 0 7 l l 4 9 14 9 1 4 5 0 9 4 0 1 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 . • . . . . . • • • . . . . • • . . . • • . . • • • • . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . • . . • • . . . . . . . • • . • . . . . . . . . . . • • • . • . • • • • • . • . • . • . . . . . • . . . • . . . . . . • . • . . . . • . • . • . • • • . • • . • . . • • . • . . . . . . . • . • • . • . • • • . • . • • • . . . . . • . . . • . . . . . • . • . . . • . • . • . . . . . • . • • . • . 0 9 2 l 5 0 27 14 4 2 7 0 101 0 0 0 172 0 0 502 230 Tl.1 357 113 . 0 30 4 5 7 11 28 20 31 20 33 7 9 11 0 0 211 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 2 0 189 0 l 0 204 . • 3 9 0 6 2 1 5 3 3 3 28 11 5 12 4 18 7 21 16 19 0 1 53 10 0 3 310 Dtpartl'lltlltl . . . . . . . . • . 0 31 5 5 8 10 36 31 16 14 13 7 2 15 0 3 1 11 2 0 13 0 0 0 5G . . • • 0 l 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 11 . . . . . • . TOtlls • . Norfolk Mob le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Orleans Jacksonville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . San Francisco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilming10n Seattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Puerto Rico Honolulu Hous1on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Louis Piney Po nt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 51 11 11 8 9 59 53 30 2� 23 15 5 16 0 0 315 1 21 4 14 8 4 21 11 45 10 21 4 1 15 0 0 ,. 2 29 8 3 4 1 17 10 39 12 18 0 5 18 0 0 1 11 New York Philadelphia Baltimore ., (31 3) 794�988 . . . BALTIMORE, Md. 1'21 6 E. Baltimore St. 21 202 ' (301 ) 327 4900 CLEVELAND, Ohio ·1 290 Old River Rd. 441 1 3 (216) 621 �545<> . DULUTH, Minn. 705 · Medical Arts Building 55802 (21 8) 722-41 1 0 . ·. , . GLOUCESTER, Maas� 1 1 Rogel"S St. 01930 . '. ' . , "·. : . ' .. (61 7) 283-1167 HONO�Uw. HaY(all 707 Alakea St 9681 3 (808) 537-571 4 HOUSTON, Tex. 1 221 Pierce St. 77002 .. (71 3) 659-51 52 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. 331 5 liberty St. 32206 ,' ' , ' 3 total number of men reg stered at the • •IE8llTEllED DI HACH All ""'9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 3 2 0 13 0 0 0 21 Clla A a. I Clla C 9 1 38 7 19 v 15 88 65 75 58 73 32 5 97 0 3 m 7 26 6 10 9 5 10 35 20 25 21 8 25 17 1 1 221 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 3 0 12 0 0 0 22 1 107 13 19 15 14 47 40 50 33 -48 16 8 68 0 2 411 4 13 3 4 2 15 2 6 14 7 -40 3 40 2 0 0 1 55 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 6 0 0 0 17 0 0 2 63 4 3 6 2 32 14 111 :fl 8 23 18 41 0 0 314 5 1 00 23 5 34 4 28 27 58 48 36 13 116 36 0 3 531 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 5 0 0 0 208 0 0 1 224 141 149 1 , 913 1 ,041 _ �� . ,. , . , ., .... . . -... .. . "· . '· ,.. .. . ..... . . . . ... ,.. . . · ' . ' ' .· · • ' '• •' < (904) 353-0987 JERSEY CITY, N.J. 99 Montgomery St. 07302 (20 1 ) 435-9424 . ' ' '""';��.;.�'0' ' ;;. MOBIL� A..�/, ,: : : '..fslahd Pkwy,. 3.6605 . · •.1 640 . .paupnin ' . '. . .· , , · . · , :, , (205) 478-091 6 NEW ORLEANS, La. > . / 630 Jackson Av:e- 1:Pt30::·' . .• . (504). 529-7546 Toll Free: 1-800-32�2 NEW YORK, N.Y. · . 675 4 Ave "·':::"1"NORFolK:-:'V:,'fu'·"'"'�· ' ' Br'(11'� ·. . , , :· .· . .. . ,. . . . 499-6600 1 1 5 3 St. 235 1 0 (804) 622-1 892 PHILADELPHIA, Pa. . . 2604 S. 4 St. 191 48 . (21 5) 336:-3818 PINEY ·polNT, Md. St. Mary's County 20674 . - (301) 994�001 0 ' .·. ' SAN. FRANCISCO, Callf. . . .• . . . 350 Fremont St 941 OS (415) 543-5855 SANTURCE, P.R. 1 057 Fernandez Junco� St. Stop 1 6 00907 (809) 725"'6960 SEATTLE, Wash. 2505 1 Ave. 981 21 (206) 441 - 1 960 ST, LOUIS, MQ. , 4581 .Gravois Av�. 631 1 6 · - - ' ' ' ' ,_ ' _. . . , ·. . · . c314Ltsa'."ssoo WILMINGTON, Callf. · · 408 Avalon Blvd .. 90744 . (21 3) 549.;40bQ . . · · port at the end of last month . -·. ,,. . · · 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 10 4 3 8 10 6 8 13 10 21 3 25 5 0 2 131 1 56 5 13 6 18 33 14 111 26 69 14 -4 39 1 1 41 1 EJITRY DEPARTll EJIT ,· Shlpptrig lh the month of August w.as up from the month .of July. A· totclt · of 1 ,381 .• Jobs · we�·shlpped�·· · · on Siu-contracted deep sea vessels. Of the 1 ,381 Jobs shipped, 727,Jobs or about 53 percent were taken by "A" seniority members. The rest were filled by dB'' and "C" se�torlty people� A total of .1 49 trip relief Jobs were. shipped. Since the trip relief pr0gram began on Aprll 1, 1 982� a total of 1,631 jobs have been , , ...slllppec:t.· ·· · ,. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 95 0 0 0 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 43 0 0 0 143 '"Total Reg stered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at lhe port last month . · • "Reg stered on the Beach" means the -1 -, ., ·, : ALGONAC; Mich. 520 St Clair Rivel' Dr. 48001 SllWARD DEPARTllEJIT GIOucester • . • . Pert • . . Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . . 0 9 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 4 6 0 9 0 0 0 41 0 45 7 19 9 7 29 25 23 12 17 0 6 25 0 2 Z2I . Seattle . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . Puer1D R co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • 39 · DBI DEPM1IBT 0 0 24 0 0 2 4 0 10 0 4 0 19 0 1 9 8 0 2 0 6 0 1 0 3 21 0 0 0 0 6 0 4 111 C8mpbell, Vice . president Mike Saeco, Vice President Joe saccO, Vice President . George McCartney. _Vice President Roy_ "::·Mercer, Vice President · Bl6INE DEPARTMENT Baltimore Nor1olk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mob le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Or1eans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · TOTM. IHIPPED All ...... ca.a A Cllll I Cllll C "TOTAL llHiiIEilED All er.,. Gloucester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New York Pllllldelphla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blltimoft Norfolk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ·�. . . 17 .· . 34 -�us "Red" Dispatchers Report for Deep Sea ""' l' ·.• - . Leon Hall, _ Vice President . STEWARD DEPARTMENT 6 "·' Q,. ...f:,� ���nt Joe DtGlorglC>, SecretBrtL . ' . ENGINE · DEPAfiTMENT 8 . : -. !>: · ·. ""REGIS:TEftED-ON· BEAt;K ··. . AU Groups ' ' Ctass CL Class L Class NP DECK · DEPARTMENT 3 4 . TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups ·Class CL :pi�.•ctory o1·· po;tts ._ ·· ·· . · . . . .. ... .. . . . � � su.pport SPAD. I 30 I LQG I September , 1985 __;._______________________________________________________________________ � � --------------- �· · · ·· . · · ·.· · · .··. e.. · · . o ts. . tq;�i}fi� an4 tighten our belts" ? Or · . S S ha ·\..., ·. ed fr · .. � · · · ·. · • . •.· ., o £'1 .. ·.· � . . mthe long summ .· ·.. t...catio�, · 1··. · . , /Will we.�ntinfie to hear, "Cuthis and . · e· ··r·....•·. sva ·· N.G•. RE .. . . ·and . . · . '• , .. 0 ) - �: �:� :/". : M.ci dozens ()f6fhers--yet so little has bavi,- ''been dq�; " . ' tacked wprld word going aroumi capitol Hill is th�t don't you · dare,touch mine''? put together poQcies that are at least ·,,. Illdeeifiherejs a growing consensus The'United Sbites has no trade pol.; .. repn�sentative . and s¢nators learned beneficial .to . them< It is, time,:for the�. ambng tJie Ame{ic,an �pie that we've . something; 1be 9lk(pacJc hoµie rant �icy to speak of� �icepi �?n!shmasliof . . lJnit¥ States }Q do tlie SilJ1le. ·11 is . hacl �ell,ougb. �talk, f�cy words and action on the problems .this country is · - o trade'·t , t hepries. tiln e f orthe Uill t ed States ldfis hioned "free to d . . . ·� . t5-s0me-- '�111pty·p'romis�s byfoaderswho appear ,. tO � concerned only with the next facing; DQtalk, no. p0sturing. Po some: · · election or fund raiser. It is time for thing. elected representatives to stand Legislators went to. their grassrootS , · er and they learned that their constitu· � tllan mere party affiliation and deV'elop programs that will rekindle ents back home are tiied elf political America's eco.nomic and moral lead­ posturing and lip service .· How many Fajrand vigorous tnule wirh the rest tffing offief than gri and moari•while . ership. years now ha\re we listene<I to Repub­ of the world is what 1wil(�Stain this ' only protecting partisan political selflican.amrDelll�rat alik:e stand on the country into the 21st centilrY'f �tull 9th intere C soapbOx aricfrail agfilnSct cJhe mas sive support Representative and senators 'W€?re century philosophies wdn, 'r w . federal deficit. The people watit some­ omewhat . tart.led to di scover tJ:ie'. Again, both political papie a8ree thing d()ne. B-Oth parties warn of eco­ ' growing mood of their c0nstituents. there is a problem. The Uriited States , no.mic.di� and y� the,4eftcit grows . Were is . ;ui.�er �d. ev�n disgust be.. With an otr�year election on the her · the;world's mo t powerful coul)try i� . ·. on the Verge of becoming·� a debtor caUSC S() manY lealiers have flogged riz()1Lwil1 ahY; offi.ce, �e�icer go home . . • the same problem .. for years a.pd. ·.. . ·.. nation, like Bolivia. and teUhis people, "L>Ok, we all have. · years-mili tary spending, education, · social program, ·� crime, farm p�bJe m · J 0.ther industrifil countrl�s· havcf at� . r_ _ , �c= problems and · · y · Editorial :#r � · �·· , · ' 'Attn; Gulfamarica Crawmamb ara . I am in the process of writ.tug btogfapMes ab°'ut some Of my rela.tives a.nd; would like to get � cont.act. ?1th or9WJ¥�r& of the , • • Notice to Deep Sea Members: Special Agreements Gulfamsr:toa, ·Wb.iob. l'Tas atta,okei:l>tJ#,a German subrna.rine off J�nv1lle · Pl&. on April 10, 1942. Any help you can provide will be · $px)reeiated. 'VU7 �t Afth11r L. Jlo1dtaille , · •·()� Jlml e ... . . : Marlow He:lgb:ts, ,�,," &GotnC.tor •tpe:r'"Jl4uc;attoll . . .. "·· •ct. Ir. . , 80748 ··F '• • t� I .am a gr�ful recipient of on.a ofthe iJftloh�e Charlie r.6ga.n. 8chol&rsh1J>e. I received f;l).is a.wa.M in the spring of 1984, a.nd it has , · . •. . .. ' . ' ' been a gre&t h81P f.O; JD;Y' a0adem1q ca.rear. .. l ha.ve �en enro�ed in the Matteo R1®1 ennege,pregra.m � Be&ttl.e .of studies. •a.tteo Jitieci Unive1'8iW, a.nd,h8.v�. Just . oornpleted that College is an .mtegra.tion Qi high-s(}}'l.001 a.nd ooll��e that 61ldS in a. Bachelor of Arts degree in the humanities, six yea.rs a.ft.er tn.e eighth grade. It is not S. l)J:(>gr8JI1 spEt.ciflca.lly for g1fted students, but ior thOEJe mterested in . a structured edueation a.nd a smooth transition from · highc-school .to oonege. It.is h1ghly e)(pertmental ·and'haa won •.ma.ny . . .·. . . · ·· .··.·.· .· ·. . . a.ward8 an!i gr¥1-ts. Juet th1S past M� l: cpmpl�ted the Matteo ll.ic¢ progrtun., and.wjll to s,tu<JY commeretiil go on, at, Bea.ttl� u. in,.. art a.nd bee<>me a. �:Pbjc ,<if:leigner. A.-t thiS. po1Il.1'. � $1'a.dErpotnt · · average 1s a 3:39. . .·.· ·. · . . ·.•··.. ,· . . . . . · ·.. .· < The �ll� I.og&:p. schol8.l'shiI> ha.s given me time to pl&n a.n . . . .sho,. rt education t,hat I can reaJ:isticaJ1y.hope to. a.trord now, a.n� in. . term it ha.$ anow:ea. me to live pn at Seattle U. fol.' at' lea.st P�.-�· I1lY in'vol-yement a;t of'the y�. Ltviilg on · . o ch ql m � e t.)l . my gi'qWth Whli& at Beattle U., I have re� �.a,� a. ooll�ge edUQ&tiOJ1 is n()t . , , course . . · . ' · . .. . . .. . . · the,·�'of Al't' rl,hell- plan 1'1te Cam.pus ca.µipu$1 gr8&tJY .fa.c1litates. � tp.d eontrj®tif.()l). 1;6 sclro<>� �. sbliply ?l� to learn � µt a h!gli-p�·J;)I'Ofe�1Qll; but pl&ee. for person ti>:11npl'QV9 oneself. throµgtl. opp9rtllnitJ.�8 for le&rDJ.t.J,g · a a & a.bout the '!<>rid.· Some .�f .the oourses I h&ve eI!Joyed the most have little.to ·dci·.·� eonUn9reia.l .a.rt; such .�', philosoppy &nd theology . .··· . . .. . . . . . . . . .•... .·.· • . ···• ..· J:, Would strop.gly encqura.ge sea.m� n &lid tl>.eil" �ptmdep:ts who a.re 9ou.rees.. clonside� ],Ugh:�r eduqation to. appJy' for the . �lle.Logtm . ve you oppo sc.]lol&rship I,et it·gt ties t;hat,weren't possible. I h&ve heard tllat a.b<>ut .three nUlliori doiijU>S of prty&t$ schola.rsJ:tl,p . money goes unused. ea.cl). yea.r �e pee)ple e1mpjy don't apply. Even 1f· you aren't sure OfYOUI' cha.n� , go for lt. l �$elf .· app'.lled atter a.h'ea.dy oompleti:Qg �:�� 9f cqllege;. a.nd'W$8n't sUre l, would wm. · Tcyin.g is oert&1n1y � die > which can }tE!SP you from ha.vttlg tq fo;rego higher edUca.tit;>n. �r a.it. .' � . --' - - �Il8tve. ' as they SBi.V• '."If,;you education tcy tgnor&nce/ _ ' think · _ , , , -_ .• rtuni preyi_Oll81y t.en-tb.ciUsan�.;dollaP&W&W, - _ ,- ' ; - - , - ' - ' , .- -, stnoeft!y, Conft4· CJwres · Seaftle, 'WH,h. • - .. ; - ,, ,.;> - - ,, - .• • Many of our contracted ve sel are operating under special agreement , acquired by SIU Cont�cted Employer , by or Propo als (RFP ) . succes fully bidding on Requests These vessels are subject to special requirement from the Department of Navy, Military Sealift Command or the Maritime Admini tration . All Port Agent have copie of all pecial agreemen which are available for your review and in pection . If you are employed aboard any uch ve sel you may have copie of any pecial agreements relating to your ve el by contacting the Contract Department at U nion Headquarters. The folJowing ve els are under pecial agreement USNS USNS USNS USNS Altair Denebola Pollux Regulu M. V. f}us Darnell M . V . Paul B uck Southern Cro SS SS Keystone State USNS USNS USNS PFC 2nd PFC P C Cpl . Maj . PFC Sgt. Antare Algol Capella Dewayne William Lt. John P. Bobo Jame Ander on William Baugh Loui Hauge, Jr. Stephen Pless Eugene Obregon Matej Kocak SS SS USNS Bel latrix Other ve sels covered by below: M.V. M.V. M.V . M.V. M.V. Falcon Falcon Falcon Falcon Falcon M.V. SS SS SS Falcon Prince Inger Independence Constitution Champion Leader Counte Lady Ducbe SS Gem AJatna tate Chattahoochee Nodaway M. V. Contender M . V . Stalwart SS American Eagle SS American Condor SS American Cormorant SS pecial agreements are li led M.V. M.V. M. V. M. V . All All O . M . I . Mi ouri 0 . M . I . Sacramento Sugar Islander Moku Pabu Integrated Tug Barges LNG Carrier . September 1985 / LOG / ·31 · �t\ ;� F '" �. -... - �, i �� : � , ·� ,_ . ·- L . . ·: . -, . � - · · � � . . ·. '� . , ;·. . � - . ' . clU�T Fl�H .'! HOOK INTO dOB DON 'T L)ECURITYf r .• � : -;_ ·- ·. . . ' · -��-� : '· '� >r · .. '• . . . • . . -� : � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1980-1989 Description An account of the resource Volumes XLII-LI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993; Seafarers Log Scanned Issues 1984-1988, 1994-Present Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 1985 Description An account of the resource Headline: DESPITE TROUBLES, UNION CONTINUES TO SERVE YOU SIU WILL OPEN DRUG REHAB CENTER ON JAN. 1 SERVICE CONTRACT WILL APPLY IN 3 NAVY BIDS NEW PASSENGER SHIP BILL COULD BOOST U.S. FLEET PLANS OK PENSION "BUY OUT" ON A TRIAL BASIS AGENTS JOE AIR, STEVE TROY RETIRE, WORKED 4 DECADES ONBOARD THE OGDEN YUKON EVEN CATS FACE LAY-UP BAY RIDGE ENTERS L.A. HARBOR SIU STANDS FIRM TO PROTECT SONAT WORKERS YOU CAN TRUST YOUR BOAT TO THE MEN WHO STAY AFLOAT SEAFARER'S DAUGHTER KATIE BATTLES CEREBRAL PALSY MAKE YOUR FUTURE COOL & COMFORTABLE THE SIU RETURNS TO NEW BEDFORD FLEET IS PROTECTED FOR ANOTHER YEAR CRANFORD NAMED CLAIMS ADMINISTRATOR, AIMS FOR IMPROVED SERVICE 5 NEW SHIPS CARRY SIU CREWS EXPANDED PHONE SERVICE MEANS CLAIM HELP COAST TO COAST REGULUS IS FIRST OF 4 NEWLY-REFITTED SL-7S FOR SIU OVERSEAS ARCTIC PAYS OFF IN PORT OF PHILADELPHIA LEADERS: THE PEOPLE WANT ACTION, NOT HOT AIR Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Seafarers Log Scanned Issues 1984-1988, 1994-Present Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/1/1985 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. 47, No. 9 1985 Periodicals Seafarers Log