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United Automobile Workers President Owen
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posal for a trade agreement with Mexico that
could result in a major export of American
jobs. Bieber told MTD executive board mem
bers that the flight of American jobs to Mexico
already has begun and does not need to be
compounded by a so-called free trade pact.
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General Lauds Shipping Role in War
A welcome sight to citizens of Kuwait was the arrival of allied forces that liberated their
nation seven months after Iraq had invaded and assumed control over the small Middle
Eastern country. After a 43-day war, which included a 100-hour ground assault, the
multi-national coalition of armed forces decimated the Iraqi military and restored the
destiny of Kuwait to that nation's own citizens. Page 3.
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Johnson, who heads the mUitary's transport logistics
operation, commended American seamen and U.S.flag shipping companies for their role in the recent
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Lessons of the War
All Americans are, of course, most thankful that the war in the Persian
Gulf has ended and that the cost, while enormous in dollars, was fortu
nately minimal in terms of lives of our armed forces.
I think we can all agree that the performance of the
United States was most impressive from start to finish
from the very beginning when it responded to the
Iraqi invasion of Kuwait by calling on the community
of nations to join in the call-up and positioning of land,
sea and air military forces in Saudi Arabia. The mobili
zation of the massive logistical operation which kept
more than 500,000 troops supplied with food and mate
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riel throughout the campaign was a credit to American
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savvy and know-how and the hard work of our friends
— General H.T. Johnson and his team — at the U.S.
Military Transportation Command.
Studies to Come
As is to be expected in a democracy, the Persian Gulf war will be a
center of examination, study and discussion in all its aspects for a long
time to come. For the most part, the motivation for going over this expe
rience will be the strengthening of our national security, so that in the
event of future threats to the nation's interests, we can be assured that our
security forces can operate with maximum efficiency.
One of the areas that is sure to be included is transportation — the lo
gistical operations responsible for keeping the military forces adequately
supplied and, without which, every other effort could be in vain. And in
this area the role of the merchant marine must, of course, be carefully
considered.
As successful as the U.S. supply line operations were, those in com
mand must reihember that of the 87 dry cargo ships currently chartered
by the military for the deployment, 67 fly the flags of other nations. (This
of course is in addition to the six ships chartered by the Military Sealift
Command prior to the outbreak of hostilities in the gulf, the fast sealift
ships, the Ready Reserve Force vessels, the prepositioning ships and
other MSG vessels and most of the tankers used in the operation — all of
which operated under the U.S. flag.). In a few instances, the crews of for
eign-flag ships (including those aboard foreign-flag feeder ships operated
by American-flag shipping companies) refused to sail their vessels into
the war zones.
Best-Case Scenario
Fortunately, the war was, for the most part, contained, with an enemy
who was virtually overwhelmed and incapable of carrying the fight to the
supply lines. It was a best-case scenario. We hope that it will never
again be necessary to-mount another war effort, but it would be unrealis
tic, on the basis of events developing in many parts of the world, to ex
pect that peace is suddenly going to break out all over.
In a world that is so marked by instability and hate, the important
watchword is "preparedness." With the exception of the military estab
lishment, there are few sectors of our nation that share our concern about
the readiness and ability of our private shipping industry to meet the de
mands a major conflict would require,^specially a conflict in which our
allies may be few and far between.
As difficult a job as it is, our union must continue to can^ the mes
sage to every front to insure that we work toward the creation of a bal
anced fleet of ships that serves our nation's needs not only in peace but
in every imaginable kind of conflict.
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Maritime Trades at Work
As was expected, the recent executive board meeting of the AFL-CIO
Maritime Trades Department was a timely and meaningful event. Issues
of vital importance to America's working men and women were dis
cussed in depth and actions were taken on a range of issues that affect the
economic security of millions of Americans, among them the legislation
that would ban the replacement of workers who go on strike to protect
their well-being and the current round of trade talks that could result in
massive job transfers from America to Mexico and other havens for run
away shops.
The department will implement the decisions of the board on these
key issues. It is clear from the mood at the meetings we can look for the
continued cooperation of the affiliated unions as the MTD goes to work
on the objectives that have been agreed on.
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Remembering Our Brothers
All Seafarers mourn the deaths of the six seamen who were killed last
month in an engineroom accident aboard the Stonewall Jackson. Our
hearts and prayers go out to the families of the six men, three of whom
were SIU members and three of whom were District 1 MEBA engineers.
To the families of Edmund L. Clayton Jr., Prince Wescott, Henry C.
Hyman, Donald W. Park, Victor J. Villafarra and Eric A. Hinds, we ex
tend our deepest sympathy.
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The Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) announced that civilian mar
iners who have sailed in the Oper
ation Desert Storm combat zone
while engaged in activities sup
porting the armed forces can file
tax returns and delay payment of
monies due the agency for up to
180 days after being in the desig
nated war area. The IRS also has
conferred the benefit to any spouse
of a merchant seaman who quali
fies for the extension.
Merchant seamen on vessels
carrying a load of cargo for the
military that enter the Operation
Desert Storm theater qualify for
the extensions, according to an IRS
spokesman contacted by the LOG.
Seafarers serving on a commercial
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vessel calling on ports in the com
bat zone would qualify for the ben
efit as long as a "portion" of the
ship's cargo is for the military's
operation, said theIRS spokesman.
Civilian mariners on vessels
that have remained in the combat
zone also are eligible for the taxfiling and tax-paying extension.
Calculating the Extension
The 180-day filing postpone
ment period begins from the last
day of the month in which a quali
fying merchant seaman is in the
combat zone. For example, if a
Seafarer's last day in the combat
zone is March 12, the 180-day ex
tension would start on March 31.
The combat zone covers Iraq,
March 1991
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tor, fl/Z/Rrowcr.
Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bah
rain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates,
the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Gulf of
Oman and certain parts of the Ara
bian Sea arid Gulf of Aden (see
map on page 13),
The IRS spokesman suggests
any Seafarer who will be taking
advantage of the extension drop a
note to the IRS office where he or
she would normally send the fed
eral tax return and advise the
agency of their service in the com
bat zone and note that the filing
will be arriving late. Such a letter
would forestall the IRS from as
suming the Seafarer was simply
not filing or paying taxes without
legitimate reasons.
The IRS advisory on tax bene
fits and relief available to Opera
tion Desert Storm civilian
personnel, which includes mer
chant seamen serving on ships with
a military-support purpose that
have entered the combat zone and
their spouses, also notes that a
"wide range of acts" can be post
poned.
Other Actions Covered
According to the IRS circular, in
addition to prolonging the period
of time for filing federal tax returns
and tax payments, civilian mari
ners serving in the Operation Des
ert Storm theater can postpone
filing of tax court petitions, filing
claims or bringing suits for re
funds, assessing taxes, issuing no
tices or demands for payment,
making collections or doing "any
other act permitted or required
under the internal revenue laws."
The IRS is quick to point out
that the postponement period is
temporary in nature and does not
terminate an individual's responsi
bility for filing tax returns, making
tax payments and other aCts re
quired by law.
Any Seafarer with questions can
call the IRS at (800) 829-1040. Or,
if out of the country, write to the
IRS at 950 L'Enfant Plaza, SW,
Washington, DC 20024 or send a
facsimile transmittal to (202) 2874466.
See page 13
for a complete text of the
IRS circular entitled
"Tax Benefits and
Relief Available to
Operation Desert Storm
Civilian Personnel."
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Trade Pact Battles Loom
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"VThe Bush administration, in its anxiety to ne
gotiate a world trade pact and an agreement with
Mexico, is very likely to barter away American
jobs for the sake of a
deal, warned AFL-ClO
Secretary-Treasurer
Thomas R. Donahue in his
remarks to the AFL-CIO
Maritime Trades Depart
ment (MTD) executive board
meeting.
Donahue's point was echoed by
Congressman Richard Gephardt,
United Automobile Workers Pres
ident Owen Bieber and Transportation*Communications Union Vice
President Jack Otero in their talks
to the MTD board, which repre
sents the department's 43 affiliated
national and international unions.
The MTD board unanimously
passed a resolution committing the
department's energies towards de
feating any trade bill that encour
ages runaway shops.
For further reporting on the MTD
executive board meeting, see
pages 4, 12, 14 and 15.
With the Bush administration,
the office of the U.S. Trade Re
presentative (USTR) has been
leading the negotiations for the
General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade (GATT), the international
trade accord involving more than
100 countries. The USTR's office
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In just a mere 100 hours, the
ground war between the armies
united to free Kuwait and the Iraqi
invasioii force was over when Ku
wait City was liberated of Saddam
Hussein's troops February 27.
Seven months after the United
States and other nations from
around the world began sending
troops, weapons, aircraft, ships
and other materiel to build up
supplies in Saudi Arabia, the fight
ing was over as the Iraqi goverri-
An American soldier guarding the U.S.
embassy in Kuwait flashes a victory
sign after the allied forces liberated
the nation from Iraq.
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Rep. Richard Gephardt told the MTD
board he will introduce a fair trade bill
in this session of Congress.
also is handling the U.S.-Mexico
free trade agreement sought by
the Bush administration.
The labor movement and Con
gress have been monitoring the
USTR's trade pact plans closely
to ensure American jobs are not
given away at the expense of a
political deal.
Must Be Vigilent
Donahue told the conference,
"What is at stake is not an aca
demic discussion but the jobs of
the people we represent."
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ment agreed to terms set out by
U.S. Army General Norman
Schwarzkopf in a meeting at a
captured Iraqi airbase that took
place on March 3.
Scenes of prisoners of war,
troops and support personnel re
turning to heroes welcomes in the
United States have filled news
reports since the surrender was
announced. As the troops start
coming home, the work of the
merchant marine in the Middle
East will continue. SlU-crewed
vessels, praised by military offi
cials for getting the troops and
armaments to Saudi Arabia, now
will be assigned to bring the ma
teriel back to American and Eu
ropean bases. The effort will keep
military supply and Ready Re
serve Force vessels busy for sev
eral more months.
Also, SlU-contracted Sea-Land
Service Inc., through its parent
company CSX Transportation, has
been awarded a contract by the
government of Kuwait to help re
build that war-ravaged country.
The ground war against Iraq
started on February 24 after 38
days of continual air attack by
U.S., British, French, Kuwaiti and
other allied forces. The Iraqi air
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AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Thomas R. Donahue warned MTD executive
board members that the administration's efforts to get a trade deal with Mexico
could result in a loss of hundreds of thousands of American jobs.
Donahue warned about compla
cency regarding the GATT nego
tiations, which stalled in Decem
ber after four years of discussion.
He said the argument that free
trade entering a market will in
crease standards of living for that
nation ha^s not happened. "The
advantage goes to those with
money and they take advantage
of cheap labor markets."
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Fire on Stonewall Jackson
Claims Lives of S Seamen
The members, officials and staff
of the Seafarers mourn the deaths
of six brother seamen who died in ^
an engineroom fire aboard the
Stonewall Jackson last month, in
what is considered the worst dis
aster to strike a U.S.-flag vessel
since the Marine Electric sank in
Virginia waters during a gale in
1983.
Three SIU members lost their
lives on the Waterman ship —
QMED Edmund L. Clayton Jr.,
52, of Hampton,
Va.;
QMED
Prince Wescott,
46, who sailed
from the Brook
lyn hall and
Wiper Henry C.
Hyman, 38, of
Tarboro, N.C;
Clayton
SIU President
Michael Sacco extended the
"heartfelt and profound sympa
thy" of all Seafarers to each of
the families of the black gang
members.
According to press accounts,
the fire broke out in the engineroom of the 900foot LASH ves
sel, which was
off the coast of
India on its reg
ularly scheduled
run
carrying
cargo between
the U.S. gulf
Wescott
coast and the
Mideast, India and Southeast Asia.
The men died from smoke inha
lation, according to initial reports
from the U.S. Coast Guard, the
agency handling the accident in
vestigation.
"The preliminary report indi-
cates the fire started when lubri
cation oil from a ruptured turbo
generator line ignited," said Mi
chael Benson, a National Trans
portation Safety
Board (NTSB)
spokesman.
Benson advised
a LOG reporter
that the govern
ment's trans
port
safety
watchdog
Hyman
agency has delegated the investigation to the
Coast Guard. The NTSB will re
view the Coast Guard's findings
when the report is filed, he added.
Investigators were expected to
board the Stonewall Jackson in
Singapore in mid-March, accord
ing to Commander David F. Wal
lace, chief of the Coast Guard's
casualty review branch.
A Waterman official said the
vessel was towed after the acci
dent to Colombo, Sri Lanka to
drop off the bodies and then headed
to a Singapore shipyard for re
pairs.
It is not known when a report
will be filed on the accident, or
when a cause will be determined.
"A period of several months is
not uncommon for a report to be
filed," Wallace said. A lengthy
review process—if the Coast Guard
report is disputed—could push any
conclusions back several more
months, he added.
Longtime Members
Brother Wescott, who was born
in Trinidad, joined the SIU in June
of 1978 in the Brooklyn hall. He
upgraded his engineroom rating at
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General Says Seallft Operation is Defense 'Bedrock'
Calling the sealift industry "the
bedrock of America's defense
transportation system," the head of
the U.S. Transportation Command
thanked the U.S.-flag maritime in
dustry for the hard work of every
one involved in getting supplies
quickly to the Persian Gulf.
Air Force General Hansford T.
Johnson, addressing the AFL-CIO
Maritime Trades Department
(MTD) executive board meeting
last month gave high praise to the
men and women crewing the U.S.flag ships that carried soldiers,
tanks, ammunition and other mili
tary materiel to support Operation
Desert Shield which became Oper
ation Desert Stom when fighting
began in January.
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"I cannot find a more patriotic
group in America than the men and
women you represent," Johnson
said. "America's maritime industry
is the lifeline for America's armed
forces serving in southwest Asia."
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all the materiel delivered into the
Persian Gulf theater arrived via
sealift. "On December 31, we had
literally a steel bridge across the
ocean with 132 ships enroute to
Saudi Arabia and 47 returning to
the United States," he pointed out.
"That's one ship every 50 miles
from Savannah, Ga. to the Persian
Gulf!"
Johnson, whose command in
cludes the Militaiy Sealift Com
mand, Military Airlift Command
and Military Traffic Management,
said the war effort demonstrated the
importance of prepositioning ves
sels, like the ones crewed by SIU
members at Diego Garcia and other
points around the world, as the mil
itary reduces the size of its forward
deployed forces.
By August n, three Marine ex
peditionary brigades sent from the
U.S. had been equipped in Saudi
Arabia by prepositioning ships
loaded with tanks, armored person
nel carriers, fuel, ammunition.
The general pointed out some
weaknesses within the U.S. sealift
capability he said he would seek to
correct.
"To maintain our political and
economic freedoms, America must
have a strong and viable maritime
industry," he stated. "We must
work together to return our mari
time industry to a position where
we do have a competitive edge."
In the weeks ahead, Johnson
promised he would advocate a
stronger merchant marine when
talking to congressmen in Wash
ington. "In the Ready Reserve
Force (RRF) we have learned sev
eral lessons. Most importantly, we
learned that the system worked. We
also learned that we need to place
more roll on/roll offs in the RRF,
and we need to place a higher pri
ority on the readiness of the RRF."
U.S. Senator Charles Robb (DVa.) echoed Johnson's praise of the
merchant marine. "The maritime
trades have been instrumental in
fulfilling the commitment (of get
ting men and materiel to the Middle
East). They have played an extraor
dinary role."
U.S. shipping companies and maritime
workers broke loading and unloading re
cords during the current deployment, re
ported Gen. Johnson.
Sen. Charles Robb termed the role of
the American maritime industry in the
military's Operation Desert Storm
'extraordinary'.
medical supplies and general cargo,
he said.
"In the past six months, we have
asked a great deal from America's
maritime unions and you have re
sponded by giving us everything we
asked for and more," Johnson told
the group. "You have broken on
load/off-load and tranship records,
and together, we have successfully
demonstrated the practicality of
transporting personnel by air ^d
equipment by sea and mairying
them up in the area of operation."
Roe Urges Transport Sector
To Plan and Work as a Team
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Congressman Robert Roe (DN.J.) called on America's air,
ground and water transportation
networks to work with one another
to help rebuild thie nation's infra
structure in order to compete with
the international economic situa
tion.
Rep. Roe called on the nation to invest
in its transport infrastructure.
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Roe addressed his remarks to
representatives from the 43 unions
that compose the AFL-CIO Mari
time Trades Department, which
was holding its executive board
meeting last month.
"The situation affecting us now
is affecting every single man,
woman and child in this country—
the way we think, the way we
travel, the way we work, the way
we plan for the future," the chair
man of the House Public Works
Committee said.
"The American economy is no
longer a separate economy. It's the
biggest marketplace in the world.
Today we're dealing in the interna
tional economy and how we struc
ture our industries internationally.
How we compete internationally is
going to determine whether we're
going to remain a major fjower of
the world."
Roe stated a prime factor indetermining America's future is the
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rebuilding of highways, railroads,
seaports and airports so each sector
will work in conjunction with an
other. As an example, he talked of
his home state of New Jersey with
its air and rail facilities in Newark,
the N.J. Turnpike highway system
and Port Elizabeth for shipping.
"You can't get to them. It's a quar
ter of a mile between them. You
have to go through 50 towns and
cities and all kinds of barriers to be
able to get to that one airport, that
one port! How do we move things,
competitively?"
The 12-term representative
noted the world's need to have
items delivered now, instead of
placing goods in warehouses and
tying up capital. "Big stores like
Sears are laying off thousands of
people. They want instantaneous
delivery of goods."
Competitiveness at Stake
Roe went on to say, "How we
move goods and our ability to be
able to move goods in the 21st cen
tury is going to determine whether
American industry will be compet
itive enough. If it takes us five times
as long to move something in this
country, there is no way that our
industry will be able to compete in
a worldwide global market."
The congressman stated the
transportation package with fiinds
available to integrate America's
transportation systems announced
by President George Bush last
month is a start. But, he said, more
is needed.
"We passed (in Congress) the
local (public) works bill...and we
built schools and we built bridges
and roads. And we spent money in
America. Why did we do that? Not
only to rebuild America, but be
cause it was jobs—jobs for Ameri
cans. You can't have a strong
economy or a marketplace unless
people are working. People can't
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MTD Board Calls for Passage
Of Striker Replacement Bill
Passage of a federal bill to ban
permanent replacement workers
became a rallying cry among union
and congressional leaders attend
ing the executive board meeting of
the Maritime Trades Department.
A major battle looms on passage
of this bill since the administration,
through the testimony of Labor
Department Secretary Lynn Mar
tin, advised Congress of its intent
to thwart the proposed legislation.
"Employers who use permanent
replacements harm themselves and
the country," said U.S. Represen
tative Carl Perkins (D-Ky.).
"What happened to Eastem ma
chinists did not happen to (Polish)
shipyard workers in Gdansk."
Richard Trumka, president of
the United Mine Workers, called
for a "crusade to protect American
workers. This is not just any other
issue," Trumka announced. "This
is the survival of the trade union
movement as we know it. The peo
ple behind this bill aren' t just lead. ers, but priests, comer grocers,
longshoremen,
mariners,
warehousers and rhine workers."
The MTD is seeking to out
law permanent replacement
workers and overtum the 1938 Su
preme Court ruling (Mackay
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During the Reagan administration,
companies began using the striker re
placement loop-hole in the law, said
Rep. Carl Perkins.
The U.S. is the only democratic nation
in the world that allows strikers to be
replaced, said lAM President George
Kourpias.
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Mineworkers President Richard
Trumka termed the anti-scab bill a
"matter of simple justice."
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Consumer, defeated
Robert
Lowen, incumbent president of
the International Organization of
Masters, Mates and Pilots
(MM&P). Brown tallied a vote of
2,489 to Lowen's 2,079 in the 90day balloting, the results of which
were announced last month.
Challenger Captain James W.
Hopkins beat incumbent MM&P
Secretary-Treasurer Elwood Kyser
in a vote of 2,426 to 2,106 in the
balloting which was a rerun of a
1988 election. A federal district
court judge had ordered the new
election, citing "fraud of signifi
cant proportions" in the 1988 race,
when Lowen won the top post
over Brown by 105 votes.
Judge Marvin J. Garbis of the
federal district court based in Bal
timore found the 1988 MM&P
election was conducted in a man
ner that violated the union's con
stitution and federal law. The court
documents indicated that blank
ballots were stolen and some bal
lots were forged by Lowen sup
porters in the 1988 campaign.
According to the judge's deci
sion, other factors rendering the
results of the 1988 election suspect
were the failure on the part of the
union to mail an election notice to
each member at his last known
home address, the lack of ade
quate notice of the balloting pro
cedures, inadequate protection of
a ballot box, denying members in
good standing the opportunity to
vote and missing ballots.
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In an interview with the Journal
of Commerce and the Baltimore
Sun, and in his campaign litera
ture, Brown said he would work
to "build bridges" to other mari
time unions, including the ILA
(the MM&P's parent union), the
SIU and District 1 MEBA/NMU,
the organization which recently
experienced an upset victory of a
slate of challengers to the incum
bents in its licensed division.
Among the charges leveled in
the 1988 and 1991 MM&P election
campaigns against the incumbent
candidates were the heavy loss of
funds from the union's treasury
and pension funds to cover ques
tionable investments instigated by
MM&P officials, the 1988 election
itself and the manner in which it
was conducted, the loss of jobs
on 80 U.S.-flag tankers and a de
ferred wage payment in 1988 to
MM&P officials while seagoing
members took a cut in pay.
Monterey Drains Funds
The investment decisions ques
tioned by MM&P challengers and
many rank-and-file members in
cluded the funding from both the
union and a variety of its funds to
the Monterey, an American-flag
cruise vessel, and the appointment
of a group called Tower Asset
Management as the plan's invest
ment manager.
According to documents which
have been made public, the union's
investment and loan to the SS
Monterey Limited Partnership
never have been recovered and
ended up in a write-off of $1,422,500
on the union's December 1989
financial statement. The docu
ments also indicate the union is
owed $4,350,000 for the second
preferred ship mortgage of the
Monterey, the union's Maritime
Institute of Technology and Grad
uate Studies (MITAGS) is owed
$225,000 for room and board of
Monterey crewmembers in 1988
and close to $1 million is owed to
various plans by Aloha Cruise
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Captain Ray Addicott, commander of the Military Sealift Command-Pacific
Fleet, accepts a handmade quilt for the USNS Mercy, a hospital ship serving
in the Persian Gulf. The vessel is crewed by members of the SlU's
Government Services Division and is based in Oakland, Calif.
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Ex-NMU Official Says Rank-and-Fiie of Union
Kept in Dark on Details of Merger with MEBA
Additional charges that the socalled merger between District 1
Marine Engineers Beneficial As
sociation (MEBA) and the Na
tional Maritime Union (NMU) was
forced on the NMU membership
were revealed in a statement by a
former top NMU official recently
submitted in federal district court.
James F. Paterson, who served
as the NMU vice president in
charge of deep sea maritime activ
ities from 1978 until he retired in
1989, said in his deposition that
the merger discussions with Dis
trict 1 MEBA were held in "rel
ative secret" and were "con
ducted exclusively" by NMU
President Shannon J. Wall and
C.E. (Gene) DePries, president of
District 1 MEBA and their two
lawyers.
Paterson, who first joined the
NMU in 1947 and became a fulltime union official in 1960, said in
his affidavit that he learned of the
merger agreement "at the same
time, and in the same manner, as
other NMU members" by reading
the August 1987 Pilot, which at
that time was the organization's
monthly newspaper.
Big Bucks Go to Wail
In Paterson's statement, which
was filed as part of a lawsuit
seeking to unravel the 1988 merger
of the two organizations, the for
mer NMU official charges Wall
with selling out the NMU mem
bership for "personal, pecuniary
gain."
In arranging for the NMU merger
into MEBA, Wall "sold the NMU
members into political and eco
nomic slavery," said Paterson in
his deposition. Wall "saw the
merger as a way to secure a huge
cash
'severance'
payment
($272,795), plus allegedly unused
vacation benefits ($31,476)" de
spite remaining in the employ of
the union, continued Paterson in
his testimony.
Further, Wall's "annual salary
was increased 46.6 percent (from
$136,398 to $200,000) the day after
the merger was consummated,"
said Paterson, adding that the NMU
president also became a partici-
pant in MEBA's pension plan and
money purchase benefit. "By vir
tue of the merger. Wall was able
to begin drawing against his NMU
seaman's pension at the rate of
$640 per month, and he received
a lump sum disbursement from the
NMU staff pension plan in the
amount of $1,275,126," Paterson's deposition reported.
Pension Fund Merger?
Paterson, who describes himself
as an NMU "insider" in the affi
davit, noted an important aspect
of the proposed merger with MEBA
was the "fact that the NMU pen
sion fund would be absorbed by
the MEBA pension fund which
was over-funded and could afford
to absorb the unfunded liabilities"
of the NMU plan.
According to Paterson's state
ment, the "general outline" of the
merger between the two unions
was first discussed at NMU mem
bership meetings on August 31,
1987 and this matter was brought
up there and at subsequent ses
sions throughout the autumn.
Paterson's affidavit indicates he
believes the primary factor ad
vancing the merger "was the pros
pect that our pension plan would
be merged into the MEBA pension
plan." He said in the court-filed
document that every NMU mem
ber that ever went to sea knew
the MEBA plan permitted partic
ipants the option of taking lump
sum buy-outs. Paterson added that
option was "a great attraction to
our members."
NMU officials lobbied for the
merger on the grounds it would
protect the NMU pension plan,
Paterson charged in his testimony.
Real Structure Hidden
The former NMU official, who
lost a bid against Wall for the
position of chairman of District 1
MEBA/NMU's unlicensed divi
sion in a three-way race for the
post in a 1989 election, also con
tends in his deposition that the
constitutional structure of the
merger—which made NMU rankand-file members second class cit
izens—was never discussed at any
membership meetings in 1987 or
raised during the merger referen
dum.
"... there was no way anyone,
myself included, could possibly
have known at the time of the 1987
merger referendum how the l(X)
delegate votes at union conven
tions would be distributed" be
tween the two unions, Paterson
said in the statement.
It is only now that the so-called
weighted voting structure of the
new union is becoming clear,
pointed out Paterson in his IIpage affidavit. (This provision of
the District 1 MEBA/NMU con
stitution allocates voting strength
at the organization's convention
based on the total amount of mon
ies collected by each division as
opposed to the traditional concept
of apportioning votes by the num
ber of members.)
Recently it has become clear,
Paterson said in the court-filed
affidavit, "how the licensed divi
sion (MEBA) and its officers can
call all of the shots at conventions,
and even determine which of the
NMU candidates for District of
fice will be elected."
Paterson indicated in his depo
sition that in late 1987, while at
tending a function, he "was
shocked to hear NMU President
Shannon Wall introduce MEBA
President Gene DeFries as 'my
new boss.' "
Paterson's affidavit noted,
"given the fact that Wall had pre
viously questioned the wisdom of
any merger between the NMU and
a supervisors' union representing
licensed ship officers, and had ter
minated the infinitely wiser merger
discussions with the SIU on the
grounds that the NMU would never
become subordinate to another la
bor organization, 1 was aghast."
The former NMU vice president
ends his affidavit, submitted to the
federal court in January, with the
suggestion that the merger can be
"undone." According to his dep
osition, Paterson believes the
NMU's AFL-CIO charter "would
almost certainly be reissued if the
members of the two unions were
to vote to part ways."
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sion Plan has voiced a strong ob
jection to the Department of La
bor's "highly unusual" decision
to initiate a court action in dealing
with differences between the
agency and the trust fund over
benefits provided to pensioners
and rent collection procedures.
The plan counsel's communi
cation was touched off by the
Labor Department's issuance of a
press release announcing the ac
tion without notifying thp plan and
the trustees. (At press time, none
of the trustees nor the plan had
been formally notified by the fed
eral agency.)
The department's news release
announced a suit had been filed
against the plan and its trustees
for "improperly using funds to
provide housing and food service
to retirees" and for not making
"prudent arrangements for the
rental of office space to the union
and affiliated organizations."
In the protest registered with
Secretary of Labor Lynn Martin,
the plan's counsel, Leslie Tarantola, accused the department of
deviating from "its usual course
of action." Tarantola pointed out
it was customary in such cases for
the department's auditors to pre
sent a written report and for the
agency to hold discussions for pur
poses of attempting to resolve any
differences.
In the case of the pension plan
audit, nothing was heard from the
agency for some three years after
the routine examination was con
cluded until the Seafarers learned
of the labor department's law suit
from the press.
Dep't Tactics Suspect
According to attorneys familiar
with labor and pension law pro
cedures, the actions of the de
partment were regarded as "rather
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strange." This has led some to
believe the Labor Department may
have had some motive other than
the strict resolution of the issues.
The experts see no reason why
the government agency's differ
ences with the Seafarers Pension
Plan could not have been raised
through the department's standard
operating procedures in conduct
ing an audit, thus making the tac
tics employed in this case unnec
essary and peculiar.
It is a standard practice for the
Labor Department to routinely au
dit employee benefit plans and
unions. Sometimes routine pro
cedures are intensified depending
on whether the administration in
power is friendly or unfriendly
towards working people and their
unions.
The examination of the Seafar
ers pension fund occurred at the
height of the Reagan administra
tion, Which was notoriously anti
union.
In addition, since the early 1980s,
coinciding with the time when
Ronald Reagan became the 40th
president of the U.S;, three Sea
farers union entities and six affil
iated plans have been audited by
the government agency. The de
partment, in each case closely ex
amined between three and six years
worth of records, assigning teams
of two to six auditors at any given
time to these reviews.
In the audit of the union entities,
the Labor Department followed
its customary procedures and held
discussions and closed the cases.
Of the six plans subjected to Labor
Department scrutiny, the only
pending action taken by the agency
is the court filing against the Sea
farers Pension Plan.
The union trustees named in the
labor department complaint are
Secretary-Treasurer John Fay,
Vice President Collective Bar
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Vice President West Coast George
McCartney and Representative
Herberto Perez.
Management trustees cited are
Carmine J. Bracco of Bay Tank
ers; Edmund Davis of Sea-Land;
Michael DiPrisco of Crowley; Wil
liam Pagendarm, Jeremiah Callan
and Michael Marco of Great Lakes
Dredge & Dock Company; and
David Schultze of American
Steamship Co.
Membership Informed
Seafarers President Michael
Sacco expressed resentment at the
Department of Labor's aspersions
on the integrity of the plan and its
board of trustees, which is made
up of an equal number of union
officers and management officials
from SlU-contracted companies.
"Never has there been any
question about the integrity of these
people and all their actions which
have been consistently motivated
by a desire to protect the best
interests of the plan's beneficia
ries," Sacco said.
Speaking at the union's monthly
membership meeting at Piney
Point, Md., Sacco said, "SIU plans
are effectively and efficiently ad
ministered and there have never
been accusations of personal gains
connected to anyone serving in
any capacity with the plans." He
assured the membership that the
"interests of all Seafarers—active
and retired—will be protected and
secured by this union."
Sacco said, "We will have an
opportunity to expose the Labor
Department's shabby handling of
this matter" and pledged to "get
to the bottom of this thing." In
the meantime, Sacco added, the
membership will be kept informed
of all matters concerning this dis
pute.
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Deaths of Seafarers
Mourned by Brothers
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the Lundeberg School in 1982. He
and his wife lived in Florida.
After a stint in the Army from
1970 to 1973, Brother Hyman joined
the SIU. Brother Clayton served
in the United States Marine Corp
from 1959 to 1961 and joined the
union in 1%9. He attended courses
at the Lundeberg School to ad
vance his engine department rat
ing in 1976.
Extending Condolences
The families of Brothers Clay
ton, Wescott and Hyman would
like to hear from Seafarers who
sailed with their loved ones. SIU
members wishing to extend per
sonal condolences can write to the
following family members at these
addresses:
Dorothy Hyman, who is the
mother of Brother Henry C. Hy
man, can be reached at Route 4,
Box 644; Tarboro, N.C. 27886.
Brother Edmond Clayton's sis
ter Joanna Lampart can be con
tacted at Route 6, Box 4085;
Gloucester, Va. 23061.
Brother Prince Wescott's widow.
Merle C. Wescott, can be written
to at 1860 Beewood Court; Or
lando, Fla. 32818.
Wtff Eiufs After 100-fhHir AUied Gmnd Assautt
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force never challenged the allied
air superiority. In fact, Iraqi pilots
flew more than 120 of Iraq's 700
aircraft to Iran to sit out the war
after the allied bombardment
started.
Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein
countered the bombardment by
sending SCUD missiles into Saudi
Arabia and Israel in hopes of
drawing the neutral nation into the
fight and breaking the Pan-Arab
alliance with the Americans. Israel
never entered the fray and Arab
unity, led by Egypt, Syria and
Saudi Arabia, remained intact
throughout the war.
President George Bush an
nounced a deadline of noon, Feb
ruary 23 (New York time) for Iraq
to meet all the United Nations'
provisions for withdrawing from
Kuwait, repealing Iraq's annexa
tion of the country and paying
reparations or risk a ground war.
When the deadline came and passed
without action. Bush ordered the
allied forces into action.
Within the first hours of the
attack, American, Saudi, Kuwaiti
and British troops had retaken
Kuwaiti soil, while French, Amer
ican, Egyptian and other allied
troops were moving through
southern Iraq. Almost as soon as
the allies attacked, Iraqi troops
began surrendering en masse.
Allied casualties were minimal
until the second day of the ground
war when a SCUD missile hit an
American barracks in Saudi Ara
bia and killed 28 persons.
March into Kuwait
On the third day (February 26)
of the ground war, allied troops
had reached the outskirts of Ku
wait City. The next day, Kuwaiti
and Saudi troops marched into the
liberated capital city to the cheers
of thousands of people.
Peace terms agreed to by Iraq
included the prompt release of all
prisoners of war and the Kuwaiti
civilians taken by Iraqi troops dur
ing their retreat, allied withdrawal
from southern Iraq when the
Baghdad government complies
with the U.N. resolutions, Iraqi
help in recovering land and sea
mines laid in the war and a sepa
ration of forces to prevent further
skirmishes.
A total of 96 U.S. personnel
were killed in the fighting. Esti
Kuwaiti citizens wave their nation's flag to U.S. Marines as they drive towards
the airport allied forces secured after heavy fighting with Iraqi troops.
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mates of Iraqi dead were listed at
more than 100,000. Allied forces
conjectured that more than 100,000
Iraqi troops were taken prisoner
while Iraq captured 21 Aipericans.
Since the war ended, reports
have come out of Iraq of Shiite
Muslims supported by Iran's gov
ernment fighting Saddam's troops
in southern Iraq while Kurdish
nationalists have taken on troops
in mountainous northern Iraq.
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N.Y. Hospital and Clinic Facilities Open te Seafarers
One of the major—and costli
est—benefits offered to employees
is health coverage.
While others have been forced
to scale back benefits, the Seafar
ers Welfare Plan has arranged an
alternative program which offers
just as much to its members while
controlling spiraling health care
costs.
The program, known as the Pre
ferred Providers Organization,
(PPO) matches members with one
health center in each port. This ar
rangement allows Seafarers and
their families to become well ac
quainted with the hospital and
clinic and helps the facility stream
line its procedures to meet the SIU
members' needs.
While long-range plans call for
most ports to have such an arrange
ment, New York is the site of the
most recent PPO arrangement. Re
cently the Seafarers Welfare plan
contracted the Methodist Hospital
in Brooklyn to serve as thie
Seafarers' PPO in New York.
Centrally located, the Methodist
Hospital offers an array of spe
cialty clinics and a variety of ex
pertise. SIU members use the
occupational health facility on
Union Street, which is six to eight
blocks away from the inpatient
main hospital and outpatient spe
cialty clinics.
"The Union Street facility is for
physicals and routine health care,"
said Sonja Mason, a Methodist
Hospital administrator for the proj
ect. "From there, patients are re
ferred to a specialty clinic or the
main hospital if they require fur
ther treatment."
Among the staff at the center are
two doctors, a physician's assis
tant, an X-ray technician and a
medical assistant—all there pri
marily to serve SIU members.
"We do serve others here, but
SIU member's insurance doesn't
cover, so most of our clinics are
available to them," said Mason.
Family members also are wel
come at the center, though they
might have to pay for some of the
quality and for its ability to rapidly
respond to our members' needs,"
said Deborah Kleinberg, the asso
ciate counsel for the Seafarers
Welfare Plan, who is assigned to
developing the PPO program.
"We've worked very closely
with Methodist Hospital to insure
all the paperwork is right so the
changeover will go smoothly,"
Kleinberg said.
"The medical end has gone very
smoothly," said Mason. "And we
look forward to serving more
members and their families at the
clinic. We encourage them to drop
by anytime to see our facilities."
For additional information on
Methodist Hospital's services,
programs and clinics, call the cen
ter at (718) 783-6578.
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The medical staff at the New York PPO includes, from the left, Caroline Charriez,
receptionist: Esther Herta, physicians assistant; Donna Chamber, V.P. Methodist
Hospital; Sonja Mason, administration; Dr. Berlin, and Irene Reyes, medical assis
tant.
the SIU members are our primary
focus," said Mason. "Since No
vember 20 [when the facility
opened] we've averaged 16 SIU
members per day."
"It's a nice place," said Do
mingo Leon, a bosun who sails out
of the port of New York. "And the
staff was very helpful."
"I got good service, and it was
very clean," said Rick Hoiioway,
a wiper who also sails from the port
of New York.
The Methodist Hospital has pre
vious experience in being a PPO,
though not on as large a scale as the
SIU. "There's almost nothing the
outpatient care clinics.
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what SIU members had before, but
we're an excellent hospital, and
we'll do whatever it takes to make
Seafarers happy and welcome,"
said Mason.
"Methodist was chosen for its
Dr. Berlin checks out Rick Hoiioway at
the Union Street facility.
New SIU Honolulu Hall Opens
Relief Rule Waiver Extendeil
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The Seafarers Appeals Board
has extended its ruling that relief
positions including those for per
manent ratings be waived for an
other 60-day period which would
run until the middle of April.
The board decided to continue
its original ruling, dated December
13, 1990, because of the increased
demand for sealift capability cre
ated by the Persian Gulf war.
The extension, which took ef
fect February 14, will be reviewed
by the board, which consists of rep
resentatives from both the union
and its contracted companies, after
the 60 days to determine the needs
of the shipping industry then. As
before, this ruling does not affect
the established relief procedures
on Military Sealift Command and
LNG vessels.
The whole text of SAB Action
354 is printed below:
SAB Action 354
The Seafarers Appeals Board
acting under and pursuant to the
Collective Bargaining Agreement
between the Union and the various
Contracted Employers, hereby
takes the following action.
Whereas, by Action No. 352,
dated August 10,1990, because of
the national emergency created by
"Operation Desert Shield," the
Shipping Rules were amended for
the duration of the emergency, and
Whereas, the additional vessels
from the Ready Reserve Fleet were
assigned by the Maritime Adminis
tration to various Contracted Em
ployers, and
Whereas, the additional vessels
have escalated the demands on the
Manpower Pool, the Shipping
Rules were modified in the follow
ing manner.
Rule 5 A12 (a) Trip ReliefsPermanent Ratings shall be waived for
a period of sixty(60) days,at which
time the manpower pool capability
shall be re-evaluated to determine
the need for further modification of
the Shipping Rules to meet the
sealift commitment to the various
Armed Services. On Military
Sealift Command and LNG vessels
where established relief proce
dures have been in effect, such pro
cedures shall continue.
And whereas, the war effort has
been further escalated requiring
the utilization of vessels from the
Contracted Employers commer
cial fleets;
Therefore, Rule 5 A12 (a). Trip
Reliefs shall be waived for an ad
ditional sixty (60) days, effective
February 14,1991.
Dated: February II, I99I.
Honolulu's new SIU fiall is located at 606 Kallfii Street. An exterior view of the
building is shown above.
Seafarers in Honolulu are get
ting acquainted with the SIU's
newest hall which opened for busi
ness earlier this month. The new
Hawaii SIU hall is located at 606
Kalihi Street, which is about four
miles west of the union's previous
hall on Cooke Street.
The new SIU Honolulu hall is
larger than the old one and is only
two blocks from the waterfront. It
is closer to the facilities of two SIU
contracted companies—Sea-Land
and Matson.
American Hawaii Cruise Lines'
The new Honolulu hall's classroom
space Is pictured above.
office and pier are about 10 min
utes away by car—unless traffic is
bad, which would add time to the
trip.
The new hall is accessible by
public transportation and located
in a semi-residential neighbor
hood. Parking for 24 cars is avail
able on the property. The facility
has a classroom so lifeboat and
other maritime related classes will
be held at the hall.
The new telephone number for
the Honolulu hall is (808) 8455222. Although the facility cur
rently is open for business,
renovations are taking place this
month.
The property includes 9,214
square feet of land, while the build
ing takes up 4,209 gross square
feet.
The union's previous Honolulu
hall was purchased by the state of
Hawaii which exercised its right of
imminent domain. The state in
tends to widen Cooke Street as part
of the Kakaako district beautification project.
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drydock in the port of Mobile, Ala.
will mean more work for SIU
crewmembers aboard Crescent
Towing tugboats.
"It definitely will be a benefit to
us," said Mobile Patrolman Ed
Kelley. "The tugs are capable of
pushing most any ship into the drydock."
Atlantic Marine Inc. moved the
floating drydock, one of the largest
in the world, from Galveston,
Texas earlier this year. Crescent's
three Mobile-based tugs were part
of the crew that pushed the facility
into place earlier this year.
One member involved in bring
ing the drydock to its new home in
Mobile was William Tucker, cap
tain of the Admiral Jackson. "This
was my first experience in towing
and docking a drydock," he told the
Seafarers LOG.
"This one was especially enjoy
able because of its size and width.
I know it is going to help the city
of Mobile by bringing more jobs to
the area.
"I really thought the job was
going to be a lot tougher, but the
entire job went as smooth as silk,"
Tucker continued. "I enjoyed
being part of the operation and the
experience of handling something
that large."
The other SIU captains involved
in the all-day operation were Mar
ion J. Raley of the J. K. McLean
and Pete Burns of the Ervin S,
Cooper. Crescent employs nearly
30 SIU members.
The drydock is expected to be in
operation by mid-April.
Admiral Jackson AB Pete Saranthus
relaxes before a crew meeting aboard
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Engineer Clyde Graugs fills out some paperwork In the galley
of the J.K. McLean, one of the three Crescent tugs.
Deckfiand Chris Walker (left) and Captain Charles Tucker
take part In a union meeting aboard the tug Admiral Jackson.
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To Ttfjif >lifir/s0fy
SIU Vice President Gulf
Coast Dean E. Corgey has been
appointed to the Department of
Transportation's Towing
Safety Advisory Committee
(TSAC) by the Secretary of
Transportation Samuel Skin
ner.
Sponsored by the U.S. Coast
Guard, TSAC advises the Secre
tary of Transportation on shal
low-draft inland and coastal
waterway navigation and tow
ing safety. Corgey is the only
labor representative currently
on the committee.
Made up of 16 industry
members, TSAC has seven
members from the barge and
towing industry; two from port
districts, authorities or terminal
operators; two from shippers;
two members from the general
public; and one from the off
shore oil supply and mineral
vessel industry. A second labor
representative is authorized but
has not yet been appointed.
Corgey has been an SIU
member since 1973 and an offi
cial of the union since 1979. He
is a licensed chief engineer (lim
ited oceans, 5,(X)0 H.P.). He also
is the vice president of the Texas
AFL-CIO District 9 and a board
member of the Harris County
AFL-CIO. Corgey serves as the
executive secretary of the West
Gulf Ports Council.
Inland Member Writes Book on Frontier River Boatmen
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SIU inland member in the late
1970s, has published his first book,
Westem Rivermen, which is about
the people who plied the Missis
sippi and Ohio waterways from
1763 to 1861.
Allen, an assistant professor of
history at the University of Wash
ington at Tacoma, chose the presteam, pre-industrialized boatmen
as his topic because "I always have
been fascinated by early American
history and no one has ever written
a documented account on frontier
rivermen."
He based his book on the letters.
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Allen's book, entitled "Western River
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Boatmen and the Myth of the Alligator
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notes and memoirs of 80 different
boatmen that have been preserved,
in state archives and university li
braries. "Sailors and boatmen of
that period didn't write many let
ters or diaries," Allen remarked.
"Let's face it: they were illiterate."
The former Marine, who served
in the Vietnam war, said he re
searched his subject for several
months by travelling in his car
from Pittsburgh down the Ohio
River then driving to Minneapolis
and following the Mississippi
River south. When he finished he
had several boxes loaded with cop
ied material to use to write the
book, an expanded version of his
doctoral thesis.
But Allen claims his research
actually started in 1977 when the
Washington native moved to
Greenville, Miss, to work on the
Mississippi River. "Greenville is a
non-union towboat town," he re
called. "I worked for four months
at $17 a day plus board. When
we'd dock, I heard other boatmen
talking about their jobs and what
they were making. It didn't take long
before the light bulb went off."
He moved to St. Louis and
gained a job as a deckhand for an
SlU-contracted company. He
sailed along the Mississippi and its
tributaries for the next three years
(becoming a licensed tankerman)
to acquire a knowledge of the wa
terways and the way of life in those
river towns he would use to help
him get hisdoctorate from the Uni-
Asslstant Professor Michael Allen's office at the University of Washington at
Tacoma houses a collection of early American memorabilia.
versity of Washington at Seattle.
"It was very rewarding. I still
see people in the [Seafarers] L(XJ
I knew when I sailed with the
union. Even back when [the preCivil War days], people thought
the life of a boatman was romantic.
But those of us who have sailed
know better."
In his book, Allen points out that
frontier boatmen were a major part
of the American folklore. "Mike
Fink, the king of the keelboatmen.
was big in American folklore. He
was the Davy Crockett of the wa
terways." Fink and others helped to
chart the unexplored waterways of
the west, like the Missouri River
and its tributaries, so agriculture
could reach its markets. "They
were the truck drivers of the 19th
century," Allen added.
The 256-page book is available
from the Louisiana State Univer
sity Press for $25. Seafarers may
order his book by writing LSU
Press, Baton Rouge, La. 70893.
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Of Persian Gulf War in Different Ways
"The liberation of Kuwait is on"
were the words CBS newscaster
Dan Rather used on Armed Forces
Radio. And they were the words
which told some of the
crewmembers onboard the USNS
Algol they were in a war zone,
according to OMU Albert Sweetman.
Moving War Materiel
The Algol, one of eight fast
sealift vessels carrying heavy mil
itary equipment and troops to the
Persian Gulf area, was in the region
when allied bombers began attack
ing Iraq and occupied-Kuwait Jan
uary 17 (Persian Gulf time).
The Bay Tankers' vessel is ca
pable of sailing up to 33 knots
while fully loaded. The converted
Sea-Land container ship can trans
port a full Army mechanized divi
sion. The Algol and its sister
vessels have been moving tanks,
personnel carriers, artillery and
other materiel since Operation
Desert Shield began in August fol
lowing the Iraqi invasion of Ku
wait.
"We knew about the beginning
of the war before the alarms went
off," said Sweetman, who sails
from the port of Houston. "We had
been listening to Armed Forces
Radio and the BBC. All we wanted
to do was get unloaded and get out
safely."
Missile Alerts Sounded
Other erewmembers heard
about the start of war in other ways.
Chief Steward Leslie Davis was
asleep at 3 a.m. when a missile alert
alarm sounded. "I was bothexcited
and nervous," he recalled. "We had
to get dressed and put our masks
and survival gear on. I've never
been through that before."
OMU Alex Taylor managed to
hitch a ride to a post exchange near
the ship only hours before the
fighting started. "I was on a phone
to the States when a soldier told me
to hur^ up because fighting would
start in 45 minutes. I wondered,
'What does he know?"'
"Pretty weird," thought Bosun
Tom Fouike, a five-year SIU vet
eran. "When they started talking
about Operation Desert Storm on
the radio, it sounded strange. In the
middle of the night, we were noti
fied over the intercom that a mis
sile attack was under way. We had
to get into our suits and masks."
Crew Works Together
Fouike commended the work of
the crew aboard the Algol. "They
had a good sense of responsibility
and were well prepared. The crew
was seasoned with lots of Viemam
vets."
AB Doug Lawton added that
eve^one "worked well together.
All in all, it was a good operation."
Chief Mate Brad Wheeler, a
graduate from class 239 at the Sea
farers Hariy Lundeberg School of
Seamanship, backed up the reports
from the deck department mem
bers.
"I can't say enough about these
guys," Wheeler said. "We are
mighty proud of the talent the SIU
provides these ships. Whether it
was unloading the vessel or per-
forming refueling at sea, the crew
did a great job."
Wheeler said the captain re
ceived praise from naval refueling
vessels that reported the Algol han
dled the at-sea operation better
than some of the U.S. Navy fight
ing vessels. He specifically
pointed out the work of one SIU
member. Bob Natividad, who
guided an 80-foot helicopter onto
the landing pad of the Algol during
a medical evacuation of an injured
Seafarer on a previous voyage.
(Natividad serves as a landing sig
nal enlisted in the Army Reserves.)
Few of the members were not
above saying they were scared
when they heard the incomingmissiles alarms sound.
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who fought in the military there,
explained the major difference be
tween the Asian and Persian Gulf
theaters was the threat of chemical
attack from Iraq. "The fear was not
as bad in 'Nam," Farve said.
A merchant marine veteran
aboard the Algol who served in
another war was QMED J. W.
King. "I'd say the big difference
between these guys and the ones
who served in World War II was
the GIs were draftees back then
with a job to do," King reflected.
"These (soldiers) now are profes
sionals and want to have a fight."
Another black gang member.
Junior Engineer Marvin Vadnais,
served in the merchant marines off
North Africa during World War II.
The only real difference Vadnais
noticed was the soldiers "seem
much younger, but then everybody
does."
All the members reported excel
lent cooperation between the crew
and military. In fact, kveral sol
diers sailing aboard the ship told
crewmembers they had not eaten
food that good since joining the
Army. "We did everything we
could to make their stay better be
cause we knew what they were fac
ing," Sweetman said.
True Test of Seamanship
OMU Paul Skaar was working
in the engineroom. "We were left
to our imagination. We had no idea
what was going on," the
Lundeberg School graduate re
called. "This was a true test of sea
manship."
Third Cook Julio Guity was
one of several members thinking of
something else when the warnings
came. "Everything goes racing
through your head at that time," he
remembered. "I was thinking of
my family and my kids."
Wiper Jose Salcedo's eyes got
very wide when he was asked
about-the missile alerts. "Oh! I
heard that the war had started. I
thought that was it," he stated.
Salcedo, who sailed aboard
Isthmian ships into Viemam, and
Junior Engineer Gregory Farve,
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Salcedo wait for an elevator to take
stores to the galley of the Algol.
OMU Albert Sweetman (left) and Junior Engineer Gregory
Farve make sure all bolts are secure on the bunkers line
from the fuel barge.
Walter Hamrick transfer
Ordinary Seamen Mike Smith (left) and
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stores aboard the deck of the Algol.
In photo at right, Third Cook Julio Guity slices
luncheon meat for sandwiches for the Algol crew.
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Jacksonville Patrolman Anthony McQuay (right)
ahswers a question from Bosun Tom Fouike
during a recent payoff at the completion of a
Desert Storm supply run.
Chief Steward Leslie Davis center) assists Ordinary Seaman Roy
Windham (right who is bring ng stores inside while Chief Mate Brad
Wheeler, an SIU hawsepiper, directs the action on the deck of the
USNS Algol.
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Eleven galley gang members
reached the pinnacle of their de
partment earlier this month when
they graduated from the recertified
steward program offered at the
Seafarers Ha^ Lundeberg School
of Seamanship.
The members, whose experi
ence on ships ran from five to more
than 25 years, studied in both class
room and galley situations during
their six weeks at Piney Point, Md.
** While noting their appreciation for
Classroom work Is just as important as
the training they received in every
time in the galley as John McGill dis
day
baking, as well as specialty
covers.
courses like ice-carving and
chaud-froid food design (the art of
decorating food with edible items),
the stewards also praised the in
struction they receivedon comput
ers, mathematics and personnel
management.
"We learned how to deal with
everyday problems," said Robert
Firth from the port of Jackson
ville, Fla. "We are the bread-andbutter people and the training we
received in communicating with
the others aboard ship was great."
John Bulawan applies a coating on a
"I came here with the thought
ham as part of his chaud-froid project.
we would cover more managerial
skills," relayed San Francisco's
John McGill. "This course cov
ered it all."
William Justi of Jacksonville
stated he enjoyed working with the
computers. "That's what we are
going to be using. We need to
know how to deal with them." He
added the management skilly and
American Heart Association rec
ipe seminars "were excellent."
John Bulawan, who sails from
the port of Honolulu, agreed with
Justi about the heart association
Mathematics Is Important for members
culinary
advice on reducing calo
of the galley gang as (left to rlght)_Tyler
Lafltte, Sylv(
Sylvester Mason and RIckle
ries and eating healthier foods.
Juzang work on problems.
"We learned a lot about nutrition to
help our members at sea."
However, his favorite part was
speaking to the trainees. "We told
them what to expect when they
went to sea and what would happen
if they thought about being lazy."
As Bulawan said this, he was smil
ing and the other recertified stewards were laughing. They
explained they let "Big John," as
he is known, make that speech be
cause he was the largest member of
the class.
For Tyler Lafltte, speaking to
the trainees reminded him of his
time in Class 332 in 1980. "I told
Robert Firth (left) and Larry VIckers
prepare a chicken during galley train
them the union has been good for
ing at the Lundeberg School.
me. For the first time in my life, I
felt good about myself and I
wanted to do good," the Mobile,
Ala. native recalled. "I pumped it
into them and told them the whole
story. I love the SIU. It changed my
life.'
Lafitte noted he recently re
turned to the neighborhood where
he grew up. He said most of the
people he Imew were either dead or
jailed. "That could have been me if
the school hadn't taught me disci
pline and pride."
Two of the classmates started
their maritime careers as members
of the Marine Cooks and Stewards
(MCS) before it merged with the
AGLIWD in 1978.
One of them, Sylvester Mason,
praised the school for all the opportunities offered to mariners.
"There are a lot of things here that
Santa Rosa (the old MCS training
facility in Califomia) didn't have."
He explained the West Coast
school "was geared to only passen
ger ships. There is a full curriculum
of what we are facing here."
Larry Vickers agreed with
Mason. "I thought the school was
great. It offers a lot of opportunity
with a good staff."
Vickers stated travelling from
San Francisco, where both Mason
and he ship out, was no problem
"because we fly to ships all the
time. Basically, it was like coming
to a ship."
Baltimore's Bob Brown said
the course "was just about what I
expected. Everything was fantas
tic."
His view was repeated by Brian
Gross, who sails from Philadel
phia. "I was not disappointed by it
at all."
Gross, and his fellow class
mates, could not say enough about
instructor Kate Richardson who
taught the computer and personnel
management segments. "Kate
Richardson was great; she did well
by everyone of us." The class sur
prised her at their graduation with
a bouquet of roses. She noted each
of the students "was a character in
his own right. But they all worked
so well together and that made the
class special."
Thomas Wybo of Seattle
summed up the experience of the
training for the whole group:
"There are facilities here to get
whatever you want as long as you
put forth the effort."
William Justi tells upgraders and train
ees at the March membership meeting
ig hard
ha to advance
to continue working
themselves In the SIU.
Brian Gross works on a sllcer as he
prepares a special meal as part of his
training at the Lundeberg School.
John Bulawan (rif
helps Thomas
Wybo through CF training.
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cords and ordering stores Is becoming
more computerized, so Sylvester
Mason gets all the training he can.
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the recertified steward candidates during their trip to beautifully decorated examples ofchaud-frold shortly before Chef Romeo LuplnaccI while Robert Brown dices up
graduation from the steward recertlflcatlon course.
union headquarters In Camp Springs, Md.
some vegetables.
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The Willicun R. Roesch Is Ready for Acti(ni
Making sure the Roesch's engineroom Is
clean is the job of Wiper Ehmed Mussed.
QMED Scott Cass pumps lubricant from an oil
drum in the engineroom of the bulker.
The William R. Roesch,
docked along the Cuyahoga
River in Cleveland, awaits the
start of another shipping sea
son on the Great L^es in late
March or early April.
The Pringle Transit bulker
usually carries stone from
Stoneport, Mich, (near Alpena
on Lake Huron) or calcite
from Rogers City, Mich, (be
tween Alpena and the Straits
of Mackinaw) to either Bay
City, Mich, (on Saginaw Bay)
or Marine City, Mich, (on the
St. Clair River). The vessel
also makes occasional runs to
Cleveland and Lorain, Ohio
along Lake Erie.
The vessel had another suc
cessful season, according to
Bosun Brett Fischbach. "The
guys on here work hard and
keep everything moving on
time," he told the Seafarers
LOG.
The Roesch is famous on
the Lakes for the steer's horns
that rest above the bridge. The
deck department of the 630foot vessel secures the horns
during the winter to keep the
weather from damaging them.
Transplanted Hawaiian
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Ice
Cold, hard winters are the norm
for the Great Lakes states, espe
cially in Michigan. For a trans
planted Hawaiian, they can be
twice as hard.
But Roy Calo, a cook-baker on
the Sam Laud, has found a way to
make the elements work for him.
Calo, who joined the union in
1984, has taken up ice carving—
with tremendous results.
Over the winter Calo won two
local contests and finished fifth in
two others, enough to take the edge
off the roughest winter storm
Michigan can throw at him.
"I started carving when I was
still in Hawaii, working for Amer
ican Hawaii Cruise Lines in Hono
lulu," he said. "You had to carve
quickly there. You had just enough
time to get the basic outline."
Calo originally came to Michi
gan in August 1988 to visit his
wife's family, but ended up staying
there after dropping in at the Algonac union hall. His wife was ex
pecting the couple's first child at
the time, which Calo said "had
something to do with staying."
He has been there ever since,
though he does admit the cold gets
to him. "It's defmitely not what
I'm used to, but I've made a lot of
friends here, and we have a house
and new car and the [now two]
children, so I like it."
In his new home state, ice carv
ing is big in the winter. "I just
joined an ice carving club this
year," he said. "There will be lots
more contests next year."
This year, he's won twice with
Indian carvings. The first, in a Bir
mingham, Mich, contest, brought
in a $500 first place prize. His lat-
Roy Calo uses a chisel to carve a head
made out of a solid block of ice.
est victory came in Monroe, Mich.,
netting Calo a chainsaw for his ef
forts.
"That's what they use here—
chainsaws, chisels, special tools I
never saw in Hawaii," Calo said.
As he acquires the tools, his skills
will improve, he added. .
"They give us three hours to cre
ate here—lots more time than in
Hawaii," he said. In that time, carv
ers whittle down a five foot tall,
450-pound block of solid ice to
some exquisite creations.
Calo also garnered two fifthplace finishes, for which he re
ceived some cooking knives and a
scholarship to a community col
lege.
While winter may be waning in
Michigan, at least one seafarer is
sorry to see it go. For Roy Calo,
there is always next year.
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inspect a deck line while the SlU-crewed American Republic passes behind them.
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Cook Richard Bellant, Deckhand Ray Bennink and Porter Ray Buzzwah.
Mild Winter Permits Early
Crewing on Great Lakes
SIU Great Lakes Division mem
bers are returning to their vessels
as a mild winter is allowing ship
ping companies to fit out their
bulkers and freighters early, re
ported SIU Vice President Lakes
and Inland Waters Byron Kelley.
Kelley said SIU members
should be in touch with the hall to
find out when their ships will be
crewing. The scheduled fitout for
some American Steamship Com
pany vessels has been pushed for
ward from early April to late
March to take advantage of the
weather.
Crewmembers already have
boarded the Medusa Challenger, a
cement carrier, which is expected
to be sailing on the Lakes by the
middle of the month, said Algonac
(Mich.) Patrolman Andy Goulet.
Ice along the St. Clair River,
which flows past the Algonac hall
from Lake Huron to Lake Erie, is
melting instead of staying solid
and blocking the river channel.
"[Construction] people have been
able to work through the winter
instead of shutting down," Goulet
noted. "The factory stockpiles that
were built up for winter already are
getting low."
Late 1990 Season
The Great Lakes season for
1990 extended into January 1991
because the fall and early winter
were so mild.
Bulkers were able to unload
extra iron ore pellets, stone, coal.
cement and other products used in
the region before tying up earlier
this year. Normally the material
would last several months because
production decreases during the
winter. That was not the case this
winter, according to Goulet.
Engine & Galley Report First
As the fitout begins, engine and
steward department members will
be the first to arrive aboard the
vessels. While the galley crew
takes Care of getting food ordered
and prepared for the season, the
black gang will make necessary
repairs to the engines and refill all
the pipes emptied during layup to
prevent ice from forming and
bursting the pipes.
Depending on what is being
done in preparation for the season,
the deck crew will arrive from a
few days to two weeks later with
the vessel leaving the dock a cou
ple of days later.
Although the winter has been
mild, Lakes Seafarers are looking
for the one sure sign that summer
is on its way, Kelley added. "We
are waiting for a nor'easter to blow
the ice from Saginaw Bay, then a
westerly to blow it out of the bay
and through the Lakes. Then we'll
know summer is here."
Keep Informed
Attend the Monthly
Membership Meetings
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He discussed the fallacy of the
maquiladora system,
where
American companies ship raw ma
terials to Mexican factories to pro
duce items with only a value-added
tariff being imposed when those
goods return to the U.S. market.
While building some of the new
est, most productive plants in the
world, American companies are
paying Mexican workers around
60 to 80 cents an hour, then blam
ing American workers for not being
as competitive, he said.
One specific example he cited
was TriCo of Buffalo, N.Y. "They
took 1,300 jobs from Buffalo to
Mexico. They built a new plant
with new equipment in Mexico
and 650 (unionized) were left in
Buffalo. They didn't try building
in Buffalo; they preferred to run
off to Mexico. No one knows if
we're competitive because no one
has tried."
Bieber noted his union was hurt
not only by the flight of TriCo to
cheap labor markets but other
companies. He reported Ford Mo
tor Company last year closed one
of the two plants used to produce
Ford Escorts and moved it to
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Mexico. He said not one of the
Ford Tracers built in Mexico is
sold there; they are shipped to the
United States.
Bieber then cited an example of
the rights Mexican workers have
with Ford. Mexican workers, who
were taking home an average of
$6 a day, struck a Ford plant there
three years ago for higher wages
after the peso had been devalued.
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Board) that has permitted scabs
to be hired to replace striking
workers.
Although the 102nd Congress is
barely two months old, 191 mem
bers of the House and 27 senators
already have signed their names
to the legislation as co-sponsors.
Hearings on the bills could come
as early as late spring.
"Friends of labor must stand up
for us and put their names on the
bill," Trumka emphasized. "A twofaced skunk is not worthy of our
support anymore."
George Kourpias, president of
the International Association of
Machinists, pointed out only two
other industrialized countries al
low workers to be permanently
replaced; "South Africa and South
Korea and they are both dictator
ships."
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Kourpias noted the govern
ments of Europe "reject the idea
of dismissing workers. Sweden,
even for illegal strikes, doesn't
allow the dismissal of workers."
The Machinists leader thanked
the union representatives at the
meeting for their support of the
striking workers of Eastern Air
Lines, which stopped flying in Jan
uary after trying for nearly two
years to use scab employees.
Without the support of brother and
sister trade unionists, "the plight
at Easter would have been worse,"
he said.
Trumka, whose members re
turned to work last year at Pittston
Coal Company following a long
and vicious strike, stated the true
victims of scabs replacing striking
unionists are children. "Take a
'Fortress Europe'
Otero warned, "Fortress Eco
nomic Europe is just around the
bend. And American workers are
going to be the losers again."
While some administration offi
cials have painted rosy pictures
that U.S. exports will grow, Otero
quoted the AFL-CIO's chief econ
omist, Rudy Oswald, who said the
European (Community could cause
"a loss of 2.5 million U.S. jobs
per year and lower wages for U .S.
workers.
Congressman Gephardt (D-Mo.),
speaking as the majority leader of
the House, said Congress would
be watching what the administra
tion barters in GATT and the U.S./
Mexico pacts.
As for his personal stand, he
told the union leaders he was for
free and fair trade but "I'm not
for negotiations that takes away
the rights of workers and unions."
He said he would introduce leg
islation designed to promote fair
''trade instead of allowing U.S. jobs
to be exported overseas.
New Trade Bill
TCU Vice President Jack Otero
said a united and "fortress" Eu
rope could close export opportu
nities to U.S. companies.
Enactment on Anti-Scab Bill
Is Top Goal for Trade Unions
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They were fired, he said, and wages
then were lowered because they
were "out of sync" with other
workers in the country.
look into the eyes of the children
standing in line with their n^oms
at the welfare office. Their eyesare down, lifeless, sparkless. There
is no joy." He said the only thing
worse is the parents knowing they
cannot provide their children with
the items others have.
The 1938 ruling was ignored
until 1981 when President Ronald
Reagan fired striking air traffic
controllers and replaced them.
Since then, scabs have been used
against trade unionists at Conti
nental Airlines, the Chicago Trib
une, Boise Cascade, Magic Chef,
Colt Firearms, Trans World Air
lines as well as the present job
actions against the New York Daily
News and Greyhound.
Tactic Recently Used
Congressman Perkins said em
ployers rarely used the ruling in
its first 40 years of existence be
cause they "knew it was wrong
to release people who had helped
to build the companies."
The legislator noted the playing
field changed in 1981. Companies
started looking at short-term, rather
than long-term performance.
"They were overloaded with debt.
Workers are assets to be used and
discarded. They lacked any sense
of loyalty to the workers."
He reported the U.S. Govern
ment Accounting Office noted per
manent replacement workers had
been used or threatened to be used
in one of every three strikes since
1985.
The MTD executive board made
the passage of the striker replace
ment bill one of its main priorities
for this current session of congress
and pledged to work vigorously
for its enactment.
"In 1992, we face a giant EC
trading partner, surrounded by an
underdeveloped Eastern and Cen
tral Europe groping to move from
Communism to a market-oriented
economy. And we can expect new
maquiiadoras in Poland, CzechoT
Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, etc.
This development, plus the huge
political and economic strength of
EC '92, is bound to have great
adverse repercussions for U.S.
trade with the attendant results of
lower earnings and higher unem
ployment for U.S. workers."
RWDSU President Lenore Miller
proposes a strategy for tackling
the proposed trade agreement with
Mexico.
Keep AT&T Jobs in
Says CWA President Bahr
American jobs in the telecom
munications industry are steadily
being wiped out, reported Morton
Bahr, president of the Communi
cations Workers of America (CWA)
to the MTD executive board mem
bers assembled for the group^s
meeting last month.
Bahr reported that since 1984,
when the Bell telephone system
was broken up, more than 100,000
of AT&T's American jobs have
been eliminated—most of those
belonging to union members in
either the CWA or the Interna
tional Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers (IBEW).
Americans Are Productive
He noted American workers are
the most productive in the world.
Bahr gave the example of an AT&T
operation in Atlanta where Amer
ican workers were proving their
worth. "We told the company—
give us a shot, bring some of the
work back" from overseas, Bahr
said.
At the Atlanta factory where
repairs and tests are made on cord
less telephones, "we demon
strated that if you give us a shot,
we could do better than what the
company was doing in Singa
pore," said Bahr.
Not only did the American
workers perform well, Bahr said,
but also management decided to
institute a second shift. "It shows
that with the skill of our workers
and the technology we^h^ve, we
can compete," concluded Bahr.
After Bahr's repOjl, the MTD
executive board voted to assist its
affiliates, the CWA and the IBEW,
in calling on AT&T to "invest,
grow and create job opportunities
in America."
CWA President Bahr said AT&T
has eliminated 100,000 U.S. jobs
since 1984.
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pay taxes if they don't have jobs.'
Rebuild Infrastructure
He said the challenge before the
United States is not to rebuild the
Middle East: "A reconstruction
bank for Iraq?! Wait a minute! I
want a reconstruction bank for the
United States! The challenge be
fore us is how to merge the (trans
portation goals) togetjier and how
we build a system and how we put
it together again to make Ameri
can industry competitive in the
next ten years."
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nounces the retirement of nine
members of the union this month.
From this group, five sailed in the
deep sea division, two in the inland
section, and one each from the Great
Lakes and Atlantic Fishermen's divi
sion.
At 68, Cecil G. Nelson is the old
est member of the retirees' group,
and at 57, James T. Rocker is the
youngest. Both sailed in the inland
division.
Brief biographical sketches of
these two Seafarers and the others to
retire follow.
DEEP SEA
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BORGES, 63,
joined the union
in March 1967 in
the port of San
Francisco. The
Hawaii-bom oiler
sailed frequently
on Hudson Waterways vessels,
among others. He plans to reside in
San Francisco.
"V. A 'A'Ar'
To Our New Pensioners
... Thanks for a Job Well Done
INLAND
Each month in the Seafarers LOG, the names ofSIU members who
recently have become pensioners appear with a brief biographical
sketch. These men and women have served the maritime industry well,
and the SJU and all their union brothers and sisters wish them happi
ness and health in the days ahead.
RICHARD S. JOHNSON, 61,
joined the Seafarers in the port of
New York in May 1947. A Vir
ginia native. Brother Johnson
sailed as a bosun, upgrading in
1973 at the Lundeberg School. San
Francisco will serve as his home
town.
JORGE GIRAUD, 65, a na
tive Honduran,
joined the SIU
in December
1971 in the port
of New Orleans.
The black gang
member, who upgraded at the
Lundeberg School in 1978, will
make Kenner, La. home.
LEROY E. TEMPLE, 63, joined
the SIU in the port of Wilmington,
Calif, in July 1969. The Army vet
eran sailed with the deck depart
ment, completing recertifiycation
classes in 1982 at the Lundeberg
School. Brother Temple was bom in
Sandusky, Ohio, but now calls
Stockton, Calif, home.
R.D. WHALEY,
65, joined the
union in February
1972 in the port
of Houston. The
black ganger was
bom in Tennes
see and served in
the Army during WWII, where he
was wounded. Brother Whaley up-
Desert Stonn Civilian Personnel
Entitled to Tax Benefits and Relief
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The following is the complete
text of the IRS circular explaining
the tax benefits and relief extended
to civilian personnel serving in op
eration Desert Storm. The text is as
follows:
The following is a brief descrip
tion of the major tax benefits avail
able to U.S. civilian personnel
serving in direct support of Oper
ation Desert Storm. The Operation
Desert Storm theater was desig
nated as a combat zone by presi
dential order,effective January 17,
1991; Congress subsequently in
cluded Operation Desert Shield
personnel within this category, ef
fective retroactively to August 2,
1990. The area included within the
combat zone covers Iraq, Kuwait,
Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain,
Qatar, United Arab Emirates, the
Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Gulf of
Oman, and certain parts of the
Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden.
Section 7508 of the Internal
Revenue Code postpones a wide
range of acts required of the tax
payer. A long list of activities are
specifically mentioned, including
the filing of returns, payment of
taxes, filling of tax court petitions,
filing claims or bringing suits for
refunds, assessing taxes, issuing
notices or demands for payment,
making collections, or doing "any
other act permitted or required
under the internal revenue laws."
This postponement period isfor the
period in the combat zone plus 180
days.
It is important to keep in mind
that Section 7508 temporarily
stays these activities, it does not
terminate them, reduce statutory
I t
graded in 1978 at the Lundeberg
School. He plans to retire to Jack
son, Tenn.
periods, or in any manner preju
dice these actions after the post
ponement period is over. The
provision covers all individuals
serving in direct support of the
Armed Forces in a designated
combat zone.
Tax related activities are post
poned for the period during which
a qualified individual is serving in
a combat zone, is hospitalized due
to wounds, disease or injury suf
fered while serving in a combat
zone, and for 180 days thereafter.
Additionally, IRS is required to pay
interest on refunds issued after
April 15,1991 to individuals serv
ing in a combat zone. These inter
est payments are to be paid from
April 15,1991 to the date of refund
without regard to the "normal"
45-day processing period for
tirnely filed returns as defined by
IRC 7508.
Additionally, these benefits are
afforded to the spouse of an indi
vidual who qualifies for the bene
fits without regard to being
required to file a joint tax return.
Individuals within the United
States may call 1-800-829^1040
for assistance. Those outside the
U.S. may write to IRS 950U Enfant
Plaza,Washington,D.C. 20024.A
FAX may be sent to (202) 2874466.
The war zone (outlined in black) encompasses the area north of 10 degrees north
latitude and west of 68 degrees longitude. This includes the Persian Gulf, the Red
Sea, the Gulf of Oman, parts of the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden and the land
areas of Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab
Emirates.
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CECIL G. NEL
SON, 68, shipped
as an engineer
aboard Allied
Towing vessels.
He joined the
SIU in the port of
Norfolk, Va. in
November 1977. Brother Nelson up
graded at the Lundeberg School in
1979 and will retire to Chesapeake,
Va.
JAMES T. ROCKER, 57, joined
the Seafarers in October 1956 in the
port of Mobile, Ala. The lead deck
hand and leverman, bom in Ala
bama, sailed aboard Radcliff Co.
vessels. He will call Jackson, Ala.
home.
GREAT LAKES
HARRY KAWKA, 66, shipped
with the deck department for Ameri
can Steamship Co. He joined the
union in May 1970 in the port of
Chicago. Bom in New York, the
WWII Navy veteran plans to make
Chicago his retirement home.
ATLANTIC FISHERMAN
JEREMIAH P. NICASTRO, 62,
joined the SIU in the port of Boston.
The fisherman was bom in Glouces
ter, Mass., where he will continue to
live.
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Tommy Ze& Donates
Call Board to School
The call board of the former pas
senger ship. President Roosevelt of
American President Lines (APL),
has been contributed to the Paul Hall
Library and Maritime Museum by
Tommy Zee, retired SUP member
and former instmctor at the SUP
Andrew Fumseth School of Sea
manship.
Zee made the call board himself
while he was deck yeoman aboard
the vessel.
The President Roosevelt was
originally built as the troopship
General Richardson during WWII.
After the war she, was operated by
American Export Lines as the
Laguardia, a passenger ship carry
ing war brides to the U.S. from Eu
rope. American Export sold her
during the '50s to Hawaiian Textron
which operated her as the Leilani in
the West Coast to Hawaii trade.
Around 1960, Hawaiian Textron
sold the vessel to APL which refur
bished her and operated the vessel as
the President Roosevelt in the West
Coast-Far East trade and also on
round-the-world cruises. American
President Lines then sold her in
1969 to Chandris Lines which took
her to Greece, again to be refur
bished and converted to carry more
passengers.
She presently is being operated
out of Florida as the Emerald Sea by
Commodore Cruises on trips to the
Bahamas and West Indies under for
eign flag.
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Gleason is recognized for his service.
George F. Becker (left), the Steelworkers VP-administration, and Frank
Hanley, president of the Operating Engineers, at the MTD executive
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Pictured above is Kenneth L. Coss, the Longshoremen's President John M. Bowers (left) listens to a speaker,
newly elected president of the Rubber and John J. Barry, president, international Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, reviews the submitted resolutions.
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Executive board members of the AFLCIO Maritime Trades Department called
on Congress to immediately enact legisla
tion that will make it illegal to replace
striking workers with scabs once the beef
has been settled. The board also pledged
to work towards the defeat of any trade
bills that switch American jobs for run
away opportunities for U.S. companies.
Over the course of the two-day meeting,
the executive board of the MTD, which
represents 43 national and international
affiliated unions, heard from the com
mander-in-chief of the military's trans
port logistics arm on the important
contribution American maritime workers
made to Operation Desert Storm.
On these two pages are photos of MTD
officers, executive board members and
other trade unionists in attendance as they
deliberated and reviewed the
department's program for the upcoming
year.
AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Thomas R. Donahue calls for an all-out effort to prevent the
administration from bargaining away jobs for the sake of trade bills.
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Workers to the department. Frank Pecquex (center), the MTD's field coordinator, reviews the
legislative gains made by maritime workers In the last session of Congress. William F. Zenga
(right), MTD vice president, opens the meeting.
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surer, and James E. Hatfield, president of the Glass
MTD westem area executive board member, and
Workers, hear Donahue's speech on America's trade President George J. Kourpias during the session on
policy.
(he pending anti-scab bill.
Aboveare John Kelly (left), president of the Office
Employees, and Ed Panarello, secretary-treasurer. Port Maritime Coundl of Greater New York
and Vicinity.
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Restaurant Employees General VP John O'Gara
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President Jacob F. West listen to Rep. Gephardt announce he will
introduce legislation aimed at increasing American competitiveness,
Douglas H. Dority (left), VP of the Food and Commercial Workers,
and Gilles Beauregard, secretaiy-treasurerof the Office Employees,
study the department's legislative report.
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McKay greet
greet
each other just before the first day's session is about
to begin.
Pictured above is Ed Turner who retired
as
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executive vice
vice president
president of
of the
the SlU.
SlU
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veterans.
Eastern area MTD board
member Roman Gralewicz is
also the president of the SlU
of Canada.
Sam Kovenetsky (left), retired president of Local 1 of the
Retail Wholesale Department Store Union, and CWA President Morton Bahr reminisce about several beefs the two
were involved in when both were in New York.
Pictured above is Andrew
Boyle, secretary-treasurer
of the Seafarers International Union of Canada.
President Emeritus of the Nat
Calhoon (left) and newly-elected Di^nct 1
MEBA/NMU Licensed Division Chairman Gordon
Ward were welcomed by the MTD board.
Guy Dem ^cretary-treasurer of the Gr^hic Cornrnunications Infl Union, is
pictured above.
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Lundeberg.
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Robert J. Holton (right), president. Operative Plasterers'and
Cement Masons' Infl Assodatlon is joined by the union's
president emeritus, Mel Roots.
In photos above are Charles W. Jones, president of the Boilermakers (left) and E.L. (Vera) Catalli, secretary-treasurer of the Distillery
Workers.
Peter Rybka, vice president emeritus
of the Grain Millers, goes over the resolutions.
Int'l Chemical Workers President Frank D.
Martino (left) confers with the union's vice presIdent emeritus, Angelo Russo.
Pictured above are N.Y. State AFL
CIO President Edward J. Cleary (left)
and RWDSU President Lenore Miller.
Seafarers ^cretary-Treasurer John Fay is pictured
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Dispatchers*
Report
for
Deep
Sea
FEBRUARY 1-28, 1991
•TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
Port
:NewYOTf
Phil^dpKiif
Baltimore
Norfolk
Mobile
New Orleans
JacksbhX'ille
San Francisco
s
fcEfWilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Honolulu
Houston
I St. Louis
y^ey.Pointl
Totals
Port
New York
Philadelphia
i; Baltimore
Norfolk
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilininglpn^;:
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Honolulu
Houston
St. Louis
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Port
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Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Mobile
New Orleans
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
Trip
Reliefs
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DECK DEPARTMENT
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11
14
16
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4
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13
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12
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140
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6
10
8
15
13
11
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••REGISTERED ON BEACH
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Norfolk
Mobile
New Orleans
ITacksbnville
San Francisco
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Seattle
Puerto Rico
Honolulu
Houston
St. Louis
Piney Point
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98
43
April &
May
Membanhip
Meetii^s; Deep
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Waters
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ENTRY DEPARTMENT
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35
34
13
5
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125
20
12
11
55
18
1
33
236
52
14
11
2
199
16
2
2
416
28
484
814
496
610
603
424
373
Totals All Departments
442
417
•"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month.
••"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
Shipping in the month rit February was down from the month of January. A total of 1,309 jobs were shipped
on SlU-contracted deep sea vessels. Of the 1,309 jobs shipped, 424 jobs or about 32 percent were taken by
"A" seniority members. The rest were filled by "B" and "C" seniority people. A total of 28 trip relief jobs
w^re shipped. Since the trip relief program began on April 1, 1982, a total of 13,627 jobs have been shipped.
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Monday, April 8
Monday, May 6
New York
Tuesday, April 9
Tuesday, May 7
Philadelphia
Wednesday, April 10
Wednesday, May 8
Baltimore
Thursday, April 11
Thursday, May 9
Norfolk
Thursday, April 11
Thursday, May 9
Jacksonville
Thursday, April 11
Thursday, May 9
Algonac
Friday, April 12
Friday, May 10
Houston
Monday, April 15
Monday, May 13
New Orleans
Tuesday, April 16
Tuesday, May 14
Mobile
Wednesday, April 17
Wednesday, May 15
San Francisco
Thursday, April 18
Thursday, May 16
Wilmington
Monday, April 22
Monday, May 20
Seattle
Friday, April 26
Friday, May 24
San Juan
Thursday, April 11
Thursday, May 9
St. Louis
Friday , April 19
Friday, May 17
: , Homriuhi
Friday, April 19
Friday, M^ 17
Dulotit
Wednesday j, Apiil 17
Wednesday, May 15
Jersey Cil^'
Wednesday, April 24
Wednesday, May 22
New Bedford
Tuesday, April 23
Tuesday, May 21
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TELESFORO VASQUEZ
Please contact Carmen Vasquez
at (305) 661-8175 regarding an in
heritance.
JUAN GILBERT TORRES
Please contact your son, Gilbert
Juan Torres, by calling (713) 6497848 or writing 7714 Dixie Drive,
Houston, TX 77087.
SEALIFT CARRIBEAN
LICENSED MEMBERS
Thanks for helping me get my
endorsements. Daniel "Ziggy"
Zealberg
CORRECTION
The photograph used in asso
ciation with Operation Steel Box
on Page 5 of the January 1991
Seafarers LOG carried an incor
rect credit. The photograph was
provided by the Bettman Archive.
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Seafarer-Crewed Prepositioning Ships
Critical to Rapid Deployment in the Gulf
One of the success stories of
Operation Desert Shield, renamed
Desert Storm since hostilities
began, is the activity of the
military's prepositioning ships,
which are manned by Seafarers.
loaded at all times for this contin
gency.
Though owned by the Navy, the
ships are operated by three private
shipping companies—Maersk,
Waterman and Amsea—all of
Sgt. Mate) Kocak
While the maritime preposition
ing ships (MPS) program has been
overshadowed in the media by
splashier successes such as the Pa
triot missile defense system, the
vessels helped the United States in
its early rapid deployment of mili
tary materiel to the Persian Gulf.
Developed under the Carter ad
ministration after the failed Iranian
hostage rescue attempt, the pre
positioning program allows for a
rapid military deployment, com
plete with supplies, to any hot spot.
Ships based in Diego Garcia, spe
cially tailored to military transpor
tation and cargo needs, stay
permanently ready to supply and
transport troops to the trouble
spots. The ships are kept fully
which have collective bargaining
agreements with the SIU.
SIU Crews Trained
Seafarers crews have been spe
cially trained for these vital vessels
at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg
School of Seamanship. "Sealift
training at the school," said Bill
Hellwege, who serves as the
institution's instructor in this area,
"includes Underway replenish
ment—cargo and fuel transfers at
sea—helicopter operations and
some special training for the deck
crew.
Deck department members are
instructed in shipboard damage
control, search and rescue and
crane and forklift truck operations.
squadron two sailed from Diego
Garcia, three more ships, from
squadron three, cast off from the
Guam-Saipan area. The 1st Lt.
Jack Lummus, the 1st Lt.
Baldomero Lopez and the Pfc.
Dewayne T. Williams (all operated
by Amsea) picked up U.S. Navy
support personnel en route to their
assignments, arriving August 25.
A day earlier, the Pvt. Hany.
Fisher (Maersk) had arrived in
Saudi Arabia. The ship had been
headed to the U.S. for routine
maintenance, but reversed its
course off the west coast of Africa.
The Pfc. William B. Baugh, which
had been undergoing maintenance
checks in Florida, arrived Septem
ber 5 via the Suez Canal.
The last of the squadron's nine
ships, the Sgt. William R. Button
When Iraq invaded Kuwait in
August, the Bush administration
response was to put the program to
the test. The 13 ships, which are
divided into three squadrons, pro
vided two of those squadrons to the
gulf operation after receiving or
ders on August 8.
In one week, three SlU-crewed
ships, the Cpl. Louis J. Hauge Jr.,
the 1st Lt. Alexander Bonnyman
Jr. and the Pfc. James Anderson Jr.
(all under the Maersk banner) al
ready were safely anchored in
Saudi Arabia to meet and supply
the Marine Corps Expeditionary
Brigades being airlifted there, ac
cording to the Military Sealift
Command,
the
Defense
Department's agency for coordi
nating the transport of supplies
during a conflict or war.
While the three ships from
calling out a warning, he hurled
himself upon the grenade. He died
shortly after his life-saving ac
tions.
1st Lt. Alexander Bonnyman
Jr. led a shore party assaulting the
Japanese on Tarawa Island in No
vember 1943. After helping to so
lidify the area of operations, he led
ah attack on a heavily guarded gar
rison, flushing 100 of the enemy,
who were cut down by his Marines,
and killing 150 more with demoli- .
tion charges before he finally was
killed himself.
Pvt. Harry Fisher was killed
while erecting barricades under
heavy fire on a dangerous mission
while serving with a Marine con
tingent in China during the Boxer
Rebellion in July 1900.
Sgt. Mate] Kocak singlehandedly drove off an enemy ma
chine gun crew at bayonet point
and later organized 25 French co
lonial soldiers in destroying an
other emplacement during World
War I on July 18,1918.
Pfc. Eugene A. Obregon cou
rageously defended a wounded
comrade, getting him out of the
line of fire and protecting him with
his own body until he himself was
shot and killed in Korea on Sep
tember 26,1950.
2nd Lt. John P. Bobo, although
mortally wounded took actions
which enabled his men to repulse a
Hoirth^ctoain^^^
^sault
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(Amsea), arrived the first week in
September. It had been participat
ing in a naval exercise in Washing
ton.
Fully Loaded
Each squadron of MPS ships
contains the equipment and 30
days of supplies for a Marine Ex
peditionary Brigade. According to
Sea Power magazine, the ships are
capable of off-loading at piers or
from offshore with special equip
ment with which the vessels have
been outfitted.
The vessels store everything
from vehicles, to ammunition, to
food and water, fuel and other ma
teriel needed to supply Marine am
phibious forces.
on his position on March 30,1967.
His citation commended his "su
perb leadership, dauntless courage
and bold initiative.''
Major Stephen W. Pless ma
neuvered his helicopter gunship to
shield a small force under attack by
30 to 50 North Vietnamese sol
diers. He drove off the enemy with
his guns while his crew pulled the
wounded soldiers to safety, then
skillfully piloted the overweight
aircraft to avoid crashing in the sea
in August 1967.
Pfc. Dewayne Williams smoth
ered a grenade with his own body
to protect other members of his
unit during action against the Viet
Cong in South Vietntoi on Sepr^
temb^ 18,1968.
1st Lt. Baldomisro Lopez #a#
shot while throwing a g^nadei u|
September 1950 and died while
shielding the grenade from his men
during the battle of Inchon in
Korea.
1st Lt. Jack Lummus tena
ciously disposed of three enemy
installations before being fatally
wounded by a land mine on Iwo
Jima in March 1945.
Sgt. William R. Button was
awarded the medal for success^
fully executing a mission that re
sulted in the dismantling of the
^oup of 1,200 outlaws led by Hai4
tian bandit chief Charlemagne Peralte. Sgt. Button lived from 1895
untiM921.
Pfc. William B. Baugh
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Thirteen MPS
Military heroes always live on
through their actions—it is an un
written military code. The 13 SIUcrewed prepositioning ships now
assisting the Marines are helping to
carry on that tradition.
TTie ships serve a symbolic pur
pose as well as their vital supply
mission; they are named for 13
Medal of Honor recipients, all Ma
rines who gave their lives for their
comrades.
What follows is a brief descrip
tion of each Marine's heroic action:
Cpl. Louis J. Haiige Jr. on
May 14, 1945 destroyed two
enemy machine gun positions
Singlehandedly to free his imper
iled squad and allow the company
to advance. He was cut down by
Japanese sni]p|er fire only after he
achieved his objective.
Pfc. James Anderson Jr. pur
posely took the force of an enemy
grenade to protect other Marines
pinned by heavy enemy fire in
Vietnam. The first black Marine
Corps Medal of Honor recipient
was trapped with the rest of his
platoon. When the grenade landed
hear his head, Anderson grabbed
the unexploded piece and curled
his body around it, absorbing the
impact in February 1967.
Pfc. William B. Baugh was ri
ding in a troop truck in Korea in
November 1950, about to disem
bark rath hii? squad, when a gre
nade Iiaided in their midst, j^er
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Seafarm IntenulhmH
UnioH Knthur
Dispatchers* Report for Great Lakes
CL—Company/Lakes
FEB. 1-28, 1991
#"•
NP—Non Priority
L—Lakes
•TOTAL REGISTERED
TOTAL SHIPPED
••REGISTERED ON BEACH
All Groups
All Groups
All Groups
Class CL Class L Class NP Class CL dass L Class NP Class CL Class L Class NP
Port
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Michael Sacco
Secretary-Treasurer
John Fay
Executive Vice President
Joseph Sacco
Vice President Collective Bargaining
Angus "Red" Campbell
Vice President West Coast
George McCartney
Vice President Government Services
Roy A. "Buck" Mercer
Vice President Atlantic Coast
Jack Caffey
Vice President Lakes and Inland Waters
Byron Kelley
Vice President Gulf Coast
Dean Corgey
DECK DEPARTMENT
0
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0
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0
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0
0
121
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*"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.
Olepatchers* Report for Inland Waters
FEBRUARY 1-28, 1991
•TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
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Port
J Kew York
Philadelphia
,^,PaItinjp^^
Norfoik
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Fi^ncistjo
^Wilniingtow
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
^"Algonac V
iSL Louis
|iWney Point
Totals
JWney^ill
Totals
••REGISTERED ON BEACH
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
DECK DEPARTMENT
0
0
14
0
0
0
4
0
3
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iladelphia
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Norfolk
Mobile
New Orleans
llacksonville
San Francisco' ^
WilmingtOT
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Algonac
St. Louis , .
Piney Point
Totals
Port
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Fr^cisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Algo
St. Lotii^
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
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HEADQUARTERS
5201 Auth Way
Camp Springs, MD 20746
(301) 899-0675
ALGONAC
520 St. Clair River Dr.
Algonac, MI 4800!
(313) 794-4988
BALTIMORE
1216 E. Baltimore St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
(301) 327-4900
DULUTH
705 Medical Arts Building
Duluth, MN 55802
(218)722-4110
HONOLULU
606 Kalihi Street
Honolulu, HI 96819
(808) 845-5222
HOUSTON
1221 Pierce St.
Houston, TX 77002
(713) 659-5152
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JACKSONVILLE
3315 Liberty St.
Jacksonville, FL 32206
(904)353-0987
JERSEY CITY
99 Montgomery St.
Jersey City, NJ 07302
(201)435-9424
MOBILE
1640 Dauphin Island Pkwy.
Mobile, AL 36605
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NEW BEDFORD
50 Union St.
New Bedford, MA 02740
(508) 997-5404
NEW ORLEANS
630 Jackson Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 529-7546
NEW YORK
675 Fourth Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11232
(718) 499-6600
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NORFOLK
115 Third St.
Norfolk, VA 23510
(804) 622-1892
PHILADELPHIA
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6
0
5
0
0
3
0
6
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••"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
PhUadelphia, PA 19148
(215) 336-3818
PINEY POINT
St. Mary's CJounty
Piney Point, MD 20674
(301) 994-0010
SAN FRANCISCO
350 Fremont St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 543-5855
Government Services Division
(415) 861-3400
SANTURCE
1057 Fernandez Juncos $t.
Stop 16
Santurce, PR 00907
(809) 721-4033
SEATTLE
2505 First Ave.
Seattle, WA 98121
(206) 441-1960
ST. LOUIS
4581 Gravois Ave,
St. Louis, MO 63116
(314) 752-6500
WILMINGTON
510 N. Broad Ave.
Wilmington, CA 90744
(213) 549-4000
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Steward Baker Peter Schuiz
believed he was doing his part to
prevent a dictator from forcing his
will over an oppressed people
when he took his job aboard the
Cape Meteor last August.
Schuiz has firsthand knowledge
of what a tyrant can do to a nation.
He was bom in Germany in 1938
and lived there through World War
II before immigrating to the United
States. Although his memories are
vague, he does recall the absolute
destruction of his homeland caused
by the war started by Adolf Hitler.
"From an historic standpoint,
Saddam Hussein does not have the
the economic power compared to
Hitler," Schuiz told a reporter for
the Seafarers LOG. "They are so
different that they really cannot be
compared. Saddam will somehow
be eliminated and another political
form will take his place."
Schuiz forwarded to the Seafar
ers LOG photos he and other
crewmembers shot while the
Ready Reserve Force vessel was
involved in the buildup of Ameri
can forces in Saudi Arabia. The
24-year SIU veteran said each trip
was emotional because the crew
became friends with the military
personnel carried aboard. "I got a
letter from one of the men al
ready," he reported.
"The young soldiers were ex
tremely polite," Schuiz recalled.
"They were thankful even for a cup
of coffee. They need all the support
they can get."
Some of that support came from
the crew aboard the Meteor.
Schuiz Said all the SIU members
got together to hold barbecues for
the troops.
He said members were anxious
about the prospect of war. "Each
member showed it in a different
way. Some were worried because
they have wives and children back
home. But this was something im
portant for the union to do and they
realized it was history."
The Cape Meteor sailed from
Los Angeles to Texas in August
before it went to the Middle East.
The vessel also shuttled equipment
from Europe to the Persian Gulf
before returning to the U.S. in Jan
uary of this year.
Steward Baker Peter Schuiz (with rifle)
assists some troops aboard the Meteor
clean their weapons.
Steward Assistant Stephen Mack
takes time out for breakfast.
Ordinary Seaman David Smith enjoys
a bite of lunch before going back to work.
Steward Assistant William Wyatt
straightens up one of the rooms
aboard the Ready Reserve Force ship.
Chief Cook William Simmons prepares
a plate of food for a hungry crewmember aboard the Cape Meteor.
The Jobs and Intei^ts
Of Seafarers Are at Stake
In Decisions Made
By Elected Officials!
Elected legislators are confronted with issues con
cerning the maritime industry on almost a daily
basis. Seafarers must make their voices heard on
legislation that directly affects their livelihoods.
The Seafarers Political Action Donation, or
SPAD, is made up of the voluntaiy contribu
tions from SIU members. Through support of
elected candidates, the SIU can work with leg
islators to promote the American merchant
marine, protect the jobs of its members and
pursue a better economic and social way of
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life for their families. SPAD monies are used
solely to assist the agenda of Seafarers and their families.
Such mainstays of the American merchant marine as the Jones Act and
Cargo Preference are debated continuously in Congress. Federal agen
cies like the Department of Transportation
and its Maritime Administration and U.S. Coast
Guard, the Department of Defense and its Mili
tary Sealift Command, the Federal Maritime
Commission and the Department of Labor
issue rules that regulate and concern the Amer
ican maritime industry and its workers.
SPAD is your eyes and ears to
government while you are at
work. Keep it worl^g for you.
Donate today.
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steward Assistants Nancy Tan (left) and S.H. Afful (standing) help Steward Baker
Peter Schuiz plan a meal aboard the Cape Meteor.
The crew of the Cape Meteor takes part in gas attack training as the ship heads for
the Persian Gulf.
At left, AB Philip Sauers (left) wears an Arab
headdress and caftan as he serves coffee to
OS Wallace Stephens.
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deck department for one of the voyages.
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"7-21-90. ALOHA FROM
THE S/S LNG TAURUS. 3 DAYS
OUT OF HIMIJI {sic), JAPAN
HEADING FOR BONTANG, IN
DONESIA."
That was the message that Stan
ley Kienna put in a bottle and
threw off the LNG Taurus, along
with his return address. Several
months later, the bottle washed up
on the Philippine shore and was
picked up by Perfecto Sabiduria of
Infanta, Qeuzon, P.I. He sent
Kienna a note to let him know it
had been found; "To whom it may
concern. Sir, I write a letter to in
form you that I found the bottle of
Santori on Nov. .2, 1990 in
Dinahican."
An Old Practice
Where did the idea of bottled
messages come from?
The practice of placing mes
sages in bottles cast overboard or
from remote desert islands has a
long and romantic history. Al
though the first instance of this
practice is not known, it is thought
to date back to the ancient world.
In more recent times. Queen
Elizabeth I of the United Kingdom
created a position known as the
"Uncorker of Bottles." Appar
ently, a fisherman caught a bottle
on the beaches of Dover. Being
unable to read the message con
tained within, he took it to local
officials who were astounded by its
contents.
It appeared to be a letter from a
secret informer which reported that
the island of Novaya Zemlya had
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Queen flew into a rage that others
would dare to read dispatches in
tended only for her Majesty. She
therefore appointed an official bottle-opener,
threatening
with death
anyone who
read future
messages
that might
wash ashore
on the British
Isles.
The ro
mance and
lure of find
ing
such
messages
stems from
the hint of
danger and
urgency
which often
leads the sea
farer or cast
away
to
undergo this
inefficient
means of
communica
tion. Indeed,
throughout
history there are stories of sailors
in dangerous situations who have
tried to alert the world to their
plight or who bid their farewells to
distant relatives.
In 1887, for example, John Lee
of Nova Scotia launched this dra
matic message:"May 17,1887. Td
whom it may concern. Tell mother
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found in places as diverse as the
Gulf of Mexico and Scotland,
while many are never found or get
trapped in the Sargasso Sea. Per
haps the government got this idea
from Benjamin Franklin who used
bottles to prove his theories about
the Gulf Streana.
Others are simply thrown for the
purposes of sending greetings to
exotic locales or in order to make
the message seem all the more im
portant. In the latter case, there is ,
an example of a radio operator on
the Greek steamer Aristidis who in
1948 wished to send his congratu
lations to the newly married Lieu
tenant Phillip Mountbatten and
Princess Elizabeth. The message
stated:
"Although there are three mod
ern wireless transmitters in my
possession, I just thought it would
be more interesting in this strange
way to send you my heartiest wishes
for a long and very happy life to you
both. God bless you two."
Such a method was rewarded
when the radio man learned upon
arrival in Norfolk that the message
did indeed reach Buckingham Pal
ace.
The actress Mary Martin, who
at the time was starring in the mu
sical "South Pacific," had a mes
sage cast off in the South Seas
sending her good wishes to whom
ever might come upon it. It took
only a few months time before a
reply was received from Tahiti,
along with a picture of the finder's
house, kind wishes for the future
and "some Tahitian breeze."
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I died fighting. John Lee, master
mariner, Halifax." It wasn't until
40 years later when a German offi
cer found the salt and shell en
crusted bottle on the shores of the
Island
of
Bockum in
the Baltic.
Mr. Lee's
mother had
died
five
years after
her son with
out
ever
knowing ex
actly what
became of
him.
In modem
times, the
practice of
casting mes
sages adrift
has become
more a matter
of curiosity
and science.
At various
times since
the mid-'30s,
for example,
the U.S.government' s
Department
of the Navy has placed messages in
the Gulf Stream and elsewhere in
attempts to chart currents and
flows.
The notes contained within ask
for replies stating the time discov
ered and the location. These bottles
have been picked up in times rang
ing from a few weeks to six years.
Some 35 years ago, the Seafarers Intemational Union's Atlantic and Gulf
District became the first maritime union
in America to establish a scholarship pro
gram to help qualified members and their
dependents finance college and voca
tional education.
Every year, four scholarships are
given to children of SIU members. These are worth $15,000 each over a
four-year period at the college of the winner's choice.
In addition, three scholarships are reserved annually for SIU members,
themselves. One is a $15,000 four-year scholarship. Each of the other two
is a $6,000 two-year scholarship for study at a vocational school or
community college.
The scholarship materials are available at any
SIU union hall. The submission deadline is SIU Scholarship Program
APRIL 15,1991. Prospective applicants also Seafarers Welfare Plan
may request a copy by filling in the request 520! Auth Way
Camp Springs, MD 20746
form below. Mail the completed form to:
The
Seafarers
Harry
Lundeberg School of Seamanship
is available over the summer
months as a vacation site for SIU
members and their families.
Nestled on the banks of the St.
George's Creek in Piney Point,
Md., there are boating and fishing
activities available to vacationing
seafarers and their families.
The school's location also al
lows for day trips throughout his
toric southem Maryland and the
Washington, D.C. metropolitan
area.
Next month's Seafarers LOG
will include additional informa
tion about the vacation program
and a reservation form. In the
meantime, any interested SIU
member may call (301) 994-0010
to find out more about the pro
gram.
It should be noted that a vaca
tion stay at the school is limited to
two weeks per family.
Seafarers Welfare Plan Notice
COBRA: Continuation Health Coverage
Seafarers or their dependents who have lost eligibility for health care
coverage under the rules and regulations of the Seafarers Welfare Plan,
may be eligible to purchase, at a premium, welfare coverage directly from
the plan.
,
Seafarers who have lost their eligibility for plan coverage must notify
the plan office immediately to find out whether or not they or their
dependents may elect to continue benefits under this program.
To obtain more information about this program. Seafarers may call the
membership
services office at: 1-800-CLAIMS-4 (1-800-252-4674) or
j Tjlease send me the 1991 SIU Scholarship Program booklet which
may
write
to:
I
contains eligibility information, procedures for applying and the |
I application form.
COBRA Program
Seafarers
Welfare Plan
Name
5201
Auth
Way
Book Number_
.Social Security Number.
Camp Springs, MD 20746
Address
City, State, Zip Code.
Telephone number
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This application is for
I
• Self
G Dependent
(The April 1989 edition of the Seafarers LOG contains a complete descrip
tion of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act- •or
! COBRA—program.)
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requested coffee be made available dur
ing meal hours. Crew also voted no
smoking in mess room during meal
hours. Collection will be held for ship's
fund as needed. No beefs, no disputed
OT reported by deck or engine dele
gates. Steward delegate reported OT dis
pute, no other beefs.
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Ships minutsssmiwiewsd^b^^ unlo/iS conimct i
issues hKiuMngattention or resolution are addrm
upon receipt of the ships minutes.
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BROOKS RANGE ilOM), Januaiy 6—
Chairman Bob Edwards, Secretary Joe
Pitetta, Education Director Robert
Hamil, Deck Delegate S. Lagare, En
gine Delegate Dave Goosby, Steward
Delegate Kenyon M. Bragg Sr. Chair
man thanked deck gang and pumpman
Bob Hamil for a successful tank cleanup
on way to Portland, Ore. shipyard. He
also reported ship is back on regular Valdez, Alaska to Panama run. Steward
thanked crew for keeping mess hall
clean and movies in order. Education di
rector reminded people to upgrade at
Piney Point, especially considering im
portance of being well-trained for ser
vice in Persian Gulf. He also thanked
Bart Rogers and manpower staff for long
hours in keeping ships crewed during
Desert Shield. Steward department
thanked for "tremendous" Christmas din
ner. Special thanks to steward assistants
Joe Gonzales and AH Mohammed for
exceptional work. No beefs or disputed
OT reported. Motion was made and sec
onded to try to service TV and radio
antenna. Crew felt that permanent per
sonnel should not lose that status be
cause of sickness or injury
(uncontrollable occurrence). Proposal re
ferred to negotiating committee for possi
ble action.
CAPE HENRY(lOM), January 6—
Chairman Thomas Votsis, Secretary
Mike Thornton. No beefs. Disputed OT
reported by engine delegate; none reported
by other delegates. Next port; Houston.
1/SJVSC4PEZ.Z.4 (IMC), January 17—
Chairman Mike Sbappo, Secretary Joe
Conlin. Very little mail sent to ship,
only six LOGs received for crew of 42.
Union will send more in future. Chair
man reported long, hard trip. Thanked
AS Joe Conlin for work as chief steward
and chief cook and for a Job well done.
Next port: Jacksonville, Fla.
CAPE NOME (lOM), January 19Chairman John E. Rountree, Secretary
Alfredo Panico, Deck Delegate Caro
lyn Parnell, Engine Delegate Steve
Brown, Steward Delegate Lonzell
Sykes. Payoff expected January 20 in
North Carolina. $100 in ship's fund. No
beefs, no disputed OT by deck or engine
delegates. Disputed OT reported.by stew
ard delegate.
GULF rf?4D£/?(All Marine Services),
January 13—Chairman C.N. Johnson.
Chairman reported very good trip so far.
$1,243.75 in ship's fund. No beefs or dis
puted OT reported by deck or engine del
egates. Disputed OT by steward
delegate. Chairman reminded everyone
to get new shots in case of chemical war
fare. Crew voted thanks to steward de
partment for Job well done.
LIBERTY SEA (Liberty Maritime), Jan
uary 13—Chairman Irvin S.
Crutchlow, Secretary Joseph Moody,
Steward Delegate Anderson J. Jordan
Jr. Payoff scheduled for New Orleans,
La. January 15. Chairman reports good
trip. No beefs, no disputed OT in any de
partment. Next port: New Orleans.
OMI HUDSON (OMl), January 4Chairman Al Caulder, Secretary J. Ri
vera. Dispute reported concerning
restriction to port at Port Everglades,
Fla. Payoff due January 5. Large ship's
movie collection reported. No disputed
OT, no beefs. Steward department given
vote of thanks.
Aboard Overseas Ohio
SEA-LAND DISCOVERY (Sea-Land
Service), January 13—Chairman Harry
Fisher, Secretary Jose R. Colls, Deck
Delegate Reyes Flores, Engine Delegate ^
tPedro Gago, Steward Delegate Jorge
Salazar. Ship to lay up end of January in
Tampa. Ship needs many repairs—in gal-
SEA-LAND QUALITY (Sea-Land Ser
vice), January 6—Chairman C. James,
Secretary G. Bonefont. Chairman re
ported all going well—smooth and good
voyage. $125 in ship's fund. Deck and
engine delegates reported some disputed
OT. No beefs or disputed OT in steward
department. Vote of thanks to steward
department for Job well done and for
homemade soups. Next port: Boston.
OVERSEAS ALASKA (MOC), Janu
ary 13—Chairman Robert S. Wilson,
Secretary Carl Woodward, Education
Director R. Quinter. Chairman cau
tioned crew on noise around quarters. He
also reminded members about being care
ful with plastics. No beefs, no OT disputes.
OVERSEAS ALICE (MOC), January
6—Chairman Steve Copeland, Secre
tary Alphonse Johnson. No beefs or dis
puted OT reported by deck or engine
delegates. Steward delegate reported OT
dispute, no other beefs. Coast Guard in
spection soon. Vote of thanks to steward
department.
OVERSEAS ARCTIC (MOC), January
7—Chairman J. Zepeda, Secretary C.
Veazie, Education Director M. Will,
Deck Delegate Ernest Zepeda, Engine
Delegate Jose Rodriguez. Nothing in
ship's fund. No beefs or disputed OT in
any department.
ffOVE/7 (Vulcan Carriers Ltd.), Januaiy
6—Chairman D. Ellette, Secretary D.
Wuerth, Education Director Earl
Olsen. Education director emphasized
importance of attending Piney Point and
offered help in filling out paperwork.
$140 in ship's fund. No beefs or dis
puted OT reported. Crew reminded to
keep all quarters' doors locked at all
times. Note of thanks to steward depart
ment for good Job over past few months.
SEA-LAND DEFENDER (Sea-Land
Service), January 6—Chairman Luigi Alleulula. Secretary John J. Alamar, Edu
cation Director Phillip Tarantino,
Steward Delegate Tommy Belvin. Crew
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Richard Hicks, Walter Johnson and Jessie James have donned their flotation vests
in preparation for a lifeboat drill aboard ship in Diego Garcia.
ley, both messrooms, pantry and all state
rooms. List given to captain. No beefs,
no disputed OT reported. Thanks to stew
ard department for good food and good
Job. Next port: Elizabeth, N.J.
SEA-LAND EXPLORER (Sea-Land
Service), January 20—Chairman Ted A.
Tolentino, Secretary Suhermadhy
Ghani, Education Director Robert E.
Blackwell, Deck Delegate Jabez E.
Pegg, Engine Delegate Glen Hender
son, Steward Delegate Ruben Casin Jr.
Chairman reported trip was very pleas
ant with good crew and fine food. No
beefs, disputed OT reported by deck or
engine delegates. Steward delegate
asked for clarification on shifting (early)
meal. Ship receiving mail and LOGs reg
ularly. No other beefs. Next port: Oak
land, Calif.
SEA-LAND EXPRESS (Sea-Land Ser
vice), January 13—Chairman J.M. Ard,
Secretary J.L. Johnson. No beefs or dis
puted OT. LOG received in Yokohama,
Japan. Crew thanked for keeping ship
clean. Steward department (Chief Stew
ard Joe Johnson, Chief Cook Charles
Gooch, Assistant Harry Bourne) con
gratulated for Christmas and New Year's
Day dinners.
SEA-LAND INNOVATOR (Sea-Land
Service), January 13—Chairman Claude
J. Dockrey, Secretary Jose M. BayanI,
Deck Delegate Herbert A. Greene, En
gine Delegate Carmine J. Barbati,
Steward Delegate G.W. Sallee. Chair
man noted captain was happy with crew.
Deck and engine departments thanked
for keeping ship clean. No beefs, no dis
puted OT. All unlicensed seamen
thanked Captain James E. Franklin for
getting new TVs and a VCR for the crew
lounge. Crew had nice Christmas in dry
dock in Kobe, Japan. Next port: Long
Beach, Calif.
everything running smoothly. Everyone
doing fine Job. Steward department re
ceived vote of thanks, especially for holi
day meals. Movie fund was at $193.
Spent $175 on blank tapes. Captain said
$200 from ship's fund will be contrib
uted for more tapes to enlarge movie col
lection. Crew requested new washing
machine and ship's antenna be hooked up to
satellite to receive Armed Forces Radio.
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SEALIFTCARRIBEANilMC), Janu
ary 13—Chairman Larry Baker, Secre
tary Paul Burke, Deck Delegate
Michael P. Healy, Engine Delegate Al
berto Garcia, Steward Delegate Grady
Beasly. No beefs, no disputed OT re
ported. Ship due in shipyard February
15. Crew talked about permanent Jobs
aboard Sealift ships and voted thanks to
president and union officials for hard
work they are doing. Next port: Houston.
SUGAR ISLANDER (P.O. Mariner),
January 13—Chairman C.O. Herrara,
Secretary C. Miles, Education Director
Lorie Christmas, Deck Delegate
Tommy Lister, Engine Delegate Dale
W. Seats, Steward Delegate Isaac G.
Gardon. No beefs or disputed OT. Lad
der to cargo holds needs replacing. Crew
requested more than four LOGs be sent
to the vessel. Crew also asked for all
forms and OT sheets.
LNG VIRGO (ETC), January II—
Chairman Ulus S. Veach, Secretary Mi
chael F. Meany, Deck Delegate John
Gilston, Steward Delegate Ronald E.
Aubuchon. Chairman reported every
thing going smoothly. Motion made and
accepted to buy video camera from
ship's fund to be rented to crewmembers when they go ashore. Crew re
quested clarification on October
contract: How will retroactive increase
in vacation pay be handled? Next port:
Arun, Indonesia.
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vice), January 20—Chairman John W.
Schoenstein, Secretary Steve Apodaca,
Education Director C. Henley, Deck Del
egate William K. Stone, Engine Dele
gate George Silva, Steward Delegate
Richard E. Casuga. Chairman reported
0/lf/H(/DS0Af (OMI), January 17—
Chairman Al Caulder, Secretary J. Ri
vera. No disputed OT, no beefs. $70 in
movie fund. Chairman reports crew
working hard to prepare ship for ship
yard in March. Said ship is fortunate to
have lots of brotherhood onboard.
Thanks to Ray Singletary and Anthony
McQuay and whole Jacksonville staff
for representing crew during recent pay
off in Port Everglades, Fla. Next port:
Wilmington.
SEA'LAND CHALLENGER (SeaLand Service), January 6—Chairman
Salvadore Rallo, Secretary Leticia Perales. Steward Delegate Jesse Lee Jones.
Crew requested new ice machine. It has
spent 90 days without ice on a southern
run (San Juan, Rio Haina and Jackson
ville). New washer was requested as
well. Secretary reported crew working to
gether nicely. Members voiced thanks to
captain for help in making holidays more
pleasant. Thanks also extended to stew
ard department for holiday meals. Next
port: Elizabeth, N.J.
Chief Steward Grant Marzett prepares
for the fire and lifeboat drill aboard the
Overseas Ohio.
SEA-LAND DEVELOPER (Sea-Land
Service), January 4—Chairman Terry
Murphy,''^ecretary Diana Nason, Edu
cation Director A. Bell. Chairman re
minded everyone of importance of
contributing to SPAD. Payoff scheduled
for Tacoma, Wash. January 8. Education
director urged members to take advan
tage of Piney Point. Crew also informed
of random drug testing policy to take
place this month aboard vessels. No
money in movie fund. Disputed OT re
ported by deck delegate. No other beefs
or disputes. Crew would like to see
Diana Nason become a regular steward
because of her fine work.
SEA-LAND LIBERATOR (Sea-Land
Service), January 27—Chairman M.
Keefer, Secretary Nancy Heyden, Edu
cation Director E. Ford, Deck Delegate
Steve Kastd. Everything running
smoothly in all departments. No beefs,
no OT disputes reported. Education di
rector encouraged all members to make
extra trips to keep ships manned during
Persian Gulf crisis. Steward department
congratulated for Job well done. Steward
thanked crew for keeping things clean.
Next port: Long Beach.
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Spica Wins Logistics Award far Second Time in 3Years
The commander of the U.S. Navy
Seventh Fleet has selected the USNS
Spica for the 1990 Logistics Excel
lence Award. The supply ship is
erewed by members of the SIU's
Government Services Division.
This honor, which has been given
to the Spica for the second time in the
last three years, goes to the oiler,
supply, ammunition or other logistics
vessel in the civilian-crewed Military
Sealift Command that performs its
duties at a level beyond what is ex
pected.
In announcing the award. Rear
Admiral P. E. Tobin, commander of
the Seventh Fleet, cited the role the
Spica played in assisting several bat
tle groups during operations Desert
Shield and Desert Storm. "In addi
tion to supporting the Midway and
Independence carrier battle groups in
the North Arabian Sea, (the) Spica
conducted three replenishment cy
cles within the Arabian Gulf to naval
units deployed to the commander (of
the) Middle East force."
Since October 1990, when it was
sent to the Middle East, the supply
vessel has distributed more than
3,000 tons of food and other provis
ions while serving as commodity
manager for 54 naval units.
"The USNS Spica has consis
tently responded to all commitments
with excellence, a 'can-do' attitude
and unprecedented professionalism.
She has steamed more hours and pro
vided more stores than any other
(ship) during the year," the citation
continued.
Several other Government Ser
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cluding the oiler USNS Walter S.
Diehl and ammunition ship USNS
Kilauea, were nominated for the
award.
SIU crewmembers aboard the
Spica include from the deck depart
ment Bosuns Hans H. Rook and
Richard Martinez; Carpenter Ricardo Sanchez; Bosun Mates Patricio F. Arabaca, Milton D.
Anderson, Oscar Taufaasau, Eric
M. Jackson and Jerry L. George;
Watch ABs Samuel F. Sturdevan,
Raymond P. Belisle Jr., Phillip B.
Adams, Hiram M. Elia, Kuzuyuki
Ito and Thomas J. Bruce; Day ABs
Lenard E. Sidener, Wilbert E.
Scott, Josefino B. Cabanban, Ron
ald King, James C. Ogg, Leonard
E. Green, Raymond C. Spencer,
Horace N. Brodie Jr., Joseph E.
Urso, Dennis L. Johnson,
Reynaldo A. Bautista, Anthony R.
Mills, Jose C. Bendol, Larry A.
Melvin, Paul Arredondo, Adu
Nurk, L. C. Craney, Edward Fer
nandez, Samuel Wilson Jr., David
Wernet, Haruki Nakamoto, Terry
D. Melvin, Gerald K. Hermanson
and Ivory C. Mason; and Ordinary
Seamen Vincent H. Anders,
Charles Abernathy and David
Chase.
Government Services Division
members working in the black gang
were Chief Electrician Warren S.
Nagata; Day Refrigeration Engineer
Domingo Castro; Watch Refrigera
tion Engineers Donnie S. Turner,
Carlos S. Isles and John G. Duffy;
Deck Engineer Machinists Ruben V.
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Summary Annual Report
SIU Pacific District Pension Plan
This is a summary of the Annual Report for the SIU Pacific District Pension
Plan [Employer Identification No. 94-6061923, Plan No. GO1 ] for the yearended
July 31, 1990. The annual report has been filed with the Internal Revenue
Service, as required under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974(ERISA).
Basic Financial Statement
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Benefits under the plan are provided by a trust arrangement. Plan expenses
were $15,008,453. These expenses included $1,096,187 in administrative ex
penses and $13,912,266 in benefits paid to participants and beneficiaries. A total
of 6,357 persons were participants in or beneficiaries of the plan at the end of
the plan year, although not all of these persons had yet earned the right to receive
benefits.
The value of plan assets, after subtracting liabilities of the plan, was
$139,915,212 as of July 31,1990, compared to$145,425,056 as of July 31,1989.
During the plan year the plan experienced a decrease in its net assets of
$5,509,844. This decrease included unrealized appreciation or depreciation in
the value of plan assets; that is, the difference between the value of the plan's
assets at the end of the year and the value of the assets at the beginning of the
year or the cost of assets acquired during the year.
The plan had total income of $9,498,609 including employer contributions
of $1,524,339, earnings from investments of $7,561,994, stock dividends of
$781,215, net realized gain on sale or exchange of assets of $4,973,210, unreal
ized depreciation of assets of $5,359,342 and other income of $17,203. Employ
ees do not contribute to this plan.
Minimum Funding Standards
Our actuary's statement shows that enough money was contributed to the plan
to keep it funded in accordance with the minimum funding standards of ERISA.
Your Rights to Additional Information
• •;
You have the right to receive a copy of the full Annual Report, or any part
thereof, on request. The items listed below are included in that report:
1. An accountant's report;
2. Assets held for investments;
3. Actuarial information regarding the funding of the plan.
To obtain a copy of the full Annual Report, or any part thereof, write or call
the office of the Plan Administrator, SIU Pacific District Pension Plan, 522
Harrison St., San Francisco, CA 94105. Telephone Number (415) 495-6882.
You also have the legally protected right to examine the Annual Report at the
main office of the Plan, 522 Harrison St., San Francisco, CA 94105, and at the
U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, DC or to obtain a copy from the U.S.
Department of Labor upon payment of copying costs. Requests to the Depart
ment of Labor should be addressed to: Public Disclosure Room, N5507, Pension
and Welfare Benefit Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitu
tion Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20210.
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The USNS Spica
Madarang and John H. Bellar Jr.;
Day Second Engineers Ellis W. Is
land and David L. Smith; Engine
Utilitymen Sam Blalock, Juan A.
Cruz and John F. Walsh; Oilers An
tonio Siarot, Oscar C. Williams and
Kevin S. O'Shaughnessy; and Wip
ers Edgardo S. Sanding, Loyd L.
Bartolome and Leodegario D. Are
nas Jr.
Those sailing in the galley gang
were Chief Steward Dionisio L. Ma
nila; Third Steward Roslito T. To
ledo; Chief Cook Homer Gordon
Jr.; Night Cook and Baker Ismael
Corpuz; Second Cook and Bakers
Teodoro A. Flordeliza and Jose D.
Reyes; Assistant Cooks Bernard
Chaffers and Aquilino S. Pili Jr.;
Utilitymen Ramon E. Caymol, Jose
Mendoza, Conrado T. Antonio,
Rolando T. Mota, Nolito B. Impe
rial, Joseph Racoma, Decano C.
Venzon, Abraham J. Dalit, Floro
M. Jimenez, Rustico F. Torres,
Leopoldo L. Legaspi, Angelito V.
Buenviaje, Juvencio A. Yepez,
Cecilio T. Bartolome, Eddie A.
Danetaras, Gilberto J. Cruz, Cecil
C. Foor, Silvestre T. Rubles, Isaac
W. Newton, Rodrigo J. Diaz and
Theodore T. Fabie; and Laundryman William J. Johnson.
Members serving in the supply de
partment included Supply Officer
Ronald M. Roach; Assistant Supply
Officer Arthur D. Hill; Yeo
man/Storekeepers Fabian F,
Aglubat, Rizaldy D. Deliguin,
Dominador Galit, Pedro H. Magisa, David C. Spencer and Herreld
M. Dockery; and Assistant Store
keepers Robert A. Young, Alfonso
V. Domingo, Ernesto V. DeGuzman, Patrick B. High, Ernesto B.
Roodique, David E. Terrell, Clark
A. Wyatt Jr. and Rufus A. Warren
Jr.
MM&P ffnesHfanf Oosfatf
In Renm of 1988 Vote
Continued from page 5
Lines or American Ship Manage
ment (two companies associated with
the venture) for contributions on
behalf of Monterey employees, who
were members of the MM&P.
(Various companies associated
with the Monterey filed for bank
ruptcy protection in 1989. In March
1990, a federal court-ordered fore
closure resulted in the sale of the
Monterey for $14 million to a for
eign-flag operation.)
Retirement Funds an Issue
According to an MM&P member,
an issue near and dear to all offshore
members is their Individual Retire
ment Account Plans (IRAP). The
funds in each member's account
supplement the pension he will re
ceive when retiring. The MM&P
member pointed out that the MM&P
IRAP fund and the pension fund
had lost $34 million over 18 months,
largely through poor investment
strategies of Tower.
(A number of MM&P members
filed a class action lawsuit against
the trustees and plans administra
tors of the MM&P IRAP and pen
sion plans in an attempt to restore
the millions of dollars lost by Tow
er's so-called investments. The law
suit is not yet settled.
The case is complicated by'the
fact that a number of related law
suits have been filed, although most
of these have been consolidated and
are before one judge. Among the
litigated matters are a Department
of Labor suit against the MM&P
IRAP and pension plans trustees
and administrators and lawsuits
brought by the trustees against oth
ers connected to the plans.
According to some MM&P mem
bers a settlement may be in the
wings. One MM&P mate said the
action of the union's members to
protect the plans assets was likely
to result in restoration of millions
of dollars to the trust funds, althou^ it would not make up all the
monies lost in bad investments.)
Experienced Hands
Brown has sailed in all the li
censed deck officer capacities aboard
MM&P-contracted ships. He served
as MM&P assistant port agent in
Baltimore in 1975. Brown gradu
ated from the United States Mer
chant Marine Academy in 1965. In
1974 he obtained a masters of sci
ence degree in accounting and a
masters of business administration
degree from Wharton.
Hopkins, who has served in ev
ery licensed deck officer capacity
aboard MM&P-contracted vessels,
currently sails as a master/mate with
Puerto Rico Marine. From 1969 to
1974 he served as the dean of stu
dents atMM&P's MITAGS training
facility. He graduated from the U.S.
Merchant Marine Academy in 1959.
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then they should get it for Korea and
Vietnam. I had a friend on a Victory
ship who carried 5,000 refugees out
of Pusan, Korea and got a medal for
it.
David Atkinson,
Bosun—They're
all going to say
yes because they
want veteran's
benefits, but sea
men were only
thereabout 15
days and left. We got compensated
for our time.
Earl Brannan,
Able Seaman—
They sure
should. I
started in '45
on the Water
man Liberty, but
then they put me
in the Army during Korea.
Jake Arshon,
Waiter—Sure,
why not? They
went into war
zones too.
Joe Graves,
0MED—Well,
yeah. I was on
one and a bomb
hit, busting the
anchor chains.
Some of our
guys got killed
when a round
went through a mess hall.
Jim Howison,
QMED retiredYes, all the way.
Gary Correy,
Officer's Bed
room Stew
ard—Yes. The
seafarers that
sailed during
World War II
received it. I
feel that anyone
who sailed into the war zones carry
ing supplies was doing service and
falls into the same category.
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There is always work aboard the
Orgulf's Tom Talbert. Cook Daisy Belt
(above) bolls eggs In preparation for a
meal while (below) Deckhand Keith
Riddle tightens a cable on one of the
barges being pushed by the tugboat.
POSITION
Able
Seaman
QMED
ENGINE
Talbert Goes Non-Stop
DEPT.
DECK
The chart listed below Is designed to help Seafarers understand the basic requirements needed to upgrade in the three
unlicensed departments at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship In PIney Point, Md. To use the chart,
members should locate their department on the left. In the next column Is a listing of the basic Group I and II ratings available
through study at the school. On the right are the requirements members should meet before applying to the school. A list of
classes being offered by the Lundeberg School can be found on page 27. Contact your port agent or the admissions office at
the Lundeberg School if you have any questions.
FOWT
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12 months seatime
as an ordinary seaman
or
Chief
Steward
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20/50 in both eyes, passed USCG approved physical examination
and
6 months seatime as wiper
or
3 months seatime and graduated from
Lundeberg School entry program.
2 years seatime with rating of chief cook
or higher
or
8 months seatime as cook/baker, 4 months
seatime as chief cook and hold Lundeberg
School certificates of completion for each
program
or 3 years seatime in rating above 3rd cook
or assistant cook
or
4 months seatime as 3rd cook or assistant
cook or higher, 6 months seatime as
cook/baker or higher, 4 months seatime as
chief cook and hold Lundeberg School
certificate of completion for each program
or 9 months seatime as 3rd cook or assis
tant cook or higher,4 months seatime as
cook/baker or higher, 4 months seatime
as chief cook and hold Lundeberg School
certificates of completion for cool^baker
and chief cook programs
or
9 months seatime as 3rd cook or assistant
cook or higher, 9 months seatime as
cool^aker or higher and 4 months sea
time as chief cook and hold Lundeberg
School certificate of completion for •,
chief cook program.
1 year seatime in steward department
with 4 months as cook/baker
or
4 months seatime as cook/baker and hold
certificate of completion from Lundeberg
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6 months seatime in steward department
and hold certificate of completion for
Lundeberg School entry rating program
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completing Lundeberg School cook/baker
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FINANCIAL REPORTS. The
constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf,
Lakes and Inland Waters District
makes specific provision for safe
guarding the membership's money
and Union finances. The constitution
requires a detailed audit by Certified
Public Accountants every year, which
is to be submitted to the membership
by the Secretary-Treasurer. A yearly
finance committee of rank-and-file
members, elected by the membership,
makes examination each year of the
finances of the Union and reports fully
their findings and recommendations.
Members of this committee may make
dissenting reports, specific recom
mendations and separate findings.
TRUST FUNDS. All trustfunds of
the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and In
land Waters District are administered
in accordance with the provisions of
various trust fund agreements. All
these agreements specify that the trust
ees in charge of these funds shall
equally consist of Union tmd manage
ment representatives and their alter
nates. All expenditures and
disbursements of trust funds are made
only upon approval by a majority of
the trustees. All trust fund financial
records are available at the headquar
ters of the various trust funds.
SHIPPING RIGHTS.
A
member's shipping rights and senior
ity are protected exclusively by con
tracts between the Union and the
employers. Members should get to
know their shipping rights. Copies of
these contracts are posted and avail
able in all Union halls. If members
believe there have been violations of
their shipping or seniority rights as
contained in the contracts between the
Union and the employers, they should
Angus ''Red" Campbell,
Chairman
Seafarers Appeals Board
5201 Auth Way
Camp Springs, Md. 20746
Full copies of contracts as referred
to are available to members at all
times, either by writing directly to the
Union or to the Seafarers Appeals
Board.
CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU
contracts are available in all SIU halls.
These contracts specify the wages and
conditions under which an SIU mem
ber works and lives aboard a ship or
boat. Members should know their con
tract rights, as well as their obligations,
such as filing for overtime (OT) on the
proper sheets and in the proper man
ner. If, at any time, a member believes
that an SIU patrolman or other Union
official fails to protect their contrac
tual rights properly, they should con
tact the nearest SIU port agent.
EDITORIAL POLICY—THE
SEAFARERS LOG. The Seafarers
LOG traditionally has refrained from
publishing any article serving the po
litical purposes of any individual in the
Union, officer or member. It also has
refrained from publishing articles
deemed harmful to the Union or its
collective membership. This estab
lished policy has been reaffirmed by
membership action at the September
1960 meetings in all constitutional
ports. The responsibility for Seafarers
LOG policy is vested in an editorial
board which consists of the Executive
Board of the Union. The Executive
Summary Annual Report
SIU PD-PMA Supplemental Benefits Fund, Inc.
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This is a summary of the annual report for the SIU PD-PMA Supplemental
Benefits Fund, Inc. [Employer Identification No; 94-1431246, Plan No. 501]
for the year ended July 31, 1990. The annual report has been filed with the
Internal Revenue Service, as required under the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
Your Rights to Additionai information
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You have the right to receive a copy of the full Annual Report, or any part
thereof, on request. The items listed below are included in that report:
1. An accountant's report;
2. Assets held for investments;
3. Transactions in excess of five (5) percent of the fund assets.
To obtain a copy of the full Annual Report, or any part thereof, write or call
the office of the Plan Administrator, SIU PD-PMA Supplemental Benefits
Fund, Inc., 522 Harrison St., San Francisco, CA 94105. Telephone Number:
(415)495-6882.
You also have the legally protected right to examine the Annual Report at
the main office of the plan, 522 Harrison St., San Francisco, CA 94105, and
at the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, DC or to obtain a copy from
the U.S. Department of Labor upon payment of copying costs. Requests to the
Department of Labor should be addressed to: Public Disclosure Room, N5507,
Pension and Welfare Benefit Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20210.
If at any time a member feels that
any of the above rights have been
violated, or that he has been denied
his constitutional right of access to
Union records or information, he
should immediately notify SIU Pres
ident Michael Sacco at headquar
ters by certified mail, return receipt
requested. The address is 5201 Auth
Way, Camp Springs, Md. 20746.
Lundeberg ^Hool Seif Study Courses
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I knovvledge through the Lundeberg School's self study courses, the i
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Pfm$0S0nd the materials checlmiibel^^
Basic Financial Statement
Benefits under the plan are provided by a trust arrangement. Plan expenses
were $7,908,683. These expenses included $264,235 in administrative ex
penses and $7,644,448 in benefits paid to participants and beneficiaries. A total
of 1,075 persons were participants in or beneficiaries of the plan at the end of
the plan year, although not all of these persons had yet earned the right to
receive benefits.
The value of plan assets, after subtracting liabilities of the plan, was
$3,016,834 as of July 31, 1990, compared to $2,793,303 as of the beginning
of the plan year. During the plan year the plan experienced an increase in its
net assets of $223,531. The plan had total income of $8,132,214 including
employer contributions of $7,805,427, earnings from investments or
$310,009, and other income of $16,778. Employees do not contribute to this
plan.
should notify Union headquarters.
SEAFARERS POLITICAL AC
TIVITY DONATION—SPAD.
SPAD is a separate segregated fund.
Its proceeds are used to further its ob
jects and purposes including, but not
limited to, furthering the political, so
cial and economic interests of mari
time workers, the preservation and
furthering of the American Merchant
Marine with improved employment
opportunities for seamen and boatmen
and the advancement of trade union
concepts. In connection with such ob
jects, SPAD supports and contributes
to political candidates for elective of
fice. All contributions are voluntary.
No contribution may be solicited or
received because of force, job discrim
ination, financial reprisal, or threat of
such conduct, or as a condition of
membership in the Union or of em
ployment. If a coiitribution is made by
reason of the above improper conduct,
the member should notify the Seafar
ers Union or SPAD by certified mail
within 30 days of the contribution for
investigation and appropriate action
and refund, if involuntary. A member
should support SPAD to protect and
further his economic, political and so
cial interests, and American trade
union concepts.
Board may delegate, from among its
ranks, one individual to cariy out this
responsibility.
PAYMENT OF MONIES. No
monies are to be paid to anyone in any
official capacity in the SIU unless an
official Union receipt is given for
same. Under no circumstances should
any member pay any money for any
reason unless he is given such receipt.
In the event anyone attempts to require
any such payment be made without
supplying a receipt, or if a member is
required to make a payment and is
given an official receipt, but feels that
he should not have been required to
make such payment, this should im
mediately be reported to Union head
quarters.
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
AND OBLIGATIONS. Copies of the
SIU constitution are available in all
Union halls. All members should ob
tain copies of this constitution so as to
familiarize themselves with its con
tents. Any time a member feels any
other member or officer is attempting
to deprive him of any constitutional
right or obligation by any methods
such as dealing with charges, trials,
etc., as well as all other details, the
member so affected should immedi
ately notify headquarters.
EQUAL RIGHTS. All members
are guaranteed equal rights in employ
ment and as members of the SIU.
These rights are clearly set forth in the
SIU constitution and in the contracts
which the Union has negotiated with
the employers. Consequently, no
member may be discriminated against
because of race, creed, color, sex and
national or geographic origin. If any
member feels that he is denied the
equal rights to which he is entitled, he
notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by
certified mail, return receipt re
quested. The proper address for this is:
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Final
DEEP SEA
ANTONIO ARELLANO
Pensioner
Antonio
Arellano,
67, died
Decem
ber 31,
1990.
The for
mer chief
steward joined the union in
May 1956 in the port of San
Francisco. Brother Arellano, a
Los Angeles native, completed
recertification courses at the
Lundeberg School and fre
quently sailed aboard Maritime
Overseas Co. vessels. He re
tired in 1984.
FOLICARPIO R. BALENDO
Pensioner
Policarpio
R.
Balendo,
73,
passed
away De
cember
22,1990.
Bom in the Philippines, he
joined the Seafarers in the port
of San Francisco in January
1955. The former steward re
tired in 1980.
MARVIN J. BLANTON
Pensioner
Marvin J.
Blanton,
76, died
of respira
tory fail
ure at
Leesburg
(Fla.) Re
gional Medical Center on Janu
ary 26. The Alabama native
joined the SIU in the port of
Jacksonville in September
1944 as a carpenter. He retired
as a bosun in 1976, ,
KEN N. CHEN
Pensioner Ken N. Chen, 68,
passed away January 2. A for
mer steward. Brother Chen was
an Army veteran of World War
II who joined the union in June
1952 in the port of San Fran
cisco. The native of China re
tired in 1978 as a member of
the Marine, Cooks and Stew
ards Union prior to its merger
with the AGLIWD.
GERALD ELEGAN
Pensioner Gerald Elegtm, 68,
died January 3. The former
chief steward was bom in
Washington state and joined
the Seafarers in the port of Se
attle in March 1971. Brother
Elegan sailed extensively
aboard Sea-Land Service ves
sels. He retired in 1987.
JOHN C. HOWARD
John C.
Howard,
64, died
January
17. The
Greens
boro,
N.Cw, na
tive
joined the SIU in the port of
New York in October 1958. He
was graduated from the An
drew Fumseth Training School
in 1958 and attended upgrad
ing courses at the Lundeberg
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School in 1976. He was a 10year Navy veteran who was
twice wounded in World War
II. Brother Howard was an ac
tive member at the time of his
death.
WALTER F. ERIKSON
Walter F. Erikson, 86, passed
awaiy Febmary 7. He joined the
union in the port of Philadel
phia as a deckhand. A native of
Norway, Brother Erikson last
sailed with the SIU in 1975.
WOODROW JOHNSON
Pensioner
Woodrow
Johnson,
63, sue-,
cumbed
to a heart
attack
January 4
at the
Doctor's Hospital of Montclair
(Calif.). Bom in West Virginia,
Brother Johnson joined the Sea
farers in November 1944 in the
port of New York. He retired
as a bosun in 1975 and is sur
vived by his wife, Nancy, a
stepfather, three children and
, four grandchildren.
MORTON KERNGOODJR.
Pensioner
Morton J.
Kemgood
Jr., 79,
passed
away Jan
uary 18.
The Air
Force vet
eran of World War II joined
the union in the port of Balti
more—his hometown—in
April 1955. Brother Kemgood
completed the bosun recertifi
cation course in 1973 at the
Lundeberg School. He retired
in 1983.
FRED D.LEWIS
Pensioner Fred D. Lewis, 84,
died January 22. The former .
steward joined the union in the
port of Mobile, Ala. in June
1945. He was a native of the
British West Indies. Brother
Lewis retired in 1976.
WILLIAM McCLINTIC
Pensioner William R. McClintic, 65, passed away Febm
ary 11. A former deckhand, he
started his sailing career with
the Sailor's Union of the Pa
cific. Brother McClintic joined
the SIU in August 1967 in the
port of San Francisco. A gradu
ate of the Andrew Fumseth
Training School, he upgraded
to bosun at the Lundeberg
School in 1978. The Navy
WWII veteran had retired last
year.
JOSEPH A. MILUKAS
Pensioner
Joseph A.
Milukas,
77,
passed
away Jan
uary 4.
The for- .
mer
QMED joined the union in the
port of New York in March
1956. An Army veteran.
Brother Milukas was bom in
Mahanoy City, Penn. He was a
Lundeberg School graduate
who retired in 1980.
ALGIE McWASHINGTON
Algie McWashington, 47, died
August 2, 1990. Originally
with the Marine Cooks and
Stewards Union, he joined the
SIU after the merger in Novem
ber 1978. The Houston native
retired in December 1988.
HERBERT MORRIS
Pensioner
Herbert
Morris,
68, died
January
11. The
Alabama
native
joined the
Seafarers in the port of Mobile
in December 1946. Brother
Morris sailed as an able bodied
seaman, including some voy
ages to Vietnam during the hos
tilities. He retired in 1985.
VINCENT SAN JUAN JR.
Vincent
San Juan
Jr., 67,
passed
away Jan
uary 16.
He joined
the union
in Decem
ber 1942 in the port of New
York, retiring as a bosun in
1970. Brother San Juan was
a Savannah, Ga. native.
JOSEPH SCHENK
Pensioner
Joseph
Schenk,
87, died .
Febmary
longstand
ing heart
problems.
Bom in Austria, Brother
Schenk joined the SIU in the
port of Baltimore in Apri 1
1940. The black gang member
retired in 1966.
ANTONIO SCHIAVONE
Pensioner
Antonio
Schiavone, 82,
passed
away Feb
mary 4.
The
Massachu^
setts native joined the Seafarers
in July 1941 in the port of Nor
folk. Brother Schiavone, a for
mer steward, retired in 1967.
FREDERICK SELLMAN JR.
Frederick
S. Sellman Jr.,
58,
passed
away Jan
uary 29.
An Air
Force vet
eran, he joined the union in
June 1970 in the port of New
York. The Houston native com
pleted the bosun recertification
course in 1980 at the
Lundeberg School. Brother
Sellman was an active member
when he died.
PAUL R. SIMMONS
Pensioner
Paul R.
Sim
mons, 72,
died of
emphy
sema De
cember .
15,1990
after a 10-year battle with the
disease. The former FOWT
joined the SIU in the port of
Mobile in May 1946. He was
bom in Lilian, Alabama and
died in Mobile. Brother iSimmons was buried in Pine Crest
Cemetery in Mobile. He had re
tired in 1974.
HAROLD W. SUMMERS
Pensioner
Harold
W. Sum
mers, 72,
passed
away De
cember
29,1990.
The for
mer bosun joined the Seafarers
in November 1968 in the port
of San Francisco. He was a
West Virginia native who re
tired in 1983.
MING F. SUNG
Pensioner Ming F. Sung, 75,
died January 15. Bom in
China, Brother Sung joined the
SIU in the port of New York in
April 1972. He upgraded his
steward's rating at the
Lundeberg School in 1976, re
tiring in 1984.
RAMON F. TOYEN
Pensioner Ramon F. Toyen,
77, passed away September 29,
1990. The former steward
sailed for the Marine Cooks
and Stewards Union before its
merger with the AGLIWD.
Brother Toyen retired in 1975.
WILLIAM C.TRASER
Pensioner William C. Traser,
76, passed away December 9,
1990. Bom in Richmond, Va.,
Brother Traser joined the union
in June 1944 in the port of
New York. He upgraded to
QMED at the Lundeberg School
in 1976 and retir^ in 1985.
NORRISM. TRIPP ^
Pensioner Norris M. Tripp, 67,
died January 21. The former
bosun joined the SIU in the
port of Norfolk, Va. in January
1944, upgrading in 1976.
Brother Tripp, bom in Mabel,
Minn., retired in 1983.
INLAND
JAMES E. BOYCE
Pensioner
James E.
Boyce,
61,
passed
away Jan
uary 2.
The
North
Carolinian joined the Seafarers
in the port of Norfolk, Va. in
August 1966. Brother Boyce
was a cook aboard Interstate
Oil Coip. vessels, retiring in 1983.
WILSON BRACY
Pensioner Wilson Bracy, 79,
died Febmary 7. He joined the
union in June 1967 in the port
of Norfolk. Bom in Rich
Square, N.C., the former chief
engineer sailed on Steuart Trans
portation Co. vessels. The Navy
WWII veteran retired in 1978.
HARRY A. HANSEN
Pensioner Harry A. Hansen,
83, passed away January 21. A
native of Norway, Brother Han
sen joined the SIU in June
1961 in the port of Philadel
phia. The oiler retired in 1976.
COYTR.PROPST
Coyt R. Propst, 61, died Janu
ary 12. The able bodied sea
man joined the Seafarers in the
port of Norfolk, Va. in Novem
ber 1972. A veteran of both the
Navy and Army, he was bom
in Gaston County, N.C.
Brother Propst upgraded at the
Lundeberg School in 1975. His
last active sailing day was No
vember 25, 1989.
ANTHONY J. RAYMOND
Pensioner Anthony J. Ray
mond, 67, passed away Febm
ary 6. The Baltimore native
joined the union there iri 1956.
He sailed as a deckhand on
Baker Whitely Towing Co. ves
sels, retiring in 1979.
LOUIS SZALEJKO
Pensioner
Louis
Szalejko,
73,
passed
away Feb
ruary 14.
The for
mer tug
captain sailed on Curtis Bay
Towing Co. vessels. He joined
the union in June 1961 in the
port of Philadelphia. Brother
Szalejko, an Army WWII vet
eran, retired in 1982.
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Pensioner
Howard
C. Kramer,
79, lost his
battle with
leukemia
January 6.
Thefonner
cony^orman and engine department
member joined the SIU in Oc
tober 1960 in the port of De
troit. He was bom in Hazleton,
Penn. and had retired in 1975.
Brother Kramer's remains were
placed in the Woodlawn Ceme
tery in Toledo, Ohio.
GUSTAVAS RENARES
Pensioner
Gustavas
Renares,
59, died
Februarys.
Bom in To
ledo, Ohio,
Brother
Renares
joined the SIU in 1957 in the
port of Detroit. The former
deckhand retired in 1978.
RAILROAD MARINE
CHARLES F. McGOVERN
Pensioner
Charles
F.McGovem,
75, died
October
20, 1990.
A deck
hand on.
tugs sailing from the Brooklyn
Eastem District Terminal, he
joined the Seafarers in July
1960 in the port of New York.,
Bom in Jersey City, N.J., he
was buried in St. Catherine's
Cemetery in Wall Township
(N.J.).
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are (from left, kneeling) Ben Cusic (instructor), Thomas Griffin III, Jody Johnston,
Frank Ninot Anthony Grant, Erik Doyle, Gregg Guzman, Tommy Bourne III, Shawn
Tapp, (second row) Jim Crate, Pedro Medina, Shawn Sims, Jessie Jones, Allen
Quade, Greg Brandani, Philip Martin, Kenneth Epps, Amancio Crespo, Matthew
Roberson, Laurence McNutt, Mark Jeffers, John Seal, Grant Schuman and James
Whalen III.
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Trainee Lifeboat Class 467—Recently graduating from trainee lifeboat
class 467 are (from left, kneeling) James Perez, Robert Scott Constantino, Catha
rine Small, James Howard, Rashawn Richardson, Victor Nunez, (second row)
Richard Schneider, Mark Faucette, Willie Sean III, Keith Nixon, Gary Kostopoulos,
Joseph Moake, Alan Brewer, Doug Crosby, Glenn Baker Jr., Shawn Taylor and Jim
Moore (instructor).
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are (left to right, front row) James Paul Miller, Joseph Allym, Gerald Freeman,
Donald L. Somers, James Wilson, Craig Melwing, Joe Pomraning, (second row)
Byran Cummings (instructor), Robert L. Foltz III, Gordon P. Cherup, Chip Noell,
Alan Barry, John Walsh, John Herrlein, Butch Yanson, Michael McCarthy Woodrow
Shelton, Steve McKittrick and John Smith (instructor).
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to right, kneeling) Ben Cusic (instructor), Alfred Archer, Eugene T. Rice, Hector C.
Rivera, (second row) Albert J. Dunn, Albert Schroeder, John Moore, Jr., George
Moss and Theodore White.
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Lundeberg School.
Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders—FOWT graduates receiving their en
dorsement this month are (left to right, front row) Curtis Bolware, Daniel J. Zealberg,
Tim McCroy, Allen Ward, Chris Weiss, German Valerie, (second row) Bobby
Williams Jr., Reinaldo Roman, Peter Benanti, Don Davis, Eric Oladovich, Mike
LaBar, William Jaffray, (third row) Diana Thomas, J.C. Wiegman, Michael Visone,
Mark Krause, Edmond Hawkins Jr., Enrique Silver Jr., Edward Correa, Carlton
Lewis, Robert Lee Baptiste II, and Kelly Feldman.
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a graduate of the cook/baker course
at the Lundeberg School.
Executive Chef Romeo Lupinacci (left) poses with Ngoe T. Allen,
a graduate of the Lundeberg School's chief cook course.
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Pension Plan
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Volume 53, Number 3
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The SIU crew aboard the Ready
Reserve Force vessel Cape Cod
was praised by the ship's captain
for its work handling cargo during
missile attacks while docked in
Saudi Arabia recently.
Master Thomas Tray wrote
Angus "Red" Campbell, SIU vice
president for collective bargaining,
in a letter dated February 9: "I
would like to express my appreci
ation for the job done by the crew
of this vessel during this past voy
age. The crew has performed mag
nificently throughout, particularly
shining during the stay" in the Mid
dle East.
Since 1952 when the program
began, 203 scholarships have been
awarded. Recipients have used the
prizes to launch careers in law,
medicine and business manage
ment as well as other sectors.
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Page 24
Tray praised the crew for re
maining calm while offloading for
four days despite "eight known
SCUD missile attacks and at least
four gas attack warnings."
While stating all departments
performed well, the captain specif
ically pointed out the work of
Bosun Ervin Bronstein and ABs
James Groby and James Higgins.
"Mr. Bronstein organized the
crew and spent countless hours
working the ship's gear to get
cargo off. Despite the fact that all
the cargo was supposed to be un
loaded by shore cranes, a shortage
of crane operators made this diffi
cult. The ship's crew turned to and
offloaded about 40 percent of the
cargo by themselves. I would like
to commend AB James Groby who
spent almost 32 straight hours at
the winch controls and AB James
Higgins who ran the other
winches."
Tray noted galley gang mem
bers stood as extra lookouts as the
ship ran through mine fields, while
the engine department crew put in
extra hours to keep the vessel mov
ing.
"I write this letter not only to
commend this crew, which is one
of the best I have had the pleasure
to command, but to make you
aware of what your union members
are going through. This has been
no picnic. When next you go to
Washington..., remind them that at
the time we were in the gulf, the
(Maritime Administration) repre
sentative in Bahrain confirmed that
two foreign-flag ships had to be
offloaded in Muscat because the
foreign crews refused to enter the
war zone. We may be scared half
to death, but we're getting the job
done," Tray concluded.
Campbell sent letters to both
Bronstein and Tray praising their
efforts. He told Bronstein he un
derstood the difficulty of offload
ing during an attack as he was part
of merchant marine force support
ing the D-Day landings in France
on June 6, 1944. "Perhaps the re
fusal by some foreign-flag vessels
chartered by U.S. operators to
enter the imminent danger area
will strengthen our argument to
Congress when Desert Storm is
over that if you want a class perfor
mance use an American crew," he
wrote to the bosun.
Campbell told Tray he was for
warding his letter praising the crew
to Maritime Administrator Warren
Leback.
Besides Bronstein, Groby and
Higgins, others sailing in the deck
department of the Cape Cod,
which is operated by OMI Corpo
ration, included ABs Charles F.
Thompson, Roger E. Piaud and
Ronald A. Makowiecki and Ordi
nary Seamen Chris L. Stringer,
Joseph C. Tengler and John B.
Hutchinson.
Black
gang
crevvmembers were Chief Electri
cian Robert H. Caldwell; QMEDs
Frank J. Bakun and Linton L.
Reynolds Jr.; FWT Edward
Ezra; OMU Alberto Gutierrez
and Wipers Tomas B. Martinez,
George Mulvenna and Baudilio
B. Ruiz. Those sailing in the galley
gang included Chief Steward
Henry Manning; Chief Cook
Samuel P. Sinclair and GSUs
Gene R. Tuttle, Gary D. Damron
and Eduardo A. Gonzalez.
Scholarship Applications Due April 15
April 15 is the deadline to apply
for a Seafarers International Union
scholarship.
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Cape Cod's SIU Crew Praised for Hard Work
Under Adverse Conditions in Persidn Gulf
Ervin Bronstein
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March 1991
Summary Annual Report
SiU PD-PMA Sugpiementai Benefits Fum
A total of seven scholarships are
available this year. Children of SIU
members are eligible for four of the
awards valued at $15,000each over
a four-year period at whatever col
lege or university the winner may
choose. Three other scholarships
are set aside for SIU members plan
ning to further their education. One
is set for $15,000 for four years at
the college or university of choice
while the other two are valued at
$6,000 over two years.
Scholarship materials and appli
cations are available at all SIU
union halls. They also can be re
ceived through the mail by filling
out the coupon found on page 20.
Help Sought in Missing Chihi Case
The National Center for Miss
ing and Exploited Children is
seeking the help of Seafarers in
locating Tammy Michelle Call.
Considered an endangered run
away, the child was last seen at
school on February 20, 1990 in
Leesville, La. She was wearing a
white jacket, black blouse and
blue jeans.
At the time of her disappear
ance, when she was 15 years old.
Tammy Michelle Call was 5 ft. 6
in., weighed 135 pounds and had
sandy colored hair and brown
eyes. She has pierced ears.
Anyone having information on
the whereabouts of Tammy Mi
chelle Call should contact the
center at 1-800-843-5678 or the
Missing Persons Unit of the Ver
non (La.) Sheriff's Office at I318-238-4844.
Foreign-Flag Cruise Ship Crew
Unable
lie to Extinguish Fire
More than 3,000 passengers were evacuated when the crew of
the Sovereign of the Sea, one of the newest foreign-flag cruise
ships sailing out of the port of Miami, was unable to extinguish a
storeroom fi^re on February 20. The vessel was docked in San Juan
when the blaze started in the fifth floor storage area near a 1,050seat show lounge.
While crewmembers spent two hours searching for the fire and
another two fighting it, the captain of the Royal Caribbean Cruises
Ltd. vessel refused to allow local firefighters aboard to help. He
relented when his crew was near exhaustion and four San Juan
firefighters had the blaze out within a few minutes.
In a hearing conducted by the United States Coast Guard and
the National Transportation Safety Board a week after the fire, it
was revealed the vessel had only 10 crewmembers trained in
firefighting and the crew quickly used up its portable oxygen supply
trying to douse the flames. At one point, 44 empty tanks were
stacked on the floor, crewmembers testified. Neither the storage
locker nor the adjoining lounge are equipped with sprinklers. The
fire, believed to be electrical in origin, sent smoke through the rear
of the vessel.
USCG Random Drug Testing Regs
Will Be Announced in Mid-April
Tammy Michalle Call
The United States Coast Guard is expected to announce its
random drug testing policy for merchant mariners by mid-April.
The Department of Transportation agency was forced to create a
new random drug testing policy after the federal district court
found the Coast Guard's regulations on the matter to be in violation
of an individual's privacy rights.
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HEADLINES
ANOTHER POTENTIAL BATTLE LOOMS FOR U.S. SHIPPING IN MEXICAN TALKS
GATT WORLD TRADE TALKS BOGGED DOWN; WATER TRANSPORT APPEARS SAFE FOR NOW
AT&T, SIU INK 5-YEAR LABOR PACT
MARITIME PROGRAMS SUFFER IN 1992 FEDERAL BUDGET
DELIVERY OF GOODS CONTINUES DESPITE OUTBREAK OF GULF WAR.
NMU RANK-AND-FILE WONDER WHO’S IN CHARGE OF UNION
FOREIGN CREWS BALK AT PERSIAN GILF RUN
SIU CREW IS SOMBER BUT DETERMINES
WINTER BRINGS CHARLES E. WILSON HOME
SIU MEMBERS ESCORT USS LEXINGTON
EUROPE ASSESSES IS SHIPPING CAPACITY
CONTINENT WIFE- CABOTAGE, SINGLE REGISTER AMONG ITEMNS THAT MAY BE ADOPTED
ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE CLASS VITAL TO QMED TRAINING
WORK CONTINUES ON S-L EXPLORER AFTER BRIEF LAYUP
HAWAII-BASED SEAFARERS EXTEND THANKS TO SEN. INOUYE FOR SUPPORT OF MARITIME
SIU SCHOOL’S STUDENTS MUST HAVE VALID DRUG-FREE CLEARANCE TESTS
BOSUN HERB LIBBY RETIRES AFTER NEARLY 30 YEARS ABOARD CABLE SHIP
JUDGE USES EXPERIENCE LEARNED ON THE LAKES
SIU FISHERMAN COMMENDED FOR HELPING OTHERS
U.S. SEAMEN AWARDED RUSSIAN MEDALS 45 YEARS LATER
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1991
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